Disclaimer – Don't own anything from original Weiss Kreuz. Tory is my original character and
Shona is Ana's.
Author's Note – Sorry for the delay. Here it is. Plot time. Yea.
Chapter 4 Freunde in Elend
The rest of the week had no missions. That suited Tory and Shona just fine. The reality of
what they had just gotten involved in was starting to set in. It was impossible to do much of
anything with such a weight on their minds.
Unfortunately, there was the flower shop.
And training.
Training was torture. It was difficult, strenuous, and taxing. They were training to be
perfect. The perfect killers.
The two were far from perfect.
"C'mon, Cymric! Throw your weight into the attack!" Ken shouted.
It was late that night, and Tory, Ken and Omi were practicing in on top of an old building.
The moon did not provide much light, but the city lights were more than enough.
It was not very efficient training, for they used no weapons. Basically, Tory was just
learning how to initiate an attack through various lunges, jumps, and punches. The true
training would happen during missions.
Tory was pretending she was holding her daggers while charging at Ken or Omi.
"Faster, Cymric! You'll never get any one that way!" Ken shouted at he jumped aside.
She was getting angry. What did they expect from her? She was new at this sort of thing!
"Fine!" she shouted. She lunged at Omi who jumped away. Ken ran up behind her, throwing a
punch, knowing she would block. She spun and threw her fist at him. She grazed his chin.
Omi jumped from above. Tory quickly looked up and jumped aside. She swung her arm after him. Unfortunately, Ken got her from behind and she was knocked to the ground.
She hit the roof hard. She bounced and her head scraped the concrete.
"Ah! Dammit!" Tory sat up and clutched her head.
Ken sighed. "That's it for tonight."
Tory slammed her hand on to the roof, furious with herself. "This is ridiculous," she
muttered angrily.
Omi held a hand out to her, to help her up. "You were better tonight."
Tory hit his hand away and got up on her own. She brushed herself off and stalked away.
Omi stared off at her.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
The Koneko was fairly empty the following morning. It was a school day, after all, and the
fangirl mobs were non-existent. Shona, Tory, and Yohji had been given the morning shift.
Omi was at school, Ken was probably off in the park, and it was suspected that Aya was visiting
his sister.
Yohji tried to strike up conversations, but despite his best efforts, the two girls would not
speak.
He knew Shona's mind was elsewhere at the moment, not only because the arrangement she was
working on was fairly lopsided, but from the expression on her face. It was a truly sad
expression.
It was hard to read anything except "angry" on Tory's face, however. He smirked to himself.
She was so much like Aya it was scary. Good thing she didn't wield a katana.
Yohji sighed and looked at his watch. Lunch time. Maybe the two trainees wouldn't mind
running the shop for a while by themselves?
He stretched lazily and casually walked to the door. "Hey, you two," he said, making Tory
and Shona snap back from whatever they had been thinking. "I think I'm just going to take
a break for a little while." He quickly opened the door. "Ja ne!" he shouted and ran out.
"Yohji! Hey!" Shona shouted, but to no avail. He was gone. She sighed and rubbed her
forehead. She hated when Yohji did this. It wasn't like she enjoyed his company, but it
was better having a slightly happy person there and not just Tory.
Shona sighed. She really wasn't much of a talker, be she really needed to get her mind off
things. Maybe striking up a conversation with Tory wouldn't be so bad? She laughed at the
thought but tried anyway.
"Um, so, Tory. Do you…um, have a favorite flower or image flower or something?" Talking to
Tory was like talking to a wall. The other girl barely acknowledged there was another person
in the room.
Shona sighed. So much for that idea, she thought. Maybe Ken would be back soon and she could
take her break, or maybe even Aya. That would be funny, she thought. Aya and Tory working
in the shop together. It'd be like to gargoyles just stand-
"Aconite."
Shona looked up. "Pardon?"
Tory turned to her. "My image flower's aconite."
Shona couldn't help but let a small smile creep up on her face. So, she did speak! This
was a breakthrough!
"What's it mean, then?" she asked.
Tory picked up several lilys from the table and placed them in the arrangement. "General
dislike for humanity itself and poisonous words."
Shona's eyes widened. "Oh…well…"
"What's yours?" Tory questioned.
She thought for a moment. "A maude lilac." She picked up several ribbons from a basket next
to her and proceeded to tie them to the stems of several roses.
"What does it mean?"
Shona stopped tying the ribbons quite suddenly. She put the flowers down and looked at the
ground, pulling a small ring from her pocket. It had a diamond set in the middle that caught
the light just right to make it shimmer like a star. An engagement ring.
"It means 'Do you still love me?'." Shona shoved the ring back in to her pocket. "Of course
he doesn't," she muttered to herself.
"Is he the reason why you kill, Shona?" Tory asked, quietly. "Because he betrayed you?"
She wiped the corner of her eye. "You could say that." Picking up the ribbons again, she
turned back to Tory. "What about you? Why do you kill?"
Tory stared at her arrangement, unmoving. "For my family."
It was quiet for a few moments. "So," Shona said quietly, "you kill for revenge?"
Silence passed through the air again, until a small, almost invisible smirk curled on Tory's
face.
"You could say that."
The two shared that small joke and both knew that the other was laughing silently, invisibly.
They went back to their floral arrangements, but with a new knowledge of something they had
not known here before.
They had a friend.
~ End Chapter 4 Freunde in Elend ~
Hehe. I love image flowers. R&R please!
