Title: Metrepole
Rating: PG-13. (I'm too lazy to use the new ratings) Decided to remain.
Disclaimer: I don't own Weiß, but if you find any characters which doesn't belong in the anime, I suppose they're mine...So please, don't complain, don't sue, don't create a racket...
Pairings: Yoji X Ran, Schuldich X Ken( for a little someone), Mist + Kou (I don't really know if they're that together), a few more undecided yet...
Summary: Ran lost his mermory and is trying hard to find it while seeking revenge against Takatori. His secret terms with Schwarz is left unknown to his new assassin members. As he struggle to stay sane for some reason, he encounters situations he had never dared imagine.
Warning: Shounen-ai to the further chapters (that's a guarantee), maybe some OCC-ness somewhere
Note to readers: Read and review PLEASE... (puppy dog eyes) I know I would have errors here and there, so please ignore them! Most of the words are translated into German, just to tell you, so please don't come up and tell me they're German, because they are! Okay, please go on to the story. The more reviews I get, the faster I do to be exact. Thanks for coming anyway!

Omi – the abandoned

Nothing. All he saw was nothing. His surroundings were pitch black. He couldn't move either. His arms and legs were numb. He winced as he felt a sudden pain sliding past his wrists. He finally remembered what happened.

On the way back from school he was with the man whom his father was assigned to bring him back. He insisted on walking home; the bodyguard had no choice and did as he was told. Half-way home, some van stopped beside them and three people knocked out his bodyguard.

His bare skin rubbed against the nylon of the rope causing it to be cut. It wasn't deep, but it did hurt a lot. His jaw ached because of some cloth strapped around it. He gave a muffled whine to call out to anyone who was there.

He kept silent as his sharp hearing detected footsteps from some distance away. It wasn't familiar at all. It didn't sound like his father or brothers' footstep. He was clear the way they walked. This…was totally different. It was someone else's. He started to panic.

Mamoru gave a whimpering noise which alerted the kidnappers that their victim was awake. One went up and removed the dark blue bandana wrapped around his eyes followed by untying the cloth around his mouth. He caught a glimpse of four other people sitting a short distance away on the ground, beside them a few things.

"Rise and shine brat. Your father's on the line", one of them snickered, waving a phone in his hand. "We asked your father for a little bit of his cash but he refused to give. Anything to say to him?"

The man walked to him roughly shoved the phone at his ear.

He was quiet for a moment, thinking it was some kind of trick, but it didn't matter. He was too scared to even consider whether the person on the other line was his real father or not.

"Papa? Save me papa!" He cried weakly. "It's scary here! Save me!"

The man took away the phone and listened to what the person on the other line said. His face grew from a distinct grin to a furious expression. He took the phone away from his ear and threw it hard against the wall, causing it to shatter into bits, wires all flying out.

The blonde flinched as he saw the dismantled phone on the ground.

Why didn't his father come to save him? Maybe he was tricking them? His hopes got a little too high betting on the second option. He decided to wait when one of the guys picked an axe up and walked towards him.

"You're dead meat, kid", he snickered. "Your papa doesn't want to save you."

"You're lying!" He fought back. "My papa loves me! He would never leave me! He's probably planning to stop you right now!"

"Brave words from a weak, pathetic soul, don't you think guys?" He tossed a look over to his comrades. They laughed and picked their weapons: a rope, two knives and a chain including the axe which the person in front of him was holding.

He began to panic, yet he had to stay brave. He believed his father would come…

He shut his eyes tight as the man rose the axe above his head, preparing to slice down. Mamoru heard the hiss of metal before his ears and the sound of flesh splitting apart drowned his screamed.

A second later he realised it wasn't his flesh which tore apart, but the guy who nearly killed him. He opened his eyes and stared horror stricken as the body before him was in pieces; not a single bone attached to muscle.

He screamed again in fear as another guy shouted in pain before his body split into numerous portions just alike the mutilated body before him. The other three friends gasped as they watch two of their team go down to the ground in chunks.

One of them took out a gun from his back pocket and pointed to the door (it was dark and Mamoru couldn't see it clearly).

"Who's there?" He demanded, cocking the gun.

Soft footsteps could be heard and it was getting closer and the three started to tremble. Mamoru felt a chill go down his spine when he felt a brush of wind past his face. He heard something though, like a whisper. The sudden fear washed away when he could finally hear what it was.

