Location: Osaka Bay, Japan.

11.23 p.m.

Even though the sky over the horizon was slowly gaining grey-blue rain clouds, it couldn't do much to dampen the rich sizzling auras of night life near and around the Osaka bay. The streets boasted a confused mixture of traditional lanterns; along with digital advertising boards that showed latest phone models and Coca-Cola bottles dipped in ice. It was colourful and lively, with faint shouts of cheering and gold-red lights of the slowly moving traffic on the Marine drive.

Two sleek black Land Rovers rolled smoothly down the road and stopped infront of the richly lit Casino; with its neon coloured lights and blaring digital signs.

The doors slid opened in the second jeep and 6 heavily armed men got out from it, immediately moving towards the vehicle infront of them.

When Donghae got out from the jeep, the first thing that caught his attention was the spectacular view of the ferris wheel that was spinning in a colourful laziness away in the distance. He tore his eyes away from the sight and walked around the back of the jeep to meet Hyukjae who was still on the same phone call with Luca.

"keep looking, and if anything happens, you know what to do" said Jake in a low voice and put his phone back into his coat pocket.

Donghae was tensed himself. He somehow had to find Tanaka's son before Jake did, or else it would be a complete disaster. He had been uncannily silent during their little trip to Japan, but Donghae doubted if Jake noticed this because he was so preoccupied with the frequent number of phone calls he was receiving from time to time, and Donghae didn't think that it was Luca either.

Jake turned towards him, snapping him out of his trance like concerns.

"don't think I didn't notice your silence" said Jake, after ordering the falcons to park both vehicles in the underground car park of the hotel. "what's wrong?"

Donghae immediately halted in his tracks... Shit

"I've got airplane lag" said Donghae with his best innocent look, "you don't want me throwing up do you?"

Jake looked at him, it was not a judging look, but more of a silent adoring look which made Donghae blush slightly. But he hastily whipped his expressions from his face before it turned into a full-blown smile...

"It's jet-lag" smirked Jake, walking forward after giving Donghae an affectionate bang on the back, "learn your words first for fuck's sake"

"right" muttered Donghae moodily from behind him and followed Jake up the white marbled staircase.

Loud music seemed to be oozing through the fancy golden double doors, where three or four guards stood wearing full suit with big revolvers clutched in their arms. They looked so burly that Donghae instantly walked up next to Hyukjae who was calmly gliding up the stairs.

"Identification?" growled one of the Japanese guards at Donghae who quickly glanced at Jake out of pure habit. Luca would've made a fucking good first impression on them!

He felt the rest of the falcons come and stand behind them silently as Jake took off the blue Armani shades from his eyes. Immediately, the big guards put out their weapons away in unison and bowed low. They kept bowing until the double doors opened infront of them.

To Donghae, it felt as though he was slapped in the face with music, the moment the doors closed behind them, the enormous hall ahead became a whirlwind of neon lights, betting shouts and half dressed exotic women. Everything was turned into a blaze of colours and suddenly Donghae had no idea which was which anymore.

Out of nowhere, he felt Jake grip his hand tightly and pull him towards one of the hot looking leather booths those were placed around the corner. It seemed that most of them were already occupied with all sorts of people. A mixture of Korean, Japanese and Italian men colonized the sofas. Amidst of all these were women, glamorous and mesmerising geishas who were literally molding themselves into these rich mafia gangsters.

All these fascinated Donghae, but it didn't calm him down much when Jake studiously pulled him towards a red fancy leathered booths. Only at the last moment did he recognize that their place was already reserved with a little golden plate that was fixed to the wall with the words 'Private. Reserved for Falcons' on it. But it was far from being private.

Two Italian women were already making themselves at home inside it. They were draped with clothes which were almost three sizes small on them.

Donghae glanced at their heavily make up faces, noting that their almost perfect bodies glowed under the red and blue neon lights. They seemed to show so much enthusiasm that he'd never seen in his entire life summed up. Donghae hastily averted his gaze away from them.

