A Second Chance

Chapter 11

A/N: I want to thank you all for the 360 reads and 23 votes!! XDD  I didn't really think that I would cross the 350 reads mark in just a few months time o.o but I did it and it was all thanks to you readers!! I still remembered a few chapters ago it was just 110+ reads, then it jumped all the way to the 300 mark then to 350 mark :D  I touched *cries* TwT 

Hope you enjoy reading the chapter/story so far~~! :3

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3rd Person's P.O.V

Panting from the exhaustion of running, Atsushi continues running around. Trying to find a certain someone. However, even after running and checking so many places, he had yet to see that person.

Thinking that maybe that person would be in the Agency workplace, he immediately set off towards the Agency.

Skidding to a stop at the entrance of the Agency's building, Atsushi ran in and up the stairs of the building to save time since running up was faster than waiting and taking the elevator. Finally reaching the familiar door with the Agency's name plate on the door, he slam open the door to revealed a shock Kunikida who was holding a newspaper on his hand.

"Oh, Atsushi?" Kunikida looked up from the newspaper and put the newspaper on the table and scanned Atsushi up and down. Putting his hands on his knees, Atsushi pants for air before he stood up straight and exclaimed out in a hurry. "Kunikida-san! Have you seen Akira-san?!"

"Eh? Not at all. Why do you ask?" Kunikida gave a confused look as he blinked his eyes. "I went to her dorm room yesterday night to see if she was fine, but she wasn't in. So I thought she went out for a walk and would be back soon later in the night." Atsushi rambled on. "But when I went back this morning to accompany her to the Agency, she wasn't in again. I don't think she came back home at all last night!"

"What??"

"Like I said, Akira-san is missing! I looked everywhere, but she wasn't found..." Atsushi screamed out, before trailing off at the last part.

"Maybe she left her room earlier. So when you went, no one was there. Are you sure you looked everywhere?" Kunikida spoke out, questioning Atsushi, in which he replied back with, "Yeah I did!"

"I looked everywhere!" Atsushi said before he walked towards Kunikida, who was looking at the newspaper with concentration. "Kunikida-san?"

Atsushi looked at the newspaper before his eyes widened. There, on the newspaper, was a picture of Kunikida when he was pounding on the glass tank which was filled with the four men they found previous night.

" "Victims of Yokohama's serial abduction case were found, but perished when a civilian detective agency conducted an independent raid." " Atsushi read out softly. "Perished..."

"So this was the enemy's objective." Kunikida stated out lowly.

"You're saying that they were trying to frame the Agency?" Atsushi said in slight shock as he looked at Kunikida through the corner of his eyes.

Looking away from Atsushi, Kunikida mumbled in grief, recalling the past events in his mind. "... Maybe it wasn't my time to shine, despite what Dazai said."

With wide eyes, Atsushi turned fully to face him. "Kunikida-san..." Sighing, Kunikida closed his eyes for a moment before opening it. "Where is Sasaki-san?"

"Ermm... she should be in the infirmary." Atsushi replied, before he freaked out a moment later. "Wait. What about Akira-san?!"

"We will worry about that later. We should go see Sasaki-san now." Kunikida stated, leaving no room for argument. Slumping his shoulders, Atsushi followed Kunikida to the infirmary.