hey guys! so as promised, here's the new chapter, hope you like it!
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(a week days ago)
17 year old Toyama Kazuha sat on the roof of her apartment, or what would be her old apartment. She rested her head on one hand, staring at one of the seven wonders, the eiffel tower. It was dark outside, so the tower was lit, shining its beauty to all of France. The air was cool, and she could smell fresh bread being made by the store across from where she lived.
"I'm sure gonna miss this place..."
(Flashback of earlier that day)
"WHAT? We're moving!" Her dad covered his ears at the sound of her loud yelling, "Yes, back to Japan, where you were born" He stared at her, speaking slowly, "That is okay with you...isn't it?" He was suddenly caught off guard when he felt her arms around him. "this is more than okay" she softly said, then pulled back to look at him, "I mean, yeah I'll miss my friends and France, but Osaka's always been my home"
"Same here" he hugged her back, "We leave in seven days"
(End of Flashback)
What she told him was true...ever since she moved here, she would always dream of the soft, beautiful cherry blossoms from sakura trees and how she'd dance underneath them. And occasionally, she'd dream of a certain young boy.
she pulled out her omamori and opened the pouch. Holding it in her hands, she looked at the picture hidden inside, "...ahou" she whispered while smiling to herself
"Kazuha! It's time to go!"
She quickly lost her train of thought and ran downstairs. She was surprise to be greeted by her friends, "Juliette, Claire, Mimi? What are you doing here this late?" The three girls were teary-eyed as they hugged her. "We just came to say goodbye!" "We'll miss you Kazuha!" "Don't go!" Kazuha laughed, "Aww girls, don't cry or else you're gonna make me cry" and she wasn't lying either, she hated seeing others sad.
"Don't worry girls, I'll come back and visit you guys"
"You better!"
After saying their goodbyes, Kazuha got in the car and waved to them until they could no longer be seen.
"Au revoir!"
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"Ne Heiji?" a small girl in a yellow dress licked her ice cream, "what are we gonna do today? And why do you have a backpack?" She waited for the young, tanned boy to answer, "I've already told you" he replied, rolling his eyes, "We're going to see the fireworks" Her eyes instantly lit up, "Yay!" she smiled to herself, then something thought occurred to her, "but they start when its dark" he continued walking, "so?" She stopped and looked at the sky, "It's still morning!"
He sighed to himself, "ahou, we need to find a good spot before anyone else takes it" he said when he turned, facing her. "ooooh" she could see him trying hard not to smile, "don't call me an ahou, ahou!"
After walking for almost an hour, they finally settled down on a hill. "See? There's already people coming in" she looked down and realized that he was right, " people were carrying their covers to lay on the ground, and some brought chairs, but no one was near them on the hill.
They played little games before it finally got dark. "It's about to start!" he yelled happily as he ran to his backpack. She looked at him confusingly, "What's in your backpack?" he was searching through it until he finally let out a "here it is!" She noticed he was holding a cover, "it itches when you sit on the ground" he told her as he laid it on the ground.
He sat on top of it and turned to her with a grin on his face, "Come on! It's about to start!" she nodded and sat next to him.
They stared in awe as the colorful fireworks began shooting into the dark sky, lighting everything up. She turned to him, "Heiji, thanks for today-
"We're here!"
Kazuha jumped as she heard her dad's voice, "Geesh, don't scare me like that dad" she said while rubbing her eyes, "Sorry kiddo, just wanted to tell you we're finally here" he said sheepishly, "did you at least sleep well?" After letting out a small yawn, she nodded, "I dreamt of a time when I was little" one of my favorite memories actually...
She looked outside of the window, "So where are we living exactly?" Her dad just smiled...
The cab drove away as Kazuha stared at her house in disbelief, "No way!" she looked back at her dad who was smiling, "We're living in the EXACT same place ten years ago?" Her dad laughed and nodded, "No one wanted the place and I decided, why not? Like it?"
"Like it? Oh dad! It's perfect!" She placed her luggage down on the ground and ran to hug him, "Thank you Thank you Thank you!" He laughed out loud, "And you can still have your old room, that is, if you still want it"
She quickly let go of him, "Of course!" after quickly giving him a peck on the cheek, she ran inside and up the stairs into her old room. The room was medium size, the walls were blue and though it was empty, she loved it.
