Disclaimer for FAKE

Fandom: FAKE

Pairing: Dee/Ryo

Rating: This is work safe. There's some language in it though. No more lemons now. Sorry L

Spoilers: After Vol. 7

Timing: First year of being together. Just after the end of the last volume for sure. I think somewhere in the middle of May maybe since I want it to be spring. Probably just a couple of months after getting together.

Summary: We're coming to some great things in this chapter. But I must torture you a bit more :D I'm not done with the story yet. There's at least one more chapter to go or maybe two or three. It depends on how things go from here. So sit back and enjoy as things continue to move along in the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of FAKE. They belong to Sanami Matoh. I'm just a poor fan fic writer. I do own the characters of Hideo, Kevin, Eric, Lloyd and Jerome.

A/N: I must really love you chapter, I found, could have kept going but then where would have that left me? I found a good place to end it for the time being and I'm getting ready to work really hard on the next one for you. Hope you enjoy this chapter. But I must warn you, the bad things are not over yet .

Beted by no one totally at the moment. Looked at by Vovo after it's up.

Trouble in Little New York Chapter 16

Previously in Trouble in Little New York; Eric is still tormenting Ryo, and Hideo and Jerome are fed up with it. Lloyd is going to meet Jerome while Hideo waits for his partners return. Kevin has shown up again in a very threating manner. What is his motive? Will it come to fruition? Will Hideo be able to protect Ryo from Kevin?

Same day.

In Manhattan, Jerome finds a secluded place to park and, when he gets out of the car, begins to walk quickly to the meeting point for Lloyd. He stops when he gets to the corner of 5th and Lennox and waits for the light to change. As the light turns green, a hand lands on his shoulder that makes him turn around with a calm look in his eyes to see his friend behind him.

The two men walk together for a while, not saying a word in case someone was following them, until they come across an alley they felt comfortable with. They duck into the narrow space and walk away from the human traffic. They stay alert to any suspicious noises until they reach the middle of the alley. They ignore the wafting smell of rotting garbage as they face each other.

"Well," Jerome begins, "What do you know to be able to help me?"

"I know the cop's son," Lloyd replies. "He's due to be here any minute. I told him to meet us here."

As if on cue, Bikky shows up at the other end of the alley. "Hey Lloyd," he says cautiously.

"What's up B. This here is my man, Jerome."

"Hey," Bikky gives a nod.

"Hey," Jerome nods back.

Lloyd speaks again, brining all attention back to him, "Jerome is the man who's going to help you get your father out."

"Yeah," Jerome says once Lloyd was done talking, "I'll help you out no matter what. I was there that day your old man was taken. I even helped set up the trap. But I regret that now. What's he's been through should never have been. I'm really sorry man."

Bikky looks the older man up and down and sees the sincerity in his eyes. "Alright," he sighs, "I believe you. So, is it possible to get my dad out?"

"I'm pretty sure it's possible. I have a partner on the inside right now taking care of him. the only problem I see right now is that there's another member, named Kevin, that seems to want to do some kind of harm right now, so we should try to hurry."

"Will do," Bikky says as he whips out his cell phone and speed dials Dee's cell phone.

"That you, Bikky," Dee's voice comes in after the first ring.

"Yeah, man, it's me." Bikky replies. He doesn't call Dee by his name. "I have a man here that says he can lead you strait to my dad."

"Great!" Being at the precinct and in Rose's office, Dee gives everyone there the thumbs up. He's greeted with quiet cheers from Ted, Drake and even a smile from JJ and Chief Smith. Rose is the only one whose face remains stony. "Put the man on the phone. I want to talk to him," he says a little more calmly.

Bikky passes the phone to Jerome, "It's my dad's partner. He says he wants to speak to you."

"Hello." Jerome says carefully.

"Hey," Dee says carefully just in case he chases the man away. "You're the man who can help us save my partner?"

"Yeah. I helped put him there, and now I want to help get him out," Jerome says heavily at saying this again. "I'm really sorry about that." He apologizes again.

"I understand," Dee says calmly. "I promised your buddies that I would do everything I could to keep you out of trouble, so I'll do my best."

"I understand," Jerome's voice is heavy. "Meet me at 5th and Lennox and I'll take you and whoever else you have with you to your man. He's being held in Queens."

Dee takes the phone from his ear and says out loud, "Fuck. He's in Queens. That's way out of our jurisdiction."

"Don't worry about it, Laytner," Rose speaks for the first time since the phone call. "I'll make some calls right now and have it taken care of before we leave." He gives one of his charming smiles.

