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Notes: Yako's POV. I've been wondering lately if it's mostly guys or girls who read my fan fic. If you feel comfortable doing so, I'd love if if you'd leave a review to let me know which you are. You don't have to comment on the actual story if you don't want to, just saying "I'm a girl/guy" would be fine. I think it'll be girls though...anywayz, thanks for reading! Note to Anon at end.


I had been dodging media and paparazzi all day. It had become well know that I had brought down two of the most powerful Yakuza in the area, and it seemed every news station wanted an interview with me.

I had convinced Neuro to hold off the interviews for a day or so though. I had some groveling to do.

First stop was the police station. The reactions were varying.

Ishigaki-san didn't understand why I was apologizing. Higuchi-san couldn't care less about the fact I had dealings with Yakuza. Usui-san said he understood I needed my sources, and of course Tsukushi-san agreed with him. The difficult ones were Crome-san and Todoroki-san. For different reasons.

Crome-san was indignant that I would dare associate with yakuza, calling them "an organization of criminals". And no doubt that was normally true, but I knew Godai ran things a bit differently. Not that Crome-san would listen of course. So I ended up acting like I was listening while nodding and leaving after he finished lecturing me.

Todoroki-san on the other hand was horrified that I kept the company of yakuza, not because they were criminals, but because she felt they were dangerous.

"You really don't need to worry. Godai would never let any harm come to me. In fact, inside his headquarters is probably one of the safest places in the world I could be." Add Neuro to that factor and I would feel bad for an entire army that tried to get to me. Neither Neuro nor Godai were known for their being kind to their enimies.

"For now perhaps. But what if this...yakuza creep every gets tied of playing friend to you? You'll never be able to get out of there alive." Obviously she didn't understand me and Godai's friendship. We had an unbreakable bond from being in life and death situations together. Most of which were caused by Neuro.

"That will never happen. It would be like Ishigaki-san suddenly turning on you and killing you. We're that close."

Todoroki-san's eyes flashed at this. "What exactly is your relationship with this Godai-san person?" It was the first time I'd heard her use his name.

"I told you, we're good friends." Why had she gotten weirdly worked up? ...Perhaps? "Are you and Ishigaki-san dating?"

Todoroki-san practically spit the coffee she was drinking everywhere. So I was right huh?

"W-well, no, of course not. It's against organization rules to date someone in the same department as you." I held back a smile. "Of course. Sorry for mentioning it." Everyone in the department probably knew about it already anyway. Ishigaki-san isn't the best secret keeper. But if Todoroki-san wanted to keep up appearances, I wasn't going to stop her.

Thankfully Todoroki-san was so flustered by this she seemed to forget about Godai and how upset she was with me, and I left in her good graces quite easily.

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Next stop was Godai. I knew he must be really ticked that I lead the cops right into his office. I just hoped I could blame it all on Neuro.

Ridding the elevator up, I noticed the person guarding it was one of the people who used to be a part of the General of the East's group. "Hello." I smiled at them. They tried not to make eye contact. "Hi." "You joined Godai's group?" He nodded in response.

A rumor had been started that soon after the two generals incident I had come back to thank Godai, Neuro and Akira [Ishigaki-san] for making it possible for me to bring down the two generals. The rumor went that we had hit it off, and I was now in good terms with them. It made a good story, and would explain anything if I was seen with any of them. Neuro had also assured me that he had messed with the two groups memories of him and Ishigaki-san, and that there would be no danger of them being found out. I hoped he hadn't done anything too drastic.

I got out at the top floor, and waved at the guard as I walked to the secretary's desk. "Hey Ane-chan, Godai in?" The woman looked up, smiling brightly as she did. "Yako-san, I haven't seen you in awhile! You're looking good!"

I smiled back. "You too! Got a new piercing I see." "Yep! So nice of you to notice! Oyabun-sama is in, but I was told not to disturb him. Well, I'm sure he won't mind if it's you though. He always says to just let you in no matter what, so go right ahead in." "Thanks!" I waited for her to push the button to unlock the door before turning the handle and walking in.

