I: (sad)

Katie: Woah… What's up with Anime…?

Ketia: She's depressed that she got only one review from the first chapter…

Katie: Ouch… She's the kind of authoress to put her soul into these stories, isn't she?

Ketia: That's what's so bad about it…

I: (shoots Katie and Ketia weak glares) Detective Academy Q is not owned by me. If it was, then the anime series would continue and there would be more Ryu/Kyu moments, Megumi would have a female companion to relate to in Class Q, and someone would actually mention that Kintaro and Kazuma act like a married couple… Also be warned that A) This is rate "M" for a reason… B) This is also AU… And C) THIS HAS Y-A-O-I IN IT! Now then… Enjoy your reading!

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Kyu made a small "Hmmm?" noise as his smile resumed its brightness, "Alright then!" He headed to the teacher, handing him a pink slip as he added on a much more cheery note, "Take very good care of me, Sensei!" "Geez! Ya sound like a girl there! Didn't your pops ever teach ya how to be a man, short-stuff?" A rather tall girl shouted. The comment caused Kyu to stiffen, more like freeze, in place for what seemed to be mere moments before his smile just got sadder. "I… Don't exactly have a father, really…" He said in a soft, almost heart breaking voice as his gaze traveled down to the ground.

He seemed to have felt most his classmates sad looks upon him because he quickly (And nervously, might I add?) laughed as he raised his hands up in defense, looking back to his classmates with a cheerful expression "It's alright though! My mother is really awesome, after all! Though, her hits are a bit painful…" At this, he began to rub the back of his head as if he was just walloped there. This caused the whole class to erupt in laughter, well, everyone expect a certain middle-school kid and blue-haired teen…

And like that, homeroom seemed to end with the computerized bells going off to signal the start of hurrying to first period. Kyu's face showed clearly expressed panic as he pulled out his schedule. As he tried to see what number his next class was, however, it seemed to be pulled out of his grasp. "Eh?!" Kyu began looking to either side of him in search of his precious class telling sheet of paper, only to hear a long sound of recognition behind him.

The wide-eyed innocent tilted his head back far enough that he saw the long frontal hair pieces and grey eyes of another boy. Unfortunately, his head tilted back so far, he collapsed backwards and landed on the ground. (Trust me… This can happen… I'm enough of an accidental prone to prove it…) A soft wince of pain escaped Kyu's lips before looking up at the smirking boy, causing a slight blush to cover his cheeks. "Ano… Can I have my schedule back, please?"

The other boy took his eyes off the computer-typed paper, resting their gaze instead on Kyu's embarrassed features. His expression remained neutral on his face as he spoke. "If you want this back…" He held the schedule between thumb and pointer finger, "I suggest you get up first, no?" This caused the already blushing boy on the ground to grow redder before scrambling to his feet, stumbling ever so slightly as he broke out in a grin, "Guess so!"

It took only moments, but Kyu managed to get back his schedule as the other boy started walking away. Head tilted slightly in curiosity as the grey-eyed teen paused, almost as if waiting for him. Another few precious seconds past before the waiting teen said, "Kyu, was it? We have the same class next…" This was all Kyu needed to follow the other away.

--- (At fourth period lunch…) ---

"RYU!!!" Kyu whined towards the blue-haired teen. It only took first period Math to understand that the schedule thief's (If he could be considered one…) name was Ryu Amakusa. And it wasn't until just last period, in Fine Arts Connection (Thanks to a pink haired female going by Megumi Minami, who was dubbed "Megu" without a second thought…) that he realized that this seemingly mature student in front of him had the exact same classes as him in the exact same periods! How evil can one be!?

Ryu, on the other hand, found this amusing. In most of his life, his fellow "peers" tended to avoid him, and yet here was a new student acting all buddy with him as if they had known each other since birth. His amusement died greatly then. There was a reason most people tended to avoid him, though… "Ryu…? Ryu-kun…?" It was then that the teen noticed a hand waved in front of his face, and by trailing the arm, he saw Kyu.

Kyu sighed as he asked bluntly enough, "Did you hear anything I was saying?" At the blank stare he received, Kyu shook his head saying, "I said that there's an argument going on! Over there!" He proceeded to point towards the small crowd that circled around a tall, barely past adult age man arguing with a middle-school kid. "Let's check it out, alright?"

At the hopeful look Kyu dished out to Ryu, the mature teen couldn't help but smile. "Alright…" He said softly as the two began to mesh into the surrounding crowd. Snippets of the argument reaching their ears as they got closer. Supposedly, the tall, squinty eyed, tanned, and black hair in short pony tail student was complaining to the kid about his use of technology. The kid shot back that the other was an old man. And Kyu, Ryu, and everyone surrounding the two heard a voice surprisingly call out, "Oi! Married couple! Give it a rest, why don't you?!"

Needless to say, that person was awarded the most bravest (or was it dumbest?) stunt award. For not only did that break up the supposed "fight", but it also caused the poor person to suffer nightmares ever since…

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I: (singing) Oh, I'm so pretty! Oh so pretty! I'm so pretty, and witty, and GAY!!! (twirling around all careless and goofily-like)

Katie: … Wow… That's a 180 for ya…

Ketia: It's because she was having fun with her story…

I: Yup!!! Though, I do feel a bit bad for the person who mentioned Kintaro and Kazuma was a married couple…

Katie and Ketia: (blankly and bluntly) No you don't…

I: … Didn't have to tell everyone that, you know!