Hello Conan Fans!!
Its chapter 8 now! This is a slightly longer chapter too, hope you will enjoy it! =^0^=






Chapter 8
"Its all L"



"Here is the letter which my father left on his table the day he-died. I am not sure if it is anything important." Said William, handing a piece of paper to Hakuba.
He was not looking well, his handsome face was pale and weary.
Richard glanced at his brother, but said nothing.
All the boys (except Kaito) were in Williams study room, wanting to get more information about the family.


"You might noticed that all the servant and cooks are gone, due to that singing voice at night-it scares them. I cant keep them here when they refuse to stay."
Sighed William "I hope you can help us to put a stop to this none-sense"

Hakuba nodded. "We will"
Heiji and Shinichi both stood closer to Hakuba to get a closer look at the paper:



L.M1.M2.E1
M1 *6**7*
L *2* *4-F---*
M2 *1* *5*
E1
---Wife



"Now, thats interesting." Said Hakuba.
Shinichi and Heiji both have a huge smile on their face.
"May I make a copy of this paper please?" asked Hakuba.
William nodded.
"Are you Ok?" asked Richard to William.
"Pardon? Oh, yes, dont worry-----" answered William.
"Hakuba--- your father is a policeman, is that correct?"
"---------Yeah, something like that----- why?"
"Can you give me a number to contact him?"
"Is there any thing I can help you with?" frowned Hakuba, he doesn't like the way William was talking. Something was not right.



"Well-----" frowned William, he seems to be thinking hard, trying to decide something very important. Finally, he made up his mind.
"Yes, it is best if I talk to you about it. After all, you and your friends are here to help us. I should have told you earlier.
You must understand what I am about to tell you is very personal. It involved a very strange yet true story about my family. I trust you people can keep it as quiet as possible?"


All the boys nodded, Richard looks surprised and puzzled.
William finally decided to continue. "You see, my mother--"
William suddenly stopped when a person walked into his room.


It was aunt Alice.

She glared at everyone in the room slowly, then she said "Am I interrupting something?"
Everyone looked at William, whose face just turned into a very nasty colour.
"No, what is it?"
"May I ask you gentleman to step outside for a while? I need to discuss something with my dear William." Said aunt Alice coldly. Richard pulled a face when she used the word "dear".


All the boys got hushed outside of the room and the door was shut behind them.
"I have just about enough with those English ways of being polite" complained Heiji.
"I feel like living in the 18th century! How do you do it Hakuba?"
Hakuba shrugged. "you get used to it-one day. What do you think he wants to talk to us about? Richard?"


Richard shook his head. "I dont know."
"Here." Said Hakuba. Passing the paper to Shinichi. It was the paper with the strange writings.
"Lets see who can solve the code first!" announced Heiji excitingly, Shinichi grinned. All of them are very competitive, and all of them wants to out smart each other, really. ^_^


"Anyone seen Kaito?" asked Aoko, walking towards the boys with Ran, Kazuha and Ai. They just came back from the beach.
"I cant find that idiot any where!"


"Who are you calling an idiot?" muttered Kaito as he appeared at the end of the corridor, walking casually with a paper in his hand, but something else was clearly on his mind. "L---L---L----Its all L."
Hakuba raised his eye brows. "L?"
"L" confirmed Kaito.
"What about it?"
"Its all L"
"Whats all L?"
"L, its the letter."
"Is it me or are we having a communication problem here?" asked Hakuba.
"Normally I would say its you, but even I dunno whats he on about." Grinned Kudou.
"See if for yourself, detectives" Said Kaito, shown the paper to everyone.



"-------------------------------------- spell
Looks like heaven but it could ---hell
Every night when the demon ---
Its time to give ----- dying soul
In the corner --------------------
------- your most horrid ---------
There is no way out of this (place?)
You will vanish--------------------
For once you can never tell
If this is a nightmare or its real"



"That was the song we heard last night, I wrote it down, but again, I couldn't hear the song clear enough to be sure those are the exact words." Said Kaito.
"Hey, this is the same song the girl sang" said Heiji.
"What girl?" asked Richard
"Its "time to give YOUR dying soul"" added Hakuba.
"It was PLACE all right, but I am not sure about the next sentence"
"There seems to be a hidden message in this song, but we dont have enough information at the moment"
"Anyone know the exact time when the song started?"
"Richard, have you heard this song before?"
"We should split up and investigate----"
"You are right, Kaito, its all L------"


The boys were so into their heated discussions, they didn't noticed the girls were standing there with bored expressions on their faces.
"Lets split up!" said Kudou, and before the girls had the chance to open their mouths and suggest they wanted to come too, the boys gave Kaito a quick glance.
Kaito took out a little ball, threw it hard on the floor and with a loud Bang, smokes appeared.


The girls coughed and shouted, but, of course, the boys all dashed away before the smokes were cleared.
They were all gone. It was pretty clear that they dont want the girls to follow them around!


