Chapter 20- Hex me
I was sitting in my office drinking coffee and wondering where the letter I had received from command central had gone to. I was not happy with what the letter had said, and I did not want to enforce it at all. Somehow word head reached my superiors that Asarina was the assassin know as Night Tracker, to that extent my orders were to keep her in the European branch of the black order until further notice. That was just going to be easy for the moment. Asarina was comfortable here and for the time she feels it is a safe place for her daughter. That was another matter in that blasted letter; they also feel that she might be working secretly for the enemy; I found that part rather a bunch of bullshit. I already had enough on my plate with dealing with my superiors, being chief of the European branch, dealing with a fire breathing monster, and my feelings toward the woman I loved.
"Komui," a voice said as my office door opened and I look up to find General Cross standing there "Am I bothering you?" he finished saying as he closed the door and walked over to my desk.
"Not at all, what's on your mind general?" My full attention is now on whatever he wants to say, after yesterday with his little joke, I knew I had to be prepared for anything.
"You really should start locking your office door. Narul found a letter and took it to me. He did not understand some words, so I took it and read it to myself." Cross said pulling out the letter, "He got mad when I told him that snooping around offices was not nice and that I was giving this back to you." He held out his hand I took the letter.
"Thank you, General Cross." I say knowing full well I should have known that pesky dragon had taken it. "I think I'll go pack now." I say getting up and walking to the door.
"That's right; you have that meeting and what not in Italy." He says smiling, "Don't worry I think this is what you need. Time to get your head straight and relax a little bit and maybe being away from Asarina would do you some good."
"I'm giving her space and time to adjust. She has a child here now who can't walk or talk." I say calmly but inside I know he is right, I do need time away from the order. Maybe she will finally be able to tell that time we had meant nothing to her but to me there would always be something even if I had to hide away forever.
"She is a very strong woman and capable of handling herself or anything thrown at her, but sometimes I worry about her. Some of the decisions she makes are gambles, and I wonder what does she hide behind that smile of hers but then again piss her off and you might regret it." Cross said getting up and leaving out the door and then only to see Lavi entered, could my day get any worse.
"So, I have a question?" Lavi said walking up to my desk, "Who did you fuck in your office?"
"Nothing like that happened, Lavi." I say as calmly as I could. I did not want anyone, especially Lavi, finding out I had sex with Asarina in my office.
"Was Janet, Sophie, Nicki, Alexis, or was it Dana? Just tell me please." Lavi said eagerly but I knew that he would not give up on the subject until he found who I had sex with. "Was it Jen, or was it Casandra?"
"Lavi, does my sister know everyone you have slept with?" I say giving him the death stare, "I have a list of women who claim to have slept with you. So, leave my office now, drop the subject, and Lenalee won't see the list.
In a flash Lavi was out of my office, and I was happy that he was gone. I close my eyes and take a deep breath stunned that he believes my bluff. I left my office, and went to pack for my trip. I was sure things were going to be nice on the trip but I did not want to be at this meeting at all. Once I go t to my room, I looked around and found my suitcase and began to decide what I should pack. I start by packing my suitcase with my spare uniform, some pajamas, and the major necessities: one thing being my instant coffee, my picture of Lenalee and then I find myself putting the picture of Asarina in there as well. I close the suitcase and hear a voice. "Where are you going?" I turn around to see Asarina standing in my door way, holding Kalira in her arms.
"I have an important meeting in Italy to attend, although I would rather not go." I tell her and notice that she is smiling. "Is there something you needed?" I ask, and I'm hopeful that the answer is me.
"I don't need anything right now but I did want talk about what Cross said." She said and her tone of voice changed and her eyes were on her little angel. "Her dad died before she was born. He was killed in an akuma attack."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Did he even know that you were carrying a child?" I asked moving toward the door and looked at how much Kalira looked like her mother
"No, by the time I found out I was with child, he had already been killed." She looks almost as if she might cry, but I put my hand on her shoulder. "There is one more thing I wanted to talk about. I'm sorry that Narul is a pain to you and that he gets on everyone's nerves but this is the first place that he does not have to hide all the time."
"He is okay; we all have to adjust to him. He is very intelligent and different." I say trying to forget that he had burned my ass about four times now, and tried to eat me once. "He is also fun to have around. Did you know he is the first person who Kanda has not threatened?"
"That is funny to think about." It was we both noticed Kalira was moving around in the blanket and started to cry. "Well, I need to get back to my room and feed her. I'll see you when you get back" she says and kisses my cheek before she leaves. I could only smile as I closed the door, maybe there is hope for the two of us to be together and Cross apparently likes to joke about things. Only time will tell at this point but I would have to put up with Narul if I wanted to be with her. Maybe someday the dragon and I would come to terms but right now it was war with him. I finished packing and headed to my destination.