Clown Town Central

As she inches closer to the locker, she looks around to see if she has any potential weapons to use in case there’s a threat. There’s not much going for her in that department, but if it really comes down to it, she could always throw one of the metal chairs at whoever came out and run like her life depended on it. Which it might! So, really, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Just as she’s about to lift the chair closest to the locker, the locker door swings open. A boy comes tumbling out, but unlike her, he manages to catch himself on his feet and recover. He teeters, still half bent from the way he came out of the locker. His arms are raised as if still bracing for impact before the tension leaves him, his shoulders slumping as he stands up straight. Kaede takes this as her chance to speak up.

“Hey, do you know what’s going on?” She asks, watching as the boy sharply turns to face her. His baseball cap covers most of his face, plus some bangs that brush past his jaw. But then he tilts his head up to look her in the eye, and Kaede feels a little flush because, wow, the guy is actually quite pretty. Except he has a really intense stare and she’s pretty sure he hasn’t blinked once. As if hearing her thoughts, the boy blinks once, twice, before tearing his gaze off her to stare at the floor.

“Ah, no. Sorry…” He murmurs, and now Kaede’s surprised at how a guy with such an intense stare can have such a soft voice. The boy continues speaking before she wonders if his voice ever sounds- “I’m pretty sure we’ve been kidnapped, though.”

Jeez, talk about a mood killer.

And right after he finishes speaking, five bright colored teddy bears of all things break into the room. She shrieks as the bears start talking, saying more and more nonsensical things. Somehow, the mystery boy doesn’t react at all, which Kaede is starting to think might just be his personality. Still, she turns to him.

“You can freak out about this, you know!” She gripes, torn between grabbing her metal chair and making sure the other boy doesn’t get himself hurt from being so calm. He turns to her, looking confused before understanding flashes on his face.

“Right!” He speaks, the slightest stutter present in his voice before continuing, “But, I don’t think these bears are here to hurt us?”

Kaede and the aforementioned bears are now staring at him, dumbfounded. The blue one turns to his closest companion, loudly whispering if they programmed him to go crazy so early. Kaede hates to agree with the weirdest versions of Care Bears she’s ever seen, but, seriously? Did the guy already forget that they’ve been kidnapped?

The yellow-striped one ends up stepping forward, a paw adjusting his glasses as he turns to her companion. “You do realize we kidnapped youse bastards, right?”

“Well, yeah. But, to be honest, I don’t think your bodies are strong enough to drag us all the way here. Plus, you’re pretty recognisable, so it’d be smarter to get someone else to do the grunt work for you, because you’d be easily caught.” His hand cups over his mouth as he looks away, muttering about not seeing it sooner, before refocusing his attention back on them. “With that in mind, it means that there are actual people behind this, to do the physical labor and to control you. If you seriously wanted to hurt us, those people would be here in person, which means that you have another motive. Probably to tell us information, or to lead us wherever your creator wants us to go.”

Everyone in the room gapes at him. Kaede’s not really sure how he managed to deduce it all so quickly, but at least her companion-in-kidnapping seems really smart!

The boy senses everyone’s staring at him and flushes. “But, um, that’s obviously a theory.”

Once again, the blue bear is loudly whispering about the fact that they might’ve made too OP of a character. Again, he’s ignored.

The red one steps forward this time, seemingly the leader of the rowdy bunch.

“Well, aren’t you smart, at least for someone who’s the Ultimate Detective! Maybe we weren’t the ones who actually kidnapped you, but you gotta listen to us now or else!” The bear gloats, but all Kaede is stuck on is the fact that the boy next to her is an Ultimate. Not only that, but he’s the Ultimate Detective. No wonder he’s so calm, cool, and collected!

As she turns to complement his Ultimate title, the boy speaks up again. He takes off his baseball cap, and wow, he really has nice hair, before speaking to the red bear.

“Uh, that’s a lie…” His voice trails off, with a look Kaede can only describe as both miserable yet resigned. “I’m not the Ultimate Detective.”

Kaede is starting to think that these bears are one bad sentence away from exploding, as all five of them still before rupturing into chaos. Besides their panic-induced flailing and talk about their… father? They decide that they can still salvage the situation. They gather back in defeat as if they’re the losing team coming back after half-time.

“I-If you’re not the Ultimate Detective, th-than who a-are you?!” The pink one squeals, and the boy sighs. Whether from her squeaky voice or the fact that their kidnappers don’t even know them, Kaede isn’t sure.

“I’m Shuichi Saihara,” He starts, which is a fitting name for someone as sexy as hi- She tells herself to focus- “and I’m the Ultimate Supreme Leader.”

‘What.’ She thinks.