Authoress' Note: Waaaah! Gomenasai! Hontoni gomenasai! Think of whatever you like about me if you know what I mean I deserve it… I'm very sorry for not updating for a very very very long time. And I'm also sorry if this chapter is not that interesting anymore. You see, I kind of forgot a bit about this and… I don't know what to write anymore. Ehehehe… That's why I put Yuki in this chapter for absolutely no reason. Anyway, I want to finish this story as soon as possible, so I won't have any problems anymore. Flame me if you want, I don't care if you insult me anymore. My goal at this time is to finish this fic. Just please read and review :)

Chapter 7: The Nine-headed Dragons

Friday 8:30am

After washing up and changing clothes, Meg went downstairs to eat breakfast.

(Note: Kyu's mom has already eaten breakfast and went out to buy some groceries. And the food was already prepared. Bacon and eggs

"Ohayo gosaimasu (Good morning) Meg, how are you this morning?" Kyu asked with a cheery smile.

"Hai, ohayo Kyu. I'm fine, but it seems I had another weird dream." Meg answered, while taking a sit.

"Weird dream? What do you mean, Meg?" Kyu responded, while he and Meg started to eat.

"Yes, I dreamt the Jack the ripper thing. Everything that you and Kazuma told and haven't told, happened in my dream. I did a lot of screaming, but I still managed to help in the end of the crime scenes."

"I see… So, do you remember the 9 dragons on the door or something?"

"Huh? What 9 dragons? Sorry I don't understand."

"So you haven't recovered all of your memory. But at least you're starting to recall some of our cases."

"Yeah."

"Hmm… where should we go now?" Kyu asked himself.

Seeing that Meg is slowly remembering the cases they had, Kyu decided to continue this and so, he is wondering where to go next to let Meg remember something of these past months.

"Hey Kyu, what are we going to do today?" Meg asked to break the silence.

"…" Kyu didn't say anything. It seems he was thinking too much.

"Kyu…"

"…"

"Kyu…"

"…"

"Hey… KYU!" Meg shouted at Kyu's ear.

"Ow! What?" Kyu answered back coming out of his trance.

"I was asking YOU something!" Meg replied, grinding her teeth together.

"Oh… oh…? OH! What was your question again?"

"Grrr… Never mind!"

"Hey Meg, where do you want to go today?" Kyu asked after a few minutes.

"sigh Today's Friday right? Hmm… I don't know where to go today…" Meg answered.

"Hey why won't we go to a zoo?" Kyu asked not knowing where that answer came from and not knowing why he said that.

"Hmm… sure! It'll be fun!"

"Let's go after eating breakfast."

"Okay then, but aren't you going to tell me about the '9 dragons' thing?"

"I'll just tell it to you while we're in the zoo."

"Okay."

After a few minutes, they left the house with the door locked and went to the zoo.

Zoo Entrance…

There was an ice cream stand beside the entrance. Various flavors were sold.

"Hey Kyu, I want strawberry ice cream. Will you please buy me?" Meg asked, acting like a child at the same time having a good time. Kyu didn't answer; he was trying to recall this 'nine-headed dragon' on the door.

"Kyu?" Meg asked again.

"Oh, sorry. Um yeah, let's buy some ice cream." Kyu said, coming out of his own world.

"You should stop spacing out. We're not only here to recover my memory, but also have a little bit of fun, right?" Meg replied cheerfully.

"Right.."

"Great!"

Before entering the zoo, Meg bought strawberry ice cream matching her hair, while Kyu ordered chocolate. hmm… They're making me hungry

Anyway, after ordering, Kyu remembered the scene behind the nine-headed door. While they pass the animals, Kyu started to tell the story. He told her how Kinta escaped from the cleaning duty making him and Meg clean the school. They were at the cage of the turkey at that time. Before Meg can react about Kinta, the turkey reacted for her. gobble, gobble, gobble

"See, even the turkey's mad at Kinta for leaving." Meg said.

"Uh, yeah." Kyu sweat dropped. "Anyway…" Kyu continued.

