Wahl
Vier
Disclaimer: WK doesn't belong to me. Yada, yada...
I officially dedicate this chapter to everyone who has reviewed. I love you all. If I were a vampire I would give ya'll immortality. (Sorry I'm watching Queen of the Damned, and my vampire fetish is coming back in full swing, the book was better in case you're wondering) So yeah, I'll make some remarks to you guys later. My Internet service is being an ass and won't let me upload the chapters.
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Mamoru softly petted the rose Aya had given him, a soft blush coming across his cheeks, he didn't care if it was a free rose because of over stock, it was still a gift from him, I don't know that I love him, but I really like him. He smiled to himself. There was a knock at the door, " Come in," he said. Ouka walked in.
"Hey Mamoru," she smiled at him, " You look a lot happier then you did earlier." she said.
" Mm-hm," Mamoru said as he sat down on the floor, still lovingly stroking the rose.
" Oh that's pretty, did you buy it?"
Mamoru shook his head, " No, I went over to the Kitty in the House and they were giving away free roses, at least that's what Aya said."
Ouka got a mischievous look in her eye and leaned foreword so she looked her brother in the eye. " Are you sure he just didn't say that so he had an excuse to give you a gift?"
Mamoru blushed and looked away, " No he didn't." but sounded like he wished it was.
Ouka thought for a moment, " What did he do when he gave it to you?" she asked.
" He looked away. Why?"
Ouka smiled, " Oh, no reason."
" Ouka!" their mother's voice called, " It's you friend Sakuya!"
" Ok!" Ouka called back, " Night Aniki."
" Night Ouka-chan.
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The next day at the flower shop girls were once again over running the place, Manx showed up along with the agent that found the original monster, and said that Persia wanted her on the job as well. So after a warm welcome, (which consisted of Yoji flirting with her and ending up getting slapped in the face) Motomiya Juri was welcomed to the team, and thrown right into the rushing current of girls wanting to get near the boys.
" How on earth do you live with this?" Juri asked half an hour into the after school rush.
" Easy," said Yoji, " I just say to myself 'not unless they're over eighteen.'"
Juri stared then asked Ken " How do you put up with him?"
" You get used to it."
" Hey, Ken-san?" Ouka's voice came through the crowd.
" Yes, Ouka-san can I help you?" Ken asked cheerfully, whenever Ouka came in she would actually buy something for a reason and not just to be near the boys.
" Yes, I need a bouquet of the most beautiful, and most wonderful smelling flowers that you have. And don't worry about the cost, it for a romance emergency."
" Ouka-chan, please... You really don't have to do this," said a girl that came in with her, behind her Mamoru was looking around curiously, wondering if people could actually work in this zoo.
" Don't worry about Sakuya-chan, I want to help, besides what better way to show your boyfriend you're sorry then by giving him something nice?"
" Yeah, but flowers? Guys really don't like flowers that much."
" Mamoru always enjoys flowers when he gets them," Ouka pointed out.
" But your brother's not normal now is he?" Sakuya sighed.
" That's true." Ouka agreed.
" Hey, don't talk about me behind my back!" Mamoru protested.
" I'll go get some lilies form the green house," Juri suggested " They look good and smell nice."
" That would be perfect!" Ouka said happily.
" I'll be right back then," Juri said and left for the greenhouse.
" New employee?" Ouka asked as the blue haired woman left.
" Yeah," Ken said, " She's...my cousin, just moved here because of family reasons so she's working here."
" That's sweet, helping out family when they need it."
" That's what's family's for."
Ouka looked around and then whispered to Ken, " Aniki said that you were giving out free roses the other day, is that true? Because for some reason I don't think it is." Ken shook his head no. " So does that mean Aya- san likes Mamoru?"
Ken shrugged, " You can never tell with Aya, he can be as emotional as a brick at times."
" The strong, mysterious, and silent type, no wonder a lot of girls go for him," Ouka said with a giggle.
" Yeah, even with his lousy attitude he still can't some of these pests to stay away." Ken said gesturing to the zoo around them.
" Must be tough."
Juri came back with the lilies all cut and warped, " Here you go," she said handing them to Sakuya. " That'll be 20,000 ¥."
" Sakuya, you're going to be late for your date, I'll pay for them and go home," Ouka said giving her friend a gentle shove. " I'll see you at school tomorrow."
" Hey where's Aya?" Mamoru asked, " I haven't seen him at all."
" He's visiting his sister in the hospital." Ken said.
" What's wrong with her?"
" She's in a coma, don't know what happened, he doesn't talk about it."
Mamoru grabbed a bouquet of multicolored roses, " Give this to him and tell him there for his sister, and I hope she gets better." he said hurriedly with a huge blush across his face then he bolted from the shop.
Ken, Ouka, and Juri and stared after him. " Well, I better go after him, whenever he gets like this he ends up lost or something," and she took after him.
Fortunately for Mamoru the zoo didn't notice. " He didn't pay did he?" Juri asked.
" No, but we'll cut him some slack and let this a freebee," Ken said with a smile. " Poor kid, he has it bad for Aya."
Juri raised an eyebrow, " Really? That's cute," she sighed and gazed dreamily off into space, " It's just like my favorite yaoi manga."
