AN: Hello everyone.... This is going to be the last chapter of The Next
Generation, but I'm thinking of putting an epilogue. Haven't decided yet.
School started so sorry this was a little late. Well... enjoy the show ^_^
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Masahiro was finally let out of the hospital and was back in school where he had tons of makeup work. Lucky for him, Dena took all of his notes while he was in a coma. The day started as normal except for the fact that Dena and Masahiro were dropped off at school by car due to the fact the Masahiro wasn't fully recovered. It was pretty quiet that day. Rohiroshi was absent, so Gyoko didn't talk to offend Tenkida. Since no one spoke anything to or about Tenkida she stayed quiet as well which made Aivi not speak a word either. So, basically Dena and Masahiro were the only ones that actually spoke, though they finally got everyone else to talk as well. It was lunchtime for crying out loud. "Boy, how quiet it can get when one of us is absent ^_^," said Dena to everyone around her.
Gyoko and Tenkida still stayed quiet, but Aivi decided it was no time to be quiet, that was for class. "Yeah, where on earth is Rohiroshi anyway? He's never been absent to school before. Gyoko, did he say anything to you?"
Everybody looked at Gyoko as if she was hiding something, causing her to sweat drop. She decided that it was finally time for her to speak up. "No, he didn't tell me anything." Everyone still had questionable looks on their faces as they still stared over to Gyoko. " ^_^; Honestly, I know nothing. Stop staring at me like that already! Why are you staring at me like that anyway?"
"You know something," said Tenkida, looking closer over to Gyoko, "Rohiroshi and Gyoko have been spending a lot of time together."
Gyoko turned red. "What are you getting at?" she asked.
Aivi, Tenkida, and Dena pulled Gyoko over to the corner, leaving Masahiro by the window all alone. "Sorry, Sawatari, it's girl talk time!" shouted Tenkida across the hall. She then turned her attention over to Gyoko. "Spill it, Gyoko. Are you and Rohiroshi, you know: dating?"
"What?! Where in the world did you get that ridiculous prediction?!" Gyoko exclaimed.
Dena's eyes grew wide as she gasped with excitement. "You guys hear that? She and Rohiroshi are dating!"
Gyoko sweat dropped once more. "Am I not getting through to you people? T_T We're not dating!"
"Oh we're so happy for you, Gyoko!" shouted both Dena and Aivi, giving their friend a nice big, tight hug. Gyoko could see that they weren't getting it through their thick heads that there was nothing going on between her and Rohiroshi.
Rohiroshi had finally come into the classroom. He walked over to the lonely and confused Masahiro. Then glanced over to the hugging girls in the corner, though Tenkida just stood there with her arms crossed. He turned his attention back over to Masahiro who looked even more confused than ever. "Um, did I miss something?" he asked.
Masahiro's blind self finally noticed Rohiroshi and comprehended what he had just asked. "Besides half a day of school you mean?" he replied. Rohiroshi nodded. "Well, the girls are talking about something over there," he pointed.
"Any clue what?" Rohiroshi asked.
"From what it looks like... They're all still talking about you. Yeah, they think you and Gyoko are secretly dating or something like that," said Masahiro, leaning himself on the wall.
"Well, that's odd," said Rohiroshi. "I wonder where they got that silly idea."
The girls finally noticed Rohiroshi talking to Masahiro and made their way over to him. "Where have you been all day?" Aivi asked. "Doctor's appointment?"
"Not exactly," said Rohiroshi. He glanced over to Dena * I see you haven't told them. * "I'll tell you all later." Dena nodded and frowned. She knew that meant "we'll tell you all later."
After School...
Rohiroshi decided to walk Gyoko home that day and decided that first he had to tell her something. Masahiro and Dena, being their devious selves, decided to follow the two to see what they were up to. " This isn't right, Dena," said Masahiro, who was hiding with Dena in a nearby bush where Rohiroshi were sitting on a bench.
Dena looked back at Masahiro. "What are you talking about?!" she asked. " This whole thing was your idea!"
"Well, it was a joke! You're the one who took it seriously," Masahiro replied back.
The couple looked through the bushes to see what was going on between the two people on the bench. Rohiroshi looked serious at Gyoko who seemed confused and wasn't sure if he was upset or not. "Rohiroshi, is something bothering you?"
Rohiroshi just stared at Gyoko with sadness in his eyes. "Gyoko, I..." words didn't come after that. Rohiroshi choked. He then took Gyoko's hand and brought his face closer to hers, and in a split second he gave her a short, but sweet kiss. "I have something I need to tell you."
