Killing You Softly
(A/N: LOLS you guys may hate me for doing this whole thing where Sakura is kissing Aruba Natsuno... but he'll pay his consequence... Oops! Just read :) )

Ding! The doors to the elevator doors opened revealing one beautiful woman pressing her lips against one of Tempta Co.'s very own heads, Aruba Natsuno.

She took the kiss away leaving him breathless.

"We're here." She whispered. The woman's hands tightly breaking away from his chest, letting him yearn her touch. Natsuno bent down to kiss Hitomi, but she walked away and out into the hallway.

"Is there a room we could have some privacy in?" Sakura asked.

"Uh…yeah!" Aruba took her hand and led her down the hallway. "My office."

Sakura let out a low, giggly "Ooooooohhhh"

'His office, huh? Perfect. I was hoping that stupid room to knock him out…but this is better. Right to the source.'

He opened a door to a large, spacious room. There was a desk and a few papers neatly piled on the clean desk. Boy, was this man organized. Probably the reason for being one of the youngest at Tempta Co.

"Wow!" Sakura stepped into the bureau and observed the settings. "You really have things organized and running for you."

"Thanks…" Aruba shut the door behind him. Sakura walked to the desk and flipped through the files casually.

"What in the world do you guys keep note of?" She asked. "This is a huge company! But I'm curious to know, what is with all these documents."

As she glanced at each page for a millisecond, short 'no's ran through her head as she tried to determine whether it was a hidden file or not.

"Ah just stats…" Aruba walked into the room and took the time to appreciate it himself. Sakura finished with the papers on the desk and opened up the drawers and cabinets of the desk.

"Woah!" She blurted out. "So organized!"

"Heh!" Aruba poured two glasses of wine. "Yes well, we keep plans and the usual, suggestions, complaints, compliments. Contracts, like the one you and Mr. Kobasagi have signed. That such…"

"Mmmmhmmm…" Sakura flipped through every document in the area, and still no hidden file!

"Are you looking for something?" The man asked, handing her a glass of wine.

"Of course not!" Sakura stood up receiving her wine. "I'm just looking at you're standards. It's somewhat of my job, and I am hoping to get a higher position in the Kobasagi Company."

"I see…" Mr. Natsuno's voice went down playfully as he inched closer to her.

"Mmhmm…" Sakura smiled, took a gulp of helpful wine than kissed him again.

He kissed her back and held her around the waiste.

"I hear that you guys have been doing some bad things…" Sakura interrupted in the middle of things. "Can I see? It would help if we got some suggestions on how to make our company good as well, that way Tempta will prosper more if Kobasagi does."

"Oh!" Mr. Natsuno pecked her cheeks. Sakura wasn't at all amused and every moment of this she secretly yearned Syaoran. His kisses were much more passionate and loving. This Natsuno's guy consisted of delirious lust and excitement. It was sickening.

But she found most of the guys she kissed for missions were like that. Typical. "I keep those in my condo. Most of the heads here have a file about those sort of events to specialize in their sector, but I keep important files like that in the safety of my own place."

"Your place?" Sakura giggled running a finger down his chest. "Sounds….hott."

"Oh but it is…" Aruba licked his lips. "You know, we could slip out of this place and bring this conversation to my place."

"Well…" Sakura smirked in her head. Her plan was working. "Let's go!" They walked out of the office and back into the elevator.

"Hold on a sec." Sakura began to leave him. "I'm going to go tell my friend that I forgot something at my place and taking a taxi to get it. Okay?"

Mr. Natsuno nodded as Sakura left to find Kaori.

"Kaori!" Sakura whipped her friend around urgently. "It's at his place…I'm going there now, okay?"

"Sakura- wait, what?... It's at his place?- okay, gotcha!" Kaori registered this small piece of information. "Are you coming back? What about Li?"

"I'll be back soon…" Sakura rushed her words quietly. "And don't tell Syaoran."
"Don't tell me what?" Syaoran interrupted, stepping up beside the two girls that jumped by his abrupt presence.

