Luftbild. By Mariye.
Disclaimer: I don't own Weiss or any of the Weiss characters in here. I do own Alair, Jun, and Serise though. Woo hoo. I am a poor college student. All my money goes to books and school, so suing me would be pretty pointless.
(Luftbild = Mirage)
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Chapter 2:
Alair sat in her room lounging on her couch, falling in and out of sleep. The night before she had gotten a few hours of sleep, then someone outside had started throwing things in the hall. She assumed it had been Serise or Tot, since Jun never seemed to make any sounds at all. Her first night here and less than 5 hours sleep. She couldn't complain though. At the hotel she was staying at there were fights every night and the walls were paper thin. This was a blessing, no matter how bad it got. And now it was six in the morning and she could hear cartoons blaring. She shook her head and trudged out of her room.
She saw that Tot and Serise were sitting on the floor in front of the tv, each with a bowl of blue sludge in their laps.
"Can you two please turn it down a little?"
"Serise and Tot like it loud. We can hear everything then." Serise chirped. She gave Alair a bright grin and resumed shoveling the slime into her mouth.
"Um... Serise? Are you... feeling alright?"
"Serise is fine and happy!" She said before bursting into laughter over the show on the screen. Alair looked at Tot, who was acting exactly the same way.
"You want some Blue Berry Bunch cereal? Tot will fix it for you! All three sisters together!" She chirped. Alair thought she was crazy, but Serise and Tot were talking the exact same way. She sat down on the couch behind them and kept watching Serise. "What's going on? What a drastic change..." Alair thought as she folded her legs and tapped Serise's shoulder.
"You like these kinds of shows?"
"Yeah! When Serise was with Neu, Hel, and Shoen we watched these together every other Saturday! And Hel would make Serise breakfast!"
Alair was floored. She looked at Tot, extremely puzzled. "Tot, why didn't you tell me that you knew Serise that long?"
"Tot hasn't." The girl said between bites. She put her bowl down on the coffee table and sat down on the couch next to Alair. Her pink puppy designed footsie pajamas were sparkling clean, despite the weird concoction she was eating. "Tot only met Serise last week. Serise is funny. Serise is mean too." Tot leaned forward and grabbed Serise's ever present long orange ponytail. "She's cooky."
"Ow!" Serise exclaimed at started crying. "I'm telling Mommy!" Alair shook her head and sat down next to Serise.
"Serise... you didn't know Neu, Hel, or Shoen. And you only just met Tot. Snap out of it."
"LIAR!" Serise said, violently shaking her head. "Liar liar liar!" She tried to scratch at Alair's exposed shoulder. Alair grabbed her wrist and pinched Serise hard.
"Stop it Serise! Stop!" Tot was yelling, near crying. "Don't hurt Sis! Not Sis!"
"OW! Goddammit!" Serise yelled as she recoiled from Alair. Alair held tight onto Serise's wrist.
"Not until you come to your senses!"
Serise slapped Alair with her free hand and bolted down the hall. Tot sat there, rocking back and forth, crying.
"It's alright Tot... I'm fine... we just had a small argument. Everything will be alright." Alair moved back up onto the couch and put a hand against her sore cheek. "I promise."
"Okay..." Tot said sadly. She sat with her knees pressed against her chest.
"Come on. Why don't we go out or something? Go on a small shopping spree or something. I mean you just got here a week ago, right?" Alair paused. Tot nodded slowly. "I'm sure you still need some clothes or fun things. And I could use some new music or clothes too. We could have a shopping spree. Do a little bonding thing." Tot nodded again.
"Tot will go get dressed..." She said softly as she rose and walked down the hall to her room.
"You do that. I'll go check on Jun, see if he would want to join us, then go change." Alair got up and walked towards the bedroom across from Tot's.
"Serise too?"
Alair groaned inside and clenched her eyes shut. "The last thing I want or need..." She thought. "But I am new... and we will be working together. Won't do to be facing death together if the two of us are rooting for the other to screw up..." She thought. "But... then I could get her room... and her room has a nice bay window... No. I have to be a team player. Must be a good guy. Girl. Person." She turned and faced Tot. "Maybe you should ask Serise. Since she was a bit mad at me... I'm sure she'd like to join us on our shopping trip."
