A/N: 7th anni update!

MARYLOVER – Well it'll more so since a couple people say it's been dragging recently so e'll cut the business shorter and to the main finer points.

koyuninjagirl – Yes, Ryoma accidentally has another specialist. Shun was a character I'd have loved to write more about but time was cutting down and I cut the fic a lot.

KiTtEn18sMiLe –Yes Ryoma is adorable withkids but we'll get to Fuji's displeasure soon as well.

PheonixShadow – Well it was lagging for a couple readers so now a lot more will be happening at a faster pace and virtual time will be moving a lot faster. Time to focus on more thrill as well too now that it's drawing to an end.

emerald sapphire-chan – LOL

I know that feeling well and it's partially my fault for having such a gap between updates. I'll try to update more closely now though.

Fated

Rated: M

Summary: When does the heart skip a beat? When do eyes really meet? Can you really say that love at first sight really does exist?

Those are all the typical questions someone might think and brush off but Fuji Syuusuke, a genius by nature, who had refused to use his IQ anymore than he had to, was absolutely sure that if he entered the international business world, he'd see "him" again.

Chapter XXI: The Fall Of Nomorou

XxX

Rina's Apartment

Nakatsu sighed as he looked at all the places he had to be promoting in and groaned. There was no time for rest but the only joy he had was that Rina would be beside him in support and would be using her powers to plan his schedule to fit.

"It's not as bad as Echizen-san's schedule." Rina said with a small smile as she pushed a cup of tea towards Nakatsu while taking a seat beside him with her own cup.

"But it's still time-consuming and hard on you since you'll be with me most of the time yet having to run things for Mizuhuchi as well."

"I'll be okay, you just worry about yourself." Rina said with a serious nod. "I'm used to running at this pace but you aren't."

"But you also have to play mother to your cousin as well don't you?" Nakatsu asked remembering that Rina's trip to see her family had brought on a new duty as well."

"It's a role I chose to play and Echizen has approved of me disappearing from his side every once in a while to deal with personal things."

Nakatsu nodded and started at Rina. He quite liked how she was always no-nonsense but in the privacy of her own apartment she relaxed like any normal person as well. Her perfect bun was coming undone now and though her attitude never changed, it was her relaxed expression that he was very much in love with.

"Is there something on my face?" Rina asked noting that he was staring at her.

"No… it's just that you are beautiful…" Nakatsu said looking at his hand, "I can't believe I get to call you my fiancée and hold you."

"It's all part of the plan though…" Rina said with a raised brow.

"But Rina…" Nakatsu said facing her fully now as he reached for her hand. "I want you to be my real wife one day. Not just all pretend and go our separate ways later."

Rina's eyes merely widened as she tried to take in all that he had just said. She was starting to think she misheard him or was just playing a joke on her when he moved forward a placed a soft kiss to the side of her mouth. She responded without a thought and what turned out to be an innocent touch of the lips between two people turned out to be head-turning, tongue thrusting, full blown kiss.

Rina sighed as his mouth moved to the pulse at her neck and she buried her hands into his hair before he glanced back up and met her lips once more for another drugging kiss. She could process a single thought properly at the moment as she felt him slide a hand around her waist and she leaned back onto her sofa while he hovered and eventually crawled on top of her. She brought a hand down his back to draw him closer and Rina wondered if this is what they meant when you never got any… you wanted it.

"Taidai- ah! Sumanne(excuse me)"

Nakatsu rolled off and Rina sat up suddenly remembering that Nina was coming home anytime.

"Ah!" Rina and Nakatsu let out as they butt heads with each other from Rina's haste to get up and Nakatsu hurry to rise.

Nina started to giggle and suddenly, all three were sitting and laughing at the whole embarrassing situation.

XxX

Mizuhuchi Corp.

January 18th

"It wasn't one person who worked harder than the other, it was everyone together. The people we lost would be proud to say that justice was served and the best part is yet to come." Ryoma spoke out to his team.

