The Phone Death Case

Author: Kazumi Kairi or Kairi-chan

This is my very first 'Tantei Gakuen Q' aka Detective School Q. There was once this reviewer asks me if there would be couple in this story. Well, I was trying to make it but you'll find it out soon. Also there was one asks if the Urban Legend of the Phone Death was fictional or made up ones, believe me this was actually based from a true incidents and I watched that from Discovery Channel every Wednesday seven o'clock. And I loved supernatural phenomena. And by the way today May 23 is my 16th birthday! Wow! Time flies fast, isn't it?

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Let's review from the previous chapter:

Class Q had two new classmates called Takahashi Hitori and Nakashima Ameki. Little knows they've discovered that those two had supernatural abilities that are too cool for them. Then Morihiko Dan sent Class Q to their newest investigation that they must solve to the mysterious death of Harada Risuke. As you see, Meg and Ryu founded a tape recorder under Moriko and Edo's room, which is really suspicious and weird on how it got under their bed. On the second floor, Kyu was outside of the victim's room and he looks around just to find out more clues. Then his eyes lay on a small white bottle that seems to be containing some vitamins. On the first floor of the Harada house, Ameki plays a cassette player that she had found it then she suddenly collapsed after hearing it. What made her collapse on that song?

Event 4: The Sound and Wine

"AME-CHAN!" Hitori's voice screamed.

Kyu, Kinta, Kazuma, Ryu and Meg have heard Hitori's loud scream very clearly and loud enough for them to hear in the house. They all scrambled down to the kitchen and saw Hitori was neared on the unconscious blackish blue haired girl.

Hitori scrambled his legs and neared to the unconscious blackish blue haired girl still has his blue eyes on it. Then he had noticed his friends and the suspects were all there.

"What's the fuss about, Hitori?" Kyu asked him.

"It's Ame-chan…" he answered, "She suddenly collapsed."

"Hm?"

"Please bring her to my bed." Moriko suggested.

They all couldn't agree more to the gardener's suggestion, except for Ryu who have suddenly stopped as he saw the cassette player was still playing. The sounds that he hears somehow made him felt a strong feeling the same one that he used to have. He was listening to it yet for somehow he doesn't hear it. He went over there to see it but he gasped as he saw it was still playing. He pressed the stop button and rewind back.

"Could it be…" he whispers.

Everyone are in Moriko and Edo's room, they laid the unconscious blackish blue haired girl on Moriko's bed. As they put her to bed, Ameki suddenly wake up. The others looked relief-seeing Ameki in good condition except Kinta seem to be looking serious seeing Ameki's strange.

"Hey you alright, Ameki?" Kazuma asked her.

"No… that's enough… I don't want it…" Ameki whispers. "PLEASE TURN THAT THING OFF!" she screamed.

Ameki began to scream really loud and her blue orbs began to shrink small. She was panicking, this made the others to panic too as they saw the poor girl was suffering. Hitori was really sad to see her like this. Kyu and Kinta could see the brunette lad's red eyes changed into amethyst eyes.

"It looks like I have no choice but to do it…" Hitori whispers. "Meg-san, could you hold her for me."

"Umm… sure. What are you going to do?" she said.

Meg was holding the panicking blackish blue haired girl and everyone stepped aside as Hitori told them so they would not get hurt as he was trying to perform something to calm her down. Hitori took out a talisman from his side pocket then he placed on Ameki's head. With that he perform a chant on something, Ameki was still panicking but when she heard the chant she feels drowsy and then for a moment she finally calmed down.

"Huu… that should calm her." Said Hitori, "Thank you for cooperating with me, Meg-san."

"No problem, Hitori-kun." Said Meg.

"That was awesome, Hitori. I didn't know you could do that chanting." Kyu compliment him, "Where did you learned that?"

"From my father… he once learned the chanting incase there might be trouble." He answered. "Even when it comes to supernatural. It took a day to master it whole until I've mesmerized it all."

"What happen in here?" Ryu asks them as he finally appeared in the room.

"Hitori perform some chanting to calm Ameki. His chanting really calmed her down." Lia answered.

Ryu didn't say another word but his eyes looked around and saw Ameki was finally resting just like Lia explained to him.

"I see… then shall we continue our investigation?" said Ryu, "Kinta, and Kazuma I want you two on the other suspects. Lia and Meg please keep an eye with Ameki incase she might wake up." He instructed them.

Everyone nodded their heads and did what the purple haired bishounen instructed them. Ryu looked at Kyu as he gave a slight nod. They went back to where the cassette player was of course Hitori went along with them incase they might need some help. They've arrived the same place, as they expected the cassette player wasn't being touched.

