Author- Luna P aka Nikki
Rating- R for a lemon here and there
Warning- Rape, Yaoi, lemons, assassinations, more yaoi, more lemons, blood and gore with a ton of fluff on the sides n.n
Summary- Schwartz are back, with a vengeance. A new Takatori is holding the reigns and will do anything to destroy Weiss. Will they be able to stay together and fight when everything is falling apart around them? AyaxKen YohjixOmi
Disclaimer- When Aya and Ken realise their feelings for each other and fall head over heels in love with each other I will own it. Until then, nope sorry n.n
Pairing- Aya/RanxKen is the main with hints of YohjixOmi,
WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKChapter six- Curiosity killed the cat…
Ken's POV
I stretched my body as I began to awake; a cold breeze snaked its way around me, freezing me to the core. I shifted slightly and felt something hard and warm to my left. Before I even knew what it was I was snuggling against it, feeling safe and cared for with its presence. For me, nowadays, that was a very strange thing indeed after all my trust in people had died along with Kase. Yet I felt protected here beside this person that I hadn't even opened my eyes to see.
"Ken?" That voice, Ran's voice and as it entered my mind so many memories came flooding back to me. Last night, him, me, everything that had happened between us, I opened my eyes and glanced up at him. Those violet orbs shining in the light of the setting sun. So much had happened between the two of us in such a short amount of time but I would have had it no other way. I liked things fast, forced my bike to go as fast as it would go. The tires of the Yamaha outside were barely non-existent thanks to that fact.
Nevertheless this caused me to question whether he actually cared for me or whether he had only wanted sex. How was I ever to know? It wasn't like he'd come straight out and tell me. I stared at him for a long time and he at me; I didn't know what to do. Did this make Ran my koi now or were we still just friends? My mind was aching due to the annoying questions and only one thing could make my headache worse. Thankfully Schuldig's voice did not arise.
"Hey, you ok?" Ran asked as he softly stroked the side of my face, knocking several strands of brown from infront of my eyes. I nodded dumbly; it was as if my voice had been stolen from me. I smirked at him and forced myself to find my voice.
"Yeah, better than ever actually, well that was an interesting way to train," I joked, he smiled and gently lifted my chin so that my lips were as close to his as possible. He leaned forward quickly and captured my lips in an amorous kiss. I smirked into the kiss and parted my lips allowing his tongue access to my mouth. Never had I been on such a high, never had I experienced something as amazing as this. It was wonderful it was perfect, it was so right, it was…indescribable. He pulled away before trailing his hand down my side.
"That's what I was thinking, perhaps we could do it again some time," I smirked at him and jumped slightly when I heard the cell phone ringing in my trouser pocket. I got up and walked over to where the item of clothing had been thrown slipping the small object out and flipping it up. My ass hurt like hell and I wanted to punch Ran in the face for not have thinking all of this through but I didn't.
"Moshi moshi?" I greeted as I placed the cell to my ear, a sigh of relief could be heard from the other line and I chuckled knowing full well that it was Omi.
"Ken…thank Kami-sama, are you ok? We've been waiting for you and Ran for ages and haven't heard anything from you. Yohji went out to look for you both but came up empty handed and I couldn't get hold of either of you on your cells!" He yelled from his end of the conversation, I chuckled and ran a hand through my hair as I pulled my boxers and my trousers on.
"Gomennasai Omi, we should have called, we were… training. Is everything ok at koneko?" I asked as I found my shirt and slipped it on over my head.
"No, according to Aya-chan and Sakura, Schuldig and Farfarello came in today,"
"They what? Shit are they ok?"
"Yeah, they're fine, However they arrived with a bouquet of flowers and a box, for you Ken. I think you should get back here as soon as possible," I gulped and took a deep breath. Why had they left something for me? What were Schwartz up to?
"We'll be there in five, don't do anything until I get there, don't even touch the box understand?" There was a grunt of approval and understanding so with that I flipped the phone down and threw it across the room at the furthest wall watching it shatter into a thousand pieces on impact.
"Ken? What's going on?" Ran asked, he was now fully dressed and stood right behind me his hand resting gently on my shoulder.
"It's Schwartz, they've been to koneko, they've left something there…for me…"
It didn't take long for us to get back to koneko, five minutes tops; I'd left the Yamaha at the warehouse deciding instead to ride with Ran in his Porsche. I could tell that he was thinking about Aya-chan and Sakura and I had to suppress the growl from escaping my lips. Had I truly been nothing more than a one-night stand, a mindless fuck, to him?
"They're fine, I asked Omi about them straight away," I explained keeping my voice calm and controlled and my eyes fixed on the road ahead. He sighed and chuckled glancing over at me with a look of concern and care burning in the violet depths.
"They're not the only ones I care for Ken, I'm worried about the contents of that box. What could Schwartz have left?" I shrugged,
"A bomb?" He snarled and shot me a glare before turning his attention back to the road ahead.
"That's not funny Ken. Infact this whole situation is incredibly serious; nothing would have stopped Schwartz from rigging that box to explode as you opened it. They would essentially kill us all where we sat."
"It's not their style, they'd rather do it hands on, you know stab us and let Farfarello draw pretty pictures with our blood." The rest of the car journey was spent in silence; no conversation seemed to fit the situation at the moment. Sudden death seemed to be the thing that loomed in our foreseeable future so silence was more than accepted.
When we reached Koneko Aya-chan, Sakura and Omi were waiting outside. The very second Ran exited the car Sakura ran over to him and threw herself at him, hugging him tightly and crying into his shirt. I think I growled, but I wasn't entirely sure, her loud sobs drowned out any other sound that was present. Still my mind noted how Ran wasn't pushing her away, no, quite the opposite, his arms had snaked around her waist and he was whispered a soft 'shh' to her. I wanted to look at his eyes to see what was shimmering within them, but I was too scared, too worried of what I might see.
/I'm confused, is he dating her? Why did he fuck you? Oh she's underage isn't she, I understand, sexual tension can be a bitch you have to relieve it whenever you can/
/Shut up Schuldig/
/Why Kenken? Am I making sense? Could it be that he just used you before going back to her? Does he love her/
/Shut up Schuldig/
/But how can you know? After all you were just asking yourself the very same thing, so many people have betrayed you my sweet little kitten, perhaps it's his turn. I hate to be the one to tell you this but the ice is melting, get off before you fall, cause he won't be there to catch you when you do./
/Shut up Schuldig/ I grabbed my head and tried to look as inconspicuous as possible as I made my way into the koneko no sumi.
/Why? Look at them Ken, look at him, look into his eyes, see the look you wish to see him look at you with/ I whimpered softly and forced my head to stay straight despite it wishing to look back, /Whatever kitten, why don't you go in and open your present, I hope you like it, believe it or not, we do care for you…Farfie and I…/ He chuckled lowly and then the voice disappeared, I was glad but simultaneously I missed the comfort it brought to me by being there…
I shuddered at the thought and smiled at Omi and Aya-chan before entering the flower shop. Said two followed me in, I wasn't sure about Ran and Sakura, and I sure as hell didn't want to look back and see. It was as if the package was calling to me, drawing me in, the bouquet was on top of the black box filled with what looked like a million red and black roses, a white cross was the note in the centre of the arrangement. Only the name 'Ken' printed on it in big black lettering. I removed the flowers and placed them on the table my hands moving to the red ribbon wrapped around the black box.
"Ken, don't we haven't inspected it yet," Omi muttered but his voice was barely audible to me now, this box, this object, had entranced me and I was going to open it regardless of what it might be.
"Ken stop it! It could be dangerous" I vaguely recognised the voice as being that belonging to Aya-chan but ignored that as well. My hands seized the crimson red ribbon, pulling softly at the bow before the silken string relinquished it's hold on the box allowing me easy access to the lid and whatever was inside. 'Curiosity killed the cat' was written on the top, it did not deter me, nothing could. I needed to know what was inside the box.
"Ken no," Sakura appeared at my side I could make out that much but I ignored her, my vision was centred on the object on the table.
"What the hell is wrong with you stop being foolish Ken," I chuckled at Ran's voice, couldn't make out the words but the voice was there. Strong and in control, just as it had been last night…I growled at the thought and yanked the top off the box. I just about heard Sakura scream as she saw the item hidden within a bed of black silk. The inscription on the inside of the box lid read 'But Schwartz kindly brought it back' I stared down at the item. A heart, a human heart, bloody and stained, ripped from someone's body lay in the centre. A note was stuck in the organ and I gently pulled it out scanning the white words that were printed on the black paper.
'Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
We stole his heart
And we'll steal yours too'
Look in the roses dear kitten and your true present be revealed…
I did as the note instructed picking up the bouquet and flipping through the flowers, I lifted a multicoloured black and red rose from the arrangement to see a red chain wrapped around the stem. A black pendant in the shape of a cross, jet stone and crimson red rubies running along the edges. The rubies made the pendent look like it was bloodied. All in all it was amazingly beautiful, I slipped it around my neck and stared down at it for a while before I felt someone shaking me. I unfroze and blinked to see Ran with his hands on my shoulders.
"What do you think you're doing? That parcel could have been a bomb, you could have killed us all."
"But it wasn't and it didn't! It was a present, a heart, and this, I don't pretend to know what Schwartz are intending but no one got hurt so what's wrong with going along with it?"
