General P.O.V
"Thank you, Officers."
"No problem, Sir. We'll try to do all we can."
After the Police left, Shigure shut the door and returned to the living room, where everyone was sitting.
Tohru had calmed down and was sitting at the table, finally getting some food into her stomach. Yuki and Momiji were watching Tohru; they didn't want to leave her side for one second. Hatori was smoking, but he had a look of discomfort about him.
"Shigure, doesn't it seem odd? I mean, Kyo getting captured like this? He may be immature, but he's no weakling; which probably means that whoever we're going up against is strong; very strong," said Hatori.
"Yes, this isn't like Kyo at all." Shigure said, tapping his chin like he was thinking.
"Well, whatever the case,"
Hatori paused and looked at the 3 kids sitting across from him. They all looked at him with saddened eyes. Even if they had their disagreements sometimes, they still cared for Kyo; even Yuki, although I don't know if he'd admit it. "Well, whatever the case, we will find him."
Kyo, Tenshi and Ayumu were walking down a long hallway, made out of cement, like he assumed the rest of the building was too. It was pretty narrow, and on each side of the walls there were moderate sized rooms. No, they weren't rooms, they were cells. It was warmer down here, so Tenshi and Ayumu had taken off their coats to reveal white wife-beater shirts, like the one Rush was wearing.
'Damn, these freaks are like action figures,' thought Kyo. At different points along the tunnel he could see multiple hallways branching off. As they were walking, Tenshi explained more about the strange place they had entered.
"This is the main hallway, where all of you people sleep." She spat out the words "you people" like it was a curse. She pointed to a hallway on the left wall that cut the main hallway directly in half. "That's the cafeteria. You go there at 8:30 in the morning, 12:20 in the afternoon, and 8 at night. Don't get any food because you came late? Oh well." Then she pointed to another branch a little farther down on the right side. "Those are the bathrooms. There're signs that tell you where to go." Then she pointed all the way down to the end of the hallway. One branch went right, and another went left. "To the right are the showers and the locker rooms, there'll be signs down there that tell you where you go. And the left side," she grinned, "is the ring."
"The ring? You mean like, the fighting ring?"
"Yeah. Whenever you have a fight scheduled, you show up a half hour before the show starts, and you wait in your designated area. We'll explain in greater detail later."
Just then, Kyo noticed a room that seemed significantly larger than the others.
"Hey," he stopped the pair, "whose room is that down there?"
Ayumu gave out a little chuckle, "That's Shades' room. You don't wanna go near there."
"Who the hell is shade?" exclaimed Kyo.
"Our best fighter. Best fighter gets biggest room," he pointed to another not-as-large, but still larger-than-the-rest room down the hall. "That room belongs to the second best." Kyo grinned; he liked the idea of having to fight for respect and status. That's what he was good at. "But enough of that for now, here's your room." They stopped in front of generally small cell. Shades' room was probably three times the size. The contents of the room were pretty ordinary: A twin-size bed with white sheets, a white porcelain sink, and a white wardrobe.
'I'm seriously starting to question everyone's fashion sense around here.'
Kyo walked into his room, and Ayumu shut the bar-door behind him. Tenshi leaned against the bars, "We'll be back in a while with your schedule, and we'll explain how everything works around here.
They both leaned in with their signature devilish grins.
"Welcome to the family."
'Damn those two are creepy. Well, whatever.' Kyo laid down on his bed, staring up at the ceiling. 'I wonder what everyone's doing right now. They probably aren't even worried about me. They hardly even notice when I'm gone.' Images of Tohru and Shigure and Yuki started flooding Kyo's mind, and he squeezed his eyes shut to get rid of them. He decided that lying down wasn't the best idea. He went to the sink and splashed some water on his face, hoping that would calm him down a little.
'I can't wait to meet this Shade guy. I bet that with all the training I've had I could kick his ass and take his place no problem.' He grinned. Now he had a plan on how he was going to survive in this place.
He went over to the wardrobe and looked inside, hoping to find some extra clothes. After all, he was a little worse for wear. He found white pajama pants, white boxers, white socks, and a white t-shirt.
'Dammit, SERIOUSLY what the hell is wrong with these people?!'
Just then, he heard a load gunshot echo through the hallway.
