Thanks for the reviews, Kaitou, D C JoKeR H S, and desamontello12!
Kaitou: Yup! You got it right on the money. However, my plans for this story are telling me that we will have to wait a little before that happens. ;)
desamontello12: Haha, I bet that was a huge surprise. I think your first fanfiction sounds interesting so far, but may I make a suggestion? Check your grammar by reading it out loud to yourself. I find that this causes me to sound less awkward in my writing, as well as make fewer mistakes in spelling and grammar. It also tells you if you should add some details in order to clarify a point.
Sorry for the late update! I had to adjust to being on campus again. Speaking of which, updates will happen less frequently, since I am in school mode now. But the important thing is that they will happen (at least once a week is what I can promise for now).
To my readers: Please read and review! I'd like to hear your thoughts, and I appreciate any feedback. Warning: Rick Riordan's Jason Grace will make it rain on your flames!
I don't really know anything about martial arts or even hand-to-hand combat, so I apologize in advance if my descriptions of the fights are totally off. Or if they don't make sense.
Disclaimer: I do not own Detective School Q. Amagi Seimaru, Sato Fumiya, and Animax do.
Kyuu stood in one of the many dojos at DDS, watching as the others paired off in order to practice their hand-to-hand sparring under Hongou-sensei's watchful eye. Kazuma and Megu were up first. (A/N: remember, this was set a few years after the anime ended! Kazuma must have grown up a little, right?)
Bowing to each other, Kazuma, who was wearing contacts in anticipation of today's class (instead of his usual glasses), allowed Megu to make the first move. As she swung her arm towards his chest in a straight punch, he arched backwards at an impressive angle, narrowly avoiding the hit. He retaliated with a front kick toward her leg, which she managed to pull away at the last second. The sparring session went on, with Kazuma gradually taking the offensive (getting more and more aggressive with each attack) and Megu gracefully dodging his hits. At the last second, Megu dodged a particularly vicious side kick, and sprung forward with a burst of speed. She hit Kazuma's shoulder with a right cross, hard enough to get him to fall on his back. When he regained his breath and his eyes were able to focus, he realized that he (rather, his manhood) was in a dangerous position, with Megu's knee hovering over his groin.
Hongou-sensei blew his whistle, signaling the end of the match. Megu helped Kazuma up and they both approached him. As they came to a stop in front of him, he nodded, pleased with their progress. "Well done, both of you. Kazuma, you have shown an increase in strength, and Megu, continue finding and using your opponents' weaknesses against them. Next will be Kinta and me."
They bowed, and Hongou-sensei indicated to Kinta that he could go first. Kinta grinned, and sent a flying kick toward the side of his opponent's face. However, before it reached its intended target, Hongou-sensei smirked and gripped Kinta's ankle. Twisting his wrist, he caught Kinta off balance, the younger male flailing as he landed on the ground. The battle continued in a similar manner, with Kinta on the offensive and Hongou-sensei defending himself, and still managing to land Kinta on his back. But Kinta was nothing if not stubborn, and he was always back on his feet within a few seconds. However, after the twentieth time of getting the wind knocked out of him, Kinta was feeling the bruises (which were invisible, for now anyways), and with a groan, he surrendered. Nevertheless, Hongou-sensei congratulated him on his endurance and persistence as he helped him up. "Great job. A martial artist should know when to retreat. That way, he can recover from his injuries and learn from his mistakes."
Kinta grumbled under his breath as he, Kazuma, Megu, and Hongou-sensei turned to the last two people in the room. In the past, Ryuu and Kyuu had always been paired off for sparring sessions, even before the six months when Kyuu been missing. Ryuu usually won back then, but somehow, today felt different. Maybe it was because no one knew what he had learned during his time with Pluto. Or maybe it was because they had just witnessed him defeat a large man underwater. Whichever factor it was, they all had the feeling that the winner of this match would not be as easily predicted.
However, before either Kyuu or Ryuu could make a move, let alone bow to each other, the bell rang, and it was time for their next class. Before they left, they faced Hongou-sensei, who simply said, "We will finish this another day. Get to class!"
Kazuma treaded on the sidewalk, on his way to the bank. A video game company had just signed a large check for his latest creation, and he was using the proceeds to pay off the last of the thirty million yen debt he owed in the case involving his home economics teacher and her son. He had opted out of taking the Rolls-Royce, since it screamed the fact that he was rich. And he would not like to be kidnapped for ransom or killed, thank you very much.
As he neared the bank doors, he froze, sensing that something was off. Following his instincts, he ducked into an alleyway across the street (that had a perfect view of the glass doors and walls of the bank), and watched from the shadows as a masked figure raised something in the air. What was it? He squinted, but he couldn't make it out. However, as the masked figure moved the object, he saw the glint of metal, his heart skipping a beat at the sight.
A gun!
Pulling his phone out, he dialed the number for the local police first, then DDS. They had to know about this. As he waited for the police to pick up, he continued to keep an eye on what was happening inside the bank.
At DDS, the rest of the members of Class Q were chatting to each other before the school day began, when Dan-sensei rolled in, and the students automatically fell into attention. "Everyone, there has been a situation at the nearby bank. A masked figure robbed it at gunpoint a few hours ago, and a customer, Tatsuya Hayami, a 35-year-old doctor, was killed. Ten million yen has also been stolen. The police arrived quickly on the scene, so we are fairly certain that the robber is still inside the building. However, since the police have made their presence known, the robber has most likely taken off his mask to blend in with the people in the bank. The thing is, no one at the bank could identify him."
"Shouldn't Kazuma know about this?" Kinta questioned. He and the others had been wondering where their classmate was.
"Kazuma was the one who alerted the police," Dan-sensei said grimly, to the surprise of Class Q. "Now, the suspects have been detained for further questioning, and the police have asked for your help. Class Q, move out!"
"Hai!" The four students chorused. However, each of them was worried. What exactly had the young computer genius witnessed?