Author: Here we go took me awhile. Sorry for the late update, got lazy typing these last few days.

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"Nat-su-ki" it might be that her eyes are playing tricks on her, and it's a very mean trick. She can't think, she can't even find the words to say. She just keeps on staring at her face, making sure that it is indeed her. She made a few step towards her, but she didn't get too close yet not too far. Her hands are aching to touch her, yet she stops her self, for if she does she might vanish into thin air just like before.

Natsuki felt awkward by the way Shizuru looked at her; it's as if she's seeing a ghost. She can't stop her self to smile she looks…she can't explain…shock? Even before it's very unusual for Shizuru to be caught off guard. She studied the woman in front of her intently. 'Her beauty never change stunning and elegant as ever. She looks thinner though. I bet she felt relief when I left. She's free to be with that bastard... I wonder if she's getting enough sleep? What am I thinking of course she does, she might be spending a lot of time talking to that bastard that's why she stay late at night. '

She smiled, her eyes are getting cloudy, and she can't cry no "Nat-su-ki." It is her.

"Uhmm, yeah" this is definitely awkward ."Believe me I had no idea that they would assign me here. I just needed the job so I took it. I know how you hate having a body guard. I promise I won't get into your way unless it's necessary." She said coldly. She must let her know that she came here for a job. And most of all she can't let her self too close or she might… she will break her heart once again.

She watches her lips move memorizing every part of it remembering how sweet it tasted, how soft…

"Ummmm" what is she doing "Shizuru?" still no answer "ahm Ms. Fujino?" She waves her hand in her face. Shizuru acted as if she has woken up from a deep sleep. Now she's got her attention "look I didn't plan for this so just tell me if you don't want me here so I can go" and that would be for her own advantage if ever, not to mention for her own peace of mind as well.

"Oh wait no!" her head snap "It's not like that. It's just I-I wasn't expecting to-to see Nat-su-ki." She felt her lips run dry when she said her name, it's been years since she last spoke it.

"Oh." Deep thought "So do I get the job" My superior said you haven't decided about this yet."

Shizuru sat she felt her knees buckle. "Well you see Ms. Kuga-"before she could finish what she's about to say, her father burst inside her office with her secretary behind him.

"My daughter won't be needing you're services Ms. Kuga. You can tell your superior to send someone else. I can't leave the safety of my daughter to someone like you. I can't believe you had the guts to show you're self in here they said they were sending a body guard name Kruger, not Kuga. " Mr. Fujino said while furiously marching inside the office.

"Ma'am I'm so sorry, I tried to call first but your father insisted that-" running after Mr. Fujino

"It's alright Ms. Agami you can go now." She dismissed her secretary calmly, her father always know a lot of things about timing he won't be a successful business man if otherwise.

Natsuki stand quietly waiting for what's going to happened. "This should be interesting." She said in her thoughts, she observes the situation.

"Hello father." Shizuru said.

"I have send for my men. They will be looking out for you for the mean time until a real body guard comes." He said sarcastically, making sure Natsuki got his point.

Natsuki took a deep breath before she speak "Sir I don't want to brag but I'm one of the best the agency got, and my colleagues calls me Kruger they have they're own reason why, which I have no time to discuss with you, and every time I have a job I make sure I do it right. I put personal matters aside. I'm willing to risk my life if needed. If you want some proof you can look up for my records from the agency it's an open book." She calmly said.

Mr. Fujino's eyes narrowed at Natsuki "you very well know it's more than that."

"If you're talking about the past it's long been forgotten, sir. Like what I've said I'm here for the job it's strictly business. But in the end it's your daughter's decision that counts, coz she's going to be my boss," she pause and gave the man a sharp glare "not you."

Mr. Fujino hissed, but before he could say a word his daughter spoke.

"Ara-ara , father you send her here right?" Shizuru smiled sweetly at her father, the smile she wares every time she wants to mock him.

" I send for a body guard, but if I learned about this from the beginning I should have asked for somebody else." Eyes never leaving Natsuki.

