FFFFFFFFFF Sorry guys DX I intended on putting this up on the same week I put up the first chappy, but school killed me! (so did my dad, who deleted 2 ½ pages of my fanfic by not saving it ;A; ) But hey, it's up! Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan :U

"The victim was Kyle Raine, a 43-year-old American." Takagi said to Heiji, holding his police notebook open as he read through the details to him. "He was a renowned master chef in America and retired here in Japan while at the same time attempting to make his own son a great chef. We don't know the exact cause of death, but he was killed roughly around 1 to 2 hours ago. Although Satou-san and I were already here, it'll be at least an hour at the most before the forensics come."

"Wait, what do you mean you can't find the EXACT cause of death?" Conan chirped in, looking up at the officer with his big, round, blue eyes.

"Ahh…Well..." Takagi replied with a sheepish laugh as he shut his notebook. He motioned the two to follow him to the body and kneeled down, pointing at his mouth. "You can smell almond coming from his mouth so it's probably cyanide…but…" His finger moved down lower. "There are marks here that show he was strangled, not to the point of death, at least. After looking at the body closer…" His hand reached over to the victim's coat, lifting up the left half. Heiji and Conan looked over and froze.

"He was shot as well…?" Heiji muttered as he put his hand on his chin. "Why would they go through all the trouble of this? The forensics would figure it out, wouldn't they?"

"That's IF the forensics can even come here…" Conan added as he narrowed his eyes. He blinked and took a closer look at the bullet wound. ~There's two little slits around the bullet wound…completely opposite of each other…~ he thought, frowning.

Heiji blinked and turned to Conan. "Oi, what do you mean, Ku-errr…Conan? Why wouldn't they be he-"

"NANI? You've got to be kidding me!"

The three males quickly froze at the loud and threatening voice as they turned behind them, seeing Satou shouting into her cell phone. Her face was tense, her eyes widen in what looks like a mixture of shock and anger. After taking a deep breath, she said "All right, I understand…Bye." She hung up her phone and cursed to herself, biting her thumb.

"A-ahh….S-Satou-san…? Did something happen?" Takagi said as he stood up and carefully walked his way to her. He already knew what happens when she's angry and didn't want to take the risk of making her more angry or injuring himself.

"Someone people back at the station were poisoned…" Satou said bluntly as the group stared in shock. "They received a package of sweets from someone who put Mouri-san's name on it, apparently. They all held very faint traces of cyanide." The female officer narrowed her eyes. "The dosages were small enough that it wouldn't kill them, but they're being taken to the hospital…Also, a majority of the forensic team was poisoned as well. The rest are off on another murder case that happened in Haido Hotel."

"Kuso…so this is why that bastard did all that…!" Heiji cursed, gripping the top of his head.

"So are you saying that we have to solve the case nerely blind?" Takagi exclaimed. Satou merely nodded and he let out a heavy sigh. "It would be nice to know the cause of death at the very least…"

"Just try figuring out yourselves…it'll take longer, but it shouldn't be impossible."

The group paused and looked up, seeing the girl who was the one to determine the victim died. Since Heiji and Conan were paying too much attention to the man's corpse and attempting to find out the cause of death, they really didn't pay attention to the suspects.

She was around Heiji's height, wearing a similar jacket and cap that he was wearing as if to hide herself rather than looking cool. She had long black hair with a blue-ish tint that was a little over shoulder length and it semed to cover a little of the right side of her face more than the left. Underneath her jacket, she wore a simple T-shirt with pictures of places in Japan along with Japanese text (Probably from America) and dark blue jeans with normal white/blue sneakers. However, the most noticeable feature of her was her stunning gray eyes with a blue ring around them.

"Oi….I would appreciate it if you didn't stare at me like that…"

Heiji blinked and realized what he was doing. He quickly stood up straight and sweatdropped. "Err, sorry about that!" He quickly said, rubbing the back of his head as Conan did the same. "So, do you mind telling us your name?"

She nodded. "My name's Matsuni Saika." She said, bowing slightly. "Nice to meet you." She felt a slight tug on her jacket and looked down, seeing Conan pulling on her jacket.

"Ne, you wouldn't happen to know their names too, do you?" Conan chirped in as he pointed to the other three people.

