When the morning came, Musashi stretched and got ready for breakfast. Once her morning routine was done, she opened her door to walk down the hall but stopped at her doorway. There were rose petals on the floor along with a small note. On the note read: See You at Breakfast, XO Kojiro.
Musashi smiled and picked up the rose petals scattered at her feet. She placed them on top of her bed and began to head down to the elevators again. He's probably already down there waiting for me, thought Musashi.
As Musashi walked into the already crowded cafeteria, she eagerly looked for Kojiro but he was nowhere to be found. She paused at a table and nearly jumped when she felt someone touch her arm gently. She turned with excitement only to find Hatori standing next to Makaze. "Musashi!" cried Hatori. "I haven't seen you for a while! How have you been?"
"Good," replied Musashi. "How about you?"
"Can't complain," Hatori said. "Are you enjoying your stay here? Have you done any missions yet for the boss?"
"Oh, yes. We just completed our first mission not to long ago" she eagerly stated.
"We?" Makaze asked, confused. "You have a partner already?"
"Already?" Musashi asked, confused. "I've always had one-" She stopped when she felt a familiar grip wrap across the front of her body, gripping her shoulders. Another arm snaked across her middle and gripped the side of her waist. She smelled the fresh scent that could only be Kojiro. She blushed deeply when Kojiro pressed his nose to Musashi's hair and inhaled.
"Hmmmm," he hummed and kissed her on the cheek. Then, he turned to face Hatori and Makaze, resting his head on Musashi's shoulder. His green eyes flashed dangerously.
"Mine," he said, while smiling at them. Musashi looked apologetically at Hatori and Makaze for Kojiro's possessive behavior.
"Your partner, I presume?" Hatori said, rather than asked.
"Kojiro," Musashi said more to him than to Hatori as Kojiro's hold on her remained. He continued to watch the other two Team Rocket men who both began to walk away.
"See you around Kojiro," Makaze called back to him while he walked off with Hatori. Kojiro merely widened his smile before turning his attention to Musashi. He adjusted his hold so that she was now facing him. He kissed her gently. "Good morning, my lady."
"Morning?!" she said incredulously, pushing him away so that people would stop staring at them. "What was that about?"
"What was what about?" Kojiro asked playfully. He took her hand and began to lead her to the table that already had Kosaburo and Yamato sitting down. Kosaburo and Kojiro had already gone to fill their trays. Yamato stood up, having waited for Musashi to get breakfast.
"Come on," she said impatiently. "You're late." She grabbed Musashi and walked off to get their food. Kojiro sat down across from Kosaburo so that he could keep an eye on Musashi. She turned to give him a dirty look as if to say: This is not over. Kojiro merely chuckled and winked at her. Then he looked at Kosaburo, who was watching him with a half amused look on his face.
"I saw what you did," Kosaburo said to Kojiro. Kojiro merely smiled back at him. "Can't keep your hands off her, huh?"
"It's not just that," Kojiro explained. "It's just-I've never felt like this before. Now that I have her, I don't ever want to lose her. I want to scream to the world that I love Musashi and she's mine!"
"Want to hang a giant sign on her?" joked Kosaburo. "Maybe," said Kojiro thoughtfully, rubbing his chin. "I might have an idea, though."
"Like what?" asked Kosaburo. Kojiro wiggled the fingers of his free hand at him. "A ring?!" he exclaimed but Kojiro shushed him.
"You're kidding!" Kosaburo cried. "You just became official the other day!"
"I know," said Kojiro said shrugging. "But it's not like I just met her, either. I've known Musashi for most of my life. It just feels right."
"So you're just not marrying her so that she can wear a ring, branding her yours?" Kosaburo asked skeptically.
Kojiro smiled. "That too," he confessed. "But I've waited so long to make her mine. As much as marriage scares me, I'm sure with Musashi, it won't be that bad...as long as I have her."
Just then Suki approached the table that Kojiro and Kosaburo were sitting at.
"Kojiro?" she asked. Kojiro recognized her and smiled.
"Oh, Hi Suki!" he exclaimed. "What's up?"
"Sakaki wants to talk to your team about your next mission."
"Oh," Kojiro said. "Right, we'll be right there." Suki walked off and Kojiro looked around to find Musashi. He began to think quickly as she approached the table.
"Musashi!" he exclaimed as she was about to sit down. "Sakaki needs to see me about my next assignment!"
"Wait," Musashi paused. "Alone?"
"Yes," Kojiro replied hastily. "It should be really quick so I'll be back as soon as I'm done."
"Oh," Musashi said, still puzzled at the fact that she and Nyasu were not involved. They were a team after all... "Ok then," she said sadly.
"See you in a bit," he said and gave her a chaste kiss to the lips. He ran off to meet up with Suki in the hall.
Musashi watched him run off and noticed he stopped next to Suki. She frowned for a second and then turned back to the people at the table. Kosaburo had the same puzzled expression as Musashi but he refused to say anything this time.
"That's odd, Kojiro getting a mission to himself. You and I never did a solo mission, right Kosanji?" Yamato asked, turning to Kosaburo.
Kosaburo sighed, "It's Kosaburo. And not that I can recall." Musashi sighed as well. The conversation wasn't helping her any better. "I don't get it," she said. "Last mission, Nyasu and I did most of work. Why is he getting the next big mission?" Then she realized something. "What if he's being sent away on punishment?!"
"Relax," Kosaburo said to Musashi. "I doubt the boss would go through all that trouble to see Kojiro in person just to fire him."
"Yea," Musashi breathed out a sigh of relief. "I guess you're right."
Kojiro and Suki walked together along the hallway towards the boss's office. "So why aren't your partners coming with you?" Suki asked, looking back towards the cafeteria.
"To be honest," Kojiro admitted. "I plan on doing more than just the mission when I'm sent out." He smiled at Suki. "It's for Musashi, but it's a secret." His slight blush made Suki giggle.
"Wow" Suki mused. "You're such a romantic guy. I wish mine was like that!"
"I didn't know you were seeing someone, too!" Kojiro exclaimed. "I never see you with your partner!"
"Well," Suki said, blushing. "I'm not exactly a field agent like you. I work primarily here, so I dont get an assigned partner. He's not from the Team Rocket organization." She crossed her arms in front of her uncomfortably. "In fact, we've been having some issues of our own."
"That's too bad," Kojiro said sympathetically. "I'm sure things will work out for the best." He looked up nostalgically. "Musashi and I would have our arguments, but deep down, we realized we were all we had." He smiled and shrugged. "Well, Nysasu too!"
They arrived at Sakaki's door. "Well," Suki said quickly. "Good luck with everything." She extended her hand and Kojiro took it, shaking it.
"Thanks Suki. You too," Kojiro said.
He walked in and closed the door behind him.
