My lover, my assassin

Chapter 40

Karma's Pov

I looked at the house in front of me and then again at the piece of paper in my hand. This was the address, the place I was told to come to. I glanced at Nakamura who was scouting out the area but nothing looked out of place. It was a simple house in the suburbs, kids playing in the street and people doing their gardening. 

The day that Nagisa had gone back to the Asano group I had broken down and begged Sensei for help. No sooner had the words left my mouth than he had replied that he knew everything and to come to an address near the end of the week and to lay low until then. He had hung up on me and I had almost pulled my hair out with stress waiting for the message.

Nakamura had managed to catch a glimpse of Nagisa when she had been driving Asano around, acting as his driver and part of the Asano group she had been allowed in and had seen him. She had been shocked by the change in his personality. He had turned cold, his eyes icy and no sign of the gentle man we had come to love. He had seen her and a flash of recognition had softened his gaze. Acting as Asano's guard he had come over to give her orders, or that is what it had seemed. He had gripped her hand tightly and whispered that I had to stay away, he had a plan. 

So I had taken a crap load of painkillers and sleeping tablets to stop myself from charging in and taking him back by force. One I was still injured and two most likely the boss would kill Nagisa or hold him hostage to stop me. 

"Why would he tell us to come here?"

I shook my head to clear my thoughts and saw that she had moved onto the path way, staring at the two story house before us. It looked like it was straight out of one of those house magazines. Picture perfect gardens and spotless. 

"Let's find out."

I moved towards the door, limping a little from the wound in my side. It made walking, hell even breathing hard. I cursed Takaoka under my breath. Falling to his death wasn't enough, I had wanted him to suffer. I knocked on the door while Nakamura looked around, waiting to see if this was a trap. We had disobeyed our master, gone behind his back. There was no way he wouldn't be mad. I flinched as the door was pulled open and a familiar voice greeted us.

"Isogai?"

The dark haired man smiled and ushered us inside. When he closed the door he surprised me again by sweeping us both into a bone crushing hug. 

"Why didn't you tell me that you had found Nagisa? You know I would have gladly come to help!"

I gaped at the dark haired man and his golden eyes met mine. 

"I almost had a heart attack when I got a phone call from him! I was tracing up a lead on Kayano when I got an unknown caller and when I heard his voice, and then he told me that you were with him!"

He hit my chest, giving me a smile. 

"What do you mean Nagisa called you? When?"

"Sensei will explain everything."

He led the way down the hall and into the lounge room where once again I was left shocked and breathless. Nakamura whistled under her breath and I couldn't blame her. The room was full of activity. Sitting in the corner with a three screens in front of him was Itona. He waved over his shoulder at us but didn't tear his eyes away from the screen of rolling numbers that seemed to make sense only to him. The island bench near the kitchen was covered in weapons and I recognised the large form of Terasaka working on them. Talking on the phone in the corner was Sugino who was talking on the phone, asking about some information about a car. He waved to us before walking out of the room, still talking. Then I saw Sensei, sitting on the couch looking over some paperwork in front of him on the small coffee table. I quickly bowed, Nakamura following suit and we waited, tense. I heard him stand up and braced myself for the blow, my eyes squeezed tight but he simply ruffled my hair and then kissed the top of mine and then Nakamura's. Standing up I met his eyes, shocked that he wasn't angry. Seeing the confusion in my eyes he indicated for us to sit and Isogai brought me over a cup of coffee before moving over to Itona and talking quietly.