'Herr des Feuers'

The next morning Aya got up late, which was very much to the surprise of his teammates. They had almost finished breakfast by the time Aya entered the kitchen. The minute he was sighted Omi sighed. He had feared that something had happened to the Weiß leader.

"What are you staring at....?" Aya didn't even bother to turn around while saying this. "It's not like I'm a ghost...." He turned and went out of the kitchen with his food before anyone of the others could do anything about it. Of course they wouldn't have done anything about it in any case. If Aya wanted to eat by himself, he ate by himself.

After eating, Aya decided on taking a shower. As soon as he had entered the bathroom he felt a strange presence in his thoughts. It was as if he was being watched.

/You're good my toy..... finding out about my presence almost instantly!/ the Schwarz really sounded impressed, but Aya didn't give a damn.

'Get out of my thoughts! NOW!'

/You look sweet when you're angry./ Aya could almost see the German grin. Aya stopped undressing.

/Oh no don't stop there! It was just about to get interesting./ again this grin.

'Shut up and die painfully!'

/This is what we could be doing now, if you weren't so stubborn../ he send Aya a picture of himself tied to a bed, Schuldig sitting on top of him and slowly dripping wax from a black candle onto his chest.

/I knew you'd like that.... and that's what you'll be giving me.... that and a whole lot more.... hehe.... maybe not now, but you will./

'The only thing I'll be giving you is death!' he was trying to make himself think that he thought of what he had just seen as disgusting, but couldn't.

/We'll be seeing each other, my toy. Till then don't let anyone brake you.... I don't like it when others play with my toy./

'HOW DARE YOU!!! YOU WILL DIE FOR THAT!' he felt that Schuldig hadn't listened to him anymore. After the first few words he had left Aya's thoughts with a chuckle.

He felt that he was alone again and decided to take the shower. He couldn't let the others notice anything so he would just have to see that they didn't find out.

That evening he decided to go out to a bar, since Weiß had nothing planned for that day. They would be going back to finish the job they weren't able to complete the next day. He looked around, trying to decide which bar he was going to go to, when he just started walking towards one and entering, afterwards not knowing why he had done it. It wasn't special in any way and not even the type of bar he usually went to. He preferred the bars with the great light effects, the ones that looked glamorous all in all the more expensive bars, this one was the exact opposite. It was small, the sound quality was bad, a good third of the bulbs in the lights were broken, still he sat down at the bar and ordered a drink. The barkeeper came back shortly with his Martini and Aya turned to the stage to watch some dancers in tight, short clothes twist around metal stakes or dance in dancing cages. He sipped on his drink and went into a trance like stage. Not really watching what was happening around him, still not missing a detail. After some time he felt someone tip him on the shoulder. When he turned his head he was looking at the barkeeper who was holding an envelope in his hand.

"Excuse me for bothering you...." the barkeeper started, but was interrupted by Aya.

"What?" he answered sharper than he had wanted to. The barkeeper twitched and turned a little red.

"The man over there told me to give you this..." he put the envelope in front of the drink Aya had put down and left as fast as he could.

Aya looked over to see to whom the barkeeper had pointed. When he saw him he could have killed him. Schuldig was sitting on the other end of the bar, waving to him, smiling his *Schuldig-grin* (1).

'Where is my Katana when I need it?!' he thought but regretted it only seconds later.

/Ohhhh! Is the kitten declawed? Poor kitty... hehe/ he grinned at Aya who was shooting death glares at him.

'Katana or not.... now you die!' he paid, got up and tried pushing through the people. There seemed to be more people, than when he had entered and he was also getting the impression that they were all standing in his way on purpose. By the time he had reached the place where the German had been sitting, Schuldig was gone.

'Damned! Shit! Fuck!' he cursed, but then decided on going home. It was almost 1 am anyway.

While walking he felt the cool breeze and started to loosen up. After all the German wouldn't try to do anything tonight anymore, would he?

/Hehe... are you afraid kitten?/ there he was again! And he couldn't do anything about him without his Katana.

'Why should I?' he was trying to sound bored.

/Are you so sure I won't hurt you?/ Schuldig smirked.

'No... but I'm not afraid of you, because I will kill you!'

/We'll see... have you read my letter yet?/

'No and I won't!' Aya was mad.

/You will.... you want to know what it says so badly that you took it and you'll read it.... hehe/

'Come and fight!'

/Hehe/ and again Aya was alone.

"Rot in hell Mastermind, where you belong!" he mumbled to himself as he started walking again.

When he opened the door and went through the kitchen towards his room he passed the garbage bin. Already he had the letter in his hand, but he couldn't throw it away. The German was right, he DID want to know what it said. He looked at the trash once more and then at the letter in his hand.

