Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Switch ❯ Chapter 11: Enter Neko, Koneko's New Mascot! (Or 'Aya's' Stupid Cover-up) ( Chapter 11 )

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Chapter 11: Enter Neko, Koneko's New Mascot! (Or 'Aya's' Stupid Cover-up)

By Carter Tachikawa

Disclaimer: I don't own it. Koyasu Takehito does. I would think of something clever for this disclaimer on any other circumstance. However, I'm too tired to do so.

Summary: The boys go on a mission...get switched in one another's body...Aya is screwed, Ken abuses the chibi, Omi breaks rules, and Yohji is pissed that he doesn't have eartails anymore o_o. The insanity begins yet again!

Pairings: *whispers weakly* It's shounen-ai! Ran x Ken and a little Brad x Schu (not enough to drive people crazy...as if I haven't driven you all out of your minds already, lol) RanKen forever! Plus Aya is ten times better looking than Kase! He's perfect for Ken!

(*yawns* Gomen, dear readers. This has been one hectic holiday weekend for me. I haven't had the chance to sit down and write very much. Plus I've been battling depression and having people hate on me, which pissed me off. (No one here has pissed me off, don't worry). And to top it off, a winter storm came in and cut off all the power in my town for three days. I was just not in the mood to write something humorous. Well, I'm a little better now. I hope everyone else had a good holiday. Oh, I FINALLY saw Gluhen ep. 1 & 2! I wanna see number 3 now! Aya in a suit and tie, teaching history…that was cool. No Ken or Yotan and very little Omi but I don't mind. They better have grand entrances though!)

Okay, let's recap: 'Aya' had to wash his lover's sweater. The baka decided to kick it around and ultimately dropped it into the toilet (evidently none of the boys ever bothers to put the seat down...not that it would matter, I guess. Maybe Momoe's the exception). Meanwhile, 'Omi' met Schu in the park and screwed our favorite telepath big time. Schuldig got a headache and joined the Schwarz again. He obviously wants revenge. 'Ken', too, wants revenge on both: the spawn of the devil for dousing him in cold water and 'Omi' for going out with yet another girl. 'Omi' and 'Aya' meet up again to see that the baka washing machine chewed up the orange sweater. Oh, are they dead or what?

Well, here I am and here's another chapter. It may be short cause I'm saving up my strength for the huge Schwarz battles. Manx appears yet again and the boys have more problems. So here we go.

Thanks to the reviewers: Keeshe Kaldaka, Ryia Jen Rowen, Ayako, kamibukurosama, CherubKatan, asami (no, I don't hate Ken. I don't hate any of the boys. I just like to torture them to no end like most people^^), Midori (not only did you review every chapter of this fic but every chapter of "WSIR" and some of my originals! And to make things better, you left comments in my journal! I cannot thank you enough!), Neptican, Muchacha, AngellostinDarkness, and lise. (Did I leave anyone off? I hope not. If I did, I'm sorry. I'll remember next time^^)

Onto the fic...

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"So the baka machine made confetti out of Aya's sweater?" 'Omi' began picking at the orange scraps on the counter. "Oh, you are dead! I mean, I've done some bad things in this body but *nothing* like this! "

"What do I do, Yohji?" 'Aya' looked miserable. "He'll kill me if he sees this!"

"Don't know. Well, I gotta go hide from Omi. It was nice knowing you!" 'Omi' waved and started to walk away. 'Aya' looked horrified and grabbed his arm.

"Yohji, you can't leave me like this! I'll…I'll…I'll tell Omi you've been drinking!"

'Omi' stopped immediately. Of course, 'Aya' was lying. He didn't know what 'Omi' had been doing while he was in this body and just said that because he couldn't think of anything else. However, 'Omi' knew a threat when he heard one. The truth was, he *had* been drinking beer while in the chibi's body. He had found some cans in the fridge and figured that some alcohol *wouldn't* hurt. He thought he had covered his tracks, never thinking that anyone would catch him. But 'Aya' knew. If the real Omi were to find out, it was goodbye Yohji Kudou. He wasn't about to let 'Aya' reveal this secret to anyone.

