A/N: I changed the Conan's Hint in this chapter… there isn't one… heh…. Read the chapter and you'll get it! ENJOY!

In Today's Case: Surprised Beach Murder

Tess laid there on her bed with her hands behind her head. She laid there thinking of what had happened to Melissa. She thought it was wrong. In fact everything that Tess had seen or did to harm another was wrong. She rolled over onto her side. She looked at the clock stilling on her nightstand. It read 12:35 P.M. in red. When she kept on thinking about murder… she thought about the night her parents were killed. She knew who ever was driving behind them must wanted to kill her and her parents but didn't succeed. She knew it had to do with her. Tess had so many enemies and she knew whoever it was wasn't going to stop till she was dead, that's why they dragged her out of the car when they knew she was alive. She probably wanted her to die there. They didn't want anyone to find her so they left her there for dead.

"Tess?" She rolled over and sat up to see Conan.

"Hey." She said. Conan looked behind him then shut the door. "I have something to tell you." Tess stated. Conan walked over to her. He stood there in front of her.

"What?" Conan asked.

"There was something I was leaving out about the accident." Tess stated. Conan knew where this was leading. He knew it was leading to what she was hiding. He waited for her to finish. "When the car behind us hit us… there was something there and I knew who it was. He was an old time enemy of mine. I busted his brother when I got back to America and now he's after me. He wanted to kill me so he probably followed us on our vacation and rammed into us throwing us off of the road killing my parents." Tess told him. Conan didn't know what to say. He wasn't surprised. Her own brother was her enemy but he cant say anything about that now. He's dead. And this guy is still alive and after her.

"So you came here because…?"

"Because I knew he was going to come here. And when I find him I'm going to kill him and get my parents' revenge."

"But there's a problem." Conan stated. Tess looked up at her. "You didn't want the people you care about get mixed up in this."

"Like you." Tess said. Conan looked at her funny. Tess looked down at the floor when the phone rang. Tess got up ignoring the look on Conan's face. She walked out of her room and answered the phone. "Hello? Oh! Dr Agasa! You did? And you want to take me and Jimmy? Okay I'll tell him to get ready and we'll meet you at your lab." Tess hung up the phone. She turned around to face Conan standing in the doorway of her room. "We're going to the beach!" Tess shouted throwing her arm in the air.

"Who taking us?" Conan asked. Tess smiled.

"Dr Agasa. And he's taking your little friends to… um… Amy, Mitch, and George. Are those their names?" Tess asked Conan. Conan nodded his head miserably.

"Yeah." Conan answered.

"There's nothing wrong with them." Tess stated.

"Okay." Conan stated. Tess clapped her hands.

"Okay! Come on Jimmy! Go get ready chop! Chop!" she shouted. Conan ran to his room getting his bathing suit as Tess walked into her room changing into her room. She walked out wearing a pair of red short that hugged her legs and her black bikini top. Conan walked into the room wears his swimming trunks and a white tang top. Tess smiled. "Come on."

"You're going to go outside like that?" Conan asked. Tess smiled and nodded her head.

"Yeah why not? It's summer anyway let's go." Tess wrote a note to tell Richard where they were going since he wasn't up yet and Rachel was out with Serena. Tess opened the door then shut it once Conan exited. Tess and Conan walked down the stairs. When they got onto the streets, boys stared at Tess. Conan glared at them like hands-off-my-girl look. Tess placed her hand on his head. "Don't worry Jimmy." She stated.

They got to Dr Agasa's lab. Tess opened the door to see Amy, Mitch and George were standing in their bathing suits.

"Hi Tess!" Amy said happily. Tess smiled.

"Hi Amy." Tess stated.

"You're coming with us to?" George asked. Tess nodded her head.

"Yeah I am. Do you mind?" Tess asked smiling. Mitch and George shook their heads.

"We would love for you to come." Mitch stated. Dr Agasa entered the room carrying everything.

