Chapter 9
"I will find a fortune!"
Shinichi were lying in his bed, thinking about the weird Norferk family when he suddenly got this uneasy feeling emerged deep within him. He sat up, frowning, he didn't really know why.
He listened. Listened hard.
Kaito was quietly humming to himself, "Now~~which mooooovie shall I waaaatch with Aoko~~la la~~"
Kudou rolled his eyes and told Kaito to be quiet.
Kaito shrugged and stopped humming to himself.
Then he heard the faint sound. Scream. From a distance. Upstairs.
"RAN!"
Kudou immediately jumped off his bed, open the door and rushed out.
As soon as Kudou opened the door, the scream could be heard more clearly.
"What the hell---?!" said Kaito, he too, jumped off the bed and ran behind Kudou.
Together, the two of them crashed into Heiji and Hakuba.
"Ouch!!"
"Where the hell are you going??!!" shouted Heiji
"It's that way, idiots!" shouted Kudou. Pointing at the direction of the girls room.
"Oh."
Then they heard more screams, which is caused by—
"AOKO!!" said Kaito, then the boys all ran as fast as they could in the dark corridor. For the first time they didn't take any noticed of those huge paintings with creepy eyes, which were staring at them coldly.
Aoko stood outside Rans room, looking at William on Kazuhas bed, mouth opened. One hand on the light switch.
Aoko and Shiho heard the scream, and since they are just next door, they didnt wasted a second to jump into Ran and Kazuhas room to investigate.
Shiho is right behind Aoko, her face went white when she saw William.
Her calm nature disappeared as she rushed towards William and saw the knife on his back.
"William!!" She shouted. "Call an ambulance! Police! Aoko, stop screaming! You too Kazuha!!!"
The light in the hotel lit up one by one, and the boys could see where they are going more clearly.
Finally, they saw Ran and Kazuhas room, they heard the distressed voices coming out of the room.
"Damn------" said Kaito when he and the boys stepped into the bedroom and saw what happened.
He grabbed Aokos shoulder when he realised she was shaking. She had never seen such a horrific scene before compare to other girls, and of course, this shocked her deeply.
"I am here Aoko, don't worry------" said Kaito.
Aoko burst into tears.
"Ahh—ahh—ahh—" Kazuhas cried, mouth open, eyes wide. Still sitting in her bed. Who wouldnt be when they are in the middle of their sleep and a person felt on top of you with blood all over his body?
Heiji pushed pass Kaito and Aoko, reached out his arms and got Kazuha out of the bloody bed. He hugged Kazuha.
"Shh---shh--- it's ok, Kazuha, it's ok-----calm down----Im here." comforted Heiji.
Kazuha hugged Heiji tightly and she too, burst into tears and sobbed.
Shinichi looked at Ran, her face was pale and of course, there were tears in her eyes too.
Before Kudou could open his mouth, Ran answered the question. "Im OK, Shinichi, dont worry."
Shinichi nodded, but never the less, he still walked up to Ran and kiss her gently on her cheek as a "I am here now, and I love you" sort of comforting kiss.
"WILLIAM!!!" screamed Tracey. The whole family was now outside the room, and without making more noise, Anne fainted and collapsed into Henry.
"What is going on? What---Ohhhhhhhhhhhh" whimpered aunt Alice when she saw William.
Just like a domino game, the girls fainted one by one. Uncle John decided to join as well, so uncle Mike had to grab him quickly, which left Richard and Henry busy catching their fainting sisters and aunts.
Kaito looked at them, and then looked at Aoko. "At least you lot are not as bad."
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"Is he going to be OK?" asked Shiho in the phone.
"I dont know, the doctor says he--- there is a great possibility that he---he won't make it." Replied Henry with the shaky voice.
"I will keep in touch." Said Shiho darkly and she put down the phone.
The ambulance came and took William away, Henry and Anne went with the ambulance.
It was too hours ago when William collapsed on Kazuhas bed. The hotel was now full of police. Outside the hotel parked several police cars and a helicopter.
Everyone was sitting in the large living room. The huge black sofas were arranged in a circle pattern, so everyone was facing each other. In front of the sofas were the huge fire place which was burning brightly.
But no matter how hot it was, it could not warm up the chilling feeling that was inside everyone.
