Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Curse of the Koneko ❯ And so it begins... ( Chapter 1 )

Curse of the Koneko
Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own Weiss Kreuz, and I got part of the plot idea from Ranma 1/2.
My first Weiss Kreuz fic! If any of the information about Weiss Kreuz is wrong, don't hesitate to correct me. If you notice that someone's extremely OOC, I've probably done that on purpose for humor or plot reasons. The rating is PG-13 because I'd really rather not be reported. Now that I've said all of that, read on and don't forget to review!

'telepathic message/thought'

A kitten playfully pounced upon the sidewalk, its paws barely missing the cockroach that it had declared its prey that wonderful summer afternoon. The said cockroach quickly scurried beneath the nearest hiding place in fear for its life- by chance, this hiding place turned out to be beneath the shoes of the one and only Omi Tsukiono.

Paying no attention to the human that towered above it, the kitten swatted those annoying feet in hopes of moving them to reveal the hiding cockroach. The kitten was an odd sight- with short, white fur that had patches missing here and there, and one eye permanently shut, while the other was a startling shade of amber. If that weren't enough to get attention, at its neck was a spiked dog collar made of genuine black leather.

Omi had been on his way to the local store for some much needed food. He was the only one who ever bothered to go shopping for anyone but himself, but he didn't mind. When he felt a tiny paw hitting his feet repeatedly, Omi looked down at the kitten. He grinned excitedly. He'd found a kitten!

"Kitty! Oh, I just love kitty cats! Do you want to play?" Omi greeted. The kitten ignored him and continued his assault on Omi's feet. "You're a silly kitty cat, kitty. What are you doing outside? Are you lost? Oh, I bet you're one of those poor orphan kitties that just need a home! HAVE NO FEAR; OMI IS HERE!"

A normal person would have taken one look at the odd kitten and backed away slowly, but Omi wasn't normal- he was a member of Weiss. He dealt with assassinations, Schwarz, and rabid fangirls daily; a strange looking kitten wasn't enough to frighten him! When Omi looked at the kitten, rather than seeing its oddities, all he noticed was a feline bundle of cuteness and joy.

With an impossibly huge smile on his face, Omi picked the kitten up and hugged it to his chest. The kitten squirmed and tried to get away, but Omi had a death grip on him.

"You're so cute!" He checked its collar for any tags that might give information about its owners, but found none. "So you're a stray kitty! I'm going to love you forever and ever and ever! Come on; let's go freak Aya out! It'll be fun!"

Completely forgetting why he had been out in the first place, Omi skipped joyously back to the flower shop with his new kitten in his arms. Helplessly, the kitten looked back towards the fortunate cockroach. The bug, now free of the menacing hunter, scurried away to the nearest dumpster. The kitten made a face that, if you looked close enough, appeared to be a pout.

'Remind me again why we must hide in a trash can?' Schuldig asked telepathically.

'Shush! I'm trying to observe the victim here!' Crawford answered impatiently.

The oldest member of Schwarz was currently hiding inside an empty trashcan in a deserted alleyway, spying on Omi and the kitten, which happened to be Farfarello. Schuldig was a kitten as well, with long orange hair, beautiful emerald eyes, and a yellow bandana around his neck. He sat on Crawford's shoulder with an air of gracefulness about him, his tail twitching back and forth impatiently.

'Braaaaaa~dleeeeeey! I wanna go too!'

'Shut up! You'll go when I say so!'

'But Bradleeeey! I wanna go now! Besides it's really smelly in here! ...It's not you, is it? Are you using that deodorant I gave you, or did you forget again?'

'No, you cannot go. And quit acting like my mother; it's a very disturbing image. Must I remind you that you happen to be a *ahem* kitten, and are completely at my mercy?'

'Oh, but this kitten has claws!' As if to prove his point, Schuldig extracted his claws and dug them painfully into Crawford's shoulder. Whether or not Crawford noticed this was impossible to tell, and he continued spying without so much as a flinch.

Finally, as soon as Omi had picked up Farfarello the kitten and began carrying him home, Crawford sighed irritably and said, 'Fine, you may go now. But be vigilant! Ever vigilant!'

'Geez, you sound like that weirdo Auror guy from Harry Potter! You know, that Moody guy! ...Hey, I just realized that his name sounds like he's PMSing all the time! Imagine that!'

