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Ran 'Aya' Fujimiya | Weiss Kreuz | 1 of 2
Player Age: 28
Player Contact: A PM to this journal will work fine!
Character Name: Ran 'Aya' Fujimiya. He only answers to 'Aya' unless otherwise specified.
Character Series: Weiss Kreuz [Anime and Manga after Gluhen.]
Brief History:
Ran is the eldest of two children and lived a normal, happy childhood with his sister, Aya, and their parents. Upon returning from a festival one night, which was Aya's 16th birthday, he and his sister found their parents murdered in an act to cover up a banking scandal. In escaping their home moments after a bomb goes off, Aya stumbled from being knocked down from the blast only to be hit by a car driven by the chauffeur of Reiji Takatori, the person responsible for placing the embezzlement scandal on his father. Aya was left in a coma for at least two years, and Ran took on her name to remember his vengeance.
With the help of his uncle, Ran then found his way to Kritiker, an underground organization that fights crime. The Sendai Branch of Kritiker ran as a flower arrangement school as its cover, while secretly housing and training assassins. Ran became insistent that Shion, another agent for Kritiker whom Ran saw as a sort of mentor, train him in the art of sword fighting.
During a mission to break up an S&M ring, things went awry and Ran barely managed to escape with his life. His other teammates were not so lucky, or so he was lead to believe. With the Kritiker branch in Sendai wiped out, Ran is sent to their Tsushima Branch to continue training after he recovered enough. Under the guise of a gardener, Ran's newest mission was to stop the yakuza from putting pressure upon a director of a clinic so they could use the land for their own agenda. He met a rogue assassin for hire named Saitou, who ended up helping him out and completing his mission.
Ran then found himself with Crashers, a group of assassins working for Kritiker. Ran was simply filling in for an injured member, and eventually joined the group on a regular basis. He does learn that one member of Crashers has a sister named Taiyou, whom he met during his stunt as a gardener not too long ago. She was in the clinic because of her lack of eyesight. Aya eventually joined Weiß under the code name Abyssinian. Weiß consisted of three other males who had tragic pasts, and their own reasons for becoming assassins. They never asked what his motives were, and neither did he ask them. All was eventually revealed throughout their missions.
Their main enemies were Schwartz, four male assassins hired by Reiji Takatori to do his bidding, and Schreient, four female assassins hired by Masafumi Takatori, Reiji's brother. The members of Schwartz each possessed a type of supernatural ability that often threw a wrench into Weiß' path, making them the more notable enemies to Weiß. They were an obstacle when it came to taking down Takatori, proving just how valuable their services were. Schwartz made a deal with Schreient, despite disliking the women, and kidnapped his sister due to the fact that she never aged during her coma. Masafumi was after whatever chemical in her body that kept her youthful. Little did they know that Schwartz was using them all for their own true purpose: to be their own masters. Schwartz more or less used Weiß as pawns in their own scheme against Eszett, who controlled similar beings as themselves, by leaving the fights between Schreient and the Takatori family to Weiß. Not only did Masafumi wanted what was in Aya-chan, but so did the elders that ran Eszett. The battle between Schwartz and Weiß ended in a stalemate as the building they fought in collapsed into the sea. Two out of three elders of Eszett were defeated by Weiß earlier.
Even after his sister awoke from her long term coma, Aya continued on with Weiß with their mission of cleaning up the streets of the 'beasts of the night'. He never went to reunite with her, always afraid that his past would only taint her. While their flower shop traveled in a mobile home, Weiß took a mission to eliminate an American Colonel named Nichol, who was smuggling military arms out of Japan and killing civilians to cover up the scheme. Their mission takes a turn for the worse as their newest enemies become each other, due to Manx being kidnapped. The mission they were given through Manx was fake, which Aya picked up on, so the group faked their dangerous duel in order to rescue Manx and Kaori, the lone survivor of Nichol's scheme. Koari's brother, Akira, did all he could in order to avenge their parents, but died. Their fake duel against each other was enough to trick the mastermind behind the smuggling, a man named Powell, into thinking he took down Weiss. His jubilation was short lived as Weiß infiltrated the base and eliminated Powell.
Aya's past did come back to haunt him, as an assassin group calling themselves Weiß popped up. They were imposters, brutally killing those not even on the list to be killed. The mysterious leader of the group was none other than Shion, Aya's former mentor. Aya killed Kikyou, whom he first encountered in Sendai and was so much alike to Aya. Since then he was haunted in his dreams of Kikyou on a constant basis. Shion also appeared there, taunting him about being just a murderer like himself. Aya, who believed in all Shion had taught him, could not stop seeing him as his mentor although everything he was taught from that man was basically a lie. Aya still cannot deny how similar both he and Kikyou are in terms of vengeance for their fallen families. Kikyou joined Kritiker for the exact same reasons Aya did.