It said 'run away'.

Suddenly feeling confident, he scrambled to his feet and realised that the ropes which were tying him fell to the ground in small strips. Making use of when the other three weren't aware, he pushed through them and out through the dark doorway.

He could see nothing, yet he could hear the people behind shouting. After that several gunshots took place the voices of the men. They weren't shouting, but screaming to be exact. Had someone stopped them?

Whoever it was, he was glad to be out of hostage. He caught a faint brightness of light and finally reached the end of the tunnel which seemed forever

The worst prison is a closed heart.

Chapter 10: Riot Building

Yoji got himself rather ready for the mission. His watch in place but at the moment on the table next to the bed. He got up onto sitting position and grinned down at the two fairly naked bodies of women beside him. Okay, so Riot does have some pretty girls. But heck. He had no time for these kind of things right now. He had to go find the new timings the three bosses are hanging in the building. Just like when he was here with Asuka…

He shook his head to shake off the thought. He had to concentrate and not be alike last time. He was alone and he had to accomplish it as soon as possible or else the two youngsters would start complaining of his taking his own sweet time(which was particularly risking of getting caught).

With a slight skill he crawled out bed without waking the sleeping beauties. Once that was done, he put on a brown coat, only wearing his boxers underneath. He put on his watch, two earphones by his head and stuffed a small ipod into his pocket, making it look as if he was listening. Yet there was nothing. Boring. Omi's idea of tricking others.

He made his way out of the room and pretended to act normal, going down the lift. He continued making his way through the building which seems more like 'paradise'. Alright, where was the main room? He spent fifteen frustrating minutes searching and still hasn't found it. Giving up, he brought his watch to his mouth where Omi installed a tiny mouth piece.

"Bombay, a little help here?" He said softly, knowing that the chibi would hear him.

"Hai. What do you need now?" the younger assassin's voice spoke through one of the ear pieces.

"Where's the main room?" He asked as he fished out a cigarette from his pocket. Remembering he left it in the room, he growled.

"It should be on the tenth floor. The same one as the discussion hall. Oh, be careful. That place may be guarded."

"Thanks."

Tenth floor. Well, what nerves. He was now on the eleventh floor. He snorted in irritation and looked at the lift beside him and glanced upwards. The two lifts were at the twentieth story and the other was worst, going at the twenty-sixth. Sighing, he decided to take the stairs instead.

He opened the door which led to a rather shabby looking stairway. Actually, it gave the blonde a slight creepy feeling. In any way, he still made the way down the steps and surprisingly the floor was cooling to his bare feet.

Remember to wash them later, he reminded himself.

He reached down halfway when he heard voices. He bent down and peeped over to the other end of the stairway where a partially transparent door was. His brows furrowed when he recognized that three were the bosses Weiss was supposed to eliminate, and another he wished he never heard.

Takatori Reiji.

It wasn't only him, four other people followed behind and Yoji dreaded who it was.

Schwarz.

Talk about bad luck. He shifted further from the door and decided to inform Bombay.

"Hey, Takatori and Schwarz are here. I'll be needing back up to get out of here", he hissed softly.

"Okay. Meet me and Siberian at the back door. We'll be there."

Tonight wasn't going to be his night. He might as well try it later. The blonde paused when he heard someone approach the stairway's door at the eleventh floor. Thinking quick, he lay flat against the stairs.

Two workers came into the stairway and saw the blonde lying on the stairs.

"Hey, what's this guy doing?"

Knowing that he had to act, he reached out a lazy hand.

"Any you guys know where to get beer?"

The two stared at the blonde.

Works every time. Before having a night he usually drink gallons of beer, but it didn't seem to affect him much since he had numerous years of 'experience' drinking it.

"You're drunk man", one of them said and helped Yoji up.

"Oh come on! I'm not drunk! How 'bout I treat you one too?" He asked, raising one finger.

"No thanks. Which room are you from, sir?"

"Hm… 3501… I think", he finished and pretended to go unconscious. He wanted to laugh when he heard the other two trying to wake him up. If this was going to be fun he would wake up and shout boo at them.

They dragged him off to his room and managed to dig out the card key. The two women had already left and they dumped him on the bed. They left quickly and when the door clicked close, Yoji rose back to his feet and stretched.