Ken shook his head, " Girls." he muttered as he checked the clock. Then clearing his throat, " Ok people we're closing early today." There was some moans of disappointment form the girls as they were chased away.
Aya walked in as clean up was just about over. " Hey there Aya," Yoji said, " How's your sister?"
" Hn," Aya grunted, not really wanting to talk about it.
" You have a delivery by the way," Ken said, tossing the bouquet that Mamoru picked out at him.
Aya caught it easily, and gave an annoyed look. " Who gave it to me this time?" he asked.
" Well, they're not really for you," Ken said, " Mamoru was in with Ouka and asked where you were, so we told him about your sister, and he felt that he should get her some a get well gift,"
Aya stated at the roses with strange look on his for a moment. For a moment Ken thought he would explode at them for telling someone they hardly knew about his sister, but he just shrugged. " I'll take care of these," he said. He went into the living area of the shop, leaving Yoji and Ken to wonder.
" I think he likes him," Juri said.
" What makes you say that?" asked Yoji.
" Well, he didn't throw them away did he?"
" He usually puts the flowers the girls get him back on the shelf," Yoji told her.
" And what do you do?" she asked.
Yoji smiled at her, " I give them to the women I date."
Aya came back in at that moment. " We need to get working at finding the other escaped test subject."
" Right."
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Takatori was livid, he had taken the sword that he kept in his office, and had broken every thing he could with it. " GOD DAMN IT!" he bellowed like a crazed rhino.
Crawford and the rest of Schwarz were standing by the door, just in case Takatori decided to start throwing things in random directions.
" How could someone do this?" he screamed, he turned to Crawford, " Crawford, do you know, who killed Hirofumi, no one's supposed to know where his apartment is!"
Crawford thought carefully on what he should say to him, " One of your opponents have obviously hired assassins to kill the people who could help you win the election. Maybe they killed your son to give you a warning not to run. My advice is to ignore it, keep Hirofumi's death out of the public until it's a good time to get symphony votes." Crawford paused, " I have seen that Masafumi's in grave danger, but not from assassins, Ouka and Mamoru are in danger, but I cannot tell form what."
Upon hearing that Ouka and Mamoru were in uncertain danger, Takatori stopped smashing things. " Alright. I want you to keep a closer watch on the twins. I'll inform Masafumi to watch his back," he took a deep breath, " I need a drink."
" There's some Scotch Whisky in the room you gave us when we wanted to get together," said Crawford.
" Right," and he left.
" What a mess," Farfarello said, enjoying the destruction. " I'm starting to like Mr. Takatori."
" You like anything that's loud and destructive," Schuldig pointed out. Farf grinned at that. " What are we going to do?"
" We need to keep one eye on Masafumi, he's playing god in that little lab of his." Crawford said. " Nagi, why don't you do that." The youth nodded.
" I'll get on it right now." He opened the door and left.
" Mamoru's in more danger than Ouka, so I want you two to keep him safe. And no Farfarello, you cannot play with him, Takatori would have your ass frying before you can say ' It hurts God.'" Farf shrugged, not really caring. " That goes for you too Schuldig, stop playing matchmaker."
Schuldig gave Crawford an innocent look, " I've haven't done anything of the sort."
h"Just drop it, ok they'll come together on there own I bet." Crawford said, " I'll keep an eye on Ouka, but first I'm going to join Mr. Takatori for a drink, you people will drive me to an early grave."
Once he left Schuldig turned to his one-eyed companion, "Sollen wir Schutzteufels für der Engel werden?" (Shall we become guardian devils for the angel?)
"Yes,"
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Takatori Masafumi was not happy. He had just found out that one of the two test subjects that had escaped had been killed. "How was he killed?" he asked the bodyguard who had given the report.
"Gun, square between the eyes. A very nice shot, made by an ideal marksman," he said this with an obvious pride and joy at such good gunmanship that could bring down a monster.
Masafumi wasn't that happy though. "Very well then you're dismissed." As the guard left he pushed a button on the desk, "Hell," he said, "Please find the other escapee and bring him back, dead or alive, the experiment needs some fine tuning."
"Yes sir," came Hell's voice.
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Once again the Kitty in the House Flower Shop was swamped with girls. "Why don't we ever get any women who are over eighteen?" Yoji said the fortieth time in an hour.
Aya was trying to throw out the girls who had come only to ogle at the guys, but he had little luck in doing so, either that or they were multiplying at an alarming rate.
Ouka had walked in at some point and had gone straight to Juri, " Um Juri- san, can I ask you a question, woman to woman?" she asked looking very distraught.
" Sure, what's wrong?" Juri asked facing Ouka.
" Well, it's Sakuya's boyfriend, he's been acting really weird apparently, asking her if he's gotten really hairy." she trailed off.
Juri thought for a moment, " Why don't you go get Sakuya and we'll have a girl talk and find out what's wrong?"
" Alright." Ouka said and went to get her friend.
" What's wrong with her?" asked Ken as he put down a potted plant.
" Sakuya's boyfriend being weird so I offered her some girl chat time so they can find out what's wrong with him."
" Ah,"
Ouka came in with Sakuya half an hour later and the girls disappeared into the living quarters of the shop.