Several huge portraits were hanging on the red wall all around the room. On either side of the room were book shelves with thick books that guarantees to make you fall asleep by reading the first page.
Red carpet and gold decorations were the main colour scheme in this hotel, but right now, red wasn't really everyone's cup of tea.
The big grandfather clock was ticking away in the corner, reminding the group how long they had been sitting there in silence.
Shinichi, Heiji and Hakuba kept on pacing up and down the room, looking extremely serious and lost in their thoughts.
Kaito was sitting there in silence, arms crossed and his eyes closed. Thinking. Aoko had never seen him so serious before.
Ran, Kazuha, Aoko and Shiho were sitting closely together, looking at the rest of the family. Tracey was still crying silently, Richard put his arm around his sister but he have the greenest face in the whole room.
Aunt Louise however, was making a lot of noise.
"*sob* who would—how can *sob* anyone do this *sob* to our dear William?! *Boo-hoo*"
Mike kept on telling his wife to calm down without any success.
Aunt Alice sat there in silence, Hakuba looked at her several times and every time, she was avoiding the eye contact.
John was sitting a meter away from his wife, there was great sadness and anger in his eyes. The muscle on his face kept on twitching for some reason. He held his fist tightly the whole time.
Everyone was quiet and, at the same time, they all have the same thought in their mind— maybe one of them tried to kill William.
Finally, after what felt like a century long, the doors opened, and followed by the sound of footsteps walking on the thick carpet, a chubby but serious man walked in with three policemen. He was wearing the black suit. Tall, middle aged and looked like he just got dragged out of his bed in the middle of his precious sleep.
He looked at everyone with a soul piercing glare, it made you feel so tiny and useless—and guilty for something you didn't do.
"We need to know where you were, and what you were doing when William was stabbed." Said the man.
"We were all asleep!!" cried Tracey, "What more do you want?!"
"William's room is a mess, and several items were missing, isn't that a proof to say that there were robbers?" asked Mike.
"That along is not good enough I'm afraid. We are trying to find finger prints at the moment."
"There is no finger prints." Said Kudou suddenly. "This is planned, so the murderer won't be that stupid to leave the finger prints for us to find. They is no finger prints on the knife either."
"Someone in this house tried to kill William." Added Heiji. "He or she was trying to make it look like a robbery. All the missing items were not valuable."
"Now, why would a robber come into the house, take something worth only £200, like a Mont Blanc pen?" asked Hakuba. He looked more than pissed. "William struggled from HIS room to Kazuhas room— you can tell because he was bleeding all the way—he didn't even went to his study room, this mean that the killer—murderer, messed up his study room, then went to his bedroom and stabbed him. The missing items is still
in the hotel, I am sure of it."
"Try the pond in the garden." Added Kaito suddenly.
The chubby man nodded and told one of the policemen to organise a search in the pond.
"But— why didn't the killer—kill him?" asked Richard.
"Because he or she thought that William was dead." Said Kudou.
"Or maybe something made the murderer stop and he\she have to get away quickly." Said Heiji.
"There were no sign of struggling." Added the chubby man. "Except Miss Toyama and Miss Mouri, all of you are suspects of attempting murder. Hakuba?"
Hakuba looked up at the chubby man. "Yeah?"
"This includes you too, Im afraid."
Hakuba nodded. "Yes, dad, I know."
"DAD???!!!" shouted everyone, except Kaito, who just shrugged.
Hakubas father ignored the reaction and said "I will put more of my men around and the hotel and keep all of you under police surveillance, there is not enough rooms to put all of you in the jail yet." He added.
"DAD!" shouted Hakuba. "At least you can be more sensitive!"
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Everyone went back to their room with no intention of getting more sleep. Shinichi, Heiji and Kaito was correct. All the missing items from William's room were found in the pond. This proved only one thing. The murderer's intention was to kill William from the beginning. There were no robber.
Hakuba decided to talk to Richard more when his dad called him.
Hakuba walked up to his father. "Yeah?"
"Hakuba, all I want to know is this. Can you handle it?" asked his father "Are you OK?"
Hakuba nodded his head firmly. "YES."
"I will find the killer, dad, I know I can. Plus, all my other good friends are here. Together, we can solve this crime."
Hakubas father looked pleased. "Then, I am going to leave it to you. I know you are a sensible boy"
"Are you leaving?"
