The Queen Camelia

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Yami No Matsuei characters but I do own my OC Maria. I hope you all really like. My best friend wanted me to write what about what I thought would happen to Tsuzuki if Hisoka didn't show. So, enjoy and please review!

"Ahhhh!!"

'How did I get in this position?' Tsuzuki asks himself after he had screamed from one of the Muraki's hard pumps. Tsuzuki is on top of a green poker table, the cards scattered all over the table and floor as Muraki pumps into the small, fragile man. Tsuzuki screams again and the small man starts to recall how he got here.

'Oh that's right...Hisoka and I were here to check on the suspicious restoring's on the Queen Camelia ship...and to get Maria back from Muraki.' Tsuzuki was shown wearing a dealer outfit, Hisoka in a tux, pretending to be Hibiki Azumi, a guest who lives in a different country so no one knows what he looks like. Hisoka had Gushoushin on his arm playing as a new product for Hibiki's company.

Hisoka had gone up the stairs with Kakyoin Tsubaki, the owner of Queen Camelia's, daughter. Tsuzuki had played a game with some of the guest and then he looked up to see Maria, atop of the stairs. She was wearing a Chinese style dress, long and red with a slit following up her left leg to her thigh. It was strapless so she had on a silk white shawl that wrapped around her shoulder blades and arms. Her eyes no longer a dark hue of blue but bloody red.

Tsuzuki knew she's under Muraki's influence and there was no point in trying to get her in that state. Tsuzuki ended the game with a victory and walked over to the staircase. Before the dark haired man could touch the foot of the stairs, he was stopped by a bunch of men in black. Maria turned around and walked behind the red curtain behind her. A blonde man got in his face.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"No! No! I have no money!" Tsuzuki screamed thinking something totally different.

"Oh! Like I said, I have some business to discuss with Hibiki!"

"Don't you know that from this point on it's the VIP room?"

"Wait! You don't understand!" Tsuzuki tried to escape but the group of men keep a good hold on him. Tsuzuki struggled more until someone from above threw a bottle of alcohol at Tsuzuki's head and the dark haired man fell to the ground.

"Ow! That hurt!"

"Who the?" The blonde asked, looking up.

"He's a friend. I want you all to back off of him." It was Muraki. The cold silver haired man stood atop the staircase, sexily, as he nonchalantly smirked at Tsuzuki. The brown haired man continued to stay on the floor as he rubbed his head.

"Who's that?" One of the men in black asked.

"Stop! That's the owner—the VIP!" The blonde said. The men walked away leaving Tsuzuki on the floor.

"You're always so slow when it comes to these things. I threw it because I thought you would dodge it." Tsuzuki looked at him with a pained expression, one eye closed.

"Huh?" Muraki walked down the stairs towards him.

"It's because you're like this I want to molest you even more. It's been a long time, Tsuzuki." Tsuzuki stared in shock.

"Muraki?" He hadn't realized it was him because Tsuzuki was more focused on his injury. Muraki lead him up stairs. The cold man pouring some wine into two cups.

"Have some. The Rose wine reflected much of the color in your eyes."

"So you lived..." Muraki chuckled.

"Did you think I would have died from something like that? How touching..." Tsuzuki gets pissed.

"Don't give me that! Just what are you planning this time?!"

"I'm deeply hurt. To think that I would always be planning something." Tsuzuki sat across from Muraki, glaring at him. "I have been seriously working as a doctor."

"Hah! What a load of crap. For what happened at Nagasaki...you will pay." Muraki moved his wine glass forward on the table. His head reflected in the wine.

"You must be thinking that I'd be looking for my next victim on this cruise. If that is so...then what will you do?" Tsuzuki stood up looking more pissed. Muraki seemed to be enjoying it.

"As always, you are still only viewing situations in one way." Muraki traces the rim of his glass with his finger. Tsuzuki glared at him in anger.

"It must be your eyes that draw me closer to you." Muraki and Tsuzuki glare at each for a few seconds. Muraki laughed a little and stood up to leave.

"Wait! We are not done talking!"

"I am not on this cruise for the same reasons as you." He turned around.

"I am the doctor of the owner's daughter." He walked away. Tsuzuki stared after him in shock.

"W-What?!" After a while Tsuzuki walked down an empty hallway.