"Okay everyone ready?" he asked. They all nodded their heads.

"Do you need help Doc?" Tess asked. She walked right up to him taking some things from him.

"Thank you Tess."

"No problem." Tess and Dr Agasa loaded everything into the trunk as the kids got into the back. Tess moved Conan into the front of her lap so there was room with Amy, Mitch, and George. George leaned toward Mitch.

"He's so lucky." George whispered. Mitch nodded his head.

"I know." Mitch whispered back. Once they were in the car and rove off they all started to sing songs for the fun of it. Conan trying to ignore it all just sat there on Tess's lap. Tess grabbed onto his hands and started to make him clap. Conan tried to stop her but he didn't. He just let her do it.

When they got to the beach Tess helped Dr Agasa unload and find a stop the rest at. They picked one new the ocean. Amy, Mitch, and George were already in the water. Conan and Tess sat with Dr Agasa.

"Anything on the cure for Jimmy?" Tess asked. Dr Agasa shook his head.

"Not yet." He stated. Amy came running up all wet and with a wet Mitch and George behind her.

"Come on Conan! Let's play Marco Polo!" Amy said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him up.

"You too Tess." Mitch and George said as they pulled her up.

"Okay let take off my shorts." Tess stated. She slipped off her shorts and took off running down into the water with the little ones. Once Tess was in at her knees she dove in. Since it was to high for them Tess walked around in the water on her knees for them at their level of water and played Marco Polo. Once they game was done Tess took them up to the ice cream booth and bought them all some ice cream. "Here you Mitch. And George you wanted chocolate right?"

"Yeah." George stated as he took the chocolate one from her.

"Amy you wanted vanilla." Tess stated as she handed it to her.

"Thank you." Amy said as she licked her ice cream.

"And Conan you wanted strawberry." She stated as she handed it to him having her own strawberry ice cream. They all picked a table and sat at it so they could eat their ice cream. Conan glanced at Tess who was sitting on his right. He noticed a faint scar. It touched the tip of her shoulder and moved down to the end of her shoulder blade. Conan stared at it. When they all got up to go back to the water Conan stopped Tess.

"Where did you get that scar?" Conan asked as he ran his finger down it. Tess placed her hand over it.

"It's a reminder of the accident." Tess answered. Amy looked back at Tess and Conan who stood there at the beginning of the sand as they talked. She kind of glared at Tess for talking to Conan.

"Amy!" Mitch shouted out. She looked at him. "Come on!" he added. Amy nodded her head and ran forward glancing back at Tess and Conan.

"I take it that's what's keeping you going to find this guy?" Conan asked of her. Tess nodded her head slowly recalling the memory of that night.

"He's going to pay." Tess stated. "Even if I have to lose my life." Tess walked forward. Conan stayed where he was standing trying to let those words sink into him. 'Even if I have to lose my life.' Those words rang in his head. Conan didn't like those words. He never heard them come from her mouth and it didn't sound right from her. He was now worried. He didn't know how dangerous this guy was or how crazy he was at that. But, he wanted to protect her like the way she protected him.

When he got back to the water he saw Tess getting up in a man's face. Amy, Mitch, and George were standing by a boat.

"What do you mean we can't take this out?" Tess asked rudely. The man was wearing blue swimming trunks. He had dark brown hair and brown eyes. His name is Rye.

"Because you can't! It's not yours!" he answered. Tess pushed him back.

"We found it!" Tess shouted at him. Another man came up to Tess placing his hand on her shoulder. He was wearing dark green swimming trunks and he had black hair. His name is Hector.

"Chill." He said, "the reason why you can't take that out is because it belongs to…"

"Me!" Tess looked over to see a man who had grey hair mixed with his black hair. His beard was the same way. He wore a Hawaiian looking shirt with blue shorts. "That's my boat! And I use it for fishing!" he shouted at Tess. Conan placed his hand on his forehead as he shook it.