"Uh…ummm…." Sakura fumbled over her words and thoughts. "Don't tell you … well it's a secret!"

"Okay?" He cocked an eyebrow. "Sakura, what's up with you're lipstick?"

Sakura's eyes widened.

'Shit!' She thought bringing a finger to her lips. 'That stupid idiot messed up my lipstick!'

"Um… a little tipsy…" She said. "Bumped into something. I'm gonna go fix it. Catch you later."

She ran off quickly before Syaoran could say anything else.

xxx

"Mmmm…" Sakura mumbled through Aruba Natsuno's indulgently awful kiss. They stumbled through the door to his hefty, rich condominium. The door slammed roughly behind them. Sakura broke from the kiss and made a fake cough.

"So where's that file?" She snuck in the question.

"We can get that document later." Aruba whispered pulling Sakura close to him. He kissed her a couple of times… okay, more.

Our pretty agent's eyes wandered the surroundings for some sign of the file. Everything seemed to be neat and organized. She could see the inside of his personal office. The books on the shelf were set in chronological order, the papers on his desk were all neatly paper clipped and crisp. Everything looked formal and business like. It was like he didn't even live there. He probably didn't with all his business propositions. Sakura took a few steps forward pushing Mr. Natsuno back. He fell onto his sofa bringing Sakura on top of him. Her eyes fluttered closed for a second then back open. They wandered and examined more areas when her eyes caught something unexpected. She jumped with a small yelp seeing the angered glaring face of Syaoran staring her down just outside the window.

Sakura quickly went back to kissing Natsuno to keep him from noticing her little draw back. She kept her gaze on Syaoran's face as she kissed Aruba Natsuno the same way she kissed Syaoran (just with a little less passion). Syaoran flinched, growled and muttered curses under his breath. He shimmied up the rope he was hanging off and slid open the window. Sakura's eyes widened as he did this.

'What the hell is that idiot doing?' She broke from the kiss.

"Can I have a drink?" She giggled. "You're leaving me breathless."

Aruba smiled and walked into the kitchen. By that time, Syaoran was inside shutting the window behind him.

"'You're leaving me breathless'" He whined in a cheap imitation of Sakura hinting his disgust. She glared at him and shoved him into the nearest room, which thankfully was the bathroom.

"Stay in here a sec." Sakura ordered shooting her partner a death glare.

"Here you go Ms Sakuraba." Mr. Natsuno came out and handed her a glass of juice.

"Thank you." She smiled and took the juice off him. Sakura kept her gaze on him while she lifted the juice to her lips and cluelessly tipped it over that it missed her mouth and spilled over her outfit.

"Oh great! I'm so sorry!" She shoved the empty glass into the man's hands. "I need to use your bathroom."

She pushed herself into the room and locked the door. She whipped around to find a grumbling Syaoran.

"What are you doing here?" Sakura snapped in a whisper.

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" Syaoran made a come back. He sat on the marble counter and folded his arms as he continued to glare at Sakura.

"I'm working." Sakura frowned at her outfit that was drenched in sticky, wet juice. "The file's here in his condo."

"Yeah," Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Working."

There was a light knock on the door.

"Ms Sakuraba?" Natsuno's voice was heard through the wood. "Is everything okay?"

"U-ummm…" Sakura stuttered looking from the angry Syaoran to the pearl white door. "My clothes are all wet. Can I borrow a shirt?"

"A shirt?" The man repeated.

"Yeah." She said. "An extra large."

"Okay." Aruba Natsuno's footsteps faded into the distance and Sakura looked back at Syaoran who remained in his same moody position.

"Listen." Sakura rushed to get out her plan. "Look for the file while I distract him. That'll save more time."

"Distract him? You?" The thick line of hairs just above his amber eyes jerked up. "How about I distract him and you look for the Goddamn file."

"What?" Sakura bit out shocked.

