Chapter 2: Explanations
Title: Ties of Darkness
Author: Mayfly
Status: Incomplete (2/????)
Pairings: H/D and a hint of B/Y….more in later chapters
Warnings: Yaoi…shounen-ai….not right now though
Rating: PG-13 for like the whole thing…language and stuff
Disclaimer: I don't own Weiß, I wish I did….'Cause then they could guard my locker and stuff…but whatever. Ara is mine and Kouji is mine…even though I stole his name. But no one cares right?

"How exactly do you know them?"
"Well, if you're rival shops, she should have met them right?" Ron asked getting involved.
"Right…"
^Ok, minna, we do this. I'll start at the beginning. ^
^How are you doing this Rhea? ^
^I'm getting to that Omi. Farf, keep the normals occupied for me. ^
The Irishman walked over to the small group, quite happy to scare the locals…almost as fun as Tokyo Disneyland…almost, but not quite.
^I was kidnapped as a kid. Subjected to countless experiments by Masafumi. Omi has brief recollections of me, no biggie. I was rescued by Esset at age six. There I met Schuldig and Crawford. ^
^Holy shit…^
^You dunno the half of it Siberian. They did a number on Katzchen, she's paranoid beyond belief, can barely get within two feet of her. ^
^True, I'm a tad less paranoid but, the fear's still there. The experiments resulted in my telepathic and telekinetic abilities. There, were other side effects. My DNA was recoded in places with draconic and feline DNA. With the draconic abilities, I can control the elements. In any event, I was later assigned to Schwarz along with Nagi and Farfarello. You guys already know about Schuldig and Crawford. ^
^So you work for Schwarz? ^
^Not anymore. Before I began working with Weiß, I faked my death. Schu, Nagi to explain, the apartment was staked for three months before my quote unquote death and six months after it. In any event I found out about Weiß through Yotan. Whenever a mission cropped up that I knew you were involved in, I'd skip it. ^
^So…who're you…^
^Loyal to? Both. You guys are my family. I've got three brothers and five uncles. My family. Besides…^
^We aren't here to interfere with your mission. We were assigned to protect an instructor here. ^
^We're not killing anyone if it's not necessary. ^ Ken muttered.
^Then we have no need to be fighting. ^
^A truce then? ^
^Sounds good. ^
^A truce? Under what conditions? ^ Omi asked warily.
^You guys'll behave yourselves. Meaning no explosives, no pranks, and no super wedgies. Try and be friends. ^
^With them? ^
^Kenken, trust me. ^
^Fine, I'll do it. ^
^Me too, ^ Omi conceded.
^Schwarz is in. ^
^Ok; now we better go fix the little British hosts. They're starting to look at us funny. ^
~*~

"What're you doing here?!"
"I'll be teaching Divination. Is there a problem that I'm currently unaware of Kudou?" Crawford asked calmly.
"You're on this train!" Youji cried, determined not to let on that the idea was quite a good sign.
"We have no intentions of fighting with you. Besides, a truce has already been reached between our teams. We are to be civil."
"Truce? I never agreed to a truce!"
"Your other teammates and mine have. They seem to be getting along quite nicely with the other students."
"Aya! Say something!"
"As long as they don't interfere with the mission, I don't care," Aya muttered, not looking up from his book.
Crawford smirked and Youji began sulking. It really wasn't fair that the cold-hearted bastard had gotten his way. Just like Aya, the two of them were so alike it wasn't even funny. Granted, while he hated the fact that he lost the argument, he smiled inwardly. Perhaps while Schwarz was here and they had a truce, he'd get his way with the stoic leader of Schwarz after all.

*Damn Kudou. He's pouting! Like Schuldig does when he doesn't get his way! It's enough to drive me mad. Neither of them have any respect for authority whatsoever. I really have to wonder though, what can that flamboyant slacker be capable of teaching anyway? It's not as if he has any special qualities. Just as bad as Schuldig, the two of them would get along quite well. Except…perhaps this truce….brought on by Ara…could be a sign of things….that we have to work together….work together with Weiß?! Preposterous! We can't work together…no of course not…damn it! She knew we'd be here…. Trying to get us to get along….we can't just work together, there's too much tension…Schuldig will take the opportunity to hunt Abbysinian… what of the others…the vision prior to coming here is unsettling. In order to overcome the dark times ahead, we have to get past our differences…and bond with our enemies….schist.*
~*~

Kouji Minamoto watched through the window. He knew something was going on. Perhaps this was the other team Crawford had spoken of. Weiß. That had to be it. It was obvious that the blond and redheaded men posing as instructors knew Crawford. He sighed. It wasn't his problem anyway. They had a truce. It was a given, they had to be together for the darkness to pass.

~OWARI

A/N: Tee-hee! 'Nother chapter done. Thank you all of you who reviewed! I needed the insight and whatnot….like fixing the telepathy….anyway, tell me what you thought….for anyone wondering, yes Nagi will play paintball in a later chapter.