Author's Note: Okay, this is the third chapter…I hope you'll like it…!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Tantei Gakuen Q…Someone does…

The Evil Blood

mEgUmi aYa

Chapter 3: Memories

After discovering something about Dan-sensei that really surprised them, the Class Q gathered at the LOOP to discuss about this issue…

"Whew! It's a very, very tiring day! Thank God we survived it!" Megu said while relaxing her body on the couch.

"Well, even though the last case got us into many troubles, at least we had experienced to set foot inside the Toudai Academy. Right, Kyuu?" Kinta said.

Kyuu responded to Kinta. But that only made Kazuma more irritated.

"Well, Kazuma? Don't you want to hear anything else about Toudai Academy?" Kinta said, amusing Kazuma.

"No thanks, Kinta! You've done enough bragging already! Swimming pools! Sports centers! Computers in your dorm rooms! Cafeterias with personalized menus… I say a school should be designed for studying and not for hanging out!" Kazuma said, irritated.

"And I say you're jealous!" Kinta replied with a big, annoying smile.

"Ha ha ha! Please excuse my laughter!" Kazuma told him.

"Come on, you're green with envy! Admit it for once!"

"Am not!"

"Are so!"

"Am not!"

"Are so!"

"Not!"

"So!"

"Cut it out already! Don't be so childish!" Megu shouted to stop their quarreling. After a while, Kazuma remembered that he have something to ask them.

"Hey, hey, hey! Would you mind explaining to me who's that Rin girl and why you're following her as if you're stalkers?!" Kazuma asked everyone. But none of them answered.

"Or I would rather figure it out myself and ask my laptop for the explanation, I guess." Kazuma said, not expecting that anyone will answer him.

"It goes like this: We met her in Toudai Academy, she helped us solve the case, Dan-sensei called her on the phone. Got it?" Kyuu explained very quickly. But Kazuma didn't understand a single word because of the speed of his explanation.

"Hmmm… Now I know that it's better to consult my laptop. Hehehe!" Kazuma answered while tapping on the keys of his laptop.

"I can't believe that Rin and Dan-sensei have a connection! It's really a small world!" Kinta wondered.

"But, what do you think guys? What's their real connection?" Megu asked.

"Hmmm… Let's see… My instinct says… She's the daughter of the Dan-sensei!" Kinta shouted.

"I don't trust your instinct…" Kazuma told him.

"Oh! Just shut up and mind your own business, computer geek!" Kinta hastily said.

"My name is KAZUMA, not computer geek!" Kazuma muttered.

"Whatever!" Kinta retorted while plastering a grimace on his face.

Megu noticed that something's bothering Ryuu… As usual, he's leaning on the wall, staring at the ground with his hands hidden inside his pockets. Kyuu's silence also got the attention of Megu.

"Hey Ryuu, what can you say about it?" Megu, still sitting on the couch, asked him.

"I have no idea at this moment… Sorry." Ryuu told her without any reaction on his face.

"Yesss!!! I got it!!!" Kyuu shouted, breaking the silence all over the room.

"Hey! What's that shouting all about?!" Megu asked.

"I already know what their relation is!" Kyuu shouted again, making the others staring at him.

"You got it already?!" Kazuma said.

"Eh?! You're so fast!!" Kinta said, amazed.

"So, what is it?" Ryuu seriously asked him.

"There's only one answer…" Kyuu told them with a very serious expression all over his face.

"What's with that serious face? Stop pausing! Hurry up and spill it out!" Kinta told him with a tone of annoyance.

"Actually it's funny… But, I think… They're…they're… a couple!!!" Kyuu declared loudly.

"I saw in the eyes of Dan-sensei that he's in love," he added while grinning.

The other Class Q members sweatdropped and wobbled. Then suddenly, Kinta strike Kyuu's head.

"Ouch, Kinta! Why did you hit me?!" Kyuu asked, scratching his head because of pain.

"If that is a joke, it's not funny at all! Don't say such silly things! You idiot!" Kinta drastically said.

"Dan-sensei is older than Rin. It's impossible…Very impossible…" Kazuma told him.