Gyoko had a very deep red blush on her face, but didn't turn away from Rohiroshi. "What was that for Rohiroshi?"
"It might be the last time I'll be able to do that for a while," he said. Gyoko looked at him with worry in her eyes as if she had a feeling of what Rohiroshi was trying to tell her. Rohiroshi saw the look on Gyoko's face, which made him squeeze her hand tighter. "I'm going somewhere," he finally said.
Masahiro and Dena both heard and saw everything that had happened. Dena showed no sign of worry or shock, which was the opposite for Masahiro. He was both worried and shocked, not to mention extremely confused. "What's Rohiroshi saying?" he whispered. "Is trying to say that he's..."
Gyoko still wondered what was going on but had a slight feeling. She decided to try to guess something that hopefully was the case. "You mean you're going on vacation?" Rohiroshi shook his head no. Gyoko finally knew what was going on and tears formed in her eyes. "Where?"
Rohiroshi took out his handkerchief and wiped Gyoko's eyes with it. "London," he said. "I'll come back, Gyoko, I promise I will." Gyoko's tears came down faster and harder once she heard the words. Rohiroshi watched sadly as she cried, but explained to her, "Father promised me I would be able to stay here for a while but apparently I was wrong. He got re- stationed to London. We're leaving in 3 weeks." Gyoko tried to restrain her tears from falling, but it couldn't be helped. She went closer to Rohiroshi and embraced him in a hug as he let her cry on him.
Dena turned with a long face as she headed quietly out of the bushes as Masahiro followed. She ran far, without Rohiroshi or Gyoko noticing and stared down to the ground. Masahiro finally caught up with her and stopped to catch his breath. "I can't believe Rohiroshi is going all the way to London. And poor Gyoko looked so upset," he said. He looked up and saw that Dena had made no move whatsoever. He walked over to her and saw that she was looking down as if she was in deep thought. He put his hand on her shoulder, which made her look up. " I don't know what I would do if you were to move that far away. I've known you all my life, Dena," he said with a smile.
Dena showed a fake smile. " I have to go, Masahiro," she said.
"You want me to walk you home?" he asked.
Dena shook her head. "No, I'm not going home just yet. I just need some alone time." Dena ran up to Masahiro and gave him a peck on the cheek, which made him blush. She quickly hurried off to where she was going as Masahiro watched. He had the strangest feeling that something was bothering her.
Dena ran over to the Pandora Fortune Teller shop where she went to go meet Mayu. Mayu was where her crystal ball was and motioned for Dena to sit down. "It's not like you to keep something from Sawatari, Dena."
"I know... Wait how'd you know?!" she exclaimed.
"Am I not a psychic?" she inquired. Dena nodded. "Now why have you come?"
"The truth is, I need a favor from you..."
At the Chapel...
"I see," said Seira to Dena. "Well then, I have one last lost lamb for you to save."
Seira took out a photo of a golden fan with diamonds at the ends. "Hey, I've seen that at the museum before. It was supposed to belong to a Empress of China," said Dena.
"This one is a fake," said Seira. She took out another picture. "Compare the fake and the real fan."
Dena examined the two photos closely and looked at them for several seconds. "I can't see any difference at all"
"Exactly," said Seira as she put the photos away. "One of the workers of the museum came to me a couple of nights ago. He said he had witnessed the switch since he was on the nightshift. It seems that the caretaker of the museum had switched the priceless artifact with the fake. The worker was of course afraid to go to the police."
"I see... I just have to prove that the one in the museum is a fake."
"You also have to bring the culprit to justice, Dena" said Seira.
Dena nodded. "Yes, I have to go, Seira! I'll see you tomorrow," she said as she started to head home.
Next Day at School...
Everyone seemed to be at school that day, but there seemed to be something different about that day. It was extremely quiet. Nobody seemed to talk. Gyoko was the most silent of them all, followed by Dena and Rohiroshi. The class area near the window was almost like a ghost town. Three of our members had no clue of what was going on. Aivi, Masahiro, and Tenkida seemed a bit confused at the situation and decided to call a "side group" meeting. "Okay, those three are hiding something," said Aivi.
"Yeah, and that eerie silence is giving me the creeps," said Masahiro with a playful tremble.
Tenkida thought for a moment. "Okay, here's what we're going to do." Aivi and Masahiro closed in to listen. "Sawatari, you take Asuka. Aivi, you take Gyoko. And I'll take Azuma"
"Right," said both and Masahiro and Aivi at the same time.
