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So... Uhm... Well, everyone's been asking why I've been upset. This is the reason why... Someone in my school... Committed suicide. I have no idea why but... She was two years older than me, and she'll be greatly missed. The whole school has fallen into depression because of this... I didn't know her, but I know her sister... It's... *sigh* Anyway, I wrote something for her. It's a small poem, but... Her initials were JR. Why? Why would you do something like this? Did you know? Did you know it would hurt? Hurt... Everybody? I wish... That you could see the people. The people crying... For you. The people hugging... For you. If you didn't think anyone cared, you were wrong. These people care... For you. They miss... You. If only you could come back. All of these people... Need you. The hearts dancing along the walls Colorful, bright, beautiful Like you. Rest in peace... Please. I didn't know you, JR, but I'm sure you were an incredible person. If you're wondering what the hearts are about, it's that... Well, some people cut out hundreds of colorful hearts and put them up all along the walls and lockers of the main hallway in school. It was dazzling... Thank you for taking your time to read this... And let all of our wishes go with JR.

Thanks. But this is something that will never be forgotten...

*sigh* I'm having a horrible day... But I'm posting this. Enjoy... "What?" Aoko stared in disbelief as Kaito looked shocked. "Why is Kaito… Kaito… Why is he a suspect?" "As much as I hate ta admit it, the Brit's right on dis one." Heiji grimly confirmed, turning his baseball cap forward. Before Kaito or Aoko could object, Saguru cut in. "I was watching Kuroba-kun as he was returning from the restroom. He bumped into this man. He could have committed the murder by applying it to Endo-san somehow." Heiji nodded. "Dat's right. Even though I trust Kuroba, he has to be considered a suspect…" "That also includes, you." Saguru pointed into the crowd. Kaito squinted as he saw Takeshi next to the girl from before. "Me, Tantei-san?" Takeshi asked coolly. "You picked up this man's handkerchief." The British detective explained. "If there's poison on it, then it's highly probable you're our culprit." The younger teenager ran his hand through his magenta hair and smirked. His companion narrowed her icy blue eyes with no expression showing. "Whatever you say, Tantei-san." )))))))))))))))))) Within a few minutes, the police arrived. Specifically, Megure, Takagi and Satou. "Hattori-kun!" Megure called in surprise. Heiji waved. "Hey, Keibu-han!" "Oh, and Kuroba-kun… And… I'm sorry, but who are you?" "Ah, dis is Kuroba's girlfriend, Nakamori Aoko." At this, Aoko blushed. "And the Brit is Hakuba Saguru." Megure's eyes widened. "A-Ah, Nakamori-keibu's daughter?" "Y-Yes, I'm her…" The girl muttered, bowing. "Nice to meet you… I wish it weren't under these circumstances." "Nobody likes meeting under these circumstances." Satou put her hand on Aoko's shoulder and gave her a warm smile. "You're Hakuba Saguru-san?" Takagi asked curiously. Saguru rolled his eyes at Heiji's introduction, but gave a cool smile. "Yes, I'm Hakuba Saguru. Good to meet you." "Y-You as well…" Takagi stuttered. "So you're Hakuba-san? Well, after this case is wrapped up, we need to talk." Megure began to bend down to inspect the body and put on plastic gloves. Other police officers were preventing citizens from intruding on the crime scene. "Takagi-kun!" "Y-Yes sir!" The police detective took out his notebook. Satou glanced at the people in front of her. "So, these are our suspects…" She murmured, gesturing to the man and woman. "Ah, yes… I've already interrogated them." Saguru informed the officers. Heiji snorted. "Ya mean we." "Yes, yes… Anyways, this is Wataru Chikada-san, twenty-three. She's currently a lawyer. Her companion is Miyazaki Rei-san, thirty-eight. He is currently a doctor at Beika Hospital." "Miyazaki-san?" Megure repeated. "Correct." Rei confirmed. "Ah, you're quite a well-known doctor." Takagi looked up from his notes. "Is that so?" The doctor asked modestly. "I just do my work…" "An' we 'ave two more suspects." The Osakan detective