This is our first fanfic together. We are Crystal Haze and Shadowstarr91. We decided to write a fanfic together. Hope you like it. It's a Ginji-Natsumi pairing. We've had a lot of fun writing this together in school during free periods. Hope you have fun reading it.

Disclaimer: We don't own Get backers. Or any of the characters.

When the Lights go out.

"There, I've got your knight. Now it's your turn." Said Natsumi brightly. Prodding her white queen.

"Um - er - let's see, if this goes here then, well,um,yeah…" muttered Ginji.

"You guys are awfully quiet over there." Said Ban brandishing his cigarette.

"Wait a sec, Ban. This is getting hot." Said Ginji.

Ban got up and strode over to the table. Leaning over the chessboard he said "Yeah yeah let's see what you guys are doing."

At that moment, "Checkmate!" cried Natsumi triumphantly.

Ginji, reverting to chibi mode, slumped down. "Awwww…I lost again."

Ban let out a derisive snigger.

"Well, I'd better get back to polishing the dishes" said Natsumi "Otherwise Paul will be pretty mad at me."

Paul behind the newspaper didn't react.

Natsumi jumped up to go when all of a sudden everything went dark.

"Oh, no, there's a short circuit." Cried Natsumi "Paul, should I get the candles?"

"Aren't you supposed to be the thunder?" asked Ban sinking into a chair and looking at Ginji.

"Oh, yeah!" cried Ginji "I'll go check it out." He got up, and after a pause said "Can anybody show me where the fuse box is?"

"Oh, right" said Natsumi. "I'll go with you."

"Um, where exactly are you?" said Ginji grasping about in the dark. Suddenly he felt something soft and warm. "What's that?" said Ginji grasping it tighter.

"Only my hand." Said Natsumi blushing slightly, though the pink patches on her cheek weren't visible in the dark.

"Oh, um, well yeah" said Ginji sounding strangely embarrassed, and drew back his hand. "Let's get going then.

Ban suppressed a laugh.

"And what are you laughing at?" said Ginji

"Oh, well, its just that …well forget it."

"I've got a torch." Said Paul, as though he had just awoken to the matter.

"Thanks, Paul" said Natsumi taking the old model. She flashed the feeble torch beam around the room. "Come on." She said beckoning to Ginji.

Ginji followed her, as she crossed behind the table and opened a door next to the cupboard. "This is the cellar. Be careful it has many loose floor-boards."

"Where's the fuse-box, Natsumi?" said Ginji standing in the doorway.

"Right behind the door."

Ginji shut the door behind him. "Here it…" said Natsumi when suddenly she let out a piercing scream.

One of the loose floorboards had cracked, and Natsumi was falling through.

"Hang on!" cried Ginji, when he found he was falling through as well. He frantically caught hold of Natsumi's waist and let out a bolt of electricity which adhered him to the iron fittings. He hauled himself and Natsumi up, and suddenly discovered, to his alarm, that he had an arm around the petite girl's waist. He sprang back and let go.

Suddenly –

crash

The door opened, and Ban, in the doorway said "What's going on in here?"

"Oh, nothing, we just had a li'l fall." Said Ginji, and he and Natsumi both straightened up. Natsumi swung her long hair back and brushed her apron.

"Looks like there's been a lot of goings-on here" smirked Ban

"N - n - n – no" stammered both together

Ban smiling faintly, left "Well I'd better leave you alone to it."

Ginji looked at Natsumi helplessly, but she hung her head. "Oh well," he said, and reached behind the door. There was a crackle, and a silver of light appeared through the door. "Well, that's that," he said, and they both made their way into the café.

Some time later, Natsumi, cleaning a dish, looked up and said, "Sorry, for the trouble, Ginji!"

"Oh, it's nothing," he said… because it was you.

There it was. Did you like it? Pls read & review.