Author's Note: Second chapter! Yahhh!! I like this story a lot and I hope all you readers do too.
Disclaimer: I don't own Saint Tail. I'll say it over and over and over…
Chapter 2
" What's your name?" He whispered gently.
" A-Asuka?" She muttered. She coughed after his name.
" Do you…know me?" He asked bewildered.
" No, Asuka is my name." She croaked. Her cough packed the air.
" Do you need some water?" He asked worriedly.
" Water would be lovely, thank you." She said coughing again. Asuka rushed to the kitchen and filled the glass with water. The woman drank it eagerly. " Thank you I feel much better." She said propping herself to a sitting position.
" Do you have a last name?" He asked anxious to know more about her.
" Not that I can remember." She said touching her forehead gingerly. The woman flinched at her touch. " Still hurts." She mumbled.
" Maybe you should go to the hospital." Asuka suggested.
" No I'll be fine." She said trying to stand up. Her feet did not support her weight when she did get to a standing position. She flopped back down on the couch agitated. " Guess I won't be going anywhere anytime soon."
" You can stay the night here. I don't mind." Asuka said. The woman's eyes widened with happiness as she hugged him with as much joy as her eyes had shown him.
" Thank you so much!" She said finally releasing him.
" Just doing my job." Asuka said proudly.
" Job?" The woman questioned.
" I'm a detective at the local police station." He said taking out his badge. The woman traced the badge with her finger before returning it. (This is sorta a long stretch from what I do on duty.) He thought to himself. " Well…uh…the bathroom's over there. You can take a shower or whatever." He said scratching his head. " My bedroom is over there if you need me. You can sleep on the couch." The woman saluted him and smiled.
" Goodnight detective!" She beamed. Asuka smiled at the woman's enthusiasm before entering his room.
(Nice woman.) He said taking his jacket off and throwing it across the room. His black suspenders presented themselves against his white undershirt. He peeled his arms from under them letting them hang at his waist. (She reminds me of someone in school.) He froze in remembrance before pushing the sad memories away. Asuka heard the shower running in the room next to him as he climbed into his single sized bed. Asuka closed his eyes still haunted by the sad memories he had just pushed away. Whenever he shut his eyes, he saw her dancing tauntingly on his lids. Asuka opened his eyes and sighed while staring up at the ceiling.
" Saint Tail…" He whispered. Though he had only been a boy at the time, he still remembered every detail vividly. How she entered his life and then left without a trace. His heart beat painfully in his chest as he turned on his side. A soft hum came from the bathroom. The water had receded revealing the woman's tune she had been humming the whole time. Asuka found it comforting as he shut his eyes.
" Umm…excuse me Mr. Detective sir. But do you have anything I can change into?" The woman asked through the door. Asuka reopened his eyes and groaned softly. He got up annoyed and opened the door. The light stung his eyes as it rushed into his dark room. He threw a random shirt and pants at her from the floor and slammed it again.
" Thank you!" She shouted through the door. Her hum commenced again as Asuka heard a rustling from the other room. " Light's out." She said to herself. The light receded quickly with a simple click of the lamp. " Goodnight Asuka." She said. Asuka, subconsciously listening, looked at the door.
" Goodnight!" He yelled back. The woman smiled to herself. She was talking to herself when she had said goodnight. None the less, it made her smile with happiness as she curled up in the warm blankets.
Light filled the once dark room. Asuka opened his eyes and jumped out of bed. He was always at his best in the morning. He stretched happy that a new day had started. Asuka opened his bedroom door and froze when he saw a figure turn on the couch. His mind twisted when he remembered last night. Asuka stared at the now clean woman. Her face was pale but clean. Her hair had been brown with dirt, but now a brilliant orange that radiated through the room.
(Her hair…) He thought.
" Meimi…" He said quietly. He bent over to graze her serene face with his hand before retreating to the kitchen. He began to make a pot of coffee, angry with himself. " She said her name was Asuka. Don't get mushy, It isn't her." He mumbled angrily. Asuka heard the woman stir from the living room. He walked in to greet her. Asuka met her eyes as she smiled.
" Good morning detective." She said pulling the covers away. In the daylight her clothes could be seen as a wrinkled T-shirt and a pair of khakis.
" Good morning ma'am." He said politely.
" You can call me Asuka." She said stretching her hands to the ceiling.
" Then you can call me Asuka." He said and smiled. The woman laughed.
" I'll get confused. Don't you have a nickname or something?" She asked. Asuka thought for a minute before replying.
" In school, my friends used to call me Asuka Jr." He recommended.
" Asuka Jr…that sounds familiar." She said going in to deep thought.
" Probably because we share the same name." He said and smiled. " Care for some coffee?"
" Sure." She said jumping off the couch. She followed Asuka into the kitchen to receive a cup of freshly brewed coffee. After a few sips, Asuka lowered his mug and leaned up against the counter.
" So you don't remember anything about your past?" He asked.
" I can't remember." She said and laughed. " But seriously, I think it's because I hit my head recently." She said pulling back her bangs to let the detective view her wound. A light layer of skin had healed over it but it still looked deep.
" That needs stitches. But you could probably last until I got to my lunch break. We'll take the subway to the hospital then."
" Okay." She said sipping her coffee. Her eyes peered over the rim at him excitedly.
" Well I gotta go to work, Asuka. So I'll see you around noon. Be ready okay?" He said grabbing his jacket off the chair.
" Okay. Have a nice day at work…Asuka Jr.!" She said happy at his new nickname. He smiled before disappearing behind the door.
Author's Note: Not much excitement now, but there will be later, promise. Please review! I look forward to reading them so much!