"Okay." He backed up and turned around. "You win, Kenken. I'll help you take care of Aya if you help me take care of Omi."

"Deal. First thing's first…what do I do about Aya's sweater?"

"Leave that to me. I know that if I look in every dumpster in Tokyo…"

"Yohji! Aya likes this sweater!"

"I'm sorry but I don't think anything that hideous would be found in any clothing store."

'Aya' sighed. "Look, just find a sweater similar to this. No, EXACTLY like this!

'Omi' smiled. "No problem. Now can you hide me from Omi for the rest of the night?"

"Why? What did you do this time?"

"Um…let's see…failed his exam, met up with that weirdo from Schwarz, and dated a girl…that's all."

Upon hearing that, 'Aya's' now violet eyes became large like purple saucers. "Back up, Yohji! Repeat the last thing you said."

"I dated a girl?"

"Before that."

"I failed an exam?"

"No, what you said in the middle."

"I met up with a Schwarz weirdo?"

"Schwarz!" The word that 'Aya' did not want to hear for a long time had unfortunately been mentioned now. He grabbed 'Omi' by the shoulders and pulled him close. "Yohji! What did they do to you?"

"Amazingly enough, he did nothing! I'm the one who screwed with him…Schuldig, I think that's who it was. He tried to mess with my head and I ended up screwing him up instead. I guess he saw Omi and got confused when he heard my thoughts."

"Great. Just great." 'Aya' moaned. "Now Schwarz knows something's wrong with us! Think about it, Yohji. You managed to survive when you encountered one of them. It won't be the same when they're all there."

'Omi' did think about what 'Aya' said. "You have a point, Kenken. It won't be the same against all four of them."

"Ken?" It was 'Yohji' calling from upstairs. 'Aya' quickly brushed off the pieces of orange cluttered on the counter. They all landed around him on the floor. 'Yohji' called him again, this time sounding like he had something in his mouth. 'Aya' shoved 'Omi' to the ground.

"H..hey!" 'Omi' exclaimed and was about to say more when 'Aya' placed a hand over his mouth.

"Don't talk! Stay down there and stay quiet! He'll tell Omi that you're here and you don't want that to happen, do you?"

'Omi' shook his head.

"I said I would save you from him and I will. Now stay there until Aya's gone."

"Ken?" 'Yohji' finally came down and 'Aya' faced him, standing in front of 'Omi' and behind the counter. Now he knew why his lover sounded like he was stuffed. It was because he was stuffing his face with a giant chocolate bar! 'Aya' couldn't help but smile.

"Where did you get that, love?" He asked.

"Yohji's bedroom. One of his lovers sent it to him."

'Omi' heard this and almost jumped out. That bastard Aya! What was *he* doing eating *his* chocolate?! 'Aya' noticed 'Omi' trembling in rage and gave him a warning look. He stayed put and listened to 'Yohji' chewing on that sweet piece of candy.

"Um...love? Shouldn't you first ask Yohji if you can eat it?"

"I *am* Yohji." 'Yohji' smirked, taking another bite. "Besides, it's starting to melt. Yohji would probably throw it away. But good chocolate cannot go to waste. So that's why I'm eating it."

*/I would *not* throw it away!/* 'Omi' thought but didn't say it out loud. And what 'Yohji' just said was funny. Aya Fujimiya, cold and bitter Aya Fuijimiya, had a sweet tooth! Aya Fujimiya, who claimed he didn't like anyone except his sister and Ken, liked to eat sweet stuff! And not just anything but chocolate! Scowling (former) redheaded Aya liked chocolate! Oh, Ken had told him that before but he didn't believe it until now. He almost started to laugh.

"So what did you come down here for?" 'Aya' asked.

"Did you wash my sweater yet?"

'Aya' forced himself to smile. "Not yet, love. But I'll get around to it soon."

'Yohji' nodded. "That's fine as long as you don't ruin it anymore."

"Oh, I won't! It'll be so clean, you'll think that I bought it brand new at a clothing store!"

"Or found it in a dumpster." 'Omi' muttered. 'Aya' heard that and kicked him. 'Yohji' saw his lover jerk and was puzzled. What the hell was Ken doing?

"Are you all right?" He asked.