"Alright!" Tot immediately began banging on Serise's door. When she got no response, the girl just barged in. Alair heard a bunch of shouts, then saw Tot emerge.
"You okay?"
"Tot accidentally caught Serise while she was changing. Serise says she'll come!" Tot said brightly and skipped to her room. "Happy happy family!"
Alair shook her head and rapped gently on Jun's door. A few seconds passed. She started to knock again when the door opened enough so that his head peeked out. His skin was lightly tanned, and he was topless. She started to wonder if he was more than topless, then decided to think happy, pleasant, PG-13 thoughts since Serise could read minds and remembered why she was there.
"Hi. We're all heading out to do a little shopping. Group activity and such. Want to join us?"
He closed his eyes for a second and put his head down. She analyzed him, and for a second envied Serise's gift. He looked up and nodded at her.
"Okay. Great. So we'll meet in the living room in like ten, fifteen minutes and head out. Sound good?" He nodded again and started to return back to his lair. "You're really serious about this code of silence, aren't you?"
He smiled faintly and looked back at her, nodding. She shook her head. "You know this now means I have to dedicate my time here to somehow making you crack up or talk."
He shrugged and closed the door behind him, not making a sound. Alair shook her head again and wandering to her room. Across the hall from her lurked her new nemesis, Serise. Probably not the best strategy to take a room across from her... but who knows? Maybe they just got off on the wrong foot.
She slipped into her room and locked the door behind her. "At least I can learn from her mistakes." Alair thought as she smiled. "This way Tot can't run in on me while I'm changing." Her closet was part way open, and she reached in, grabbing a few odd shirts and a pair of black shorts. She decided on a crimson tank top with the word star in silver sparkly things. She slipped into it and grabbed a pair of black barrettes. She started to place them in her hair when she noticed something hanging out of her drawer. She pulled on it and found it was a pair of old fishnet stockings. She slipped them on under her shorts, put on her black boots, grabbed her purse, and headed to the hallway. Jun was just coming out of his room and gave her an appraising look.
"You like?" She asked. He gave a faint smile and nodded. She walked over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. As she stepped back, he was still blushing.
"Oh come on. Nothing? You are a tough nut to crack." She said, smiling at him. He shrugged again and started walking in front of her. She put her hands on her hips. "What about if I told you I used to be a bikini dancer in a sports bar?"
He turned around again and raised an eyebrow at her. Then he continued his walk to the meeting place.
"Okay. Fine. But I'll get you eventually." She sighed and walked there, finding Tot and Serise there and ready.
"So whose car?" Serise asked. "Mine is out. It's a two seater."
"Why doesn't Tot have a car? Tot would like one..." She said sadly, shuffling her feet.
"Cause you're an idiot who acts like a three year old. Maybe if you'd act your age you would be allowed to get a license." Serise said bitterly, shifting her purse from her left shoulder to her right, her blue eyes filled with annoyance. Jun shook his head at Serise. "Oh yeah, like you have some right to judge. Acting all high and mighty all the time, ever since I got here. Think you're so big just cause I can't hear what you're thinking."
"Panzer gave me an H2 Hummer... I should have plenty of room for everyone." Alair stepped in, trying to keep Serise from starting yet another fight. Serise reluctantly backed down and walked ahead of everyone. She stopped by the door and grabbed a silver trench coat from the rack and threw it over her shoulders. Tot skipped happily behind her.
"Shotgun!" Tot yelled, as she left, leaving the door wide open behind her.
Jun stood looking at Alair. Giving her a dark stare.
"Oh? Yes?" Alair asked innocently. He smiled and nodded his head towards the door. She smiled again. "Yes. That is a door. Shame that Tot didn't close it behind her." Jun folded his arms over his chest and gave Alair a more determined look. "Nice muscles. You work out a lot?" He almost started to open his mouth, then decided against it and finally walked to the door, holding onto it. "Oh, you want me to go first. Why thank you." Alair took her time walking over. When the two finally reached the car, Tot was blowing the horn every five seconds.
