A warehouse is shown by the port, the sun has completely left the sky. In the distance, a foghorn is heard as Dazai and Atsushi are shown sitting on crates inside the warehouse. Dazai is reading a book even in the dark.

"Dazai," Atsushi begins cautiously. "Sorry to interrupt but what are you reading?"

"I'm surprised he can read when it's so dark," Lisa Turpin spoke for the first time during this projection. A few sitting next to her jump in surprise, not expecting to hear her.

"A good book," is all Dazai says.

"I'm surprised you can read when it's this dark."

Lisa blushed hearing Atsushi say the same thing she had. She wasn't the only one who had the beginnings of a crush growing for the white-haired boy. None of them would ever admit it, however.

"I have excellent nighttime vision," we now see the cover of the book. A cover that has a translation written under it stating the title, 'The Complete Guide to Suicide'. "Besides, I've read it before. I know everything that happens in this book."

"Of course, that's the type of book he's reading," Draco sighs. He was already done with this man and his constant suicide references and attempts and it hadn't even been half an hour. He wasn't the only one, but he was the only one who voiced their thoughts.

Atsushi takes note of the title and looks uncomfortable. "That's funny, then why are you reading it again?"

Dazai doesn't seem to take offence to this. "A good book is always good."

Luna hums, "Well, he isn't wrong."

She was looked at strangely for her response, but she took no mind to them. Harry, however, didn't appreciate the looks being thrown her way. What was wrong with what she said? Nothing, it was the truth.

Atsushi can't deny that fact as he straightens up losing the small, nervous it may have been, smile. He faces away from the detective as he questions, "Do you really think the tiger will track me down and come here?"

Many hoped that Dazai would be sensible in his response, but they also didn't have much hope.

"I know it will," Dazai's response does nothing besides bring a gasp from the boy who lifts his head with a look of pure fear.

Their thoughts were proven right with that one statement, and hope was brought back with his next statement.

"But don't worry," Dazai continues. "When it shows up it'll be no match for me." He is still reading his book even as Atsushi has a mini panic attack not ten feet away. "I may not look tough but I'm with the agency for a good reason."

Atsushi makes a sound of acknowledgement. "I admire your confidence. In fact, I'm kind of jealous." The boy grows quieter now, "They called me a good-for-nothing at the orphanage as far back as I can remember." Atsushi is shaking now.

No one liked thinking about how Atsushi was being treated.

"And now I don't even know where I'll sleep tonight or how I'll get through tomorrow."

A flashback begins, this time closer. The Headmaster is right there in front of Atsushi, shouting at him. "Get out you good-for-nothing!"

"Eugh," a student exclaimed. "Get your face away from us, you arse!" The student earned a scolding from McGonagall, but most can tell that she isn't taking it seriously. It's clear that while she doesn't appreciate the cursing, she doesn't disagree with the student.

The Headmaster is no longer front and centre, but that doesn't stop the onslaught. "No matter how long you search, you'll never find a place where you belong!"

Atsushi's face grows progressively more distraught. The sound of a gate closing is heard before showing Atsushi outside the orphanage gates.

"Can they stop showing this, already?" Dennis Creevey whines. "We understand what's going on, but we don't need the reminder every five minutes."

The Unspeakable speaks for the first time since explaining what they were doing, "It is doing that due to Atsushi thinking about the situation many times." Dennis flushes hearing that.

"No one would mind if I died in a ditch somewhere or just disappeared forever." The boy is curled up with his head on his knees and arms wrapped firmly around his legs. "Yeah, maybe I would be better off getting eaten by a tiger." Dazai doesn't look too impressed with Atsushi's statement.

"No…" Hannah grows sombre, covering her mouth with her hand. "Don't say that, Atsushi."

"Well then, I think it'll be soon," he responds, staring up at a panel of windows as the clouds shift to reveal the moon. In the lighting of the city around it, the moon looks blue.

"Dazai!" Was shouted by many, students and professors.