"Common sense sometimes is the most uncommon," Ryuu said.

"Kyuu, don't be so childish! Could you please give some respect to Dan-sensei?! You will be the successor of Dan-sensei, and yet you're acting like that!" Megu angrily said.

"Am I?" Kyuu asked innocently.

"Oh! You're a pain in the neck!" Kinta told him.

"It's like he's got one screw loose…" Kazuma whispered to Kinta.

"Kyuu, to be honest… You're annoying," Megu told him.

"What's wrong with my idea? It's true! Right, Ryuu?" Kyuu asked, begging Ryuu to agree with him.

"Generally speaking, you aren't thinking and learning much when your mouth is moving." Ryuu audibly told him without any expression on his face. His statement made everyone laughing out loud.

"Don't just jump to conclusions. We don't even have much information about Rin." he added.

"Okay, I agree. Besides, a conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking… Hahaha!" Kyuu joked. They stared at him very coldly, telling him to stop talking.

"Geez… Did I say something wrong again?" Kyuu thought.

Suddenly, he shouted, "Yes, that's it! I've got an idea!"

"Oh no… Don't say another erratic idea, Kyuu." Megu complained.

"Okay, here it is. If this room is where Dan-sensei started his job being a detective, maybe we can find something inside this room that can give us a clue about him and Rin!" Kyuu explained.

"Whoa! Kyuu! I'm so impressed!" Kinta told him raising his eyebrows.

"Guys, guys… Stop the talking and do the thing." Megu commanded.

So they started searching all over the room. They looked through the books, bookshelves, drawers, boxes, and everything that they could see inside the place in order to find something. In the middle of their searching, Kyuu found an old-looking box with a ribbon wrapped around it. They opened it and they saw a vivid image inside a picture frame. Obviously, Dan-sensei was in the picture. But, they got more curious when they saw the people standing behind him. By just looking at the image, one could tell that they have a great bonding.

"Look! I think this one is Rin!" Kazuma exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah, he's right. The computer geek is right!" Kinta said vehemently.

Then Megu suddenly said, "Hey, Ryuu. Aren't you going to take a peek on this?"

"I'm not interested," Ryuu replied.

He started to make his steps towards the door to leave and he whispered to himself, "I don't have time for those silly things…"

Megu tried to stop him from leaving, but she had lost the confidence.

"What's the matter with him?" Kinta asked.

"Who knows?" Kyuu answered.

Megu's eyes were still focused at the door where Ryuu came out.

Megu's POV

He has a problem… I could feel it… He's getting weird these past few days. His old attitude is getting back… The cruel and cold attitude… I hope he'll be fine…

Normal POV

As Ryuu walked away from the LOOP, he began to be curious about Rin. Her image kept on appearing in his mind…

Ryuu's POV

Why? Why do I feel that I already met her before? I just don't know when and where… I can't remember it. No matter how hard I try… Now, I realize that I have to seek for the truth, her real identity. I must do it… I must…

Normal POV

The sun edged beyond the horizon. A dim part of twilight started to cover the heaven, revealing a star-filled sky. That night, while the others were busy doing their own businesses, a girl named Rin was alone and sitting on a swing at the playground. She gazed up at the twinkling sky and tears were falling down on her cheeks.

"I don't care what anybody says," she whispered.

"I won't go back. What would it prove, anyway? It won't change anything. You can't change the past," she uttered.

Then she heard a strange sound. Somewhere in the playground, someone was chanting in a singsong voice. As if from nowhere, the figure of a cute, little boy appeared.

"Are you crying? Why?" said the boy.

"Huh?... I'm not… crying… It's just… Uhh.. .My eyes hurt…" Rin replied, wiping the tears on her face.

"You… Why are you still here? It's already late. Go home now. It's very dangerous here." she added.

"My mom's working nearby. I got bored, so I went here to play. Aren't you here to play too? Where are your friends?" the boy asked curiously.

"It doesn't matter," Rin said quietly. Then she admitted, "I did something terrible to my old friends… but I don't want to talk about it."

"Old friends? They're not your friends anymore? Maybe they were mad at you," the boy said.