Kyu's story continued and began to get scarier by the moment. He told about the diary they saw and read; how it was very lonesome to be alone in that cellar. And how the person wanted to get revenge. "Kill" was the word that rang in his head.

Meg trembled a bit and said, "Hey Kyu, that's kind of creepy, isn't it? Uh, why won't stop a bit first and look at the pretty peacock."

"Sure, Meg" Kyu replied.

It seems that Meg is getting scared about it. Because of this, Kyu remembered Meg's face of determination to solve the case with a tinge of fear in the dark room. With this, they just stared at the beauty of the feathers of the peacock they saw. As they pass through the animals, they forgot about the 'nine-headed dragon' and talked about the animals. There were laughs and giggles in their conversation, until Meg screamed at the snake.

"Kyaa!" Kyu's ears almost fell of because of the loud outburst.

"Why are you screaming?" Kyu questioned.

"I don't know why, but I got scared just by looking at that snake." Meg replied.

After hearing this, Kyu remember the incident with the snake inside the cellar. He wondered if he should continue the story or wait until tomorrow. But then again, she has the right to know about it. So, when Kyu was about to continue, he was cut off by the tugging of Meg at his shirt.

"Come on, let's go Kyu." Meg insisted.

"Okay then."

"Let's go to a fast food to eat lunch, 'kay?"

"Sure."

It was now 1PM. They didn't notice the time while they were in the zoo. Let's say that they were having so much fun and they were having a very long conversation that they forgot the time.
Anyway, they went to a fast food to eat lunch. Meg ordered spaghetti while Kyu ordered cheeseburger.

"So Kyu, what happened next after the door of the cellar closed?" Meg asked, starting a conversation.

"Well, something was slithering inside the room. It was a snake, a poisonous snake in fact." Kyu replied.

"Oh… No wonder I got scared, when I saw that snake. Then what happened?"

"I managed to kill it, but you got bit before I have killed it."

Meg was surprised and didn't say anything. She didn't want to scream anymore, and she didn't want to scream in a fast food restaurant. Kyu noticed this and tried to comfort her.

"Don't worry Meg, you're still here, meaning you're still alive." Kyu said.

"I know that I shouldn't worry, but just thinking about it gives me the chills, you know what I mean?" Meg replied.

"Anyway, in the end we got back home safely because of Ryu and the others. And then you were brought to the nearest hospital." Kyu narrated, not giving many details to the scenes.

"Well, what a relief… It's a good thing they found us, huh."

"Yeah…"

Moments of silence passed. They can't think of any topic to talk about. Until…

"Hello, fellow detectives!"

"Yu-Yukihira!" Kyu said, surprised.

"I can't help but see you guys having a silent date, so I thought to make it a little bit 'alive' you know?" Yukihira reasoned, while Meg just stared at her.

"Hm? What are you staring at? Is there something in my face?" Yuki (Yuki for short) asked Meg.

"I'm sorry, it seems that I can't remember who you are… hehe…" Meg replied.

"I'm sorry Yuki, Meg is currently suffering from amnesia." Kyu continued.

"Oh I see. Well, I didn't expect this to happen. Anyway, I've got to go now. Sorry for interrupting your date. See ya!" Yuki bidded, leavingKyu and Meg blushing. You can say that Yuki has a little bit crush on Kyu, so she decided to interrupt for a moment. But I'm really not sure myself.

"Well that was interesting… What's her name again?" Meg asked while still blushing a bit.

"Her name is Sakurako Yukihira." Kyu replied trying to hide his face.

"Do I know her?"

"Yes you do, in fact she's one of our rivals in Class A."

"We're in Class Q, right?"

"Right."

"Meaning 'Qualified'?"

"Yes, that's right. It seems your memory is returning piece by piece."

"I guess you're right…"

Again, silence entered their conversation. They can't think of anything to do or say. They're awkward silence then came to eerie stares for each other. It was already 2 PM. Time sure flies fast… They didn't know what to do, until Kyu decided to take a walk in the park.