"Jeez, those kids had better learn how to carry people properly", he grunted. He began to dress in proper clothing and made his way down the building with little effort. He went to the back and found Omi and Ken hiding behind a cloud of bushes.

"Finally! You know I'm starting to get irritated waiting for you", Ken complained.

"Well, sorry. You didn't have to play drunk and bonk your head against one of the steps of a staircase."

"Yeah, but it didn't hurt", an unfamiliar voice came about. The three turned to face what they thought they avoided.

Schuldich faced them with smug grin with Farfarello and Nagi behind.

"So, what might you three doing hiding in the bushes?" He asked curiously. He rubbed his chin, acting like he was thinking. "I see you're trying to steal –something-, but ah, you three are powerful, aren't you? It's so hard to know what you're thinking of…"

"Leave or you'll get hurt", Ken growled, resisting the urge to rip the grin off the telepath's face.

"Make me", came the response.

The white-haired Irishman immediately attacked, drawing a small blade from the band around his upper arm. He cut through the air, dispersing the group members. Yoji lashed out his wire which wrapped around the psycopath's wrist instead of neck. He pulled, but the other resisted and pulled, causing the wire to snap.

Schuldich made his advance on the youngest, using his speed which succeeded in giving a blow to the blonde's abdomen. Omi cried out as he plundered to the ground. He hitched and eyes widened when the German walked towards him.

"Zurück!" He shouted.

Schuldich simply said 'Verbannen ' and the spell broke.

Weiss never had a face on combat before and now it became worrying for Omi. Ken was busy trying to deflect Nagi's telekinetic power along with the Schatten Spell. Yoji was also having problems with the Irishman as the spells cast didn't seem to affect Farfarello the least bit. Deciding the best, he called out for the rest to retreat.

The other two were shocked at the order they were given and caused their concentration to break, leaving Yoji with a large slash across his chest from Farfarello and Ken a broken arm and leg from the combine forces of telekinetic power and a spell.

Omi had received another blow at the same spot and he went down to the ground, impact causing blood to spew out of his mouth unwillingly.

"Well, look whose words backfired?" Schuldich snickered, looking at Ken. The brunette bit back the insult.

Schuldich grabbed the youngest by the hair, hauling him off the ground painfully hanging by the roots of his hair.

"Shall I kill you or not?" He asked.

Omi took to spitting the blood which collected in his mouth at the telepath. The German turned his head to the side and the blood splattered across his left cheek.

"I'll take that as a no", he shrugged. He raised his hand in position of all his fingers together, facing his nails at the blonde. He ignoring the yelling of the older blonde and brunette's as he pulled back his hand, getting ready to strike.

"Bruch", Schuldich heard from out of nowhere before he felt the bones in the arm he was holding Omi in cracked. He shouted in pain as he let go of the body and held onto his broken arm.

He hissed furiously, facing the darker end of the trees.

Omi flipped over on his stomach when he heard something too familiar to forget.

The exact same footsteps he heard years ago when he was a child. He got up onto his knees and finally got to see who the person who helped him was.

Slowly, out from behind the shadows of the trees, a person dressed in a black cloak appeared. From head to toe were black; arms and legs under the dark cloak together with black boots. The only exception was a silver mask which covered the upper half of the face. The eye pieces were also silver which had three red streaks across on either side covering the cheeks.

The hair was blood red. It resembles too much like Aya's except that it was long and was flowing behind, half-way down the back. Whether it was a guy or girl he couldn't tell, but judging from the voice before he guessed it was male.

"Who the hell are you?" Schuldich growled. From the looks of it even the strong telepath couldn't read his thoughts.

The other remained silent. He just took a side-step and vanished into thin dust before disappearing without a trace.

The few there stared in shock at the sudden disappearance. They hadn't heard him saying anything, and he could teleport without casting it?

Crawford appeared behind, stepping up to his team and the enemies'.

"Mastermind, Berserk, Prodigy. Let's leave. Mr. Takatori is heading back to Groß."

"Ch. I'll get you three", Schuldich swore and left, holding his arm in the other. Nagi and Farfarello followed behind and their shadows faded along with the dead of the night.

