Author's Notes:
To Kudo2315 - Arigato (Thank you) :3
To Chaosrin - I know and I apologize...
To Nika: No?! What the fuck do you mean "NOOOOOO!"? I'm serious: I need to know if my story's that bad XD !
To Guest: Sorry... Didn't think my story would be that depressing...or that bad...
Anyway chapter 3, (just one more to go after this)!
Ayumi Yoshida couldn't believe she was doing this. She was wearing a black simple dress -perfect for funerals. She fidgeted around the skirt. She was sitting in the seat of her father's car. "Ayumi..." her father began. Ayumi looked up at her father and said, "Yes, daddy?" Her father looked calmly and said seriously, "Ayumi, I know it's been hard on you. Conan was a very nice boy. Losing a friend is one of the hardest thing to do. What you're doing, going to the funeral, is very mature..." Ayumi's eyes widened as her father continued, "Even when everyone wanted you to stay, you chose to go. I'm so proud of you, and I'm sure Conan would be proud of you as well." Ayumi lowered her head and said, "Thanks, father..." When she saw the the temple (and graveyard), she said to her father, "Father, here it is." She stepped out of the car. Her father said, "Call me when it's over..."
She saw her father's car take off, leaving her to deal with this situation alone. She looked up at the sky. The weather during the day of the funeral matched the mourner's feelings. For a June day, there was no sun in the sky, covered by the clouds. It appeared even nature wasn't in a joyous mood either. one shuddering sigh, Ayumi calmly walked to the funeral.
Meanwhile, Mitsuhiko was fidgeting his black tie. He looked at the coffin with Conan's body in it. He was sitting in a chair with Ai, his crush, and Genta his friend. The funeral was ready to go. Mitsuhiko whispered to Ai, "Shouldn't we... have invited Ayumi-chan?" Ai then looked at him and said, quietly, "No. Remember? She could break down..." Genta said, "It's time. The funeral is starting..." Ai, a few seconds just as the funeral started, looked around and her eyes widened. She tapped Mitsuhiko and Genta's fingers and the two looked at the direction Ai was looking at. They couldn't believe it: Ayumi was there. She had decided to come after all!
Ayumi, as she walked to the seats, decided to look at the familiar faces that all knew Conan, just like she had known him. On the front row, there was Ran Mouri. Ayumi just couldn't help but feel sorry for Ran. After all, Ayumi knew Ran had a sweet big sister-little brother relationship with Conan. After all, Ayumi knew if she lost her own younger sister, Ayumi would be in the same heartbreaking shape Ran was in. In the front, as well, with Ai, Mitsuhiko, and Genta there was Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyoma. Yes, she had only met both of them once but she knew Heiji had been a close aquintance of Conan and Kazuha was the fiancee of the former. There was Dr. Agasa, some of the police forces, and a few other friends that she had known.
She saw a man standing up, and recognized it as Ran's father, Kogoro, Conan's "uncle". Ayumi stood back at how Kogoro looked. He looked distant, confused... sad even. So Kogoro did care for Conan after all. She almost found it hard to believe it. The first time she met him, Kogoro had hit Conan and threatened to hit him once more. She also remembered how Kogoro's cruelty made Ayumi so angry that she kicked him the shin. And yet, she sympathized with him.
"Ayumi-chan! Over here!" Genta shouted, a little loudly. Ayumi saw them and walked over them. Mitsuhiko was smiling for the first time in days as he said, "Ayumi-chan! We thought you weren't coming!" Ayumi smirked the faintest smirk, "Apparently, you three forgot I was friends with Conan." Ai faltered, "Yoshida-chan, how did you... manage...? How did you do it?" Ayumi then looked at Ai and said, "Your video gave me some relief. I watched it on Saturday." Ai looked at Ayumi for a bit before saying quietly enough for Mitsuhiko and Genta not to hear, but enough for Ayumi to hear, "Ayumi, I'm proud of you for forgiving Conan..." Ayumi said, "Conan was one of the sweetest boys I met, was the first guy I met that didn't eat like he was in a hurry, and he saved my life multiple times. Why should I stop loving him?"
And with that, the funeral began. Ayumi watched as some the funeral-goers gave their speeches about Conan. Some actually made her and some of the others laugh, some had brought tears into her eyes, and other speeches were a mix of both. Just as Ran had finished her speech, Ayumi was about to sigh, wiping the tears from her eyes when Genta whispered, "Hey, Ayumi. Don't you want to give a speech about Conan?"
