The Duchess {OHSHC}

Chapter 12

"Daddy..."

Kyoya's eyes widened as he stared up at Alicia from the silken sheets of his bed.

The girl looked... almost afraid.

Alicia Capone snatched up the pistol that had been tucked under her pillow earlier and looked around the room.

"It's nice to hear from you, Daddy." She growled out in english, her teeth grinding against each other as she looked around.

Kyoya could just barely hear the response of the man on the other line.

-"Yes, I do love talking to you, Princess. You know, I wanted to wait until all the rich liabilities were out of the house to call, but you seem to be adamant about keeping that last one with you. What was his name again? Kyo something?"-

Alicia's eyes flew even wider and she looked down at the raven haired teen next to her. The specked teen's own eyes widened even further as he watched a small red travel up the crime lord's body and rest on her forehead. He assumed a similar dot was on him.

"Kyoya..." She breathed quietly. "Don't move."

-"Ah yes! That was his name! Kyoya Ootori! The up and coming new member to the criminal underworld!"-

Kyoya forgot Alicia's warning for a moment when he heard that and jerked his head towards the phone. "What?!"

What sounded like a puff of air and the shattering of glass was their only warning before the pillow where Kyoya's head once lay burst into a cloud of feathers.

-"Ah ah ah. Princess, do advise your boyfriend to keep still. I'd hate to ruin that expensive looking bed of his."-

Immediately Kyoya stopped moving.

-"That's better."-

The young Ootori glared up at the blonde girl he was now pressed up against.

"Alicia, what the hell is he talking about? I'm in the underworld?"

The blonde girl bit her lip, her eyes still scanning the windows. "It was probably when you agreed to the merger with the Hearts Organization..." She mumbled absently.

After a moment of silence, she began to speak again. "Daddy... Where are you?"

The man ignored her.

-"Quick question, Princess. How many men do you think I have surrounding you?"-

Alicia's answer came quick enough.

"Two. And you're not even here."

-"Oh? How do you know I'm not stationed on the roof and have men surrounding the entire manor, hm?"-

"Because, Daddy, it's not your style."

-"Ah, you always were Daddy's little girl. Always wanted to be like Daddy when you grew up. Nothing like those two worthless brothers of yours."-

Alicia growled at that and glared daggers out the now broken window.

"Shut the fuck up, Vanel!"

This time there was no shattering of glass, just the puff of air and Alicia jerked her head to the side. The bullet grazed her ear and tore away at some of her hair before lodging itself in the grey wall behind her.

-"Princess, you know I hate it when you call me by my first name."- Alicia's father crooned over the phone. -"Good little girls should be respectful to their parents."-

Alicia grit her teeth and brought her hand up to her hair, glaring at the shortened gold strands.

"Fine. What the fuck do you want, Daddy?"

-"I wanted to see how my little Princess was doing. Did you like my gift?"-

Both Kyoya's and Alicia's eyebrows arched. "Gift?" The girl asked. "What gift?"

-"Mr Hishama, of course! That failed deal that landed you in that rich kid school! Without my setting it up, you would never have met that boy you are so affectionate with."-

Alicia's lips curled back into a snarl. "Oh you swindling, little-!"

-"I want to see you, Princess. My villa in Italy on Friday, three o'clock sharp. Don't be late or the commoner girl  and the blonde idiot as well as the rest of their friends gets it. Oh, and let's not forget that red headed boy you like and your brothers. Ciao, darling."-

"Daddy wait-!"

The line went dead before the girl got the chance to speak.

Kyoya hadn't heard the last of the conversation, but he watched as the red dot on Alicia's forehead flickered and died and assumed that the one on his forehead did as well.

Without warning, Alicia whipped her gun to face the window and fired a few shots.

Kyoya watched with wide eyes as a figure in camouflage fell out of one of his trees outside. Another figure jumped down out of the way of another bullet as it made its way out of Alicia's gun.

The blonde crime lord jumped from the bed and ran to the window, shooting at the retreating pair until she had run out of bullets.

With another enraged snarl, she threw the gun to the floor and stomped back over to sit on the edge of the bed. Then, in a moment of sheer weakness, Alicia's eyes watered and she dropped her head in her hands.

"Alicia...?" Kyoya asked, tentatively reaching out a hand. The girl flinched and looked up at the boy as he rested a hand on her back in an awkwardly comforting way.

"Vanel Diamond... My father... He has my brothers, he has Ritsu, Haruhi, Honey, Mori... Everyone!" She sniffed and wiped her nose a bit. "Well, I don't really care about the Idiot or the twins, but I'm sure you do."

She put her head back in her hands and Kyoya just rubbed small circles on her back in shock.

The most horribly dangerous person he had ever met seemed scared to the point of tears of her own father, a man who currently held the people most dear to him in captivity.

Well, not all of them.

But her captivity was different. Hers was an emotional captivity; something in her mind, and Kyoya found himself wanting to help her break free from her bonds.

Weird. He never wanted to help anyone without something in return.

But Alicia was different.

Said girl wiped her eyes and stood up to grab the gun she threw.

"Well mommy dearest," She began with her usual confident mask back in place. "Will you come with me to Italy to retrieve our people? Of course, I will clear your name after as compensation."

She reached out a hand and Kyoya grabbed it with a smirk to match her own on his face. He would have done it for nothing.

"Of course, my Duchess."