Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Go ❯ Playing ( Chapter 5 )

Wai waaaai! I'm sorry it's been so long! I've been traveling and school started and all that, so I've been distracted and haven't had a chance to write. I'm thinking there are two chapters left and maybe an epilogue, but I dunno. Anyway, I thought I'd respond to y'all's reviews since you were nice enough to give them.

Mikoto the Gnome Girl- Eeeeee! Always a pleasure. Can I exchange a chapter of mine for one of yours?

Kesshi- Thank you! Such a wonderful, helpful, ego-lifting reviewer you are… and just as you complimented me on my fast updating I stopped. Eh heh, gomen yo…

Shy- Yay! I love long reviews! I'm sorry I made your tummy turn, though. Hope the rest helped… ^_^;

Koyuki Aode- Thankie! ::steals pom poms and gives little Japan-fan thingys:: There ya go. And be easy on your monitor, ne? it has feelings too.

OMightyWifeofShinigami- I love and hate you too! ::snugs:: And your multiple personalities scare me. ::shudder:: I hope my fight scene doesn't disappoint you!

Rinny-Tee hee! I enjoyed your not-so-subtle innuendo. But no, I'm afraid I'm a Komi fan. ::pats Nagi::

Shaynie- Thank you! To tell you the truth, I can't wait to see how it turns out either…

Yuki-chan- Yay! Another Omi fan! Well, I'm glad that I restored your happiness to you, though a little concerned that I took it in the first place…

Dagger- Thankie! You know, finishing things isn't my strong point… but I like this story, so I'll try.

Aphrael- ::giggles:: Hmm, I dunno, he might just die yet… ::giggles again:: I love having power!

Anna Maxwell- I wish I had Omi as a little brother! But then would that make me Ouka…? ::confusion::

Deathwing- Well, I was planning on making this a Ken and Omi, but I don't know if it'll work out that way… I dunno about you, but I certainly hope so… ::bounces along::

Strawberry cushion- Gomen gomen! But I can't go without shonen ai on Weiß, I just can't! ::whines:: It's not possible! Sorry, but thanks for the review, and keep reading, it may turn out that you like shonen ai after all…

Okay, after that long ::looks up:: looong thingy there, I'd say it's time to get on with the fic.

Chapter 5

Ken looked up at the large where house. It didn't particularly look like the headquarters of their enemy, but of course, he didn't particularly look like a deadly assassin, so he didn't let his eyes deceive him. Aya was leading the way, holding Schuldig in front of him, katana to his neck.

"All right, boys, this is where the fun really begins." Schuldig said, smirking, and escaped from under Aya's katana faster than they could follow. He appeared in front of them, leaning on the wall of the where house. "I told you, I was only in this for a good fight, and this is where that part of the bargain begins. Follow me, please." He knocked lightly on the door and almost immediately Nagi answered and moved aside to let Schuldig and Weiß in.

"I'm needed elsewhere," the boy then said quietly and left the large, sparsely furnished room they had entered. Schuldig glared after the boy a moment before turning to the others in the room.

"Excuse me while I find a fighting partner." he said and closed his eyes, mentally calling the rest of Scharz.

Oi! I found some toys! Someone come play with me!

Crawford's voice echoed in his head.

You idiot! The experiment is nearing it's crucial point. Leave me alone and keep those fools away from here. They cannot find the boy now.

Crawford abruptly put up mental walls and blocked Schuldig from his head. Shrugging, Schuldig moved to Nagi.

Oi, brat…

No, Schuldig, Crawford's making me help him.

Schuldig chuckled in the pouting tone in Nagi's thoughts and with a grin turned to Farfello.

Ken watched Schuldig warily. If they could only get away… he jumped a little when Yohji tapped his shoulder.

"Go on, Ken," the older man said in a barely audible whisper. "Aya and I'll distract him. Just get past and find Omi."

Ken drew in his breath. He knew that Aya and Yohji probably weren't a match for Schuldig, let alone with whoever was coming to help. But then his mind drifted to Omi. He thought of the boy as he had last seen him, pale and limp in his arms. He turned toward Yohji and nodded. Yohji smiled slightly.

"Find him, Ken. We'll be fine." he whispered. Ken nodded again and began inching towards the door which Nagi had exited to a few moments before. Yohji and Aya began approaching Schuldig, weapons held ready. When they descended on the telepath, Ken broke into a sprint towards the door. Schuldig snapped back into reality and blocked the two assassins, seeing Ken out of the corner of his eye. Aya and Yohji continued to attack, preventing him from stopping Ken. With one last look at his teammates, Ken flew through the door and slammed it shut behind him. He looked up and down the hallway he'd entered and froze. Farfello was walking down the hall, staring straight at him. Ken shuddered. Blood covered the other man's mouth and dripped down his chin. Ken drew back past the door, readying his bugnuks. He crouched into a fighting position as he watched Farfello approach him and the door. When he reached the door, the amber-eyed man grinned at him, opened the door, and slipped inside. Ken let out a sigh of relief. Suddenly, his breath caught. Whose blood had that been? Holding down panic, he ran in the direction from which Farfello had come.

'Please…' he thought, praying to something he couldn't name, 'Please don't let me be too late.'

"Damn!" Yohji cursed as his wire bounced harmlessly off the wall. Schuldig smirked.

"Don't you get it?" he asked. "You can never win!"

A look of grim determination crossed Yohji's face. They weren't there to win. They were there to retrieve Omi and leave. He glanced at Aya, who was currently dancing around Farfello's mad dagger swings. With a small gasp he realized that the dagger had blood dripping off of it. Looking Aya up and down, he could see nothing worse than a few nicks. He shook his head. He had no time to wonder where it came from now.

While he was distracted, Schuldig approached Yohji and punched him square in the jaw. Yohji was thrown to the floor and he cursed again as he tried to focus his blurring eyes.

'Hurry, Ken…'

Aya jumped back as Farfello lunged at him with his dagger. The madman's movements were too eccentric to predict, so Aya was simply left to dodge and occasionaly swing his katana. Even when he hit Farfello it didn't make a difference, the man was immune to pain. Aya was momentarily distracted by the sound of flesh slamming into flesh and he glanced over just in time to see Yohji hit the floor, looking dazed. Turning his gaze back to the fight in front of him, Aya's eyes widened as they registered Farfello jumping towards him, knife outstretched. Aya swung his katana up to meet him, and the impact of the sword on the knife shook his arm. With a quiet growl, Aya returned all of his attention to the fight at hand.

Ken smiled grimly. This had to be it. He'd approached a door made of some kind of metal that locked from the outside. Examining it, he was surprised to see that it was unlocked. Maybe Farfello had forgotten to lock it… or maybe he was just walking into a trap. Ken slowly opened the door and cautiously entered the room. For a moment it was pitch black. His eyes slowly adjusted and he could make out a cot in the corner with blood stains covering it. There was no one there. He was too late.