There was total and complete silence in the forward cabin as Sh'ten stared into the open cock pit watching the polite as they sweated and flew the plane where ever he told them. He grinned slightly and wondered how much longer they could stay up. That might be a good thing to find out before they did a nosedive to the earth below. After all if they had to they could always just take this back into the Youja Kai and forget about the dumb plane.

On one side of the plane where the hostages plus Jun and on the other where the rest of the troopers, minus Seiji, Touma, and Jun.

Jaya glanced over at Maria making sure her friend was all right before turning to study the others in the group. There was the blue haired girl who was about her and Maria's age. Then the little kid that had been with the group that was on the other side of the plane she glanced over at them not for the first time wondering what was going on. Before coming back to her own group. Plus herself Maria, the blue haired girl their was a boy of about ten, and a teenager with brown hair...

~Strange mix.~

"So what's going on?" Asked the blue haired girl in a whisper as she leaned close so those in the group could hear.

"Nothing good." Muttered Jaya. "I'm Jaya what's your name?"

"Aoi."

"Maria. And that's Jun."

"Jason." The brown headed teen.

"Ramer." Was the other boy’s name.

There was another pause and for a long couple of seconds no one said anything then finally Jaya spoke up glancing over at Aoi, the other girl didn't seem like one to sit around either and leaned closer so that they could talk. The first logical thing to do seemed to find out about the other people on the plane. Well it never hurt to know your enemy and right now their enemy was the group of men who were sitting near the front of the first compartment seemingly talking quietly among them selves. But what of the others across from them, the group of males with the other girl. Jaya eyed them for a second and then pulled one of the barf bags out of the seat pocket in front of her. They were all going to have to work together if her idea was ever going to work. So with that she leaned close and whispered what she had in mind to Aoi who gave her an evil little grin and nodded in agreement. Both turned to Maria upon which a key part of the plan hinged and she nodded silently.

She was scared Jaya could see the fear in her friend’s eyes though she tried to put on a good show not only for Maria but for the three others of their group as well. The two boys and the other who was still a boy in many ways most likely. For a fleeting instant she wondered why almost everyone who was left on the plane seemed to be of the other sex and then shrugged it off and mere coincidence...

Giving Touma a hard shove into the first row of seats Anubis glanced around the small area his eyes resting on Seiji first and then going to the dark blue curtains that hung between them and the stairs that lead back down to the main area of the air plane. He paused and then ripped a couple strips of material off the far side of the curtain. Turning back to the two he threw a glare at Touma who was sitting in the seat with a none too happy look on his face.

"Stay there brat." He growled and pushed Seiji towards the far corner with an evil smile. "And don't either of you do anything stupid." He warned.

"I'm sure something nasty can be easily arranged." Anubis stopped when he had Seiji backed up against the wall and gave a hard down wards shove on the blond swords mans shoulders sending him to his knees. Not giving Seiji a chance to do anything Anubis secured Seiji's hand behind his back around the one armrest that was secured to the frame of the chair that was in turn secured to the floor. Bending down lower the blue haired Masho with the scar under his left eye, tied Seiji's ankles together under the chair as well his intentionally brushing his shoulder against the swordsman’s crotch as he sat back on his heels.

Sh'ten looked up as a strange sound reached his sensitive ears and glanced towards the cock pit but there was nothing amiss in that area that he could tell. Stepping around the mid-section he peered back into the first compartment of the plane his eyes lighting on the shuddering figure of the dark haired girl.

"What's wrong?" He asked moving down the isle his muscles tense and his gun ready expecting some kind of trick.

"It's her sickness." The red head growled her silver green eyes were bright with worry and her forehead creased. "Her medicines in the back... Please let me go get it! Please?"

Sh'ten paused and then waved her out. "Alright let's go. ::Naaza, Rajura keep and eye on things.::"

::Don't worry.::

::I will. Some things not right about this.::

::Is anything ever right with you?::

::Oh piss off.::

...laugher...

Sh'ten watched carefully as the red head slipped out of the seats and hurried down the row towards the back of the plane her easy stride compensating without missing a step for the occasional shift and drop of the plane that continued it's head long course into the dying red gold of the setting sun that would soon be swelled up by the black maw that was the lip of the earth.

She stopped before entering the last section of the plane and moved across to the other isle before reaching up to open a small compartment just inside the center area. Rummaging around for a minute she pulled out a small white bottle with now label. Closing the compartment she glanced at him the bottle clasped tightly in her head.

"Go." He growled.

