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Chapter One- I Swear I'll Be Back For You
His eyes radiated anger, her eyes radiated fear. Everyone knew about her... she was fragile, and completely defenseless. 'It will be alright,' he promised, pulling her closer. She hugged him tightly, and with a final word of goodbye was taken away from her brother. Her eyes became empty, and a tear trickled down his chin. He needed to be strong for her... but he couldn't. He and his sister were abandoned at a young age, and they had been taken in by the cruel orphanage. He watched painfully as she was slowly reaching out of his sight.
'Natsume, I swear I'll be back for you...' Atsushi whispered, wiping away his tears before striding back to where he was supposed to be.
Kyouka dragged along Atsushi to the ice cream place she'd had her eyes on for days. Laughing, suddenly Atsushi had a horrible flashback to the day they took his own little sister, Natsume, away. He felt a pang as he remembered what he had whispered to himself. 'Natsume, I swear I'll be back for you...'
He hadn't acted upon his promise, and he felt a weight press down on his heart. He felt guilty, but decided to focus on the task in front of him. 'Kyouka before I worry about my little sister...' he thought to himself. They arrived at the ice cream place, and he slowly took Kyouka inside, hoping nobody would suddenly freak out and call the police. Ordering their ice cream, he herded Kyouka back out quickly as possible and headed back to the Armed Detective Agency.
Dazai regarded Atsushi carefully. 'Good, you're here, we have a new recruit.' Atsushi set down his ice cream.
'Wha-'
Dazai put his hand over Atshushi's mouth. 'Bring her in,' Dazai said pleasantly. The door opened.
A girl, about 17 years old, entered the room. She had long mousy brown hair, and gray eyes. Alert and very suspicious, she sat down stiffly on a chair. Dazai, smiling down at her, said:
'Welcome~'
'Dazai Osamu-san.' The girl replied softly. Kyouka had already finished her ice cream, and eyed the new recruit suspiciously. Atsushi just stood and stared.
Dazai looked back at her. 'And how are you, Natsume-san?' Natsume stiffened. Glancing around the room, as if she expected someone to burst through the wall and kill them all. Taking in a breath, she fiddled with her hair and looked down. She seemed to be thinking intently about something, and looked back up, locking eyes with Atsushi. Finally, after a while; she then replied back.
'How do you know my name?'
Dazai smirked. 'How do you know my name, Natsume-san?' Natsume reddened and looked back haughtily at Dazai. 'Well, that's certainly none of your business, Dazai-san, now is it?'
Finally Atsushi spoke up. 'Natsume...'
Regarding him, realization fluttered into her eyes. She seemed as though she was again, a innocent and scared 6 year old. 'A-Atsushi...' Dazai clapped his hands together. 'You know each other? Well then.'
Natsume and Atsushi glared at him. 'He's my brother, if you could understand the concept of family.' That struck Dazai hard. His look turned dirty, but it quickly resumed it's original expression. 'He's been faking this whole time,' thought Atsushi, raising his eyebrows slightly. Dazai gave him a hard look, and quickly Atsushi grabbed his ice cream and led Kyouka out. Leaving his sister with Dazai.
Slowly, and carefully, they went to the apartment and he sat down on a chair, exhausted.
