DATE : May 05 DAY : Sunday TIME : 10:00 a.m.
" Are you sure about this Brad ? After all , they haven't tested this – thing – yet . It might destroy the chip … or it might kill him ." Schuldich asked , frowning . He was obviously worried about the welfare of the newcomer and although he tried to disguise it as concern for §chwarz's interests , all of them knew the truth .
Nagi kept himself from shuddering at the thought , but Crawford nodded at the intelligent insight .
" They had assured me of 100 percent success . This device should work perfectly ." He glanced at Schuldich . " You should learn to trust Êstet . They have reliable resources ."
Schuldich merely pursed his lips and nodded his agreement as he looked through the glass that separated them from the operating room .
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DATE : May 05 DAY : Sunday TIME : 10:46 a.m.
The O.R. was large , after all , they were in Êstet headquarters . It was slightly similar to the testing area Masafumi Takatori had used before , and was fully equipped with the latest technology . Just exactly one would expect from a powerful organization .
There was a team of ten skilled doctors , despite , they assured , the simplicity and the low risk of the operation . Crawford dared not take any risks , after all , if his plan worked , they would have exactly what they needed to exterminate not only Weiß but also Kritiker . Besides , he noticed that both Schuldich and Nagi had already taken a liking for the young man , and he was starting to like him himself … as a teammate that is . Crawford did not like to have a personal attachment to anyone involved in his work , it was too precarious .
It took the doctors several minutes to put Ken to sleep . They had required the help of Nagi to restrain him because he had been struggling against them , and three of the doctors had been knocked out cold . It was then that Crawford gave Nagi the permission to use his powers to pin down the rebellious lad so the doctors could administer the drugs .
The operation itself took less than an hour to wrap up , and the foreman had approached Crawford to explain how the operation went .
" Well , Mr. Crawford , the surgery was a success ." The doctor smiled cherubically " We activated the chip without any trouble . We had also did as you ordered . Mr. Hidaka will not remember anything from his past . The drug we developed has the effect of amnesia , and although it had not been fully proven effective , we are confident that there will be no difficulties . We have also initiated thoughts that are artificial , in other words ; we have given him false memories of his involvement with your team , the Weiß and Kritiker but of course , he will retain all other memories that does not concern operations . Is that satisfactory ?"
Crawford nodded his agreement .
The doctor paused and gave a slight frown . " You must take care that his head will no longer attain injuries , especially in this delicate time when his brain is still adjusting to the false stimuli and the fictitious past he has been given . It will take him several weeks … perhaps even months - to normalize and I suggest that you allow him to rest . His injuries have not yet fully healed , and we had done the operation today only at your request , although we would have preferred to have waited for at the least a week until he was fully cured . It is very fortunate that he is a very healthy young man , and it is only because of that , that we did not encounter any complications ."
Brown eyes stared analytically at Crawford " If you will excuse me , we shall move the patient to his room ." The man left him , striding purposefully away to direct the other doctors .
Crawford walked away thoughtfully . He hoped to God this worked , he did not want another loose cannon on his hands . He glanced briefly at Nagi and Schuldich , who were standing side by side as they watched the doctors wheel Sißerian away . Unconsciously , the two had sidled to each other for brotherly comfort . This perhaps , Crawford reflected , would be the first time that the two of them would have an argument . But Crawford could not blame them . He was young once … and irrational as well . Possibly , one of them would see the other's way and allow him the company of their new comrade , otherwise , he would be forced to remove Sißerian , despite his usefulness , if there came a time when §chwarz does not function properly as it did without him .
Crawford pocketed his glasses . He hoped they would not come to that .
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DATE : May 05 DAY : Sunday TIME : 10:00 a.m.
" You've done it before , right kid ?" Yohji swept a strand of gold hair over his shoulder , trying to seem nonchalant to Omi's apparent anxiousness . " There's nothing to worry about . I bet you're even better than their computer kid , so why don't you give it a crack and let's see what happens ."