'What the hell was that?!'
He pushed open his door and rushed out, to see a guy standing there, holding a gun right in a girls face.
"Listen you bitch! I'm sick of your cockiness around here. You're holding me back! You don't have any friends, you don't even show any emotion, so why don't you just die?!"
The girl, just like the guy described, didn't show any emotion in her face. She just stood there, staring down the barrel of the gun, as if it were just a toy; as if she wasn't staring death directly in the face.
"Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?!" shouted Kyo.
The guy turned his head around to look at Kyo, "Piss off! This doesn't concern you so why don't you just go back to your room like a good boy and leave us alone."
Kyo P.O.V
Oh, this guy was really asking for it now. Good boy? That little...
The guy turned around and started yelling something at the girl again, but I wasn't really paying attention, I was too angry.
I marched up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. He whipped around.
"Wha-.."
His jaw met my fist as I bashed him and sent him flying. His body slammed against the wall, and the gun went flying in another direction.
'Ha, he fights worse than Haru. I can take him.'
General P.O.V
The guy stood back up and charged at Kyo; his fists cocked back, ready to strike. Kyo took a stance, but had a slight grin on his face; he knew he could win this fight easily. He was just playing with him.
He easily dodged his attack and tripped him, which sent him head-first into the wall. His head made a sickening crack sound against the cement, but somehow he still wasn't done. He stood up rubbing his head, some blood trickling down his forehead, and let out an angry yell. He was steaming now. This time, instead of attacking blindly in rage, he stopped for a moment, trying to analyze Kyo's movements.
'But the way I fight, to someone I've never fought before, is practically unpredictable.' Kyo smirked. This gave him time to get a good look at the attacker. He had on black basketball shorts and a black t-shirt with the sleeves cut off. Whoa, wait a minute; black? What about that white-on-white getup that everyone had?
His eyes were this weird green and blue mix, and he had light brown hair. He was really pale too. Also, he noticed something strange about his hand. He had a marking on it that read "Second."
'Wonder what that means.' He didn't have time to think about, because this time, the boy lashed out at him from below, and Kyo jumped over him, stepping on and hopping off his back, face planting the boy right into the ground. He landed lightly on his feet (like his inner feline self) and turned around, hands in his pockets, grinning because he knew he had won.
He caught slight movement out of the corner of his eye, and saw that it was the girl from earlier. She was just standing there, but suddenly she held out her hand.
'The gun?!'
Three shots were fired, as Kyo hit the floor and covered his head. When it seemed safe again, he peeked to see what had happened. The boy that had attacked Kyo and that girl was lying next to him, blood coming out of his back. He was dead.
'What the hell is going on here?!' he thought.
As the girl started to walk toward him, gun still in hand, he leaned back in the defensive position, one arm in front of his face.
'This is crazy. I mean, I've been fighting for so long now, but I've never been in a fight like this!' Even though he would still try to deny it, he was scared. He clenched his eyes shut and turned his head as the girl approached him and held out her hand again.
Tohru P.O.V
Everything has been such a rush lately. These past couple of days, it seems like the world is happening around me, and I'm just sitting here, helpless and scared.
"Tohru," cooed Shigure, "I called your job for you and told them that you've had some family trauma and that you won't be coming in for a little while, okay? So, just try to take it easy for these next few days."
I looked up at him, everything about me screamed worried, sad, and angry. My emotions were overwhelming, like I was going to burst at any moment. But my voice sounded . . . it sounded almost lifeless. "Thank you." I mumbled. I was just sitting there at the table, looking down at my lap, rubbing my eyes every time a bad memory came back. No matter how much I wanted to snap out of it; no matter how much I wanted to get up and do something or be there for the rest of them, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I feel selfish, I'm not the only one worried about Kyo, so I shouldn't be making everyone else care for me; I should be there to comfort them too! I mean, after all, he is their family.
It's like I'm trapped inside my own body; a hollow shell of the happy girl that I am, or, used to be, I guess.
Help me.
Kyo P.O.V
I stopped cringing and opened my eyes, to find her hand outstretched towards me.
"Here, let me help you up." Her voice sounded bland. She had even less emotion than Hatori.
"Ohh, umm, thanks, I guess." She pulled me into a standing position.
