A/N: Hey, hey. This chappie will be mainly on flashbacks and crap like that. But ya, hehe. Hopefully you won't be too disappointed. I'm just making sure you won't get confused with the plot and stuff. -grin- It's a service to the people who read and review and who will read and review and those who read but REALLY need to review. (Ya, I'm hinting you to review... you can tell, yes?) The Flashback you'll be reading is MONTHS BEFORE Schwarz became Takatori's bodyguards. So ya, younger versions of them, but of course in present it would be Gluhen version, but if it looks to weird... ya imagine the old version. Just trying to help you read better.

I hope you don't get confused! Oki, hope you enjoy.

And thank you for answering my question! My mind was made clear. Yes!

I hope you enjoy the chap!

Warning: OOC-ness... And lots of made up stuff. Please don't confuse them with what is truly real or possible.

Disclaimer: I DON'T own Weiss kruez.

Claimer: I DO own Yusuru, Yasumi, Natsumi, Lupus, Leo, Rai, Kogoyoshi and Signum. Don't steal.

/telepathic conversation/

thoughts

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Chapter 6

-Flashback-

This is dumb... Why on earth must we do this boring thing?... Damn the organization's elites... A certain red headed German said to himself, wearing his usual suit, as he was sitting on chair while leaning on a desk with a blackboard behind him and with students in their self-study period as he just sat there, willing time to move faster. He has been sitting there for 7 minutes and 20 seconds, wait, 19, now, 18...17

This was hopeless.

The pupils were extremely angelic and only the gods know why, sitting reading their books like they wanted to be the next valedictorian. The girls' clothes all neatly pressed, hair well fixed just for him, long-sleeved white tops inside a light blue vest with the pretty black buttons and the scandalously short dark blue skirts followed by the white socks and black leather shoes. And the men with their navy blue long sleeved tops and long pants and their dark-colored shoes. All of them perfectly matching the nice dress code.

Oh wait, the telepath knew too of course, he was the new teacher and they were going to be nice for the next few days... Then turn into mutant carnivores, carving his flesh with their very disobedience till he begged them to stop. Ears bleeding and all. Yep, plan was all figured out. No problem. He can handle it when the time comes.

All of Schwarz was there, well, Farf was hiding in the shadows because the Irish man would scare everyone off at a glance with his mumbling curses to god and stuff Farfie enjoys doing till something, if anything that will please god passes by he'll torture it and to him that's the reason of existence in the world. Crawford was another teacher. Guess what kind... A guidance councilor, the telepath nearly burst out laughing when he heard it. A GUIDANCE councilor, the place Crawfie can guide everyone is to hell, right now he is probably doing paperwork in a much safer territory in the GUIDANCE room. Not like it was a very big thing. But Guidance... It was too weird. While Nagi would be in another classroom, studying and probably too intelligent for the other students to handle. Kid is too smart for most people anyway.

What were they doing here anyway, you might ask? Excellent question.

A mission, but of course. They were in a specific High School an international one the place was called 'lunaris' and to what Schuldig knew meant 'moon' in latin, the school taught 4 languages which would be Japanese, German, English and Latin. Not to mention the tuition fee that raised the roof. But their education was top-class and maybe even better though the students seemed otherwise.

Most of the pupils here were children of rather formal and rich parents and their parents before that. Government officials, high-ranking businessmen, probably even drug lords and much more wealthy people legally or illegally. So, majority of self-righteous, spoiled and impudent teenagers had resided in the vicinity.

Right now, elites had sent them to look for a 2 specific people to see if the really exist or were just characters of rumors. Investigations may take months and that's what the telepath hated the most about it, how boring it is to be an educator and the paychecks were really low too. He sighed in his thoughts as he remembered who they were looking for.

Desert and Crimson. 2 people who were known in the 'Dark' areas for being geniuses of a new era. RosenKruez obviously wanted them under their possession. But here is the strange part, they're... 18 years-old. Now, that was the rather freakish part... 18... Assassins at 18. Well, there was Nagi, but he's a little different he has a gift and he was claimed just like the other 3. Maybe claimed was an understatement but still. 18 and in school, he didn't know why it bothered him but maybe because they were known to be highly skilled yet they still go to school.

