Chapter two: Calling Card
Lunch soon arrived, and by that time, everyone in the entire town knew of the bombing treat from St. Tail.
Meimi was in a constant deep retrieve, one that hardly went unnoticed. However, every just assumed that she was as worried as everyone else was.
Meimi put the calling card in Asuka's lunch again, but it didn't explode of anything, it was just there. She prayed he noticed it.
"AIYAH!" shaking her head she waited for what usually happened after Asuka jr. noticed one of her calling cards. "It from St. Tail" he said as she recited the lines in her head.
But what happened next never happened before.
"I have to let my dad kn-." He stopped short. And she knew he had read it. "I see." And he left.
Sighing she finished her meal, and then started to leave as well.
"Meimi, where do you think your going?" Rina asked all-knowingly.
"To the church, I need to pray, my mind wont rest with its worry." She said to the blonde headed girl, who stepped back in shock.
"Oh, alright." And she went back to her lunch.
Meimi left.
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Meimi had asked him to meet her at the church, and there he was, on the bench that Seria and her normally sat.
Speaking of the nun in training, she walked up to Jr. right there.
"Asuka, why are you here?" and she sat by him.
"St. Tail asked me to meet me here, she sounded a bit pleading."
"Your trust her?" Seria tried her best to look shocked.
"She's never been a normal thief." He sighed. "Never, she has always done things for the greater good, this bombing thing, it just.doesn't fit." He shook his head. Then put it in his hands. "I can't tell dad, he would think me a traitor, but for some reason, I know that this St. Tail, isn't the joking one who sends me her calling card challenges." Seria stood up.
"I leave you be, but remember, Kami Sama will always believe your ideas, and he will set you strait." She then smiled and left. "I pray to god that you are right Asuka Jr." she called as if in an after thought.
Meimi had a smile on her face. Trust Seria to make sure everything went well. "Kami sama," she whispered. "Please forgive me for the tricks up my sleeves, one, two three!"
Stepping out from behind the trees the first words out of her mouth were "You trust me that much detective?" tears were starting to form. "You really believe that I didn't send that threat?"
Asuka looked up at her. Her head was tilted down, her bangs covering her face, but the voice, and the outfit. It was St. Tail. "Thank you Asuka." A tear fell to the ground.
"St. Tail," he stood up.
"Asuka, I never sent that threat!" she clutched her hand and looked away from him "I would never harm anyone! You have to believe me!" she turned her back.
"I do, but do you know who sent the note?"
"No, but I promise that I will help protect the school in question. Kami Sama help me if they are harmed because of some idiot who's playing copy cat with my name!"
"Kami sama?"
Meimi nodded. "Kami Sama, I am catholic." She turned her back to him, wiping the tears off her eyes, face still hidden.
"St. Tail, if you let me know who you are, then I can prove that it wasn't you who sent the note, for I'll be with you when the bombing happens."
"No." Meimi shook her head, "Only as a last resort. I have gone to far now to just be caught to prove that a copycat is a copycat. You are a genius Asuka, Try figuring it out, while I do the same." And she jumped up onto a tree then onto the chapel, slowly vanishing in a storm of cherry blossom petals.
"So that was the famous St. Tail." Seria walked up to Asuka, as he starred at the church. "Meimi is really worried, nothing I can say will help her, Asuka, could you talk with her, and tell her what you know? It may ease her mind."
Sighing he faced the nun in training. "Sure." And he followed Seria into the church.
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Stepping in, he noticed that there was nobody there, besides Meimi, who was kneeling right in front of the alter.
"Haneoka." He started, making her jump.
"Asuka." She looked up at him. Her eyes were puffy from all of her crying.
"Mimori said that you were worried, I can tell now why she was so worried about you." He kneeled down beside her, and got in a praying position. "I believe though, what you happen to be doing is the best, we should pray." They sat like that for a bit, then,
"Asuka, did you just now talk with St. Tail, Seria said that you were outside talking to her."
"Yes, I did."
"Did she tell you when she was planning it?" Both knew what 'it' was.
"She didn't send the note, it was a copycat, that's what she wanted to tell me. I guess I'm the only one who would believe her. After all, we have worked together for a while now, I take great pride in saying that I know her personality well enough to be able to trust her."
"Thank goodness it was just a copycat."
"Why do you say that?" Asuka looked over at the red head.
"St Tail, the real one, has been known to be punctual, if she says she'll do something, she does it, but since it's a copy cat, they may just chicken out. We have a better chance of having the school still intact next week, if we aren't dealing with her."
"You know what Haneoka, I think I agree with you." Asuka did notice how easily she said all she did about St. Tail. "Haneoka?"
"Hm?" her eyes were shut.
"What do you know about St. Tail?"
"All that I know, you know Asuka, I've just been putting pieces together from what I've read and heard. Exactly like you have." She lied beautifully, while asking forgiveness from Kami Sama at the same time for lying.
"Since when have you been so interested?"
"Since the beginning I think, she's rather interesting to think about. Mother would be so happy to meet her, so would my dad."
"Why?"
"My mom's an Acrobat. St. Tail is known to use the art in her thieving. My dad's a slight of hand magician, so is St. Tail." She explained, praying that she didn't give herself away. Standing up she noticed Asuka followed suit.
"If by any chance you want to, you're more then welcome to come along when St. Tail strikes again, maybe with your knowledge, and your parents knowledge we could catch her."
"May be." She smiled. "Thanks, this talk has cheered me up." And she walked out. Askua would have pondered more on Meimi if he hadn't noticed the time. They were late for Gym.
Running out, he had expected to see her and tell her the time, but she wasn't there. Not having time to ponder this, he ran off to the school.
