Pieces Of A Shattered Glass
Part 2


A step following the latter.
one rain drop....then other.
each one falling upon them.
Making more insufferable his existence.

Yohji was stunned. The moment he saw the supposedly kidnapped man he felt his hearth had stopped.....There was Aya, the coldest bastard he have ever seen, walking trough the street. Ken didn't think it twice. He ran as fast as he could to the swordsman and Yohji followed him a second latter.

The first thing they noticed was that he was wearing a white hooded sweat-shirt, making him look more pale than he really was.

"God Aya!!! You're all soaked, are you all right? What happened to you?!" Ken was almost shouting to mede sure he was heard over the rain that was still falling. Concerned about his leader, he came closer to the read head just to make sure he was indeed there and not an illusion, but the latter just took a step back and looked at both of them as if he didn't know them.

"Aya?" this time it was Yohji. He was looking at the swordsman in search for any cue to let him know he was ok. Seeing nothing, he came closer.

"Aya. are. you. all. right?" each word emphasized and in a calm tone to not unnerve the amethyst-eyed man.

"I'm fine" he snapped. Then he passed them and walked to the flower shop.

The two assassins stayed where they were not knowing what to do. Aya has been missing for a whole week, he had scared the shit out of his teammates, and when he finally reappeared he just said 'I'm fine'. Not today Yohji tought, he was worried for his friend and he wanted answers. The read head was everything but fine and he wasn't telling something, he just _knew_ it....

"Maybe we should go tell Omi he's back" said Ken, taking him out of his thoughs.

"You're right. Let's get away from this rain."

~~~~~~~~~~

When the two asassins entered the koneko, they found his read head friend supporting himself in the counter, one hand clunching his sweat shirt, and the other covering his mouth, coughing......coughing blood.

"Aya!!" Ken steeped toward the leader of Weiss, but before he could even put his hand over the older man's shoulder, the latter turned back violently and pushed the brunette to the floor.

"Don't dare touching me!!!"

Both Ken and Yohji looked at the other man in the room, his voice was a little cracked, but it still sounded defiant, and even though his face was of pure hatred, just as if them were some target, the playboy noticed something different in the younger man, his eyes almost shouted he was afraid...

"Hey, what's going o-- AYA!!!!"

When Omi entered the room Aya found himself cornered, and Yohji could see it. the read head started breathing harder and faster, his hearth beating was running and it only increased the pain in his lungs. Suddenly, Aya felt the hole room spinning.

"Aya!!!"

Yohji rushed to catch the read head, the unconscious man just laid in Yohji's arms, trying to wake the man, the blond touched Aya's face..."God!! He's burning!!!" concern appeared in both Ken and Omi's eyes. "I'll call an ambulance!!!" said Omi hurrying to get to the phone.

"Forget the ambulance!!! We'll take him!!!" it was Ken who replied, opening the door for Yohji who was carrying the read head to the roadster. "Call Manx. Tell her we found him, met us at the hospital!!!!" The teen nodded but his elders were already in the car to notice him.

~~~~~~~~~~

No one in the history of mankind have ever seen a car run that fast in a highway, during a rush hour and with rain. Now we know why Ken has a motorcycle, the guy is a psycho, if Yohji weren't as concerned for the read head, he'd have said his prays. Even though, when they reached the hospital some nurses were already waiting for them. Damn!! Kritiker works fast!!!

The playboy handled the man he was carrying to some nurses. They put him in a stretcher and take him to I.C.U. so Yohji and Ken stayed in the waiting room. Time seemed like an eternity by the time Omi and the Kritiker agent arrived.

"What happened?" her voice was calm but she obviously was anger for something.

"Ken and I were outside the flower shop and he appeared" Yohji stated.

"Just like that?!"

Ken nodded. Manx just sighted. The brunette turn to look at his younger friend, he seemed a little worried...

"What happened Omitchi?"

The little blond turned to look at the green-eyed woman, seeing she was not going to do anything he started. "..We...we come across the doctor and he told us about Aya-kun....." He stopped, noticing everybody in the room except Manx was staring at him, "....he.....told us...Aya has....pneumonia"

Yohji felt like somebody have staved him.


Part 3