Tortured Souls

AN1: Kiku has been in love with Feliciano for a long time, but Feliciano doesn't know he does. However Kiku will do everything in his power to protect him. Now what happens when the two are kidnapped and held for ransome? Secrets will come out from these two tortured souls. This is an Axis Powers Hetalia yaoi (boyxboy) fan fiction. If you don't like the pairing or yaoi at all, then don't read this, this isn't meant for you it's meant for others.

AN2: I don't want to waste any more time so let's begin with the story!

The night was dark (all you see are opening credits as you hear in the background some really crappy 80's music… Suddenly a giant logo appeared revealing the title made by a very crappy 2 week photoshop student!)

Lol just kidding, just a quick disclaimer that I don't own anything and just to let you know now, the characters may be OOC but I'll try my best to keep that Hetalia spirit. KK here's the real story!

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~Kiku's POV~

I walk around the dark space around me. I can't see, hear, feel anything; nor can I see anyone. Just a chilling silence in a black abyss.

"S-Sumimasen?"(AN: "Sumimasen" is how you say "excuse me" in Japanese) I call out in my native Japanese tounge but I get no reply. 'I don't like this, where am I?' I think to myself.

Suddenly the setting around me changed in an instant and I was now in a cell. There was nothing in the cell but this time, a tiny fraction of light entered from one of the walls. Only on one wall were there bars that allowed the light to enter. A cold breeze made its way into the cell making a shiver go up my spine.

'What is this place?' I thought

Suddenly I got a feeling deep within me that I remember from my days as a warrior; someone was in the room with me. I turned every which way yet I couldn't see anyone with the light the other room was giving me. I heard faint whispering around me and I reached for my katana which, to my surprise, wasn't there!

'No! Where is it? I have it with me at all times, why don't I have it with me now?' I thought.

The whispering grew louder until finally a lone voice made its way out of the shadows.

"Kiku…" the voice whispered.

'That voice, it sounds familiar, yet…' I thought trying to pinpoint the voice.

"Kiku…Kiku…" it whispered.

Suddenly the voice hit me like a blow to the head. "Feliciano san!" I gasped. As soon as I said his name he appeared in front of me smiling the same smile as always. "You scared me Feliciano san! Where are we?" I asked but Feliciano just looked at me the way he normally does except this time there is a glimmer in his eyes.

"Kiku…" Feliciano whispered again stepping closer to him.

I started to blush as he became so close that I could feel his breath hot on my neck. "W-what are you doing Felinciano san?" I stuttered.

Feliciano wrapped his arms around me and held me close. "Kiku…I love you."

My voice got caught in my throat. "R-really?" I asked finally hearing those words I wanted to hear from him for so long.

"Yes." Feliciano whispered leaning in close to me.

Right as I was about to close my eyes and lean into my desires, a movement caught my attention behind him. A masked man holding a gun aimed his gun straight at Feliciano. Before I could say anything the man took the shot and Feliciano fell from my arms and onto the ground cold.

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"NO!" I screamed then bolted upright. I look around and realize where I really am: I'm in my room waking up at 3:34 in the morning waking up from another nightmare. "Chikusho!(AN: Chikusho is a way of saying "damn it" more towards yourself and not to anyone in particular) That's the third nightmare I've had about Feliciano dieing this night!' I thought to myself placing my hand to my forehead.

I have no idea why this has been happening. It's true I loved Feliciano but my mind has been cursing me with these terrible dreams about my love being killed or even worse, tortured then killed. It's weird because they all have the same setting: a black, dark cell with masked men holding us hostages.

"There is no way I can go back to sleep after that. I need to see him" I muttered getting out of bed.

I slipped my usual white uniform and went to the batheroom the examine his hair. After 3 nightmares, it must have made me toss and turn because my hair was one black mass of bed head. After a minute or two of wrestling with my hair to make it cooperate, I started heading out of my house. I stopped, looking at my katana. I carry it with me where ever I go.

"I'm just going to Feliciano san's place, I won't need it today." I muttered to no one in particular and headed out the door.

As I started walking down my usual route to Feliciano's, I started to remember for some reason, the event that took place in front of me about two months ago.

~Flashback

I walk the streets looking for Feliciano like normal when suddenly I heard him cry, "Germany! Germany! England told me you hate me! Is that true?"

I hide secretly behind the corner where no one seems to notice my presence. Seconds pass into moment; moments that felt like forever. 'What is Ludwig waiting for? Can't he see Feliciano crying? Say something!' I thought. Ludwig still said nothing. 'That's it, if he isn't going to say it, then I will!' I declared but before I could move Ludwig finally spoke up.

"No, they were all lies, in fact, ich liebe dich. "Ludwig said turning his head and not even looking at him truthfully.

"Thank goodness!" Feliciano said smiling once more.

A sharp pain went straight through my chest as tears welled up in my eyes. "He's just saying that Italy…he doesn't mean it…I can tell he doesn't…" I whispered tears threatening to spill over.

It was too late as they walked away, Arthur looking guilty for what he did and Francis patting him on the back. Feliciano looked happy as Ludwig put on a mask of happiness but I could tell he felt guilty for giving him false hope.

"Kiku, you fool…why didn't you go tell him when you had the chance...?" I asked myself quietly. Then the tears fell deeply and heavily from my face as I ran the rest of the way home.

End flashback

It wasn't until 1 month later did I learn Feliciano never did return those feelings. I cried tears of joy the day Feliciano approached metelling me that information.

"I thought you loved Ludwig, he told you he loved you in German." I uttered to Feliciano a bit too darkly then he intended. Feliciano had visited him that day and just told himhe loved someone else.

"I never loved Germany, and I will never love him except as a close friend." Feliciano explained.

