Eiri glanced down at the watch on her wrist as she left the kitchen. She
felt bad leaving Kojirou, but it was certainly late and the cats were
probably fretting. She moved towards the door with her eyes downcast, but
stopped when she hit a large hallway-block. Seeing large shoes, she gasped
slightly and then looked up to see the face of Tak a good two feet or more
above her own. Quickly, she moved backwards and started shallowly bowing
whilst chanting 'gomen nasai.' She clasped her hands together over her
leather-covered chest and looked up at him with pleading eyes, hoping he
would accept her apology. Noticing another person beside Tak, she turned
her head to look at him.
 "I'm sorry, Iwas just leaving. I was hurrying and regretfully do not have time for pleasantries." she murmured quickly, looking at both of them. After a slight curtsy, she laid her hand softly on her stomach, which was now becoming quite a habit, and went around Yousuke, leaving the aroma of her perfume as she continued slowly down the hallway.
 "Strange..." said Yousuke. "You know, I feel like we've been here forever. We should probably move on and find Kojirou or someone. So, do you anything about cyberpsych yourself? What is it that you do?" asked Yousuke. As the conversation progressed, neither noted the red laser light dot that ran across the back of Tak's head, down his body and across the room. Tak couldn't have noticed, Yousuke wasn't paying attention. They moved on, leaving the hallway desolate and empty.
  Tak laughed bitterly. "Who do you think was the subject of Nakita's PhD?"
  ***
 The office would have been empty except for the two folding chairs that sat unfolded in the middle of the floor. Two men wearing immaculate black suits sat relaxed, one leaning back and gazing out the window. One was tall, Caucasian, with pale blue eyes. It was he who was gazing out the window. The other was shorter, more serious, if that was possible, and reading a novel. In a pile by his chair sat a pile of electronics - headwear, eye wear, et al.
 The one reading the novel cleared his throat suddenly, and put away his novel. The sudden sound caused his fellow operative to look up.
 "Something wrong?" he asked looking over.
 "No, not really. I was just thinking."
 "About?"
 "I'm a little anxious, that's all. We're supposed to have all of the information available, but there's a lot that we don't have any idea about. I can't help but wonder if we haven't been told everything."
 "I think you're being too paranoid." said the lounging operative. Several second went by slowly, as he went back to looking out of the window. The other picked up his novel again, paging back to its prior location.
 "That's awfully ironic." he said.
  ***
  It had taken some doing, but Nakita had managed to get the mansion to himself and his brothers for three hours - as for HOW he pulled it off, that's for him to know and you to worry about.
  Since himself and Hime had been together for... oh... nearly nine months now... Nakita was planning ahead for the anniversary...
  Conventionality and Dr. Iwakura were not good bedfellows.
  So we find the good doctor doing some... singing...
  The background music seemed to be a dancy beat... and Nakita led off, mike in hand.
  ...fast and low in his usual baritone: "Come follow me"
  While a couple of bars of the music played, he altered to Hime's voice - that had been getting a workout - had fooled even the woman herself a couple of times...
"I got all systems go
Nothing standing in my way
I should be far down the road but I'm not"
"Something's holding me back
Like a world war attack
And I got you by my side but you're not.
"Do you remember when
We thought it was the wind
A shooting star around the sky.
"Do you remember when
You were from heaven sent.
I thought the wind could make me fly."
  As Nakita was singing that verse, Tak and Kannai managed a synchronized bodydump, ending up within three metres of their respective targets... rolling up to their full heights, they were the chorus line
"A-a-angels crying
When you're far away from me
Always trying
I will make you see."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
No denying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "There's no denying"
Twins: "We were meant to be.
  While the music played on, Nakita reset his voice back to Hime's and got ready to roll again:
"I tumbled from the sky
Where I was soaring so high
I never thought that I could fall back down to the ground."
"Somewhere along that ride
I found that we could stop the tide
It's time for me to buy another round."
"Do you remember when
We thought it was the wind
A shooting star around the sky."
"Do you remember when
You were from heaven sent.
I thought the wind could make me fly."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying
When you're far away from me
Always trying
I will make you see."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
Always trying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "I always try"
Twins: "I will make you see."
Nakita: (Hime's voice) : "Do you remember when
We thought it was the wind
A shooting star around the sky."
"Do you remember when
You were from heaven sent.
I thought the wind could make me fly."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying
When you're far away from me
Always trying
I will make you see."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
There's no denying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "No denying"
Twins: "We were meant to be."
Twins: "Angels are cryin'
Angels are cryin'
Angels are cryin'..."
Nakita: (Hime's voice): "I got all systems go
Nothing's standing in my way
I should be far down the road but I'm not"
"Something's holding me back
Like a world war attack
And I got you by my side but you're not.
The music started winding up to a coda, so here it went...
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
Always trying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "I always try"
Twins: "I will make you see."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
There's no denying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "No denying"
Twins: "We were meant to be."
