DISCLAIMER: I dont own Weiss Kreuz. Its owned by Koyasu Takehito and weiss. Got it? good.
Wei§ Kreuz: The Angel Chronicles-- Takatori Blood Reigns
Chapter Two: Angel of Darkness Appears..
She finished looking at her hands; hands that were still deeply soiled with Persia's blood inside her hands, "I didn't know where else to turn... I had heard from the police roaming the streets that you had taken off somewhere else, and were in hiding... so I came here to try and find you..." and stopped, as she looked up at Manx. Manx had crouched next to her, and was gently wiping the side of her face, trying to help clean her up. She had never seen anyone be this kind...since the very brief visions she used to have of her mother, Kikuno Takatori... "Manx..."
Manx shook her head as if to tell Yumi not to worry, "I'm very happy you came and found me, Yumi-chan, but come with me, you need your rest..." she helped her up and led her to the spare bedroom at Manx's apartment, "...For now, you'll stay here with me... young Blue Russian... I think this was my final duty for Persia..." she then smiled, "Your uncle I mean... to take care of you..." She smiled, helping to change her into some clothes, "Think of me...as a big sister to you. You can call me by my real name, Hanae." she gently brushed the matted brown bangs from Yumi's forehead, "Daijoubu... I'll take care of you... now get some sleep... tomorrow is another day." She got up and walked out towards to door.
She stopped suddenly to hear a voice speak up softly from the bed, "Manx....?" She turned around, to see Yumi sitting up a little in bed, gazing right at Manx, and smiled a little, a tear in her eye, "Shuichi oji-san would be so proud of you.. I just know it...." She then lowered her head in honor, "Arigatou..." she looked up at the pause, the kindness of Shuichi... the look he gave her so many times gazed through this young girls eyes, "...Arigatou... Hanae-chan."
Manx smiled, unshed tears in her own eyes, as she whispered quietly, "Oyasumi... Yumi-chan..." she quietly shut the door, and leaned against it, tears falling down her eyes. She looked up into the sky, and thought to the heavens .oO{'I'll protect her Shuichi....as I always did you...I will protect her...like she was our own daughter.'}
* * *
The next day, Yumi awoke to actually being able to sleep peacefully. She stretched, realizing she was still in Manx's spare bedroom. She smiled softly, hugging her knees around her. She sighed gently, .oO{Manx...she's so kind...just as she always was...} She rested her cheek against her drawn up knees, and began to think again to Persia, and to his final wish he asked of her before he left this world. .oO{I will do what you ask, Shuichi oji-san... demo... how will I be able to find them?}
She heard the door open, and Manx was there, wearing shorts and a T-shirt, her hair done up in a high ponytail, as if she had woken up a little while ago, "Ohayo... Yumi-chan... I made breakfast for you." She smiled, setting the little table with eggs, toast and Yuzu fruit drink in front of her.
Yumi, totally surprised by the kind gesture, gingerly took the tray with the breakfast on it from her. "Arigatou... Hanae-chan." She smiled and began to eat heartily, remembering it had been days since she had had a proper meal inside of her.
Manx smiled, happy to see that Yumi was able to eat well now, she brought out a black bag, "Here... I went out shopping earlier and got you a newer outfit, it's not much, but I thought you might like it..." she pulled out a cute pair of jeans, and a nice black sweater. The neat thing about the sweater, is on the arms, it held a cross type of pattern; A white cross pattern on both sleeves.
Yumi smiled, her eyes sparkling, knowing why Manx had bought the sweater for her, "....Arigatou...Hanae-chan... it's perfect." She got up and marveled at it, noticing a pair of sunglasses... small wire framed ones on there, and looked up at Manx.
She looked right back at her, and smiled softly, "They're at the flower shop today. If you want to, you can go and make it look like your shopping around. We won't risk telling them anything yet... it would be too much for them. We will tell them soon, just not the right time..."
Yumi nodded in agreement. Yes, it was indeed too early to reveal who she was completely to the boys. She, being a semi newer member to Kritiker, she knew that somewhere, Schwartz would know she had escaped, and try to come and find her.
Manx smiled lightly, and pushed Yumi towards the bathroom, "Go on... go get cleaned up and ready... you need to go out and have a little bit of fun." She laughed as Yumi smiled a little, and went into the bathroom to get cleaned up.
