Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Nobody's Listening ❯ Begin at the End ( Chapter 1 )

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

Title: Nobody's Listening
Author: Ryoko 03
Series: post-Weiss Kreuz Gluhen
Rating: R; may go to NC-17 depending upon my muses' whims
Warnings: Yaoi, blood, death of certain characters that I have little to no love for (especially bitches who don't have the decency to STAY DEAD after they've been killed three times already….)
Pairings: Well, I'm not going to spoil everything but as of right now the pairings are:
Mamoru/Nagi (for Angel-chan *pets*)
Crawford/Schuldich (for my Eni-kun *kisses*)
Yohji/Asuka (at least until I kill the bitch off for the fourth time….)
Ran/surprise (nope, not gonna tell)
Jei/Sally (mentioned in past tense… *very* past tense) Started: August 13, 2003
Status: In Progress

Author's Notes: Well, on August 12 I finally sat down and watched Gluhen straight through. And although I'm sure there are some people out there who will disagree with me, I *hate* the ending. Yes, I know it's possible to bleed to death, especially if you insist on moving after you've been stabbed in the gut, but not everyone in a major city will heartlessly walk by someone who's collapsed on the sidewalk.

Therefore, I'm taking over. The story picks up from the last scene of Episode 13, right after Aya/Ran collapses and about the time the credits begin.

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Nobody's Listening
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The world was getting fuzzier, greyer, slowly fading to darkness even as his life's blood flowed from the wound in his abdomen. He knew in the back of his mind that he should have asked for help the moment he felt the blade pierce his skin, but it seemed that everyone in this city was jaded; one less life wouldn't mean a thing to the men and women who he could hear moving past him.

Footsteps passing him faltered a moment; then came closer. Ran didn't even hold onto the tiniest sliver of hope; it was probably just a curious teenager who would pause briefly before moving along the sidewalk once more.

"Oi, you okay, man?" The voice was… almost familiar, the English lightly accented. A hand touched his shoulder and he could feel the man kneel next to him. Another hand skimmed over his skin, pausing at the blood covering his shirt.

"Hm, an amateur's effort. Would have been successful too if I hadn't happened by," the man said quietly, sounding almost amused. The hand on Ran's shoulder moved to his chin, carefully lifting his head to get a closer look at the wound.

The redhead's eyes flickered open briefly, not that it helped any; the world was fuzzier than before and starting to go black. In the darkness he could see two pinpoints of light, one slightly hidden by what may have been hair. He could hear a sharp intake of breath and a muttered curse:

"Oh, *fuck* me, it's a kitten."

Ran frowned in the darkness. Who in America would know about that? Schwarz and Weiss were both still in Jap-

Wait, no. There was one Schwarz unaccounted for….

"HEY! You with the fucking cell phone! Call an ambulance! NOW!"

Ran's voice was almost a whisper, barely audible: "farf'r'llo...?"

The other man gave no indication he heard: "I *said* call. A. Fucking, Ambulance. *Now*."

"Why should I? Who cares if some street trash dies?"

Even with darkness closing in, he could still detect movement an instant before the stranger with the cell phone was knocked to the ground and pinned by what he was now sure was a highly annoyed Irish ex-assassin.

"Because if you *don't* call an ambulance right now, you won't be needing the fucking phone because I'll slit your throat open and shove the damned thing in! CALL!"

The last things Ran heard for a while were the soft beeping indicating that 9-1-1 was being dialed and the now-calmer voice speaking quietly to him once more:

"Gomenasai, Weiss, but you aren't allowed to die today."

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Owari Part the First
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Final Notes: My soundtrack for this portion of the fic consisted of the following: "Blue" from the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack of the same name;
"Happy Boys and Happy Girls" by Aqua;
"Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne;
"Breaking the Habit" by Linkin Park;
"Nobody's Listening" also by Linkin Park;
"The Anthem" by Good Charlotte;
and "Hey Man Nice Shot" by Filter.

Yes, I have very eclectic musical tastes when I'm writing. It helps feed my muses =^__^=