Shion, along with Azami and Ayame, who owned a restaurant in Kyoto where Youji stopped into during their mobile flower shop days, and Rindou, a flower arranger whom Aya encountered in Kyoto, continued their murders and try to take over Kritiker by kidnapping Birman and demanding that Persia hand over Kritiker to them. Manx was fatally wounded after her mission to retrieve Birman fails, and her agents were killed. She urged Weiß to kill Birman before she leaked information. Although they decide to rescue Birman, and succeeded, she used Aya's gun on herself.
In the end, Ayame and Azami, who were murdering women for fun, were killed by Ken and Youji, and Aya had a final battle with Shion one on one. They both seemed equally matched, but Shion's experience won out. However, Aya pulled a gun on him and shot him, saying that he was just a murderer, so why should he fight fair, and that Shion was so obsessed with the sword that he didn't think of other factors like guns. Shion committed harakiri, leaving the victory to Aya, or so it seemed.
Some time late on another mission was delivered for Weiß. Aya was undercover as a history teacher at a high school. There had been a series of terrorist attacks via suicide bombers, and there was a connection to a high school in Japan. Further research showed that there have been many suicides within the school itself. Two new members, Sena and Kyo, were also undercover, though as students, to help with this mission. As they delved deeper into the school, they found that they were trying to prune students with massive potential into killing machines, while discarding all others through subliminal messaging and mental torture. Youji and Ken were called in from their own missions overseas to assist with their new revelation. At the heart of it all, Epitaph, a super computer that could control human minds used by Mayumi Tsuji in her conquest to control Eszett, was the mastermind behind this plot. They did take down Epitaph, losing a few members of Weiß through death, or in the case of Youji, through amnesia.
After a final and daunting mission at a high school where unusual suicides were taking place, Aya found himself alone in New York City, taken down by a kid with a knife on the street.
He accepted his fate. He accepted his karma.
Luckily, Aya was rescued by the friend of the boy that stabbed him. That boy's name was Yuki, who would become his newest associate later on. He ended up at a sort of makeshift orphanage, caught in the crossfire of a turf war with another rival gang called Blue Eyes. Aya voluntarily got himself involved after the owners of the orphanage, Alison and Akagawa, told him what has been happening. After discovering the truth behind the events, Aya went with Yuki to rescue Alison from the demented plan Akagawa had for them. Unfortunately neither Alison or Akagawa survived the altercation. After escaping, Aya and Yuki run into two new faces: a woman named Nana and a man who can match Aya's skills, named Chloe. They clashed for a few moments before Nana called off their duel, declaring that they were not part of their mission. The use of such a word, 'mission', caused suspicion in Aya, believing that they were no different than he and Weiß were.
The bodies of those that have fallen were collected, even Akagawa's, despite his betrayal. Aya was asked to take Yuki with him, away from the danger. They encountered the police, who were allied with Blue Eyes, and cornered both Aya and Yuki. Although they took down two of officers, reinforcements arrived. Aya got Yuki to safety, but wasn't so lucky himself. Chloe and Nana came to their rescue, where their new path under Krypton Brand began, in the United Kingdom where they were based.
Side B opened with a girl being chased down an alley, and KB coming to her rescue. We are then introduced to other members: Michel, Free, Chloe, and Ken, the only other one from Weiß besides Aya. They eventually learn that her parents were scientists, whom she believed to be dead from a car accident. They insisted that she stay until her passport was reissued, although 'they' really meant Ken being insistent. Kurumi helped them out in their flower shop, until one day she overheard their mission meeting, in which she misinterpreted them as the killers of her parents. She ran away, only to end up being caught. Of course KB went to where Kurumi was taken, but their mission was to eliminate anyone associated with the Human Interleukin-3 virus, inhabiting Kurumi's body. It meant killing the scientists, Kurumi's parents, who were not actually dead, and giving Kurumi a choice to live or go with her parents. She chose to live under the protection of KB.
Two months prior, Aya and Ken, who had followed him all the way to the United Kingdom, proved their worth to KB and went on their first mission as a team. Before that mission began, Aya returned to New York City to get Yuki and fulfill his promise to take him away from that dangerous environment. Their task upon returning was to rescue a former teammate,Free, from Side A. This mission was grueling for all members, but eventually they incapacitate Free and escape with him, which wasn't an easy task as Free was a successful test subject to a super performance enhancing drug called Orphan. Somehow through this mission, Aya became the leader of Side B, a privilege he was unsure if he could handle.