"They're manipulating you!"
"Then they're just like you, look where that got me, used only to be thrown away a few minutes later!" I pulled out of his grasp and pushed him away, Sakura was at his side in a minute and I couldn't help but chuckle.
"What are you talking about?" He asked moving closer to me, I retreated again, I wouldn't fall victim to broken promises not now, not with him.
/Good boy, push him away/
/Shut up Schuldig/
/I'll make you trust me, do something, say something to her and you'll see, he'll stick up for her just like he's always done./
"You promised me Ran, and just like every one else you broke your promise, used me and then went back to your little underage whore," he slapped me so hard that I heard something click when my head snapped to the side. Tears welled in my eyes as I watched Sakura grab hold of Ran's waist, he placed a hand on the small of her back and I began to walk over to them. He did just as Schuldig had said he would, pushed her back behind him and stood infront of her protectively. I just picked up the bouquet and stared at them.
"This is the only bouquet I've ever been given, I don't expect I'll be getting one from you Ran I was just your little fuck toy, Schuldig was right," I shoved the arrangement into his arms, and gave a weak smile, my anger having calmed. "Give them to Sakura,"
/That's right kitten, he's in love with her, I know it, after all I've been in his head. If it's any conciliation he thought you were an amazing fuck./
/Shut up Schuldig/
/You're falling kitten, so quickly, so easily, if you stay he'll just manipulate you and use you again. Leave kitten, run away…/
"SHUT UP SCHULDIG!" I growled and smashed my fists against my temples before running out of the shop, my bike was back at the warehouse, but the green and white Kawasaki Ninja that Yohji had brought a month ago was parked outside. Helmet on the seat and keys in the ignition signalling that he had just returned from wherever he had been. I jumped onto the bike and slammed the helmet onto my head. I forced the bike to go as fast as it could. Speeding down the highway at a speed way over any speed limit.
/Where are you going kitten/
/Away/
/Would you like revenge on him for what he did to you, used you and all so that he could stay with her/
/No/
/Don't lie to me, it's a bad habit/
/Shut up/ I snarled and increased the speed on the bike, I turned sharply at a corner and felt my leg graze the road beneath me. I could feel all of my worries and pain just drifting away as I forced the bike to go faster and faster despite it's protests. There was another motorcyclist behind me; I could see them reflected in the right side mirror. There was something familiar about it, after focusing on the bike for a while I realised it to be mine, the black Yamaha and it was gaining on me.
I knew the Yamaha was faster Yohji and I had raced several times, sometimes switching bikes, the Yamaha would always win. And if the person riding it wanted to catch up with me then it would be no problem. I snarled and decided to try and lose them down on of the mountain paths I was so fond of. I switched gears on the bike and turned off into another road, the road was gritty and old, warn out by all of the people that had travelled down it in the past. The other bike continued to chase me, it was closer now and forcing the bike to go even faster was not an option for me anymore, it was already at full speed.
At the end of the road to my left there was a relatively well hidden path that led off to a track that wound it's way around the side of the mountains. I didn't turn the bike until I was right infront of the path and then swerved it roughly to the left so that it kicked up dust which I was planning on using to block myself from the other man's view. If only for a split second. My body heaved and began to protest at the force at which I was moving now but I didn't care, I was running away from everything that persisted to annoy me. I wanted to see what it would feel like to be free, even if it was only for a brief period of time…
I chuckled when I saw that the Yamaha was no longer behind me, I truly had escaped everything. I figured it had probably been one of Weiss on the bike, most likely Ran, Yohji had probably brought it back with him and had been putting it away when I'd taken off, or something like that anyway. Like I cared either way fuck them all, I guess I didn't mean that. I was just acting irrationally; I didn't have much time to think on this matter though cause the next thing I knew the Yamaha was at my side. The driver rammed his bike against mine with so much force that the Ninja went right up against the wooden railing of the hill.
With one more push from the other bike I was rolling down the hill, my head hitting against a rock or something hard at least because the next thing I knew my helmet rolled off of my head and I was surrounded by darkness…
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And I'll end it there, right, sorry for such a strange chapter, if you're worried why Ken was acting like this then it's because he'd always thought that Ran had harboured a feeling of love for Sakura and having Schuldig in his head saying that it was true kinda flipped him over the edge and for other reasons which will be explained eventually n.n. In other words I just wanted an action packed angst filled chapter where just after they've gotten together things don't exactly go to plan.
