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Pardon if there's any misspelling or wrong grammar, I'm not a native :)
She could see in the crowd.
The sirens sound of ambulance and police cars mixed together.
People whisper in horror.
A man holding a woman's body that is covered in blood, took her into the ambulance.
The man's face ... looks so devastated.
Maybe the woman in his arms was someone he loved. His wife or lover.
The ambulance and police cars drove away. The crowd slowly broke up and so is she, when she frowned.
By the way, why is she here?
Where she's heading?
"Kazuha Hattori," A masculine voice calls from behind, startling her.
She sighed before shook her head with a slight annoyance then started walking away.
"Kazuha Hattori!" Again the same voice called out. Strangely, the voice still felt close behind her.
"Oi, Kazuha Hattori! Wait!".
Geez! Whoever named Kazuha Hattori is definitely deaf! Her name is called this loud, but still does not hear too!
"I said wait!".
She turned with great surprise as she felt a hand gripping her shoulder. Quite tightly, but did not mean to hurt her.
"Geez! Are you deaf? I've been calling you repeatedly, you just walk away!" A handsome young man said with an annoyed expression.
"C'mon, let's go!" He's about to pulled her hand when the young woman stuttering yelled at him.
"Wa ... Wait a minute! Who are you? You can't just bring me like this! I'll ... I'll screaming! Help! Anyone!" She yelled dramatically.
The young man rolled his eyes while sighing with annoyance. He has often met with spirits who have not realized that they are dead.
Well, just not this dramatic.
Usually, he will patiently explain to the newly deceased spirit about their newest condition. But, today he is very busy. His schedule is very crowded, so he doesn't have time to talk.
"Kazuha Hattori, you're dead, just now! And now you'll come with me to afterlife!" He said briefly.
The young lady in front of him blinked in confusion.
"You must be wrong, Mister!".
"No, I'm not!".
"I'm not dead!".
"I'm sorry, but it's true. You're dead!".
"But I'm not Kazuha Hattori! I don't even know who Kazuha Hattori is!".
The young man face-palmed himself.
Great! Unaware that she was dead, apparently she got amnesia too.
"Why me?!".
At the hospital
Heiji sat in front of the surgery room.
He prayed.
His whole body was shaking violently.
He felt dizzy and nauseated. Cold sweat soaked his forehead and back.
His shirt was drenched in Kazuha's blood. Yet, he didn't care.
He prayed for her, so Kazuha will be survived.
The surgery room door opened. Heiji stood with his face as white as paper, swallowing hard with difficulty since he was speechless.
"Mr. Hattori," The doctor said grimly "We are sorry! We have tried, but we can't save your wife and child!".
Hold on!
Heiji's brain is still able to digest the doctor's words when he mentioned about his wife and child.
"My ... child?" His voice was a choked whisper.
"You don't know yet?" Now the doctor asked in surprise. "Yes, Mr. Hattori. Your wife is pregnant ..." The doctor had not finished the sentence, since for the first time and perhaps the last time in his life, Heiji Hattori passed out.
"Yes, he's right. You are Kazuha Hattori and just passed away," A woman behind the counter, more like a receptionist, confirmed the truth of the young man's story that forced her to come here.
"See?! I told you, you are ...,"
The young man's words broke off as he looked at her. Instead of listening, Kazuha looked around in admiration.
So is this the afterlife looks like? Luxury and more like the hotel lobby.
Kazuha blinked in surprise as a hand snapped in front of her, breaking her reverie.
"Hhh ... You're really ...," he could not finish his words because he was too upset with her.
Because of this one spirit, all his tasks and schedules are messy.
Oh, well then ... Never mind. It happened anyway.
"Alright. Then I leave her here!" He said to the receptionist. He just turned to walk away, when a fierce voice called him.
"Kudo! My office now!".
"What did you say?".
"You heard that already! I don't stutter when I explain!".
"But, but ..."
"No buts Kudo! It's not her time to die. She will end up as an evil spirit that haunts if you don't help her!".
"Chief! You can't do this to me!" Kudo's voice is pitiful now.
"You know I'm not the decision maker! Just for ten years, Kudo! Let's just say you have an assistant now!".
"But, Chief! Can I say no this time?".
The said chief looked at him in pity. "You already know the answer! From now on Kazuha Hattori is your responsibility for ten years ahead! You're dismissed!".
Kudo closed his eyes and sighed resignedly. Suddenly Kudo opened his eyes as he realized something.
The chief said he could make her as his assistant.
He smirked predatory.
Maybe the next ten years are not as bad as he imagined before.
When he came out of the room, Kazuha stood up with an anxious face.
No wonder because the face of this young man scowled heavily.
"Well, how? What did your chief tell you?".
When the young man just kept quiet while staring at her sourly, Kazuha's face turned pale.
"Did he say I will go to hell?".
He looked at Kazuha with an irritated sigh "Haish! No! Unfortunately not! You're not going to hell! But you'll stuck with me until ten years ahead!".
"Excuse me?".
"Ha! We have same reaction!".
Suddenly he held out his hand.
"Shinichi Kudo. I'm a grim reaper!".