The second day…

Both Keiko and Mallory (and Morgana too) woke up early, folded up their futons, cleaned themselves up and change their pajamas into their daytime outfits (a short sleeve, knee length magenta dress with white and yellow daisy flowers on it while Mallory wear a short-sleeve, diamond-pattern black and white flannel shirt, long dark blue trousers and white shoes on her feet) and Keiko put Morgana and the medal into her bag before both she and Mallory went downstairs.

"Good morning and make sure you 2 do the dishes and tables like you 2 did yesterday, girls." said Sojiro after he greeted them.

"Yeah, we know and we will after we came back later because there's something that we need to do, Sojiro-san." said Keiko.

"Don't you get cocky with me and get to work now, young lady!" snapped Sojiro sternly at Keiko.

"Now see here, you…" said Mallory as she narrowed her eyes and about to reprimand Sojiro only for the rest of her words to be cut off by the door to the café open inward and Mallory, Keiko and Sojiro saw Akira and an unfamiliar woman came into the café.

"Hey, isn't he Akira Kurusu-kun, one of the cute guys who help us from those unsavory thugs and the one who help treated and bandaged your injured hand in Shibuya a few days ago, Maly?" whisper Keiko curiously to Mallory about Akira.

"Yeah, you're right and I wonder who's the woman with Kurusu, Keiko." whisper Mallory suspiciously to Keiko about the woman with Akira.

"Beats me and something tells me that she's either a lawyer or a prosecutor, Maly." whisper Keiko as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Hm, aren't they the 2 girls that Goro and I help out from those thugs in Shibuya a few days ago? Never thought that I'd see them here." thought Akira as he noticed both Keiko and Mallory with a surprise look on his face.

"Welcome." greeted Sojiro to the woman and Akira.

"Am I interrupting something?" asked the woman as she glance coolly at Keiko, Mallory and Sojiro.

"Not at all." replied Sojiro-san coolly to the woman before both she and Akira sat themselves down on two chairs near the door while both Keiko and Mallory decided to watch them in silence.

"The cause of the runaway-train incident in the subway the other day still has not been found. Police are hurrying to solved the matter as it may relate to the rise in psychotic breakdown incidents." said the voice of a male newscaster from the TV before he move on to another news.

"Oh, is that the thing everyone's been talking about?" said Sojiro as he raised his eyebrow a little.

"Doesn't it make any of you curious?" asked Sae to them with a frown look on her face. "People who were living normal lives suddenly went mad or deranged out of the blue… Not to mention that it's happening one after another… Could they really be coincidental?"

"Now that she mention it, it does sound coincidental." thought Keiko with a pondering look on her face.

"Hmm… Leaving that aside… What'll you and the young man with you have?" asked Sojiro, taking the woman and Akira's order.

"I'll have Americano, sir." replied Akira.

"… And I'll have the house blend, please." replied the woman to Sojiro before she glance at both Keiko and Mallory. "Are you 2 new part-timers? I'm surprised that this place can afford some." added the woman curiously to Sojiro about Keiko and Mallory.

"Uh, yeah, they are." said Sojiro.

"Who are you two? Are you two high school students? Where and what school do you 2 attend?" asked the woman as she scrutinized both Keiko and Mallory.

"Rein in that prosecutor side of yours, Sae-san. We're in a café, not in a police station or SIU building." said Akira in disapproval at the woman named Sae-san (who scowled at him).

"Uh, hello. I'm Keiko Amamiya and this is my best friend, Mallory Caelum and we attend Shujin Academy." replied Keiko honestly to Sae-san.

"Oh. You 2 girls attend Shujin Academy, huh…? Someone I know goes there as well." replied Sae-san before she turned and look away from her. "I've heard that things are rough right now. A teacher named Kamoshida confessed his crimes like he was a completely different person, supposedly. And it happened "all of a sudden", one day… Can a person's mental state change so easily?" said Sae-san to herself.

"Yeah since we're the ones who did it to Kamoshida." thought Mallory smugly in her mind.

"…Huh." said Sojiro as he crossed his arms and had a thoughtful look on his face while both Keiko and Mallory noticed Akira had a wary look on his face about Sae.

"Is our drinks ready yet?" asked Sae-san slightly impatiently to Sojiro.