Natsuki remained quietly and just listen from to the two.

"I have made up my mind father I'm going to take Ms. Kuga here as my body guard *smirk*." She likes it when her father is like this. Looking so lost.

Mr. Fujino crossed the room to her daughter table. "No! I-" Shizuru interrupted her before he could finish his words.

"Ara? I 've done my part of the bargain father, I have chosen to have a body guard, and Ms. Kuga here is going to be it. Now if you don't need anything else would you please leave us for a while I would like to brief Ms. Kuga with her duties." She pointed at the door.

Mr. Fujino was caught off guard, but that's not the first her daughter did that to him. "I'll let this go for now. But we are not done yet. I will send my men, I'll make sure she won't be here long." He dashed out of the office and slams the door behind him.

Silence covered the entire office after her father left. She doesn't know where to start. She took a deep breath before she close her eyes and rub her temple. Too much stress for one day.

She just watch her there it's so surreal seeing her after all this years, 'she s still looks to beautiful, and dignified even under stress, sometimes I wonder how she does it. If only…*deep breath*.' After remembering what happened years ago coldness returned inside her. After what happened between the two of them she build a new wall around her, just like the wall she built after her mother's death only this time it's thicker. "I'll take it, I got the job."

Shizuru looked up. She sat straight and clasps her hand on the top of the table. "Indeed. Please take a seat." She gestured at the chair in front of her table. She waited for her new employee to look comfortable before she spoke. " Well then since we are at this, I want you to understand something. I hate having body guards."

"I know, you don't have to tell me about it." Natsuki said.

Shizuru cleared her throat. "Very well, so let's clear things up. I value my privacy that means no meddling with my stuff, and my private life, remain discreet as possible. And if it's possible be invisible." She's not even sure if she meant the last thing she said.

Natsuki just shook her head trying to hide the smile she's been trying hard to control.

Shizuru noticed her reaction, she grimace " is there something wrong Ms. Kuga?"

"Oh, nothing. Well is there something else you want to add with your request ma'am?" she teased.

Shizuru's face reddens not from embarrassment but controlled emotions that has been running around her system from the moment this woman entered her office. The last time she felt like this was when the same woman shyly asked her for a date. "Nothing. You got any questions before we get through with this? When are you going to start anyway?"

Natsuki straighten her back "No but I want you to understand something about my job, base from the report that we have received you have no suspects. I would like to see the letters if you still have them and if possible I would like to request some document from your accounting and engineering department and the list of the person who were in charge and involve with the espionage."

"Why do you need those papers Ms. Kuga? You are going to be my body guard not an investigator."

Natsuki remembered her superior's instruction be discreet she can't compromise her mission "I must have an idea on what we are facing, so I could plan on my steps. I also need a copy of all your appointment for the next three months together with the names of the people you are meeting with."

For a brief moment she allowed her self to believe that she's seeing the old Natsuki that she was going to reach out and ease her pain away. But she knew better, after she left her years before everything about her changed. But old habits die hard "Uhm. Maybe Ms. Kuga should also ask for my personal schedule as well." She hid her smile behind her hands.

Natsuki's brows rose "I thought I just did?" confuse.

"*smirk* You asked for my appointments, I'm talking about my per-so-nal schedule." She leaned closer and spoke huskily. "You know, when I eat…sleep…take a bath…get naked?"

Natsuki swallowed hard tired to hide her embarrassment after she heard what Shizuru said. "Oh That?" she cleared her throat "I'll-I'll just have to find that out for my self."

No blush? Shizuru as a little disappointed with that "Oh…and how would you do that…Ms. Ku-ga?"

"I have to stay close to you At all times if possible. Don't worry I wont get in your way." Eyes fix on the table.

"Oh how exiting Natsuki is to sleep with me? *smirk* " she continued teasing her, it come so naturally.

This time she wasn't able to control the blush that she's been trying hard to hide "Th-that's not what I meant!" a lot of images are starting to run on her head, Natsuki tried to get control of her self, and a nose bleed.

