I told you Beika High wasn't finished yet!

Parallel: Martial Arts Club

(sometime after Power of Reason, Power of Magic) If you haven't read that one yet, it's best if you do...just saying.

Martial Arts Club, Image #1

THOOM! The sandbag shuddered as Ran's fist made its impact. She pulled her arm back and glared at the bag, imagining it was that person who had shot Shinichi. She began to hit it with a barrage of attacks, all the while fuming at all she had discovered.

The students had only been told that Shinichi was in an accident and would be out of school for a while. Kaito was gone too, but they said he was excused. She had tried to interrogate the teachers for more, but they refused to say anything. Kazuha had suggested asking the club he was in, and she tried to do that, only to be told that they didn't know what had happened either but they knew which hospital he was in.

Ran had went to the hospital, but the nurses told her to come back another time because his family wanted some alone time with him. She understood this and came back the next day, because Kaito said he didn't want to talk about Shinichi's accident in school.

When Ran had gone into the hospital room she learned several things, after pressuring Shinichi into talking. He had been shot. He was still trying to catch the guy. And apparently a few months ago, he had almost been killed by the terrorists' bomb [she found this out when he accidently mentioned them].

Ran wanted to strangle him for being so stupid and careless.

"Ran-chan, are you okay? You don't look so good," Aoko was watching her with concern, along with Sonoko, Kazuha and even Makoto. "If you hit the bag any harder, it'll break."

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Ran exclaimed. She took a quick glance at the bag and saw that it actually was about to break. "I guess I was busy thinking."

"Are you getting ready to kill someone?" Sonoko asked.

"Uh, not really," Ran said, blushing a little. "I was thinking about Shinichi."

"Ooo! Tell me more!"

"Go on," Kazuha encouraged. She, Sonoko and Aoko all gathered around Ran. Makoto, feeling awkward, walked out of the practice room.

"Well, it's nothing really,"

"Oh," Aoko complained. "Don't say that!"

"Tell us all your love problems!" Sonoko said.

"It's not love!" Ran defended hotly. "I was just kind of annoyed that Shinichi went off on his own and got hurt. I mean, he has friends who can help him, right? It was irritating me that he doesn't ever ask for help, no matter how much trouble he's in. Does he think I'm just a nuisance?"

"I know what you're talking about," Kazuha said. "Heiji's an idiot that way, too."

"Kaito's just a dummy. He wouldn't know if someone cared about him even if they said it right to his face."

Sonoko listened to the three girls complain about each boy. A knowing smile grew on her face. "So is that why you three are in this club? To take out your frustrations with your boyfriends?"

"He's not my boyfriend!" Each girl yelled in unison.

Sonoko smiled and nodded.

Right, that's what they all say.

Kimiko: I know it's short, but these are all just little parallel stories. I have some better ones that I'll put up. Have fun with them!