AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey, guys!....Sorry for waiting!...I've been busy these past few months and I didn't have enough time to continue my fic...Argh!...Studying is sooooooo hard....Anyways, don't worry...Here's the chapter 4...I hope you'll like it...!!!...Enjoy reading!!!
DISCLAIMER: I'm not the owner of Tantei Gakuen Q......Somebody does, but I don't know who..........
The Evil Blood
mEgUmi aYa
Chapter 4: Behind the Mask
The sun came up over the city, hot and brilliant, just as it had done yesterday. The first rays of the morning sun fell on an astonishing sight. Under the heat of the sun, Koichi was happy to find Rin walking towards him and fulfilling her promise. Soon after, a bunch of bad-looking and slobbering guys popped in front of them.
"Well, well, well…What have we got here?" one of the bad guys said.
"Aha! I think we can earn some money on that cute, little boy! Hahaha!" the guy said, walking towards Koichi and attempting to grab him. Suddenly, Rin strike the guy's ugly face with her fist.
"Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?!" Rin shouted.
"Whoa! This one's really a tough girl, huh?!" they said.
Then the angry guys advanced toward Rin, their gleaming eyes were focused at her. With these actions, Rin decided to tell Koichi to run away and hide in a safe place. Because the boy was so scared, he ran away from them. Rin was left alone together with the rotten guys.
"Aww!!...How touching! Acting like a heroine, huh?! Let's teach her a lesson!" one of them said.
Then they made a wicked laugh and attacked Rin. A real fight began to occur… No match for Rin, the beaten and bruised guys dropped onto the ground. She did it so easily in just a blink of an eye.
"So, what's up now? Don't you want to win a first class ticket to the police station?!" Rin told them. She thought that the fight was over, so she turn her back on them and walked away.
"Looks like the girl got us good, didn't she boss?" one of them said, gathering all his strength to move his injured body.
"Shut up and tell me which way she went!" the boss of the gang commanded.
"But if we shut up, how can we tell you which way she went?" one of the bad guys replied.
"Oh! Stupid!...That girl!...Nobody can beat me!" the boss said.
But as Rin backed away, the boss of the gang managed to stand up, and took a big and long piece of wood. The guy raced after her. Rin didn't notice that he was already behind her.
"Thanks for knocking us off! I'll come back to beat you!" the bad guy shouted.
Then he swayed the piece of wood and hit Rin with a quick, sharp blow. She felt weak and dizzy. She collapsed and fell onto the ground. All the things around her became blurry, and then she heard some familiar voices calling out her name….....
When Rin opened her eyes, she found herself lying on a couch and saw the Class Q surrounding her.
"At last! You're awake!" Megu told Rin.
"Where am I?" Rin said quietly brushing her eyes and attempting to get herself up from lying on the couch.
"Let's just say… you're in a safe place…" Kyuu said, making a very big smile.
"What happened to you?" Kinta asked.
"Nothing…" Rin seriously said, reaching for her eyeglasses that were placed on top of the table near the couch.
"Nothing?! You fainted because of nothing?! You fainted without any reason?!" the surprised Kazuma asked.
"It's nothing to worry about…" Rin slowly said.
After that, silence started to occupy the room…Ryuu's just quiet and didn't utter single word. Then, Megu began to break into silence.
"I don't want to offend you… But, why are you always like that: pretending that everything's alright?" Megu said sarcastically, but carefully.
"What are you talking about?" Rin curiously said, and then she frowned while arranging her eyeglasses.
"We know that you have a problem. Why aren't you telling us? We're your friends, right?" Megu said.
"Who have told you a crazy thing like that? We just met in Toudai Academy. How can we be friends?" Rin said.
"We already treated you as a friend since we stepped in Toudai Academy. Don't make things more complicated, Rin. We all know that you have a problem with Dan-sensei." Kinta told her.
"Just tell us what it is, and we could help you." Kazuma added.
"I want my own happiness…" Rin said, loud enough to be heard.
"Rin, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if you only remember to turn on the light." Kyuu explained.
After a few moments of being silent, Ryuu began to break into their conversation…
"That's your problem? Own happiness?... Just go straight to the point and tell us the truth. Tell us who you really are." Ryuu frantically told Rin.
"No one can lie, and no one can hide anything…" he added.
Rin became irritated and stood up very quickly. She told them angrily, "Listen! You think you can just show up and tell me how to live my life? You don't even know what I've been through."
After the little commotion, a sudden silence occupied the room again. Then, the calm Dan-sensei and Nanami-sensei came. The two were surprised for having Rin inside the mission room. Not expecting to see Dan-sensei, Rin runs off and was totally shaken. She's scared, confused, but she's also beginning to understand… She keeps on hiding behind the mask she didn't own, only to conceal her true self and her true feelings… Kyuu called after her, but Rin ignored him…
"Tell me that this isn't happening. Am I dreaming? Can someone slap my face, please?" Kyuu said.
"Your wish is my command!" Kinta proudly told him, ready to slap his face. But, Kyuu managed to avoid his slap.
"Hey!...Don't take it seriously…" Kyuu cried.
