Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Confessions ❯ Brad ( Chapter 2 )

In the beginning there was the tree.

Yes, the tree.

No, I'm not crazy, now stop looking at me like that.

Do you want me to tell you the story or not?

Thank you. Now, where was I….Oh yes, the tree. It was a magnificent tree. Four stories high, a trunk so big five men couldn't wrap their arms around it. I loved that tree. When the visions came I would go sit in it and wait for them to go away. Of course, I wasn't there for very long after they started. Two Estet agents came to my house, they killed my parents, burned down the tree, and took me with them. I knew that someday I would make them sorry, and until then I would learn control. Do you have any idea how hard it is to concentrate on anything when the present is always overlaid with visions of the future?

Yeah, something like that. I forgot the tree, blanked it out of my mind for years…until I saw him. For some reason he reminds me of it.

Oh no, not the first time I saw him. He was little more than a child then, a broken child. It was years later, when I saw him again. Killing rage in his eyes, strong and cold. All I could think was that he reminded me of my tree. Someone who could stand calmly through a storm, a person who might just be safe. He was tough, wasn't going to die just when I needed him.

Yes, even I need people sometimes. I may act like a cold-hearted bastard but I'm not all that bad.

I know, I've fixated on someone who desperately wants me dead and will never forgive me for my past transgressions. Never mind that those actions saved her life and the entire world.

What?

You thought we were going to use her?

No! We didn't really intend to go through with it.

Because you four had to believe that we would. Had one thing, even one, gone differently we would have all paid for it. Your sweet little Bombay would be dead, Schuldig would have destroyed himself and taken a good third of the city with him, both girls would have been killed by his madness, Abyssinian would now by in an asylum…..

Judging by the look on your face you get the point. Perhaps now that it is all over he will be able to overlook our former encounters and give me a chance. I need to believe that there is a chance, no matter how small it may be, and in the meantime, I will try to relax.

Time to go, Schuldig says that Farfarello has gone missing again.

Until next time, Hidaka.

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Notes: Okay..so he's REALLY out of character. Oh well. I wanted to portray a more relaxed side of Schwartz' infamous leader. If you don't like it for some reason feel free to let me know. Criticism is always welcome. But if you plan on leaving outright flames then go away because I don't want to read them.