" But Yohji - kun , if they catch us , this computer may crash permanently . And it has all the records of our missions ! What will Kritiker say if they find out we've lost the information ?" Omi turned large blue eyes at his jade ones .
" The hell with them ! If it means finding Ken then I don't give a damn about Kritiker ." Yohji said , turning Omi's chair to face the computer on the desk .
Omi nodded slowly , like a child asking for permission , before typing the few words that will take them into the §chwarz's world .
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DATE : May 05 DAY : Sunday TIME : 11:40 a.m.
Schuldich drove his car in silence , once in a while glancing at Nagi beside him . Farfarello was sitting behind Schuldich , and the redhead could almost feel the tip of Farfarello's ice pick piercing the headrest and touching the back of his head . " Farfarello goddamn it ! Take that bloody thing away from me !"
Farfarello obeyed without word , noting the crackling tension between the two . " Nagi's pretty pissed off at you too , Schuldich ." He murmured , his eye trained on the rearview mirror as he waited for a reaction from the telepath .
" I am not !" Protested Nagi , who reluctantly tore himself away from his sullenness to attest his innocence .
" He says that you have no right to place a claim for yourself when you don't even know him ." Continued the Irishman , undaunted . He trailed the tip of the pick harmlessly on the leather seat cover before stabbing it viciously , a small grin on his lips . This time , Schuldich was too preoccupied with his thoughts to notice the ruined backseat . Farfarello grinned in satisfaction . This was the only time the redhead failed to detect Farfarello's evil intentions on his car .
Farfarello knew the German loved his car terribly , and he knew it would absolutely make God cry for killing Schuldich's pretty Jaguar . [ Redemption : Schuldich's car , but Farfarello regarded it as a living creature because of its value and its name O o … psycho Farfie … * sweatdrops *]
Nagi glared midnight-colored eyes at Farfarello . " And where the hell did you get that idea ?"
Another smile from the Irishman . Nagi had said " hell " . Nagi never used hell or cussed . God must be crying now . He had made Nagi say a bad word . " I heard you talking to yourself in your room . You should always make sure your door is closed when you shout , or we'll hear it all over the place."
Schuldich kept his eyes sullenly at the road . Finally , he spoke , " And what made you think I don't know him ? I have read every one of his thoughts and his memories for as long as he could remember them . I even know some of the memories he can't recall . I saw his father and his sister die in a fire . I know his mother , how she died hanging herself . I even saw his girlfriend leave him for Australia ... I even happen to know that his best friend betrayed him . So you see , I know him even better than he knows himself , and I think that is enough to say that I can help him better than you can ."
Nagi's temper flared , and in his sudden anger , the Jaguar spun around intensely , veering out of the highway and skidding to the gravel with the crunching of rocks under its wheels . The trees lining the highway shook dangerously , raining green leaves over them .
Nagi spoke softly , but the intensity was in his voice . He was speaking as if the world was still , and there was only Schuldich to listen ; as if the car was not spinning around a few inches from the ground . " His father was a congressman . His enemies were the ones who paid a man to set their house on fire . His mother was with her family for a few weeks and Ken was at a friend's house . When she came back and saw the burned house , she hanged herself . Ken was at our home that day , his father and my father were both soldiers of the same platoon in the war and their family was always with mine . My family adopted him and he became my big brother ."
" He looked out for me . He would always protect me from the other kids and I looked up to him . He was my best friend … until he met that bastard , Kase . " Nagi spit out as if the name was dirt .
" He didn't see how Kase lied to him . But I did . I was only twelve years old , but I saw . Ken was too good of a person to distrust anyone … and I wanted to protect him , as he protected me, from that worthless piece of dirt , but he didn't see through the lies. Four years ago , he left with Kase… with the bastard's word that they were both going to strike it big in the J-league . I knew that he was good enough to be accepted , even if he was under-aged … I believed in him , because I knew he could … He became one of the best players the league had ever known … and I watched every single game ." Nagi smirked bitterly " Ken was a good player , but Kase who was two years older , got accepted ten months after Ken did . I don't doubt that the only reason he became a member of the league was because of Ken . He deserved to die by Ken's hands . "
Schuldich opened his mouth to speak – to ask that question which was tugging at his mind , but Nagi anticipated the query and said ,
" When my father and my mother died . I left , and I changed . Now he doesn't know me , but I know him ." Nagi stopped speaking .
