Hey mina!

Thanks for all the support you've been giving me! I really appreciate it!

I promise this chapter will be more exciting than the last one!

This is your guy's last chance to give me names for Max's father and brother. Be sure to leave your ideas in a review!

And hey, I'm thinking of writing a new story. I've got the basic idea and everything! I just need a title. I have an idea but I'm not sure if I like it. If you're interested go check out my profile to read the summary. And hey, if you have an idea for the title PM me. If I use your title then I'll put you or your OC in the story! Sound good? Then go check it out!

Review replies-

Skellebi: Thank you for the suggestions~! I like Aaron for the brother. I don't really care what language tha names are in. If you have any name ideas that aren't English then those are also welcome! Here's the next chapter for you! Don't worry, I will~! Thanks again for the suggestions! *High fives you*

Red-Hot Habanero: Thanks for the help! Those are great names.

SnowKi: Here you are~!

Shinichi's P.O.V.

We got on the train to Ekoda and sat together in silence. The ride didn't take very long but as we were getting off the train we heard a scream.

"Oh my god! He's dead!"

Oh come on!

Max grabs my hand, "Come on! Let's go!"

I look down at her and nod, "Right." We start running towards the source of the scream.

When we got there the police were already there.

"All right, everyone get back. Takagi, Sato, get to work."

I look up at the familiar voice, "Megure-keibu! Over here!"

He looked up at my voice, "Oh Kudou-kun! What are you doing here?"

"Nothing really." I wave off his question. "So what do we have?"

"Well the man was stabbed in one of the bathroom stalls. He managed to walk out of the bathroom before he died. Good thing to, it might have taken a lot longer to find his body if he hadn't. His girlfriend was sitting outside the door the whole time and didn't see anyone else enter or exit the bathroom after him. We went in there to arrest the culprit but the bathroom was empty. We've got no suspects." He sighed, "This is gonna be a tuff one."

Just then Max walked out of the bathroom, "Not really. If you just look at the stall he was stabbed in it's pretty obvious."

Takagi was right behind her, "Sorry Keibu-dono, she snuck past us."

"What do you mean she snuck past you!?" Megure yelled at him. Then he tuned to glare at her, "Who are you anyway? And what did you mean by 'It's pretty obvious'?"

"Sorry Megure-keibu. This is my distant cousin, Edogawa Irene. She's going to be staying with me for a while." I explained. "Do you mind if I take a look Megure-keibu?"

He sighed, "Go ahead; just make sure she doesn't touch anything."

I smiled, "Oh, I don't think you need to worry about her."

He looked from me to her, "If you say so."

I quickly thanked him and led Max to a more secluded part of the bathroom. I bent down so we could talk more privately. "What did you find?"

"I know where the killer is." She smiled triumphantly.

"Alright, give me a second." I stand up to investigate the room. I only had to look at the stall for a few moments to understand what she had meant. Oh, I see. This really is obvious. I smile at her, "Got it."

"You want to compare deductions?" She asked.

I nod, "Sure. In one word say were you think they are. On three. One. Two. Three."

We both say the same word. We smile at each other.

She looks over to where Megure is questioning the girlfriend. "All right, go tell him our deduction."

I move to stand up, "Yeah, seven year olds don't exactly solve crimes after all. …Megure-keibu, I've figured it out." I stand up and walk over to him.

"You did!? Well who did it? Where are they hiding?" He asks, excited.

"Well first off, look at the blood. There's a lot of it. The killer had to have gotten some on him. So we follow the trails. One leads out of the bathroom, that one belongs to the victim. The other, belonging to the killer, leads to the next stall." I explained.

"But Kudou-kun, we checked all the stalls as soon as we got here. The bathroom was empty." Megure sighed.

"I was getting to that. There's blood on the toilet seat and back. Some of the blood spatter on the back of the toilet is smudged, like it was stepped on. This means the killer, for some reason, climbed on to the toilet. This leads me to look up." I paused and looked at Megure. "Do you see now? The killer is in the sealing." I finish telling them my deduction.

Just then Max walked over, "The only problem is getting them out. They still have the knife after all. Right Shinichi-niichan?"

I look down at her, "Yeah, right. What do you suggest Megure-keibu?"

"Sato, Takagi, block the door." Megure looked up at the ceiling, "Alright, we know you're up there! You can't escape so come down!"

We all hear shuffling from above. Then the ceiling tile above the stall moves out of the way. Out jumps a man in his late 30s. He was rather short, only 146 cm tall, with short, light-blond hair. In his left hand he was holding the knife. He looks around in a panic, trying to find a way out of getting arrested. Then his eyes fell on Max. I realized what he was doing too late though, as he lunged for Max, picking her up and putting the knife to her throat.

Shit! Now what?

"Everyone get back! Unless you want me to kill her, you'll let me go." He shouted, pressing the knife closer to her throat, drawing a little blood.

Max's P.O.V.

They all backed away from us. Megure put his hands up, "OK, OK. We'll let you go, just put her down."

He took the knife from my throat and pointed it at them, "No way! She's coming with me, for insurance!"

I grinned, now was my chance. I bit the hand he was holding me with. I bit it hard; hard enough to draw blood. He screamed out in pain and dropped me. Once on the ground I kicked him in the shin and he cried out in pain again. He lunged for me again but this time I was able to doge him and run over to where Shinichi was. The police quickly arrested him and took him away. They also insisted on bandaging the little cut on my throat.

"It's fine! I'm fine!" I whined at Sato, trying to push her away.

"Now come on, we need to get this bandaged. You don't want it to get infected do you?" She countered.

"Ugh, fine!" I sighed. I sat in silence while she bandaged my cut.

When she was finished she smiled, "There! That wasn't so bad now, was it?"

I shook my head, "No. Thank you Sato-keiji!" I chirped. I ran over to where Shinichi was waiting for Sato to finish. "OK, let's go before they decide to keep us here any longer."

He stands up and looks at me, "Right, let go."

We started walking towards my house. It didn't take too long to get there.

"Let's get this over with, OK?" I say pushing him through the door.

"What? Why?" He asks, confused.

"I really don't want to run into my neighbor right now, OK?" I explain.

He shrugs, "OK."

We head up to my room and gather all my old cloths into a large bag. I also take my Sketch pads and art pencils along with my IPod and headphones. I also grab my laptop and shove that in my bag as well.

Just as we were about to leave I turn to see my bedroom door open.

"Who the hell are you?"

Oh no! What now? Who's at the door?

Yay! This chapter was way more exciting than the last one! Accomplishment!

*Claps hands* Anyway, you should seriously leave me a review. They fuel my stories! And hey! If you really like my story you should favorite it! You should also go check out my other stories while you're at it!

Shinichi: Shameless self-promotion much?

Me: Hahahahaha! You and I both know I have no shame! *Laughs hysterically*

Shinichi: True, true… OK, you can stop laughing now; it's getting annoying.

Me *Still laughing hysterically* Never! Hahahahaha!

Shinichi: OK, now it's getting scary.

Me: Muahahahahahahahahahaha!

Shinichi: Ooh kaay then… I'm just gonna do the outro now. Ahem, this chapter's song was Hope by We Came As Romans.