Hey, guys. Trying my hand at real romance. Be afraid, seriously. My muses are gone for a while, seeing as too much stupid muse-banter only takes away from a story. Well, anyways, the pairing's a secret for now, but I'll give you a hint: It's not too common a pairing around here, but you'll slap yourself in the face on how blindingly simple it is. Gah, this is just as bad as stupid muse-banter. I'm going to write now.
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It was a quiet day in Altin. A beautiful young brunette was walking down the road with some fresh fruit in her arms. Not too be misunderstood, there were many young brunettes there, but this one girl...what was it with her? He passed her on the road every day. She had her job, he had his. He was a detective. She was a waitress. He'd heard from a friend that she worked at a place called the Aerie, on the corner of Ruby and Elm. He worked at a small business owned by an old friend he'd trust with his life. He had girls left and right, lots of money and renown, devillish good looks, the guy was everything a person could ever dream of being. And yet...what did that matter when he looked at her? Sees her every day, goes to the Aerie for a drink after work every time he's got a case that takes longer than a couple of hours to crack, and yet he still didn't even know her name. Hard to believe he grew up with her.
Unless of course, they were lying when they told him that. A couple of months ago, he'd been on a huge case looking for a murderer in Xian that went by the name of Shotan.
(flashback)
There were rumours going around about him. Mass murderer that can slay 100 with one swipe of his sword; handsome devil that manipulates the wind to kill his enemies; mindless killing machine, devoid of emotions... He'd heard them all. His mission was simple: Find Shotan and apprehend him. Kill him if necessary. Of course, brave soul that he was, he went. Shotan saw him coming, and bludgeoned him with a gigantic stone repeatedly. He awoke in the hospital, and they told him he had amnesia.
She left the room as soon as he woke up. He asked who she was, and one of the doctors told him he grew up with her, but then the other doctor elbowed him in the stomach. It made him wonder why it was bad for him to know about her. He began feeling woozy, and decided a couple more hours of sleep was necessary.
When he awoke from his nap, a purple haired woman was standing in the room talking with a doctor. He laid back down, not wanting to intrude, but for some reason, he found himself listening.
"Doctor Stone, be serious here. He survived being attacked by Shotan for a reason. I think it's his time to learn Psynergy. I request that once he is released from your care, that he is sent into mine for at least a month. If he is an Adept, he will benefit twofold from this training. If not, at least he will become sharper in mind, body, and spirit. More of a match for Shotan." she said.
He chose this minute to get up and walk over to the woman. "Miss, if your training can help me become stronger to fight this 'Shotan', I'll do it." he said.
"Why are you so willing to go fight Shotan, anyways? Do you remember anything about him?" asked the doctor.
"No, sir. Nothing at all. But if she wants me to be there so that I can be strong enough to beat him, I have a feeling it's my place to go, and become stronger, because I might be needed in the fight against him." he said.
"Brave move, sir, but are you sure it's wise?" asked the doctor.
"Yes. By the way, do I have a job, sir?" he asked.
"Yeah. You work as a detective with Mr. Sam Kraden." said the doctor.
"Then I'll be going now to tell him I'm going to need one month of leave. How would I get there?" he asked.
"I will stay with you. This will be the first test of your memory. I want you to try and find it yourself. If we get too far away, I'll lead you there, but otherwise you must find your own way. By the way, I'm known around here as Master Hama, of the Lama Temple nearby."
"I see. My name is-"
(end flashback)
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Fin. Finito. Kaput. The end of the chapter, folks. Picked up my meager cliffhanger skills from reading Midnight and Triad's stuff, so if you want more, force THEM to update. Yes, I know full well that was purely evil, but I want 'em to update too...aye, I'm gonna go now. Need a good non-GS oriented laugh? Go read 8-Bit Theatre. . Later.