" If you aren't buying anything leave." Aya told the gaggle of girls around him, and was ignored. This is starting to really piss me off, he thought. He decided that it was time for his break and left, leaving the shop to be run by Ken and Yoji. Thinking that he would go see his sister he went in the living space of the shop in the back to pick up the flowers that Mamoru had given him when he walked in on the girls talking about Sakuya's boyfriend.
" . . . . And then he threw the guy across the SREET and into the coffee shop window. I look at him and his shoulders seemed to have bulged up, and then I realized that all his muscles did, and they were really tense too." Sakuya broke off for a moment, " Then I looked at his arm and it was completely covered with fur. And then he ran off, no more like he sprinted off . . . I just don't know what to do." her voice had that faraway sound that people made when they knew there was nothing they could do for the one that they cared for most. Her eyes were shot red from crying and she looked like she hadn't eaten at all today.
Aya chose to walk in at that moment and sat down across form Sakuya. " Do you want us to go and talk to him?" he asked.
Sakuya looked up at him, hope filled her eyes, "Oh, would you."
" But don't hope for too much, there may be nothing we can do."
Sakuya nodded to show that she understood.
Ouka helped her friend up. " Well we better be going," she guided Sakuya to the door, " Thank you Aya-san," she said as she left.
Juri turned to Aya " What do you a couple of strangers can do for him?"
" I think he's the one who escaped from Kourin."
Juri's eyes widened with realization, " You're right, from what they told me it does sound like he was turning into something like the creature..." she sighed, " the world is unfair place."
" Yes it is."
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Later that night Aya, in his assassin gear was walking towards the apartment of Sakuya's boyfriend. He knocked on the door, " Any one in there?" No response. Aya opened the door and a huge gorilla like creature came shooting out. " Hey, calm down, I'm here to help you."
" You want to help me?" it asked.
Aya nodded, " We can take you to place where people can help you get better, make you human again."
But this seemed to piss him off more then calm him down. " What do you mean human again? I am HUMAN!" it bellowed and charged Aya down like a stampeding rhino. There was a gunshot and the beast stopped his charge so he could dodge the bullet.
" I'm sorry!" Juri called from a tree, " But we can't let you hurt anyone. So please come with us." Ken and Yoji walked out from behind some trees on either side of Aya.
" Alright,"
" Not alright," came a voice and four women pop up out of nowhere and began attacking the Weiß, driving them away from the beast. One of them threw something at him and it decapitated him.
" Oh shit, oh shit!" Yoji yelled as the head landed near him, a jumped away from it trying not to touch it.
" Well that was fun," said one of the female assassins, she was blond and had a nasty look in her eye. She as walking towards the severed head, she took her whip and snapped it a Yoji, driving him back further. She picked it up by its longest hairs and made a face. " But we really need to be going now."
The blue haired one went and picked up the body. Then the four leapt out of site.
Aya punched the ground, " Damn it," he growled.
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The next day...
Something was not right. Schuldig knew that much. Mamoru was skipping school. From what he knew about the boy, which was a lot being that he had more than once read his mind, this was the first time he done so, and that it was against a lot stuff that he believed in. Schuldig decide that he would do some digging into the kid's mind, see what was bothering him so much. And the first thing that popped into his head was a picture of the red head assassin that goes by the name Fujimiya Aya. Apparently the blonde couldn't get up the courage to tell the red head how he felt about him. Schuldig felt a little sorry for him, and felt that should give the boy some encourage, via playing 'the little voice in the back of your head.' Actually he just wanted an excuse to use his powers. He just needed to wait for the right moment.
Mamoru sighed, Why I am feeling this way? He thought, I hardly know him, and yet...why did I do that, I just grabbed and said they're for Aya's sister and bolted. I didn't even pay; Ken-san must think I'm a real idiot.
' You did it because you care,' Schuldig said telepathically, ' and you want him to know you care. Why don't you tell him?'
But what if he doesn't feel the same way? What if.
' Don't worry about that. There's a good chance he might like you back.'
And pigs fly.
' They do if you throw them out of a tower window.'
Mamoru looked confused " I guess that's true . . ."
' You see? You do have a chance, go now,'
But- I've only known him a few days, how-
' Look kid, some things come only once in a life, this could be one of them. Schuldig couldn't believe how shy the kid was. Just go already, you'll be so much happier.
Nodding, Mamoru headed to the Kitty in the House flower shop.
In the Schuldig's car, Schuldig smiled to himself. See kid it wasn't that hard. Not that hard at all, he thought
Farfarello looked at his teammate " And the purpose of that was?" asked the white haired assassin.
" Just enjoying bringing two young souls together," he smiled at his companion.
" Crawford won't be happy with you."
" Since when was he happy with me?" the German asked, smiling mischievously.
" Good point," said the knife lover as he licked the one he was cleaning.
" Doesn't that defeat the purpose of cleaning it?"
" Does it matter? It hurts God."
" It does?"
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Aya, Ken, Juri, and Yoji were sitting behind the counter, since it was between the start of school and lunch; there weren't that many customers to deal with.
" I wonder who they were," Ken said breaking the silence.
" Who?" asked Yoji, looking at Ken, " Don't tell me that you got so plastered that you went and had an orgy, and then forgot their names the next day?" Yoji said teasingly.
Ken and Juri glared at him. " No baka," Juri said slapping him the back of the head, " He means those four women who killed Sakuya's boyfriend. Dummy."