"Oh man...Finally, I'm free. Hisoka will get angry if I make him wait." As he walked down that hallway, a man's voice was heard.

"Please, don't give me trouble, sir."

"Huh?" He stopped and walked to the door to hear morel.

"I'm sure that you will be able to do it. This boat is yours." Shouzou said, sitting in a chair, rubbing his rings with a rag. A man was standing next to him.

"But, sir..."

"I know what you are planning on this cruise. If something slips out, it will be trouble." The other man looked really angry.

"Kakyoin...I didn't have any luck today. Win our next game, you know what to do." The other man was Kakyoin, Tsubaki's father, who was glaring at Shouzou, Tsuzuki still outside the door.

Later that night.

Kanako screamed loudly. Tsubaki was brushing his teeth and Hisoka was reading the newspaper. Tsuzuki turned around with a gasp, the toothbrush still in his mouth, and Hisoka looked up.

They ran towards the scream finding Muraki, Kanako, Abiko, Tsubaki and her dad standing in a room and staring at something. Kanako had her hands in front of her face and Tsubaki's dad was shielding her from whatever everyone else is staring at. Tsuzuki ran up to Kanako who was now starting to shake.

"What's going on?" Tsuzuki asked. Kanako pointed straight with a shaking finger. Tsuzuki turned around and behind him, Muraki was adjusting his glasses as he stared straight ahead at Shouzou sitting in a chair surrounded by candles. He was dressed in all black and a candle is in his hands; an envelop by his feet. It's obvious he's dead and Tsuzuki stared in shock.

It's daylight and Hisoka and Tsuzuki are standing in the room. Everyone else was sitting and waiting for Muraki and Abiko. They walked in.

"We have the results from the autopsy." Hisoka glared at him and Muraki smiled evilly and raised his clipboard. "Upon examining the body, we concluded that Wakabayashi died between 3 to 4 am. The cause of death was due to the difficulty of respiration by poison. After his death, his heart was removed from his body."

"This means that Wakabayashi-sama was—"

"That's correct. He was murdered. The suspect must be someone among us." Muraki said interrupting the waiter.

"That can't be!" Tsubaki screamed leaning forward. Kanako looked angry and annoyed.

"Wait a minute! What do you mean by that?!"

"This floor is only exclusive to VIPs, and security is heavy. I wouldn't think that our guests downstairs would be involved in this...right?" Tsuzuki asked, directing the question towards Muraki.

"That is correct."

"Then who could it be?" Abiko asked.

"Our suspect is the owner." Kanako says glaring at the couch where Tsubaki and her dad are sitting. Both gasp and Kanako stands up.

"I know about it. That you wanted to cut the deal off with Wakabayashi."

"That's not true! My father would never do something like that!"

"I wouldn't kill him because everyone would think that I had something to do with it in the first place."

"Well, we shall see about that. But I bet you have already thought of that." Kanako said as she sat down.

"Maybe...it could be that ghost." Abiko suggested.

"What?" Says the waiter from before and Abiko turns around with a determined expression.

"It was something I heard. Late last night, I heard footsteps walking down the hall. I open my door, glancing out into the corridor and I heard footsteps. I run out and look around. I scream who's there. I'm sure it could have been that woman ghost who killed Wakabayashi."

"Hah! That's nonsense. To think that a medical student would ever believe in such tales. It has to be human. Not a ghost." Kanako said skeptically. Tsuzuki looked at the envelope that was left next to Shouzou's feet.

"There's no name from the sender." Tsuzuki opened the envelope and Hisoka walked up to him. Tsubaki watched them both and Tsuzuki read the note inside.

"Dear Tsubaki-hime, this was sent by someone who truly loves you. On top of the altar I will offer a sacrificial heart." Tsubaki walked up to them.

"Ace of Wands…" Tsuzuki murmured the last of the letter.

"It's a message from the suspect." He turned to her.

"Do you know anything about this?" he asked and she shook her head.

"No…I don't know why it was sent to me. It just creeps me out." Tsuzuki pulled out a tarot card that said "Ace of Wands" and showed it to her.

"What's this?" He asked as she looked at the card in fear and her eyes shook.

"It has started…that's the tarot card Ace of Wands. It's the first card…so it has only begun."