A/N: Ask and you shall receive! Thank you so much KuroiSpade for the review. I've had some already written but I lost motivation when no one reviewed or even viewed my story. Thanks for the renewed motivation! You must have a twisted mind like me to want more

Chapter 4

The next morning, Katsu came back down the stairs with another bag. She set it down and took the Heretic Fork away from Ayumu's neck, causing his head to instantly fall again. She laughed and playfully hit is cheeks to get him to look at her. She unclipped his hands so his arms fell to his sides. Katsu wasn't worried about him trying to escape.

Katsu grabbed his left hand since his right arm was still not useful, and she placed a bottle of water in it. "I also got some fruit. I don't want you to starve to death," Katsu smiled. She watched as Ayumu slowly drank the water and ate the fruit. While he ate, Katsu attach a ring around Ayumu's neck that had a longer chain. "I need to go get a few things in town and I decided to be nice and let your arms be free so you can continue eating. I won't be too long." Katsu waved and walked up the stairs.

In blissful relief, Ayumu collapsed on the ground and fell asleep.

Rumors began to spread after Ayumu Narumi had disappeared. First the school incident and now this? Many students in the school whispered stories to one another, but no one spoke about it out loud. Recently, more murders and threats had been happening around their town and Ayumu always seemed to be a part of it.

After countless investigations, the police had no idea who had done it.

"What did you do with Ayumu?" Hiyono asked, instantly accusing Hizumi.

"I didn't do anything!" Hizumi yelled, which was out of character for him. His usual easygoing personality was replaced by uneasiness.

"You expect me to believe you?" Hiyono asked.

"I don't care what you believe," Hizumi said, walking away. "While you're blaming innocent people, I'm going to do something about it."

When Ayumu didn't show up for class, Hizumi didn't think anything about it. It wasn't as if he never skipped classes before. It was a little concerning when Ayumu didn't wait for him after school, since he always did, and when the house was empty Hizumi thought of the worst case scenario. The police were on the case instantly when Madoka found out, but Hizumi knew they probably wouldn't find anything. Not if it was the person he thought it was who took him.

Hizumi walked around in thought. He needed to meet with the other Blade Children. He knew he needed help. As he walked, a person who passed him caught his eyes and he reached out to grab their arm.

Katsu looked over at him annoyed, and then she smiled when she realized it was Hizumi. "Hizumi! How have you been? You look a little flustered."

"What did you do with him?" Hizumi asked, glaring.

Katsu's smile dropped. "Do with who?"

"You know who! Ayumu has gone missing!" Hizumi said angrily.

"Don't get mad at me," Katsu said, tearing her arm from Hizumi's grip. "I didn't do anything. Why would I? If you want to get killed by him, that's your fault. If I were you, I'd ignore the fact that he's gone and be happy he won't be around to kill you."

"As if I'd do that," Hizumi said. "I know you have him."

"I don't," Katsu said sternly. "Now, if you excuse me, I have shopping to do." She marched away irritably.

Hizumi watched her walk away and then he looked at his watch. He jogged down to the café where he was supposed to be. He smiled in relief when he saw a group at one of the tables outside.

"Thank you guys for coming," Hizumi said, walking up to the table.

"You ask us to be here, and then you're late?" a spiky red head said annoyed.

"I ran into someone, sorry," Hizumi said, looking around the table at the Blade Children. Kousuke, the red head with glasses, had his arms crossed. The little girl, Rio, had her silver hair in pigtails and she was drinking a smoothie. The last one in the group, Ryoko, had short brown hair and was standing up by the table.

"What did you want?" Ryoko asked, getting straight to the point.

"I need your help," Hizumi said.

"Why would we help you? What's in it for us?" Kousuke asked.

"I think I know who took Ayumu, but I won't be able to get him back by myself," Hizumi admitted.

"Who do you think took him?" Rio asked, looking up with full attention.

"Katsu."

The group stared at Hizumi. Kousuke laughed. "You want us to go fight Katsu? The one trained by the devil himself? No thank you. She's worse than Kanone."

"Kousuke," Rio said, tugging on his sleeve. He looked down to the puppy-dog eyes Rio had mastered. "But it's Ayumu. We can't leave him with her."

Kousuke looked away with a groan. "Why should we help him? If he's really supposed to help us than he can get out of that himself."

Ryoko whacked her hand across the back of Kousuke's head. "Don't be mean."

Hizumi fell to his knees on the ground and looked up at Kousuke. "Please help! I can't do it by myself and you're the only ones who know Katsu enough to be able to help! Please!"

The group stared wide-eyed at the devil pleading. People passing by began to stare and whisper at the strange sight.

"Alright! Alright, just stand up!" Kousuke shouted, feeling embarrassed at the scene. Hizumi bounded up and hugged Kousuke.

"Oh, thank you!" Hizumi yelled, pulling away and waving as he walked away. "We'll come up with plan at Ayumu's place tonight!"

The three Blade Children watched as Hizumi walked away from sight.

"Do you think he planned to get that reaction from Kousuke?" Rio asked, taking a sip of her drink.

"For my sanity, let's say he did," Ryoko said with a sigh.

Kousuke groaned. "Great, I thought we were done with the fighting for a while."

"It will be four against one," Ryoko assured.

"You've never really met her since you wanted nothing to do with the Blade Children," Kousuke said. "She was raised and trained by Yaiba. It's not going to be easy."

Katsu slammed the door she returned to the house. As suspected, Hizumi thought she was the one who took Ayumu. And with all the other Blade Children now looking up to Ayumu, there would be no doubt they'll eventually help. The only chance she had was to talk Hizumi out of looking for him, but for some reason he was determined.

Katsu marched down the stairs in anger. She got another bucket of cold water and doused the sleeping teen, waking him up instantly.

Ayumu coughed and sat up, thankful to get even a little sleep. He looked up as Katsu threw the bucket to the side.

"You seem a little agitated," Ayumu said.

"Shut up!" Katsu shrieked, surprising Ayumu. Her collective attitude was gone and despite the risks, Ayumu smiled.

"Has someone figured it out?"

Katsu took a deep breath to slow down her breathing. She had to calm down. Even if they know, she knew the Blade Children feared her. It would take them a couple of days to group and come up with a plan. They wouldn't charge wildly, that would be foolish.

Katsu regained her scarily calm smile and looked over at Ayumu. "It's okay. I'll just have to cram in everything I want to do into a day or two."