My Akuma (Book One of The Yakuza Series) (✔️)

二十九 (Twenty-Nine)

A/N:

For those who have forgotten....

Nakamura is Ryu's "boss".

He is the one who offered Ryu the deal when he was 13. He'd help Ryu find Aria if Ryu didn't kill him. He's one at beginning of story who Vince made deal with.

Enjoy!!

Well....try to.

-B. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

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(Ryu's POV)

Nakamura pulled out his knife and pressed it against my chest.

"You seem to be under the impression that you have another option." He said.

"You don't control me. You don't own me. Maybe you forgot that." I growled.

He lowered his knife and down and slid it partially across my stomach. He didn't cut me too deep, but it was enough to draw a good bit of blood.

I just gritted my teeth and stared at him.

"I'm going to break you, Ryu. I'm going to destroy the walls she's built up inside you and I'm going to get Akuma."

"You can't break me if I'm already broken and you can't destroy unbreakable walls." I said.

"We shall see about that." He said before turning around. "Get me some water."

Kana grabbed a bucket of water and filled it from the faucet near the door. He handed the bucket to Nakamura who then brought over to me. Instead of giving me a drink of it, he dumped it over my head slowly. It was freezing cold water, but, like I said, I shower with cold water. He didn't know that though judging by the smirk on his face. The water washed over me and washed the blood from my face and stomach.

He ordered Kana to fill the bucket up again. As he dumped it over my head this time, I parted my lips slightly to take some of the water in, but not enough for Nakamura to notice.

"That should do you for now." He said putting the bucket down. "I'll see you tomorrow. Maybe by then you'll have changed your mind."

When him and the other left, they turned out the lights. The room was pitch black since there were no windows. By then my arms had started to ache.

I closed my eyes and pictured the room around me. I examined every inch of it trying to find something to help myself. I found nothing though.

For the first time in my life I was helpless.

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(Aria's POV)

Aimoto turned the screen back on for me after a minute or two. I began to cry more when I saw the cut on Ryu's abdomen.

Nakamura dumped a bucket of water on him before leaving the room. The room went dark and I couldn't see him anymore.

All of a sudden the anger and sadness that had started to build when I saw he'd been taken came pouring out of me. I let out a scream and threw the knife that I had in my hand. It landed in the wall by Vince's head.

"Okay then." He said.

"Sorry." I said, wiping the tears from my face.

"I get it. Don't worry. I'll help anyway I can. My men will to."

"Why'd you come here to begin with? What did you have to discuss with Ryu?"

"I was going to tell him that I'd take him off the blacklist."

"Why?"

"He made me realize a few things yesterday and I was going to offer my help."

"He wouldn't have accepted it." I said walking out of the monitor room.

"I know, but I still would've offered."

"Even though you bet twenty million that he'd lose?"

"He told you about that."

"Yeah. He told me everything that happened. Always does."

"No secrets between you two, huh?"

"Nope. Not since the day we met. I've been honest with him since forever. He knows the deepest and darkest parts of my like I know him."

"He's darker than you though. Wouldn't exactly pair you two up." Valentine said.

"Like you'd pair your mother and father up?"

Vince chuckled. "To be fair though, I rescued Juliet. She was dragged into my dark world and I refused to let her go. She fell for me before she realized how dark it really was. Not that she would've left anyway. You, on the other hand, met Ryu in school. You obviously could see the darkness that lied underneath, yet you stayed. It's hard to miss in him. You can see it in his eyes."

"I could. First day I met him, I could tell he had darkness inside him. But I also saw the light inside him. Saw that someone or something was trying to snuff it out. My mother was bitch. She was connected to this world. She'd never dragged me into it though. She kept that part of her life and my father and I separate. It was the one good thing about her. When my father....died she pulled me into it. I hated going home just like Ryu did. What got me through it though was knowing I'd see him at school. Knowing that we understood each other in a strange way. We've only ever really had each other. I can't....I can't lose him. He's all I have. I'm all he has." I cried.

"So what are you going to do now?" Val asked softly.

"What can I do? This place is a fortress which is why those men probably didn't take me too. I'm going to wait and trust in Aimoto's abilities. I'll also more than likely go insane with worry, but whatever. It's a good thing I don't drink."

"You going to stay here alone?" Vince asked.

I nodded. "Ryu told me to stay put, so that's what I'll do. Lord knows that if he gets free before we find him and he comes here and finds me gone.....he's gonna kick my ass."

"Let me leave one of men with you at least. To watch out for you."

"I appreciate it, but no thanks. I'll be okay. Ryu left me with a lovely collection of knives. I'll be fine."

He grabbed my phone and typed a few things on it before laying it on the table.

"I put my number in. Call me if your friend finds anything or if you need anything. We'll be back tomorrow to check on you."

He and Val left and I went back to the monitor room. I sat in the chair at the desk and stared at the dark screen. That was the last thing I saw before I drifted off to sleep.

That night, Ryu wasn't the only one who had a nightmare.