Drama CD - Theater of Pain

[onlygirlshavewings]

Weiß Kreuz Gluhen: Theater of Pain
Translation by Athena
Mission 0103

Setting: Knight has gone undercover as a reporter to investigate a certain religious organization suspected of
trafficking in drugs and firearms. He has gained access to their factory under the pretense of a photo op, however...
Knight: I hadn't thought that I would be permitted to have a photo shoot inside of the factory.

Taizen: It doesn't matter what the press wishes to cover, since there is nothing suspicious going on around here.

Knight: Umm....what was this place again? Holy...?

Taizen: Holy Work Factory.

Knight: Ooh, right, right. If I remember correctly...you manufacture computer parts here. However...

Taizen: Hm? However, what?

Knight: I don't actually see anything resembling computer parts?

Taizen: Ah...my apologies. I'm afraid I've been telling you lies.

Knight: Lies?

Taizen: It was unacceptable conduct for a Founder, was it not? *he opens a door*

Knight: Taizen-san!?

Taizen: We make these here.

Knight: Guns?

Footsteps of people running up.

Taizen: This is a clandestine gun manufacturing plant, but it's also a place to save impure souls. Hmph! Press
coverage on the daily lives of our believers? Bullshit! What are you investigating!?

Knight: Oh. So you've found me out.

Taizen: Bastard! Are you trying to extort us?

Knight: Where are the family members of the attorney Mr. Kimizuka that you kidnapped? Where have you hid them!?
Answer me!

Taizen: Do it!

The men cock their guns.

Taizen: Goodbye. Rest in peace. *starts to walk off*

Knight: Wait!

Taizen: Hm? Ah, unfortunately, I can't be tainting my hands with impure blood. But I'll say a prayer, just for you.

Knight: Just wait. If you died, then who's going to pray for me?

Taizen: What's that?

Knight: I wouldn't move from there if I were you. If you move forward just 30 centimeters, I'm not going to guarantee a
thing.

Taizen: What are you talking about?

Knight: Your life. I am talking about your life.

Explosions go off, people yelling and screaming as debris flies everywhere.

Taizen: *coughing and sputtering* What's going on!?

Knight: See? If you were just 30 centimeters off, you would've been blown to smithereens.

Taizen: You bastard!

Knight: All this destroyed, and still no one's died. As expected of Pawn. A perfect job.

Taizen: Who the hell are you!? You're no extortionist, are you?

Knight: Just a destroyer. *throws off his disguise* It's checkmate! Founder of the Ship of Light, Sato Taizen!

Taizen: It can't be....Crashers!?

Knight: *points his weapon at him* Now, you will answer me. Where are you hiding the Kimizuka family?

Taizen: Hmph! I already told you...this is the place where we save impure souls.

Knight: You're not saying that you...!?

Taizen: Aah, that's right. They were our moving targets for our secretly manufactured guns. Hahahah! Their tainted
souls were extinguished upon becoming the foundation for the Ship of Light. Hahahah!

Knight: *grabs him and strangles him* You rotten bastard!!

Taizen: Hn...! Turn me in to the police if you will! I've got money! Police, judges, politicians, the press! I'll throw wads
of money at them! No one will be able to judge me!

Footsteps approach.

Taizen: Hah! I will have the last laugh!

Knight: You...

Taizen: Too bad!

Knight: You've gone too far. I had thought we could take care of this with us Crashers, but it looks like the reapers
have come to pass their judgment on you.

Taizen: What?

Knight: I didn't want to see this..


Elsewhere, the members of Weiss have come to take out the others.

Nikaidou: Hey! Don't! What are you doing, pointing that thing at me??

Omi: Supreme Executive of the Ship of Light, Nikaidou Tsuyoshi! For the murders of the Kimizuka family and for the
kidnap and murder of numerous believers, you are hereby executed!

Nikaidou: Who...are you??

Omi: The dark executioners....Weiss! *he shoots and kills him*

Yohji: *strings up his victim with his wire* Hey, Muraki...how many people do you think died from the drugs that you
made? Go die so you can beg for their forgiveness! *kill him* Oh...that's right, you can't. Because you're going to hell.

Nitta: Aaaah!! Save me!

Ken: Hey, hey...where are you running off to, Nitta? Isn't it your duty to protect the Founder and the Executive?

Nitta: Please! Let me go! I was just doing what I was told by the Founder!

Ken: What did you do to all the believers who begged for their lives, just like this? HUH!?

Nitta: *screams and runs*

Ken: I'm asking you what did you DO!? *kills him*

Omi: *runs up* How's the guard?

Ken: As you see.

Omi: Ok, so let's go to Aya-kun.

Yohji: Huh? Why? I've already done my part.

Omi: What do you mean why? Aren't you worried? You heard that explosion, didn't you? Something must've
happened!

Yohji: Omi...I meant to ask you before, but why did you decide to do this work?

Omi: Eh?

Yohji: Is it to make friends with us? Then why don't you go pick up a stray dog and get friendly with it? Take your little
friendships somewhere else!

Omi: Yohji-kun...


Back at the factory, the flames blaze in the background from the explosion as Aya finishes off Taizen.

Aya: What is the matter? Are you afraid to die? Train yourself once more, in hell! *kills him*

Knight: So it's done.