::There we go Korin.:: Anubis laughed as Seiji glared at him with eye of violet blue fire, that spoke of pain and torture if he ever go the chance. ::Now, now we couldn't have you interfering could we?:: He brushed Seiji's blond bangs out of his eyes.

::You had your change Seiji-chan, you had me, you could have had everything but instead you chose...that...that blue haired brat.:: He waved vaguely at Touma who was watching with wide blue eyes. Along with an angry, yet at the same time flushed look, Seiji couldn't quite read as he tired to tear his gaze from Anubis.

::And now you will pay for it.:: Anubis paused his face inches from that of the blonde’s. He could feel the fiery heat of passion course through his body, making him feel more alive. He was ready for this ~oh gods~ was he ready for this.

He'd been ready for this the day Date Seiji had turned his back on him, the day it had all ended. The day he had vowed revenge on the one who had shunned him. Welcomed him and then shunned him in the end, it was all the same. But now.... now he would show the fool who was boss who was the better of the two.

Gripping Seiji's chin tight enough to leave bruise marks, the Yami Masho hungrily devoured the soft lips with a ravishing passion that would too soon be released for his own pleasure at the pain of another, for the heady rush of power it would give him and more.

::You Seiji Date will feel everything.:: Anubis whispered in his mind as he slowly entered the calm and yet wild mind the was the bearer of Korin. ::And you will be helpless to do anything.. You hear me anything about it.:: Anubis laughed, pushing Seiji's attempt to stop him away. Yami reached into the place where he had been before in the heat of their passion and cut the link that attached the swords mans mind to that of his friends. Leaving only one gapping open that kept him in touch with the mind of the blue haired archer who was hot with anger behind them.

Suddenly Anubis turned back handed Touma as the blue haired man lunged at him. Yami laughed out loud, Touma slowly sat up and dived for him again. Only this time receiving a vicious kick in the gut that sent him rolling to the floor.

Anger was the only thing in Seiji's mind as he saw the pain on Touma's face, and felt it in his mind. He jerked at the cords the held him there, the only clear thought in his mind at the moment was wrapping his fingers around the arrogant, vile Warlords throat. To watch the life slowly slip out of him, never to return again. That was what Seiji Date wanted and would want even more as they after noon and evening would slowly slip away into the night of hell....

Jaya slipped up the isle, trying to ignore the weight of the knife in her sleeve, or the bottle of pills in her hand as she hurried up the isle. She kept her head down, as she walked hoping not to draw the red haired man’s attention.

Sh'ten liked the way she moved with her head bowed and the slight sway of her hips, as she walked, the way her hair seemed to catch all the light making it seem on fire with reds and golds almost like the clouds out side the window and the light that now filled the cabin. Without thinking as they started to pass through the next section into the next compartment of the plane, grabbed her shoulder spinning her around to face him as he shoved her into the wall that separated the cabins.

There was fear and something else in her eyes as they met his. Fear... Yes. Anger... Yes. Surprise... Yes...and something else. Guilt... He nodded his fingers tightening just enough that they would leave bruises on her shoulder. His face was hard, and she could see the lust in his eyes, as he clenched and unclenched his jaw.

"What are you hiding bitch." He growled leaning close enough so that she could feel his warm breath on her face. "What are you and the other idiots in there up to?"

"I don't know what the hell you are talking about." She growled trying to twist away from him.

"Oh yes you do." He hissed back keeping their eyes locked he brought his other hand up to hold her chin as she tried to pull away and kissed her savagely on the lips. "Now tell me."

"Get off me." She spat trying to push him away. Letting go of her shoulder Sh'ten grabbed a hold of her wrist with an angry growl then stopped.

"So I see." He said pushing away with her with a half smile as he held her hand up and pulled the small pocketknife out with a grin. "And what the hell may I ask were you planning on doing with this lovely little thing?"

"Gutting you."

He laughed. "I would love to see you try my dear." He growled and back-handed her across the face hard enough that her head snapped back into the cabinets behind her. "But I don't think you'll get that chance."

"Maybe not." She replied one hand on the side of her face her silver green eyes flashed angrily at him.

"We'll see." He growled fondling her breast with one hand as he kissed her again, enjoying the fear that was in her eyes as she fought to push him away from her.

"Now." Anubis gave Seiji a look....then paused...."Wait a second." Moving back across the small room Anubis ripped another stripe from the bedraggled curtains. He smiled sweetly at Seiji, as he gagged the blond before turning back on the bearer of Tenku.