"Is this you want me to show, Ryu?" Kyu asked him.

"Yes. And I want you to listen you too Hitori." Answered the purple haired bishounen.

Kyu and Hitori nodded their heads together and readily themselves to listen that tape. Ryu pressed the play button on the cassette player. They have their ears open to listen but they could not hear it.

"I didn't hear a thing on this tape." Said Kyu.

"So am I." Ryu agreed then his eyes laid on Hitori. "What do you think, Hitori? Why does this tape seem to be heard by Ameki?"

"That is because Ameki is gifted on clairaudient meaning she can hear things that others don't." Hitori answered, "But I think it's a submerbial message."

"Submerbial message? You mean one person who could only hear that involves a very complicated concentration?" Ryu wondered.

"That's right… although she wasn't that happy to have those kind of gifts. For she has encountered hearing the death messages." He added.

Back to Moriko and Edo's bedroom, Meg and Lia were keeping their eyes on the unconscious blackish blue haired girl.

"Her reaction… is exactly the same from Okasan." Lia whispers.

"Pardon me, Lia? What do you mean by that?" Meg asked Lia curiously.

Lia sighs softly then answered the pink haired girl's question, "You see… Okasan get freaks out when she heard strange music or sound. But I didn't hear the sound that she heard. It's strange…"

"I see… but why is it?" she asks more.

"Okasan once told me if I hear the strange sound that would be the key to my death." Answered the Harada daughter again. "And that may be the other reason why Okasan died. Probably Ameki-san hears it too."

As Meg was about to ask more about Lia's mother, Ameki made a stirring noise, which made her to wake up. Yet she was still shaking in fear with both of her hands was covering over her ears. This made Meg and Lia to panic but they didn't dare to tell Kyu and the others that Ameki's awake for they thought it would make Hitori really more worried after seeing his childhood friend acting like that and being scared.

"Don't worry Ms. Nakashima you're safe in here." Lia hushed Ameki.

"Gomen… Honto ni gomennasai(I'm very sorry). I've caused you guys worried on me." Ameki whispered.

"Tell us Ameki what made you collapse back there?" Meg asked her.

"That sound… it's really horrible." She answered, "The sounds came from the death… no it's more like a devil's message that you'll die next."

"What?"

"So she also heard the same thing just like my mother." Whispers Lia.

Kyu, Ryu and Hitori went upstairs and goes back inside of Harada Risuke's bedroom. The scene hasn't changed after they've left the room from the commotion.

"So why we're here?" Ryu asked Kyu.

"Oh right. While Kinta, Kazuma and I were here Kazuma said when Ms. Risuke was alone in this room, she was drinking wine." Kyu explained, "So I thought we should take a look in here to find the wine."

"Wine? But I see no wine inside…" said Hitori.

"You're right. The wine can't be found but what if it's hiding somewhere?" he said. "Hiding the next clue under our nose."

This hit Ryu's head, "Of course it could be hiding in her cabinet." He exclaimed.

Three boys turned their heads seeing one cabinet, Ryu goes to it and opened but when he opened it he found no glass that is inside of the cabinet but just a bottle of champagne. A bottle of champagne in a cabinet? That is weird why would she put it in there? And why champagne not wine?

"Strange I don't think Mrs. Risuke opened it. The seal is close." Said Hitori. "But I also think she doesn't drink wine too."

"What make you say that Hitori?" Kyu asked.

"I've heard from a member back to the building I've lived before I got out. Whenever men tried to tell her to drink one with them she didn't as she doesn't like drinking wine." He answered. "Just champagne."

Kyu continue to look around on the room, and then he began to search under the bed. Before searching it inside he took out his white glove on to his hands so the hand or fingerprints of their clue won't be removed. While he was searching on it, he felt a cold object on there. With it he took out

"Hm? I found something." Said Kyu.

Hitori and Ryu looked at the object that Kyu had took it out from under the bed. To their gaze it was a simple white glass that they're looking.

"Here smell it." He said.

Ryu sniffed the glass. "Strange… it doesn't smell wine or champagne." He said.

"What?" Kyu questioned.

Kyu took the glass and sniff the glass. Ryu was right. The glass of the victim doesn't smell either wine of champagne but it smell differently from what they've smell from any liquor. Hitori got his turn on sniffing the glass. Yet he was also surprised that Ryu was right. Why the victim's glass doesn't smell like wine or champagne? The brunette haired lad sniffed again then his mind has hit the jackpot.