"Uh...I'm fine! Why? Does it look like I'm hiding something? Cause I'm not!" 'Aya' put his hands behind his back and tried to look innocent despite how scared he was inside. 'Yohji' raised an eyebrow and shrugged.

"And has Yohji come back? Omi wants to see him."

"Oh...no! No, love! I'll let you know when he does!"

"Very well. And whenever you are finished, come up to my room. We have things to discuss such as_"

"Your car!" 'Aya' exclaimed. He still had to take care of that scratch on Aya's car! The problem was he had been spending too much time worrying about how to deal with the sweater problem that he forgot the car completely. Even now, he still had no clue how his lover would punish him.

"The car." 'Yohji' nodded. "But as I said, we'll talk about it upstairs. I'll be waiting."

'Yohji' leaned across the counter to kiss 'Aya' on the cheek...and noticed a piece of orange stuck to 'Aya's' shoulder. He was praying (for 'Aya's' sake, not his) that the orange piece wasn't what he thought it was.

"What's that?" He nodded towards it. "It looks familiar."

'Aya' saw the piece himself and nearly passed out. How could he have missed that piece? Stupid static electricity! There was no way he could explain this. Yet he did not want to face 'Yohji's' wrath. So he had to think and he had to think fast. Finally, he came up with something.

"Um...I was actually going to tell you what this is about." 'Aya' casually plucked the orange piece off his shoulder and showed it to 'Yohji'. "You know, this shop hasn't been doing as good as it used to. Despite all the girls coming in, it's not the same anymore. We need something to attract customers. We need something to save the shop."

'Yohji' had a feeling 'Aya' was making up the whole thing but he had stumbled across a fact. Koneko No Sume Ie *wasn't* doing as well as it had in the past. They were falling into some economic problems and they had to be fixed. Somehow, in his babbling, 'Aya' may have come up with something to fix the problems.

"Go on." 'Yohji' insisted, taking a bite of his chocolate.

"I've thought about this a lot...and I know now what we need!" 'Aya' paused before dramatically announcing his brilliant plan. "We need a mascot!"

There was silence for a good minute, save the creaking coming from upstairs. That was probably 'Ken' moving around. 'Omi', who had done a good job of staying quiet, felt like gagging. A mascot? What the hell was 'Aya' thinking?! 'Yohji' could only stare at 'Aya' during that minute.

"A *what*?" He asked finally.

"A mascot! You know...one of those cute creatures that attract people? Think about it, love. Neko, the neko of Koneko no Sume Ie! [1] People will fall for it!" 'Aya' had to admit the name was stupid but it was all he could think of. It was hard to concentrate with his chocolate-eating lover looking at him.

'Yohji' frowned. "Did we have to sink *that* low to save our business?"

"C'mon! People will start coming in again!"

*/Either that or they'll run away screaming./* 'Omi', who was still under the counter, thought. Where the hell did 'Aya' come up with this idea?

'Yohji' shook his head. "It's a bad idea. And it still doesn't explain what that piece of orange is. It looks like it came from my sweater." Then he narrowed his jade eyes and glared at 'Aya'. In the most dangerous whisper, he asked. "It *isn't* my sweater, is it?"

"Oh, no!" 'Aya' exclaimed, now completely filled with fear. "This cloth...it's a...a...Neko's outfit! Yes, this is what Neko will be wearing!"

"The mascot is going to wear that little thing?"

'Aya' laughed nervously. "You're a riot, love! No, it's just a small part of Neko's costume. He'll be wearing a lot of stuff, I promise!"

'Yohji' sighed. "You're strange, Ken." He smiled and added seductively. "And that's why I love you."

He finally did kiss 'Aya', getting a little chocolate smudge on his lover's cheek. He licked it off with the second kiss he planted. 'Aya', despite how much he didn't want 'Yohji' to kiss him now, felt his knees turning into cooked noodles. Did 'Yohji' know how to kiss on the cheek or what?! He gave his lover a smile and backed away. 'Yohji' started to go back upstairs.

"Remember to tell Yohji that Omi wants to see him." He reminded 'Aya'.