Trouble was... they had no idea what they looked like, their names and what they're REALLY capable of doing.

Desert... Lone, abandon, forsake, uncare heck there were to many words with the same meaning. The man must be a real poet or a sad weirdo to have such a codename.

And now Crimson, red... if he knew if had something to do with killing people it would be related to blood and the lack of life. Yep, malicious indeed, this young soul. Or so he guessed.

Now, this lack of actual leads annoys him so. They were this slippery to evade their leaders. Really, unusual.

Ok... 19 minutes... 31 more minutes to kill. Yes, I feel so very joyous. Good for me. Said the voice in his heads in a dry bored tone. Then he scanned the room, and decided to peak into people's mental statures. He looked at the acorned-headed woman with pigtails right in front of his desk reading a book of what looked like history. Yes, the first victim is usually the luckiest. But not today...

With no problem in entering, he stepped into her world. Ahh...She had a big crush on this...Kogoyoshi? Who likes history? Queer. What kind of fool likes history?! The man must be insane! And what kind of name is Kogoyoshi?... Parents must have issues, big issues. He didn't know why but he felt that he needed to know more. He strangely ached for knowledge. Hmm...What else about this Kogo-person? He scanned more, without the girl even noticing. What was hard was he hasn't really controlled his powers to focus on one mind so other thoughts of the other students bombarded him. But he kept his cool and focused on the name.

Kogoyoshi.

It rang something in him. But he wanted to know why.

Here. He's a senior. A computer genius... But not those geeks with the thick bloody glasses... Really good in gym. Interesting. Hm. Likes history, ya I know that. Last name is Matsuka.

Matsuka Kogoyoshi...

I'll keep that in mind.

-End of Flashback-

"One last time?..." He repeated her last sentence and she nodded in response. He would see all of them? Sena and Kyo had died in missions, they were both the newest members yet they were the first ones to go eternal salvation. In a sense he was envious of them, they were able to escape the curse before it got to them. Wait a minute... How can he meet dead people?... They're dead...

"Our head Necromancer will take care of that part." He heard her voice and he snapped out of his trance. How did she know what came up in his head? Was she a telepath? "I know what you're thinking... how did I know, yes? Well, let's say I'm a little special myself."

"In other words..." Crawford interrupted, cleaning his monocle with the edge of his neat white suit. "She is well-educated on spiritual practice. Spirit force as they call it, she can sense disruptions in the vicinity 3 times stronger than we can. Such Malice, love, fear, and much more, she cannot read your exact thoughts but through experience she can only guess what you're thinking." Schuldig nodded in agreement.

"She makes good guesses too. One time she caught Brady-boy here wanting to.."

"In any case..." Crawford interrupted and Schuldig snickered at the sudden feel of embarrassment and anger. What ever the telepath was suppose to say must have been some deep secret they all agreed not to talk about but the mind reader being as evil as always had tried to spill the beans. "It's something like empathy but she wasn't born with the gift as we were... She had to practice it."

"I see..." Aya said calmly. He was still looking at the raven haired woman and she smiled at him as she stood up.

"I think Lady Rai is ready." She said and walked toward her right, into the wall and vanished from sight but the light tapping of her shoes were still audible. The swords master blinked a few times at the direction she had disappeared into. Was the room that big? Now probably the woman was too far away to hear as her steps had faded as well as her figure. The technology in this building is indeed beyond understanding. The other two foreigners stood up soon after, they looked at each other and the American nodded and walked ahead. They must have had some kind of agreement in one of their silent chats.

"Ran-ran... Shall we go?" The telepath grinned and held out his to help the swordsman up which the younger red head did take much to the mind reader's liking. They both stood in front of each other in calmness, taking advantage of the fact that they are alone and they can stare at one another as much as they like. Aya turned away to hide the light pink hue appearing in his cheeks as he finally recognize what kind of things might just pop out in his head, some how forgetting there was a telepath in front of him.