  As the music finished, none of the three brothers Iwakura noticed a fourth...
watching them...
s
i
l
e
n
t
l
y
sorrowfully...
r
e
g
r
e
t
f
u
l
l
y
intangibly.
 "I'm sorry, Iwas just leaving. I was hurrying and regretfully do not have time for pleasantries." she murmured quickly, looking at both of them. After a slight curtsy, she laid her hand softly on her stomach, which was now becoming quite a habit, and went around Yousuke, leaving the aroma of her perfume as she continued slowly down the hallway.
 "Strange..." said Yousuke. "You know, I feel like we've been here forever. We should probably move on and find Kojirou or someone. So, do you anything about cyberpsych yourself? What is it that you do?" asked Yousuke. As the conversation progressed, neither noted the red laser light dot that ran across the back of Tak's head, down his body and across the room. Tak couldn't have noticed, Yousuke wasn't paying attention. They moved on, leaving the hallway desolate and empty.
  Tak laughed bitterly. "Who do you think was the subject of Nakita's PhD?"
  ***
 The office would have been empty except for the two folding chairs that sat unfolded in the middle of the floor. Two men wearing immaculate black suits sat relaxed, one leaning back and gazing out the window. One was tall, Caucasian, with pale blue eyes. It was he who was gazing out the window. The other was shorter, more serious, if that was possible, and reading a novel. In a pile by his chair sat a pile of electronics - headwear, eye wear, et al.
 The one reading the novel cleared his throat suddenly, and put away his novel. The sudden sound caused his fellow operative to look up.
 "Something wrong?" he asked looking over.
 "No, not really. I was just thinking."
 "About?"
 "I'm a little anxious, that's all. We're supposed to have all of the information available, but there's a lot that we don't have any idea about. I can't help but wonder if we haven't been told everything."
 "I think you're being too paranoid." said the lounging operative. Several second went by slowly, as he went back to looking out of the window. The other picked up his novel again, paging back to its prior location.
 "That's awfully ironic." he said.
  ***
  It had taken some doing, but Nakita had managed to get the mansion to himself and his brothers for three hours - as for HOW he pulled it off, that's for him to know and you to worry about.
  Since himself and Hime had been together for... oh... nearly nine months now... Nakita was planning ahead for the anniversary...
  Conventionality and Dr. Iwakura were not good bedfellows.
  So we find the good doctor doing some... singing...
  The background music seemed to be a dancy beat... and Nakita led off, mike in hand.
  ...fast and low in his usual baritone: "Come follow me"
  While a couple of bars of the music played, he altered to Hime's voice - that had been getting a workout - had fooled even the woman herself a couple of times...
"I got all systems go
Nothing standing in my way
I should be far down the road but I'm not"
"Something's holding me back
Like a world war attack
And I got you by my side but you're not.
"Do you remember when
We thought it was the wind
A shooting star around the sky.
"Do you remember when
You were from heaven sent.
I thought the wind could make me fly."
  As Nakita was singing that verse, Tak and Kannai managed a synchronized bodydump, ending up within three metres of their respective targets... rolling up to their full heights, they were the chorus line
"A-a-angels crying
When you're far away from me
Always trying
I will make you see."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
No denying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "There's no denying"
Twins: "We were meant to be.
  While the music played on, Nakita reset his voice back to Hime's and got ready to roll again:
"I tumbled from the sky
Where I was soaring so high
I never thought that I could fall back down to the ground."
"Somewhere along that ride
I found that we could stop the tide
It's time for me to buy another round."
"Do you remember when
We thought it was the wind
A shooting star around the sky."
"Do you remember when
You were from heaven sent.
I thought the wind could make me fly."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying
When you're far away from me
Always trying
I will make you see."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
Always trying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "I always try"
Twins: "I will make you see."
Nakita: (Hime's voice) : "Do you remember when
We thought it was the wind
A shooting star around the sky."
"Do you remember when
You were from heaven sent.
I thought the wind could make me fly."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying
When you're far away from me
Always trying
I will make you see."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
There's no denying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "No denying"
Twins: "We were meant to be."
Twins: "Angels are cryin'
Angels are cryin'
Angels are cryin'..."
Nakita: (Hime's voice): "I got all systems go
Nothing's standing in my way
I should be far down the road but I'm not"
"Something's holding me back
Like a world war attack
And I got you by my side but you're not.
The music started winding up to a coda, so here it went...
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
Always trying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "I always try"
Twins: "I will make you see."
Twins: "A-a-angels crying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "When angels cry"
Twins: "When you're far away from me
There's no denying"
Nakita: (normal baritone): "No denying"
Twins: "We were meant to be."
  As the music finished, none of the three brothers Iwakura noticed a fourth...
watching them...
s
i
l
e
n
t
l
y
sorrowfully...
r
e
g
r
e
t
f
u
l
l
y
intangibly.