Masahiro walked over to the more quiet than usual Dena. He sat right next to her as she laid her head down on her desk. "Dena, can we talk?" he asked.
"Not right now, Masahiro," she said.
"Okay. Then, how about after school? I'll buy you a shake," he said.
"I have to go home early today."
"How about while I walk you home then?"
"If you don't mind, I'd rather walk alone today," she finally said. She then walked over to where Tenkida and Aivi were. Tenkida had taken out a binder that Dena had never recognized before. She then opened it up to reveal every single calling card that Dark Rosary had ever sent to her, whether it be the calling card itself or just a picture of it. "What the heck?! You keep every single calling card in a scrapbook?!" Dena exclaimed.
"Well, of course I do," said Tenkida.
Aivi looked at the scrapbook. She then pointed to a certain calling card. "Hey, I don't remember that one," she said.
"Huh?" Tenkida said. She then looked at the calling card Aivi was pointing to. "Hey, I don't remember it either. In fact, I think that's new." She then read it, "Friday night I will come for the Empress' Fan at Museum A- Dark Rosary."
"Yup, that's new alright," said Aivi.
After school...
After school everyone went home. Gyoko and Rohiroshi walked home together, while Aivi and Tenkida walked to the coffee shop. Masahiro and Dena on the other hand, went their separate ways. Masahiro decided to try Dena one more time, since he was determined to get something out of her. Dena turned around one last time to give Masahiro a smile assuring him that soon they could talk, then she headed on her way. Before She could get passed the flag poll, Masahiro grabbed Dena's hand. "Something is bothering you, I know it," he said, "We've barely been able to talk. What's going on, Dena?"
Dena put a saddened look on her face, but gave Masahiro another smile quickly after that. "I promise, you'll know soon," she said. Dena then started once again to head home, alone.
Masahiro watched her walk off and replayed her face expression through his head. He noticed the same thing, sad to suddenly happy. He decided he should just head to Dena's home and pay her a surprise visit, or maybe just talk to her mom. He walked down the street, making sure that he avoided the alleyways this time (haha) and headed over to Dena's house and knocked on the door. Meimi had answered the door, opening it widely, and then noticed it was Masahiro and quickly closed the door, leaving but a small crack. "Masahiro... this is a surprise. We weren't expecting you today," she said.
"Mrs. Asuka, Is there something that I should know about?" Masahiro asked. "Dena has been acting really strange and she won't tell me what's wrong."
"I see. So she hasn't told you yet," said Meimi, slowly opening the door. Masahiro stepped into the Asuka residence where he noticed a lot of boxes. His heart started pounding in fear as he thought of the worst, hoping that it wasn't the case. Meimi led him up the stairs and to the door of Dena's room and knocked on the door. "Dena, there's someone here to see you.
Dena heard her mom and headed over to open the door, thinking that it was Rohiroshi maybe. But, it wasn't. She opened the door where she saw Masahiro standing. She watched, as he slowly looked at all the packed up boxes in her room. Dena looked up to her mom, which gave Meimi the sign to leave. Masahiro's knees collapsed at the doorway after seeing what he saw. Dena joined him on the floor and tried her best to find words to say, but found nothing and stayed silent. She finally couldn't stand the silence anymore. "I'm sorry," she said, "I didn't want to tell you like this, but I couldn't even find the courage to tell you."
Masahiro stared down at the ground as he listened to Dena. "You're going with Rohiroshi, aren't you?" he asked.
"Yes, our whole family is. Rohiroshi's dad got re-stationed and my dad got transferred. We thought it would be perfect to just rent one big house to live in, that way, me and Rohiroshi could go to the same school and not be alone," she said. Dena noticed Masahiro was still looking down and knew that he didn't want to face her right now. "Masahiro, please look at me."
Masahiro then looked up at Dena, with tears running down his cheeks. He grabbed Dena and embraced her with a hug. "You can't go," he said, "please... don't leave! We've never spent one day away from each other. Even if we were fighting, we would at least see each other." Dena returned the hug and realized for once, she had to be the strong one, but she didn't know how. She decided to just stay held in Masahiro's arms for a while until the sadness stopped. (uhh, that could be a while. What? Someone has to put humor in here! Anyone notice that characters in here are big crybabies? )
Museum A...
Tenkida was just finishing her conversation with Masahiro, who told her everything upon Dena's request. " I see. So Asuka and Azuma are moving to Europe. I'd think that you would spend these last few weeks with her, Sawatari," she said to the saddened Masahiro.