Kazuha shrugged. "Anyone interested in shopping? Who needs them when we are together?"
"Yeah, lets go and buy some clothes." Agreed Aoko.
The fact was, all the girl knows that they cant stop the boys from investigating anyway. ^^


Just when the girls were about to leave, the door of William's room swung open and followed with an angry shout
"LEAVE!!!"
It was William's voice.
Aunt Alice stepped out of the room with rage. "YOU CANT STOP ME!!!!" she screamed, and stormed down the other corridor, with out realizing the girls were there.


The girls looked at each other with utter amazement, and Ran decided to have a check at William.
They walked into William's room and saw him standing there, hands on the table, face down and panting heavily. He looked up and saw the girls standing there, looking at him.


"Can I help you ladies?" he asked, after taking a deep breath and tries to calm himself.
"Are--- are --- you---OK?" asked Kazuha, trying to say English.
"We--- hear--- shouts." Added Aoko, who was not so good with English, but she was trying her best.^^
William blinked, and he smiled.
His smile makes the girls blush, after all, he is not-at-all-bad-looking
"Is there anything we can help you with?" asked Shiho, she could speak perfect English (with America accent) ^_^


William shook his head. "I am sorry about that disturbance, but thank you, I appreciate your concerns."
Just then, Henry and Richard walked in.
"Hakuba gave me the order of keeping you girls occupied." Grinned Richard.
"Hello girls!" said Henry with a bright smile on his face. "Want to come to town with us? We can show you girls some really good shops to buy clothes! After that we can have some afternoon tea and home made sponge cakes and scones!"


Shiho translated that into Japanese.

Then all the girls agreed happily.


"Coming William?" asked Richard to his brother.
William nodded. "I need some fresh air." He then look at Henry. "Whats he up to? He hates shopping."
Richard grinned. "He thinks those girls are cute, you know what he like."
William smiled. "They sure are, what's the word--- kawani?"
"I do hope Henry realised his chance are very slim. By the way, its kawai." replied Richard.


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It was 6 O'clock in the afternoon, and girls stepped into the hotel with laughter and tons of shopping bags.
Henry, Richard and William were all chatting happily with the girls (while carrying the shopping bags, because they are *gentleman*), they seems to be getting on *really* well.


During the shopping trip, Henry tried several times to put his arm around Rans shoulder, but Rans *death* glare makes it clear that unless Henry have a death wish, dont even try.
So Henry started to chat to Aoko.
"So, Aoko, do you have a boyfriend?" asked Henry when they carried the shopping bags into the girls room.
"Boyfriend?"
"You know, someone close, someone you love, someone you go out with."
"Oh, I go out with Kaito"
"Kaito is your boyfriend?"
"No"
"But you go out with him"
"Yes"
"Do you love Kaito?"
"NO!" blushed Aoko.
"-----------" Henry stood there for a few seconds, looking confusingly at Aoko. "You are best friends?"
"Best Friend? Not really---he annoying"

"-------"
After a long pause.
"Do you like watching movies?" asked Henry finally.

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"Here is the book, I am sure you will enjoy reading it. What do you think of our country, Miss Shiho?" asked William to Shiho in his study room, they had some great conversation on animals when they went shopping together.
William handed her the book.


"Its beautiful, but I still prefer Japan." Replied Shiho. "So you say you can take us horse riding?"
"Yes, how about tomorrow?"
Shiho nodded.
"May I ask you a personal question?" smiled William. "How long have you been going out with Hakuba?"
"We are not going out."
The smile on William's face got even wider
"Thats interesting, so you wont mind if I ask you to joining me for dinner in an Italian restaurant tomorrow?"
Shiho blinked, and she smiled "Thank you, but no, I would like to stay with my friends."


William nodded courtly. "Of course, sorry I asked so rudely. It is perfectly understandable."
"I shall see you tomorrow, Miss Shiho. Goodnight, have a pleasant dream." Then he opens the door and let Shiho walked out. He even did a little bow when Shiho walks passed him.

When the door closed behind Shiho, "WHY did I refused?" she muttered under her breathe. Regretting it just that *tiny* bit.


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Kazuha and Ran was sitting in the large living room, chatting with Richard.
"You Japanese have the smallest hands I have ever seen" said Richard.
"Really?" laughed Kazuha. "English have big hands!"
"Here, I will show you." Said Richard, he took Kazuhas hand compared it by pressing his and her hands together.
"See?" smiled Richard.
Kazuha blushed.
"You have very pretty eyes" said Richard to Kazuha when he looked straight into her eyes.


"OI!!!!"


An shout came across the room. Heiji was standing there with half-moon eyes, angry cross and gritted teeth. Shinichi was right behind him, looking amused by Heijis reaction.

"Where have you been?" asked Heiji angrily to Kazuha.
"We looked all over the place, tried to find you girls!" he glared at Richard, who let go of Kazuhas hand.
Heiji then marched straight up to them and sat down heavily on the sofa between Richard and Kazuha.


