She's way to young for this, Atsushi Nakajima pondered, staring at the young assassin he had just rescued about a day ago. She didn't really move in the way he knew other kids about her age would, edging away from everything black, movements elegant enough, but real fear etched into each slight movement of her hair swayed slightly as she edged away from him.

This isn't right.

He knew it wasn't, but he understood her, probably better than she thought he did.

My name is Kyouka Izumi.

"Kyouka" he said, watching her whole body tense and slowly turn around.

"Yes?" her voice clipped and brief, Say as little as possible, so they don't get mad.

He had hated people before. The men running his orphanage to start, but it was obvious what the man in black, The Port Mafia's Dog, had done. Akutagawa. A small pulse of hate rose up his throat, threatening, to curse out the world for this little girl who'd never known peace.

"I'm not going to hurt you."

Kyouka's eyes widened slightly, but she turned her head away from him.

She grabbed her phone, holding it close to her body. "I didn't know that." she murmured. Her whole demeanor was closed off and Atsushi knew better than anyone else. Don't touch her.

"Hey," he said. "We'll go look around the city for awhile ok? It'll be fun and maybe you can relax a bit."

She nodded slightly, "Alright."

He turned to walk out the door, Kyouka directly behind him, when he got the message.

(insert message)

Kyouka paused, watching him as he stared at his phone, conflict on his face. Atsushi sighed, "Kyouka we have to go to the ADA first. Fukuzawa wants everyone there."

Kyouka nodded slightly, but hesitated, "Should I be there?"

Atsushi blinked, registering her words.

"Sure you can come! I'm sure it's nothing too important."

Skip

Standing next to Fukuzawa was a woman, her short brown hair bobbing. Atsushi and Kyouka walked in, immediately getting spotted by Ranpo who wandered over to them.

"Hey Atsushi!" Ranpo bounced over, the candy that was constantly in his system obvious now, "Who's your friend?"

Before Atsushi could answer, Kyouka spoke up,"My name is Kyouka Izumi."

Ranpo beamed at her, "My name is Edogawa Ranpo! But you can call me Ranpo!" He held his hand out to her with a smile.

Kyouka stared at his hand for a solid thirty seconds before taking it, shaking a little before pulling her hand away like Ranpo had burned her. If he had noticed, he didn't say anything, instead bouncing on his heels and handing Kyouka a lollipop.

"Here ya go, kid." He told her, before spinning away, heading over to Naomi, who stood a good few feet away looking lost without Tanizaki there.

Atsushi and Kyouka stared at the lollipop for a second, before Atsushi spoke up. "Here." He held his hand out, offering to unwrap the lollipop for her.

After slight hesitation, she agreed, handing the treat over to him, which he quickly unwrapped, handing it back. Atsushi sighed to himself watching Kyouka's eyes light up at the flavor of the lollipop only barely noticing Kenji and Yosano entering, until Yosano was right in front of him.

"Atsushi," He startled backwards, hitting his back on the wall. Yosano looked thoroughly unimpressed with this, her violet eyes only narrowing slightly.

"Do you know what's happening?" She asked, ignoring his absolute buffoonery.

He shrugged his shoulders, keeping his eyes on Kyouka as she took a hesitant bite of the lollipop. Yosano watched her as well, something deeper in her violet eyes that Atsushi recognized as pain.

Yosano sighed, "I've never seen that woman before." She didn't point at the short woman standing next to their president, but Atsushi knew who she was talking about.

"Never?" he asked her, keeping his eyes on the woman.

Yosano shook her head, "I tried asking Ranpo, but he said he wasn't really sure what this was about only that it was very important."

She sighed, "I hope it's not something terribly important."

As soon as the words left her mouth, Kunikida burst into the room, shouting as usual, "EVERYONE BETTER BE IN HERE FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT ADA MEETING!"

Atsushi held back a laugh as Yosano rolled her eyes. The woman next to Fukuzawa laughed out loud, her laugh not as elegant as her outfit would make it appear to be.

Kyouka jumped at the banging of the door, her eyes widening as her head looked from side to side. Atsushi moved his hand towards her, and hesitation in every movement, she took it.

Kunikida ran into the room, waving his notebook, Tanizaki following meekly behind him. Naomi, spotting her brother, ran at him, smothering him in a hug. Kenji smiled at the scene while Ranpo rolled his eyes.

Kunikida shouted again, "IS EVERYONE HERE?"

"No" Ranpo said, smiling slightly, "Dazai isn't."

Kunikida rolled his eyes as everyone in the room groaned, Ranpo hiding a snicker.

"We should get started without him," Fukuzawa spoke for the first time.

"Get started with what exactly?" Yosano said, crossing her arms in front of her body.

Fukuzawa nodded, "I'll let my friend here explain." He gestured to the woman.

The woman stepped forwards, obviously quite uncomfortable, but holding her ground. She took a deep breath and spoke.

"My name is Madeleine L'Engle," She said, "You may call me Maddie. I came here with two things, a warning and an offer."