" I knew that." Yoji said crossing his arms and looking hurt. Then getting a serious look on his face, " But he's right, who were those four, and why were they there? Other for the fact that they wanted to kill him, but why? And how did they now where he lived?"
" Takatori Masafumi must have sent them, and he might have known where he lived from the start." Aya stated. The other three consider this for a bit.
" But they escaped a few days ago, why did they wait so long?" Juri asked.
" What if it was meant to look like a escape, but in reality they were setting them lose on the city to see what would happen?" Yoji hypothecated.
Ken stared at him, " Why would anyone want to do such a thing? And who would be that cruel?
" Masafumi's a Takatori, all he cares about is himself." Aya said, his violet eyes ablaze.
" Maybe. But what can be gained from such a thing?" Ken asked again. There was a chime as the door opened. " Hello there what can I help you with today-Mamoru!"
" Umm...hi," the boy said weakly.
" Shouldn't you be in school?" Yoji asked raising an eyebrow, " Are you skipping?"
" I wasn't feeling good and the nurse sent me home." Mamoru lied, not looking him in the eye.
" You don't lie very well Chibi." Yoji said with a slight smirk. " Don't you know that when you skip you're supposed to go to the docks and watch the pretty ladies in barely any clothes?"
Mamoru blushed.
" Yoji, it's in the fall, who goes to the beach when it's fall?" Ken asked.
" Good point."
" So Mamoru-san what can we do for you," Juri asked.
" Umm..." The boy blushed harder. " I was wondering if I could talk to Aya-san...alone?"
Aya nodded, " The greenhouse." he said then walked to it leaving Mamoru to catch up.
Once Mamoru had disappeared the Weiß remaining looked at each other. " How much you wanna bet that Mamoru-chan gets too embarrassed and Aya's the one who breaks the ice first?" asked Yoji.
" Yoji!" Juri yelled at him, " This is not something to make jokes about!" but didn't get to finish the rant when Ken brought out a couple bills out of his pocket.
" I bet you twenty thousand that Mamoru the one who admits it first, and the loser has to take the mourning shift for a week."
" Deal!"
Juri just stared.
In the greenhouse Aya and Mamoru faced each other, Mamoru looking extremely embarrassed and Aya looking indifferent. " So?" Aya began. " What was it you wanted to tell me?"
Mamoru blushed even harder, he took deep breath thinking, Here goes nothing, "Umm...IreallylikeyouAya-sanalotandIwaswonderingifyoufeltthesame!" He said this very quickly, and, if possible blushed harder.
Aya blinked as the word was processed in his mind and broken down into the sentence it was supposed to be. Then that was processed. It took a moment for Aya to understand what Mamoru had said. Then he just stared at the boy.
Mamoru didn't know weather Aya was staring at him in disgust, shock, or just trying to understand what he had said. " I'm sorry," Mamoru said softly. " I know I must have sounded like an idiot, you probably get this all the time...I...I better go, I've already taken too much of your time already." He turned to leave, feeling like a total idiot and wishing that he could go somewhere far, far away and cry. A hand grabbing his wrist gently stopped him. Turning around he saw Aya gazing at him with an intensity he hadn't seen before.
" Don't go," Aya said in a husky whisper, drawing him closer. " I didn't think you sounded like an idiot."
Mamoru broke into a wide smile, it seemed like the sun breaking over a dark thundercloud. " Really?" Aya nodded, and pulled the boy into a hug. "You have no idea how happy this makes me."
" I have an idea." Aya said tilting Mamoru's head a little and gazed into the boy beautiful blue eyes. Leaning forward he placed his lips upon the boy's in a gentle kiss. Aya found himself wishing that this single moment would last forever.
Outside Ken, Yoji and Juri were listening. Juri giggled like a schoolgirl and left, trying to control herself. Yoji looked crest fallen as Ken grind. " Ok Yoji, time to pay up." Yoji grumbled and handed Ken his money and went set his alarm clock, muttering something about Ken and his head getting shoved into a wall. Ken continued to grin as he walked back to the entrance of the shop and waited for the lunch crowd to arrive. Feeling that the rest of the day was going to be a good one.
************ Yes that's done, the green house scene took forever to write, and I'm usually ok with writing romance scenes. u.u /sigh/ That was an ok chapter, I think I rushed it a little, but came out ok in the end. It's also the longest so far. So what will happen next chapter, will Mamoru tell his daddy, how would he react? What will Schwarz do, will Schu and Farf still wanna mess with him (Yes, they'll do that later though), How will this affect the team? What will Juri do, how did you like her anyway? The Next chapter will have a lot more action in it. I'll probably write that Sunday or something, but school is a real pain, even with the more so with the school play next week. So I might disappear for the next two weeks. I'll try not to. / Realizing you don't want to here my life story/ sorry.
Preview:
Yoji: Damn it, it's those girls again. Why does on of them seem so familiar?
Juri: What are they doing here, and who are they?
Manx: They are Schreient; they work for Masafumi. Be careful, they are powerful adversaries.
Ken: What about Aya, he's on a date.
Aya: The mission comes first. I'll just have to make it up to Mamoru later.
Ken: More battles came and old faces return, the next chapter of Weiß Kreuz promises to be a good one please look forward to it!