"That works just fine. We'll meet you there." Dee tells Jerome.

Jerome hands the phone back to Bikky. "Everything all set?" the young boy asks.

"All set. See you soon. But hey," Dee calls out just before Bikky hangs up, "when we get there, I want you to go straight home. I don't want anything happening to you. Understood?"

"You got it, man. Straight home and nowhere else until you call me." Bikky hangs up the phone.

For a moment the three guys don't move from their place in the alley until Lloyd finally breaks the silence. "We have to go. Let's just walk out casually. No one really notices people coming out of an alley anyway."

With that agreed upon, they walk out of the alley and into the bright sunlight of the sidewalk and head back to 5th and Lennox to wait for Dee and whoever else comes with him. They stay near a building and watch people and cars as they pass by as they wait. Finally after about thirty minutes, Bikky spots Dee's unmarked car and a few other cars following behind drive along the street looking for a place to park. He nudges the other two with him and nods in the direction of the cars. About five minutes after that, Dee walk up to the group alone and greets them, "Hey, guys."

"What's up?" The three guys say in unison.

Dee turns his attention to Jerome, "I want to thank you for your willingness to do this. I'm in the process of getting you off the hook, but the commissioner hasn't said anything yet."

Jerome's face falls a bit from the news but he responds, "That's alright. I just want to do what's right."

"Let's do this before the day is done. The commissioner has done a lot to get us over to Queens and to work with their force." Dee says as he looks down the street.

Jerome then goes back down the street to get to his car with Dee, Bikky and Lloyd following. At the car, he gets in and waits for Dee to come to the window where he gives a warning, "When I left the house, there was no one there watching the place. It was empty inside except for me and my partner. Then Kevin came in and he meant harm but he was diverted for the time being. Now, I'm not sure what kind of watches might be there now, so we'll have to go with caution. When we get to a certain point, I want us all to separate and find different routes to the house." He reaches into his glove box and pulls out a pad of paper where he writes the address of the house on it and hands it to Dee. Next he pulls out his phone, "Let me give you my number and so we can keep in touch."

Dee takes the paper, puts it in his pocket and gives his number to Jerome as well as programs the black man's number into his phone. "I'm going to give rest of the squad this information and I'll call you when we're ready to roll out." He walks off in the direction of his own car.

Bikky comes over to the window next and proffers his hand towards Jerome. "Thanks, man," he says with a small amount of emotion in his voice. "This means a lot to me."

Jerome shakes the small hand warmly. "You're welcome." He watches as Bikky walks away with Dee.

Lloyd comes up last and gives his friend a warm smile. "You be safe out there," he says, "I want you to come by and chill sometime in the future."

"You got it, Lloyd," Jerome says as he sticks his hand out of the window. They give each other a shake and a quick, but awkward because it's through the window, man hug and Lloyd walks away with Bikky and Dee.

At Dee's car, Bikky and Lloyd wait while Dee gives the address information via radio. He also gives the plan of separating when the get the mark and to keep an eye out for any kind of suspicious movements when they get closer to the house. He then looks at JJ in the back seat of the car, "You got your rifle ready?" he asks calmly.

"Ready and raring to go, Dee." JJ responds seriously.

Finally Dee looks at Lloyd and gives his hand to the young man. "Thanks for your help with being in the middle of all of this. For this time, I'll ignore what it is you do on the streets. But be careful in the future," he grins with this last statement.

Lloyd takes the hand and grins back as he gives it, "No prob. I'll make sure not to run into you during one of those bad times." He looks over at Bikky. "Alright, little bro, looks like this is it." he gives Bikky dap, "Keep yourself out of trouble and I'll see you again soon. Don't let it be too long this time though."

"You got it," Bikky says as he pulls Lloyd into a man hug. "Stay safe yourself." He watches as Lloyd walks away. Bikky then turns his blue eyes to Dee's green eyes and they look at each other with grim determination. "Don't screw this up, Dee. Bring Ryo home to us safely." He smiles a little at the 'screw up' comment.

Dee grins back and nods in agreement. "Get on home and lock up. Just in case. Don't come out until I call for you."

Bikky nods his understanding and turns around to go. Suddenly, he turns back with uncertainty in his eyes as he lunges into Dee and latches his arms around the man's waist and squeezes quickly. "Be careful," he whispers. He lets go and takes off running down the street to the bus stop.

