by Yanagi-sen
Weiss Kreuz fanfic
Usual disclaimers apply. Not mine, if they were I would be a lot better off…
Warnings: who knows, I have no idea where this will go or even what I'm going, but it's safe to say there will be shounen ai, probably yaoi, possible lemons, dirty language, maybe violence. I CAN promise no character death, that's it
Today we're supposed to write about our friends. Ones we have now, have had before, who they are, why they are our friends. -_-; I don't have friends. Well, that's not entirely true. I don't have hoards of friends that do things together after school and on weekends. In fact I don't have any friends in my class. I don't like them. They are a stuck up bunch of rich snobs. That's what I get for Brad wanting me to go to the most prestigious school in Tokyo. They've never had to suffer. For them, suffering is NOT getting that new designer bag or the latest sports equipment. They've never had to beg for a meal, or slept under a box, or made shoes out of cardboard. They don't know what it's like out there. And I have no intention of enlightening them. They already look down on me cause Brad's American, I don't need them to know where I came from. So anyway, none of them are my friends.
I guess you could consider Schu and to a lesser extent Farf, my friends. But they're also family and I talked about them already. Other than them, I've only ever had three other friends. Of them, one is dead, one is gone now, and the last… is really special. My first friend, besides Schu, I met when I was in training at Esset's center. His name was Bavol, and he was a Rom, a gypsy. Honest, he was. He was a couple years older than me, but not a lot. He was the only one I ever had any classes with, unfortunately that didn't last long since I learned so much faster than most people. We stayed friends though. When we had free time, a rare and precious commodity in that place, we'd try to do things together. He taught me about his people and told me about the places he'd been. His family still traveled. He'd been all over Europe, he was so cool. I never really learned all that much about his powers. I know he was something of a clairvoyant. Bavol could pick 'things' up just by touching objects. That ultimately was his undoing, but I'll get to that.
Bavol taught me a lot. He had this whole gaggle of younger siblings and cousins and he just kind of made me another one. He loved music and played a few instruments. The only one he'd been able to bring with him was a very battered violin. But he played it like a concertmaster. That's how his family made their living, performing on street corners and sometimes for weddings or parties. Bavol very (VERY) patiently taught me the rudiments of music and how to play the violin. I learn fast and my fingers are very nimble, but this was a whole new type of learning. At times it was painful for both of us. But I came out of it with a new appreciation for music, and able to play. He also tried to teach me his people's way of dancing… that fiasco is best left unwritten. Suffice to say… I DON'T DANCE.
I said that Bavol was clairvoyant. Sometimes 'they' (the powers in charge, AKA asses) would bring him things to see what he could pick up. I didn't know at the time what they were looking for. I found out later that they were still searching for some of the talismans they needed for their summoning ceremony. But that is something I can't write about, not if I don't want Crawford beating me black and blue. Anyway, they were looking for these talismans, very very powerful talismans. One of their 'searchers' had gotten killed just as she stumbled across a lead. So Esset brought some of the woman's things to Bavol to see if he could come up with anything. I remember they had come and gotten him from one of the common rooms where he had been trying to teach me how to read cards, don't ask, I can't do it. I watched them bring him back late that night; his room was just down the hall from mine. I could tell something was wrong. I snuck into his room after lights out; he was just huddled on the bed. I don't know what his mind touched, but it was very bad. I really can't go into the details of what happened over the next week, I'll be trying to forget them for the rest of my life. But whatever it was he 'saw', it destroyed his mind. He started seeing things, hearing things. He'd forget I was there with him. He even attacked me one time, thinking I was one of his monsters. Schu was there, as always. He must have told Crawford, who reported it to the higher-ups. The next day, Bavol was gone. I never heard from him again. 'They' said he'd been sent home to heal. I hacked into the system. It said, the 'subject has been released from service'. In Esset-speak that means he was put down like a rabid dog. I miss him.
I was wary of making friends for a long time after that. We were moving around a lot for a while, so making friends was a foolish idea. Then after we settled in Japan I got stuck in that school. I don't play sports. I don't 'hang out'. I don't do extracurricular stuff. So in a sense I am nobody to them. Fine, I don't like them either. Plus it's not as if I can just tell people what I do at night. So I really didn't have any friends… until we were introduced to Scherient. They were (note the past tense) a group like us. Except they served as bodyguards (and in other ways that I'm NOT going to even think about) for the son of our 'boss', Takatori Masafumi. Talk about your nut jobs. The youngest of the group is a girl named Tot. She was pretty much the baby of the group, and acted it. But she was nice. In a naïve, not quite there, kinda way. I guess you could say she was my first crush. I snuck out one day to meet her near Masafumi's mansion. She was out in the field, playing with her stuffed rabbit. She was so pretty, dancing out there. I wanted to talk to her. She was sweet. I made the falling sakura petals 'dance' for her. Her smile just lit up her face. One of the others called her back before we could really talk, but I'll never forget what she looked like, playing in the sun. Of course, Schu and Farf had followed me and just HAD to ruin the moment, bastards.