'To bad these people don't know her that well.' Conan thought to himself. He watched as Tess glared at the man. The man's name was Joshi and he has been a fisherman for the past 20 years.

"Joshi it's your fault that there's no fish around here!" Rye shouted at the 50-year-old man. Hector placed his hand on Rye's shoulder.

"Chill out man." Hector told him. Rye nodded his head. Tess placed her hands on her hips as the man dragged his boat away. She then sighed.

"Well, there goes our fun." She stated.

After it got dark out they all went to a restaurant and had dinner. Dr Agasa sat in between Conan and Amy as Mitch took a seat next to Amy, George next in between Tess and Mitch and Tess next to Conan. They walked and laughed as they ate. Then someone walked into the restaurant.

"Hey." They said. Tess turned her head to see Hector and Rye. She blinked a few times.

"Um… hi." Tess said in return. Hector and Rye took a seat at the table with them.

"Hope you don't mind with us sitting with you." Hector said. Tess shook her head.

"No we don't." Tess stated.

"So why are you here?" Dr Agasa asked. Rye took a sip of his water that a waiter had poured for him.

"Well we're here to meet Joshi to teach him a lesson." Rye answered.

"A lesson? For what?" Conan asked. Hector looked at him.

"To teach him to what he has done." Hector stated.

"For what?" Amy just had to ask. Rye looked at him.

"Well, he's been fishing for the last 20 years and in the same spot here at the very same sea. He would fish and fish with his stupid net. The fish stopped producing and there's now less fish and he keeps on fishing." Rye answered. Tess and Conan looked at each other.

"We told him to meet us here at 8:00." Hector stated. Around 8:15 another man walked into the restaurant spotting Rye and Hector. He walked over and stood behind them.

"Hey you two." He said as he placed his hands onto their shoulders. They turned around to see him. They stood up and smiled.

"Hey Marx." Rye said, "you here for the meeting too?" he asked. Marx nodded his head.

"Yeah." Marx answered. He took a seat in between Rye and Hector.

Soon it grew to be 8:40. Marx pulled out a cell phone from his pocket and decided to call Joshi.

"I'm going to call this idiot." Marx stated. He flipped the top of his flip-top cell phone and started to dial Joshi's cell number. Tess glanced at Conan as he noticed her. He knew that something was bothering her. They both looked back at Marx who was waiting for someone to answer the phone. Then someone answered it. "Hello? Hello?" Marx repeated. But he didn't get answer her got the sound of waves then someone hung up. He tapped the top of his flip phone and it shut. "That was odd." He said.

"What?" Hector asked.

"Well, someone answered the phone but, I only got the sound of waves." Marx answered. Tess and Conan looked at each other. Amy noticed them. She crossed her arm in front of her. She was getting jealous of Tess. She didn't like her looking at Conan at all. Tess stood up.

"I think we should go check on him." Tess stated. Rye, Marx, and Hector nodded their heads.

"He probably crossed the beach since it's a short cut here." Hector stated. Conan stood up after Tess. They all walked out of the restaurant. Tess had Conan on her shoulders and Amy was walking behind them glaring at Tess.

"See anything Conan?" Tess asked as she looked up at him. Conan squinted as they walked on the beach. He then pointed out.

"There! There's a body!" Conan shouted out. Tess looked forward. She ran forward with everyone behind her. When they got there they saw Joshi laying in a ditch by the shore caught in a net with his mouth hanging open and his eyes wide open. Tess looked over at Marx.

"Call the police." Tess stated. Marx nodded his head as he pulled out his cell phone. Tess got onto her right knee letting Conan off of her shoulders. They both looked at the body. They didn't understand why he was wrapped up in the net. Amy walked over to Conan and looked down at the body.

"What is it Conan?" Amy asked. Conan glanced at her and shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know." Conan answered. Tess stood upright looking at Amy.

"Can you step back please? We have to wait for the police to get here." Tess stated. She walked away. Conan turned and followed her.