"Ah, I was asking her about that." Satou said. "Saika-san, if you would…?"

"Of course, keiji-san." Saika replied as she pointed to them. "The girl with the short brown hair and the matching jewelry is Sano Mizuki. She's 21-years-old and a childhood friend of mine. Her current occupation is being one of the leading designers in Kimoto no Hanabi, which is jewelry store if you haven't figured out from all the ones she's wearing. She's trying to advertise and get people's opinions about them."

"The man near that counter is David Raine, the son of the victim. He's an American and I believe to be around his 30s. He's also the owner and lead chef of this restaurant. The girl next to him is his fiancé Kurosawa Sasaki, Sano's cousin and David's fiancé. She's a grade school teacher, but she's also the co-head chef on the weekends here."

She turned back to Conan. "So? Is there anything else you need to know about them, bozu?"

"Well, what about you?" Conan said innocently as he put his hands behind his head. "You were talking about them pretty detailed, but all you said was your name, Saikah-neechan."

"Ahh...well..." She muttered. "I really didn't talk about myself because I didn't think there was any need…I don't go to school nor do I have an occupation at the moment. I lived in America ever since I was born and just recently moved here in Japan about 2 months ago."

"I knew something was bothering me!" Heiji suddenly said with a smile, pointing at Saika. "You seem to hesitating before you talk and you're saying the words a bit slower and spaced out. However, when you say the basic things like how you just introduced yourself, you seem to have no problem."

"I'm impressed that you figured that out." Saika said as she put her hands in her jacket. "Japanese was my first language, but I never really got the chance to use it back in America. I can understand others completely fine, but when it comes to speaking and writing, I still have a long way to go."

"Ne," Saika blinked as she looked down at Conan. The little meitantei put his hands behind his head as he looked up and tilted to the side. "You said you didn't have an occupation…yet. Does that mean you're looking for one?"

"Ah…Well, I signed up to be an assistant for English teachers here, but I haven't gotten a reply yet." Saika said, glancing off to the side. "Besides…" Her eyes then narrowed. "It's better than having the same job at the same place with a certain friend…"

"Saika-chaaan~~~, any luck?" Mizuki said as she made her way to the group from the direction Saika was glancing at.

"What are you talking about, Sano…?" She bluntly said as she turned her head away from the girl, an annoyed look painted on her face.

"Jeez…didn't I tell you not to use my last name?" Mizuki pout before poking her. "You know what I'm talking about…did you find out who killed him? Huh, did you?"

"I'm just a simple girl, not a detective." She growled, doing her best to ignore the persistence that is Mizuki's poking finger. "Why don't you ask these boys instead?"

"Eh?" Mizuki muttered as she looked up, seeing the officers along with Heiji and Conan. She blinked a few times as she kneeled down, looking at Conan, who backed away from her sudden closeness. Tilting her head, she continued to stare at him.

"KAWAII!"

Within seconds, she squealed in glee as she grabbed the young detective and hugged him as tight as possible. Conan attempted to squirm his way out of her grip with Heiji bursting out laughing.

"Ohhh, you're so cute! I could just take you home with me!" she happily said.

"Sano…he can't breathe…"

"Eh?" Mizuki looked down at the boy who she was currently suffocating and loosens her grip. Conan immediately grasps his chest, his eyes wide with shock as he takes giant gulps of precious air. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed as she put him down.

"I-it's ok, Mizuki-neesan!" He said as he let out a sigh. ~For a second, I thought I was going to die!~ he thought…though the rest of his thoughts were interrupted when he picks up someone's laughing dying down to snickers. "It's not funny!" He shouted as he turned around, glaring at Heiji.

"But it is!" He managed to say between chuckles. As soon as he started to calm down, he wiped away the tears of laughter from his eyes.

"Tch…barou…" Conan muttered under his breath as he crossed his arms and turned away, his arms crossed. He paused, sniffing the air. ~That smell…~

"Ugh…Sano, don't tell me you have one of those stupid smelling extracts with you." Saika said, moving her hand up to her face and pinching her nose as she shuffled herself away from her friend.

