A/N: Here's Chapter Two of "The Ultimate Inventor Meets The Ultimate Mechanic!" Please read and review, and enjoy!

The Ultimate Detective and The Ultimate Hope Gaiden: The Ultimate Inventor Meets the Ultimate Mechanic!

Chapter Two: The Ultimate Mechanic Gets to Work!

"Alright, here we are." Miu announced as she opened the door to her classroom. "So, whadda ya think? This is the room where my golden brain imparts its wisdom to the next generation!"

Kazuichi glanced around and sweatdropped as he remarked "It's…just a normal classroom. No offense, but I've seen a dozen classrooms just like this. It's…not really special."

Miu scowled and pointed at Kazuichi before she retorted "It's not special for an oompa-loompa like you, but for a gorgeous girl genius like me, it's where I impart my scientific wisdom to the next Ultimate Inventors!"

Really? An oompa-loompa? And there are no Ultimates anymore! Kazuichi deadpanned before he sighed "Alright, I get it. Now, what needs fixing?"

"To start…" Miu pointed just above the whiteboard and complained "That projector's been flickering for weeks, and just this morning, it stopped turning on at all. How am I supposed to give quality presentations to my protégés when they won't beam onto the wall?"

"Alright, I'm going, I'm going…" Kazuichi grumbled as he grabbed a nearby chair and carried it over to the projector. He then placed his tool bag next to the chair and stood up on the chair.

As he began to tinker with the projector, Miu called out "If you need me, I'll be working on the sketch plans for my next invention. If you do a good enough job, maybe I'll give you a peek. Ahahaha."

Kazuichi grumbled as he got to work and Miu sat at another desk and pulled out a pad of paper and a pencil.

This is perfect; I get a free monkey to get me out of doing any manual labor, and I get to have fun working on my…

"Alright, done!"

"Huh?!" Miu exclaimed as her eyes widened in disbelief.

She looked up at Kazuichi who smiled and explained "Yeah, apparently the bulb inside the projector just had a loose connection. So I tightened it and it's all good now. Go on and give it a try."

"O…okay…" She nodded hesitantly before she got up and walked over to her desk where her computer sat.

She then booted it up and opened a random PowerPoint presentation before she started presentation mode and activated the projector. To her amazement, the image of the presentation lit up beautifully on the whiteboard without any flicker.

"Hm…impressive, I'll admit. You're as efficient as your title suggests you are."

"Thanks." Finally some praise from the Ultimate Inventor! "So…anything else you need fixed in here?"

"Well, since you're willing…" Miu pointed at the printer and explained "That printer over there keeps smudging everything it comes out. I can't even print off any of the homework, so I need to e-mail it to the students instead."

"Got it, leave it to me!" Kazuichi exclaimed before he grinned and walked over to the printer with a spring in his step.

Instead of going back to sketching her next invention, Miu watched him work from afar, her eyes focused like a laser on his nimble hands as they tinkered with the printer.

This virgin's better than I thought. My golden brain might be better than his at inventing things, but he's incredibly useful at fixing my junk.

"Okay, all finished!" Kazuichi exclaimed with a grin as he turned around to face the impressed Miu. "The rollers inside the printer were just really dirty, so I gave it a good cleaning and it should be ready to go. Why don't you go give it a try?"

Miu nodded and opened a document before she hit the Print button. The printer buzzed to life before a sheet of paper slid out of the tray.

"…No smudge…" Miu uttered in awe as she picked up the cleanly printed document.

Kazuichi grinned excitedly as he exclaimed "Alright! Anything else that needs fixing? I don't know why, but I'm feeling really pumped today!"

Miu sweatdropped at his enthusiasm before she replied "Oh, well, that thing over there is…"

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"Ah, so this part over here…"

"Yeah, it's supposed to funnel the energy through the nozzle." Miu explained to Kazuichi as they looked at one of the sketches of her inventions.

"Okay, and this dial changes the size of the funnel?" The mechanic asked.

"Yeah, I'm impressed. Most people can't keep up with my golden brain."

"Oh, well, I've been taking machines apart and seeing how they tick for years." Kazuichi explained. "So a lot of this stuff is actually really familiar. I could even help you with some of the parts for it, if you want."

Miu gave a rare, sincere smile as she agreed "Sure, that sounds like fun."

After Kazuichi fixed and optimized every piece of tech in her classroom, the impressed Miu allowed him to look through her invention sketches. The normally crude inventor made sure not to show him her more…questionable ideas, as Kazuichi's speed and efficiency had caused Miu to respect him and not want to creep out the mechanic more than she already had.

"Oh crap!" The startled Miu looked up at Kazuichi, then followed his gaze to the clock before he explained "I've gotta go. I didn't realize how late it was." Kazuichi chuckled sheepishly before he apologized "Sorry, I just got so engrossed in fixing things and seeing your interesting invention ideas that I lost track of time."

That's the same way I'm like… Miu realized as she found a sudden kinship with the mechanic. "Yeah, I've gotta get home too. This really cut into my sleeping time!"

"Right…well, I'll leave you to your sleeping time. See you later, Iruma-san."

"Soda-kun, wait!" Miu called just as he turned around.

"Hm?" Kazuichi wondered as he turned back around to a now faintly blushing Miu.

"Ano…can you…can you teach me how to fix my junk and shit? Yes, the gorgeous girl genius, Miu Iruma, is asking you to teach her something. I just think that if I can fix my own junk myself, I can spend less time inventing and more time sleeping."

That's why you want me to teach you? Kazuichi thought incredulously. Still, she seems serious about this, and looking at her invention sketched was fun, so… "O…okay…" Kazuichi grinned and gave her a thumbs-up before he agreed "Sure, I don't mind teaching you what I know. How about this Sunday? You can come to my workshop and I can show you the basics of what I know."

Miu grinned excitedly and exclaimed "Fuck yeah! My golden brain is gonna pick this up easy! Soon the whole world will be begging me to fix their shit! Ahahaha!"

Kazuichi sweatdropped as he replied "Right…well, I'll come to your classroom around lunch time tomorrow and give you my address. See you tomorrow, Iruma-san."

"Yeah, see ya tomorrow, Soda-kun." Miu called back before Kazuichi left. Once he was gone, she found herself giggling as she thought I can't believe it, there's actually a fuckin' dipshit who can teach my golden brain something! I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually looking forward to learning from Soda-kun instead of snoozing on my couch!