Inui had never been so, so, obsessed in his life. Sure, he had been obsessed before, I mean, is there anyone in the world who hasn't been obsessed with at least one thing at one point or another? In reality, Inui had been obsessed with a lot of things, such as collecting data, making horrible juices, and torturing people in some way or another. But he had never been this utterly obsessed with anything -- or anyone -- in his entire life. Right now, he felt as if his life depended on him to collect data on one particular person. He wasn't sure why he was this..caught up, but it was obviously Suna's fault for being so..so..mysterious. Inui was, after all, the completely innocent victim.

At the present moment, Inui sat in his desk which was littered with papers, all of which had some significant information on something or another. He chewed on the eraser of his pencil, quite obviously in deep thought. All of his thoughts circled around one thing: Kabibito Suna. What was so wonderful about her? He couldn't figure it out. He reread his data on her for the umpteenth time, trying to understand everything. Was she perhaps as obsessed with him as he was her? He had been obsessed with people in his life before, so when he first was drawn in he thought nothing of it. The kind of people who usually caught his attention were the odd ones, the ones that stood out in the crowd. However, after a few weeks of studying them he lost interest. With Suna it was different. He had only been analyzing her for a few days and he had already become so obsessed he was starting to lose sleep.

'Perhaps with the others..I was only fascinated. I suppose I didn't know the true meaning of the word "obsessed" back then,' he thought amusedly.

Flipping open a dictionary, he looked up the word "obsessed" and read the definition out loud.

"Consumed, driven about belief, desire. Well, that's about right," he commented, chuckling to himself.

After finally admitting to himself that he was truly obsessed, he decided to now proceed to figure out why. What was so extraordinary about Kabibito? He took out a blank sheet of paper and began to list the possible reasons of his obsession.

1.) She is mysterious.

2.) She is unlike anyone I've ever met before.

3.)

Inui paused, not being able to think of a third reason.

'Hmm..perhaps..her beauty?'

Inui had never been one attracted to the physical beauty of a person, but he thought that seemed like a logical reason anyway. However, did he truly think Suna was beautiful?

'She does have a quite mysterious beauty..and she isn't ugly, that's for sure. But she's not the most beautiful thing I've ever seen..wait, yes she is..'

The last thought made Inui chuckle. Oh, how he amused himself.

3.) Physical beauty

4.)

Inui sighed. This just wasn't working. He couldn't think of enough reasons to be obsessed with her, which obviously made no sense at all. What made her so damn attractive! He was becoming more and more frustrated by the minute, until he realized something. She was the first girl to actually share a conversation with him, the first girl to actually smile at him, hell, the first girl to even look at him without a look of horror on her face. With that knowledge, his respect for her grew a little more. Another reason popped into his head. Hadn't he just a few days ago been bored with everyone else and desiring to meet someone different? Someone who, didn't follow the crowd and wasn't so predictable?

'That's the main reason I'm obsessed with her,' he thought. 'That and because my juice had an interesting after effect on her.'

The data collector had been staring out in space all day during practice, which was very unusual. Fuji, being the "Seer of All" type of person he was, noticed this, of course.

"Well, Inui. Thinking about something very important?"

Inui was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Fuji's voice. He took time to slowly process Fuji's question. Was he really that obvious? At first, Inui had no idea what to say, so he decided to just remain calm and keep his answer short and simple.

"Yes, Fuji, so you noticed. Ii data."

Fuji smiled. "Ah. So, may I have the priveledge of knowing what is occupying your thoughts?"

Inui almost sighed. He had been 98 percent sure Fuji would ask that question, yet he had still not prepared himself to answer.

'Hmm..ii data.'

While writing this down, Inui responded, "Just thinking of a better way I can collect data on someone."

Fuji nodded casually, as if he had expected him to say that all along. "So who is it?"

Not looking up from his notebook, he replied, "Kabibito Suna. Do you know her?"

Fuji's grin grew wider. "We are aquainted, yes. However, I have not seen or heard from her in awhile."

Inui stared at Fuji's smiling face. "Ii data. What exactly do you know about her?"

Fuji scrunched up his face, and pretended to be in deep thought. "I know that she is a loner, and doesn't reveal that much about herself at one time."

Well, that much Inui already knew. However, he was still eager to hear what Fuji had to say about her. "Ii data. Anything else?"

The honey haired boy shook his head. "Afraid not, but I do know that she seems particulary fond of you."

Inui froze. He wanted to stare at Fuji in shock and exclaim, "Fond of me! Really?", but instead he just cleared his throat and pushed his glasses farther up his nose. "And how do you know this exactly?"

If Fuji's smile grew any wider his face would surely break. "I have my ways," he chirped. The boys fell silent for a moment, then Syusuke asked, "So, do you know her address yet?"

Inui glanced at Fuji suspiciously, 100 percent sure he was up to something. "Not yet. However, I am thinking about following her home from school today.. She doesn't seem quite as wary of me as other people."

The tensai nodded knowingly. "So should I tell Kaidoh that he won't be having special training any time soon?"

Inui was taken aback at first. After recovering, he muttered, "Arigatou."

"Anytime, Inui, anytime."

The sadist walked off, leaving a very stressed Inui. Fuji never ceased to amaze him.

Inui had become very accostumed to hiding behind trees. There he was, leaning behind a tree, which thankfully covered his whole body, waiting for any sign of Kabibito so he could follow her. His mind was busy studying his new found data while watching for the raven-haired girl. After about ten minutes of waiting, he finally spotted her, carrying an armful of books. Her head, as always, was bowed to the ground. When she had gotten far enough away to where he could follow her without being detected, he slowly strolled after her, trying to act normal.