Disclaimer: WK doesn't belong to me. Yada, yada...
I officially dedicate this chapter to everyone who has reviewed. I love you all. If I were a vampire I would give ya'll immortality. (Sorry I'm watching Queen of the Damned, and my vampire fetish is coming back in full swing, the book was better in case you're wondering) So yeah, I'll make some remarks to you guys later. My Internet service is being an ass and won't let me upload the chapters.
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Mamoru softly petted the rose Aya had given him, a soft blush coming across his cheeks, he didn't care if it was a free rose because of over stock, it was still a gift from him, I don't know that I love him, but I really like him. He smiled to himself. There was a knock at the door, " Come in," he said. Ouka walked in.
"Hey Mamoru," she smiled at him, " You look a lot happier then you did earlier." she said.
" Mm-hm," Mamoru said as he sat down on the floor, still lovingly stroking the rose.
" Oh that's pretty, did you buy it?"
Mamoru shook his head, " No, I went over to the Kitty in the House and they were giving away free roses, at least that's what Aya said."
Ouka got a mischievous look in her eye and leaned foreword so she looked her brother in the eye. " Are you sure he just didn't say that so he had an excuse to give you a gift?"
Mamoru blushed and looked away, " No he didn't." but sounded like he wished it was.
Ouka thought for a moment, " What did he do when he gave it to you?" she asked.
" He looked away. Why?"
Ouka smiled, " Oh, no reason."
" Ouka!" their mother's voice called, " It's you friend Sakuya!"
" Ok!" Ouka called back, " Night Aniki."
" Night Ouka-chan.
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The next day at the flower shop girls were once again over running the place, Manx showed up along with the agent that found the original monster, and said that Persia wanted her on the job as well. So after a warm welcome, (which consisted of Yoji flirting with her and ending up getting slapped in the face) Motomiya Juri was welcomed to the team, and thrown right into the rushing current of girls wanting to get near the boys.
" How on earth do you live with this?" Juri asked half an hour into the after school rush.
" Easy," said Yoji, " I just say to myself 'not unless they're over eighteen.'"
Juri stared then asked Ken " How do you put up with him?"
" You get used to it."
" Hey, Ken-san?" Ouka's voice came through the crowd.
" Yes, Ouka-san can I help you?" Ken asked cheerfully, whenever Ouka came in she would actually buy something for a reason and not just to be near the boys.
" Yes, I need a bouquet of the most beautiful, and most wonderful smelling flowers that you have. And don't worry about the cost, it for a romance emergency."
" Ouka-chan, please... You really don't have to do this," said a girl that came in with her, behind her Mamoru was looking around curiously, wondering if people could actually work in this zoo.
" Don't worry about Sakuya-chan, I want to help, besides what better way to show your boyfriend you're sorry then by giving him something nice?"
" Yeah, but flowers? Guys really don't like flowers that much."
" Mamoru always enjoys flowers when he gets them," Ouka pointed out.
" But your brother's not normal now is he?" Sakuya sighed.
" That's true." Ouka agreed.
" Hey, don't talk about me behind my back!" Mamoru protested.
" I'll go get some lilies form the green house," Juri suggested " They look good and smell nice."
" That would be perfect!" Ouka said happily.
" I'll be right back then," Juri said and left for the greenhouse.
" New employee?" Ouka asked as the blue haired woman left.
" Yeah," Ken said, " She's...my cousin, just moved here because of family reasons so she's working here."
" That's sweet, helping out family when they need it."
" That's what's family's for."
Ouka looked around and then whispered to Ken, " Aniki said that you were giving out free roses the other day, is that true? Because for some reason I don't think it is." Ken shook his head no. " So does that mean Aya- san likes Mamoru?"
Ken shrugged, " You can never tell with Aya, he can be as emotional as a brick at times."
" The strong, mysterious, and silent type, no wonder a lot of girls go for him," Ouka said with a giggle.
" Yeah, even with his lousy attitude he still can't some of these pests to stay away." Ken said gesturing to the zoo around them.
" Must be tough."
Juri came back with the lilies all cut and warped, " Here you go," she said handing them to Sakuya. " That'll be 20,000 ¥."
" Sakuya, you're going to be late for your date, I'll pay for them and go home," Ouka said giving her friend a gentle shove. " I'll see you at school tomorrow."
" Hey where's Aya?" Mamoru asked, " I haven't seen him at all."
" He's visiting his sister in the hospital." Ken said.
" What's wrong with her?"
" She's in a coma, don't know what happened, he doesn't talk about it."
Mamoru grabbed a bouquet of multicolored roses, " Give this to him and tell him there for his sister, and I hope she gets better." he said hurriedly with a huge blush across his face then he bolted from the shop.
Ken, Ouka, and Juri and stared after him. " Well, I better go after him, whenever he gets like this he ends up lost or something," and she took after him.
Fortunately for Mamoru the zoo didn't notice. " He didn't pay did he?" Juri asked.
" No, but we'll cut him some slack and let this a freebee," Ken said with a smile. " Poor kid, he has it bad for Aya."
Juri raised an eyebrow, " Really? That's cute," she sighed and gazed dreamily off into space, " It's just like my favorite yaoi manga."