'...Schuldig, have you been raiding Nagi's mind again?!'

'Of course not! Why do you ask?'

'Because he's the only one who reads those books!'

'I'm insulted! Are you implying that I don't read on my own?!'

'Yes.'

'Well I do! Just yesterday I read a whole edition of Playboy all by myself! See what a big boy I am?'

'...'

'Before I leave your poor self all alone, are there any predictions I ought to know of?'

'Don't let Farfarello do anything stupid. If he scares his target off too soon, there will be trouble.'

'Okies! Sayonora, Bradley-chan! Don't wait up!'

Crawford resisted the urge to roll his eyes as Schuldig the kitten leaped gracefully off of his shoulders. Being a feline, he landed nimbly with his feet on the ground, and began walking to the flower shop.

Nagi couldn't believe Crawford was actually going to allow Farfarello and Schuldig to do this. They were going to infiltrate Weiss, and not as humans, but as kittens. Kittens! What kind of cover was that?

Everything started a week ago, when they had to go on another mission: find the target, lure the target to a secluded place, and then kill the target. Easy for such good assassins, right? Not for Schwarz! Things had gone all right at first, until their target noticed he was being stalked by four very odd looking people. Needless to say, their intended victim made a run for it.

The target hadn't made it very far; less than half a mile away, he slipped and fell into a hot spring. Eventually, he drowned, while the rest of Schwarz was slightly luckier. Farfarello jumped in after him, accidentally taking Schuldig in with him. Crawford had already foreseen part of this and managed to keep Nagi and himself on dry ground. When Farfarello and Schuldig emerged with the drowned target, they had all, including the target, been turned into kittens.

Afterward, Nagi did research on those hot springs and discovered that they were cursed. Whoever falls in will turn into an animal when splashed with cold water, while hot water turns them back into a human.

At first Schuldig had done nothing but complain about the curse. Nagi smiled faintly as he recalled Schuldig's exact words upon finding out about the curse: "Ah, %*&*^! You mean I gotta spend all my ^*(&% time as a %^&(* kitten or being *(&&^% afraid of #$^&% water?!! *(&%&)*^%(*&*(&(^&*^!!!"

This continued for days, until he finally decided that he should use it to his advantage. He was struck by the idea of turning into a kitten to spy on Weiss, and even managed to get Farfarello to help. To Nagi's surprise, Crawford agreed to it and even assisted them.

Nagi doubted Schuldig was just planning to spy on Weiss. There would have to be more reason for him to willingly turn into a kitten and place himself at Weiss's mercy. There was no telling what Schuldig was really scheming, and how much Farfarello and Crawford knew about it, but whatever it was, Nagi wasn't about to be a part of it.

Setting aside any suspicious thoughts, Nagi reminded himself that he was in the Schwarz household by himself. He was glad to be alone, not only because it would be much less chaotic, but also because that meant he could email his boyfriend all he wanted to and not worry about anyone finding out. He would never hear the end of it if they knew, and Crawford might even forbid it. After all, a relationship with a Weiss wasn't exactly ideal for a member Schwarz.

Nagi relaxed in his chair and logged on to his computer. Within minutes he forgot about everything else, completely caught up in the cyber space that he was so familiar with. 

"We're home, kitty!" Omi cried cheerfully as he made his way through the fangirls and into the flower shop. Immediately all of the fangirls flocked to the new arrival and his cute pet.

"Aw, it's so adorable!"

"I want to pet it!"

"What's its name?"

"If you're not going to buy something, THEN LEAVE ALREADY!" Aya yelled from behind the counter. Then, waving his katana in the air, he yelled, "SHI-NE, YOU DITZES! SHI-NEEEEEEEE!"

Omi stared at him with wide eyes as he avoided the fangirls and made his way towards Aya. "What's wrong with you?"

All of the fangirls ignored Aya and crowded around Omi and the kitten. Aya finally lost control of his temper and jumped on top of the counter. Holding his unsheathed katana menacingly, he growled, "GET OUT, YOU $#%^(*%^%^!!!!! OUT, OUT, OUT BEFORE I SHI-NE YOU AND FEED YOU TO YOHJI! SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-NEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"

The fangirls looked at him with wide eyes, wondering if he would really do that. One look at Aya's death glare and sharp-looking sword was enough to know that he might actually be serious. Screaming wildly, they ran out of the store in a huge mob, not wanting Aya to do something harsh. However, they didn't go totally away. Instead, they waited outside in a huge crowd for one of their favorite bishounens to come out.

