I think I like this story a lot. As well as the cool IA here.

IA shut the door, resisting the urge to slam it. She sighed, almost able to picture that damned smirk of the director in her head.

"You are going to take care of Rei Kagane, or whatever his name was. After all, you brought him back, so do take responsibility."

The blonde frowned. She had only expected to bring him back, and let the others do the rest; she hadn't expected to get herself in this tangle. Stupid director, ordering others around while he sits in his swivel chair.

Walking along the twisting and turning corridors, IA paused before a junction, pondering. Now then...which way am I supposed to go again? Left or right? The labyrinth could be so confusing sometimes, even to her. It was such a pain; however, it could be pretty useful sometimes, when unwelcomed visitors let themselves in. These winding hallways trapped the intruders pretty efficiently. But then again, it was only sometimes.

And this was definitely not one of those sometimes. Finally deciding to go left, she nearly bumped into a redhead. "Teto? What are you doing here?" If she remembered correctly, Teto's room was one floor down. The blonde's eyes narrowed suspiciously at the redhead. Her room was the only room here in this corridor, so...

"Ah, well, I uh, went the wrong way...My sense of direction is really bad, y'know? And uh, excuse me, but I need to go now." With that, Teto pushed past the blonde. IA frowned after the girl's back; she didn't trust her. As a matter of fact, she didn't trust anyone.

What was Teto doing here...? The only reason she could think of was that the girl had come for that Kagane guy...

Shaking her head, IA walked towards her room. Perhaps she was just over thinking things; Teto could be just lost. After all, it wasn't like she herself had never gotten lost before. The blonde placed her hand on the knob and readied herself, exhaling deeply. Time to deal with Rei Kagane.

Rei wasn't stupid. He could see from the moment the blonde girl stepped into the room that she was terribly annoyed. After all, he saw everything that happened from the glass door. And he was sure that the girl also knew he saw, from her deep scowl.

And he knew that it was because of Teto Kasane.

"What's up?" He teased, eyes twinkling with mirth. She scowled in response and stalked up to him. Rei expected her to stop, but she just turned and opened the door in the room. The girl must have been searching in her room for something, Rei guessed. She wasn't very discreet when fumbling for an item, from the constant crashing sounds coming from the room.

A while later (she seemed to have finally found it), she exited the room and plopped down on the sofa in front of him. She twirled a pen in her slender fingers and tapped it against the clipboard she held in her hands. "Rei Kagane," she regarded coolly, tilting her head towards him.

"Yes?" He smiled sweetly up at her and she frowned. Rei sighed and pouted. "Aww, such a lovely lady, and I don't even know your name!"

"IA," she replied curtly, staring at him. Rei shivered slightly under her gaze; IA had a piercing look, as if she was searching deep into his soul. He didn't like it, and averted his eyes away. He heard her sigh irritably, and she talked. "So now I'm going to question you, and you better answer truthfully."

Rei snapped his attention back to the blonde before her. "What if I don't?" He challenged her, and he saw a hint of a frown before her poker face slipped back on.

"I will find out the truth, someway or another." He chuckled at her straightforward answer. IA raised her eyebrow at his chuckle and shrugged it off. Rei smirked slightly. This girl was really interesting; she was one of the first to be completely immune to him.

"Fire away, then," he leant back against the wall, preparing himself for the questions.

IA closed her eyes, and rubbed the area between her eyebrows. An hour had already passed and all the information she had managed to retrieve was what his favourite food was, what he was doing in the (dead) official's mansion (to kill him), and a bunch of other useless stuff. He was tight-lipped about other things, especially about his family. Annoyed, she had retreated to her room to think over things.

Annoyance? IA smiled coldly. That was the second time she felt that foreign emotion. How wonderful, yay – note the heavy sarcasm. She only experienced such useless things around Rei Kagane. Maybe she should get rid of him – not killing, she reminded herself – and hand him over to Teto for gathering more info.

Teto was so much better at this. The blonde's eyes snapped open upon thinking about the redhead and she started musing over the French bread lover. She couldn't help but think about what had occurred earlier; Teto was such a...bad liar. End of story. I am not going to think about this anymore. My head hurts.

With that, she strode to her room door and opened it – only to see that Rei Kagane sitting on her sofa and watching TV. In a flash, IA was behind him, her metal fan on his neck. He seemed to have noticed her presence (not surprising, since metal felt cold on warm skin) and turned his head around, greeting her with a cheerful "Hello!"

"How...how did you find my TV remote?" IA frowned. Since he had requested to be released from his binds, she had allowed. Besides, I don't think he'll make it past the labyrinth. But she hadn't let him anywhere near her TV remote (which was in a secret compartment under her sofa, along with some other things).

"Ahh, well, intuition! Mine is five-star!" Rei grinned cheekily up at her, mentally glad that she didn't chop off his neck with that fan. IA snapped her fan back, and grabbed the remote before switching the channel to another one.

Rei pouted, seeing that his anime was cut short by a supremely boring news channel. The newscaster was ranting on about some idiotic stuff about the recent corruption incidents. What a waste of time. The black-haired teen yawned.

"...There has been a murder at Senior Minister Dell Honne's mansion. His maid found him dead in a small room. His head was sliced clean off his body, and the murder is said to be gruesome. Police believe that this murder is connected with the recent chain of brutal homicides, where all the victims were charged for corruption. They urge any eyewitnesses to contact them as soon as possible, via xxx-xxxx xxxx..."

"I'm bored. Can I go out?" IA glanced briefly at Rei Kagane, only to see him yawn. She frowned. Only Dell Honne's murder wasn't by her hands; the others were. And here the killer was, sitting on her sofa with such foolish carefreeness. Didn't he understand that he was being hunted for? And here he was, talking nonsense about going outside. What an irresponsible brat.

She sighed. And I'm supposed to take care of him? Don't kid me. IA took a look at the clock, to find that it was dinner. That Kagane guy sure had slept for a long time. She stood up, grabbed her captive and her fan, and dragged him out.

"We're going for dinner." She saw his golden eyes widen at the thought of food, and he strained against her vice-like grip. IA growled lowly and positioned her metal fan at the back of his neck. He immediately stopped his straining, and pouted cutely at her.

IA ignored him and continued walking behind him, her fan still against his neck.

I just realised I sort of made Rei an otaku-like person. Ah wells.

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