"Well, I do!" Mizuki said proudly as she pointed at herself, mainly her necklace. "It's a new line of products for Kimoto-san's store. They're aromatherapy jewelry! Isn't it awesome, Saika-chan?" Silence floated around the kitchen and she looked at her friend whose face was tensed up and her breathing became noticeably harsher than normal. "Ne, what's wrong?"

"I'll tell you what's wrong…" Saika grumbled, holding her head. "Did you forget that little story I told you about me and those damn aromatic things?"

Mizuki tilted her head as she put her index finger on her chin, thinking. "Well you did say something about almost fainting when you went in this one room full of dried herbs…"

"Exactly…it's the same for that god damn extract you're wear-" Saika froze, glaring at her friend as she started to sniff again. "...you have some in your earrings and bracelet, don't you?"

"K-Kowai…" Mizuki said, her eye twitching before she pout and crossed her arms. "Yeah, I do! I didn't think you could tell that easily!"

"It's hard not to notice…especially when I feel like I'm going to die…" Saika groaned. "Keiji-san, is it all right if I open the door over there?" she asked as she pointed to the door leading to the dining room where they came through.

"I suppose…" Satou said as she pinched her nose as well. "The smell is filling up the room anyways."

Saika nodded as she staggered her way to the door that leads to the dining room.

"Anyways…we should go confirm everyone's alibis." Takagi said as he pulled out a pen and his notebook.

Satou nodded in agreement as she followed suit. She turned to Heiji. "Hattori-kun, it is not my place to request this, but we're in such a tight position…could you investigate the kitchen a little more as we get more information from these people?"

"Yeah, just leave it to me and the kid!" Heiji replied as he kneeled down and pat the top of Conan's head, making a big grin while Conan merely glared at him.

"I leave it to you two, then!" Satou happily said as she and Takagi went over to where David and Sasaki were and started to talk to them. "Ano…may we ask a few questions?..."

Conan watched as the officers talked to the suspects and frowned.

"Ne, Kudou," Heiji said, interrupting the boy's thoughts and causing him to turn to his meitantei friend. "You've notice it too, haven't you?"

"Yeah…as soon as we entered the kitchen, I smelled it." He muttered as he crossed his arms. "It was filled with the smell of almond…just like smell from Mizuki's bracelet."

"So are you thinking that-"

"-the almond smell we smelled was Mizuki's extract? Probably…"

Heiji let out a groan as he scratched the back of his head. "The real problem is HOW did it get in his mouth without him knowing?"

"That's not the only problem…"

"Eh?" He turned around to find the source of the voice, only to have a giant pan hit his face and sending him back to the floor. Conan took a step back, shocked at what happened to the Meitantei of the West, before he even dared to look at the owner of the voice.

"HEIJI!"

Sure enough, it was Kazuha…a very angry Kazuha at that. She stomped over to where Heiji was on the floor and put her hands on her hips. "Ahou! Why did you lock the door? What if something happened to you and Conan-kun?"

"You're the ahou here!" Heiji protested as he stood up. "What kind of crazy girl are you, using a frying pan as a weapon? What if it was used earlier? You could have burned me!" Soon, the two friends started to bicker once again, causing Conan to sweatdrop.

"Conan-kun…"

He immediately froze up and slowly turned around to see a disappointed Ran. However, all he saw was her 'anger'.

"You promised you wouldn't get in the way of the police…" She said, frowning sadly.

~Actually, no, I didn't.~ Conan thought, half-heartily chuckling to himself. He then smiled child's smile. "But Ran-neechan, Satou-keiji asked me to help." He said in a pleading voice before being hit on the head by a fist. "ITAIIIIII!"

"Actually, I asked Hattori-kun, not you." Satou said, an angry mark on her face as she tried smiling.

Ran merely sighed and shook her head. "What am I going to do with you, Conan-kun…?" Again, Conan could only chuckle.

"At any rate…" Satou turned back to Ran. "Can you watch the door and make sure no one comes in or out of this room, Ran? We're…kind of short on hand here, so I'm afraid I'll have to borrow Conan-kun as well as Hattori-kun."

Ran frowned before nodding. "All right…" She kneeled down and looked at Conan, her eyes staring at him. "Conan-kun, listen to what Satou-keiji tells you to do and don't wander off your own, all right?"

