"H-Hello…? Where am I?" a young boy's voice echoed through the dark space. The whole area was nothing but darkness; the only sound that he could hear was those he made with his footsteps and breathing.
He started sweating and his breathing got heavier, scared that something might appear out of the blue. At that moment, he felt a tug from his shirt and he looked behind him to see a little girl with black long hair and grey eyes, holding a stuffed toy bear tightly in her arms. Her watery eyes gazed at the boy's eyes.
"Who are you, sir…?" she asked, a frightened tone building up in her voice.
The boy, pitying the little girl for being alone in the darkness, squat down to the floor and gave her a pat on the head. "I'm Matsukaze Tenma, what's your name?"
"I-I'm Chiyo…" the little girl responded.
Tenma smiled and gave the little girl a pat on the head. She smiled and giggled softly as a response to Tenma's pat. She never received this much affection for a long time. It made the boy wonder where she came from or how she got here.
He took Chiyo's hand and they started walking down the road to…who knows where? They were just walking; perhaps maybe find a way out of this place?
"How did you get here, Mister…?" she asked Tenma with curiosity.
Tenma tapped his cheek with his index finger as he tried so hard to remember on how he got to where he was. But the longer he thought, the more the thought would fade away from his mind. Eventually, Tenma shook his head.
"I don't remember at all. How about you?" he asked Chiyo.
She quickly responded by shaking her head, "No…but Mister, I…You, won't leave me…right?" she asked.
Tenma noticed how she trembled as she said those words. He smiled, why would leave alone such a little girl?
"I won't. I promise you that!" Tenma replied with confidence. The girl smiled and cheered.
Together, they started walking down the path to nowhere while they held each other's hand tightly.
But what Tenma or that little girl he's with know is that, well…
…
In some other time and other place, a young girl at 16 was alone in her room. The lights were off; she was lying down on her stomach with the only source of light from her laptop. The blankets covered her entire body and laptop to prevent from seeing what lies beyond her shield.
Her once wavy, chest-level, and light pink hair was now in a mess. God knows how long has she been in her bed. Hours, perhaps? Her indigo eyes were glued to the laptop. She didn't budge one bit, too hooked to what she's watching on her laptop.
She didn't realize that someone was ringing on the doorbell from the front door of her home. The girl's parents weren't home, and she was too busy on her laptop. No one answered the ring.
The person who rang the doorbell waited outside of the house for a while, hoping that someone would answer. She brushed her elbow-length, brown hair with a comb as she waited. Ten minutes passed and she rang the doorbell again, waited for five more minutes to let someone answer. She knew that someone was home, but no one was answering.
As she waited, her attention averted to a window of the house. The window was half open with the curtain half covering the inside, and she observed how it looked like the room was dark yet showed a bright light in the room. Her hunch was right, there was someone in the house. And there seemed to be a reason why that person isn't answering.
The brown-haired girl turned on her cellphone and browsed through the contacts. She stopped when a certain name appeared. She pressed it and placed the cellphone near her ear. Oh God, please let her answer…
She could hear the faint tune of Nyan Cat playing from the half open window.
And her prayer was answered; the person she waited for answered the phone!
"Hello?~ This is Kikuchi Yumeko speaking~" the girl on the other end of the phone.
"We're going to be late because of you!" the brown-haired girl responded.
The girl on the other end named Yumeko giggled, "Eh? Is this Mi-chan?~" Yumeko teased, making the girl start to grow a little impatient on her.
"Yes, would you please hurry up? What are you doing in your room, anyway?" she asked.
"I was busy sleeping!" Yumeko responded.
"…You're lying."
Yumeko giggled, "Oh? So THE Fujisaki Miharu can now read through my lies? My, my, you're really great in reading me!"
The brown-haired girl named Miharu sighed, "I can read through your lies since you started fifth grade."
There was silence on the other end.
"…Oh. So anyways, what are we late for?" Yumeko asked.
"We have a meeting with one of the clients that requested for us to meet three days ago. You remember his name, right?" Miharu replied.
