"I'm going off to work today." Akemi said as she carried her handbag.

"I thought it is dangerous now…"Shinichi enquired.

"But the money still must come in, right? For Shiiho to go out is out of the question so I should. We can't just stay here without paying, right?" Akemi interrupted.

"But…."

"I'm going off."

"Where is sister?" Shiiho asked. She had just woken up.

"She said..she is going to work.." Shinichi replied.

"What?"

"Say she can't stay here doing nothing. You want to go out as well? I believe I had received a letter to help with an investigation recently..Now..where is it?"

Shiiho kept silent. She walked towards the window and murmured, "Sister.."

Shiiho walked on in the dark cave on her own and thought, "Damn Kudo…Why did I follow him here? It's so dark and…."

Flashback

Shinichi and Shiiho went to the house that Shinichi was supposed to investigate. It was a big mansion located in the deep forest. Shinichi saw a device and when he switched it on, they immediately dropped down into the cave. Shiiho did not know where Shinichi was in the darkness so she began walking on her own.

End of flashback

Shiiho heard a sound. It was like a knife swinging right in front of her. She felt someone lifting her chin and placing the shiny weapon on her neck. Shiiho did not scream as she knew that a scream would mean that her life will be gone. She prayed very hard and sweated profusely. Suddenly, she heard a gunshot.

"Bang!" Shiiho closed her eyes. She thought she was dead. The knife dropped onto the ground and the attacker fell.

"Are you okay?" A gentle voice came. Shiiho looked up. There was a torchlight shone on her. It was Akai Shuichi. "I hate this guy; I thought I could just find a nice dark place to settle down without any connection with the idiotic world. Damn, why must he spoil my day? Seems to me that there is no where I can go."

Shiiho looked at him, grinned and thought, "Just the same as me, no where to go…"

"Hey, that woman over there, are you really okay?" Shiiho nodded. She turned and starred at the gun as if she was wondering why Shuichi had it. "Want to give a guess why I have this?" Shuichi asked. Shiiho continued to stare at it. "You know who I am?"

This time Shiiho spoke," Who?"

"I'm a FBI.."

"Ohhh…."

"What's your name, woman?"

There was a silence before Shuichi moved towards her and whispered, "You…have no name? Never mind, we are the same….I, too, do not know how to address myself.." There was a silence again before Shuichi asked softly, "Are you lost here?" Shiiho nodded. "I know the way out, shall I show you?"

Shuichi brought Shiiho out of the cave. Shiiho gave a sigh of relief and she walked back to the mansion. Shuichi shouted, "Hey, you're going back there?" Shiiho nodded. Shuichi did not say a word and he began walking the other direction.

When Shiiho entered the mansion, she saw Shinichi. "I'm so worried about you. But it seems that I think too lowly of you," Shinichi said and laughed.

Shiiho replied, "You should know that. Let's go. I'm pretty worried for my sister now." After that, they went back home on a car of the owner of the mansion. Shiiho thought as she starred out of the window, "Why was he there? From what I see, no one in the house knew of his presence. That guy with the hat…"

At this time, Shuichi was driving right behind them. "That woman resembles her. The calmness and the mysterious feeling….it is the same. I can sense that. Is she related to her? And the shot that I made just now…when did I know how to shoot? It's so accurate…" Shuichi thought. He stopped outside the Professor's house. "Ahh…That's where she lives…"

"What?" Shiiho exclaimed. "Ok…I got it.." She put down the phone. Her face was pale.

"What is so shocking, Miyano?" Shinichi asked lightheartedly. He still preferred to call Shiiho by her surname although she told him not to.

"The hospital called up. The nurse said that my sister is in hospital now."

"What?"

"Said she was shot. Right, it must be those guys."

Shinichi frowned. "Let's go!" he said.

In the hospital, there were a couple of police officers. Shinichi recognized one of them and said, "Officer Sato, what happened to her?"

Miwako turned and answered, "You mean Miyano Akemi..?" Shinichi nodded. "Ohh, she was involved in a gunshot incident…I'm not very sure of what happened then…a few passer-bys saw it and phoned the police."

"No one saw what happened?" Miwako shook her head. "Well, I can tell you who did it.."

"Stop it, Kudo-kun!" Shiiho interrupted.

There was silence before Miwako began, "I do not know what you may know but I have to tell you that if you know of anything related to the case, don't hide it from me." Shinichi nodded. "Ahh..Kudo..how are you related to Miyano Akemi?"

"No…I am not but she is.." Shinichi smiled and said with his finger pointing at Shiiho.

"What is your name?" Sato began.

"Miyano Shiiho."

"What is your relationship with the victim?"

"She is my elder sister."

"Are you the only relative of hers?"

"Yes."

"Do you know who might have harmed her?" There was silence for a while before Miwako continued, "The person that injured her will be extremely dangerous because he or she has a gun. The killer might come and look for her again so I hope that you will cooperate with us and tell us everything you know."

"I don't know." Miwako looked suspiciously at Shiiho. She knew there was something that she was hiding from her.

"Kudo-kun, can you continue your last sentence?" Miwako asked.

"Give me a second," he said as he walked towards Shiiho and whispered, "Why did you stop me from telling her about them? Officer Sato is not an unreasonable officer and she will help if you tell her."

"No use. They are not that easy to be defeated."

"Your sister is injured and you still…"

"I don't know much about them. If you tell her it's Gin and Volka, she will come back with two bottles of wine."

"That's true but you can tell her it's two guys in black. Describe their physical appearance.

"How many people are there in Japan that wears black everyday? How many people have long golden hair and black sunglasses?"

Shinichi pondered for a while before he walked back to Miwako and said, "She said she is unable to give the specific physical appearance of the criminal. She believes that the criminal is out to kill Miyano Akemi so…"

"I know. I will protect her," Miwako interrupted.

"On your own?"

"I'm a top class police officer, remember?" she said with a wink. She walked towards Shiiho and said reassuringly, "Shiiho, I'll protect your sister." Shiiho looked at her and smiled.

A few weeks has past. Shiiho came to the hospital everyday to visit her sister. Her sister was shot in the stomach and although the doctor had removed it, she had not woken up. Shiiho always went to the hospital with Shinichi who would stay outside of the room to look out for Gin and Volka. Beside Shiiho was Miwako. She was always in the room when Shiiho came and she would be talking to Akemi about the latest things that were happening to encourage her to wake up.

One day, Shiiho asked Miwako, "Officer Sato, why did you do this?"

"What did I do? Don't call me 'Sato', call me 'Miwako'."

"You don't have to stay here everyday, wasting your time on us."

"This is an investigation, remember?"

"Why don't you rotate with some other police officers?"

There was a silence before Miwako said, "Because I hate to see a person lying down on the bed. I just can't stand it." Shiiho starred at her, wondering what she was thinking. Miwako murmured, "It reminds me of that guy."

"Who? Where is he now?"

"Somewhere far away. He was lying in this same hospital. I came to visit him everyday and one day when I came, he was not around anymore. He left a message saying he wanted to forget about everything that had happened and go to somewhere quiet where nobody knows him." Her eyes were in tears. Shiiho put her arm around her shoulders. She did not know what to say. It was as if the person lying down there was Miwako's sister and she was the police officer. Standing not far away from the room was Shuichi. He was waiting. Waiting for his chance to go into the room when Shinichi was off his guard. Shinichi saw him on a few occasions but he did not do anything.

Note: Wow, this is the hardest chapter I've ever written! I hope you didn't get confused on the way. Well, I'll allow all of you to guess the 'guy' Miwako mentioned until the next chapter. Enjoy and pls review!