Looking around at the shop that was now empty of customers, Ken commented dryly, "Aya sure knows how to get rid of them, doesn't he?"

Omi sweat dropped and set his new kitten on the counter. "Uh, Aya...? Is this a bad time to tell you I have a new pet?"

"Hn?!" Aya growled as he jumped down from the countertop. Today was just not Aya's day. First, all of the baka fangirls annoy the heck out of him all day long, and now Omi says he has a new pet!

"See?" Omi pointed to his new kitten, which was now sniffing the counter. "Isn't it adorable?"

"Get. Rid. Of. It. Now!" Aya ordered. He wasn't going to allow a cat to stay in his household! Cat fur would be everywhere, they'd have to spend money on cat food, and he dared not even think of the kitty litter!

"Now, now, that's not very nice to Mr. Kitty Cat! You're going to hurt his feelings!"

"What're you going to name it?" Ken asked.

"Name what?" Yohji asked as he walked into the room.

"My new cat!"

"The cat leaves. Now."

"No! IF MR. KITTY CAT LEAVES, THEN I DO TOO!"

"Fine then, start packing."

"Aya! Don't be so cold all the time! You're going to turn into a popsicle one of these days."

"Not that I wouldn't mind. An Aya-popsicle would be yummy on a hot summer's night!"

"Shut up Yohji."

"Oooh, feisty, are we?"

"I still need to name him! Any suggestions?"

"Name him Mungojerrie [1]!"

"Eh? Mango-whatsit?"

"Mungojerrie!"

"Wow, Ken, it's official! You're a freak!"

"...That wasn't very nice..."

 "Any more suggestions?"

"If that cat isn't out of here within the next five minutes, I swear I'll kill it!"

"Isn't that sort of a long name? How about Mr. Whiskers?"

"Or how about Koneko?"

"You want to name him after the shop? What, is he our new mascot or something?"

"That's a great idea!"

"HNNN!!!!"

"Oh, that's a good suggestion, Aya. Let's name him Hn!"

"Hn!"

"You already said that, Aya."

"You're being repetitive. You know, that's a sign of a lack of calcium. Have you been taking your vitamins lately?"

While they were arguing, Farfarello the kitten had been busy exploring the empty shop. He had jumped from the counter to a nearby shelf, smelling the flowers. With his mind set on destruction, he pushed a pot off the shelf with one tiny paw. When he heard it crash to the ground and shatter, the soil and flower spilling out onto the ground, he felt great satisfaction. God would surely hurt! Then, he saw another pot, and just couldn't resist pushing that one off to meet its doom too. And then another one, and another...

By the time Farfarello was finished with his task, an entire shelf had been emptied, its previous contents lying in a broken heap on the floor.

Weiss had been too caught up in their argument over what to name the kitten to notice what the subject of their discussion had been doing. When they finally bothered to turn around and look, it was already too late. Omi's eyes widened at the destruction his new kitten had caused.

"Hn! Come here, Hn!" Omi called.

"HN?!"

Yohji, who knew Aya enough to translate what he said, answered Aya's question. "Yes, he's calling his kitten Hn thanks to your suggestion."

"Shi-ne, cat!" Aya protested.

Omi grabbed his kitten and hugged him. "Hn, don't do that ever, ever again! You could get hurt! Do you hear me, Hn? Are you hurt?" Anxiously, Omi looked his new kitten over to check for injury. With a sigh of relief, he announced, "Oh good, you're okay. Don't do that! You had Daddy really worried about you!"

"Daddy?!" Yohji asked curiously, wondering why Omi of all people would say that. Sounded a bit too hentai for such an innocent looking guy!

"Well, I don't look like his mother, now do I?"

"Omi, any destruction caused by that baka cat is coming out of your paycheck!"

"What?! No fair!" Omi objected.

"Too bad. Your cat, your money."

Yohji took the kitten out of Omi's hands and looked at his scruffy fur and closed eye. "Where the heck did you find such a mangy cat? Look, one of his eyes won't even open."