They were celebrating more wins in votes for Nakatsu in many districts and winning the court case against Nomorou's top executive Kiraku. Ryoma was only angry that they didn't hang the man then and there for murdering Oshitari Kenya and depriving a family of a son. He was also irritated that as soon as it looked bad, Nomorou ran with his tail between his legs and left his scapegoat to suffer alone.

"What's the rest we have to do?" Oshitari asked looking at Ryoma.

"Destroy the mastermind once and for all… Kotona and everyone else deserves to see that bastard buried in every evil thing he did to be able to rest in peace."

The rest of the team nodded and they all knew that all the years they have been working for was about to bear fruit.

XxX

Fuji walked in on the meeting with a small greeting to those he knew as he headed towards the head where Ryoma sat.

"What's the news?" Ryoma asked looking at Fuji.

"So… Nomorou married Ai…" Fuji said bluntly dropping the bomb quickly onto Ryoma.

Ryoma was quiet for a while as he recalled talking to her the day before and she had apologized for not being as useful as he had hoped she would be. He contemplated how this might affect the outcome of things he had planned since it was an impromptu surprise.

"Should we be worried?" Kirihara asked overhearing the announcement that Ryoma's cousin had just married the bastard they were trying to tear apart.

"Don't dwell on it." Ryoma stated to his team as he turned to signal Rina over to his side. "Ai doesn't know anything important or big secrets to the company."

"What is it?" Rina asked coming over.

"Tell everyone that the plan is moving forward a lot faster now. I need you to do a few things for me as next week."

"Right," Rina said writing quickly into the notepad she always had in hand it seemed.

"You're taking a couple days off still?" Rina asked Ryoma.

"You are?" Kirihara asked with shocked eyes.

"Really?" Oshitari put in as well interested that their workaholic boss was taking time off.

"Did I miss hell's invasion?" Notot added.

"All right you slackers! Back to work!" Ryoma said with a bossy frown.

"And he was just telling us what a great tema we were," Kirihara said teasing Ryoma.

"You really are?" Fuji asked after everyone left.

Ryoma nodded.

"Why?" Fuji asked just as incredulous as everyone else.

"For us… didn't I say we'd have more time for each other once the plan started following through?" Ryoma asked leaning his forehead against Fuji's.

"Yes but I didn't think we were so close to that yet with all the districts that still need convincing that Nakatsu will be a better prime minister and so many businesses that have fell and we are trying to build."

"I didn't know I had you so converted that you've become a workaholic." Ryoma teased pressing a kiss onto his lips while drawing his tongue lightly across Fuji's lip line in a teasing moment.

"Never… more like all crazy for you…" Fuji whispered as he caught Ryoma's bottom lip gently with his teeth.

XxX

Elsewhere

Nomorou laughed in victory as he stared out his window in satisfaction. He had been extremely angry when Kiraku had been caught disposing of bugs because that meant that he would be under suspicion of collaborating with him. So he had let Kiraku be sacrifice though he was valuable to the company. Then he finally bribed enough people to let Wataku continue to run against that nobody that the brat from Mizuhuchi was supporting. Nomorou had to admit he was a bit unsatisfied that the idiot could get himself embroiled with trafficking girls and drugs but happy that he helped it be proven false even if it was true.

To make it even better he had married a powerhouse. The brat's very own cousin and now he had access to his inside information from Ai and her money from her company from overseas.

Life was good as far as Nomorou could care about at the moment.

XxX

Yukimura swore softly as he sucked lightly on Kamui's pulse. He had thought if he just kissed the youth that he'd be able to get him out of his blood but it was like there was no going back now. The more he got, the more he wanted and damn, would he like nothing better than to be naked, thrashing into Kamui making him let out those cute groans he usually let out. The thought of the dark eyes darkening even more in passion that he created, the perfect hair, mussed from his lovemaking and the long limbs that would wrap itself around him as they connected made him rock hard now.

