Disclaimer: I do not in any way own Zodiac P.I. I do however own most of the charactes in this story including Kotori, the Summer Triangle Detectives, and Kotori's schoolmates.

Summer Triangle
-Chapter 2-

Let's see. A little more blue it's starting to look a bit red. I dipped my paintbrush into the blue paint mixing it with the magenta looking glob.

I was in the living room, with newspaper strewn around me and a piece of canvas in front of me. It was the only room in the house with a skylight and I was painting the stars.

My mother sat near me on our old black couch. She had just barely closed the shop for the night so she was still in her fortune telling gown and wig. She stared at the blinking screen in front of her (It was the only light in the room seeing how I had turned to rest off so I could see out the skylight). She was watching the news, like always. I never did understand her love of news watching, since it never seemed like a thing Mom would do.

"Thanks Ms. Umachi, we'll have to see how the new band Helium does on the charts." The News-Anchor buzzzed wrapping up the music report for the day.

Now where's the big dipper? I dipped my paint into my newly mixed yellow-white.

"Oh this just in!" Exclaimed the Anchor's bimbo of a Co-Anchor, the theme music for breaking news played in the background. "It seems that new group of vigilanties have struck again!" Both Mom and I whipped our heads to the screen. I, because of the fact that my mother had been very interested in these vigilanties.

"Really Ms. Tanaka?"

"Yes! And we've even got a clear image of one of them." The picture appeared on the screen behind them.

It was of a girl jumping. Her bright red braid whipped behind her, and an almost glowing white half-mask covered her face.

"Wow, don't these vigilanties remind you of someone? Like maybe Spica?" My mother leaned in closer.

"Oooo! That's true! I've heard they've even got star names like her. Maybe they're a new breed of Spica warriors!" The Anchor laughed.

"If that's so, Ms. Tanaka, then they've certainly improved. If what the authorities say is true, these "warriors" solve cases even faster then the former Spica did." The two laughed.

"I was only a kid!" My mother said screaming at the television. "How was I supposed to solve cases likety-split!" I stared at my mother confused. What the hell was she talking about?

My umber-haired father rushed into the room.

"Lili, what's wrong?" He asked worried. Mom kicked the TV childishly and then hopped on one foot trying to ease the the pain that probably now jounced through her leg.

"Stupid new crimefighters giving Spica a bad name," she mummered discontently to herself. "This is all your fault!" She yelled pointing an accusing finger at Dad.

He looked at her a bit amused. "Why is it my fault, hun?"

Mom strode to him, prodding her index finger into his chest. "If -poke- you had -poke- just let me -poke- hand down -poke- the star ring -poke- we wouldn't be in this mess -pokepoke-" Dad's brown eyes darkened.

"Lili..." He said in a warning tone.

"Kotori needs to recieve the star ring and accept her fate! She needs to become Spica!"

My paintbrush clattered on to the newspaper making a crinkling noise. My painting forgotten.

"W-what?" I stumbled, confused. My feet were rooted to the spot. I stared wide eyed at my mother.

"Ko..tori..." My mother said dumbly. She must have forgotten in her rage that I was still there.

"What?" I cried louder. What did she mean become Spica?

Authors Note: Chapter 2! If you've never read Zodiac P.I(which you shough -nod- Lili, Kotori's mother, is the main character as is Hiromi(the father).

-Yasu-chan!