Jake only took one look at those girls before they suddenly came forward and swung themselves at him. At this point Donghae put aside his fascination at seeing prostitutes at a club, which was quickly replaced with a heat wave of anger towards them. A low growl escaped from his throat before he could stop himself...

Oblivious to Donghae's outward show of annoyance, Jake put his arms around both of them,

"dammi due russi neri" he whispered in a low voice, and the two of them nodded in a flirtatious way at him.

"Sì, signore" breathed one of the girls and they both darted in to the crowd, eager to get into his good books.

When Jake walked back towards the steamy leathered sofa, he found Donghae sitting studiously with his arms crossed, apparently glaring at the floor. With a sigh and a devilishly knowing smile, he flopped down next to Donghae's rigid body.

"now this... Is relaxation" moaned Jake happily, while trying to snake his arm around Donghae. But before he could touch him, the girls returned with their ordered Black Russians.

"here's your one Mr. handsome" winked the black haired girl at Donghae, but in return, all she got was a moody grunt from him which Jake instantly saw through.

"Voi due potete andarvene ora" he said, without even glancing at them. Apparently pissed off at the young mafia leader infront of them, one of the women was about to open her mouth to protest just as the big burly Falcon guard growled at them,

"he told you to leave and you will leave"

Donghae watched silently as they tossed their glistening long hair in frustration and stomp away from their booth without even a second glance. After they left, the falcons spread out in a protective circle away infront of them.

"so" drawled Jake, "who managed to push your jealousy button then?"

He put his arm around Donghae but got no response from him.

"was it the black hair? whispered Jake, his voice was indulged with a tinge of laughter, "or was it the red hair?"

Donghae smiled sweetly at him.

"it wasn't them" he whispered back, "it was you"

Jake snorted, "what did I do?"

"you did a lot"

Jake took a sip from his drink, staring intently at him. Donghae felt that his luminous grey-blue eyes were twice their usual colour, they were beautiful... And he desperately wanted to kiss him so much

Jealousy was a powerful thing...

Suddenly they both heard a signalling whistle from the nearest guard. Donghae looked up to see two people being held by the Falcons. One of them was wearing a white button down shirt and a black coat, with heavy sunglasses. The other looked like a scrawny version of a glamorous clown fish. But what made Donghae's heart suddenly race was the fact that the first guy looked familiar... Too familiar to be honest.

Donghae's eyes didn't waver from him as the guy looked back at them defiantly. He felt Jake giving a slight nod besides him, allowing the guy with the sunglasses to approach.

Before walking more closer towards them, the boy turned and glanced at his hopeless companion, but the big guards still held the cowering boy who was failing miserably in providing a convincing impression on them.

The boy walked closer and stood infront of them, with his hands on his pockets. This made the Yakuza tattoos on his chest clearly visible under the red lights.

Donghae couldn't help feeling a little tensed. If this is who he thought he was, then its clearly a sign of trouble. He watched as Jake calmly take a sip from his Black Russia; tinkling his finger nails on the crystal glass before placing it heavily on the table. Then he looked up a the boy with a sinister smile,

"can I help you?" he smirked, and Donghae saw the boy slightly flinch, as if he was internally losing his nerve to talk with Jake Maranzano. After a millisecond, he regained back his confidence.

"Maranzano?" he asked, his voice was deep, and smug. He stood infront of Jake without wavering, but Donghae couldn't help noticing the repetitive way his fingers kept twitching.

Jake silently looked at the boy for a few seconds. He appeared to be Japanese and the way he spoke was clearly for business. After a few seconds, the soft digital voice of Avian, confirmed who this really was into Jake's camouflage earpiece.

Hisui (Jade) Tanaka, known connection to Hideki Tanaka, age 28 and currently a graduate of Oxford University, United Kingdom.

Jake gave a brief glance at his watch and smiled at the guy standing infront of him.

