So as promised, my new fanfic. But also, I had a friend who helped with some ideas, so they are also credited for this fanfic, thanks salimaran08!

Hope you guys like it!

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"Ne Heiji? Where are we going?"

"Shhh!"

It was a summer and every kid was playing outside in the warm weather. Well...all but two. Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha were right outside the door of the Toyama's residence. Kazuha's hopes of playing hide and seek with her best friend were ruined as Heiji led her back to her house.

"If you wanna go in, all you have to do is open the door ahou" she got up and brushed the dirt off her shorts, "Why are we at my house anyways?" Heiji gave her a look of annoyance and pulled her back down to a crouching position, he gave her a glare as he whispered, "my dad's here, so that must mean they're talking about a case ahou"

Kazuha just rolled her eyes. "Now be quiet, come on" they went in her house. Heiji crept upstairs, making sure no one had spotted them, "Okay...I think we're good-ahou! Get down!" but Kazuha just climbed the stairs, not caring if anyone spotted her. When she reached the top she looked back down at him and stuck out her tongue. Heiji ran up the stairs and grabbed her hand and pulled her into the nearest closet.

"What do you think you're doing!" Kazuha yelled but quickly felt her mouth covered up by his small hand. He lifted one finger up to his mouth telling her to be quiet and opened the door just a crack to see outside. They both stood still as they heard voices.

"Are you sure about this?"

"No, not really, but it'll be like a fresh start...for the both of us" Kazuha widen her eyes a bit as she heard her father

"I understand. Well, here's luck to the both of you"

"Arigato, we'll miss you surely"

Their voices faded away meaning they were gone. Heiji let out a sigh as he opened the door. "What was that all about?" Kazuha asked innocently as she exited the closet. Heiji crossed his arms, "Well whatever it was, it wasn't about a case that's for sure"

He had hoped that they could eavesdrop on them and hear about a new case, maybe next time he thought to himself. He opened his eyes, and looked around. There were boxes everywhere, "Ne, Kazuha" she looked up at him, "has there always been this many boxes before?"

She looked around and noticed the great amount of big brown boxes for the first time. She shook her head, "No, but there must be at least twenty!"

Heiji sighed, "There's just twelve ahou" he walked up towards one of them and looked inside. He pulled out a box and stared at it, "Is this yours?" He continued staring at it, it's really pretty he thought. He stopped admiring it after noticing she didn't answer him, "ahou are you deaf? I asked if this was yours?" he turned around, expecting her to reply with an 'ahou', but she was looking down at the ground instead.

"W-What's wrong?"

She walked towards him and grabbed the box from him. "This was mom's" she opened it, "she kept her rings and necklaces in here" and indeed there were beautiful jewels inside. Heiji's eyes softened. Kazuha's mom had been caught in a car crash not too long ago, it was just about three weeks ago he thought. She was driving while Kazuha was in the back seat. It was late at night and some guy was driving while drunk. Kazuha was the only survivor...

"G-Gomen"

She wiped her eyes, but her tears were already falling, "I'm sorry, daddy told me that I shouldn't cry in front of people" she tried to put up a smile, but Heiji could see past it. He walked up to her and hugged her. She hugged him back as she started sobbing.

After a few minutes, Heiji led her downstairs, "Come on, we'll play hide and seek" he smiled as Kazuha's eyes lit up as she nodded.

He sighed inwardly, she had always been the type to never let anyone see her sad or cry, except rarely him. During the funeral, she had stayed quiet while friends and family members gave their condolences, but he had pulled her away to where no one else was near them. Only then was she able to show her true feelings. He remembered how much she cried that day and kept holding on to him, crying out that she wanted her mom back.

Until today, that was the last time he had seen her cry.

(A few hours later)

Heiji got in his dad's car and looked back to see Kazuha waving frantically at him. He waved back and then stared at his father. There was something that bothered him when he heard the two grown-ups conversation. Why did he say he'd miss him? Is he going on a case? No...Mr. Toyama had said 'for the both of us'...does he mean kazuha as well? And what was with all those boxes? There were so many things he couldn't understand. Frustrated, he decided to ask his dad later on.

When he got home, they were welcomed by his mother. He then went up to his room and started reading books from his favorite author; Ellery Queen. While reading, he suddenly stopped as something clicked in the back of his head.

He rushed out of his room and ran downstairs.

His mother looked at him in surprise, "What's the matter Heiji?"

He turned and saw his dad sitting down, drinking coffee and reading his daily newspaper. "Kazuha's moving away, isn't she" Hattori Heizo looked away from his newspaper to stare at his son. It was more of a statement than a question. He then returned back to his paper. "What makes you say that?" he was in fact curious as to how Heiji came up with this.