The German gave a wider grin at the glance of pink on the younger man for one thing they were still holding hands. He noticed how cold Aya's hands were, he was cold but didn't tell anyone. Now that's something Yasumi didn't sense... or she did know but wanted Schu to handle it?

He silently blessed the idea. The world needs more people who appreciate, well, more like accept relationships like these in the world. People like the young president knows that no one is perfect and you just have to accept their defects. That's probably why both she and the mind reader became friends at a gaze. He got rid of his evil grin and plastered a much warmer charming smile. Well, a few gazes because she can sense his emotions and some weren't to her liking because they were... very aroused feelings of sexuality. Yes, he was very lonely at the moment and decided to go into that specific part of the brain. Not to mention to get away from one of the hells in his life that is boredom and maybe even emptiness.

"Ran, we're going to the very strange endless wall to follow Brad and Yasu..." He paused. "It is going to be VERY cold in there and pitch black. So I need you to hold on to me and not let go." He laced his fingers on to Ran's and a much redder hue appeared on the younger man's face but he looked at the telepath anyway. "Are you okay with that?"

"Ya, I am." He said softly. Schuldig walked into the wall, holding Aya's hand tightly. And yes, it was wasn't cold, it was freezing and he couldn't see what was ahead of him but he held the telepath tighter in fear of getting lost. "Schu, why is it so dark and cold here? How can anyone get through this?"

"Well, love, not a lot of people can get through this. Me and Brad can decipher this area because we've memorized our way because we were shown around by the makers themselves, but one wrong step will get us lost. This is to assure the safety of the people inside the place. So no strange people such as assassins and bounty hunters can enter, it's indeed a remarkable trap a mix of talismanic forces mastered by our dear Yasumi and Kogoyoshi's knowledge in the field of technology. I'm not sure what happens to the people who get lost here or where their bodies go but I doubt it had happened before."

"I see. Then why don't they just bring a light or something?"

"Well, that's one of the tricks... Don't you remember when we were in the other room? The light on the floor was so bright yet we can't see through the walls. We need a special light that only the twins know how to make."

"Ah."

For awhile, only their footsteps were noisy.

"Hey, Ran-ran."

"Ya?"

"You didn't answer my question in the car..."

"What question?" It hit Ran hard on the head... oh no, not that... "Oh, um well..."

"You don't have to really answer, you know. I was just curious." And I can tell them to back of because now you're mine! Wahahaha!!

"Oh," he paused and thought for awhile. "Well, there were a few girlfriends before Aya-chan slipped into a coma but I didn't have any girlfriends afterwards because I was too busy with work."

"How about that teacher? What's her name... Misami-san?.."

"Did you scan my mind? I thought you said you'd 'respect' personal space."

"I did, this morning," He paused. "But I scanned your mind... Last night." Despite the fact he could see nothing, Ran knew that the German was grinning like the evil maniac that he is.

"Ahh... I see."

"Hey..."

"What?"

"You know what just sucks..."

"No, what?"

"The fact that we're alone in the dark and yet I can't do anything to you..."

"Oh I- WHAT?!?!" Out of reflex laws, Ran broke away from the mind reader's grip. Blushing madly and thanking the gods it was too dark to see. "You pervert..." He felt the telepath had looked back at him was now probably gazing at him with amusement.

"Hey, don't accuse me of that. Besides, just because I said it like 'that' doesn't mean I'll rape you or anything..." Then before, Ran can open his mouth to speak, he felt the mind reader's body against his, a sensation of both pleasure and desire made him immobile, a hand rested on his shoulder and a finger outlined his jaw with gentle caress. "Unless you want me to..." came a sensuous whisper in his ear.

The older man's warm breath playing with his sensitive ear made him feel even more manipulated by desire and the said finger was now making its way down his elegant neck and down to his chest. The strange yearning sensation ran wilder within him, he wanted it. So bad and now he can longer control it. "But..." came another erotic tone through his ear. "Now is not the time. Ne?" And with that the telepath moved away. And Ran felt used again, damn this telepath and his evil mind tricks. He's worst than any jigsaw puzzle in the world, thousand times harder to not be able to control the urge to stab him here and there.