"We went shopping together, what's it got to do with you? You wouldn't have come with us anyway!" replied Kazuha annoyingly.
"-So? I still have the right to know!"
"You are too busy with your stupid ghost-hunting! You could have find us with your so call `detective` skills since you are a detective!! And-"


"Shinichi!" said Ran, standing up quickly to stop Heiji and Kazuha break into another argument.
Shinichi gave Ran a hug and looked at her. "You went shopping?"
"Yeah! and I bought you some Scottish shortbread, I think you will like them! How is the investigation going?"
"Good, we got more clues."


"Look at you two, just like a married couple. When is the wedding?" Added Kaito when he walked into the living room, Hakuba was behind him.
"Where is Shiho and Aoko?" asked Hakuba.
"I think they are with Henry and William." Replied Ran.
Kaito and Hakuba looked at each other and without saying anymore, both dashed upstairs.
"They sure are in a hurry!" said Kazuha.
"Yeah," muttered Heiji. "So their wives wont get snatch away by other people."


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"Aoko, what was Henry doing in your room?" asked Kaito when he found Aoko was sorting out the shopping bags in her room.
"He asked me to go out and watch a film with him-I think."
"WHAT?!" shouted Kaito, then realised he was too loud. "What did you say?!"
"I said Yes, of course!"
"Of course you will say no-You-Yes? WHHHHHY!??"
"Why not?!"
Kaito looked frustrated. "He----Baka---I---I want to come too!"
Aokos eyes went wide. "No-way! You will just be very annoying and do your stupid magic tricks."
"No-I-wont." Replied Kaito. *I will just push him down the stairs and make sure he lands on his face!*


Aoko thinks for a while.
"Well--- If--- if you will come out with me to the cinema when we go back to Japan, then---- then I will tell Henry that I dont want to go to the cinema with him.
I rather go with you---because---you know---you are----erm---"
She was blushing and staring at her feet when she said all this, and at the end she was mumbling.


Following Aokos face expression, Kaito went red too.
"Well---fine----- I will go with you---because--- you know---- I dont like that guy----its a deal." He smiled.
Aoko looked up at Kaito, a happy smile came onto her face too. She nodded.


Then Kaito walked out of the room. "Goodnight, Aoko." He said happily.
"Goodnight" said Aoko, smiling. "See you tomorrow!"


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Everyone went to bed, it is 11 0clock at night, and the girls were all sleeping deeply. (hey, shopping can be very tiring for girls too! ^^)

Heiji and Hakuba were in their room, and Heiji was in a very bad mood because of that *little* argument with Kazuha.
"Kazuha is so stupid-she thinks I will know where she is-that nosy girl- holding hand with that English freak- your have pretty eyes my butt-
her eyes is none of your business-why does woman needs so many clothes-whats so fun about shopping-she doesnt know a thing about detective work-Kudou, I am not taking Kazuha to your wedding-"
"Heiji?" said Hakuba, pulling his fingers out of his ears.
"What?"
"Shut your mouth or I will shut it for you."
"oh"
"You are jealous, arent you?! You have been mumbling none stop."
"Who is jealous-why should I be jealous-it is their business-I dont give a-"
"HEIJI!! SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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When the big grandfather clock struck at half pass eleven on the corridor, the boys switched off the light and waited patiently for that voice.

But instead, they got something else.

It was dark, it was quiet in the whole hotel. The long corridors seems to be endless.
A shadow suddenly appeared, it walked silently into one of the room, and closed the door with out any noise.

Ran and Kazuha were sleeping like babies, so comfortably in their warm bed.
It was dark in the room, only moonlight slipped through the window and highlight the lines of furniture in the room.
Then, all of the sudden, the door swung open in their room, it banged against the wall loudly.

Ran opened her eyes and sat up to look around. Kazuha opened her eyes too, and she heard some noise.

A groan, gasping for air, unsteady steps.
A figure stumbled towards Kazuhas bed. Its hand reaching out to Kazuha.
Kazuha gasped as the dark shadow suddenly felt on top of her.
She felt the weight of the person landing on her legs, she opened her mouth as the same time as Ran.


"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!""

They screamed, screamed and screamed, when they saw the figure was covered with blood, a shining object was sticking out on the back of the figure.

Kazuha couldn't scream any more when she recognised the bloody face of the person, fear and shock took over herself control.
The pale moonlight revealed the handsome yet twisted face, the dark hair and the helpless expression. The wide open mouth which was filled with blood.
The white bed sheet on Kazuha was now covered with red dripping liquid.

Kazuha couldn't stop screaming. Couldn't moved. Couldn't think.
All Kazuha could hear was Rans cry and all Kazuha could see was his eye, the dying eyes of William.


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To Be Continue----------------------
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So, what do you guys think? ^_^
Just a little warning though, this Ficcie is going to get more and more bloody, so please beware-------but hey, I am sure us Conan fans are pretty used to the bloody scene now! (LOL)
Comments please~~~~thank you for reading!!

Catz