Kabibito sighed. Today had been a hard day at school. She had almost failed her history test, for she hadn't studied last night. She had almost gotten beaten up by two mean looking 17-year-olds for accidently running into them ( damn her klutziness!), and she was sure she had forgotten half of her homework.

'Today just wasn't my day,' she thought wearily. 'I pray that I get home on time..'

Turning her head to stare at the sky, she slowly began to feel some of the stress and worry be replaced by a feeling of peace. Nature always did that to her, that's just another reason why she loved it so. She found herself often wishing her home was farther away from the school so she could be outside longer. Seeing the sky darken, she decided to speed up her pace. Kabibito chewed nervously on her fingernails. Most people wouldn't understand why the girl was so cautious about making it home on time. Her house was, after all, only a little ways away from the school, and more than likely she would make it no matter how slow she walked.

Finally arriving at the front door of her home, she sighed in relief. She had made it.

'Thank kami,' she said mentally. Kicking off her shoes, Suna opened the door and stepped inside, making sure to shut the door all the way behind her.

Sadaharu had successfully followed her all the way home without being spotted. Misson accomplished. He whipped out his green notebook and wrote her address down, thinking hard about what to do next. He really wanted to follow her inside.. but then, he could be caught. A part of him told him to just leave and go home, for he had found what he was looking for. The other part was bribing him into going inside, just to see her reaction. That side won.

Sneaking around the house, Inui looked for some kind of entrance and spotted an open window. Straightening himself to his full height, he peered inside of it and was satisfied to see that he was looking into Suna's bedroom, where the girl lay sleeping. Or so she appeared to be sleeping. The bed underneath her, he saw, was covered by wooly brown sheets, that looked like they couldn't be too comfortable. He studied her, deciding it'd be okay if he..dropped by. He hoisted himself in the window and landed on her bedroom floor with a loud THUMP.

Kabibito had been startled out of her light sleep when she heard a crashing like noise close to her. Sitting up and looking around, she found herself shocked when she saw none other than Inui Sadaharu sitting on her floor.

"Inui! What the hell are you doing here! How did you get here! How did you know where I--"

The boy shook his head and smirked. "Too many questions. Ii data."

Suna slapped her forehead and rushed over to him to help him up. While doing so, she was busy scolding him.

"Inui! You're not supposed to be here, what if you get caught! Both you and I could get into deep trouble..."

She continued to ramble about the dangers of what he had done until he shushed her.

"You worry too much," he remarked, apparently amused.

The young girl scowled. 'I do NOT worry too much,' she told herself mentally.

"That doesn't matter, how did you get here? How did--"

The teen was cut short when she heard the booming voice of her father call her name. Inui stared at the door, half expecting him to walk right through it right then. When he didn't come, he turned to look back and Suna, only to see that her eyes had become as round as saucers.

"Oh kami, oh kami," she whispered. Suddenly, she grabbed Inui's arm. "You have to go, now," she hissed.

When they could hear footsteps coming near, Kabibito looked around quickly, panicking. Before Inui could fully process what was happening, he felt himself being pushed inside a pitch black room, to which he was 87 percent sure was the closet. He heard the girl's bedroom door open, and someone step in. That's when he could hear Suna and a man, who he presumed to be her father, start talking.

"What the hell is making so much noise up here! Is that you?"

"Um, gomen, I tripped and--"

Sadaharu then heard a loud noise, a noise to which he could not be sure of it's origin. Then, all went silent. He pressed his ear against the closet door so he could hear better.

"Don't do it again!" the man's voice yelled.

"Gomen, I promise I won't," came Kabibito's choked reply.

After he heard the door close and was sure her father wasn't in the room, Inui stepped out of the closet to see Suna sitting on her bed, obviously entranced by the floor.

"Was that your father?" Inui asked softly.

"Yes," she replied, her voice hoarse.

He walked over to sit beside her, only to have her move away.

"Don't touch me," she croaked.

Sadaharu didn't know what to say. He was utterly confused. He didn't know what had just happened, or why Suna was upset. Not knowing made him frustrated, so he decided to ask.

"What happened? What's wrong?"

Kabibito sighed, then swallowed hard. "Gomen, Inui, I don't know what got into me. My father just scolded me for being loud, and.. I guess I just don't like being yelled at," she answered, looking up at him and forcing a smile.

Inui nodded with understanding. Then, he smirked. "Ii data."

Suna rolled her eyes, then shoved him playfully. "Can't you think about something besides data for once?"

"Would you rather me think about you?" Inui asked, teasing.

She raised her hand to her face dramatically. "Oh, would you?"

Sadaharu paused, then said quietly, "I already do."

Well, that statement succeeded in making the teenage girl go quiet. Finally getting up the nerve, she asked softly, "You mean that?"

"Yes," he responded, with equal quietness. They were both silent, when Inui got up and walked over to the window. "I suppose I should be going," he stated, chuckling.

Suna nodded in agreement, then walked over to him and shyly kissed him on the cheek. Her antics had startled Inui greatly, even if it was just a kiss on the cheek. Wringing her sleeves in her hands, she whispered, "Arigatou for coming, Inui, even if you weren't supposed to. See you tomorrow."

Right before hoisting himself out the window, he noticed that Suna had somehow gained a small, barely visible, black and blue bruise on her pale cheek.

A/N: Well, this chapter is finally done! Sorry for the long wait! I've been lazy lately..-.-; I tried to make it longer because it took me so long to write it.. I hope everyone likes it! Review, please!