"… Coming right up and what're you 2 still standing there for? Hurry up and get to work." replied Sojiro before he called for both Keiko and Mallory to come help him then he turned and went into the kitchen to begin brewing coffee for both Sae and Akira.

"Keiko, now's your chance to go and sell that medal while boss's busy in brewing coffee for them." whisper Mallory as she glance at Keiko.

"I know and what about you, Maly?" asked Keiko concernly to Mallory.

"I'll be staying here to help boss out double time so that he doesn't chew us both out later, Keiko. Now hurry up and go already." sighed Mallory.

"… Alright, I'll see you later, Maly." said Keiko as she nodded at Mallory before she turned and left Leblanc while Mallory quickly grab and put on a grey apron and went into the kitchen to wash the dirty dishes before wiping them with a white cloth and put them away.

"Here, bring these drinks out for them." said Sojiro as he hold out 2 steaming cups of Americano and house blend to Mallory.

"Sure, boss." said Mallory as she took the cups from Sojiro, went and bring and put the cups down in front of Sae-san and Akira. "Here's your drinks. Enjoy." said Mallory calmly to them.

"Thanks." said Sae as she and Akira picked up and sipped their drinks.

"Woah, now this is what I call really great Americano." said Akira with an impressed look on his face.

"Uh huh. I'll be sure to pass on your compliment to boss later and excuse me because I'll be doing the dishes now…" said Mallory.

"Hold on, Caelum-san. Before you go do the dishes, may I ask how's your hand now?" asked Akira concernly to Mallory (who raised her eyebrow at him).

"Hm, you know her, Kurusu-kun?" asked Sae as she glance in surprise at Akira.

"Well… Actually, Goro and I met and helped Caelum-san and her friend Amamiya-san from some thugs that harassed and hurt them in Shibuya a few days ago, Niijima-san." explained Akira.

"Yeah, what Kurusu said and my hand's much better now, thanks for asking. Here, I'll show you." said Mallory as she raised her hand to show Akira the slowly healing scar on it.

"Hm, you're right. It does look better now and make sure you applied more medicine on it. alright?" said Akira with a relief look on his face.

"Yes, mom." said Mallory as she rolled her eyes at Akira.

"Cheeky harpy." Akira counter back to Mallory before he smirk and wink at her (which make her heart skip a beat and she quickly look away from him).

"Hey, quit with the word spar and flirting with the customers and get back to work already, girl." said Sojiro sternly to Mallory (who scowled then nodded at Sojiro before she went back into the kitchen to resumed wash some more dishes) before he glance at Akira. "And you, thanks for being concern about my part-time worker but refrain from doing it when she's working, alright, kid?" added Sojiro sternly at Akira.

"I agreed with him. Leave the girl alone and finish your drink, will you, Kurusu-kun?" said Sae sternly and impatiently to Akira.

"Alright and fine, boss, Niijima-san." sighed Akira as he and Sae quickly finish and pay for their drinks.

"Thanks for the drinks, boss. Let's go, Kurusu-kun." said Sae, thanking Sojiro for their drinks before both she and Akira stood up from their seats and left Leblanc.

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After Keiko (with Morgana tucked safely inside her bag) left Leblanc, she went to the subway station, take the train ride to Shibuya, arrived and stepped out of the train with the other passengers, walked out of the station and went to the Airsoft shop in the backstreet that Ryuji bring her and Mallory before and she noticed 2 detectives whispering and standing outside the shop before she ignored them and went into the shop.

"Welcome… Oh, it's you, missy. You came alone this time?" said the man as he recognized who Keiko is after she stepped into his shop.

"Hello and I'm not really alone, I've my cat with me right here, mister." said Keiko as she open her bag to showed the man Morgana (who scowled at Keiko for calling him a cat).

"I see. So what brings you here, missy?" asked the man suspiciously at Keiko.

"I'm here because I wanted to sell this medal to you." replied Keiko as she take the medal out of her bag and put it on the table in front of the man.

"Just to let you know, I don't take fake ones… Hold on a sec, lemme me take another look at it." said the man as he briefly glance at the medal, thinking that it's fake only to glance back at it and see that's it's real before he glance up at Keiko. "I'm not gonna ask where you get this and I'll pay 30 thousand yen to you for it. Deal, missy?"

"It's a deal, mister." said Keiko as she nodded to the man.

"Heh, alright then. Here's the 30 thousand yen." said the man as he smirk and gave Keiko 30 thousand yen, take and put the medal safely inside his coat pocket before he briefly glance at the door. "It's almost time…" whisper the man to himself.