Shona is Ana's.
Author's Note – Sorry for the delay. Here it is. Plot time. Yea.
Chapter 4 Freunde in Elend
The rest of the week had no missions. That suited Tory and Shona just fine. The reality of
what they had just gotten involved in was starting to set in. It was impossible to do much of
anything with such a weight on their minds.
Unfortunately, there was the flower shop.
And training.
Training was torture. It was difficult, strenuous, and taxing. They were training to be
perfect. The perfect killers.
The two were far from perfect.
"C'mon, Cymric! Throw your weight into the attack!" Ken shouted.
It was late that night, and Tory, Ken and Omi were practicing in on top of an old building.
The moon did not provide much light, but the city lights were more than enough.
It was not very efficient training, for they used no weapons. Basically, Tory was just
learning how to initiate an attack through various lunges, jumps, and punches. The true
training would happen during missions.
Tory was pretending she was holding her daggers while charging at Ken or Omi.
"Faster, Cymric! You'll never get any one that way!" Ken shouted at he jumped aside.
She was getting angry. What did they expect from her? She was new at this sort of thing!
"Fine!" she shouted. She lunged at Omi who jumped away. Ken ran up behind her, throwing a
punch, knowing she would block. She spun and threw her fist at him. She grazed his chin.
Omi jumped from above. Tory quickly looked up and jumped aside. She swung her arm after him. Unfortunately, Ken got her from behind and she was knocked to the ground.
She hit the roof hard. She bounced and her head scraped the concrete.
"Ah! Dammit!" Tory sat up and clutched her head.
Ken sighed. "That's it for tonight."
Tory slammed her hand on to the roof, furious with herself. "This is ridiculous," she
muttered angrily.
Omi held a hand out to her, to help her up. "You were better tonight."
Tory hit his hand away and got up on her own. She brushed herself off and stalked away.
Omi stared off at her.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
The Koneko was fairly empty the following morning. It was a school day, after all, and the
fangirl mobs were non-existent. Shona, Tory, and Yohji had been given the morning shift.
Omi was at school, Ken was probably off in the park, and it was suspected that Aya was visiting
his sister.
Yohji tried to strike up conversations, but despite his best efforts, the two girls would not
speak.
He knew Shona's mind was elsewhere at the moment, not only because the arrangement she was
working on was fairly lopsided, but from the expression on her face. It was a truly sad
expression.
It was hard to read anything except "angry" on Tory's face, however. He smirked to himself.
She was so much like Aya it was scary. Good thing she didn't wield a katana.
Yohji sighed and looked at his watch. Lunch time. Maybe the two trainees wouldn't mind
running the shop for a while by themselves?
He stretched lazily and casually walked to the door. "Hey, you two," he said, making Tory
and Shona snap back from whatever they had been thinking. "I think I'm just going to take
a break for a little while." He quickly opened the door. "Ja ne!" he shouted and ran out.
"Yohji! Hey!" Shona shouted, but to no avail. He was gone. She sighed and rubbed her
forehead. She hated when Yohji did this. It wasn't like she enjoyed his company, but it
was better having a slightly happy person there and not just Tory.
Shona sighed. She really wasn't much of a talker, be she really needed to get her mind off
things. Maybe striking up a conversation with Tory wouldn't be so bad? She laughed at the
thought but tried anyway.
"Um, so, Tory. Do you…um, have a favorite flower or image flower or something?" Talking to
Tory was like talking to a wall. The other girl barely acknowledged there was another person
in the room.
Shona sighed. So much for that idea, she thought. Maybe Ken would be back soon and she could
take her break, or maybe even Aya. That would be funny, she thought. Aya and Tory working
in the shop together. It'd be like to gargoyles just stand-
"Aconite."
Shona looked up. "Pardon?"
Tory turned to her. "My image flower's aconite."
Shona couldn't help but let a small smile creep up on her face. So, she did speak! This
was a breakthrough!
"What's it mean, then?" she asked.
Tory picked up several lilys from the table and placed them in the arrangement. "General
dislike for humanity itself and poisonous words."
Shona's eyes widened. "Oh…well…"
"What's yours?" Tory questioned.
She thought for a moment. "A maude lilac." She picked up several ribbons from a basket next
to her and proceeded to tie them to the stems of several roses.
"What does it mean?"
Shona stopped tying the ribbons quite suddenly. She put the flowers down and looked at the
ground, pulling a small ring from her pocket. It had a diamond set in the middle that caught
the light just right to make it shimmer like a star. An engagement ring.
"It means 'Do you still love me?'." Shona shoved the ring back in to her pocket. "Of course
he doesn't," she muttered to herself.
"Is he the reason why you kill, Shona?" Tory asked, quietly. "Because he betrayed you?"
She wiped the corner of her eye. "You could say that." Picking up the ribbons again, she
turned back to Tory. "What about you? Why do you kill?"
Tory stared at her arrangement, unmoving. "For my family."
It was quiet for a few moments. "So," Shona said quietly, "you kill for revenge?"
Silence passed through the air again, until a small, almost invisible smirk curled on Tory's
face.
"You could say that."
The two shared that small joke and both knew that the other was laughing silently, invisibly.
They went back to their floral arrangements, but with a new knowledge of something they had
not known here before.
They had a friend.
~ End Chapter 4 Freunde in Elend ~
Hehe. I love image flowers. R&R please!