Yukimura gave into Kamui insistence pulls as their lips met once more for a hungry kiss and this time the youth plundered his mouth about as much as he had in the beginning as well. Their heads twisted, locked in battle for control while Yukimura's hand teased Kamui cock into straining further in his pants. They were so close to losing it in this office but neither seemed to care since this place was usually empty and-

"Whoa… oh, don't mind me."

Yukimura and Kamui peeled apart immediately as they straightened themselves up, each hiding their erection against the desk in the room as Fuji grabbed a pack of the copy paper that they left in here if a printer should run out of paper.

"I feel like this is déjà vu only with a different couple" Fuji uttered more towards himself rather then the other two in the room.

"We don't even like each other," Kamui stated though he was pretty red in the face for being caught in such a position where he HAD to explain himself. This was all the traitor's fault!

"Funny how I've heard that before too," Fuji chuckled before turning to look at Yukimura who merely smiled back at him. Kamui sighed and left the room in a hurry while Fuji set his paper down on the desk and looked seriously at Kamui.

"He's real young Seiichi…"

"So?" Yukimura asked with a slight smile as well. "He's also real good so far at it."

"Just saying you're crossing a fine line of child molestation." Fuji warned.

"I can't help it, he's adorable."

"Restraint Seiichi, you need some of that." Fuji said with a chuckle and picked up his paper to walk away. He realized he touched a sore spot to be lecturing Yukimua but the situation just caused him to be sadistic and tease Yukimura a little.

"But he;s so tempting…quite like Ryoma when he first enter Mizuhuchi." Yukimura said stepping away to leave the room as well. "Ryoma was pretty good too." Yukimura added before disappearing completely. If he was going to play lecturer then Yukimura would give him something to mule and get jealous over too.

XxX

Nakatsu's Apartment

Rina was about to leave after going over the latest happenings with Nakatsu when she realized that she had not yet answered his confession from the other day.

"Was there something else?" Nakatsu asked coming to the door to send her off.

Rina nodded and faced him with such a serious expression that Nakatsu feared for what she may say. He fidgeted a bit in nervousness and tried to look at her normally but it seemed his nerves couldn't.

"About the other night," Rina started.

Nakatsu almost prayed out loud that she wasn't going to tell him that she hated him. He almost wanted to say it was all a joke to get the feeling of dread to roll off of him but he stood their silently instead awaiting the verdict and her opinion on that night, He was almost regretful that he has mixed business with pleasure that night and not kept it separate like Rina had first told him too when he entered Mizuhuchi. God, he was starting to feel stupid…

"Me too…" Rina uttered.

"What…" Nakatsu said not understanding at first since he was too bust imaging his own kinds of rejection.

"I love you too..." Rina said softly as she reached up to caress Nakatsu face softly.

"I know you love Echizen-san as well but I swear…" Nakatsu said pulling her into a close embrace as he looked down at her seriously. "I swear that I'll take you from him and make you mine so you'll only think of me."

Rina let out a small laugh as she snuggled closer and hugged Nakatsu tightly.

"Is that what you think?"

"It's what I know!" Nakatsu said with a frown. "You follow him everywhere and know everything about him and he knows everything about you and-"

Rina brought a finger to his lips to hush him before she looked at him with a beautiful smile plastered on her face.

"I used to be in love with him Shinji…But after being his secretary for so many years I've lost interest in meaning more to Ryoma. I love you because you love me not for my position… but for me."

"Can I tell you honestly that I love you?" Nakatsu asked.

Rina nodded and accepted a kiss from him before he cut it short and leaned against her. "Then I will be honest with you… talking to you had been on a dare, falling in love with you was all on my own though."

Rina frowned slightly at that but wrapped an arm around his neck and looked him straight in the eyes.

"Tell me who dared you and I'll forgive you."