"Then…who do you love Feliciano san?" I asked.

Suddenly Feliciano sat closer to me for some reason. "Someone I've been close to for years now. I don't know if this person sees me however but I love this person as much as I love pasta!" then he entwined his fingers with mine.

I was beyond shocked and all I could do was blush a deep shade of red.

Since that day, my feelings for the cheery Italian has grown immensely. Now I feel certain that Ludwig won't be able to hurt Feliciano. It's good because Ludwig is actually on a long mission he was forced to take. He is not to be disturbed in any way and before he left, he left me with parting words I will stick to forever.

"I am leaving Feliciano in your care Kiku. You know as well as I do how much trouble he can get into when he is alone. Don't abandon him for one second, I have a bad feeling he will get into trouble if left alone." Ludwig said.

"I promise I won't abandon him, hurt him, or leave him alone." I promised, not to Ludwig but to myself mostly.

Since that day, Feliciano has been staying with me until Ludwig comes back. It was just this one night I needed to go back home for a small matter but I never thought I would have nightmares such as torture!

I finally make it to Feliciano's at about 4:30 still in the morning. 'I'm pretty early, but he shouldn't mind.' I think. Right before I knock, something inside catches my attention. I hear Feliciano struggling inside only to be interrupted with a plea for help. That however was cut off by a loud smash.

"Feliciano san!" I gasped and I kicked open the door battle ready.

His house was a mess; when he left yesterday it was spotless. Now books and furniture were scattered amongst the flooran some fhis best vases were broken shards on the ground. I headed into the kitchen where he saw Feliciano, but he was passed out in the hands of 2 masked men.

I was overcome with rage and I ran up to them, my hands clenched into fists. "LET GO OF HIM!" I yelled and punched both men in the face. Right was I grabbed Feliciano and was about to escape, a sudden sting hit me in the back of my head and darkness seized my vision.

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"Kiku…Kiku…Kiku please wake up!" I heard a voice whisper that gradually got louder.

I opened my eyes into little slits and the first thing is saw was Feliciano looking over me with the most scared and worried expression he had ever seen. If I didn't have a massive headache, I would have leaped up and embraced him tightly just to make him feel better.

"F-Feliciano?" I asked tiredly.

His face lit up and he gave his loving smile that he gives whenever he sees pasta. "Thank goodness you're awake Kiku! You have been asleep for 6 hours; you really scared me." Felinciano said stroaking my hair back.

I was just about to relax into his soft hands until he realized just where he was: in Felinciano's lap!

I jumped up quickly and looked at him shocked. "What the hell am I doing in your lap?" I asked accusingly. Suddenly I felt light headed and I found myself falling backwards.

I never hit the ground because Feliciano got up and caught me just in time. "You shouldn't stand up so fast, you have a wound in your head. That's why you were in my lap, so that I could try to keep the bleeding under control." He explained.

Felinciano sat back on the ground and pulled me back into his lap. He took the sleeve of his jacket and started gently storaking my head wound. My head started to sting but for some reason when Feliciano started to gently rub my back, I felt relaxed. As Felinciano continued to clean my head wound, I started to look around my surroundings. It was a medium sized black cell with no furniture, no food, nothing was at all in sight. In front of us was a wall with bars and it barely let in light that came from the hallway light.

'This is just like my dream!' I thought. "Where…are we?" I asked slowly.

Suddenly, spontanious laughter came from down the hallway, gradually getting louder as the man approached the bars. "The little brat of a nation wants to know where he is? That's hilarious! Always the great and powerful Japan; beaten by us. Priceless!" the man said in a british accent. Finally the man came into view: he had blond hair and brown eyes, and a suit that looked very exspensive for my standards.

The look on his face was very creepy causing me to scoot protectively closer to Feliciano. "Who are you? Where are we and what do you want?" I asked deepening my voice to try and sound threatening.

The man laughed. "Yes like I'd really tell you the answer to your first two questions! However I will answer the third. You're little friend here," he said motioning to Felinciano. "we have learned, is worth quite a bit of money to the other nations. Some would say you can't put a price on him. We did. We were first going to kidnap him and ransome him for a hefty $20,000,000 and we were going smoothly until you came into the picture. You hit my two commrades up pretty good. Broke Erics's nose and punched out four of Brad's side teeth asshole!"

Silently I laughed, happy to know I did at least some damage to my kidnappers!

"So now we raised the ransome." The man said and my happiness fell. "For your Italian friend here $20,000,000 and for you, $40,000,000!"

I felt y heart litterally stop for a few seconds. 'So…much…money…I would ask some other nation to pay for it that's too much!' I thought in agony.

"And to top it all off, every day your little nations, which you call "your friends", don't pay we take our anger out on you two." The man said.

I felt Feliciano start to tremble. "W-what are you going to do to us?" Feliciano asked his voice sqeaking a bit in the beginning.

"Have you ever been tortured so much that you wish death were upon you every second of every minute yet the pain continues?" the man asked smiling evilly. Feliciano started to tremble more and shook his head quickly. "Well, this should be a new experince for you shouldn't it?" the man said then took off laughing down the hallway as he does.

'I will not allow him to harm my Feliciano.' I thought promising myself.

I turned over to face Feliciano and like a sword through my heart, he was crying and trembling to no end. I quickly pull him into a tight embrace and whispered words of comfort into his ear. Finally after a while, his trembling was ceased to a small skake. I backed up a bit, still holding him and wipped away the reamining tears.

"I'll protect you Feliciano san, I promise you won't be killed here." I whispered.

"Thank you Kiku." Feliciano whispered then fell asleep in my arms.

I looked down at the sleeping Italian and smiled. Suddely my eyes started to feel very heavy and I let sleep overcome me.