Brad had always warned us against forming attachments with people outside of the group. Needless to say, he wasn't too happy with how I was taken with Tot. Probably, if we had been normal kids, it wouldn't have lasted long. But we never got the chance. I went to see her again and Brad stopped me. I don't remember what he said now, but I remember him slapping me. He hadn't done that for a long time and it kinda stunned me. Usually I really had to be mouthing off pretty good before he did that. What I didn't know is that he'd seen what was going to happen, and he was afraid I would get killed. I actually did end up running into Tot out in the woods. I tried to convince her to leave. I knew we were supposed to take them out that night. But she wouldn't go. Tot loved her 'daddy' and her 'family'. I'm not going to go into what took place in the mansion, it wasn't pretty. Weiss was involved and Farf nearly killed Tot. When she fell back against me… something in me just snapped. I'd been taught how to control my powers… what I hadn't been taught is what to do when those powers go out of control. Let's just say… there isn't a mansion there anymore. Somewhere along the way I blacked out, that will happen when the power level gets higher than I can bear. My body isn't strong enough for the power I channel sometimes. And I went way over what I normally can handle. I woke up half buried with rain pouring down. The migraine was Hell. I found Tot, alive off to one side. She was trying to dig out Masa's mutated corpse, don't ask… just don't ask.
How did she live? I don't know. But when I woke up, there wasn't a scratch on her. Even that horrible wound Farf gave her, was gone. I must have done some kind of psychic surgery or something. She doesn't remember either. We took shelter in the woods overnight. In the morning, we found some of the servants still alive; they take care of her now. I stumbled back to Schwarz… the migraine kept me in bed for a week. I think that's the only reason Brad didn't really punish me, I was punishing me enough. I go see Tot every once in a while. She recognizes me, and remembers my name, says I'm her friend, but that's about it. The loss of her 'family' broke what mind she did have. She is an eternal child now, forever locked as a ten year old. It's kinda sad… she still says her 'daddy' is on a trip and will be back soon. I made sure enough of Masa's funds are in trust for her care. It's the only thing I can do for her.
My only other friend, and the only one I have currently, is Omi. Omi is a couple years older than me, but at times I'm sure I've got to be the elder. He's a kind person, unless you threaten him or his friends and teammates, and then he's as lethal a killer as any of us. Oh, yeah, he's an assassin too. But he's on the other side. Tsukiyono Omi is a member of Weiss. And he's also Takatori Reiji's nephew. Reiji's brother was in love with his bride. Omi was the result. His name was Mamoru at the time. Then Omi got kidnapped, lost his memories, and was trained as an assassin. It's a toss up sometimes over who's life is shittier, his or mine. At least I have my memories. Anyway, we can relate to each other the way I can't with the jerks at school. Omi has to go to school too, he understands. And he lives with three older guys, like I do; only I don't think they're as psychotic as my family. He's really into computers too. We met when we were both on assignment… turned out to be the same one, hacking a system. I was there first, working away, when he dropped down out of the air duct. We just kinda looked at each other for a moment. Then he smirked as the computer rejected the algorithm I was trying to use. He pulled a chair over and started making suggestions. It still took us about 20 minutes. We both got a disk with the info, I uploaded my virus, and we booked. We've been friends ever since. Even though we maintain the illusion of enemies. I don't even want to imagine Brad's reaction to me knowing Omi… -_-;;
Unfortunately (nothing can ever go right for me), after Esset was thrown down, Weiss decided to bail out of Tokyo. They headed out to Kyoto and have been working there. The only reason I know that is cause Omi and I still email everyday. We haven't been able to see each other for several months. The time in between the failed ceremony and them leaving, when we probably could have done stuff… I was sick. By the time I was better… they were gone. I miss him. I really hope they come back. Emails and chatrooms are great, but it's not the same as seeing your friend in person. Plus… I really shouldn't be writing this, but since I'm not turning this one in anyway… we're something more than friends. -Nagi