This is the last chapter everyone! Enjoy! Oh yeah, and please do keep in mind to review. And yes, I've got lots more to say, but, we don't have much time, do we? Now…let's get to the story! I've worked hard on this chapter so please read and review this!
Thanks to Mat49324 for reviewing Chapter 9.
Mat49324: You're right; you will be expecting a new long chapter from me!
Now, we begin…
Disclaimer: Yeah, before I forget this, I need to say that Detective Conan is owned by Gosho Aoyama and I have no rights whatsoever to it. Although, I am DC's biggest fan and I'm proud to say that I am. So, I don't own this and don't take any credit for the original anime, clear? Okay, so…don't sue me, please…
Setting: Unknown Dark Place
"I…I can't do this……" A drop of tear fell; he gripped the cyanide bottle hard. "…Mayuko- chan."
Mayuko? That's a girl's name. Heiji thought curiously. Is she his accomplice or what?
Out of the blue, a teenage girl appeared from the shadows. Heiji got startled due to her sudden emergence; she smiled bitterly to him, as if it was a reply.
What the? When had she arrived here? Where in this room did she come from? Did she enter a secret passage that leads to here or a vent or something?
Heiji curiously thought to himself.
She's pretty……But, who is she? Is she Mayuko?
The teenage girl had a long blackish brown elbow length hair, NOT, brownish black. Blackish brown and brownish black are two different kinds of color shades, so, that girl's hair is basically BROWN, light brown, almost golden brown to be precise with a pinch of black shades on her whole hair.
Don't make that mistake, okay, readers? Okay…moving on.
She was really tall for an Asian girl, about 5'5 to 5'6 feet tall, and that's without heels, AND, she DOES wear shoes with HIGH heels! But, her face is cute and very child like, but then, traces of sadness and fear can clearly be seen on her face by an observant eye, like Heiji, for example. It was scary how she could change her facial expression from cheery to emotionless and cold. She was like…a person…
Just like a person I know, but…who? They all have so much sadness… Heiji thought deeply.
Well, although some pure Japanese women can grow up to 5'9 feet tall, still, it is very rare only. She had fair skin and she looked a lot like the young lad. She, too, didn't look pure Japanese, plus, she looked innocent and not like the type of person who will kill you kind of girl. Heiji had to make a wild guess that she had a mixture of foreign blood, that's for sure. Maybe that's why she was so tall… just like a person he knew but couldn't exactly remember who.She had greenish blue eyes which looked like the emerald color and the turquoise color have merged into one. Her eyes had a pretty and unique color… just like a person Heiji knew all too well. But, who was she anyway…? And who does she look like that gave Heiji an odd, uneasy feeling. He felt as if he was going to discover something big.
Yeah. Something huge.
The young man looked at the teenage girl and smiled as bitter as she did, muttering.
"I…I simply…can't…do this…" His last few words were almost a whisper. "…I can't."
The girl smiled knowingly. She didn't look evil at all; in fact, she looked like one of those good guys coming to rescue a victim. Was that what was really going to happen, or is that innocent looking face of hers full of deceit?
Should Heiji trust them? It seems as if they are just being forced to do this. They don't seem to have any bad intention themselves.
What's going on? He thought.
Heiji hated the fact that he couldn't speak up his thoughts. Who knows what these two not-so-good but innocent looking troubled weirdo people would do to him if he tried to talk, let alone make one single sound. He just bottled his thoughts to himself. But, he promised himself that he had to find the truth sooner or later! Yes! He MUST find the truth behind all this!
I won't die just yet… Heiji thought. …not before I find out what in the world is happening.
"Niichan…" The girl started talking to him with a sad smile. "…I know you can't do it, niichan."
Niichan? Niichan is brother in Japanese……so then; the two of them are siblings…?
Heiji thought and wondered.
Come to think of it…they look alike… They also look a lot like……like……
Heiji thought hard. There was just someone that he knew all too well that looked very similar to these two people. The similarity of the whirlpools of their piercing eyes…the mixture of their strikingly comparable hair color, it almost made sense now when he put two and two together. The extremely pale white skin…And also…that smirk of theirs that reminded Heiji so much of someone… The eyes, the hair, the skin, the smirk…and their cheerlessness and morbidity…it all made Heiji feel nostalgic…nostalgic memories when…
Damn! Who is that someone so familiar to me…?
