*****************SO NOW THAT MIKA HAS ERI INVOLVED, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THERES A BIT OF FLASHBACK SCENES TOO SO PLEASE DON'T GET TOO CONFUSED! ******************

"You're late." Eri said glaring at the tall man who seemed to be out of breath. He ran all the way from the train station to the park where the two were supposed to meet. Eri was sitting on the soft grass. She was wearing a light blue dress that had a bow in the back. It was a halter dress. Kogami blushed at the sight of the girl. She was reading a book. He tilted his head sideways. She was reading a manga he didn't recognize.

"Forgive me. I missed the first train." Eri marked her page and smiled. She sighed.

"It's ok. I'll let you slide this time." She said playfully sticking out her tongue. Kogami smiled in relief. He thought Eri was going to bitch him out. She wasn't like that at all. She understood how busy Kogami could be. Kogami sat beside his girlfriend and playfully patted her on her head. Her hair was tied in bun. He slightly knocked it out of place. Eri laughed and went to tie her bun back in place. Kogami thought his girlfriend looked absolutely beautiful. Eri leaned her head on Kogami's shoulder. She was happy to see him. Cherry blossoms fell on the two. They were sitting under a cherry blossom tree.

"Hey." Eri looked up at Kogami.

"What is it?" Eri asked.

"I just noticed…..Wasn't this the same spot….."

"You remembered." Kogami smiled. After Eri had been abducted, she frequently read books under that very tree. Kogami would see her there on his way either to work or from work. One day, he decided to join Eri in her reading and he accidently tripped on top of her. He was embarrassed, but, he was happy he did so. That was the first time he had been close to Eri.

"Aww man. That was so terrible."

"Yea. You left a bruise that lasted at least a week on my thigh."

"My apologies." Eri laughed clinging to her boyfriend's arm.

"You're forgiven." Kogami said looking down at Eri. Just then, Kogami and Eri saw a family passing by. They watched as the mother and father smiled happily and pushed the carriage that held two twin babies. Eri watched and smiled at the children. The couple looked so happy.

"Eri?"

"Yes, Ko?" Ko leaned back against the tree trunk and looked at the sun light that was peeking through the pink petals. His cheeks turned a slight red. "What age do most American women get married by." Eri answered truthfully.

"Well…It depends. American Women aren't really taught to be subservient to their men. We're taught to be more independent and fend for ourselves. A lot of women I would say get married probably between the ages of 30-45."

"Why so late?"

"Late?" Eri didn't think it was late. "Well, females have careers and that is a major factor in a woman settling down. Why do you ask?"

"No reason. Just curious." Kogami knew Eri was still rather young. In the year he had spent with her, he knew that she was it. He loved her deeply. He clenched onto the box in his right pocket. Maybe right now wasn't a good time. Maybe he should just wait?

"I see. Japanese women get married between the ages of…."

"Maybe 23-29" Kogami answered Eri.

'That's young."

"Well. Two different cultures. Different views and opinions on things."

"I know. But, how was work today?"" Eri asked her beloved Kogami.

"Eh….I'd rather not talk about it. I don't want to cloud your hue."

"AW! Come on! Tell me!" Eri demanded. Kogami looked at her. Recently his division was working on a case that involved children. A lot of children throughout the Chiba Ward was being murdered and division 1 was investigating it. Kogami knew that Eri had a soft spot for children, so, he didn't want to tell her. The children were being cut apart limb by limb. Whomever was killing these kids would try to sew the limbs together from other children and leave them in the classroom the next morning for someone to find. It was mortifying. Kogami couldn't tell Eri something like that. It was a hard case for him to work on. Kogami shook his head no and remained silent. Eri knew when he did that, no meant no. It had to be terrible.

"Is it that bad?" Kogami nodded yes. Eri's eyes looked sad.

"Ok. I won't bother you about it again." Eri said slightly disappointed. Kogami didn't mean to make Eriallia feel bad. He took her chin and faced pulled her face close to his. Her amber eyes met Kogami's blue eyes. She blushed. Kogami kissed Eri deeply. Eri never got tired of Kogami's kisses. They were the best kisses a girl could ever receive.

Eri stood in front of a red door using her wristband to hack in to Enforcer Tougane's room. She was still in disbelief that he was secretly obsessed with inspector Tsunemori. She had to see this for herself. Since she wasn't an inspector herself, she couldn't use her i.d card to gain access to Sakuya's room. Maybe she should have just asked Mika for it? No matter. Soon enough, she was able to get inside Tougane's room. She pressed the button to let the door close behind her. She looked around the room. It was actually very neat and displayed personality. She could tell that he liked the color ruby or red. A lot of that color was in the room. She walked over to his mahogany desk and noticed the laptop and notebooks on top of it. She grasped the bronze knob and opened the drawer. Just like Mika had shown her, there were pictures of inspector Tsunemori in his drawer. It was weird that her eyes and mouths were circled. Eri decided to look through some more of his paper work. She pushed a strand of her dark her out of the way. She saw more pictures of inspector Tsunemori and other documents that seemed to be related to Tougane's health. Eri found a green folder. She looked back at the door at the sound of people passing by the enforcer's room. It didn't sound like Tougane, so, she was safe. Eri opened the folder and pulled out the light blue documents. They seemed to Tougane's birth certificates. Why did he have two? Eri read each document carefully.

