Chapter Seven

"You did great. Quick, careful and précised. Bravo." Said Kai clapping his hands. There was admiration in his mahogany eyes for the masked woman in front of him.

"Thank you. This is just an old habit. The price is the lives of three." When it comes to duty, Light was always very careful.

"They have great respect for you. They were even willing to die for you. I really am jealous of you guys good relationship." Said Kai truthfully.

"Thanks. They trusted me with their lives. It's my job to protect them." As they talked, she carefully moved him away from the window. She was very alert because they were going against professional terrorists.

"You are very careful. Afraid that they will shoot me from opposite the window?"

"You are still as observant as last time. Not even the slightest detail can escape your sharp eyes." She sighed softly.

This sentence caught his attention. She must have known very him well to say that.

"Why don't you take off your mask? You companions do not wear them."

"Because I have many enemiesâ€Joking. It's a bad habit of mine." She smiled.

"Can you take it off?" his palms were sweating with anticipation.

"Sure, after all I'm your new secretary. But don't tell other people that I'm Light."

"My new secretary?" said Kai in surprise.

"Also a 24-hour non-stop secretary. Please to meet your acquaintance." She took off her mask, revealing a pair of clear blue eyes with a mysterious look in them, her skin was white and smooth like ivory, a small straight nose, pearl white teeth shone when she smiled, her long dark blond hair cascade around her face.

"Ryuki!" Kai's eyes widen and his voice trembled with shock.

"I don't know any Ryuki. I'm Light. The devious leader of the NATI team."

"Don't lie to me Ryuki, I know it's you. Why did you left me ten years ago?" In front of him stood the person who had been torturing him in his dreams for ten years.

"I don't know what happened to you ten years ago. There are people in this world who look alike. And I'm really not Ryuki." The old Tsukino Ryuki had died ten years ago after suffered betrayal by Kai Hiwatari. She is now Light, leader of NATI.

"Why, why won't you admit you are Ryuki? Do you know how much I've suffered all these years?" Kai shook her by the shoulders.

"I don't know because I'm not Ryuki. I heard you have a loving girlfriend, stop living in a dream." She had seen the negative side of the emotional world. She had learnt to love herself and her daughter. She will not believe in false love claims again.

"Fuck her. I've only loved you all these years. I don't give a damn about her. Although I admit that I've betrayed you physically."

Years ago, she had trusted him only to be hurt by him. She will not be so stupid as to trust him again, because she has stopped believing in love. "Your confession of love is very touching. I'm sure that Ryuki will be touched by your love for her." 'Yes, the old Ryuki will fly into his embrace.' She thought.

"Ryuki." His passionate call was buffed by a cold glare.

"I am Light, leader of the NATI team. Do not be mistaken Mr. Hiwatari." She said haughtily.

Kai was certain that he would not be mistaken at recognizing the woman who had captured his heart ten years ago. He decided that he will try to win her heart again.

"I'm Kai Hiwatari. Please to meet you Light. Wait, what shall I call you if you don't want everyone else to know you're Light?" he asked.

"Mmmâ€now you're like a man. You can call me Kohime (Princess Light). Any questions?" She asked seriously trying not to smile.

"I've one. Why are we moving to somewhere else? Won't it be troublesome?" Living in a well-protected house has no cause for him to move to another house.

"As the Chinese saying goes: A sly rabbit has three burrows. We don't want our enemy to sniffed out our tracks."

She tied her hair into a ponytail, looking years younger. "Even though I'm your personal secretary, I'll still make sure that you have time to do 'other' activities."

"'Other' activities? Don't you dare mean the one I'm thinking." He was furious that she would think so lowly of him.

"Relax, I know you're a normal man with normal needs. Bringing back your girlfriend for an overnight is not against the law. I'm not so cruel as want you to be living like a monk."

He tried to suppress his burning anger and said coldly, "I'm not a desperate man nor am I an animal in heat. There will be no X-rated scenes."

She sniffed disdainfully, "This is your personal business, you don't have to report it to me. You only need to make sure your girlfriend is well-fed."

He suddenly realized something, "You don't need to be jealous over Cecilia, she's only a replacement. I'll never married her."

"Me jealous? Hah! Now that's a joke." She grinned but her eyes were cold. "Then you're too a disgrace. You like car-pooling so much, aren't you afraid of contracting HIV? I've heard bitches are particularly attractive to the sick male dogs. Are you one?" Usually insulting others is a normal way of defending oneself.

Kai suck in his breath sharply. She was sharp-tongue and spiteful. Is she really the girl he knew? The girl who always had a smile as bright as the sun.

"It shouldn't be like that. You've become a stranger."

"I am a stranger. Don't confuse me with another person." She laughed sardonically.

"You've become so cold-hearted and unfeeling. What has this world done to you?"

"Doing this job you have to be cold-hearted otherwise you can't survive." Rich people will never understand the hardship of the homeless. "Drop the subject. What is the job of your secretary?"

"What do you know?" Was that pain and misery he saw in her eyes? He dared not ask anymore for fear of knowing more about her painful past.

"Shorthand, typing, computer skills. I know fifteen types of languages, seven types of writings andâ€killing." She rubbed her neck as if killing is just a plaything to her.

"You've killed people before?"

"When the enemy points a gun at your head, you can't possibly bow and thank him, boss!" Her lips curved into a sardonic smile.

"Don't call me boss." He felt insulted by her tone.

"Until this mission is over, you're my boss. These are the old man's orders."

"What old man? Your superior?" A proud woman is not easy to manage. Her superior must be an unusual person.

"Old Man President of Neo Anti Terrorists Intelligence. A sly old fox." She smiled.

"What? You obey orders from the president himself? Then your status in NATI" He could not believe that she was that powerful.

"Yes, I'm just below the president himself. This was gained through hard work."

"I wished we had never been separated." He was ashamed for being a man who is unable to protect the woman he loved.

"Boss, you've been drinking again. Don't forget, I'm your guardian angel." She smiled with an innocent expression on her face. She really looked like a holy angel.