Nagi closed his eyes , and through the unguarded labyrinths of his mind , Schuldich had been able peer at his thoughts . He had never seen Nagi's thoughts as he had seen them now . The brunette had been warned about his powers and was quite experienced with the technique of the psychic mind block . He had never let his guard down … until now . He tried to remember some of the snippets of seemingly irrelevant thoughts he had snatched from Nagi's seldom open ponderings. Smoke-colored eyes widened .
So the blond boy and the brunette he so often saw as the subjects of those reminiscences were …
† † †
Nagi was beautiful , rather than handsome in his childhood . His dark brooding eyes had made him irresistible to everyone , and in contrast to his light-colored hair … he was striking as a child , and his companion , compared to him paled . Although the younger version of Ken Hidaka was a trifle less attractive than Nagi , it was the vivacity and the energy that had made him equally charismatic . With his chestnut hair and wide guileless eyes , every look exuded happiness and every gesture , trust . And together , Nagi and Ken were impossible to ignore .
† † †
Schuldich mused to himself . He had never recognized the youngsters he frequently glimpsed in Nagi's thoughts . And he was quite surprised to realize that it was them !
Nagi Naoe and Ken Hidaka … childhood companions , of all people ! The coincidence of all coincidences !
† † †
Gradually , the car slowed to a halt and the black and silver car crawled away with a dazed redhead at the wheel and a gloomy telekinetic poring over his memories .
Farfarello licked the bloody ice pick . It was really interesting how such a weapon can kill a warm -blooded creature . The destroyed seat's cotton was soaking in the crimson blood pouring out of his arm .
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DATE : May 05 DAY : Sunday TIME : 10:23 a.m.
" The §chwarz have him ." Omi said steadily , his lips in a grim line as he sniffed the heady vapors from the dark coffee . He was already falling asleep , and he gladly took what Aya had given them .
He had just managed to hack into §chwarz's mainframe when Aya walked in . He had just come back from the coffee shop carrying several parcels in paper bags . He handed Omi and Yohji one each and reserved the last for himself . Despite what people say that Aya was a cold – blooded bastard , his friends knew better . He nodded , his gold earring swinging gently . " Where are they keeping him ?"
" They didn't report that , perhaps in their hideout , or one of the medical facilities of Êstet ." His eyes darted to the screen and suddenly , blue eyes grew wide in horror .
" They operated on him ! Aya – kun , Yohji – kun …" Omi blinked back the stinging tears that were threatening to fall . " Ken – kun could be dead !"
Yohji breathed sharply , his cigarette crushed in between his fingers , while Aya looked away into the shadows .
The oldest of the Weiß shook his head , as if he couldn't believe the information Omi had just given them , his eyes closed . His hands were shaking , and the cup of black coffee was in danger of spilling into his expensive silk shirt .
Aya had dropped his untouched cup onto the tabletop before striding away to the streets to pore over his tremulous thoughts and curse the §chwarz .
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Sorry I took too long in posting this chapter up . I haven't had the time to post it since I was too busy writing the next three chapters … Well that's Redemption for you ladies and gentlemen , hard – working but utterly clueless !
I guess everyone'll say this chapter sucked ! --_-- Gomen minna … I just felt like adding some prime and gloomy angst . It comes with the lack of sleep . They should consider it a sickness you know … Angstomnia or something . Anyway , I was just so hung up at not getting reviews . I'm a review person . I LIVE for reviews … ok , ok , so maybe not LIVE for reviews , but I'd DIE for a lot of those O.o
Well that's angst , angst , angst and more angst for you . I never knew Nagi could be so bitter , but then again , when it comes to Ken , anything can happen .