They all shifted uncomfortably as she took a deep breath, bracing herself.

"The warning is about the future of the ADA. My ability allows me to see into the future and Fukuzawa contacted me about a month ago and asked me to look into yours."

Kunikida spoke, "Well, what will happen?"

Maddie inclined her head, "Many things, both good and bad. However, the bad can be prevented."

Ranpo narrowed his eyes, suspicious. "How would we do that?"

Maddie smiled, "That is where the offer comes in, I would like to show you the future."

Absolute chaos ensued, everyone asking multiple questions at once, the noise becoming too much for Kyouka, who covered her ears.

"Alright, alright." Fukuzawa raised his hands, " I understand the questions and I have some as well, but here is the deal, everyone may only ask one this understood?"

Everyone nodded their heads, solemnly, knowing how serious this was. This quiet was broken however by the door swinging open and Dazai stepping through. He took a look at all their faces and sighed, " What did I do this time?"

Kunikida angrily stomped over to him and grabbed his neck, shaking him back and forth. "WHERE WERE YOU?"

"Busy," Dazai answered, rubbing his wrists and Atsushi noticed the beginning of a bruise forming on his face.

"Yea right," Tanizaki spoke up, "You were probably trying to die again"

Dazai laughed, "You caught me, Tanizaki."

Atsushi sighed turning his head back to Maddie, not missing both Kyouka and Ranpo glaring at him with suspicion.

Wonder what that's about?

Dazai smiled, "What's going on here?"

Kunkida rubbed his glasses and quickly filled in Dazai, who looked a bit angry.

"Why would we do that?"

"WHAT?" Tanizaki said, "WHAT IF THIS COULD SAVE OUR LIVES?"

Dazai sighed, " What if people want to be surprised, what if people don't want secrets revealed or something like that?"

Ranpo narrowed his bright green eyes, "What do you have to hide, Dazai?"

Dazai just shrugged, "Nothing, I was wondering how much we would actually see."

He turned to Maddie, who looked slightly annoyed.

"That's my question, what will we see?"

Maddie nodded, "A fair question, you will need to see the past to understand the future, my ability's "future sight" will make sure you see everything you need to understand the future, starting at the day Atsushi met you."

Atsushi blanched, "WAIT WHAT?"

Maddie gave him a smile, "I'll be able to show the past from that moment of time all the way till the danger is over."

Yosano spoke next, "How long will this take? If we get a case while we are watching this we will have to stop."

Maddie shook her head. "My ability creates a time loop while viewing the future. No time will pass as we view the story, however once we start we can not stop."

Ranpo spoke, " You have called it "a story", I'm assuming that there will be a main character, villain and internal monologues, as well as a cohesive plot and character arcs."

Maddie nodded again, "In a way, the focus of the story will be on Atsushi Nakajima."

Atsushi blinked before reacting, "WHAT?"

Maddie smiled at him, "Congrats on being the main character, Atsushi."

Atsushi wanted to burst into tears as everyone in the ADA stared at him. Kyouka squeezed his hand with hers, and he reluctantly squeezed back.

Kenji's soft voice asked the next question, "Once we know everything, will we be able to change the future?"

Maddie looked thoughtful, "You will be able to change certain scenarios to end up better for you and you will be able to understand other "characters" motives better. This will come with a risk, after viewing everything, you need to work around the knowledge, by not revealing what you know."

They all nodded solemnly. This was a very high risk operation.

Kunikida asked his question next, " Will anyone else be allowed to join this group of people?"

Maddie shook her head aggressively, "The future has told me who to trust, and you all are trustworthy."

Atsushi blinked a couple of times, his sunset colored eyes sliding over to Kyouka. The girl, feeling him looking at her, stared back up. Atsushi gave her a smile.

She's trustworthy.

The mood around the office seemed to grow a bit less hostile towards Kyouka, as the ADA members slowly realized what Maddie was implying. Yosano and Kenji even smiling at her.

Tanizaki looked at his sister for a brief moment before asking his question. "What kind of way is this story represented?"

Maddie answered again her voice flat, "A television show."

Naomi interjected, "So there will be music and flashbacks and perspective shifts that are normally in a TV show, right?"

Maddie's head bobbed up and down again.

Naomi smiled, "Sounds like fun!"

Fukuzawa smiled, "Let's get some couches then."

After a bunch of shenangins involving Kunikida screaming, and Ranpo not helping whatsoever, the couches were rearranged into a small half circle, sitting in front of a projection screen that Maggie had set up.

They all squished together onto the couches, Atsushi ending up next to Kyouka and Dazai. Kyouka still chewing on her lollipop and Dazai looking very nervous and aggravated. Atsushi decided to speak, "Dazai."

Dazai looked down at him, his brown eyes watching coldly. "What is it, Atsushi?"

Atsushi gave him a small smile, "This will be useful for us, right?"

Dazai blinked and then smiled, ruffling Atsushi's hair. "Hopefully."

They turned towards the projector, which lit up preparing to play the first episode.