Schuldig took the younger man's hand once more. "Let's go. Let's not keep Lady Rai waiting."

llllll

"You're not mad at him are you?" The American asked. He was walking side by side with the young president. Covered by darkness but as they walked a bright blue light from the cross on Yasumi's neck lit a much brighter path toward the destination.

"At Schu? Should I be?" She asked in reply, calmly as her high-heels tapped the ground. The cold of the area unable to penetrate their clothing as they walked on like they were in a field full of flowers while the other two were quite far behind were freezing to nearly death.

"Not unless you want to be, Tsujiimoto. But as you know I'm simply asking." He said in professional mode. With that he heard her sigh.

"That's the problem with you, Brad, you got used too being in the business life and now you already forgot how to express yourself properly... Learn to lighten up once in awhile." She heard the much older man smirk. Wait, he wasn't complaining about being called Brad? Well... that's new.

"Can't help it. Probably got used to talking to you this way." He replied in a much lighter tone. "I haven't seen you in months. And we only talk on the phone because of business and money not to mention Schu's rather forceful way of trying to please the younger man by getting you to work double time with these things." He paused. "And even if I would visit you in my free time... You'd be too busy with other financial things. And yes, I saw your question in my vision."

She laughed lightly lightening the serious façade off our dear American. She made him feel more human despite his gift. Soon after they had become friends, he admired her ways of dealing with things. Maybe the fact that they've been in so many funding oriented battles and in the sidelines taking a brake in some expensive café and making fun of people behind their backs and his visions about the café waitress going to flirt with the guy next to their table and fail miserably. He wasn't in love with her really, more of a special bond. Like mutual understanding or something like that. Best friends most probably, he had been given the responsibility of taking care of her, it was as her brother wanted before he left.

Also, despite her youth, she had the value of a sage and maturity of a much sophisticated woman. She was so-called, one of the 'old-but-young-looking' people. Never did they realized that she was really young but took time to fully fledge her intelligence and simply agreed that she looked so young at such age of 35. Then she'd curse them behind their backs for calling her old, which he'd watch with amusement and maybe even give her tips in how to contain her anger especially when he wasn't around nor was her brother to get her emotions on a stable pace. She looked sophisticated all the time but in a world far from business she was short-tempered but enjoyed the usual fun and games.

Yasumi was one of those few people who can separate her personal affairs with her money making strategies. And those were one of the few things he admired about the young woman yet it also saddened him in a way. Despite what most would do, take revenge on whoever murdered both her father and her brother she had shrugged it off, or so she appeared that way.

Does their death mean anything to her? Or could she care less? It scared him slightly... if he was murdered would she just come by his grave once and forget the whole scene had ever occurred? Would she do the same for Schu? He knew they were also very close, going around with nearly the same kind skills making fun of people's thoughts and emotions. He had to admit though it looked fun.

"Well, either way I have things I keep hidden from him as well... but to be totally honest with you." She said and the smile on her face had faded and then the pre-cog was back to no emotion zone as they walked on. "I am a little mad at that Fujimiya... because in a sense..." She stopped walking and so did the American. "He stole the demon's soul from my kinsman's ivory cage. But only the gods can send such a warrior of light..." (1)

He was taken aback by the serious and very symbolic words uttered by the young woman who's eyes were blazed with a anger he had never seen in his life. Why was she using symbols all of a sudden? They were alone were they not?

Then a vision flashed that he was going to be rammed by his partner, then be very much immobile in a tight embrace that he will lose all his dignity in. She must have sensed Ran nearby and decided to keep the conversation as a puzzle so if overheard by Schu he would have a mind overload in trying to figure out the hidden meanings and finally give up.

"Everyone has the right to be in glee. Even if the demon himself has to stray from the cage of his past's master in order to be glad then he must. It wasn't the angel's sin nor the devil's ... to be locked in the hands of both the loved and the forlorn." (2)

-Flashback-

He walked along the dirt pathway outside the gym, separated from all the other buildings in the district. His shoulder length blood-red hair tied in a low ponytail. A clear but not pale complexion along with a muscular frame to boot and was tall. He was very good-looking and violet eyes that soothed the shadow of the moon. He was feeling a little bored since his sister had taken over family affairs. And he had move to another school, AGAIN. This was the 4th time this month and he was tired of it. Why can't he just go to home school? Surely it was more expensive but at least it wouldn't be so troublesome to keep moving and paying what's more than really necessary. But they said that their homes maybe tracked down and they'll be raided with all sorts of life-takers.

