The War Of Love

by: Anime Bubbles

Since the time of the beginning, war had never been truly wanted by anyone. Some, however, adored and worshipped war and the glories of combat.

Like those of the warriors, whose art of war had been perfected. They would come and attack without anyone knowing and ravage villages and towns, pummeling anything in their path.

But the art of war taking place in this story is the war between two souls, souls that refuse to back down no matter how battered and torn they had become.

Two souls that don't believe in love and deny the fact that they aren't all that different.

An assassin and spy who refuse to realize they had fallen in love with each other…

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"It's an albino black sheep!" yelled a blonde-haired man.

His friend shook his head and barely grinned.

The blonde man shrugged and cocked his head to the side. "Close enough right?"

"Yes, Odd. Very close."

Ulrich always thought it amazing how someone with such a small brain could be such a dangerous fighter. Just give him a pair of daggers and he could slash his way through an entire army.

"It's just a regular white sheep."

Odd raised an eyebrow. "Really? But that's too easy."

"Exactly. Don't over think things. That's what always causes you trouble when we go on missions."

Odd pouted and folded his arms across his chest. "Oh fine. I WAS actually trying to think this time, you know?"

He cracked a small grin and saluted to his friend and turned away. "I need to go."

The man nodded and smiled. "See ya captain."

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"I remember him…" she said.

Her friend looked over her shoulder. "Me too. He was such a shrimp."

"Not really…I always thought he was kind of cute…"

"Hun, you think all the nerds are cute."

She blushed and continued flipping through the scrapbook, memories flying through her mind each time she turned a page.

"So, Lita, when are we gonna get the job done."

The woman considered thoughtfully. "I was thinking tonight. That was the deadline, right?"

Her friend nodded gravely. "We've procrastinated a bit long, don't you think?"

She laughed. "Don't we always?"

"Well, yeah, but not to the last day…"

"Eh, it's okay. I like challenges. The more dangerous the better."

Her friend nodded. "Well said."

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Clad in black, the two girls scaled the wall of the mansion and clambered up the roof.

The Japanese one signaled to the side and they split up.

She silently cut a perfect circle in the window and reached over to the side, turning off the alarm.

'053191', she thought to herself silently. After punching in the code, the alarm shut off, preventing any form of a noise that would blow her cover.

She smirked and crept into the room without a sound.

If all went according to plan, the security cameras should have all been off and unable to function for another 5 hours.

She stalked across the hallway and froze when she heard voices on the other side.

The Japanese girl leapt up on the ceiling and grabbed hold of the wooden divider across it.

She effortlessly lifted her legs up, making sure she wasn't in line of sight of the people crossing.

"Well, yes, but what if the…"

The two men passed the girl suspended over them.

She heard their voices trail off in the distance and counted to ten.

She hopped back down, her padded boots extinguishing the sound from her impact with the floor.

"Yumi, Yumi, come in."

The black-haired girl heard the voice crackling into her ear.

She continued creeping along the hallway.

"Yeah?" she whispered.

"I shut down all the video cameras."

"Good. I'll meet you in the center room."

"Okay. Over and out."

She continued down the hall and entered the door to her right.

The Japanese girl looked at her watch impatiently. 'Hurry up, Aelita…'

The door behind her opened and closed. "Okay, Lita, we need to—"

She heard the sound of a gun clicking and whirled around.

A man clad in a black suit smirked. "Thought you got it, eh?"

Yumi stared in shock at the brown-haired man in front of her. "How…how did you find us?"

He raised the gun to her eye level and shrugged. "We found your friend sauntering down one of the hallways and we caught her."

Yumi swore under her breath. 'Why does Aelita have to be so careless?'

A blonde haired man came in and brought in the unconscious body of her best friend.

"If you dare hurt her, I WILL kill you," growled Yumi.

The blonde haired man laughed and shook his head. "Oooh, scary."

Yumi smirked and flicked her wrist, bringing a butterfly knife to her hand. She threw it at the blonde haired man, hitting him in his hand.

He cried in pain and dropped the body.

The brown haired man gasped and began firing random shots at the girl in black. But Yumi was fast.

WAY too fast.

By the time the man had begun firing she had taken out a dagger and stabbed it into his chest.

He cursed loudly and yelled for reinforcements.

But by the time the extra guards came, the two women were long gone.

Ulrich took of his sunglasses and wiped the sweat off his brow. He collapsed onto the floor, blackness consuming him.

