Enemies in Love

Chapter 15

"Have you found it yet?" Misaki asked as she was looking behind the paintings. It had been 15 minutes of non-stop searching for the gem, but still nothing. Hei was looking through some of Hikata's tuxedo jackets that were hanging in the closet.

"No gem, but I found a lot of condoms."

Misaki couldn't help but blush. "Is that so?"

"He's a busy man," Hei replied in a mono-tone voice as he started to look around the closet for secret hideaways. Everything seemed normal, but that didn't precisely mean that it was. Hei started to feel around the wall and the floor for any hint of a secret door.

Meanwhile, Misaki was feeling around the floor with her heels while analyzing the carpet for anything unusual. The gem had to be somewhere in the room, hidden in a place where no one but Hikata would know. It has to be around here... Misaki thought as she kept her eyes fixed on every inch of the floor beneath her.

Hei was still thoroughly looking through the closet. As his hand brushed against the wall, he felt something. He started to push against it. Before him, a small hidden door was revealed. Reaching his hand out, Hei could feel the energy of the gem from inside. Swiftly taking out his knife he quickly picked the lock and opened the door, revealing a beautiful ruby colored gem.

To Hei's surprise, the energy was now overpowering his ability to grab it. A pain coursed through his body as it caused him to back away. Misaki looked towards him and saw his face contort with pain.

"Hei!" she yelled while running to his side.

"The gem..." He weakly said while trying to steady his breathing. Misaki looked over to the small opened door and saw the gem. She moved over to grab it.

"This is the gem..." Misaki was memorized with the beautiful color. She turned around and looked at Hei. "We found it!"

Hei grunted in pain when Misaki moved the gem closer to him. Misaki realized and quickly ran over to grab a towel and wrapped it around the gem.

"Sorry about that," Misaki said apologetically. Hei stood up and looked over at her.

"It really is a weapon against Contractors. So, are you going to hand it over?"

Misaki was anxious about this moment, when she'd have to decide who the gem would leave with. After seeing what it could do to Hei, Misaki didn't want to imagine what her subordinates or November 11 could do to him with the gem in their possession. Hei saw the hesitation in her eyes. He walked over to her.

"What will you do Misaki?"

"I..."

Before Misaki could finish her sentence the two heard Hikata in the hallway, talking to someone who was with him.

"That's Hikata!" Misaki said in a panic. Hei quickly grabbed her wrist and ran into the bathroom. He closed the door and locked it.

"Hei?" Misaki said in confusion. Hei moved to embrace her tightly in his arms.

"Be very quiet, okay?" he whispered while looking directly into her eyes. Misaki nodded.

They heard the room door opening and Hikata entering. "Eh? Where did my beautiful Ayumi go?"

"Where do you have it?" asked the man who had entered the room with Hikata. He was in his 50s and was wearing an expensive black suit and tie.

"What are you talking about?" Hikata asked, "Didn't you want to come have fun with Ayumi too?"

Misaki bit her lower lip in disgust. Hei held her tighter as his eyes grew a bit more intense.

"As much as I would have loved to see this Ayumi, I came here for another reason. So..." He took out a gun from inside his jacket. "Give me the gem against Contractors. I know you have it."