Author's Note: Well, I decided to write a Fanfic about Ren, for a change :D haha. I like his story so I put some twist in my ff xD haha. I got the name of Alkan Simure Hosenkou from a co-writer of kzs fanfic, he/she owns Alkan, his/her user name is D.M. Ash, thanks to him/her Megumi's been created out of my fantasies.. :D haha.. [sorry I dunno, if D.M. Ash-san is a boy or girl… my apologies :)]In my story, Megumi is Alkan's daughter and he's not a friend of Kazuma, but Kazuma know some things about him. Hope you'll enjoy this chappie :D .. thanks very much… :3
CHAPTER 2: Tragedy and Welcoming
"Oh yeah, where are you staying?" he asked, worry can be heard in his voice. "I'm staying with the kind baker at the intersection over there" she said cheerfully and pointed to where it is. "Okay, I'll be going then" he said. "Be careful" she said smiling. He nodded. As he was about a meter or so away from Megumi, he looked back. His eyes widen in anger. He saw four guys around her. He rushed towards her, without a second to lose. "Let go of me!" she cried. "I don't want to, we'll have a couple of fun things to do tonight. . ." one of the guys said, holding her waist tightly. As one of the maniacs neared his lips on her neck, a fire ball hit him, causing him to pull back abruptly. "WHO DID THAT?" the maniac asked furiously. "It's me, asshole!" Ren said, his eyes burning with anger. "Oh. . .a twerp using pathetic fire balls!" the guy holding Megumi said then the rest of the maniacs laughed hysterically. Ren smirked furiously. "Ren. . ." Megumi muttered blushing. The maniacs stopped laughing, when the hands of the guy holding Megumi began to burn causing him to let her go. "Wow. . .so that's pathetic huh?" Ren smirked angrily and sarcastically. The maniacs were horrified and they cowardly run away from them.
Ren moved closer to Megumi, "Are you alright?" he asked with worried eyes and voice. She nodded blushing. Ren took a deep sigh of relief. "Thank you Ren, no one has ever saved me from those kinds of situations before. . ." she smiled sadly. His eyes widen, "What? You're prone to attempting sexual harassments, like that?". She nodded blushing in embarrassment, "But luckily I could find a way to escape from them. . .running, kicking or punching them. . .", then she laughed a bit. Ren looked in her eyes, those eyes that full of emotions, "I'll protect you Megumi, and I won't fail this time. . ."he thought. "Oh! Hiroshi-san must be waiting for me" she said as she turned away but he grabbed her hand. She looked at him innocently. "I'll walk you home" he said and smiled. She just gave him her beautiful smile. They reached the bakery. It's an average bakery we usually see around town, but this bakery has so many rose and lilac flowers in front and two long white benches in each side. Megumi's been knocking for minutes. "That's odd. . .Hiroshi-san should open the door by now" she said walking back and forth in front of the door, trying to see through the dark window from the outside. "Maybe he's already asleep, the lights were off" Ren suggested. "Hm. . .Maybe, but we should open this door, Hiroshi-san isn't deaf not to hear me calling for minutes. I feel something's not right. ." she said worriedly as she held the door knob again, twisting it, hoping it would open somehow. "Okay, step back. I'll open it for you" Ren smirked. The door broke effortlessly. "Wow. . .he's strong!" Megumi thought to herself amazingly.
When the door broke, Ren saw a figure lying on the floor. Megumi turn on the light, her eyes widen as she saw Hiroshi-san lying on the floor with blood around him. Ren was surprised too, he knew it was Hiroshi-san, he held Megumi close to him, as he feel her tremble in the scene before her eyes. They approached the lying baker. "Hiroshi-san. . .Why?. . ." she muttered as tears pour down on her cheeks, shaking the dead Hiroshi-san. Ren patted her head gently, "Sshh. . .we'll call detective Tachibana for investigation" he said softly. Ren got his cellphone in his pocket and dialed Detective Kirika Tachibana's number. "Hello, Ren what's new?" detective Tachibana answered on the other line. "Detective, we need you to come here fast, we found Hiroshi Akiyama dead in his bakery, please investigate about this" he said anxiously. "Alright, we'll be in our way" she said and hung up. The detectives reached the bakery together with Ayano and Kazuma. "Ren, what happened here?" asked Ayano, she has no clue what was going on, because she was only dragged by Kazuma in the first place. She eyed the girl in Ren's arms. "When we got here, we just found him lying on the floor with his own blood around him. ." he replied as he gently patted the girl's shoulder in his arms. "Who's your friend?" Kazuma asked looking at the girl staring into space. "This is my friend, Megumi Hosenkou" he replied facing his brother. Kazuma's eyes widen a bit, "Whoa! Hosenkou? Interesting . ." then he smirked. "What's so great about it, huh?" Ayano asked in annoyance, must be jealous of Megumi being complimented by her Kazuma. He turned his head to face her, "She's an elementalist. Hosenkou family is famous for manipulating all four elements. She must be the daughter of Alkan Simure Hosenkou, he's famous for being a notorious elementalist around the world, a great ability such that is rare to have" he explained emotionlessly. Ayano just nodded in amazement with her mouth shaped like "o","How come, I don't even know a single thing about these elementalists if they are that really famous?" she wondered to herself.
