After how many years, I suddenly got the urge to write a fanfic. Why? I really don't know. Let's see how long I can keep writing.
Disclaimer: I do not own Weiss, Weiss Side B or anything along those lines. The original characters that appear in this story are mine though.
Note: Though this will mainly be based off of Weiss and all the series relating to it, there will be a few minor crossovers here and there from other series but I don't plan on making many significant leaps. When I first created this story, the main character was a dimensional traveler; thus they were able to travel into other anime/manga worlds. I'm planning to minimize that here.
Spoilers: This fanfic is filled with spoilers about Weiss. You are warned.
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Prologue: That to Which Lingers On
There is a saying that some memories never fade away. Sometimes the people you meet will have a lasting effect on your life; no matter how long or how short you've known them, those people will affect your destiny and your future. For the men of Weiss, this was a fact all too real to them. The lives that they took in order to protect the innocent would haunt them for the rest of their time. Those who had their lives saved by them would forever remember them, but in what way, no one could tell. This is a tale of a life that lingered on after the death of someone very close to Weiss. This life was but briefly mentioned by a man who, ironically enough, was a member of a former Weiss that took a different route due to the madness that followed them. Perhaps their end was a foreshadow of what was to come for the members of third Weiss…
This story begins where the mission at Koua Academy ended. And indeed, perhaps the fall of the former team of Weiss was an indication of the madness that followed the current members of Weiss. Yohji Kudou had fallen into the depths of his own despair when he could no longer run away from the death of his former detective partner Asuka Murase. However, in the last moments, he found some refuge in the knowledge that he was forgiven by his long lost lover. His current whereabouts were unknown though rumors of a man name Ryo Ito had surfaced from time to time.
The next sign of madness came from a person that was as ordinary as the next man standing next to you. But, appearances were always deceiving. Ken Hidaka could have been considered an "Average Joe". He lived quite a normal life, besides being an assassin and all, and compared to the other members of Weiss, his past was not profoundly a mind breaker that would lead one onto the path of despair and agony. Yet, as time went on, the man found that his purpose for living diminished with each passing day. His only solace in his own existence were the missions given to him. The lust of battle stirred what was left of his soul. He lived for the sake of killing. After being impaled by his fellow teammate in order to complete the Koua Academy mission, Ken was last seen in another group known as KryptonBrand (or KB for short) in Europe after the third Weiss had disbanded.
But, how did the soccer player end up in a place like Europe, far, far away from his humble country of Japan? Only one person, the youngest member of Weiss, Mamoru Takatori (formerly known as Omi Tsukiyono) could answer that question. The boy had relinquished his childhood name for his true name by the time the Koua Academy mission came around. He also took over command of Kritiker and Weiss as Persia. No longer Bombay, Mamoru was growing up to be another Takatori. He became a powerful politician in his own rights who commanded the respect of the people. Though he announced that he would severe his ties to the one known as Omi, he could not abandon his teammates. Behind the face of the cold politician, Omi was still there… lingering on the thoughts of the past.
What had become of the final member of Weiss, the man known as "Aya" Fujimiya? He would become the medium of this story for it was because of him that this story will be told. In search of his own path, Aya had traveled to New York where he found small "odd jobs" to keep himself alive. There, he met a group known as Orphan and a boy simply named Yuki. After the untimely death of two of Orphan's most precious members, Aya came across an interesting pair of people. He would travel with those people to Europe and become a part of KryptonBrand alongside of Ken. He and Ken would later return to New York to retrieve Yuki from what remained of Orphan to join KB.
And, so our story shall begin. In the shadows of what may be Great Britain, footsteps pattered onto the ground as dark colored hair swayed in a windless air. The footsteps suddenly halted as a distant gasp for help gurgled into silence high above in one of tall condo like buildings. Orchid colored eyes pierced through the night as they stared endlessly at the windows above them. Tonight, KryptonBrand had taken another target into the depths of "Hell's Gates". As silence echoed through the night, orchid eyes turned away and disappeared into the shadows once again. The future was about to take a drastic turn in an unexpected direction.