"I'm glad you know who I am Mr. Tanaka... Or should I say Jade?" asked Hyukjae raising an eyebrow. He was positively grinning now.

Donghae took a sharp inhale of breath at this reveal. He had been dead sure that this was the same boy he had seen in Tanaka's wallet. It shook him to realize that Jake already knew who this was, and it finally dawned to him that Jake had the Avian technology with him. He silently cursed at his own carelessness.

'Just great Hisui' thought Donghae angrily, 'you just walked straight into the Falcons like a fucking idiot!'

There was nothing to do except watch what was going to happen. Donghae glanced at Hisui and saw him spellbound on the spot. For a moment he felt bad for Jade, no one can ever last more than 5 minutes with Hyukjae...

"Well, if you know who I am then I assume you know why I am here?" he asked magnanimously, giving a brief glance at Donghae.

Jake pushed himself back on the sofa comfortably and regarded Hisui with a look of silent concentration. Donghae knew exactly what was going through his mind, and he was not happy.

"Refresh my memory..." Jake said with a clear sarcastic tone, "and by the way, have a seat"

Hisui hesitated for a moment, then he looked back at the other boy who was still being appalled by the Falcons,

"I insist" growled Jake, without breaking eye contact with Hisui.

'Just sit down for fuck's sake before he rips you into pieces!' thought Donghae, and gave a slight nod at him. Hisui understood, and he gingerly sat down on the sofa. Finally he had the courage to stop a passing by waiter.

"Get me whatever he's having and bring a non-alcoholic drink to my consultant over there, he's drying up" he ordered and the waiter bowed.

Jake suddenly snorted, "Amazing that you should be taking care of your sponsor"

Hisui scoffed right back at the remark "Tss, Sponsor" he repeated sounding annoyed, and Jake confirmed what he was already thinking

That boy was anything but a sponsor...

Donghae silently looked at both of them, the music inside the casino was reaching to a level where it would soon convert into ultrasound, but the tension between Jake and Hisui was getting unbearable by the second, Donghae knew Jake had an amazingly versatile ability to convey life threatening messages just by mere eye contact, it seemed like that was happening now, He watched Hisui silently, who suddenly seemed to be really uncomfortable with both Jake's and Donghae's stares combined.

Donghae took another sip from his drink and cleared his throat, just as the waiter brought the drinks. Jake's stare was momentarily shifted to the boy being held by the Falcons. He was drinking from the glass like his life depended on it.

"He looks thirsty" commented Jake breezily, as if he was observing something growing out of a petri dish inside a lab.

"Yes, well, I only feed him when he's been a good boy" Hisui answered.

Jake smirked but didn't comment. Instead he lifted his glass in silent agreement.

Donghae knew that Hisui was feeling really uncomfortable now. But Jake seemed to be thoroughly enjoying his discomfort

"Let's cut the chase Tanaka, you have what I need, and I have what you need" said Jake suddenly, taking the last sip from his Black Russia.

Before Hisui could say another word, the clown fish like boy burst through the security guards and came up towards them. There was only one spot left besides Hisui and he dived into it without a moment's hesitation.

"Pheewww!!" he said, oblivious to the looks he was receiving from the rest of them, "finally he let me through, jeez! Next time, Imma bring my own guards, you know what I'm sayin'?" he chuckled.

Absolutely no one said a word..

"So, sup babiesss?!" he stretched out his hand to give Jake a handshake, but he was left rudely hanging.

Hyukjae finally raised an eyebrow at the sight of this dude's out of character behaviour, until Hisui let out a growl in pure frustration.

"You can cut the crap with the cover character, he already knows!" bellowed Hisui.

"What character?" asked Apollo-the-clown fish innocently.

Both Jake and Donghae snorted at the same time while Hisui sighed, he studiously ignored Apollo and turned back towards Jake who looked at him blankly.

