Wednesday 1.32 -

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"Ken-kun and Ran-kun are back, and need help."

Aya-Chan died a little inside at Omi's words. During the entire phone conversation, she'd just sat and stared. It didn't sound like things were good. Didn't sound like Yohji was back.

... Need help...

Didn't sound like Ken and Ran were okay.

Omi was already up the stairs. Aya-Chan had to force her legs to move, but they still felt heavy. Panic quickened her steps, and before she knew it, she was outside. Ran... didn't seem to be moving.

She felt sick.

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Aya-Chan had been frozen completely by Ran's throwing of the cup. But his next words reanimated her. "You can't!" She looked desperately towards Omi for help and support. "You can't..." it was all she could manage to say.

He was going to go out again. And... who knows how he'd come back this time. If even at all.

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"Aya-chan's right. You can't go out again." Omi said. "I know we've got to get Yohji-kun back, but this is SCHWARTZ we're talking about here! Even if you went back and started asking around we have no clue if that is even the area they live in, and if it's not then that leaves all of Tokyo for us to be searching." Omi knew he was making it sound like it was impossible that they would ever be able to find Yohji. But if Omi had to choose between loosing one, or two team mates...

"If they wanted Yohji-kun dead they would have killed him instead of kidnapping him. We still have time to find him. But you won't be much help if you keep passing out from blood loss."

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His fists clenched at his sides, Ran looked first from Omi, then to his sister.

Omi is right. And Ran knew despite it all, he would not be able to do anything but provide added liability if they did manage to find Schwartz. He was unsteady on his feet, though he didn't want to acknowledge it, even to himself.

Omi's second statement was true as well.

...but why would Schwartz take Yohji? What was the meaning behind it?

"They could be torturing him." Ran stated flatly, turning back to Omi.

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"I know very well what they could be doing to him. And I also know what could happen to you if you decide to go back out there and look for him! I do NOT want to risk loosing both of you!" Omi took a deep breath and let it out in a long sigh.

"Please, just try to rest? Even if it's just for a little while. I can still try and find something on my computer."

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Ran was taken aback for a moment. It hadn't occurred to him that Omi would be worried for him. It meant that if something did happen, it would place the remaining members in the position of doing something that could cost them their lives as well.

He wanted to argue, but Omi's logic was sound. He felt like breaking more than just a water cup. He looked back to his sister, then back at Omi. Both who would need help here if Schwartz returned.

"Fine." He bit out. He ran a hand through his bangs again, blood-red strands standing out against his pale fingers. "Fine." It sounded weary.

He tested his leg. It grated to admit that Omi was right on the other count as well. Ran wouldn't have been able to get far.

Ran stood in the middle of the room, looking lost. There truly wasn't anything he could do to save Yohji.

After a moment, he limped to the sink and brought out the dust pan from the cupboard beneath it to clean up the shards of glass.

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Aya-Chan breathed a sigh of relief. Omi had managed to talk some sense into Ran. Still... the angered look on his face when he had thrown that cup... it was something that she wanted so desperately to forget but could not.

Ran was limping towards the sink. Aya-Chan rushed towards him with a chair and took - grabbed forcefully, rather... she hadn't meant it, but it had just come out as such - the dust pan from his hands. Without giving him another glance, she bent down to clean the remains of the broken cup.

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Ran stared in surprise at his sister, his hands falling to his sides. "Aya..."

She was still there. She had faced the wound in his leg without so much as pausing. It was obvious she didn't understand, and yet she was still here, helping him.

She had even faced Schwartz. She had attacked Schwartz.

"Aya." His voice was low. "Please promise me. If you ever see those men again...even if I'm in danger...don't come. Hide. Run if you can. But stay away from them."

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Omi sighed allowing himself to relax a little knowing that Ran wasn't going to try and do something on his own. He watched Aya-chan take the dust pan from Ran, since she was cleaning up the glass he decided he would clean up the blood that was still on the floor. He grabbed a couple of the towels Aya-chan had brought him and cleaned up the mess.

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"I can't..." Aya-Chan dumped the shards of glass into the trashcan and straighted to face Ran. "You're my brother. I can't just walk away when you're..."

What was the word? Hurt? In distress...? Dying...?

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"Aya," Ran was almost whispering, keenly aware that Omi was still in the room with them. "It's not worth it if it puts you in danger." He made a sweeping gesture with a hand. Nothing was worth it. "We're trained, and we can't even do enough against those people." He looked out the window, lips pressed thin, then turned back to her, voice still low. "I'm here to protect you, Aya. Nothing I've done will have been worth it if you risk yourself for me."

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(moved to Wed 1.33!)