Spiderwebs

Spiderwebs Chapter 8

Katsuki had felt defiance, disgust, hope and fear throughout his time on the stage being auctioned. When he'd seen Amagai he'd been both embarrassed and hopeful. The hope had become ash when Shuji had announced he would be publicly used on the stage. He was terrified of being used by the gathered men. But the idea of doing sexual acts with Amagai was in some ways just as horrifying.

But it was nothing compared to the shock of discovering his final bidder was Touma. A quick glance at Amagai confirmed that he - too - hadn't known the bartender was there. Just what kind of rescue operation was this?

The crowd was shouting again. Katsuki tried to block out their crude words even as he was pushed to his knees by the men who'd held him. He looked up at Touma approached him, and was shocked to see him smirking at him - his eyes smoldering. He reached down to take ahold of his chin.

"Pretty little thing. I hope your mouth isn't too small..." Before the words could fully sink in, Touma was kissing him. His tongue pushing deep into his mouth. He tried to pull away, but the ex-host held his head firmly, before pulling back. "Loose. Maybe you can take me all the way in, huh?" He shoved the men holding him off. "Back off. I don't need help. If he misbehaves, I'll make him regret it."

Katsuki began to shiver. The bartender sounded nothing like himself. It was chilling to see him like this. He found himself pulling away. Touma grabbed his arms roughly. "Sorry." The words were a barely perceptible whisper above the shouts of the crowd. "I didn't say you could move, bitch!" The next instant Touma's hand connected with his cheek. His head turned sharply as fire erupted over the side of his face.

"Hey, now." Shuji came over. "Careful about rough handling. He has other appointments tonight."

"I won't damage him." Touma replied and Katsuki heard the zipper of his pants as it was undone.

Was he really going to go through with it? He wondered. Touma turned his face to him and he saw the same doubt in Touma's eyes. But then it was gone.

"Open wide." He reached into his pants.

Gunshots sounded from outside, and the guests turned from the stage in shock. Shuji looked toward the door, startled. Touma yanked a black rod from his pants - shoving it into Shuji's groin. Katsuki heard the electrical zap even as Shuji screamed and crumpled.

The doors burst open and gunmen entered. The guests shouted in alarm. Some reaching for guns of their own while some held up their hands in surrender. Touma pulled him to his feet and to the edge of the stage where Amagai was waiting.

"I'm going to kill you." Amagai hissed at Touma.

"You mean if Jin doesn't kill you first? You froze out there, "King"." Touma tormented.

"Zip your mouth and your pants while you're at it, exhibitionist." Amagai retorted, taking Katsuki from him. "You okay?" He whispered to the younger man.

"Remind me to punch Touma later." Katsuki replied.

"That I have to see." Amagai smiled in relief.

"I heard that." Touma grouched as he slid off the stage. "And you're welcome for coming to save you."

"What's going on?" Katsuki asked as Daiki came through the door.

"Power change." Touma answered.

"No need for alarm. Please put away your weapons. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. There's been a slight...exchange of hands tonight. If you'll just sit tight, the auction will continue as scheduled. It'll just have a new host." He gestured to two men, who pulled Shuji out of the room. "Those who wish to leave will be permitted to do so shortly. I'm sorry again for the inconvenience."

"Who is he?" Katsuki whispered.

"Daiki Gato." Amagai provided.

"But I thought he was kidnapped."

"I really don't know anything more." Amagai shook his head.

"Psst. Through here." Touma pulled back a section of curtain and the three of them slipped into a hidden corridor.

Jinnai Kuniaki was not used to relying on someone else. Even if it was someone he found fairly trustworthy. Ironically, he was relying on the less trustworthy of the two he'd sent in to pull this off. He knew the general details of Gato's auctions. but no men of Aoe ever went near them. When Daiki had explained the details, he'd been forced to reevaluate his plan. He wasn't certain he could count on Amagai to actually get physical with Katsuki. He was B&B's top seme, but with Katsuki he'd allowed himself to fall into the role of a Sempai. He had a feeling the two were incompatible to him. He'd flounder or freeze.