"Guys, this is no time for joking." Megu seriously said.
"Class Q, I have come here to discuss to you a very important matter. It has something to do with…Pluto." Dan-sensei announced.
"Pluto has begun to move again!" he added.
"How could it be?! King Hades was already dead!" Kinta said.
"Kinta is right. Without their leader, Pluto will surely fall." Kyuu pondered.
"I'm afraid to tell you….but King Hades, the leader of the evil organization, is alive!" Dan-sensei said with a very serious face.
The Class Q members stood dumbfounded by his revelation about King Hades and Pluto.
"We couldn't believe it, either. His body was never found in Seiryuukan Hotel (the hotel, as seen in the last episode of DDS Q live action). He must've escaped…Now that Pluto is back, they're stronger than before. So, we must fight them with all of our strength." Dan-sensei exclaimed.
After a while, Kyuu decided to ask a very important thing…
"Dan-sensei… What do you know about…Miyazaki Rin?" Kyuu curiously asked.
"Sorry for this, but after the case in Toudai Academy, we saw you having a secret conversation with her." Megu said.
"Not only that… We also found Rin in this photo while searching the mission room." Kazuma said, handing the photo to Dan-sensei. Dan-sensei took it and stared at it.
He sighed and said, "The time has com for me to tell you my deepest secret."
Kyuu, Megu, Ryuu, Kazuma, and Kinta made one step forward, waiting for the famous detective to reveal his answer.
"When she was just a little child, I found her lost in the midst of darkness. She's alone, crying, and didn't know where to go. So, I decided to adopt her and give her some training to become a part of DDS. I always treated her like my real daughter. She became a student in our academy, a very fine and excellent student. She and the four other students were once the members of Q Class…" Dan-sensei narrated.
"Huh?! What does that mean?!" Kyuu asked.
Then Dan-sensei replied, "They were the original Q Class. We didn't tell it to anyone and kept it as a secret because we don't want Pluto to find out about it. They're the ace of DDS. Rin has an excellent ability among them. She treasures her friends. She's strong-willed and would have sacrificed herself to other's interests. With plausibility, she could beat the opponents easily. However, with too much self-esteem, she tends to be deliberately mystifying. Shrewd and definite in decision making, but barely speaking her mind: that's her true self."
"The main reason why we held an examination in DDS and why we had chosen the five of you was to replace the first Q Class and to make another one." Nanami-sensei added.
"Replace them? Why? What exactly has happened?" Megu slowly asked.
"The four other members of the Q Class died… Rin was the only one left alive. Because of this, she's blaming herself for what had happened." Dan-sensei said firmly. His voice was suddenly sterner than before.
"Pluto was responsible for their death, right?" Ryuu seriously said.
"Ryuu, you know something?" Kinta asked.
"Actually, I saw her having a talk with Kerberos. So, I already suspected that she has something to do with Pluto, and the fact that Pluto is finally back." Ryuu said calmly. But, the last words that came out from his mouth made his face a cold one, the expression that he had before…
"Why didn't you tell us earlier about this very important information?!" Kazuma told Ryuu.
"Because I don't want you guys to be worried." Ryuu replied.
"Amakusa is right. That tragic event was the responsibility of Pluto. When Rin had found out that they're the one who killed her friends, she said that she will revenge for them." Dan-sensei explained.
"Because of bewilderment, she left the DDS without any permission and just disappeared. But now that we've found her, I keep on convincing her to return to the academy, but she refused to. Everything in life already changed her in some way, even the smallest things." Dan-sensei continued with disappointment.
"So these are the reasons why she was acting strangely." Megu exclaimed.
The famous detective rolled the wheels of his wheel chair and moved slightly towards Kyuu. He said carefully, "Kyuu, as a legitimate successor of DDS, you must be wary of your decisions and plans… We must finish our fight with Pluto. I'm counting on you, Kyuu!"
Kyuu and the others bowed to Dan-sensei as a sign of respect. Dan-sensei and Nanami-sensei went off the mission room, while the Q Class remained frozen in shock inside the room. Kyuu sat down on the couch and then he took a deep breath.
"Why is this happening? None of this is normal!" Kyuu said nervously.
Ryuu took a book from the table. He opened it and started reading it.
"This is the reality of this world. The reality that we're fighting against…" Ryuu told Kyuu while reading the contents of the book, which has a Locked in Time title on the book cover. Kyuu glanced at it and he knew it was another mystery book.
Kyuu faced Ryuu and said, "The facts don't always show the whole truth. Solving crimes or even simple problems is important, but I think seeing through the hidden truth is also an important role of a detective. And through that, it becomes possible to save people."
"Huh? What was that?" Kazuma wondered, facing his trusty laptop.
"Kyuu, what do you mean? What are you trying to tell us?" Megu asked.
"We must find Rin and face her, for us to know the hidden truth. There must be something that Dan-sensei didn't tell us. We must help her because she's our comrade." Kyuu stated.
"No matter how much we treat Rin as our friend, it won't matter if she doesn't think so!" Kinta said frantically.
