[HIATUS] The Scarlet Memories [Detective Conan OC] (English)

Chapter 37

It takes me about ten minutes to find the toilets where I had gone an hour earlier.

There !

I see the sign indicating the male restroom. I head there quickly. Once inside, I notice only one closed door. I approach and knock.

- C-Closing time has passed, you know!

In response, I only hear a low growl.

It's her voice!

I enter the next room and climb the wall using the toilet as a step. I can actually see Sera on the other side, gagged and taped. I join her and somehow remove the tape. She groans a second time and opens her eyes slowly as I hold her by the shoulders.

-Masumi! Are you okay?

Eh ?

My own words surprise me.

"Masumi"?

As I gradually let go of the girl, wondering where the name comes from, she wakes up completely, then jumps at me, smiling.

-Miika!! I knew you would come get me!

S- She knows my name...

Sera quickly comes to her senses and gives me a serious look.

- Where is he? I have to take care of him before he runs away.

- Well, he should still be with the others in the showroom...

She takes my arm, then opens the door and leaves.

- W-Wait...!

She stops and turns to me.

- What?

- D-Dou you intend to return to the room...in your underwear...?

Kid having taken her clothes, Sera only has her panties and a tank top on her.

- Yeah, what about it ? I'm going to get my things back when he's arrested anyway.

- I-If you say so...

We keep walking through the corridors, until a corner where we come face to face with Ran, Sonoko, Conan and the fake Sera. No one moves for a second or two, and Sera - the real one - starts running towards the impostor, jump kicks him and shouts.

- That's for using a taser on me!!

The impostor, now on the ground, releases a white smoke screen before jumping out the window and flee in a white hang glider.

Suddenly, a headache hits me. I remember seeing this hang glider fly away from me before, but that time in broad daylight and in a forest.

I'm tired of having flashes like that without warning.

Trying to remember a little more, I start to stagger, but quickly feel hands squeeze my shoulders.

- Miika! Are you okay?!

I open my eyes —finally not remembering anything more— and see Sera, looking worried. Ran and Sonoko are further away but approach us, Sera's clothes in hand.

- No, Sera-san. Her name is Yuna!

I straighten up and Sera lets go of me, turning to them with a fake smile.

- Y-Yup, sorry, I got the name wrong.

She winks at me, then retrieves her clothes.