*Sigh* No matter how many times I might wish it, I still don't own Weiß. (lol and I'm actually running out of creative ways to say that I don't own it.)

Note to everyone: Italics= thought as usual. Also to remind you this is an AU fic… and the scenes depicted in this story are from my mind on what could have happened to his family before the accident from the anime series. In addition, Aya will be known as Ran in this chapter. Warning OOC... I think....

Chapter 3

            Ran slowly came back to consciousness. His first thought as his mind began to work again was, I'm alive? How can that be? He looked around expecting to find himself lying in a hospital bed. What he found confused him even more. He was laying in his bed, in the Koneko. Everything was the same in the room and it made him start to wonder if all that he had done had been nothing but a dream, a strange dream, but a dream nonetheless. He laid there and started to think over all that had happened.

            As he laid on his bed, a timid knock started on his door. Thinking that it was Omi, coming to wake him up for his shift, he walked over to the door to open it. When he reached the door, he opened it just a bit, about to tell the young genki boy that he was up and didn't need to be woke up. He let out a slight gasp as he realized who was knocking on his door. His sister stood in the hallway, a cheerful smile bloomed on her face. She pushed the door open farther so she could walk into the bedroom instead of stand out in the hallway.

            "Ran-niichan, it's good that you're awake, we thought you were going to sleep the day away!" She cried when she walked in. "You do remember that it's your turn to open the shop ne?"

            Ran stared at his sister, his mind trying to comprehend what he saw. "Aya?" He asked softly. "You're... awake?"

            Aya gave her brother a weird look, "Hai, I am. Why wouldn't I be awake, Ran-niichan? I unlike you haven't decided to almost sleep the day away." She poked him in the side.

            Ran shook his head and grabbed his sister, "Nothing, I just had a bad dream where you were hit by a car and thrown into a coma..." He said as he embraced her.

            Aya hugged her brother back for a second before pushing him away. "That must have been a really bad dream for you to react like that to me oni-chan." She smiled up at him again. "It was only a dream after all. Remember someone did push me out of the way before the car could hit."

            Ran, after he had been pushed away from his sister, had started to get dressed, but when she said that, he stopped and stared at her. So... it wasn't a dream... but why am I not in a coma... The car hit me after all. He shook his head, then something registered in his mind. "Wait, you said we and shop. What are you talking about Aya?"

            She laughed, "The Koneko, silly. You have the first shift with Ken-kun. Don't you remember that? Also, don't forget we have a mission tonight."

            "Mission?"

            Aya nodded her head, causing her braids to bounce slightly. "Yes, remember we got it yesterday."

            Ran didn't have a clue as to what was going on but he decided to play along with it. He figured that it might just be some joke that his sister was trying to play on him, as she used to when they were younger.

            "Oh, yeah before I forget, breakfast is waiting also." Aya said as she turned and walked out of his room. "So hurry up before it's all gone."

            Before Ran could say another word Aya was out the door in a flash. He could hear her bouncing down the stairs two at a time. He shook his head and calmly walked out.

            He walked into the kitchen. Things looked relatively normal for the household. Omi stood at the stove finishing up with the cooking. He was one of the few that anyone else trusted when it came to preparing meals, besides Ran himself that is. Ken sat at the table, still in his pajamas, a big glass of milk held in his hands, while a large white milk mustache coated his upper lip. Omi and Ken were both talking to each other cheerfully. He continued to look around. Ahh, there's my sister, he thought as his eyes finally found her. It's somewhat strange to see her sitting on Yohji's lap. His eyes passed over the two, before it finally dawned on him what the two were doing. He looked quickly back over at the two and felt his blood start to boil.

            Walking over to the two, who seemed oblivious to the others, he tapped Yohji on his shoulder. "What are you doing to my sister." Ran growled out when the man looked up at him.

            Yohji looked at Ran, "Geez, what's wrong with you, Ran? Wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?"

            "Get your hands off of my sister..." Ran said. "I don't want the worlds biggest playboy touching her."

            Omi and Ken who at the time it all started watched the two men. They were both confused over how Ran was acting. It was totally unlike him to treat his soon to be brother in law that way.

            "Ne, Ran-kun, daijoubu? Didn't you give them your blessing already?" Omi asked.

            Aya, who at the moment felt like she was being ignored, decided to speak up, "Ran-niichan, what are you doing?!"

            Ran ignored the questions flying his way and kept his cold gaze locked on the brunette in front of him. One who still had his sister in his lap. He grabbed Aya and yanked her off the lanky man's lap. "Aya, stay away from him." He ground out. "And you," he pointed his other finger at Yohji. "Stay away from Aya." He clenched his hand into a fist and struck Yohji in his jaw.

