One Week

Wednesday: Departure of the Hunter

"What can you do alone?"

Those words echoed in his mind all day. Botan had attempted to convince him to re-join
Weiß, up until he had died. Unfortunately, Botan's death was his realization that he
belonged with the White Hunters. Botan himself had joined Kritiker in hopes of finding
Azumi, his kidnapped daughter. It was no different. He would willingly lay down his life
for his sister's sake, no matter what it took. By re-joining, he hoped that he could prevent
others from suffering as he did.

"What can you do alone. . .?"

It hit him like a brick. Schuldich had said the same thing. 

"He's the LAST thing that needs to be on my mind right now..." Aya mumbled to himself
as he busied his mind with his duties at the flower shop and finding Aya-chan. Upon his
return to the Koneko no Sumu Ie, everything was running as normal. Only Omi had acted
surprised at his return; Youji and Ken just gave each other slight nods and smiled. So,
things were back to normal. The usual stampede of drooling girls packed the shop, Aya's
stern voice yelling at them to either buy something or go home. He had even half-smiled
once, which shocked EVERYONE. It was a pretty quiet day...

Until he spotted a familiar red-headed figure, leaning against a red porche across the
street.

"You. . ." the words left his mouth, barely audible. Omi noticed something was wrong as
the boquet of lillies Aya was holding crushed in his grip.
"Aya-kun, doushita no?" Omi calmly inquired. 
No response. The youngest Weiß member glanced out the window, eyeing the German.
"Him again??!! Ken-kun, Youji-kun!!"
The other two quickly joined Omi, who motioned to the one across the street.
"He's back?! I knew he was up to something..." 
Aya turned to the soccer player, anger still oozing from those purple eyes. "What do you
mean AGAIN??"
"He bought some roses two days ago, before you came back. . ." Ken's voice trailed off as
Aya stormed out the door, leaving the remaining three standing in bewilderment.

Schuldich half-grinned through his straw as the enraged Weiß member approached him.
Taking off his shades and placing them on the top of his head as usual, he raised a hand
to Aya in greeting.
"You've come to see me? I'm honored."
Aya flung a hand out, taking a firm hold on his left wrist, glaring at the Schwartz member
with raging eyes. 
"I don't know WHAT kind of sick game you're playing, but it ends here!" 
Schuldich gave a playful sigh, then downed more of his lemonade. 
"We REALLY need to work on your people skills." 
Not responding, the pale red-head released his death-grip on the German's wrist, and
returned to the flower shop, mumbling random strings of curses in Japanese.

~So, he's re-joined Weiß after all. And you couldn't be more wrong, White Hunter.
The game's just started...~

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