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Chapter Two: Cherished

Akane glance at herself in the mirror, she's never worn work out clothes before, but ever since Yuki's murder it's come to her attention that the Sybil system wasn't going to protect her from everything. She needed to learn how to defend herself when that system failed her. She tugged on the tight fitting sports bra and tightened the drawstring of her sweatpants. She took a breath and walked out of the bathroom and made her way down to the gym. On her way downstairs she passed Mazaoka. "Good morning" she greeted him and bowed a bit.

"Hey Missy, working out?" He raised an eyebrow. "I haven't seen an inspector work out since...Kougami" he chuckled softly. "Investigators are always so reliant on these damn Sybil system Dominators."

She gave him a kind smile. "I think it'll benefit me." Truth was, she also needed to build up her stamina and endurance to keep up with the Enforcers. Kougami left her behind so easily during most of their chases. I don't wanna be left behind... "Please excuse me." She continued downstairs and entered the gym, she watched Kougami spar with the android hologram. He was shirtless as usual and wore his sweatpants that hung low on his waist. She blushed softly and cleared her throat. "Mr. Kougami"

He looked up and got off of the android. "Good, you're early." Wow...she really is petite... he smirked."Today we're going to work on building your strength." He led her toward a bench with weights, he adjusted them to the lowest setting. "Lay on your back, I'll spot you."

She timidly nodded and walked over to him, she laid on her the bench and looked at him hovering over her. Why am I so embarrassed! It's just Kougami...

He leaned down "It'll be ok, I'll take the weights if you can't handle it." He lifted the weights up and waited for her to grab the bar. It took everything he had to not move down and kiss her. Gripping her fingers around the bar, her hands were instantly shaky. "Now pull it down toward your chest and then back up." He felt her move the steel bar down toward her chest and then push it upward. "Fully extend your arms" She followed his directions carefully, after a few sets she placed the bar back on the platform. Sitting up she panted heavily and hunched over. He grabbed a bottle of water and returned to her. "You ok? That wasn't too much was it?"

She took a sip of the water and shook her head. "N-No I've just never worked out like that before...My bodies not used to it." With each pant her chest would rise and fall, as she attempted to steady her racing heartbeat.

He eyed down her body and looked away blushing a bit. Wow this really took a lot out of her... He unscrewed his bottle and took a sip, then proceeded to pour it on to her head.

Feeling the ice cold water fall down her body she jumped up "K-Kougami! Why'd you do that?!"

He smirked. I love it when she's like this...she's normally so timid and shy but every time she gets excited...so passionate...it truly is beautiful...He chuckled. It's like the time she told off Gino. "The water will cool your body down faster."

She blinked up at him "O-Oh...then thank you Kougami..." She looked down at the ground, blushing softly.

Kougami set down his empty water bottle and walked over toward the middle of the mat. "Come on, one more thing and we'll call it a day."

Her head perked up as she nodded and hurried toward him. "Y-Yes?"

"Can you do a handstand?"

"I've never tried to...well I haven't since senior high school...Let's see...I think I remember..." She stood straight and lifted her hands above her head. She kicked one leg in front and took a large step forward. Keeping her back straight she lunged forward and caught herself on her hands. She felt her body swaying as she struggled to keep her posture

He smirked "Senior high school can't be that long ago, how old are you, 21?" He instantly caught her legs to hold her up.

She took a breath as she tried to hold the position. "I'm 19!" She could feel her arms beginning to give way after all of the bench presses she did earlier.

He gasped feeling her arms weaken. "I got you." he slowly began to bring her legs down, causing her back to arch. Wow 19...she's younger than I thought

She held her arms and legs in a backbend. "K-Kougami! What are you doing?" She watched as the handsome Enforcer did a handstand just so he can hover over her. With him being so close, she could no longer hold the pose of her backbend as she gently fell onto her back. Once again she found herself underneath the handsome criminal. "K-Kougami..."

He leaned closer to her lips. "Can you please say my first name?"

She blushed harder feeling him brush against her lips. His tone was so passive, so gentle she couldn't help but obliged. She didn't care if she could no longer see the line that separated their work and personal life. She cared deeply for him. "Shinya..." she whispered lovingly as her fingers moved up into his messy black hair.

He felt a shiver run down his body feeling her fingers in his hair. He truly did feel like he was her pet, and for once he was at easy with that notion. What bothered him more was that he loved this feeling, it was such a loving gesture. My names never sounded so sweet...so soft... He found himself brushing his nose against her. Maybe there's more to me...

