A lost posession
It was monday morning and as usual there was a big fuss over the newspaper. On the front page was an article about the kaitou Saint Tails latest thefth. This time it was a necklace that had been stolen and, as usual, it had turned out that it was stolen. But there was one person who didn't care about it. She stayed in her seat looking at the rest of the class as they flocked around a certain detective in the class. One of her friends came over to her and started chatting away.
"Nee Meimi-chan, aren't you interested in the latest article?"
The girl shook her head and smiled.
"No, I don't really understand why everybody is still making such a fuss over it. Isn't it becoming routine by now? Saint Tail steals something and Asuka Jr ends up failing to catch her."
Her friend giggled in agreement, but the young detective had heard her and came over to her desk.
"I heard that Haneoka, just watch and see, next time I will catch her for sure!"
"Yeah? I wonder how many times I heard that", she sighed. She had other things to think about right now. Her best friend Seira leaned over and whispered in her ear.
"By the way Meimi-chan, did you find that bracelet last night?"
Meimi shook her head slowly. She was really worried. That bracelet would give her away if the wrong person found it since it had her initials on it. She didn't want to think that maybe she dropped it when she was out last night, but she had searched her room throughly when she got back and it was nowhere to be found.
"Meimi-chan, what's wrong? You're usually up fighting with Asuka Jr by now, did something happen?"
Askuka Jr looked at the girl who had asked that. She was right, he realized. Haneoka Meimi and himself would always get into fights about Saint Tail and his detective work. But today she didn't yell at him. Something was definitly wrong and he waited with the others for her response.
"No, it's nothing really. Just that I kinda misplaced a really precious bracelet last night. I just can't seem to find it."
Asuka looked at her in surprise. She was this distressed over a stupid bracelet? Girls were really something. But wait. Bracelet? What did that remind him off? He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out the item he found at the crime scene last night. It was a beautiful bracelet with red stones on it. He held it in his hand thinking until the sound of Haneokas best friend Mimori Seiras voice snapped him back to reality. She gasped her best friends name and he saw that she was staring at the bracelet. He glanced at Haneoka and saw that her face had gone pale and she was staring at the bracelet in horror.
"Aahh! What a beautiful bracelet! Where did you get that?"
His thought was interrupted when almost every girl in the classroom gathered around him wanting to know where he got it. He turned his eyes to Haneoka again. She looked tense when she waited for him to answer the others. All in all, she was acting strange.
"Saint Tail dropped it last night", he said to get the girls away from him so that he could ask Haneoka why she was acting so strange. He looked at her and got a sudden idea, since her face now was a sick ashen color. When their teacher/nun came into the classroom he raised his hand and said:
"Sister, Haneoka doesn't look well, may I take her to the nurse?"
Meimi looked in terror at Asuka. What was he doing? Did he figure it out? Did he realize that the bracelet he found was hers? How was she going to get out of this? To her relief she heard Seiras voice from behind her.
"Excuse me, but I think that maybe it's better if I go with her, I will take her home instead."
The nun looked thoughfully at them for a second and then said, much to Meimis relief.
"Mimori-san, I will trust you to take Haneoka-san home."
Meimi silently thanked God for his mercy and followed Seira out of the classroom, ignoring the looks she got from Asuka. When they came outside the school she took a deep breath.
"Thank you Seira, I didn't know what to do."
"You're welcome. But Meimi-chan, what should we do about the bracelet? You need to get it back."
"I know, I already sent him the notice. I'll go get it tonight."
Meimi couldn't help but smile when she thought about the look on Asukas face when he read the notice.
Asuka was sitting in his seat fingering at the bracelet. He was thinking about Haneokas face. She had looked really terrified, but it wasn't because of this, was it? He took a closer look at the bracelet and almost forgot to breath. On the inside of the bracelet were two small letters, probably the initials of it's owner. Could this be the clue that told him her identity? He took a closer look and his eyes widened. The letters written was H.M. His eyes unvouluntarily went back to the empty seat where Haneoka used to sit. Haneoka. Haneoka Meimi. H.M. But it wasn't possible. Was it? He shook his head. Of course it wasn't possible. There was no way. He looked down in his textbook that was lying in front of him, trying to get his mind on other things. As he turned a page a loud noise was heard and his seat was covered in confetti. Among the confetti he saw a familiar card. A notice from Saint Tail. He took it and read it. After reading it he was more confused than ever.
"Tonight at six, meet me at the south exit of the park. I would like my bracelet back. Saint Tail."