Aya: What are you guys...Crashers...doing here? You should've gotten formal orders from Queen to withdraw.

Knight: This was a mission that we Crashers had accepted first. It's not like we are uninvolved.

Aya: What did you think?

Knight: Eh?

Aya: After listening to Taizen's rubbish. We are the only ones who can judge Taizen - Weiss, the executioners. Not
you guys.

Knight: Ran.

Aya: It's Aya now.

Knight: How should I know? Even now, you are--

Aya: There is no Ran. The Ran that you know isn't here anymore.


Pursuit

Koyasu: Drama album, Weiss Kreuz Gluhen II: Theater of Pain.


Setting: A week later. Takatori Shuuichi has called Manx to his office to relay some news about their latest mission...

Persia: Sorry for calling you out so suddenly, Manx.

Manx: Not at all. Is there a new mission?

Persia: No, this is about Mission 0103.

Manx: 0103? But we've already completed that mission a week ago and submitted the report...

Persia: Listen to me carefully, Manx. The mission was a failure.


Back at the Weiss residence...

Omi: The Founder had a body double??

Yohji: Guess that shouldn't be a surprise for a con-artist who's spent millions.

Ken: They got us this time.

Yohji: Aya...who the hell did you kill?

Aya: Heh.

Omi: ...but that's not Aya's fault.

Manx: Exactly. Persia has acknowledged that there was a mistake in the intelligence gathered by Kritiker. So
Abyssinian won't be subject to any punishment.

Omi: Oh good..

Aya: Manx, what kind of person did I kill?

Manx: I guess you could say he was Sato Taizen's right hand man? Even if he was shadow double, he really held
himself out to be like the Founder, and had his hand in various incidents as well. I suppose that is why Kritiker made a
mistake. But...a failure is still a failure. The black beast still lives, after all.

Yohji: Don't worry about it, Aya. Just get that cheatin' bastard back twofold.

Ken: So Manx, do you have a new mission for us?

Manx: What are you talking about? You have to see this job to the end, don't you?

Ken: Eh? All four of us to take out Taizen?

Manx: That's right.

Yohji: Wait a minute! We all completed our part of the mission! Shouldn't it be up to Aya alone to take out Taizen?

Aya: Obviously, that's my intent as well.

Manx: You don't understand, do you? This is a mission that was given to Weiss. It's not an individual matter. And in
any case, this new mission will be dangerous, even with all four of you working together.

Ken: It's no use for him, no matter how much he's fortified his defenses.

Manx: Under usual circumstances, yes.

Omi: Is there something else, Manx?

Manx: In any case, just listen to Persia's mission. *starts the video*

Persia: I convey to you your mission. You have probably heard from Manx already, but we've discovered that the
executed Founder of the Ship of Light Sato Taizen was in fact a decoy. According to our investigation, the real Taizen
has escaped to Italy and has made contact with the local crime boss Travis Madarella and has hidden himself within
his underground organization. Gentlemen of Weiss, I hereby order you to report to Italy and infiltrate Madarella's
organization, discover the whereabouts of Sato Taizen and execute him forthwith. White Hunters of Darkness, hunt
the morrow of these black beasts.

Yohji: What did he...just say? Italy?

Ken: Yeah, that's what I heard.

Omi: Yeah.

Aya: What's the meaning of this, Manx?

Manx: Just as you heard. You're going to Italy.


Party Game

Setting: Rome, Italy. The members of Weiss are in pursuit of their target Sato Taizen, believed to have fled under the
protection of the mob boss Travis Madarella. They've managed to get Yohji on an invitation list to a lavish party at a
hotel where Madarella rents a suite. However, it seems Yohji has other plans in mind...

Yohji: So about the Italian language... I have three buddies with me. One of them is a grumpy guy who barely even
speaks Japanese. It looks like he's decided to keep to his grumpy disposition here, and therefore has no intention of
learning Italian at all. The second one is a diligent straight arrow kind of fellow who's bought himself "A Delightful
Course on Italian" at the bookstore and studies day and night. "Is this yellow banana sweeter and more delicious than
that red apple?" I'm like, "when are you ever gonna use that?" Right?

Tiffone: *chuckles*

Yohji: And the third guy - he's a riot, too. What do you think he said?

Tiffone: I wonder.

Yohji: "Just tell me one thing: How do you say in Italian, 'Can I have the curry rice?'" See? It's hilarious, huh?

Tiffone: So? How did you study? You seem to speak our language pretty fluently.

Yohji: You wanna know?

Tiffone: Definitely.

Yohji: I can't really say it too loudly. Give me your ear?

Tiffone: Sure thing. *she leans in*

Yohji: *lowers his voice* Ok? The quickest and most effective way to learn a foreign language...is to study it in bed.

Tiffone: It seems like you've studied quite a bit.

Yohji: No...not enough by a long shot.

Omi: *cutting in over a comm. device* Yohji-kun?

Yohji: For example...

Omi: Yohji-kun?

Yohji: What do I need to whisper...in order to touch that black hair of yours?

Omi: Yohji-kun?

Yohji: I still don't know.

Omi: Yohji-kun?

Tiffone: Are you trying to pick me up? Italian women have a soft spot for gifts.

Omi: Yohji-kun?

Yohji: Ooh? So what do you want?

