A/N: Hey. I wasn't going to post this but I thought I'd go ahead because the last chapter was so short. 'I wasn't going to post this, but…' I seem to say that a lot. In case you haven't if you review I will e-mail you back to say thanks. It saves time and space. If you don't want me to e-mail you just let me know. Anyway, on with the story!

Complications
By: Neko-Chibi-Faithkitty

Chapter 6: Complications of the Informative Kind

Business had been going fairly well. It had taken Ken nearly fifteen minutes to haul the sleeping Raenef up the stairs to Omi's room. After that he had promptly gone to sleep himself. Omi had hung around just long enough to make sure that Ken didn't take any of his things. Yoji had watched them the entire time, and when Omi was out the door, and Ken and Raenef both asleep, he joined Aya in the shop.
"Well?" Aya asked.
"Omi's gone and the other two are asleep." The tall blonde informed him.
"Hn. We'll have to keep a close eye on our guest. I don't think we can trust him. He's keeping something from us."
"What do you mean?"
The red-head studied Yoji for several minutes. "I think he knows a hell of a lot more than he let's on."
"Really?" Yoji started to answer when the door chime sounded signaling the first customer of the day.

By mid-afternoon business in the shop was booming. All four assassins were working, and Raenef was playing with Ken's bubbles in the small garden in the back. It was at that opportune time that Manx chose to make her appearance. The chime sounded and Aya looked over to Momoe. The old woman awoke to the sound and looked around dazed.
"Oh my…" she mumbled.
"I don't think she can handle all of this by herself." Ken said quietly to Aya.
"Maybe not…" The red-head said, narrowing his eyes dangerously. "EVERYBODY OUT NOW!" he yelled suddenly. "WE'RE CLOSED!" Seconds later the shop was empty.
"Can you pick up a bit?" Omi asked Momoe quickly as he followed the others to the back. "If you need any help ask the blonde boy in the back."
"Alright." She agreed amiably.
When the young assassin reached the bottom of the stairs, he found the others seated in comfortable positions around the room and Manx standing off to one side, tapping her foot impatiently.
"What's wrong?" the dart-throwing assassin asked apprehensively.
"I take it none of you have seen the news today." The sassy secretary said.
"No." Yoji answered. "Aya turned it off when the shop started to fill up. He said it was too much noise."
"Has the kid made anymore of those bubble things?"
The blinked at the sudden change of subject, and it was a few seconds before Ken managed to answer her. "Well, yeah. He's been at it all day."
"What have you been doing with them?"
"Giving them away."
"WHAT?!"
"Would you prefer we sell them five cents for a dozen? We only have enough to provide the entire 'marble championship.'" Aya growled.
Manx took a deep breath before answering him. "If you had been watching the news today you would have heard that several precious gemstones were found in Otagawa Park this morning. Police suspected a bank robbery at first, but no robbery was reported. You would also know that these gems were found by a group of children who thought they were marbles. Thus you would be prepared when I came back with the lab tests that prove those 'bubbles' are genuine, and each one worth at least a thousand dollars."
"Which simple-minded ignoramus," Aya growled, " came up with the brilliant idea to give away those bubbles?"
"Wasn't it Aya?" Ken asked Omi, oblivious to the danger he had just placed himself in. The tall violet-eyed man's elegant eyebrow began to twitch ever so slightly.
"It doesn't matter." Omi interrupted. "What's done is done. Besides, we still have plenty more."
"Anyway," Manx started. "Aya, could I have that bauble he made for you? I'd like to analyze it…" She was interrupted when the basement door creaked open. Five heads turned to see who had intruded into their sanctuary.
At the top of the stairs stood Raenef, his large blue eyes full of tears. "Y-you can't take Eclipse's bubble."
Manx glanced irritatedly at the blonde. "I don't even know who Eclipse is." She said.
"He is." Raenef answered, pointing at Aya. "And the purple bubble is his. You can't have it! I'll tell!"
Manx sighed and looked over at Aya and then back up at the tiny teen standing at the top of the stairs. "I only want to see it." She told him.
Suddenly the teen seemed to change. His wide innocent eyes narrowed suspiciously. "You lie. Do you dare lie to me?" Many stronger people have tried t do that." He hissed. "Do you know what happened to them?" He waited for her to shake her head 'no' before he continued. "They died very slow and painful deaths after watching me destroy everything dear to them. Do you wish the same fate? It would please me greatly to watch your tears as you held the still beating heart you had just watched me rip from the dying body of your precious Shuichi." Raenef sneered at the shocked woman.