"I know, but she said that I have to go because it's my job," said Masahiro with a sigh.
"Boy, is she stern."
Tenkida had her men gathered around all sides of the museum, including the top, and also had some men circling around the fan. The caretaker stood with beaded drops of sweat on his face as everyone waited for Dark Rosary to show up. Not to everyone's surprise, Dark Rosary went back to her old ways of switching off the lights. "Hey everybody! You miss me?" she asked sarcastically.
"Some of us," Tenkida replied with the same sarcastic tone. "Why is it that you've come to actually steal this time, Dark Rosary?"
"Well, I'll show you ^_^," said Dark Rosary, pouring sleeping powder on the guards who were bravely surrounding the "diamond fan". Tenkida tried to run up to Dark Rosary to catch a glimpse of her face before she took out the "priceless artifact". To her misfortune, Tenkida tripped over an invisible wire that Dark Rosary had placed before hand. Dark Rosary took out the fan and headed about three feet off the ground with her balloons. "Observe," she said. She dropped the fan from the air as everyone watched it to hit the ground.
Tenkida saw that the diamonds on the fan had shattered. "It broke!" she exclaimed.
The caretaker then rose and pointed his finger to Dark Rosary. "That was a priceless artifact, and you broke it! Now you are truly a thief!" he accused.
"I don't think so!" said Tenkida. "Men, arrest him for embezzlement and fraud!"
"What?!" the caretaker asked.
"If you haven't forgotten already, Mr. Caretaker, a diamond is indestructible! ^_~" said Dark Rosary. "In other words... it can't break and glass can, proving that the fan on display was nothing but a fraud. So bye bye, Mr. Caretaker. Don't forget to write from prison." Dark Rosary started to head up to the rooftops and was ready to leave. Tenkida didn't even bother to capture her this time since she was more focused on the sneaky caretaker.
Train station 3 weeks later...(ok I no that was quick, but mom is nagging me to get off .)
Meimi, Detective Asuka, and Rohiroshi's dad were already on the train, waiting for the kids to say good-bye to their friends. Aivi gave hugs to both Dena and Rohiroshi and warned about the consequences for not writing. Tenkida just gave a simple wave and one last knock on the head for Dena. Gyoko hugged Dena and Rohiroshi and gave Rohiroshi a small locket with her picture in it. He once again promised that he would come back and Dena was going to come back with him. Then last but not least: Masahiro. Masahiro embraced Dena one last time before he left. "Don't be gone too long, Dena," he said.
"I promised I won't," she said. She gave him one last kiss on the cheek as Meimi and Mr. Azuma tried to restrain Detective Asuka from going down and a pounding Masahiro. Dena made her way in the train where she went to wait with the parents for Rohiroshi.
Masahiro and Rohiroshi shook each other's hands. " Rohiroshi, promise me that you'll take care of her," Masahiro said.
"I promise, just as long as you promise me that you'll take care of Gyoko for me," Rohiroshi replied.
"It's a deal," said Masahiro with a smile. They shook hands one more time then everyone watched as Rohiroshi headed up the train to join Dena and the parents.
2 weeks later at school...
Tenkida walked up to Gyoko, Masahiro, and Aivi, who were quizzing each other for the up coming English test. "So, any of you hear from Asuka or Azuma?"
"Yeah, they said that school is a little harder there, but other than that, they're doing perfectly fine," said Masahiro. Tenkida motioned for Masahiro to join him by the window. "What's up?" he asked when got over there.
"Looks like I'll never get a chance to capture her now," said Tenkida.
Masahiro acted confused. "Um, who?" he asked.
"Dark Rosary of course. You notice that ever since Asuka left, I haven't gotten a single calling card from Dark Rosary. I'm right, aren't I, Masahiro? Asuka is Dark Rosary," Tenkida replied.
"I honestly have no clue what you're talking about," said Masahiro with a sweat drop.
"Oh, yeah?" Tenkida asked, putting her hand in her pocket, "Then how come- huh?" Tenkida pulled a paper out of her pocket. "Tomorrow night, I will come for the Pharaoh's staff at Museum B- Dark Rosary."
"I guess Dena flew all the way over just to put that in your pocket then, eh, Tenkida?" Masahiro asked sarcastically.
"How on Earth?!" Tenkida exclaimed.
Mayu Sendo was outside, sitting on a tree, "Anything for the girl who got me out of prison ^_~" she said.
