Disclaimer: I do not own No. 6
A/N: Thank you so much ritsuka kuran and PrincessTutu22! Thank you to everyone else who reads my fanfiction as well! Double update today!
The weather forecast hadn't said anything about this. In fact, it had predicted a bright, sunny day. So why on earth was it hailing?
It had started out a clear day, with almost no clouds in the sky and certainly none this threatening. Only ten minutes into the lesson, however, a small dust storm began. It didn't remain small for long.
Initially, Shion hadn't minded the dust storm too much, but once it got to the point he could barely see three feet in front of the car, he started to become annoyed. "Why can't I just have a normal lesson?"
"Wow, Shion, usually you're really optimistic. What happened?" Inukashi asked.
"This happened," Shion muttered, indicating the dust and leaves swirling around the car.
"At least it's not strong enough to push the car around," commented Rikiga. Three seconds later, a strong gust of wind pushed the car into the next lane.
"You were saying?" Inukashi joked.
"If only the dust storm would go away..." Shion said hopefully. Hey, it worked for Rikiga, didn't it?
A few drops of rain fell, and soon the dust storm dissipated - only to be immediately replaced by a rainstorm. "You've got to be kidding me..."
Nezumi sighed as he switched the radio station to a weather report. The reporter seemed just as surprised as they were that it was raining, which made sense since he had spent the last few hours predicting no rain for that day. "Well, new reports suggest that a thunderstorm may be approaching-"
"WAIT WHAT?" Shion interrupted.
"-so everyone should stay off the road as much as possible."
"A little late for that, now, isn't it?" grumbled Shion.
"Relax. We'll just go back home. At least we aren't that far away," Nezumi suggested, for once being more optimistic than Shion.
"Okay," Shion agreed. "Do you know where we are?" At some point during the dust storm, they'd ended up on a road he didn't recognize.
"I'm not sure," Nezumi finally admitted, unable to see very much due to the rain pouring down harder than it had in months. And the sky was just getting darker and darker.
"Just turn around and eventually you should be back where you started... right?" Inukashi spoke up.
A bolt of lightning decimated the street not far in front of them, and three of the car's occupants shrieked like little girls. Nezumi just facepalmed.
After Shion recovered, he quickly turned the car around, deciding to take Inukashi's advice. It wasn't like he could continue going forward at that point, anyway.
"These lessons never seem to end well," Rikiga commented.
"I've noticed that as well," Inukashi agreed. "Though let's not forget, it was your fault the first lesson..."
"And the second one..." added Nezumi.
"Well, it's not like I control the weather!" Rikiga stated defensively.
Another bolt of lightning chose that exact moment to strike the ground on the other side of the road.
"At least I don't think I do," Rikiga amended nervously.
"It's probably just a coinicdence," Inukashi assured him.
Eventually, the lightning stopped, and the group was beginning to think the storm might be over. Then it started hailing.
A loud thud alerted them that something had hit the car, and it was shortly followed by another, which they saw land on the hood of the car. "That was huge, almost the size of a baseball." Shion noted.
"Better hope none of those things hits a window," Rikiga said.
"Quit jinxing it! Now one will!" Inukashi shouted. The four waited in silence, half expecting a watermelon sized piece of hail to suddenly shatter a window, but nothing of the sort happened. Actually, the hail started getting lighter, and soon enough stopped falling altogether.
It wasn't too much longer before the rain stopped as well, and the sky cleared shortly after that. The four glanced around at the surrounding area, having spent the last several minutes basically unable to see anything around them.
"Where are we?" all four asked simultaneously.