* sighs * I wonder if there will come a time when I'll get more than a hundred reviews , just like a certain AU WK fic I read [ and love ^.^ ] and what tears my heart is that the fic got a hundred fifty something reviews by its tenth chapter … I'm on my fifth … O o
* shrugs * oh well , it doesn't hurt to dream , right ? ^_^
Anyway , back to business . [ fun business that is ] … I know , I know , I'm babbling . I can't help it ! I got seven reviews on chapter five ! Waaaiiii ! [ I'm so shallow … lol ! ]
Thank you cards and pocky go to …
marsupial … I can't answer your questions right now … *grinz* It'll ruin the story . But expect some answers soon … . … I hope
Adakie … I'm really psyched that you reviewed my fic coz' I've read a few of yours and I happen to think you're a great WK author . [ Of course , you guys could tell me what your fics are and I'd be happy to review them too … if they are WK , I mean . ] ^_~
megane – chan … Domo ! ^.^
Kyri … You really mean that ?! * sighs and drifts back to angsty thoughts concerning reviews * I'm so glad someone thinks so … * thinks * maybe I should change the summary . * rolls eyes at her own stupidity * Duh ! I should ! ^_^
CrystalStarGuardian … You have been , so far , my most ardent reviewer * bows * For that , you get a whole cartload of pocky and a lifetime guarantee to all the chocolate chip cookies you'll ever want ! LOL !
I've already got the ending figured out although I haven't quite untangled the whole mess … let's just hope this crazy story of mine will end soon because I am absolutely itching to get reviews for the
ending !!!!
Ryia Jen Rowen … Actually , I've got the next few chapters all typed out , I just have to uh … edit them or something . Lol ! ^.^
Misty … The chip was designed to activate the chip that's already inside Ken . The prototype chip is still … uh … dormant ? They need the Estet chip to activate it and make the prototype work and , Schwarz does know about the chip , in fact , it was the reason why Crawford decided to kidnap Ken in the first place . ^_^
By the way , just in case some people are wonderin , in this timeline , Ken is 19 , Nagi is 16 .
When Nagi was telling the " story " , Ken was 15 then , he was twelve and Kase was 18 .
" Are you sure about this Brad ? After all , they haven't tested this – thing – yet . It might destroy the chip … or it might kill him ." Schuldich asked , frowning . He was obviously worried about the welfare of the newcomer and although he tried to disguise it as concern for §chwarz's interests , all of them knew the truth .
Nagi kept himself from shuddering at the thought , but Crawford nodded at the intelligent insight .
" They had assured me of 100 percent success . This device should work perfectly ." He glanced at Schuldich . " You should learn to trust Êstet . They have reliable resources ."
Schuldich merely pursed his lips and nodded his agreement as he looked through the glass that separated them from the operating room .
† † †
DATE : May 05 DAY : Sunday TIME : 10:46 a.m.
The O.R. was large , after all , they were in Êstet headquarters . It was slightly similar to the testing area Masafumi Takatori had used before , and was fully equipped with the latest technology . Just exactly one would expect from a powerful organization .
There was a team of ten skilled doctors , despite , they assured , the simplicity and the low risk of the operation . Crawford dared not take any risks , after all , if his plan worked , they would have exactly what they needed to exterminate not only Weiß but also Kritiker . Besides , he noticed that both Schuldich and Nagi had already taken a liking for the young man , and he was starting to like him himself … as a teammate that is . Crawford did not like to have a personal attachment to anyone involved in his work , it was too precarious .
It took the doctors several minutes to put Ken to sleep . They had required the help of Nagi to restrain him because he had been struggling against them , and three of the doctors had been knocked out cold . It was then that Crawford gave Nagi the permission to use his powers to pin down the rebellious lad so the doctors could administer the drugs .
The operation itself took less than an hour to wrap up , and the foreman had approached Crawford to explain how the operation went .
" Well , Mr. Crawford , the surgery was a success ." The doctor smiled cherubically " We activated the chip without any trouble . We had also did as you ordered . Mr. Hidaka will not remember anything from his past . The drug we developed has the effect of amnesia , and although it had not been fully proven effective , we are confident that there will be no difficulties . We have also initiated thoughts that are artificial , in other words ; we have given him false memories of his involvement with your team , the Weiß and Kritiker but of course , he will retain all other memories that does not concern operations . Is that satisfactory ?"