The End **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************** AN: So, how'd you guys like the ending? Epilogue? No? Please review this last chapter of The Next Generation. Ja Ne ^_~
Masahiro was finally let out of the hospital and was back in school where he had tons of makeup work. Lucky for him, Dena took all of his notes while he was in a coma. The day started as normal except for the fact that Dena and Masahiro were dropped off at school by car due to the fact the Masahiro wasn't fully recovered. It was pretty quiet that day. Rohiroshi was absent, so Gyoko didn't talk to offend Tenkida. Since no one spoke anything to or about Tenkida she stayed quiet as well which made Aivi not speak a word either. So, basically Dena and Masahiro were the only ones that actually spoke, though they finally got everyone else to talk as well. It was lunchtime for crying out loud. "Boy, how quiet it can get when one of us is absent ^_^," said Dena to everyone around her.
Gyoko and Tenkida still stayed quiet, but Aivi decided it was no time to be quiet, that was for class. "Yeah, where on earth is Rohiroshi anyway? He's never been absent to school before. Gyoko, did he say anything to you?"
Everybody looked at Gyoko as if she was hiding something, causing her to sweat drop. She decided that it was finally time for her to speak up. "No, he didn't tell me anything." Everyone still had questionable looks on their faces as they still stared over to Gyoko. " ^_^; Honestly, I know nothing. Stop staring at me like that already! Why are you staring at me like that anyway?"
"You know something," said Tenkida, looking closer over to Gyoko, "Rohiroshi and Gyoko have been spending a lot of time together."
Gyoko turned red. "What are you getting at?" she asked.
Aivi, Tenkida, and Dena pulled Gyoko over to the corner, leaving Masahiro by the window all alone. "Sorry, Sawatari, it's girl talk time!" shouted Tenkida across the hall. She then turned her attention over to Gyoko. "Spill it, Gyoko. Are you and Rohiroshi, you know: dating?"
"What?! Where in the world did you get that ridiculous prediction?!" Gyoko exclaimed.
Dena's eyes grew wide as she gasped with excitement. "You guys hear that? She and Rohiroshi are dating!"
Gyoko sweat dropped once more. "Am I not getting through to you people? T_T We're not dating!"
"Oh we're so happy for you, Gyoko!" shouted both Dena and Aivi, giving their friend a nice big, tight hug. Gyoko could see that they weren't getting it through their thick heads that there was nothing going on between her and Rohiroshi.
Rohiroshi had finally come into the classroom. He walked over to the lonely and confused Masahiro. Then glanced over to the hugging girls in the corner, though Tenkida just stood there with her arms crossed. He turned his attention back over to Masahiro who looked even more confused than ever. "Um, did I miss something?" he asked.
Masahiro's blind self finally noticed Rohiroshi and comprehended what he had just asked. "Besides half a day of school you mean?" he replied. Rohiroshi nodded. "Well, the girls are talking about something over there," he pointed.
"Any clue what?" Rohiroshi asked.
"From what it looks like... They're all still talking about you. Yeah, they think you and Gyoko are secretly dating or something like that," said Masahiro, leaning himself on the wall.
"Well, that's odd," said Rohiroshi. "I wonder where they got that silly idea."
The girls finally noticed Rohiroshi talking to Masahiro and made their way over to him. "Where have you been all day?" Aivi asked. "Doctor's appointment?"
"Not exactly," said Rohiroshi. He glanced over to Dena * I see you haven't told them. * "I'll tell you all later." Dena nodded and frowned. She knew that meant "we'll tell you all later."
After School...
Rohiroshi decided to walk Gyoko home that day and decided that first he had to tell her something. Masahiro and Dena, being their devious selves, decided to follow the two to see what they were up to. " This isn't right, Dena," said Masahiro, who was hiding with Dena in a nearby bush where Rohiroshi were sitting on a bench.
Dena looked back at Masahiro. "What are you talking about?!" she asked. " This whole thing was your idea!"
"Well, it was a joke! You're the one who took it seriously," Masahiro replied back.
The couple looked through the bushes to see what was going on between the two people on the bench. Rohiroshi looked serious at Gyoko who seemed confused and wasn't sure if he was upset or not. "Rohiroshi, is something bothering you?"
Rohiroshi just stared at Gyoko with sadness in his eyes. "Gyoko, I..." words didn't come after that. Rohiroshi choked. He then took Gyoko's hand and brought his face closer to hers, and in a split second he gave her a short, but sweet kiss. "I have something I need to tell you."