Chapter 11: Forgotten

Ran groaned and threw an arm over his eyes when the heat around him stirred him awake from his sleep. The bed was definitely not his. The one he was on was slightly harder and rather uncomfortable. He got up and brushed away the sweat forming on his forehead. Everything around him was dizzy. How long was he asleep? Schuldich said he took a pill which would knock him out two days. Had two days really gone past?

He swung his legs off the bed and noticed it was Nagi's, thankfully. He went out of the teenager's room and down the stairs and heard Schuldich yelling at the top of his lungs.

He went down the stairs and watched, almost giggling when he saw Nagi wrapping up Schuldich's arm. The telekinetic boy wasn't giving the least sympathy, but he was the one in charge of injuries during missions. Schuldich had better be grateful that it wasn't Farfarello mending his arm instead.

The two Schwarz members heard a soft sound and turned to Ran. Nagi gave a tiny smile and Ran returned it with one of his own. Schuldich mumbled under his breath and yelled an 'ow' when Nagi squeezed the bandage around the telepath's arms, making it 'nice and tight' on purpose.

"You little brat! If I were fine I'd use detergent to clean that face of yours!"

"Shut up", Nagi scoffed at the remark and put the bandage aside.

"How'd you get that?" Ran asked as he sat on the one-seater.

Schuldich grumbled, "Some jerk who was made up of dust."

"I'm sure you'll live."

"Thanks a lot, you cold prick. I think he could've broken my back!"

"I thought you were strong?"

"Of course I am!" Schuldich boasted and threw himself against the backrest of the couch, hurting his arm in the process. "Ow… But I mean, that guy was unnatural. Firstly, I couldn't receive a single detail about him. Even that blonde member of yours, I still am able to but this…" He paused. "Anyway, secondly, he didn't have to use any spell and he could disappear. Not to mention, he kinda resembled you."

Ran glared at the telepath.

"What? I'm serious! He had the exact same color hair as you!"

"I'm leaving. Tell Brad that." The German frowned but gave in to the other redhead.

"Will do", Schuldich said, waving as Ran put on his shoes and went out the door. Nagi came out with a wet towel in his hands. He glanced at the closed door and went towards the couches. He dumped the cloth on the table and looked at Schuldich.

"What?'

"You didn't tell him, did you?"

"No. I didn't want to make him worry."

"This is getting dangerous. This is the second time Crawford didn't foresee it."

"I know, I know, but we can't do anything about it, can we?"

"You could've lost your life to that person."

"But I didn't. Did you find any info on the person who used 'slash and burn'?"

Nagi shook his head.

"It could be the same person after all…"

--

Ran felt a tingly feeling in him. It wasn't due to the wound which was now giving him less problem. It was something else, but he couldn't put a finger in it. He slept with no recollection of his dream. It wasn't unusual to wake up with no memories of your dreams, but this was different. He felt something amiss.

He hadn't been back at the shop for two days now. They team would probably go crazy knowing he went MIA for two whole days. What was he to do? He shook the matter off and headed back to Koneko no Tsumi. It was no surprise it wasn't open. According to Schuldich before the team was pretty much battered.

He needed to think of an excuse of his disappearance.

He entered from the back door and found Omi eating a slice of cake with a bandage around his neck. He went up to the youngest, tapping him on the shoulder when the blonde jumped at the sudden touch, dropping his fork into the basin.

"Oh geez, Yoji-kun, don't scare me like that!" He said with an odd, squeaky voice. Maybe that was what the bandage was for.

"It's me, Omi", Ran said flatly. The blonde turned around with a look of surprise on his face.

"Aya-kun! Where did you go these two days? Everyone was worried sick!" He squealed happily with the same squeaky voice.

Ran raised a brow.

"Never mind, and don't mind me. Yesterday we got into a fight with Schwarz. Yoji-kun and Ken-kun were injured rather badly so I decided not to open the shop today."

"I know", Ran said softly. Omi gave a questioning noise and Ran shook his head. "Nothing. I'll go see if they need anything." He finished and went up to the second story where he heard a bang. He didn't really want to worry, but the noises behind the two doors were rather interesting in a bad way.

He knocked the door of Yoji's room but received no response. He opened the door to find Yoji with one large bandage around his chest and Ken in bandages on his right arm and left leg fighting for the bathroom in between the two rooms. They were currently on the ground, wrestling with each other and Yoji was at a better advantage.

"Cut it out", Ran said loudly.