"What do you think Tess?" he asked. Tess looked down at Conan. She crossed her arms and shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know. And I don't understand how he got in that net." Tess answered. Amy crossed her arms as she watched Tess and Conan from afar. She didn't like Tess and Conan together at all. Soon there was the sound of sirens. Tess turned toward the parking lot of the beach and there pulled up about four or five squad cars and coming out of one of them was Inspector Maguire. He looked down and noticed Tess and Conan. He raised his hand. Tess smiled and raised her's back at him. He made his way down toward them from the steep hill that led down to the beach.

"What do we have?" He asked Tess as two cops came up from behind him. Tess pointed over to the ditch.

"Over there lies the body of Joshi." Tess answered as she and Conan led him over. Inspector Maguire looked down at the body. He bent down getting a closer look. Tess placed her hand on her hips where her red shorts rested. Inspector Maguire looked up at her.

"This is odd." He stated. Tess nodded her head. Mitch ran over standing next to Tess. He pointed out into the sea.

"Look! There's a boat!" Mitch shouted out. Tess, Conan, and Inspector Maguire looked up to see the boat far away. Inspector Maguire stood upright. Tess placed her hands on her shorts and slipped them off as she walked toward the cold water. She stood there in the shallow part of the water. She turned and looked at Conan and Inspector Maguire.

"I'll go out and get onto the boat." Tess stated. Inspector Maguire squinted to see the boat.

"That's pretty far out Tess, are you sure you want to go by yourself?" he asked. Tess nodded her head.

"Yeah I'll be fine." She said walking farther into the water. When the water reached to her hips she placed her hand out in front of her and dove into the water. Conan reached down and picked up Tess's shorts and through them over his shoulders. He squinted but didn't see Tess come back up. He searched for her all around in the water. He then saw someone's head pop out of the water as their hands went up onto the side of the boat. Conan's mouth dropped. The boat was about a mile away and Tess swam all that way without coming up for a breather. He watched as she pulled herself out of the cold water and fall into the boat.

Tess looked around. She noticed a beer bottle and a sandal Tess picked up the beer bottle. It was wet, like it had dropped into the water a couple of times. She then looked at the sandal; it was the very sandal that Joshi was wearing earlier today. Tess looked around the boat to find nothing to use to paddle back to shore. As the waves came in it pulled her farther away. She then leaned up against the side of the boat and paddled with her right arm making her way slowly back to shore.

Conan turned and looked back at Amy who was glaring at him. She closed her eyes and turned her head away from him like she was mad. Conan blinked not knowing what was up with her. He then ignored her looking back at the body. Joshi's body was wet, he watched as the waves crashed in slowly going over his head and going back out into the sea. He watched it a couple of times then looked back at Tess. Tess was now swimming back to shore with her left hand on the tip of the boat pulling it in. She then could stand; she walked to the back of the boat and pushed it toward Inspector Maguire. He reached out grabbing onto the boat and pulling it onto the sand of the beach.

"There's a beer bottle and a sandal." Tess stated as she pushed her wet hair out of her face. Inspector Maguire nodded his head. He looked back at Joshi's body to see he was missing a sandal. He picked it up.

"He's missing his sandal, but… why would there be a beer bottle in here?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess shrugged her shoulders as she looked for her shorts. Conan walked up to her handing them to her. She smiled at him.

"Thanks." She said. Conan nodded his head.

"You're welcome." Conan stated. Inspector Maguire turned to look at the two.

"Did you hear me?" he asked. Tess blinked as she looked at him.

"Oh, that question was for me?" she asked. He nodded his head. She shrugged her shoulders.

"What do you think Conan?" she asked as she looked down at him. He looked up at her and then at Inspector Maguire.

"Maybe he was drunk before he drowned." Conan stated. Tess looked at Conan.

"Why do you say he drowned?" she asked. Conan pointed to the small ditch.