"Fuji," Nakatsu said with a small smile.

"He just wanted Ryoma to himself!" Rina said with a bigger frown.

"Nonetheless I want to do this so much!"

"Do what?" Rina asked.

"This…" Nakatsu whispered as he lowered his mouth back onto hers.

XxX

One Month Later

Nomorou corp.

"Boss! Did you hear?"

Nomorou was already throwing books around the room in a rage when Mizuki came running in. He had been careless last night and allowed himself to be caught by a stray paparazzi! Then again he had been drunk as an idiot when negotiating with that senator. Now it was all over the place that he was bribing people to put up with Wataku for another few terms and the every fuckign channel was downstairs wanting a comment from him!

"What do I do?" Mizuki asked.

"Tell them that we aren't commenting!" Nomorou roared out as he tossed his stapler againt the wall in anger. He had used his wife's immediate money to do everything and now he'd have to draw from her company to make up for his losses. He was going under slowly when he had originally thought he was doing pretty good too.

"Boss?" Mizuki said softly.

"What!" Nomorou roared out.

Mizuki merely pointed to the screen of the television as it showed the results of the running for Prime Minister. The nobody had won and they were doing a live broadcast of him entering the office that was now his.

Nomorou felt his power in Japan slipping away with each moment. What the hell was he going to do now? He had to plan a counter measure before the brat gained anymore of an upper hand on him… he needed to talk to his wife.

XxX

Wataku scowled as the outsider lined up the office and started firing a lot of people that Wataku had liked and trusted a lot. He was in deep trouble for not winning now but if Nomorou-san's spies in the office were being slipped as well he's definitely has to pay with his life!

"I'll only be keeping Yukimura in the intelligence department." Nakatsu said with finality.

"That's good!" Wataku said with a smile. Yukimura was one of his most trusted!

"It is," Yukimura admitted with a smile. "Was that an order from Ryoma?"

Nakatsu smiled and nodded. "He appreciates the work you have done for us."

"Ah no way! Yukimura was working for Mizuhuchi? How come we didn't know of this?"Shishido complained out.

"Yeah.. aren't our companies close and how come you never said anything Yukimura-san?" Ootori asked with a frown of his own.

"The best spies are the ones who play both sides," Yukimura said with a smile as he looked at Kamui who looked a hell of a lot happier now that he could reveal what side he actually was on. Seemed the kid really cared.

XxX

Fuji laughed as Ryoma frowned at having cake stuffed into his mouth so unexpectedly. Mizuhuchi had been celebrating since this morning when the results were announced and it had been a clear defeat on Wataku's part.

"Not funny Syuusuke."

"I thought it was," Fuji said with a smile.

Ryoma swopped forward with a kiss and pushed the cake into Fuji's mouth in a messy kiss as they swayed on the corner of the desk battling for control of their kiss. It wasn't until a single knock resonated on the door and Rina walked in that they pulled apart and cleaned up the remnants of the cake from their mouth.

"Going home for lunch as well Shachou?" Rina asked not even bothering to comment on how rumpled their suits looked or what they had been doing.

"Yes," Ryoma said with a smile. "it's been such a good day."

"It has, "Rina agreed as she left the room. "I'll see you in a couple of minutes then?"

"Why not just go together?" Ryoma questioned with a smile.

"Because you two haven't finished with your business yet," Rina said with a smile and quick bob of her head downwards to remind them that the front part of their pants was straining against the fabric.

"I do believe that's the first time in a long time Rina has joked with me," Ryoma said with a slight smirk.

XxX

"Why thank you Rina," Fuji said as they walked into the apartment to see Rina just finishing the final touches to their lunch.

"Just doing my above excellent work," Rina said with a smirk of her own at Ryoma. "Now I have to go prepare something for my fiancé and me."

"I thought the whole charade was off as soon as he won…" Fuji said looking up from where he sat at the kitchen table.

"It was… this time, it's for real though." Rina said with a softer smile.