"Shinya..." she blushed heavily. She leaned forward to kiss his lips.

He smiled against hers but returned the kiss, he was careful not to rest his whole weight on her tiny frame. He grinned against the kiss feeling her become more daring. It was almost as if she was testing her boundaries. She timidly pressed her tongue against his lips, begging for permission to explore him. He happily complied, giving her full access. She's so shy...He didn't want to scare her away by being too forward, he wanted to give her control. He felt her pull away to catch her breath. He gazed down at her with his intense grey eyes. "If you want me to stop just squeeze my forearm ok?" Just like if we were in the field...you have the power to stop me...you'll always have the power to stop me...

She nodded shyly as she pressed her chest up into his and kissed him again, her hands roamed to his back as she grazed her nail against his skin. "Mmmm...Shinya..."

He shivered feeling her nails, loving the sweet sound of her voice. He wanted to fill the room with her moans. He cupped her tiny, pale face kissing her deeper. My Akane...

"Miss. Tsunemori are you down here?" Ginoza walked down the staircase toward the gym. He froze at the base of the staircase, his eyes widened in shock. His first reaction was to reach for his Dominator, but lucky for Kougami his dominator was in the case back upstairs.

Hearing Ginoza walk in Kougami instantly pulled off of Akane. "Gino" he looked over toward him.

Akane sat up hastily, embarrassed. "I-Inspector Ginoza." she mumbled between breaths.

"Upstairs now!" Ginoza yelled before storming back up toward the office. His face slightly flustered.

Kougami's eyes narrowed, he knew there was no calming Ginoza down now. Dammit...I shouldn't have been so careless and let him catch us... "I'm sorry, I'll accept full responsibility." He stood up and wiped his face with his towel and grabbed his white shirt. Once he completely buttoned it up he took his suit jacket.

"K-Kougami!" she stood up and blushed "This was my decision too!" she furrowed her brows and grabbed his hand. "We'll talk to him together."

He looked down at her and gave her a small smile "Ok...together." He took his free hand and pulled her into a hug by gently smoothing down her hair. She blushed at the kind gesture and smiled up at him. "But you should probably change."

She nodded and pulled away. Looking at her compact she began changing the settings on it. "I don't know what to wear...I'm still technically off duty..."

He smirked and leaned against the wall. "Well, change into your casual clothes. I'm going to grab lunch after Gino is done with us."

Her eyes widened as she decided on an outfit. "Eh? But you can't just go out, I have to go with you."

"I know, I'm asking you to come with me."

Like a date?! She looked down, smiling to herself as her clothes changed to a black thigh highs, a white skirt, a blue and white striped shirt and a jacket. "I guess this is ok." she smoothed down her skirt and looked up at him.

"It's cute." he smiled and led her up the staircase toward the offices. I'll protect her...even from Gino...

As they reached the meeting from they found Kagari hiding out behind the door frame. "Oi, Ko what did you do to make Gino so mad? He's scary like this." He pouted as he peaked around the door frame into the office. "And he says we're the menace...I'm pretty sure he has a high chance of commiting a crime then any of us right now"

"Kagari, don't say such foolish things" Yayoi elbowed him.

Kougami shrugged off Kagari's question and entered the office with Akane following behind him. Ginoza looked up at them. His dark green eyes piercing at Kougami. He slammed his hands down against the desk "What are you thinking?! I won't allow this! I won't allow this to go on" I won't let him ruin her clean psycho pass! I won't! "Kougami she is your superior, I will not allow this behavior in the office." His glare increased. "You're only a dog! A prisoner! You are the trash of society!" he yelled.

Kougami looked down as he took his scolding. There wasn't much he could say, if he acted out Ginoza could easily arrange for him to be taken into the prison. I won't be able to protect Akane or avenge Sasayama from that hell hole... He gripped his fingers into a tight fist.

Akane eye's widened at his cruel words. "Inspector Ginoza! Please do not speak to Mr. Kougami like that. My relationship with Kougami is none of your business, and what we choose to do on our day off is none of your concern." She looked up at him, her dark brown eyes filled with determination. "I will not allow you to speak to Kougami, or any of the other Enforcers that way." She signaled toward the Enforcers that gathered outside the door. "They're not dogs! They're human beings! They're our partners! They contribute just as much and then some to this team. So please do not refer to them as trash!" She took a breath. "Mr. Ginoza you are my senior and I respect you, however no rules were broken. I will see you tomorrow. Excuse me." She bowed and took Kougami by the hand.

