Chapter 1

Ayano's POV

The sun's rays shined through my bedroom window of my hotel suite; gently waking me from a deep, dreamless sleep. I stretched my hands above my head and pried myself out of bed, when my phone started ring on the side table. Picking up my phone I heard the voice of my boss and very best friend.

"Hello"

"Hey Ayano, good morning"

"Oh, good morning Katsu, I was just about to come down to the office"

"That's great because I've assigned you a case and a partner"

"Ok, then who is it"

"You'll just have to see when you get here"

"Alright, I'm on my way. I'll come to your office"

"See you when you get here"

"Bye Katsu"

"Bye Ayano"

End of call

Kazuma's POV

I walked into his office closing the door behind me and sat in one of the chairs in front of his desk. "What's up Katsu, you said you have a case for me"

"Yes, but we are waiting for your assigned partner"

"By the way, you never told me who my partner was"

"She should be here soon"

"So it's a woman, this should be interesting" I thought to myself as I relaxed in the chair.

A knock at the door resounded through the room and broke my train of thought; forcing my attention towards the door.

"Come in" Katsu bellowed and a red haired girl walked into the room. She walked over to the seat next to me and bowed in respect to Katsu. She turned to me and held out her hand and introduced herself.

"I'm Ayano Kannagi; it's nice to meet you"

I shook her hand and said "Kazuma Yagami nice to meet you too"

She took her seat and had a genuine smile on her face. She looks like a nice person; how come we've never met.

"Now that you are both here I can explain the case. You are both familiar with the town of Kokanawa because of the cases we've had there, but it's population is bwindling down. You two will go under cover and search for the kidnapper and the victims. Due to it being a small town, people will be suspicious of you two, so you will be under cover as newly weds. No, your names will not be changed for this, except you will take up Kazuma's last name, Ayano. You will be staying at a villa owned by the agentsy, so you are to go home and pack; I will send a car for the both of you. That's all; you may go."

We stood up and left the room without a word to each other; we just went our homes.