His forehead formed a crease as he was in deep thought. He was thinking hard.
Who is that…? WHO??
Heiji screamed in his head, then, he was beginning to remember bits and pieces of her face.
Wait! Oh my goodness! Don't tell me……
Heiji finally remembered. His eyes widened. This was too much stress for him in one day.
So…it's that person…
And that's where it struck him.
He thought again, confirming his speculation. Should he ask them…if she is related to them?
But…there's no mistake. They look very much alike… But…but…why…? How…?
"Ryoshi- niichan, if you're able to do this task……" The pretty teenage girl looked down the floor with her cheerless eyes.
Exactly like her eyes…
Heiji thought of that person while also thinking of a way out to this seemingly impossible sticky situation at the same time.
"…then…" She smiled at him. "…you won't be called a human anymore…" She finished her statement. "…and, you'll become one of them, the demons under human flesh."
Them? Humans under human flesh…humans under human flesh…? Where have I heard THAT before? I think Kudo mentioned that statement once…or…or was it that girl who said that statement?
"What do we do…Mayuko-chan?" Ryoshi asked her worriedly.
So that girl is Mayuko and that boy is Ryoshi… Heiji thought to himself.
"We will do the right thing……" She answered on impulse and then added sorrowfully. "…even if it may cost our lives." Her eyes look so sad…the saddest Heiji has ever seen in his life.
That girl… He thought, pitying them for always having sorrow and worries in their eyes. All the time, they have such sad eyes. Yeah. Heiji nodded, smirking upon the fact that he was understanding. Just like that girl. I'm sure of it.
Then, without warning, that Ryoshi guy walked towards Heiji and released his handcuffed hands, tied to his back by an extremely large rope that wrapped his body, including his legs which were pulled up by the thick and tight rope. He threw the cyanide away. Heiji didn't see where though, the trashcan, maybe? The girl was pulling Heiji up, and that Ryoshi person helped him up as well, smiling at him, making him even more totally confused.
Okay, now, Heiji REALLY didn't know what the plan was.
Heiji stood up and faced the two smiling teenagers. He asked them.
"So…I can tell you are supposed to kill me. Then, get on with it." Heiji told them proudly. "Let's see if you still have an accomplice or what, I rather die having tried than dying as a total coward." He told the two and they looked at each other, blinking their big eyes. Heiji laughed. "Are you going to kill me or not?" He chuckled, since he knew that he may never have the chance to do that again, not after today. He might not even be able to see the next sunrise.
The girl just forced a smile and tapped his shoulder and started speaking.
"Hattori-san," She looked at his eyes. "I don't want to kill you." She looked at Ryoshi and he just nodded in reply to her glance of him. "WE…" Emphasizing the word 'we', she used her index finger; she waved her finger about, gesturing Ryoshi and herself. "…don't want you to get killed, not with our own hands." She explained. "You have to help us, Hattori-san." Her eyes were forming tears, her eyes were stinging. And Heiji realized that. Ryoshi looked really distressed as well. "Please. My brother and I…we need help, we'll get you out before they come and we'll tell you everything."
"They…? Who do you refer to as they?" Heiji asked, raising a brow. It looks like he WILL uncover something big.
The girl was shivering all of a sudden when Heiji mentioned them and Heiji could tell that whoever they was were sending cold chills down her spine. Mentioning them also gave Ryoshi also made him feel uneasy, Heiji was a detective, and he could tell.
That girl, that girl that Heiji knew…she was also always shivering like this…whenever Kudo mentioned…them… Heiji thought, remembering that girl again. A stroke of genius speculation now turned into fact hit his head hard.
Wait…could they mean… Heiji's eyes were narrowing while fists clenching. …oh, damn…
And that's where it clicked. I understand fully now, the story behind all this…
He smirked, then, as he realized of something else about his captors, his bright eyes turned dull and even for his dark skin, it turned so horribly pale. Paler than ever.
Heiji's big blue eyes now widened, filled with fear. Then, I'm a captive of them…ah…Kudo…
He scratched his head due to the thought.
Now, he didn't need answers from them. He knew the answer. And he knew everything behind this mayhem. And he had to tell Kudo…and that girl about the two. This was a huge revelation, and Heiji smiled weakly, feeling proud that he was the first one to discover it.
Mayuko, unable to speak, she looked at her brother, eyes clearly saying 'Can you be the one to tell him, niichan?' And with that, Ryoshi stepped forward and told Heiji straightforward.