"Your turn my perty little play thing." He sneered pulling two more strands of fabric from the curtains before closing the curtains as best he could. After having been mutilated by the blue haired Masho of Darkness the curtains did not seem like they wanted to cooperate much.

"She's not going to make it." Whimpered Ramer his eyes big as he clutched Jun's hand the little boy holding on to the other kids hand just as tightly.

"She... She has to make it." Whispered Jason trying to act brave for the other two.

Aoi glanced up towards the front and then towards the group on the other side as she slipped farther down in her seat. She gave Jason the look and he nodded ever so slightly. Jason moved out of the seat and headed towards the front.

"Um... I... I have.. Have to.. To go to the... the bath.... bathroom."

He shuddered as Naaza and Rajura stopped their private conversation and turned to look at him.

"Oh really." Laughed Naaza with an evil grin.

Not waiting to see what else was going to happen Aoi slipped across the isle on her hands and knees into the middle section towards the group on the other side. She reached the other side just as Ryo glanced over at her out of the corner of his eye.

Ryo just managed to hide his surprise as he saw the midnight blue haired blue eyed girl who crouched in between the seats only a few feat away from him.

‘Here' she mouthed tossing a small piece of paper across the few feet into the space under the seat.

‘Ok.' He mouthed back and nodded slightly towards where she had come from. She gave him a grin and turned. Ryo put his foot over the small piece of paper and waited for things to settle down a little bit more before he picked it up and read what it said.

Aoi had almost reached the other side when she looked up and growled at the green haired Masho of Venom. Slowly Aoi stood up her eyes flashed.

"And what have you been doing?" Naaza asked his eyes flashing, with the nasty smile that played across his lips.

"Testing you." She replied promptly.

"Oh." Naaza raised a non-excited eyebrow. "How?"

"I wanted to see how long it would take you to notice that I was gone."

He laughed. "Really."

"Your slow." She said stepping back him out into the isle. "Much slower then I would have thought."

"And you are stupider then you look." He sneered shoving Jason into his seat and Aoi after him.

She turned back fixing him with an evil glare thought noting despite herself as she did so the grace with which he moved, and the way the late after noon light from out side highlighted his green hair.

Tossing a look back at her over his shoulder Naaza smiled. "Perhaps you would like to try the bathrooms out girl."

Shin blushed a brilliant red (about the color of the inferno's rage), at the mention of the bath rooms remembering what had taken place only a few hours ago, and it seemed like forever. He sighed, he would much rather be back in the bathrooms then he would be here right now. Shin glanced back at Ryo and saw the dark haired warrior bend down as if to scratch his ankle. The auburn haired green-eyed fish lover was slightly surprise when he noticed Ryo come back up with a small piece of folded paper neatly hidden in the palm of his hand.

Ryo caught Shin's look but shook his head slightly wordlessly passing the note over to Shu who sat next to him. It was better Shu opened it was father back in the row, and so better out of sight of the preying eyes of the Masho who were standing near the front of the compartment again.

Shu hesitated glancing at Ryo and then quietly unfolded the paper keeping a wary eye on the Masho as he did so. He let it lay there in his lap for a few minutes before slowly unfolding the crumpled ripped piece of paper from one of the on flight magazines. Carefully he let his eyes slide down the seat in front of him to the scribbled writing done in a dark bluish purple ink on the paper.

Hello, My friend will be by in a few minutes. The red haired girl Jaya. I'm Aoi the one with blue hair. Maria is the dark one. And the two other boys are Jason and Ramer. Do you know what's going on? If so what are the plans if any? We're hoping you know more since they seem to know you... Jun says that you'll figure something out. I hope so we're trying over here. Let you know if we can. g2g. Aoi, Jaya, Maria, Jason, Ramer, Jun

Slowly Shu looked up from the paper and glanced over at the group gathered on the other side of the plane catching the eyes of the blue haired girl he nodded slightly and passed the note over to Ryo who read it before slipping it to Nasuti and Shin who sat in the seats in front of them. Ryo caught Shu's eyes and for a moment they shared a private look. Slowly Ryo let out a long low breath, and leaned back in the seat closing his eyes for a moment. Only a moment he let the tension and the anger slip away as he relaxed. Letting it go he turned to look at towards the other side of the plane and saw Jun's large hopeful and scared brown eyes watching him. He gave the little boy a half smile, though he wasn't at all sure what the hell they were going to do. He knew they had to do something for the others, for Jun's, if not for their own sakes. Even if it didn't work they had to try.

::What are we going to do?:: Shin asked quietly.

