Disclaimer: I do not own No. 6.
A/N: Thank you so much to UserName123476 and Eveyleinchen for the very kind reviews! I actually got the goose idea from personal experience - one time when I was having a driving lesson there were a bunch of geese in the middle of the road and I had to wait for them to move; though I didn't get out of the car so I wasn't chased by them like Rikiga was!
"Are you sure we're supposed to be going this way?" Shion asked nervously; even he was beginning to doubt Rikiga's sense of direction by now.
"Of course!" Rikiga replied. "This is just a shortcut!"
Nezumi resisted the urge to roll his eyes, already sure he knew how this was going to end. Then he saw the yellow police tape that was surrounding the area. "Rikiga, you're absolutely positive-"
"Yes, yes, relax! I'm actually right this time. I'm never wrong when it comes to shortcuts to pizza places!" Rikiga assured the others.
"Then why is there police tape?" Inukashi spoke up, eyeing the tape warily. "We aren't in some kind of crime scene are we?"
"I hadn't heard of any around here lately." Rikiga shrugged.
"Lately? What does that mean?!" Inukashi demanded.
"Don't worry about it." Rikiga decided not to mention that there had been several crimes in that area over the past few years. However, this statement only caused Inukashi to worry more.
"I don't like this..." she muttered. There was more and more police tape as they continued following Rikiga's directions, and she was begining to wish they'd just ignored him when he mentioned he knew of a shortcut. She could wait an extra ten minutes for pizza.
Sirens began a moment later, and they found themselves surrounded by police cars. "Everyone out with your hands in the air!" shouted one of the policemen.
"Rikiga!" growled Nezumi and Inukashi, before exiting the car as directed. Shion and Rikiga quickly followed them.
"The four of you are charged with-" began one of the police officers.
"We didn't do anything! We were going to a pizza place!" Inukashi interrupted.
The police officer blinked, as if he hadn't expected to be interrupted. After a brief pause, he continued, "Handcuff them."
"Wait, really! We didn't-" Shion spoke up as the other police officers stepped forward with handcuffs.
"Why else would you be driving through a crime scene?"
Three simeltaneous glares at Rikiga were followed by Inukashi again attempting to explain that they were just following a shortcut to a restraunt. The police officer still wasn't buying it, though, and said they were going to have to arrest them anyway.
The police officers began leading them away, but then some of the police officers separated from the group and told Shion to go with them.
"What's going on? Where are they taking him?" Nezumi's eyes widened as he watched his friend being dragged away.
"We're interrogating one of you separately to make sure your stories match." explained one of the policemen.
Obviously their stories would match, since they actually were innocent of whatever crime had been committed here, but Shion still looked terrified, so Nezumi didn't hesitate to say, "Well then interrogate me separately instead."
"CUT!" shouted someone from somewhere behind them.
"Huh?" Nezumi, Shion, Inukashi, and Rikiga said, turning to the source of the shout.
"Good work, guys, take a break," instructed a man who was walking towards them from where he had stood behind a camera hidden in the shadows of a building and that they had not noticed until then. "Except you four. We need to talk."
The four waited as the police officers headed off, laughing and talking like nothing had happened.
"Okay, you three weren't bad, although you should read over your lines again," the man said, looking at Inukashi, Shion, and Rikiga. "Especially you, remember to wait until your turn to speak, don't interrupt others," he told Inukashi.
"As for you," the man turned to Nezumi, "That was perfect! It looked like you were actually watching your friend being dragged away!"
"I was watching my friend being dragged away!" Nezumi replied, still confused by what had just happened.
"Wow, you sure get into your role!" the man stated, looking impressed.
"Role? I'm not an actor." Nezumi said.
"But you followed the script perfectly."
"What script?" Inukashi asked.
"The script for the movie I'm directing!"