"We are er…members of a syndica…" Ryoshi started but was cut off by Heiji.
Heiji smirked and continued at once. "I know, it the Black Syndicate, right? I can help you…"
He smirked again when he saw the shocked expression on the two teenager's faces.
"You…you…but how did you know about…" Mayuko asked while being in the state of astonishment, her voice shaky.
"…Kudo Shinichi can help you." He told them. "And…"
"Wait!" Mayuko halted their conversation. "You need to help us find our missing sis…"
Mayuko was also cut off by Heiji.
"Sister? Missing sister? Was that what you were young to say?" Heiji asked, still reassuring, a proud smirk was formed on his thin lips.
"Yeah." Mayuko and Ryoshi nodded together. "How did you know?" Ryoshi asked.
"I know who your sister is…I know where she is." Heiji told the two, and their faces were so filled with shock and at the same time happiness and relief.
"But…" Ryoshi started to tell Heiji. "…we have another sister but she…"
Heiji smirked arrogantly since he is enjoying the game of fill in the blanks as he continued Ryoshi's statement.
"…she was killed by Gin?" Heiji asked, he was, deep inside, very glad that he could help these two teenagers when he saw their shocked expression once more.
"How do you know a lot about us siblings, Hattori-san?" The girl Mayuko asked. Ryoshi just scratched his head in confusion and astonishment in Hattori's knowledge on their family.
"I know a lot of things…" Heiji stated, chest up, feeling rather proud. "…Miyano siblings."
Footsteps…
It was time to escape.
BANG!
A puff of smoke…
And a gunshot was heard…
Sadness, anxiety, distress, sorrow, pain and death filled the cold winter air of Tokyo, Japan………
When will suffering and grief in this world ever end?
The End of Prologue……
To be continued…
Let's see if you can connect the clues to my own mystery story. But, of course, I prefer the original much better.
As you may have noticed, compared to my stories last year, my stories now are more violent, mature and well-written. But…I'm sure I'll be improving much more in the years to come.
I will continue this. I really plan on making a sequel to after that first long story, too…oh, maybe 200 pages? It is where all the answers will be revealed and the final ending…with of course an unexpected twist! I'm so excited to type THAT one down!! I'm too ambitious…I have to remind myself that success means hard work so I have to keep writing as much as I can even if it means sleepless nights for me. Hmm…only if time permits me, if I still have interest (which I think I still will) and if I am not lazy. I have some ideas floating in my head, but, nope…not telling you. Well, anyway, this story didn't turn out to be a short story after all. I guess I still haven't grasped the art of writing a SHORT story. Whenever I try to write one, my fingers type uncontrollably and I write on and on until it becomes a long story! I hate it; I've no self control, see, just like NOW. That is really something that I HAVE to improve next year!!
When I want to write a long story, I never get to finish it somehow…but when I want to write a very short one-shot…a very big plot idea pops out in my head out of nowhere and it gets longer and longer…unstoppable story… See, just like now in my A/N…sighs…
Yeah…I know I have weird issues…just please bear with me. I AM doing the best I can in my stories, you know!
Is this a terribly long A/N?? Arghh……… not again!! (This is my first violent fan fiction, I stepped up a little bit. I tried to make it slightly violent to make it more thrilling like DC. I hope you liked it.)
PS: Please read my other stories (if only you want, not forcing anyone)
Message to cousin :
So…Jeanne…what do you think of my story?? Please…please post a review and write with fairly constructive criticism! (But not too much, though, you know what and who I'm referring to as an example coughs unlike someone we both know! Haha! Jokes…)
Okay…I know I'm annoying, so, I'll shut up now. Bye for now! XD
Time started: 12:45 am March 21, 2008 Friday
Time: Finished: 1: 20 am May 27, 2008 Tuesday
Time Finalized: 6:30 pm May 27, 2008 Tuesday
Time Rechecked: 2:35 pm May 30, 2008 Friday
Last Editing By: (first part) my mother Sabrina, (latter part) myself
-- 12:05 am Thursday June 5, 2008
Commented By: Cousin Alfred
PS: If you want to see the original version without editing and mom Sabrina and mine or the commented version of couz' Alfred on this story, just PM me and I'll mail it to you right away once I have time. Thanks a lot for all of your support dear readers! I love you all! Sincerely, your aspiring writer/author, Miyano Ran.