A/N: Another late in the day update, sorry about that. Also, I was planning on putting some suspense in this chapter, but when I rewrote the last one to make it longer, the story got put behind a little, so I had to whip up a filler to try to avoid plot holes. Even worse, the universe is out to get me. My internet kept crashing and today I got homework in every single class. I hope this chapter isn't too much of a disappointment, and sorry for any OOCness and errors in advance. Hopefully the story will get better with the chapter next week, that is if all goes according to plan. Anyway enough of my boring rants, R&R, enjoy the chapter and I'll be back with another next week :)

Overall, the next week was uneventful. Yuma wasn't acting odd at all. No looking over his shoulder at random times, no sensitivity to his surroundings. He wasn't constantly watching everyone and everything. His eyes held no panic or fear. He was just being Yuma, which didn't help the other members of Tamakoma at all. After convincing Konami to keep quiet and not try and murder Yuma for deceiving them, they all began to keep and eye on Yuma, bar Osamu and Chika who were oblivious to the other agents new mission.

On the other hand, while Yuma seemed completely normal, Rindo could tell that the Neighbor was onto them. Yuma knew he was being watched, he expected it. He already knew it would be hard to get people like Kyosuke, Reiji, Jin, Shiori and Rindo off his back. Even if he managed to convince the former four, they'd still watch him if Rindo wasn't sure there was nothing going on. Even the pitifully gullible Konami was watching him, since Rindo had ordered it.

Due to that, Yuma pushed the thought of his late night sighting of the purple flamed assassin to the back of his mind. If he started thinking about it while in the company of others, they would find him out easily. He couldn't help but mull over the sighting when he was alone though. The assassin had been there late at night, watching him as he walked back to Tamakoma. It would have been most efficient for the assassin to have attacked Yuma then and there. It was likely the assassin would have won, Yuma knew that. He also knew that if there was any evidence left behind, such as if the seal holding his real body in his Trigger broke and freed it, the assassin would be able to dump everything in the river. Hell he could even leave Yuma's Black Trigger on Tamakoma's doorstep as a little 'present'.

This caused Yuma to realize what was going on. Yes the assassin was after him. Yes the assassin more than likely wanted him dead. Though there was a reason they had waited. However, Yuma couldn't figure out why. Were they afraid of being caught by Border? Or maybe they believed Yuma may actually stand a chance this time around. It seemed almost as if they were almost teasing him, wanting Yuma to know he was being hunted. Like they wanted to play a game of revenge. Yuma wasn't supposed to have lived, but he did. That no doubt angered the assassin, and now the being wanted to show Yuma that he wouldn't be able to get away. Not this time. It was like a game of cat and mouse, where the assassin was the cat and Yuma was the mouse, Border caught in the middle.

That couldn't be the case. Assassin's don't work that way. They aren't the type of predator to play with their food. An assassin goes in and gets the job done, plain and simple. It had to be one of the former two reasons, or maybe both. It was true that Yuma was no longer a rookie. He had a Black Trigger, and even without it, he could beat most members of Border in a fight. Then there was the fact that Border had a large number of agents, a good amount of them very skilled and experienced. It would make sense for the purple-flamed assassin to wait and observe. It didn't know how Border worked, and didn't know how good Yuma was. Watching and waiting was smart.

In the silence of his room in the middle of the night when every one was sleeping, Yuma whispered to himself.

"It looks like I'll just have to fight, even if I have a high chance of losing. It's better that I at least put an end to this before someone like Osamu gets caught up in it. At least Jin-san, Kyosuke-senpai, Reiji-senpai and Konami-senpai could likely at least hold their own and make an escape." The Neighbor sighed, though his lips twitched into the smallest of smiles.

"Great, Osamu's rubbing off on me," he said, rolling onto his side in bed, smile fading. This was a real problem, and he didn't have all the time in the world to deal with it.

Unable to sleep like always, Yuma closed his eyes and thought of his father and Replica. Silently in his mind they came up with different strategies for different situations.

What Yuma didn't know was that Kyosuke had just walked by his door, having gone to get a glass of water. He heard Yuma talking, and was thoroughly convinced that something was going on. The Neighbor's words were solid evidence. Heading back to his room, Kyosuke decided he would speak to Rindo in the morning.

Seperate from what was going on between the agents in Tamakoma, there was also confusion at HQ. Kido had stayed late in his office, watching a security clip on loop. He watched it over and over and over, analyzing everything. It was all off.

"What the hell happened with Kuga?" he muttered, rubbing his head. In the video, the boy had simply looked off somewhere before collapsing and passing out. It was so not-Yuma that it had caught Kido's attention. Or at least, it had been brought to his attention by a nervous looking C-Rank agent who looked up to Yuma.

After reviewing the video of Yuma, Kido had watched the video from the hallway the Neighbor had looked at. He didn't see anything in the video for awhile, then the camera went out for a minute before coming back to life. A blood vessel throbbed in the man's head.

"Damn cameras don't even work..." he muttered, dismissing the incident. The most important piece of footage was missing. There was no video that would show anyone what was in the hallway that Yuma had looked down, all because the camera was bad.

Suspicious of Yuma's actions as always, Kido pulled out his phone and dialed a number, waiting through a few rings before hearing a tired voice on the other end.

"Sir?"

"Tachikawa, I have something for you to do, starting in the morning. Watch Yuma Kuga. His actions are...suspicious. More suspicious then usual," Kido said, ignoring the fact that the agent on the other hand had more than likely been sleeping when he called. There was a sigh from Tachikawa, disappointed at the reason he had been woken up.

"Alright then," the agent said before hanging up. Kido narrowed his eyes slightly in annoyance. Even though Yuma was the son of a man who had been very close to him, Kido couldn't trust the Neighbor at all. Even though what had happened didn't seem to be related to planning an attack, nothing could be overlooked. He would just need to figure out what was going on.

Despite being deep in concentration, Kido took a second to look around when he felt the discomfort of eyes staring at him. He didn't see anything, and dismissed the feeling as the lack of sleep getting to him. He had looked up too late to see the figure observing him from the corner, dissolving into the shadows seconds before Kido's attention was caught.

Before leaving that night, Kido left himself a note on his tablet to have some of the cameras replaced. Faulty ones were no good. What Kido didn't take into account, was that faults weren't the only thing that affected camera footage.