* * *
Finally after getting cleaned up, she began her walk towards the local flower shop, taking notice of all the younger girls, still clad in their uniforms; giggling and ogling over the four really gorgeous looking boys working about in the Flower shop.
Yumi studied the group from across the street, her small wire framed glasses over her eyes, to make it look like she wasn't studying them at all. .oO(... the one with the sunglasses down past his nose...that one is Yohji Kudo...) she snickered, seeing him flirt with the older women that came to the shop, not even paying attention to the younger ones there, .oO(She was right....Hanae-chan was totally right...... he really is a playboy...a definite Balinese...)
She then focused on the solemn one that stood near himself, watering a bunch of roses .oO(..The tall one there...with the lost look in his eyes... that must be Ran Fujimiya...Aya-kun...) she studied him a little more, sighing softly to herself. .oO(Abyssinian is a definite right code name for him... he is definitely hiding his feelings from the world... like I had to when I was imprisoned. He lost everything he had...his whole family... almost like me.) She sighed, making a note that if she went a little undercover, she was going to try and follow him and talk to him.
She gazed over, and stopped, her eyes falling right on the incredibly good looking brunette male, his wide eyes and smile catching her attention, .oO(...This... this is Ken Hidaka... Siberian no Kado? He... he...) she shook her head trying to clear her thoughts, .oO(Baka Yumi... you have to stop that. You have to keep your main task on hand... watching out for them all...demo...) she looked at him again, her mind swarming with feelings of surprise and lightheadedness, .oO(Demo...he's very handsome...so handsome...)
Her gaze was halted as she focused on the remainder of the four. She could feel her eyes begin to well up again with silent tears, as she watched the young man working alone with some lilies and freesias. She stepped a little closer, her voice whispering under her breath, "Bom...bei..." she thought to herself, .oO(Omi...Takatori Mamoru... this is my cousin?...) she just continued to watch him, her eyes sparkling with unshed tears, .oO(he has changed so much... he's grown so...I can see some of Shuichi in him... he'll grow up to look like oji-san someday...)
She turned away for just a moment as she heard some of the girls running past her squealing, "Lucky! They're all here!" She smiled a little, and said out loud to herself, "...Well, working in a flower shop is the best way to go undercover..."
She stopped where she was something made her body stop sharp as she felt something like a lightning bolt hit through her system... almost as if someone was taking her heart and squeezing it with an imaginary hand. Yumi gritted her teeth, as she fell to her knees, .oO(oh no....those bastards...) she gritted her teeth, holding her side more, .o{Schwartz know I'm alive... I can't stay here where they'll find out...)She doubled over as she tried to walk away, her stomach hurting as she did so.
Just then, she heard a young mans voice say, "Hey! Are you all right miss??" She looked up really quickly out of reflex... her eyes wide in shock. In front of her... was Bombei; Omi Tsukiyono.
He looked at her with worry in his features, "Are you all right miss? I saw you fall over... are you hurt?" he asked concerned.
Yumi tried to control herself, and shook her head, "I'm all right, and just a little bit weak is all..." She thanked him as she slowly stood up, trying to keep her balance, but almost tripped again.
Omi went up to her, and helped to keep her steady, "Easy there... come over to the shop... you can sit down and relax... hoi, Ken-kun!" He called to one of the boys in the outside, "Help me here!!"
Ken nodded and came running up to the two standing a ways from the shop, he put her arm slowly around his shoulders, and smiled at her, "Are you all right?" he asked with concern as he smiled gently at her.
Yumi couldn't say a word, but just nodded quietly, and allowed them to help her into the shop to get a seat.
* * *
Inside the shop, the guys closed the shop, so that there wasn't anyone in there, much to the disappointment of the young girls. They sat at the table. Yumi sat on the lower right hand side, sipping a cup of warm tea the old woman, Momoe made for her. Ken sat next to her, Omi across from her. Yohji and Aya stood around them, listening to Yumi.
Ken smiled softly, as he looked in her direction, "Do you feel any better?" he asked her friendly-like; unable to take his mind off of the young girl. .oO(She's so pretty...and seems so nice...}
Yumi nodded softly, "Hai... I'm feeling much better," she looked at them all, "I really appreciate what you've done... you didn't have to shut the store down just because of me..."
Yohji smiles, "Think nothing of it... we wouldn't have a beautiful woman as yourself go in pain as you were..." he raised an arm into the air, his voice taking a 'hero' type of tone, " I definitely wouldn't be able to at any event... how could I go on calling myself a man?"
