Kaoru groggily rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

"Wha...? Where am I?"

"Good morning Onee-chan!" Shou peered in through a crack in the door. "Did I wake you up?"

Kaoru smiled softly at her little brother. "No, Onii-chan. You're fine."

Shou opened the door a bit more. "Can I come in?"

"Of course."

Shou tottered into the room, carrying a glass of water and a bottle of Advil. "See? This is to make you feel better!"

Kaoru laughed, ruffling her younger brother's hair. "Thank you." She downed 2 Advil with a sip of water and turned to her little brother.

"Anything else I should know about? Like, for example, how did I get here?"

Shou grinned at her question. "Aniki brought you here! He said he found you in the woods and carried you because you got drugged and were unconscious and he helped get you in bed and in your PJ's 'cause I couldn't lift you because you're kind of big, Onee-chan, but he helped a lot!"

Kaoru smiled, automatically assuming her other brother had obviously went out to find her after the Haunted House. Kaiba... screw that jerk. Drugging me? What an ass... She frowned.

"So, Onee-chan, once you feel like it will you make me breakfast because Aniki can't cook." Shou looked at his older sister with hopeful, puppy eyes and a little pout.

She laughed. "Alright. Come on."

And the two walked hand in hand down to the kitchen.

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Kaoru handed her little brother a plate full of pancakes. Shou responded with an enthusiastic "Thanks Onee-chan!" as he began to devour his breakfast.

Kaoru looked up as her older brother walked into the room, yawning.

"Thank you, Aniki." Both of her brothers looked up.

"For what?" Her older one responded.

"For finding me and bringing me home last night, of course." Kaoru answered.

Her older brother laughed. "I did no such thing. Shou-chan said your boyfriend brought you home." He gave her a quick noogie as he grabbed an apple.

"I gotta go. See you two later. Oh, and that Professor called. If you go out, Kaoru, make sure there is someone to watch Shou." He bit a chunk out of the apple. "Dad said he wouldn't be home for..."

"Another few days. I know, Aniki. Now go."

With that dismissal, her older brother was gone. Kaoru turned to Shou who was still devouring his stack of pancakes.

"Shou."

He glanced up to see Kaoru's glare. "Yes, Onee-chan?"

"Kano and I are not married. He is not your Aniki, and you know it." She rolled her eyes, returning to her own stack of pancakes.

"But Onee-chan..."

"What now, Shou? Oh, you're going with me to the lab, by the way."

"Well, Onee-chan, how did you know I was talking about Kano?"

A large blush spread across Kaoru's face.

"Well... I...I mean..."

Shou grinned.

I bet he is my Onii-san one day.

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Kaoru sighed, turning to look at Shou. He is so hyper. Why is he so hyper? Why did I make him pancakes? Why not something like a muffin?

"Onee-chan? When are you going to get married? Are you getting married today? Can I be a ring-bearer? Can I watch the honeymoon? Are you going to have a baby? What will you name your baby? Will you name your baby after me? Can we get some candy? I like candy. Do you like candy? Do you like Pokemon? I like Pokemon. My favorite is Charizard. What's you favorite Pokemon?"

Kaoru dragged her hyperactive brother into the lab.

"Hey Professor. My bro said you called? What's up?"

Shou looked around. "Wow! This place is so cool!"

Kaoru sweatdropped at her little brother. "Is there somewhere we can put him...?"

Professor Utonium smiled. "Ken!"

Ken came out from the next room, Peach by his side. "Yes, Pa- I mean Professor?"

"Will you watch Matsubara Shou for us?"

Shou grinned at Ken.

Ken frowned in return. "I guess. Come on, follow me."

Shou scampered after Ken. "Hi, I'm Shou! Do you like Pokemon? What's your favorite Pokemon?"

Once the two were out of sight, Professor turned to Kaoru.

"Kaoru, I've talked to Momoko and Miyako about a certain incident and now I must speak to you."

Kaoru frowned. "What happened?"

Professor turned to the screen. "Do you know Korematsu Kaiba?"

Kaoru's eyes widened. "Yeah... why?"

Professor turned to Kaoru with a cold expression. "He was found dead this morning in the park."

The color drained from Kaoru's face.

"Wha...what?!"

Professor Utonium sighed. "As I mention previously, I already spoke to Momoko and Miyako. They didn't know Korematsu, therefore cannot have any motive behind killing him."

Kaoru stared. "Wait, you think that I...? Professor, I...!"

Professor held out his hand. "I'm not accusing you, Kaoru. But the police report states only someone with superhuman strength could have given the boy such a beating."

Kaoru frowned. "I... I didn't do it. I went on a date with him last night, but it ended up being a joke so I left."

It's not too far from being the truth... I don't remember what happened, so it's a pretty good guess.

Professor Utonium frowned. "Then I think we have a new villain. Peach only detected a monster signal for a few moments, and then it was gone. So I'm warning you, just like I warned your other teammates, to be on the watch for this new monster."

Kaoru nodded. "Alright Professor. Thank you for telling me."

She walked through the lab to get Shou.

Oh my God. He's dead? I was angry at him at the end of the Haunted House, but I don't remember anything past him trying to cool me off with that Vanilla Coke he got me. So that must have been how he drugged me. So anything could have happened.

Kaoru slowly walked, pondering still. Shou pranced up and tugged on her arm.

"Onee-chan! Onee-chan!" Kaoru turned to look at the boy. As she did, a realization barreled through her head at top speed.

Oh. My. God.

Was it Kano...?

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Another short chapter. I know, loves. But I bet you want to know what's going to happen so badly. And I'm not going to try to hide my evil grin.

Man, I'd hate being my reviewer. I take far too long to update, do I not? Let's go for 60 reviews this round.

Thank you all for reading! And even more thanks to the people that review, too!