The next day, Ame sat in the interrogation room on her own. She was just waiting for this Joe guy to enter the room. She could hear him talking to Spirit right outside the door. She wasn't sure why they were out there; just because the walls were soundproof didn't stop her from hearing them. Maybe it was social convention or something. She was, however, unaware that Lord Death, Kid, and Eibon were watching over the investigation through Lord Death's mirror.

"You seem a bit edgy, Kid," Lord Death noticed.

"I'm fine," Kid looked down self-consciously. He was a bit nervous, given how dishonest Ame seemed to be of late. He was eager to know the truth about a few things.

Ame's ears perked up when she heard Spirit and Joe enter the room. Joe took a seat in front of Ame whilst Spirit stood calmly in the corner. Ame had probably never seen the man so serious before, at least not in this world. Ame watched Joe glance over a clip board, her tail flicking passively to pass the time. He didn't look like much, but he didn't look like nothing either. He seemed serious on the job, but he was a nice guy. The thing that Ame noticed most about him was his smell. He smelled of a certain brand of fancy coffee beans.

"Name?" Joe asked.

"Rena Ryugu," Ame rolled her eyes. Joe gave her a rather stern look. "Amaterasu, bitch."

"Occupation?" Joe continued.

"Savior of the world!" Ame yelled, childishly enraged. She got to her feet and glared at Spirit. The death weapon just stood there, so Ame decided to sit back down. She leaned back in the chair and crossed her legs. Joe looked up at her.

"Are you a spy?" he asked a serious question.

"Yes." Ame replied immediately.

In the Death Room, Eibon burst out laughing. Lord Death simply sighed exasperatedly, and Kid put his hand over his face.

Spirit glanced at Joe, unsure how he'd react. However, Joe smiled.

"I see," he said. "And what faction are you a spy for?"

Ame didn't think of that. She blushed and looked away.

Eibon immediately stopped laughing. "How disappointing."

"Are you a spy or not?" Joe asked, slightly amused.

"Of course not," Ame frowned, puffing out her cheeks.

"I read the reports of the Demon Lord's return," Joe informed her. "I also received a great amount of information from Death the Kid, who told me of all your suspicious behavior under the radar. You said that you went into hiding to enter the Grim World. Exactly when did you do this?"

"The day that no one expected anything bad to happen," Ame replied quietly, looking down at her lap. She fiddled with her hands quietly. "Let's see… May, June, July has thirty-one days, then carry the five…."

Joe glanced at Spirit, who sweat-dropped and shrugged.

"July 14th," Ame finally came up with an answer.

That was the day of her Madness attack, Joe thought, referring back to the clipboard. "There's a report here saying you had come to the school after killing a sheep from a farm outside of Death City. You assaulted several students and a teacher. Now."

He leaned forward and put his fist in the center of her chest.

"No messing around this time," he said firmly. "Was it you who attacked those people?"

"No," Ame replied earnestly. Joe pulled away and flipped a few pages over the back of the clipboard.

"Were you gone the entire time from July 14th to the day the Demon Lord returned?"

"Yes," Ame nodded.

"Why did you go alone?" he asked.

"I am only able to transport my own soul between worlds," Ame replied.

"Why didn't you inform anyone of where you were going?"

"Kid and I had just broken up, and I didn't want to bother anyone with it," Ame shrugged. "Besides, I didn't think it would take so long."

"Why did it take so long?" Joe continued. "What exactly happened in the Grim World?"

"I sensed a simple disturbance," Ame replied. "That's all I can describe it as. So I went, but I couldn't find anything wrong. There were no disrupted spirits or anything, just silence. That bad feeling I'd had was just a tease." Her eyes narrowed as she stared forward distastefully. "It was a ploy."

"Do you think this ploy has anything to do with the Demon Lord's return?"

Ame straightened her legs and folded her hands in her lap. Her voice was different when she replied. Calm, mature… almost like she was a different person.

"I think I know how that is," she said. "Inuyasha has been in touch with evil forces for a while now. I think that when he realized he could bring the Demon Lord back, he decided to get rid of some of us so we wouldn't interfere like when we defeated Sidoh. He's the only one of my Zodiac that could or would cause a false disruption to bait me away. After I left, he brought the Demon Lord back in my form to take my place."

"Interesting," Joe glanced at the clipboard one more time. "You're one impressive investigator to figure all that out by yourself. However," his tone become accusing. "You figured that out way too perfectly. Is this a set-up for the academy to entrust something to you so you could use it to your own advantage?"

"That's a stupid question," Ame said, regaining her cocky attitude. "If I wanted anything from the academy, I would have taken it long ago."

"Are you sure you wouldn't forge all these incidents to make things more interesting?" he asked. Ame frowned.

"That does sound like something I'd do, huh?" Ame sighed and hunched over in her chair. "After all, I've altered the time space continuum more times than I can count, and all for what? Stupid."

Joe stared at her in shock for a few moments. Spirit tensed. He'd forgotten to mention that, so Joe was oblivious to this little detail. Joe regained his composure and placed his fist back on Ame's chest.

"Could you repeat that, please?" he asked.

"I've altered the space time continuum eight hundred times," Ame said with a cocky smirk.

"And how did you do that?" Joe asked, keeping his hand on her chest.

"I combined the power of my time-slowing power with madness to reverse time a certain amount."

"And why did you do this?"

"Look, sir, I'm not here to teach you all about my form of Madness," Ame said, a little tired with the questions. "If you want to know, take Sayo's class; I'm sure she'd be happier to teach you."

"About that," Spirit interrupted with an apologetic smirk. "Yeah, that checks out. Ame actually did that to save Kid and several others involved with the DWMA, so that was good on her part."

"Can I go now?" Ame asked. She was more than a little tired now.

"Just one last question," Joe held up a hand. "Do you know of anyone untrustworthy in the DWMA?"

Ame thought hard about it for a moment. No one that she'd thought was suspicious had been allowed in the school, so it should have been easy.

"I can leave after I answer this question?" Ame had to make sure.

"Just answer the question."

"The answer is you," Ame replied shortly, raising her head to glare at him.

"What?!"

Eibon glanced up at the mirror. He'd gotten kind of bored with the interview as Ame had. But this new development made him laugh even harder.

"Wait a minute," Lord Death said. "If Ame doesn't trust Joe, and Joe doesn't trust Ame… who gets to call the shots around here?"

"That's a good point," Kid sighed and rolled his eyes. As far as he was concerned, Ame and Joe were both idiots.

"Ame," Spirit tried to reason with the girl. "Doesn't BJ seem like a trustworthy guy to you?"

"No," Ame growled quietly, staring at Joe with wide, feral eyes.

"But I'm nobody suspicious!" Joe shook his head. "I'm just a guy who likes coffee is all!"

And so the interview was concluded with the trustworthy source and the not-so-trustworthy source in disagreement.

I know I haven't been uploading chapters as I type them; I just don't want to screw up and then have to replace chapters and tell you guys to go back and re-read them (^_^;)