The other guys groaned, a small drop of sweat falling down their foreheads. .oO(Typical Yohji... Baka...) Ken thought to himself.
Yumi giggled, feeling a little at ease with the guys, "It's all right, I understand completely." she smiled softly, "You guys are very nice..."
The next question from Omi was what jolted her from her peaceful reverie, "What's your name?" he asked her, smiling at her good-naturedly.
She stopped for a moment, not knowing how she was going to say it... then thought quickly, "Yumi.... Yumi Hashibiya." She said, hoping that they didn't pick up on her nervousness as she said the name.
Omi smiled, "Yumi-chan... That's a really pretty name!" He smiled, "It sounds so warm and happy." He smiled up at her, something in his mind saying, .oO(She seems so familiar, as almost as if I met her somewhere before...)
Yumi smiled at him, "Arigatou Omi-kun... " she sighed softly inwardly, inside her heart she thought, .oO(Oh Omi-kun...I wish I could tell you who I really was... I wish you would remember who I am... but not yet...)
Aya was about to say something, when they saw a woman standing in the doorway, glasses and a briefcase in her hands, she nodded at the group, "Hello Boys..." she looked at Yumi and lowered her glasses at her, giving her a secret inward smile.
Yumi looked, recognizing who the woman was... and realized maybe she should leave at that moment, "Gomen... I should go... thank you so much for the tea minna... I really appreciate it..."
Omi walked over to Yumi, and handed her a lily, "Here.... Yumi-chan! This Lily looks like you... so kind and pure... it suits you nicely!" he said, trying to cheer her up.
Yumi stared at the lily, her eyes flashing with unshed tears, "Arigatou... Omi-kun..." she then got up, and walked towards the door. She stopped when she felt someone throw something into her open hand. She opened it slightly, to see a small invisible earpiece. She noticed the new brooch that Manx wore on her chest, and smiled to herself, nodding incoherently to the redheaded vixen as she left the shop in the open.
Yumi walked down the road from the flower shop, then turned to hide in the nearest alleyway. She gazed at the flower in her hand, and smiled softly to herself, .oO(Don't worry minna... I'll be there to help you... in the shadows...but I'll be there....) She put the earphone inside her ear, and listened.
Wei§ Kreuz: The Angel Chronicles-- Takatori Blood Reigns
Chapter Two: Angel of Darkness Appears..
She finished looking at her hands; hands that were still deeply soiled with Persia's blood inside her hands, "I didn't know where else to turn... I had heard from the police roaming the streets that you had taken off somewhere else, and were in hiding... so I came here to try and find you..." and stopped, as she looked up at Manx. Manx had crouched next to her, and was gently wiping the side of her face, trying to help clean her up. She had never seen anyone be this kind...since the very brief visions she used to have of her mother, Kikuno Takatori... "Manx..."
Manx shook her head as if to tell Yumi not to worry, "I'm very happy you came and found me, Yumi-chan, but come with me, you need your rest..." she helped her up and led her to the spare bedroom at Manx's apartment, "...For now, you'll stay here with me... young Blue Russian... I think this was my final duty for Persia..." she then smiled, "Your uncle I mean... to take care of you..." She smiled, helping to change her into some clothes, "Think of me...as a big sister to you. You can call me by my real name, Hanae." she gently brushed the matted brown bangs from Yumi's forehead, "Daijoubu... I'll take care of you... now get some sleep... tomorrow is another day." She got up and walked out towards to door.
She stopped suddenly to hear a voice speak up softly from the bed, "Manx....?" She turned around, to see Yumi sitting up a little in bed, gazing right at Manx, and smiled a little, a tear in her eye, "Shuichi oji-san would be so proud of you.. I just know it...." She then lowered her head in honor, "Arigatou..." she looked up at the pause, the kindness of Shuichi... the look he gave her so many times gazed through this young girls eyes, "...Arigatou... Hanae-chan."