"Stay out of this Aya!" Yoji growled as he shoved Ken to the ground away from the bathroom. Ken shouted a 'hey' and reached out to grab Yoji's collar.

Alright. Yoji had just called him but hadn't noticed he was back, not that he really needed him to notice. Ran got pretty pissed and tore the both of them apart.

"Will you two shut up!" He growled.

"A-Aya!" Ken stammered. Yoji took the chance and slipped out of Ran's grip and went into the toilet, closing the door behind him.

"YOJI!" Ken shouted.

"You two never change", Ran snorted. He let go of Ken and went out of the room.

"Hey Aya! Where have you been these two days?"

"None of your business."

"Well, it is partially, because you were absent and nearly caused up trouble."

"You should've been able to handle it yourselves", Ran said with his cold attitude back in place.

Ken grabbed Ran by the collar with his left hand with had equal strength to his right hand.

"Omi was nearly killed because of you", he snarled through grit teeth.

"But I helped him, didn't I?" He growled back, swiping at the arm. Ken let go, staring at Ran with shock.

"What?" The redhead snarled again.

"What did you mean by 'I helped him'?"

Ran looked back at the brunette puzzled. "What did I say?"

"You said 'but I helped him, didn't I?'. What do you mean by that?"

"I said no such thing", Ran protested.

"You did!"

"I DID NOT!" Ran shouted and ran out of the room. He ran back to his room and slammed the door shut behind him. He was breathing hard. What in the world was Ken saying? He didn't say anything at all. He didn't recall even opening his mouth.

"Oh god… What's happening to me?"

--

Ken remained motionless until Yoji came out. The blonde stared at the brunette's back, went over and gave it a smack. Ken jumped and turned over.

"Yo, mourning over the loss of the bathroom?" Yoji teased.

Ken frowned. "No. I was wondering about what Aya said."

"Well, what did he say?"

"I was just trying to talk some sense into him that his absence nearly caused Omi his life when he said 'but I helped him, didn't I?'. After that I asked what he was talking about but he looked as if he blanked out."

"Are you sure you heard the right thing?"

"Positive. He's locked up in his room right now…"

"Well, I'll deal with him. Bathroom's all yours now", Yoji showed a thumb to the toilet and went out of his room.

He stood in front of Ran's door and knocked. The reply was 'go away' and he leaned against the door.

"I think you owe us and explanation, Ice Princess", Yoji sang. The blonde yelped when the door suddenly opened and he went backwards along with the door as it was pulled open. He landed hard on his butt and hissed.

"I don't owe you anything, so go away."

"Oh come on. I won't talk about what Ken was blabbering about", Yoji promised as he picked himself up, brushing his pants.

"Fine. What do you want?"

"I just need to ask something. Do you believe in fortune telling?"

One fine brow rose.

"Just answer yes or no."

"Yes and no."

"Right. Tell me about it."

"Why the hell do you want to know?"

"Pretty please?"

"Yes, sometimes it is true. No, sometimes it's a lie."

"Quite direct, aren't you?"

Ran snorted.

"Okay, okay. You see, I met this old man. He told me my 'fortune'. It was about my love life. The first woman loved me but I didn't take notice of her. The second I thought died isn't dead. The third-"

"It doesn't concern me", the redhead interrupted.

"Look, I'm just telling you."

"I don't want to know."

"You're such an asshole, you know that?"

"I'm the ass, you're the hole", Ran spat back and slammed the door straight into the blonde's face.

Yoji growled. "That wasn't funny!"

Unfortunately, Ken and Omi were chuckling a short distance away. Yoji glared at them and they both stopped.

"Sorry", Omi apologized and ran off. Ken scratched his head and shrugged.

Chapter 12: From the past to the future and back again

Where am I?

You don't know

Who's there?

You don't need to care

Answer me!

Your dream

My… dream?

Your forgotten dream.

What are you talking about?

You're not meant to exist. You were meant to die.

Shut up!

What can you see? What do you feel?

I can't see anything but black. I feel nothing either.

That is the real you. You see nothing but darkness and you have no emotions. Why do you live then?

I don't get it…

You can run, you can hide, but soon it will find you…

What? What's going to find me?

You're not meant to exist.

Stop saying that! Answer me!

Your abilities brings anguish. Your knowledge brings darkness. Your feelings bring Death.