"Yeah, your mother won't be pleased to know I left you here with another murder crime to solve---"
Hakuba grinned.
When Hakubas father was walking out of the hotel, Hakuba called him. "DAD?!"
The chubby man turned around.
"Thanks---- for coming, I know this is not your area. You should be in London."
"Be careful." Said the father. "I don't want to see you come back home with more bullets in you than in a machine gun. Or turned into a small boy like last time."
Hakuba smiled.
"So, that pretty red hair Japanese girl is your girlfriend then? You have an excellent taste, just like your dad!"
The smile was replaced by embarrassment. "Bye dad. Don't call me, I will call you."
Hakubas father laughed and gave his son a heavy pat on the back. "My little boy is embarrassed!"
"BYE DAD!!" shouted Hakuba.
Hakuba watched his father get into the helicopter from the front entrance of the hotel. Finally, he closed the door and sighed.
"It is 3 O`clock in the morning----" He said after looking at his pocket watch. He felt really tired. He rubbed his eye wearily.
Suddenly, a hand landed on his shoulder. He turned and saw Richard.
"Who is it?" asked Richard. "Who killed my father and stabbed William?"
"Richard--- I don't know. Not yet."
"You are supposed to help me!" shouted Richard, losing control "I thought I could trust you, and now William is dying, what are you—"
"Richard, shut up!" said Tracey suddenly, walking down from the stairs. "This is not Hakubas fault, and now you are blaming him? He is here to help!"
"Exactly, and what did he helped? NOTHING!"
"Oh you can be so childish, listen to yourself! This is our problem, not Hakubas!"
"Oh piss off, Tracey!" roared Richard.
Tracey looked stunned. "I beg-beg your pardon?!"
Richard shrugged, face red, he ran upstairs and Hakuba could hear the door slam shut from Richards room.
Hakuba stood there awkwardly. Tracey sighed and wiped off the tears in her eyes.
"I am so sorry, Hakuba, Richard is the youngest in the family, sometimes he can be so unreasonable. The lost of our father have
hurt him deeply. Now knowing that one of us is the murderer, it's just too much for him."
"I know. I dont blame him. He is right, I was here to help."
Tracey nodded. "You can stay here as long as you and your friends wish. But please, find out who is doing this to the family, and why."
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"It all started with Lady Norferk." Said Kudou to Heiji and Kaito.
The boys were in Heiji's room, and the girls were all next door, because they were too afraid to be away from the boys. Of course, Tracey was
with them.
Richard was in his own with his bad mood.
6 policemen had been sent to stay close with the rest of the family, they kept on yawning and seemed to be spooked by the huge paintings on the wall. (the eyes~~~ it follows you~~~)
Hakuba stumped into the room, Kudou, Heiji and Kaito looked up at him. "Hey-- are you all right---"
Hakuba slammed his fist into the wall with anger, and caused a loud noise.
"Maybe not." Said Kaito quietly.
"Hey hey hey, you are going to break the bones in your hand if you do that agai—." Said Heiji.
Kudou watched in concern as blood ran down Hakubas hand.
"I dont care." Shrugged Hakuba. "I deserve this."
"No you don't. Now give me your hand." Said Shiho suddenly, standing behind Hakuba. She came over to the boys room to see what had happened when she heard that Hakuba stumped into the room.
With out saying anything more, she grabbed Hakubas bleeding hand and took out her handkerchief. Then she carefully wrapped it around Hakubas hand. Hakuba watched Shiho with a mixed emotion on his face. He didnt say anything.
"Do that again and you WILL break the bones in your hand." She said.
"I will leave you boys to it, make sure Hakuba don't do anything stupid, will you?" said Shiho when she left the room.
Hakuba turned and saw the huge grin on everyone's face. "What?"
"When is the wedding?" said Kudou, Heiji and Kaito all at the same time.
"-------Get lost."
"Something doesn't make sense" said Heiji. "The murderer stabbed William in his room—before he—lets assume it is a he—mess up his study room. Now, how is he going to get us to believe that there is a robber when William is killed—if killed in his own room?"
"Maybe the murderer was planning to kill William and take his body to his study room and make it look like there is a struggle. So when we arrived at the scene, we will think William was killed in his study room." Suggest Kodou
"What is the motive?" asked Kaito. "we NEED a motive."
