A/N her we go again. Please review you guys. I really rely like getting reviews.

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Korin hummed to herself as she walked into Milonoh's office but stopped when she entered. Milonoh looked up from the papers he was reading behind his desk and the two men sitting down turned to look at her. One was an older man with blond hair and the other one was a man she knew VERY well.

Oh shit! Korin thought as she looked at him. This is just too weird. For there, staring back at her with wide eyes, was Ian Nottingham himself.

"Ah, Korin," Milonoh said, half smiling. "I was starting to think you forgot about you meeting with Mr. Irons."

Korin shook her head slowly. "No... I didn't forget... I just forgot to set the alarm last night is all." Ian smirked. Forgot, right!

"Well, now that you are here," Milonoh said, "Meet Mr. Irons and Ian Nottingham, his body guard. Mr. Irons, Mr. Nottingham, this is Korin Miller... my body guard."

"Nice to meet you both." She bowed to Irons and the to Ian, who winked at her when Irons wasn't looking.

"Well, sit down, Korin," Milonoh said, "Now, Mr. Irons I believe we where talking about--"

Korin sat down on the chair right next to Ian as Irons and Milonoh went on talking. "Good morning, Ian." She whispered in his ear. "Sleep well?"

"Very well," Ian said, smiling. "I am sorry I didn't get the changes to talk to you this morning. I was late for meeting Irons here."

"Don't worry about it." Korin said. "I'm just glad you didn't think I was a slut or anything after last night."

"You? A slut? Never." Ian said, almost in a seductive way. Korin laugh softly.

"I can be if you want me to, you know." Korin whispered naughtily into his ear. Ian shivered. "So, where do you live?" Korin asked. Ian raised an eyebrow and laughed a little.

"Why? You wanting to stop by?"

"Well, you've come to my house, I don't see why I can't come see you some time." Korin kept her eyes on Irons and Milonoh who were still talking.

"Well, yes, I guess that is kind of fair." Ian said, smiling a little. He took out a pad of paper and wrote down an address and handed it to her. "So, when you woke up this morning you were sorry about last night?"

"No." Korin said. "I was very happy about last night. I enjoyed myself very much. However, I was kind of upset that you were not there."

"I wanted to be... but Irons called and well..."

"It's ok, Ian," Korin said. "I'm not mad anymore. I mean, you are here now, right?" Ian smiled and nodded.

"Korin," the two "friends" almost jumped as Milonoh called Korin. "Could you please get the stock reports for this year?" Korin nodded and walked over to the bookcases. She placed a folder in front of Milonoh; Irons looked at the bracelet. The black mist inside the blade swirled and hummed softly. Irons' eyes narrowed.

"That's a lovely little bracelet, Miss Miller." Irons said, looking Korin in the eyes. Korin shivered inwardly. Irons was really creepy. She rubbed her blade wrist a little.

"Thank you, Mr. Irons." Korin said, trying to smile. "It was my mothers," She lied almost without thinking. Irons nodded.

"Is it? Well your mother had good taste."

Korin smiled a little before taking her seat next to Ian again. Ian took Korin's hand once Irons and Milonoh where talking again. He ran a hand over the gem making it hum in a seductive way. It also made Korin shiver. His touch was like fire to her ice. If Milonoh and Irons were not in the room, she would have tore of his cloths and do all the nasty things she wanted to. That thought made her shiver again. Ian just did that to her. He made her want to be a bad girl. Well, maybe she could be a bad girl. She'd just have to wait a little bit.

Ian smiled at her and whispered in her ear: "I think your Blade likes me." Korin smirked.

"Yes, well, she best get in line." Korin said.

"It was great doing business with you, Mr. Irons." Milonoh said as he and Irons stood up and shook hands. Korin and Ian stood up as well. "I'll keep in touch."

"As will I." Irons said, with a smirk. "Come along, Ian, we have a few more places to get to before we are done. It was nice talking to you. And it was very nice to meet you, Miss Miller." Irons smiled and put up his hand to sack Korin's. She shook his head... only she shook it with her blade hand! She was shown images that scared her. SCARED HER! And this was the woman who wasn't afraid of anything! She shivered and let god of Irons' hand. Irons smirked in an evil way. "I'll be seeing you around, then." He then turned to go.

Ian whispered into Korin's ear as he walked by. "I'll call you." He said before walking out of the room.

Korin spent the rest of the morning doing things for Milonoh, such as going threw his list of places he needed to buy/rent and other such matters. She got out early because a few people showed up that need to speak to Milonoh alone.

