A/N- Hello! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter :)


Hei and ME

CH2

"Hei, Chief Kirihara will give you a tour and some background about Section 4. The rest of you, it's a regular work day." Nishajima ordered. Misaki managed to keep a serious business face. This was only work and Hei couldn't remember anything. He was just another contractor now, an empty shell of everything he was. And she was... sad.

"Sir!" everyone echoed. They all filed out of the room until only Hei and Misaki were left.

"Kirihara, can you tell me anything about the last month?" Hei asked her abruptly. He had a feeling that he would get more info from her than from anyone else. Misaki looked at him puzzled. Did BK-201 just ask her a question? About last month, wait, how much memory did the ME erase? She could tell him, it was only fair after all that he should know about something this simple.

"I will, if you tell me about South America." Misaki countered. If she could get information out of this, then why not? Hei froze thinking about the proposition. He then sighed, for some reason unfathomable by him he felt now wasn't the most appropriate time to disclose his life story.

"I'm sorry. Maybe later." Hei replied sadly. That was a good question, what had happened at South America? The last thing he remembered was seeing Pai's star shining and a little of the next month. "However, I don't believe I've had a concussion so that leads me to believe something happened recently. Care to fill me in?" Hei replied in his low contractor voice.

Misaki sighed, oh course he wouldn't tell. All well, worth a shot. She thought as disappointment reached her voice.

"There's been an increase in contractor activity lately. Right now you're in Tokyo near Hell's Gate." Misaki said. Hei nodded but frowned slightly beneath the mask. Increased activity? "Is there anything else you'd like to know or should we get on with the tour?" Misaki asked impatiently. Hei was still so confused, but decided to not challenge the chief's pointed glare. Hei just nodded to move on. Misaki and Hei got up, and Hei followed her down the hallway to Section 4's conference room. Everyone was there save Hourai and Nishajima.

"This is the conference room where we discuss cases." Misaki explained opening the door to reveal a small clean room with a table and chairs.

"Chief, how's it going? We can take BK-201 from you for a while." Saitou offered. Misaki nodded. She'd appreciate that, but it was her job to keep an eye on him.

"I think we'll both stay for awhile." Misaki answered gesturing for Hei to sit down. Hei sat next to Saitou, making him shift uncomfortably, while Misaki stood looking at the white board intensely. Hei read the elaborate chart on the board. The case was about YN-471, a known contractor who could explode things with a snap. He had caused three explosions in three public areas, but they had little idea what his objective was.

"It seems like he's attacking randomly." Saitou stated. Kouno nodded in agreement. Kanami was still looking over the case papers in her hand. While Misaki tried to see a connection between the attacks.

The first one was at the sub station, the second at a park, and the third at a warehouse. Misaki realized that all the attacks were at a public place where people could not easily spot them. But what could that mean? A trade, intel? Looking at the map, the trail seemed to lead to the train tracks. It was a busy place, and it would lead the criminal right out of town. The pattern was simple enough, public yet discrete. However, there was no real meat in her theory and she could be as wrong as anyone.

"Do you have any guess as to what the contractor could be up to BK-201?" Misaki asked testily.

The room froze, and everyone listened intently.

"This contractor can explode things instantly, and he isn't afraid of casualties. This means that he needs to have an ensured getaway. My guess is that he is trading something." Hei finished. The mission was clear in his head now, and he needed to help Misaki to the fullest. Misaki and the others digested and considered what he said. It's possible, they thought.

"I don't suppose you can predict where he'll be next." Kouno asked earnestly.

"The train station." Hei stated. Misaki caught her breath. So she was right!

"Why though? I came to that conclusion too, but I don't understand why." Misaki said, her forehead wrinkling up in frustration.

"The sub station was the first meeting. There are lockers there that make great hiding spots. He may have initially picked the item up there. The park was next, so he could have traded the item. However, someone intercepted the meeting because he decided to blow the whole park up. The warehouses are located in a secluded part of the city, the real trade could have occurred there. He may now be heading for the exit, or the trader double crossed him, and he is after his money. If that were the case then the trader is escaping through the train station, and YN-471 is chasing after" Hei finished his speech. It was quite simple to him, and he was tired from having to explain everything. It appeared the only smart one was Misaki who did initially get the right location. And essentially, that was the only thing needed to catch a criminal.

"Good work, Hei." Misaki said. She couldn't believe she just congratulated the Reaper, but he DID just solve the puzzle.

"Kirihara, why are you in here doing work? I thought I told you to give Hei a tour!" Hourai poked his head into the conference room. Oops, perhaps she should've finished that first...

"Sir, Chief Kirihara has shown me around." Hei defended her. Hei would stick his neck out for her? And who knew the Reaper had a sense of respect? Hourai nodded.

