Shifted Lovers

Author Disclaimer:  All characters belong to Koyasu Takehito and Project
Weiss.  This fic is meant for entertainment purpose only.

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continuation from Chapter 2: Realization Comes

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* Kitty House *

	Ran seemed occupied that morning.  He seemed lonely, and angry at the
same time.  It was a miracle Yohji wasn't flirting with the girls although
lots of them drool over Yohji and follow him everywhere.  Even Ken and Omi
was wondering what happened the night before, when Yohji took Sakura on a 
date.  But they didn't dare ask Yohji or else Ran might lose his temper and
they'll be damned.

	Yohji tried to make excuses with the girls that he cannot flirt with
them and that he was having a terrible headache.  It was not true, of course.
He wasn't really serious when it comes to women, but it was different with
whom he was dating, a girl from Ran's past.  

	Sometimes Yohji was blaming himself for asking HER on a date although
there wasn't any close relationship between Ran and Sakura, and he was 
feeling like he was slowly falling in love with her.  It's just a date, and 
there's nothing more than that.  Yohji frowned.  He wasn't sure if it was 
just a mere infatuation or not.  He tried to convince himself not to think 
too much of the matter, but he couldn't help it.

	Yohji reached for a glass of orange juice and cooled himself a bit.
He had thought of going to the park and wind himself up, but he wasn't sure
if the Weiss leader would permit him to.  The girls gave up already in 
flirting with him since he never showed any affection to them.  

	Ken and Omi had acted like this-isn't-real while handling the 
flowers to the girls.  Ken glanced at Ran and Yohji once in a while and he
was starting to be really confused by the two's behavior.

	No one was talking to each other and neither Omi was making a move.
He was the most cheerful member of the Weiss but he wasn't sure if he should 
be happy or not.  He continued on his work and pretended he wasn't seeing
any difference in the two's nature.

"It's really boring." Yohji stammered.

"There are lots of girls..." Ran replied while he shrugged his shoulders.  He
was looking at the girls who were merely staring at him and giving him a 
flirting look.  He looked at them coldly with his eyes saying, go-to-Yohji-
'coz-I-don't-have-time-for-you.  He was thinking of bringing Yohji back to
being a playboy.  It was not for him to do that, but if it would be the
only thing that would keep Yohji away from Sakura, then he'd got to do it.

"I've got a new life here, Ran.." Yohji said, smiling.

	Ran looked at him, his eyes getting darker from with which he had
just heard.  He frowned, but he didn't let anybody see it, lest anyone know 
it.  He thought that it was HER suspiciously and asked, "Is it her?"

"There are many HER in my life." said Yohji, his smile fading away.

Ran just looked at him, tensed.

Yohji looked at Ran and smiled again, "You know her."

"Hhmphh" was all Ran could give.  He still couldn't believe Yohji was taking
it seriously with Sakura.  It was a mistake he didn't give a damn when she
confessed her feelings towards him.

	The girls were watching the two talked so seriously, and Ken and Omi
was quite surprised how the two acted like that in front of the girls.  Maybe
Yohji just wanted the girls to stop following him... Omi thought, his lips
with a little frown.  He doubted it.

	The lassess stoped staring at the two and turned their backs outside
the flowershop.  They started looking at a girl who wore a tight fitting
dress with all men who passed the flowershop was looking at.  A drop-dead
gorgeous woman.

	The Weiss weren't able to see the girl clearly for the crowd (girls)
were blocking the view.  Yohji tried to stretch his neck to see who was 
outside as well as the other Weiss members but all in vain.

	The girl pushed her way from the crowd, with her head bent, her bangs
covering her eyes.  She finally made it the door, and she slowly pushed the
door and stepped inside.  She lifted her face and smiled.

Everyone was surprised.

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* Manx's place *

	Manx had these dark circles around her eyes, her hand handling a 
bottle of vodka.  She didn't sleep well that night, as she kept thinking
about Yohji...and she had taken three bottles continuously, and the one she
was holding in her hand was her fourth one.

"Darn it!  Oh my...uuhhh.." she murmured as she put her shaking hand on her
forehead.  She was heaving an awful headache.  

"Seems like I drank too much.  Damn it!" she shouted with all her might, the
bottle slipping out of her hand and vodka spilling on the floor.