Manx smiled, unshed tears in her own eyes, as she whispered quietly, "Oyasumi... Yumi-chan..." she quietly shut the door, and leaned against it, tears falling down her eyes. She looked up into the sky, and thought to the heavens .oO{'I'll protect her Shuichi....as I always did you...I will protect her...like she was our own daughter.'}
The next day, Yumi awoke to actually being able to sleep peacefully. She stretched, realizing she was still in Manx's spare bedroom. She smiled softly, hugging her knees around her. She sighed gently, .oO{Manx...she's so kind...just as she always was...} She rested her cheek against her drawn up knees, and began to think again to Persia, and to his final wish he asked of her before he left this world. .oO{I will do what you ask, Shuichi oji-san... demo... how will I be able to find them?}
She heard the door open, and Manx was there, wearing shorts and a T-shirt, her hair done up in a high ponytail, as if she had woken up a little while ago, "Ohayo... Yumi-chan... I made breakfast for you." She smiled, setting the little table with eggs, toast and Yuzu fruit drink in front of her.
Yumi, totally surprised by the kind gesture, gingerly took the tray with the breakfast on it from her. "Arigatou... Hanae-chan." She smiled and began to eat heartily, remembering it had been days since she had had a proper meal inside of her.
Manx smiled, happy to see that Yumi was able to eat well now, she brought out a black bag, "Here... I went out shopping earlier and got you a newer outfit, it's not much, but I thought you might like it..." she pulled out a cute pair of jeans, and a nice black sweater. The neat thing about the sweater, is on the arms, it held a cross type of pattern; A white cross pattern on both sleeves.
Yumi smiled, her eyes sparkling, knowing why Manx had bought the sweater for her, "....Arigatou...Hanae-chan... it's perfect." She got up and marveled at it, noticing a pair of sunglasses... small wire framed ones on there, and looked up at Manx.
She looked right back at her, and smiled softly, "They're at the flower shop today. If you want to, you can go and make it look like your shopping around. We won't risk telling them anything yet... it would be too much for them. We will tell them soon, just not the right time..."
Yumi nodded in agreement. Yes, it was indeed too early to reveal who she was completely to the boys. She, being a semi newer member to Kritiker, she knew that somewhere, Schwartz would know she had escaped, and try to come and find her.
Manx smiled lightly, and pushed Yumi towards the bathroom, "Go on... go get cleaned up and ready... you need to go out and have a little bit of fun." She laughed as Yumi smiled a little, and went into the bathroom to get cleaned up.
Finally after getting cleaned up, she began her walk towards the local flower shop, taking notice of all the younger girls, still clad in their uniforms; giggling and ogling over the four really gorgeous looking boys working about in the Flower shop.
Yumi studied the group from across the street, her small wire framed glasses over her eyes, to make it look like she wasn't studying them at all. .oO(... the one with the sunglasses down past his nose...that one is Yohji Kudo...) she snickered, seeing him flirt with the older women that came to the shop, not even paying attention to the younger ones there, .oO(She was right....Hanae-chan was totally right...... he really is a playboy...a definite Balinese...)
She then focused on the solemn one that stood near himself, watering a bunch of roses .oO(..The tall one there...with the lost look in his eyes... that must be Ran Fujimiya...Aya-kun...) she studied him a little more, sighing softly to herself. .oO(Abyssinian is a definite right code name for him... he is definitely hiding his feelings from the world... like I had to when I was imprisoned. He lost everything he had...his whole family... almost like me.) She sighed, making a note that if she went a little undercover, she was going to try and follow him and talk to him.
She gazed over, and stopped, her eyes falling right on the incredibly good looking brunette male, his wide eyes and smile catching her attention, .oO(...This... this is Ken Hidaka... Siberian no Kado? He... he...) she shook her head trying to clear her thoughts, .oO(Baka Yumi... you have to stop that. You have to keep your main task on hand... watching out for them all...demo...) she looked at him again, her mind swarming with feelings of surprise and lightheadedness, .oO(Demo...he's very handsome...so handsome...)
Her gaze was halted as she focused on the remainder of the four. She could feel her eyes begin to well up again with silent tears, as she watched the young man working alone with some lilies and freesias. She stepped a little closer, her voice whispering under her breath, "Bom...bei..." she thought to herself, .oO(Omi...Takatori Mamoru... this is my cousin?...) she just continued to watch him, her eyes sparkling with unshed tears, .oO(he has changed so much... he's grown so...I can see some of Shuichi in him... he'll grow up to look like oji-san someday...)
She turned away for just a moment as she heard some of the girls running past her squealing, "Lucky! They're all here!" She smiled a little, and said out loud to herself, "...Well, working in a flower shop is the best way to go undercover..."
