Soususke finished his training while Mardukas ordered him to. He was just making sure Sousuke's condition of being able to do what was expecting over him hadn't been altered. Sagara had taken 100 laps around the room which wasn't very small, it was almost a gymnasium. On his last lap he ran back over stopping five feet away from Mardukas and saluting.

"You leave in a week to go back to Japan. You are still enrolled so now worries about registering with the school system again. Keep in mind while you are at Jindai you will be on call." He handed Sousuke a cell phone.
"We have replaced some of our equipment, so you have a new phone. Keep in mind it is not personally yours, if anything happens to it, it will come out of your pay." Sousuke blinked and nodded as he studied the phone for a few brief seconds and placed it in his pocket.

"Sir, I have a question about my mission. If I'm supposed to fit in, how is not talking to Kaname going to help?" He was curious at how they were going about doing this.
"Sagara, Mao has informed us that you have some feelings for Kaname Chidori, this is not allowed for your type of duty as we've told you before."

She must have shown them the journal…why? She told me only she would read it and anything I wrote would remain between them.

"Sir I do care for Miss Chidori, I had to care for her in order to make sure she remained safe…"

"Is that why you detonated the shoe lockers twice and caused other chaos to the school and why you in that journal admitted to kissing her?"

"Sir, that was out of self defense and for the safety of Kaname, she wanted the kiss to avoid being hit by her fan, I gave her what she wanted."

"I can trust Kurz not to do such things…" The Commanding officer said as he left the room. Sousuke sighed watching him. He was right about Kurz but what he didn't know fully about was Kurz's attention to women.

1 Week Later

Sousuke sighed as he watched Kurz put his luggage in the storage area of the plane. Sousuke held his black briefcase; his things had already been packed there. Sousuke sighed taking a seat and buckling up, he was uneasy about this. He needed to find someway to talk to Chidori. He pulled the red ribbon half way out of his pocket and looked at it. He remembered a few times he had tied it for her since her hair had gotten to long to do it herself.
Kurz walked over and took a seat next to Sousuke in the military helicopter.
"You know I was just joking about getting her to love me, right?" He asked looking at Sousuke who seemed to be quite nervous. Sousuke shoved the ribbon back in his pocket and nodded.
"I have a girlfriend Sagara, you know that…I may look at other girls but I could only truly love her…" Sousuke nodded. He had forgotten about Kurz's girlfriend, after all the last time he saw her was a few years ago before she was hospitalized.
Sousuke sighed. If Kurz was allowed to be in love, why wasn't he? He stared at the floor of the plane.
"I have something to tell you when we arrive there…its too risky to say it now 7."
Sousuke nodded.
"Understandable 5"
They stopped talking at that point. Sousuke stared out the window.
The flight lasted for about 6 hours. Kurz had fallen asleep, but Sousuke sat still. Still thinking about the emotions that were filling his mind and asking himself what love was, he was determined to come up with an answer himself. He listened to the radio and the captain of the helicopter.
"Descending now, current altitude 100 feet. We will be landing in less than 5 minutes."
Sousuke sighed as he stood up going back to the storage area and grabbing his stuff. Upon landing he got off the helicopter. Kurz followed right behind him. Even though Kurz said he wouldn't do anything to Chidori, Sousuke still didn't trust him. He didn't speak to Kurz as he headed towards the car that would take them to the inner city where he would go to his apartment. Kurz followed getting in the car. Once again they didn't speak. It was early in the morning and they would both be attending school that day. Kurz and Sousuke each went to their separate apartments and set up what they could before they had to leave.