looked at Megure seriously. The inspector and the detectives were surprised. "Really?" Saguru gave a brisk nod. "This person here." Takeshi stepped forward, uncaring and running his fingers through his hair. "T-This boy?" Satou exclaimed. "Unfortunately, yes." Heiji confirmed with a grim nod. "An' da other is Kuroba." All three of the police officers' heads snapped over to Kaito who was being uncharacteristically quiet. Aoko was holding tightly onto his arm, and giving glares to all the people muttering and looking at them. "K-Kuroba-san?" Takagi spluttered, almost dropping his notebook. "That's correct." Saguru sighed, glancing at the body. "He ran into the victim and would have had the chance to apply the poison." "There's no way Kaito would kill someone!" Aoko defended her boyfriend. "We know." Heiji said reassuringly as Kazuha put a comforting hand on her friend's shoulder. "But we need ta be fair an' treat 'im like a suspect." "True…" Megure sighed and shook his head. "I'm sure he'll be innocent, but still…" "Of course he'll be innocent!" Satou snapped. Everybody looked over, surprised. The police detective took a breath. "He's in high school. And that boy over there is even younger! There's no way they would murder someone." Saguru's, Heiji's, Kazuha's and Aoko's expressions darkened while Takeshi smirked, but shrugged. "Whatever you say, Keiji-san. If I must be considered a suspect, then I will comply." Heiji growled while Saguru simply sighed. "I agree." Everyone's attention snapped to Kaito, his indigo irises somewhat coldly. His Poker Face was obviously in place. "Kai-san is correct with this matter, and I will agree to be considered a suspect." "Kaito…" "Don't worry, Aoko." The magician gave his girlfriend a small smile. "I'm not the culprit, don't worry. It will work out." "If you say so…" "I do." Aoko turned bright red as Kaito leaned down and kissed her. Everyone else blushed and looked away as well, except for the other three suspects. Chikada scowled. "That's sweet and all, but can we get on with this case? I have a meeting soon." "A-Ah, yes." Megure looked back down at the crime scene. The forensics had taken the body away on a stretcher while the police officers interrogated the suspects. "Hey, what's happening?" When the school day had finally finished, I yawned. Hitomi looked over, slightly amused. "Sleep well last night?" "Not particularly…" I muttered, standing up. "Hey, are you doing anything now?" My friend adjusted her glasses. "N-Not really…" "Well, do you wanna hang out?" I offered. I knew that we were busy with everything going on, but… I wanted to spend some time with Hitomi before the showdown came. I felt my mood darken thinking about Gin killing her mother… I gritted my teeth. "Is something wrong?" I snapped back to see Hitomi's concerned face. "Oh, I'm fine." I gave an embarrassed laugh. "So...?" "Sure." There. A smile. "I would love to." "Great! Let's go! I need to go meet Ran-neechan and Conan-kun now." "Alright." )))))))))))))))))) Outside, Conan was waiting with Ran and Sonoko. I waved as I ran up with Hitomi. "Hey!" Ran and Conan gave me a small smile as they continued talking and Sonoko grinned. "Hey, brat's older sister and friend!" She greeted. I rolled my eyes. "Hello, Sonoko-neechan. What's up?" "Ah, the chibi and Ran here were just flirting!" The two mentioned turned red as Sonoko snickered. I raised an eyebrow and smirked while Hitomi looked confused. The detective shot me a murderous glare. "Sonoko!" "What? It's true." "Oh, I bet." I giggled. "Ch- Miyuki-neechan, stop it!" "But why~?" "C- Miyuki-chan!" I laughed. "Okay, okay! Oh!" Then I turned to Ran. "It's okay if Hitomi-chan coms over, right?" Ran looked at the girl and smiled. "Of course." "T-Thank you." "Oh, you don't need to thank me…" "Alright, let's go!" Sonoko interrupted. As we started walking, I leaned down and whispered to Conan. "Hey… Where are the others?" "Oh…" The detective smirked. "Haibara dragged them away." I raised an eyebrow. "Really? I thought that she'd want you to suffer…" "What was that?" "Oh, nothing…" Then I realized something. "Wait... Where are they going?" "Probably Hakase's." I paled. "With…. Julia?" "….We are