Tsubasa nervously paced back and forth in the room. He didn't know how long it had been since they came to take Natsume, but it felt like an awful long time. The only thing that could occupy him from the time were his thoughts and those all went to Natsume and made him worry more. He had banged his head against the wall so many times now that he had this big mark on his forehead. He sat down on the floor and waited for what seemed like days.

Finally he heard the keys and the door went up. Natsume was literally thrown into the room, he rolled a bit and Tsubasa had to get up to stop him from rolling into the wall.

"See you later cat." The man said and closed the door.

Natsume pushed himself up from the floor; he coughed and panted to gain his breath. His hair was dripping wet.

"Did they… drown you?" Tsubasa asked horrified.

Natsume continued coughing and didn't answer. He sunk down onto the floor exhausted. Only then did Tsubasa notice all the cut wounds on his body.

"Natsume-"

"Shut up… I'm going to sleep. Wake me of anyone comes." Natsume muttered as he felt weariness take over his body. Soon his breathing evened out and he fell asleep. Well not so much sleeping as losing consciousness. Tsubasa overlooked his injuries but none of them seamed to be serious enough, they had apparently taken care not to inflict anything that would mean his death.

Tsubasa sat down with his back against the wall to look over Natsume. He didn't want to sleep in fear that anything would happen. He wondered what time it was outside; he hadn't seen daylight in what seemed forever right now.

He guessed there had gone an hour when Natsume started whimpering in his sleep. Tsubasa immediately became worried.

"Natsume?" He crawled over to Natsume and sat beside him. "Natsume." He shook Natsume's shoulder to wake him. Natsume drowsily opened his eyes to look at him. He rubbed his eyes and immediately they seemed clearer.

"What's up?" Natsume muttered tiredly but alert.

"Sorry… It just seemed like you were having a nightmare."

"Yeah…" Natsume sighed, "Did you get any sleep?"

"No."

"You should get some rest to."

Tsubasa lowered himself down onto the floor and gazed up into the celling.

After a while he heard Natsume scrambling beside him and looked over there. Natsume was now sitting and checking all the cuts he had. Tsubasa stood up and walked over to the corner, there was a bucket of water for them to drink. He lifted it over and sat down opposite Natsume.

"Here, let me do it." Tsubasa said.

Natsume just nodded, Tsubasa took that as a yes and began washing all the wounds with water. Natsume didn't flinch; he just sat there completely still, overlooking what Tsubasa was doing.

"Give me your arm." Tsubasa said extending his hand. Natsume put his arm in Tsubasa's hand and he began washing the wounds there.

"Do you have any more wounds?" Tsubasa asked and let go of Natsume's arm. Natsume shook his head and laid down again. Tsubasa did the same and soon both of them were asleep.

Natsume woke startled up at the sound of keys in the door, he jumped op from the floor and woke Tsubasa just before they came into the room. Tsubasa looked sleepily towards the sound of the noise.

The boss and all his followers came into the room and closed the door so there was no escaping. The boss looked at Natsume. "So I have heard that you survived last night without giving us any information. I will be fun to watch how much it will take to break you. Your little friend here, how long has he been doing missions?"

"A couple of week's maybe. You've probably noticed how useless he is." Natsume answered.

The boss laughed, "I wonder when that tongue of yours will loose its sharp edge." He looked at Tsubasa, "Don't worry your time will come, as soon as we're done with this one. Then you can even get a little hint at what we will do to you."

The boss went over to one of the other men, who handed him a syringe with some clear fluid in it. Before Natsume could react to it he was pushed up against the wall. Natsume thrashed about trying to get free but the boss only tightened his hold.

"Stop moving or your little idiot over there will have to pay for it." Natsume glared at the boss but stopped moving. "Now there's a good boy."

The boss thrust the needle into Natsume's arm and released the fluid. As soon as the boss stepped away from him Natsume grunted and fell to his knees panting.

"I see… The effects really are quick." The boss said astonished but pleased.

"What did you do to him?" Tsubasa asked as he hurried over to Natsume.

"Oh don't worry the effects will wear off in a couple of hours or something like that." The boss said and stepped out of the room with all his men following him. The door was closed behind them and you could hear it get locked.

Natsume winced and fell to the floor. He landed on his side, eyes closed from pain.

"Natsume!" Tsubasa panicked and shook Natsume's shoulder.

"Stop that…" Natsume said weakly.

"Only if you open your eyes. You can't die."

"…Shut up. Idiot… I'm not… going to… die." Natsume whispered and opened his pain struck eyes to look at him. "They won't… kill me… till I give them… information."

Tsubasa studied Natsume, "You're in pain." He stated.

Natsume squinted at him, "You're an idiot…"