(Author's Note: Oh! I made you wait! I'm hoping to post at least once a week. Since the last chapter was a cliffy I decided not to wait for the weekend. Do y'all think I should do reader responses, or do you just want to e-mail me?
Thanks for the reviews everyone! I thought that since no one really writes Saint Tail fanfictions anymore that no one would really read them. I was wrong! So thanks to KyootNShort, Motokonobaka, Gabby Kamoose, and Oblivion's-Will (who was my very first reviewer!). Are you very excited? Not that you're very interested in this story…
Meimi: It's great! You need to believe in yourself a little more.
Asuka: Your only saying that because this is about you.
Meimi: It's about you, too!
Asuka: Oh, yeah! Well-
Stop it you two! I do actually want to write this story AND I CAN'T IF YOU WON'T STOP BICKERING! Stop now, so I may continue on.
Meimi: That's the spirit!
Asuka: I think- -Meimi pulls out the tape and looks threateningly at him- Whatever.)
Chapter Two
In The Vault
Click!
The door opened very slowly and Meimi looked in. 'No guards in here! Lucky me!' Nothing seemed dangerous, but it couldn't be this easy. 'Only one way to make sure!' "One… Two… Three!" A mist came out of her hat, seeping eerily around the room. As the mist cleared Meimi could see red lines streaking across the room. 'I was right! Sensors!'
She looked them over, realizing that some of them were moving. If she timed this right she would be able to get through. After all, nothing was impossible. 'This will be easier if I know where I'm trying to go…' In the center of the room she saw a clear glass box with something that gleamed inside. 'Ah-ha! That has to be it!'
She took a deep breath and sprang up. She bounced off walls, tiptoed, and stretched until she reached the box. 'At last.'
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"You fools! The one on the roof was a fake! A balloon of Saint Tail! That officer... It had to be Saint Tail! And now she's at the unguarded vault working her way towards the jewel!"
All the policemen were still. How could they have been fooled so easily? Now that criminal was going to escape yet again, and instead of getting credit for her capture they were going to get the blame for her escaping!
"Sir, are you sure that officer wasn't just a regular person? They could have been excited and made a mistake, sir."
"Doubt it."
"Well, sir, where's your proof? A detective always has proof, sir."
"I know that! My proof is that Saint Tail is in the Satari vault right now!"
"But-"
"Are you trying to protect her or something?"
"No, sir!"
"Then stop standing there and help capture her."
"Yes, sir!"
"And stop calling me 'sir' so much! It's annoying!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Argh! Men, follow me. We're going to get her this time!" All the men rushed forward, except for the one that said "sir" too much. Once they were all inside Seira stepped out of her disguise. 'I hope I got you enough time.' Relieved for not getting caught Seira ran off to pray for the sake of Meimi. She didn't notice the figure that had been watching the scene from a window of the Satari mansion. The figure that had just ran off into the shadows at a speed that would get her to the vault before the men.
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Meimi slowly lifted the lid off of the case. She picked it up and allowed it to shine in the light. Her eyes widen when she saw it up close.
"Hey, this is nothing but a-"
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Asuka was running ahead of his men, all of whom were charging towards the vault. He flew around a corner, not slowing down, which threw him into the wall. He moved just before the other men collided, and saw that the vault's door was open. 'Please take it!' He peered in.
Whack!
"Did you really think that fake was going to fool me!" Asuka rubbed his head where the jewel that Saint Tail had just thrown had hit him. "How did you know?"
Creak!
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Meimi turned around. 'What?' One of the walls was opening up. She turned and raised her eyebrow at Junior. "So, is that where the real jewel is?" Asuka was gaping at the wall, too shocked to answer.
"I'll take that as a yes." Meimi giggled and leaped down the stairs leading into the shadows. 'I wonder how this door opened up?'
It took her several minutes to reach the bottom. "Tight security, huh?" Talking to herself made her feel more confident. "Now, where's the Moonlight?" It was very dark, and she waited a moment for her eyes to adjust.
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"One of you! Go and turn off the security for this room." Asuka looked at the red beams and knew there was no way they could get through.
"But, sir, we're the police."
"What's your point?"
"Those are just sensors."
"Yeah, I've realized."
"If we touch them the alarm will go off and the police department will be called."
"Yeah! I know!"
"We're here, so it doesn't matter if the alarms go off. We're not the criminal, anyways. We should just walk through, sir."
At that moment the red lights disappeared. "Doesn't matter, they're gone now."
"We would already be down there if-"
"It doesn't matter! Saint Tail is down there and the only way to leave is through here. She's trapped herself."
