PART TWO

Manx held the package out to Aya. "All we know is that his name is Tannai. We don't even know his first name."

"What does he look like?"

"We don't exactly know that either. But we do know where he likes to hang out."

Aya opened the package. "A brothel?"

"Not exactly. It's a pleasure house that caters to wealthy men who enjoy the company of other attractive well-trained young men. That's where um… that's where you three come in." She added, looking slyly at the three oldest members of Weiss. At first, of course, they had protested the idea of the undercover mission, it was too dangerous. But Aya changed his mind after hearing what this Mr. Tannai was capable of. Not only was he an infamous killer, he had also taken to killing the young men at the pleasure house, some even as young as… even as young as Aya's sister. Eventually they had all agreed to accept the mission. Only Omi had been a little hurt at first that Manx didn't think of him as a possible undercover male prostitute. It couldn't have been because he was too young, there were younger boys working there. But his abilities were vital to the mission. At least that's what he told himself as he finally finished breaking into the surveillance system from inside the heating duct.

"There." He whispered, "Now I'll be able to see where the others are and keep an eye on them." He pulled up a map of the enormous place, and quickly located the room that Ken had referred to as "the harem."

"It looks like this is where customers come to choose their… anyway, the guys are probably in there now." A few more clicks of the keyboard and Omi was able to bring up a crystal clear image of the inside of the room, complete with sound! "Wow. They really do have an impressive system here." After quickly checking to see if his fellow assassins were indeed in the room, he plugged in his ear piece and quickly went to work at his next task – breaking into the customer information files to find out just exactly who Mr. Tannai is.

"You. Redhead." Was the first thing that Omi heard from his ear piece, and at first it shocked him, he'd forgotten that the surveillance system he'd cracked into had sound. He checked the screen, and noticed that a man who appeared to work at the house was pointing to Aya! Next to him was a middle-aged businessman who must be a customer. Idly, Omi wondered if it was Mr. Tannai.

"Yeah, I said you! Come over here. This man wants to have a look at you."

"Damn." Omi cursed silently. This was not the time for Aya to get selected by a customer – he wasn't even close to cracking the information files yet!

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"Well, isn't he a feisty one?" The middle-aged businessman ran a finger down Aya's cheek and practically had it bitten off. It didn't seem to deter him, however, from his choice. Seeing the manager eye Aya suspiciously, however, caused Youji to go in for help.

And by "help" he meant KISSING Aya.

Hard.

The tall playboy slid over and covered Aya's surprised lips with his own, taking his time and biting his bottom lip slightly as he finally pulled away, "You're a good boy, aren't you?" Youji asked him, fully in character, then whispering in his ear, "Remember your mission, Aya."

The businessman looked on in interest.

"No." Aya answered, "I'm bad." And he kissed Youji back with a ferocity that almost scared the older assassin. 'Aya can really be serious about his missions', Youji thought, 'or is it something else?'

"See…" Youji said to the customer after catching his breath, "He can behave."

But now the man was looking YOUJI over, gaze lingering in certain areas that were not exactly unaffected by the kiss, "And what about you? Are you… bad?"

Youji wagged a finger at him, "I'm already taken, baby. Sorry. But…" A seductive glance at his pale-skinned (and now shocked partner) "I don't think you'll have anything to complain about." He patted Aya's rear and headed back to the other side of the room where Aya – for the first time noticed a woman was standing.

'Damn Youji,' Aya couldn't help but think, 'He would get a woman… the only woman I've seen in this place.' Not that Aya was really sure that Youji would PREFER a woman after that display he had just been given. Sure, it could have all just been for show, just for the mission, but… either Youji was really into this mission, or he was actually ENJOYING it a little bit. Figures.

Ken, on the other hand was sure he was in hell. Here they had only been in the selection room for a few minutes and his two teammates had already been snatched up. Youji by a woman no less, and Aya… Aya by a middle-aged man who practically drooled over him like a piece of meat! Not that Ken could blame them, really, Aya and Youji did look really great. And then… Ken wasn't even sure if it had really happened, it seemed like just another of his dreams, Aya and Youji had kissed! And it wasn't just any kiss; it was a deep, serious, juicy kiss. And they had done it willingly, right in front of him! Ken began to wonder if there was really more behind the icy or womanizing exteriors of his teammates after all. Maybe he wasn't the only one lusting after a fellow member of Weiss. The only problem with this whole thing for Ken was; not even one lured old pervert had even glanced at him! Figures.

"You'd better behave new boy, this is one of our most valued regular customers." The manager told Aya. That made him stop and glance at Youji across the room, who knew exactly what he was thinking – if this customer is Tannai, going with him might be their chance to catch him.

"I'll behave." Aya said, bowing his head. And Ken could only watch as Aya and Youji, with their respective customers, were led out of the selection room into the greater house. 'Look out for them, Omi…' He silently prayed.

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"Damn it." Omi found himself cursing quietly in the dark confines of the heating duct. Breaking into the customer information files had been harder than he expected, and Youji and Aya had been chosen by customers faster then he expected, too. He had to work fast before… before Tannai... before Youji and Aya… but really, before some customer selected Ken!

Making quick work of the surveillance system, he managed to locate on the map the rooms where Youji and Aya were being taken. Although he hadn't expected it, there were cameras AND microphones in these private rooms as well! He managed to get a view of both rooms and their occupants. "Well, they look safe enough for now," Omi sighed in relief, "Hang in there guys, I'm working on it." And to his credit Omi WAS working very hard – he had even missed seeing the kiss.

END OF PART TWO