"Alright…No need to get edgy" Shizuru smiled. "I have a spare room in my place you can stay there."

"No." she said with a tone of finality.

"What?" she wasn't expecting that.

"No. I already have a place to stay near your place; I'm your body guard, not your friend or your tenant. Staying in your place is too much. And just like what I said to your father I'm here to do my job and nothing else." She said in a dry tone.

Shizuru fell silent. She looked at her intently. "Fine suit your self." Her voice returned to the formal tone she uses in talking to her employees. "You can get my schedule and other things you need from my secretary. " Her face remained calm, but her eyes are like burning steel from mixed emotions .

"I'll just go fixed everything up I'll come back after two hours." Natsuki stood up, and face her new employer and bow before she left.

Shizuru watched the door closed.

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I can't keep my mind on my work. I brought some paper works from to office to keep my head busy and won't be able to think about the person who's just outside that door.

She shook her head. "This is pathetic. She tosses the folder she's holding aside. She stood up and watches her body guards outside. Her fathers sent five of his men. She looked at the clock it's already a quarter past eleven. Some of them are trying to grab some sleep. She can't see her anywhere. She went to check on the living room and kitchen. Natsuki is nowhere to be found. It looks likes she stood up on what she said that she'll be invisible.

She went back to her room and tried hard to sleep. She kept on tossing and turning on her bed. "I can't believe this". She decided to get some tea on the kitchen.

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Natsuki check around Shizuru's place, she wanted to be familiar with it know and learn about every corner of it. She checked the back yard. "This place is quite too big for one person. " Fishpond, garden. Nothing peculiar "This area of the house is a little dark I should ask her to add some light in here, she took out a small notebook from her pocket and wrote it down, it never left her pocket, comes pretty handy all the times on her job, help putting peaces back together.

The place makes you feel so calm. She closes her eyes take in the sweetness of breeze. Just when she's starting to relax she felt some rustling from the bushes at the far end of the house. She got hold of her gun and listen more. She moved as quietly as possible towards the bush. When she gets there she saw nothing, not even a little cricket. She was about to go back in the house when she saw something. A cigarette butt and it's still smoking. Realizing that there's someone in there not just a few seconds ago she got alerted. She rushes back to the house. She checked the backdoor it's lock but the light from the kitchen is open, she looked by the window she saw Shizuru sipping her tea. She knocked on the door.

Shizuru looked at the kitchen door. She thought she heard a knock. She thought it was nothing when she heard it again a little persistent this time. She opened the door. "Natsuki?"

Natsuki pushed Shizuru back inside and locked the door behind her. She then checked the windows if it's lock. "Finish your tea and go back to your room make sure to lock your windows and the door. Drop the drapes." She said while checking the other parts of the kitchen making sure that nobody manage to get pass the security system and the security outside.

Shizuru was puzzled by Natsuki's actions. "Is there something wrong Natsuki?"

"Are you done?" When Natsuki saw that her cup's almost empty she pulled her back in her room.

"Hey I said what's the matter, you can't just push me over like that?" she doesn't like it when she's manhandled.

"Just make sure you lock your windows and door. I'll just be outside when you need anything." She was about to leave when she heard her called her name. "Yeah?"

"Have you eaten dinner?" Shizuru didn't see her ate dinner with the rest of the guards awhile ago.

"Don't worry about me, I already ate. Take some rest. I'll be right outside." She close the door.

Shizuru just nod and sat on her bed. She felt her moving outside checking the locks. She was not sure what's got into her. She lay back on her bed, this time sleep caught her fast. She doesn't know why, but thinking that Natsuki is just outsidemade her feel safe and secured, something she never felt for sometime.

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So my little bright eyes got her self some pets, well we can't let them stop us ehhh…No…no,no,no…They won't get in the way they don't even watch…Low kind of people they are.

Oh but that little lady, she almost got me she's good, but too slow…I need to watch after her. He…he…he…but she won't stop me noooo.

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