Ayumi's eyes widened as she said, "What?!" Genta became serious, "Well, you were close to Conan." Ayumi looked down on the skirt of her dress and mumbled, "Well... I guess..." Genta smiled a bit as he pushed Ayumi up the center as he jokingly whispered, "Come on! If you do cry, we'll cry as well!" and sat down at his seat. Ayumi sighed and looked at Ran. Ran said, surprised, "Ayumi-chan? Do you want to say something about Conan?"
Ayumi, with one trembling mouth and shaking legs (though nobody could see due to the skirt of the dress) said with a hesitant yet determined voice, "I do." Ran nodded before flicking Ayumi one small comforting smile. Ayumi, at seeing this, gained a confidence she had been missing. When she looked at the audience, she gave another sigh and said, her voice shaky, "Conan was... well, he was my friend, first of all. He never failed me ever. Maybe that's why I liked him. No, that is the reason I love him. He was also a... sarcastic guy." There was some chuckles as well. Ayumi gave one small chuckle as well. Why not? "His sarcasm always lighented me up...even if it was aimed at me."
She chuckled once more at this and a few more chuckled as well but frowned and continued seriously, "Yet, he was also loving towards me. Not only did he never fail me, he was there when I needed comfort. When new life-changing experinces happened, like the birth of a new sibling, cousins moving away to a diffrent place, even the loss of a grandfather. He wasn't... you know... soft. He was blunt but at the same time honest and very sweet, too. He was a smart-ass, but a loveable smart ass. It's just heartbreaking to think his life could end so fast like this. All I want to say is..." Ayumi's voice was shaking again, with tears in her eyes, but said the last words of her speech, "I ... I really love him."
Sighing one last time, she got back into her seat. She couldn't help but smile one faint smile. It was over. And with that, the funeral was over and it was time to cremate Conan. Just as Conan's coffin was suppose to go to the crematorium, Ayumi piped, "Wait!" Ran and Kogoro looked at her. Ayumi, calm, said, "Could I do something fast before the body gets cremated?" Kogoro and Ran looked at each other for nodding. Calmly, Ayumi went to the crematorium. She opened the lid of the coffin. She grabbed a few objects from her purse.
Carefully, she dropped the two objects: the two Detective badges she and Conan had as children. With that, she looked around, gave Conan's body one small quick kiss on the forehead, closed the lid, and got out. Minutes later, the crematorium let out smoke. The coffin was burned, and Conan was cremated. With that Ayumi said good-bye to the others and got out of the cemetery and called her father. After she finished calling him, she sighed, wiped her eyes, and thought: It's over. You can rest in peace now, Conan-kun...
Ayumi was asleep in her bed. The sun was typically shining as it usually did it summer. It was August 3, a beautiful Monday, a few more weeks later and school would start again, her last year in high school. After that, she would start college for sure and her journalism career. And as usual for a teen she just wanted to sleep in until her brain could say: "enough". RING! pierced through her ears. She groaned and grabbed her pillow as she smushed it on her face, trying to drown out the phone ringing defiantly. Finally, after much failed attempts to drown out that sound for five or six seconds, she begrudgingly sat up and grabbed her light purple cell phone.
"Hello?" She asked briskly. Megumi Ito's optimistic perky voice was heard in the cell phone. "Oh, good morning, Ayumi-chan!" Ayumi's eyes widened and cleared her throat. "Oh, Megumi-chan! How are you?" Megumi giggled, "Oh guess what? You know that shop where I bought that cute little blouse?" Ayumi yawned, "You mean, Fumiko's Closet?" Megumi squealed, "Yeah! They're having a sale on these cute shoes! So, do you wanna come with me to shop?" Ayumi sighed and adjusting the sleeve of her pajama shirt, nodded, "Okay." And with that, she sighed and with that began to get up.
It was in the afternoon. Of course, the normal average shopper would have taken at most three hours to be satisfied.
But Megumi Ito was not your average shopper.
She shopped so much even by the stereotypical teenage girl standard. By the time Ayumi and Megumi had finished shopping and go to the frozen yogurt shop for a treat, it had been four hours since they stepped foot on the shop. It was worth it though. Ayumi had bought a pair of shoes she thought were adorable. Ever since Conan died, Ayumi had found herself more closer to Megumi, Ai, Genta, and Mitsuhiko. The girls went into the frozen yogurt shop. Megumi had hers with chocolate and Ayumi's with vanilla. After having finished, the girls got out of the store. The two didn't know that a blonde haired boy was staring at them.