::I don't know.:: Replied Ryo with a tired sigh. ::Damn if only I'd seen this coming then maybe, maybe we could have.....::

::Ryo stop blaming your self.:: Shu. ::It wasn't your fault, or Shin's fault, or Touma's, or Seiji's, or even mine! There was nothing any of us could have done. But that doesn't matter it's all in the past now. What's done it done now we have to find a way to make up for the past a way to set things straight.::

::Hai.:: agreed Shin in a low voice with a sight as he turned his deep green gaze towards the ceiling.

::But we have to do something.:: Ryo thought.

::Yes we do.:: Shu nodded quietly pulling one of the magazines out of the pocket in front of him, he flipped it till he came to a small insert that was totally blank on one side. Ripping it out Shu glanced around for something to write.

"Here." whispered Nasuti slipping him a pen through the seats though her eyes were locked on Ryo as she spoke to Shu.

::What about Seiji and Touma?:: Shin asked a few minutes later as Shu lifted the pen from the paper, his dark eyes worriedly glanced at Ryo.

::Ya, I don't think this. I don't what to think about what Anubis might be doing to them up there.:: He thought back writing something else on the paper.

::We would know if something bad was happening.:: Ryo put in. ::Through the link.::

::What if they can't use the link for some reason?:: Asked the red head reasonably. ::We haven't' heard from then in a while.::

::He's got a point.::

::Shit:: growled Ryo. ::I hate it when Shin has a point.:: He pushed his dark ebony colored hair out of his azure blue eyes and closed them for a second. ::Because he always seems to be right.::

::I know.:: Shu added mournfully. ::Damn I wish I knew what the hell was going on up there.::

::If Anubis does anything...:: Flared Ryo his whole body going tense, his blue eyes filled with storm clouds as he glared at the Masho who seemed oblivious to them near the front of the cabin. ::I will personally...::

::Ryo.:: Warned Shin with a sigh. ::Your getting your self worked up again.::

::Fuck it.::

::It's not going to help.::

::I don't think he cares.:: Shu thought.

::He never fuckin cares.:: retorted Shin.

::Shut UP, SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU:: Ryo hissed glaring at both of them. He took a slow breath, and glanced at Nasuti who had been watching the whole conversation, slightly puzzled from her corner near the window waiting to see what was going to happen. She seemed to know that they were comminuting without words but that didn't help as the tension within the small group noticeably rose.

~NO!~ screamed Seiji's mind as he frantically pulled at the bonds that held him back limiting his movement but not his fear, not this thoughts of the past. Of what the near future held for him, or more for the one he loved. For his best friend and friends, the only one he had ever truly loved.

~Only to love to late.~ He thought bitterly.

~Not to late.~ His mind whispered.

~I'm worthless I can'd do anything! I'm always just a few minutes too late, nothing I do is ever right.~

~You can do this. For Touma.~

~IIiieeee....~

But it was the fact that he had just realized the depth of his love that, that scared him all the more. The fact that he would never be able to.

~NONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!~

Seiji hated the feeling of helplessness that was settling over him, hated himself for letting it come in. Hated everything. The fear that was waging it's own war in his soul, his heart. and his mind. The fear that he felt radiating from Touma who was staring at the blonds bowed head. Begging for Seiji to raise his head to look at him.

Touma was begging Seiji to give him something to hold onto something that would be there when there was nothing else. But Seiji couldn't bare to even look at Touma as tears slowly course down his cheeks creating wet spots on the floor between his knees.

Unconsciously Seiji worked at the bonds that kept his hands tied tightly to the chair, till the blue material from the curtains was dark with blood from his bound wrists. The weight of Anubis eyes on him, and the malicious smile that Korin no Seiji knew graced those dark lips that he had once claimed, and the eyes that held the darkness of the armor he worse was even worse bore down on him.

::SEIJI!:: Touma's hearts plea echoed in his mind. Slowly Seiji Date wretched his eyes away from the carpet. Looking up into the deep pleading blue eyes of Touma Hashiba. He felt the anger that burned in the depths of his soul, combined with the love that he had tried so long to deny. It ripped its way from the dark depths of his heart, to write it's self across his face.

Then Yami Masho's grinning face filled Seiji's vision, with it's mocking laughter, and evil smile that told the whole story. From start to finish again and again.

::Watch Korin No Seiji.:: Yami whispered in his mind. ::I'm sure you'll enjoy the show, if I feel generous enough I might show you a good time when I'm done with the blue haired whore!::

to be continued …