"Congratulations…" Ryoma said as he pressed a kiss to Rina's head. "I told you that you'd find him one day."

"You found him for me," Rina uttered hugging Ryoma for the first time unexpectedly.

"I want to throw both of you an engagement party then." Ryoma said with a smile. "Once I've blocked all retreat for that rat will you let me do that for you in place of Nanako?"

Rina smiled beautifully and nodded. "I will Shachou…"

"Go on then," Ryoma said with a smile. "You're brother will breathe easier now."

"You two are actually really close aren't you?" Fuji asked watching Rina leave.

"What do you think?" Ryoma asked sitting down to look at the appetizing sandwich in front of him. He glanced across and frowned at how Fuji was adding wasabi to his sandwich happily.

"Well I already told you what I think," Fuji said glancing up.

"Of course we are. When Rina started working for me and I started pulling the company up, I invested a lot into her brother's work and got him noticed as well as getting both settled into comfortable household's when they were struggling like you in a small apartment as well." Ryoma said popping open a can on Ponta for himself as he took a bit of his sandwich.

"Sou…." Fuji said with a nod. "So what's the final holes you have to block off?"

"Nomorou has already used the immediate funds I left clear in the open of Ai's account. He'll find soon that his big break he thought he got is all a farce and he won't be able to touch any of Ai's assets without approaching me first. To make it worse, he's borrowed a lot of money from different people and one of the people he borrowed the most from is one of my company which is named under another name."

"But you would have lost a lot of money!" Fuji said with a raised brow.

"But he was pulling from on e of my companies and putting it into another so really I lost nothing." Ryoma said with a smile. "It merely went through a middle person."

"Smart…" Fuji uttered.

"Of course, now all I have to do is divide and conquer."

"I believe I'm fucking a genius…" Fuji commented.

"I could say the same to you," Ryoma said with a smirk. "How was it that you got five companies to bend at once to your will when one of the companies stood firmly against us no matter who I sent?"

"I too have my ways…" Fuji uttered with a mysterious smile.

"You didn't fuck that old guy did you?"

"Everything doesn't always have to do with fucking Ryoma… some is all about handling." Fuji said with a smile. "By the way… during the bomb incident at Mizuhuchi…."

"Yeah?" Ryoma asked glancing up from his half devoured sandwich.

"Were you not happy to be alive and with me? Why did you hug Kamui-kun?" Fuji asked seriously.

"Are you screwing me? Of course I'm going to hug and love the person who saved me and my work first, not the man I'm fucking and loving."

"Am I just second to your work and goal?"

"I thought we agreed on that when we hooked up." Ryoma stated with a shrug.

"Did Yukimura and you ever have a thing with each other?"

Ryoma eyed Fuji suspiciously as he set his sandwich down and took a drink. "How do you make up your questions?"

"Maybe it's been prompted from others…" Fuji said with shrug of his own to piss Ryoma off. It wasn't everyday he got jealous but he had decided that after all this drama, he was going to be very possessive of his Ryoma.

"We never had a thing for each other though he teased me every time and again… nothing bigger than a kiss."

"No more of that either…" Fuji uttered aloud.

"What?"

"I don't like you casually kissing others, nor do I like it when they get moe affection than me, your most important lover and person." Fuji stated.

"You're being possessive."

"I'm a possessive lover, I don't share." Fuji said with a nod.

"And if I don't agree?"

"You'll answer to me personally each time you fuck up…'

"Empty threats…" Ryoma scoffed with a superior look before taking another bit of his sandwich only to feel the immediate burn. He knew exactly what it was as soon as it started burning. He spat the sandwich out on the plate and went in search of water or milk to stop the burn.

"Fuji- you ass!" Ryoma started only to run into Fuji's kiss… and soon all thoughts disappeared as both landed on the wall and continued on their way to the bedroom while twisting and sliding through kisses and touches.

