Fond Memories

Well, either you all decided that this fic started to suck after the first chapter, or you\'re all just too lazy to review. Whatever the case may be, here\'s the next chapter. Enjoy! Or at least tell me that it sucks, and I won\'t waste my time.

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Kousuke woke up with a groan. He couldn\'t remember much, he knew that there was someone in their house and that he could smell smoke, but other than that, nothing. \"Wait.\" Kousuke thought and then sat up in alarm, ignoring the pain in his arm, \"Ryoko. Rio. They were there, too. Where are they now?\" Kousuke looked around but he was all alone in his little cell. He grunted as he stood up and walked over to the door. Grinning he pulled a pick from his coat pocket, \"At least we\'re dealing with stupid Hunters.\" He thought, \"They didn\'t even check my pockets for the pick I carry with me.\" He chuckled in satisfaction when, a moment later, the door swung open. He realized that perhaps the Hunters were counting on him escaping, but that didn\'t matter right now. He needed to find Rio and Ryoko right now. His mind also flashed to Eyes and Kanone, \"I wonder if they\'ll be able to find us here.\" The option that those two were caught didn\'t even occur to Kousuke, it just wasn\'t possible. Then he relaxed a little, knowing that if Eyes and Kanone weren\'t already here, they would be shortly. If anyone could find them, it was Kanone. Walking down the hall Kousuke spotted another door on his left. It looked a lot like the door he had come out of and so he snuck up to it and peeked inside. There he saw Ryoko sitting on the floor, head down, crying. Kousuke sighed in relief, \"At least Ryoko\'s okay.\" He looked back down the hallway to make sure there was no one coming and then turned back to the door, \"Hey, Ryoko.\" He whispered.
Luckily it was loud enough and Ryoko\'s head snapped up at the mention of her name, \"Kousuke.\" She said as she ran to her side of the door, \"Get me out of here, now.\" Kousuke smirked and nodded, unlocking the door with his hadny little pick and a mometn later Ryoko jined him in the hall, \"Idiot, what took you so long?\"
\"Sorry.\" Kousuke said, \"I\'ve been a bit unconsious. Remind me next time to save you last.\"
Ryoko hit him in the head, and, ignoring his complaints, headed down the hallway, \"Have you seen anyone else?\"
Kousuke caught up with her and shook his head which now hurt thanks to Ryoko, \"No, you\'re the first one I came across.\" A little while later the two came across Rio\'s cell and got her out in the same fashion. The three continued until they reached a door. Kousuke went to open it but Ryoko just hit him again, \"Ow! What was that for?\" He yelled.
She smacked him again, a little gentler this time, \"Keep your voice down, you baby. And did you ever think that maybe this door is rigged with an explosive?\"
No, in fact, Kousuke hadn\'t thought of that. Now that the thoguht occured to him he backed away from the door to join up witht he girls, \"Well then what do you suggest we do?\"
\"I suggest you follow me and keep your voice down there are Hunters crawling all over this place.\" Said a voice from the shadows. The three imediately recognized the voice and Rio ran over to the form before they could even see his face.
\"Kanone!\" She shouted, wrapping her arms around his waist, \"I just knew you would come!\"
\"Rio did you not hear me? I said to keep your voice down.\" Kanone gently scolded the small girl.
\"Oops, sorry, Kanone.\" Rio said quitely, covering her mouth with her hands. Kanone smiled and then looked to the other two.
\"Hey Kanone, where\'s Rutherford?\" Ryoko asked, only slightly concerned. She knew Kanone wouldn\'t be here without Eyes, yet she didn\'t see the silver haired Blade Child.
Kanone frowned slightly and looked behind him, \"I really don\'t know. He was right behind me a minute ago.\"
Kousuke smirked, \"You think he got lost?\"
Ryoko hit him and Kanone shot him a glare, \"No, I don\'t think he got lost., Kousuke.\" Turning back around again, Kanone ventured into the shadows for a second, emerging alone. He looked more worried this time and looked to the other three, \"I don\'t know where he is.\" So that\'s what the four of them did for the next five minutes, they backtracked Kanone\'s trail until they reached the entrance. The three captives looked relieved to see the light of day again (or seeing as how it was night time, the sky would have to be good enough unitl morning). All the while Kanone was getting more and more worried. He had taught Eyes to protect himself and he knew that the younger boy could defend himself against most of his oponeents, but if they ganged up on him or ambushed him...Kanone shook those thoughts off and looked back towards the building. He realized that he had traveled quite far underground and had reached some sort of jail when he found the other three. This didn\'t make him feel any better. This subway was pretty old and the jail that was it was built on top of must have been at least 200 years old. There was a certain room in each of the old-time jails that Kanone had always taken a sort of pleasure in touring whenever he got the chance; that was the torture chamber. He would bet anything that this jail had one, and that was where his friend was. Luckily Kanone had been in enough jails to know that the particular room he was looking for was always in the same spot; it took up most of the lower level of the jail; the one that the public never saw. Underneath the bottom floor of the grimey jail sat a room that was designed to make people suffer for crimes they may or may not have commited. Every torture chamber ahd the basics, but some had a few magnificent machines that amazed Kanone. They could actually peel the skin off of your body and then melt plastic onto your muscle and tissue so that you survived the procedure. Kanone could only guess this jail had one of those machines and feared the worst for his friend. As Kanone walked back inside Kousuke stopped him, \"Kanone, where are you going?\" Then remembering that they were one Blade Child short he let go, \"Oh, right. You need any help?\"
Kanone smield and shook his head, \"No, but you three should go find a hotel to stay in for the night. I\'ll be fine by myself, just leave your cell phones on and stay near each other. Watch each other\'s backs and I\'ll contact you later. Whatever you do, don\'t come back here looking for me, understand?\" The three nodded and made their way towards civilazation. Kanone on the other hand went back underground. When he entered the underground jail, he noticed a trail of blood that had not been there before, and it lead him to the stairs that would take him one floor below what should have been the basement of that wretched place.

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Hahaha, and what will he find? Well, you\'ll just have to wait to find out. Let me know if this is any good, and also r&r my new fic that I\'m putting up, Happiness of those who believe.