Mazaoka smiled from the hallway. I've never heard anyone stand up to Ginoza before...especially for an Enforcer...Missy you're quite a girl...Maybe there's still hope for society...

Yayoi leaned on the wall across from the office. She's never though much about it, being called a dog or trash because she was a latent criminal. She just became desensitized to it. She smiled to herself. It makes me happy that at least someone doesn't view me as a monster...

The ex-inspector stood frozen as Akane led him out. Once they reached the street he stopped and looked down. "Thank you...An Investigator would never do that for an Enforcer..."

She looked down "But why? Why is this so strange? You're not an animal...why should you be treated as such? You didn't do anything wrong. Who cares if your Psycho Pass is clouded...You're a good person." He pulled her into a hug seeing the tears gather in her eyes.

Kougami was finally able to calm her down enough to take her out to get lunch. As they walked down the street he looked over toward a tall building "How about there? Have you eaten there before?"

She smiled as they walked down the street. It felt like they were a real couple. Looking up to where he pointed her eyes widened. She'd recognize the arch ways anywhere, and it was so close to work. "N-No...I don't want to eat there." It was the cafe where she used to meet her friends and have lunch. Yuki...

He noticed the pained look in her eyes and tried to comfort her, without further prying. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "It ok, we can eat somewhere else..." They continued to walk a few more blocks, he didn't know how to comfort her, but he was going to try his hardest to keep that smile on her face.

She looked up feeling the cold wet drops. "Eh? It's raining..." she gasped as she was suddenly shielded from the rain.

He slipped off his jacket to cover her head. "Come on we can go here." They hurried into a small ramen shop.

"Welcome" the old man from behind the counter called out as the soaked couple entered. "Please have a seat."

Kougami bowed as he guided Akane down to sit. "Are you ok? You didn't get too wet out there did you?"

She shook her head "No, I'm fine thank you." she blushed softly.

He leaned close and cupped her cheeks, wiping the rain off of her face. She blushed heavily, catching his gaze. "You really are something..." he whispered to himself. He looked up toward the chef. "Oi, Mister, Two bowls of beef udon." He looked down at Akane "Oh? Was that ok? I didn't even ask."

She blinked and giggled. "I love beef udon, it's actually my favorite."

He sighed relieved and reached into his pocket to get his cigarette.

"Hey, we're in a restaurant. Don't smoke here." She took the cigarette from his hand.

He grinned and leaned closer to her. "Do you plan on being my new oral fixation?"

"W-what?" She looked down embarrassed. H-How can he say such things so easily?! He tilted her chin upward and kissed her lips deeply. She responded to the kiss hesitantly but pulled away immediately. "W-We're in public..." she gripped the hem of her skirt shyly, preying that no one say them. "That type of behavior isn't proper..."

He sighed and slumped on the stool. "Heh. No smoking, no public kissing." he leaned his head on his chin and watched how flustered she got. "You take the fun out of being a criminal." he playfully caressed her brown lock with his free hand.

She looked over to him. "Shinya..." she couldn't help but smile at him.

The old man placed the two hot bowls in front of them "Enjoy" He placed the complimentary tea beside them along with two cups.

Kougami broke the apart the chopsticks. "Let's eat" he smiled and took a bite of the udon. "Mmmm...it's much better than the food back home."

She followed his lead and began to eat. Hmmm, that's right. Kougami can't leave the building without an investigator...it must be really lonely...I doubt Mr. Ginoza takes them out other than to solve crimes..

As he took a sip of his tea he looked over to her. "Thank you for standing up to Gino...but when he acts like that...it means he really cares about you..." he looked down toward his food. It's his way of trying to protect you...Without his Dominator their wasn't too much Ginoza could do. He'd been hurt so much in the past by latent criminals. Ginoza almost let his guard down and accepted Sasayama as a friend but it resulted in losing his own partner and the life of his most cherished Enforcer.

She looked over to him and placed her hand on top of his. "If he has to hurt others in order to show he cares, I don't think I want him to." As police our job is to protect...and serve...why can't anyone remember that...?

Kougami smiled and caressed her hand with his thumb. I'm the same way...I'll destroy anything if it means that I can protect you...anything... He pulled her close again and placed a kiss on her temple. I'd use my last breath protecting you...

End

I hope you guys liked that last chapter. As for the ages I know 19 seems young but Akane is apparently 19 in the beginning of the series.

But Thank you for the kind words and encouragement.