Kasumi
Dammit all to hell…
No matter what I do to search for Zen's files he has on me, the pass code has all been changed and I'm only allowed access to my own references he unlocked. I'm trapped like a bird in a cage here and I haven't been able to contact anyone outside this building for hours. Just what does he plan on doing with me now that he something on my friends?
"Why do I get the feeling I'm going to return to that me…" feeling uneasy, I looked at the window behind me and saw my reflection. My mother's features show strong within me. But my most prominent feature is with my dad whenever it came down to being serious. My eyes looked as though they were empty…almost like that time years ago where they showed no reflection of life. Would I turn back into that desolate person and think of nothing but the future of the company? I'm scared to return to that side of myself…
"You still here, Kasumi," hearing Zen by the door, I glared to his entry. "There's the look I know," he grinned. "Do I light that fire inside of you," he asked me. Prancing over to me in his manner of egotism, I stayed glued to the chair and refused to get up. "Why not give in to me Kasumi…there's no escape from here," he says.
"….Not without a fight," I say back to him.
He leaned down and tilted the chair back to startle me and it worked. The fear of falling and clinging onto him was what he wanted and he wrapped his arms around me to lift me off the chair.
"PUT ME DOWN," I demanded.
"Only if you kiss me," he says.
The nerve of this guy! I struggled to break free from his grasp but he's gotten stronger last I remembered. Zen is now an opponent that would be hard to go up against, just how am I to get away unscathed?
"Remember Kasumi, I hold your friends in the palm of my hands." He reminded me.
My heart sank low to my stomach and I looked at his features that held all the truth to his words. If not for sending me those pictures…that phone call…I wouldn't be here doing everything I can to protect them.
"Now Kasumi…what do you choose to do," he toyed with my feelings of freedom and squeezed me tight. "Do you kiss me, or does Kim get a mark to match the set?"
I tightened my fingers on his shirt and hated him with every fiber of my being! Taking his face and kissing him for five seconds was enough for him to be satisfied with as I wanted to vomit.
"Smart girl you are," he chuckled. "But then again you always have been," kissing my head and taking leave, I was stuck here. "I'll be back for you tonight when I'm finished with work. We will have dinner and catch up on old times," he said it so casually like there was no animosity in the room between us.
"I hope you choke and die," I say to him. He took no offense and shut the door, locking it up and hearing only the sound of my own breathing. "Dammit…I have to hack into the system before then." Turning back to the computer and immersing myself into the electronic device, I had to rewrite the entire codex if I am to get what I needed and get out of this alive.
"Kim…don't do anything stupid!" I begged.
Three hours later….
Results of my superior hacking skills were coming into play. I found half of the system codex and started to rewrite them all by scratch. From my past with my father of learning this I should be able to reboot the system to the original archives and get everything I need. If all goes well I can even unlock the doors in this building and turn off all cameras!
"There's a commotion at the main entrance, get your men down there at once!"
Oh shit! Zen isn't supposed to arrive for another three hours! I have to finish this quick or enable a screen to cover my tracks before—
"Kasumi," he slammed the door open and looked pissed about something. "We're leaving," he demanded. I quickly moved the mouse over and had the system continue doing what was needed to be done and he stormed his way over and looked at the screen. "Enough playing video games, we are leaving!" I glanced at the solitaire screen and thanked the gods that's what came up. If the restoration process is a success, everything will be under my control in less than 24 hours.
"What is the meaning of this Zen," I griped.
"Some people don't know whether to quit when their ahead," he was grinding his teeth and leading me to the elevator brutally. "Don't say a word to them or look them in the eye! If you do I will do more harm than originally planned and you will never see them again!" He snapped.
"….." staying quiet and fearing he would with just a phone call, he now holds my company's power over others and I know it's possible to do harm. "Yes sir," I say coldly with no feeling into it, he slammed his wrist to the wall and glared at the doors.
"Damn them…" biting his nail, just who was getting him so worked over?
The ping of the elevator being on the first floor opened the doors and I saw the commotion.
"If you say anything to them, they will go down." Zen warned.
I walked beside him like a puppet on strings and saw the entire host club gathered by the entrance. My voice wanted to shout out to them, but then if I did that they would suffer for my intolerance. Biting back my words of want and bowing my head down, Zen placed a hand on top my shoulders and walked beside me like he owned me. Basically he did…
"Ah, Kasumi," hearing the twins call out to me, I can't bear to look at them for fear I would break.
"Kasu-chan," hearing Honey too…
Don't look.
"Kasumi-chan," Tamaki is here as well.
Don't look…
"Kasumi," Mori as well.
Don't you look up Kasumi…!
"Kasumi," hearing Kim, my heart clenched tightly in my chest and made me shake slightly.
Don't look or you'll lose them forever…
"Kasumi," Haruhi as well?
Don't you dare look up… just…don't…
"Kasumi…" Kyoya.
Don't look Kasumi…you'll never see them again for the rest of your life!
"Well if it isn't Tamaki Suoh and his underlings. What brings you here to my company," Zen asked.
"We've come to retrieve Kasumi Matsumoto," Tamaki spoke up.
"Oh," Zen mused. "And how do you plan on doing that Suoh-san," he asked him. "I'll have you know Kasumi here came to me willingly of her own accord. Why would she return to such a depriving school such as Ouran to play your silly game of hosting?" he taunted.
"She did not go back willingly!" Kim cried out. "You forced her Zen, I know you did," she seethed. "Return her at once," she demanded.
"Kasumi," Zen spoke my name so coldly it was hard to bear it being so close. "Tell them you came to me willingly…" I looked at him in the eyes and saw he meant for me to hurt them myself. Feeling my heart shatter and break I swallowed what was left of my freedom and slowly looked upon them.