	She let out a moan, then closed her eyes.  "Too much..stress..." she 
whispered to herself.  She tried to stood up, but she was really dizzy.  She
was about to take a step when she lost her balance and collapsed on the bed.
The sight was blur and she was unable to distinguish colors and shapes, and
was soon feeling like drifting off into a big sleep.

And all was black...

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* Schwartz Headqurters *

	Brad Crawford was sitting in one corner, thinking about something,
then started to argue with Schulderich when he tried to read his mind.  
Farfarello was licking his knife and was having an evil grin on his face.
Nagi didn't seem to care at all what was happening, but was sitting in front
of the computer, concentrating on hacking some people on the Web.

"Will you stop it, you asshole!" Crawford shouted, looking at Schulderich
angrily.

"Oh c'mon...there's nothing wrong with reading one's mind eh?..."

"Just shut up you fucking moran 'coz you're ruining my concentration."

Once again, Schulderich tried to enter Crawford's mind.

"Oh..just fucking shit!  Darn you!  One more time and I'll slash you into
pieces so stop it!" Crawford exclaimed as he shot an I'll-kill-you look
towards the German.

"Yeah...?  Really?..??"

The American tried to ignore.

"Fine, whatever...perhaps I'll leave your moronic thoughts for awhile and 
maybe I can dig up later.", Schulderich said as he turned to look at Nagi.

"Hey punk!  Whatcha doin'?"

Nagi ignored him. 

"Ya know...it's not nice to ignore an elder..."

"What do you want?...and I'm not a punk!" Nagi blurted out.

"Nothing really, just wanted to know whatcha doin'.."

"Hhmphh."

"I'm asking you a question, NAGI NAOE!"

"...Hacking."

"..Did I heard it right.  Nagi-chan is hacking..."

"Don't call me -chan!"

"Hoooww, don't get too upset rowdy-boy.  I'm just joking." Schulderich said
as he put up his hands, as if trying to make an alibi.

"Leave me alone.."

"Who are you hacking."

"Just leave me ok?!"

"I'm not leaving...why?  Because I don't want to....who is it?"

"...someone with the codename Vulture...now leave."

"Hey hey hey...I wanted to know more about this guy."

Nagi sighed, "19 years old.  Lives in Kyoto, born to a rich family, a 
baseball player.., has a younger sister who died in a car crash, has divorced
parents..."

"Whew!  I thought his infos would be interesting...just a bunch of whatevers
from a lowlife.."

"You had it so leave."

"Hey what's that?" Schulderich asked suspiciously as he pointed to a blinking
round icon that appeared to the lower right of the computer.

Nagi shivered.

The German grabbed for the mouse and clicked on the blinking icon.

- a picture -

"Hey kid!  I don't know you like porn."

Nagi was speechless.  Farfie and Crawford looked at Nagi.
Nagi: sweatdrops

Nagi quickly grabbed the mouse from Schulderich, clicked for the exit icon,
and went back to hacking.

"Hey it's alright kid.  Crawford and I got many of those.  I can lend you
some...just tell me and I'll hand them over to you.  No problem."

Nagi gulped.

"Don't tell me you're scared just because I found out you like them.."

"Go away!" Nagi shouted, a nerve appering on his forehead.

"Why don't you ask some of the girls who are drooling over you to have some
lovemaking with ya..or perhaps you prefer boys."

"That's enough, Schuldich." Crawford said, standing up, raising his tone.

"I'm just givin' a 'lil encouragement to our 'lil boy..." Schulderich said,
waving his hand upwards and downwards, making an explanation.

Farfarello smiled wickedly.

	Nagi became tensed, his eyes glancing from his left to his right.  He
didn't know what to do.  He had ruined his reputation for being the *nice*
member of Schwartz, and he was sure that the *f---ing* German would never 
stop bothering him about *that*.

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* Kitty House *

	After the Weiss had seen the girl, Omi dropped the flower pot he was
holding while Ken quickly tried to prevent the pot from touching the floor.
Yohji was speechless, and with his expression it looked like he had never 
seen a beautiful girl in a long time.  Ran was dumbstruck and felt like
his mouth dropped on the floor.  The girl looked at the Weiss, surprised.