"You like to be 2, 3 steps ahead, don't you?" asked Kudou
"Like Kudou said, it all started with Lady Norferk. All the puzzles are here, all we need to do is to put it together." Said Hakuba
"Lets see: there is the singing girl we saw outside the hotel, who looks like Lady Norferk." Said Kaito
"bleeding portrait, the death of Lady and Sir Norferk" -Heiji
"Singing voice at midnight, the contents of the song, that paper with codes"-Hakuba
"And William wanted to tell us something about his mother."- Kudou. "But, most of all-"
""Why William?"" all of them said it at the same time. Then all of them scratched their head at the same time. "AAAHHHHH~~~~TOO MANY QUESTIONS!!!"
Kaito raised his eyebrow suggestively. "Maybe its all linked to--- you know--- Pandora?"
"You think?!" frowned Kudou.
"Yeah, remember there were two robbers? Richard saw them—that is what you said, Hakuba."
"So you are saying that someone killed Sir Norferk and William—" said Heiji.
"He ain't dead!" interrupt Hakuba annoyingly
"Sorry—someone in the family is after that Diamond?"
"Yeah, all we need to do now is find the diamond and use it as a bate to catch the murderer" suggest Kaito.
"And who else is more suitable to find the diamond than me!!!" he added brightly.
"Anyone but you." Muttered Shinichi.
"I dont think so." Said Hakuba.
"I dunno" said Heiji.
Kaito looked at Shinichi. "You know I have a VERY good reason to find that diamond, don't you?"
Shinichi looked undecided, he knew who Kaito really is, he knows why he wants to find the diamond, he remember the promise KID made, about giving up his "part-time job" if the found Pandora-----
"Yeah, leave it to Kaito, he will be the one to discover the diamond." Said Kudou finally, shaking his head. "I will regret this."
"Aye aye captain!" Hakuba said bitterly. "and I will find the murderer."
"I will find the ghost." Grinned Heiji.
"And I will find---- A FORTUNE!" said Kaito brightly, but all he got was the half moon eyes and warning glares from the boys.
"Chill--- can't you guys take a joke when you hear one?" muttered Kaito.
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To be Continue-------
"I will find a fortune!"
Shinichi were lying in his bed, thinking about the weird Norferk family when he suddenly got this uneasy feeling emerged deep within him. He sat up, frowning, he didn't really know why.
He listened. Listened hard.
Kaito was quietly humming to himself, "Now~~which mooooovie shall I waaaatch with Aoko~~la la~~"
Kudou rolled his eyes and told Kaito to be quiet.
Kaito shrugged and stopped humming to himself.
Then he heard the faint sound. Scream. From a distance. Upstairs.
"RAN!"
Kudou immediately jumped off his bed, open the door and rushed out.
As soon as Kudou opened the door, the scream could be heard more clearly.
"What the hell---?!" said Kaito, he too, jumped off the bed and ran behind Kudou.
Together, the two of them crashed into Heiji and Hakuba.
"Ouch!!"
"Where the hell are you going??!!" shouted Heiji
"It's that way, idiots!" shouted Kudou. Pointing at the direction of the girls room.
"Oh."
Then they heard more screams, which is caused by—
"AOKO!!" said Kaito, then the boys all ran as fast as they could in the dark corridor. For the first time they didn't take any noticed of those huge paintings with creepy eyes, which were staring at them coldly.
Aoko stood outside Rans room, looking at William on Kazuhas bed, mouth opened. One hand on the light switch.
Aoko and Shiho heard the scream, and since they are just next door, they didnt wasted a second to jump into Ran and Kazuhas room to investigate.
Shiho is right behind Aoko, her face went white when she saw William.
Her calm nature disappeared as she rushed towards William and saw the knife on his back.
"William!!" She shouted. "Call an ambulance! Police! Aoko, stop screaming! You too Kazuha!!!"
The light in the hotel lit up one by one, and the boys could see where they are going more clearly.
Finally, they saw Ran and Kazuhas room, they heard the distressed voices coming out of the room.
"Damn------" said Kaito when he and the boys stepped into the bedroom and saw what happened.
He grabbed Aokos shoulder when he realised she was shaking. She had never seen such a horrific scene before compare to other girls, and of course, this shocked her deeply.
"I am here Aoko, don't worry------" said Kaito.