Something crashes behind the two causing Atsushi to jump off of the crate. "What? I just heard something back there!"

The younger years jumped, having the same reaction to the boy. What else were they supposed to do besides grip onto an upper year near them?

"Yes, me too," the brunette doesn't seem as scared as one would think a person who was about to face off against a tiger should be.

Atsushi seems to believe the same thing with his frantic response, "It's probably the tiger, Dazai!"

Dazai is now staring directly at Atsushi. "Not quite. I think the wind just knocked something down."

"It's the maneater! It tracked me down to eat me!" Dazai's words do not affect the terrified orphan.

The younger years shiver, hoping they won't have to see something so brutal. Others wonder how Dazai could be so calm in a situation like this.

Dazai slams the book shut, "Calm down, Atsushi." The man's eyes are closed but the intensity of action was enough to stop Atsushi in his terror-filled rant. "Tigers don't suddenly appear out of nowhere."

"Hmm," Luna hums. "Technically, they could, but I'm going to say he doesn't mean in the same way I think."

Even if Atsushi stopped shouting that didn't mean he lost his fear of the situation he ended up involved in. "How do you know that for sure!"

"Because something's not right with your story."

"Huh?" Atsushi was confused. He told the truth, so what was wrong with his story?

The students were taken aback. What was wrong with the boy's story? If he told the truth then what was wrong with it? Why was Dazai saying this to him?

"Just because their finances went south, why would an orphanage banish a poor helpless child?" As Dazai speaks, the moon becomes more visible, shining light over Atsushi. "It's not in some provincial farming village from a bygone era. Banishing one or two mouths to feed would hardly put a dent in their deficit. It'd make more sense to downsize by transferring half of the kids to a different orphanage."

Thinking about it, that does make sense, but that couldn't be the only conclusion he came to.

Dazai finally gets down from his stack of crates, coming to stand in front of Atsushi, even at a distance.

"I don't understand," Atsushi is confused and scared. "What are you talking about, Dazai?"

That's what they would like to know, as well.

The man in question takes on a slightly lecturing tone, "Think about it. You came to the city two weeks ago." Atsushi turns to face the moon which is almost fully uncovered, as if in a trance.

"What is wrong with Atsushi? It's like he's in a trance," Sprout asks, grabbing ahold of Snape's arm.

"I don't know," he shakes his head. He didn't like being touched, but forcing someone to remove themselves from him was harder than one would expect, especially when it was Sprout.

"The tiger also appeared in the city two weeks ago and you told us you were in the Tsunami ward just four days ago. According to reports, the tiger was also sighted there four days ago."

The moon reflects off of Atsushi's eyes as the boy continues to stare intensely. "Remember what Kunikida said? The Armed Detective Agency is comprised of individuals with supernatural powers."

Atsushi's heart beats faster as the whites of his eyes glow yellow, his pupils dilating. He groans and whines in pain, clutching at his face.

Everyone's eyes widen.

"What is happening to him?" At this point, the upper years were ready to cover the younger eyes and ears if things went south.

"Well-known in fact, quite a few people possess supernatural abilities in this world," Dazai continues to speak even as Atsushi is in pain.

"Why isn't he concerned?!"

Even though many didn't understand the man's response, or lack thereof, to Atsushi's pain others had theories. Those theories weren't going to be said until they had some more information.

"Some people use their abilities to achieve great success while others fall into ruin, unable to control their powers." As Dazai is explaining, Atsushi's body changes. His arms and legs bulk up, shredding his clothes as claws form where nails used to be.

Gasps rang out around the room. They never thought Atsushi would have been an ability user, let alone that the tiger would be his ability. But how did he not know he was the tiger? Was that the real reason why he tried to run after finding out what the detectives were doing? No, if that had been the case then he wouldn't have come with Dazai to the warehouse, let alone freaked out as much as he had about the mere idea of getting eaten by the tiger. There was no way he knew.

"I'm guessing the orphanage staff knew who the tiger was but out of fear they declined to enlighten you." Where the boy used to stand, now stood an albino tiger, bigger than normal ones.