Gyoko had a very deep red blush on her face, but didn't turn away from Rohiroshi. "What was that for Rohiroshi?"
"It might be the last time I'll be able to do that for a while," he said. Gyoko looked at him with worry in her eyes as if she had a feeling of what Rohiroshi was trying to tell her. Rohiroshi saw the look on Gyoko's face, which made him squeeze her hand tighter. "I'm going somewhere," he finally said.
Masahiro and Dena both heard and saw everything that had happened. Dena showed no sign of worry or shock, which was the opposite for Masahiro. He was both worried and shocked, not to mention extremely confused. "What's Rohiroshi saying?" he whispered. "Is trying to say that he's..."
Gyoko still wondered what was going on but had a slight feeling. She decided to try to guess something that hopefully was the case. "You mean you're going on vacation?" Rohiroshi shook his head no. Gyoko finally knew what was going on and tears formed in her eyes. "Where?"
Rohiroshi took out his handkerchief and wiped Gyoko's eyes with it. "London," he said. "I'll come back, Gyoko, I promise I will." Gyoko's tears came down faster and harder once she heard the words. Rohiroshi watched sadly as she cried, but explained to her, "Father promised me I would be able to stay here for a while but apparently I was wrong. He got re- stationed to London. We're leaving in 3 weeks." Gyoko tried to restrain her tears from falling, but it couldn't be helped. She went closer to Rohiroshi and embraced him in a hug as he let her cry on him.
Dena turned with a long face as she headed quietly out of the bushes as Masahiro followed. She ran far, without Rohiroshi or Gyoko noticing and stared down to the ground. Masahiro finally caught up with her and stopped to catch his breath. "I can't believe Rohiroshi is going all the way to London. And poor Gyoko looked so upset," he said. He looked up and saw that Dena had made no move whatsoever. He walked over to her and saw that she was looking down as if she was in deep thought. He put his hand on her shoulder, which made her look up. " I don't know what I would do if you were to move that far away. I've known you all my life, Dena," he said with a smile.
Dena showed a fake smile. " I have to go, Masahiro," she said.
"You want me to walk you home?" he asked.
Dena shook her head. "No, I'm not going home just yet. I just need some alone time." Dena ran up to Masahiro and gave him a peck on the cheek, which made him blush. She quickly hurried off to where she was going as Masahiro watched. He had the strangest feeling that something was bothering her.
Dena ran over to the Pandora Fortune Teller shop where she went to go meet Mayu. Mayu was where her crystal ball was and motioned for Dena to sit down. "It's not like you to keep something from Sawatari, Dena."
"I know... Wait how'd you know?!" she exclaimed.
"Am I not a psychic?" she inquired. Dena nodded. "Now why have you come?"
"The truth is, I need a favor from you..."
At the Chapel...
"I see," said Seira to Dena. "Well then, I have one last lost lamb for you to save."
Seira took out a photo of a golden fan with diamonds at the ends. "Hey, I've seen that at the museum before. It was supposed to belong to a Empress of China," said Dena.
"This one is a fake," said Seira. She took out another picture. "Compare the fake and the real fan."
Dena examined the two photos closely and looked at them for several seconds. "I can't see any difference at all"
"Exactly," said Seira as she put the photos away. "One of the workers of the museum came to me a couple of nights ago. He said he had witnessed the switch since he was on the nightshift. It seems that the caretaker of the museum had switched the priceless artifact with the fake. The worker was of course afraid to go to the police."
"I see... I just have to prove that the one in the museum is a fake."
"You also have to bring the culprit to justice, Dena" said Seira.
Dena nodded. "Yes, I have to go, Seira! I'll see you tomorrow," she said as she started to head home.
Next Day at School...
Everyone seemed to be at school that day, but there seemed to be something different about that day. It was extremely quiet. Nobody seemed to talk. Gyoko was the most silent of them all, followed by Dena and Rohiroshi. The class area near the window was almost like a ghost town. Three of our members had no clue of what was going on. Aivi, Masahiro, and Tenkida seemed a bit confused at the situation and decided to call a "side group" meeting. "Okay, those three are hiding something," said Aivi.
"Yeah, and that eerie silence is giving me the creeps," said Masahiro with a playful tremble.
Tenkida thought for a moment. "Okay, here's what we're going to do." Aivi and Masahiro closed in to listen. "Sawatari, you take Asuka. Aivi, you take Gyoko. And I'll take Azuma"
"Right," said both and Masahiro and Aivi at the same time.