Tiffone: *chuckles* I wonder...

Omi: Yohji-kun?

Yohji: Something that sparkles, I gather?

Omi: Yohji-kun?

Tiffone: How about...a treasure map?

Yohji: Treasure map?

Omi: YOHJI-KUN!!

Yohji: Aha...excuse me for a sec. *steps away* What do you want? Don't bother me!

Omi: Bother? What are you saying, Yohji-kun? We're not here on vacation, you know! Get it together!

Yohji: Shut up! You're starting to act like Manx.

Omi: *sighs with exasperation* Do you know how hard it was to sneak you into that party? I had to forge the invitation,
get you a suit, arrange for a limo...

Yohji: Ok, ok!!

Omi: Geez. Anyways, could you hurry up and do as we planned? I've completed hacked into the hotel's security
system, so I can send you information in real time.

Yohji: Ok, ok. Such a hard worker you are.


Scene cuts to Omi's hotel room.

Omi: Yohji-kun? Don't screw this up, ok?

Yohji: I get it. Kudo Yohji-san's job is to sneak out of the party and into Travis Madarella's room, and risk life and limb
to find out where they're hiding that phony guru. And meanwhile, you guys can kick back and drink some big ass
coffee at the hotel.

Omi: Yohji-kun!

Yohji: I'm hanging up. *cuts out*

Omi: Geez...

Ken: *humming* Coffee from the source really is different! Hey Omi, you wanna drink some?

Omi: *sighs as he types away* Hey...Ken-kun?

Ken: Mmm? *sips*

Omi: What do you think?

Ken: I dunno...it's a little bitter for me.

Omi: Not the coffee, I'm talking about our mission. I wonder if there's a reason why Persia is so hung up on Sato
Taizen.

Ken: What are you saying after all this?

Omi: Eh?

Ken: Obviously it's because he's a thug.

Omi: That's not what I'm saying here. All the offenses that his organization has committed have been exposed, and
the fact that Taizen's escaped abroad has caused such an uproar in Japan. Even if Taizen tries to throw around his
money, there's no way he can hide the facts now. I think he can be tried under the law. So why...

Ken: That's got nothing to do with me. A thug - a target - who was supposed to get his just desserts is still living large.
*whips out his weapon* That's enough for me.

Omi: Ken-kun...

Ken: If it's to take out a villain, I'll fly to Italy or the North Pole...anywhere.

Omi: Yeah...that's our job, isn't it? *starts typing again as a transmitter beeps* Looks like Yohji-kun's on the move.


Contact

Setting: Madarella's hotel room. The door opens and they walk in...

Madarella: *sighs and takes a seat* I've kept you waiting.

Argus: You sure it's ok for the host to sneak out of the party? Haven't you invited bigwigs from some pharmaceutical
corporations?

Madarella: I have work to do. We've discovered the whereabouts of those yellow monkeys. Hand him the memo. Right
now, there are three staying at that cheap hotel. You've drilled into your heads the information I gave you, right?

Argus: Of course.

Serpenti: Three?

Madarella: Yeah, one is at the party. Hehehe. It seemed like he wanted to come, so I invited him.

Serpenti: Who came?

Madarella: Hm? Who is it?

Marid: Yohji Kudo.

Serpenti: Aya. So it's not Aya Fujimiya?

Marid: Correct.

Madarella: What does that have to do with anything?

Serpenti: I can smell it from that Aya, even from the photograph...the scent of blood. He smells like death. I thought
that I'd like to...meet him.

Argus: Hehehe. But Brother, that doesn't make him a good opponent for you. That Aya's weapon is a big knife, you
know.

Serpenti: Not a knife. A katana. You shouldn't underestimate a samurai who follows the way of the Hagakure.


Meanwhile, back at Omi's hotel room:

Ken: Geez, Aya's running late!

Omi: Maybe he stopped at a café on the way back from shopping.

Yohji: *cutting in via comm. device* Hey, Omi. I've finally made it up to the floor of Madarella's room.

Omi: So? Anything out of the ordinary?

Yohji: Nah. Damn it. I can't believe you made me walk up all those stairs up to this floor. I'm not a really physical
person, you know.

Omi: I can't help that! Madarella's henchmen are staking out all the elevator halls.

Yohji: If the door doesn't open with that card key you gave me after all this, I'm gonna be pissed. *cuts out*

Omi: Ah! Yohji-kun? Don't cut off our connection! Keep it on...

Ken: Shh!

Omi: Ken-kun?

Ken: Looks like we've got company.

Omi: Company?



Café

Setting: Streets of Rome. Aya's sitting at a sidewalk café, drinking coffee and reminiscing...

Aya: Rome...Aya, do you remember? We watched Roman Holiday on television, once. I remember you said - even
though you didn't understand what was going on in the movie - that you wanted to come to Rome. I'm in that Rome
right now. Next time, let's come together, the two of us. Ok...Aya? *he notices someone watching him* Hm? What's up
with that guy? Why is he looking at me? *sucks his breath* What is that deathly aura? He laughed? *stands up
suddenly* Get out of here!! Hurry!!

Café patrons: *mutter in confusion*

Aya: Don't you understand me?? I'm telling you to get the hell out of here!! Don't you see that guy---? A gun??