            Yohji stood there staring at Ran in shock. He couldn't believe what the man had done to him. The fact that he had been called a playboy didn't even faze him. Sure, he had been one in the past, but Aya, Ran's sister, ended up making him see that he didn't need to hide behind that type of mask. He knew Ran knew that, and  he thought that he also accepted those two together. What he didn't understand was why the sudden change of heart with the guy. Even though he and the red head's sister weren't married yet, he still thought of the man who had just punched him as a brother. He looked over at the woman he loved and was shocked at how angry the woman looked.

            Aya stood to the side, having shrugged out of her brother's grasp. She stood there, her hands on her hips, while she tapped her foot on the ground. Her eyes a blaze in angry fire at what her brother had done. "Ran..." she in a low menacing voice. " How dare you do that to Yohji." She walked over to her brother and open palm slapped him in the face. "I don't know what's wrong with you, but you're being an asshole." With that, she turned around and stalked out of the kitchen.

            Ran stared at his sister in shock. Never in his life had he seen his sister so angry with him. It was something his was very unprepared for. He moved his hand up to his face. It stung a bit so he gently rubbed it. His mouth hung open while he did that. Finally, Ran turned and looked at everyone. Omi, Ken, and Yohji all wore open mouthed expressions on their faces. They too had never seen Aya in such a state of fury before either. Especially not to the point when she openly hit her brother across the face.

            Ran turned around and walked out of the kitchen, leaving the three men to staring at the door. He walked into the Koneko and started to open it. All day long, he just sat there at the cash register barely paying attention to the customers, as they all clamored around him for his attention.

            Soon evening came, and the four... no five assassins were standing outside a museum. Ran had a feeling that he wasn't just sent back to his time, but back to the same day that everything happened to him. He knew what was going to happen and he was wary about the whole ordeal. There was one thing he knew, though, he had to be the one to get to the room holding the statue. He hated what had happened and wanted more than anything to keep his whole family alive and not just his sister. Besides, the fact that Aya was engaged to Yohji still sent chills down the red head's spine.

            The soft tread of booted foots steps followed him along the corridors of the museum. He prepared himself for what would happen, and walked into the room. It  still looked the same with its cheaply constructed pillars, which made the old movies about that time period look like actual structures. The vases and busts of statues still had the same ability to make one person wonder at the actual credibility of the pieces on exhibit. The sight of it almost disgusted the red head since he knew what was going to happen within the room.

            His COM unit crackled signifying that Omi would soon speak up. He allowed it all to happen again. "Abyssinian, the statue should be in the room you're in, somewhere over to the left."

            Ran acknowledged the genki blonde then looked over. Schwarz was there as they had been before the whole mess started. In a strange way, Ran was pleased to see that the whole mission hadn't changed just because he had saved his younger sister. As he did before hand, he called out to Siberian for assistance in handling the situation that sat in the palm of his hands once again.

            Things became a blur as he lunged at the taunting red haired German, who held the statue in his grasp. He still couldn't believe that the thing called Puck ended up sending the boy to before this time-period. He almost wished that it hadn't of happened, but for the sake of his sister and his sanity, he knew he had to go through it all again.

            Soon enough, he found that he was once again standing in front of the great oak tree that was the home of the being. This time, though, Ran was able to get a clear view of the god like being. Puck was still short. Long silvery hair swept down his back, while his clothes still had that ancient worn in look. In retrospect, Puck wasn't all too appealing. Then again what would you expect from a being claiming to be a god that, from the looks of it, was trapped in a statue?

            Puck looked down at the man standing before him. "Well now, what brings you back here, Weiß?" The little man asked.

            "I want to do it again," Ran simply answered.

            "Well now, you don't waste words, do you?" The god smiled pleasantly at the red head, "What? You didn't like how it turned out? You're sister is alive at least and not in a coma."

            Ran just glared at Puck.

            "Alright, alright, I'll give you another chance. The same rules apply though. 24 hours is all you get. No more, no less." With that said, the assassin disappeared from Puck's sight.

            The god stared at the vacated space before him and let out a bark of laughter at how foolish the one named Ran Fujimiya was. He shook his head. "Heh, I was right this is indeed fun." He started to swing his legs once more, this time a merry old tune came from pursed lips, waiting to see if this time the red head would actually enjoy the outcome of his help.

Author's Notes: Well now another chapter for this story and that's all thanks to my muse.

Brad: ^__^

Anyway, I'm going to say I am trying to make these chapters longer... although sometimes it seems like I can't . *kicks self*. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I think I had fun writing it, especially one part. Oh yeah... I'm curious... Hyperventilator... why do you pity Brad? I treat him very very well. Anyway, I'm heading out. Thanks for reading and reviewing the last chapter everyone who did ^_^ I really appreciate it. Ja ne!