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This will be the first of a series of chapters. I'm planning it to be 4 parts or maybe a little more or less, depending on how things turn out!

Disclaimer: I do not own Weiss Kruez (Knight Hunters) or any of its characters.

Warnings: Angst and drama, hints of romance and fluff here and there.

Pairing: Ken-centric with hints of RanxKen, YojixKen, RanxOmi, Omi+Ken (Friendship only), and a twisted ShuldichxKen (One-sided).

Fic Note: Order of pairings in later chapters will be RanKen, RanOmi, ShuKen, YoKen, then Omi+Ken (friendship).

Seraph's Departure

Weißer Engel

It was as if everything was going into slow motion. One minute ago Ken had been laughing and joking along side them, the next, Ken was bloodied on the ground with pink roses scattered all around him. The members of Weiss watched in shock and horror as Ken's smile turned into a slight jaw-drop of surprise, his smiling eyes widening in shock and pain. Bullets ripped through his back, causing Ken to tilt almost gracefully back, releasing the pot of flowers he had been holding.

"Oh shit! You shot the wrong person!" they heard one of the wild teens in the blue car cry out.

The car had skidded away quickly. The members of Weiss barely noticed another shady looking teen sprint around the corner to safety. Omi had hurriedly gone to Ken's side while Yoji called for an ambulance. Ran just seemed to look down at Ken, stunned at what he was seeing. They had been assassins for so long, they had forgotten that to a point they were still definetly human. Even a car could run over them and kill them, if they weren't careful. As the ambulance carried Ken away in critical condition, all of the members of Weiss had some kind of anger start to well up in their chest. They found out later that Ken had almost died, and at present he was barely hanging on, and could die at any moment. There would be no guarantees for the boy's future. What angered them all most later was, Ken had not been the intended target. He had just been in the wrong place, at the wrong time. They found this out after Manx had called them all in for a new mission. It was a drug ring bust.

At first, none of Weiss was in the mood to take on this mission. That was until the pictures of their targets were shown.

Ran's left eye twitched as the pictures were being showcased. Something was oddly familiar about some of them. "Hey!" Yoji snapped Ran's mind out of his thoughts.

"What is it, Yoji?" Omi asked, a bit surprised at Yoji's outburst.

"Don't you recognize these guys?" Yoji asked, snuffing out his cigarette on the floor.

Omi and Ran looked carefully. Omi's eyes was the first to widen in recognition, "The men from this morning! Ken-kun...!"

The transmission ended and the room fell silent. Manx cleared her throat and was the first to break the silence. "So...it appears that you all are in."

"Hn," was the only reply Ran gave before taking the file from Manx.

Yoji had a look of determination in his eyes. Omi got up from his seat and walked up a few steps closer to Manx, nodding. Manx half-smiled. "Very well. Good luck on your mission. Remember, it is not necessary to kill all of these people. Only the ones heavily involved. The others can probably turn around, if given the chance."

The air about them was uneasy as none of the assassins replied in affirmative to this. They simply all turned and left the basement of the flower shop. Manx watched after them with worry. "All right boys..." she thought, "Don't do anything rash..."

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The Weiss boys all found themselves standing around Ken's beside late that night, in their assassin gear. Ran's hand was gripped tightly on his weapon. Omi was next to Ran, holding the older assassin's free hand tightly, a small source of comfort. Yoji was leaning over Ken, brushing a few stray strands of hair away from Ken's pale and lifeless face. After some time, Yoji brushed his lips gently across Ken's forehead. Ran looked away at that moment, squeezing Omi's hand a bit tighter. Omi half-smiled and hugged Ran's arm, trying to comfort him as best he could.

Eventually the three Weiss looked at each other and seemed to settle on a silent agreement. It was time to go now.

With quick speed, the three assassins climbed back out of the window in which they came in order to see Ken this late at night. Their mission was beginning. Ken would be avenged. That was something all of them wished to do. They knew that the only reason Ken had stayed in Weiss for so long was because of his wish to be with his friends. His reason to be in Weiss faded long after killing Kase. Ken had always seemed to come through, helping each member out of a tight spot during each mission, preventing them from getting killed and usually getting some hefty wounds in the process. Now it was their turn to do something for Ken.

Only one thing stood in their minds as they ran towards their next destination. Avenge Ken. Perhaps by doing so, they could revive the smile that they had so suddenly lost.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Saiki.Kensuke.Yuuta: Okay, not quite sure how I'm going to go about this yet...I know next couple chapters are going to be mostly memories...but we'll see how things go on from here!

Just a warning though...;; If things don't go the way I planned for this story, I will take this story down. I personally hate to leave up bad-quality work. So keep your fingers crossed, people! ;; I'm keeping mine crossed!