This boy had perfectly-tanned skin, deep black eyes that shone when happy or excited, a well-built body any boy could kill for, and his hair, the color of sand in the beach. His name was Manabu Hoshi. He was looking at Megumi and Ayumi, specifically the latter. Just then, two boys swooped near him. The first boy with black hair, boney, with pimples in his face, shouted, "Yo! Manabu! What up!" Manabu snapped, "Hey, shut up, Izawa! I'm looking at someone there!" The tall lanky yet zit-free second one asked, "Who?" Manabu smirked, "Are you blind, Takuya? Her!" as he pointed to Ayumi. Izawa cocked his head, "Her? She's the sweetheart of that dead Sherlock in our high school... Ronan... Lonan...oh! Conan!"
Takuya smiled, "She's completely free!" Manabu smirked, "Exactly..." Megumi suddenly looked at Manabu's direction and squealed. "Oh my god!" Megumi gasped out. Ayumi looked at her. Megumi squealed, pointing at Manabu, "Ayumi-chan! Manabu, the popular kid at school, is looking at you!" Ayumi arched an eyebrow, "And?" Megumi giggled, "Duh! He has a crush on you!" Ayumi smirked as she rolled her eyes, about to leave, when Megumi grabbed her hand and said, "Oh, come on, Ayumi! He wants to talk to you!" Ayumi sighed but smiled a bit, "All right..." Megumi squealed as she grabbed Ayumi by the hand and the two teenage girls walked over to Manabu's table. Megumi squealed, obviously elated, "Hi! This is my friend, Ayumi! And she-like-wants to talk to you!" Manabu smiled, "Hey, Ayumi." Ayumi answered, politely, "Hi, Manabu."
Manabu said, smiling a seductive smile, "Ayumi, I was wondering if you'd like to go out with me for one date. It's very casual. Just a movie and I'll take you back home. Not much." Ayumi was surprised at this. Usually his requests were something in the line of a fancy dinner or to a dance. This request to go to the movies with him and no more was tame. She could do it. No! What about Conan-kun?! a voice screamed in terror. Ayumi's mind replied back, I'll say yes to be nice to him. I don't want to hurt his feelings... Calmly, Ayumi said to Manabu, "I'd love to..." Manabu brightened, "Saturday?" Ayumi nodded, "Saturday." Manabu walked back as Takuya and Izawa looked surprised Izawa said, "Manabu, did you suggest the movies?!" Takuya shook his head, "You're too soft." Manabu watched as Ayumi and Megumi walked out of the mall. He smirked, "Actually, what I didn't tell her was that I was going to give a surprise to her... I'm giving her a night she ain't gonna forget." He pointed at himself as he arched an eyebrow.
Izawa and Takuya realized what Manabu's surprise would be: sex. They both laughed. Izawa smirked, "You're naughty, Manabu!" Takuya laughed, "And that's why we love you!" And with that, the three boys cackled until Izawa and Takuya's insides hurt.
It was Saturday, and Ayumi was sitting in the couch of her home. She was fixing her white blouse and looked around the room. Manabu would be here any minute. Just then the doorbell rang. Ayumi got up but suddenly, she saw a blur move towards it. "I'll get it!" shouted ten-year-old Tomoko Yoshida, Ayumi's youngest sister. Tomoko opened and Manabu appeared. He appeared quite dashing, Ayumi had to admit. "Hey, tike." Manabu smirked at Tomoko and smiled softly at Ayumi. "So babe, you ready?" Ayumi nodded but she then added, "Let me say good-bye to my parents. 'Kay?" Manabu smiled, "Anything, babe.". She went to the kitchen to say good-bye to her parents. She then walked outside to meet Manabu but not before saying sweetly to Tomoko, "See you later, Tomoko." Tomoko nodded but deep down, as she watched Ayumi leave the door, she felt an emotional bullet go through her heart. Something told her she might never see Ayumi alive after that.
The movie theater was filled with commotion. Manabu and Ayumi were in their seats. For the moment, everything was tranquil. "Oops! Excuse me!" an annoying voice shouted, making Manabu cringe...angrily. Ayumi noticed and looked at his direction. There was an overweight boy with pimples who had been carrying numerous snacks: popcorn, soda, sweets, you name it.
"Manabu, are you okay?" Ayumi asked. Manabu snarled, "Shut up, Ayumi." Ayumi stood aback in shock. Manabu didn't have anytime to react...when the movie nerd had spilled some of his soda on Manabu's lap. Manabu's eyes nearly popped out of his orbits in shock. His neat pants...ruined by the soda. He screamed in rage. Ayumi covered her mouth and got up. "Manabu, can I get you something to clean that..." "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Manabu screamed, causing Ayumi to sit down. She looked wide-eyed at Manabu.