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Relena
Lunch soon arrived, and by that time, everyone in the entire town knew of the bombing treat from St. Tail.
Meimi was in a constant deep retrieve, one that hardly went unnoticed. However, every just assumed that she was as worried as everyone else was.
Meimi put the calling card in Asuka's lunch again, but it didn't explode of anything, it was just there. She prayed he noticed it.
"AIYAH!" shaking her head she waited for what usually happened after Asuka jr. noticed one of her calling cards. "It from St. Tail" he said as she recited the lines in her head.
But what happened next never happened before.
"I have to let my dad kn-." He stopped short. And she knew he had read it. "I see." And he left.
Sighing she finished her meal, and then started to leave as well.
"Meimi, where do you think your going?" Rina asked all-knowingly.
"To the church, I need to pray, my mind wont rest with its worry." She said to the blonde headed girl, who stepped back in shock.
"Oh, alright." And she went back to her lunch.
Meimi left.
*~*~*~*~*~*~
Meimi had asked him to meet her at the church, and there he was, on the bench that Seria and her normally sat.
Speaking of the nun in training, she walked up to Jr. right there.
"Asuka, why are you here?" and she sat by him.
"St. Tail asked me to meet me here, she sounded a bit pleading."
"Your trust her?" Seria tried her best to look shocked.
"She's never been a normal thief." He sighed. "Never, she has always done things for the greater good, this bombing thing, it just.doesn't fit." He shook his head. Then put it in his hands. "I can't tell dad, he would think me a traitor, but for some reason, I know that this St. Tail, isn't the joking one who sends me her calling card challenges." Seria stood up.
"I leave you be, but remember, Kami Sama will always believe your ideas, and he will set you strait." She then smiled and left. "I pray to god that you are right Asuka Jr." she called as if in an after thought.
Meimi had a smile on her face. Trust Seria to make sure everything went well. "Kami sama," she whispered. "Please forgive me for the tricks up my sleeves, one, two three!"
Stepping out from behind the trees the first words out of her mouth were "You trust me that much detective?" tears were starting to form. "You really believe that I didn't send that threat?"
Asuka looked up at her. Her head was tilted down, her bangs covering her face, but the voice, and the outfit. It was St. Tail. "Thank you Asuka." A tear fell to the ground.
"St. Tail," he stood up.
"Asuka, I never sent that threat!" she clutched her hand and looked away from him "I would never harm anyone! You have to believe me!" she turned her back.
"I do, but do you know who sent the note?"
"No, but I promise that I will help protect the school in question. Kami Sama help me if they are harmed because of some idiot who's playing copy cat with my name!"
"Kami sama?"
Meimi nodded. "Kami Sama, I am catholic." She turned her back to him, wiping the tears off her eyes, face still hidden.
"St. Tail, if you let me know who you are, then I can prove that it wasn't you who sent the note, for I'll be with you when the bombing happens."
"No." Meimi shook her head, "Only as a last resort. I have gone to far now to just be caught to prove that a copycat is a copycat. You are a genius Asuka, Try figuring it out, while I do the same." And she jumped up onto a tree then onto the chapel, slowly vanishing in a storm of cherry blossom petals.
"So that was the famous St. Tail." Seria walked up to Asuka, as he starred at the church. "Meimi is really worried, nothing I can say will help her, Asuka, could you talk with her, and tell her what you know? It may ease her mind."
Sighing he faced the nun in training. "Sure." And he followed Seria into the church.
*~*~*~*~*~
Stepping in, he noticed that there was nobody there, besides Meimi, who was kneeling right in front of the alter.
"Haneoka." He started, making her jump.
"Asuka." She looked up at him. Her eyes were puffy from all of her crying.
"Mimori said that you were worried, I can tell now why she was so worried about you." He kneeled down beside her, and got in a praying position. "I believe though, what you happen to be doing is the best, we should pray." They sat like that for a bit, then,
"Asuka, did you just now talk with St. Tail, Seria said that you were outside talking to her."
"Yes, I did."
"Did she tell you when she was planning it?" Both knew what 'it' was.
"She didn't send the note, it was a copycat, that's what she wanted to tell me. I guess I'm the only one who would believe her. After all, we have worked together for a while now, I take great pride in saying that I know her personality well enough to be able to trust her."
"Thank goodness it was just a copycat."
"Why do you say that?" Asuka looked over at the red head.
"St Tail, the real one, has been known to be punctual, if she says she'll do something, she does it, but since it's a copy cat, they may just chicken out. We have a better chance of having the school still intact next week, if we aren't dealing with her."
"You know what Haneoka, I think I agree with you." Asuka did notice how easily she said all she did about St. Tail. "Haneoka?"
"Hm?" her eyes were shut.
"What do you know about St. Tail?"
"All that I know, you know Asuka, I've just been putting pieces together from what I've read and heard. Exactly like you have." She lied beautifully, while asking forgiveness from Kami Sama at the same time for lying.
"Since when have you been so interested?"
"Since the beginning I think, she's rather interesting to think about. Mother would be so happy to meet her, so would my dad."
"Why?"
"My mom's an Acrobat. St. Tail is known to use the art in her thieving. My dad's a slight of hand magician, so is St. Tail." She explained, praying that she didn't give herself away. Standing up she noticed Asuka followed suit.
"If by any chance you want to, you're more then welcome to come along when St. Tail strikes again, maybe with your knowledge, and your parents knowledge we could catch her."
"May be." She smiled. "Thanks, this talk has cheered me up." And she walked out. Askua would have pondered more on Meimi if he hadn't noticed the time. They were late for Gym.
Running out, he had expected to see her and tell her the time, but she wasn't there. Not having time to ponder this, he ran off to the school.
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Relena
