Chapter one: The Mysterious girl
" Amon!" Robin cried she used her fire power to block the witch
She ran over to Amon's side and knelt down, she looked at the unconscious hunter, then looked around.
" Amon wake up please," she said
Robin couldn't think of anything, the witch's power was extremely strong. How come the Orbo wasn't working, she then remembered the time with the artist. Her power was strong to and the Orbo couldn't protect her. She looked down at Amon and left his head and rested his head on her lap.
" Please wake up," she thought, " I can't do this without you."
Suddenly shots were heard, then a thump on the ground. Sakaki and Karasuma ran around the fire and came to aid Robin.
" What happen?" Karasuma asked
" The witch over powered Amon's hold," Robin said
" He's hurt pretty badly, let me call for help," Karasuma said
She took her phone and called for help, while they waited for an ambulance Karasuma looked at the witch.
" Sure took a lot to bring him down," she said
" Yeah," Sakaki said
Sakaki called the factory to come pick up their successful catch and soon an ambulance came and took Amon.
" Why don't you go with your partner," Karasuma said, " We'll handle everything."
Robin nodded and rode with Amon to the hospital. Karasuma looked around and found a book with markings on it.
" Hey look at this Sakaki," Karasuma said
Sakaki looked at the book and opened it up. There were strange words in a book and then a picture fell out. Sakaki knelt down and picked up the picture, he turned it over and saw a picture of a young girl.
" Karasuma look," he said
" It's a picture of a girl, but why would he have a picture of a girl," Karasuma said
Sakaki turned it over there was some writing on it.
" Keep me close to your heart always," Sakaki read, " Seems this girl was a daughter or his girl friend."
" He was only 24 must be her boyfriend," Karasuma said
" What's with the book though?" Sakaki said
" We'll get Michael to analyze it," Karasuma said
They got into the car and drove back to the STN-J to see what they could pick up on the strange book and girl. Michael did a scan on the computer with the picture and found several matches on the girl. She had two names, but she had vanished several years ago. Sakaki became puzzled by this girl, she had something happen to her to cause her to run away.
That evening when everyone went home, Sakaki rode his motorcycle back to the small apartment which he called home. He lived there all by himself and things seemed to get a little lonely after awhile. Sakaki prepared a warm meal for himself and watched the darkness consume the evening sky. As he watched he saw clouds forming like a storm was coming, he then saw the wind pick up and move the branched on a near by tree around. He shrugged and went off and took a long hot shower to get the stitch of the day off his skin. Once he cleaned up a little he sat down and ate. As he ate he listened to the news on TV. After the quiet evening of being alone, Sakaki went off to bed and drifted to sleep, but that would be the first time he heard the call for help….in his head.
It was about 12:30 in the morning when he heard a whisper, then it became louder. He woke up in a sweat and looked around, then placed his hand on his head.
" Who's calling me?" he whispered
Sakaki looked at the clock and then flopped back into his pillows, there he heard it again, but it remained in a soft tone.
" Help me please, I'm so alone," the voice said
" Who are you?" he whispered
" Help me please I'm so scared," the voice repeated
Sakaki got up and walked out of his room. He sat down and turned the TV on to hopefully fall asleep, but as soon as he did he heard the call for help.
By 2 am Sakaki decided that he wouldn't be able to sleep so he just watch TV until the clock in the kitchen chimed 4 in the morning. Sakaki laid there in a daze and his eyes were blood shoot. He got up and dressed into his usual clothing and went for a walk when it began to rain on him. He sighed and continued to walk into the rain until he stopped to an older looking building and stared at it.
" Why did I come here?" he thought
" Please come and keep me company," the same soft voice said
Sakaki walked to the building door and entered the building and looked around. It was pretty quiet, but there were the sounds of someone crying. He walked towards one of the doors and opened the door, there it lead into a small two room apartment. Sakaki walked in and heard the whimpers of someone crying, as he got deeper into the apartment there he saw a young woman. She was crying in her lap and he walked towards her then stopped.
" Are you alright?" he said
The young woman looked up and slightly startled sent Sakaki flying into a wall.
" I'm sorry," she said
She stood up and walked over to him and he looked at her.
" What amazing power," he said rubbing his head
" It's a curse," she whispered
Sakaki looked at the little girl and said, " Telekinetic."