"How the hell was he born on June 6 2086 and on June 6 2073? That doesn't make any sense." Eri took a picture of both documents and made sure to put everything back in place. She went through his drawer one more time and couldn't find anything. She decided to leave his room. She was getting a creepy feeling just being in his room. She turned around and went to exit the room. She opened the door and safely exited the enforcer's room. She sighed with relief that no one was in the halls. She quickly made her way around the corner and down the long flight of stairs. BANG!

"OW!" She said holding her nose.

"Are you alright!?" Eri's eyes shot open when she recognized the voice. She was still holding her nose in pain. She was slightly bleeding.

"I'm fine." Eri answered in a nasally voice. She was looking directly at Tougane. Now that she knew what he was about, he did emit this creepy aurora. Tougane saw that Eri's nose was slightly bleeding. He went in his jacket pocket and handed Eri a handkerchief. She looked at it strange.

"Don't worry. That's a new one. I haven't used it." Eri accepted Tougane's token of kindness.

"Thank You." She said holding her head back.

"Don't mention it." Tougane smiled. Eri cleaned the blood off of her nose and saw that Tougane wasn't dressed in his normal suit. He seemed to have just came from the gym. He was a very toned and muscular man. His body type reminded her of Kogami. Tougane took Eri's hand and wiped the blood that she missed with the handkerchief he gave her. She quickly looked away.

"Ms. Renson?" Tougane began.

"Yes?" She answered nervously.

"Are you hungry?"

"Hungry?" She said raising her eyebrows.

Eri didn't know what to say. Here she was sitting in front of a creep. How the hell did she get herself into this situation? It didn't make sense. She had to act normal. If she didn't, Tougane would suspect her.

"So, tell me, Eri." Tougane began after sipping on his tea.

"Yes?" She answered. She played with her ramen noodles nervously. She didn't have much of an appetite.

"So, a woman as adorable as you have not caught the attention of a Japanese man?" Eri coughed at Tougane's comment. It was totally unexpected. She slightly blushed and drank the glass of water beside her. "I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable, but, I can't help myself. You're a gorgeous woman."

"Thank you." Eri replied. How the hell was he a stalker and hitting on her? If Kogami saw this, he would be so pissed.

"So, you don't have a boyfriend?" Eri placed her fork down on the plate of chocolate raspberry cake she was now eating.

"I do have a boyfriend, but, it's really complicated."

"Lucky man. Does he work for the MWPSB? I'm guessing those pictures that were in your apartment….that was him?" Eri nodded.

"Well, he did at one point." She replied.

"Well, where is he?" Eri didn't feel comfortable telling Tougane the whole story. Tougane could tell that Eri didn't really want to answer. It was a touchy subject. "You don't have to answer that question. I could tell you're bothered by it. I'm sorry for bringing it up."

"It's fine." Eri said trying to eat her cake.

"So, tell me. What's he like?" Eri didn't mind answering that question. She inhaled then exhaled.

"He is a piece of work. He's a strong man. Highly intelligent. He's strong and caring too." Tougane saw the sadness in Eri's eyes. "He's stubborn, but, he means well. He's protective too."

"I can tell by the way you talk about him. You must deeply love him." Eri turned crimson. She nodded.

"I do."

"So, why aren't you two together? I've never seen him around? What kind of Man is he to not come see his girlfriend? If you ask me, he seems to not care for you at all."

"Like I said. It's complicated!" Eri jumped out of her seat. Tougane looked at Eri and could tell that she was pissed. "Don't ever talk about Ko that way! He's not like that at all!" Eri caught what she had just said. She didn't mean to reveal that much information to Tougane. It was none of his business. Eri covered her mouth and grabbed her bag of the edge of the seat.

"I'm sorry, I have to go." She said leaving the dining hall as quickly as she could. Kogami's temper did rub off on her. Tougane watched as Eri left. He really didn't mean to upset her. He pulled up a screen from his arm device and typed in Eriallia's Name. There on his screen, he saw a file. It had to be her personnel file. He knew the codes to access her file and quickly began to read it. He smirked when he read the information.

"Ko? Huh? As in Shinya Kogami? That is the same man that was plastered on her walls in her apartment. It looks like a few years ago, he saved Ms. Renson alongside Mitsuru Sasayama from an abduction." Tougane continued to read the file. He clicked on Kogami's name and accessed his file. "Interesting. He was once an inspector, then was demoted to an enforcer. Now, he's a fugitive wanted by the MWPSB." Tougane chuckled. "That's why it's complicated." Tougane closed his arm device and made his way towards his room.

"He doesn't matter. Either way. I will have Eriallia Renson." Tougane thought. He smiled sinisterly.

************SOOOO EVERYTHING IS SOON GOING TO CONCLUDE! IM SO EXITED! CAN'T WAIT! BUT PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW! THANKS! ************************