Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Go, Or Go Ahead ❯ ...To love? ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

A/N:Okay, here's where I start taking liberties. I know amnesiac patients probably never remember everything all at once, but let's pretend they do for fiction's sake, mmkay? Also, remember this is Weiss, and if Koyasu can get away with weird and impossible situations, so can I. Another thing: I'm not sure if Aya-chan knows about Ran's involvement with Weiss or anything but I'm going to act like she does, though he keeps her in the dark about what he's been up to in England. Also, she's never met his teammates from Weiss. Okay? Okay.
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Ran woke up with a face full of Ken's hair. The red-haired man sat up and scratched the back of his head, looking around as his oblivious bedmate slept on. Glancing at his watch, Ran noticed he had a more than sufficient break from his turn on watch. Careful not to wake Ken, Ran eased him self out of the bed and out to the living room, intent to relieve Yuki of his duties.

But Yuki was nowhere to be seen.

Ran heard footsteps coming up the stairs from the flower shop and readied him self for an attack that never came. Instead, Michel bustled inside, his arms full of shopping bags.

"Ooh, good!" Michel chirped. "You're awake!" He shoved some of the shopping bags into Ran's chest.

The older man managed to keep the bags from falling to the floor. "What were you thinking, leaving this place unattended? Did you forget this place was attacked, that Mihirogi was killed, or that no one can find KR?"

Michel pouted. "But I cleaned up and I noticed we needed new dishes and food, so I thought I'd step out for a moment to get some."

Ran pinched the bridge of his nose, fighting back a headache. He was the most irritable person in the morning. "You could've woken someone up to take over your watch while you were away."

"Free is downstairs cleaning the shop, so I thought it would be alright." Michel explained. "You have to go through the back room of the shop to get access to the stairs that lead up here, so I thought it wouldn't be a problem with him down there."

"The windows, Michel. The fire escape. The skylight." Ran pointed in the direction of each. "Those are all obvious ways to get in here aside from the shop."

Michel hung his head, curly blond hair falling over his eyes. "I'm sorry. I figured it would be okay to leave for just a few minutes."

"A few minutes would be all it would take for someone to bust in here and kill everyone in their sleep!" Ran shouted. "Didn't think of that, did you? Not while you're too busy playing house with Free, anyway."

Free appeared in the doorway with Chloe coming up the stairs behind him. Neither of the men looked happy.

"Chloe was on the roof watching the other 'obvious' entrances to the apartment." Free said quietly.

"We are professionals too, you know." Chloe pointed out. "We may not be as angsty or as paranoid as your old team, but we're still assassins and we do know what we're doing. Have a little faith." With a disgusted look, the blond man headed back to the stairs up to the roof.

"I'll help you put that stuff away, Michel." Free offered.

Michel shook his head. "No, it's alright. You go back to the shop. I can handle this."

Free wasn't sure if Michel was talking about Ran or the bags, but he nodded and went back down to the flower shop.

Michel looked at Ran a moment before busying himself with putting the new additions to the kitchen away. Ran stood there, frozen in thought. Had he known Chloe was keeping watch, he wouldn't have blown up the way he did. Feeling guilty, he started putting away the food Michel bought. The tiny blond smiled at him, the incident already forgotten about.

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"Weiss?" Asuka asked. "Ryo, what's Weiss?"

Ryo ignored his wife. Instead, he was looking intently at Aya. The young girl felt rather uncomfortable. "Aya," he said quietly, calming down. "I remember your name."

"Ryo, what-"

"Well, 'Aya' is a fairly common girls' name..." Aya interrupted Asuka. She hoped this wasn't going where she thought it was.

"No." Ryo answered. "I knew a man with your name."

Aya paled. This Ryo person knew Ran, and if that were the case, he must be an assassin as well... which could only mean- "I won't let you hurt him anymore!" She shouted, hands on her hips.

"Hurt him? Why would I want to hurt him?" Ryo asked.

"You want to find him. You want to go back on your word." Aya said. "Well I won't let you! I won't have him kill for you anymore either, Omi."

"You think I'm Omi?"

"Well, that's not what you go by these days, but it all is starting to make sense now." Aya rationalized. She looked over at Asuka. "And you can stop pretending you don't know what's going on, Rex."

"I beg your pardon?" Asuka asked Aya, looking at Ryo.

