Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction / Yami No Matsuei Fan Fiction ❯ Troubled Times ❯ Working for the Koala ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Weiss Kreuz, if I did, then the designs in Gluhen would never have happened . . . I also don't own Yami no Matsuei. This fic is only done for fun and to relieve my boredom . . . Don't bother suing me, most that you would get is dryer lint.

Warning: This is a Yaoi fic. . . that means wonderful m/m action, if this offends anyone here, then get out of my site. I didn't force you to come here. If this offends the sensibilities of any parents, then you should be looking after your kids better and not using the computer as a babysitter.

On to the fanfiction. . .

Troubled Times.

Part one.

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Bouncing into the Takatori Building, Wakaba goes to the information desk to ask where she might find her 'niisan'. . . . Holding a schoolbag heavy with books she twirls a few strands of hair unaware of the fact that she's caught the attention of Nagi, as well as a few others in the lobby. Midnight eyes followed the girl. It was exceedingly odd for anyone as young as her to be there... with the occasional exception of Ouka. But her royal highness was such a royal pain in the neck that Nagi avoided her at any cost. After talking a little bit with the lobby receptionist, the girl is given directions. . . Turning around, she starts heading to the elevator that schwarz's resident hacker was about to get on, seeing that it is just opening, she starts jogging towards him. . . "please hold that elevator. . . "

Nagi hit the button to hold the doors. They were lucky, no one else was waiting for the car. He stood to the side so she could enter. Stepping into the elevator she smiles sweetly at him. "Thanks. . . " Reaching over, she taps the button for the fifth floor, research.

He gave a little half bow and turns to stare out the glass wall of the shaft. He had already hit his button, heading up to Takatori's offices to deliver some files... and try to find out what virus the jerk had managed to infect his computer with this time.

"You have family that works here too?"

He hesitated... then nodded. He supposed Schwarz could be considered his family.

"I'm Watari Wakaba. My brother just started working here last week."

"Naoe Nagi."

When the light pings off the third floor, the elevator stops and Schuldig steps on. . . . having finished 'terrorizing' some of the secretaries. . . . Nagi nods to him.

"You don't talk much do you Naoe-san?"

He shook his head... and Schuldig laughed. "No... the chibi hardly ever speaks..."

Laughing a bit, Wakaba shakes her head. . . before she can speak, the elevator pings her floor. Looking up at Schu and then to Nagi, she bids the two farewell saying that it was nice to meet them before all but bouncing out through the sliding metal doors. Nagi nods and watches her leave before turning back to the window.

"So, who's the ditz?"

"Girl from school."

"If she paints her hair turquoise I'm shooting her just for the principle of it."

Nagi rolled his eyes. "She's nice..."

"What's she doing here anyway?"

"Visiting her brother."

A wide smirk breaks out across Schu's features. "I wonder if he is as cute as she was. . . or is some old geezer. . . "

The teen sighed and then exited as the doors opened. "Tired of chasing Brad?"

"Variety is the spice of life. . . .and he padlocked his door."

Nagi snickered. He composed himself and got ready to go into Takatori's office. "I can't stand this creep..."

In the office are two of the usual scientist bringing progress reports to Takatori, as well as a new one that neither Schuldig or Nagi had seen before. . . . and looking somewhat like a child next to the older men. Glasses glisten as they are pushed back in place as the blonde scientist watches the exchange between his seniors and his boss. Nagi ignores them all, going to the side and the computer that was causing all the trouble. Standing off to the side, Schu gets an unwanted view of how the koala is checking out the new scientist without the man noticing it himself.

The politician's eyes roamed over the blond, lingering in over his lower region. When the man had to bend over to pick up a file one of his colleagues had dropped... Takatori's eyes were riveted to the man's rear. The older man licked his lips. After a few more minutes, the older man is lucky that he is seated safely behind a large oak desk. . . if not his body's reaction to just watching his new pet scientist would have been obvious to the entire room.