Ken shook his head, " Girls." he muttered as he checked the clock. Then clearing his throat, " Ok people we're closing early today." There was some moans of disappointment form the girls as they were chased away.
Aya walked in as clean up was just about over. " Hey there Aya," Yoji said, " How's your sister?"
" Hn," Aya grunted, not really wanting to talk about it.
" You have a delivery by the way," Ken said, tossing the bouquet that Mamoru picked out at him.
Aya caught it easily, and gave an annoyed look. " Who gave it to me this time?" he asked.
" Well, they're not really for you," Ken said, " Mamoru was in with Ouka and asked where you were, so we told him about your sister, and he felt that he should get her some a get well gift,"
Aya stated at the roses with strange look on his for a moment. For a moment Ken thought he would explode at them for telling someone they hardly knew about his sister, but he just shrugged. " I'll take care of these," he said. He went into the living area of the shop, leaving Yoji and Ken to wonder.
" I think he likes him," Juri said.
" What makes you say that?" asked Yoji.
" Well, he didn't throw them away did he?"
" He usually puts the flowers the girls get him back on the shelf," Yoji told her.
" And what do you do?" she asked.
Yoji smiled at her, " I give them to the women I date."
Aya came back in at that moment. " We need to get working at finding the other escaped test subject."
" Right."
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Takatori was livid, he had taken the sword that he kept in his office, and had broken every thing he could with it. " GOD DAMN IT!" he bellowed like a crazed rhino.
Crawford and the rest of Schwarz were standing by the door, just in case Takatori decided to start throwing things in random directions.
" How could someone do this?" he screamed, he turned to Crawford, " Crawford, do you know, who killed Hirofumi, no one's supposed to know where his apartment is!"
Crawford thought carefully on what he should say to him, " One of your opponents have obviously hired assassins to kill the people who could help you win the election. Maybe they killed your son to give you a warning not to run. My advice is to ignore it, keep Hirofumi's death out of the public until it's a good time to get symphony votes." Crawford paused, " I have seen that Masafumi's in grave danger, but not from assassins, Ouka and Mamoru are in danger, but I cannot tell form what."
Upon hearing that Ouka and Mamoru were in uncertain danger, Takatori stopped smashing things. " Alright. I want you to keep a closer watch on the twins. I'll inform Masafumi to watch his back," he took a deep breath, " I need a drink."
" There's some Scotch Whisky in the room you gave us when we wanted to get together," said Crawford.
" Right," and he left.
" What a mess," Farfarello said, enjoying the destruction. " I'm starting to like Mr. Takatori."
" You like anything that's loud and destructive," Schuldig pointed out. Farf grinned at that. " What are we going to do?"
" We need to keep one eye on Masafumi, he's playing god in that little lab of his." Crawford said. " Nagi, why don't you do that." The youth nodded.
" I'll get on it right now." He opened the door and left.
" Mamoru's in more danger than Ouka, so I want you two to keep him safe. And no Farfarello, you cannot play with him, Takatori would have your ass frying before you can say ' It hurts God.'" Farf shrugged, not really caring. " That goes for you too Schuldig, stop playing matchmaker."
Schuldig gave Crawford an innocent look, " I've haven't done anything of the sort."
h"Just drop it, ok they'll come together on there own I bet." Crawford said, " I'll keep an eye on Ouka, but first I'm going to join Mr. Takatori for a drink, you people will drive me to an early grave."
Once he left Schuldig turned to his one-eyed companion, "Sollen wir Schutzteufels für der Engel werden?" (Shall we become guardian devils for the angel?)
"Yes,"
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Takatori Masafumi was not happy. He had just found out that one of the two test subjects that had escaped had been killed. "How was he killed?" he asked the bodyguard who had given the report.
"Gun, square between the eyes. A very nice shot, made by an ideal marksman," he said this with an obvious pride and joy at such good gunmanship that could bring down a monster.
Masafumi wasn't that happy though. "Very well then you're dismissed." As the guard left he pushed a button on the desk, "Hell," he said, "Please find the other escapee and bring him back, dead or alive, the experiment needs some fine tuning."
"Yes sir," came Hell's voice.
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Once again the Kitty in the House Flower Shop was swamped with girls. "Why don't we ever get any women who are over eighteen?" Yoji said the fortieth time in an hour.
Aya was trying to throw out the girls who had come only to ogle at the guys, but he had little luck in doing so, either that or they were multiplying at an alarming rate.
Ouka had walked in at some point and had gone straight to Juri, " Um Juri- san, can I ask you a question, woman to woman?" she asked looking very distraught.
" Sure, what's wrong?" Juri asked facing Ouka.
" Well, it's Sakuya's boyfriend, he's been acting really weird apparently, asking her if he's gotten really hairy." she trailed off.
Juri thought for a moment, " Why don't you go get Sakuya and we'll have a girl talk and find out what's wrong?"
" Alright." Ouka said and went to get her friend.
" What's wrong with her?" asked Ken as he put down a potted plant.
" Sakuya's boyfriend being weird so I offered her some girl chat time so they can find out what's wrong with him."
" Ah,"
Ouka came in with Sakuya half an hour later and the girls disappeared into the living quarters of the shop.