"I don't know… Actually, they're not here in our present world. They're already in… in… the sky… in the heaven…" she whispered.

"I already had the chance to save them from danger. But… but… I don't have the courage and my abilities were not that great to be able to do it!" Rin cried.

"You lost your friends? But, do you still have friends? Oh, I want to be one of them!" the boy exclaimed.

"There are some people who tell me that I'm their friend eventhough I refused to be one," Rin solemnly said.

"I don't want to befriend them or anyone else because I'm afraid that they would have the same fate that my old friends had before," she added.

"Fate? Why? What happened to them?" the boy asked innocently.

"(sigh) Why am I telling you these things?... You're still a little brat… You can't understand these things for now…" Rin told him.

"Huh?... Ahh… Anyway, I'm Wakai Koichi. What's your name?" the boy asked her. Then, slowly, he began to smile.

"Me? Uhh… Rin… Miyazaki Rin…" she slowly said.

Not far away from them, Ryuu passed by and spotted them. He hid behind one of the post to overhear their conversation. But, he couldn't hear them very clearly.

"So, can we be friends? You can always come here to play with me and tell me your problems! If I were you Rin-tan, you gotta put your past behind you. No past, no future—no worries!" the boy merrily said, raising his hands.

"Well, you're such a smart kid. But, it's time for you to go home. I'll come here tomorrow to play with you… I promise…" Rin said calmly.

The boy ran away from her and waved goodbye. Suddenly, Rin remembered something… A memory that's very precious to her.

Rin's POV

That Koichi… He reminds me of someone. Someone that I'd met here before. The boy who's cold, yet so calm. It happened when I was just a little girl…The time when I don't have any friends, when I felt like I'm being left out. When some kids bullied me, he protected me. Everytime I was in danger, he'll come to save me… He showed me how to be brave. I remember he told me before that everything happens for a reason…

—Flashback—

"May I ask you something?" the little Rin said.

"What?" the boy said with a tone of annoyance.

"Can you be my friend?" she slowly said.

"No…" the boy seriously said. Then he added, "I don't trust you. I don't trust anyone."

—End of Flashback—

There was a time that I have told him, "One may be deceived if he trust too much, but he will live in torment unless he trust enough."

From then on, he became closer to me. I already treated him as a friend, my very first friend. Even if he has a cold attitude towards people, I know that he has a good personality. Sad to say, he barely talked about his identity. I don't even know his name…

But… When the most tragic incident happened in my life, I became more of a different person. It had changed me a lot. Pluto… I'll make you pay for all the things that you've done to the people that I cherish… I will crush you!

Normal POV

While Rin was reminiscing, Kerberos appeared again in front of her. Ryuu's eyes widened and he remained hiding behind the post.

"So, it's you. You're here, that's why I felt like I'm being watched." Rin murmured.

Kerberos didn't open his mouth and just smirked.

"What happened to our deal?! I told you no to meddle with DDS anymore, especially with Dan-sensei!" Rin shouted. Ryuu heard her complaint and was astonished.

"And in exchange, we told you that you must stop being a detective, right?" Kerberos sneered.

"Yes… I have already done my part," Rin drastically told him.

"No, you didn't. What about the case in the Toudai Academy? You helped them, didn't you?!" he said.

"But… I didn't mean it! I was just forced to do it! I want the case to be closed instantly because I want them out of my sight!" Rin insisted, making a bad look on Kerberos.

"Don't dare to lie, clever Rin!" Kerberos said. Then he turned his back on Rin and walked away.

Ryuu couldn't believe on what he had seen. He was so astonished. He couldn't believe that all of these things were happening…

Ryuu's POV

A deal? For what? How could she sacrifice just like that? Why? Why is she doing all of this?

Normal POV

Tormented nights, tense days. The events are heating up… From now on… nothing… will ever be… the same… perhaps…

Author's note: So, that's it for now… Please R&R!!! NO FLAMES!!! Chapter 4 will come up soon… I'll start to work on it… By the way, I would like to tell you that I'll be making a fanfic on Yamato Nadeshiko…hehehe…Yoi ichinichi o!...Ja mata!!!

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