Nagi mumbles from his seat. This wasn't going well... the man's other computer, on his desk, must be infected as well. He grimaced... then stood and walked over to Takatori. "Excuse me, sir..."

The other two scientists shake their heads, having seen similar incidents before. . . though, never having been directed at one of their own. "Excuse us Takatori-san, we have to get back to the lab. . . . " On their way out, Schu picks up from Watari the clear impression that the blonde is simply amused at merely having to follow orders for the time being. . . . though he is more used to dealing with lab procedures on his own.

Nagi leans over the man's desk, Takatori having merely pushed his chair back, not vacated it. The teen hated to be watched while he worked, especially when he was bent over and not comfortably sitting. Any DECENT person would have gotten up and let him have a seat... jerk.

"Interesting individual, that new scientist, Watari-san. . . isn't he, Schuldig?"

Schu frowned slightly. "I haven't really met him yet..." He watched as Nagi tried to work around the man.

"He really is quite an exceptional. . . . individual."

"Ah..."

**********

That evening Schuldig senses someone staying later than normal at the office. . . . reaching out to the other mind he finds it difficult to get any further than the surface thoughts. Curious... and slightly bored since there wasn't anything for him to do... He decided to see who was hanging around.

Taking the stairs down, jumping them two at a time, he reaches the fifth floor. . . . making his way through the maze that everyone calls a research center, he eventually sees the blonde scientist concentrating on the chemicals in front of him and making notes in one of the notebooks that Schu has seen these people often using.

"You're working late..."

Jumping slightly, the man looks up with a sheepish smile. "It isn't that late. . . I've only been here," looking down at his watch, hazel eyes widen comically, "two hours longer than I originally thought."

The redhead laughed. "Get caught up in your work often?"

"It seems more often than not it seems. . . " he comments while trying to start cleaning the small mess that he had made during the past few hours. "Thank you for reminding me of what time it really was."

"No problem... I was curious who was still around so late..."

"Ah, hei hei. My name is Watari." Latex gloves are pulled off and offered over in a friendly sort of handshake after he's put away the chemicals and cleaned the area with disinfectant. "Gomen if I caused any inconvenience."

"No, I'm part of security so I was just keeping track of who was still in the building."

"Ah. . . out of curiosity. Your accent, german, right?"

"Yes, actually. You have a good ear."

"Not really. . . there were a few german exchange students at my university a few years before I graduated. They were some of the few people that didn't make fun of my osaka accent."

"Ah... yeah, we gaijin can't argue with that, ne? Except for a few, we sound like idiots in Japanese."

"I think that is true in any language Security-san." Watari says with a good-natured chuckle.

The redhead smirked. "Schuldig actually. You are Watari-san?"

"Shurudihu? Watari is okay. . . Watari-san makes me look around for my. . . father."

"Ah... are you planning on staying much later? So I can pass the information along to the night shift."

"Not really. . . I already stayed longer than I originally intended to stay." At least Wakaba-chan should have realized that I was absorbed by the laboratory here. . . not as well equipped as I expected, but it is decent.

"Alright. Have a good evening." He winked suggestively at the blond before making his way out of the lab. Very interesting...

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The next morning while driving towards the main office building, Schuldig passes a familiar blonde and brunette strolling along chatting animatedly between themselves. Unlike the previous night, today Watari's hair is loose, waves upon waves of spun gold caress the scientist's body.

He eyes all that blond hair... wondering if it was as soft as it looked. He pulled over quickly and rolled down the window. "Want a lift?"

Wakaba doesn't even give Watari a chance to answer, "Yes he does. . . but I'm headed a different direction. Bai 'niichan!!"

Looking a little flustered he stares after the girl as she runs off. . . presumably to school before turning back to Schu and trying to ignore the slight blush that has crept to his cheeks, "Ohayo Schuldig-san."

"Ohayo... jump in." He unlocked the doors.

