Shion

We finally arrived at the Westblock just as the sun was setting, but strangely Nezumi wasn't leading us towards the room, but into town. We stopped outside an old hotel. Inukashi. What were we doing here? We entered the building, being greeted by dogs.

"Inukashi, where are you hiding?" Nezumi called, a laugh was heard.

"It's been a while since you scurried in here, Nezumi" came a familiar voice. Inukashi revealed himself on top of the stairs, "and you brought Shion and Yukio. This should be good." Nezumi sighed,

"I need you to take care of the kid and Shion until morning, I need to take a look at something and I would prefer that both Shion and Yukio not to be there" he said. What was going on? Inukashi nodded and Yukio ran into his arms. Yukio had already met Inukashi, he would sometimes visit, so Yukio was okay to be around him. Wait, Nezumi was going to look at the video.

"Hold on a moment Nezumi" I shouted, Nezumi turned to me, "I would prefer to be there" Nezumi frowned but nodded.

We left the hotel and walked silently to the room. I had to get the mouse off of him and I had to do it soon.

We entered the room and I felt free again. I quickly made my way to the bookshelves, placing the books back where they belong, watching Nezumi carefully as he walked around the room, his back to me. Now was my chance.

I slowly crept up to him, seeing Hamlet in his pocket. This wasn't going to work, but I had to cry. Over the years I had been learning how to defend myself and attack people, just in case if it was needed to fight those mysterious men. I always knew that I would never reach Nezumi's level, but this was my only chance. I reached out to grab his neck, hoping to hit his pressure point, but before I could touch him, he spun around and grabbed my neck, pushing me to the bookshelves.

"I expected much" he said smiling, "I thought it was odd how you wanted to see your own torture video, but I'm guessing you want to steal it" I gritted my teeth, trying to fight against his hand that was around my neck. He took Hamlet out of his pocket, "is this what you want?" he asked, knowing full well that the answer was yes.

"Give it back" I shouted, trying to reach for it. Nezumi shook his head,

"I'm trying to help you Shion, and all you try to do is steal from me. I'm the wrong person to steal from and you know that" he said loosening his grip around my neck before letting go. I slide down the bookshelf, my eyes wide and tears streaming down them. I failed and I was a fool for trying.

Nezumi looked down at me and knelt down to my level placing his forehead against mine.

"Ssshhhh, it's okay Shion. If you don't want to watch it then you can spend the night at the hotel" he whispered before drawing back and walking away from the bookshelves. I felt dead inside, I felt ashamed, I felt everything negative. I was determined to snatch the mouse right out of his hand and run for it, but didn't. Instead I just got up and slowly walked to the door, feeling Nezumi's gaze on me. I placed my hand on the doorknob and stopped,

"don't think bad of me once you see it, okay. I'm not weak!" I muttered knowing Nezumi heard me,

"never" he said before I left the room and walked outside, taking a deep breathe. I was spending the night with Yukio and Inukashi.

Nezumi

I watched Shion carefully as he made his way to the door. The room was full of tension as the only sound that could be heard was the tapping of Shion's shoes. He grabbed the doorknob and then stopped.

"Don't think bad of me once you see it, okay. I'm not weak!" he muttered, he really was an airhead if he thought I was going to judge him after one torture video.

"Never" I said back before he left the room, leaving me alone in the place I used to call home. I sighed and looked at the mouse in my hand; was it that bad? So bad to make me judge Shion from the person I know would do anything to save my life? I clenched the mouse and made my way to my bed, where I pointed Hamlet at the wall:

The picture was blurry to begin with, but then got into focus and I could tell Hamlet was on Shion's shoulder, and he looked a bit depressed. I heard Hamlet squeak from the video,

"I'm alright, Hamlet" he said. The rat squeaked again and nuzzled in Shion's ear, "haha, stop that Hamlet, that tickles" I smiled at the thought of Shion being happy, but them remember that this wasn't meant to be a happy video. Shion was walking down a sheet, however it was completely deserted, Hamlet squeaked again, but it sounded like a warning squeak.

"Oh, look who we've found" I heard a voice from the recording. Shion gasped and turned round to see and tall man with blonde hair smoking (A/N - I have nothing against blonde people), more men began to surround him. Hamlet turned to Shion and I could see a face that looked like when he was in the Correctional Facility, there were no emotion in his eyes and he looked ready to kill. "Aw, don't look at me like that, boy" the man mocked. Suddenly Shion was on his knees, with a hand pulling at his hair.

The blonde man threw away his cigarette and walked over slowly to Shion. Hamlet lunged at the man, but was tossed away into the corner of the streets, but still watching. The man grabbed Shion's chin, "it's been a while hasn't it?" he said, Shion began to struggle but one of the other men held a knife to his throat. "What are you going to do about it? Huh!" he mocked, "you are nothing without you're Rat friend, and I don't mean that one that is currently in the gutter" he said pointing to Hamlet. I frowned, how did they know about me.

Shion's eyes widened, "how do you know about Nezumi" he said baring his teeth, the man grabbed his throat,

"ah, you finally speak, now all we need to do is make you cry" he said before stepping back and kicking Shion in the face, a loud scream could be heard, "still not crying, huh? Well how about this" he said before continuously kicking Shion in the gut. Eventually the screams could no longer be heard, and Hamlet was in the perfect position to see Shions face, and there was nothing. His whole face was blank, he looked to be dead but he was blinking. He didn't cry or scream, he just lay there, taking it. My eyes widened a the scene in front of me.