"I..is..there something...wrong?.."

Yohji suddenly laughed.

"You're so much different today." he said, looking from the girl's head down
to her feet.

"..Oh..Is it bad?"

Yohji shook his head.  "Not at all.  Looks perfect for you."

She smiled.  "Then why are you all staring at me like that?"

"Because you're so much beautiful...Sakura."

	Ran looked at the floor, and all the other girls in the flowershop
were really pissed and fretted.  They looked at Sakura a devouring look and
looked like they were all going to kill her. ~_~

Yohji, noticing the girls' reaction, started to make his move.

"Why don't we go out for a while?" Yohji asked Sakura cooly.

Now the girls were really ANGRY. ~____~

"I thought you got a terrible headache.." Ran stated, trying to stop him
from going out.

"It's gone."

"Gone?" Ran asked as he looked at him sternly.

"Gone.  Oh yeah, why don't we take a walk to the park?"

"...But you got a headache.." 

"Really...it's gone." Yohji smirked.

"Okay." Sakura said as she nodded.

	Ran looked at the two hysterically as they walked out the flowershop.
Ken and Omi just stood there, staring at the two as they passed him and out
the door.  The girls were all mad, some of them already cursing Sakura.

"Got more things to do so get back to work." Ran commanded.

Ken and Omi got back to work.

	Ran told the other Weiss to go back to work to cover himself up with
such jealousy.  He looked at his notes, and started computing again.

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* At the park *

"Yohji...are you sure you're feeling okay?"

"Yeah.."

"I don't want to force you into going out you know.  If you're sick--"

"I'm not sick.  Really..I'm fine."

Sakura looked up at him.

	Yohji smiled and wrapped his arms around her, his chest feeling
her soft, delicate back, his hands touching her smooth, supple hand. Sakura
ran her fingers and slid them unto his, caressing and returning his soft 
touch.  Both of them blushed, and Yohji felt like going to the bed or 
something.

	Stop it Yohji Kudoh!  This isn't the time for thinking like that.  
The girl's still young and innocent.  Yohji thought while still blushing.  He
just couldn't stop it.  One day, this girl was in Ran's fantasy, and the 
other day, he saw himself dating this girl.  He couldn't believe it.

	Sakura pulled herself from Yohji and faced him.  Yohji was surprised
how she reacted on that.  He looked at her and touched her face, and he was
tempted to do *it*.  He bent over, his lips touching hers, and Sakura 
suddenly found herself lured into Yohji's lips.  She soon join his tongue and
Yohji was quickly enticed by her sweet taste and began to feel hot, wanting
for more.  She slowly pulled away from him, beckoning him with a grateful
smile.  Yohji blushed.  He had never experienced kissing a shy, innocent
girl before and he was really astonished by the way a girl so timid can be
really libidinous.

"Yohji..."

"Uh..huh?"

"Maybe we should get back."

Yohji nodded.

And they walked hand in hand....

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* Flowershop *

	The whole day seemed to be tiring for Ran.  He was again worrying 
what might happen between the two.  He was merely staring at the roses again
when the phone rang.  Ran slowly reached for the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello..Is this Ran."

"It's me."

"Can I talk to Yohji?"

"He's gone."

"Where?"

"At the park, with her."

"Oohh.  That's just what I wanna ask." and she hanged up the phone.

	The door swang open and Ran saw Yohji and Sakura smiling as they
walked inside the flowershop, hand in hand.  Ran was struck, "bullshit!"
He was raging with anger and he was really furious.  He need to control his
anger or else he'll end up using his katana.

"Hi Ran!" Yohji greeted as he waved at him.

Ran stared at them.

	Sakura bent her head.  She knew inside her she still have feelings 
for Ran, but she was denying it and forcing herself to be Yohji's.  She
managed to look at Ran and when she did, she saw a different look.

"Why did you do this?"

And she was holding back her tears...


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The thing on the computer...about Hacking..the codename Vulture and it's
infos are just made, so please don't sue.

Still ongoing...there's still Chapter 4.  I hope you enjoy the fic, and
thanks a lot for reading.

Comments and Suggestions are welcome at 

Once again, Arigatou! ^_^