A/N: I recently got into this anime and finished watching it yesterday… :D I read a lot of DDS fanfiction here but there wasn't as many as I would have liked… So… I decided to write my own! Really, there should be much more fans for this anime… lol
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any characters except the ones I make up. If I owned Detective Academy Q, I would make every school into DDS. XD
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Summer Light: Murder at Tsukikage High School
Chapter One: Meeting Class Q
Name: Harukawa, Nina
Age: 14
Hair Color: Dark Brown (The hair style is similar to Full Moon from Full Moon wo Sagashite.)
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Height: An inch shorter than Minami, Megumi (aka Megu)
YOUR POV
Last night's rain left puddles in the streets, causing a beautiful rainbow to arch across the sky over a certain city in Japan. I squinted and shielded my eyes from the luminous sun in order to take a good look at the building that stood before me.
"I'm finally here… I'm finally here at DDS! At last, I have fulfilled my dream!"
I entered the main building and walked around, attempting to locate a certain door. Before I knew it, I was standing before the door I was searching for. I looked down at myself, hoping that I looked presentable. I shifted the coat slung on my right arm around in an attempt to look neater. I nervously fiddled with the umbrella strap hanging on my left wrist before looking up at the door. I cleared my throat before lightly knocking on the door twice.
I heard footsteps coming from inside the room. I closed my eyes and calmed myself down. The moment I opened my eyes, the doorknob turned and the door opened from the inside. A woman appeared from behind the door. She silently studied my face before her eyes lit up in recognition. Her expression softened as she opened the door wider and gestured for me to enter.
"We were expecting you, Harukawa, Nina-san. My name is Katagiri, Shino. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, too," I replied, smiling at the taller woman before turning my attention to the man seated at the desk to my right. The man was silently sifting through a folder filled with papers. The concentration in his eyes disappeared and his face relaxed the moment I spoke.
"Welcome to DDS, Harukawa, Nina-san," the famous detective said warmly. I politely bowed in response.
"It's an honor to meet you, Dan, Morihiko-sensei."
"Class is about to begin, Dan-sensei. Shall I escort her to Class Q?"
"Yes, please do. Arigatou, Katagiri-kun." He then turned to me. "Enjoy your stay here in Japan. I heard you will be temporarily staying at Kazuma-kun's house?" I nodded at his question. He motioned for me to come up to his desk. He opened his drawer and pulled something out. He handed it to me and I accepted it. I stared at the notebook in my hands with awe.
"Class Q has been assigned to a case today and are waiting for your arrival. You will all depart as soon as you get there. That DDS notebook will help you in many of your cases and identifies you as a DDS student so take good care of it." I nodded silently.
"Well then, good luck on your first case with Class Q!" Dan-sensei said as he warmly smiled at me before returning to his papers. I smiled back before following Katagiri-sensei out of the room. I snuck a glance at my DDS notebook before slipping it in my coat pocket. A small smile graced my features.
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I squirmed uncomfortably, staring at the door to my new classroom. Katagiri-sensei sighed and shook her head in disapproval. Was Class Q filled with weird people? I suddenly wished I had gotten into a lower class.
"I'm sorry for their… odd behavior…" Katagiri-sensei finally spoke, a small sweat drop appeared on her head.
"It's… fine…" I replied back.
'Hopefully first impressions don't count…? Right… They are making me think that they are a bunch of perverts… Excluding two of them… Or actually three, counting the teacher…' I thought to myself with a sigh. I recalled what I had just heard from the classroom.
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A FEW MINUTES AGO
"And this will be your classroom…" Katagiri-sensei finally said, gesturing at the door before her.
"I see… Thank you very mu-" I said before a voice from the other side of the door cut me off.
"A new student?!?!" An excited voice cried out. It was a male's voice.
"Quiet down!" An older voice barked out. That was definitely the teacher. A male teacher… A scary male teacher… A very scary male- You get the point.
"Is it a girl or a boy?" A girl's voice inquired.
"It's a girl. I looked it up via my laptop." A young voice called out. An elementary school kid, perhaps? It was a boy, obviously.
"YES!!! Finally! Another girl! She's probably very hot! Hehehe…" Another male's voice said. I heard him chuckle. I did not want to know what was going through his mind at that moment.
"STOP THINKING ABOUT WEIRD THINGS!" The girl's voice cried out as I heard a whacking noise. Oo, that must have hurt…
"Ah! Pink and white stripes! A new pair I suppose?"