"I have the pendant" blurted Hisui before he could stop himself. At these words Apollo started coughing his lungs out, but Hyukjae only looked amused.

"Yes, you do" he smirked, "But you don't look idiotic enough to bring the pendant actually here"

"You got that right" laughed Hisui, "I need to be able to bargain with you", He glared at Jake while saying that, instantly making Donghae want to slap him,

How stupid can this idiot get? Does he think he has the God damned upper hand in this?!

Jake considered this for a moment, he looked interested in the offer, but Donghae caught the little smile playing on his lips,

"You're lucky you don't have the brain of your partner here or I'd have just taken what I need" said Jake, and for the first time, Hisui caught the real colour of Jake's eyes. He was momentarily stunned, because he thought Jake had regular black-brown eyes, but what he saw instead was the pure colour of a rough sea just before a storm.

"I don't bargain" growled Jake, his voice has become low and Donghae immediately realized that Jake was having enough of this conversation. He just prayed that Jake wouldn't start anything.

"Like you did with my father?!" shouted Hisui suddenly, loosing his control, but Jake only stared at him coldly.

Finally he laughed soflty,

"your precious father came on his own free will, Tanaka. He's still alive, but now that you're here..." Jake left the sentence hanging in the air.

"If you take me" growled Hisui "I swear you will lose the pendant for good!"

Jake merely raised an eyebrow, "really? I'd love to hear how you'd get rid of it" he said smiling, it was a bone chilling smile.

Donghae silently hoped that Tanaka wouldn't say anything stupid this time,

"Someone has the pendant in their possession and will blow up the pendant the moment you kill me" spluttered Hisui.

"Oh, you mean Clara? who's in your earpiece?" smirked Hyukjae while Hisui stared at him dumbfounded. He looked as if he'd seen a ghost.

Jake leaned forward a little so that his voice could be clearly heard,

"How are you doing, Clara?" he mused, "I hope you are not scared in there are you?"

Donghae shook his head, groaning internally, how the HELL was he supposed to get this reckless bitch out of this mess? He might as well believe that Jake got what he needed from Tanaka...

Hisui jerked away from Jake as if he had been physically slapped, his whole body was shaking, and sweat was glistening down his neck. Meanwhile Apollo looked as if he'd rather drown himself than be trapped in this situation.

Like a fish drowning, he was spluttering incoherently to himself.

Jake was smugly assessing the best way to make Tanaka pay, he still couldn't kill him, but he could easily get what he needed from them. Suddenly his concentration broke when they all heard gun shots from all around the casino floor, a random bullet hit the red neon light just above their heads and splinters of white hot glass from the light bulb fell right infront of them, the Falcons came close to Jake and Donghae,

"Hold them" commanded Jake and both Apollo and Jade found themselves being held in an iron like grip of the Falcon guards before they could even get up from their seats.

"w-what! I'm too young to die!" cried Apollo, but Hisui was silent.

Donghae looked at the distant meelee of confused banging and screaming from the crowd that was hurtling towards the exit, as the broken lights flickered on the roof,

All the bullets were coming from a mob like gang, their leader was up front, clutching a revolver in his hands while the rest followed him like a pack of blood thirsty wolves. The bad news was that they were heading straight at them...

"Jake Maranzano!!" bellowed their leader, and Donghae immediately noticed the sharp intake of breath from Hisui. He looked definitely scared now.

Does he know him then?

"Jake" said Donghae desperately, "we should get out! Now!"

But all he saw was Jake's smile, and it caused the hair on the back of Donghae's neck to raise. Jake was simply looking like it was his day today

"And as I said, the annual fun starts now" drawled Jake, pulling out his pistol...

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A/N: okay I know you guys have been waiting for this chapter, and first I need to apologize for taking so long to update, it was nothing to do with a writer's block but because I was busy studying for an aptitude test, and it's on the 22nd this month. So yeah I'm sorry*insert sorry sorry bg music*

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