" If you aren't buying anything leave." Aya told the gaggle of girls around him, and was ignored. This is starting to really piss me off, he thought. He decided that it was time for his break and left, leaving the shop to be run by Ken and Yoji. Thinking that he would go see his sister he went in the living space of the shop in the back to pick up the flowers that Mamoru had given him when he walked in on the girls talking about Sakuya's boyfriend.
" . . . . And then he threw the guy across the SREET and into the coffee shop window. I look at him and his shoulders seemed to have bulged up, and then I realized that all his muscles did, and they were really tense too." Sakuya broke off for a moment, " Then I looked at his arm and it was completely covered with fur. And then he ran off, no more like he sprinted off . . . I just don't know what to do." her voice had that faraway sound that people made when they knew there was nothing they could do for the one that they cared for most. Her eyes were shot red from crying and she looked like she hadn't eaten at all today.
Aya chose to walk in at that moment and sat down across form Sakuya. " Do you want us to go and talk to him?" he asked.
Sakuya looked up at him, hope filled her eyes, "Oh, would you."
" But don't hope for too much, there may be nothing we can do."
Sakuya nodded to show that she understood.
Ouka helped her friend up. " Well we better be going," she guided Sakuya to the door, " Thank you Aya-san," she said as she left.
Juri turned to Aya " What do you a couple of strangers can do for him?"
" I think he's the one who escaped from Kourin."
Juri's eyes widened with realization, " You're right, from what they told me it does sound like he was turning into something like the creature..." she sighed, " the world is unfair place."
" Yes it is."
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Later that night Aya, in his assassin gear was walking towards the apartment of Sakuya's boyfriend. He knocked on the door, " Any one in there?" No response. Aya opened the door and a huge gorilla like creature came shooting out. " Hey, calm down, I'm here to help you."
" You want to help me?" it asked.
Aya nodded, " We can take you to place where people can help you get better, make you human again."
But this seemed to piss him off more then calm him down. " What do you mean human again? I am HUMAN!" it bellowed and charged Aya down like a stampeding rhino. There was a gunshot and the beast stopped his charge so he could dodge the bullet.
" I'm sorry!" Juri called from a tree, " But we can't let you hurt anyone. So please come with us." Ken and Yoji walked out from behind some trees on either side of Aya.
" Alright,"
" Not alright," came a voice and four women pop up out of nowhere and began attacking the Weiß, driving them away from the beast. One of them threw something at him and it decapitated him.
" Oh shit, oh shit!" Yoji yelled as the head landed near him, a jumped away from it trying not to touch it.
" Well that was fun," said one of the female assassins, she was blond and had a nasty look in her eye. She as walking towards the severed head, she took her whip and snapped it a Yoji, driving him back further. She picked it up by its longest hairs and made a face. " But we really need to be going now."
The blue haired one went and picked up the body. Then the four leapt out of site.
Aya punched the ground, " Damn it," he growled.
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The next day...
Something was not right. Schuldig knew that much. Mamoru was skipping school. From what he knew about the boy, which was a lot being that he had more than once read his mind, this was the first time he done so, and that it was against a lot stuff that he believed in. Schuldig decide that he would do some digging into the kid's mind, see what was bothering him so much. And the first thing that popped into his head was a picture of the red head assassin that goes by the name Fujimiya Aya. Apparently the blonde couldn't get up the courage to tell the red head how he felt about him. Schuldig felt a little sorry for him, and felt that should give the boy some encourage, via playing 'the little voice in the back of your head.' Actually he just wanted an excuse to use his powers. He just needed to wait for the right moment.
Mamoru sighed, Why I am feeling this way? He thought, I hardly know him, and yet...why did I do that, I just grabbed and said they're for Aya's sister and bolted. I didn't even pay; Ken-san must think I'm a real idiot.
' You did it because you care,' Schuldig said telepathically, ' and you want him to know you care. Why don't you tell him?'
But what if he doesn't feel the same way? What if.
' Don't worry about that. There's a good chance he might like you back.'
And pigs fly.
' They do if you throw them out of a tower window.'
Mamoru looked confused " I guess that's true . . ."
' You see? You do have a chance, go now,'
But- I've only known him a few days, how-
' Look kid, some things come only once in a life, this could be one of them. Schuldig couldn't believe how shy the kid was. Just go already, you'll be so much happier.
Nodding, Mamoru headed to the Kitty in the House flower shop.
In the Schuldig's car, Schuldig smiled to himself. See kid it wasn't that hard. Not that hard at all, he thought
Farfarello looked at his teammate " And the purpose of that was?" asked the white haired assassin.
" Just enjoying bringing two young souls together," he smiled at his companion.
" Crawford won't be happy with you."
" Since when was he happy with me?" the German asked, smiling mischievously.
" Good point," said the knife lover as he licked the one he was cleaning.
" Doesn't that defeat the purpose of cleaning it?"
" Does it matter? It hurts God."
" It does?"
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Aya, Ken, Juri, and Yoji were sitting behind the counter, since it was between the start of school and lunch; there weren't that many customers to deal with.
" I wonder who they were," Ken said breaking the silence.
" Who?" asked Yoji, looking at Ken, " Don't tell me that you got so plastered that you went and had an orgy, and then forgot their names the next day?" Yoji said teasingly.
Ken and Juri glared at him. " No baka," Juri said slapping him the back of the head, " He means those four women who killed Sakuya's boyfriend. Dummy."
