Letter: I

Theme: Intangible

"Maybe they were not meant to be after all…"

"Be ready… I'll call again in a few days…"

That had been Kudo, making the long-awaited phone call that we both had been waiting for. The opportunity that both of us, mostly him, had been earnestly seeking. All of the waiting, planning, heartbreak and heart-pounding fear, (again, all mostly on his part), seemed like it was finally going to pay off.

I have to admit, I was pretty ready. A little nervous, but ready. I've always been described as hot-tempered and impulsive, and that side of me for a long time has been itching for action. Wanting to finally make these guys pay for all they have done. So when Kudo had made that first call, it had taken everything in me not to hop on the first train to Tokyo. (Patience is not my strong suit.) Trying to pass the days while waiting for him to call back had not been an easy task. Another hard thing had been keeping all this from Kazuha. I've never really been the best at hiding my emotions, and history could testify that I am horrible at keeping secrets. She'd pestered me so much about it that we had fought, really fought, which is so rare for us. Of course we have bickered and teased and argued, many times daily in fact, but never fought. Never enough that we would not speak to each other, as was happening now.

Although, as Heiji thought about it, maybe that was for the best. Who knows how long it could take to finish things with the Organization? Or… Heiji was certainly not as pessimistic as Kudo was, but he also had to be pragmatic about the situation. They were neck deep in some serious, dangerous business. It would be unrealistic to at least entertain to the possibility that they would not come back from this. Of course, that aside, that outcome was just not one that Hattori Heiji would accept. He had promised Kudo long ago that he would help him in this no matter what, and that they would take them down.

The more Heiji thought about it though, the more he realized he needed to talk to Kazuha. Not tell her everything of course, just make sure that things were ok between them. Carrying this out though, was turning out to be more of a problem than he thought. Kazuha could be incredibly stubborn when she wanted to be, and was avoiding him. He'd tried walking with her to school, but she'd already left by the time he got there and she had to be going a different route because he never ran into her. At school she would jump up as soon as the bell rang between classes and rush out of the room; same for the end of the day. And at lunch she would disappear Heiji didn't know where the entire time. After two days of this cat and mouse game, Heiji had had enough.

That night, Heiji headed over to Kazuha's house, determined to talk everything out. He still wasn't sure exactly what he was going to say. He was dreading it with every step, but he knew it needed to be done. As Kazuha's house approached, he still had no idea what he would say. Right before he got to the front steps though, Heiji's phone rang. Heiji grew frustrated as he saw who it was that was calling him.

"Really…now?"

"Yes."

The next morning, when Kazuha left her house for school, she missed it. She didn't find it until she had returned home from school hours later after not seeing Heiji there and worrying, despite their fight. She was so sick of it all, and couldn't even remember what it is they fought over. She just wanted things to be back to normal. Unfortunately, the tiny note that had eluded her eyes that morning sitting on a small table they kept by the front door, signaled the start of anything but normal; though she didn't know so at the time. The note itself shared nothing of the roller coaster of emotions Kazuha would go through in the coming months. The note only contained three little words.

"I'm sorry, Kazuha."

A/N: Yep,I know…I know. I deserve to be lynched. (Sorry!) And if you didn't get the ending, that was Shinichi calling for Heiji to come and help him with the BO. This chapter is actually part of a series in this story. Unfortunately because of the letters of the themes I'm writing it out of order, but once you read them all, hopefully it will make sense. But they can also read separately and make sense. (Again, I hope) Anyway, the order that they go is 'I','Y','D', and 'X'.

Till next time!