"….." they looked so professional coming here to the company in hopes of negotiating. I can't stand not saying anything of what I want, but if this is what I have to do to protect them from Zen then so be it.
"Go back…" I say at first.
"Kasumi," Tamaki stepped forward. He was immediately stopped by the guards.
"Go back to the Academy…I'm staying here," I say with bated breath.
"Kasumi you can't!" Kim cried.
"….I chose to come back here Kim…I chose to come back to Zen." The words felt like liquid hot iron burning in my mouth as I spoke in monotone. What killed me most was when Kyoya stepped forward and looked at me sorrowfully.
"Is that true," he asked.
My mouth twitched to wanting to cry to him and be held in his arms again. I bit back that urge and with my eyes pleaded for him to understand my silent plea to forget about me.
"I-It's true…I chose to come back…" I think a tear slipped from my eye and I quickly avoided Zen's look onto me and he seemed satisfied with my declaration.
"Hear that….she wasn't forced or anything of the sort. The effort to come here has been wasted. Leave my company at once and you will be spared for trespassing." He brought me closer to his side and gave a haughty laughter as they were all escorted out. When I looked back up to see their turned backs, I wasn't expecting everyone to have their heads turned to me and I broke.
"…guys…" I mouthed. My eyes must have said it all to them in my wish to be free from here, but when Zen brought my face around and planted a sudden kiss on me, I cringed and couldn't believe he would do such an act in front of them!
"Kasumi," hearing Kyoya's voice break over the sound of shutting doors, I punched Zen in the stomach and tore away from him.
"Dammit Zen," wiping my mouth, I wanted to vomit. "What the hell was that for," I snapped.
"I know the relationship between you and Ootori-san, Kasumi," he spoke. "Don't think I haven't monitored you over the last year and did all this for nothing."
"You asshole," I shouted. "I'm doing what you want of me to do and that's what you pull!? Don't you ever do that again," I threatened.
"You have no right to make threats Kasumi," he grabbed my wrist and forced anther kiss onto me and I fell to the floor with him on top. "You're my property now, so deal with being used." He spat.
As he finished me off with those words and brought me back to that cold and empty-hearted room, I just sat on the floor in despair as the look on Kyoya's face haunted me for what he saw. For sure now I can't bring myself to stop here…I have to get in contact with them without being noticed and the call being tapped into. Somehow I have to get the hell out of here with everything on the line!
Kim
"The nerve of him," I hissed. "He dares touch her and gets away with throwing us out! What was the point in all that!?"
"…." The twins looked to me with a mischievous grin and there was something I wasn't in on. "We got what we wanted," they spoke.
"What…?" Tilting my head, Tamaki nodded his head.
"We made our impression on him for sure that we are a threat. Now to access the database and find where she is being held."
They were acting so calm about what just went down that I was shocked. Not only that, but Haruhi seemed to be scheming something in her mind as well!
"Tamaki-sempai," she turned to him and spoke of the law and what they could enforce if matters came down to it. I nearly forget why she came to Ouran in the first place. She aims to be a lawyer like her mother and she has the wits for it.
"Sounds good Haruhi," he patted her head. "Kyoya, any luck," he asked him.
"Seems someone has been accessing the database and tampering with files. I don't know what more to do on my end from here." He seemed confused about it but I ran over and looked at the monitor myself and smiled.
"Kasumi you haven't backed down yet," I cheered. "If you can find the mainstream codex for messaging then we can communicate with her freely without holding back!"
"So this is…" he trailed off and began working. I've never seen anyone's fingers move so fast over a keyboard before. They were moving so quickly my eyes couldn't keep up and I had to move back and watch him from behind to what he could do. "I'm not giving up so easily either…" he mumbled to himself.
1 ping showed up that was all glitched out and it was Kasumi!
-Kyoya is this you?!—She asked.
"You did it Kyoya," I cheered.
-This is me, are you alright?—He asked.
-I can't say for sure if I am or not Kyoya…but please don't do anything rash like that again! He will hurt you all if you do something he dislikes and I can't stop him!—She said frantically.
-What do you mean by that Kasumi? Is he holding something against you?—Kyoya asked.
-….please don't do anything rash, I can't guarantee he will let it off like he just did.—She said. –Is Kim doing alright? No one's come to hurt her have they?—She asked.
I gasped to think Zen would use me as a weakness to Kasumi. If he threatened me alone it would be different…but what if Zen threatened everyone here and that's why she's gotten into this situation?! "Tell her I'm fine Kyoya!" I spoke up.
-Kim is fine. She is here with us after all. But what of you…has he done anything other than kissing you just now?—Kyoya asked.
-For now that's all he's done…Kyoya forgive me. But please don't do anything until I finish rewriting the system! It won't be done for another day or so but you have to hold out till then! I haven't been in this company for nothing with my parents here. I need time…-She begged.
"Kasumi…what are you planning to do?" I wondered.
Kyoya gave everything a thought and rubbed his chin while staring at her message. Finally he typed back. -Can it be done?—Kyoya asked.
-It can…-she answered back.
-please be careful then…-Kyoya said to her. –I will do all that I can on our end here and see to it you return to us safely.—
-Thank you…-she typed back to him.
Now I know for a fact Kyoya is a hard to read guy from start to finish, but looking at him now he's like an open book! Sighing sadly and running his fingers through his hair so stressfully, it made us all worry over him and we waited till he spoke.
"let us prepare for the ordeal when dealing with Zen. He has our companies in hand so play the right cards and we can win for sure out of his deck." Closing his computer and walking quietly to the car, Tamaki followed suit and we all trailed behind.