I'll just spare you the long gory details of my intro and give you the chapter.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN DETECTIVE SCHOOL Q.

Chapter 6: The Escape

Kyu, Meg, Kazuma and Kinta met up again at the second floor.

"Any sign of Ryuu?" asked Kyu.

Kazuma shook his head. "Nothing."

"Now even Shizu is gone," said Meg.

Suddenly sirens began to scream over their heads.

"Wh-what's going on?" asked Meg.

Kazuma flipped open his laptop and his eyes widened. "This place is gonna blow!"

"WHAT?" said Kyu. "But Ryuu and Shizuko are still missing!"

"Do you think she found him?" asked Kinta.

"I think she did and now they're both stuck somewhere," said Kyu. "If Shizu hadn't seen him, she'd probably be with us now…"

"Kyu!" a voice called.

"Kyu!" another voice yelled.

Kyu turned around. "Ryuu! Shizuko!"
The two teens caught up to them.

"Where were you guys?" Kyu asked.

Ryuu looked a bit uncomfortable. "Ah, you see…"

"We got lost," said Shizuko, with a meaningful glance at Ryuu. "And then those thugs slowed us down for a bit. We got a little confused on our way back…"

Ryuu was slightly surprised. Why'd she lie? Is she covering up for me?

Shizuko flawlessly continued her thread, making it seem as though it had really happened. Even he would have believed it.

"There they are! GET THEM!"

Class Q turned around at the shout. A whole gang of Pluto members flanked the end of the corridor.

"AAAH!" Class Q screamed, with the exception of Ryuu.

They began running through the corridors again, but another team of ruffians blocked their path.

"ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD ENOUGH!" Kinta yelled.

Dramatically, he tossed aside his jacket and cracked his knuckles threateningly. "Come and get me if you can, you Pluto jerks!"
With a warlike whoop, he charged towards the Pluto members and began striking them with his expert martial art moves.

Kyu said, "Come on! We can try to get through!"

They charged through the throng, as Kinta continued to brawl with the other thugs.

"Kyuuuu!" someone screamed.

Kyu turned around immediately. "Meg!"
One of the Pluto members had gotten her.

"Ahaha," the thug snarled, baring his yellowed teeth. He turned around, taking Meg as some kind of hostage.

"Help!" Meg cried.

Kyu then did something both very brave and very stupid: he sprinted towards the Pluto member and managed to fasten his arms around his neck from behind. He began hitting his foe on the head with his fists, looking a bit comic as he did so.

"Let her go, you, you…" Kyu continued to pound the guy, not caring whether he hit skull or neck.

The ruffian couldn't care less. "Idiot boy," he muttered, shaking Kyu off easily. Kyu fell to the floor, a bit painfully, but he didn't really care. He got up and hurtled himself towards the thug, trying to attack again.

Kinta, seeing the struggle, sprang into action and knocked out the Pluto member with one of his martial arts moves. The thug slumped to the floor, his eyes rolling back into his head. Meg was released.

Kyu immediately came to her side. "You okay, Meg?"

Meg nodded, a bit shaken. "I'm fine, thanks."

She suddenly flung her arms around him. "Thanks, Kyu..."

Kyu flushed all the way to his hairline. "Uh…"

Kinta was grinning from ear to ear. "Hey, lovebirds, this place is gonna blow, remember?"

"Ack! Right!" Kyu exclaimed, untangling himself from Meg but still continuing to hold onto her hand. "Let's get out of here!"

They ran down the corridors and reached the building's exit, where Mr. Hongou and Mr. Nanami were fighting off their own batch of thugs. At the same time, they were arguing, a battle of words ensuing as they knocked out the increasing number of ruffians.

"Mr. Nanami! Mr. Hongou!" Kyu called.

The two pissed off teachers paid no attention as they continued to argue, although they took out about five to ten Pluto members at once.

"This is serious, Nanami! You just let them take your car like that!"

"Hey, they're at DDS now!"

"So what? They could be here right now, helping us!"

"You're such a tough guy anyway, let's see how you match up against these guys!"

"So you sent them back because you wanted to challenge me!"

"That's right, Scarface!"

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?"

"Oh, did I say that out loud?"

"Grrrr…"

Class Q looked awkward at the exchange between the two teachers. (In the anime world, they sweatdrop.)

Kazuma stared as their instructors took out their anger on the Pluto members. "Whoa," he said. "They obviously don't get along too well."

"They hate each other's guts," said Kinta.

Kyu yelled at the teachers again. "Mr. Nanami! Mr. Hongou! This building is going to explode!"
That caught their attention. "What!"
The two teachers looked at each other in surprise.