Their father had been killed 3 months ago and now they were trying to solve the case. But still, even with all the hacking equipment they couldn't find anything. They had to find the actual hide-out and deal with them personally. But right now, they had to keep moving places till they find their little sanctuary.

He sighed at all the ideas in his head. Placing a hand in one of his pockets. Silence was something he barely treasured, unlike his sister he enjoyed sound a lot but not enough to pop his ears out. It gave things more life, if he had chosen he'd pick sound over sight. Unlike other people who'd choose the other option. But he believed in inner beings, he believed life had more than just an outer shell. It also had an inner ghost and an emotional substance. He stopped walking and sighed.

Woah... Slow down, Kogo. You're thinking like one-san... But heck, she's a lot wiser than I am... She being 3 minutes and 15 seconds older and all. Haha! Ya, what a big diff.! He thought as he kept pounding in what to do now in such a dull lunch break without his dear twin to make fun of and laugh at. Despite she being older, she was the girl and so Kogoyoshi being a man and all took the liberty of being 'dominant'. Hah, if you ask me that way of life sucks. But Yasumi, being the cunning little fox had several back attacks that hit him 5 times harder. She's... let's say very sensitive.

As he reminisced on Yasumi's several physical painful punishments he felt he was being watched from the forest. Quickly, he looked in said direction already in a stance, fists up and ready for combat. Learning the family's martial arts was one of their heirlooms. So both siblings knew how to kick ass and not to boast but they were good at it too. "Who's there?!" He called out warningly. And in on cue around 8 students, all men and all ugly holding chains and weapons of sorts came out from the tree infested area. The one in front who seemed to be the leader of the delinquents had an evil smirk plastered in his very disgusting features. His hair was spiked and dyed green. He recognized the man to be from his senior batch and let go of his stance, he stood up straight and put a hand on his waist.

"What are you doing with all the equipment?" He said agitated at the disturbance of remembering the good past. Not too mention disturbed by the sheer ugliness that is them. And staring at the low-class weapons in their possessions, Yasumi had a private collection of weapons at home and took the whole wall of the living room to stack by class and type. She had it secretly kept there and Kogo was allowed to borrow when REALLY needed. At some point it looked like she loved those things more then her own relative.

"Kogoyoshi, one of richest of students in Lunaris High! The heartthrob who stole all the women!!!"

"Well, I'm Kogoyoshi... I'm that rich? People here must be out of business. I'm a heartthrob? Really?!" Better thank, Yasu for being a more skillful businessman...I mean woman. Damn, sometimes I forget she's a girl coz she hits too hard...And girls think I'm good-looking... Neat. (A/N: He's a little slow compared to his female sibling, ne?)

"Shut up! We did not give you authority to speak!"

"Huh?" Kogo asked pretending to be confused. He found a bit of entertainment.

"Shut up!" The leader said a little louder.

"What?"

"SHUT UP!"

"Eh?..."

"Quiet..."

"Oh... ok."

Silence...

Kogoyoshi laughed mentally. He's seen cockroaches smarter than these freaks. Heck a toddler was probably smarter. "Well, then... I'll be off." Kogoyoshi spoke, a charming smile on his face. Heading to his current destination, closed his eyes pleased that he had fooled them easily. Then somehow, there was a shadow right above him and an eerie sound of breathing. He stooped and looked up to see a man with a build twice as large as he was, his body was huge and overly muscular which made him very much repulsive. His face filled with anger and hatred. Kogoyoshi swallowed hard at the sight before him. He doesn't have his trusty sister to back him up now, damn the money she loves to make... The men from the woods closed in him from behind. So they want to play do they?