"Car ride! Car ride! Car ride!" She said after each pressing of the horn. Serise was sadistically grinning in the backseat. Most likely she was deriving pleasure from the fact that Tot's actions were undoubtedly driving anyone within twenty feet nuts. Alair tapped Jun's shoulder.
"Ever seen Cuckoo's Nest?" Jun looked at her and nodded. "Somehow I get the feeling that my life has turned into a real like version of it... Or maybe it's more like Dream Team. Yeah, definitely Dream Team. You seen that one?" Jun nodded again as he got in. "Now all we need for it to be like Dream Team is to have someone who believes that they're Jesus..." Alair said more to herself than to anyone else as she opened her door and stepped in. "Okay Tot. Alright. We're going."
"YAY!!!!!" She shrieked at the top of her lungs. Everyone's hands quickly flew to their ears. Tot looked at them and smiled happily. "Whoopsie."
"Tot. Come back here. Closer." Serise said. Tot innocently moved in closer. Serise grabbed her pigtails and yanked down hard. "Don't you ever, EVER, do that again."
"Yes Serise. Sorry." Tot said sadly as she sat back properly in her seat.
Alair heaved a big sigh and put the car into gear. "Alright then. With that little scene over, let's head out."
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As the three drove, the mood was completely silent. It was as though a war was almost ready to break out, and everyone dreaded saying the first word. No one wanted to be responsible for it.
"So who joined first? Who was first here?" Alair asked tentatively, trying to choose a topic that wouldn't ruffle any feathers.
"Jun's been here the longest. I came about two, maybe three weeks ago. Tot came to us 6 days before you did. I suppose this is it for our little group now. From what I could tell from Panzer's thoughts, we are now officially Luftbild." Serise said, lighting up a cigarette. Alair yanked it from her mouth and threw it out her window.
"Those things kill. No smoking in my car. Sorry." She stated as she rolled her window back up a little. She expected a fight, but heard nothing.
"Fine. Your car, your rules." Serise grabbed some gum from her purse and started chewing. "So why did you join?" She asked.
"Me?" Alair questioned as she made a sharp right.
"Well I sure wasn't asking Mr. Chatterbox, now was I?"
"Better than my other options. When they say that you really need a college education these days, they mean it. I was working in a no-nudity sports bar dancing. Sometimes doing the waitress thing. I never reduced myself to lapdancing though. What about you?"
Serise calmly lowered her window a little and threw her wrapper out the window. "I was in a mental hospital in Germany. It was join, or waste more of my life in that place. You know what you're thinking isn't very kind."
"What?" Alair asked suddenly.
"You were just thinking that explained a lot. That I was in a mental hospital." Serise sad. Alair noticed an almost sad tone in her voice.
"I'm sorry. I haven't gotten used to the idea of censoring my thoughts yet." Alair said. "What about you Tot?"
"Tot was supposed to live with Nagi. but. but Nagi. well. So Tot had no where else to go and Panzer found me in the woods near the mansion." Tot said sadly.
Serise looked at Jun. "Well? We're all sharing. Shouldn't you join in? We're bonding." He shook his head. "Fine. Be that way. See if I ever bother or hit on you." Alair giggled a little at that. She peered around the area.
"Okay. We're almost there now. So are we all gonna stay together or split up and." Alair began when Tot started pulling on her arm. "Tot!"
"THERE! THEM! PULL OVER THE CAR!" Tot was screaming and pointing out the window at a long pink van in the parking lot across from the mall. Alair changed lanes and pulled in. She stopped the car and looked sternly at Tot.
"What you did was wrong. We could have had an accident. Its just a pink van. A flowershop I guess. It's not that big a deal. I'm sure there's a florist in the mall too." Alair said as calmly as possible. Serise and Tot were both already getting out of the car though. Tot was standing by her door, staring at the crowd around the van. No, staring at the men in the center of the crowd. Alair looked at her with an eyebrow raised. A tear was streaming down Tot's face. Alair got out and called to her. "Are you okay?"
