Chapter 6.  Class Trip

          "Heiji!" said Kazuha, "are you ready?  We gonna be late!"

"You're too noisy," replied Heiji, "we still have time!"  Heiji and Kazuha were preparing for the today's school trip.  They would go camping and Kazuha was looking forward to it.

"Kazuha-chan, please help me to take care about Heiji," said Shizuka,
"you know that he'll forget everything whenever he find something interesting."

"Of course I'll look after him," said Kazuha, "I'll take care him like his elder sister."

"Kazuha, what're you doing," said Heiji, "it's almost time, quick."  Heiji was pushing Kazuha to the door.

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          Heiji and Kazuha were running towards their school, "quick, Kazuha, we're late!" 

Their teacher was already waiting for them at the school entrance, "Hattori-kun, Toyama-san, you're both fifteen minutes late!  You two get on the bus and find a seat at the back quick!"

Heiji and Kazuha got on the bus quickly, and found two seats at the back.  "Ahhh!  I don't want to sit with you!"  complained Heiji.  They were the only last two seats left on the bus.  "I don't want to sit with you either, but there're no more seat," said Kazuha, "so stop complaining and enjoy the trip!"

"Heiji, look, it's so beautiful outside," said Kazuha.

"I'm not interested," said Heiji, and he then picked out a book from his backpack. 

"You start reading your detective story again!  It's so boring," said Kazuha.

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          "It's such a great story," said Heiji, full of satisfaction after finishing the book, "Kazuha…" Kazuha was already sleeping peacefully right next to him, leaning her head against his shoulder.  Heiji knew that Kazuha must be too excited about the camping today that she did not sleep too much last night.  He dared not to move, as he did not want to wake her up. 

The bus finally arrived at the camping site, "here is the camping site where we'll spend the two days and night here," said Sakura sensei.  "Let's get off the bus quickly!"

"Huh?  Heiji, we're there already," said Kazuha, rubbing her eyes gently.

"How long do you want to sleep, aho?  We're of course there already, and if you don't get off immediately, I'll just leave you alone," said Heiji. 

"No, wait," said Kazuha, she immediately got her backpack and followed Heiji getting off the bus.

"Hattori-kun, Toyama-san," said Sakura sensei.

"Sakura-sensei," said Heiji and Kazuha.

"You two were both late this morning," said Sakura sensei, "So I need to give you both a little punishment."  She fetched two buckets out and said, "Go along the path there, and fetch some water from the river.  It's for cooking tonight."

"Yes," answered both Heiji and Kazuha.

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          "Heiji, don't walk so fast," said Kazuha, already panting, "I can't catch up with you!"

"You're too slow," complained Heiji.  "If you don't walk faster, we can't go back before the sun set!"

They were both finally at the river, "kireii, Heiji," said Kazuha.  "This's really a good place to come, you see the river, the trees and the flowers…. they're all so beautiful!"  Kazuha was looking and jumping around before Heiji stopped her.

"We can still watch around later," said Heiji, "we need to fetch some water back first!"

Heiji and Kazuha at last fetched the water back, and they started helping other preparing dinner for tonight, "Heiji," Kazuha whispered slightly to Heiji as she was cutting the potato.

"What?"  Heiji was also helping Kazuha to dice the potato.

"Let's go to the river again tomorrow," said Kazuha, "we can wake up earlier, so that we can go there before breakfast time."

Heiji was about to answer, but Sakura sensei came to them and said, "give the potato to me once you finish cutting them."

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          After finishing dinner, all the students were gathered around the bonfire and started playing games.  Everyone was playing happily and enjoying the beautiful night, except Heiji.  He thought that these games were a bit too childish for someone who want to be a famous detective in the future. He just walked away from the crowd, and sat under a tree alone.  He wanted to have some little adventure, his mind was wondering elsewhere before a familiar voice bought it back to the reality.

"Heiji!"  Kazuha was coming to get Heiji to join the others, "Heiji, what're you doing here all alone?  Obaasan had told me to look after you!  Hey!  Where're you going?"

Heiji just ignored Kazuha, and entered into the woods nearby.  "Heiji, isn't this the path where we go to the river this afternoon?" said Kazuha.  A sudden breeze of wind made Kazuha shivered.  The woods looked much more frightened compared to the day, she walked closer to Heiji. 

"Heiji, let's leave here," said Kazuha.

"Shhhh…you can go back yourself," said Heiji.

"I don't want to go back alone," said Kazuha, "and I need to look after you also.  I've promised Obaasan."

Heiji and Kazuha had walked along the river and deep in the woods, and Heiji finally stopped, "Kazuha, look!"  They were surrounded by lots of fireflies, Kazuha felt so happy, "wow, Heiji!  How do you know there are so many fireflies here?"

"It's easy!  Fireflies love to live near clear water, and this river is just suitable for them."  Heiji knew that Kazuha would love to see it, so he decided to give her a little surprise.  They both had spend quite a while watching fireflies to dance around them.

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"Heiji, let's go back now, or else the others would get worried about us," said Kazuha.

"Okay, let's go."  They both started to get their way back, but…

"Heiji, isn't this the right way out?  It seemed that we've been here moment before."  Heiji and Kazuha got lost, and they were very tired already.

Heiji suddenly sat down under a tree.  "Heiji, what're you doing here?  It isn't time to sit under a tree.  Don't you remember the way to go back before!  What should we do now?"  Tears almost running out of Kazuha's watery eyes.

"Aho!  We should stay calm now.  It's difficult to find the way out, as it's dark already.  We should wait till morning," said Heiji.  "We'll be alright!  I promise you!"

"Heiji!"  Kazuha felt the warmth of Heiji's words, she trusted her.  Heiji would definitely make them both safely back home.  She sat down next to Heiji and waited patiently for the dawn to come.

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          It was early in the morning, and Heiji was about to told Kazuha it was time to go back.  He noticed that Kazuha had fallen asleep, and her head had leaned against his shoulder.

'When do my shoulder start being her pillow?' said Heiji to himself.  Although he was complaining about Kazuha sleeping, he did not dare to move a bit.  He just sat there and watched Kazuha's sleepy face quietly.

Later, Heiji heard some noise around them, he knew that it must be Sakura-sensei and other school staff came searching for them.  Kazuha had woken up upon hearing the noises, "Heiji, what're those noises?"

"That must be Sakura-sensei, they must be searching for us," said Heiji.  "Let's go!"

Both Heiji and Kazuha were found by their teacher, and ended their most exciting class trip.  Of course, they were both punished also for leaving the group.

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To be continued……

A special update for the Valentine's Day although this chapter had nothing to do with Valentine… Please Read and Review!!! I think that this may be the last chapter on little Heiji and little Kazuha……I want to write about them when they're at Junior High, about how they started to have feelings togetherprobably…dunno whether there will be anyone want to read it.  Please read and review.