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 Seven: Let the Mission Begin


The sun had set as the two of them began to ride back towards the flower shop, staying together in one lane. Ken passed a gaze over at Yumi, his heart filled with an unexplainable happiness as he knew she was right there with him. They were on their way back to tell the others who she was, and finally let her be with them for real.

That wish was short lived as he looked in his side mirror, to see an unmarked black car following close behind them. He looked at Yumi to signal her to split up a little to try and loose the guy. When he got the slight nod from her, they did a split-V formation and went their own separate ways. To his surprise... they were following Yumi's bike. His anger growing, he followed behind the car, hoping to catch Yumi in time.

He saw the back left passenger window slide down, and to his horror, he saw Schuldich climb out the window, and begin firing at him with his gun. He dodged left and right, just barely missing the bullets flying at high speed. He lifted his head to see with horror as Yumi's bike started to slide, and head at incredibly high speeds; crashing into a nearby brick wall. He stopped his bike, watching the car stop, and to his relief, he saw Yumi perched on top of the hood of the car, her dagger at the ready. "YUMI!!" he yelled at the top of his lungs, to only be cut short by more gunfire by Schuldich, as Farfaello reached from the front passenger side window , and tried to swipe at her.

She luckily missed the swipe, and jumped off the car, just as Farfaello, Crawford, and Schuldich all poured out of the vehicle.

Farfaello, seeing Ken, licked his knife, and grinned, "The boy is mine..." and with that, began to slash furiously at Ken, as if in a vain attempt to keep him occupied.

Ken struggled to fight and keep up with Farfaello, his anger seething as he could see Schuldich and Crawford fighting with Yumi, when finally Crawford judged one of her moves, and smacked her in the back of the head, causing her to stop where she was. He felt his heart jump in his throat, "YUMI!!!! YUMI!!!!"

She felt her eyes roll up in the back of her head, her eyes trying to gaze over at the fight, her mouth whispering one word, "....Ken...." as the darkness of pain closed on her vision.

Ken, his rage now out of control, tried to run after Crawford; who was now holding the unconscious angel in his arms. He couldn't go far, just as he felt Farfaello grab him, the dagger he held nicking his cheek as he did so, and flung him away from the car so that they could get away.

Crawford just smirked evilly at Ken, chuckling as he did so. The three members of Schwartz piled back into the vehicle, and took off.

Ken tried to run after them, but was too far behind to even catch them. He stopped, as he threw his helmet as far as he could; with a final scream, he let his anger go, "YUMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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It was dark when the others were sitting around in the furnished basement, wondering what in the world happened to Ken. Yohji spoke up without thinking, "He's probably out on a date with Yumi or something, I know something's going on between those two lovebirds..." he then stopped, thinking about what he was saying, "....wait...Ken? On a date? That's just too funny..." he then started to crack up in laughter.

Omi just glared at Yohji in frustration, "Stop it Yohji-kun!" he said impatiently, staring out the window as he did so, "I...I don't have a good feeling....something has happened...."

Aya just stared out into space, not saying a word, then as he looked up, seeing a seething Ken stand there, blood flowing from a small cut on his face, his helmet hanging tightly in his grip. He just stared at Ken, and said nothing.

Yohji was the first to say something, "Ken! What the hell happened to you?!!?!?!" he asked incredulously as he went over to him, trying to take the helmet out of his hand, "You look like hell?!?!?! Where's Yumi?!?!?!?!"

Ken, not paying any attention to what Yohji was babbling about, he dropped his helmet, his fist balled up tighter than it ever had been, ".....They took her...." He spat through his gritted teeth. Omi stopped in his tracks, his heart sinking deep into the pit of his stomach as he heard Ken continue to speak, "...They took her....god damn Schwartz.....they TOOK her away from me...."

Aya just stared at him without blinking, his face statue-like as he said in question, "...her?"

A voice behind them all said in a tired voice, "....I should probably let you all know now...."

They all looked at the new voice on the stairs, Omi speaking for them all, "......Manx....." he said quietly.

Manx stood there, and without a word, looked over at Ken, "....I'm almost sure she told you..." when she got the incoherent nod from him, she looked at the others, ".....If you guys translated what Ken said correctly....Yumi Hashibiya is not who she appears...." She looked down, her eyes full of pain, "....She is in fact.... Known as Yumi Takatori....Given the title by Persia....." She looked at each of their faces, "....as the Blue Russian...."

Omi felt his heart drop even further into his stomach, the shock resonating more and more onto his face, "....It can't be.....she's my....she's my...."

Manx nodded sadly, "Persia thought her to have been dead for some time... we were told she was captured and killed when she was only six...." She looked over at Omi, a sigh to her lips, "... She appeared to me weeks ago, but swore me not to tell you... she wanted it to remain a secret..."

Yohji just stared in anger, his voice harsh with determination, "Why do Schwartz want her...?"

Manx shook her head, "Even I don't know... she never spoke the truth to me of that..." she said helplessly, frustrated that she herself never knew why.

Ken looked up at Manx, "We have to save her! I won't leave my Angel to those rotten Bastards!!!" he turned his body around and punched the nearby wall, his body shaking with anger, "...I... I won't let them take her away from me..."

Manx looked at them all, "....I would assume for this...we are all taking this mission....?" She said strongly. Each one of them looked at her, and nodded stiffly. Just as that happened, The computer in the corner flashed to life, and coordinates and code began to flash across the screen.

Omi ran over towards the screen, and began to type furiously to decode the message. He stopped in his tracks, as the others gathered around him, "What is it Omi?!?!?! What does it say?!?!?!" Ken said frantically.

Omi just stared at the screen, his dark brown eyes as hard as stone, "... Minna..... let the mission begin...." He said as he pointed to the screen, to show coordinates.