Me: Yay! A new story!
Ikuto: *with hesitation in voice* what is it this time…
Me: *eyes darken* *looks into crystal ball*Ah, I see. I see darkness looming over the Shugo Chara world…
Tadase: *shudders* does it happen to Amu?
Me: As a matter of fact, yes…
Tadase, Amu, and Ikuto: O.O
Ikuto: *scoffs* and I actually believed this foolishness?
Me: Say what you like, cat-boy. But be warned… for thy darkness shall come…
Amu: What's with the weird talking?
Me: …
Tadase: *gulp*
Me: I do not own Shugo Chara, sadly….
Ikuto: There's something awfully wrong about this story somehow…
Rima: Will I finally get to play a role in this, for once?
Me: Yep…
Ikuto: I was right, there is something wrong….
Me: Roll film…
Everyone: HUH?
Gray clouds blanketed the sky, giving off no sign of light. Rain pelted down on the town of Tokyo. Thunder boomed, growling like a mean dragon. This was followed by lightning, flashing down to the Earth in the blink of an eye. It cackled down, a thin, jagged wire slashed across the sky, followed by bigger, thicker, bolder strokes of lightning. This was one of the most devastating days, painted onto the sky above. A girl, stepped into a rather, small puddle.
Despite the stormy weather, the girl was rushing to a place that was not home. Her boss had called to talk to her, here, and now. She had thought he was nuts, telling her to meet somewhere in severe weather conditions, but she decided to go anyway. It might be important. As for now, she was starting to regret it. She couldn't believe her stupidity. What was she doing, running outside in a lightning storm?
"Drat," she muttered, stepping into a puddle once more. "That's my fifth one today."
The girl skidded to a halt. She was here. The old alley. The place where her boss had informed her, rather commanded her to see him. But where was he now? Was he ditching her, actually succeeding to fool her to come during a storm to get sick? She stood there, to what seemed to be alone, letting her gaze wonder. A familiar dark figure revealed itself.
"I'm glad you still decided to join me," the figure murmured. "Because I have important matters to discuss with you."
The girl shuddered. Was he always like this? "What do you want?" she asked icily, showing no sign of passion. There a great silence between the two. The wind blew violently, for the lack of noises to block it out. A tree's branches leaned, the leaves clinging to dear life. Young, new leafs held tight. Older leafs crumpled and withered away, tossed into the distance. Suddenly, the girl couldn't contain her impatience any longer. "Tell me now or forever hold your peace."
"Do you really wish to know?" he asked in reply.
The girl nodded. She wanted to him to hurry up, so she could go home and avoid catching a cold. The man gestured towards a small picture of a smiling, pink-haired girl with sweet honey eyes. This only made the girl's eyes widen. "What about her?" Her thoughts seemed to haunt her… what did her boss want with this girl, this specific girl?
That's when the man stopped. Dead silent. Not a muscle in his body dared to move. The girl sighed, obviously bothered and annoyed by the lack of conversation once more. "If it's so important, then spit it out!" she found herself shouting.
"Fine, I'll tell you right to the point. I want you to break into her house, and kill her. You know where it is, right?" The girl froze but could only nod, even though she had a bad feeling about it. "You can just put some of this poison into her water, and sneak off. I am counting on you."
"But, why Hinamori Amu?" asked the girl, glancing at the picture.
"Because I said so. Do it or face the consequences." He replied darkly, much to her surprise.
"But-"
"Do it. Do I have your word?"
"…"
The girl paused. She was hesitating a lot, which she had never done before. Why did her boss want her to murder someone? Not directly by attacking, but still murdering. He had told her to help him rob some places, but other than that, he had never asked her to break the law before. And why did he ask her to murder someone? It was just downright wrong, even a minor criminal like her had a sense of right and wrong.
"DO I have your word?" the man asked, with a more demanding voice. This was so loud that the girl got a little frightened by this.
She tried to say no, and defy her boss, because this was wrong, and she was not doing it. But the look in his dark, almost black- looking eyes on this day. But they were strangely hypnotizing, like almost a charm… or a mind control. The girl struggled to straighten her thoughts and regain control, but in the end, the hypnotizing had work its way through. Instead, out came a "Yes".
The girl shut her mouth, recovering completely from the hypnotizing. But it was too late. It was out. "Excellent." The man replied. The girl sighed. She was going to regret doing this.
"Now go, go off to do your mission."
She had no choice but to obey. She ran off, slowly disappearing out of sight, her footsteps echoing onto the dark walls. The man remained there.
"I'm counting on you…"
At a courthouse…
All the members of the city council sat into orderly lines. It was dead quiet. Not a peep from anyone, otherwise it would be disruptive, and disrespectful. This was a time to listen. Everything was moved, and a stage was placed in the front, because this was the time to give crime-stoppers and other community services new spirit badges and pins.
"I am glad to honor our final detective, Hotori Tadase, please come up to the stage." It was silent for a moment, and everyone remained quiet. Somebody coughed. "Tadase Hotori?" The police man said again. Again, his response was dead silence.
Suddenly, the door burst open, soaking wet, there was Tadase, panting hard. Papers flew everywhere, followed by his very unhappy- looking assistant, Mashiro Rima.
"G-gomen!" Tadase apologized.
"Well, none of that," the policeman continued, trying to look calm. As Tadase stepped onto the stage, he turned towards him. "Detective Hotori, for solving 99 crimes and stopping 50 villains, I, Officer Souma, present you this star sprite badge. You are now a senior ace." Kukai handed Tadase the badge, and there was an eruption of applause.
After the ceremony…
Tadase walked to his office with Rima, with a new sparkling badge on his coat. Tadase had to work again, despite that it was getting late. Rima flopped down in her chair and started typing away on the computer. She then suddenly had the strangest urge to stop for a moment. She thought about the ceremony, Tadase becoming a senior ace, and herself becoming a Class B in assistants.
"Hey, how many mysteries do you have to solve before you become an expert detective?" she asked.
"I have to solve 100, which means I have to solve one more." Was his answer.
"Come to think of it, there haven't been many crimes committed lately." She remarked.
There was no answer. Tadase was snoring away. Rima sighed.
Me: Wow… this turned out great.
Tadase: *with thoughtful look on face* you didn't mention any names in the first part…
Me: Of course not, and then I would give away who the criminals are!
Ikuto: *yawns*
Me: *yawns*
Amu: *yawns*
Tadase: Hey! Stop doing that or I'll do tha- *yawns*
Yoru: Please R&R ~nya- *yawns*