He closed the door behind himself and locked it before falling onto his bed. He still couldn't believe that he was still holding that letter in his hands. He read what was written on the envelope. Again it said the same thing as on the last time. *Für mein Spielzeug* .... for my toy. How he hated that sentence! He didn't like the way it sounded, didn't like the way it looked, didn't like that it meant him. He turned the envelope and opened it to get out the letter.

*Liebster Abyssinian,

Dein Scheitel ist von Rotglut,

ein Fegefeuer, der brennt,

glüht so heiß nicht wie dein Atem.

Feuer heißt dein Element,

und auf deinen weißen Schultern

schimmert Feuerrot die Glut.

Aus dem Innersten der Erde

stammt dein Name und dein Blut.

Ich bin so leicht entflammbar,

meine Haut ist aus Papier,

und der Rest von mir ist Zunder,

deine Flamme schlägt nach mir.

Deine Raubtieraugen glühen,

deine Hand verbrennt selbst Stein,

aufgelöst in tausend Funken

werd ich Rauch und Asche sein.

Herr des Feuers, ich brenne,

das Feuer brennt lichterloh.

Herr des Feuers, ich verbrenne

durch dich.

Einen Feuersalamander

hältst du dir als Wappentier.

Du bist Läuterung und Reinheit,

stehst für unstillbare Gier.

Aus den Haaren fallen Funken,

Schöneres hab ich nie gesehn.

Aufgelöst in Rauch und Asche

will ich brennend untergehn.

-Mastermind-*

/Did you like my little letter kitten?/ he heard an amused chuckle coming from the German.

'Where are you?'

/Look out of your window./ Aya stepped to the window and looked down onto the Courtyard that was mallard with shadows, cast by the sunset. Although it was mostly dark already he saw Schuldig in an instant. His hair was glowing in the light of the firing sunset. Even if he hated this man more than anything he had to admit that he looked gorgeous standing there like that.

/So you like my looks, kitten? Hehe.... that's a good start. Maybe it won't take as long as I thought to get you...../

'Shut up and fight!' Aya had already turned, grabbed his Katana and was about to open the door when something held him back. He felt as if he couldn't just leave the room. Something was pushing him to go back to the window again.

/You don't have to come down my sweet. I'll come see you kitten when the time is right..... not now, but don't worry.... I'll be visiting you very soon.... but we won't be fighting then.... hehe/

The next moment Schuldig stepped into the shadows and vanished from Ayas sight.

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(1) This wide grin that Schuldig always does.

(2) Dear Abyssinian,

The parting of your hair is made out of red heat, a purgatory that burns, doesn't burn as hot as your breath. Fire is your element, And on your white shoulders The ashes shimmer fire red. Out of the inner of the earth comes your name and your blood.

I am so easy to light up, my skin is made of paper, and the rest of me is scale, your flame comes to me. Your predator eyes glow, your hand even burns stone, dissolved in thousands of sparks I will be smoke and ashes.

Master of fire I'm burning, the fire is burning brightly. Master of fire I'm burning to death through you.

You keep a fire salamander as your heraldic animal. You are scavenging and purity, stand for insatiable greed. Sparks flying from your hair, I've never seen anything more beautiful. dissolved in smoke and ashes I want to downed burning.

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Chi: Again thanks for reading this and for the reviews! I hope you liked this part. Please tell me, would you?

Oh I saw this in a different fanfic and I liked the idea, I hope it's ok if I use it too....

Skrya - Well I wrote parts of the letter myself. Actually it's a song, like all the letters that will be in my fanfic. I only changed some parts to make it fit better. *smile* I'm glad you liked it though! Oh and yes I just let Aya understand German because I thought it was better if Schuldig wrote in German. ----^--@

Misura - I'm really glad you liked it and I hope you liked this part just as much. I know Schuldig can be quite scary when he's obsessed, but it does make him cute, or am I the only one who thinks so? *looks around* ----^--@

Zee - I wrote more, so don't die please and don't poke me in the bicep! *begs* Hope you like the 'song lettery thingie' at the end of this one, too. 'song lettery thingi'..... *thinks about it* interesting word! *grins* I like that word *smile* ----^--@

Koji-chan - Hehe I liked the review *smile* I've never seen anyone use so much cussing when meaning something was good *grins* cool talent! *really thinks it's a cool talent* I also like seeing Schu so obsessed. He's just the best and when he's obsessed it always makes him sooo cute! *smile* ---- ^--@ ----^--@

Phox - *helps you up from knees* thanks for the review! ----^--@

Oh right! The ----^--@ at the end is a rose. Koji-chan got two cause she added me to her favorite authors.

Well then.

Bye!!!!