"It's not the shop, it's the men running it." Serise said from behind Alair. "Those men fought with her and Schrient." Alair looked at Serise, and she continued her explanation. "Schrient was the group Tot was with before, with Neu, Hel, and Shoen. One of those men is responsible for the death of Neu." Serise said sadly. "My brother was partially responsible for the deaths of the other two."
"Oh." Alair said quietly. Tot was walking up to the two other women. She rubbed her face.
"Tot wants them to pay. Tot wants him to pay. For what he did to Neu. Tot didn't want Neu to die Sis." Alair moved forward and hugged Tot.
"We'll see Tot. We can't go around just killing anyone though. Only when Panzer tells us to." Serise said.
"Is she alright?" A new voice said. Alair looked up to see a young man, maybe the same age as Tot, in front of them. He was blond and wearing a blue shirt and shorts. He had huge blue eyes, and genuinely seemed concerned.
"My sister will be fine. She just got something in her eye. Thank you for your concern." Alair said quickly, opening the rear car door and ushering Tot in next to Jun.
"Aw, how sweet." Serise said. "Such a kind young man." She spat at the boy. He looked at her nervously.
"Um. I'm Omi. And you two are?"
"We're just leaving." Alair said. For once she actually agreed with Serise's attitude. "How can someone so cold fake such sympathy?" She thought. She was stunned as she heard a voice in her head.
"Perhaps because he truly doesn't feel he was in the wrong."
Alair looked and saw Serise locking eyes with her. "Maybe." Alair thought.
"Oh." He said. He looked from woman to woman and shifted his feet. He was clearly uncomfortable around both of them. "I hope your sister feels better soon."
"Omi, you know those girls are much too old for you. Why didn't you call me over? I always knew deep down you had that selfish quality." A new man had appeared, much taller and older than the younger Omi. He had a lazy jade eyed gaze and lecherous smile. "I'm Yohji Kudou." He extended his hand to Alair. She turned away and opened her car door.
"We should be going." Alair said as she got in. Serise walked around the back of the car and got into the seat next to Alair. The hummer started quickly and Alair backed up and headed across the street.
"Weird." Omi said, watching the blue truck leave.
"All women are." Yohji said, lighting a cigarette and walking back to the van.
Disclaimer: I don't own Weiss or any of the Weiss characters in here. I do own Alair, Jun, and Serise though. Woo hoo. I am a poor college student. All my money goes to books and school, so suing me would be pretty pointless.
(Luftbild = Mirage)
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Chapter 2:
Alair sat in her room lounging on her couch, falling in and out of sleep. The night before she had gotten a few hours of sleep, then someone outside had started throwing things in the hall. She assumed it had been Serise or Tot, since Jun never seemed to make any sounds at all. Her first night here and less than 5 hours sleep. She couldn't complain though. At the hotel she was staying at there were fights every night and the walls were paper thin. This was a blessing, no matter how bad it got. And now it was six in the morning and she could hear cartoons blaring. She shook her head and trudged out of her room.
She saw that Tot and Serise were sitting on the floor in front of the tv, each with a bowl of blue sludge in their laps.
"Can you two please turn it down a little?"
"Serise and Tot like it loud. We can hear everything then." Serise chirped. She gave Alair a bright grin and resumed shoveling the slime into her mouth.
"Um... Serise? Are you... feeling alright?"
"Serise is fine and happy!" She said before bursting into laughter over the show on the screen. Alair looked at Tot, who was acting exactly the same way.
"You want some Blue Berry Bunch cereal? Tot will fix it for you! All three sisters together!" She chirped. Alair thought she was crazy, but Serise and Tot were talking the exact same way. She sat down on the couch behind them and kept watching Serise. "What's going on? What a drastic change..." Alair thought as she folded her legs and tapped Serise's shoulder.
"You like these kinds of shows?"
"Yeah! When Serise was with Neu, Hel, and Shoen we watched these together every other Saturday! And Hel would make Serise breakfast!"
Alair was floored. She looked at Tot, extremely puzzled. "Tot, why didn't you tell me that you knew Serise that long?"
"Tot hasn't." The girl said between bites. She put her bowl down on the coffee table and sat down on the couch next to Alair. Her pink puppy designed footsie pajamas were sparkling clean, despite the weird concoction she was eating. "Tot only met Serise last week. Serise is funny. Serise is mean too." Tot leaned forward and grabbed Serise's ever present long orange ponytail. "She's cooky."