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7:40 AM

Sousuke headed to the train station as he usually did, waiting for it to stop so he could get to the school. He knew Kaname would be there. He reached into the pocket of his pants and pulled the red ribbon out. He knew it was risking it but would he really be bold enough to use the ribbon as an excuse to talk to her? Kurz walked up behind Sousuke and sighed as he looked at him.
"You're still staring at that ribbon?" He said as he looked at Sousuke confused.
"Yes…" Sousuke said as he looked in the direction that he and Kaname used to walk everyday. Sure enough he saw her she had her head down and her hair hung loosely on her back. She held a bag over her shoulder. Sousuke sighed as he turned facing the train tracks. He bunched the ribbon up in his hand and sighed. Kurz watched him and then looked at Kaname.
My first day of 12th grade year…without……Sou- Her thoughts were interrupted as she saw Kurz there as well as Sousuke. Her face immediately brightened up and her eyes seemed to catch more reflection as she looked at Sousuke.
"Sousuke!" She yelled happily as she ran over to him. He blinked as he jumped backwards making her avoid him. He knew in order to talk to her it would have to be done in secret, somehow find a time when Kurz wasn't around. She blinked as she backed up a little and looked at him.
"Miss Chidori, I will be ensuring your safety now. Don't worry about Sagara." Kurz said. Kaname blinked. Kurz a body guard? She almost began to feel nocuous right there and then. She couldn't believe they would assign him to protect her, when Sousuke was doing just fine. Sousuke kept his hand on the ribbon in his pocket he didn't look at Chidori he couldn't. Kurz escorted Kaname onto the train, Sousuke was frozen, he felt as if he couldn't move as the train had pulled up.
"Are you coming Sousuke? Kurz asked looking at him through the open doors. Sousuke nodded and sighed as he stepped onto the train. He sighed standing as close to the doors as possible. Kaname looked at Sousuke puzzled she didn't understand why he wouldn't even look at her, and just being around Kurz made her feel uncomfortable. After the train ride they arrived at school at 8:00 am. Sousuke was the first off the train. Kurz walked along side Kaname as well. She was trying not to laugh as in her eyes the Jindai uniform only looked good on Sousuke, but part of her was depressed as she watched Sousuke walk into the building. The man she had learned to love didn't appear to be feeling well, and he was very shaky when he noticed she was staring at him on the train. Kurz watched them. He knew something had to be done.
Man should I let it slip and let him talk to her…or should I ensure he doesn't for both of our sakes…He thought as he watched Sousuke.
Sousuke promptly arrived at his first class. It was no surprise when Kaname came in taking a seat behind him as she usually did. Kurz sat to the left of her. Sousuke looked at Kurz and sighed.
If he would go away maybe I could try…but how can I get him out of the way? He sighed looking back to his desk as Ms. Kagurazaka entered the room.
"Welcome back to Jindai, now entering your 12th grade year, I hope you all have open minds and are ready to learn as our first lesson will begin today." She frowned as her eyes came across Sousuke. She had hoped he wouldn't have been back this year to disturb the class.

The first day of school was hell for Sousuke and Kaname was getting mad at him for not speaking to her but he had done it, He got through a school day without doing anything abnormal and he managed to follow through with his mission.

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Kurz brought Kaname to her apartment and sighed as he put her school bag down.

"Can you tell me why Sousuke won't speak to me?" She asked curiously.
Kurz blinked and sighed moving his hair out of his face.
"Its part of his mission…but I'm thinking of helping you two out, I mean if I was deprived of talking to my girlfriend I would have some issues!" He said leaning in the doorway. Kaname blinked looking at him and sighed and nodded. She had to admit Kurz did a good job today, and even though she was confused about Sousuke's behavior she was glad she didn't have to use her fan on him, or yell at him. It was a peaceful day.
Kurz had already known a few of the people in the school from a visit when Tessa had done an exchange so fitting in was easy for him.
"I'm gonna go change into clothes that are more…comfortable…" He said nodding to her as he left her apartment. Chidori nodded and sighed as she sat down on the couch.
"A mission to not speak to me…those otaku freaks really need help….but…then again…its crazy enough for them to do…"
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Sousuke was hiding down the hallway of Chidori's apartment he watched Kurz leave. Unsure of the amount of time he would have he decided he had to move quickly. The second the elevator doors closed he darted for Chidori's apartment door knocking lightly. The red ribbon bunched up in his hand again. Kaname blinked as she got up and answered it.

He came, but why? Didn't Kurz just say it was his mission not to speak to me? Why would he come here, if not allowed to speak doesn't that mean no contact at all? Ah!
Why am I acting like this is a bad thing!

She threw her arms around him and hugged him.
"Sousuke…I missed you…." She said almost crying. Sousuke blinked he never thought she'd ever be this happy to see him. He hugged her back and she sighed. She had been longing for this moment since she saw him this morning. She pulled him in to her apartment and shut the door and locked it.

"Kurz…will be back soon…" She said looking at him. Sousuke nodded. After all he wasn't talking to her so how could he get in trouble? It was the first time he had seen Kaname truly happy to be around him, and his feeling of emptiness that he had been trying to get rid of for the week while he waited to return to Jindai was starting to fade away. He realized now he had to stay with her to feel fully satisfied as well. She hugged him again running her hand down his chest. She looked up at him and smiled.
Sousuke blinked hearing the door handle move.
"You have to get out of here before you get in trouble…" She blinked running over to the door.

"I'll have Kurz take me out for a walk…hopefully he won't do anything stupid…" She said quietly so Kurz wouldn't hear because he was on the other side of the door.
"That will allow for you get out safely" Sousuke nodded and hid in a closet. She unlocked the door and opened it.
"Hello again Miss. Chidori, do you want to go take a walk and talk about things just so we get to know each other better?" He asked leaning the doorway again. She smiled this plan would work out perfectly because he asked exactly what she was going to ask him.
"Sure" She said as she walked out with him. They both went to the elevator and left the building, walking down the sidewalk passing the shops, restaurants and other businesses.

Sousuke sighed opening the closet door. He was happy, He had got to see her and that was enough to make him happy enough to live through the next day. He left and headed back to his apartment and sighed. He had gotten to see Chidori and there was nothing MITHRIL could do about it, because he followed orders by not speaking to her. He sat down on the couch of his apartment and sighed, thinking about how he was going to pull it off the next day.