Crawford nodded his agreement .
The doctor paused and gave a slight frown . " You must take care that his head will no longer attain injuries , especially in this delicate time when his brain is still adjusting to the false stimuli and the fictitious past he has been given . It will take him several weeks … perhaps even months - to normalize and I suggest that you allow him to rest . His injuries have not yet fully healed , and we had done the operation today only at your request , although we would have preferred to have waited for at the least a week until he was fully cured . It is very fortunate that he is a very healthy young man , and it is only because of that , that we did not encounter any complications ."
Brown eyes stared analytically at Crawford " If you will excuse me , we shall move the patient to his room ." The man left him , striding purposefully away to direct the other doctors .
Crawford walked away thoughtfully . He hoped to God this worked , he did not want another loose cannon on his hands . He glanced briefly at Nagi and Schuldich , who were standing side by side as they watched the doctors wheel Sißerian away . Unconsciously , the two had sidled to each other for brotherly comfort . This perhaps , Crawford reflected , would be the first time that the two of them would have an argument . But Crawford could not blame them . He was young once … and irrational as well . Possibly , one of them would see the other's way and allow him the company of their new comrade , otherwise , he would be forced to remove Sißerian , despite his usefulness , if there came a time when §chwarz does not function properly as it did without him .
Crawford pocketed his glasses . He hoped they would not come to that .
† † †
DATE : May 05 DAY : Sunday TIME : 10:00 a.m.
" You've done it before , right kid ?" Yohji swept a strand of gold hair over his shoulder , trying to seem nonchalant to Omi's apparent anxiousness . " There's nothing to worry about . I bet you're even better than their computer kid , so why don't you give it a crack and let's see what happens ."
" But Yohji - kun , if they catch us , this computer may crash permanently . And it has all the records of our missions ! What will Kritiker say if they find out we've lost the information ?" Omi turned large blue eyes at his jade ones .
" The hell with them ! If it means finding Ken then I don't give a damn about Kritiker ." Yohji said , turning Omi's chair to face the computer on the desk .
Omi nodded slowly , like a child asking for permission , before typing the few words that will take them into the §chwarz's world .
† † †
DATE : May 05 DAY : Sunday TIME : 11:40 a.m.
Schuldich drove his car in silence , once in a while glancing at Nagi beside him . Farfarello was sitting behind Schuldich , and the redhead could almost feel the tip of Farfarello's ice pick piercing the headrest and touching the back of his head . " Farfarello goddamn it ! Take that bloody thing away from me !"
Farfarello obeyed without word , noting the crackling tension between the two . " Nagi's pretty pissed off at you too , Schuldich ." He murmured , his eye trained on the rearview mirror as he waited for a reaction from the telepath .
" I am not !" Protested Nagi , who reluctantly tore himself away from his sullenness to attest his innocence .
" He says that you have no right to place a claim for yourself when you don't even know him ." Continued the Irishman , undaunted . He trailed the tip of the pick harmlessly on the leather seat cover before stabbing it viciously , a small grin on his lips . This time , Schuldich was too preoccupied with his thoughts to notice the ruined backseat . Farfarello grinned in satisfaction . This was the only time the redhead failed to detect Farfarello's evil intentions on his car .
Farfarello knew the German loved his car terribly , and he knew it would absolutely make God cry for killing Schuldich's pretty Jaguar . [ Redemption : Schuldich's car , but Farfarello regarded it as a living creature because of its value and its name O o … psycho Farfie … * sweatdrops *]
Nagi glared midnight-colored eyes at Farfarello . " And where the hell did you get that idea ?"
Another smile from the Irishman . Nagi had said " hell " . Nagi never used hell or cussed . God must be crying now . He had made Nagi say a bad word . " I heard you talking to yourself in your room . You should always make sure your door is closed when you shout , or we'll hear it all over the place."