Don't…

This is the real thing and you can never run away from it. Never…

--

Ran nearly screamed but held back just in time. His body was drenched in sweat despite of the cold night. A trembling palm raked his wet hair. He took several deep breaths and glanced over to the clock beside him. Five in the morning. He'd usually wake at six, but since he was up and awake he might as well deal with it.

He placed the covers aside and walked out, the place all dark. He made his way to the kitchen and flicked on the lights, forgetting and momentarily blinding him for several seconds. When he had them adjusted fine he took a cup off the rack and washed it before filling it with warm water. He started to feel a little cold and he looked over to the thermometer which was bought by Omi, pasted on the refrigerator. It read sixteen degrees. It was closing to autumn soon. No wonder it was particularly cold.

He was also only dressed in one white t shirt and pants that reached to his knees. He sighed. He didn't think he could sleep again. That nightmare caused him to be fully awake. He took the cup and sat at the kitchen table. He sighed and rested his chin on his hand.

The dream before had to be a joke. There was no way a normal person like him could… whatever that voice said. He forgot how it sounded like. He could only remember the last line just before he woke though.

This is the real thing and you can never run away from it. Never.

A thump caught his attention. He turned around to see Omi descending the stairs sleepily. The blonde rubbed his eyes, squinting at the bright kitchen light.

"Hm? Aya-kun? Why're you up so early?" Omi asked, covering his mouth for a yawn.

"Couldn't sleep. What about you?"

"Hm… I've got a test I'm still not ready for."

"I see."

Omi hobbled to the counter and filled a cup with water before downing it.

"Ne, Aya-kun, I don't mean to be nosy or anything. But regarding what Ken-kun said-" He put his hand ups. "I mean! It's not that I don't believe you or anything! It's just that…"

Ran looked at the blonde.

"That person… saved my twice. If I could, I would hope to know him personally…Wouldn't that be great?"

"You already know him."

"What?"

Ran shook his head. "Sorry?"

"You just…oh, never mind! I'll go study now. Oh yeah, Aya-kun, do you think I could go to my friend's house tomorrow night for a barbeque? I'd most likely sleep over so I won't be back until the next day."

Ran nodded an acknowledgement and watch as Omi trotted off up the stairs.

Not again…Something I didn't say came out of my mouth.

He knew. Omi had the same look as Ken. He grit his teeth and rested his head on his crossed arms on the kitchen table.

"This is going to be bad", he said to no one.

--

It's not a dream. It's a fact.

You again. Leave me alone!

I can't. I'm in you. I'm only waiting.

Waiting?

Yes. Waiting for the right time.

Stop saying such things! I don't get you!

You'll understand it. Soon.

Tell me now!

I can't. Not to a person who can…

Yahoo! Finally the next chapter! I really gotta hand it to you guys! Thanks for being with me until now! I LOOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEE YOUUUUUU!

Oh yes. In case you're wondering -Ahem- why Ken didn't know it was Schu... Let's make it fun shall we:) Anyway. It wouldn't be fun if Ken knew it was Schuschu right away, would it? Nyah ha... Mist would kill me... Ignore my insanity and lack of conscious...

No FYI's...Amazing... O.O

Translations:
Zurück-Back
Verbannen-Dispel
Bruch-Break (ouch)

Reviews:
Darkdranzer: Eh heh... About Accidentally Yours... that's the prequel of Silent Bells bu Yutaka-chan... You might wanna read that too. :) Thanks for your review too.
Einsam: Yep. An interlude. My brain burst before (kidding). I didn't know what to write but to show I'm alive, I did a small interlude. Besides, Mistskeeper wanted a little 'action', so why not? Ahhaha... I'm sorry Brad hasn't made a move on Ran yet. I'll do it in the next chapter! And I don't mind multiple reviews. :) You can review over and over. I'd love them!
Rubymoon: You enjoy attacking the review button, don't you? Oh well! Still added on my list!
Katten: I like it too:)
Mistskeeper: O.o Yeah, I kinda noticed, LOADS of people love making Ken the klutz. Either that or the clumsy (means the same thing, I know), clueless dopey. :0 I'm not that sure if Ken has to keep tripping on Schu. But I could always make it a funny part when Ken lands -on- Schu's injured arm. That's GONNA be funny... XD