Kaito was quietly sitting at his desk, reading the newspaper like he did every morning.

The headline on the front age was still about the Saint Irene. It had been three days since then, but Kaito didn't forget a minute of it. Neither the Tsukiko. It still haunted them; the faces, the explosion, even what happened after.

Kaito still didn't know what other reason (other than wanting to kill Kaito KID) Snake and his men wanted with him or Tsukiko. Also, what reason would there be to blow the ship? Maybe it was to get rid of evidence. And once again Kaito was wondering who that man was. No name was mentioned, no face was seen, just a hat on his head.

Kaito sighed and crumpled the paper in his hands. He couldn't stand reading it any longer. He didn't want to think about it. He actually wished that everything would just disappear. That Tsukiko hadn't gotten into that mess between him and Snake. But now that she was in it, there was nothing he could do about it; except protect her and really hope for the best.

Soon Kaito looked up from the crumpled piece of paper, right in time to see Tsukiko take her seat. Ironically her seat was right next to his.

Kaito glanced at Tsukiko, feeling a killing aura coming from her. She didn't looked to good from the likes of it. She was a bit pale and looked angry. She had a few cuts on her face, and from what Kaito noticed she had them down her neck and onto her arms and legs. Her wrists were bandaged and her left ankle was also bandaged.

Tsukiko fell into her chair, angrily, while slamming her books and things down. "Good morning…" she muttered. Kaito could hear her voice getting horse, but not from a cold or any sickness. Most likely from screaming or shouting something. But he could also hear the anger in her voice.

"G-Good morning…" Kaito muttered, backing away from her a bit and also feeling like she could bit his head off at any second.

After that Tsukiko was silent. She simply grabbed her cell phone out of her bag and began looking through it.

Kaito looked back at the crumpled paper, wondering what was wrong with Tsukiko. Soon he got an idea and decided to use it, hoping it could cheer Tsukiko up a bit. He began stuffing the paper into his left hand, making sure it was completely in his hand before anything else.

Tsukiko was looking through her cell phone and not really paying much attention to her surroundings. The night that the Saint Irene burned, was the same night Tsukiko's phone got completely ruined. It took three days just for the phone company to receive all the data on the SIM card and put it into another phone. Every since then she hadn't contacted anyone, let alone Shinichi-her cousin. Knowing him, he was probably worried sick about her and wondering what had happened. Tsukiko's cell phone began vibrating in her hand, a lot more then once. Tsukiko squinted her eyes at the screen and then her eyes went wide. Forty missed calls, from none other then her cousin.

Tsukiko sighed. Maybe I should have stopped by the Mouri Detective Agency the other day and let him know I was okay… she thought. Although, I stopped by Doctor Agasa's and explained everything to him. I told him not to mention anything to Shinichi… I knew he would make a big deal about it, saying that 'the Black Organization' is after me. Also he would keep asking questions and I really don't want to be thinking about that incident. I have another matter on my hands and I don't have time to concern myself about-

Tsukiko's thought was cut off when something red popped in front of her face. Her eyes focused and it was a red rose, her favorite. Although no one knew it was her favorite, not even the person holding the rose, Kaito.

Tsukiko looked at Kaito and saw a smile on his face. For some reason the image of Kaitou KID that night on the pier popped into her head and made her face flush. Although, her face flushed even more at just seeing Kaito's smile and feeling her heart speed up in its pace. Tsukiko shook off her feelings and went back to questioning Kaito's actions like she's always done. She hesitated for a moment, but soon took the red rose from Kaito's hand.

"Feel better?" Kaito said, giving his famous grin.

Tsukiko looked at Kaito with an eyebrow raised. "Huh?" she said.

Kaito soon turned away from Tsukiko, hiding the heat rising in his cheeks. Although, no matter how much he tried acting cool, it was still seen.

"Well," he said, "you didn't look to happy and I thought you could use some cheering up…" Kaito looked at Tsukiko once again. "Something on your mind?"

Tsukiko gave a small grin and looked away to the rose. "It's nothing really…" she said. "Just thinking about some detective work and something that happened a few days ago."

Hearing the last seven words, Kaito knew what she was talking about. He completely knew how she felt at the moment, but he couldn't tell her that-risk of having her finding out he is Kaitou KID. He wanted to say something reassuring, but he couldn't and truthfully he didn't know why.

Tsukiko glanced over to Kaito and saw he was pondering. She gave a small smile, finding it rather funny to see him thinking so deeply. "You don't need to concern yourself over it," she said.

Kaito snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Tsukiko. She had her eyebrows lifted and a smile across her lips.

Kaito turned away, giving a small laugh. "Who said I was concerning myself?" he said.

Tsukiko lost her smile and her expression went blank. She could hear the self-absorbed tone in his voice. This is why she didn't like him one bit.

Tsukiko crossed her arms and looked away from him. But that didn't last long. Soon she was interrupted when Kaito spoke once again.

"So," he said, "what…exactly happened?"

Tsukiko looked back in front of her, knowing Kaito was looking at her with curiosity. Tsukiko opened her mouth, about to say something but she was cut off by someone else speaking for her.

"A suspect seemed to get the best of her," the voice said.

Tsukiko and Kaito looked up to see Hakuba, smiling like usual. "She was chasing a suspect a day ago," he continued. "She was soon cornered, they fought and by the time we arrived the suspect was gone and Toyoshima-san was left lying in her own blood."

Tsukiko cut off Hakuba before he could say anymore. "Luckily I was taken to the hospital before I could have been killed from blood lost."

Kaito didn't really say anything at that, he simply continued running through his thoughts. Of course he thought of saying something-try and make her feel better-but nothing came out of his mouth. Every word just caught in his throat. But when he finally managed to get words out, he wasn't happy about it.

"So," Kaito said, "did the suspect get caught?" Wrong move on his part.

Tsukiko's body tensed a bit and her hand went into a slight fist. She looked like she was worried about anyone finding out that she failed to apprehend the suspect and wouldn't want it to leave her own mouth. But she didn't have so say anything, because Hakuba spoke instead.

"No," Hakuba said, "we didn't manage to apprehend the suspect… He got away. But we're sure that he's going to try killing Toyoshima-san again. Only problem is-"

"We don't know when…" Tsukiko muttered.

"Why is he trying to kill her though?" Kaito said, trying to hid the touch of fear in his voice.

"I'm the only one who's seen his face and saw him commit a crime…"she said, giving a small smile. Behind that smile the boys could see the fear. She feared that they wouldn't be able to catch the suspect in time and that he would kill her. Then maybe try and kill others.

"Only problem is," Hakuba said, crossing his arms. "We need someone to be with Toyoshima-san at all times. But it can't I can't keep an eye on her for awhile since I have other matters to attend to. So," Hakuba smiled, one of the charming smiles he showed whenever he wanted something, "Kuroba-kun, I hope you take good care of her!"

"Huh?" Kaito and Tsukiko said in unison. What did Hakuba just say?