A/N: yow yow yow! XDD what's up? haha! this is my second story here in , since I have a feeling I might finish my first one pretty soon...Anyway, as seen in the summary this is going an AU on detectives and stuff like that.. Do check my other story: "To Forget Something you Remeber" ...Alrighty then! On with the story!

Disclaimer: I DON'T own prince of tennis

"poor thing, didn't even get the chance to see the light of day." Ryoma mentally nodded to his partners comment. At the moment they were at a crime scene for one of the most recent murders. The victim was a pregnant woman. The said woman's stomache was cut open and the baby in it, was pulled out and it's head was crushed into bits. Ryoma's eyes scanned the area he noticed keys on the table and a jacket, a male jacket with blood all over it. "Its probably the father" Ryoma said stoicly with a passive expression his face, his partner looked at him confused.

"what do you mean?" he said, Ryoma rolled his eyes.

"the Kid's dad did it, he was probably drunk and/or on drugs then the tension of becoming a dad came up and..." Ryoma gestured towards the Lady's lifeless body "that happened" His partner looked at him skeptically

"what made you so sure?"

Ryoma just stayed quiet and walked over towards the door which was slung wide open, as he put on his gloves trying no to get any of his Fingerprints on anything and pulled on the door slightly enough for him to fit. As light entered the area covered by the door a small object glistened. 'bingo' Ryoma smirked and crouched down to pick up said small object.

His partner became curious and walked over. "watcha' got there?" he asked. Ryoma lifted it up near his face and jiggled it. "keys" he said with a smirk. "awhile ago I asked the neighbers if how many people had keys to this place"

his partner snorted "yeah, she was drooling all over you.."

"Like I was saying," Ryoma ignored his partners idiotic (in his sense) comment and continued "She said the couple that lived her just eloped from their own place and the woman is really afraid of people coming in to their place uninvited so they only had one original went to her and thd other one went to-"

"her husband" his partner finished his sentence as he stared at the keys in bewilderment. Ryoma nodded and stood up. "there are keys on the table so I think that's the original." he said

boredly. His partner chuckled "ne Echizen-kun are you sure you're only Thirteen. You're too smart to be." Ryoma rolled his eyes.

"you're only five years older than me, stop acting like an old man." he said with a bit of irritation in his voice.

His partener chuckled some more"yeah, yeah. Should we contact the Committee?" he asked. The Committee is huge group of the top investigators and detectives which consist of only the best in the countries all around the world. Ofcourse Ryoma was part of the said group, even his partner. his partner is in the top 100 of the best around the world and is wellknown for being calm and patient when during a case. Ryoma, on the other hand, was one of the most well known. He is in the top of the younger devisions. And is in the top ten in the over all. Ryoma is also well known for his looks and arrogance. And soon is labeled was "the prince of investigation" because of his age.

"meh, I'll just contact them later. Want to get some burgers" Ryoma'sPartner said.

Ryoma smirked "your treat."

his partner sighed "as always..." and they left.

-at the burger joint-

Ryoma and his partner ate in silence. A comfortable one. Ryoma and his partner have been together for a long time already. And Ryoma's partner knew very well that Ryoma doesn't talk much and usually just stay silent, but this time he seemed like something bothered him so much that he needed to talk. "ne, Echizen-kun" Ryoma made a small sound to show that he was listening. "you probably think that this is boring huh?" Ryoma gave him a look that meant 'what do you mean' "you know, since you easily solve cases that are given to us. I thought you're probably getting bored." Ryoma swallowd everything that was in his mouth then looked at his partner passively before shrugging.

"mada mada dane" Ryoma said smugly then stood up. "I have to go. Baka oyaji wants us to play a match."

"Tennis?" his partner asked with an arched brow. Ryoma nodded. "okay then. See you at the meeting tomorrow." Ryoma nodded once again, thanked his partner for the burgers and left.

On his way back, there was something that caught Ryoma's attention.

it was a paperboy shouting out today's headline.

"More and More kid's getting kidnapped! Committee not even moving?!"

Ryoma stopped in his tracks. Trademark smirk plastered on his face. "hmmmm?"

he placed hands in his pocket and started walking again

"interesting..."

A/N: Ne~ whaddya' think? review!