Ryo let out a short laugh. It wasn't a laugh Asuka wasn't familiar with at all. Infact, Ryo's whole body language had changed. Instead of sitting at the edge of the couch, leaning forward, as if he were about to run away at any second, Ryo was now leaned back on the couch. He looked more comfortable in his skin as well. "I'm not Omi." He said, explaining. "I'm Yohji. Yohji Kudou."

Aya's eyes widened. "You're Yohji?! Yohji the lazy, lecherous, woman-hungry, chain smoking pervert!?"

"Hey, I'm not that lazy." Yohji said.

Asuka stood up and folded her arms. "I have no idea what's going on and I think you two owe me an explanation."

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Mamoru rose from his chair in the surveillance room and walked quickly to his office.

A Kritiker agent greeted him at the door. "Persia, we have-"

"Get me a list of our best snipers and gunners." Mamoru said quietly.

"Sir?"

"No civilians can know about us. Now get me the list." Persia turned his chair, so he was facing the window. "I knew this would happen," he said to himself as the agent left, "but not so soon�"

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"You're an assassin?" Asuka nearly shouted.

"Asuka, don't be mad. I can explain all of this." Yohji said apologetically.

"What is there to explain? You killed people! What gives you the right? R-Yohji� whoever you are!" Asuka grabbed her purse. "I can't handle this right now. I need to take a walk."

"Let me at least come with you." Yohji suggested.

Asuka shook her head. "I can't be around you right now."

As the nurse reached her hand out for the doorknob, the window nearby shattered. Asuka jerked her hand away and backed away from the window. "What's happening?" She demanded, looking at Yohji.

Another window next to Asuka broke and the woman screamed. Yohji ran over to her and pulled her away from any windows. "Asuka, I don't know what's going on right now, but I'm sorry. I can't help but feel like this is my fault." He knocked the coffee table onto its side and pushed Asuka onto the floor, then Aya. The young girl and the older woman held each other in their panic as Yohji tried unsuccessfully to predict which window would break next. "Someone is obviously after one of us, most likely me. We need to find a way to get outta here without being shot."

"This is ridiculous!" Asuka shouted. "Even if you were an assassin, you aren't one anymore. Why won't they just leave you alone?"

"It's never that easy, Asuka." Yohji answered. He looked toward the kitchen and noticed none of the windows had been shot out yet. "Alright, now both of you listen to me. I want you both to run through the kitchen and out the back to the car. I'll be right behind you."

"What?" Aya shrieked.

"Just trust me. I won't let either of you get hurt." Yohji assured them. "Now go!"

Asuka stood up and dragged Aya with her through the narrow hallway that separated the living room from the kitchen with Yohji running close behind them. When they made it to the kitchen's back door, a window near Yohji broke and he screamed in pain. Asuka turned back to make sure he was okay.

"It's just my arm, keep going!"

Asuka nodded and pulled the door open, making a run for the car when she heard the sound of a gun going off. She could hear the bullet fly right past her legs and into the dirt. These people shooting at them weren't being very subtle about their intentions. The trio made it into to the car safely- Yohji in the driver's seat, Asuka in the passenger's seat, and Aya in the back.

"Hurry!" Aya shouted, more terrified than she had ever been.

Yohji fumbled around in his pants pockets and fished out the car keys. As the engine started, the rear window shattered.

"Aya!" Asuka screamed.

The younger girl had the back of her head covered with her hands and she was curled in a fetal position. "I-I'm fine. They missed me."

Asuka sighed in relief.

Yohji backed the car out of the driveway, threw it into gear, and sped down the street in an attempt to escape the hail of bullets. "I think we're safe for now." He said, turning onto a busier street.

Everything after that seemed like it happened in slow motion. A black, foreign car pulled out in front of their vehicle as bullets came at them from behind. Aya screamed and got as low as she could. Yohji did the same, his hand grabbing Asuka's. The young nurse wasn't fast enough to avoid the bullets, however. The first one sent her head snapping sideways violently. Yohji could her his wife's neck snap at the impact. The second bullet silenced her short scream, lodging itself in her chest. She was killed instantly.

"Asuka!" Yohji shook her lifeless body. "Asuka, no�"

The passenger's side door of the black car in front of them opened and a familiar redhead stepped out of it, a pistol in each hand. He shot at the car that was following Yohji's, managing to kill the passenger and driver. He then pulled both Yohji and Aya into the black car before it sped off.