Though Touma hadn't officially been a host for awhile, he'd been the logical next choice. He didn't seem attached in the same way as Amagai. If it became necessary to actually go through with it...

It was, in fact, as much a problem as a solution. Because when he really thought about it, he didn't like the idea of Touma going through with it either. Didn't like the idea of anyone else touching Katsuki period.

He sat in his car, watching the back route out of Gato's grounds. Two men attempting to leave had already been shot and pulled out of sight by Tane. A third joined them, but there was still no sign of Amagai, Touma, or Katsuki. He reminded himself that if Katsuki hadn't been on the auctioning block, that Daiki would have to release him to them. And Daiki wouldn't do that until he completed his own business. He knew he prefer that. It would mean no one, not even Touma or Amagai, had gotten their hand on the boy. Or anything else. There was also the possibility that Daiki would fail. That Ito had seen through it all along.

He scowled as he glanced at the clock. Where were they?

"According to Daiki's instructions, there's a back route off the grounds this way." Touma pointed to a walkway of the traditional garden the secret passage had led them to.

"Hsst!" Amagai hissed a warning as footsteps sounded through the building they were next to. Crouching down they waited for them to pass. "We better hurry. Things seem to be calming down."

"What about the others in the auction?" Katsuki suddenly spoke up. Amagai had given him his suit jacked, but he still felt exposed in the gauzy pants Ito's men had given him to wear to the auction. The cold night air bit into him, and he couldn't help but think of the other men, dressed in identical clothing, waiting to be auctioned to Ito's guests.

"What about them?" Touma asked, apparently confused by the question.

Katsuki jerked as if the words had been a physical blow. "We're just leaving them?"

"You heard Daiki. Auction goes on as planned. He's just taking over the business."

"I don't give a damn about that bastard. I'm talking about us. We're just leaving them?"

Touma scowled. "Since when are you a hero? Since when do you care about anyone else?"

"Touma!" Amagai hissed, frowning.

"Stay out of it, Seiichi." Touma replied, going over to Katsuki. "Were you deaf and blind to what was happening back there? Those guys were practically wetting themselves over the idea of watching you do tricks for somebody else! What do you think they'll do if they actually get their hands on you? Cuz if we go back now, there's a good chance that's exactly what will happen. You want that?"

Katsuki shivered. "No."

"Then stop being an idiot, and let's get out of here."

"You don't have to such an ass about it." Amagai cut in.

"I'm being a realist. If we get caught, it could start a war between Aoe and Gato. How do you think Aoe-san will like that? And that's taking for granted we'll survive whatever Jin will do to us for failing him. I don't like what was going on back there either. But we're taking a big enough risk here as it is. Let's get out while the getting's good."

Amagai frowned, but looked away with a sigh. "Fine. C'mon, Katsuki."

"No."

"Eh?" Amagai looked over at him.

"I know I'm self-centered. Most of the time I don't think about anyone else but me. If I'd heard about something like this, I'd think it was sick. But I wouldn't have volunteered to do anything about it. But you know something? I've had a really bad week. I've had two cops treat me like a whore. Tane and everyone connected to him call me his piggybank. Tadeo call me a pretty piece of Jin's property. Pointed guns at. Kidnapped. Shuji tell me I'm merchandise to be sold. And been dragged up on stage to be offered to be raped by the highest bidder. Maybe I don't want someone else to go through it. Or maybe I'm still a selfish brat and I just want a way to get back at whoever I can for what I've been through. Either way, I'm not leaving until I've atleast tried to do something. Even if that means going back alone."

"You don't have to go alone." Amagai assured him. "Right, Touma?"

"Man, Jin's gonna kill us all." Touma complained.

"Do you remember the way to where the others are kept?" Amagai asked Katsuki.