Serpenti: *starts shooting the place up with an automatic*

Café patrons: *run and scream*

Serpenti: That's right...you can't die just yet. Because this is just a greeting....samurai...Aya!


Lie In Wait

Setting: Madarella's hotel suite. Yohji has reached the door and is about to sneak inside...

Yohji: So he uses all that dirty money and rents out a suite for the entire year. That's some filth there. *uses the card
key* Hmm...let's see what kind of room you've got here. *opens the door and walks in*

Man: Don't move! *cocks his gun*

Yohji: *hisses into his mic* Hey, Omi! I've been ambushed! What the hell is going on!? Answer me, Omi!

Man: Shut up!

Madarella: Hahaha! I guess you didn't know. I haven't rented out just this suite. I rent all the rooms on this floor.

Yohji: Madarella!

Madarella: And it's no use trying to contact your friends. They're probably shot up like beehives by now.

Yohji: So you know everything we've been up to, huh?

Madarella: *sighs* Who do you think I am? I am Travis Madarella, ruler of Italy's dark underworld. Hehehe. *pours
himself some wine* Well, I'll forgive your ignorance because you've been living in a little corner in the East. However,
what I'm about to say to you will no make no difference wherever you live or whatever your race. Those who oppose
Travis Madarella will gain two things: regret...and death. *takes a sip* Mmm...amongst all the fine wines of Italy, this
Barolo has been ranked by the DOCG. It's too bad I can't let you have any...but even if I did, you Japanese couldn't
appreciate the value of this taste. Hahahaha...

Yohji: Then why do you protect a Japanese guy who can't even appreciate the taste of wine?

Madarella: I could care less what happens to Taizen.

Yohji: What?

Madarella: Except...the Japanese man who entrusted him to me is my "family." To us, the most important thing in the
world is the bond of family.

Yohji: Hey...Madarella-san..

Madarella: What?

Yohji: How do you say, "fuck you" in Italian?

Madarella: Hmm...I could tell you. But it'll be no use to you anymore, hm?

Yohji: Heh. Are you sure about that?

Madarella: What?

Someone crashes into the room from the window, shooting the place up. Madarella's men scramble.

Man: Protect the boss!!

Tiffone: Are you ok?

Yohji: You!?

Tiffone: If you disappear in the middle of a pick up, you won't win the heart of an Italian woman! Now come on!

They make their escape under a hail of bullets.


Get Out

Setting: Meanwhile over at Weiss's hotel room, Omi and Ken are also under fire...

Omi: *yelling over the din of bullets* Ken-kun!!

Ken: I'm still kickin'! Damn it! Is this what the law of the real "Godfather" is like??

Argus: HAHAHAH! What's the matter, you Japanese assassins!? Come at me! Let's go at it! *laughs maniacally*

Omi: We're gonna get out of here, Ken-kun!

Ken: Get out?? From where?

Omi: *opens the window*

Ken: What? Are you serious?

Omi: What are you doing!? Hurry, and grab Aya-kun's katana!

Ken: Wh...what, Omi! Don't you know what floor we're on??

Omi: Fourth floor! Now come on, hurry!

Ken: You say it so easily, but... wh---wait wait! Stop pushing me!! AAAAHHH!! *falls out the window*

Argus: You're not getting away!! *fires his automatic*

Ken: AAAAAAAAHH! *crashes on top of a garbage truck, sputtering* What, what??

Omi: *lands next to him* It's garbage...I saw a garbage truck parked right under the window! *the truck drives off as
the guns continue to fire after them*

Ken: Ah...that was a close one. I guess you'd call that lucky...

Omi: It doesn't look like just any coincidence.

Ken: Eh?

Jack: *driving* Are you guys Weiss?

Ken: He speaks Japanese??

Omi: Yes, that's right!

Jack: Heh! You're just kids!

Ken: What??

Jack: Hang on! *takes a sharp turn*

Ken: Whoa!!


After some distance, Jack explains who he works for...

Ken: Fortsuna?

Jack: Fortuna! We're the same as you guys. Think of us as a secret organization that takes out Italy's scum.

Ken: So why are you guys...?

Jack: I don't know the specifics. The higher-ups told us to go baby-sit you guys.

Ken: Baby-sit?? Hey!!

Omi: Hey...

Jack: It's Jack.

Omi: Jack-san, could you take us to the Hotel Roma?

Ken: That's right! Yohji!

Jack: You mean the guy who snuck into the party? One of my colleagues should have taken care of that.

Omi: Thanks! So all that's left is Aya-kun. *takes out his laptop*

Ken: What are you doing?

Omi: Ah! Actually, I secretly placed a tracking device on Aya's clothes.

Ken: Why did you do that?

Omi: I thought if anyone would have the most trouble if they got lost, it'd be Aya-kun.

Ken: Yeah, so true. He's so silent he probably wouldn't stop to ask for directions.

Sounds of sirens can be heard passing by.

Jack: Looks like you don't have to bother to look for him. *follows in the direction of the sirens*


SAMURAI

Setting: Streets of Rome. Sirens can be heard in the distance. Aya has escaped from the café, but Serpenti has
picked up his trail...