The room was darker than I expected, lit mostly by the TV which was flickering with some video game or another.

I was surprised to find that Godai wasn't at his desk. Looking around the room I still didn't see him. I was going to ask Ane-chan if she had been mistaken about him being in, when I heard a noise coming from over by the TV. On closer inspection I found Godai laying on the couch, which wasn't completely unusual. What was unusual was that Kira was laying on top of him, and both of them were rather passionately kissing.

I was completely shocked.

Seriously flabbergasted.

Which is a big deal for me. I'm pretty sharp when it comes to people. REALLY sharp. But I hadn't even picked up so much as a hint. And Kira definitely hadn't mentioned she was seeing Godai or vise versa.

I then noticed that while Godai's eyes were closed, Kira's were not, and she was looking directly at me.

I waved automatically, realizing instantly this was not the correct response for what I was seeing. Kira was unfazed however, and she untangled one of her hands from Godai's hair to wave back.

This got Godai's attention, and he turned towards where Kira was looking. Upon seeing me he froze, his face turning a shade of bright red that I'm sure rivaled my own.

"Yako!" With a voice that was a mix of a cough and whisper, he forcibly pulled Kira off of him and sat up.

"Hi." I wasn't sure what else to say. Godai was obviously embarrassed to death, and Kira looked annoyed that they were...interrupted.

Kira saw the uncertainty on my face and came to my rescue. "Hello. What brings you here?" She sounded completely calm and unabashed, which was really just like her. Godai was careful not to make eye contact.

"Um, I came to apologize for bringing cops to Godai's office." I shuffled a bit, glancing from Godai back to Kira.

Kira just smiled. "I already explained to him the parrot and I were the ones who forced you to do so. I assure you he holds no grudge. Right Shinobu?" She tilted her head slightly as she turned her smile on Godai. He turned slightly redder. "R-right." He ventured a look at me.

There was an awkward pause as I considered what to say next. "W-well, I should get going. Um, lunch and such..." This was a completely see through excuse, and I turned stiffly to walk out the door.

"Wait, I'll go with you." Kira adjusted her hair and pulled her shirt back down over her exposed stomach. Giving Godai a somewhat brief kiss, she stood and collected her purse and sunglasses from the table.

I wasn't sure if I should protest or something, but I feared anything I said would just make this even more awkward. Not to mention I really wanted to question Kira as soon as we were somewhere more private.

Kira waved back at Godai before opening the door. "You better call me." She smiled back as he nodded dumbly, and held the door open for me. "So, where to you want to go eat?"

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Sitting at the nearest buffet that had yet to ban me, I could barely stop from asking a barrage of questions.

"Since when have two been going out?" I stuffed as much food in my mouth as would fit. "Since about twenty minutes ago." I almost choked on my food. "You started making out right after he asked you out?"

Kira crunched into the BBQ ribs she was eating, chewing bones and all. "No, more like I started making out with him and managed to get him to agree to go out with me." More crunching. We were starting to get weird looks from others in the restaurant-and for once it wasn't just because of me. "You know you're a good friend of mine Kira, but if you're just playing around with Godai I'm going to be seriously mad." My teeth were starting to hurt from watching Kira chow down on those bones. Filling my mouth with more food helped though.

"I'm definitely not playing around. I feel in love with him the second time I saw him; he beat me in Wario Kart." Kira had a dazed look in her eyes, and I felt it was a bad time to tell her falling in love with someone because of their Wario Kart racing skills wasn't a good thing. "Why didn't you tell me?" Kira looked genuinely surprised. "Was I supposed to?"

For the first time since I've met Kira, I wondered just what kind of life she led. Did she have any other friends? Had she ever dated before? Been married? How old was she even? I had never even thought of such questions before. Come to think of it, it was because I had never thought to ask Neuro such questions either, and I had kind of lumped them together. I made a mental note to ask more questions in the future. Even if it did label me as nosy.