Eventually they stopped and got down in front of Shion, "You're friend is never coming back for you. He left you, betrayed you. If he stayed then he would be here protecting you. But in the end this is all your fault, you were the one that wanted the wall down and now everything is falling apart." he said, before getting up. He put his hand out to one of his men who was smoking, he smiled and toook the cigarette. He nodded and the men held Shion down while pulling up his shirt,

"here's another one to the collection" he said before pressing the cigarette onto Shion's chest. Shion's eyes widened as he scream and thrashed around, but the men held his still.

"Cry, damn it!" shouted the man before throwing away the cigarette and walked way, being followed by the rest of the group. Hamlet just watched Shion for a while, but he never moved, not once. He scurried over to him and nuzzled at his cheek, but there was no emotion.

Suddenly he got up, pushing his shirt down, "let's go, Hamlet" he said, acting as though that never happened. The rest was blank.

I stared shocked at the wall, then down at Hamlet who was now looking at me.

"What have they done to him?" I asked, feeling as though my head was about to explode.

The next morning I walked over to the hotel. I got no sleep last night because that whole video scared me. I have seen some really bad things in my life, hell I've even seen my family killed. But it was the fact that Shion had no emotion in his face, like he was dead. I pushed it to the back of my mind as I into the hotel.

"Nezumi-nii-san!" a small voice shouted. I stared up at the top of the stair and saw Yukio, who was smiling away and running towards me, "good morning" he said. I smiled and nodded. I could see Yukio looking round me at the door, "Nezumi-nii-san, where's Papa?" he asked.

That was when everything cracked in two, I frowned,

"he left last night and said he was going to spend the night with you" I said, Yukio shock his head,

"Papa never came here" he said. At that moment I bolted out of the door, missing Inukashi's welcoming by a half second. I ran down the market place that looked a lot better that it did all those years ago.

"Shion!" I called continuously, but I never got a reply. I searched everywhere and asked people all around.

"Have you seen a young man with white hair?" I asked a butcher. The man thought for a moment,

"now that I think about it, I did see a man with white hair last night. He was being dragged by a group of men, but I didn't interfer because it wasn't my business" he said, my eyes widened. I lunged and grabbed the mans collar,

"which way did they go" I shouted, catching attention from people passing by. The man was shaking, but pointed to the right. I released him and ran in the direction I was told. I looked down alleyways and under stalls, but nothing. Suddenly I tripped over, I looked back and saw a pair of legs,

"god, even after 4 years, there are still people dying on the streets" I said getting up and getting a closer look at the body. My eyes widened, "Shion!" I shouted. I had found him, but he was bleeding and bruised, but like always, there were no tear marks.

I grabbed his head and placed it on my lap, "Shion, wake up!" I continued to shout. I felt his pulse and it was there, I sighed in relief before picking him up and placing him on my back, I needed to get his to the hotel, now.

Shion

I don't remember much of last night. I remember leaving Nezumi and walking towards the hotel, but suddenly being knocked out. What happened? Consciousness was slowly coming back to me and I felt like I was in a bed. I slowly opened my eyes and noticed that I was in Inukashi's hotel. Hang on, Inukashi's hotel doesn't have beds, just dogs.

"Ah, you've seemed to regain consciousness" I heard a voice and stared towards the door to see Inukashi,

"what happened?" I asked in a faint, tired voice. He sighed and set down the bowl which he was carrying, before coming over and sitting next to me.

"Sadly, I can't answer that question. I remember Nezumi coming through the door with you on his back; he looked ready to break down" he said. Nezumi. Where was he? I tried to sit up, but was met with unbearable pain; Inukashi pushed me down,

"bad move, Shion, you're on bed rest for a few days. Nezumi found you bruised and bleeding, he thought you were dead, but he could feel your pulse" he said. My eyes widened,

"dead?" I questioned, he nodded. I bit my lip, "where's Nezumi?" I asked, Inukashi sighed.

"I finally convinced that rat to sleep, do you know how many days you have been out, Shion? 3! And Nezumi was awake the entire time" he said. I suddenly felt really guilty, if it weren't for me, Nezumi wouldn't be in this state. "Go back to sleep, Shion, you need rest, and maybe when you wake, Nezumi will be here" I stared at him and nodded. Inukashi walked out of the room taking the bowl he had with him. How could I rest? I felt awful in more ways than one. Inukashi told me that Nezumi looked like he was about to break down, but Nezumi would never do that; he's too strong will. Yukio. Where was he? 3 days is a long time and he must have known the truth, he's smart and it is difficult to hide something from him. I suddenly saw the door creak open,

"papa?" a tiny voice called, Yukio. I smiled,

"Yukio, your papa needs rest" Inukashi's voice called. I sighed,

"it's okay, Yukio, you can come in" I said, he smiled a huge grin and ran to my side.

"Are you okay, papa?" he asked,

"I could be better" I told honestly, you couldn't lie to this kid. He looked down,

"Nezumi-nii-san was in a sad state when you were brought here. When he asked me where you were because you had left him, my heart stopped" he said close to tears. I rolled on my side carefully and stroked his head,

"papa is here, Yukio, papa is here" I told him before he burst into tears. I just held him like that, until he stopped crying, it was the least I could do.

And here we go, I am so sorry for not updating for a long time. I am so happy that people have started to review my story. Poor Shion, he's not having a good time at the moment. Hopefully I will update soon, but don't count of it, because I have exams...ugh!

Well, until next time