"KYUU!!!!" I heard repeated whacking noises. Well, he deserved it. He didn't need to describe them…
I heard someone sigh. A reticent person? Hmm… Hopefully he or she is the sane one out of all of them…
"ALL OF YOU GUYS! GET BACK INTO YOUR SEATS!" The teacher barked out. I immediately heard all of them scramble for their seats.
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Katagiri-sensei opened the door, causing the class to go silent.
"Ohayou, Q-class." She smiled at the others.
"Ohayou gozaimasu, Katagiri-sensei!" They answered back.
"As you already know, we have a new addition to Class Q. Although all of you will be departing right now for a new case, I hope you will be able to get to know each other on the way there. Well, good luck, Nina-san." She turned to me and smiled before exiting the room.
I stood awkwardly in front of the class. I bowed respectfully at the teacher. He looked down at me sternly before nodding.
"Hongou, Tatsumi." He stiffly said before facing the class. I smiled at his awkward self-introduction. He wasn't too bad…
"Douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu, Hongou-sensei." I then turned to the class.
"Hajimemashite. Harukawa, Nina desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu." I bowed respectfully to the class.
"We're leaving. Let's go, Q-class!" Hongou-sensei said, leaving the others no chance to speak.
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The van provided was large enough for the whole class. Hongou-sensei and the tall well-built guy sat in the front with sensei driving. In the middle section, the underwear-peeper, as I decided to call him at the moment, along with the reticent guy sat next to each other. In the back, I was seated in between the elementary school boy and the only other girl of the class besides myself.
The boy diagonally to my left, the underwear-peeper, whipped his head around and smiled.
"I'm Kyuu! Nice to meet you, Nina!" He scratched the back of his head while laughing a little bit.
"I'm Touyama, Kintarou! Call me Kinta, 'kay?" The guy sitting in the front said, waving at me a little. He waited for someone else to speak up.
"I'm Minami, Megumi. You can call me Megu!" The pink-haired girl sitting to my right smiled brightly.
"I'm Narusawa, Kazuma. Nice to meet you." The boy to my left finally looked up from his laptop, smiling at me warmly before returning to his task of what looked like research for the case we were being called for.
"Ryuu. Amakusa, Ryuu. It's a pleasure to meet you." The boy sitting next to Kyuu locked eyes with me and smiled pleasantly.
"Are you, perhaps…" I looked at him with interested eyes. The car was silent.
"Are you what they call a bishounen?" Kyuu broke out into laughter as Ryuu sighed.
"Yup, that's what we call a bishounen, Nina!" Kyuu finally said cheerfully.
"I never thought I'd ever see one…" I said thoughtfully before returning to the conversation.
"So, you're from California, Nina-chan?" Megu asked me. I nodded.
"Ryuu-kun is also from America. He came from New York though…" She replied. "Did you take the test in America like he did?"
"Yes, I did. In America, it's summer vacation. Summer vacation in America starts in mid-June after all… In Japan, it starts in mid-July, right?"
"Yeah, you're right. It ends in mid-August. In America, depending on the school, it either ends near the end of August or the beginning of September." Kazuma stated.
"Of course…" Kyuu started until he was punched in the head by Kinta.
"Stop acting like you knew what he was saying!" Kinta said with a chuckle.
"Why is it always me?" Kyuu cried out. I laughed along with Megu.
"I wanted to do something over the summer so I decided to come to Japan. I've always wanted to attend DDS so I took the test. Unfortunately, I can only attend during my summer vacation… That was the deal I made with my parents… Until I can persuade them into allowing me to stay longer, I'm in your hands for these two and a half months!" I said cheerfully.
"Eh?? Only two and a half months? Oh well, if you need it, we'll help you persuade them!" Kyuu said. Everyone, besides Hongou-sensei, nodded in agreement.
"Arigatou, Kyuu-kun. Arigatou, minna." I smiled.
The van came to a halt.
"We're here." Hongou-sensei stated. "Let's go, Q-class!"
"Hai!" Everyone, including me, replied.
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Japanese translations:
Sensei (also used as honorific) – teacher (obviously)
-kun (honorific) – attached to the names of boys (when you are the same age as them or if they are younger) OR attached to the names of those younger than you (only if you're old… XD Like Dan-sensei…)
-san (honorific) – polite attachment to the names of anyone
Arigatou – Thanks
Ohayou (gozaimasu) – Good morning
(Hajimemashite.) (Douzo) yoroshiku onegaishimasu – self-introduction (translated along the lines of "It's a pleasure to meet you.")
Bishounen – beautiful boy
Minna – everybody