"And just where do you think you're going, young man?" Karou asked tapping her foot.

'Dang! Busu saw me!' Yahiko said to himself.

"Well? Answer me!"

"I was just gonna go over to Tsubame's house and study for a b.."

"Oh no you don't!" Kaoru cut him off. "You're going to do your studying here, you still have another three weeks to go until you're no longer grounded buster, and untill then school and work is the only place you can go outside of this property. " Karou said in a most scary way.

"Yes ma'am," was all Yahiko said as he hung his head and went back to his room, though he did think 'busu' to himself.

Meanwhile at the police station...

"Hey Aoshi, got something here for you," one of the desk clerks said as Aoshi came in.

"Hhm, thanks," was his response as he took it. 'Hm, I guess I'll look at these files while I'm waiting for Soujiro.'

'What? these papers are on Kanryu! Is there a new leed on him? Why is there a page on Shishio here too?

'Don't tell me that they think they're working together now, I just don't think that would ha..'

"Aoshi-sama, are you ready?"

"Huh? Oh Soujiro, yes, I'm ready, come on, let's get going." 'I'll have to look these over more later.'

"Mm, you seem awfully quiet today Aoshi-sama, is there anything on your mind?" Soujiro asked.

"Well... it seems that Kanryu and Shishio might be working together now."

"Hm, but why would a drug lord and someone who sells hit men work together? I mean, I would imagine Kanryu hiring a hit man to take care of someone, but this sounds more like a partnership, not just one hiring the other for a job."

"Yes, I had the same thought, it is strange, really. It looks like we'll just have to find out. Lets go find our source. He should be around here somewhere."

A few minutes later...

"Why, hello Aoshi, what can I do for you?" asked a man with white hair.

"I need to talk to Enishi."

"Very well, Enishi, parol officer is here!"

"Yes, what do you want?"

"I need to talk to you, in the car."

"Ok." Enishi followed Aoshi to the car and got into the back.

"Hello Enishi-san," Soujiro greeted.

"You're cheery, as usual, so what's this all about?"

"Kanryu."

"Should've known, is he all you think about?"

"Maybe, but let's leave that for later. I need to find out what his connection is with Shishio."

"Ahh, well I can help you there Aoshi, you see, Shishio is now not only selling hitmen, but weapons too, so Kanryu is buying weapons from Shishio. Some of the payment is in money, some of it is in drugs."

"I see," Soujiro cut in, "so Kanryu is obtaining weapons to facilitate his drug bussines, after all, he has to get involved with the mafia, and the police at times. But why would Shishio want some payment in drugs?"

"I don't know," Enishi replied. "For his men, to help keep them in control, perhaps? I'm sure some of it goes to him and his mistress too, or I would imagine, at least."

"All right Enishi, thank you, you should get back to work now, before your boss gets too impatient," Aoshi said.

"Alright, I hope what I told you helps, I'd like Kanryu behind bars asap. I think he's starting to get suspicious of my true allegiance."

"Well, I hope so too."

"Heh, Enishi, hurry up and finish your business with him so you can get back to work!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming Okina."

Back in the car...

"Well it sure is nice to finally have an idea as to what's going on," Soujiro said with his ever present smile.

"Mm, yes it is, and I think Saito will finally agree that it is time to strike."

Meanwhile around town...

"Oh, Tsubame-chan, its been a while since I've seen you. How is everything?" asked Kaoru.

"Everything's ok, how's Yahiko? Is his grounding almost over?" Tsubame asked hopefully.

"He's got 13 days left. I had been thinking about letting him go sooner, on good behavior, but he ruined that last week. He tried to sneak out, so, he ruined his chance on that," Kauro said. She then saw the dissapointment in Tsubame's eyes. "I've already asked Yahiko, but I'm going to ask you too. Nothing happened that night, did it?"

"No, we didn't."

"Hm, well, I would let him off early, seeing as how I was even thinking of it already, but he has been trying to sneek out the past couple weeks. He was doing so good too, I was thinking of letting him out sooner for good behavoir. But tell you what, if it's ok with Tae-san you con come for dinner tomorow and stay for a bit afterward, ok?"

"Oh, thank you Kaoru! Thank you very much. I'll ask Tae right away," Tsubame said already starting to run off. "See you tomorrow!"

"Ok, bye, see you then!"

Back to Aoshi..

"But sir, this is more than enough evidence to take action against Kanryu," Aoshi argued.

"Did Enishi hear Kanryu say aything about drugs, or was he just told this by one of Kanryu's workers?" asked Saito.

"I.. don't know, but I do know that he saw one of Shishio's hit men there, and they where shaking hands, so he wasn't there to kill him. That should be proof enough to at least get a search warrant on him."

"Hhm, this is true. Fine, get a search warrant and pick our top five men to search the place, along with our regular crime scene investigators."

"Thank you sir."

Just as Aoshi was about turn around, the door burst open.

"Enishi!" Aoshi yelled.

"Quick, you have to go to Kanryu's mansion now! He has a friend of my nephew's, and I fear the worst for her."

Dun dun dun, I bet non of you were expecting that, huh, well anyway, sorry for th delay, oh and untill this story is done, my other stories will not be worked on, but i'm almost done with this so as soon as I'm done I'll start on th othr one's again, I promise. Also, i'm soryy for how lame the story is getting its just that I took to long to get it done, it's not turning out right, sorry, anyway, see you in a few.