Author's Note: Alright, the story is going to slow down a little from the fast pace of the previous chapters. Please bear with me and keep reading it? I've got my plans in mind and I hope to be able to keep writing these chapters quickly. Please, any feedback will be of help. If anything it'll give me motivation to keep going. Thank you.
Chika found himself being carried from his room and down the stairs. Shiba had once again managed to tie his wrists behind his back and no amount of kicking or screaming was doing him any good. Chika's mind was running at full speed trying to make sense of everything that had happened. Shiba being alive and…doing those horrible things…using his own screams of defense to hurt Shito…it just didn't make any sense. Now two guys in suits had shown up to pick up his bags and Chika couldn't shake the idea that he'd seen them before. He just couldn't place where. Shiba jumped from the last stair and landed jarring Chika's bruised and battered body.
"Ack! Ngh….W-what the hell do you think you're doing?" Chika asked through the pain. He found it hard to keep consciousness with all the blood rushing to his head. Shiba's shoulder dug into his stomach as he was carried through the main lobby and outside to the driveway. "Don't ignore me!"
"Calm down, my little Chika. It's all going to make sense in a little while. We just can't stay here anymore. Those housemates of yours should be coming back in a few hours and I'd hate to have them see you like this." Shiba chuckled.
Chika glared at his back. "You bastard just put me down and leave already! I am not going any-" Chika's yells were interrupted by one of the suits calling to Shiba.
"Everything is ready sir, please come with us." The man said. His accent wasn't Japanese, nor was it American.
Shiba smiled. "Thank you." He said simply and followed the man to a black limousine waiting in the parking lot. He pulled Chika from his shoulder and caught him in his arms, smirking down at him. "Our ride is here. Time to go." Shiba said happily.
Chika kicked and struggled. "No way in hell am I going with you!"
"Ne, Chika-chan, don't struggle like that. You're only hurting yourself more." Shiba walked towards the car, holding Chika in his arms despite the boy's struggles.
Chika's eyes widened as he recognized the car. "Xu Fu- What are you doing with the Xu Fu? Are you insane?"
Shiba shook his head and bent over tossing Chika into the back seat then sliding in after him. Chika grunted landing face first on the bench and tried to sit himself upright. He about made it until Shiba pushed him down again, holding his hand on his head. Chika tried to kick him but Shiba's legs quickly pinned him down.
"Gah! I'll kill you!" Chika yelled.
"I doubt you will, my little Chika. You had your chance once and you failed. Now you just need to keep your head down so people don't see you." Shiba said light-heartedly. "Now calm down before you hurt yourself." Shiba said pushing his hand harder against Chika's head.
Chika grunted again, clenching his fists. He gritted his teeth and remained silent. He had to figure out what was really going on before anything else happened. He could feel the blood from his chest wound seeping through the bandages. Damn it. He thought to himself. Though Yuuta had worked to heal him, there was only so much he could do at a time. For now Chika chose to stop struggling and let his body try and heal itself from all of its injuries. His eyes burned as new tears formed at the realization at what had happened to him. He'd been raped. He just couldn't get his mind around it. Raped, taken by another man. His old friend from middle school of all people, Shiba Reichirou. Chika closed his eyes tightly trying to keep the tears from falling. He had to remain strong and make it through this. Whatever was going to happen, he had to make it through. He'd find a way to get away. He'd do everything he could to keep from giving in.
He gasped feeling something wet on the back of his neck. He shuddered steeling himself against the provocation. He wouldn't let Shiba get to him. He felt Shiba lean over him and blow in his ear. Chika shuddered again trying to turn his head. Shiba chuckled above him and moved releasing his holds on the younger zombie. Chika waited a moment before sitting up. He breathed out and started a coughing fit. Shiba pulled him to his chest and patted his back as if it were to help his cough. Chika managed to stop it on his own but Shiba didn't let go of him. He tried half-heartedly to pull away again but quickly gave up, deciding to conserve his strength and energy. Shiba chuckled again.
"Finally giving up are you, my little Chika?" Shiba asked.
"Chk. Never." Chika spat. He glared up at the other.
"Very well then. I prefer the fight in you. That look on your face, my how I loved it." Shiba said stroking his face with one hand. Chika jerked his head away and growled.
"Don't touch me." Chika muttered knowing it wouldn't work. He stayed pressed up against Shiba's body until the car came to a halt outside a large building. The doors opened and he was pulled out by one of the suits from earlier. He pulled against the man and almost got away until the other grabbed his other arm. The two of them began dragging him inside while Shiba stepped up to the China man waiting outside the door.
"I see you've had your share of fun already, Shiba Reichirou." Touhou said stepping from the doorway.
"Of course. It was the best way to get the proper phrases." Shiba grinned, one hand in his pocket, the other smoothing away his hair.
"I see. Such crude manners you have. Hnn?" Touhou turned his attention from Shiba and smiled. "My my, Akatsuki-kun, you're injured."