"Ow!" Serise exclaimed at started crying. "I'm telling Mommy!" Alair shook her head and sat down next to Serise.
"Serise... you didn't know Neu, Hel, or Shoen. And you only just met Tot. Snap out of it."
"LIAR!" Serise said, violently shaking her head. "Liar liar liar!" She tried to scratch at Alair's exposed shoulder. Alair grabbed her wrist and pinched Serise hard.
"Stop it Serise! Stop!" Tot was yelling, near crying. "Don't hurt Sis! Not Sis!"
"OW! Goddammit!" Serise yelled as she recoiled from Alair. Alair held tight onto Serise's wrist.
"Not until you come to your senses!"
Serise slapped Alair with her free hand and bolted down the hall. Tot sat there, rocking back and forth, crying.
"It's alright Tot... I'm fine... we just had a small argument. Everything will be alright." Alair moved back up onto the couch and put a hand against her sore cheek. "I promise."
"Okay..." Tot said sadly. She sat with her knees pressed against her chest.
"Come on. Why don't we go out or something? Go on a small shopping spree or something. I mean you just got here a week ago, right?" Alair paused. Tot nodded slowly. "I'm sure you still need some clothes or fun things. And I could use some new music or clothes too. We could have a shopping spree. Do a little bonding thing." Tot nodded again.
"Tot will go get dressed..." She said softly as she rose and walked down the hall to her room.
"You do that. I'll go check on Jun, see if he would want to join us, then go change." Alair got up and walked towards the bedroom across from Tot's.
"Serise too?"
Alair groaned inside and clenched her eyes shut. "The last thing I want or need..." She thought. "But I am new... and we will be working together. Won't do to be facing death together if the two of us are rooting for the other to screw up..." She thought. "But... then I could get her room... and her room has a nice bay window... No. I have to be a team player. Must be a good guy. Girl. Person." She turned and faced Tot. "Maybe you should ask Serise. Since she was a bit mad at me... I'm sure she'd like to join us on our shopping trip."
"Alright!" Tot immediately began banging on Serise's door. When she got no response, the girl just barged in. Alair heard a bunch of shouts, then saw Tot emerge.
"You okay?"
"Tot accidentally caught Serise while she was changing. Serise says she'll come!" Tot said brightly and skipped to her room. "Happy happy family!"
Alair shook her head and rapped gently on Jun's door. A few seconds passed. She started to knock again when the door opened enough so that his head peeked out. His skin was lightly tanned, and he was topless. She started to wonder if he was more than topless, then decided to think happy, pleasant, PG-13 thoughts since Serise could read minds and remembered why she was there.
"Hi. We're all heading out to do a little shopping. Group activity and such. Want to join us?"
He closed his eyes for a second and put his head down. She analyzed him, and for a second envied Serise's gift. He looked up and nodded at her.
"Okay. Great. So we'll meet in the living room in like ten, fifteen minutes and head out. Sound good?" He nodded again and started to return back to his lair. "You're really serious about this code of silence, aren't you?"
He smiled faintly and looked back at her, nodding. She shook her head. "You know this now means I have to dedicate my time here to somehow making you crack up or talk."
He shrugged and closed the door behind him, not making a sound. Alair shook her head again and wandering to her room. Across the hall from her lurked her new nemesis, Serise. Probably not the best strategy to take a room across from her... but who knows? Maybe they just got off on the wrong foot.
She slipped into her room and locked the door behind her. "At least I can learn from her mistakes." Alair thought as she smiled. "This way Tot can't run in on me while I'm changing." Her closet was part way open, and she reached in, grabbing a few odd shirts and a pair of black shorts. She decided on a crimson tank top with the word star in silver sparkly things. She slipped into it and grabbed a pair of black barrettes. She started to place them in her hair when she noticed something hanging out of her drawer. She pulled on it and found it was a pair of old fishnet stockings. She slipped them on under her shorts, put on her black boots, grabbed her purse, and headed to the hallway. Jun was just coming out of his room and gave her an appraising look.