"Time for what, mister?" asked Keiko in confusion to the man.

"Nothing and take this with you too, missy." said the man as he hand a small brown bag toward Keiko.

"Huh? What's this?" asked Keiko in more confusion to the man as she took the small brown bag from him.

"It's thanks for sellin' me that medal. But, uh… best not to open it. Just bring it with you the next time you come back here, missy." replied the man.

"If you say so, but… this is a little weird." said Keiko.

"Don't worry 'bout it." chuckled the man before he glance at the door again. "…They're here." added the man with a concern look on his face before the 2 detectives that Keiko see standing and whispering outside the shop earlier stepped into the shop and approach the man.

"Aren't they the ones that I saw outside the shop earlier? What do they want with him?" thought Keiko as she watched them in silence.

"Iwai, do you know why we're here? We're here because we received an anonymous tip from someone that you're selling real weapons here." said the fierce-looking detective threateningly and smugly to the man named Iwai.

"So his name is Iwai-san, huh? And what do they mean by him selling real weapons here?" thought Keiko concernly in her mind about Iwai.

"Care to have a few words with us?" asked the dull detective.

"Sure, but what about after that? You 2 gonna arrest me without any concrete reasons just because of a tip you received from an anonymous someone? Go ahead and do it then, I've nothing here that's against the law to sell." said Iwai-san as he crossed his arms and smirk at the 2 detectives.

"What was that?" said the fierce-looking detective as he scowled at Iwai-san before he noticed Keiko watching them quietly and still holding the small brown bag in her hands and he turned toward her. "Hey you, girl!" said the fierce-looking detective to Keiko.

"Who, me?" said Keiko as she pointed at herself.

"Yes, you. Who else and what's in the bag you're holding? Show me, girl!" demanded the fierce-looking detective.

"Excuse me, missy there is just one of my regular customers, that's all. Stop yelling at her and leave her alone." said Iwai-san as he glared coldly at the fierce-looking detective.

"Madame Keiko. You can't let those 2 detectives see what you did in here, you need to leave now!" whisper Morgana anxiously to Keiko.

"Yeah, I know, Morgana." thought Keiko worriedly in her mind. "I refused. Just because you're a detective doesn't mean you've the right to demand and see what I bought from this shop." said Keiko coldly to the fierce-looking detective.

"Heh. Atta girl, you tell him." thought Iwai-san proudly in his mind at Keiko talking back to the fierce-looking detective.

"You've an impertinent mouth, smartass girl. But I won't give up so show me what's in that bag now!" snapped the fierce-looking detective angrily at Keiko (who shake her head at him).

"Hey, calm down. We're here for Iwai, not the girl, remember?" said the dull detective calmly to the fierce-looking detective (who gritted his teeth and look down at his feet).

"Yeah, think twice the next time you try to harassed one of my customers, mister detective." said Iwai-san tauntingly to the fierce-looking detective (who glared at him now) before he glance at Keiko. "Safe trip home, missy."

"Sure, see you, Iwai-san." said Keiko as she smiled and nodded at Iwai-san before she left the shop.

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Outside Airsoft shop….

"Boy, that was close. Good thing that Iwai guy help you and that you managed to get away from that rude detective guy, Madame Keiko. Also we got the money from selling that medal, but still…" said Morgana as he popped his head out of Keiko's bag.

"Yeah, sounds like Iwai-san might be in bigger trouble than we are, Morgana." said Keiko.

"Yeah since those 2 detectives came to interrogate him about whether he sold real weapons or not. More importantly, aren't you curious about what's in the bag that he gave you because I'm very curious, Madame Keiko." said Morgana.

"Yeah… but he told us not to look and bring it the next time I come to his shop." said Keiko as she shake her head at Morgana.

"I'm sure there's no harm in us taking a peek inside. Come on and open it, Madame Keiko." insisted Morgana.

"Fine, just a peek inside, Morgana." sighed Keiko before she open the brown bag so both she and Morgana can take a peek inside and saw with shock looks on their faces at a real gun inside the bag. "What the? A real gun!? Meaning those 2 detectives are right about Iwai-san having real weapons!?" gasped Keiko.