Masahiro walked over to the more quiet than usual Dena. He sat right next to her as she laid her head down on her desk. "Dena, can we talk?" he asked.
"Not right now, Masahiro," she said.
"Okay. Then, how about after school? I'll buy you a shake," he said.
"I have to go home early today."
"How about while I walk you home then?"
"If you don't mind, I'd rather walk alone today," she finally said. She then walked over to where Tenkida and Aivi were. Tenkida had taken out a binder that Dena had never recognized before. She then opened it up to reveal every single calling card that Dark Rosary had ever sent to her, whether it be the calling card itself or just a picture of it. "What the heck?! You keep every single calling card in a scrapbook?!" Dena exclaimed.
"Well, of course I do," said Tenkida.
Aivi looked at the scrapbook. She then pointed to a certain calling card. "Hey, I don't remember that one," she said.
"Huh?" Tenkida said. She then looked at the calling card Aivi was pointing to. "Hey, I don't remember it either. In fact, I think that's new." She then read it, "Friday night I will come for the Empress' Fan at Museum A- Dark Rosary."
"Yup, that's new alright," said Aivi.
After school...
After school everyone went home. Gyoko and Rohiroshi walked home together, while Aivi and Tenkida walked to the coffee shop. Masahiro and Dena on the other hand, went their separate ways. Masahiro decided to try Dena one more time, since he was determined to get something out of her. Dena turned around one last time to give Masahiro a smile assuring him that soon they could talk, then she headed on her way. Before She could get passed the flag poll, Masahiro grabbed Dena's hand. "Something is bothering you, I know it," he said, "We've barely been able to talk. What's going on, Dena?"
Dena put a saddened look on her face, but gave Masahiro another smile quickly after that. "I promise, you'll know soon," she said. Dena then started once again to head home, alone.
Masahiro watched her walk off and replayed her face expression through his head. He noticed the same thing, sad to suddenly happy. He decided he should just head to Dena's home and pay her a surprise visit, or maybe just talk to her mom. He walked down the street, making sure that he avoided the alleyways this time (haha) and headed over to Dena's house and knocked on the door. Meimi had answered the door, opening it widely, and then noticed it was Masahiro and quickly closed the door, leaving but a small crack. "Masahiro... this is a surprise. We weren't expecting you today," she said.
"Mrs. Asuka, Is there something that I should know about?" Masahiro asked. "Dena has been acting really strange and she won't tell me what's wrong."
"I see. So she hasn't told you yet," said Meimi, slowly opening the door. Masahiro stepped into the Asuka residence where he noticed a lot of boxes. His heart started pounding in fear as he thought of the worst, hoping that it wasn't the case. Meimi led him up the stairs and to the door of Dena's room and knocked on the door. "Dena, there's someone here to see you.
Dena heard her mom and headed over to open the door, thinking that it was Rohiroshi maybe. But, it wasn't. She opened the door where she saw Masahiro standing. She watched, as he slowly looked at all the packed up boxes in her room. Dena looked up to her mom, which gave Meimi the sign to leave. Masahiro's knees collapsed at the doorway after seeing what he saw. Dena joined him on the floor and tried her best to find words to say, but found nothing and stayed silent. She finally couldn't stand the silence anymore. "I'm sorry," she said, "I didn't want to tell you like this, but I couldn't even find the courage to tell you."
Masahiro stared down at the ground as he listened to Dena. "You're going with Rohiroshi, aren't you?" he asked.
"Yes, our whole family is. Rohiroshi's dad got re-stationed and my dad got transferred. We thought it would be perfect to just rent one big house to live in, that way, me and Rohiroshi could go to the same school and not be alone," she said. Dena noticed Masahiro was still looking down and knew that he didn't want to face her right now. "Masahiro, please look at me."
Masahiro then looked up at Dena, with tears running down his cheeks. He grabbed Dena and embraced her with a hug. "You can't go," he said, "please... don't leave! We've never spent one day away from each other. Even if we were fighting, we would at least see each other." Dena returned the hug and realized for once, she had to be the strong one, but she didn't know how. She decided to just stay held in Masahiro's arms for a while until the sadness stopped. (uhh, that could be a while. What? Someone has to put humor in here! Anyone notice that characters in here are big crybabies? )
Museum A...
Tenkida was just finishing her conversation with Masahiro, who told her everything upon Dena's request. " I see. So Asuka and Azuma are moving to Europe. I'd think that you would spend these last few weeks with her, Sawatari," she said to the saddened Masahiro.
"I know, but she said that I have to go because it's my job," said Masahiro with a sigh.