'Aya' nodded and blew his lover a kiss. Just because he was uncomfortable with kissing 'Yohji' didn't mean he couldn't blow any kisses to his lover. He waited until 'Yohji' had disappeared and then motioned 'Omi' to stand up. The blonde was happy to oblige. He had a lot of things to say and was tired of staying quiet.

"Neko, the neko of Koneko?" Was the first thing out of his mouth. "That is the stupidest cover-up I have ever heard, Kenken! And why does a flower shop need a mascot?"

"I'm sorry, Yohji. It was the best I could come up with."

"A mascot for a flower shop?" 'Omi' didn't seem to hear 'Aya'. He continued to complain. "That's...that's...God, I can't even think of a word to describe how crappy you idea is!"

"Shut up! At least I came up with something and we're still alive!" 'Aya' threw the piece of orange aside. Then he became serious. "So do you think you can snag a sweater *exactly* like the one Aya had?"

"Sure but only if you can stall Omi for some time."

"Sure thing!" 'Aya' held out his hand and 'Omi' shook it. If fate was on their side tonight, they'd be able to survive a little longer. Neither 'Ken' nor 'Yohji' would be able to kill them before they switched back.

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'Yohji waited until he was all the upstairs. He waited until he had made his down the hallway. He waited until he entered Ken's (the real Ken's) bedroom and shut the door behind him. 'Ken' was sitting on the half-made bed, reading Stephen King's "It". He looked like he was ready to dive into those pages and get to the end as soon as possible. 'Yohji' cleared his throat, which made 'Ken' jump and throw the book to the ground. He relaxed when he saw who it was.

"Aya-kun! Don't do that! I was at a climatic part!" He exclaimed.

"Sorry." 'Yohji' muttered. "I just spoke with Ken and asked him if Yohji was there."

"So? What did he say?" 'Ken' asked.

'Yohji' smiled cruelly. "Ken is such a bad liar. He always has been."

"Yohji-kun was there?"

"Oh yes. I didn't see him but I have a feeling Ken was hiding him. He had an interesting way of explaining his strange behavior."

'Yohji' then went into the whole story about Neko, the neko of Koneko. 'Ken's' now chocolate-brown eyes widened and he fell into a fit of giggles. 'Yohji' also dropped his icy exterior for a moment and cracked a smile. 'Ken' shoved a pillow into his face to smother his laughs.

"Our mascot?!" He exclaimed. "Oh, I have to remember that!"

"Ken 'claims' it will help save the shop and attract customers." 'Yohji' rolled his eyes.

"I wonder where he came up with that!"

"It was his way of hiding something." 'Yohji' said knowingly, beginning to pace around the room. "He was nervous. He was trying to save himself because he did something...something to my sweater, to be more specific. I'm not sure what but I know it wasn't good."

'Yohji' was growing furious at the thought of anyone ruining his sweater. He got it as a present from Aya-chan on his eighteenth birthday and he vowed that he'd never let anything happen to it. But Ken had done something to it. He dropped strawberry ice cream on it and left a stain. And the stain was probably the beginning. Ken had done something worse to the sweater and he wasn't telling anyone.

"I'm sorry to hear that, Aya-kun." 'Ken' apologized. "Are you planning revenge on Ken-kun?"

'Yohji' thought about that for a while. Ken did drive him crazy on more than one occasion and he often had to resist the urge to kill him. But he loved the (former) nineteen-year old. Ken bought out a happiness and a sweeter side that he had cast away when Takatori destroyed his life. Ken was the only person, other than Aya-chan, to ever get close to him. Yes, there was Sakura but even she failed to bring out a gentle Aya Fujimiya. She could look like Aya-chan but she could only get *so* close to Aya himself. Ken, on the other hand, had the ability to touch Aya's frozen heart and melt it. There was no way in hell Aya could plot revenge on his lover. No way.

"No." He finally answered. "But that doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on him. He's done something wrong and he has to suffer the consequences. No matter how much I love him, he has to fix what he ruined."

'Ken' nodded. He only hoped that the real Ken would 'fix what he ruined' before it was too late. If he didn't, then the cliche would come true: all hell would break loose.

