Chihiro ran home from school that afternoon, it was her 16th birthday and she had to get ready for the party. As she turned the last corner she screamed with delight at the brand new black BMW waiting in the driveway...

She busted in the front door expecting to see her relatives but only found three police officers looking through the house, it was then when she noticed that there was blood all over the floor. She ran over and knelt next to her parents lifeless bodies and began to cry, her tears falling onto her fathers blood-soaked shirt. A hand grabbed her shoulder and directed her to the living room; he signaled for her to sit down and began to explain what had happened.

"Your parents were killed..," The officer began "we think someone in the neighborhood may be responsible. While investigating the scene, we found that none of the locks in the house were forced so the killer must have had a key"

"Or..." interrupted the second officer "Your parents let them in the house."

"That is also a possibility" replied the first officer "But we are still investigating the scene of the crime, so nothing is certain at this point." And with that he got up and went back to continue the investigation.

"What's going to happen to me?" Chihiro asked quietly

"That's for the court to decide." He replied in a low voice.

Chihiro sat in the chair for a while, quietly weeping to herself, until she fell asleep.

Chihiro was woken by a hand gently shaking her shoulder.

"Miss Ogino would you like some dinner?" asked a kind voice.

Chihiro sat up and looked outside, it was pitch black, she then looked at the clock and discovered that it was 10pm.

"You've been asleep for about six hours" said another voice quietly

Chihiro rubbed her eyes and looked around her; in the dim light she could see the three officers.

"My name is Chihiro Ogino" she said politely, "And who, may I ask, are you?"

"My name is Aki Onuki" Began the first officer, who appeared to be quite young "I'm a homicide detective" Aki then showed Chihiro his badge.

"I'm Yori Mansai" said the next officer "I'm in charge of special victim cases" Yori also showed Chihiro his badge.

"I'm Sayuri Kokoro, also in homicide cases" Sayuri then flashed her badge. "Is there anything else you'd like to know?" she added.

"Well…" Chihiro began hesitantly "…Do you have any more clues to who killed my parents?"

Aki looked at Yori and Sayuri then back to Chihiro. He took a sip from his tea then she slowly opened his lips and told Chihiro what his thoughts were.

"There are currently two possible scenarios; the first one is that the killer was let into your house by your parents. This means that they either knew the person or it was a stranger who appeared to be trustworthy so they let him or her in."

"That's impossible!" interrupted Chihiro "That is why my parents built the verandah, so they could talk to strangers without them being let into the house."

"That's right" Yori said, "Which makes it much more likely that your parents knew the person."

"Exactly" agreed Aki, "The second scenario, is that the killer let themselves into the house with a key, or found a secret entrance to the house. To do this they must have known your house well, so they must have been here before or have stalked your family. But there's just one thing that doesn't fit in…" His voice trailed off.

"What's that?" Chihiro asked quietly.

"Well, we were just thinking why someone would kill your parents, I've known them for a long time and know for a fact that they are…I mean were lovely people. I just can't think of a reason why someone would want to kill them…." Sayuri sighed.

"Have something to eat," said Yori handing Chihiro a bowl of rice with chicken and vegetables.

Chihiro took the bowl and began to eat, the 3 officers started to talk and Chihiro just listened. By midnight everyone had fallen asleep.