"Watch, when the waves crash forward they roll right over his head." Inspector Maguire and Tess watched as the waves crashed over his head. Tess smiled as she placed her hands on his head.

"Great thinking Conan." Tess stated.

After awhile, Conan thought about the murder. 'Hm… but why would he get drunk out in the ocean. That doesn't explain the ditch. Maybe, the boat was used to keep him in the ditch…' he thought. He looked up at Tess who was looking down at the body thinking about it. Then Mitch placed his hand on Conan's shoulder.

"Hey Conan come here." He said. Conan looked at him weirdly. He then followed Mitch to where Dr. Agasa, Amy, and George were. They had a white bucket, 2 rocks, a sea shell, and water. He watched as they placed sand into the bucket and filled a little bit up with water.

"So, you 3 set up a meeting to meet with Joshi?" Conan turned to see Inspector Maguire asking Rye, Hector, and Marx questions.

"Yeah, we were at the restaurant at 8:00, me and Hector." Rye stated.

"Yeah and Marx showed up around 8:15." Hector stated. Marx nodded his head.

"Did any of you try to call him?" Inspector Maguire asked.

"Marx called him at 8:40." Tess answered for them, "I don't know about the other two though."

"I called him at 7:47." Rye stated, "On my way here I met up with Hector,"

"And I called him at 7:50, to make sure he wouldn't forget and I met up with Rye afterwards." Hector stated. Tess looked down at the body. She noticed the man's cell phone. She picked it up and turned it on.

"Let's see." Tess stated as she waited for it to kick on. "There's Rye's and Hector's numbers here in the missed call list and there's Marx's here on the answered list." Tess stated. Inspector Maguire took the cell phone.

"Hm…"

"Sir we got the time of death." An officer stated. He leaned toward his ear and whispered into it.

"You all just lost your alibis, according to the time of death your all suspects again." Inspector Maguire stated.

"Come on!" Rye shouted as he threw his hands into the air. "We have witnesses!"

"Well the time of death always rules over that." Tess stated. Rye crossed his arms.

"Tess!" George called over. "Conan's got a theory!" Tess, Inspector Maguire, Rye, Hector, and Marx walked over. Conan sat down onto the sand.

"What do you got Conan?" Tess asked. Conan smiled.

"Well… we have a rock that will be used just like Joshi's body. He dug a ditch and placed the rock in it. Then we placed a flat rock onto it and poured water into the bucket slowly. But the rock floated." Conan stated pointed to the floating rock.

"Okay, what does that have to do with anything?" Rye asked. Conan dumped out the water.

"That's change the flat rock with this sea shell that we'll use as the boat." He placed the sea shell onto the rock. "Now, since the sea shell's sides are curved the sea shell should stay on top of the rock." Conan picked up another bucket and poured it into the other. Like he said the sea shell stayed on top of the rock. "He being drunk made him to weak to move the boat when the waves came in, and if he was able to move the boat even being drunk the killer wrapped him in his net."

"That's very possible." Tess stated. After awhile the sea shell started to float."

"Look it floated!" Rye shouted.

"Even when the boat did float it would've been on him long enough till high tide came in and drowned him. And I think the killer is Rye." Conan stated. Yre picked up Conan.

"When Joshi's died it was in between 7 and 8 and I was already at the restaurant!" he shouted.

"How did you know that he died in between 7 and 8?" Inspector Maguire asked. Rye looked at him.

"Because… I over heard the officer."

"Rye, you killed him huh?" Tess asked. Rye fell to his knees nodding his head.

"Yes! I killed him because he killed my father!" Rye shouted out. An office cuffed Rye and picked him up dragging him to a squad car.

Next Time on Case Closed: "Okay." Richard gets yet another case… will this ever stop? This time a man has been murder in the hands of a sick twisted person, but the only suspects are his daughter and wife. What will happen when Conan and Tess solve the case? Who's the murderer?

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