Takumi

I had fallen in love. What the hell had I been thinking getting this close to the girl I was supposed to be watching and protecting?

I looked over to my right and stared at the long shapely legs, the beautifully curved body and the maid uniform that was far too revealing.

She was breath-taking. I sighed to myself.

Now what the hell am I going to do?

I thought back to a year ago. I had been the youngest agent to complete a top secret mission that was deemed not only classified but highly dangerous. The likelihood that I was to return was less than 5%. Needless to say I passed with flying colors since I was still alive AND fulfilled the mission.

MI6 was hardcore and not only did they train me to kill, they also trained me to protect valuable assets. In this case Misaki Ayuzawa was considered a valuable asset. It was unfortunate really that she didn't know who her family really was.

The fact that she was working in this café and slaving away daily to provide for her "family" irked me slightly since she wasn't really related to the two people she was providing for.

When confronted with her file a year ago I was shocked to find out who she really was and the picture that they had provided at the top of the file had mesmerized me. To anyone else she appeared a normal girl. Raven hair, gold eyes and a school uniform. But to me, it was practically love at first sight.

I scoffed at myself slightly thinking back to the day I had seen her picture. I had thought that while pretty, she was also something extremely unique. I had of course been correct in my assessment. My daily reports back to Nigel my boss, were beginning to become redundant since I had less and less to report.

I had been following and protecting her for a year now and thankfully not a single person had approached or harassed her. Well, that is until Tora Igarashi came into the picture. Had I not arrived when I did he would have had his way with Misaki. How could she just go over there by herself. She was so damn stubborn and wouldn't ask for help from anyone.

Damn it! I swore to myself. I could have killed him.

Tora was lucky. It had taken all of my energy to not kill him when I saw what he had been doing to Misaki.

I was lucky too I thought grimly.

Had I killed him MI6 would have immediately taken me off the case and replaced me with someone else. I sighed again and shrugged let the bastard try that shit again and it would be on.

He'd have a fist in his smug ass face so quick he wouldn't know what hit him.

I looked over at Misaki again. She was smiling at a customer and handing him some kind of omelet. When she saw me looking I winked and gave her my most dazzling smile. She frowned. I loved that frown. I realized quickly that even though she frowned she was still happy to see me. This made me happy. Very happy indeed. What the hell was wrong with me? Get a grip Usui. You need to stay sharp. I felt someone next to me and looked up.

"What are you doing here again Takumi? I told you to stop following me around!" it was Misaki. Standing there so beautiful, so angrily.

God she could be so cruel. I loved it. I loved how her eyes clouded over with fake anger when she looked at me. I loved how her mouth would jut out and pout. She was perfect, brilliant and completely forbidden.

"You'll never get rid of me Misaki. No matter how much you beg" I replied

"I am not begging you perverted alien. I just don't understand why you have to always be around me"!

"It's cuz you're so irresistible" I replied and grabbed her hand in mock adoration.

I saw a slow blush creep over her cheekbones and I got the same sensation in my pants that I had the first time I saw her in that damn bikini when we all went to the beach.

Get a hold of yourself Usui. She is off limits.

"Well…" she sputtered and then a quick spark of fire in her eyes " Let go of me! I need to close up the cafe and change. I'm off work and need to go home" she stormed off and I chuckled.

It was her night to close the cafe and she had gotten used to me staying behind and walking her home at the end of her shift each night. Her pleas for me to stop fell on deaf ears and she just accepted the fact that I wouldn't be deterred.

"Need some help changing?" I yelled as she immediately took a plate and flung it at me and I expertly caught it and watched as she wordlessly retreated to the dressing room. I chuckled. I thoroughly enjoyed our banter. No one had ever treated me like she did especially females.

Yeah I knew I was good looking. Well okay maybe good looking was an understatement. I knew I had the perfect face to go with my almost perfect body. I thought of my exercise regime. God I needed to start working out again. My six pack abs were still there but I could tell that I needed to get back into shape.

All this watching and waiting business was making me flabby. Well I mused "I" thought I was getting flabby apparently none of the females that I was surrounded with thought I was. I wondered what Misaki's type was. Was I her type? I was every females type unfortunately.

That was part of my charm according to MI6. Lost in thought I almost missed a parked car across the street. I hadn't noticed it before. A car with tinted windows had pulled up across the street and was just sitting there. I cursed silently.

Damn! I'm getting distracted too easily lately. I thought angrily.

I slowly got out of my seat and inched closer to the window to get a better look. I peered through the curtains that were decorated with various types of omelets and saw two figures sitting in the car one of which appeared to be talking on a cell phone.

I felt a shudder run down my spine. It was game on. I knew that they were staking out the place for MIsaki. I checked my Walther P99 in my jacket and mentally noted that I had the safety off.

A light came on across the street illuminating the car. The two seated inside jumped and quickly turned on the car to move to a darker spot down the street a ways. Before they drove off I saw their faces and groaned inwardly.

They're here I thought. Two of the highest profile assassins had finally shown up. What had taken them so long? I had thought that they were never going to show up and I had been getting a bit rusty waiting for them to appear.

A year later? Really? I thought irritated. Just then Misaki came out of the back. I bit back a curse.

"You're still here? I told you to stop waiting on me" she said. I realized that I had to get her out of this damn café safely. I also realized that she would find out about who I really was tonight.

Thankfully everyone had left and we were alone.

"Uh Misaki now is not a good time to argue with me but I need you to go hide in here" as I none too gently shoved her in the closet. Half way in and almost with the door closed, Misaki shoved the door back open and glared at me.

"What the hell is your problem Usui? You can't just shove me in the closet. We aren't kids and I'm definitely not going to hide in a closet because you tell me to. What is wrong with you?"