"Sorry you had to witness that. We don't take insubordination around here very lightly." She turned to me, her face serious. "Let this be a lesson to you: never step out of line."
"Oh, um, yeah," I stuttered.
I finally got to get a good look at this girl. She was kind of short and very fit. She looked like she had been fighting for a while; she had a very tight abdomen going on under her shirt. And that's not all she had going on under her shirt.
I felt my face get hot as I hid behind my hair. She had to be a D. Maybe a C. 'I feel like a creep.'
Anyway, she had wavy, long black hair and big, dark brown eyes.
Also, something else; she's not wearing white either.
Nope, instead, her clothes were all black, just like that other dudes'. Well, I guess it's either end of the spectrum with this place. She had on a black form fitting V-neck tee, and form fitting black spandex shorts.
'She looked like she had been boxing'. I wasn't just getting this from her clothes; she had those protective fingerless gloves on, and brace looking things for her ankles. Also, she was built like a fighter. You could tell even just by the way she held herself when she stood.
"Nice to meet you." she said.
I doubt it, considering her voice was still as bland and emotionless as it was when she shot and killed that guy.
"Hey!"
"Uh, yeah!" I stuttered. This girl was intimidating, and I didn't like that.
"You must be the new guy," she said. She took off her glove and held out her hand, to properly greet me, I guess. I looked down at her hand, stunned (for some odd reason) when I noticed that she had a strange marking on her hand; the same one that that other guy had on his hand, except hers read "First."
'What the hell does that mean?'
I took her hand and shook it. "Uh, yeah, hi. I'm Kyo."
"Hi, I'm Shade."
'Shade?!'
General P.O.V
Shigure looked up from his writing as the phone started to ring. Every time the phone rang for the past couple of days, he would jump up at the sound, hoping it was the police with any leads on Kyo. Now, he just stopped getting his hopes up. He sighed as he slowly got up to answer the ringing phone.
"Hello," he said. He didn't have that usual spring in his voice like he always did. He sounded tired.
"Yes, Shigure Sohma? It's Officer Yasuda. We think we know who might have taken Kyo."
Shigures' eyes widen and his heart started pounding. His throat felt dry as he said, "Really? Well, should I come down to the station?"
"Yes, I think that would be best. There's a lot we need to discuss." He said the last sentence with a sigh. That gave Shigure a bad mindset.
"Okay, I'll be right down." He placed the phone back on its receiver, and turned around to find Tohru standing in the doorway. Her head was hung, as if she was about to be sick. She was hanging onto the door frame, as if she was going to collapse at any moment, but Shigure didn't rush to her aid. He just stood there, staring, waiting for her to say or do something. She picked up her head to look at Shigure, and her eyes looked as if she was dead.
She ran to Shigure and hugged him, not thinking about what she was doing.
*POOF*
A cloud of blue smoke dispersed, revealing Tohru cuddling a black dog, sobbing as she held it.
"Sh- Shigure. Please. Please find Kyo. I can't lose anyone else. So please, please find him."
'What does she mean she can't lose anyone else?' thought Shigure. Suddenly it hit him.
Tohru lost her Father at a very young age, and recently lost her Mother. Also, those people that lived with Tohru and her Grandfather made it quite apparent that they didn't like her at all, and practically forced her to move out. She's been through so much lately, and now Kyo, someone who she was so close with, someone she really loved, was taken from her too.
'Now I understand why Tohru has been taking this so hard. She just can't lose anyone else.'
Another poof and Shigure was back into his human form. Tohru naturally looked away, now sitting on the floor, her hands in her lap. She had stopped crying.
Shigure grabbed his robe from the floor and put it back on. He sat down on the floor next to Tohru and stroked her back.
"Oh, and Shigure? Thank you for all that you've done for me. You've all been pushing aside your feelings to help me, but I should be helping you guys too, you know? So, I'm sorry for being so selfish these past few days. I promise, I'll make it up to you be making you all lunch!"
She said the last sentence with a smile. At least she's feeling a little better.
"Don't worry," his voice serious, "I swear we will find him."
Author's Note:
Hey guys! So, I based Shade's voice off of Angel from Angel Beats (dubbed), except not as "electronic" I guess.
Glad you liked it, if you liked it.