Venom (Tsuzuku X Koichi)

Chapter 5 - Hide & Seek

Tsuzuku's Pov:

I wake up and look around with the feeling that something isn't right. Something is missing. Koichi? Where he is... he was beside me when I closed my eyes last night. Now he is gone.

I start to panic looking around now things are more clear to me, as the light shines through the curtains. The forced open door, the dragged bed sheets; someone has entered the room and taken him. It's like million voices are screaming inside my head and yet none of them are being heard.

I must have made some noise as I started to pace the small room trying to calm myself down enough to think properly. I know his because the next minute I see MiA with a confused look, as he sits up in bed.

"What's going on?" He asks looking at me, it's only then I stop pacing to answer his question.

"Someone has kidnapped Koichi." I reply in what I hope doesn't sounded like a panicked voice.

Still I see the worry cascade over his eyes and know it's a little too late to calm him down. Meto yawns waking up from his sleep and instantly looks for his lost toy. A sign of comfort before looking up at both of us, as if to ask what is happening. His silent question is worse to answer but he needs to know.

In the end we head down to reception and ask to look through CCTV footage. All we see our figures but Meto keeps on pointing at the screen. It's like he is trying to tell us something. MiA hands him a piece of paper and a pen and soon he begins to write.

We watch him wondering what each letter will be what part of what word. Though instead of writing word upon word or a sentence he just wrote one word.

Hitsuji.

"Are you saying that's Hitsuji?" I ask looking at Meto, he stops pointing at screen and turns and nods at me. So now we know who's behind this all. We just need to where he is keeping Koichi.

"What do we do now then?" I ask turning to MiA.

"We come up with plan to get our bandmate back." He replies.

And so our game of hide and seek begins.

It takes a few days as it turns out the former band member of Nightmare had left no clue to where he had gone or where he had taken our friend. Even Meto who had been friends with him for quite some time wasn't having any luck.

Then finally we came across some photos that a fan had posted online and MiA had spotted where it had been taken.

So in the car and on the road we went as MiA gave the directions sitting in the car seat beside me, whilst Meto sat quietly in the back seat. We soon arrived at the location and after parking the car our search began. The problem was every back street alley, every building that wasn't in the centre of town looked the same.

Then yet again Meto pointed out a small shop we had seen in background of the photo. It was then I saw it, the building opposite us was the one we had been looking for.

I started running there was no time to lose, I could sense MiA and Meto right behind me. My footsteps echoed as I ran, the place was empty. Was Koichi just left there... left there to die? I started shouting out his name; Koichi! I hoped to get a reply but nothing came in return. Were we too late, oh God I hoped my worst fears were wrong. My heart was racing with each step that I took.

We came across a large empty room little furniture in it, perhaps a place he had moved out of; abandoned.

The only way was the stairs, so we went that way still yelling and calling out his name. It wasn't long before we saw him, my friend, my band-mate, my lover. He chained to a wall and probably too weak to break free. I ran to his side and started to break free the rusty chains that held him there. With the help of my other friends we would get him out of here in no time. Don't worry Koichi; we will set you free.