Nodding, he gets into the fancy and obviously expensive car bringing with him the clean scent of both mint and soap. "Thank you. . . . I have come to the conclusion that younger sisters are more of a nuisance than they are worth."

Schu chuckled. "I wouldn't know... I've only been around Nagi."

Not that I would really know either, since Wakaba isn't really . . . "I can assure you. . . Wakaba-chan is a nuisance."

"I have enough problems with my chibi... teens..."

"They think that the world is against them. . . mocking them at every turn."

"sometimes it is..." he muttered under his breath as he turned into the driveway to the lower level parking garage.

In what Schuldig would consider a crime against nature, Watari pulls out a ribbon from one of his pockets and ties his hair back in a loose ponytail. "In my opinion having the world against you isn't the worst thing. . . . there are other things out there that are worse."

"Depends on your point of view I guess." He pulled into his parking spot... right next to Crawford's and two down from Takatori's.

Stepping out of the car, Watari listens to the echo of his light footsteps. . . . and tries to forget that he had heard a similar sound some thirty years prior, the night before being hospitalized for the last time. "Thank you for the ride," he comments trying to hide his slight discomfort at being in a semi-dark and somewhat isolated location.

"No problem... I'll walk in with you if you don't mind."

Looking somewhat relieved Watari smiles back at the taller red head, "I don't mind."

Schu smirked and walked beside the blond. This was turning out to be an interesting week after all.

**********

During the next few days, Schu gets to endure the koala's ogling what he has started to jokingly considering 'his blonde'. . . as well as Nagi. Every so often Watari's little sister will show up with something that her brother had left behind, and on one occasion even had to drag the blond away from his work. Meanwhile, Schuldig keeps picking up from the other scientists that Watari must have a higher education than what was listed in his resume. . .

Nagi was finally getting the last vestiges of the virus purged from the system when Schuldig came in to visit him. "Whatever you want... go bug someone else, I'm busy."

"But you're always fun to bother."

"What do you want?" Nagi input a last line of code. Hopefully THAT would keep the lecher upstairs from infecting the building server with whatever he picked up from those porn sights.

"Actually. . . I've been picking up a few interesting rumors. . . and wanted to see if you could help out."

"Like what? If it's naked online pictures of that secretary again, forget it."

"Those would be nice too. . . . she had a cute ass. But, I have a suspicion that Watari lied on his resume. . . . I want to know what it was, and why"

"You're really caught up with this guy..." Nagi commented... but he was already formulating what he would have to do to get the info the redhead wanted.

"He intrigues me."

"I bet... Give me what you know... I'll see what I can dig up..."

Some three hours later, Nagi has come to the conclusion that he is going to massacre his slutty 'older brother' as well as having been able to find at least one glaring lie in Watari's resume. . . . his entire education record is fraudulent.

"Schuldig..." He growls... knowing that even if the German isn't in hearing range... he will 'hear' it anyways.

/Yeah brat?/

/Do you want to take up flying?/

/only in an airplane with a knowledgeable pilot and after all the doors have been securely locked./

/And here I thought maybe I could help you with that... your blond friend doesn't exist.../

/what the fuck is that supposed to mean?/

/what do you think it means... there is NOTHING out there... except for the fact that I'm positive his credentials are fake.../

Schuldig looks across the cafeteria at Watari sitting there with the rest of the scientists. . . all of them are laughing, one having apparently made some joke that only they would be able to understand. /So how in the hell does someone con their way into a research lab and hold his own?/

/I'm not saying he doesn't have an education or experience... just that what he reported isn't true. Think about us... do OUR credentials exist? What about your associates degree?/

/Good point. . . see what else you can find out about our friend. . . /Glasses flash as hazel eyes focus on leaf green. Smiling, Watari waves Schuldig over to sit with them. . .

/Alright... should I check out his sister too?/

/Yeah. . . go for it, and have fun./

/Sure... fun.../ Secretly he did like digging up information. It was a mystery... and he loved to solve mysteries.