" I knew that." Yoji said crossing his arms and looking hurt. Then getting a serious look on his face, " But he's right, who were those four, and why were they there? Other for the fact that they wanted to kill him, but why? And how did they now where he lived?"
" Takatori Masafumi must have sent them, and he might have known where he lived from the start." Aya stated. The other three consider this for a bit.
" But they escaped a few days ago, why did they wait so long?" Juri asked.
" What if it was meant to look like a escape, but in reality they were setting them lose on the city to see what would happen?" Yoji hypothecated.
Ken stared at him, " Why would anyone want to do such a thing? And who would be that cruel?
" Masafumi's a Takatori, all he cares about is himself." Aya said, his violet eyes ablaze.
" Maybe. But what can be gained from such a thing?" Ken asked again. There was a chime as the door opened. " Hello there what can I help you with today-Mamoru!"
" Umm...hi," the boy said weakly.
" Shouldn't you be in school?" Yoji asked raising an eyebrow, " Are you skipping?"
" I wasn't feeling good and the nurse sent me home." Mamoru lied, not looking him in the eye.
" You don't lie very well Chibi." Yoji said with a slight smirk. " Don't you know that when you skip you're supposed to go to the docks and watch the pretty ladies in barely any clothes?"
Mamoru blushed.
" Yoji, it's in the fall, who goes to the beach when it's fall?" Ken asked.
" Good point."
" So Mamoru-san what can we do for you," Juri asked.
" Umm..." The boy blushed harder. " I was wondering if I could talk to Aya-san...alone?"
Aya nodded, " The greenhouse." he said then walked to it leaving Mamoru to catch up.
Once Mamoru had disappeared the Weiß remaining looked at each other. " How much you wanna bet that Mamoru-chan gets too embarrassed and Aya's the one who breaks the ice first?" asked Yoji.
" Yoji!" Juri yelled at him, " This is not something to make jokes about!" but didn't get to finish the rant when Ken brought out a couple bills out of his pocket.
" I bet you twenty thousand that Mamoru the one who admits it first, and the loser has to take the mourning shift for a week."
" Deal!"
Juri just stared.
In the greenhouse Aya and Mamoru faced each other, Mamoru looking extremely embarrassed and Aya looking indifferent. " So?" Aya began. " What was it you wanted to tell me?"
Mamoru blushed even harder, he took deep breath thinking, Here goes nothing, "Umm...IreallylikeyouAya-sanalotandIwaswonderingifyoufeltthesame!" He said this very quickly, and, if possible blushed harder.
Aya blinked as the word was processed in his mind and broken down into the sentence it was supposed to be. Then that was processed. It took a moment for Aya to understand what Mamoru had said. Then he just stared at the boy.
Mamoru didn't know weather Aya was staring at him in disgust, shock, or just trying to understand what he had said. " I'm sorry," Mamoru said softly. " I know I must have sounded like an idiot, you probably get this all the time...I...I better go, I've already taken too much of your time already." He turned to leave, feeling like a total idiot and wishing that he could go somewhere far, far away and cry. A hand grabbing his wrist gently stopped him. Turning around he saw Aya gazing at him with an intensity he hadn't seen before.
" Don't go," Aya said in a husky whisper, drawing him closer. " I didn't think you sounded like an idiot."
Mamoru broke into a wide smile, it seemed like the sun breaking over a dark thundercloud. " Really?" Aya nodded, and pulled the boy into a hug. "You have no idea how happy this makes me."
" I have an idea." Aya said tilting Mamoru's head a little and gazed into the boy beautiful blue eyes. Leaning forward he placed his lips upon the boy's in a gentle kiss. Aya found himself wishing that this single moment would last forever.
Outside Ken, Yoji and Juri were listening. Juri giggled like a schoolgirl and left, trying to control herself. Yoji looked crest fallen as Ken grind. " Ok Yoji, time to pay up." Yoji grumbled and handed Ken his money and went set his alarm clock, muttering something about Ken and his head getting shoved into a wall. Ken continued to grin as he walked back to the entrance of the shop and waited for the lunch crowd to arrive. Feeling that the rest of the day was going to be a good one.
************ Yes that's done, the green house scene took forever to write, and I'm usually ok with writing romance scenes. u.u /sigh/ That was an ok chapter, I think I rushed it a little, but came out ok in the end. It's also the longest so far. So what will happen next chapter, will Mamoru tell his daddy, how would he react? What will Schwarz do, will Schu and Farf still wanna mess with him (Yes, they'll do that later though), How will this affect the team? What will Juri do, how did you like her anyway? The Next chapter will have a lot more action in it. I'll probably write that Sunday or something, but school is a real pain, even with the more so with the school play next week. So I might disappear for the next two weeks. I'll try not to. / Realizing you don't want to here my life story/ sorry.
Preview:
Yoji: Damn it, it's those girls again. Why does on of them seem so familiar?
Juri: What are they doing here, and who are they?
Manx: They are Schreient; they work for Masafumi. Be careful, they are powerful adversaries.
Ken: What about Aya, he's on a date.
Aya: The mission comes first. I'll just have to make it up to Mamoru later.
Ken: More battles came and old faces return, the next chapter of Weiß Kreuz promises to be a good one please look forward to it!