Like clockwork, the doctor got up, washed, and dressed in her usual nautical attire before overlaying the white lab coat over the navy dress. It was a new day and yet she seemed more excited than usual. Her tablet was put in one of the wide pockets against her hip. She didn't want to wake Larissa. It was pretty early, but she had cyborgs and machines to fix. Her flats clicked against the floor as she made her way to the lab, her personal space. She loved seeing it so clean and organized. Pushing her glasses back up the bridge of her nose, she smiled.

Camellia entered her lab to find 6 cyborgs surrounding Sam, yabbering away in one corner. Laughter and manly voices that came from them... Sam pretended as if the doctor didn't even enter the room as of yet.
Minuano watched the handy-work of the doc from the corner, sipping at his hot black coffee. The Brazilian certainly had more than one reason to be in the lab, and he waited until he was lastly checked.

7:05am Larissa woke up from the noise of chattering voices down the hallways... Like little kids on their first camp trip.
The female couldn't find anything but a lab coat to wear in the closets... She had no choice but to wear her smelly fruit juiced clothes.
She opened up the tablet and wrote a small note for her friend that she would be wandering the building sites once she returned.

She flew up to the highest floor, in the reception area where everything was fancy and Japanese styled. She gasped at the fleeting beauty. The name "Kuze..." Softly and sorrowfully slipping out of her mouth. An old mentor who was from Japan, which meant this environment had centre mental value.

She sat down, up on the small brige above the water features. It calmed her. Especially as the petals of the Sakura blossom tree's fell gently on her shoulders.

Monsoon was an early riser. He faintly heard Sam talk the night about Dr. Rios and Larissa. With him, it could be anything. Each morning he visited the reception area. For some reason it had a therapeutic effect on him, but only for a short while. Stepping out of the elevator, his interest was piqued.

"Who is this Kuze? You seem to know many key figures?" Monsoon asked before his lips curled into a taunting smirk.
Larissa heard the familiar voice coming from the elevator. She stood up and placed her eyes on the Desperado captain who stood metres away. "Still eavesdropping?" her slight timid face and eyes locked on his.

"Still eavesdropping?" If he could, he would be raising an eyebrow. It was the first time the lamb spoke back. He chuckled only slightly.
"It's not my fault you think so loudly." Standing by her side, he watched silently at the falling blossoms. "You still never answered my question, Larissa. Don't make me repeat it."
The girl shrugged and leaned over the bridge, she stared into her own reflection from the water below. "If you really must know, Hideo Kuze was my mentor three years ago and, like a father to me..." She explained, pausing.
-He's dead." The young female ended in a blunt tone. Her heartbeat pounded faster with Monsoon standing right beside her.

"Do I really say things that loudly?" she asked.
His acute hearing can hear the rapid pace of her heart, making him tilt his head slightly to look at her. Why was she acting that way? The lamb has been approached, but not attacked. It wasn't the pace of nervousness.
"Yes." he answered. "You are the opposite of stealth. Control yourself. I would be able to hear your pulse from a mile away."

Dacosta felt her heart throb more after what Monsoon had just said.
She looked down, and shook her head,
"You're right..." she told Monsoon. Now stuck in a mind where only negative thoughts were the answer, Larissa began to realize the time she was wasting just thinking about this cyborg... They're weren't many chances between them anyway.
"Perhaps I'm just wasting my time, and yours."

She felt the wind pass between him and herself as she began walking back to he elevator, it gave her chills. Almost made her feel like tearing. But she didn't.
As she started to walk away, Monsoon's arm silently separated before the appendage lunged itself, grabbing her arm tightly.

"Acting like this won't make your stronger. Don't get all depressed like that. It makes you look weak, which is something that you are not." Monsoon stated as he started to pull her towards him. "Show me that you are strong."

She was speechless... What to say? What to do? How could she prove herself...?
Monsoon let her go shortly after, and she looked around, unsure of what to do. She didn't want to sound like an idiot and ask how to show him her strength... But then how?
The katana on her left hip caught her eye. She slowly unsheathed it, a nice shine on the tip of the blade. A moment later, she turned around to Monsoon.
"Call for some UG's, then..."

"No need." He quickly replied. He reached behind, the infamous black sais were twirled between his fingers before resuming his normal grip. "Show me how strong you are!"
As soon as the girl prepared herself, his arms fully separated. Blackness blurred around her as Larissa quickly dodged the sais that charged at her from the sides before jumping out of the way. It was only a test. If Dr. Rios didn't tune up her arm, Larissa wouldn't have been able to block as quickly enough as she did.

Oh how he loved the thrill of battle. The silverette smiled as his arms circled around, targeting the girl from all directions.
The look on her face was priceless. It was a simple part of trickery. Walking towards the girl, his body seperated. Arms, legs, chest, before reassembling when he stood in front of her. "You didn't hesitate. Good. I like that." he purred.

What did he just say? Did Larissa just hear him purr? Surely she just imagined it. Nonetheless, her cheeks blushed a rosey pink. "Hmph."
"Tsk, tsk." His finger traced from her collar bone and up her neck; making her revisit the memories from last night. He grinned when seeing her blush. "I'm sure you remember that all too well, hmm?"

His touch... Oh how she loved it... Larissa softly moaned, though tried to resist.
Her katana blade was then raised to her face. She lifted one finger and ran it over the stain of blood. Brining it to her lips, her small pink tongue poked out, licking up the thick red fluid that belonged to Monsoon. She devilishly smiled at him, "I won't let daddy down..." Repeating his own words, as if using them as a taunt.

Rios, who was worrying about where Larissa had gotten off to, came out of the twentieth floor's elevators only to cover her eyes, re-enter the elevator and mashing the button down to the floor.
Seeing Larissa lick his blood, Monsoon smiled. He loved that teasing grin and devilish look on her face. The look of a true killer. A face of pride and confidence.
"I'm sure you won't" he chuckled in her ear as he ran a hand through her hair, taking in her scent.

Hearing the elevator, he didn't dare to turn around. Sam was with the doctor, typical. As soon as the elevator doors closed once more, the red cyborg couldn't help but chuckle. "What a meddlesome woman" he sighed.

Larissa sighed too, grabbing a hand full of his white, silky long hair. "Don't blame her... It was probably the survalliance cameras that caught their attention."
The girl's hand slowly trailed up the metal on Monsoon's chin, then to his cheek. She was rather surprised to feel how soft his skin was, not to mention seeing him allow her touch his body...

She began to wonder what Camellia would have been thinking after seeing the two...
"She made the right choice by leaving" His hand quickly grabbed a fistful of her hair before grinning. His lips brushed against the corner of her mouth before pulling back, creating distance between them. He loved playing games.

Larissa stiffened as Monsoon's lips brushed up against the corner of her own, but then to suddenly pull away. "What a tease..." The girl said in a malicious tone. It was probably time Larissa head back downstairs anyway... Probably time to explain herself to Rios.
"Monsoon could only smirk as he took another step back. He could see Larissa turning her attention to the elevator. Probably to chase the doctor's tail. He watched as girl held her arm against herself before tilting her head at the Desperado captain.
"Am I strong...?" She asked.

"Yes...but-" He paused, sped in front of her, and crashed his lips against hers. "...You need work." he muttered against her lips before pushing her back and walking away.
He could feel her slowly walking backwards, he knew her eyes were still on him before turning around to go to the elevator.
"Arigato..." He heard her whisper.
Monsoon had the girl in the palm of his hands. It made him think. What if he did train her? She would follow his orders without any hesitation. A loyal lamb. It seemed like a good idea in his mind.