"TOUHOU! You bastard! How dare you help him?" Chika screamed. He thrashed in his captors' grasp. Touhou sighed and waved his hand in a spell, causing Chika's body to become rigid. The men had to pick up the teenage boy in order to take him the rest of the way inside. Chika kept yelling and screaming the whole way.
Finally inside Shiba took Chika from the men and asked them to retrieve the baggage from the car. The older zombie held Chika to him one arm around his waist the other, covering his mouth so as to not disturb the rest of the occupants. Chika struggled and kicked as he was dragged further inside the building. He watched every door that they passed by. He tried to memorize each turn so that he could find his way back out again. One of the doors had a bluish light glowing from the window. Chika managed a peek inside and his eyes widened. He jerked his head suddenly freeing his mouth.
"SHITO!" He yelled. No sooner had he said it then Shiba clapped a hand over his mouth again and hurried him down the hall.
Shito! He just saw Shito. Damnit! Did he hear him? Did Shito know he was there? He had to! He had to have heard him! Chika kicked harder. If only he could get to Shito, then he'd at least have someone he could trust to help him out of the situation.
Shiba pulled Chika inside the elevator and let go of his mouth to press the button. Immediately Chika started yelling.
"Shito! Shito you have to hear me!" Chika yelled. "Anyone!"
Shiba laughed. "He can't hear you, Chika-chan. No one here cares. This is the Xu Fu's hideout in Japan. No one here is going to help you."
Chika ignored his worked and continued to struggle and yell. For Shito, for anyone to help him. It didn't matter who, just anyone. Shiba glared at Chika and grabbed his head in one hand slamming it against the elevator wall, denting it. Dazed Chika's yells faltered, a cloud forming in his vision.
"Shi-to…" Chika managed to say before losing consciousness.
Shiba smirked catching him and lifting him in his arms. "Just like a bride being carried over the threshold to a new home!" Shiba said in a sing-song voice as he stepped from the elevator.
He travelled down the long hallway until he came to his destination. The door stood open to a large apartment styled suite. Lavish furniture and other items decorated each of the rooms. Shiba didn't even look at it. He walked straight through the expensively furnished living room and into the bedroom. A large four-posted bed stood in the center. Satin sheets and a satin, down comforter covered the bed. A mountain of pillows rested at the top. Shiba swept inside and gently laid Chika down on the bed. He loosed the ropes and stepped back. The deep burgundy of the bedspread surrounded the pale zombie as if it were a pool of blood. Chika's hair and skin stood out so cleanly it was as if he was laying on top of a photograph.
Chika's body shuddered and relaxed, he arms and legs stretching out to ease the tensed muscles. His cheeks flushed with a slight fever. Shiba watched him for almost an hour before finally moving to cover him with a blanket. Silently, he cupped the sleeping teen's cheek in his hand, caressing it with his thumb. So pale and weak. He'd protect his little Chika from the world. From the dangerous corruptions of the people around him. In middle school, Chika had asked to go somewhere together with him. Finally, years later, Shiba did that for him. Though Chika had changed, he would understand in time. Shiba would make him understand. All it would take is time and some work. Chika would forget all about his family and friends. He would forget about Zombie-Loan and especially he would be forced to forget Tachibana Shito. Shiba would not rest until Chika knew who exactly he belonged to. He wouldn't rest until Chika willingly came to his bed and obeyed him as he so desperately wanted. Chika would be his and his alone.
A knock on the door drew Shiba's attention from the still body laying on the bed. Slowly, almost regretfully, Shiba left the bedroom and went to answer the door. He opened it and was met by one of the Xu Fu's Japanese members. Shiba regarded him a moment before speaking.
"What is it that you want?" Shiba asked annoyed.
"The Touhou asked that I tell you he has taken Shao Ye to Shanghai. You are allowed to live in this building so long as you do not interfere with the Xu Fu. We will assist you with anything you need so long as it means keeping Shao Ye in Shanghai." The man stated.
"Of course. Please inform Touhou that all has gone according to plan on this end. Though we will be needing an exorcist every now and then to heal the progressing failure of Chika's hand. Unfortunate as it is, he can't please me fully with only one." Shiba smirked to himself.
The man made a face of disgust and finally nodded. "We will have one here in a day or so. We will send him when he arrives. Excuse me." The man bowed and turned on his heal walking back down the hall. He muttered under his breath. "Just as perverted as the Touhou. It's just sick."
Shiba chuckled at the words and closed the door. He began unpacking Chika's things. Setting them where he saw fit. He even set a photo of Chika and himself from middle school on the mantle. This was one of the things he wanted Chika to remember. Only the memories of him.
"One day, Chika. You will come to realize...you were always mine." Shiba said as he returned to the bedroom to rest. He laid down next to Chika pulling the smaller body to him and threw the blankets over both of them. "When we both wake up, your training will begin." Shiba kissed the back of Chika's neck once, leaving behind a love bite before settling into the plush comfort of the bed and drifting off into sleep.