KudoEdogawa presents...
""Always""
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Chapter 4::
"AAAAAARGH!! CAN'T. THINK OF ANYTHING!!!" Shinichi screamed. Holding on to his head, Shinichi dashed out of the room.
Shiho stared in shock, "Oh, don't tell me..., what have I done?" She muttered, and ran after Shinichi.
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Ran, Kazuha, and Heiji met up with Akira, and the four of them ran around London and its nearby district, searching every hospital for the signs of Shinichi. They were dashing in and out different hospitals, stopping all cars and pedestrians for any information. The sun was slowly sinking, and they could've sworn they've searched every single hospital.
"Damn it!" Heiji cursed. "Where the hell on earth could he be?!" He dropped to the ground, and slammed his fist down..., on sharp glass.
The four of them suddenly realized where they are--the scene of the accident!
"Ah!" Akira exclaimed. "There's another hospital not far from here! He's got to be there, because this is the scene of the accidents, and I guess they'd want to get him to the hospital as soon as possible!"
Heiji stared. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL THIS TO US SOONER!?" He raised his fist, about to hit Akira.
"Stop it, Heiji." Kazuha said, blocking his punch. Akira sighed a sigh of relief. "We can beat him up later." Akira started to whimper again.
With Ran, more determined than ever; Heiji and Kazuha, more pissed than ever; and Akira, more scared than ever. The four of them ran for the last hospital, just hoping that Aphrodite, goddess of love, would be on their side to re-united Ran and Shinichi. However...within the hospital, a brown-haired girl was busy making preparations to leave the hospital. A man who has apparently lost his memory could not stay in the hospital any longer, as if it's torturing him in some way or other.
The man, now impatient, was annoyed of the fact that it was taking so slow to get him out of the hospital. "Can you please be faster?!" He shouted to the lady at the counter in English. The poor woman, under the pressure, worked extra fast and gave Shiho a piece of paper to sign. Shiho, however, was stunned by the fact that Shinichi can speak English quite well. It took her awhile to realize that Shinichi was shouting at her to sign the paper. After she had done so, they left together, hopped on to Shiho's undamaged car, and drove away, not noticing the four helpless Japanese teens that just ran into the hospital, and not knowing that it was a mistake to leave.
Breathless, Ran ran to the counter. "Excuse me, we're trying to find my friend. We think he was sent here a week ago due to a car crash." Kazuha, who had poor English, was surprised at how well Ran speaks the language. "He's a Japanese male that's about a bit taller than I am."
"Oh yes," the lady said. "He just left with his friends a minute ago." Ran was scared. Friend? Which friend could it have been? "I'm so glad you came, it seems like he left his passport here." She handed Ran the passport and went on helping other people.
Ran stayed where she was, slowly, she opened the passport, and again cried. It's him alright, the person in the car crash, the owner of this passport. She looked at the passport again, and there was Shinichi's picture, and the name "Kudo Shinichi."
"Oh, by the way." The woman added, seeing that Ran is still there. "I would prefer not to startle your friend, he's lost his memory."
Well duh! Now it makes sense..., why else would her Shinichi walk away with someone else?
Kudo is in danger. Heiji's words came back to her. Someone is trying to kill him.
"Hattori!!" Ran shouted. What was she doing? This isn't the time to be crying over her boyfriend, what if the person who took him away was the very person who was trying to kill him?! "Hattori!!"
"Nani? What is it?"
"Shinichi lost his memory and someone took him away!" Fear struck Heiji, Kazuha, and Akira. Ran started telling them what the lady had told them, and the four of them started to discuss the matter.
A man clothed in black was leaning against a wall near them. He had followed them all the way from Japan, from Osaka. His cruel lips curled into an evil grin when he heard that Kudo Shinichi was now completely defenseless. He pushed the door open and left, allowing a strong gust of wind to enter, the wind had hit Ran, giving her a weird feeling. She knew, somehow she knew that Shinichi was in good hands, and due to her blabbers, Shinichi was truly in danger.
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The silver car pulled up to a sophisticated estate. It wasn't particularly large and marvelous, nor was it particularly small and crappy. It looks just like houses that rich people, such as Shinichi himself, would live in. Within the car, Shiho pressed a button on the remote, and the front gate opened up, revealing an Italian looking fountain and the entrance to the house. Shinichi and Shiho got out of the car.
"Welcome to my humble home." Shiho said as she led Shinichi into the house. "I have many empty rooms, since I live by myself, so you can choose..." She stopped as Shinichi walked into a room and slammed the door. "Or yeah, you can have that room."
