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Chapter 7 – Mystery of the Missing Bell – Part 1

4 Weeks after the Summer Incident

(Yuuto's POV)

After the entire incident at the beach we enjoyed the rest of our summer vacation at Kyoto touring the sites. Dad also finished his new book in his Night Baron series, and of course it was a hit with the people.

Everyone always loved Dad's writing. Ever since I saw the time he dressed up as Night Baron, it gave me the idea that when Kaito took up the mantle as a magical thief, maybe he should have someone to trade wits with before my brother.

Besides if where I want to go is true and if what Kaito is doing is what I think it is, it should him me find that group.

(Atop Teitan Elementary School - At Night)

A figure grasps the rope connecting an old ceremonial bell, that normally signals the lunch period takes a knife from their pocket and begins to cut the ropes connecting the bell

(At Teitan Elementary School – 2nd Term)

Well for the moment that can wait, I've still got all the time in the world in my hands. Better to live with this peace I have. Oh, I also got a postcard from Masumi, that girl is energetic, the entire card was covered in a small letter about her life in England and there are even pictures connected to them in a letter with the postcard.

'Well, as the world turns.' I thought as I continued to school. I dropped off my brother and his friends at his daycare school and enjoyed my walk to my class, I always preferred going on ahead to homeroom, there was nothing new in the school, sports team sign-ups are going to happen in a month, perhaps I'll consider an extracurricular.

The final waring bell rang. As homeroom started, Ms. Yukiko, our sensei called roll, and everyone surprisingly was here I always noticed someone was either tardy or late overall, but I guess days like these happen.

"So, Yuu-san how was your summer break?" Aki asked me as we settled into our waiting period for 1st period.

'Ah, Aki Etsuko, the class's most popular girl, she doesn't seem to participate in sports, I don't see any noticeable scars or even dry skin. She might be a cheerleader, she's always been quite graceful when I've seen her in the hall's, but that's only one possibility.'

"It was okay Aki, if you consider a car crashing off the side of a guard rail fun, then I had a blast." I answered with a bit of noticeable sarcasm.

"Yeah, I heard about that, one of the guys in the car didn't make it and a woman just ran and apparently, she tried to hide in the crowd, but some hottie figured out who she was before the cops." Another star-struck girl added her two sense.

Eventually, my one summer event became the talk of homeroom, until the bell rang once more, informing us that 1st period transition started, and everyone began to file out into the hall.

The day went by normally, until around lunch break, when normally an old ceremonial bell normally signaling the break didn't ring and instead we received an inter-com announcement instead to head to lunch,

The ever-curious child I was, instead I decided to head to the main tower to investigate, I had seen the bell a few times; it's look reminded me of an old heirloom. But, I've never heard anything about the bell.

As I reached the top I see my homeroom teacher, Ms. Yukiko near the tower, she looks like she's doing something, but what?

As I attempted to look in silently the door moved slightly and creaked and Ms. Yukiko looks to see me in the door way and panicked, in the chaos I saw that the bell was missing, and the cable was in her hands.

"Kudo-san, this isn't what it looks like." She attempted to protect herself.

"Ms. Yukiko, calm down, go to the principal and call the police to the school, tell them that someone's stolen the bell." I calmly responded to her panicked words.

"Oh…Of course." After calming down she ran to the principal while calling the police, its only a matter of time before Meguire gets here, better look around before his boys mess up the scene.

While canvassing the immediate area near the bell, I saw several marks that seem to leave an imprint on the ground next to the wooden boards of the bell chamber.

Touching the affected areas, there was some residual scrapping left.

'Look's like whoever cut the bell down, had to drag it up first, running the risk of losing it in the event of a fall.'

'If they were working in complete darkness for covers sake then its possible the culprit forgot about how high the bell was tethered together.'

Looking closer, I could see mud stains near the bell chamber armrests.

'Mud, but it hasn't rained and there's no muddy areas around the school at all, how did this stuff get here?'

There seems to more to this story than meets the eye, so far.

Looking towards the stairs, near the only door down, the door Ms. Yukiko and I used, I saw a large dent on the side of the armguard near the stairs.

'So, either someone or something, hit these bars with enough force to bend these steel bars.'

I hear sirens in the background, I need to hurry up and finish my preliminary check.

Taking one more look all around the bell chamber, I noticed something most peculiar, many lost strands of hair around the bell. Both black and orange-red.

'So, two different people have been here during the bell's supposed disappearance. That narrows it down at least, but was it a boy or girl who was here?'

The sirens finally made it to the school and that was my cue to run off and prepare for my first real case, by myself.

'This is going to be fun' I thought to myself.

AN – I'm finally back, after such a long hiatus, here's the next chapter of, The Improbable Truth. I apologize to all of you who have been waiting this chapter is small, but I will try to finish part two as fast as I can

AN #2 – I hope you guys also browse some of my other stories on my page as well.

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