When he gets into the car with Drake and JJ, Dee pulls out his cell phone and calls Jerome. After a brief conversation of being ready to go, he gives Drake the signal to follow Jerome's car when it passes by. He also radios the other vehicles to tell them to move out.

x x x

Hideo was still sitting in front of the door in the chair with his head leaning against the door. He eyes were closed due to exhaustion from all of the pent up energy of waiting for something bad to happen that's taking far too long to occur. He doesn't fall asleep but he tries to relax as much as possible until he gets some sort of sign from Jerome with any kind of news. The only sound he hears is a whimpering coming from the sleeping man on the bed. He peers over at the man as he tosses his head on the pillow. He left Ryo's hands untied and his legs still tied up but he never wondered why the chestnut haired man never tried to escape.

Ryo lies on the bed as comfortably as his legs would allow. He's having a bad dream which brings on the fits of whimpering. In his dream he sees the face of a very handsome man with a very cruel smile on his seductive lips. He watches as the man advances on him and brings a hand slowly to touch him. Just before he could feel the warmth of the hand, he gives a scream and sits up in the bed with a jolt, breathing heavy and dark eyes wide with fear. He looks around the small dingy room thinking that he's going to see Eric hovering above him. Finally his eyes rest on the figure of Hideo sitting in front of the door. Seeing the Japanese man watching over him makes him feel better and he calms down. He takes shaky breath as he lies back down and stares at the dirty celling. The sound of a cell phone ringing makes him sit back up to stare at his protector. He watches and listens as Hideo answers the phone.

"Jerome," comes Hideo's voice in a grateful manner. "How are things going?" he listens to the person on the other end for a minute and then responds. "You are on your way right now and you have a squadron with you?" Another pause as he listens more, "It will take you twenty to thirty minutes to get here? Yes we will be ready in time. Give me a signal before you come into the house so that I know it is you and not someone else. I will also give you a call in case something happens. See you soon." He hangs up his phone and puts it back in his pocket.

As soon as Hideo is done putting his phone away, there was a loud bang on the door and it quivers on its hinges again as well as making Hideo's teeth rattle in his head since he's still leaning on it. He quickly looks over at Ryo to see the man staring in terror at the force of another bang on the door that makes the chair move slightly away from it as the back of the chair rams into his back. "Who's there?" he finally asks once he's able to catch his breath. He blood runs cold when he hears the high reedy voice of Kevin.

"Let me the fuck in you chink!" Kevin hollers through the door. He kicks it violently again and is rewarded with the sound of splintering wood.

"What in the hell do you want now, Kevin?" Hideo's accent gets thicker from the emotion that begins to well up in him. He gets up from the chair to stand protectively by Ryo's bed. He quickly unties Ryo's ankles so the other man could get away in case something bad was to happen that the he couldn't prevent. Then he places his hands loosely at his side and sets his feet into a stance and waits for the assailant to come in.

"You stupid fuck!" Kevin sneers through the door. "You know why I want to come in!" he kicks the door and watches the splintering spread more through the door.

"I will tell you again about the rules for this man from kaichou. You know you are not to touch him!" Hideo watches the door give way some more from another well placed kick.

"And I told you before that I don't give a fuck about some stupid rule!" Kevin yells back. "The boss ain't here and there's no one around to stop me. I watched as that stupid black shit left the house in his car. I know you're all alone in there right now!"

"Did you forget that I can tell kaichou about you? I will not stand for this!"

"I don't intend to leave you around to go and tattle on me, dumb shit! You'll be long dead before anyone knows what happened!" Kevin gives the door one final, perfectly placed kick and it breaks away from the molding, tearing the lock from the wall as it falls to the floor. He takes a menacing step into the room.

Ryo has already jumped off of the bed and is standing by the wall near the bathroom door to keep as far away from this disgusting white man who intends to do him and Hideo harm. For some reason, his cop reflexes haven't come together saying that he could get in there and help.

"What's this?" Kevin asks when he sees Ryo standing, "You set the rat free? You had best move out of the way before I take serious action against you". He sneers and shoes his yellow teeth.

Hideo keeps his position near the bed and doesn't let on that he's ready for a fight. "I will not move, Kevin. You will not hurt him."

Kevin snorts in angry mirth. To him, all he can see is a scared cop and a useless bodyguard. He speaks again, "Stupid chink. You think you can stop me?" He brings up his fists and places his feet for better balance and takes another step forward.

"If you know what is good for you Kevin, you would back the fuck up from me right now." Hideo's voice holds a lot of menace. He's answered with a cynical laugh from the pimply white man. Not wanting to take any chances, he brings up his hands and holds them in a weak and open looking karate stance.