Now was as good a time to start as any I suppose. "Girl friends normally do. Don't you have anyone you talk to about this kind of stuff?" Kira's face was blank. "No. I don't have too many human friends. Most people only talk to me because they want something."

She was telling me something that sounded so sad, but her face suggested it was only normal to her. Perhaps I was the weird one, being too used to knowing so many people, and having so many friends who look out for me.

"So, I'm supposed to talk to my girl friends about stuff like this?" Kira mauled that over. "Only the ones you trust of course." It was probably important to add that. Kira smiled at me. "Just you then huh? Ok, can I ask your advice?"

I felt a mixture of sadness that I was the only girl friend she trusted, and happiness that she trusted me at all. "Sure." I took a gulp of tea.

"How to I get him to become my mate?"

It's a good thing my cheeks are as strong as iron, otherwise I would have wasted perfectly good tea. I coughed to catch my breath. "Wait, what? Didn't you just start dating?" Kira sighed. "I'm not completely sure how earth customs work, and I've never chosen a mate before. However, I want Shinobu to be mine, so what do I do to get him?"

I glanced around, suddenly very aware of the staring eyes. I hoped it was still because of the way Kira and I were eating. "By "mate" do you mean you want to mate with him, or you want him to be your mate. Like, for life." Kira cocked her head. "Be may mate for life of course. I'm not that frivolous." I nodded, feeling more in my comfort zone. "So you want to marry him?" Kira considered that. "I suppose that's the earth ritual to get one to become their mate?" I nodded. "Then yes, I want to get him to marry me. How do I do that?"

I wasn't really sure what to say. I definitely wasn't qualified to give dating advice, and Kanae-chan's [the only person I had to defer to] wasn't exactly trustworthy. "Well, I'd start by not suggesting marriage right away. It tends to scare guys off." Well, anyone off, but that wasn't really relevant. "Ok." Kira looked very serious as she took this info in. "I guess just make him feel like he always wants to be around you? Always needs you by his side? That'll help at least. But I think the best thing to do would be to just be yourself. You want him to fall in love with you right? Not someone you're pretending to be." Kira sucked up this advice like a sponge, eyes wide. "Got it. Thank you for helping me out." Her smile was warm, and I felt guilty for not being able to help more. Why was I so good at dealing with people, but so bad at things like this? Lack of experience I guess.

"Well, sorry I can't help more than this. Keep me updated though!" I was going to have to talk with Godai later too. Just to clear the awkward air between us.

"Don't tell the parrot ok? I don't want him to try to pull rank over Shinobu." I thought about this. I didn't really know what Neuro would do if I told him. And if it made Kira more comfortable, I saw no reason not to keep this promise. "Sure."

We were kicked out shortly after. For "disturbing the other customers and abusing the buffet" we were told. Kira kindly paid for me, and in exchange I mentioned Godai's general working schedule.

I wasn't sure if Kira was going to be a blessing or a curse for Godai, but at least the girl really loved him.

Though that's what was worrying me.


Notes2: Well, that was surprising. Yes, I surprised me too. I had been juggling the idea of hinting Kira and Godai, though I had decided not to. Well, so much for that. I hope no one's upset. I know how annoying MainCharacterxMadeUpCharacter can be. I hope you're not disappointed/mad. Well, it's too late anyway. I can never seem to rewrite anything I've already written. So you're stuck with it. Sorry.

Anon: Thank you so much for reading and reviewing again! [Well, I'm guessing it's again since it's the same name as before. Though a lot of people use Anon, so maybe I'm wrong.] Anywayz, thanks (^_^) I'm so glad you think everyone's IC. You have no idea how much I worry about that. A lot. Seriously a lot. So it does my writing heart good to hear you think everyone is decently IC. Thank you! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and that chapters to come!