"No! I believe that she also sees us as a friend. We could still get back her true self. Let's help her. She's also a part of DDS!" Kyuu said.
"But not anymore...Remember what Dan-sensei said. She quitted, right?" Kazuma muttered.
"But—" Kyuu began, and stopped.
Ryuu swiftly slammed his book shut that made a very loud and heavy sound. Then, he earnestly said, "Throwing herself aside and becoming a different person… How retarded…" He paused for a moment. Then he continued, "She's an unbearable coward!"
Kyuu closed his hands and made a grip. He thudded the table and stood up too rashly.
"NO! That's not true! She's not a coward!" Kyuu shouted.
"Why are you acting like you already know a lot about her?! How can you say that she's not a coward? Now, tell us!" Ryuu hastily said.
"Because she can set difficult goals and carry them out. She's willing to help other people even if she's not very close to them. I had proved that while we're in Toudai Academy. Although we knew her for a short period of time, I believe and I trust her…" Kyuu said.
Ryuu stood up and faced Kyuu very quickly. He immediately tugged Kyuu's shirt. Then he retorted, "Don't say that you can believe someone so easily!"
"What's happening to you, Ryuu?... I thought you already changed?... We've promised that whatever happens, we'll believe each other, right? You're not the Ryuu that I knew before…" Kyuu said and tugged Ryuu's shirt in return.
"That's enough! What's the point in fighting?!" Megu shouted. Ryuu and Kyuu finally released each other from tugging.
"Geez, quit it already! Let's stop fighting at a time like this." Kazuma closed his laptop and arranged his eyeglasses.
"Ah! Getting angry only makes it worse!" Kinta provoked.
Kyuu and Ryuu glared at each other, obviously longing for a chance to continue their fight. There were two or three endless seconds of silence…
Suddenly, Megu told them, "Stop fighting. We must not quarrel and hate each other. Instead, we must deal with this thing promptly."
All of them stood silent, motionless, trying to read each other's thoughts, sensing what will happen next. Suddenly, Ryuu's phone rang. He took it from his white body bag and answered the call. He greeted the caller many times and unfortunately, no one responded on the other line. Megu got irritated, so she grabbed Ryuu's phone.
"Hello?! Who's there?..........----------------------- ……Please don't waste our time! Get lost and stay lost!" Megu told the anonymous caller.
She then gave the phone to Ryuu and sat on the couch. Kinta held a fan and fanned himself. He sat down and said, "What are we gonna do now?"
But before Megu could answer him, Ryuu's phone rang again.
"Argh! I'm fed up! What a goof-off!" Megu retorted.
Ryuu was about to answer the call, but Megu snatched the phone and answered it in a manner which is unpleasant to hear.
"Don't you think I know who it is, you idiot?! If you don't cut it out, I'll make your life a living hell!...But your life must already be pretty pathetic if you've got time to waste on these stupid phone calls!" Megu shouted.
She ended the call and gave the phone back to Ryuu while gasping. After making an unpleasant act, Megu stood before them, making an angelic face. Then she said happily as if she didn't do any hideous act, "So, where are we?"
Kyuu, Ryuu, Kazuma, and Kinta were all stunned. Their faces were filled with a sudden surprise. They sweatdropped and said in chorus, "Ohhhhh… She's so~ scary!!!"
Luckily, Megu didn't hear them. Then, Kazuma whispered to Kinta, "Megu transformed into a monster~!"
"Ooooh! I've got goosebumps!" Kinta told him.
"Megu, is that you~?!" Kyuu carefully asked.
"Huh?" Megu said.
"Aren't you overdoing it, Megu?" Ryuu said.
"Overdoing what? (sigh) Forget it. Let's go back to the problem." Megu jocundly told them.
"Warning! Never talk to Megu on the phone if you don't want to see a monster!" Kinta whispered again to Kazuma.
"Yeah right, thanks for the tip!" Kazuma replied.
"Narusawa Kazuma and Touyama Kinta! What are you mumbling about?" Megu asked them with a tone of annoyance.
The two grabbed and hugged each other, giving Megu a frightened expression.
"Nobody's scarier than Megu when she calls you by your full name!" Kazuma thought.
Kyuu was silent again, thinking deeply, and clenching his fists.
"We can't just give up like that to frailty! We must help her!" Kyuu shouted and placed his right hand forward. After a few seconds, Megu placed her hand on top of Kyuu's hand, followed by Kazuma's, then Kinta's hand. Ryuu, finally convinced, placed his hand on top of the others'. Then they smiled, trusting and believing each other.
Dan-sensei and Nanami-sensei's POV
"Dan-sensei, are you sure that it's better not to tell them the whole truth about Miyazaki-san's identity?" Nanami-sensei asked.
Dan-sensei proudly told him, "They already have my expectations. I believe that in time, they will find the truth… I just hope that it's not yet too late…"
AUTHOR'S NOTE: So, how's it?....R&R please!...I need more reviews.........Please!!Please!!!Please!!!....Onegai!Onegai!Onegai!......FLAMES ARE NOT ACCEPTED....R&R.....Doumo Arigatou!!!!
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