Distracted from his argument, Omi looked over Yohji's shoulder at his kitten. "Oh, you're right. I know just what he needs!" Omi disappeared in the backroom for a few minutes, and came back with something for the kitten. He took Farfarello in his hands and put something over his bad eye. "There! All done!"

After taking the kitten in his hands, Ken looked at him. Farfarello the kitten now had a black eye patch over his left eye. "I don't know... Doesn't he look kind of familiar to you?"

Omi, Yohji, and Aya looked at the kitten in Ken's hands. They looked at his white fur, with patches of it missing like old scars, at his one amber eye that looked back at them curiously, the other one covered with the black eye patch, and then at the spiked, leather dog collar around his neck.

"No, he doesn't look familiar to me."

"Quit being so paranoid, Ken."

"The cat still needs to leave. And I'm not cleaning up the mess he made."

"Aya, he's staying here and that's final! The day that you force Hn to leave is the day I leave too!"

"THEN JUST LEAVE ALREADY! We've already got Yohji to take care of; we don't need another creature!"

"Hey!" Yohji protested.

"Aya, quit being so mean to Hn. He hasn't done anything to you!" Omi pouted, hoping his cuteness might aid him.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! LOOK AT THE MESS THAT BAKA CAT MADE!"

"Omi, did you get the groceries?" Ken asked, changing the subject before Aya exploded.

Smiling sheepishly, he replied, "Oops, I forgot when I saw Hn."

"Oh that's just great. We're out of food, and we have another creature to take care of."

"He's a kitten and his name is Hn!"

"Why did you have to name that baka cat Hn? That's not even a word, much less a name!"

"Then why do you say hn all the time if it isn't a word?"

"Because-"

Ken interrupted them, "Aya, why don't you and Yohji go get the groceries while Omi and I stay here? We'll take care of the shop and watch over Hn," Ken suggested.

"Wait a minute! Why do I have to go shopping?!"

"I'm not leaving while that cat is here."

"Don't worry so much, Aya! It's not like Hn's going to blow up the shop or something!"

"I wouldn't bet on that."

"When did I agree to go shopping?! I don't wanna go!" Yohji whined, but nobody paid attention to him.

"Aya, we'll be fine! Quit your worrying! We need the groceries, and if you don't go, we're probably going to starve to death."

Despite their protests, Ken and Omi forcefully shoved Yohji and Aya out the front door and into the waiting crowd of fangirls outside.

"See you later!"

"Don't come back until you get everything!"

Ken and Omi watched out the window as fangirls crowded around Yohji and Aya, like hungry animals on fresh prey. Aya glanced around nervously, looking for a way to escape. Crowds of fangirls always made him a bit nervous. He eyed the flower shop's front door, but noticed Omi and Ken waving at him pointedly, making it obvious enough that they wouldn't let him back in until he went shopping.

Aya sighed irritably and glanced at Yohji, who was now flirting like there was no tomorrow. He grabbed Yohji by the collar and started dragging him to the nearest grocery store.

"Hey, I was talking to them!"

"Quit complaining and start running!"

"Nani?" Yohji looked back at the fangirls, who were charging at them like an angry mob. "GAH!"

Omi grinned as he saw Yohji and Aya disappear around the street corner, taking the fangirls with them. Poor Aya and Yohji had to endure those crazy fangirls just to go to the grocery store. Oh the sad, pathetic life of a bishounen.

"Ken, would you please clean up and watch the shop? I need to do some homework," Omi told him and walked upstairs to his room.

"Why do I have to?! Oi, don't forget your cat!" Ken called, but Omi was already gone. He sighed irritably, dreading the cleaning he had to do. "Baka Omi, always leaving me to do stuff... Guess it's just you and me, Hn. You're not going to destroy anything else, are you?"

Farfarello glanced at him briefly, and then pounced on the cash register. Ken watched him for a while and decided that the kitten wouldn't do any harm, so he decided to start cleaning up the scattered flowers and broken pots. Although Ken hated cleaning, this had to be done, and the sooner it was over with, the better.

While Ken was busy cleaning, Omi went up to his room and quickly locked the door. Then he logged onto his computer to check his email. He wasn't going to do homework, like he had told Ken. Instead, he planned on emailing his boyfriend. Even though Omi hated lying to his teammates, it was the only way he could keep his love life a secret. If they knew whom Omi was dating, the others would most likely forbid it.

