Hello, everyone, StargateNerd, more commonly known as SG-chan, here! Well, SG-chan finally got around to typing up the first chapter of the continuation of 'A Beautiful Friendship.' She's not sure when the next chapter will be up, though, so be patient, please. As Mai-chan knows, SG-chan sucks at short summaries, so here's the full summary for this story (at least, so far as SG-chan can think of...):

Summary: The boys are in high school now, and meet again after many years. The only catch? Though there is a vague sense of familiarity, none of them remember being friends before. As their memories start coming back, however, they uncover a mysterious organization, and Kaito makes a shocking discovery that threatens his friendship with the others. KaiShin, not sure about any other pairings yet, but there is a poll for it.

And now, without further ado, here is the first chapter!

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Chapter 1

"Kaito? Heiji? Saguru? Hey, guys, where'd you go?" Shinichi looked around, baffled as to where his friend could've gone. "Kaito? Where are you?" A sudden sound behind him made him turn, and he saw a girl probably a couple years older than him. "Neesan? Where is everyone? They were here just a minute ago…" As the teen said nothing, merely walked towards him, he felt worry begin to trickle down his spine.

The flames…there were flames all around him…And that girl, the one who looked vaguely familiar, she just kept coming closer. Intoxicating reds and oranges, bright colors that seemed to suffocate him, they danced in a beguiling manner, encouraging his lack of movement.

"I'm sorry, Shin-chan," the girl- no, she was a woman, she was dead now, some part of his brain insisted- said, scooping him close in an embrace. "You have to say good-bye to them."

What? Good-bye? No, they're my friends, we all made a promise, forever- He let out a faint noise of protest that died off as there was something against his face, and, no, the flames, they were dying out, and the smoke was suffocating him and he had to get away or else be lost-

Shinichi woke with a start, drenched with sweat and breathing heavily. It was the second week in a row he'd had that dream -no, nightmare, his subconscious reminded him- and it made no more sense than it had the first time it had occurred.

I can solve nearly impossibly murders that have the police's finest stumped, and here I am worried over a little nightmare? the kokosei-tantei scoffed at himself. Real professional there, Shinichi, real professional.

With that, he rolled over to go back to sleep, forgotten memories playing just underneath the surface of his dreams.

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The next morning, Shinichi woke to the sound of his alarm clock beeping incessantly. With an annoyed grunt, he slapped at it, turning the annoying thing off. Yawning, he rose to get ready for school.

After a quick shower and putting on his school uniform, Shinichi was getting himself some breakfast when he recalled the dream -nightmare- from last night. He frowned. What was that? I don't know anyone by those names, he thought. And the fire…

Well, there was an explanation for that, at least. When Shinichi had been around ten, his family had been invited to a friend's house when a fire broke out. Luckily, no one had died, but the proclaimed savior of the Japanese police force now hated fire with a passion.

"Shinichi!" Breaking out of his reminiscence, the teen grabbed his book bag, locked the door, then went to join his friend Ran Mouri. They'd been practically inseparable since the beginning of middle school, first meeting each other when he'd helped to find her missing cat.

"There you are!" the object of his musings was waiting outside the gate of his house, hands on hips with an impatient look on her face. "Honestly, you're going to make us late one of these days!" Ran huffed, flipping her long brunette hair over a shoulder.

"You know I won't, and even if I did, we can still run," Shinichi reasoned, grinning. Ran 'hmmph' ed, and set about to pointedly ignore Shinichi. He chuckled, even as they heard another voice call to them, or specifically, the girl.

"Ran!" A blonde teen with medium length hair ran up to them. "There you are! Did you hear? We're getting a new transfer student!" Sonoko Suzuki chattered excitedly, her eyes sparkling.

"What, no 'Hello, Shinichi,' 'How are you doing, Shinichi?' 'Any murders lately?'" Shinichi mock-complained, theatrically placing a hand over his heart. Sonoko scoffed, waving him off, then went back to gossiping with Ran. Inwardly, Shinichi rolled his eyes. Girls, he thought.

The bell had just rung for school to start, and the teacher was trying to settle the students down, with success after a couple of minutes. "As I'm sure you've heard, Teitan High is receiving a new transfer student," Aya Neizawa, their teacher, informed them. "I would like you all to be nice to him, especially since he's just moved here from Osaka." The class erupted into excited whispers at that.

Just then, the door opened, effectively silencing the teens. The person who'd opened the door was a dark-skinned boy with slightly mussed dark hair. "'Scuse me, is this Neizawa-sensei's classroom?" the boy asked with an accent.

"Yes, it is," the teacher replied. "And you would be?"

The dark-skinned boy flashed a grin, white teeth standing out. "Heiji Hattori."

Shinichi started a little. Why does he sound so familiar? he thought. As the new student turned to the class to introduce himself a little more in-depth, the brunette's eyes widened. That's one of the people from my dreams, Shinichi realized.


Aaaand, there we have it! The first chapter of the continuation of 'A Beautiful Friendship.' Thank you to whoever voted in SG-chan's poll for the schools! Oh, and Aya Neizawa is just a random person SG-chan made up, cause she doesn't know the name of Shinichi, Ran, and Sonoko's teacher. She probably won't play that big a part. Don't forget to review, please! =^_^=

Results of SG-chan's poll:

The boys should attend both Teitan and Ekoda: 10 votes

The boys should attend just Teitan: 3 votes

The boys should just attend Ekoda: 2 votes

So, ya, Shinichi, Heiji, Kaito, and Saguru will be attending both Teitan and Ekoda. As for who specifically, we've already got Heiji and Shinichi, so we'll just have to see about Kaito and Sagu-chan. ^_^ Stay tuned for the next chapter! Whenever that'll be...