Schuldich kept his eyes sullenly at the road . Finally , he spoke , " And what made you think I don't know him ? I have read every one of his thoughts and his memories for as long as he could remember them . I even know some of the memories he can't recall . I saw his father and his sister die in a fire . I know his mother , how she died hanging herself . I even saw his girlfriend leave him for Australia ... I even happen to know that his best friend betrayed him . So you see , I know him even better than he knows himself , and I think that is enough to say that I can help him better than you can ."
Nagi's temper flared , and in his sudden anger , the Jaguar spun around intensely , veering out of the highway and skidding to the gravel with the crunching of rocks under its wheels . The trees lining the highway shook dangerously , raining green leaves over them .
Nagi spoke softly , but the intensity was in his voice . He was speaking as if the world was still , and there was only Schuldich to listen ; as if the car was not spinning around a few inches from the ground . " His father was a congressman . His enemies were the ones who paid a man to set their house on fire . His mother was with her family for a few weeks and Ken was at a friend's house . When she came back and saw the burned house , she hanged herself . Ken was at our home that day , his father and my father were both soldiers of the same platoon in the war and their family was always with mine . My family adopted him and he became my big brother ."
" He looked out for me . He would always protect me from the other kids and I looked up to him . He was my best friend … until he met that bastard , Kase . " Nagi spit out as if the name was dirt .
" He didn't see how Kase lied to him . But I did . I was only twelve years old , but I saw . Ken was too good of a person to distrust anyone … and I wanted to protect him , as he protected me, from that worthless piece of dirt , but he didn't see through the lies. Four years ago , he left with Kase… with the bastard's word that they were both going to strike it big in the J-league . I knew that he was good enough to be accepted , even if he was under-aged … I believed in him , because I knew he could … He became one of the best players the league had ever known … and I watched every single game ." Nagi smirked bitterly " Ken was a good player , but Kase who was two years older , got accepted ten months after Ken did . I don't doubt that the only reason he became a member of the league was because of Ken . He deserved to die by Ken's hands . "
Schuldich opened his mouth to speak – to ask that question which was tugging at his mind , but Nagi anticipated the query and said ,
" When my father and my mother died . I left , and I changed . Now he doesn't know me , but I know him ." Nagi stopped speaking .
Nagi closed his eyes , and through the unguarded labyrinths of his mind , Schuldich had been able peer at his thoughts . He had never seen Nagi's thoughts as he had seen them now . The brunette had been warned about his powers and was quite experienced with the technique of the psychic mind block . He had never let his guard down … until now . He tried to remember some of the snippets of seemingly irrelevant thoughts he had snatched from Nagi's seldom open ponderings. Smoke-colored eyes widened .
So the blond boy and the brunette he so often saw as the subjects of those reminiscences were …
† † †
Nagi was beautiful , rather than handsome in his childhood . His dark brooding eyes had made him irresistible to everyone , and in contrast to his light-colored hair … he was striking as a child , and his companion , compared to him paled . Although the younger version of Ken Hidaka was a trifle less attractive than Nagi , it was the vivacity and the energy that had made him equally charismatic . With his chestnut hair and wide guileless eyes , every look exuded happiness and every gesture , trust . And together , Nagi and Ken were impossible to ignore .
† † †
Schuldich mused to himself . He had never recognized the youngsters he frequently glimpsed in Nagi's thoughts . And he was quite surprised to realize that it was them !
Nagi Naoe and Ken Hidaka … childhood companions , of all people ! The coincidence of all coincidences !
† † †
Gradually , the car slowed to a halt and the black and silver car crawled away with a dazed redhead at the wheel and a gloomy telekinetic poring over his memories .
Farfarello licked the bloody ice pick . It was really interesting how such a weapon can kill a warm -blooded creature . The destroyed seat's cotton was soaking in the crimson blood pouring out of his arm .
† † †
DATE : May 05 DAY : Sunday TIME : 10:23 a.m.
" The §chwarz have him ." Omi said steadily , his lips in a grim line as he sniffed the heady vapors from the dark coffee . He was already falling asleep , and he gladly took what Aya had given them .