Aoko burst into tears.
"Ahh—ahh—ahh—" Kazuhas cried, mouth open, eyes wide. Still sitting in her bed. Who wouldnt be when they are in the middle of their sleep and a person felt on top of you with blood all over his body?
Heiji pushed pass Kaito and Aoko, reached out his arms and got Kazuha out of the bloody bed. He hugged Kazuha.
"Shh---shh--- it's ok, Kazuha, it's ok-----calm down----Im here." comforted Heiji.
Kazuha hugged Heiji tightly and she too, burst into tears and sobbed.
Shinichi looked at Ran, her face was pale and of course, there were tears in her eyes too.
Before Kudou could open his mouth, Ran answered the question. "Im OK, Shinichi, dont worry."
Shinichi nodded, but never the less, he still walked up to Ran and kiss her gently on her cheek as a "I am here now, and I love you" sort of comforting kiss.
"WILLIAM!!!" screamed Tracey. The whole family was now outside the room, and without making more noise, Anne fainted and collapsed into Henry.
"What is going on? What---Ohhhhhhhhhhhh" whimpered aunt Alice when she saw William.
Just like a domino game, the girls fainted one by one. Uncle John decided to join as well, so uncle Mike had to grab him quickly, which left Richard and Henry busy catching their fainting sisters and aunts.
Kaito looked at them, and then looked at Aoko. "At least you lot are not as bad."
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"Is he going to be OK?" asked Shiho in the phone.
"I dont know, the doctor says he--- there is a great possibility that he---he won't make it." Replied Henry with the shaky voice.
"I will keep in touch." Said Shiho darkly and she put down the phone.
The ambulance came and took William away, Henry and Anne went with the ambulance.
It was too hours ago when William collapsed on Kazuhas bed. The hotel was now full of police. Outside the hotel parked several police cars and a helicopter.
Everyone was sitting in the large living room. The huge black sofas were arranged in a circle pattern, so everyone was facing each other. In front of the sofas were the huge fire place which was burning brightly.
But no matter how hot it was, it could not warm up the chilling feeling that was inside everyone.
Several huge portraits were hanging on the red wall all around the room. On either side of the room were book shelves with thick books that guarantees to make you fall asleep by reading the first page.
Red carpet and gold decorations were the main colour scheme in this hotel, but right now, red wasn't really everyone's cup of tea.
The big grandfather clock was ticking away in the corner, reminding the group how long they had been sitting there in silence.
Shinichi, Heiji and Hakuba kept on pacing up and down the room, looking extremely serious and lost in their thoughts.
Kaito was sitting there in silence, arms crossed and his eyes closed. Thinking. Aoko had never seen him so serious before.
Ran, Kazuha, Aoko and Shiho were sitting closely together, looking at the rest of the family. Tracey was still crying silently, Richard put his arm around his sister but he have the greenest face in the whole room.
Aunt Louise however, was making a lot of noise.
"*sob* who would—how can *sob* anyone do this *sob* to our dear William?! *Boo-hoo*"
Mike kept on telling his wife to calm down without any success.
Aunt Alice sat there in silence, Hakuba looked at her several times and every time, she was avoiding the eye contact.
John was sitting a meter away from his wife, there was great sadness and anger in his eyes. The muscle on his face kept on twitching for some reason. He held his fist tightly the whole time.
Everyone was quiet and, at the same time, they all have the same thought in their mind— maybe one of them tried to kill William.
Finally, after what felt like a century long, the doors opened, and followed by the sound of footsteps walking on the thick carpet, a chubby but serious man walked in with three policemen. He was wearing the black suit. Tall, middle aged and looked like he just got dragged out of his bed in the middle of his precious sleep.
He looked at everyone with a soul piercing glare, it made you feel so tiny and useless—and guilty for something you didn't do.
"We need to know where you were, and what you were doing when William was stabbed." Said the man.
"We were all asleep!!" cried Tracey, "What more do you want?!"
"William's room is a mess, and several items were missing, isn't that a proof to say that there were robbers?" asked Mike.
"That along is not good enough I'm afraid. We are trying to find finger prints at the moment."
"There is no finger prints." Said Kudou suddenly. "This is planned, so the murderer won't be that stupid to leave the finger prints for us to find. They is no finger prints on the knife either."