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He woke up to find himself in a purely white room. The right side of his chest was bandaged and he felt himself groan.

He looked to his side and read the clock. '1:02' he thought silently.

He tried to get out of bed but took a sharp intake of breath when he felt the pain pulsing through his body.

Ulrich stubbornly fell back onto the bed and growled. 'Stupid injuries.'

A man dressed in a doctor's jacket came in and smiled. "I see you've finally woken up."

"What happened, doc?"

The doctor checked his files and scratched his head. "Well, from what I know, you were on a job and someone stabbed your chest and you passed out."

Ulrich felt himself tense up as the memories from the day before came flooding back to him.

"How long have I been asleep?" he asked.

"Well, you came in at three in the morning, and now it just passed lunch, so I'd say about eleven hours. Majority of the time you were sleeping, though, so we weren't too worried."

"What about Odd?"

The doctor smiled. "He's fine. Just in the room across yours.

Ulrich just nodded and heard his stomach growl.

The doctor laughed. "I'll send in a nurse to bring in some food."

He smiled and thanked the doctor.

Shortly later, his boss came in and sat in the seat near the bed. "Well, at least the mission was a success."

Ulrich blew out a long sigh. "She's tough, that I have to give."

The burly man smiled and replied, "She'll be back for revenge. It's the first heist she's failed."

Ulrich raised an eyebrow. "Really? Wow."

His boss nodded. "She's so good, people often refer to her as 'the dark beauty'. There was a time when her mission almost failed, and her cover was almost blown. Her beanie and goggles had fallen off, and when she turned around, the guard saw a short glimpse of her. She immediately knocked him out, but he remembered a flash of black hair and a beautiful Japanese face."

Ulrich considered thoughtfully. "So she's Japanese?"

"Yep. Highly skilled in the martial arts. She also has a partner. 'Lita' is what she's supposedly called."

"Do we know the name of the Japanese girl?"

"Nope. Not yet, at least. Listen, why don't you eat your food, and then we'll talk some more."

Ulrich nodded and grabbed the food tray that had been set beside him.

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Aelita sighed dramatically. "I'm sorry…" she said again, holding an ice pack to her forehead.

"It's OKAY," replied Yumi again.

"I really am."

Yumi laughed. "It's okay Aelita. There's a first time for everything. Now you know not to be so clumsy."

Aelita nodded. "Boy, have I learned my lesson. No more dancing in the hallways."

Smiling, Yumi grabbed an apple and bit into it.

"Let's hit to the training grounds. I think we need to brush up on our skills."

They both hopped into Yumi's Porsche Boxter and left to the training facility.

Yumi parked in the lot and entered the gym.

She was greeted by various people working out and continued to the back, Aelita following closely behind her.

She entered through the double door and greeted a woman in a tae-kwon-do outfit.

"Hey Sam," she said. Aelita smiled and waved.

Sam smiled. "Hey. Heard you finally failed your first mission."

Yumi laughed and blushed. "If that's how you want to put it…yeah. It didn't really go according to plan."

Aelita had a faint trace of pink tingeing her cheeks. "It was all me. I was dancing in the hallways and the guard caught me and knocked me unconscious."

Sam laughed. "So typical of you Aelita. Well, if you wanted to spar, we have quite a bunch of people today, so feel free to ask around."

Yumi nodded and thanked her.

"Yumi!" yelled a familiar voice.

Yumi whirled around and smiled. "Hey Theo."

He smiled and gave her a high five. "Wanna spar?"

Yumi nodded happily and grabbed her gym bag off a bench. "Lemme just change."

She rushed into the girls' locker room and put on her grey tank top and her black baller shorts that went down to her knees.

Yumi felt her heart pound against her chest. Theo was there waiting for her, no shirt and his gym shorts that went a little lower than his knees. He looked really hot.

He smiled and approached her.

"Alright. Lezgo."

He led her to a large blue mat and held his arms up in a fighting stance.

Yumi smirked and let a fist fly at him. He easily blocked this, but was unprepared when Yumi lashed out her right leg and tripped him.

Theo used the momentum to land on his hands and sprung off the mat.

"Nice," he muttered.

Yumi smiled and motioned him to come closer.

Theo brushed the hair out of his face and charged at her, his fists a flurry of hits, but only a few actually hit their target.

Yumi caught one of his fists and attempted to hit him. Theo grabbed her hand and pulled her back against his chest.

Her breathing became labored as she felt her skin come in contact with his.

Theo leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Don't get distracted."

She smirked. "You wish," she said as she flipped him over.