Serpenti: *walking* If it were us, we would escape into a crowd. Because we can use all the people as a shield from
the bullets. It's a logic that even a child would understand. But you were different. You purposely fled to a place where
there weren't any people. Is it a sense of humanism, because you don't want to embroil innocent people into your
dilemma? Or...is this the way a samurai fights? Hehehe. It's no use where you hide yourself. It emanates from you,
Aya...your bloodlust...I can feel it on my skin. I know you're hiding right there!! *starts shooting*

Aya: *jumps out from his hiding place with a yell, wielding whatever weapon he could find*

Serpenti: You can't do a thing with some wooden stick!

They fight, and Aya manages to immobilize him long enough to make a dash for the street. A vehicle pulls up with a
screech...

Omi: Aya-kun!!

Ken: Aya!! Hurry, get in!

Serpenti: AYA!!!!! *yells after him and shoots at the vehicle as it drives off*

In the truck...

Omi: Are you ok, Aya-kun? Are you injured?

Aya: I'm fine.

Ken: It's a good thing he's a crappy shot.

Aya: No...it seems like he missed on purpose.

Ken: Missed on purpose? Why?

Aya: I don't know.

Back in the alley...

Serpenti: If that weren't a wooden stick but a katana, my hand would have been sliced right off. Aya...let's just say that
makes us even.


Fortuna

Setting: Meanwhile in another part of town, Yohji and Tiffone have escaped from the hotel and are driving away.

Yohji: *sighs* Look at this. My Armani suit is all tattered! That damn Madarella! If it weren't for a mission like this,
they'd never buy me these things.

Tiffone: Oh? Weiss lets you expense clothes? Maybe I should transfer there.

Yohji: Please, by all means. A woman like you, we'll accept with open arms, any time! By the way...what do you wanna
do about continuing where we left off?

Tiffone: Eh?

Yohji: Tell me. What do I need to whisper in order to touch your black hair?

Tiffone: Hmm. I wonder. If it's this black hair you want to touch, you can say whatever you want. I'll take it off now.

Yohji: Take it off?

Tiffone: *pulls out the hairpins and removes her wig*

Yohji: H...Hey!

Tiffone: *tosses it at him* There you go! Knock yourself out.

Yohji: It was a wig??

Tiffone: My face might be known to Madarella, so I have to be extra careful with my disguises and makeup.

Yohji: Are you...?

Tiffone: Hmm?

Yohji: Er...nevermind.

Tiffone: Don't start to say something and then stop.

Yohji: It's really nothing. I just...had a really stupid thought right now.

Tiffone: "Maybe she's actually...a man?"

Yohji: Eh...

Tiffone: Looks like I was right.

Yohji: Nah...it's just, you leapt right into that room, even though you could've been killed. Not only that, but with a die
hard, John Cage kind of action. So it just crossed my mind. Forget it. Looking at you, you're obviously a woman.

Tiffone: *sighs* I guess it's still no use. Since I was a man for longer.

Yohji: Eh?? *swerves*

Tiffone: Hey! Watch the wheel!

Yohji: Aaah!

Tiffone: Be careful!!

Yohji: It's because you say weird things!

Tiffone: It's nothing weird. I was a man up until just recently.

Yohji: So you...?

Tiffone: Yup. I had a sex change. I was transgendered.

Yohji: So you had the body of a man...but the mind of a woman?

Tiffone: I hated god for doing this to me... Why did he make the body of a man first, and put in the mind of a woman
later? When I was a child, I couldn't understand why I couldn't wear a skirt or a dress. I believed that maybe when I
grew up, I could wear them, just like my mother. But...

Yohji: Guess that couldn't have happened.

Tiffone: Yeah.

Yohji: Sorry about that...I didn't mean to make you talk about something painful.

Tiffone: No...I'm the one who should apologize. Thanks to you, I was able to steal some top secret information from
Madarella's computer. In the manner of prestidigitateur.

Yohji: Presti...?

Tiffone: A magician. You keep the audience's eyes on your right hand, and remove the catch with your left.

Yohji: So I was the bait?

Tiffone: *laughs* Don't worry, I have a present for you. On this DVD Rom, you'll find the treasure map you're looking
for.

Yohji: The place where Taizen's hiding?

Tiffone: Most likely.

Yohji: I'm Yohji.

Tiffone: And I'm Tiffone. Well, it's just a name I came up with myself.

Yohji: Tiffone, huh? It's a nice name.

Tiffone: Thank you.


Weiss regroups at Fortuna's headquarters.

Yohji: Hmmm. It's just like a regular office building.

Ken: They build some huge ass building in the middle of the city and call themselves a secret organization? The
Italians are definitely pretty bold.

Jack: That's why I've got a problem with stupidity.

Ken: What's up with you??

Omi: Ken-kun!

Aya: To hide a leaf, you'll choose the forest.

Jack: It's common sense.

Ken: I know that!! That's why we run a flower shop in Japan.

Jack: Your boss is waiting for you in this room. *opens the door*

Manx: You're late.

Omi: Manx!


Calculation

Setting: Back at Madarella's room...


Madarella: Bah! What kind of pathetic display was that, all of you!? You've made me the laughing stock of Italy!! Do
you know what you've done?? If we leave it like this, we can't set example for the family!

Serpenti: They have a motive.

Madarella: AAAH??

Serpenti: It is not as though they have fled from Italy.

Madarella: Hmm.. So you have an idea, Serpenti?