XxX

Two days later

Fuji and Rina walked out together of Ryoma's office as both were headed to the same place. Today there would be a business meeting that required a highly skilled secretary to keep up with the others and Fuji since the others were busy and Ryoma was clearing up his pieces as he liked to call it with Atobe.

As they entered the building, Fuji glanced over at Rina and realized that she was in all business mode already. He tried to match her look and pace but realized only certain people could do what Rina and Ryoma did.

Fuji smiled slightly as they walked down the hall and turned the corner to follow the crowd.

"Follow me…" Both heard a man said as they felt the point of a gun pressed between their shoulder blades.

Fuji turned slightly to look beside him at Rina to see if she was as startled as he was. He instead was surprised that she didn't panic nor did she have any look of emotion on her face as she complied willingly. She looked at him in a manner that practically has her saying not to make any unnecessary scene so he complied. They were moved into a separate room where they came face to face with Nomorou… it seemed the idiot was still fumbling mad and not ready to give up.

"No one to protect you two eh?" Nomorou asked.

Fuji thought of answering but Rina showed her defiance by merely lifting her chin and not paying attention to the old man.

"We'll do an exchange," Nomorou said with a smile. "my wife is brilliant to think of capturing his new executive and most trusted person… how much does he fuck you anyways to serve him?"

Fuji held his tongue though he wanted to give the asshole a thing or two to think on.

"Are you two deaf?"

"Not at all," Fuji said bluntly. "Why would you hold us captive? What do you want in return?"

"Him… the beginning of my downfall… I want him to be shot by me, killed by me and taken out by me! That asshole has my wife's money locked up tight in a fund only he can open till Ai is thirty! How the hell can I sit around in debt until my wife is thrirty?"

Fuji didn't respond nor did Rina to his question. There was no doubt he was old but the hounds must be closing in for him to be so desperate as to come himself.

"You're crazy,"

"You wanna die?" Nomorou asked as he raised a gun to Fuji's head.

"Don't! honey… we need them both alive…" Ai said as she walked through the door.

"Why?" Nomorou asked angrily. He was so angry his whole face was turning red.

"Because we need his lover alive," Ai said with a frown.

"Lover! That brat is gay! HA!" Nomorou laughed.

"How could you do this to Ryoma?" Fuji asked Ai. "After all he's done for you?"

"I want more…" Ai said easily with a smile.

"Shall we start the ransom call?" Mizuki asked walking in from another door. "I made the call untraceable."

"Yes,"

XxX

The panic had already taken place at Mizuhuchi though. Nakatsu was scared for Rina's safety as soon as Department X had reported that they arrived to have no representatives at the meeting. Someone had taken them and the call they got from Tezuka that no one on Mizuhuchi's side had shown up had been correct!

"Locate her!" Nakatsu said as he nervously rocked in his seat thinking of plan after plan. Why had they thought everything would be over when it wasn't yet?

"A call for you ," Ryoga said pushing the phone towards Ryoma.

Ryoma lifted a brow as Ryoga set it to speaker and all the occupants in the room listened carefully.

"Yeah?" Ryoma answered.

"I have them,"

"Nomorou… why would you have them? Who is them?" Ryoma asked calmly.

"You fucking know what I'm talking about! I have your precious secretary and your lover so hand yourself fucking over and I'll let them go."

"And if I say no?" Ryoma questioned looking at the occupants of the room.

"They die, no questions asked!" Nomorou said angrily.

Ryoma didn't even take a while to answer him. It was quick and concise.

"Keep them, they're replaceable."

XxX

Fuji's eyes widened at how easily Ryoma abandoned him and Rina. The ones who did their all to see him up there and he was just going to walk away… He turned to look at Rina now and looked on in shock with open eyes as Rina continued to sit there as if she hadn't just heard her boss was letting her die. How could she be so damn calm in such a situation?

A/N: Who wants to review so the next chapter will come out? XD