So she went to the store to pick up a few things and then went home. Once she stepped inside, she let out a long sigh. She knew full well that her apartment was a mess... she just never got around to cleaning it. She sighed and placed the bags on the counter before looking again around the room. "Time to get to work!" She said, nodding her head. Xan and Cherry looked up at her as if a little worried.

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Irons stood in his study. He sat in his great red armchair that was placed in front of the fire. Ian stood behind him in his normal stance, his head bowed and his hands behind his back. Irons played with a coin he held in his head as he gazed into the flame.

"Fait, Ian," Irons said in a cold, calm voce. "Fait is what brings us all together in this web we call life. We are all somehow connected in this great string, a wheel if you will. A wheel that never stops spinning... never stops bringing us closer to the end. The wheel is turning again... it is bringing us somewhere... somewhere that fait has long since been waiting to take us."

Ian looked at the back of his master's chair. He didn't fully understand where Irons was taking this and he wasn't really sure he wanted to know.

"This girl, this Korin Miller... there is something about her, isn't there?"

"I feel she has great power," Ian said, keeping his tone normal. "I feel she has something to do with Lady Sara and the Witchblade."

"I feel the same thing." Irons said. "I know she wields the Night Blade but I have never seen both the Witchblade and the Night Blade so close to one another. It is as though they can feel their other half and are drawing it slowly closer. If this Miss Miller does have something to do with Sara Pezzini... then surly, our fait is changing."

Irons stood and walked over to a piece of art. It held a lady in a thin whit clock with long red hair and bright eyes. In her hand she held the Night Blade in its gauntlet forum. She gazed at them as though seeing into their very minds. Irons ran a hand over the painting.

"The Witchblade in all its glory can not compare to the pure evil within the Night Blade." Irons said almost in a loving way. "Its wielder should feel the same... though Miss Miller seems not to. I can not understand why the Night Blade would choice such a wielder, do you, Ian?" Irons turned towered Ian a little.

"She has a power both in body and mind," Ian said. "I feel she will do great things. The Night Blade must feel the same if it choices her."

"Yes... but somehow I feel... there is a greater force working here." Now Irons turned fully towered his son and walked over to him. He placed a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eye. "Something is happening. Something that can not be stopped. And this girl, Korin Miller... she will set it into place. She will bring something so powerful... so amazing... no one, not even Sara Pezzini will be able to stop it." Irons walked back over to the fire and gazed into it. "The wheel is turning, Ian." He said. "Can I want to see where it takes us!"

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Korin smiled as she looked over her work. In less then three short hours, she had cleaned her living room, cleaned out her fridge, put all her dirty close in a pile, and cleaned her bedroom. She smiled as she feel back onto her bed. She let out a long sigh as she gazed at the well. Xan and Cherry lay at her feet looking at her lovingly.

"Oh, you guys," Korin said, hugging her pillow. "I miss Ian. It's weird. I've only been away from his for a few hours but I miss him already." She sat up. "That must sound really sad. I mean, really, I've only gone out on one date with him and we hardly even kissed. But... I feel like I've never been without him. UGH! I need to stop doing this to myself!"

She got up and walked into the living room. She turned on the TV and gazed mindlessly at the screen. She put her hands in her pockets and felt her fingers brush a piece of paper. She pulled it out and opened up the paper. She smiled as she opened it. Ian's address! She smiled as she got up and pulled on her coat. Time to pay Ian a little visit.

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Ian sat in his bedroom. He looked up at the ceiling and yawned. He was bored. And he missed Korin... he missed Korin. It sounded weird to him to miss someone he hardly knew. But Korin was his girlfriend... wait... he had no way of knowing if Korin and himself where boyfriend and girlfriend at all! He couldn't help but wonder how she felt about the whole thing.

There was a knock on the door. "Enter!" Ian said. The door opened and Kelly, the housemaid, walked in. "Miss Moore!" Ian said, sitting up. "What's going on?"

"Well," Kelly said. "There is someone down stairs to see you... a young lady."

"Korin is here?!" Ian stood up and looked really shocked. "Oh, shit, does... Irons...?"

Kelly nodded. "Oh, yeah, he knows." Ian's mind raced. It was so not good that Irons knew Korin was there. Goodness knows what he would do. "He is talking to her in his study and is going to have someone send for you when he is done. I thought I'd give you a heads up so you wouldn't be all shocked and stuff when you walked in there and saw her."

"Thanks, Kelly, I owe you one." Ian said, running a hand threw his hair.

"Don't worry, it's going on a list." Kelly said, smirking a little. She walked out of the room shutting the door behind her.

