AU-Nougami Neuro is a famous detective overseas. He comes to Japan to solve more interesting "puzzles". Katsuragi Yako is just your ordinary High school girl, who loves to eat any type of food! When these two WHOLE different people meet what can we expect!? And what's this of Neuro being a teacher!!!?NeuroXYako

Couples: NeuroXYako and slightly SaiXAi (in further chapters)

Anime/Manga: Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro

Magaka: Matsuei Yuusei

Disclaimer: I do not own MTNN Matsuei-sensei does! ^^

Chapter 3: Decoding your thoughts…

'Na, onii-san? Why can you do that?' A young girl asked the boy who was sitting beside her. Both were sitting at a bench under a tree at a park. The girl was between the age of 5 or 6; she was wearing a white simple dress with 2 sky blue spaghetti straps holding it. The boy looked between the age of 11 or 12; he was wearing a black vest and white long sleeved shirt under it with white formal pants and black formal shoes. Said boy was also getting annoyed with the curiosity questions coming from the girl. He turned around to face her; emerald green meeting hazel brown. He couldn't help but let out a chuckle at the girls face. She was now pouting and her cheeks had a tinge of pink. Her golden hair shining like smooth silk in the sun was almost blinding to his eyes.

'Your little brain wouldn't be able to comprehend such explanations.' He said.

The girl had a puzzled look on her face.

'See? You can't even understand what I said right now.'

'Well that is because you used big words, onii-san!'

'Stop calling me 'onii-san' okay? Chibi?'

'I'll stop calling you that when you stop calling me 'Chibi'! Now answer my question onii-san! Is it because of your hair?'

'What about my hair? Is there something wrong with my hair?'

'Eh? No! I didn't mean it like that onii-san! Never would I say that! I love your hair! It's such a pretty color!'

The boy's eyes widened a bit at the mention of the word 'love'. Such word he couldn't understand; never will. His head bowed down just slightly so his hair would cover his eyes.

'It is best that you don't know why I can do such a thing. For your sanity and innocence will perish.'


"So, Neuro? Will you care to explain what happened?" Neuro was brought back to reality for the hundredth time that day by the girl's curiosity. He felt like he has been in the same situation before, like 'Déjà vu'; but of course, he didn't care to remember such things, for memories were useless to him.

"Woodlouse, you are sending my patience to a point, don't make me lose it."

Yako, annoyed by the actions of said person, ignored his request.

"Na, Neuro? Can you at least answer me something?" He took a moment to think.

"What is it?"

"Are you human?"

His eyes widened a bit. A memory blocking him from his thoughts. A memory he thought he forgot.

A girl in a white dress, with spots of blood, standing there, horrified by something. Her little hands, covered in blood, were reaching to her face trying to cover her eyes to stop her from watching whatever was making her scared. Finally, she reached her limit and let out a helpless cry.

His eyes closed ever so slowly, trying to push away the memory.

'That is why memories are useless to me.'

Yako noticed how suddenly Neuro's eyes closed.

'Did I say something wrong?' Oblivious to the situation she couldn't do anything but stare at him and wonder. She was going to go up to him and ask him if everything was all right, when he suddenly got up from the couch.

'I guess he's fine…' she thought. His eyes were covered by his the locks of his hair. He started walking towards her.

'Oh god! I think he's mad at me now, oh I've done it this time, but I didn't say anything wrong though…right? Yako by instinct backed up until she came to a stop and leaned to the wall. Neuro was now in front of her. His arms trapping her like a cat would to a mouse. He leaned forward to the side of her face. She could feel his breath on her neck, which made the tiny hairs of her back stand up with a shiver.

"N-Na, Neuro, a-are you ok?"

He leaned closer to her ear and whispered something barely audible, but Yako could clearly hear him.

"What would you do if I told you I wasn't, I wonder?"

Her eyes widened, she was going to respond but the sound of the door being opened surprised her. She turned around to see who it was.

"M-Mom?!"

"Yako-chan! I came as soon as…" she stopped as soon as she saw the position her daughter and some stranger were in. Yako snapped back to reality; noticing the position she and Neuro were in, she pushed him aside. Neuro back to his normal self, was standing not too far from Yako, crossing his arms not very interested in the situation.

"Mom, what are you doing here? I thought you went to your business trip." Yako said in a surprised voice.

"Ah…well Sasazuka-san called me to tell me what happened today, and I came as soon as I heard, thinking that maybe you needed me more than ever, but I see you're very well accompanied." She said the last part with a hint of mischievousness.

"Why didn't you tell me you had a boyfriend Yako?! And here I thought you were all alone!"

"W-What?! Him! Of course not! Who told you he was my boyfriend?" she said while pointing towards Neuro.

