Blinding streaks of lighting struck interrupted the pouring rain at random intervals over the gloomy mansion, this was the perfect scenario for a horror story, or a crime scene….

Kiku scanned over the crime scene, this was the fifth case of murder this month. The victims of these five cases all bore a hole through their heart and were all drained of blood. He could hardly guess why they were all murdered this way.

Must be a psychopath…

Kiku thought shaking his head slightly as he pulled his trench coat around himself slightly tighter. The wind had blown through the broken window which was smashed open leaving the ancient mansion vulnerable to the gusts of wild wind and violent, drenching rain.

*Ring ring ring*

Kiku's cellphone rang as he reached into his trench coat and answered the phone.

"Hello, Honda Kiku on the phone."

"Huh? Why?"

"But I've only arrived at the crime scene a few moments before!"

"Alright then but if the crime scene gets washed by the rain it's not my fault."

"Goodbye."

Kiku scowled slightly as he hang up. He was to be back at the station in twenty minutes to meet his new partner.

He quickly informed the rest of the team about the sudden call and without further delay started driving back to the station.

Kiku was a detective, a police detective. He had always worked alone without problem solving one murder case after another. Quickly he had become quite well known for solving seemingly impossible cases. He didn't get why they would want to have a partner working with him. He believed that he could almost definitely solve this case by himself.

Even though he was quite bewildered, he just couldn't supress the growing curiosity in his heart.

Who was his new partner?

With that question circling in his head he arrived back at the station.

The rain poured into his car as he opened the door. He quickly slammed the door shut and locked his car. Then he hurried through the blinding rain with his brief case wrapped tightly in his trench coat. He couldn't afford the documents getting wet in this horrifying weather.

"Sir, I'm back." Kiku brushed the rain off his water proof trench coat as he announced. He then hanged the coat up to dry before looking back at the other man.

"Ah, Honda, there you are, I need to introduce you to your new partner!" a heavily accented reply sounded from the blond male who greeted Kiku from his seat.

He was Arthur Kirkland, the chief of the police station. Quite a deed considering that he was so young and a foreigner too.

"It's alright Arthur, I'll introduce myself."

Kiku looked in curiosity towards the sound source, he was going to meet his partner at last.

A suited male stood out from behind Arthur. He had a loose ponytail that sat obediently on his left shoulder and a slender, straight figure. But perhaps the feature that stands out the most about him would be his amber eyes. So bright that it seems that not a single piece of evidence would slip past him.

"Nice to meet you, I am Wang Yao. A CSI, I'll be working alongside you to crack cases from today on. I hope we get along." Yao introduced with a playful smile as he reached out. He had been sent to Japan because he had refused to cooperate with the corruptive deeds of his peers in China. They sent him here in Japan to get him out of the way.

"The pleasure's all mine, my name is Honda Kiku, I'm sure we'll get along nicely." Kiku introduced back with slight unease as he took Yao's hand and shook it. He was still a bit shocked, he never knew he'd be getting a Chinese as a partner…

Suddenly something hit him.

"Wang san… I'm quite sure we met before…" Kiku began as his thoughts floated back to earlier this month.

[Earlier this month]

Beads of sweat accumulated as he rushed to the police station pulling his trench coat on. Kiku could swear that he's never been this rushed before. It was 3 a.m. when he was woken up by a sudden call from Arthur about an emergency meeting.

He took another peek at his wristwatch, it was 3:15 am already, and he was supposed to be at the station at 3:30 am. If he ran, he would be there just in time.

As he thought he started speeding up as much as he could. He had never had much rigorous physical training, most of his work involved his wits and brains.

Suddenly he was bumped to the ground with a sudden impact.

He looked up to see the person that had bumped him to the ground brush past him quickly.

"Oi! I think you owe me an apology!" Kiku ordered with furrowed brows. He was already pretty frustrated with having to wake up at a time like this. A stranger bumping into him without an apology didn't cheer him up the slightest.

"Why? You could've dodged."

That and a demeaning look was all the stranger left before disappearing into the dark of the night.

Kiku couldn't really believe his eyes nor ears. He's sure that he's never met that man! Why was he being so rude?

But Kiku quickly got up again, gathered his stuff and started to head towards the station again. He was going to be late!

[Back to present time]

Kiku quickly recounted the events earlier this month. He looked back at Yao with a renewed sense of spite in his eyes.

"Wang san, it would be very appreciated if you could spare the time to explain the events that happened earlier this month." Kiku almost spat the words out through gritted teeth. He couldn't imagine the rest of his days cooperating with such a rude foreigner!

"Oh, I was just frustrated that I was sent to this island to work. I thought that they'd at least send me to somewhere like America." Yao replied with a slight sneer. The truth was he was in a really bad mood that morning. Having to wake up at a time like that doesn't exactly make you want to go jumping around singing in joy.

"Are you suggesting that Japan is not good enough for you? Mr. Arrogant?" Kiku shot back with narrowed eyes now full of resentment.

"Oh yes, Mr. Atmosphere reader, that's exactly what I'm stating. I didn't suggest anything for your information." Yao looked back at Kiku with belittlement. If this is how they're going to start off then let it be. He'll never back off and apologize. It's not that he felt great about Japan or Japanese either.

"Well, I think that there's a better way for the both of us to be." Kiku began as he rolled his eyes.

"Oh? Is that so? I'm quite interested."

"I think that we shouldn't be partners in the first place!"

"Agreed!"

"Mr. Kirkland, I want to switch partners!"

"Uh…uh, you guys, calm down, I think you two will have to stick with each other until this case is solved." Arthur smiled uneasily at their interaction. He didn't know how in the world they would be able to solve the case together.

"What?!" Yao and Kiku both exclaimed in discontent and question. They guessed as much, but they didn't know how in the world they would be able to solve the case together.

"Well, Yao here is the finest CSI in Beijing and you're the finest detective in Tokyo. This case is going to be extremely dangerous and difficult to crack so the commissioner ordered especially for you two to work together." Arthur answered their exclamation with a slight shrug of his shoulders and a small sip of tea from his mug. "Sorry guys but it seems that you two will have to work together. It's an order."

Yao and Kiku stared at each other for another second before turning their heads away with a humph.

"Fine, but after this case is solved, I want him out of my life." Kiku sighed in a demanding manner pinching the bridge of his nose.

"I'll see what I can do about that…" Arthur replied. He knew that he won't be able to get the Japanese to take any more steps back.

"Do you agree Yao? Just this case." Arthur looked to Yao hoping that he would agree.

"Fine, when this case is done, I want myself out of this country!" Yao muttered as Kiku shot him another look of discontent.

"Well then I think you two should start solving then. We want as less fatalities as possible." Arthur suggested as he took his brief case and started heading out of the room. "I suggest that you two try getting along better first."

With that he closed the door with a gentle thud.

"I really don't know how they'll do this."

Yao couldn't help but let out a chuckle at Arthur's murmurings that could be heard through the door.

"I really don't know what you so happy about but I completely agree with Mr. Kirkland, if we don't get along better, we'll never be able to do this." Kiku sighed rubbing his face with his hands as he sat down.

"Who said we had to do this together? We just had to stay together and work on the same case. I have no intentions of working together with you on this case. I can do this myself." Yao announced his plans with his back turned to Kiku. "I want this case to be over with as soon as possible."

"Are all you Chinese like this?" Kiku chuckled slightly as he saw Yao starting to walk out.

Yao's hand paused on the door handle.

"Sure."

And with that he left.