soscrewed." ))))))))))))) At the Agasa residence, three children and one Julia sneezed. "Are you catching a cold?" Agasa asked, concerned. "I don't think so…" Mitsuhiko mumbled. "OH MY GOD! ARE YOU THE DETECTIVE BOYS?" "You know about us?" "We sure are!" "I'm hungry!" Agasa knew a long afternoon was waiting for him. )))))))))))))) "Miyuki-chan? Is something wrong?" I instantly straightened up. "Oh, no. Nothing…." I laughed nervously. "Hey, what's going on over there?" I tried to change the subject. Ran frowned. "…There's a crowd of people outside the café…" "Hm, I wonder what it is…" I groaned. "Oh great… Seriously?" Conan, Ran, Sonoko and Hitomi sent me questioning looks. "I bet you ten thousand yen that it's a murder." The faux child instantly perked up at that word and dashed off. "Sh- Conan-kun, wait!" "And there he goes…"I followed my little 'brother'. Agh, he was so small! ….And could squeeze through the crowd easily. I somehow managed to shove people out of the way. When I managed to get through all the people, I saw that as I predicted, there was a crime scene. However, what surprised me the most was the people there. "Hey, what's happening?" I questioned as Conan stood next to me, sighing. Everyone's heads darted over to us. "Ch- Miyuki!" "What are you doing here?" Saguru calmly asked. "I thought you were going to Agasa-san's house after…" I snorted. "No, we were going to the Detective Agency… And what do we find? A murder. Of course. You really aremurder magnets." "Oi!" "Edogawa-san?" I glanced at Megure. "Oh, Keibu-san… Sorry for interrupting…" He shook his head. "No, in fact, I'm glad that you showed up at this time… I'm sure Conan-kun will help." "Of course!" The chibi detective chirped childishly. "Conan-kun? Miyuki-chan?" Ran, Sonoko and Hitomi had managed to get through the crowd as well. Then she saw everyone else. "Eh? Why is everyone here?" "Ran-chan!" Kazuha exclaimed. "Well, we were 'ere on a coffee break, then da murder 'appened… 'Nd Kuroba-kun's a suspect!" "What?" Ran, Conan and I shouted at the same time. Everyone winced. Kaito gave us a look and just smiled. The faux child narrowed his calculating blue eyes and nodded. "Miwako-neechan!" Hitomi suddenly said. "Hitomi-chan?" The police detective was just as surprised. "What are you doing here?" "Miyuki-chan invited me to hang out for a while, and then we saw this, so…" "I see…. Well, if you get uncomfortable, maybe you should leave…" "I'm fine, Miwako-neechan. Don't worry." "Alright…" "Wait, who are all of these people?" Sonoko pointed at the various teens. "And… KUDOU-KUN?" "No, Sonoko! That's Kuroba-kun… Look, I'll introduce you after." "What are the details?" Conan questioned after a moment. Saguru focused on the chibi detective. "Ah, that's right." He quickly explained what had happened so far. "I see… And the suspects?" "Well, ya already know 'bout Kuroba." Heiji broke in. "Then we 'ave da lawyer and doctor 'ere… Wataru Chikada-san, twenty-three and Miyazaki Rei-san, thirty-eight." The two narrowed their eyes as they studied the boy before them. "He's a boy!" Rei said incredulously. "And you're letting him investigate a murder scene?" "What is this, a joke?" Chikada agreed. "Who are you, anyways?" "Edogawa Conan, tantei-san." Conan's expression changed to that calculating and serious look. Their eyes widened. "You're…?" "You're that boy… Kaitou Kid's rival!" Everyone who knew the secrets rolled their eyes. "Yep." And the child act was back again. "Oh, and we have one more suspect…" Takagi looked at his notebook. "What? Who?" "Well… He's…" "This boy here." Satou interrupted her partner and gestured to a middle school boy with familiar magenta hair. "Hello, Edogawa-chan, Ito-chan. How are you?" "K-Kai-san?" Hitomi's eyes flew wide. "…Is this why you weren't in school?" I casually asked, a hint of surprise lacing my voice. Even though he's a member of the Black Organization, it doesn't mean that he committed the murder… But judging by everyone else's faces, he must be pretty suspicious. The teen gave me a sly grin and a shrug. "Oh, I wonder…" Then I noticed Ami. I stared into her ice blue eyes. She defiantly stared back. "…Do you know each other?" I stopped my staring contest