Disclaimer: I do not own No. 6.

Today, the four were going on a hike in the mountains. Shion, though slightly nervous, had agreed to drive part of the way after Rikiga told him it would be a good idea to practice driving in more difficult conditions.

Nezumi and Inukashi hadn't been there when this conversation took place, so they thought it was Shion's idea. If they had known the truth, they probably would have suspected something.

So after the hike, Shion began driving carefully along the road that wound around the mountain. There were several signs posted along the side of the road, warning that at this time of year, landslides occasionally occured, which none of them had ever encountered before so they weren't too concerned.

They got significantly more worried when they were pulled over by a person in an official looking uniform who said that the area they were going to drive through next was the one that most commonly had landslides and to be very careful. Furthermore, he said not to have the radio on very loud and not to make loud noises.

Since Shion generally had the radio off while he was driving anyway (which annoyed Rikiga to no end... which might actually be why he kept doing that), they figured they'd be fine. They decided not to talk just in case until they passed the spot where landslides were more likely to happen.

And then Rikiga's cell phone went off. Apparently, he'd chosen the loudest song he could find for his ringtone, and not only that, the speakers were at maximum volume. Seconds later, they were trapped in the middle of a landslide.

"Rikiga. You better have an extremely good reason for why your ringtone is so loud." Nezumi muttered, furious but not shouting in case it caused another landslide.

"Um... Well, I had the volume so high because my cell phone's my alarm clock and I forgot to lower the volume..." Rikiga explained.

"You've got to be kidding me... of all the days to forget..."

"How are we going to get out of here?" Shion asked, the car was trapped in mud and dirt.

Nezumi sighed. "I guess we'll have to get rid of all the dirt." Fortunately, Inukashi had happened to bring along a snow shovel. She hadn't really had any reason for why she was bringing it, but certainly no one was complaining now.

Nezumi started shoveling away the dirt from around the car until it was no longer trapped, then began removing the dirt in the car's path. Eventually, he had managed to get rid of most of the dirt, before returning to the car, exhausted. Handing the snow shovel to Rikiga, he said, "Your turn."

Rikiga frowned. "But-"

"There's only a little left! It shouldn't take longer than five minutes."

"Why don't you finish it then?"

"I've been working for an hour and a half!"

"Okay, then Shion could-"

Nezumi glared at Rikiga, "This was your fault, accident or not! At least help out a little!"

"But I came along to buy the extra tire. It should be someone else's turn-"

"That was also your fault!"

Inukashi sighed. "Whatever, I'll finish clearing out the dirt. But you owe me, Rikiga! You'll be paying for my dogs' food for the next month!"

Rikiga sweatdropped, recalling how much dog food Inukashi had purchased when they were running errands. "Somehow, I think I'm getting the short end of this deal..."

"Like you're in any position to complain! Would you rather just clean it up yourself?" Inukashi retorted.

"Fine, fine. Deal," Rikiga agreed, holding out the snow shovel.

Inukashi took only four minutes to finish clearing out the remaining dirt and returned to the car. "Okay, now let's get out of here before Rikiga does something else to cause a landslide," Nezumi said, earning a complaint from Rikiga.

They'd only gone a few feet when Rikiga's phone rang again. And he obviously hadn't thought to lower the volume after the last time.

As the car was showered in more dirt and mud, Nezumi groaned. "I'm not cleaning this up."

Inukashi turned to Rikiga with an innocent expression. "So. How does you paying for my dogs' food for the next year sound?"