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With a lot more work, Nagi is able to come to the conclusion that the only thing that wasn't fabricated on the resume was Watari's name. . . . and he can't even be positive on that point either since no where in Japan is there a birth record that could even match up with the Watari that they know. . . . the only one close enough is a kid that is still in college.

He's ready to start beating his head against the keyboard. He still had homework and Schwarz paperwork to do... with a sigh he saved what he had, to show to Schuldig later.

Schuldig has to at least smile. . . even if everything he knows about Watari is a lie, the man is still dependable to get caught up in his work enough to completely lose track of time as well as staying completely oblivious to everything around him. . . . or at least that is what the blonde has been doing for the past ten minutes without realizing there was a second person in the room as he continued working on his current experiment. Humming faintly to himself... Watari makes another notation... It's only when his stomach growls that the scientist realizes that he hasn't eaten in several hours. . . . looking up, he finally realizes that he isn't alone in the room. "Oh, Schuldig. . . how long have you been there?"

"Long enough... what's so interesting?"

"Not so much as interesting. . . well. . . " picking up the notebook, Watari shows it to Schuldig. "We are trying to get this chemical compound to recombine without losing the carbon, which in turn causes it to lose too many electrons becoming completely unstable. . . but if everyone keeps going about this problem the way they have. . . well, all the lab rats fur is going to turn blue."

Green eyes widened, then Schu chuckled. "I'll just take your word for it... chemistry was never my strong suit. Eaten anything for a while?"

"This isn't just chemistry. . . a few more milligrams of phosphate acid and it'll push your DNA and RNA into doing some really interesting things. As for food. . . . I think the last time I ate was lunch, about 5 hrs ago," glancing quickly down at his watch Watari corrects himself, "over 8 and a half hours ago. . . "

"Whatever... it's science... and science and I never got along... It's been a while for me too... wanna get some dinner?"

"Sounds like a good idea."

"I know this great place around the corner..."

"Okay. What kind of food do they serve there?" he asks while cleaning up the area. .. once again.

"A little of everything... it's run by an American, so it has normal food."

Pulling out some antibacterial cleaners, Watari has to laugh a little. "Then they should have decent pasta. . . . there's a little cafe near where I used to work, it seems like I've been in there for over a decade trying to get them to make a decent plate of pasta. . . it always comes out wrong in one way or another."

Schu laughed. "I know... try to explain the concept of sausage to the Japanese..."

"Ah, sorry. . . I'm not too familiar on that one. . . . "

"Yeah... well... you're not German... does your sister stay with you?"

"She does. . . but she was supposed to go to a sleepover tonight."

"Shall we go then?"

Picking up his trench coat, Watari turns back to Schu, "Lead the way."

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Within a half hour they are seated, have drinks, and are waiting for their food. Placing a bread order, Watari also requests virgin olive oil and specific herbs. . . . and shows Schu how to dip his bread. Swirling the bite-sized piece in the olive oil, Watari pops it into Schu's mouth himself with a satisfied little smile. The redhead smirked. Maybe Nagi would have to get his own dinner tonight... "That's good... I don't think I've had it that way before."

"I learned that when I was younger on a family trip to Italy one summer." he idly comments while pulling a piece for himself and swirls it in the oil. "I'm glad that you liked it."

"Very good... I've never been to Italy. Around most of the rest of Europe... but never Italy."

"To be honest, that was the last time that I left Japan." Bringing the bread up to his lips, the blonde can't help but smile, "I don't think that I'll ever really get the chance to travel like that again." Popping the bread into his mouth, Watari sucks the residual oil from his fingertips.

"That's a shame..." Schu really wanted to take those fingers and lick them himself... but just then their dinners arrived.