"The smoke over there has to be the bathhouse. Shuji didn't blindfold me when he took me from there to the "holding pen" as he called it."

"Should have set the taser higher." Touma commented under his breath.


"There's some hold outs." A man told Daiki. "They barricaded themselves in a room."

"Flush them out. Burnt it down if you have to. You. Go help." He pointed to a man guarding a door.

"What about Shuji?"

"Let me worry about Shuji. You get the rest. Who won't join is no use to us. And you know what to do then."

The two walked away, and Daiki entered the room. Shuji was crumpled on the floor still. "No need to waste resources. I can talk them out." He suggested, slowly uncurling to look at him.

Daiki chuckled. "Shuji, Shuji. I may be young, but I wasn't born yesterday. You've been plotting a coop of your own. Those aren't father's men holding out. They're yours. Waiting for you to come "convince" them to join me. Were you planning on replacing me immediately? Friendly fire? Or were you going to wait awhile until things settled before taking me out? Think carefully now."

Shuji's eyes widened as the young man spoke. A bead of perspiration rolled down his face, and he swallowed before speaking. "N-neither. I wasn't plotting anything."

"You might still be of some help. If I kept you on a short leash. You've been a good contact." Daiki seemed to consider the idea.

Shuji licked his dry lips nervously. "I can still me. I can feign unhappiness. Tell you who in the organization doesn't like the change over."

"So you can tell me to kill of the men loyal to me, and make your coop easier? Really, that'll get old fast. Let's face it, Shuji, you've just outlived your usefulness. And there's alot of people unhappy with you for kidnapping Tane's piggybank. You should be thanking me, really. If they got ahold of you, well...there's no telling what they might do to avenge the kid."

"But kidnapping him was your idea! To get Aoe's men involved!" Shuji was getting desperate.

"Oh, that's right." Daiki smirked. "But, see - that's the other thing. I misjudged how angry that would make Tane. He's left Tadeo, and he's agreed to leave his Piggybank in care of Blue Boy. He's mine now, and I'd be a fool to let him know I'm to blame for making the kid suffer. As only the two of us know it, we'll be taking the secret to our grave. You're just going to find your grave a bit sooner than me. Goodbye, Shuji."


Tane was beginning to think something had gone wrong. No more of Ito's men had attempted to escape through the back exit in nearly fifteen minutes. But now word came from Daiki to give the all clear. Nor had he seen any sign of Katsuki or whoever Jinnai had sent in after him. Though, admittedly, as he didn't know what they looked like, he might have mistaken them for Ito's men and taken them out. He hoped that wasn't the case. Though he knew the other man was watching, and would most likely have seen every runner. Therefore it was at the very least unlikely any of them were Jinnai's associates. Although, their appearance alone would probably equal a failure, in which case he might not care if he iced them.

He heard the car door, and turned to see that Jin had exited the car he'd been waiting in. He watched him stalk into the complex, but made no move to stop him. He pitied anyone who did.

"It's getting pretty quiet." Touma pointed out. "That's a bad sign."

"It's the next hall over." Katsuki told him. "We're almost-" He cut off when he rounded the bend - spotting two guards at the door. They were looking the other way, and the three of them retreated back out of sight.

"Okay, tell me you have some sort of brilliant plan here." Touma told him.

"I didn't think about guards. I was inside the room." Katsuki admitted.

"No guards inside?" Amagai queried. Katsuki shook his head. "Well, there is only two of them."

"Yah, just two - with guns." Touma spoke up.

"You still have the taser, right?"

"You think they'll let me just stroll up there and use it on them?"

"We can pretend to be guards." Amagai suggested.

"Didn't I see that in a movie once?" Touma crossed his arms. "I'm pretty sure it didn't work."

"Shuji said merchandise that wander is fair game. I can pretend to be running and you can chase." Katsuki suggested.

"I'm not sure I like that idea." Amagai frowned.