Then Raenef seemed to change a second time. Now he looked somehow older than his seemingly scant teenage years. He smiled down at Aya. It wasn't the cruel hatred he had shown Manx, but rather a cold calculated look that seemed to peer into his soul. "I know you are not Eclipse, but for now you will have to do. And he seems to like you." He told the tall man. He turned to the leggy woman. "Oh yes, if you are wise you will heed what we have said." A moment later he had left the basement.
"What was that all about?" Yoji asked once the door clicked closed again.
"He almost seemed like a different person." Omi observed.
"Oh come on!" The taller of the two blondes argued. "You think the kid has split personalities or something? I suppose next Ken's gonna tells us that Rae's immortal."
"I don't know about that." Aya said," but I would like to know who Shuichi is." He glared pointedly at Manx.
"Shuichi is no one of consequence. Just someone I work with at my other job."
"Then why threaten him?" Ken asked.
"Because he knew it would piss me off!" She answered angrily. "More importantly, how did he know about him?"
"Does it matter?" The flame haired assassin asked. "The point is that he does. I don't think cute innocent Raenef is all he seems to be. In fact I think he might be much more dangerous than we ever imagined."
"Whatever!" Yoji shrugged skeptically, rolling his eyes. "The kid's as innocent as yesterday's sunshine."
Were you not here a minute ago?" Ken asked stunned.
"Manx was trying to take a precious stone that he gave to someone special. What would you do if a thug tried to steal a diamond necklace you just gave to Yuriko to remember you by? Huh?" The blonde insisted, standing up for their strange guest. "Can you honestly tell me you wouldn't do exactly what that boy just did?"
"Are you saying you condone his actions?!" Manx demanded incredulously.
"No, I don't condone them, but I do understand them."
There was an uncomfortable silence for several minutes before Manx found her voice again. "Kritiker finished the first few tests on the tracers found on the boy."
"And?" Omi asked.
"And they're very advanced. I've never seen anything like them. We've tried every possible way to turn them off or destroy them and all we managed to do was blow up one two of our labs. We can't even get them to stop transmitting."
"What exactly are they transmitting?" The youngest assassin asked, curious.
"Their location and the location of every other tracer found on the boy that isn't in the same room with them."
"What? But that doesn't make sense. They would have to be pretty big bugs to track that much, and most of them were tiny."
"I'm only telling you what we've confirmed so far. We can't track the transmission to see where it's going either." The assassins watched her. "When I came here I was going to suggest moving him to a more secure location, but seeing how he's attached himself to Aya, I think it might be best if we left him here. You know what they say better the devil you know than the devil you don't."
"But we don't know." Aya sighed. "We don't know anything about this kid, and we definitely don't know who's going to come looking for him. You need to find some other place for him."
"Where would you have me put him Aya? I could lock him up in one of our labs, but he would be terrified and I have a feeling the consequences would not be desirable."
"But we don't know what he's capable of. He could be an enemy."
Manx glared at him. "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. He stays. And that's my final word on the matter."
"You're just going to leave him here with us?" Ken demanded. "How're we supposed to explain where he came from."
"Easily. Raenef is Yoji's baby brother. He's staying here because he's an outpatient at the hospital and his family lives in Kyoto prefecture. The car accident that injured him also left him with amnesia."
"Anything else?" Aya asked, carefully keeping his voice neutral.
"Not at the moment." She answered him.
"Then I'm going to clean up the shop." They watched as he stormed up the basement stairs. After a few minutes they followed him, saying goodbye to Manx.

A/N: Hello! It took me a lot longer to post this than I expected! I started to post it over a week ago and I've finally finished typing it up. They finally met the other Raenefs! Yay! Oh, and yes, Raenef does have multiple personalities. By the way, this is in between the first and second movies in the Weiss timeline. I don't think I have anything else to say, so I'm going to post this and go to bed. Please Review now, and thank you to every one who already has.