The rest of the movie had gone smoothly- well, as smoothly as it can get with an angered date. When they got into Manabu's car, Ayumi still noticed that Manabu was fuming. She sighed. She had felt guilty, believing she had ruined the date. She sighed, and looked at the window of her car. She didn't notice that Manabu took a different direction. Sigh, why did I do this? I mean, I know it's the nice thing to do. But Conan probably hates me now, wherever he is... "Oh! Ayumi, here we are!" Manabu said, his voice much more calmer.
Ayumi looked up and her eyes widened in shock. This wasn't her home, this was Koi's Peak, nicknamed Make-Out Peak. Ayumi said, startled, "Wait... we didn't mention anything of this..." Manabu smirked, "I hope you like this suprise." With that, he grabbed Ayumi, opened the door, and pushed her outside, She looked in shock. Manabu got to her, and as Ayumi sat on her legs, Manabu took off his shoes, and socks. To her greater shock, he used his strong arms to gently pull out Ayumi's blouse from her gentle body. Ayumi blinked in shock. Ayumi was about to grab her blouse but Manabu grabbed her hand and smirked, "Don't... let's relax, have fun..." Ayumi said in shock, "What? But I want to go home." Manabu suddenly snapped, "I'm the man! I make the decisions! So, I want to!" Ayumi yelled, "If you were half the boy Conan was...!" Manabu slapped Ayumi, "SHUT UP! THAT IDIOT WAS A JERK!" Ayumi stood in astonishment but this changed to discomfort when she saw Manabu was staring at her breasts. Ayumi covered her chest and said, defiantly, "No!"
"Ayumi, God dammit, let me take it off..." Manabu said, eyeing hungrily at the breasts clad in a white bra. Ayumi blushed, and shook her head, while saying muffled, "Manabu, I don't want to do this..." She desperately searched for her blouse that Manabu thrown out of her. She saw it near Manabu. Carefully, she reached for it. Manabu noticed and angrily he slapped her hand. Ayumi, in pure surprise and horror, winced as she used the other hand to rub the hand that had been slapped. She saw the shirtless sandy-haired boy beginning to unzip his pants.
Manabu smiled dreamily, "I've been waiting for this since I first laid eyes on you, babe..." Ayumi could only gape in pure horror as Manabu grabbed his boxers and put them down, revealing what she feared the most. Fear and disgust contorted Ayumi's face. She wanted to shout every foul language she knew but those words didn't come out. "NO! MANABU, PLEASE! I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS!" She yelled in terror. Manabu, in pure rage, slapped her and snapped, "Quiet, will you!" Ayumi stopped and watched with a milky fear as she believed there was nothing more to do. Manabu the neared the brown-haired girl, completely naked.
At that second an explosive fire-cracker burst inside Ayumi.
Rage overcame her as she, with all her might, pushed Manabu. The boy looked in shock as he hit his head with a tree nearby. The shock delayed the pain for a few seconds. Ayumi had tears in her eyes but this time, these were tears of rage. Ayumi shouted, losing all control, "Manabu! When I mean no, I mean no! I can't understand why girls love you! You're a sexist double-sided ass! You say Conan was the jerk?! He's not the jerk, you are! At least he didn't force me to have sex! Now take me home! I'm done!" Ayumi grabbed her blouse and started to dress. For a second Manabu watched in pain and shock, but then rage had masked his face. He stomped to his car, ripped open the door, and slammed open the car's drawer. After Ayumi had finished dressing, she stood up and said, "Okay... now take me..." Suddenly, Manabu let out a scream in pure fury as he jumped on Ayumi. The girl had been too surprised to react let alone notice the knife in Manabu's hand.
The sandy-haired boy, with all his might, stabbed Ayumi in the middle of her chest and stomach. She let out a howl of sheer pain and horror before passing out. Manuba panted, seeing the bleeding brunette girl, who's once pure white shirt was now being soaked with blood in the middle. Manuba's hate intesified. Damn necrophiliac bitch... Manabu glared at her and went to his car again. He grabbed his keys. He was still naked but goddamit, he had to get out of here first. The c+ar starting was music to his ears. He felt he could escape. Suddenly...
"Where do you think you're going, Akuma?!"
Oh My God! What the fuck was that at the end?! Anyway, don't own the characters except for Tomoko, Izawa, Takuya, and that devil Manabu. Stay tuned for the next (and last) chapter!