Disclaimer: I do not own No. 6.

A/N: It's been a super busy week but I'm finally able to update! Next week I will probably have even less time to write, but I'll still try to get a chapter uploaded at some point! Over 300 views, I couldn't believe it when I first saw it! Thank you so much everyone who's reading my fanifiction!

Shion remembered the fact that he needed to practice driving at night earlier that day, so now here they were, driving around after dark. If it wasn't for the headlights, they wouldn't be able to see anything.

Even with the headlights, they couldn't see much.

"I can't tell... are there any cars in front of us?" Shion asked.

Rikiga shrugged, "If you can't see any, then you aren't about to run into any."

Nezumi, who could see slightly better in the dark than any of the others, spoke up, "I don't see any, but you should still be careful."

Then there was a loud noise that caused all of them to jump, accompanied by a bright flash of light.

"Wh-what was that?" Shion glanced out the side window, trying to figure out what had happened.

"DON'T SHOOT! DON'T SHOOT!" wailed Rikiga.

"Someone's shooting at us?" Inukashi shrieked.

Shion looked around wildly, eyes wide. "WHAT?"

Nezumi glared at Rikiga, "Quit scaring everyone! It was just fireworks!"

Once Inukashi recovered, she turned to Rikiga in confusion. "Why did you think it was someone shooting at us anyway?"

Rikiga shrugged, "I've watched enough movies to recognize the sound of a bullet being fired."

"...I'm not even going to ask."

"But why are there fireworks right now?" Shion wondered.

"That's a very good question." Nezumi agreed as another firework went off.

The four gradually got used to the noise, though Shion kept jumping, even though he knew it was just fireworks. The light at least allowed them to see whether or not there were any cars around, even if only for an instant.

But they didn't see they were slowly drifting into the other lane with each firework that went off. Until they saw two bright lights coming towards them.

"That's weird. What are those, eyes?" Rikiga joked.

Nezumi's eyes widened as he was the first to notice the rough outline of a truck driving towards them at top speed. There was no time to shout a warning so he just grabbed the steering wheel and quickly guided the car back into the correct lane.

"No, those were headlights," Nezumi explained once they were out of the way.

For once, Rikiga didn't have a retort. Inukashi gasped as realization struck.

"Maybe I should just not drive at night..." Shion suggested after a few minutes of silence.

"What was that?" Inukashi suddenly inquired as another firework lit up a tall structure.

"It looked like a lifeguard stand," Nezumi commented, confused.

"Why would there be a lifeguard stand in the middle of a road?" Shion asked.

"I think we're on a beach..." replied Nezumi.

"How did that happen?"

"Let's just get back to the road before we end up in the ocean."

Fortunately, they didn't end up in the ocean. They did, however, end up crashing into a store on the beach that sold snacks.

From then on, Shion refused to drive at night.