Chidori Kaname yawned as she walked out of her apartment complex. Morning was usually not a good time for her. And in his usual spot, stood a particular idiot. Kaname sighed, "You don't have to wait for me every day you know…"

Sagara Sousuke, the source of all her troubles, the man who took a good ten years off her life, the densest, most thickheaded man in the world, and ironically enough, the man she fell in love with, snapped to attention.

"My apologies, Miss Chidori-"

"Kaname." Kaname interjected. Seems like no matter how many times she told him, he refused to get used to calling her by her first name.

"Miss Chidori Kaname. Your safety comes as first priority, and it is extremely difficult to protect you when you are out of my line of sight. Please refrain yourself from leaving my vision at all times unless absolutely necessary. That is all."

'Kah!' Kaname thought to herself, 'that would practically be romantic if he hadn't made it so military.' She sighed. 'Why can't it ever just be 'Oh please Kaname, I just want to be with you as much as possible!" Picturing Sousuke say this made Kaname's brain fritz, causing in her to blankly ahead as she waited for the train.

Sagara started, "Chidori…"

"Ka-na-me!" Kaname glared at Sousuke, "Jeez, how hard is it for you?"

Sousuke snapped to attention. "Yes Ma'am! I will keep that in mind, Ma'am!" An awkward silence passed as Kaname returned to her daydreaming of Sousuke in roses and rainbows.

Sousuke started again, "Chi-" He caught himself, "Kaname…"

"Eh-he-he-he…" Kaname stared ahead with glassy eyes as scenario after scenario ran through her mind. Sagara stared, as he tried to find a way to grab her attention. Finally he decided that being straightforward would probably be for the best. He snapped to attention.

"Kaname, I am not sure how to tell you this…"

"He-he-he…"

"Please rest assured that I was not being inappropriate, nor do I consider this situation inappropriate…"

"He-he-"

"But you are drooling."

"Eh?" Kaname blushed a deep crimson and hurriedly wiped her mouth. Humiliated by both the snickering bystanders, and for being seen in that state by the man she liked, Kaname reacted naturally. She took it out on Sousuke. Out came the halisen, descending like a bird onto its prey, and down went Sousuke, like, well, a Sergeant that angered Miss Chidori Kaname.

"Ka-Ka-Kaname?" Sousuke stuttered as he eyed the halisen from the floor in fear, "Did I do something wrong?"

"Hmph!" Kaname stuck her nose in the air, and walked onto the train, "Nothing that you would understand, Sergeant Sagara Sousuke. Now are you coming to school or not?"

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"Ono D! I have told you multiple times that you cannot bring those types of magazines into the school! Shame on you!" Kagurazaka-sensei's voice echoed across the campus. A group of giggling girls walked past Kaname as she headed towards the entrance. Suddenly, she remembered something.

"Oh right!" she held out her hand towards Sousuke, "Gimme." Sousuke stared blankly at her hand. Thinking intensely, he finally came to a conclusion. People have often referenced his relationship with Kaname to that of a dog and its master. Based on this train of thought, the extended hand would naturally mean-

Plop

"Shake?" Out came the halisen, down went Sousuke.

"Moron!" Kaname seethed, grinding her heel on Sousuke's head "Give me your gun."

"Kaname?" Sousuke asked, confused, "Why on earth would you need to observe my weapon?"

"Just shut up and hand it over! And wipe that footprint off your face when you see fit to get up, you look like a clubbed seal." Kaname reached into Sousuke's bag, searching. Sure enough, she soon found the Glock 19 hidden in the secret pouch she had sewn. At Sousuke's insistence, she had helped sew a pouch into his bag so that he could smuggle his "self defense weapons" past the teacher at the front gate, at least until it could safely transfer to the back of his trousers.

"Kaname?" Sousuke inquired, as he cleaned his face, "Why do you need my weapon? I can guarantee its functionality and performance are at its peak, and I doubt an amateur like yourself could tell the difference."

"That's not it." Kaname replied, as she fiddled with the gun, "The last time you went wild, you accidentally shot real bullets didn't you? We're not risking that again, so from now on, every day, I'm going to be checking what kind of rounds you load into these damn things. I told you this last week, remember? And how the hell do you open this?" She shook the gun wildly.

Sousuke winced. At this rate, Kaname would become a hazard to herself and those around her, "The button on the side of the grip…"

Click

The magazine slid out, and Kaname inspected the bullets closely.

"Okay, good. At least they're rubber." She sighed, "Man, I can't believe I have to do this every da-"

"YOU CAN NOT BRING THESE TYPES OF TOYS INTO SCHOOL!!!" Kagurazaka-sensei's shriek could be heard throughout the entire school. Kaname whirled around, frantically looking for Sousuke.

'Oh damn, did that military nutcase bring something else too?' She rushed towards the entrance, hand gripping the halisen in her bag, prepared to draw at moments notice. She slid to a stop at the school gates, pulled out her weapon of choice, and prepared to strike.

"SOUS-" It wasn't Sousuke. "KE-EEEH?!" Trying to pull back, she tripped over her feet, and fell face first into the dust.

"Yo, you okay there?" A concerned face peered over at her, "Need a hand?"

"Ah, thanks a lot!" Kaname replied, laughing slightly at her own antics. 'Well, this guy's nice. Don't recognize the voice though, maybe he's from a different grade?' She looked up. Shoulder length brown hair, pulled into a ponytail, with short bangs hanging from the side. Yellow eyes, like that of a cat, and a diamond-studded earring in his right ear. Broad shoulders, tan skin, and the school jacket unbuttoned to reveal a plain white cotton tank top underneath. His knuckles were covered in scars, and as he grabbed her arm, the palm felt rough and calloused. When standing shoulder to shoulder, he was a good head taller than her. 'Wow…' Kaname thought, 'Did we ever have someone like him in our school?' She stumbled as she tried to get him, and another large hand shot forward, faster than her eyes could follow, and grabbed her other arm, steadying her.

"Thanks for the help! I owe you one." Kaname flashed him a smile and ran off towards a very panicked Sousuke, who had just run out of the school building, who had some way or another, blown something up, and was now waiting for his punishment. The man bent over and picked up her halisen, watching her jump kick the bewildered sergeant in the head.

"Hoh…?" He chuckled to himself. "Seems like I found something interesting…" He cracked his neck, and the earring in his right ear glimmered in the sun.

"Oi…" Kagurazaka-sensei poked a finger into his chest. "No matter how interesting Miss Chidori is, YOU STILL CAN'T BRING KNIVES TO SCHOOL!!!"

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Author's note: The standard disclaimer things all apply, I do not own Full Metal Panic! or any of their characters, only this plotline. Blah blah Blah