Kevin laughs again at the weak looking stance and takes another step forward, hoping to scare the Japanese man away so he could get rid of him. His face begins to contort into an ugly rage as he notices the Hideo does not back down and he has a calm look on his face.

Hideo watches Kevin's face turn red and his watery blue eyes narrow in anger and frustration. "What is the matter, Kevin? You know you can't scare me, do you not?" He grins at the low growl that comes from the white man. He continues to stay in his place, waiting for the right time to strike.

Kevin, now furious that the Japanese man won't go anywhere, runs forward, ready to punch Hideo's lights out. Before he could even bring his fist forward for the blow, he feels a blunt pain of a fist making contact into his gut and he realizes as he reels backwards from the blow, that Hideo got the first strike in. Sitting on the floor, he gasps for breath and stares at the black eyes that continue to look at him calmly but the lips have a smug grin on them. His anger grows into a rage that turns this vision red and he slowly reaches into his back pocket for the switch blade he always carries on him.

Hideo watches the subtle movement with expert eyes and waits for Kevin to make another move. While Kevin is standing, he's watching the one hand behind the man's back as well as for any other suspicious movements that might come his way. But he knows that Kevin is a simple man and will only use his one hand.

Kevin's sneer returns to his face as his confidence come back again from feeling the cool hard steel of his switch blade in his hand. "This is it, you little chink fuck. I'm taking you and that pretty boy down." He pulls his hand from behind his back but he never gets the chance to bring the blade out before he's laid out on the floor unconscious.

Hideo had moved in with lightning speed and gave a strong round house kick straight to Kevin's head which knocked him completely out. "Don't call me chink ever again, cracker." He spits on the body lain out on the floor. He turns back to Ryo who is still against the wall with wide eyes staring at Kevin's body on the floor. "Randy-san," he says soothingly, "it is time for us to go now."

Ryo blinks at Hideo's words but remain still against the wall. His mind still distraught from the pain and rape that Eric had put him through and he's also still in surprise about not getting hurt by another lunatic. Finally the adrenalin leaves him and he sinks to the floor. Not knowing what was going to happen next, he begins to shrink away from the Japanese man.

Hideo takes a cautious step towards Ryo and looks sadly down at him. "Randy-san, it is time for us to go," he repeats but with a little more urgency in his voice.

"I can't get up," Ryo whispers. "It hurts to stand up and walk. Moving feels like I'm being punched all over again." He has a pleading tone in his voice, willing for his friend to understand.

"I understand what it is you are saying, Randy-san, but you must get up," Hideo puts a hand down for Ryo to grasp. "You have friends on their way to come and get you. Tomodachi."

Ryo blinks again in surprise at the news. "Tomodachi?" he asks quietly.

"Hai."

"Friends?"

"Hai."

Ryo's mind slowly returns to him as Dee's face flashes into his head. The cocky smile he always wore when he was feeling good about something. He body begins to respond to his brain to move. His cop instincts return as well as he grabs the Asian man's hand and he's helped to his feet. He wobbles unsteadily, and just as his legs feel as if they were going to give way, he feels Hideo's strong arms around him, giving him support. "Arigatou, Hideo-san."

"Douitashimashite, Randy-san."

"Please, call me Ryo."

Hideo smiles at the fact that he knew that he was right about his man that he grew to care about. "Ryo-san," he repeats.

Ryo looks around the room while still being supported by Hideo and realizes that his clothes are nowhere to be found. He looks down at the still unconscious body of Kevin and carefully reaches down to grab the knife away. He holds onto it as he makes a movement towards the bed. There he grabs the stained sheets and, with Hideo's help, wraps them around his naked body. "What are we waiting for now?" he asks once he's covered up.

"I am waiting for Jerome-san to call me back to let me know that he is here with the police. It should be any moment now."

Ryo nods and takes a deep breath at the feeling of being freed from his prison. He and Hideo move towards the hole in the wall where the door once stood and wait for Jerome's call to come in.

More A/N: So now you know what's going on. I'm hoping that there are no loose ends right now. I'll let you all know that Kevin is now out of the picture. That kick to his head put him into starsville for the rest of the story. It's a shame he lives though. But you know the cops will find him. Be patients, the next chapter will be here in several days. Just remember that I'm in school right now so I'll do my best to get it out soon. You all have been so great to me so far. But what's in store
in the next chapter? Does someone die? Do they all live? What on earth am I doing with your minds XD? Just wait and see. Comments are love