"You like?" She asked. He gave a faint smile and nodded. She walked over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. As she stepped back, he was still blushing.
"Oh come on. Nothing? You are a tough nut to crack." She said, smiling at him. He shrugged again and started walking in front of her. She put her hands on her hips. "What about if I told you I used to be a bikini dancer in a sports bar?"
He turned around again and raised an eyebrow at her. Then he continued his walk to the meeting place.
"Okay. Fine. But I'll get you eventually." She sighed and walked there, finding Tot and Serise there and ready.
"So whose car?" Serise asked. "Mine is out. It's a two seater."
"Why doesn't Tot have a car? Tot would like one..." She said sadly, shuffling her feet.
"Cause you're an idiot who acts like a three year old. Maybe if you'd act your age you would be allowed to get a license." Serise said bitterly, shifting her purse from her left shoulder to her right, her blue eyes filled with annoyance. Jun shook his head at Serise. "Oh yeah, like you have some right to judge. Acting all high and mighty all the time, ever since I got here. Think you're so big just cause I can't hear what you're thinking."
"Panzer gave me an H2 Hummer... I should have plenty of room for everyone." Alair stepped in, trying to keep Serise from starting yet another fight. Serise reluctantly backed down and walked ahead of everyone. She stopped by the door and grabbed a silver trench coat from the rack and threw it over her shoulders. Tot skipped happily behind her.
"Shotgun!" Tot yelled, as she left, leaving the door wide open behind her.
Jun stood looking at Alair. Giving her a dark stare.
"Oh? Yes?" Alair asked innocently. He smiled and nodded his head towards the door. She smiled again. "Yes. That is a door. Shame that Tot didn't close it behind her." Jun folded his arms over his chest and gave Alair a more determined look. "Nice muscles. You work out a lot?" He almost started to open his mouth, then decided against it and finally walked to the door, holding onto it. "Oh, you want me to go first. Why thank you." Alair took her time walking over. When the two finally reached the car, Tot was blowing the horn every five seconds.
"Car ride! Car ride! Car ride!" She said after each pressing of the horn. Serise was sadistically grinning in the backseat. Most likely she was deriving pleasure from the fact that Tot's actions were undoubtedly driving anyone within twenty feet nuts. Alair tapped Jun's shoulder.
"Ever seen Cuckoo's Nest?" Jun looked at her and nodded. "Somehow I get the feeling that my life has turned into a real like version of it... Or maybe it's more like Dream Team. Yeah, definitely Dream Team. You seen that one?" Jun nodded again as he got in. "Now all we need for it to be like Dream Team is to have someone who believes that they're Jesus..." Alair said more to herself than to anyone else as she opened her door and stepped in. "Okay Tot. Alright. We're going."
"YAY!!!!!" She shrieked at the top of her lungs. Everyone's hands quickly flew to their ears. Tot looked at them and smiled happily. "Whoopsie."
"Tot. Come back here. Closer." Serise said. Tot innocently moved in closer. Serise grabbed her pigtails and yanked down hard. "Don't you ever, EVER, do that again."
"Yes Serise. Sorry." Tot said sadly as she sat back properly in her seat.
Alair heaved a big sigh and put the car into gear. "Alright then. With that little scene over, let's head out."
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As the three drove, the mood was completely silent. It was as though a war was almost ready to break out, and everyone dreaded saying the first word. No one wanted to be responsible for it.
"So who joined first? Who was first here?" Alair asked tentatively, trying to choose a topic that wouldn't ruffle any feathers.
"Jun's been here the longest. I came about two, maybe three weeks ago. Tot came to us 6 days before you did. I suppose this is it for our little group now. From what I could tell from Panzer's thoughts, we are now officially Luftbild." Serise said, lighting up a cigarette. Alair yanked it from her mouth and threw it out her window.
"Those things kill. No smoking in my car. Sorry." She stated as she rolled her window back up a little. She expected a fight, but heard nothing.
"Fine. Your car, your rules." Serise grabbed some gum from her purse and started chewing. "So why did you join?" She asked.
"Me?" Alair questioned as she made a sharp right.
