"Hey, are you the one that's trying to have me killed?"

Kamiko's voice spoke coolly into the phone. Meanwhile, on the other side of the line, the speaker froze. However, Kamiko did not wait for a response since she already knew.

"Who are you?"

There was not a reply since the speaker was debating internally whether or not he should answer. Nevertheless, that was decided for him with Kamiko's next words.

"If you don't tell me, I'll come personally and torture you until you decide to answer my questions truthfully. If you still don't, then you'll die."

Both Illumi and the unknown client had a feeling that she was dead serious and very capable of keeping her word. Especially when the man knew she could find where he was with time. A bit curious, Illumi had taken his phone back for a second and put his client on speaker, allowing both Illumi and Kamiko to hear what he said. Kamiko didn't really mind; he was Illumi's client anyways.

"Masao. My name is Masao."

"Why are you trying to have me killed?"

"Because you killed my brother."

"...Two weeks ago, right?" Kamiko wasn't really sure so she asked for confirmation.

"Yes." Masao felt a little irritated that this girl almost hadn't remember murdering his brother. When the other end of the call responded, however, this time it was Illumi who spoke.

"If she killed your brother, why did you tell me she was a defenseless girl?"

Kamiko raised her eyebrows at that. Defenseless? Masao hesitated before answering.

"I thought you would reject the job if I told you she was strong. She could have killed you as well. All of the other people I hired have died because of her."

"I am not that weak. Lying to me just made things worse. If she killed me, then that would have been the last thing she would have done in her life. But that doesn't matter, because, as I said before, the deal is off."

With that, Illumi hung up and now the air was filled with an uncomfortable silence. Dismissing that, Kamiko turned back around and continued making dinner, as of nothing life threatening just happened. Illumi, however, was cautious and didn't let the matter drop.

"Who are you?"

Turning around, again, Kamiko stared blankly at him and said,

"Why are you asking that? I confirmed I am Kamiko Hamada."

"How'd you learn to fight like that?"

"Long story. There's really no need for you to know. I said I wasn't going to kill you, unless you try to kill me. My story of where I learned to fight won't really help you if you try to kill me."

Illumi considered this for a while and responded with:

"Are you an assassin?"

This, Kamiko hesitated in responding.

"I can't tell you that."

"Why?"

"It's complicated."

"Tell me."

"Look, if you want to know if I'm an assassin that badly, you'll have to stick around for a while. Then you'll understand why I'm not telling you."

"Fine, but I'm staying here."

Normally, Illumi had no problems finding a temporary stay, but this girl intrigued him; usually, he had no such feelings about any females. Now that he looked closer, he could see that she was slim and quite beautiful, despite a scar he saw the her forearm. Her hair, even though tied in a high ponytail, had a smooth and silky texture from what Illumi could see. Her eyes were very dark, almost black, but not quite. Like him, her face was perfectly symmetrical and she was neither too tall nor short.

Little did Illumi know that Kamiko felt intrigued by him as well and thought him equally attractive.

"Fine. You can sleep in my room and I'll take the couch. I feel safer this way so just take the bed."

"Fine."

"Are you hungry? I just finished making dinner while we were talking. And don't worry. I didn't poison the food, although I'm fairly sure you could taste it if I ever did."

Seeing Illumi nod, Kamiko grabbed two plates and scooped out spaghetti noodles onto each plate with the same portion each.

Unable to stop herself, since this was the first time anyone ever tasted her cooking, Kamiko blurted,

"Is it good?"

Her food had always tasted fine to her, although the first few times were diasterous.

"Yes."

Illumi noticed a small smile form on Kamiko's lips as she dug into her own plate after giving him and herself a glass of water. For some odd reason, her small smile made a warm feeling grow inside Illumi. Although he dismissed it almost immediately.

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