"You think you can trick us, Matsutaka?! Get ready to pay! We'll make you so ugly that all the girls will just have to take us!!!" They got ready, holding their weapons like it was their key to greatness. The large man in front of him, with a yelp of power drew a punch downward which Kogo evaded with ease.

He stepped back and snickered. The men had encircled him and yet he kept his cool and collected mode. Finally, a worthy adversary for the champion known as boredom. Just hope those teachers don't find me... Nee-san will come by the school in give me those 'you-can-whoop-ass-just-don't-get-caught' sermons. He made the stance he did earlier. "I bet I can finish all of you in 20 hits..."

"Did you find anything, Schu?"

"Nope. Not anything. I've scanned all the minds in the cafeteria. And they have nothing to do with any of the 2 people."

"I see."

Crawford and the German were walking near the gym. Pretending to be completely lost by taking a much longer route to the building where the American worked in. There were carrying files and a few boxes of supplies along with them. Taking the route in the back of the gym where the American had an unexpected vision.

-End of Flashback-

Once again the four had walked into a room of light. And in the middle was a woman with corpse-like blue eyes staring at them with a smile that she can miraculously muster. Her hair was placed up by a gold dragon headdress wearing long robes of blue and a print of a gold dragon on the back. She her feet bare and her skin was of a mocha color and her hair was brown. She was seated on a very extravagant cushioned seat.

Schuldig had a slap mark across the face and a huge lump behind his head despite the hat it was very much seen and looking very much in pain as he rubbed his 'wounds'. The unexpected punch was from the American for trying to hug him. And the slap was from Ran who didn't want to be molested while in front of other people so he took the prerogative to stop the scheme. While the raven headed woman couldn't help but giggle once in a while when she side glanced at the telepath who was in 'pain'. And received the usual death glares and complaints for at least not being pitiful for him or at least siding him for he was 'just' but the woman just laughed at him more for being an idiot and he'd get into a silent state and curse Brad and try to find a way to make peace with Ran for 'accidently' touching his ass.

"Good to see you haven't freezed yourself to death, Rai. Is it too cold?" Yasumi asked as she finally able to talk seriously without laughing. And the other soulless beauty shook her head. "I'm sorry to request you when you're healing from the accident 2 days ago. I'm really sorry you had to go through that. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"No, Yasumi-san. It's been fine. It wasn't anything I cannot heal from. I know you're doing this for a good reason. This to thank you for helping me assemble emotions I had lost in the past, it is my way of showing my gratitude for me to able to work under you. It's been a real honor." She said rather lifelessly but made Yasumi smile. Real necromancers can't emote, but she had taught her to do so even the slightest bit she had relearned how to smile. But what was going to happen next was sad, yet she kept her smile.

"This will be the terminus of the old dragon? (3) " She said and Yasumi nodded. Rai turned to look at Ran who stared back at her, bewildered by her composure. She had a more powerful air compared to Yusuru it was almost captivating to just look at her. Like a goddess she was, the goddess guardian to the gate to the spirit world. "Child, take my hand..." She said and put it out for him to hold. "And I will bring you to your friends."

He didn't understand what she and Yasumi talked about. It was too symbolic for him to decode quickly. Schuldig pushed him little and urged him to move forward which he followed with a small nod. He touched her cold palm and before he knew it he was surrounded by light in the world far from his own.

TBC...

Oh no... left a big cliffhanger there. Ahaha... didn't really mean to do that honestly... oops. Oh wel, just wait for a few days and another chap will be up just for you. -grin-

here's the trans for the rather poetic words, that's if you don't know it:

1. "Schuldig is going to fall in love with another person just because he looks like brother. He having the same looks brother has... is but a sin to me. Like he's using him to replace my own relative."

2. "Schuldig has the right to do as he pleases like everyone else despite what he had done before and who he was with before. It is not both their fault for falling in love because they have a past not worth knowing."

3. "This is my end? My last service to you?"

Hahaha... confusing? Sorry. Can't help it. -grin-

By the way, forgive my typos. Been in a rush coz sembreak is over and I wanted to finish it before that.

Thanks for saying your sentiments! And reading and reviewing! THANKS!!!! -happy-

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