"Someone in this house tried to kill William." Added Heiji. "He or she was trying to make it look like a robbery. All the missing items were not valuable."
"Now, why would a robber come into the house, take something worth only £200, like a Mont Blanc pen?" asked Hakuba. He looked more than pissed. "William struggled from HIS room to Kazuhas room— you can tell because he was bleeding all the way—he didn't even went to his study room, this mean that the killer—murderer, messed up his study room, then went to his bedroom and stabbed him. The missing items is still
in the hotel, I am sure of it."
"Try the pond in the garden." Added Kaito suddenly.
The chubby man nodded and told one of the policemen to organise a search in the pond.
"But— why didn't the killer—kill him?" asked Richard.
"Because he or she thought that William was dead." Said Kudou.
"Or maybe something made the murderer stop and he\she have to get away quickly." Said Heiji.
"There were no sign of struggling." Added the chubby man. "Except Miss Toyama and Miss Mouri, all of you are suspects of attempting murder. Hakuba?"
Hakuba looked up at the chubby man. "Yeah?"
"This includes you too, Im afraid."
Hakuba nodded. "Yes, dad, I know."
"DAD???!!!" shouted everyone, except Kaito, who just shrugged.
Hakubas father ignored the reaction and said "I will put more of my men around and the hotel and keep all of you under police surveillance, there is not enough rooms to put all of you in the jail yet." He added.
"DAD!" shouted Hakuba. "At least you can be more sensitive!"
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Everyone went back to their room with no intention of getting more sleep. Shinichi, Heiji and Kaito was correct. All the missing items from William's room were found in the pond. This proved only one thing. The murderer's intention was to kill William from the beginning. There were no robber.
Hakuba decided to talk to Richard more when his dad called him.
Hakuba walked up to his father. "Yeah?"
"Hakuba, all I want to know is this. Can you handle it?" asked his father "Are you OK?"
Hakuba nodded his head firmly. "YES."
"I will find the killer, dad, I know I can. Plus, all my other good friends are here. Together, we can solve this crime."
Hakubas father looked pleased. "Then, I am going to leave it to you. I know you are a sensible boy"
"Are you leaving?"
"Yeah, your mother won't be pleased to know I left you here with another murder crime to solve---"
Hakuba grinned.
When Hakubas father was walking out of the hotel, Hakuba called him. "DAD?!"
The chubby man turned around.
"Thanks---- for coming, I know this is not your area. You should be in London."
"Be careful." Said the father. "I don't want to see you come back home with more bullets in you than in a machine gun. Or turned into a small boy like last time."
Hakuba smiled.
"So, that pretty red hair Japanese girl is your girlfriend then? You have an excellent taste, just like your dad!"
The smile was replaced by embarrassment. "Bye dad. Don't call me, I will call you."
Hakubas father laughed and gave his son a heavy pat on the back. "My little boy is embarrassed!"
"BYE DAD!!" shouted Hakuba.
Hakuba watched his father get into the helicopter from the front entrance of the hotel. Finally, he closed the door and sighed.
"It is 3 O`clock in the morning----" He said after looking at his pocket watch. He felt really tired. He rubbed his eye wearily.
Suddenly, a hand landed on his shoulder. He turned and saw Richard.
"Who is it?" asked Richard. "Who killed my father and stabbed William?"
"Richard--- I don't know. Not yet."
"You are supposed to help me!" shouted Richard, losing control "I thought I could trust you, and now William is dying, what are you—"
"Richard, shut up!" said Tracey suddenly, walking down from the stairs. "This is not Hakubas fault, and now you are blaming him? He is here to help!"
"Exactly, and what did he helped? NOTHING!"
"Oh you can be so childish, listen to yourself! This is our problem, not Hakubas!"
"Oh piss off, Tracey!" roared Richard.
Tracey looked stunned. "I beg-beg your pardon?!"
Richard shrugged, face red, he ran upstairs and Hakuba could hear the door slam shut from Richards room.
Hakuba stood there awkwardly. Tracey sighed and wiped off the tears in her eyes.
"I am so sorry, Hakuba, Richard is the youngest in the family, sometimes he can be so unreasonable. The lost of our father have
hurt him deeply. Now knowing that one of us is the murderer, it's just too much for him."
"I know. I dont blame him. He is right, I was here to help."