"Boy, is she stern."
Tenkida had her men gathered around all sides of the museum, including the top, and also had some men circling around the fan. The caretaker stood with beaded drops of sweat on his face as everyone waited for Dark Rosary to show up. Not to everyone's surprise, Dark Rosary went back to her old ways of switching off the lights. "Hey everybody! You miss me?" she asked sarcastically.
"Some of us," Tenkida replied with the same sarcastic tone. "Why is it that you've come to actually steal this time, Dark Rosary?"
"Well, I'll show you ^_^," said Dark Rosary, pouring sleeping powder on the guards who were bravely surrounding the "diamond fan". Tenkida tried to run up to Dark Rosary to catch a glimpse of her face before she took out the "priceless artifact". To her misfortune, Tenkida tripped over an invisible wire that Dark Rosary had placed before hand. Dark Rosary took out the fan and headed about three feet off the ground with her balloons. "Observe," she said. She dropped the fan from the air as everyone watched it to hit the ground.
Tenkida saw that the diamonds on the fan had shattered. "It broke!" she exclaimed.
The caretaker then rose and pointed his finger to Dark Rosary. "That was a priceless artifact, and you broke it! Now you are truly a thief!" he accused.
"I don't think so!" said Tenkida. "Men, arrest him for embezzlement and fraud!"
"What?!" the caretaker asked.
"If you haven't forgotten already, Mr. Caretaker, a diamond is indestructible! ^_~" said Dark Rosary. "In other words... it can't break and glass can, proving that the fan on display was nothing but a fraud. So bye bye, Mr. Caretaker. Don't forget to write from prison." Dark Rosary started to head up to the rooftops and was ready to leave. Tenkida didn't even bother to capture her this time since she was more focused on the sneaky caretaker.
Train station 3 weeks later...(ok I no that was quick, but mom is nagging me to get off .)
Meimi, Detective Asuka, and Rohiroshi's dad were already on the train, waiting for the kids to say good-bye to their friends. Aivi gave hugs to both Dena and Rohiroshi and warned about the consequences for not writing. Tenkida just gave a simple wave and one last knock on the head for Dena. Gyoko hugged Dena and Rohiroshi and gave Rohiroshi a small locket with her picture in it. He once again promised that he would come back and Dena was going to come back with him. Then last but not least: Masahiro. Masahiro embraced Dena one last time before he left. "Don't be gone too long, Dena," he said.
"I promised I won't," she said. She gave him one last kiss on the cheek as Meimi and Mr. Azuma tried to restrain Detective Asuka from going down and a pounding Masahiro. Dena made her way in the train where she went to wait with the parents for Rohiroshi.
Masahiro and Rohiroshi shook each other's hands. " Rohiroshi, promise me that you'll take care of her," Masahiro said.
"I promise, just as long as you promise me that you'll take care of Gyoko for me," Rohiroshi replied.
"It's a deal," said Masahiro with a smile. They shook hands one more time then everyone watched as Rohiroshi headed up the train to join Dena and the parents.
2 weeks later at school...
Tenkida walked up to Gyoko, Masahiro, and Aivi, who were quizzing each other for the up coming English test. "So, any of you hear from Asuka or Azuma?"
"Yeah, they said that school is a little harder there, but other than that, they're doing perfectly fine," said Masahiro. Tenkida motioned for Masahiro to join him by the window. "What's up?" he asked when got over there.
"Looks like I'll never get a chance to capture her now," said Tenkida.
Masahiro acted confused. "Um, who?" he asked.
"Dark Rosary of course. You notice that ever since Asuka left, I haven't gotten a single calling card from Dark Rosary. I'm right, aren't I, Masahiro? Asuka is Dark Rosary," Tenkida replied.
"I honestly have no clue what you're talking about," said Masahiro with a sweat drop.
"Oh, yeah?" Tenkida asked, putting her hand in her pocket, "Then how come- huh?" Tenkida pulled a paper out of her pocket. "Tomorrow night, I will come for the Pharaoh's staff at Museum B- Dark Rosary."
"I guess Dena flew all the way over just to put that in your pocket then, eh, Tenkida?" Masahiro asked sarcastically.
"How on Earth?!" Tenkida exclaimed.
Mayu Sendo was outside, sitting on a tree, "Anything for the girl who got me out of prison ^_~" she said.
The End **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************** AN: So, how'd you guys like the ending? Epilogue? No? Please review this last chapter of The Next Generation. Ja Ne ^_~