"It's better than yours." Touma replied. "Give Seiichi the jacket back."

Katsuki slipped out of the jacket reluctantly, handing it over to Amagai, who pulled it back on. "Ready?"

"Wait." Touma shook his head - looking at Katsuki. "Mess up your hair. You look too neat to be being brought back."

Katsuki scowled, but tousled his hair with his fingers. "Since when are you the expert anyway?"

"Hey, I'm the one who got the taser in and us out of the room, remember?"

"I remember you cuffed me." Katsuki hissed in response. "There - better?"

"It was a slap, not a cuff." Touma corrected. "And you moved." Reaching down he ripped a tear in the side of Katsuki's pants leg. "There-ow!" He reeled back when Katsuki bashed him in the nose. "What was that for?"

"Everything." Katsuki replied.

"He escaped somehow, right?" Amagai teased.

"Laugh it up, Seiichi. You haven't been alot of help so far." Touma grumbled.

"Are we going to do this? Or are we going to stand around and let Gato's guards capture us?"

One of the guards by the door yawned. His head shot up, though, when he heard a shout. Katsuki dashed into the hallway, followed by Amagai and Touma. "Stop him!" Touma called out.

The two leaped forward to grab Katsuki's arms. Katsuki gave another shout, struggling in their hold.

"What do we have here?" One of the guards smirked. "Escape on the way back from the auction, eh?"

"Got me in the face." Touma pressed the back of his hand to his nose.

"Tsk. Tsk. You'll have to make that up to him - won't you?" The guard tormented Katsuki.

"Surprised there's that much fight left in him. Figured the buyers would be rowdy after the interruption." The second guard mentioned.

"Who cares? He's fair game now." The first shrugged it off.

"I don't recognize you two ei-!" The second guard cut off when Seiichi slammed him over the head with a vase off a nearby stand.

"Hey, what?" The first guard turned, but Touma slammed the taser into his arm. He released Katsuki with a scream. Katsuki kicked him away, and his head hit the wall with a crack.

"Did we just pull this off?" Touma asked, grinning.

"Only if we get out." Amagai reminded him. He was kneeling by the guards, searching for keys. "Get the door open." He tossed the keys to Touma.

"Here." Touma passed the taser to Katsuki.

Katsuki glanced over his shoulder as Touma searched for the right key. "There's three separated from the others. Wait here." He sprinted up the hallway.

"Katsuki, don't!" Amagai called uselessly after him.

"We're so dead..." Touma groaned.


The hall was near the auction room. The door hadn't been locked. They'd been warned that guests would be passing by and that services were free if they caught them out of the room. Katsuki gulped - he could hear the guests complaining to the guards from the auction room. It was obvious the auction hadn't restarted yet. He opened the room door, watching as the three inside jumped. They peered beyond him - obviously expecting Shuji or his men.

"We're getting out of here. Head back to the original room."

"B-But what about what Shuji said?" The one who Shuji first picked was shivering.

"I told you something was going on. Those gunshots can't be business as usual." The second spoke up.

"Someone else is taking over." Katsuki explained. "We're getting out while they're still busy with eachother."

"Shuji chained my leg to the wall. He put the keys in the drawer by the door." The second tugged at his chained leg.

"You two go ahead, we'll catch up." Katsuki told the other two. Setting the taser on top of the table, he opened the drawer to search for the keys.

The third stopped by the door. "Thank-you."

Katsuki paused, startled. "Don't worry about that. Just go on."

With a nod he followed the first out the door. Finding the keyset, Katsuki knelt down by the second's feet, trying to find the right one.

"Are we going to make it out?" The second asked him, his face serious.

"We'll find out soon." Katsuki replies as the lock clicked, releaseding the manacle on the other's ankle. "Won't we?"

"Guess so." He nodded, before hurrying after the others.

Tossing the keys down, Katsuki stood to follow, but froze in place. A figure blocked the doorway, holding the taser he'd set down.

To Be Concluded...