**********

Finishing with the paperwork for Schwarz, Nagi decides to try again to see if he can figure out just who it is that the freak koala decided to hire just because he had a cute ass. . . . He dives into cyberspace again, this time focusing on the sister... and coming up with the same... nothing. It was starting to irritate him. It never took this long... even when he had to hack Esset mainframes... To his horror, it's a mistake that brings the best results. . . Wakaba isn't a given name. . . it was her family name. Records of a hospitalization come forth for a girl named Wakaba Kannuki. The photo included leaves little room for doubt that this girl is the same Watari Wakaba, except for the fact that the records are nearly a decade old. But how could that be? Unless... she was much older than she looked. He supposed it could be possible... At the very least he's figured out part of the mystery. . . the girl isn't Watari's sister. So who the hell is Watari?

Pushing back... he stretches and looks at the clock. Crap... it was really late. Usually Schu bugged him to go home by now. The redhead must have been called away. Nice of the prick to let him know. He started to gather his stuff, now he was stuck taking the bus...

**********

At the end of the meal, Schu can't help but laugh at the way Watari's eyes just light up at the desert. . . while he tries not to be overly obvious about his love for sweets and failing badly. They finish desert and Schu generously picks up the tab... well, he charges it to Takatori anyways...

"Are you sure that is alright, to charge it to your employer i mean."

"That's what an expense account is for.... besides, he's your employer too."

"That he is." Walking out of the restaurant, Watari stretches a little. . . "I had a wonderful time. . . thank you."

"You're welcome... are you going home soon? I can give you a lift if you like... I just need to check if Nagi left or if I have to drag him away from the computer again... kids..."

"Thank you, that's really kind of you. . . I had started thinking about the walk back," actually. . . there are always other options to get home, just so long as no one sees me taking that one. ^__^

"No problem... let me run upstairs..." Arriving upstairs, it is entirely too obvious that Nagi has already left for the night. The redhead shrugged... the chibi would forgive him, eventually. He grabbed his things and headed back down, signing out with the night shift at the security center. He walked back into the main lobby. "Ready, Watari?"

"Ready."

"Let's go... Nagi already left." He headed for the elevator to the parking level.

As he gives the directions to Schuldig, Watari is suddenly pleased about the fact that he and Terezuma threatened Tatsumi into paying for a somewhat decent place for him and Wakaba. . . . he was certain that the secretary appreciated being able to drink a cup of coffee without the fear of anything interesting happening to him on a daily basis. . . as well as not having Tere transforming and causing as much destruction as possible.

Schu tries not to think how he wished the blond would invite him in when they arrived. He could already tell Watari wasn't the type... at least not on the first date. Besides... he had to find out what Nagi had dug up...

**********

Arriving back at the apartment, Schuldig goes and immediately wakes up Nagi. . . "Yo Nagi, find anything interesting?"

"Fuck you too... go away!"

"Is that an offer? Sorry. . . i don't screw chibis. . . . even I have standards."

"No it wasn't an offer you creep... I'm trying to sleep." He rolled over, tugging the blankets up over his head.

"Don't tell me what you found out and I'll go into extreme detail about everything that I did tonight. . . "

He peeks out to check the time. "It's too early for your normal conquests... did you make out in the car?"

"Unlike me, he actually wanted to be able to go to work in the morning. . . "

"Oooh... some one with dedication... I can see why you're being so pissy... some of use DO have to be up in a few hours so go away!"

"Call in sick. . . say you have a migraine. . . I can GIVE you a migraine if you want." Schu comments as a smirk settles in place.

"Do that and I'll GIVE you a concussion. Fine... take a look then leave me alone."

**********

By now, Schuldig has nearly perfected driving past Watari on his walk to work. . . . for the first time, he sees the blonde walking alone, humming a little tune to himself. If his guess is right then it should be classical? He pulls up alongside... opening the window. Yup... classical. "Hey good lookin'... goin' my way?"

Looking down at the German, Watari beams, "it seems that I am. . . "

"Get in..." He waves the blond over.

Without hesitation, he climbs into the car. . . "Good morning."

"Morning... no little sister today?"

"She went directly from her sleepover to class." Actually she had to chase down Terezuma this morning and transform him back to normal. . . . poor thing needs the rest.