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Korin had had no idea that when she walked up and rang the doorbell of the house that she would end up face to face with Irons for the second time that day. But there she stood, in the dark study with Irons back facing her. It wouldn't even have been that weird if there was maybe someone else in the room. But Irons had told everyone to get out. She stood there, rocking back and forth on the heels of her shoes, waiting for him to say something.

"So, Miss Miller." Irons said, in an almost husky voice. "What on earth would bring you here to see Ian?"

"Well, me and Ian are friends." Korin looked at her feet. Friends? Was that all he was to her? She wanted him to be more to her but there was NO WAY she would say that to Irons.

"Friends, huh?" Irons turned to looked at her. His eyes glared into hers. He walked over to her. "Well, how very nice for you two." He was very close to her now and it was making Korin very nervous. H put the back of his hand on her cheek and looked into her eyes. "There is something more going on between you and Ian, isn't there?" He asked, almost in a whisper.

"I... I..." She really hated him touching her. Her Blade was hissing at his touch and she could feel its anger.

"I can see why he would want you." Irons ran a hand threw her long red hair. "You do have a short of air about you. And you are very beautiful. Has Ian ever told you that." Korin wanted to pull away but her feet wouldn't move. She gulped and tried to look away from his eyes. "Why wouldn't anyone want you?" Irons hand traced its way down her arm and his fingers ran across the Blade.

"AH!" Korin's wrist burned as though on fire at Irons' touch. She pulled away and walked backwards a few paces. She rubbed her wrist and hissed at the pain. The Night Blade was burning with anger. Inside the gem, fire blazed. If she had been looking, Korin would have seen a picture of Irons and her cutting off his head, something that it really wanted her to do right about then.

Korin took in deep breaths. She looked up at Irons and her eyes narrowed. "I don't know what you are trying to do, Mr. Irons..." Korin said, rubbing her wrist still. "But I would really LOVE to see Ian right now! Seeing as how that's who I came to see!" Irons smirked a little as his gazed went to her Blade. He looked back in her eyes a nodded.

"Yes, I guess you would want to see the man you came here for." He went to the study doors and opened the doors. "Smith, please come in here for a moment." He walked back to the fire and gazed into it. Smith, an old man with short black hair, entered the room. "Please take Miss Miller to Ian's room." Smith nodded and said he would before offering his hand to Korin.

He led Korin up three flights of stairs and down the hall tell they came to the very last door. "This is Mr. Nottingham's room." Smith said. "I trust you will be able to find your way back." Korin nodded and Smith took off down the hall.

Korin sighed as she slowly knocked on the door. She heard Ian's voice telling her to "Enter". She slowly turned the door handle and walked in. Ian's back was to her and he was looking out the window. Korin smiled as she walked in and closed the door with out noise behind her.

She walked over and put her arms around his waits. "Hey, hot stuff, looking at the view?" Ian turned and gaped at her before smiling.

"Korin!" He picked her up and spun her around. He placed her on her feet before pressing his lips to her. Korin, though in shock by his reaction, put her hands behind his head and kissed back. Ian pulled away to get a breath and looked at her with loving eyes. "Oh, I missed you so much!"

"I missed you, too." Korin said, running a hand down his chest. "Hey, sorry if this hurts your feelings or something but that Irons guy? Really creepy!" Ian laughed and kissed the top of her head.

"I wish you would have called or something!" Ian said. "I could have gotten you past Irons." He ran a hand threw her hair and gazed into her eyes. With her being here... it was almost like a dream. He was kind of afraid of himself alone with her. He couldn't know what he would do.

"I had to see you again!" Korin said. "I missed you and I had to know why! I had to know what was going on between you and me! Are we going out or are we just friends or--"

She was cut off by Ian pressing his lips to hers again. "I want to be your boyfriend!" Ian said when they at last parted. "I want us to be in that kind of relationship. I just didn't know what you would say."

"I would love to have that with you!" Korin said, out of breath from the kiss. "I think I could be falling in love with you." She whispered.

"You do?" Ian asked, his heart leaping at the thought.

"I think so." Korin nodded. "But I've never been in love before... I'm not sure how it feels."

"It must feel a little like how I'm feeling." Ian said, smiling down at her.

Korin hugged him and smiled into his chest. "So, do you want to have diner with me tomorrow night?"

"I'd love to." Ian said. He kissed the top of Korin's head.

"I need to go, Xan and Cherry are going to be hungry." Korin smiled and kissing Ian's cheek. "See you later."

"See ya." He watched as she headed for the door. "Wait!" He said all at once. Korin turned and looked at her. "I'll walk you out." Korin smiled as she placed her hand in his and they walked out the door. When they came to the front door, he kissed her goodbye and she left. Ian followed her as she drove home and made sure she got there save before returning home.

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