Hiyoshi: Where are you taking us? I demand to know!

False Officer: I SAID SHUT IT! Anyways,… I am taking you to a checkpoint, where me and my buddies are going to take care of you and your little girlfriend, here. I think you two might recognize one of them when you get there.

Hiyoshi: What do you mean?

False Officer: You’ll see…

(Miyuki and Hiyoshi hold on to each other for fear of their lives.)

(After a while, they arrive a rundown warehouse. The warehouse has a large Nazi swastika hanging above the main entrance and a group of people e are gathered in front of the entrance, as if they are waiting on someone to arrive.)

False Officer: We’re here. NOW GET OUT!

Hiyoshi: But, where are—

False Officer:—But NOTHING! NOW GET THE HELL OUT!

(The man gets out of the car and opens the back door, where Hiyoshi is, and drags Hiyoshi out by his hair, and throws him to the ground.)

False Officer: You too, frauline!

(Miyuki gets out)

Familiar Voice: (bitterly) We meet again, Hiyo!

Hiyoshi: Who are ¬—wait…Tatsuya?!

Tatsuya: That’s right, punk. It’s payback time. It’s time you pay for taking my Miyuki away from me!

Miyuki: (trying to think) Tatsuya….hmm…..wait— TATSUYA MIYAMORI?!

Tatsuya: Yep, that’s right, sweetie. It’s me.

Miyuki: (Angry) What the hell are you doing here?! What is this all about?! And why are you surrounded by all these people? Especially a rundown warehouse, of all places!

Tatsuya: …Miyu…don’t you understand what you are seeing in front of you? This is a Nazi headquarters. I established it after meeting up with a certain girl who pledge her loyalty to the ways of Hitler. She told me that, with joining her, I could have ultimate power. And soon, after gathering enough minions, we could be stronger than the Yakuza!

Miyuki: You’ve been blinded by rage, Tatsu. This isn’t what you want!

Tatsuya: (furious) DAMMIT! DON’T YOU TELL ME WHAT I DO OR DO NOT WANT, WOMAN! After what you did to me, by going out with this idiot, Hiyoshi, you left me miserable, made fun of, and left lonely in this world. Do you THINK I am really in the mood to put up with this filthy excuse for a wretched human being? WELL?!

Miyuki: (in tears) This is why I left you! NOT because of how you looked or because I was neglecting you, but because of how you treated me. You were always overprotective and you beat me. YOU THINK I CAN PUT UP WITH THAT AND JUST CHOOSE TO FORGIVE YOU?!

Tatsuya: Yeah, well, that is all going to change!

Miyuki: (angry and upset) Oh, and how are YOU going to do THAT?!

Tatsuya: If I cannot have you by will, I will have you by FORCE!

(Tatsuya looks over to the false officer_

Tatsuya: HATSUMO!

Hatsumo: Yes, boss?

Tatsuya: Take Hiyoshi to the storage room of the warehouse. You know what to do with him.

Hatsumo: (nodding) Yes, boss…

(Hatsumo handcuffs Hiyoshi and shoves him through the entrance of the warehouse,
down the hallway, and into the storage room, slamming the door behind him.)

(Back to the scene of Miyuki and Tatsuya)

Tatsuya: ….now that Hiyoshi is out of the way, we can get straight to the point…. Hitsu, Miyazaki…Restrain Miyuki!

(Hitsu and Miyazaki nod)

Miyuki: What the hell?! What do you think you are— Gah!!!

(Hitsu and Miyazaki hold down Miyuki)

Tatsuya: That’s right, Miyu. Bow down to me…Now, Miyu…I’ll give you one more chance, this time. Forget that scumbag and come with me, and I promise I won’t hurt him. I won’t let anything bad happen to either of you. All you have to do is accept my offer.

Miyuki: (struggling to break free from their grip.) …And what makes you think that I am going to listen to you, with the way you are treating me right now?!

Tatsuya: (sneering) This will……KIRA! BRING HER THE VIDEO LINK!

(Kira brings Miyuki a cam recorder and opens the side panel.)

(The footage is a live recording of Hiyoshi in the storage room. Nothing but him can be seen in the room, at the moment.)

Miyuki: (taken back from the sight of Hiyoshi’s condition) HIYO!!!

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(Change of location)

(Hiyoshi, now in the storage room, hears something calling him, but cannot see anything. He is surrounded by darkness.)