"I am sorry for the misunderstanding Katsuragi-san. I am but merely an acquaintance of your daughter. What you saw right now was nothing but her comforting me because I too lost all my loved ones. So I have nowhere to go you see, and well she was offering me a place to stay, with your consent of course.

The girl's eyes widened in horror when she heard what Neuro said.

"Eh? Is that true, Yako?"

"H-Hai." Surely she opposed the idea greatly, but of course she didn't want to go up against Neuro.

"Well then, of course you can stay! It will be a pleasure to have you here! I also need someone to take care of my daughter while I'm gone, and since you two know each other so well, I'm sure there is no problem, right?"

"Y-Yeah, no problem at all."

'Of course it is! I mean it's Neuro we're talking about here!' she stopped her thoughts.

'Hold on. What am I thinking! I'm talking about him like I know him, when I barely met him today! And what was that?! What was he talking about back there?! Non-sense! That's what! I just don't get him at all. Who are you…Neuro?' Yako was so lost in her thoughts she didn't hear her mom talking to her.

"…all right, Yako?"

"Eh?"

"I said that while I'm gone, Neuro here will be sleeping in the guest room."

"What? But the guest room is right beside my room! Can't he sleep in the living room?"

"But that would be very rude Yako."

"A-All right…" Yako of course didn't have any choice but to agree.

"Ok then, my job here is done. I'm sorry I can't stay here any longer. It was a pleasure knowing you Neuro, please take care of my daughter; and Yako, take care of the house, ok?"

Yako nodded her head and gave her mom a last hug before taking her leave. Yako of course didn't want her mom to leave but she understood she had to, for the sake of her. At that her mom opened the door and went out it, leaving silence behind. Yako's stomach started growling all of a sudden.

'Shoot, my stomach is empty, I need to eat something before going to sleep, if not I won't be able to rest a bit.'

"Still hungry after all you ate at the restaurant? You are a glutton after all."

"Just leave me alone ok? Follow me; I'm going to show you the room you will be sleeping in."

"Again, the slave ordering the master, I see you still need to be polished and raised to become a successful slave, dishrag."

Yako was very hungry and tired, so she didn't feel like fighting with Neuro at the moment and just let it pass…for now. When they got upstairs, she led him through the hall and came at a stop in front of a door that was beside another to his right.

"Ok, this door to the right is my room and this one to the left is yours. You can go ahead and enter and sleep or whatever you need to do right now. I'm going to take a shower after I go eat and satisfy my empty stomach. So if you want to shower, go right now because after I'm done eating, I'm going right in, or you can go after me if you want, ok? I'll leave you some nightwear in the guest room so you can wear; it's my dad's so I'm pretty sure it'll fit." At that she left him and entered another room, which was probably her dad's, to get the clothes for him. He went inside the room and closed the door behind him, took off his shoes and put them in a corner of the room. He sat down on the bed which was rather comfortable. He heard a knock at the door and heard her voice.

"May I come in?"

He stared at the door for awhile before answering. "You may." She entered the room and went towards him. She handed him the clothes and went back to the door; her back facing him, "I'm pretty sure they'll fit you." After a pause she continued, "Well then goodnight, if you need anything, you know where I am." At that she left.


Yako went inside the shower after she turned off the lights downstairs. When she got in, she felt the hot air come out and pass by her face. She knew Neuro took a shower, who else? She started the water and let it warm while she took off her clothing. She got inside and closed the shower curtains. She felt more relaxed as she felt the warm water hitting her body; it made her feel at peace and good with its warmth. She started thinking about her dad and the good times she had with him before he died and how happy she and her mom were with him around. But then Neuro came to her thoughts, she was still trying to figure out what he meant with what he said before. He looked mysterious and suspicious. She could tell that not many people understood him or what he was thinking. She wanted to know though; something allured her to do so. She wanted to decode his thoughts somehow and be the first to understand him.

She turned off the water and got out to dress into her nightwear. Once she finished, she opened the door, feeling the cool air brushing by her. She started walking to her room but saw that Neuro's door was slight opened. She couldn't help herself but to peek inside; she saw him in the bed lying there under the covers. A slight smile made its way to her lips. She closed the door and went to her room.

Darkness enclosed her as she turned off the lamp of her room; she covered herself with the covers of her bed and closed her eyes, her thoughts not letting her go to sleep; but before knowing it, she was already asleep. Her face, calm, peaceful and pure, was gullible to the black figure leaning towards the edge of her door with its pair of green eyes, observing her sleep soundlessly in her slumber.


Well hope you guys liked this chapter. I struggled with this chapter because I didn't like how I first planned it so I changed it. Second, I lost the 2 last pages of this chapter and so I had to rewrite thme. But I like how it turned out. So hope you guys enjoyed it. PLEASE REVIEW! THAT HELPS ME SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! ::sobs:: HAVE A NICE WEEK!