"Of course! Shindou Takuto, was it? I know him…Ibuki-san can't stop talking about him to me!" Yumeko exclaimed, "Alright, just give me a minute now!"
"Hurry up, alright? The principal is counting on the Crime Investigations Club if we don't try to do as much as we can…" Miharu said to her, but it was too late already. Yumeko hung up from her cellphone.
Minutes later, Yumeko rushed out of her. She wore the same thing as Miharu, the Raimon High school uniform.
Three years have passed since the Grand Celesta Galaxy incident happened. Tenma and all their friends grew and graduated from junior high school. Now, everyone was in high school and studied in Raimon High School.
Miharu and Yumeko walked down the path to Shindou's house…that they read through a map. Miharu handed Yumeko some papers that Shindou gave to her days ago.
"We should hurry, Shindou doesn't want us to be really late." Miharu told Yumeko, "And…I think he wants to talk about that incident."
Yumeko's eyes widened, "You don't mean that it's about that again, right?"
Miharu nodded, "Sadly, it's about that. The new product in the stores, Arrow X."
Arrow X is a newly released product from stores nationwide in Japan. It's said it can help people navigate their way to a certain destination they need to go by just typing in the address in it. It's a handheld device, recommended for use when walking to places.
What's the problem with it? Well people all over Japan have been disappearing lately because of it, mostly teenagers and young children who use it. Why so? Because all the missing people have one thing in common: They all own Arrow X.
"Damn, how many cases do we have about that stupid Arrow X?" Yumeko asked.
"About…10, if I remember. And that's about ten people disappearing who from our beloved school." Miharu explained.
"Aaagh!" Yumeko wailed, "So much work…"
Miharu gave Yumeko a pat on the back, "Well, it's your idea to form this club in the first place."
Yumeko sighed, "I know…but I didn't expect this much work to happen!"
Eight minutes past and they reached the Shindou residence. Yumeko rang the doorbell and a boy with brown hair and brown eyes answered the door. It was Shindou Takuto.
"Hello~ I'm Kikuchi Yumeko, captain of the Crime Investigations Club!" Yumeko greeted Shindou happily and grabbed Miharu by the shoulder, "And this is Fujisaki Miharu, co-captain of said club! You called for us?" she asked.
Shindou chuckled at the introduction, "I did, do come inside the house. We have a lot of matters to discuss."
The captain and co-captain entered the home only to be greeted by how grand Shindou's house looked like. It was like they were in the home of kings or queens. Shindou motioned them to enter the living room.
When they entered the living room, the first thing that caught their attention was the grand piano at the far end. They looked to the sofas at the side. There were two other boys sitting down on it.
"Yumeko, Miharu, I would like you to meet Tsurugi Kyousuke and Kirino Ranmaru. But…you probably know them already." Shindou said and the other two boys smiled and waved at them.
The duo waved back, Yumeko grinning at them and Miharu just gave them a small smile. They sat at the other sofa available. The discussion was about to start.
"So, why did you call for us, Shindou-san?" Yumeko asked.
Shindou kept quiet for a moment and bit his lip before answering, "It's about Matsukaze Tenma, because…he disappeared last week."
Kikuchi Yumeko © the writer of this story
Fujisaki Miharu © SHSL Kirino Ranmaru (oh yeah, thanks for submitting early...hehe)
wow, i tried making a nice intro...i really did. tbh, i don't really know what to write as a good intro but oh well~
anyway, yeah! this is an oc submission! here are some guidelines for it though:
- i only accept THREE OCs for the Crime Investigations Club, everyone else can make up other clubs.
- if you want to reserve crushes, here's a list of crushes that are taken already: Amemiya Taiyou and Kirino Ranmaru (updated taken list from others: Shindou Takuto, Tsurugi Kyousuke, Ibuki Munemasa, Hakuryuu, Matatagi Hayato, Yukimura Hyouga, Kita Ichiban)
- you have to either review or PM me if you want to join the story. that's when i give the form!
i think that's all the guidelines. please do review! and submit, i hope you, my dear reader, do! :'3