Tracey nodded. "You can stay here as long as you and your friends wish. But please, find out who is doing this to the family, and why."
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"It all started with Lady Norferk." Said Kudou to Heiji and Kaito.
The boys were in Heiji's room, and the girls were all next door, because they were too afraid to be away from the boys. Of course, Tracey was
with them.
Richard was in his own with his bad mood.
6 policemen had been sent to stay close with the rest of the family, they kept on yawning and seemed to be spooked by the huge paintings on the wall. (the eyes~~~ it follows you~~~)
Hakuba stumped into the room, Kudou, Heiji and Kaito looked up at him. "Hey-- are you all right---"
Hakuba slammed his fist into the wall with anger, and caused a loud noise.
"Maybe not." Said Kaito quietly.
"Hey hey hey, you are going to break the bones in your hand if you do that agai—." Said Heiji.
Kudou watched in concern as blood ran down Hakubas hand.
"I dont care." Shrugged Hakuba. "I deserve this."
"No you don't. Now give me your hand." Said Shiho suddenly, standing behind Hakuba. She came over to the boys room to see what had happened when she heard that Hakuba stumped into the room.
With out saying anything more, she grabbed Hakubas bleeding hand and took out her handkerchief. Then she carefully wrapped it around Hakubas hand. Hakuba watched Shiho with a mixed emotion on his face. He didnt say anything.
"Do that again and you WILL break the bones in your hand." She said.
"I will leave you boys to it, make sure Hakuba don't do anything stupid, will you?" said Shiho when she left the room.
Hakuba turned and saw the huge grin on everyone's face. "What?"
"When is the wedding?" said Kudou, Heiji and Kaito all at the same time.
"-------Get lost."
"Something doesn't make sense" said Heiji. "The murderer stabbed William in his room—before he—lets assume it is a he—mess up his study room. Now, how is he going to get us to believe that there is a robber when William is killed—if killed in his own room?"
"Maybe the murderer was planning to kill William and take his body to his study room and make it look like there is a struggle. So when we arrived at the scene, we will think William was killed in his study room." Suggest Kodou
"What is the motive?" asked Kaito. "we NEED a motive."
"You like to be 2, 3 steps ahead, don't you?" asked Kudou
"Like Kudou said, it all started with Lady Norferk. All the puzzles are here, all we need to do is to put it together." Said Hakuba
"Lets see: there is the singing girl we saw outside the hotel, who looks like Lady Norferk." Said Kaito
"bleeding portrait, the death of Lady and Sir Norferk" -Heiji
"Singing voice at midnight, the contents of the song, that paper with codes"-Hakuba
"And William wanted to tell us something about his mother."- Kudou. "But, most of all-"
""Why William?"" all of them said it at the same time. Then all of them scratched their head at the same time. "AAAHHHHH~~~~TOO MANY QUESTIONS!!!"
Kaito raised his eyebrow suggestively. "Maybe its all linked to--- you know--- Pandora?"
"You think?!" frowned Kudou.
"Yeah, remember there were two robbers? Richard saw them—that is what you said, Hakuba."
"So you are saying that someone killed Sir Norferk and William—" said Heiji.
"He ain't dead!" interrupt Hakuba annoyingly
"Sorry—someone in the family is after that Diamond?"
"Yeah, all we need to do now is find the diamond and use it as a bate to catch the murderer" suggest Kaito.
"And who else is more suitable to find the diamond than me!!!" he added brightly.
"Anyone but you." Muttered Shinichi.
"I dont think so." Said Hakuba.
"I dunno" said Heiji.
Kaito looked at Shinichi. "You know I have a VERY good reason to find that diamond, don't you?"
Shinichi looked undecided, he knew who Kaito really is, he knows why he wants to find the diamond, he remember the promise KID made, about giving up his "part-time job" if the found Pandora-----
"Yeah, leave it to Kaito, he will be the one to discover the diamond." Said Kudou finally, shaking his head. "I will regret this."
"Aye aye captain!" Hakuba said bitterly. "and I will find the murderer."
"I will find the ghost." Grinned Heiji.
"And I will find---- A FORTUNE!" said Kaito brightly, but all he got was the half moon eyes and warning glares from the boys.
"Chill--- can't you guys take a joke when you hear one?" muttered Kaito.
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To be Continue-------