"Haiiiii~~~!" Conan said, smiling as Ran stood up and walked out of the door along with Kazuha stomping away. He sighed and looked at Heiji, whose head now has a rather large bump on it.

"Itai…" He muttered as he poked the bump, wincing as he touched it.

"Daijoubu, Hattori-kun?" Takagi said as he walked up to the Osaka detective.

"Ehh…I'll survive." He grumbled as he got up, dusting his clothes off. "So? Did you two get their alibis?"

"H-hai!" Takagi said as he quickly took out his police notebook, fumbling it in the process as he opened it up. Clearing his throat, he proceeded as if nothing happened. "David-san was here in the kitchen, cooking a rather expensive meal. We've just asked Kazuha to go and ask the customer if this specific meal is true, but I doubt that will help his alibi at all…Sasaki-san was at the cashier for about an hour earlier, then went in the kitchen to help David-san."

"As for Mizuki-san and Saika-san, they were sitting at the table next to that window. "He pointed to a large window about two tables away. "Some of the customers and waiters have confirmed this as well. Mizuki-san left only to go use the bathroom for a few minutes and talked to a man outside who was later confirmed to be her driver."

"That nee-san has a driver…?" Heiji said, raising an eyebrow as Conan practically face palmed himself.

~She's just like Sonoko.~ He thought as he mentally laughed to himself. "Is that it, Takagi-keiji?"

"It seems so." He replied as he lowered his notebook. "Regardless, we'll need to search the scene a bit more closely for any more clues on the murderer."

"The question on my mind is the almond scent from the victim's mouth…" Heiji muttered as he held his chin. "It could be cyanide…or it could be from nee-san's perfume thing."

"Barou, it's an aromatic extract, not perfume." Conan said, narrowing his eyes. "There's a possibility Mizuki-neesan could have done it, but we're still not sure how she got it in his mouth. Any ideas?"

"Well…"Takagi thought for a moment before letting out a sigh. "Nothing really comes to mind…"

"The food…"

"Huh?" All three men said simultaneously as Satou walked up to them.

"He's a chef, remember?" Satou explained. "If, by some chance, he was cooking, he would have to taste it in order to determine if it's just right."

"That's it!" Heiji said, hitting the side of his fist onto his palm as a light bulb lit up in his mind. However, his happy, triumph face disappeared as he paused. "…But what would be the point of putting that in the food?"

"Ah! So that's where I left my bottle!" Mizuki exclaimed, catching the group's attention to her as he held up a small brown bottle filled with a sort of liquid. "Gomen, I must have left it here yesterday."

"It's a good thing David's father found it out earlier today." Sasaki said to her cousin, smiling. "It was in a similar bottle with the orange extract so he used it and noticed it after he put it in the soup."

"Wahhh! No wonder, it's already half empty!" Mizuki cried as she sort of shrank in despair.

"Ano…" The two girls looked up at the voice as they saw Takagi approaching them. "Did you say that the victim used that extract in his cooking, Sasaki-san?"

"Hai." She turned towards the officer as she continued to speak. "Mizuki left it here when I invited her over here yesterday and he mistaken it for the orange extract that was in a similar bottle. Unfortunately, he loss his sense of smell a few years back so he must have not noticed until after he added and tasted the almond extract."

"Well, there you have it!" Heiji said, a wide grin on his face. "There's one mystery solved!"

"Yet we're not sure if it IS the extract. It could be cyanide." Conan bluntly said, an imaginary arrow going right through Heiji's head. As the Osaka detective proceeded into sulking on the ground, Conan held his chin in his hand as he went into deep thought. ~The only thing bothering me still are those two slits around the bullet wound…It's too much of a coincidence that they're perfectly aligned with each other…~

"David-san, what are you doing?"

Conan blinked as he looked up, seeing David cutting carrots on the counter as Satou walked over to him and held his wrist, forcing him to stop cutting.

"I realize that my father's been murdered and all, but I have a restaurant to run right now." He snapped as he tried pulling away from Satou's grip to no avail. "I refuse to close the restaurant while there are customers waiting."

"What if you were using the murder weapon?" Saika said, walking up to him with her hands in her pockets as she went on the other side of him.

