Chapter 7
Manami stared at the blurry woman before her. She looked at Manami with a hint of fear. Manami tilted her head, even without her glasses she could see that the woman looked a little stiff.
"Don't say such frivolous things! I am just a mare maid at the hand of the young Master Katashi!" Mai said with a little more malice than intended. Manami just stared at the older woman. "Are you sure? When you said his name it sounded like you regretted it,"
"You sure are blunt, Okuda-sama." Manami blushed a deep red. "I-I-I'm s-s-sorry f-for my b-b-bluntnes-s!" Manami frantically apologized to the woman. The woman smiled kindly at Manami. "It's quite alright. Now let's go to Master Katashi before he gets mad. Shall we?"
Manami looked at the blurred hand before her and grabbed it. "I have no choice in the matter anyway." Mai looked at the chemist with pitying eyes. The poor thing just had to catch the attention of a narcissistic son of a bitch.
On the way to the dinning room both of the women didn't bother to make any kind of talk. They were a few feet away when both heard crashing sounds and angry yells. They awkwardly entered the dinning room and Manami saw Ryuu, or at least she thought she did. "Manami-chan, glad you can make it," Ryuu said as he dropped one of the plates to the floor.
"Of c-course! I...I wouldn't m-miss it f-for the w-world," Manami said with a false smile as she carefully made her way to Ryuu. Ryuu smiled a sadistic grin and ordered one of the maids, as well as Mei, to clean up the broken glass on the floor. "Come Nami-chan, we will eat in the patio," Ryuu said leading her to the outside. Manami walked a few inches behind Ryuu, since she couldn't see, and turned to see the blurred silhouette of Mei and two other maids.
They passed by the unorganized table, and Manami saw a knife. She didn't know how to use a real one or if she could actually use it on someone other than Koro-sensei, but she took it just in case she needed it. She hid it in the sash of her dress and continued walking.
She didn't notice Mei look at her and smile widely. "My Lady? Why are you smiling like that?" Saki, one of the maids, questioned. Mei looked at Saki with hard eyes and spoke, "I am not your Lady anymore. I am of no higher rank than you. I am the same as you. My son did it that way and Kami knows my husband will do nothing to stop it." The maids looked at each other and excused themselves. Mei sighed and looked toward the direction Ryuu and Manami walked to. Somehow Mei knew that Manami wouldn't go down without a fight.
Manami held the sash covered knife in her hand tighter. She could feel an intimidating aura around him. She could feel every inch of confidence drifting away from her. She wavered a little, then she shook her head. No she was going to escape this psychopath's grasp. She was about to pull the knife out of of the sash until his voice stopped her midway.
"Don't even think about it, Manami-chan," Ryuu spoke in a dangerous voice as he turned to look at her in the eye. Manami's breath hitched in her throat. How did he know?! Was it that obvious?! "What d-do you m-mean, Ryuu-sama?" Manami said with a false smile. He narrowed his eyes and grabbed her hand that held the knife. Her eyes widened a fraction larger as he looked to her then the knife before he plucked it from her fingers. He the proceed to throw it to the floor.
"Do you really think I didn't notice your killing intent behind me? You should really hide it alot better Nami-chan," Ryuu stared her down with hard eyes as he spoke. Manami looked at him with hate and fear, a mix of emotions that made Ryuu love her even more.
"M-My family will b-be l-l-looking for me! As well as m-my friends-s! Especially K-Karma-kun!" Manami yelled at him with defiance. Ryuu's eyes hardened as well as his fists and jaw. Before Manami could even blink Ryuu's hand held an iron grip to her jaw. "DON'T EVERYONE MENTION THAT NAME EVERYONE AGAIN!" Manami shrieked as he moved her face with every word. Tears started to build up in her eyes, but she was too scared to let them drop. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME, OKUDA MANAMI!" Manami frantically apologized to the psycho in front of her. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!" Ryuu tightened his grip on her jaw and she let out a small whimper. "Y-Yes-s," Manami said as she tried to contain her fear.
He looked at her with one more fiercely look. He then brought her face toward his own and kissed her harshly. ManaManami's eyes widened and she tried to pull away, but Ryuu just pulled her closer. She resisted even more and she hit him in the groin. He doubled over in pain and looked at her with hatred. Manami backed away a few paces and grabbed her glasses from her sash. She had hid them there when Mei wasn't looking.
Manami proceeded toward him and kicked him. He stumbled over and fell in a pile of pain. Manami was breathing heavily. She backed away and decided she needed to find the exit. She ran to the door leading inside the house, until she felt a hand grip her ankle. She fell face-first onto the ground. She turned and saw that Ryuu was holding onto her leg and was pulling her toward him. She kicked his face once again and eagerly lifted her body from the ground. She ran inside the lavish home and instantly found the exit. She was so close until so e one wrapped their ar s around her slender waist.
She kicked and screamed and scratched. She was not going down without a fight. She then stopped when her captor apologized to her. Was he sorry that he had to capture her for his boss? Or was he just apologized out of pity? "Yato, thank you for capturing my beloved Manami,"
Ryuu looked at Manami in the eyes and sopke, "Lock her inside of her room, Yato. I will think over her punishment." Yato nodded his head and took Manami to her room, the basement. She didn't even try to fight back anymore. She knew if she did it would only make it worse.
Upon reaching the basement, Yato opened the ddoor and emtered. He set her down and put her chain back on. Yato looked at her with a sorrowful expression and left her alone. Manami scrunched her eyebrows together in worry and looked at her reflection in the mirror that was in the very corner. She dreaded the punishment Ryuu talked about.
She needed to escape one way or another. She was going to succeed next time.
