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Ren's p.o.v

Four o'clock on the dot the doors open and three people I've never met before appear; two middle-aged men and a young women which I immediately recognized. The first man looked like someone you'd rather not mess with, the second was… normal looking (no better way to describe him) and the girl was of course Mogami Kyoko.

My evaluation scale states 100 points in her favor for the moment; she has an impressive record for such a young age. But all is open for change, it depends on her after all…

Her golden eyes, unusual color which had caught my attention last night, were now sparkling as she was taking in the details of the Takarada mansion. Usually people try to hide their amazement at the house's similarity to a castle, but not this girl, she was openly showing her emotions and thoughts. Not good if you're a spy – that will cost you 50 points Kyoko-chan…

The first man stepped forward to greet Lory, apparently undisturbed by the idea of shaking hands with the god of the underworld – Hades (I'm guessing it's Greek week, maybe tomorrow he'll be Zeus). As they shook hands Lory started blabbing about how good it is to see Taisho again and some other things to which both Taisho and I decided not to listen, knowing very well it wasn't worth the effort.

I let my attention drift back to my future partner and decided to give her 10 points for being able to compose her face so quickly, she just saw the god of death shake hands with her Head Chief. Not to mention the man in question is supposed to be the head of an illegal and dangerous organization. It usually took people several minutes as well as a nudge from someone who's more used to this in order to get over the shock, but she seemed fine, calmly observing the two men talk (Lory talk and Taisho look elsewhere). She seemed rather amused at the 'conversation'.

Lorry finally stopped speaking and the normal guy came forward to introduce himself as Sawara, Kyoko-chan's chief. Before Lory could start again, Kyoko came forward to introduce herself with a deep, graceful bow.

"Hello my name is Mogami Kyoko, it's a pleasure to be working with you, please take care of me" five points in her favor for being able to talk with Lory shortly after meeting him, as well as shutting him up (actually mostly just for that).

"Mogami-kun, it's my pleasure to meet you, this here *he showed me* is Tsuruga Ren, you'll be working together" we both bowed.

Lory then went through some details with the two police men and I went back to observe the girl – who was observing me as well. She was checking me out with a firm gaze (thank god she wasn't blushing, fainting or adjusting her make up… I've seen too many of those annoying women).

"You stand out" she said bluntly... what do you mean by that Kyoko-chan? "You're tall." + 3 points for abnormally good perception? Nah…

"You stand out too; your eye color is rare, as are your politeness and way of standing. It's all very eye catching" her eyes glinted with a hint of a smirk.

"You're right about my eyes but I will wear contacts to hide them, as for the rest… wait and see…" + 10 points for getting me curious, not an easy fit. Another 10 points for the way her eyes glint and her eyes in general, too bad they will be covered.


"Darling! She's ready, it turned out so well!" Woods-san came into the living room where Lory and I were waiting. I was already changed for my role, and apparently so was Kyoko, I wonder what she'll look like, her roll is strange after all. Woods-san was calling her to stop hiding and come out to show herself. Why is she hiding? That's unprofessional. Oh, here she's coming out –

*sounds of evaluation scale exploding*

For the next few seconds Ren's brain was trying its best to restart the system by sending him specific codes to follow:

1/ wake up

2/ close your mouth

3/ stop staring at her legs

4/ stop staring at other uncovered parts of her body

5/ stop imagining what's underneath the covered parts of her body

6/ keep doing number 3, 4 and 5 till you succeed, I'm sure you can do it!


When I finally came back to my senses I realized how genius it all was. If we can act this right, we should get through this mission smoothly – these roles are so incredibly crazy that no one would suspect us to be spies. We'll be playing on double psychology, perfect.

A little sister that would steal all the attention from her murderous looking big brother; his protector, translator as well as the only person he cares about. From the looks of it this is one twisted and overbearing brother-sister complex, clasp it with their personalities and her clothes and you got a ticking bomb. Not healthy but dangerously addictive.

My only worry now is Kyoko Mogami. Can she handle such a (can't find proper adjective) role? The way these characters are shaped puts her in the spotlight therefore most of the trouble and danger would fall on her. If she's not 100% Setsuka Heel she'll fail and that would be the end of the both of us. It all depends on her and right now the person behind the make up still seems to be Kyoko Mogami. Now is your chance to prove yourself to me, are you what your profile says you are?

"Setsu?" I let Cain take over; maybe she'll do the same... and the change is amazing. In the blink of the eye her aura becomes arrogant, mischievous, provocative and dangerous. Here pose is that of a model with a personal twist. Her now blue eyes are colder with a glint of amusement.

"Ni-san, let's go. This place is creepy"

There's no need to worry over Kyoko Mogami. She's the real deal.