Disclaimer: I don't own Weiss Kreuz, obviously. However, there are a few OCs that appear whom I do own.

Parts of dialogue that are taken place in thought are in italics.

Chapter 1

Ran couldn't believe it. He actually found himself lusting over a woman and, to top it all off, she was the enemy. She had been there during their last battle with Schwartz, draped loosely around the German's shoulders. But when it had come to fighting, she had actually saved Ran, letting him go and speaking to him in perfectly executed Japanese even though she was obviously foreign.

Since then, Ran had been trying to get the girl out of his head. She was younger than him, he reckoned, probably about eighteen or nineteen but she was as, or even more, deadly than the other Schwartz assassins. She had long brown hair that had been allowed to grow so that it came to a level with the start of her legs. Her eyes were bluer than the sea and so intensifying that Ran felt over come when he looked into them. But she was, obviously, 'dressed to kill' in both the metaphorical and the literal sense. She wore black, like Ran, a fitting black, sleeveless top, black leather pants and a long black trench coat. Concealed under her coat, she kept a Katana along with several other weapons, such as Ninja Stars and a 'portable' bow (and arrows) that could be extended when needed and retracted when the job was done.

Ran finally decided that he now new what true love felt like, and yet, how was it possible when he had hardly spoken with her. He pondered over this thought in his head, truthfully wanting to ask someone like Yohji, who had experience, what it was that he was feeling but he felt too embarrassed about it to ask. Ran new that he would see her again, he just hoped that it would be soon.

Soon enough, by some destined coincidence, Weiss and Schwartz met at an old factory that was supposedly doing inhumane experiments on animals and humans, combining sex cells from the two to create hybrids. It was unknown why Schwartz were there but Ran was pleased to see that the girl was still with them, still draped around the German's shoulders.

"Jealous, Ran?" The German's voice asked inside Ran's head. Angered that the German was in his head, Ran did not respond. "Don't worry, I learnt that you liked her last time but, I hate to tell you that, well she's with Schwartz."

Infuriated by the German's remark, Ran charged at him, surprising the other members of Weiss who, of course, had not heard Schuldig's words. Before Ran could reach Schuldig, the girl moved in between the two men, making Ran automatically stop.

"Aw! Come on, Kitten!" Schuldig pleaded with the girl telepathically, "You've gotta let me have my fun with him!"

"No, Schu." She replied in the same way, "I want to play with this one."

"Ah, so you've been reading his thoughts too?"

"No. He just seems like fun!"

Thus, a battle began. Schwartz versus Weiss, only with Nagi (Who was not present) replaced with the girl. She had quickly drawn her sword and had started to fight with Ran who, because of his feelings, found himself unable to do anything but defend himself from her vicious attacks. As they fought, the old factory began to cave in through the force of the attacks. Seeing its imminent collapse, Omi, Ken and Yohji made a break for it, as did Crawford, Schuldig and Nagi. The girl and Ran also ran for the exit but, being furthest away from it at first, they stood little chance of getting there and, as they were running up the stairs, the roof caved in on top of them.

"Well, just as I saw!" Crawford stated triumphantly.

"What!" Schuldig asked insanely angry, as he grabbed Crawford by his collar, "Are you telling me you saw this and didn't think to tell me!"

"Shit." Farfarello stated monotonously.

"Huh?" Both Crawford and Schuldig asked, a little confused.

"I kind of liked her." Farfarello replied in the same, emotionless tone.

At the flower shop, Omi was, as per usual, crying this time over the loss of Ran. Yohji and Ken sat in opposite corners of the room contemplating what had happened silently. As they were silently (apart from Omi's sobs) reflecting on the mission, they heard a noise upstairs. Omi silenced himself but not one of them moved. Within minutes, Ran made his way down the stair, the girl in his arms, unconscious.

"Ran!" Omi exclaimed excitedly, "You're alive!"

"How the hell!" Yohji asked suspiciously, "You couldn't possibly have…"

"Was it her?" Ken asked, looking at the limp body in Ran's arms. Ran nodded.

"She put some sort of protective force field up around us to protect us from the falling rubble." Ran told them, "Once everything was still and we could see a way through the rubble, she dropped the force field and then fainted."

