Authors note:

sorry for the long update. my primary writing machine died, so had to find an new one. ended up with a type writer that felt right. (lol). i ended up pounding out three chapters for this story, but the scanning to OCR to editing will take a while to get to. there will be some lemons later on, so i might change the rating. (maybe im overreacting. i might be getting old.) any ways, for all the review and comment,s its you guys who have kept this story alive! i feel guilty when i dont post! on to the show!

/authors note

After a search online, Sosuke assumed his best shot at getting another job was to look for something in security. An hour after Kaname left he did so as well, A list of possible employers in hand. After he had made his wall to the train, he looked over the possibility ties. two of them were with small companies that mostly worked the building security and three more listed personal security as their primary function. one listed high end bodyguards for the elite of society. Sosuke weighed the possibility and decided to leave the two in building security for last. He choose the others based on the possible pay and the fact that guarding people was less likely to be as dangerous as guarding buildings.

Several hours later Sosuke had finished with his job hunting but had secured only one interview. Seeing no other option he took the train down town where there were several high rise construction projects. Having exhausted all other options, for now anyways, he ended up taking a job hauling concrete. It was not glamorous, or even all that demanding physically and it help to keep his body in shape, He ended up forgoing lunch and deciding to save the money. before long the sun was setting and the work day was over. he headed to the train station and was soon on his way home. He worried about his finances. For so long it was he that provided and protected her, now it seemed the other way around. Kaname was the one bringing home the majority of the money. He did his best to help out, but a lifetime on the battlefield had left him with few usable skills in this strange yet peaceful new world. After living on the edge with death as a constant companion he had a hard time adjusting to not looking over his shoulder and not checking his guns, not looking for ambushes.

His mind was heavy with these thoughts as he stepped inside their small apartment. Kaname was sitting there at the table and fidgeting with her phone nervously.

"Whats wrong?" he asked her.

"Sosuke, we need to..." she paused, as if uncertain of her next words before continuing. "talk. We need to talk." she finished heavily.

"yes, of course." he said sitting down opposite of her on the table.

"Sosuke, you know i am a girl, right?" she asked him.

"yes."

"And girls are different from men, right?" she said.

"yes." he said. she paused and fidgeted with her phone some more before talking again.

"I was very happy you picked out my clothes for me."

"Thank you." he said, confused to the change in subjects.

"Sosuke," she said, her face clouding with anger, "YOU FORGOT MY UNDERWEAR AND BRA." she yelled while blushing furiously.

"then why did you not ask for them?" he asked her calmly.

"A girl just can't ask a guy that!" She protested still blushing.

"I understand." he said.

"really Sosuke?" she asked him, her voice soft and surprised.

"yes. While serving in MITHRIL, there were certain things officers and enlisted never said to each other. i assume this is that same situation." he said.

"well, close enough." she said relived, "by the way, how did the job hunting go?" she asked him.

"okay. i got one interview."

"Really? where at?" she asked him excitedly.

"With a security company for the elite of the business world."

"You mean you'll be in danger again?" she asked, " I know you can handle it, but i don't want to lose you again either. When i was kidnapped and heard about you missing, Sosuke i thought..." as she trailed off he reached over and grabbed her hands.

"I have done this for a long time. and working as a bodyguard to some old business man is much less dangerous than what I used to do."

"promise?" she asked him.

"promise."

one week later.

Sosuke's new job was pretty uneventful. He spent the first week being evaluated in various fields of combat and protection. While he had mostly failed those involvinget hics or manners his overwhelmingly perfect scores in all other areas had left him near the top in the entire company. Today he was to receive his first assignment.

"Sosuke Sagara reporting as ordered." he said with a salute as he entered his bosses office.

"at ease. your not in the military any more."

"as you wish." Sosuke said. easing his shoulders a bit.

"For your first assignment you will be guarding the daughter of a corporate CEO. This should be an easy assignment danger wise, but may be taxing for you otherwise." his boss said.

"how so?" Sosuke asked.

"to be honest, shes a little bitch. We've gone through six agents this year alone. we have a long history with their family so her mother Mrs Davenport is dead set on us. for what its worth her mother agrees with our assessment of her daughter."

"Its not a problem."

Kaname Chidori was back at her desk typing away. 'man, this job sucks' she thought to herself. but Sosuke had it worse. Today was the day he got his first assignment, If she could be honest with her self she would be scared. It didn't matter how much he knew, she too had once thought she would never see him again. She focused on her computer and kept typing away. She worked long hours and her social life was almost nonexistent. The company expected only the best and everyone on her floor worked extra hard to move up in the company, as did Kaname.

She spotted Tanaka strolling over to her desk. Ever since Sosuke blew up the karaoke bar he had been hanging around her a lot. There was something about the man, she just did not like. She had known his type in school, the quiet slippery type who did nothing but plot and plot but never could be pinned down to anything. Having him as one of her bosses just screamed watch out to her mind. And today was no different.

"so how is it going today?" he asked her as he leaned on the edge of her desk.

"busy."

"you really should take a break once in a while, you'll look old before your time if you don't."

"It's not a problem." she said as she kept typing away.

"So does that mean you have a man in your life?"

"yes." she answered him not bothering to keep the annoyance out of her voice.

"Ah, high school sweet hearts. does that mean i don't have a chance?"

"not a chance in hell." she said with a dark laugh. he could never ever compare to Sosuke, but then again no one could really.

"So whats his name!" Ryuji Tanaka asked her with fake excitement in his voice.

"Sosuke Sagara."

"And-what does he do for a living"," he asked a little too quickly.

"He works in security, he guards only the best."

"I see." he said before walking off.

"damn snake." Kaname muttered as she pounded the keyboard a little too hard.

Ryuji Tanaka sat in his office going over the files on Kanme Chidori. There was something missing, something out of place with her. top marks in school, extranged father, mother died when she was young. living with her boyfriend who worked in security. Not many friends. It wasn't alot, but there was something here, he knew it. something told him she was dangerous to the company.

He went over the data again. attended high school at Jindai high between the years... He looked again. she had said she attended all three yea rs of high school, but school records put her graduation one year behind the rest of her class mates. if he had never called the school he would have never noticed it. She lied on her application. she put down high marks in school but had been held back a grade. Tanaka called up the one person who could do something about this and was also the one person he hated and feared the most, his sister and CEO of the company.