"You want to walk in the park, before we go home?" Kyu asked.

"Sure, why not." Meg replied.

As they walk through the park, Meg opened up a conversation.

"Hey, Kyu…" Meg started.

"Yeah Meg?"

"My sister wrote me a letter, and it seems she's okay in America."

"That's good to hear, right?"

"Yeah, but I'm a bit worried…"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you think I can recover my memory before she gets back?"

"Of course, I mean only a few days have passed. And I'm sure we can recover your memory back within a week. But, even though you won't get back all of your memory, I'm sure your sis won't notice it. No harm done, right?"

"… I guess your right."

"Yeah…"

"And Kyu…"

"Hm?"

"Thank you… for everything."

"Oh –uh, it is nothing. Nothing at all. Eheheh."

They walked through the park casually as if they have no care in the world, or as if they don't have any problems. Their conversation continued to talking about their funny moments in DDS. Kyu remembered them all right, while Meg just laugh and giggle as he narrates it.

They got home before sunset, and when they got home, Kyu's mom was just cooking for their supper in the kitchen.

"We're home!" Kyu shouted, so his mom can hear.

"Welcome back Kyu and Meg. What did you do all day?" His mom replied (not teasing them much).

"Nothing much, mom."

"Well, supper will be ready after a few minutes. Sit down for a moment."

"Thanks mom."

"Thanks, but I think I'll skip dinner for tonight." Meg replied.

"Oh, but why dear? I think you're too young for a diet."

"No, that's not it. I just have some things to do, before I go to sleep."

"Oh well, but feel free to get down if you're hungry, 'kay?"

"Yes, thank you."

Meg smiled then went upstairs. She changed her clothes first, after that she got a pen and paper in her hands.

"Hmm… What should I do write to my sis…?" Meg asked herself.

After a few moments of thinking what to write, Meg started to move her hand with the pen, writing some Japanese characters.
When Kyu opened the door, Meg was about to sleep.

"You're not yet asleep, Meg?" Kyu asked.

"As you can see, not yet. I wrote my sis a letter." Meg replied while preparing the bed.

"Oh? So I see…"

"Well, let's mail it tomorrow okay?"

"Yeah, sure."

"Thanks. Goodnight, Kyu."

"Goodnight Meg."

After a few seconds of turning the light off…

"Goodnight lovebirds!" Kyu's mom shouted.

"Goodnight mom!" Kyu shouted back with a sigh.

20 minutes have already passed, and everyone was asleep. Meg was expecting to have another dream, but instead, she saw nothing. She saw nothing but deep darkness… Nobody was with her, no light can be seen. She can't help it but feel very lonely and abandoned. Then, a thought came into her mind.

"Is this the man in the cellar's feeling?" She asked herself. This might be the feeling of that man, the only difference is that he wants to get revenge, and anger filled his body, because he was stuck there for a very long time. As for Meg, this is her first time to have nobody around her, isn't it?
She walked and walked, until she got tired. Her walking was useless, everywhere she goes, and she can only see darkness. She shouted names of her friends and of her sister. She expected a reply from them, but all she got back was the echo of her voice… She was then now trembling of fear, she hugged her knees like a little lost child would do. Then… she heard a noise. She heard a hissing noise. She was very terrified at this, and can't help but shout the name of Kyu. The hissing sound got closer and closer, until she just felt a pain in her leg, waking her up with fright.
She panted heavily, and beads of sweats were rolling on her forehead to her cheeks. She tried not to cry, so as not to wake Kyu from his sleep. She cried, but she cried quietly.

"Come on, Meg. It is just a dream… Snap out of it!" She whispered to herself as tears stroll off of her eyes. She then decided to sleep again.

Her dream started… She can't see anything again, but this time, there was a door right in front of her. There were dragons. She tried to recall about this dragons, and tried to remember what to do. She was thinking very hard, until she heard the noise of footsteps. It came closer and closer to her, until she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Kyaa!"

Authoress' Note: Just please review. Onegaishimasu!