"Yes, well. She always gets away…"
"Did I ask? No! So shut it and lets go!"
In a flash they were across the room and racing down the stairs. 'How did she open this door? I didn't even know how to open it!' His frustration made him move faster. 'I will get you Saint Tail! This is the only way out and I'm blocking it. It's all over.'
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Now able to see Meimi noticed that there was a small door across from her. Slowly she crept forward and tried the knob. 'It's unlocked?' "Oh, well. I guess I shouldn't complain."
In the middle of the room was a velvet pillow. Meimi came closer and saw a small dent in it, cradling the Moonlight jewel.
Bang!
Meimi spun around, recognizing the sound of an idiot hitting metal.
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Asuka reached the bottom of the hidden staircase, and couldn't see a thing. Blindly he ran, taking only seconds for him to run into the side of the steel door. "Ouch!" 'First the jewel, and now a door. Damn it, I've got a killer headache!' Despite the massive pain in his forehead he got up and wearily threw himself inside. 'Whew! I went the right way. God only knows what would have happened if I went to the other side of the door and hit the wall...'
There he saw Saint Tail, looking down at the Moonlight jewel. "Stop-" He gasped in pain. Moving any part of his face made a sharp pain shoot across his head. He gritted his teeth. "Stop right there, Saint Tail!"
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"Junior!" 'What am I going to do- What's wrong with his head?' She stared for a moment at the colorful bruise forming on his head.
"What are you looking at?" snapped Asuka. He realized before she answered and covered his forehead, blushing deeply. Meimi giggled.
"When people asked what happened, remind them that I'm not a violent person," she remarked teasingly.
"Yeah, yeah."
"What will people say when they see that? I know! 'He lost to Saint Tail, again? Looks like he's really beating himself up about it. Maybe he should just give up.'"
"I will never give up!"
"Of course," she replied casually, even though her heart skipped a beat.
At that moment Asuka realized he had been idly chatting with Saint Tail! "The chase ends here!"
He watched her as she looked around trying to find some way to get out. "The only way is past me, and I won't let you!"
She smiled. "I can get past."
"If you do you'll run into all my men waiting outside. Trouble getting past me? Imagine what it will be like to try to get past all of them."
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'There has to be a way! There's always a way!' Meimi frowned. 'It can't end here!' The situation did seem impossible... 'I can't just stand here, or he'll come after me. If he does he'll leave the doorway, but what about all his men? Can this really be hopeless?'
She looked at Asuka who merely smirked. 'How could I have just run down here? I was so stupid!' Then she remembered the reason. For a person's heart. That was what she needed to protect. 'But how?'
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"Are you just going to stand there?" Saint Tail hung her head, she had to know now. "I'm the one whose caught you, and now Meimi can't tease me!"
They both went into a shocked silence. 'Did I just say that aloud?'
"You've got some things you need to work out with your girlfriend, huh?" Even though Meimi was talking about herself it still made her mouth dry to have to say that Asuka had a girlfriend. Saying it as an outsider made it even worse.
'That's it.' "I would never date that stupid girl!' Asuka lunged forward at her. He saw how shocked she was. She quickly moved to the side, but he caught her foot. She fell to the floor, hard. He heard her gasp in pain and grabbed her arm. 'Is she okay? She didn't respond when he released her leg and came closer. Have I really done it?'
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Meimi watched as he crawled closer. 'Oh, god! He's going to see my face!' There was nothing to do. She tucked her head into her hurting arm and waited. 'I'm so sorry, Seira! I tried!' She felt someone pull her. 'I tried!'
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Asuka sat still, completely stunned, as a hand reached out of the shadows and grabbed Saint Tail. Before it registered, Saint Tail had been pulled into the darkness. "What the hell?" The other officers ran into the room to find Asuka whimpering as he ran his hands over one part of the wall.
"Um, sir?"
(Author's Note: Okay. Weird, yes. The shadow thing will be explained in the next chapter, sorta. I think I may have really made Meimi and Asuka act weird in this chapter, but it seemed right under the circumstances…
Meimi: It's fine. I would have a total breakdown if I thought I was going to be caught by Asuka-
Asuka: -walks into room- What were you two talking about?
Nothing you would be interested in. Girl stuff.
Asuka: Right. I don't want to know.
Meimi: Well, since you asked, I guess we can tell you…
Asuka: God, no! -runs from room-
Meimi: We talk about my other identity right here, and he still hasn't figured it out.
He hasn't even asked why I won't let him read the story.
Meimi: Twit.
Yep.)