She stopped where she was something made her body stop sharp as she felt something like a lightning bolt hit through her system... almost as if someone was taking her heart and squeezing it with an imaginary hand. Yumi gritted her teeth, as she fell to her knees, .oO(oh no....those bastards...) she gritted her teeth, holding her side more, .o{Schwartz know I'm alive... I can't stay here where they'll find out...)She doubled over as she tried to walk away, her stomach hurting as she did so.
Just then, she heard a young mans voice say, "Hey! Are you all right miss??" She looked up really quickly out of reflex... her eyes wide in shock. In front of her... was Bombei; Omi Tsukiyono.
He looked at her with worry in his features, "Are you all right miss? I saw you fall over... are you hurt?" he asked concerned.
Yumi tried to control herself, and shook her head, "I'm all right, and just a little bit weak is all..." She thanked him as she slowly stood up, trying to keep her balance, but almost tripped again.
Omi went up to her, and helped to keep her steady, "Easy there... come over to the shop... you can sit down and relax... hoi, Ken-kun!" He called to one of the boys in the outside, "Help me here!!"
Ken nodded and came running up to the two standing a ways from the shop, he put her arm slowly around his shoulders, and smiled at her, "Are you all right?" he asked with concern as he smiled gently at her.
Yumi couldn't say a word, but just nodded quietly, and allowed them to help her into the shop to get a seat.
Inside the shop, the guys closed the shop, so that there wasn't anyone in there, much to the disappointment of the young girls. They sat at the table. Yumi sat on the lower right hand side, sipping a cup of warm tea the old woman, Momoe made for her. Ken sat next to her, Omi across from her. Yohji and Aya stood around them, listening to Yumi.
Ken smiled softly, as he looked in her direction, "Do you feel any better?" he asked her friendly-like; unable to take his mind off of the young girl. .oO(She's so pretty...and seems so nice...}
Yumi nodded softly, "Hai... I'm feeling much better," she looked at them all, "I really appreciate what you've done... you didn't have to shut the store down just because of me..."
Yohji smiles, "Think nothing of it... we wouldn't have a beautiful woman as yourself go in pain as you were..." he raised an arm into the air, his voice taking a 'hero' type of tone, " I definitely wouldn't be able to at any event... how could I go on calling myself a man?"
The other guys groaned, a small drop of sweat falling down their foreheads. .oO(Typical Yohji... Baka...) Ken thought to himself.
Yumi giggled, feeling a little at ease with the guys, "It's all right, I understand completely." she smiled softly, "You guys are very nice..."
The next question from Omi was what jolted her from her peaceful reverie, "What's your name?" he asked her, smiling at her good-naturedly.
She stopped for a moment, not knowing how she was going to say it... then thought quickly, "Yumi.... Yumi Hashibiya." She said, hoping that they didn't pick up on her nervousness as she said the name.
Omi smiled, "Yumi-chan... That's a really pretty name!" He smiled, "It sounds so warm and happy." He smiled up at her, something in his mind saying, .oO(She seems so familiar, as almost as if I met her somewhere before...)
Yumi smiled at him, "Arigatou Omi-kun... " she sighed softly inwardly, inside her heart she thought, .oO(Oh Omi-kun...I wish I could tell you who I really was... I wish you would remember who I am... but not yet...)
Aya was about to say something, when they saw a woman standing in the doorway, glasses and a briefcase in her hands, she nodded at the group, "Hello Boys..." she looked at Yumi and lowered her glasses at her, giving her a secret inward smile.
Yumi looked, recognizing who the woman was... and realized maybe she should leave at that moment, "Gomen... I should go... thank you so much for the tea minna... I really appreciate it..."
Omi walked over to Yumi, and handed her a lily, "Here.... Yumi-chan! This Lily looks like you... so kind and pure... it suits you nicely!" he said, trying to cheer her up.
Yumi stared at the lily, her eyes flashing with unshed tears, "Arigatou... Omi-kun..." she then got up, and walked towards the door. She stopped when she felt someone throw something into her open hand. She opened it slightly, to see a small invisible earpiece. She noticed the new brooch that Manx wore on her chest, and smiled to herself, nodding incoherently to the redheaded vixen as she left the shop in the open.
Yumi walked down the road from the flower shop, then turned to hide in the nearest alleyway. She gazed at the flower in her hand, and smiled softly to herself, .oO(Don't worry minna... I'll be there to help you... in the shadows...but I'll be there....) She put the earphone inside her ear, and listened.