She nodded and Sakaki looked at her, her ebony color hair fell past her shoulders to her mid back. Her pale skin accented her features, and brought a slight glow to her. Sakaki dusted himself off from the dusty walls and stared at her.
" What are you doing here?" she asked
" I couldn't sleep, someone continued to call for help saying they didn't want to be alone," he said
The young woman gasped and covered her mouth.
" You heard my call," she said
" Telekinetic and telepathic," he said
She nodded and looked away and said, " I'm sorry, I disturbed you from getting a good nights rest."
Sakaki shrugged and looked at the young woman.
" Why were you crying?" he asked
" I was lonely and missed my boyfriend, he was being tracked so he left me, but then I heard he was captured," she whispered
Sakaki slightly backed off and looked at the young woman from a distance. He then remembered the picture, then she looked up.
" What is the matter?" she asked
" Your not going to believe me if I told you, but I found your picture in a book," he said, " one of the witches we were hunting."
" What, how can that be, the only person who had my picture was…. My boyfriend," she said slowly saying it realizing how he got the book from
She turned away and walked away from where Sakaki stood. She turned on a kitchen light and turned on the stove, then placed a pot of water on it.
" Sorry for being so rude, but would you like a cup of tea?" she asked
" Yes, thank you," Sakaki replied
He now wondered why he was just standing there, and at the apartment. He had solved where the voices were coming from and now he was having tea with the woman who called out.
" Do you have a name?" he asked
" Raven," she replied, " What about you?"
" Sakaki," he stated straight up
She walked out of the kitchen and handed him a how cup of tea, then took her cup. She offered him a seat and he took her offer and there, the two engaged into a deep conversation until 6:30 am. After three cups of tea and a little bit about each other Sakaki felt she was one of those witches who would never harm anyone.
As the sun came up and Sakaki realized what time it was he quickly thanked her for the cup of tea. He then walked out of the apartment and out of the building, turning right to head home. Sakaki came to his apartment and flopped on to his couch. There he slept for 30 minuets before his phone rang. He moaned in exhaustion and reached for his phone.
" Sakaki here," he said
" Sakaki, we have another case," Michael's voice came over the phone
" I'll be there in 15minuets," Sakaki said
He then hung up his phone and quickly got up, then took a 5 minuet shower to wake him up. Once he dressed in fresh clothes then headed to the office. He pulled up 10 minuets later, wanting only coffee.
" You better have fresh brewed coffee," Sakaki said
Doujima laughed a little and said, " Had a rough night?"
" Extremely rough night," Sakaki said, " What's this all about?"
Sakaki took a seat and soon after Karasuma entered the room.
" So what's the case?" Karasuma asked
" Well, looks like a murder, not to far from here," Michael said, " Suspects include the mans son, and his nephew."
" So they think it's a witch?" Doujima said
" Well they wouldn't have sent us this file if it wasn't." Michael said
Doujima sighed and Karasuma looked at the pictures on Michael's screen.
" The wounds on the victim's body looks like burns," Karasuma said, " that or very bad sores.
" The factory hasn't sent anything back on what they are, but yeah the police think they're burns too," Michael said
Sakaki sat down and leaned back while he listened to them talk about the case, but his mind was on something else.
" I look forward to our next meeting Sakaki," a soft voice entered his mind
" She's pretty sweet, almost pure to the world around her," he thought
" Who is she Sakaki?" Doujima's voice broke his thoughts
Sakaki opened his eyes and looked at her seeing a smirk on her face.
" No one," he said
" Sure," Doujima said
" Come on leave me alone," he said
Doujima smirked and said, " Don't let your emotions get involved with your work Sakaki."
" What emotions, I'm not seeing anyone would you get off my case," Sakaki said
Karasuma looked over her shoulder.
" You shouldn't be afraid to be open up feelings Sakaki, your still young you know," Karasuma said
" Ah not you too Karasuma. I told you I'm not seeing anyone," Sakaki said
Karasuma smirked and went back to work on more of the case.
" So we should wait until the factory sends us anything," Karasuma said
" I would say yes, but if Amon was here he'd already check the crime scene out," Michael said
" Then let's fill in for Amon," Karasuma said, " Sakaki, Doujima let's go."
They followed and Doujima continued to tease Sakaki, about the mysterious girl that he refused to let anyone know about.