"Well I sure wasn't asking Mr. Chatterbox, now was I?"
"Better than my other options. When they say that you really need a college education these days, they mean it. I was working in a no-nudity sports bar dancing. Sometimes doing the waitress thing. I never reduced myself to lapdancing though. What about you?"
Serise calmly lowered her window a little and threw her wrapper out the window. "I was in a mental hospital in Germany. It was join, or waste more of my life in that place. You know what you're thinking isn't very kind."
"What?" Alair asked suddenly.
"You were just thinking that explained a lot. That I was in a mental hospital." Serise sad. Alair noticed an almost sad tone in her voice.
"I'm sorry. I haven't gotten used to the idea of censoring my thoughts yet." Alair said. "What about you Tot?"
"Tot was supposed to live with Nagi. but. but Nagi. well. So Tot had no where else to go and Panzer found me in the woods near the mansion." Tot said sadly.
Serise looked at Jun. "Well? We're all sharing. Shouldn't you join in? We're bonding." He shook his head. "Fine. Be that way. See if I ever bother or hit on you." Alair giggled a little at that. She peered around the area.
"Okay. We're almost there now. So are we all gonna stay together or split up and." Alair began when Tot started pulling on her arm. "Tot!"
"THERE! THEM! PULL OVER THE CAR!" Tot was screaming and pointing out the window at a long pink van in the parking lot across from the mall. Alair changed lanes and pulled in. She stopped the car and looked sternly at Tot.
"What you did was wrong. We could have had an accident. Its just a pink van. A flowershop I guess. It's not that big a deal. I'm sure there's a florist in the mall too." Alair said as calmly as possible. Serise and Tot were both already getting out of the car though. Tot was standing by her door, staring at the crowd around the van. No, staring at the men in the center of the crowd. Alair looked at her with an eyebrow raised. A tear was streaming down Tot's face. Alair got out and called to her. "Are you okay?"
"It's not the shop, it's the men running it." Serise said from behind Alair. "Those men fought with her and Schrient." Alair looked at Serise, and she continued her explanation. "Schrient was the group Tot was with before, with Neu, Hel, and Shoen. One of those men is responsible for the death of Neu." Serise said sadly. "My brother was partially responsible for the deaths of the other two."
"Oh." Alair said quietly. Tot was walking up to the two other women. She rubbed her face.
"Tot wants them to pay. Tot wants him to pay. For what he did to Neu. Tot didn't want Neu to die Sis." Alair moved forward and hugged Tot.
"We'll see Tot. We can't go around just killing anyone though. Only when Panzer tells us to." Serise said.
"Is she alright?" A new voice said. Alair looked up to see a young man, maybe the same age as Tot, in front of them. He was blond and wearing a blue shirt and shorts. He had huge blue eyes, and genuinely seemed concerned.
"My sister will be fine. She just got something in her eye. Thank you for your concern." Alair said quickly, opening the rear car door and ushering Tot in next to Jun.
"Aw, how sweet." Serise said. "Such a kind young man." She spat at the boy. He looked at her nervously.
"Um. I'm Omi. And you two are?"
"We're just leaving." Alair said. For once she actually agreed with Serise's attitude. "How can someone so cold fake such sympathy?" She thought. She was stunned as she heard a voice in her head.
"Perhaps because he truly doesn't feel he was in the wrong."
Alair looked and saw Serise locking eyes with her. "Maybe." Alair thought.
"Oh." He said. He looked from woman to woman and shifted his feet. He was clearly uncomfortable around both of them. "I hope your sister feels better soon."
"Omi, you know those girls are much too old for you. Why didn't you call me over? I always knew deep down you had that selfish quality." A new man had appeared, much taller and older than the younger Omi. He had a lazy jade eyed gaze and lecherous smile. "I'm Yohji Kudou." He extended his hand to Alair. She turned away and opened her car door.
"We should be going." Alair said as she got in. Serise walked around the back of the car and got into the seat next to Alair. The hummer started quickly and Alair backed up and headed across the street.
"Weird." Omi said, watching the blue truck leave.
"All women are." Yohji said, lighting a cigarette and walking back to the van.