A Second Chance

Chapter 7

Akira's P.O.V

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"What what?" I immediately sprang up from my seating position and looked at the window. Atsushi did the same, walking to the closest window to him and looked out. The sudden sound of an explosion caught me by surprise as big waves of smoke rises up into the air from a distance away.

"An explosion?" Atsushi spoke first.

"Seems like it..." I replied. "What the hell is going on?" He asked yet another question.

"They are on the move? Or doing some mission or something..?" I mumbled under my breathe, not sure of my answers.

I looked towards Atsushi to see him walk out of the door, exiting the Agency. Worrying for his well-being and being curious about where he was heading to, I called out to him as I followed. "Wait, Atsushi-kun! Bring me along too!! Don't leave me alone.... T-T"

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'Ohhh... he came to see what happened...' I thought as Atsushi pushed past the crowd of people and stood at the front. I followed after him, pushing myself into the crowd and stood beside Atsushi. It was horrible and chaotic. Bodies of bloodied dead men laid on the floor, all charred up from the explosion as the rescue people went around trying to find survivors.

As I stood, I could hear the conversation between the people around us which caught my attention.

"I heard it is a massacre." One said.

"The military police say the Port Mafia's military squad did it... The Black Lizard group, the most violent of them all."

'The Black Lizard? The old man with the beard who always wear that dirty monocle glasses as the leader group??'

"They are as good as special ops, and merciless to boot." Another person says.

Turning to look at Atsushi, it was obvious that he was worrying for the Agency and that they will be destroyed by them because of himself. 'He is killing himself by thinking of those conversation being held between the people and the Agency's well-being...'

"Atsushi-kun." I called his name, making him break from his endless thoughts and look at me. "The Agency will be fine. Stop worrying. They aren't called the Armed Detective Agency for nothing." I comforted him, trying to console him that it will be fine with my words. But the face that he keeps showing told me that my words made no effort to calm him down.

Atsushi turned and left the scene and I followed along. Walking around aimlessly with his head down only made me think that he is shooting himself down in that head of his. But.. he needs his own space.. I need my own space to think too... On what I should do and how I should do it...

Deciding that giving him space would be better, I caught up to Atsushi and gave a pat on his shoulder. "Ne, Atsushi-kun. I need to go back to the Agency to get myself checked. Dr. Yosano said to come see her this afternoon for a small checkup, just in case." I lied to Atsushi as he stopped his walk and stood in front of a telephone booth. "So, I will go first. See you later, Atsushi-kun."

Seeing him nod his head in understanding, I turned and walked back to the Agency, giving myself some space to think.

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Walking into the Agency, the first person I saw was Dazai, lying on his back on one of the couch, listening to the headset of his with some music with his eyes closed. Remembering about the conversation just now at the explosion site, I walked right up to Dazai and flicked his forehead lightly.