I heard two car doors slam and I knew then that the two guys in the car had gotten got out. I released Misaki and went to the window.

One was motioning to the other to go around the back while the other guy came towards the front of the café. I ran to the light switch ignoring Misaki who was incredulous at my lack of comment to her question, and turned off the lights in one quick motion. Standing in the dark Misaki squealed.

"What the hell Usui? Why'd you turn off the lights? I cant see a thing!"

I spun her around to face me in the dark and she saw the faint outline of my jaw and the menacing glare on my face from the faint glow of the street lamp across the street and quickly stopped everything.

"Usui? Whats wrong?"

I shoved her unceremoniously under one of the tables as I pulled out my Walther P99. Misaki's eyes widened and her mouth formed an unlady-like "O".

"Usui wha…what are you doing? " she stammered

"Shhh…you have to be quiet now Misaki. They're coming" I said

I saw her nod and I was silently amazed that she trusted me in that moment. What with a gun and all. I expertly snuck around to the kitchen putting my silencer on my gun. I waited. It didn't take long for me to spot the outline of the first guy and I waited till he was in range. I was in my element.

The thrill, the adrenaline that coursed through my veins almost made me scream with excitement. I dove out from behind the counter dropping into a roll and popping back up just in time to take a precise aim at the assassins head.

The look on his face showed me that I had had the advantage and that he knew that in that moment I had won. His head popped back as I fired the shot and a mist of red splattered against the back wall. I crouched back down and waited for the next one.

I held my breath and I noticed Misaki under the table. Thankfully she couldn't see me. What would she think of me now? Good old Usui her perverted alien popping off one assassin after another. I sighed. Well it's not like she could or would date me anyway. I snapped out of my brief but telling daydream.

The hairs on the back of my neck started to stand up and I realized that the second assassin was right behind me and that he hadn't seen me. I shot up from under the table and instead of using my gun I expertly grabbed his head from behind and broke his neck in one swift but accurate motion. Depositing him under a table I switched on the lights.

"Misaki, are you okay?" I asked

"What the hell is going on?" she retorted. I saw her anger and fear in her eyes. I could tell that I had a lot of explaining to do and I knew that tomorrows reports to Nigel were going to take a bit longer than they had in the past few months.

"Well I will explain everything to you but try not to get too angry". I stated knowing how temperamental she was.

"I don't think so. You're going to tell me now!" she yelled. Her beautiful eyes looking at me with tears and her voice shaking with emotion.

"What were you doing in the dark? Why did I have to stay under the table? If this is a trick? If so it's not funny. You really scared me Usui. I am not happy about this!" she stated

I sighed not really knowing where to begin. I knew she would be angry at me but the fact that I just killed two people to keep her alive, wasn't going to go over well.

"I just killed two people that were trying to kill you" I said dryly

Her eyes. It was her eyes that gave her away. She sunk down slowly into a crouched position.

"Wha…What?" she stammered

"How… I mean why?" she asked

How the hell was I supposed to tell her that her life up to this point had been a lie and that her family was not really her family and that I Usui Takumi was not really her classmate. I forced a hand through my hair before continuing.

" I work for MI6. I was tasked with protecting you and making sure that no one would hurt you."

"Come again Usui? MI6? As in MI6 James Bond MI6?" She half laughed.

"That is the worst excuse I have ever heard. I'm so mad at you right now. I'm going home. I can't believe you would do something like this to me Usui!" she stated incredulously

I knew that this wasn't going to go very well. I had to show her and I really didn't want to. Desperate times call for desperate mesures and we were beyond hiding the truth. I grabbed her hand and she tried to free herself from my vice like grasp. I dragged her to the table where I hid the body of the guy whose neck I snapped. I lifted the table cloth and motioned with my hand.

"There is one of them Misaki. Would you like to see the other? Although I haven't been able to clean up yet". I stated firmly

A scream. A sob. She had her hands over her face and was weaping. I was confused. Was she mad? Scared? Pissed?

"Misaki?" I questioned

She looked up remembering that I was still standing there. Her mascara had left a trail of black smudges and her face had taken on a pale almost ghostly pallor.

"Who is that Usui and what did you do?" she stated

I wanted to yell at her and shake her telling her that he was dead and that I had broken his neck but I knew at that moment it was too much for her. She was strong there was no doubt about that but I felt that if had laid out the details of my assignment to her she would have collapsed right then and there. Shit. I still had to notify Nigel of this incident. Answering her question I matter-of-factly said again

"He's an assassin. I killed him. End of story. I have to call this in Misaki"

With a quick motion I pulled out my phone and dialed Nigels number.

"Agent 13 here. Two kids asleep and moms awake" I said coldly.

Nigel hissed on the other end of the line but it only took a second for him to regain composure.

"You know what to do now" Nigel stated. "It's time" and then there was a click at the end of the line and he was gone. I stared down at my phone realizing that I would now have to take Misaki with me to my place as protocol dictated. Not the apartment which had been my so-called "home" but the safe-house.

"Misaki…." I stated " We need to go now. Let me clean up first" as I grabbed a bottle of bleach and began wiping down the walls and floors where I had just murdered the two assassins. Misaki upon seeing me with the bleach glared at me in shock. Then as if a switch had been turned on grabbed a mop and began cleaning up some of the blood stains on the floor. It was my turn to stare in shock.

"What are you doing" I asked quietly.

"I'm not really sure but I cant just stand here" she replied

She began furiously scrubbing at the floor with the mop while I finished up the last bit of clean up on the walls. I walked over to her and she stopped. She looked up at me with such intense feeling that in that moment my heart stopped when she said

"Thank you Usui"