"It must have worn her out." Ken commented. Yohji walked over to see the girl more closely.

"Well, if you don't want to be burdened with her, Ran, I'll look after her for you!" He told Ran, winking.

"It's okay." Ran replied firmly.

"I wonder why she saved you as well." Omi asked warily, "I would have thought that she would have just shielded herself."

"Well, we'll find out once she wakes up." Ken told him, agreeing with his suspicion.

It didn't take long for the girl to awaken. She found herself in a bed, in a room that was alien to her. Slowly she sat up and looked around the room. It was a very simple room, a bed, wardrobe and chest of drawers. Beside the bed was a chair, which had obviously been brought into the room and placed there to keep an eye on things. Still, the girl had no idea where she was and what had happened in the factory was still a bit blurry, she couldn't remember much of what had happened apart from fighting Ran.

Cautiously, the girl got out of the bed and walked over to the door, fully expecting it to be locked. However, to her surprise, the door opened easily, leading out into a corridor. Nervously the girl walked out into the corridor and towards a door on the opposite wall. As she went to open it, the door beside the one that she had just entered from, opened and Yohji walked out into the corridor. The girl stood stock still, staring at Yohji. Yohji stared back and, seeing that the girl was quite bewildered, he spoke to her.

"You're awake then." He said kindly.

"What? Where am I?" The girl asked anxiously.

"It's okay." Yohji reassured her, "You're safe now. You blacked out after the building collapsed and Ran brought you back here to recover."

"Really?" The girl asked in disbelief, "Ran?" Before anyone could say anything else, there was a grumbling from the girl's stomach.

"Are you hungry?" Yohji asked, receiving a nod as a reply from the girl. "Follow me then."

With a slight reluctance, the girl followed Yohji through the corridor and down some stairs, followed by another corridor and then into a simplistic kitchen. Where Ken and Omi were already sitting, eating their breakfast. As Yohji entered the room, both of the boys looked up with added surprise, seeing the girl timidly following Yohji. Yohji walked over to the table where Ken and Omi were sitting and pulled out a chair opposite Ken and indicated for the girl to sit there. Reluctantly, the girl sat down, feeling awkward and out of place.

"Where's Ran?" Yohji asked curiously, recalling how Ran had spent the whole night at the girl's side, refusing to leave her and yet now he was nowhere to be found.

"He had to go out." Omi replied, munching on a piece of toast, "Aya wanted him for something or other."

"He'll be back soon I would think." Ken added.

Silently, the girl sat looking between the three men and listening to their conversation however, feeling vunerable and unwittingly unnerved by these men who were meant to be here enemy.

"Is toast okay?" Yohji asked the girl who came out of her thought, surprised that she was being spoken to.

"That's fine." She replied quietly, but loud enough for Yohji to hear her.

Seconds later, a plate with two pieces of buttered toast were placed in front of her. Yohji sat down opposite her and started to tuck into his own toast. Warily, the girl picked up her own toast and nibbled a corner.

"Don't worry." Omi said to her, seeing how cautiously she ate, "Yohji didn't poison it." The girl blushed, embarrassed that her caution had been noticed, and she started to eat the toast more readily.

Just as the girl had finished her last piece of toast, Ran walked into the room with a worried look upon his face. On seeing the girl seated at the table, his faced relaxed and he sighed with relief. The other three men looked at Ran whilst the girl looked at her empty plate. Sensing a little bit of tension, Ken stood up.

"Come on, Omi." He said, "We'd better go and open up the shop."

"Right." Omi agreed as he stood up and followed Ken out of the room. Once they had left, Yohji was the first to speak.

"Hope you don't mind, Ran. I found her wandering around upstairs and brought her down for some food. She's all yours now!" Yohji told Ran, standing up and taking his and the girls plate over to the sink. He gave them a quick wash and left them to dry before leaving the room.

"Are you okay?" Ran asked as the door closed behind Yohji.

"Yes." The girl replied nervously, "And I owe you a thanks, for saving me."

"I didn't really save you." Ran replied, confusing the girl, "You save me with your force field thing, I just brought you back here to recover."

TBC…