Don't hate me yet, there's time to fix everything if you just review n.n
DEDICATION… I'm going to dedicate this chapter to the people who were injured or died in the London bomb attack and all of their friends and family's. I already wrote a Dragonball Z poem but being English and not living that far away from London myself as well as having friends there it's just something I had to do n.n
SilverwingedAngle- (blink, blink) Uh…Ok… oh and about Omi that's because his injuries were only minimal and so after a while the pain just kinda faded away and plus I think he was more worried about Ken having a poisonous bullet being buried in his abdomen than a small flesh wound on his side n.n Anyhoo thanks a million for your reviews and I hope I hear from you again soon n.n
Miss Takatori- Yeah Schwartz are fab I love them soo much that's why I had to put them in here as the sick twisted bastards that they are, he he. I love Schuldig and Farfarello they're what I consider to be perfect bad guys n.n anyway thank you for your review and I hope you enjoyed this chapter even with the lack of Schwartz, stick with me please n.n I'm planning a few Schwartz centric chapters for the future n.n
Gillian Sillis- Another really long review and something that I needed considering that my friends have just completely ditched me and I'm feeling a little down right now n.n. I know I'm evil with all the pain I'm putting Ken through but hey hopefully it makes for good reading. Let's not blame Ran though he didn't actually know that he was hurting Ken so much and neither does he in this chapter. He just doesn't understand what's going on inside Ken's head (which is a secret yet to be revealed to all n.n) so he doesn't know how to help him or how to deal with him. Yes getting ignored is a very painful way to get at someone, I should know, I'm glad you're enjoying all the pain Kenken's going through. I personally HATE Sakura I mean she looks exactly like his sister it would be like incest if he dated her and also can anyone say 'Relena from Gundam Wing?' who I also hate they're exactly the same. I think sinking into a pit was just what Ken wanted to do, he didn't want to deal with it anymore, betrayal hurts and after suffering so much I figure all he wanted to do was give up, but I refuse to let him n.n. Him leaving them alone was completely down to my own experiences when my friends started ignoring me I was just like 'fine you wanna play it like that play it without me watching.' It's the easiest thing to do cause if you just stand there you're gonna get more and more upset you know what I mean? And speed has always been a thing for me, the theory of the faster you go the closer you are to flying away from all of your troubles in my opinion is dead on. Still love Schuldig? Oh what a wicked web he spins I wonder what he and Farfie have planned, (all knowing smirk.) I hated writing the touchy feely moment between Sakura and Ran, I didn't want him to do too much back because then it would be like she's trying to get close to him but he doesn't care (like in the series.) But for this fic I think he has to react to her a little more even thought it's most likely Ken blowing things out of proportion. Wow 'Sensual training' you say well as someone that does martial arts aswell as sword fighting I know how beautiful fighting can be. The way the moves flow like water when played out perfectly is just breath taking. My boyfriend actually was training when I was drafting this and so I got most of it from him even though I didn't join in as Ran did. I know it was a little dangerous having them use real weapons but they're experts and no one got hurt (save for Ken's ass) so it doesn't really matter does it? I haven't seen Gluhen or the OVA's either although I have seen pictures and from what I've read Gluhen especially isn't worth buying so I'll just stick the original n.n I like your ideas for Sakura but I'll just have to wait and see if they fit in with what I've got planned k hun? 'Stash a bottle in the warehouse for next time?' How do you know they'll be a next time? Nah I'm just kidding, or am I? I know I'm sorry I'm soo slow with this story my first ever fanfiction was updated every other day but that just became impossible to keep up as I went along…wow is it me or is this reply longer than the entire story? (Sweatdrop) Oh well you deserve it because you took the time to review so deeply so I will give you the same favour. Aww, from kisses and hugs to with love I'm soo lucky to have such a sweet reviewer.
With love right back hun n.n
rebellion2fate- Thanks, I'm glad people liked the lemon and the chapter in general, I'm so used to writing full blow NC 17 on fics for other fiction services that I don't know where to stop when it's R…(sigh)…oh well it hasn't been removed so here's hoping I got it right n.n And is Ran doing this on instinct? (Smiles innocently) I have no idea, we shall just have to wait and see, bugnuks at the ready…just joking… or am I n.n? Thanks for the review hun n.n
dark- ok maybe the lemon wasn't as bad as I thought it had been n.n well that's just me nothings I do is ever good enough in my opinion. Wow I'm a real downer on myself (sigh) Oh you want to see what happens do you should I say 'tissues at the ready?' or 'You're all in for one hell of a bumpy ride?' Ah just mix them both together (giggles maniacally) Thanks for the review and I hope this chappie prompts another one n.n
shikigami-kun- Yay I haven't scared you off yet n.n I'm so happy, this chapter got soo much attention from you guys I guess there's a little hentai in all of us or in my case a big hentai (giggles) I hope that you enjoyed this chapter as well, it was kind of a flip reverse from the last one but I'm heading for some turbulence so if you'd all sit down and buckle up your seatbelts please n.n Hope to see ya again soon hun n.n