Serpenti: They will surely come after Taizen. We should take advantage of that.

Madarella: Mmm.

Serpenti: If we take out Weiss, your Japanese friend will owe us one, don’t you think?

Madarella: Marid!

Marid: Yes.

Madarella: Argus and them have gone to pick Taizen up. Tell them to standby at the mountain villa.


Meanwhile at Fortuna headquarters, Manx is briefing Weiss.


Manx: England's Krypton Brand. America's Council of 100. There are underground organizations like Weiss and
Crashers all over the world. Among them, Fortuna has one of the longest histories and is a secret society with a
proud lineage. As the guardians Italy's public order, they've fought against criminals who fell beyond the reach of law.

Ken: Thugs will exist no matter where you are.

Aya: What people do doesn't change, whether they speak a different language, or have different skin color.

Manx: It seems that Travis Madarella's activities these part few years have gone much further beyond anything
Fortuna's imagined. It's come to the point where Madarella has destroyed several of their units before they finally
made the decision.

Omi: The execution of Madarella?

Manx: Yes. And that's where Taizen fled to. Our interests overlapped with Fortuna's interests, and so we are in the
position now where we can work cooperatively.

The phone rings, and Manx picks up.

Manx: Yes. Yes, is that right? I understand.

Omi: What is it, Manx?

Manx: From the DVD Rom, they were able to find the location where Taizen is hiding.

Ken: Alright then...

Manx: Not so fast. They're verifying the information now, so your orders are to standby until then.



Affection

Setting: Fortuna headquarters. Omi helps himself to a cup of coffee while they wait for their orders.


Omi: *sips* Aaah.

Jack: What do you think, kid? Is Italian coffee tasty?

Omi: I'm not a kid.

Jack: To me, a kid's a kid. Why are you doing this kind of work at that age? Don't you have parents?

Omi: ...I don't know.

Jack: Don't know?

Omi: I lost my memories, so I don't remember.

Jack: Oh...sorry for asking. *sips*

Omi: Your Japanese is very good.

Jack: My wife was Japanese.

Omi: Was?

Jack: I was a former detective, and my specialty was investigating drug crimes. Back then, I was really passionate
about my mission as a detective. Because I saw so many people who got addicted to drugs and met wretched ends. I
worked hard trying to get rid of drugs completely from this city. I hardly went home at all. She must've been lonely,
here in a foreign land, unable to make friends. What a twist of fate...my wife became addicted to drugs.

Omi: Your wife?

Jack: I was probably in the way. One of Madarella's thugs deceived my wife and got her addicted. *crushes his paper
cup*

Omi: Why are you...telling me this?

Jack: I wonder why. But I'll tell you one thing...no matter what, don't die in vain.

Omi: Eh?

Jack: You said you couldn't remember your parents. But as long as there's you, your parents must be out there
somewhere. The most painful thing for a parent is to have their child die on them.

Omi: Jack-san...

Footsteps approach.

Tiffone: There you are, Jack. We have our orders.


Over the sound of a chopper, you can hear Manx's narration of their orders...


Manx: It's been confirmed that Sato Taizen has taken refuge in Madarella's mountain villa. Madarella himself is with
him. Your mission is to combine forces with Fortuna's members. You are authorized to eliminate anyone from
Madarella's personal guard who impede your mission. That is all.



Second Mission

Setting: Onboard the helicopter. Members of Weiss and Fortuna are en route to Madarella's mountain villa.


Jack: You already know Tiffone. The other three are, from the back, Navarro, Gelace, and Coretti.

Aya: So? What's the plan?

Jack: Simple. We step in and kill them. That's it.

Ken: Heh. You guys really are rough and ready.

Yohji: That's the same for us!

Jack: Kid, is your weapon that bow gun?

Omi: I said I'm not a ki-

Jack: Always shoot your target twice.

Omi: Eh?

Jack: Alright? If you don't finish your opponent thoroughly, then you will be the one to die. Got it?

Omi: Yeah.


Meanwhile, inside the villa...


Taizen: Are you sure it's going to be ok??

Madarella: Stop asking me the same question!!

Taizen: But who's the one who said they'd take them out in Rome and failed!??

Madarella: Shut up!! I'll shoot you up with lead bullets so you can never speak such rubbish again!

Taizen: If you hurt me, then you'll hear from Deputy Prime Minister Takatori!

Madarella: Well aren't you a naïve little guy. Your friend has no interest in your life! All he cares about is your millions
that you...hehehe...have hidden somewhere.

Taizen: Wh...what!??

Serpenti: *steps up* It seems they've arrived.


Outside the villa.


Jack: *speaking into comm. device* Ok, Navarro, cut the power. We'll charge in with that as our cue.

Yohji: Do you guys always work as a team?

Tiffone: It's fundamental. We're different from you guys.

Yohji: You all certainly get along well.

Jack: Navarro and the others have already passed five of the guards. It doesn't look like we've been discovered.

Gunshots can be heard in the distance.

Jack: Navarro! Answer me! Navarro! Navarro!

Static.

Aya: Looks like they're onto us.

Tiffone: Let's come back another time, Jack.

Yohji: Withdraw?

Aya: We're not withdrawing. We're completing our mission here. Even if it's just us.