Omi went through his inbox, deleting all of the junk mail. Finally, at the bottom of the list, he found the email he had been looking for.

From: "Nagi Naoe" <prodigy225@schwarz.com>

To: "Omi Tsukiono" <bombay_koneko@weiss.com> [2]

Subject: Hi

Konnichi wa! Sorry I haven't had the chance to email you recently, but this is the first time I've had the house to myself in ages. The other three are out doing something really stupid- you don't want to know. How have you been?

Love,
Nagi

Omi hit the reply button, and was ready to start typing when he heard someone tapping on his bedroom window. He looked to see what it was, and, to his surprise, he saw another kitten standing on the windowsill. He immediately opened it and let the kitten in.

Schuldig the kitten allowed Omi to pick him up gently, and set him down by his computer mouse. He had just arrived at the flower shop before Aya and Yohji left, and didn't want to mingle with the fangirls in the front. So instead, he opted to climb up to a bedroom window, which, he found out, was Omi's.

"Wow, another kitty! Who would've thought I'd find two in just one day! What are you doing here? And how on Earth did you get all the way up to the window?" He checked the new kitten for identification tags, but didn't find any on its yellow bandana. "Guess I'll have to keep you here too. You're going to stay here with Hn, no matter what Aya says. And I'm going to love you forever and ever, and you and Hn and me are going to get along just fine! I'll let you meet Hn as soon as I finish this, okay kitty?"

Schuldig paid little attention to Omi's rambling and read what was on the computer screen. Once he was done, he smirked inwardly. He always knew those two liked each other, and he had the proof right here in front of him. He didn't even have to read a mind!

Omi quickly typed in his reply and pushed send. After the email was sent, Omi turned his computer off, in case somebody came into his room while he was gone.

When that was done, Omi looked over at the kitten on his computer desk. "What should I name you, kitty? We should ask Aya for suggestions. He came up with Hn's name! I bet he'd name you Shi-ne! That seems to be his favorite word, besides hn. So, how about that? Shi-ne? Or maybe we could name you Aya-chan, after Aya's sister. Bet he'd like that!"

Schuldig hissed loudly in protest, but Omi took that as excitement.

"Yes, kitty, I know. They're great names! Or maybe we could name you Ran!"

The kitten growled and hissed, but Omi was oblivious to it.

"Or maybe Abyssinian? Hmmmm.... We should ask Ken. But he'll probably name you after his favorite soccer team..."

Schuldig's eyes narrowed. He wasn't going to be named after a soccer team! He could stand being named after Aya or even after his sister, but a soccer team? That was a bit too weird.

"...Well, I guess I should name you Shi-ne. Aya'd like that, ne?"

Shi-ne. Great. Schuldig's pet name was 'die'. That was worse than being named after a soccer team. Geez, why doesn't Omi just pronounce him as road kill?!

Meanwhile, at the local grocery store, Yohji and Aya were busy with their shopping. Somewhere along the way they had ditched the fangirls, and were currently in the produce department.

"Aya!!! Can we go yet?!" Yohji whined.

"No, we don't have everything," Aya replied while looking for the best fruits to buy.

Yohji sighed impatiently. This was so boring! "Hey Aya? Are you done yet?"

"No."

"How about now?"

"No."

"...Now?"

"NO!!!

"Oi, Aya!"

Aya ignored him, so Yohji poked his arm. No reaction. So he poked him again, and again, and again.

Finally, Aya, with his eye twitching furiously, turned to Yohji and asked, "WHAT THE #$%^&*(%*^(&*^%$% DO YOU WANT?!!!"

"Just wanted to let you know that everyone's staring at us."

Aya looked around. All of the other shoppers were staring at them with a facial expression kind of like this: O_____O;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

He slapped Yohji's cheek hard. "SHI-NE, you baka! Quit causing scenes!"

"Uh... actually, they're staring at you!"

Aya slapped Yohji's other cheek, and he fell to the ground twitching. Then Aya sent death glares to everyone watching him. "SHI-NE, BAKAS!"

Everyone hurriedly went back to their shopping and pointedly ignored the odd red-haired boy and his companion, who was still twitching on the floor.

'This is going to be a very long shopping trip...'

[1] Mungojerrie is the name of a cat from the musical 'Cats'.

[2] Their email address aren't real, so don't send any emails there or anything!