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Back at the Schwarz headquarters, Schuldig finally told both Nagi and Crawford the full story of what happened at the park. He took some more aspirin later on and was about to have the entire bottle until Crawford stopped him. He warned the German that too much aspirin was not good for anyone and Schuldig began teasing Crawford all over again. He kept chanting "You love me!" until Crawford sent him over to get Farfarello. Now Schuldig opened the doors to Farfarello's private chambers and looked inside. The Irishman was still upside down, wrapped up in his straight jacket and not moving.

"Hey, Farf! I'm going to let you out now! We've got some business to take care of." Schuldig said.

Farfarello opened one amber eye. "Really?"

Schuldig smiled. "You, along with Nagi-wagi and Braddy, are going to help me get my revenge on Weiß."

"Revenge on Weiß?"

"Yup. And if you must know", Schuldig grinned slyly, "It'll hurt God to see the little kittens beaten and bruised by us. But, of course, it's_"

"I'm ready." Farfarello interrupted. Anything that involved putting God through pain sounded like fun. Farfarello wanted to be there to hurt Weiß. Schuldig smiled, knowing he had gotten his point across, and helped Farfarello out of his straight jacket. Weiß had no idea what was in store for them.

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"Good evening, everyone." Manx entered the flower shop minutes after the little exchange between 'Aya' and 'Yohji' had taken place. 'Ken' and 'Yohji' also made it downstairs. 'Omi' caught 'Ken's' eye and turned away immediately. He wasn't ready to look at the younger (well, now older) boy so he ran up to Manx and grabbed her hand.

"Manx, tell me you came up with something! I can't stand being in Omi's body anymore!" 'Omi' complained.

Manx sighed. Bad news was always hard to give out. "I'm sorry, Balinese…or should I call you 'Bombay' instead?"

"What did you find, Manx-san?" 'Ken' asked before 'Omi' could have a nervous breakdown. The poor kid (who had once been a man) looked ready to tear his hair out. "Do you think we will ever get switched back to normal?"

"I've asked so many people about that, K…Omi. Not one of them knows a way to switch you back. I've been thinking about it myself and I have a feeling it has something to do with one of your previous missions. Not the last one you went on but the one before. It's around that time you were switched if I'm right."

"That's correct, Manx-san." 'Ken' said. "It was in a factory, right?"

"I think so. Anyway, I'll keep looking for something. You all should try and get on with your normal lives."

"That's easy for you to say." 'Aya' muttered. And it was true. Manx wasn't the one who scratched Aya's car or destroyed his precious orange sweater. She didn't know what it was like to be another person's body and try to live a normal life. And missions weren't any better either. True, they had gone on only one mission but it had been hell. 'Aya' still was not used to wielding a katana. It was sheer luck that he managed to kill the target.

Manx, however, seemed to realize how they all felt. "We'll fix this mess, I promise. But until a solution comes up, you'll have to wait. However, you won't be bored while you're waiting."

"What's that supposed to mean?" 'Omi' asked though he knew what she meant. They all did.

Manx smiled. "Mission."


TBC...

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[1] I believe "Neko" means "cat" in Japanese. I know, I shouldn't be using Japanese when I don't know a whole lot of it but I thought it would be funny calling the mascot "Neko the neko of Koneko" instead of "Neko, the cat of Koneko." I don't know, my sense of humor is weird.

Well, what do you know? Another chapter done! Considering this is the chapter before my final exam, I hope I did a good job. After this story, I have two more ideas in my mind. I've decided to put the lemon part of "WSIR" at mediaminer.org instead of here again. Anyway, my two ideas...first is a 2-3 part thing and complete RanKen fluff, the other is RanKen insanity. Ken has to go to the hospital and needs Ran's support is the 2-3 part thing. Ran gets hypnotized by one of the targets during a mission and is now doing strange things from stripping down in the Koneko to seducing his teammates (mainly Ken)is the insane one. I'll probably work on the hypnotized Ran one first.

Once again, I apologize for my delay. The ice storm was horrible and I had to drive through it. Power went off on Wednesday night and didn't come back for us till Saturday evening. So it took me a while to get this baby onto the computer. I wrote this chapter longhand during that three day period and finally got it up.

So review. No flames please. Thanks.