Toji leaned back in his chair in the dining room, bored out of his mind with nothing going on. This damn house he'd been required to live in was so quiet, it was almost maddening. This job he'd been given paid really well, but when his ward's father had offered it to him, Toji didn't think it would be so involved. Now he was stuck practically babysitting instead of anything interesting. Anything he was good at, like fighting.

That was until his ward went passing by, Toji's eyes trailing the movement. He had nothing better to do and he was technically supposed to be protecting them. Slowly he rose from his chair to stride after them, until eventually he called out-

"Hey, brat. What are you doing?"