Arigatou minna for reading the first chapter!*bows* trust me, your reviews REALLY made my day!
And I still can't get over the fact that I posted a story *jumps up and down, doing random stuff* Anyway, you wouldn't want me ranting on and on about how this story is gonna go and stuff in, oh wait, getting off topic *hides face in shame*
Oh well, here goes for Heiji and Kazuha! *crowd claps, leaves the stage*
"Who are you?"
That very question made Heiji's blood run cold. She couldn't be serious, could she? However he searched in her eyes, they didn't seem to recognize him at all…
"Y…you're kidding, right?" He asked warily, trying his hardest not to make his voice shake. He grabbed her other arm and shook her, hard.
"Oi, tell me you're joking… Ahou! TELL ME YOU'RE LYING! Wake up, Kazuha!"
Kazuha whimpered in fright, looking at him with those green eyes that seemed to haunt him now. "I…I'm not lying…" she said in a very small voice, terrified at his sudden outburst.
"I just opened my eyes, not knowing where I am or who I am… I'm sorry, but I don't know you…"
His grip tightened as he looked at his childhood friend.
"No… you can't do this…We've been friends since we were young… No one can just snap their fingers and forget all about everyone they care about…
"Don't you remember anything?" He was having a hard time breathing and swallowing down his rising terror. Everyone that was there decided to drift away; leaving the two teenagers alone…
"Don't tell me you forgot how we always bickered with each other? The day when we were accidentally handcuffed together? During our time on that island where you stabbed my hand so we wouldn't both fall, trying to recklessly throw away your life just for me, don't you remember all of that?
"Don't you remember me, Hattori Heiji? I'm your childhood friend who you're always tagging along with, the person who always stays by your side, the great detective of the west, the most important detective in Osaka! At least you know these, right?"
Kazuha's eyes begin to water and she shook her head weakly. "I can see now that we're friends, but I don't remember anything at all. I'm really and regretfully sorry, Hattori-kun…"
"Masaka… you really…" Heiji loosened his grip on her and with a trembling hand, wiped away her tears that were coming down in bucketful…
"You have really forgotten about me, haven't you?" his voice was breaking, and he was searching for something, something to make her remember him. "Please tell me that you're not lying to me… Please, 'cause I can't bear this Kazuha! Do you think that I will accept this?!"
"Hattori-kun, you're hurting me!" he looked down and saw that he was gripping her arms really tightly again. He sighed and let go.
"You absolutely don't remember anything?" she shook her head, her loose hair falling down her face.
Heiji breathed and turned her around, gently combing her hair up into a ponytail, grabbing a ribbon that he had in his pocket and tied it on her hair. When he looked again at her, she seemed to look like her old self… She was just like herself, but not like her at all.
Gone were name-callings that she always threw at him, the smirk that seemed to drive him mad, and her eyes…
her eyes were just so familiar and yet, the looks that seemed to make a rainbow of emotions in her eyes which always looked at him with amusement and an expression he couldn't seem to put his finger on, had completely vanished, replaced with fear and bewilderment.
"Come; let's go back to your house. We've got a whole lot of explaining to do…" Heiji turned away and walked out, his bestfriend trying to catch up to him.
=.=
"Oyaji?" Kazuha looked at her dad in amazement… "I have a father?"
"Kazuha! My child, what happened to you?" They were at the place where her father was working; who seemed shocked at what she just said.
"Actually, Kazuha lost her memories and can't remember anyone." Heiji said to him. Ginshiro Toyama (Kazuha's dad) looked at her, still not able to believe what happened to his daughter. Heiji saw the look on his face and grew grim.
He put his hand on Kazuha's shoulder and said, "Don't worry. I'll take care of Kazuha for you. I promise you that I will find out what happened and regain her memories."
"That sounds like a proposal to me, Hattori-kun." Kazuha's father chuckled, but it didn't have any happiness in it at all.
Heiji blushed and mumbled something about it not being true and said that they were leaving.
As they were about to go out, Inspector Toyama called out to him. "Heiji"
The young Osaka detective turned around. "Sir?"
"I know I can trust you with my daughter life. So please take care of her."
"Ah. I will." Heiji smiled as both he and Kazuha walked out of the room.
=.=
"And this is your room!" Heiji said as he opened her bedroom door for her. The place was surprisingly neat and tidy. The books were arranged properly, her bed was fixed, and her desk had no clutter on it.
Kazuha slowly walked around, taking in the place that surrounded her. Heiji's followed her every move in silence, wondering how this could have had happened to her.
He scratched his head in irritation and anger. Back in the Mermaid's Island, he had promised not to let anything harm her, and yet here she was, walking around her very own bedroom without a single recollection of her past. He was such an ahou.
"Hattori-kun? Is something bothering you?" he didn't realize that she was near to him until their faces were only a few centimeters apart. He blushed and jumped back
"N-no it was nothing!" He replied quickly, his heartbeat racing. "It's just-
"Wait, did you just call me 'Hattori-kin'?"
"Um…yes. Is there something wrong with that?"
"AHOU! You should call me HEIJI! H – E – I – J – I , Heiji!" He said to her in annoyance.
"But people who call each other by their first name, supposed to be close?" Kazuha inquired.
"You bakazuha! We're childhood friends! You and I were together from the moment we both crawled!"
"Ehh? We were close? Then how come she never or I never told you that yet?"
"Told me what?"
Kazuha was about to open her mouth when she saw a cellphone partially hidden under the blanket. She walked across the room and took it. It was her phone, with an omamori attached to it.
"This is…"
"That's the omamori you made for both of us when we were handcuffed together." Heiji took out a similar one like Kazuha's from his neck. "You keep insisting that it's a good luck charm that prevents evil."
Her eyes widened. "So if I had brought this along, I wouldn't have had to lose my memories!"
"You catch on really quickly, don't ya?"
"C'mon Heiji! Help me regain my memories!"
Heiji could've sworn right there that she was actually 'burning' with passion on the mission. He smirked.
"Ah, let's go." He agreed as he put his baseball hat front ways. "I, Hattori Heiji, will solve this mystery of yours."
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Well, thanks for reading! Hope you liked it! Stay tuned for the next chapter! *leaves stage*
