As evening started to reach its peak, the dark atmosphere aided by the rainclouds which covered the last rays of the setting sun, light all but dissipated from the empty office room except for a dim lamp which lit a small corner of the room, cast over smooth, sensual movements of two figures on a nearby office couch. The two shadows cast upon the wall above were those of Masayoshi Shido and his lover, enjoying the splendors of a quiet empty office- one of the many boons that came with his new public position as a legislative official. Still enthralled by the power he found with his new elected position, he decided to take the evening to have a private celebration with his lover to christen his new office.

He looked down at the feminine figure he held in his arms, pushing himself closer against her soft, slender features, tangling his fingers in her long, light-brown hair, listening to the chime of her giggles as he came closer and pulled away from her lips. He mused to himself in thought as they continued their throws of passionate celebration, 'In times like these, its seems all the more appropriate to celebrate with someone like this. Plus, why not celebrate with a member of staff while I'm at the office?'

The two parted for a moment to catch their breathes, Shido's arm around his lover's shoulders, chuckling as he watched her doing so. "Well, I thought you were so rarely at a loss for words, Ms. Akechi? Out of all my political advisors, you do seem to usually have the most to say, after all…"

She looked back up at him, biting on her lip as she promiscuously raised a brow, "Well in that position, anyone would be, would they not, Representative Shido?" Her own musing was short-lived however, when she looked away towards the corner of the floor, "Plus, there's something I need to talk with you about while we're both here like this…"

Shido shook his head and rested it in his hand, "Another off-the-spur strategy meeting?" he chuckled, "I know I have some new political enemies that would sooner see rival new bloods hanged than elected, but we can put off such trivial concerns for at least one night, don't you think?"

She shook her head, still looking off towards the corner, "I-It's not that. Believe me we would be strategizing endlessly if it was…" She let out a short, forced laugh as she turned her face to meet his own, troubled in its expression as she nervously let out her next words in a hushed tone. "I-I think I might be pregnant…"

Shido's face turned from one of complete satisfaction to one of complete surprise upon hearing these quiet words. He regained part of his composure to speak in a firm manner, "You think you might be-what?"

She bit into her lip again and furrowed her brow, the gaze from her eyes becoming more serious, but tinged with a slight fear, "I think I might be pregnant!"

There was no room for misheard excuses now with her tone of voice-Shido took his arm from around her shoulder and stood up, fists clenched and an expression of shock and anger on his visage before he turned away from his lover, who was now starting to tear from the sudden and negative reaction.

Shido looked down, pondering as his fists remained tightened- 'What am I going to do? What should I do? I got elected to this office by the skin of my teeth as it is- as a new up-and-comer with a clean, incorruptible record, no less. These fossils are already fixing to oust me by any means necessary, and this kind of thing will provide them just the ammo they need. Representative Shido, impregnating his political advisor out of wedlock…it'll be just the scandal they were looking for to keep me out of the political realm. What am I supposed to do, just go back to being another simple bureaucrat with nothing but a moderate name and a crushed dream? My name managed to sweep my petty criminal record under the rug so far, but who knows what will happen in this turn of events now? No…I can't…I can't give up my dreams now, I can't let something like this get in my way! Every hardship I've overcome so far…there must be a reason behind it, there has to be a purpose for my coming this far, other than to let it all collapse with this! If I am destined to be here and see my dreams come to fruition, I cannot let myself be stopped by this!'

Shido lifted his head, still facing away from his lover as he spoke in a harsh, loud voice, "Get out…"

Tears streamed down his lover's cheeks as her troubled look turned to shock, "What?! But, but why…."

"You say you're pregnant, do you not? Hmph, a woman doing these acts out of wedlock, how am I supposed to know the brat's even mine?!"

"Shido-san, why would I do that?! You know you're the only one I…."

"Enough!" he shouted as he turned to face her, his fist pounding down hard on his desk, "I said get out now! You served your purpose as it is, and now I'm done with you…get out and don't come back!"

She rose from the couch is a stunned, saddened hysteria, stammering to speak out as she took a step backwards, "B- But Shido-san, what about…."

"I said get the hell out!" Shido retorted. "And if you tell anyone, they'll just assume you're spreading lies, so don't even think you can use this against me. Now leave!"

She buried her stunned face into her hands, tears falling to the carpeted floor as she rushed out and slammed the door, leaning up to cry against it as Shido stood grasping his desk, letting out brisk, heavy breathes as he regained his composure. He stood in place behind his desk until he heard her lean off his door and leave the area. He straightened his shirt and suit jacket and walked towards the window, opening the drapes to the light rain that had started moments ago-moments which now seemed so far away to his new understanding.

Shido looked out at the rain, twirling his new legislature's pen between his thumb and finger as he gave way to his thoughts alone. 'There has to be a reason I came into this position…it cannot be by mere chance. Through my talents, I must have been divinely chosen for this opportunity, and I cannot afford to squander that, not now, not ever.'

"Yes…" he started to speak to himself aloud, his own darkened tone reaching his core, "I was chosen by God for this and greater things, and I will let nothing, and no one get in my way. Not that damn woman, not anyone..."

As he spoke, rain continued to fall in heavy sheets, drowning the world around him under petulant seas, leaving only himself and his office afloat.

Such is what came to be in the original interpretation, but let us explore a world in which the Shido we know was stopped from his desires before they began to take root.