"How can an orphanage not tell a child something like this if it's well-known that people could have abilities?"

Harry wasn't sure who said that but he scoffs. "I'm not surprised." People's eyes widen at his words. They never expected the Golden Boy to say something like that, but that causes concern.

Ron and Hermione take one of his hands each, squeezing to give him comfort. They might not know how bad it truly was for their friend but they did know that it was bad, and that was enough.

"You were the only one in the dark, Atsushi. You see, you also have supernatural powers," the tiger, Atsushi, growls getting ready to pounce. "In the moonlight, you can transform into a wild beast." Dazai doesn't seem too concerned, even as Atsushi pounces toward him.

Older years gasped while covering the younger years' eyes as quickly as they could.

When the tiger was about to slice him, the man jumped into the air landing well behind where he once stood. Instead of flesh, the tiger rips into the concrete floor.

Dazai bounces from spot to spot for a moment, avoiding the tigers' claws each time.

"An impressive display. You could snap a person's neck," Dazai hops onto a stack of crates, jumping off before Atsushi slams through them.

"Oh gods," Draco threw his arms up in exasperation. "Not again!"

"You could tear a man's heart from his chest." When Dazai lands he extends his foot behind him, sliding until he hits the wall. Atsushi jumps through the dust, aiming straight for the detective.

"You're about to be mauled by a tiger and you're only response is this?" Hermione was not happy to agree with Malfoy, but he was correct on this aspect.

"Come to think of it, this isn't a bad way to meet my doom," he removes his hands from his pockets, something that he hadn't done the entire 'fight'. "Being eaten by a tiger. But even all your strength can't kill me."

Dazai's once-clenched fist opens as a ring of light shines from his fingertips. The tiger takes one last leap before he mauls the brunette. "My ability is, 'No Longer Human," the man states softly while extending a single finger, touching it to Atsushi's nose. The light shines all around the tiger's body, surrounding it.

"Whoa," a younger year who had removed the hands covering his eyes while the elder was distracted by the same thing.

"My power allows me to reverse anyone else's power. It works through a simple touch."

The light consumes Atsushi before shattering, leaving the boy's normal, human body to slowly fall toward the ground. He ends up landing on Dazai's chest and is passed out.

"If you're flirting," Dazai begins before throwing the boy to the side, letting him fall face-first onto the floor. "I'm not interested."

A few snickers are heard around the Hall. No one expected to hear Dazai say something like that, but it was amusing.

"There you are Dazai!" Kunikida is heard and when Dazai looks up he can see the blonde running toward them.

People jumped, hands on their hearts. They need to get used to Kunikida suddenly shouting.

Dazai has to irritate the man, "You're late, Kunikida. I've captured our predator." He turns to the boy still lying on the floor as Kunikida stops next to his partner.

"What do you mean? It's the boy?" He is confused, he hadn't expected that turn of events.

"Poor Kunikida, having to deal with Dazai," Hannah sympathizes with the man. She knew how it felt to be friends with someone who always irritated them. Not naming names; Justin.

"Yep, he can change into a deadly tiger."

Kunikida sighs, "Oh geez." Dazai turns to the man who now has a frustrated look on his face as he holds up the note Dazai had given him a the teashop. "What was with this note, huh?"

"Oh shoot, I forgot he gave Kunikida a note!" And that was Justin. Hannah sighed when her friend shouted from beside her.

Dazai reads, "The tiger will be in the 15th district's warehouse. Secure the perimeter so that it can't escape. My lovely and concise note!" Dazai tries to act as if it wasn't his handwriting.

"You left out one vital detail. Next time you better tell me what's going on." Kunikida grumbles. "Thanks to you I brought in agents who weren't even on call!"

Dazai turns to the entrance of the building as three silhouettes walk toward the light. "First rounds on you," the blonde states.