"Hold on a minute… I think it's only a model and it's a much different and better one than the one Ryuji had and show us before. It's fine and maybe we can sell it back to that Iwai guy next time. It's perfect to do for us to try to have more money, or even better and stronger weapons to get, Madame Keiko." said Morgana reassuringly to Keiko.

"I see… Glad to know that this isn't a real gun and you've a point, Morgana. Very well then, I'll hold on to this weapon until I went back and sell it back to Iwai-san." said Keiko as she nodded at Morgana.

"Good and shall we head home…" said Morgana before he got cut off by Goro showing up, noticing and calling Keiko.

"Hm, is that you, Amamiya-san? Why and what're you doing alone in the backstreet and near that shop and without your friend, Caelum-san?" asked Goro suspiciously and concernly at Keiko.

"Oh no, should I or shouldn't I tell him on what I did in the shop earlier? I think I better don't and tell him white lies, for now." thought Keiko sadly in her mind. "Well… I was thinking that I could explored Shibuya on my own without Maly and that's how I got lose and here I am, Akechi-kun." said Keiko sadly and slightly guiltily to Goro.

"Seriously, what were you thinking? Then it's a good thing that I'm here and noticed you here before someone else did. Come on, I'll accompany and take you back to where you live, just in case someone or something coming for you and your friend like that day when those punks cornered, harassed and hurt you and your friend, Amamiya-san." said Goro more concernly to Keiko.

"Sure and thank you, Akechi-kun." said Keiko as she smiled and nodded at Goro (which make him blush a little before he quickly look away) before they left Shibuya and take the train ride back to Yongen-Jaya, arrived and Goro bring Keiko (and Morgana) back to Leblanc, bade farewell to her and left before Keiko went into Leblanc and proceed to help Mallory and Sojiro with their work.

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Several hours later, inside the attic room…

After both Keiko and Mallory are done with their works in Leblanc, bade goodbye to Sojiro and went up to their room with Morgana and as both Keiko and Mallory change into their pajamas and take out and spread their futons, Keiko's phone started ringing and she pull it out to see the caller ID, saw that it's Ann before she talk to her.

"Hello?" said Keiko.

"Oh… Hello, it's me. I saw the news, you know, about Kamoshida. It's getting a lot of coverage…" said Ann in an uncertain tone of voice to Keiko.

"Yeah, I know, Ann-san. It's a little scary, isn't it?" asked Keiko worriedly to Ann.

"Yeah, I agree… The reaction's been bigger than what I was expecting… I guess I'm just… surprised. I don't think we did anything wrong though. I wonder if we helped those people speak up about it…" sighed Ann.

"I'm sure we did, Ann-san." said Keiko reassuringly to Ann.

"That's pretty amazing, huh? I didn't think we'd actually be able to do it!" said Ann quite happily to Keiko. "And yet look at us now! This calls for a celebration! Let's meet in front of Shibuya Station at noon tomorrow! Don't be late! Oh, and did you pawn off that medal? You didn't forget, right, Keiko-chan?" asked Ann.

"No, I didn't forget." replied Keiko.

"Good to hear! I already made reservations!" said Ann cheerfully to Keiko. "I hope that you and your friend are excited about the place I choose, by the way. I'm sure everyone's gonna love it! Well, see you guys tomorrow!"

"Yeah, see you tomorrow, Ann-san." said Keiko before she hung up and sat on her futon with Morgana and told him and Mallory about the place that Ann chooses for them to celebrate tomorrow.

"Ah, a restaurant of Lady Ann's choosing. Finally, a decent meal!" said Morgana with a happy and excited looks on his face.

"Uh huh. I'm looking forward to it tomorrow, Keiko." said Mallory with a smile on her face.

"Hey, what do you think we're gonna be eating, Madame Keiko?" asked Morgana.

"I hope the place Ann chooses for us have barbeques." replied Keiko.

"Ooh! I could go for some Wagyu beef! It better be Grade-A! In any case, I'm surely looking forward to it! Mwehehehe!" laughed Morgana dreamily and gleefully to Keiko.

"And I hope the place have ice-creams too because I know how much you love ice-creams, Maly." replied Keiko as she smirk teasingly at Mallory.

"Why you…" said Mallory with an embarrassed look on her face at Keiko teasing her before she grab and threw her pillow at Keiko, who grab and threw the pillow back at Mallory, which resulted in them having a short pillow fight until they stopped and eventually fell asleep in anticipation for tomorrow.