Theo moaned and crashed to the floor. He frowned and got up. Jumping in the air he pulled a roundhouse kick and hit her on her cheek.

Yumi staggered back and wiped the blood from her lip. Yep, there was gonna be a bruise the next day.

Her fury grew as she kicked his chest and twisted to kick him again. She sprung off him and doubled back to her previous spot.

Theo smiled. "That's all?"

Yumi growled and punched him across the cheek. Theo turned to face her and grabbed her wrists.

"Push it, Yumi, I KNOW you can do better than that."

Yumi felt confused. She shrugged and aimed a kick at his neck and pushed him to the floor. She placed her foot on his chest and smiled teasingly.

"Gotcha."

Theo smirked and pulled at her foot causing her to fall on top of him.

"Can't keep your hands off me, eh?"

Yumi blushed and got up, brushing herself off. "I think that's enough for today."

She held out a hand to help him up. He grasped it and she pulled him up.

"I think I'll just go lift weights," she said, smiling at him.

He smiled back and ruffled her hair. "Aiight. Have fun."

He left and went over to the guys' locker room.

Yumi sighed and turned to the weights section.

She picked up one of them and sat on a seat. She slowly began lifting it up and down, repetitively, keeping a count of how many.

After a while, she switched to her left arm and began doing the same.

She stopped and rolled to the floor and started doing sit-ups.

'Fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six…'

She continued counting and grinned when she saw Theo squat down in front of her, clad in a white tee and khaki cargo shorts. His hair was still damp from his quick shower. Yumi sat up.

"Wassup?"

Theo smiled and spoke up, "Just wanted to tell you that they're opening the rock-climbing wall tomorrow. I wanna race you to the top."

Yumi laughed. "Okay. Meet you there same time as today?"

He nodded. "Well, I'm gonna go now. Got a date with this hot chick I met at the club."

Yumi felt herself tense up in jealousy. "Cool. I'll see you tomorrow, then," she said, a little harsher than she meant to.

She resumed her sit-ups and averted her eyes from Theo's strong gaze on her.

He frowned, but got up anyways and left.

Yumi sighed and switched to push-ups. 'No need to be jealous, Yumi. He goes out with girls all the time. And besides, love is a stupid thing.'

She felt her muscles grow sore after doing so many push-ups, but she kept on. 'Love is not needed. Just one of the extra things in life that are insignificant.'

Yumi collapsed onto the floor and wiped the sweat from her face. She got up and ran into the showers.

She quickly undressed and grabbed some shampoo, massaging it into her hair.

Washing it out, she thought of the failed heist yesterday. She thought of the different ways she could have improved the mission.

Yumi sighed frustratedly. She shouldn't have split up with Aelita. But whatever. What's done is done.

She turned off the shower and changed into her black cargo capris and white tank top that had "Volcom" scrawled on it in black. She also grabbed her black Von Dutch cap and went out to get Aelita.

"Aelita, you ready to go?"

Her pink-haired friend looked half dead and over-sweaty.

Yumi stared at her in shock. "What happened to you?"

Aelita used her sleeve to wipe off the sweat from her face. "I sparred with Sam."

Yumi laughed and pinched her cheek. "Hun, I need to go."

Aelita smiled. "I'll get a ride with someone else. Go ahead."

Yumi nodded and left the gym. Getting into her car, she backed out and headed to the local club, hoping it wasn't the same one Theo was going to. She needed a drink to clear her head.

A/N: Okay, this was pretty spontaneous. I don't even know if I'm actually gonna update it or not. Just review and let me know your thoughts, and if it's horrible, I'll remove it and pretend it was never posted.

Background of the story: It's a major AU, so Yumi and Ulrich never met each other. Yumi's a form of an assassin/thief, Aelita's her partner and Sam's her "trainer" soft of. Ulrich's a top spy in the FBI, Odd's something close to that and Jeremie's the computer guy with the smarts (who hasn't been introduced yet) and comes up with all the gadgets for Odd and Ulrich. This is most definitely a UxY story, otherwise, I'd shoot myself. But yeah, that's all I have to say, cos I didn't think up the whole story plot very well…xDDDD

Hmm…maybe I'll make Herb a super-evil scientist and Sissi his ever-faithful servant...hehe.

Okay then, that's all for now.

And sorry again for starting ANOTHER new story…instead of updating all the other billions that I have.

.animeBUBBLES

PS-If you can figure out what the dividers of each scene say, I'll give you a cookie.