Shinichi locked the door and explored this new environment. It's a simple room, with a bed, a chair, a mirror, a door leading to the bathroom, and the door leading to the backyard. Shinichi sat down on the bed and strained his brain to think. His memory is blurry, yet in the back of his mind, he could see a figure. It was a woman with brown hair, standing there in his mind. "Who are you?" Shinichi wondered aloud, but the figure grows more distant and foreign every second, and less recognizable, until finally, it was no more than a blob of blur.
Headache struck Shinichi yet again, he sat on his bed to rest, and slowly fell asleep. There she was again, this time, she was more clear. She smiled at him, "C'mon! Shinichi! Come!" She ran and dissolved within a mist of blurs.
"Wait!! Come back!! I need to know who I am! Come back!" He ran after her, he ran, and ran, and fell with a thud. Shinichi woke up on the floor. He searched his mind again, but this time, he found nothing of his past.
He left his room and saw Shiho standing there, greeting him with a morning smile. "Hello," she said. "Shall we go out for breakfast? And then, I'll take you around the city!" Shinichi stayed where he was. Shiho seized his hand, "Come on! Let's go already!"
Shiho definitely knew her way around the city. She took Shinichi almost anywhere in just one day, they toured every major sight-seeing place, went to every little shop and parlor, and ate every delicacy there is to eat. The sun has sunk, and the silver crescent moon was rising, illuminating the park where Shinichi and Shiho were both laughing at Shiho's jokes.
"It's great to see that you're much more cheerful now..." she paused, "...Shinichi."
Shinichi let out a long sigh. "To be absolutely honest with you. I detest that name. Don't ask me why, I just do. My mind's been hurting for the past few days and it's all because of an identity that is now forgotten.
"I'm just so confused about everything right now; I want to find out who I am and rediscover myself..., yet at the same time I feel that it would not be the right thing to do. Argh! I hate this! What has Fate done to my life? Why have I done to deserve this?! Argh!!"
Shiho laid an comforting hand on Shinichi's arm. "Don't worry, even if Fate has meddled with your life, he has also sent me here to help you out. In fact, you know what? The first thing we do tomorrow, is to go to the airport, and let's go to Japan and rediscover yourself."
"There's just one small problem, Shiho..."
"What is it?"
"I haven't a passport."
"Oh, no biggie, we'll go back to the hospital to get it, or we could get you a new one." Shiho said.
"Alright then, as first step to my rediscovery, let's get some ice cream!"
"Yeah!" Shiho agreed in excitement.
"By the way," Shinichi added. "You're paying."
Shiho chased Shinichi through the park, the two of them laughing whole-heartedly, not noticing a man at the entrance of the park. The sparks of the cigar that he was smoking illuminated his dark clothes and his face of dark features.
The man's lips curled into a cruel smile. "Laugh while you can, Kudo. Soon...you will not be able to. Ha ha ha!!" The man left the park while laughing a laugh that sent chills up everyone's spines.
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Ran, Kazuha, and Heiji had moved into Akira's house. The three visitor quickly chose a room and unloaded their packages. Kazuha, Heiji, and Akira decided to go out for dinner, not wanting to leave Ran behind, they knocked on her door but to no reply. Kazuha tried to open the door only to find that Ran had locked herself within the room.
"Ran-chan!" Kazuha knocked on the door.
"Oy! Ran!" Heiji shouted, and hit the door violently. Only to receive yet another whack over the head from Kazuha.
"Shut up! and listen!" They quieted down and through the thickness of the door they could hear Ran's muffled sobs. Her cries saddened her friends, and Heiji motioned Kazuha and Akira to leave her alone.
They left silently to dinner, giving Ran the privacy that she needs. As soon as she heard the front door close, she wailed as loud as one could ever wail. Her crystal-like tear drops falling onto the soft mattress that she was sitting on, she can no longer control her tears, she let them fall freely. Just a week ago, they were there, in front of Cupid, and Shinichi vowed his love to her, but today, Ran was sure that she had lost that love--how can she still have that love if her Shinichi doesn't remember her? She reached into her bag and took out a picture of her and Shinichi, taken on Christmas of the previous year. She ran her finger over Shinichi's handsome face.
"Shinichi..." she whispered. Still holding their picture, she went on to the balcony and shouted, "SHINICHI!! I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!! SHINICHI!! I'M WAITING FOR YOU!! I'VE WAITED FOR YOU ONCE, AND I'LL WAIT AGAIN IF THAT'S WHAT IT GETS TO GET YOU BACK TO ME AGAIN!! I LOVE YOU!!
SHINICHI!!!"
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I'm still trying to stray from the ""Meteor Garden"" storyline, yet at the same time keep some of the complications that I had originally thought of...
Anyway...I might turn this into a S/S soon...one might never know the cruel things that Fate can do to you...*sighs*