Detective Tachibana approached them holding something in her hand. Megumi stood up, "Detective, how's your investigation?" she asked anxiously. "We found this unusual necklace with a locket in the crime scene" Kirika said as she hand it over to Megumi. Her eyes widen in fear, "Th-This necklace. . ." she opened it and found her family picture with her mother and father, "My father owns this. . ." her hands trembling. They looked at the picture eagerly. "Told yah, she's the daughter of Alkan" Kazuma smirked. Ayano noticed her trembling hands, she held it with hers. "Megumi, what's wrong?" she asked sweetly. Tears began to fall on her cheeks, "Father had been here, he-he ki-killed Hiroshi-san. . ." she said in between sobs. Ren frowned with what he heard. Ayano hugged Megumi as she patted her head gently. "There, there. . .We'll work all these things out, so don't you worry" she said softly. Kazuma smirked upon hearing such a comforting tone from the short-tempered red-headed girl he'd known for so long. Megumi nodded as she wiped her tears with her little fingers. "This is an unusual way of killing someone; there are no scars nor cut or even traces of finger prints. . .a true work of a superior elementalist, Alkan. He's been known for killing someone without any physical contact from the victim, I think he's using some kind of medium or something. But we're lucky, he dropped his necklace, so we found out it's him" Kirika explained. "That's right, I hate to admit it but, he's higher than my standards" Kazuma said emotionlessly. Megumi stayed in Ren's arms, thinking coherent thoughts. Not too long, Detective Tachibana declared a man hunt operation for Alkan Simure Hosenkou, dead or alive.
"So, what are we going to do now?" Kazuma asked as they stood outside the bakery. "We should go home, and take a good night rest guys!" Ayano said, trying to cheer Ren and Megumi, she noticed the two of them had been in depression about the incident. "But, I. . .I don't have any place to stay, now that the bakery's been sold to the government. . ." Megumi muttered, looking down on her feet. Ren cupped her chin, looked in her eyes, "Stay with us" he said gently. Before she could say anything, Ayano dragged her in Kazuma's car and headed for the Kannagi Mansion. "Thank you very much" Megumi said smiling sweetly. Kazuma just smirked as he started the engine. Ayano smiled sweetly, "It's our pleasure to have you, Megumi". Ren, who was sitting beside her, put his hand on hers then grinned. She blushed letting out her gentle smile. They headed immediately in the meeting room to inform Jugo, Ayano's father and head of the Kannagi clan, about Megumi's matter and agreed to have her in the mansion. As he looked at Ren and Megumi, having an earnest talk, he thought, "Hm. . .this should be easy, as I can see towards them, they're getting along well, unlike the two over there..", he took a deep sigh upon seeing Kazuma being run after by Ayano holding Enraiha. "I can set them in a marriage in the near future. Wow! Having an Elementalist in our family. . .great, very great!" Jugo thought to himself and smirked. "That's it Kazuma! You're finish!" Ayano said as she swayed Enraiha in his direction. But he dodged it smoothly causing Ayano's eyebrow to twitch. As she turned to face him, Kazuma caught her wrist, she dropped Enraiha on the floor as he put his lips against hers. She answered the kiss passionately. He broke the kiss when both of them needed to breathe. Kazuma smirked as he saw Ayano's face turn red as a tomato. "I think you should accompany Megumi in her room" he said grinning. She nodded and walk away from him. When she heard him say, "Your lips are the most gentle thing I could ever taste", obviously she turned red and walked away from him faster, murmuring, "Idiot pervert!".
"This will be your room Megumi" Ayano said as she opened the door adjacent to Ren's room. Megumi entered and looked at every corner of the room, "Wow! This is very nice Ayano. I can't thank you enough for everything!" then she smiled sweetly. "Having a girl younger than me in the house is really great, you'll be my little sister, okay?" she said smiling and winked. Megumi nodded with her smile from ear to ear. "Okay, Good night, Sleep well, Megumi" Ayano said smiling. "Good night too, sister" she replied smiling sweetly. They hugged each other before Ayano come in her room. As Megumi lay on her bed, "Father's here in Japan. . .It's been two years since I ran away from him in Italy. I hate him. . .I despise him. . ."she muttered as tears fall on her cheeks, "I won't let him harm any of the people dear to me, like what happened to Hiroshi-san. .". There's a knock on her door. She wiped her tears with the back of her hands, "Who's there?". "It's me" Ren said. She opened the door and Ren entered. He looked in her eyes and noticed it's a bit wet and red, "Did you cry, Megumi?" he's worried. She lowered her head and smiled sadly looking down on her feet. Ren sighed, "I know it's really hard for you to accept things right now. . .Just talk to me, everything you want to let out, okay?" he patted her head. She nodded half-smiling. "You should be careful, all of the people close to me should be as well" she said worriedly as she held back her tears. He didn't say a thing, there's a minute of silence between them. Until Megumi looked in his eyes, "Father is here. . .and he might harm you and ended like-" , she was cut-off by Ren. "Don't you worry, Megumi. He can't harm me nor you. I'll protect you, I promise that to you" he said seriously directly into her eyes. She blushed, "Oh, Ren. . .I really can't thank you enough" she said smiling. He smirked. "Well, I'll let you sleep now, I know you're tired of what had happened this day" he said and walked towards the door as he close it gently behind him. "Good night Ren, thank you" she used the wind to carry her message through his ears. He smirked blushing. "Good night too, my mademoiselle. I love you…" he whispered to the wind. He fell asleep with the thought of protecting Megumi as long as he can to be with her and her alone.
*uhm, that's it for chapter 2. I hope you liked it guys. I'm not sure when will I update chapter 3 but I already have a draft :3 haha… Please leave some reviews or comments :D thanks very muchie! :))
~chie :3