He had just managed to hack into §chwarz's mainframe when Aya walked in . He had just come back from the coffee shop carrying several parcels in paper bags . He handed Omi and Yohji one each and reserved the last for himself . Despite what people say that Aya was a cold – blooded bastard , his friends knew better . He nodded , his gold earring swinging gently . " Where are they keeping him ?"
" They didn't report that , perhaps in their hideout , or one of the medical facilities of Êstet ." His eyes darted to the screen and suddenly , blue eyes grew wide in horror .
" They operated on him ! Aya – kun , Yohji – kun …" Omi blinked back the stinging tears that were threatening to fall . " Ken – kun could be dead !"
Yohji breathed sharply , his cigarette crushed in between his fingers , while Aya looked away into the shadows .
The oldest of the Weiß shook his head , as if he couldn't believe the information Omi had just given them , his eyes closed . His hands were shaking , and the cup of black coffee was in danger of spilling into his expensive silk shirt .
Aya had dropped his untouched cup onto the tabletop before striding away to the streets to pore over his tremulous thoughts and curse the §chwarz .
† † †
Sorry I took too long in posting this chapter up . I haven't had the time to post it since I was too busy writing the next three chapters … Well that's Redemption for you ladies and gentlemen , hard – working but utterly clueless !
I guess everyone'll say this chapter sucked ! --_-- Gomen minna … I just felt like adding some prime and gloomy angst . It comes with the lack of sleep . They should consider it a sickness you know … Angstomnia or something . Anyway , I was just so hung up at not getting reviews . I'm a review person . I LIVE for reviews … ok , ok , so maybe not LIVE for reviews , but I'd DIE for a lot of those O.o
Well that's angst , angst , angst and more angst for you . I never knew Nagi could be so bitter , but then again , when it comes to Ken , anything can happen .
* sighs * I wonder if there will come a time when I'll get more than a hundred reviews , just like a certain AU WK fic I read [ and love ^.^ ] and what tears my heart is that the fic got a hundred fifty something reviews by its tenth chapter … I'm on my fifth … O o
* shrugs * oh well , it doesn't hurt to dream , right ? ^_^
Anyway , back to business . [ fun business that is ] … I know , I know , I'm babbling . I can't help it ! I got seven reviews on chapter five ! Waaaiiii ! [ I'm so shallow … lol ! ]
Thank you cards and pocky go to …
marsupial … I can't answer your questions right now … *grinz* It'll ruin the story . But expect some answers soon … . … I hope
Adakie … I'm really psyched that you reviewed my fic coz' I've read a few of yours and I happen to think you're a great WK author . [ Of course , you guys could tell me what your fics are and I'd be happy to review them too … if they are WK , I mean . ] ^_~
megane – chan … Domo ! ^.^
Kyri … You really mean that ?! * sighs and drifts back to angsty thoughts concerning reviews * I'm so glad someone thinks so … * thinks * maybe I should change the summary . * rolls eyes at her own stupidity * Duh ! I should ! ^_^
CrystalStarGuardian … You have been , so far , my most ardent reviewer * bows * For that , you get a whole cartload of pocky and a lifetime guarantee to all the chocolate chip cookies you'll ever want ! LOL !
I've already got the ending figured out although I haven't quite untangled the whole mess … let's just hope this crazy story of mine will end soon because I am absolutely itching to get reviews for the
ending !!!!
Ryia Jen Rowen … Actually , I've got the next few chapters all typed out , I just have to uh … edit them or something . Lol ! ^.^
Misty … The chip was designed to activate the chip that's already inside Ken . The prototype chip is still … uh … dormant ? They need the Estet chip to activate it and make the prototype work and , Schwarz does know about the chip , in fact , it was the reason why Crawford decided to kidnap Ken in the first place . ^_^
By the way , just in case some people are wonderin , in this timeline , Ken is 19 , Nagi is 16 .
When Nagi was telling the " story " , Ken was 15 then , he was twelve and Kase was 18 .