Ken: Yup.

Omi: *nods*

They run off.

Yohji: Guess I'll go with them. *starts to walk off*

Tiffone: Yohji!

Yohji: I'm not all for the teamwork stuff, but it's the fundamentals, right? I can't be the only one who stays back. Cya.

Jack: Who said anything about withdrawing? *prepares his weapon*

Tiffone: Jack!

Jack: What happens for each day that Madarella lives? More people will die, that's all.

Tiffone: I understand. I'll go too.

Jack: You don't have to come with me. We had an unexpected situation. If you abandon the mission now, Tiffone,
there will be no blame.

Tiffone: We're a team...Jack.

Hunting

Setting: Outside Madarella's mountain villa. Members of Weiss and Fortuna make a dash for the villa, and are met by
gunfire.

Aya: Take cover!

Argus: Ahahahah!!! Who's gonna play with me, huh? Someone from Fortuna? Or one you wimpy assassins from
Japan? *shoots off his automatic*

Ken: He called us wimpy? Keh! He's got some nerve! I'll answer your damn challenge! *runs out* Hey! I'm your
opponent!

Argus: You gonna run again? *shoots at him*

Elsewhere, the other members have broken through a door by shooting off the lock.

Jack: We're gonna storm in from here!

Tiffone: Follow us!

They run inside as guns go off around them. Suddenly, they stop as someone approaches.

Serpenti: Aya. I am your opponent.

Aya: Omi! Yohji! You guys go ahead.

Omi: Aya-kun!

Aya: Finish this mission!

Yohji: Alright, we'll leave this up to you. Let's go, Omi!

Omi: Ok!

They run ahead. Serpenti draws his weapon.

Aya: Ah? A katana?

Serpenti: You look surprised. You see, I have an interest in Japan's bushido, and so I studied sword fighting. I hadn't
thought I'd be able to battle against a Japanese samurai with swords. Will you fight me?

He attacks, and their swords collide. Meanwhile outside, Ken is battling Argus.

Argus: *as he shoots* How was your first time killing someone eh? I got so scared my hand shook. *shoots some more
as he laughs maniacally*

Ken: You're getting really annoying!

Argus: The second was a little easier. By the time you get to the third and fourth, you feel nothing at all. And now, I
just can't get enough of this thrill!!

Inside, Omi has shot at a guard several times, killing him.

Jack: That's right, kid, just like that! Tiffone! You go to the second floor! I'll cover you!

Tiffone: Got it! *she runs off*

More shots are fired and Madarella's henchmen scream as they fall.

Yohji: I'll go around out the back yard. Taizen might try to escape.

Omi: I'll head to the living right straight ahead!

Back outside..

Argus: *yells something as he shoots in Ken's direction*

Ken: *jumps out from the bushes* I'm over here!! *stabs him as Argus screams*



Last Wish

Setting: Inside Madarella's villa. Jack and Omi are looking for Taizen.

Jack: *whispers to Omi* Kid, stay hidden here.

Shooting can be heard in the distance. Then, a pin being drawn.

Man: A grenade! Get out of here! *they scramble*

The bomb explodes.

Taizen: *running and screaming*

Omi: Taizen!!

Taizen: *opens and a door and dashes through it, Omi hot on his heels*

Omi: Taizen!! *he shoots him*

Taizen: Aah!! My leg! *he falls*

Omi: Now give up!!

Taizen: Save me!! Don't kill me! I'm guilty of everything! I'll surrender myself to the police! I'll explain everything! I'll be
tried by the courts! So...so please, don't kill me!

Omi: You won't deceive me!

Taizen: I won't lie anymore! I'm just a tragic human being. My family was poor, I was abused by my parents... had so
much debt, and my wife left me... That's why, I wanted power! Wanted to be respected! That's all!

Omi: ....Taizen.... *he hesitates*

Taizen: *whips out a gun* You fool! *shoots*

Jack: Get down!! *shoots at Taizen and kills him, but he takes Taizen's shot, and falls*

Omi: Jack-san!!

Jack: That's why I said...always shoot twice.

Omi: Why did you...[save] me?1

Jack: I had a son once...my wife killed him when she went crazy from the drugs. If he were alive...he'd be about your
age by now. *spits out blood, coughing*

Omi: Jack-san, please, don't speak anymore! I'll go get help now!

Jack: It's alright...it's alright, kid. I've left my son all alone in heaven, so...

Omi: Jack-san...

Jack: Dad's gonna be with you...now... *dies*

Omi: Jack-san? Jack-san...? Jack-saaaan!!!


[ 1What he says here is literally, "Why did you...me...?" The verb comes last in this sentence, so I have to fill in the
blanks. I chose the word "save" by the context. ]


With All Heart

Setting: Inside Madarella's villa, Aya and Serpenti's battle rages on. Aya stumbles and falls.

Serpenti: Ahaha! To think you'd trip and fall! You're not very lucky. *he raises his weapon...but then gets stabbed
unexpectedly* Aaah!! You...threw...? Your katana! A...samurai...! *falls and dies*

Aya: I don't know what it was you were looking for in me, but I'm just a killer.

Outside, Madarella is making his escape.

Madarella: I'm not gonna be caught in the crossfire! *he trips* Wh--what's this??