A few days after gaining Kurumi into their fold, it seemed that someone recognized her and tried to abduct her, under the pretense of knowing her parents and wanting to protect her. They learn it was all a ruse and Otaki, her abductor, wanted the Human Interleukin-III (Orphan Drug) for his own purposes. Further missions took Side B deeper into the background of KB, as former members reappeared during a wedding ceremony where the groom is said to be involved with the Orphan drug distribution. They infiltrate the wedding to investigate, crossing paths with Side A members and having members of Aya's team injured.
Nothing else is known of the rest of the events, unfortunately, as the rest of the manga wasn't published or translations are not available.
Vatheon memories: He has spent a little over a year in a bubble under the sea, but not much has occurred for Aya. The most significant events being opening a flower shop and dating Selphie. He's experienced very few curses during his time there.
Ran 'Aya' Fujimiya | Weiss Kreuz | 2 of 2
Since the tragedy involving his parent's death, his sister's coma, and years of espionage and betrayal, Aya has become a very closed off person. He tends to distance himself by not having a big social life, preferring to remain focused on the reason he joined Kritiker: to get revenge, and protect his comatose sister while earning money to pay her medical expenses. He would like to one day see his sister again, but knows that interfering in her life would only bring trouble. He does think of her often, like any loving brother would.
Aya keeps few friends, and ironically, lots of enemies. But as they say: keep your friends close and your enemies closer. By closing himself off to others, he prevents them from knowing his true self, but in turn he burns the bridge to any possible friendship that comes his way. His focus on revenge prevented him from living the life he had before the tragedy that befell his family. Over the years, Aya seems to attract those who wish to befriend him. During his Weiss days, Aya would hastily shut down such offers. Yet during his Side B days, these gestures are not immediately turned away, but nor are they acted upon quickly. With Side B being different from Weiss, Aya will take time to ease into the group as their leader, despite being thrust into it. Such a role means that he needs to interact with them more, and open himself to them as well. A task that sounds easy, but is not for Aya. He's still uncertain if he should consider teammates anything more than allies, as being an assassin does not always guarantee someone will be alive the next day. Emotions and missions never went hand in hand all that well.
He is a person of few words, and when he does speak he tends to get right to the point. Because of this, Aya often comes off as being blunt, rude, or uncaring. He cares little of what most think of him, since it doesn't matter in the end. Over the years he has developed a bit more when it comes to being social, at least around his teammates, and for the sake of undercover missions. Aya had anger issues, along with slightly annoying sarcasm, although this trait has not surfaced much since his earlier days with Crashers.
Aya's outward anger has dissipated over the years, and it seems that Aya is less bitter at the world than he initially was since his parent's death and sister's coma. Internally, he acknowledges that he deserves no less than what he dishes out to the 'beasts of the night'. Luckily, such thinking does not make him reckless as it would have years ago. He even goes as far as retelling his own past to guide a young Yuki along the path to gaining the power needed to become stronger. Not by becoming a monster as those that have slighted him, but by not letting his anger cloud reasoning. A bit contradictory to his own experience, but not all of his former self died that tragic night almost six years ago.
Not many can see that Aya has a good heart like any other person, something that Aya would not acknowledge outloud, or even to himself. Mostly because he knows could never go back to how things were, and would rather not pretend that he could.
Powers & Abilities:
Aya he is adept with bladed weapons, firearms, and hand-to-hand combat (listed in order of strongest to weakest). He is also skilled at infiltration, espionage, and covert tactics. He speaks fluent Japanese and very near fluent English.
While Aya may be a skilled assassin, he lacks some of the skills to interact with others outside of missions in comparison to the other members of Weiß. He may have grown up living a normal life, but living as an assassin has hardened him greatly over the years. He has mellowed out significantly, but he still has ways to go. He's still distant from others, and he keeps very few close friends due to trust issues. It took him a long time to trust his own teammates, so it wouldn't be farfetched to say that it would take him some time to make close allies with people. Fortunately, he does learn to have a sense of humor if going along with the antics of his teammates of Side B is anything to go by. He's still uptight during off time, however.
More mentally speaking, Aya has the notion that he is just a murderer for hire and his life isn't worth more than any other. This sort of thinking can make him place other lives in front of his own when coming to the aid of others in a life or death situation.
Alignment: Chattur'gha
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Welcome to Sanity's Requiem, Aya! Chattur'gha's power is now yours to borrow; he's not exactly the smartest crayon in the toy box, so you'll have to explain a few things to him. Slowly. In small words.
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You can feel free to assume the rough details of his arrival, if you prefer, or you can post Aya to here and play out his interactions with the Guide, Manny.
A note on Aya's abilities: