Mkays. I'm so sorry it took so long to get this up. TT I've been busy with a lot of stuff lately. But here it is! Enjoy :3 and please review!

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"This is getting ridiculous. We can't sit here and watch the place in shifts like this." Sakaki complained, staring at Harry's place with resentment.

"Well, we don't have a choice, I know it was probably a bad idea to take that email seriously, but if Amon thinks it's worth it, then I guess it is." Karusuma said with a sigh.

Sakakki looked at her like she was insane. "In case you haven't noticed, Amon has been a little loopy lately…if not a lot. I don't think he's thinking things through the way he used to. We shouldn't really trust his judgment this time."

All Karusuma did was shrug. Sakaki figured she agreed with him, but made no move to show she did. He was right though, Amon never made spur of the moment decisions without thinking it through first. After he read the email the night before, he came to the conclusion that Harry's needed to be under surveillance until they deemed it was safe. Too bad whoever sent the email didn't tell them when it would happen.

It was silent between the 2 of them now, the only sound breaking the awkward silence was the radio that was now a background noise while they were lost in thought; keeping an eye on Harry's. Sakaki got bored to the point where he tried to memorize everybody who walked in and out of there, mostly if they were male or female and their general appearance. He sighed as the 7th female of the day walked up to the door, and surprisingly, glanced in his direction, seeming to look him in the eye briefly. He sat up straight, knocked out of his stupor in alarm and blinked once, but she was gone.

Karusuma had taken note of his change in posture and asked out of reflex, "what's wrong?"

He shook his head, "Something weird just happened…"

She narrowed her eyes at him. "You're saying that because you're bored, right?"

"No, really. That woman who just walked into Harry's looked right at me, like she could see me watching through the tinted windows."

"I think you're over reacting. What did she look like?"

"Long black hair, rather small from this angle and wearing mostly black too." He explained, not quite as detailed as she would have liked.

She sighed, "well, if it makes you feel better, go in and see for you're self that you're probably over reacting, like I said"

He rolled his eyes and opened the car door, "Fine. I will. If I didn't see her, I'll be back"

Before he knew it he was walking casually into Harry's, whistling to himself. He shoved his hands into his pockets and meandered around slowly, looking for the same woman he had seen walk in. So far, his attempt seemed futile. He didn't see her right off the bat. Sakaki refused to be discouraged though and scouted the whole room while taking a seat at the bar. Maybe she was in the washroom.

He must have been acting strange, because Harry came up behind him at the counter and tapped him on the shoulder. "You're not being very discreet." He commented with a smile when Sakaki turned around.

"I know." He replied with a small laugh. "I'm just looking for somebody."

"Oh?'

"Yeah, she's got really long black hair, small-ish build…"

"Maori?" Harry asked, raising a brow slightly.

"You know her?" Sakaki asked, blinking a few times.

"Yes. She's a new regular here. In fact, she's sitting right over there if you want to talk to her." He gestured towards the end of the counter that was more or less hidden from view. No wonder he didn't see her.

"Oh. Thank you, I will." He said to Harry and moved off his stool towards Maori.

She sipped at what appeared to be coffee, from what Sakkaki could tell, it was espresso. As he got closer to her she turned her head and smiled softly at him. He suddenly felt like was he was doing was stupid. Maybe he was just bored to the point where anything would be suspicious to him. But it was too late to turn around. He needed a cover up, any reason to be over there besides to talk to her.

"Can I help you?" She asked, which stunned him momentarily. He had to blink a few times to get his act together.

"Y-yeah…I just need to borrow one of those napkins over there." He said, mentally kicking himself for stuttering, he was usually good at talking to anybody, with slight authority too.

She eyed him with a hint of suspicion that was there one minute, gone the next and pulled out a napkin from the dispenser and handed it to him. "I hope you don't intend on bringing it back." She commented and laughed softly, looking him straight in the eye.

He couldn't turn away right then. He felt at ease, and laughed with her while folding the napkin gently. "Not unless you want it back?" Sakkaki grinned.

She smiled warmly at him. "It was a gift. Keep it." Her eyes suddenly wandered to the label on his jacket, which read STN-J. "What's your name?" Maori asked casually, finishing off her espresso.

Sakaki slid the napkin into his pocket and and smiled again, taking the seat next to her. "I'm Sakkaki. Harry told me you were Maori?"

She laughed again and turned her stool to face him. "You must be really shy." She said outwardly.

He felt like he was being sucked into a rather pleasant void every time she spoke. "Not really. I just wasn't sure what to say to you at first I'll admit." He could almost feel himself blushing.

She smiled innocently and nodded. "I believe you. You must have been rather bored sitting out in that car like that too." Her smile spread into a grin, "I better get going. It was nice to meet you Sakkaki." With that, she left him, his pleasant and upbeat feeling disappearing rapidly; being replaced with shock.

He made sure she had really left before he walked out of Harry's, in a hurry to get back to the car where Karasuma was waiting. He was sure she wasn't going to believe him. Once he was back in the car, he sighed heavily and she stared at him expectantly. "Well"

He explained in great detail what happened, and she listened intently right up til the end. "I never saw her leave." She said, more or less interrupting him in mid sentence.

"….What? You had to have seen her. She left the same way she came. I watched her from inside!" He was slowly raising his voice.

She narrowed her eyes at him. "Are you sure something else didn't happen in there Sakakki? This isn't like you at all."

He sighed again and put is head back on the head rest of the seat. "I don't know anymore."

Sakkaki was grateful when their shift was over, having been there all day waiting for Dojima to show up. Karasuma argued that it wasn't a good idea for her to be there by herself, but she insisted she was going to be ok.

Both of them weren't about to argue. Karasuma was getting tired and Sakkaki just wanted to make his report to Amon and go home. He was really stressed out for some reason. Karasuma was getting more and more worried at his attitude towards things after the days events, him getting nervous at every small noise and movement outside the car.

The air was also full of tension in HQ when they finally got back. "Did you guys see anything?" Robin asked quietly while she stood behind Michael, watching him work.

Karasuma shook her head. "I didn't see anything. Sakkaki did though." She said, gesturing at him.

He stayed quiet. Robin looked at him curiously, "Sakakki? Are you ok?"

He shook his head, a dazed look wavering over his face. "Yeah, I'm fine. Is Amon around or did he go home?"

She tilted her head and replied, "He's taking a nap. This case is really wearing him down for some reason."

"Oh. Well, is it alright if I make a verbal report to him tomorrow?" Robin nodded silently, wondering why he was acting like this.

"Alright then. I'll see you guys tomorrow." He turned and headed out without another word. Once he was out of ear shot, Karasuma turned to Robin, gesturing her to follow her out to the hallway.

"Just between you and me, something happened to him at Harry's." She told Robin about how he saw Maori and went in to investigate. "She did something to him. I'm sure of it."

Robin nodded, appearing lost in thought. "Please don't bring this up, but Amon ran into her too. He told me in private what had happened. Remember those pictures we were looking at? He said she looked vaguely like the woman in them."

"It has to be the same one." Karasuma was coming to the same disturbing conclusion as Robin. It looks like Robin was right.

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I will try to get the next chapter up real soon.