"Easy." Syaoran explained. "I fight him, you look. Or better yet, I knock him out cold and we'll both look."

"Syaoran you idiot!" Sakura tugged hard on her hair. "We have to keep our cover! Not cause suspicion!"

"He'll be unconscious!" He said. "It'll work!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"NO!"

Knock, knock! "Ms Sakuraba?"

Sakura opened the door a few inches taking the grey folded material from him.

"Thank you." She smiled. "I'm sorry for this inconvenience. We'll get back to things in a minute." The she slammed the door in his face, inside feeling annoyed.

"'I'm sorry for this inconvenience…we'll get back to things in a minute…'" Syaoran mimicked her, annoyed.

She ran the tap to sound out her and Syaoran's conversation which she anticipated would get louder. But as she looked at her wet clothes again, she realized she hadn't thought of one thing…

"Go ahead." Syaoran smirked. "Change."

Sakura winced. "I see your mood changed quickly."

"For now it has." He grinned.

"You disgust me." She said.

"I am a man." He shrugged. "And my needs do need to be fulfilled once in awhile at least."

She made a disgusted sound and she reluctantly peeled away her top noticing Syaoran was grinning at supreme extent at the black lacy bra. She could've also sworn she heard him mutter 'beautiful' under his breath. Truthfully, she deeply enjoyed the attention in a bashful way.

Eventually he made teasing 'ooooohhh's as she stripped down her skirt. Sakura wasn't about to get naked and take a shower, that would be far more entertaining for Syaoran. Instead, she watered sticky parts of her body making a mental note to take a shower once she gets to the hotel.

Syaoran had now leaned back casually with his hand behind his head and a foot resting on the counter.

"This is probably a once in a life time opportunity to see Miss Sakura Kinomoto, or should I say Ms. Hitomi Sakuraba like he refers to you, generally naked." Sakura turned off the tap subconsciously when she was done and dried bits of her body with a towel.

"Yes. It is a once in a life time opportunity." Sakura snapped.

"Ms Sakuraba?" Aruba Natsuno's voice interrupted. "Is there someone in there you're talking to?"

"N-noo!" Sakura said as she pulled on the large grey shirt. The hem fell just over her knees so she wrapped it up to make it a bit shorter and fit her petite body.

"Alas, all good things must come to an end." Syaoran sighed. "But lovely touch."

"I know how to work a man." Sakura winked.

"Oooohhh!" Syaoran was taken aback. "I'd like to see…"

"We'll see about that, but for now stay here." Sakura instructed quietly. Her hand lay around the door handle. "I'll make an obvious sign to let you know he's distracted-"

"I still don't think-"

"Too bad." She made her point with a confirming glare. Then she twisted the door knob and slid out, closing the door behind her.

"Took me years to get this close to her." Syaoran muttered to himself. "And it only takes him a few days to get closer to her than I've ever been."

"Everything okay, Ms Sakuraba?" Natsuno asked a little flushed by her appearance.

"Yes. And you can call me Hitomi." Sakura smiled before kissing him. There was a small thumping sound that came from the bathroom. We all know what happened there.

"What was that?" Mr. Natsuno said looking at the door.

'Syaoran!' Sakura's eyes widened. "Nothing! I didn't hear anything."

The man just looked at her a little confused. "By the way, you sounded like you were talking to someone. Were you on the phone?"

"Uh no." Sakura said. "Just talking to…ummm…. Myself."

He stared at her a little puzzled.

"Come on. Let's – where's your room?" She switched topics. Unfortunately there was a louder bump sound that came from where Syaoran was.

"Did you hear that?" Natsuno advanced to his own bathroom. "There's something in there."

And before Sakura could stop him, he opened the door. Sitting there like before was Syaoran, making no obvious attempt to hide himself.

"Yo." Syaoran saluted them.

"What the hell's going on?" Natsuno's shocked face looked from Sakura to Syaoran. "Mr. Kobasagi how did you get in my condominium?"