"Fine, I'll see you in my office" He said to Misaki. "Kanami, if you will be so kind as to show Hei a little of Astronomic's." Kanami looked a little anxious, but kept telling herself that Hei couldn't remember anything. Kanami nodded.

They all exited the room leaving Saitou and Kouno to make preparations for the night's mission.

"You can call me Kanami, I'm Misaki's friend." Kanami said introducing herself. They shook hands.

"Kanami, it's nice to meet you... So you watch the stars for a living?" Hei asked. Kanami nodded; the Reaper was actually pretty nice.

"Yes, I'm fascinated by the sky." They continued to walk towards Astronomic's base. Hei saw dozens of computers, wires, and people in lab coats. But his eyes finally rested on the dolls.

"They're the police's mediums aren't they?" Hei asked.

"Yeah, it's our way to surveillance Tokyo. That's the computer that analyzes contractor activity, and that one shows where our specters are." Kanami pointed to each as she told BK-201 proudly.

"I used to stargaze all the time with my sister before the gates." Hei reminisced sadly. Kanami glanced over at BK-201. There was profound sadness emanating from him. That's ridicules. Kanami thought, and yet Hei seemed truly sad.

"You can still watch the stars you know, even if they're a little different. Say, what happened to your sister?" Kanami asked intrigued.

"She became one of them." Hei stated. Kanami couldn't believe it. The Black Reaper must have felt so lonely when he was human.

"Is she... alive?" Hei didn't answer, was she?

"I'm- I'm so sorry." Kanami said. Her voice dropped. She was feeling utterly sad and empty after hearing his story.

"I don't know. It might have been a relief for her." Hei finished. It was true, it would be a relief, but where was Pai? BK-201 was his star, his power. What happened to his sister?

"I can use the computer to find more about her past whereabouts." Kanami offered hopefully. She felt a deep connection to BK-201 now. She wanted to help. Hei shook his head.

It wasn't her star anymore.

"No, I don't want to be a bother... I think I'll go back to Misaki now." Hei said turning to leave.

"Wait, Hei! What was her messier code?" Kanami called to him.

"BK-201."

Hei entered the conference room again in hopes of finding Misaki. If anyone were to be of help to him, it would be her. But the only person in there was Saitou.

"Hello Saitou." Hei said. "Do you know where I can find Kirihara?" Saitou looked back at him with a stone face.

What's his problem? Hei thought. Oh, right, him.

"Um, Hei, can you wait a minute?" Saitou asked assertively.

"Sure." Hei sat down opposite him. It felt like it did when he did negotiations for the Syndicate his sister had joined.

"That was pretty impressive what you did with this case, but I guess it takes one to know one" Saitou continued to glare daggers at Hei. "I don't care if you saved me, but don't you dare hurt Misaki! Got me?!"

Oh, so this man was upset because he cared about the chief. Humans and their silly emotions, Hei was glad he was rid of them. "I'm sorry if you got the wrong idea about me. But I promise to protect Misaki to my fullest." Hei lied smoothly, yet felt an inkling of truth in the statement. He decided not to let that bother him. Saitou believed him.

Misaki walked down the hall to retrieve her work left abandoned at her desk. Hei approached her, he needed to know where his sister was, where Pai and Amber and Havoc were.

"Misaki, I need to talk to you for a few seconds."

Misaki eyed him. "Go on." Hei motioned to her empty office. They entered, shut the door and sat down.

"One of the last things I remember is my sister's star shining in the sky." Hei said. Misaki was puzzled. What was this leading into? Was she going to learn anything about South America?

"Where's your sister now?" She asked.

"I don't know. But I know the people who do. Amber and Havoc. I'm only telling you this because I feel like you can tell me something about those two. Can you?" Hei requested. Amber of Evening Primrose and Havoc who was killed by November? They were related to the Reaper, how?

"I can't tell you much. But it may help if you add some of your knowledge into the story." Misaki glanced at the door to make sure it was still private. "Amber leads a group called Evening Primrose. It works to allow contractors and humans to coexist. Havoc was killed a few weeks ago. Do you remember?" Hei sat numb. AMBER. He was going to squeeze the answers out of her! Havoc! What happened with her, and how was he involved?

"No. What happened?" Misaki bit her lower lip. Should she tell him about Havoc? Would he get upset- is that possible, oh wait this was the Reaper- and hurt her? But Hei was only curious and clearly knew nothing...

"Havoc was captured by MI6 and turned over to Section 4 and PANDORA. On our way to PANDORA HQ, we were intercepted from which we found out that our guests were really MI6 contractors. Havoc went to Hell's Gate, and Astronomic's reported the return of her powers had started. Suddenly her powers stopped coming, and Havoc was killed by November 11 not too far from the gate." Misaki retold the events. "I do have a question, why would a contractor go to Hell's Gate and then stop their powers from returning?" Misaki asked.