Hiyoshi: Who said my n-name? Mi-Miyuki?! Is that you?! I can’t see you, but I can hear you…Where are you?!

(Hiyoshi tries to get up off the floor, while struggling with the handcuffs, but discovers that he is being restrained by ropes that are somehow connected to the ground.)

(The lights turn on all of a sudden)

(A mysterious voice echoes from the corner of back corner, where there is no light reaching.)

(Three women appear from the shadows and walk towards Hiyoshi. They are all wearing tight, Nazi uniforms.)

Female voice: Well, well, well…Look what we have here, ladies. A new boy toy…Oh…and look…

(The mysterious woman has her assistant hold up the other cam recorder, which is receiving a live signal from the cam recorder outside of the warehouse.)

(The myserious woman steps next to Hiyoshi, in front of the camera.)

Female voice: We have a live audience to watch us play together. Well, ladies… what would you like to entertain our audience with first?

(The mysterious woman bends down in front of Hiyoshi and puts her finger under his chin and forcefully brings his head up to eye contact with her.)

Ashley: Hey there, cutie. The name’s Ashley. What’s your name?

(A sound from the cam recorder echoes into the room)

Miyuki: (yelling) HIYO!!! Please…do as she says! I don’t want you hurt!

(Ashley looks at the cam recorder, then back at Hiyoshi.)

Ashley: Oh? It’s Hiyo, is it? That’s such a cute name!

Hiyoshi: (Struggling to get out of the ropes that were binding him) Let…me…OUT!

Ashley: Nuh-uh-uh!

(Ashley pulls out a cropping stick and thrashes the ground, making a loud, crack sound, right next to Hiyoshi.)

(Miyuki, watching through the live feed, gasps.)

Miyuki: Noooo….HIYO, PLEASE, DO AS THEY SAY!!!

Tatsuya: SHUT IT! WHO ASKED YOU TO SPEAK?!..........Continue, Ashley…

(Back in the storage room again)

Ashley: Now, now. Hiyo…we can’t have you escaping from us until you get your little girlfriend, over there, to beg and cry for Tatsuya’s forgiveness for what she did to him, now can we?

Hiyoshi: What do you mean, “what she did to him”?

Ashley: (ignoring Hiyoshi’s question) …Now…what will it take for us, and I mean you as well, to do to influence Miyuki to give in to Tatsuya and decide to be with him? Hmmm? …..SPEAK!

(Ashley cracks the cropping stick against the ground again. This time, harder and closer to Hiyoshi’s position.)

Hiyoshi: I-I don’t know! Why are you doing this to me? Why are you doing this to Miyuki? WHY?

(Miyuki speaks through the uplink, to Hiyoshi)

Miyuki: It’s okay, Hiyo, …don’t worry about me! Just do as they say! Please!

Hiyoshi: But, Miyu! I —

Ashley: —You better listen to the girl, Hiyoshi. Or else we might have to stop missing and start hitting…you understand what I am telling you?

Hiyoshi: (partially intimidated) Y-yes…I g-guess I have no other choice but to..

Ashley: Good boy. Now……..Tatsuya.

(back outside of the warehouse, on the other end of the live feed)

Tatsuya: Yes, my dear Ashley?

Ashley: Is there something you would like to ask Hiyo, here?

(Tatsuya thinks to himself, then speaks.)

Tatsuya: …..Hmmmmm….well, …Hiyo…are you going to participate with me and give up any emotions you may have with my Miyuki?

Hiyoshi: But I—

Tatsuya: —I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!

Hiyoshi: (sighing) Y-yes……

Tatsuya: What was that?

Hiyoshi: YES! I WILL………..

Tatsuya: That’s more like it. You hear that, Miyuki? He doesn’t have feelings for you anymore…

Miyuki: (looking down, but knowing what he said was false) Hiyo….

Tatsuya: That’s the Hiyo I know! Worthless and always giving up!

Miyuki: That’s not true! He’s a better man than you. He just decides not to stoop to your level.

Tatsuya: (giving a menacing glare) I will deal with you later

[End of Scene 9 of "A Winter's Lullaby". Will Miyuki ever see Hiyoshi ever again? Will Miyuki have to stay with Tatsuya? Will the two ever be rescued? Tune in for scene 10. Coming up later on. ^-^ Hope you are enjoying the story so far! Tell me what you think in comments. <3 ~GSK~]