Yohji: You tripped on a wire. *he strings him up*

Madarella: Aaaah!! You...bastard!

Yohji: I'll teach you what we say in Japanese, in these situations...shithead.

Madarella: Release these wires!!

Yohji: You're not my target. So hang tight until Tiffone and the others find you. *starts to walk off*

Marid: *sneaks out from the bushes* DIE!

Tiffone: Yohji, watch out!! *throws herself in front of him, and gets shot* Aaaah!!

Yohji: Tiffone!!

Marid: *releases Madarella* Boss!

Madarella: Marid! Hurry up and get me in the car!

Marid: Yes, Boss! *they drive off*

Yohji: Tiffone! *rushes to her side* Get yourself together, Tiffone!

Tiffone: Yohji....Yohji...

Yohji: Right here! I'm....right here!

Tiffone: I want you...to do something for me...

Yohji: What is it?

Tiffone: Will you...kiss me...?

Yohji: Eh...?

Tiffone: When I die....I want to die...as a woman.

Yohji: Tiffone...

Tiffone: Yohji...where are you? Where are you...?

Yohji: Here, I'm right here!

Tiffone: Where are you...? I can't see you...

Yohji: Right here. *he kisses her*

Tiffone: You know...women have a soft spot...for gifts.

Yohji: Then tell me...what do you want?

Tiffone: The heart... *dies*

Yohji: Tiffone!! Tiffone! ...stupid..! *sobs*


Conviction

Setting: A car pulls up at Madarella's mansion.

Madarella: *as he walks hurriedly* Contact all the family and gather as many men as possible and assemble them in
my room!

Marid: Yes!

Madarella: Do you understand me? Don't let even a mouse sneak into this mansion! From now on, you are the only
one I will be meeting with, got it!?

Marid: Understood!

Madarella: *enters his room and closes the door behind him* Damn you, Weiss! Don't think I'll let you leave Italy in
one piece! *hears a rattling sound of a window left ajar* Hmm?

Yohji: You're late.

Madarella: Who's there!?

Yohji: Guess it's understandable, since I took a helicopter.

Madarella: Weiss! What are you doing here?? You got Taizen, so you've accomplished what you've come for!

Yohji: Yeah...me too. I though it would be ok, if I just finished my own job. Cuz I wouldn't wanna help someone, only to
catch an unlucky blow. But it can't be like that anymore. I understand now. This kind of work...to punish people with
these hands, it means I have to take on the burden of other people's pain. I have an obligation to see this through to
the end!! *flings his wire at him*

Madarella: Aaaah!

Yohji: Feel the pain of Tiffone, Jack, and the others! *kills him*

The others walk up.

Yohji: Omi...Ken...Aya. Sorry about that. Making you guys take a detour.

Ken: Nah...I would've done the same.

Omi: In the end, Jack was the one who killed Taizen.

Yohji: Aya. What about you? Would you condemn me for killing someone who wasn't part of our mission?

Aya: If you can bear the cross for those who died for you, then that's fine.

Yohji: A cross, huh? Heh...I wonder how many more will pierce me through my heart before the end...?


Sequel

Setting: Japan, office of Takatori Shuuichi.

Persia: *via telephone* Yes. Well, it's a bit unexpected for you to use the word...pressure. Since we are both
guardians of the rule of law, it simply comes down to the fact that we most presumptuously assisted you in this regard.
With Madarella out of the way, isn't it your chance now to catch the rest of the family? Yes, I understand. Yes. On
behalf of my country's prime minister, I offer you my thanks. Well then...take care. I pray for your country's peace.
Assistant Commissioner Altieri. *hangs up* Heheh. With no access to Sato Taizen's hidden assets nor Madarella's
assistance, you can't be unaffected by this...isn't that right...Reiji?


Kitten's House

Setting: Weiss are back in Japan, working at their flower shop.

The girls are gathered there again, excited because all four of them are working today.

Girl: Please, can you reduce this to 500 yen? Hey, Yohji-kun, please??

Yohji: Mmm....if you ask me like that...ok!

Girl: Yaaay!

Omi: You can't do that, Yohji-kun!!

Yohji: Don't be such a cheapskate! It's just 100 or 200 yen!

Girl2: Aww, that's so cool! Hey, Omi-kun! Gimme a discount, too!

Omi: See?

Ken: *walking to his bike* I'm gonna go deliver this!

Omi: Hey! That's not what they ordered.

Ken: Oh. Yeah, it didn't look all great, so I added about ten roses and a bunch of baby's breath!

Omi: Geez, not you too, Ken-kun!

Ken: Alright, so I leave the rest to you!

Omi: Aaah! Wait!!

Girl3: Hey, Aya-san! What type of girls do you like? Cute? Beautiful? Someone mature?

Aya: If you're not gonna buy anything, then beat it!

Omi: Aya-kun! You can't tell a customer to leave! Geez, everyone!! Could you please try to think more about the
store???

Scene cuts away, and we hear a voice over of Persia giving their next mission:

Persia: Gentlemen of Weiss, I convey to you your mission. Your target this time is an assassin group that call
themselves [??]. They use various assassination skills acquired from around the globe to murder innocent people.
White hunters, hunt the morrows of these black beasts.

Manx: *enters the room via steps* So...everyone is in, right?


ED theme: No Surrender

End