Kyoya had become exhausted trying to collect all his friends together and bring them to safety. Originally today would have been the day that he went to find Tamaki; however, Kyoya felt it best to give him more time with his family. That and the fact that he was too tired and did not trust anyone else to go and retrieve him.

Kyoya had fallen asleep at the laptop in his bedroom, the computer was still on and it made a small beeping noise that alerted Kyoya. Weakly and without enthusiasm he pushed his glasses back up on his nose and opened his tired eyes to look at the screen. The laptop was losing battery power; he plugged it into the plug socket and observed the screen. He'd been looking at the amount of army members which had been harmed after the run in with the Haninozuka's and Morinozuka's. He sighed and closed his laptop.

There was a knock at the door and Kyoya grunted in reply. He bolted straight to his feet when his father walked in with a nervous looking man, writing notes beside him. "Father," Said Kyoya simply before nodding at him to show respect. His father did not nod back.

"Akito tells me that the Hitachiin's, Haninozuka's and the Morinozuka's are here." He said calmly as though it was merely something discussed over a meal.

"Yes, sir." He replied.

"What about the Suoh's? Second the Haninozuka's and Morinozuka's, the Suoh's are our biggest concern." His voice was rising with growing irritation and Kyoya could tell this but kept his expression impassive.

"I will be retrieving Suoh-kun tomorrow." Kyoya replied; trying to show his father he was taking this seriously. "His parents and grandmother will be contained. Tamaki Suoh will work for us."

"Very well, you are aware that we need them here the sooner the better. If you are too out of sorts to handle that boy today then perhaps I should send Yuuichi to pick him up instead." It sounded more like a statement than a question. Kyoya did not want his older brother to go after Tamaki.

"No!" Kyoya said suddenly, his father raised his eyebrows and the feeble writer beside him looked scared that his boss's child had defied him. Especially the third son. "I mean… Suoh will only trust me. I can get him to do what I want." Yoshio seemed to think this thought over and Kyoya watched him, hoping his excuse was enough for his father to accept.

"You have four hours. By then I want Suoh at the servants' quarters. Understood?" He knew he'd never win when his father was this determined and he also knew that this was the most time he could possibly buy for his friend.

"Yes, father." Yoshio was not concerned for his son's exhaustion; he turned back towards the door and clicked his fingers. The writer who was by Yoshio's side nodded quickly and bowed to Kyoya.

"Good day, Ohtori-san!" Kyoya paid him no mind, he was already too busy trying to calm himself down from the over whelming anger he had for his father. What was he supposed to do now? He owed a lot to Tamaki. He remembered he had once yelled at Tamaki's father for messing with his son's family so much. What a hypocrite Kyoya was. He was doing the exact same thing that he had yelled at Yuzuru for.

The others.

What would he tell them? He had already told them that he'd buy Tamaki some time and try and think up a safer option for him. They were all counting on him to keep Tamaki happy and safe. Kyoya pulled on a jacket and walked out of the house and to the underground; he followed the long and dark tunnel, pulling the jacket tighter around himself as the temperature dropped.

He nodded at the members of the security team as he passed by and they nodded back, their faces painted with a scowl. Kyoya walked to the room the servants stayed in and tapped lightly on the door. There was whispering beyond the door and then silence, followed by Takashi's voice.

"Yes?"

"It's me." Kyoya said back. Talking again. Then the door opened and Takashi's form came into view, he stepped to the side and closed the door behind Kyoya. Hikaru and Kaoru were in the process of changing shirts with those that were brought from their home; Hunny was sitting on the floor, cross legged, talking with his younger brother. Satoshi sat on the top of one of the many bunk beds. "I have bad news." Everyone's ears perked up immediately. "My father wants me to go and get Tamaki today."

"What? No, you can't!" Kaoru burst out suddenly. Every eye turned to him and Takashi walked to the twins sides. "Senpai, please tell us you're not really-" Takashi laid a hand on Kaoru's shoulder, said Hitachiin looked up at him and his angered expression faltered.

"Let him explain." Kaoru nodded and turned to look back at Kyoya.

"I had hoped to buy more time for him and arrange for them to stay at Anne-Sophie's home in France but it seems that is not going to be possible. Him staying here is the best I can do." The room was held in a strong silence that seemed to pound against his ears more than he could bear.

"Milord's... been through so much." Hikaru said quietly to himself.

"I hope Tama-chan will be ok." Hunny added, dropping his head and jumping onto a spare space beside Kaoru.

"Of course I'll make sure that our king won't be harmed," At the mention of the old nick name "king" everyone gave the smallest smiles. Memories of the good old days when the club sat together and was laughing and talking blissfully between themselves. How they missed the old days. "I promise this." Kyoya looked at them all and without another word he turned and left the room before he made more promises he wasn't sure if he could keep.

Kyoya walked out of the base and out to his limo, he didn't stop walking as he informed the others on where he wanted to go. Obediently and silently like dogs with no bark, the men agreed and started to surround the limo as they marched through the desolate streets, the distant cries of war nothing but a dull raw masked behind fallen debris and clouds of dust.

Within the limo thoughts seemed to choke Kyoya blindly as his better judgement took a backseat to the worry and overwhelming guilt he had with everything what had happened, not just to Japan but to his friends and those he trusted and that trusted him. He rested his head against the back seat, he lowered his eyes and thought back to the last conversation he ever had with Tamaki.

"Kyoya!" Tamaki exclaimed, running up to his friend the day of his graduation. "Are you coming to the same university as Mori-Senpai and Hunny-Senpai? I am!"

Regrettably Kyoya knew deep down that he would not attend that university, those in his family were trained at the elite schools based purely on the medical industry.

"I'm not, Tamaki, I'm not attending that university. I'm sorry, my family will always train and study at the most elite of all the medical universities."

He had no idea that once he had wished Tamaki goodbye and good luck that his father and brothers were secretly planning something as sinister and cruel as shoving Japan into full scale war. Kyoya knew that he either took part in the war or he would get arrested. Imagine getting arrested by your own father and brothers. He had prayed for so long that other countries would be able to help but it appeared that no other country was interested because no other country was affected in the slightest so it was deemed unimportant.

The limo slowed to a stop after what felt like forever. Slowly Kyoya climbed out of the limo and approached the large mansion he had visited many times before in the past. The doors were blasted open within a matter of seconds and Kyoya felt numb as he approached the inside of the mansion. A lump formed in his throat as he looked down at his old best friend. The blonde hair was dull compared to the rubble that surrounded Tamaki Suoh as he lay helplessly beneath a door support which had undoubtedly crashed down on top of him.

A/N: The next chapter will show Tamaki's life in the mansion as he awaits his punishment, it also follows his thoughts and feelings once his old best friend Kyoya comes to drag him off to be a servant and, once again, have the Suoh family broken up.