Miku awoke the next day to the beeping of her alarm clock. Still half asleep, she shut the alarm and glanced at the time.

6:00. Miku frowned, unable to remember why in the world she had wanted to awake so early in the morning yesterday. Letting out a sigh, she pulled herself rather unwillingly out of bed and headed to the closest. She grabbed the first thing she saw and put it on. A yellow T-shirt. Yellow.

Miku suddenly smacked herself in the head. Of course. She'd promised to meet up Len in the morning. It was a wonder that she could forget that she had a case on her hands. Then again, it was probably going to be the strangest case she'd ever take.

It hadn't really surprised Miku when Len said he wanted to know about his death, not after she'd gotten over the shock of having a ghost as her client. What really shocked her, though, was what Len had said after that. He'd been wandering the town for about half a month, right around the start of May. He remembered everything but the 24 hours leading to his death, and for some reason, he was convinced that he'd been murdered.

Len still hadn't seemed too convinced about letting Miku take his case. She guessed his confidence must have faltered after yesterday's encounter. He told her that he just wanted to know what had happened the day he died, whether it turned out that he'd been murdered or not. Miku, of course, felt complied to help him. She'd never really interacted with spirits before, not that she understood how Len was so different from the other beings she usually saw, but Len was a client who'd asked for her help all the same. There was never a reason not to help a client.

Miku quickly finished dressing and slipped out of the agency as quietly as she could. Kaito had sensitive ears. If she accidently woke him, she'd never get out of the house, much less meet Len. Everyone else was almost as lazy, though not quite there. She didn't feel like directing their morning fury on her.

The streets were unusually silent in the morning. It was about 6:25 by the time Miku had left the agency. She'd never been out in the streets so early before. It was a time when not even the birds were up and about, chirping their happy songs. No. That wasn't what the morning in May felt like. It was more like a time for the silent souls of the dead.

Miku turned left into a side street and found herself in a tidy neighborhood. Up ahead, she spotted Len, still wearing his long overcoat, his hands casually in his pockets as he glanced around attentively, waiting at the place he'd asked her to go to. Miku ran up to him and patted him on his back before she could remind herself that Len was a ghost. Her hand naturally passed through his body, causing Miku to apologize in embarrassment.

"Don't worry about it," Len replied casually, gazing off into the distance. He was watching one house that sat down the street, a single whitewashed home that gave off the feeling of home that Miku just barely remembered. The front yard was adorned with simple flowerbeds of blooming flowers, casting a vibrant glow over the yard in the dull, gray morning.

"So what are you looking for?" Miku asked, following Len's gaze to the second window on the left of the second floor. The lights were already on in the room where a shadow wandered aimlessly about before the window.

"I don't know," Len replied truthfully. "I just felt like my home was the best place to start the investigation. I think that's my sister in my room."

"Your sister? What would she be doing in there?" Miku asked, immediately settling into her work mode. It was like her brain was a machine that could be turned on and off. Whenever she got serious, she could remember everything she wanted to.

"She always liked my room. She said it had a better view of the street," Len mumbled, sighing somewhat sadly.

Miku was suddenly reminded of the fact that Len really was dead. That meant he'd left behind his old life, whatever it might have been, and lost the ability to talk to the people he cared about. She realized how hard this must be for Len, to not only accept the fact that he was no longer alive, but also accept the fact that he'd never come into contact with his family and loved ones again.

"Maybe we could ask your sister what you did on the day of your…death," Miku replied, hesitating on the last word. She didn't know if Len was okay with being called dead.

"I won't be offended, don't worry. That sounds like a good idea, but I'd just like it if you withdrew if Rin gets emotional. I don't want her to be any sadder," Len replied, heading off in the direction of his home.

Once again, Miku found herself wondering how Len could act so calm in such a situation. It was like he'd already completely accepted reality. She didn't like the way seemed to keeping everything contained under his composed surface.

When Miku rang the doorbell, it was answered within seconds by a young girl with short blonde hair. She had a huge white ribbon tied in her hair, her blue eyes looking somewhat sleep deprived. Miku guessed this was Len's sister, though they looked like twins from their resemblance to each other. She was just a bit shorter than Miku was, although that might've been because she was slightly slumped over, leaning on the door, barefoot in her tank top and shorts.

"Can I help you?" the girl muttered, her eyes barely open as she stared at Miku.

"Oh, um, I'm Hatsune Miku, detective at the Vocaloid Detective Agency. Is it okay if I ask you a few questions about my case?" Miku asked tentatively, hoping that it wasn't actually a glare that she was getting from the girl.

The girl stared at her for another moment before stepping aside and letting Miku. She let out a big yawn and said, "Sure, fine. Not that I know what you're talking about. Just go down the hall to the dining room. I'll be back in a sec."

Miku let Len lead the way through his house. He walked directly through the halls, not casting a glance at his surroundings. Miku questioned his behavior. She wanted to know why he seemed completely uninterested in seeing his home again, but she decided not to press him. Instead, she asked, "So, that was your twin sister?"

"Yep. Rin. She gets up too early for her own health, but she does it anyways. Don't be so surprised when she comes back," Len replied, settling into a corner of the dining room.

"Surprised? Is something going to happen?" Miku asked, raising her eyebrows.

Just then, the same girl burst into the room, dressed in a white and black sailor top, fit with jeans and a yellow belt looped around it. She burst into a smile and asked, "So, what do you want me to help you with?"

Miku stared at Len's sister for a good minute. She had to say Len was right in this one. She had never expected this big of a personality change from Rin. She just hoped that the Rin who wasn't in sleepy mode would be helpful. It didn't help that Len was snickering in his corner, probably at Miku's reaction.

With a sigh, Miku finally faced Len's sister and said, "Well then. I'll get straight to the point. I'm investigating your brother's death. Can you tell me anything?"

And thus the investigation began.

A/N: sorry, I wanted to end the chapter but I didn't know how to. I just felt like adding the interrogation would make this chap painfully long, so look forward to chapter 4, which might come out sooner if I procrastinate from doing my homework...

I'm forming this story in my head as I'm writing it, so I have no idea where it's going to end up. I have a tendency of going real dark, but maybe that won't happen here. Maybe.

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