"The body didn't have a knife wound…according to the officers." He replied as he managed to break free of Satou's grip and continued to cut. "End of story."

"You're not thinking, baka!" Saika hissed as she grabbed his shoulder. David suddenly stop cutting and swung towards Saika, the knife outstretched a bit. Saika backed away quickly before the knife could do any harm to her, her eyes widen in shock and fear as David pointed the knife at her.

"I am thinking! My FATHER just died in my restaraunt!" He shouted, his body tense in anger and his eyes widen in rage. "Don't you dare tell me I'm not thinking, Saika!"

"A-At least move that damn knife away!" She said, her eyes practically fixed on the knife. Shaking her head, she went back to her 'calm and cool' normal self. "Until we know for sure who killed him, it's best not to touch ANYTHING in this kitchen. Who knows…they could have hidden things in the most unexpecting places!"

The two merely stared off: David's eyes full of rage and anger against Saika's calm and steady eyes. After a few moments, he closed his eyes and placed the knife back down on the table, his body relaxing.

"T-Tsumimasen, Saika-chan…" He muttered, holding his head in his hand. "I…I don't know what came over me like that…" Sasaki put her hands on his shoulders as he leaned over the counter. He glanced around the ground and froze, his eyes falling, yet again, on Saika. "S-Saika-chan…on your waist…"

Saika stiffen, although her expression stayed the same. "…Damn, didn't think you would be able to see it." She said as she moved the right half of her jacket out of the way, an expression of shock painted on everyone's face.

A revolver. Saika had a revolver attached to her hip. It had traces shown that it was stained with something, mostly around the barrel.

"I-If I may…" Takagi stuttered as he slowly took the gun off her hip and opened the barrel. There were 4 bullets inserted inside. The remaining two slots were empty, the brown stain entering into the slots.

"I didn't shoot him." Saika said bluntly, snapping Takagi's attention back to her. "The gun is mine, the bullets are mine, but I didn't shoot him. I never leave the bullets in the gun when I know I wouldn't need to use it."

"Who else would do it?" Sasaki suddenly said, taking a step forward. "It's your gun! How would anyone else be able to take it from you?"

"How should I know…?"Saika replied, tilting her hat down so that the shadow would hide her eyes. "I'm not sure myself…all I remember is you spilling coffee on me and Sano. I slept for only a few minutes so I doubt anyone would have taken it then."

Conan blinked, taking in the new information. "Ne, Takagi-keiji!" He said as he walked over to the detective. "Is there any coffee going inside the bullet slots?"

"Huh?" Takagi paused as he listened to Conan, then looked inside the slots. "I-It's true! It's hard to tell, but I can see some sort of stains inside!"

"I told you: Kurosawa-san spilt coffee on us. I had to wear a different jacket that Sano somehow had in her car in advance."

~That's it!" Conan suddenly thought as something hit him. "Oi! Hattori!" he hissed.

"You solved it, Kudou?" Heiji said as he leaned down, whispering to the shrunken detective. "Oi, tell me! I can't really make heads or tails out of this case for some reason..."

"Tch...just admit you didn't have a single clue." Conan muttered under his breath, not caring whether Heiji heard it or not. Luckly, he didn't hear it and he sighed. "All right, basically..." Conan leaned over and whispered his deduction into Heiji's ear. The more he listened, the more Heiji's eyes grew serious.

"Y-You're kidding…" He said. His only response was Conan shaking his head. "All right…well, we better wrap this show up."He stood up and the two of them returned to the group.

"Admit it, Saika! You're the one that shot Raine-san!" Sasaki shouted as her hands balled up into fists.

"I've said this once and I'll say it again: I did not fire this gun." Saika said, making no attempt to threaten her to prove her point.

"She's right." Heiji suddenly said, catching everyone's attention. Saika didn't bother looking up. "The one who killed Kyle Raine…" He raised his arm and pointed at the group.

"Was you!"

Second chapter, finished! I'll upload the Japanese terms later _; busy with homework and such…So, do you guys have any idea who the culprit is? Is it really Saika because she has the gun (She may have not shot with the gun...but is that the only way to kill him? HMMMMM...oh shez, that was a spoiler lol; dang it)? Or is it David? Find out on the next episode of DragonBall what the frick am I talking about! /shot...