"Whoa, so are we going to see more of the agents?" Pansy asks. She was surprised at how interested she was becoming in this projection. Hopefully, her friends understand and won't scorn her too much. One look at Draco and Blaise shows her that her worries were unfounded.

Draco had tilted his head muttering, "Most likely." Blaise nods along to the blonde.

A boyish giggle is heard as someone in light blue overalls hops over to Atsushi's unconscious body. "Hey!"

A man walks forward calmly while a woman's heels click behind him.

"Please don't tell me there are no casualties," the woman appears with her purple hair and golden butterfly hairclip. "Talk about boring."

"You've gotten better at solving cases, Dazai," the man is shown in a stereotypical detective's outfit. "But, my logical skills will solve the big ones."

The boy in overalls kneels beside Atsushi, showing he has blonde hair with a straw hat hanging on the back of his neck. "He's not dead. What are we gonna do with him when he wakes up? He didn't know he could do this, did he?"

"Apparently, or so it seems. Now what, Dazai" Kunikida asks. "He's been designated a security threat."

Dazai chuckles lowly, drawing attention to himself. "I've already made my decision." He looks back at the boy lying on the floor with a soft look.

Dazai remembers back to what Atsushi said before he transformed.

"Again…" Dennis groans. He knew this time it wasn't Atsushi remembering it, but he wasn't the only one who wished they didn't have to hear or see the boy or others discouraging himself.

"They called me a good-for-nothing at the orphanage as far back as I can remember. And now I don't even know where I'll sleep tonight or how I'll get through tomorrow. No one would mind if I died in a ditch somewhere and just disappeared forever. Yeah, maybe I would be better off getting eaten by a tiger."

Turning back to his coworkers, Dazai states, "We're going to make him one of us."

"Cool!" The blonde boy exclaims while the other three are flabbergasted.

"Seriously?" The woman asks.

"Dazai," the detective starts. "You are an idiot."

"Huh!" Kunikida shouts, waving his 'ideal' notebook in frustration.

Even as Kunikida shouts at the man, the blonde boy pats Atsushi's head softly. "There, there, my little weird tiger friend."

Luna giggles, "Little weird tiger friend." After she said it, the giggles spread to others around the Hall.

"Up, Atsushi!" Dazai shouts stopping Kunikida's rant short.

'Here in a city teeming with the supernatural. In the Detective Agency full of eccentrics, a strange tale's about to unfold. This is only a sign of things to come. A premonition. It starts now.' As Dazai thinks this, everyone is shown with their own reactions to what's unfolding.

"Oh," Flitwick squeaks. "This is the first time hearing someone else's thoughts besides Atsushi's."

Atsushi groans, slowly waking up, "H-hello?" He mumbles, sitting up and facing the blonde boy. "Who are you?"

"Atsushi," Dazai draws the boy's attention. "Do you remember anything from when you where transformed?"

Atsushi faces the brunette fully confused. "What are you talking about?"

Dazai's eyes widen a bit. "Oh, look at that," he points at the boy. "Your right hand didn't change back."

How can he be so calm when interacting with someone who almost killed him, even if it had not been intentional?

Wait, Atsushi's right hand didn't change back and he didn't remember anything about being an ability user.

"This is going to be an interesting situation," Snape mutters.

"My right hand?" He trails off, lifting his still-transformed hand, and flexing it a few times before jumping back. He screams, waving his arm frantically. "What the-! What is this?! Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!"

"Atsushi Nakajima," Dazai's firm voice brings the boy back to his senses, calming him down somewhat. He finally takes note of everyone before him, not having noticed them in his terrified state. "From this day forward, you're going to be one of us. You're the new member of the Armed Detective Agency." While Dazai seems proud of his statement, Atsushi folds in on himself in confusion.

"And what?"

"Me too, Atsushi."

"That is a very reasonable reaction if I've ever saw one."

"Did he just state that? Not even asking if that was alright with him?"

No one could answer these questions as they had already been answered. Now they just had to wait and see what was to come next, and it worried them. If this was the first situation they watched, what would the next one be like?