"Why didn't you tell me it was going to blow?" demanded Hongou.

"You should have known, you were the one who was here all day!" said Nanami.

"Are you trying to pin this one on me?"

"Of course not! I'd never do a thing like that!"

"Here they go again," said Kazuma.

Nanami pushed over his last thug. "Let's get out of here!"
Hongou took out a couple more Pluto members, and then followed behind Class Q as they dashed out of the building and onto the open space in the field.

A rumble of an engine reached Ryuu's ears. He turned around to see Anubis and Yurie drive out of the base. Dammit, they're not gonna give up. Someday, I hope Pluto will be destroyed forever.

A computer-generated voice echoed around the base. "Self-destruct will initiate in ten seconds. Ten….nine….eight…"

Everyone panicked, and picked up their pace as they ran towards the nearby exit gate…

"Five…four…."

Kinta came last, closing the gate firmly behind him and running into the patch of trees…

"Two…one."

The entire complex exploded in a blaze of flames and smoke.

The whole group ducked their heads as debris flew into the air and rained down on them like hail.

Kyu covered his head, feeling some rough grains of cement and metal pieces shower down. Meg and Kinta did the same, next to him.

Kazuma ducked his head, but covered his computer with his body. Mr. Nanami had taken him under his arm.

Ryuu put his arms over his head in an effort to protect himself from falling debris. His blue-tinted hair looked a bit of a mess.

Shizuko pulled her coat over her head.

Mr. Hongou dropped to the ground, shielding his head.

As soon as the downpour of dust, cement, and metal ceased, they dared to look up at each other.

Without another word, they all squeezed themselves into Mr. Hongou's car, and left the scene.

Ryuu collapsed into his and Kyu's bed that night.

"Rough day, huh?" said Kyu.

"Hn…" Ryuu replied, too tired to speak about it.

Kyu's mother had looked incredibly shocked at their state when they came through the front door. She had hugged them both, very tightly, and then in a sort of flustered state, prepared an extra big dinner for them, as a compensation for their physically exhausting day.

Kyu crumpled into bed, too. "I can't believe they're back again, Ryuu. I thought that after the DDSunrise, Pluto wouldn't be back again."

"So did I," said Ryuu tiredly.

Kyu rolled over to his side of the cot. "Well, anyway, I'm going to sleep now…good night, Ryuu."

"Good night," Ryuu replied.

Soon after Kyu's snores filled the room, however, Ryuu was still awake. Although his muscles ached from the tiresome experience he had, thoughts continued to flood his mind, keeping him awake.

His blue-tinted hair fell into his eyes as he rolled over, thinking. His gray eyes hazed over a bit, as he recalled the way Shizuko had flat-out lied to the rest of Class Q to shield him. She didn't need to find out everything to know that I didn't want to reveal my involvement with Pluto. I was surprised when she fibbed. And so well. No one even suspected.

He recalled how Anubis has revealed Shizuko's shocking history. She was a delinquent. No one even suspected. How did she make it into Class Q with such a record? Then again, her talent must have counted for a lot, and I'm sure Mr. Dan must have met her face-to-face in order to actually approve her enrolment in DDS. Mr. Dan must have seen the great potential in her…

The same way that he saw the potential in me…

Mr. Dan's words came back to him.

"Ryuu Amakusa took the test in New York, where he's been staying. I have great confidence in his skills…"

Ryuu closed his eyes, trying to block out all his thoughts. His entire body was sore, and he was weary. Somehow, there was something in his mind that just wouldn't quit.

"Do you promise to tell me?"

"Y-yes."

"All right. I trust you."

But will she still trust me after she knows everything? Will Class Q still trust me?

He turned over, hair falling into his eyes again. He brushed them away absent-mindedly.

What will happen after they all know how I got involved with Pluto? How would Mr. Dan react when he finds out that one of his students, someone he had great regards over, someone in Q class, moreover, was in fact an emissary of Pluto?

Former emissary, he reminded himself. Pluto is now my enemy.

He shook his head. What am I going to do?

Another voice woke up inside of him.

Tell the truth.

No way, said another voice inside his mind. What will happen to me if I do?

What will happen if you don't? the other voice insisted.

Ryuu nearly sat up in shock. Oh great. Now I'm arguing with myself.

The voices in his head stopped.

He sighed heavily. FINE. I'll tell her, at least.

With that last thought, for some odd reason, he was finally able to sleep.

Rants: this is weird. Poor Ryuu…anyway.
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