Koudoutai: Episode Final

Welcome to the 2nd chapter! This is where the fun starts, and where the conflict arises.

And this is where the final Zodiac war commences.

Disclaimer:

Detective School Q is owned by Studio Pierrot.

Digimon Adventure is owned by Toei Animation.

Kamen Rider Ryuki is owned by Ishimori Productions.

Virgo's Attempt

Atori Restaurant is busy, though not overly so. Kyuu is there helping out, wearing an apron

on and he watches Yuri worriedly where she is cooking something. "How are you? You

feeling all right?" he asks her nervously. She assures him she's fine. Then his cellphone starts

ringing. He pulls it out of the back pocket of the apron and looks at the display, but does not

know who's calling. So he answers it. "Hello?" "Kyuu? It's Miho." "Miho?" he spends a little

time trying to figure out who that is and then the light goes on. "You!" But she says laughingly,

"I'm sorry if you're very busy, but could you meet me?". Kyuu wonders why she wanted to meet

him. Megumi Minami, who is Kyuu's girlfriend, overheard the conversation, and gave him a harsh

glare. Kyuu then explained to her about Miho, and said that maybe their meeting might be connected

to the Zodiac war. Megumi then looked worried, fearing that Kyuu might get killed. Kyuu assured

to her thathe'll beokay, and gave her a goodbye kiss and departed.

And he does. She takes him to an amusement park in Kyoto, and the two of them spend the better

part of the morning riding roller coasters. Let it be known Shinji is not great at roller coasters. After

only the first one he's already reeling and about ready to toss his cookies. Miho buys a souvenir

photo of them; the salesgirl cheerfully gives it to her. They go to an Indian Restaurant, the entire

staff turns out to bid them thanks for their patronage. The owner calls farewell to them. Finally,

Miho sits and studies the many souvenir photos she's collected from this day, smiling. Shinji has

gone to buy them ice cream cones. She puts the photos away when he gets back. He gives her

one and she notices his shoelace is untied. So she decides to tie it. Uncomfortable with her kneeling

in front of him, he tenses and she scoldingly demands his foot. He studies her, perplexed, then wonders

aloud, "You have so many faces. Who is the real you?" Disturbed by his question, she settles back

beside him and then puts her arm through his and starts to snuggle in against his shoulder.

Somewhere near her vicinity, Megumi was watching the pair, seeing that her boyfriend was apparently

committing "adultery" (ok, maybe two-timing), seeing Miho and Kyuu snuggling together.

Back at the scene between Kyuu and Miho, Kyuu protests in confusion and Miho scolds him, telling

him to stop moving. Tense and nervous, he stays put and they talk quietly about why they fight. She

slowly slips her hand into his pocket and starts sliding his deck out. But he notices and leaps away from

her, grabbing his deck tight and wrenching it over her protests. When he demands to know why she tried

to take it she replies that she has to win, no matter what she needs to do to win. And she stalks off angrily,

her ice cream cone smashed and melting on the cement walk.

Megumi, overhearing the argument, realizing what really transpired, confronted Kyuu, telling her about

her feelings, and the couple then left the park, holding hands.

An hour later, Miho goes to a dark room, pushing a scientist-like woman ahead of her towards a bunch

of cabinets in the walls. The woman opens one of the chambers, it slides out to reveal a corpse laced in

ice crystals. The frozen body of Miho's older sister, who been there for several months, and the doctor

is going on about how they'll be able to revive her someday in the future so they're keeping her body there

very carefully. For this is what Miho is fighting for: to restore her sister whom Asakura killed many years ago.

To Be Continued…

Hope you like this chapter. Although there aren't any battles here, the next chapters will keep you in suspense.

Preview:

Next chapter will focus on Yuri Suzaku, Shido's younger sibling, and the main focus of the Zodiac war.