and glanced at Megure. "What?" "Do you know each other?" "We're in the same class, Keibu-san." Takeshi informed. "I see… I'm sorry that you have to see your classmate be a suspect in a murder case, Edogawa-san." I snorted, and the man looked surprised. Conan quickly spoke up. "So, what do you have so far?" "Ah, yes…" ))))))))))))))))))))))) Soon, the detectives had gathered their clues and deduced who the culprit was. Sonoko, Ran, Aoko, Kazuha, Hitomi, Ami, the police officers, the suspects and I waited as they began to explain their deduction. Conan started it off. "The culprit is… You!" Chikada glared as she realized the boy was pointing at her. "What? I didn't kill Endo-san!" "I knew it wasn't Kaito!" Aoko hugged the magician who grinned. "Of course it wasn't me." "And it wasn't Kai-san either." Hitomi commented with a small smile. I could feel that smirk drilling into me, and I didn't bother to look at him. I went back to paying attention to the detectives. "After searching, we found an empty tub in the ladies' restroom in the trashcan." Saguru calmly said. "When the forensics inspected it, they found traces of poison." "Da table da victim was eatin' at had traces of poison on only da plate where an onigiri had been sittin', 'ccordin' ta da suspects." "Miyazaki-san went to the restroom at around 2:23 PM while Endo-san had to step out for a moment to talk to his waitress about a problem with the kitchen crew. During that time, Wataru-san was all alone. She had time to apply the poison to one of the remaining onigiri as there were only two left, and quickly went to the ladies' restroom and disposed of the tub before either of the two came back. Further more proof is that witnesses claim they saw no one at the table at one point around 2:25." Saguru explained. "After they all returned, Wataru-san picked up da onigiri without poison an' watched as Endo-san picked up da remaining onigiri tha' would lead ta his death." Heiji concluded. "But how did Wataru-san know that Miyazaki-san wouldn't try to eat one?" Megure questioned. "Judging by the bits of rice on Miyazaki-san's shirt, he's probably eaten quite a few so he wouldn't eat anymore." Conan pointed out. "I…" Chikada stared at the three boys. "Is this true?" Rei turned to Chikada. "You killed Endo-san?" "…" Chikada clenched her fist. "He deserved it! He fired me from my job when I needed the money!" "You used to work here?" Satou asked in surprise. "Yes! And because I was fired, I couldn't pay for my mother's surgery and she died! She didn't deserve it!" "An' Endo-san did?" The Osakan shouted. "No one deserves death! It's not 'is fault ya're mother died!" "It is! He fired me!" "Actually, I looked into the background information of the café here, and discovered that you used to be a waitress." Saguru coolly stated. "WHA'?" Heiji rounded on the British teenager. "Ya didn' tell me!" "I didn't think you needed to know." "OF COURSE I NEEDED TA KNOW, YA-" "Heiji, calm down!" Kazuha tried to comfort her boyfriend. "Hmph!" The detective muttered. "Frickin' Brit's gonna get it one of these days…" "Heiji!" Saguru merely smirked as he watched Heiji be reprimanded by his girlfriend. "Anyways, Wataru-san here was fired because of drug use." "I… I… I didn't know what to do!" The woman fell to her knees. "My mother was dying, and…" "Wataru-san, I think that you're mother wouldn't be happy you killed someone, would she?" Satou asked. "I don't think that she'd want you to do that to anyone, no matter what the reason." Takagi added. We all watched mournfully as the woman broke down in tears. ...This sucked. I'm sorry... I wrote it in a hurry because I wanted to update... They're so OOC... What really sucks is I have so many on-going stories and I don't know when I'll be able to update them. Plus, I have about 5 more ideas that I REALLY want to write, but I'm having trouble with... And... *sigh* Anyway, please tell me what you thought. Thanks.

Anything's possible. XD Sounds like a life meaning statement! And... She could always be in disguise.

Whoa... Thanks for letting us know. *sigh*

XD Nice.

AWESOME. That was INCREDIBLE. I loved it~!! Great timing!! +1 for you~!! And I left a comment. ^^ I'm Akakata7.