"Kazuha, can you come downstairs for a minute?"
She closed her window and yelled "coming!"
She ran downstairs and saw her dad with two other people, "Oh Kazuha! It's so nice to see you again!"
She smiled widely, "Mr. Hattori! Mrs. Hattori! I can't believe it! How are you?" They laughed at her, "Oh darling, you've certainly grown up into a beautiful young lady" Kazuha blushed at her words, "Arigato"
The four talked for awhile, until her father spoke up, "so how's Heiji?"
Her eyes widen as she waited for their answer, "He's doing fine, but you'll have to see for yourself tonight" She said with a smile. Kazuha stared at her dad, he noticed her look and smiled, "I forgot to tell you, we're spending dinner over at their house"
the adults soon went back to talking, while Kazuha stood there, listening. After a while, she grew bored. She ran to get her sweater, one she had just recently bought in France, and began putting it on, "Hey dad, I'm gonna go to the park"
"Okay, you still know where it is right?" she quickly nodded, "Okay, just don't be too long, we're gonna head out in a few, so just meet us there"
She said okay and went out the door.
Once reaching the park, she saw the swings and sat down on one of them.
Her mind was filled with questions, I wonder how he'll look like? Probably even more handsome than before...she let out a small laugh, though she never told anyone, when they were little, she had this crush on her best friend.
He's her first love.
She realized it was starting to get late and that she should probably head back. Walking the path she knew by heart.
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"Well if it isn't Hattori Heiji"
She watched him swallow and then as if nothing, wipe his mouth and stand up. She gasped inwardly, he was tall, taller than she imagined. His eyes were piercing green as they looked into hers.
He cleared his throat, "Who are you?"
She knew she should have expected this, but she couldn't help but feel hurt.
"Guess"
Heiji stared at her, and instantly recognized her as the girl in the park. Her clothes were different, her hair was tied up in a long ponytail, she had cream colored skin and her eyes were a deep green. He found himself lost in them for some reason.
"You look japanese, but your clothes say you've been out of the country recently, how am I doing so far?" he said with a smirk
Actually pretty well, she thought, "I'm impressed, but not as well as I hoped" she said 'in a matter of fact' tone
His smirk quickly disappeared, where had he met her? In a case? No he would of remembered her face...He frowned, "What's your name?"
She sighed, "I can't believe you already forgot about me...ahou"
He stood there for a while, still not sure.
"You really don't remember me?" she asked softly.
He could tell he hurt her feelings, "Sorry, but no, not really..." He groaned in his mind because he expected her to start crying any second now. But to his surprise, she just glared at him, "Hattori Heiji" she crossed her arms, "boy do you have some nerve!"
"Hey it's not my fault! Where did I meet you? During a case? School?"
She looked up at him, confused, "A case? What do you mean?"
He raised an eyebrow, "You know, at a homicide case or anything that had to do with the police?"
She stared at him wide-eyed, "Now why would we have met there?"
Now it was his turn to look at her as if she was crazy, "You do know who I am right? Hattori Heiji, The Great Detective of the West?"
She was confused and was about to ask him what he was talking about, but their parents came in.
"Oh you two are already here!"
"So did you guys catch up?"
Kazuha and Heiji stared at each other.
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Kay well, sorry I left off here, but I wanted the next part to be in the next chapter =D
As always, thank you all who reviewed!
salimaran08: I'm glad! Thanks for reading my fanfic =D haha you should really study for your exams, but I'm happy that you've enjoyed Falling For You! Arigato!
HeiKazu: haha yeah I decided I wanted them all to go to the same school =)
Ayumi Kudo: Well, Heiji's an ahou for forgetting who she is but we'll see what happens =)
: thank you soo much! You may be giving me too much credit though, I'm sure there's a lot of better Heiji/Kazuha writers out there, but thanks! Hope you enjoyed this chapter =D
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So thank you all again, although I wished more people would review to tell me how it is so far. =)
Arigato!
Dreambee