"Havoc knows the truth about my sister, but she may have forgotten. The Gate does more than return powers, it returns lost memories- or more accurately, grants wishes. Havoc's price was to drink the blood of children; she probably couldn't take killing any longer." Hei explained sadly. So one of his hopes of truth was lost. That left Amber.

"I didn't know contractors could feel." Misaki said.

"Havoc was recessing, she wasn't fully a contractor. By the way contractors are humans too, but like humans some are just bad." Hei was slightly hurt by Misaki's statement that he couldn't feel. He didn't know why though. Misaki could tell that BK-201 was offended, which only supported her theory that contractors had feelings.

"Sorry. It's just that I've never been this close to a contractor before. Well perhaps November, but that was strictly work."

"Isn't this strictly work?" Hei asked countering.

"I suppose you're right. But this feels different."

"Trust your instincts, never a contractor." Hei told her again.

"You know, I've been told that 4 times so far!" That struck Hei.

"Tell me, who told you? Those were not ordinary individuals."

"Nov-" Just then, someone knocked on the door. Hei sprung up and Misaki went to get it. Not ordinary individuals? Well November and BK-201 she had to admit were unusual, but Li? Saitou was outside, and looked flabbergasted that Hei was in there too.

"Oh, uh, the missions prepared. We leave whenever you're ready, Chief." Saitou said. His eyes glanced dangerously over to Hei to which Hei simple stared back in his mask.

"What's the plan?" Misaki asked Saitou by her radio. She was in the car with Hei, the rest were in Kouno's car.

"We're going after YN-471, killing if necessary. The train he's getting on leaves in 10 minutes."

"Understood." Misaki clicked the radio off. "Got that, Hei?" he asked. The Reaper nodded. Hei could easily get the contractor without anyone else. But the whole point of his mission was to help with her training, not to do her work. He'd help her, but to an extent.

The police arrived at the train station and looked around for the contractor. Misaki spotted him immediately talking to a fat man who wore a cap and smoked... The fat spotted Section 4 and disappeared leaving YN-471 to deal with the police. Kouno and Saitou ran straight towards the contractor waving their guns. The crowd at the station scattered in fear at the sight of the police. Soon the whole area was empty but Hei and Section 4.

"Well, well, well, the police have found my scent with the help of the Black Reaper!" The contractor taunted. He wore a brown coat and a bright red shirt with jeans. His dirty blond hair covering his right eye.

"You're surrounded, hands in the air!" Misaki shouted with her gun aimed at him, poised to shoot in a split second. YN-471 smiled.

"I don't think so!" He said activating his power. The ground beneath Saitou suddenly exploded

causing Kouno to tend to Saitou's injuries. This left Misaki and Hei to deal with the contractor. Hei wasn't going to do anything if he could help it, and Misaki was doing fine on her own.

Misaki shot a bullet at his head, but the contractor exploded it rendering it useless.

"Is that the best you can do? You're pathetic!"

Misaki barred her teeth in frustration. Her gun was useless, unless... unless Hei could create a diversion in which she could shoot unnoticed. Hei was still next to the Chief when Misaki gave him the orders out of the corner of her mouth. Hei nodded before running in a semi circle to be behind the contractor and shooting his wire so he could zip up before the contractor could explode him to pieces. Misaki took he opportunity to shoot at the contractor's arm and shoulder while his back was turned. His ability stopped and he howled in pain. Hei deciding it was over, jumped down and sent an easy electric shock into his body to keep him knocked out for a bit.

"Wait! Don't kill him!" Misaki cried.

"I didn't, but he'll be out for a while." Hei informed her before she slapped on YN-471's handcuffs. Kouno dragged the man into their car, as Misaki and Hei went to get Saitou's body.

"It's really fine Misaki!" Saitou tried convincing her. But when he tried to stand, the gash in his leg caused by the explosion made him fall back down in pain. Suddenly, a pair of sturdy arms came to pick him back up. Looking at his assister he was surprised to find BK-201 holding him up. Swallowing his pride, Saitou leaned on Hei's arms all the way back to his car.

Misaki called to check in with Astronomics.

"We caught YN-471."

"Congratulations Misaki, that's one less case to worry about." replied Kanami tiredly.

"Yeah, but Saitou's injured. Hei's helping him to walk, much to his displeasure, but I'm sure it'll heal faster than his pride." Misaki remarked as she watched Saitou's pained and humiliated face when he relied on Hei's strength to stand.

"Hei and I talked while I showed him around. He's surprisingly a pretty nice guy. It helps that his memories are erased of course, but I think you should get to know him more." Kanami said.

"Right, got to go Kanami." Misaki abruptly hung up.


A/N- Ha! Sometimes it's just so fun to make messier codes! By the way...please review!

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Bleu Tsuki