Hiro's POV

Oh my god... It's Hitomi... I clenched my fists tightly as I remembered our first meeting. She smirked and pushed her long black hair off her shoulders. "You..." grumbled Yuki.

"Now that's not a very nice way to introduce yourself to a lady." she replied shaking her head. All though she talked to all of us, her blue eyes stayed directed to Masako, who's almost black eyes glared at her back. "Nice to see you again Masako." she calmly said with a smile.

"Hitomi." replied Masako stone cold. "Why are you here?" Emi was hidden behind me not making a noise.

"I made an alliance with the Hanasakos about a very big project." Hitomi stood proudly as she gazed only slightly down at Masako. Masako looked ready to mangle her. If felt Emi jerk at the sound of her last name. No... Please don't Emi! Emi finally snapped and ran towards Hitomi before I could grab her.

"Emi!" yelled Kenshi.

"I wanna see Mama and Papa!" said Emi. Hitomi widened her eyes in surprise and then smiled at the little girl.

"You'll see them soon. Come with me." said Hitomi holding her hand and running off.

"Wait!" yelled Masako advancing forwards.

"Stop right there!" yelled a man. He turned his gun around and hit her in the forehead with the back of it. She fell to the ground with a thud still awake, but weakened.

"Masa!" I yelled. She coughed and stumbled to her feet. Riki narrowed his eyes.

"Lead them away!" ordered a man.

"Yes sir!" They walked behind us and pushed guns to our backs. I grabbed Masako and put her arm around my shoulders. Her head was bleeding, and her face was pale. Be okay Masa... We walked out of the room and took a right and saw a room with steel doors. A man typed in a passcode on the contraption place on the middle of the door. I've got to get this password! 4...7...2...1...0! I looked at Riki who nodded at me silently. Just before we walkd inside of the dark room, one of the men jerked Takkun's laptop out of his hands. Takkun cussed and insulted the man. As soon as we walked in, the doors shut, and the lights switched on. It was like the small room, except for bloody and more covered tubes. What the hell... Hitomi sat in the back of the room with two other people: Emi's parents. The woman had silver white hair and light blue eyes, while the man had brown eyes and red eyes, so I kind of got an idea of who they were; Emi had their qualities. Emi was nowhere in sight.

"Tell us where Emi is." demanded Riki. Hitomi shook her head and laughed.

"Don't ask me." she replied glancing at Emi's parents with a smirk. The people didn't waver.

"Tell us where she is." said Hyosuke. The woman smirked and walked over to a tube grabbing the cloth. I widened my eyes in fear. Masako clenched the cloth of my jacket tightly as the woman yanked the cloth off. Inside was Emi; passed out while bleeding from her arm profusely.

Masako's POV

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. "No..." I croaked attempting to walk forwards. Hiro grabbed my arm and to keep me from moving.

"Isn't it wonderful? Hitomi made a deal with me to preserve our baby girl for us." Emi's dad said.

"What the hell?! That's your child!" yelled Kenshi.

"Disgusting bastards." insulted Takuto.

"You want to kill her? What kind of parents are you?" asked Tatsuro angrily. Yuki remained silent as a look of rage showed in his eyes.

"Why can't you just be happy with her now?" Taiga asked icily.

"It's better this way. She'll be a precious doll to play with." replied Mr. Hanasako with a smile. Play with? No... Please don't tell me that means....

"Dammit..." I mumbled feeling my gun under my jacket. I can't shoot him now... I'd probably miss with all of these people here.

"That reminds me." said Hitomi. "Masako, come here." I tensed up and glanced at the guys for an answer. "If you don't, I'll shoot them." I quickly walked towards her. We gazed at each other hatefully.

"This is fun? You need a new hobby." I sneered.

"You're the one hanging out with a bunch of men. You used to hate men." she jeered back.

"I'm not the one turning a little girl into a plaything." I replied narrowing my eyes. "So what do you want?"

"What do I want?" Hitomi asked. Then, she pulled out a knife, and before I could react, she stabbed it into my forearm.

"Agh!" I yelped grabbing my arm and crouching.

"Masa!" yelled Hyouske. He beat up two of the men, and the Black Foxes engaged in a heavy battle. I felt dizzier as blood pooled around my bottom half. Ugh... it hurts real bad... Hitomi stood over me a dragged me by my hair over to a tube.

"For making me suffer, you get to be a doll too!" she said like a crazy woman. "I will find the ugliest body shaped stuffing for you so you can look ugly here and in hell!" She gagged me with her hand, climbed onto a ladder, and dumped me into a tube. I was surrounded by tubes and glowing blue LED lights and liquid. I fought to hold my breath and get to the surface, but she had closed the top. I banged on the top and glass as the liquid felt as if it were burning my skin. I was too strained to think. I saw Hiro run over to Emi first to open her case and got her out. Taiga grabbed her out. Then, he ran over to mine just as I let go of my breath and saw bubbles out of my mouth. He opened the cap and pulled me out falling to the ground. I coughed and gasped for air as he supported my back with an arm. My leg hurt horribly as I moved. All of my skin burned despite my long black clothes.

"Oh man... You two are covered in burns and blood. Your face is completely red!" said Kenshi after beating up the last man and running over. I clutched my leg and bit my lip.

"E...Emi...." With the remaining energy I had, I turned to look at Emi. She was bleeding badly, and her body was burned. Taiga was trying to cure her. I crawled over and looked at her.

"She's going to live." Taiga said stitching up her arm. I sighed in relief as did the others. But then, as Emi sat up and smiled weakly, I heard her father cry out. I turned around, and when I did, a bullet shot out of his gun straight at her. A sickening splat sound echoed through the room and I turned to look at Emi. Blood spattered all over her dress, and a deep dark hole was planted right under her chest. Kenshi and Riki launched themselves at her parents, but Hitomi escaped somehow without us noticing. Emi sobbed and whimpered. My eyes widened. No... We were so close... My blood collided with her's. A tear streamed down her face. Taiga tried getting back to work but gave up. Hyosuke kneeled down next to her with Tatsuro. I picked up her head and laid it in my lap.

"It's gonna be-" I stopped myself before saying anything. No, it's not gonna be damn okay... "Fuck!" I yelled holding her hand. She tilted her head upwards to look at all of us.

"Ma..ah..." She attempted to say my name as more tears rolled down her cheeks. She glanced at me and smiled meekly, but then, the hand that I held turned cold and her eyes went blank. Riki and Kenshi rushed over only to see a horrible sight.

We almost saved her... But we didn't.... Why can't almost ever be enough?