"Why don't you ask her." Syaoran suggested looking at Sakura. She made a quick move while Natsuno was still stunned and pulled out her switch blade. The cold steel blade dug slightly into the skin around his neck.

"Where's that file?" Sakura's voice was harsh and demanding.

"W-what?" Sweat drew down Natsuno's face.

"She asked you where that damn file is!" Syaoran said.

"Syaoran, shut up!" Sakura yelled at her partner. "You just blew our cover!"

She turned back to one of the head's of Tempta Co.

"Where's that file?" She asked again. "I swear, this is the last time I'm going to ask you Aruba Natsuno."

"Who are you?" He said completely avoiding her question, which paid with consequences. Her blade ran swiftly across his neck.

"Agent Sakura Kinomoto." She answered as the thick, red substance seeped and stained his neck. The man's body fell to the ground, sprawled across the tiled floor.

"That was quick." Syaoran commented getting off the counter.

"Syaoran!" Sakura yelled. "Why are you trying to make our mission difficult?"

Sakura walked into Mr. Natsuno's personal office. She flipped through all the papers and manuals in the area. Syaoran followed her and looked around the bookshelf.

"I wanted to know what you were keeping from me." He said.

"Why?" She bit out angrily. "Do I have to tell you everything?"

"Yes." Syaoran said. "I need to know your plans, your life, things about you, what's going to distract you. Your weaknesses, strengths, the things you love… everything! Believe it or not, but I'm a huge part of your life. If I don't know shit about you, how are we supposed to work together?"

That was mostly the reason why agents were partnered with the same person for roughtly a life time. JTSA worked that way. They created bonds and treasured them. Agents weren't just single-serving people. Once they made their commitment to being an agent, they were also committed to babysitting a new friend. Another reason why they started working at such a young age – it was all to enforce that strip of relationship. To follow the cliché 'You watch my back, I watch yours' and never back down on it. Loyalty was a strong characteristic in being a secret agent. You needed to remain loyal to keeping your secrets.

"You do know shit." Sakura said. "Seven years worth of shit."

"You are so dense, you know that Sakura?" Syaoran fake laughed. "You're killing me here."

Syaoran found the file with 'HFTC – 02' on it sitting on one of the books.

"You don't get it, do you?" He said. They were now walking out of Natsuno's condo… still arguing. "What? Do I have to spell it out for you?"

"No Syaoran! I don't get it." Sakura was still wearing Natsuno's shirt holding her clothes in her hands and the black strapped stilettos on her feet. A few people on their way down gave her queer and surprised looks, but she didn't care. She didn't even notice. "And I'm not dense. You're the one oblivious to how I feel about all this."

"Then tell me." He urged. "How do you feel about this?"

They both slammed the car door when they got in to the Porsche.

"Figure it out." She said while Syaoran roughly drove off, switching from first gear to third gear rather quickly. "You're smart… what? Do you need me to spell it out for you?"

Suddenly things became silent through the drive. A lot of tension between the couple like usual.

xxx

"I'm taking a shower." Sakura stated once Syaoran opened the room.

"Why?" Syaoran blurted out. "Didn't think his body against yours was good enough… you are still wearing his shirt."

Sakura glowered at Syaoran's words. She stood there for a moment in front of him, then she took of the shirt and threw it to the ground.

"You happy now?" Sakura yelled slamming the bathroom door behind her. "Fucking idiot."


Kay this was a bit short, and i wanted to write more, but I'm not allowed to write until my grades are up so i'm sneaking this in and I'm really sorry if theres a lot of crappy mistakes. I'm sorry! But its been a real long time since i've updated and I was itching to get this out. Anyway, hope this is okay and I'll try to get the next chapter updated soon. So now we have 3 files down and 2 more to go. :) hehehehehe this is fun... I can't wait to finish this off and get on with the sequal which I'm calling 'Fatal Kisses'. Thanks for everything!