"Coke…" he whispers. "That may be the smell."

"Coke?" Ryu wondered.

In the living room, Kinta and Kazuma are there to ask the suspects of their alibis and how it happens on before and after Harada Risuke's death.

"So tell us what do you know about Harada Risuke's drinking wine?" Kazuma asked each of them.

"Wine?" Edo repeated the last word.

"Why didn't you know Ms. Harada drinks wine?" Kinta asked.

"No… it's just that… she doesn't drink wine. Instead she either drinks champagne or juice." Answered Akito.

"Then can anyone tell us which one of you brought the drink?" Kazuma asked.

"Oh… It was I the one who brings her drink. Before her death." said Mishiko, "But come to think of think I've noticed the drink's color was different."

"Hm? Could you tell me what color does she usually drink?" the genius elementary kid asked her.

"I… think I recall it's supposedly red but then I noticed it was deep brown or something." She said. "But before I could bring that I remember I went to the bathroom. Then I came back to the kitchen and saw Moriko there."

"Care to tell us what're you doing there, Moriko?" Kinta asked to Moriko.

"I was looking something to drink since I was very thirsty from the work." Moriko answered. "Edo also asks me to get some drink too."

"I see… thank you. We'll leave you here." He said.

Kinta and Kazuma thanked to the suspects and then they exited themselves out of the room.

"And now shall we check on kitchen, Kazuma?" the lad asked the genius kid.

"Sure thing." He answered.

Two boys went together to the kitchen. They looked around the place until Kinta found something on the floor. He knelt down and sniffed on it.

"Strange… this thing smells like something else." Said Kinta.

"What smell?" the familiar female asked.

Kinta and Kazuma looked up and saw Meg was standing over there with Ameki next to her.

"Oh it's you, Meg." Said Kazuma. "So how are you now, Ameki?"

"I'm fine." Ameki answered. "But have you guys found something else?"

"Yeah we've got some few clues." Ryu's voice answered.

This time Kyu, Ryu, and Hitori appeared right behind the girls.

"Okay so what you guys have now?" Kyu asked them.

The Class Q had already gathered around to share what they've gather the clues and the information within the house. Everyone shared the information that they have gathered.

"So… Mrs. Harada doesn't drink wine, isn't?" Kyu asked.

"That's right. They never saw her drinking wine so she's actually drinking champagne." Answered Kazuma, "But Mishiko mentioned that when her drink was ready she saw the drink's color was different."

"Yeah… and I've found this stain on the floor. It really smell champagne if you ask me." Said Kinta.

"Hmm… could it be possible that the drink was being switched?" Kyu said.

"Switch?" Hitori repeated the word.

"Perhaps Kyu maybe right. It would be possible that the killer switch the drink but why there's a spill in here?" wondered Ryu.

While they were discussing and trying to figure out of the case, Kyu has the bottle of a medicine on his hands. His eyes had never released from staring at it. Ameki noticed at Kyu's serious expression on the bottle.

"What's that, Kyu-kun?" Ameki asked him.

"It's a medicine." He answered, "I thought it may be another clue…"

"Before that, what else did you guys found?" Ryu asked them

"Oh right, Lia said that Mrs. Harada also heard the similar sound that happened to Ameki." Said the pink haired girl, "She said her mother died after hearing some strange sound several times."

"What? Was there something like that?" Kinta asked.

"Yes Ameki and I heard it clearly from Lia." Meg recalled. "Maybe it may be part of the clue to this."

"Hmm… another supernatural phenomena… things are getting deeper than we could expected." Ryu whispered.

"Hmm…" Kyu whispers. "We have all the clues but there is one question remain."

"And that is?" Meg and Ameki wondered,

"It's Mrs. Risuke's death…" said Hitori,

"How did Mrs. Risuke died while she's inside of her room?" answered Kyu and Ryu together.

Event 4 Ends

Kairi: Aha… Another secret has finally revealed why Ameki suddenly collapse from the 3rd chapter. I've finally finishes my 4th chapter… sorry for such a late delay on updating my latest chapter. I was still drafting this 4th chapter but it was really hard to find the right words to it.

Okay let's all stop of this random. Here's the preview on the next chapter.

Preview

Class Q were all having difficulties about their cases now. They've finally gathered some clues that they could find it. Later on Hitori was still on the kitchen searching out for more clues to their investigation then he found a bottle that looks forbidden to have it in the Harada house. What item did Hitori found? Was it another clue to their case not? On the next chapter of The Phone Death Case Event 5 Finally. There's only ONE ANSWER!