Heiji frowned, "Kazuha and I overheard Mr. Toyama and you talking and you said 'We'll miss you surely' and there were boxes all around, storage boxes with their household items" He crossed his arms, "Where are they going?"

Although Heiji couldn't see it, Hattori Heizo smirked behind his paper , "And you got all that from boxes and my words huh?" he turned the page, "Yes, they're going overseas and moving to France"

His words left a shocked look on his face, "Wh-Why?" He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see his mom. She smiled sadly, "Kazuha's father believes that it'll help them and with what happened to her mother..." he pulled himself away from his mother's touch.

"But they can't! They just can't go!" although he didn't want to admit it, he liked having Kazuha around, following him. She was his best friend...

Everyone stopped as the phone rang, his mother answered it, "Hello? Oh what a pleasant surprise Toyama-san" Heiji looked at her, "Oh, no I'm sorry, she's not here"

"What? Is Kazuha missing?" he called out, but his mother ignored him, "Sure, I'll call you if anything comes up, bye"

Heiji grabbed onto her dress, "What happened? Where's Kazuha?" She looked down at him, "She's not home, he said that he had a talk with her and that she just ran out" She sighed, "Oh I hope she's alright" After hanging up, she then noticed that her son was already opening the door, "And where do you think you're going this late young man?"

After quickly putting on his shoes, he called out, "I think I know where she is" and with that he left.

His mother sat next to her husband, without looking up, he simply said, "Don't worry, he knows how to take care of himself" She sighed, "It's not that" and then smiled, "I just really had my hopes of them two ending up together. This move ruins my plans of my future grandchildren" He laughed at his wife who was smiling at her own dream.

(With Heiji)

He ran as fast as he could, it was already dark. That ahou, doesn't she know how dangerous it is to be out this late? He ran past a few adults who just stared at him. He turned to the right and ran two more blocks before he spotted her sitting on the bench. Catching his breath, he slowly walked up to her and took his place right beside her. He looked ahead and saw cars passing by one by one.

It was the place of the crash.

Ever since then, whenever Kazuha felt down, she would always come to this bench and sit down. It gave her comfort to think about her mother.

Kazuha didn't have to look up to know who it was, "I'm moving..." Heiji let his hair cover his eyes, "I-I know...I found out just now"

She looked at him with teary eyes, "B-But I don't wanna go, I wanna stay here!"

"I want you to stay here too..."

She began to cry, but all Heiji could do was let her cry on his shoulder. This was the second time today he's seen her cry...he didn't like it.
he sighed as he dreaded what he was about to ask, "W-When are you..."

She wiped her eyes, "In a week he said" So soon? He thought to himself, "Ne Kazuha...?"

He stopped midway. For some reason, Kazuha's face had lit up for a moment as she placed a smile on her face, "I actually have something for you" she began searching through her pockets, "I was meaning to give this to you some other time, but" she pulled out what seemed to be two necklaces, "this seems like the perfect time"

She handed him one of them, and laughed as he examined it. "I made this for the both of us"

He made a weird face, "An omamori?" She nodded, "This charm is for good luck and will keep both of us safe" she placed her own around her neck, "Remember you got us hand- cuffed that one time?" A shade of red appeared on his face as he remember how they had to go to the bathroom together, "y-yeah, so?"

"Well I used part of the chain from those hand-cuffs and added them to the chains, neat huh?"

"Aww 'Zuha, you can't honestly believe in charms and superstition?" it earned him a glare from her, "Wear it always! It'll keep you safe! Plus...it's something for you to remember me when I'm gone" she said slowly. He watched her try to smile and groaned, "Fine" he placed it around his neck.

"Pinky promise!" she held out her small pinky finger. He smiled, this was a promise they had decided none of them could ever break, EVER.
With a smirk, he wrapped his pinky around hers.

"Pinky promise"

000

(A week later)

Boat to France is now boarding. I repeat, Boat To France is now boarding.

"Come on Kazuha, that's us" Her father lifted their bags, "Goodbye Heiji, watch over your father for me okay?"

Heiji nodded.

Kazuha stared at him, he smiled back sadly, "So...I guess this is goodbye?" A lump formed in his throat as he tried his best not to cry. She gave him a genuine smile, "Who said it was 'goodbye' ahou?" he gave her a confused look, "I'll see you soon" she said with a wink, he couldn't help but smile and nod

She began to walk away, but before she entered the ship, she felt herself being pulled back. Heiji wrapped his arms around her as he gave her one last hug.

"See you soon" he whispered

He stayed until the ship was out of sight. Small streaks of tears stained his cheeks as he held onto his omamori tightly against his chest.

000

So how was it? It's a little sad I know, but it'll get better =) Please review and tell me your thoughts! Arigato! Next chapter will be up soon, promise!

Ten years will have passed by. What's happened during those ten years? Find out in the next chapter!

Arigato!

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