A: this chapter is confusing too, coz i don't want to spoil it by uncovering everything in one go... Yuki will be acting really strange in this chapter. don't mind her, you'll find out why on the next chapter. Gomen nasai...

Thanks to my two reveiwers: Amanda and nekoanimelover883...

Disclaimer: Don't sue me, I don't own DSQ. I'm broke; it'd be useless anyway …

Chapter 5 - Kyu's swim

Ryuu's POV

I noticed that Yuki was kind of distracted at the meeting.

Maybe she was still upset about Sayuri… she just stared at the floor, I don't think that she's noticed anything since coming here. What's bothering her so much?

"Yuki, are you alright?" I asked her quietly.

Meg stopped talking suddenly, "that's right, are you okay Yuki?" she too asked the same question "you seem spaced out"

"I'm fine" she replied quite harshly, she looked at Meg; eyes flashing fiercely "don't worry about me"

Meg gulped, and then went back to discussing the case. We have all decided that the case was partly finished. No one has any motive to kill the remaining; the rest were the suspects, there was only the matter of finding the killer.

But for some reason I couldn't concentrate, my mind wandered to Yuki. Something was definitely wrong. I realized that she hasn't met my gaze nor has she talked to me since this morning…

'Yuki', I thought silently 'why are you avoiding me?'

Kyu's POV

"Please" the girl bowed her head. "Just do this for me, just once"

"Okay, but this isn't like you" I stared surprised, at the dark haired competitive girl in front of me, well…usually competitive.

"In case you haven't noticed this case, this case is weird, plus there's the tension of competing together…" She replied lamely.

"That's not it, isn't it?" I told her softly

Yuki sighed "it's strange…" she stared at the floor "Sayuri told me to stay away from Ryuu yesterday"

I smiled "hey, that's not strange. Every girl automatically falls for Ryuu. She's probably jealous –"

"No –" she interrupted softly "It was like she wanted to protect me from him, she was practically begging me and her eyes looked so – I don't know – she was terrified for some reason"

"That's ridiculous, Ryuu would never hurt anyone" I pointed out to her. It was like an insult really, I couldn't even stand that thought. Ryuu would never even think of hurting Yuki. He's my best friend and I owe him my life. And Yuki knows that, so why?

"I know okay, I do trust him but I can't help thinking what if? That's why I want you to talk to her" Yuki stared at the ground suddenly "she freaks out in front of me and she's afraid of Ryuu, so will you do it?"

"Anything to help I guess" I said reluctantly, somehow I felt as if I was going to regret this later…

Random Narrator: Two hours later… Phone conversation between Kyu and Yuki

K- Hello

Y- Kyu this is Yuki. You all set?

K- What?

Y- (Sighing noise) go talk to Sayuri, she's right there…

K- Where? (Looks around)

Y- There! On the pier…

K- There's a pier?

Y- Yes moron. By the way the pier is on the lake. And if you don't know where the lake

is, I'll call a doctor for you.

K- Yuki, are you okay?

Y- I'm fine, just go talk to her okay (nearly yells)

K- Where are you?

Y- Its okay I can see you, I'll be watching out for you so don't worry so much about your

Hydrophobia

K- How did you know about my phobia?

Y- You can't swim, it's obvious

K- …'Kay

Y- Good luck (hangs up quickly)

I spotted Sayuri, sitting alone on the farthest reach of the pier. I was going to talk to her as promised. The lake looked dark and forbidding but I willed myself to walk ahead… A detective should not be afraid… a detective should face his fears in the face of danger… hate to say it, I was shivering… kind of

"Hi" I greeted the girl cheerfully.

She looked up, her eyes fearful. Her body stiffened. She ignored me…

"It's okay, I won't hurt you, I just want to talk. I'm a friend of Yuki, see… she's really worried about you so she asked me to see if you were alright" I told her softly.

She hugged her knees, still ignoring me.

I sat down next to her "Sorry, my name's Kyu, nice to meet you" I held out a hand at her.

"Sayuri" she mumbled slightly incoherently.

"Now will you tell me what's bothering you?"

She shook her head delicately "you wouldn't understand, in fact no one would"

"Please tell me? I will try to understand at least"

"Would you believe if I told you?" she said quietly, her voice shaking.

"Tell me?" I asked her curiously.

She swallowed "I know things before they happen" she tried hard to conceal the hurt in her voice but it overwhelmed her. Tears trickled down her blue eyes.

I tried not to think of her as a freak "Isn't that called intuition?"

She stood up abruptly "you're making fun of me" she whispered wiping her eyes.

"No wait, I wasn't…" I stood up, blocking her path "Calm down"

"Please leave me alone" she said in a low voice, she stared at the water refusing to look at me.

"Sayuri, please tell me. We want to help you" it was no use; no matter what I did she wasn't going to calm down. She only seemed to freak out more.

"Why do you need to know so badly?" she practically yelled surprising me.

"Because it involves Ryuu…" I grabbed her hand, wrong more. If anything she seemed to get more hysterical.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" she screamed, pushing me.

I stumbled backwards, then for some reason, there was nothingto step on. I could see Sayuri running towards the school in slow motion. I… I was falling it seemed. I tried to stop it, tried to grab at something, anything but there was nothing but air. Finally my body hit the water with a huge splash. My mind gripped the terrifying concept too soon… that I was going to die…

I panicked, flailing my arms wildly. My legs kicked furiously but it was no use I couldn't save myself. My body just would not listen; I cursed myself for not listening to Ryuu and Meg about swimming lessons…

"Help" I cried out when I surfaced, 'Yuki!' my mind yelled 'you said you were looking out for me. Come and save me damnit' then took a full gulp of water. Bubbles streamed out of my mouth as the air was expelled from me. Then submerged again.

I spluttered the next time I resurfaced, I knew after this time I would not be able to come back up again. I was going down; my arms were tired of resisting. The coldness of the water was sweeping into my bones, making them even heavier then before. I stared at the last bubbles that appeared out of my mouth. I could see the light from the sun… that light was fading. I realized that I didn't care anymore, I wanted it to end there; I was simply too tired to fight…

'Help me' my mind pleaded one last time before the darkness completely consumed me.

A: yes I suck at dramatic/suicidal scenes; I blame it on me okay. Review? (yes if you read it you need to review) Yes I accept flames, coz I'm new at this. I need to improve… hope you liked it…