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Chapter Four
Moon Kitty 2005
February 7th, 2006
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Shinichi sighed in exhaustion as he entered the library. This whole situation had him missing sleep. After he had returned from the abandoned house, he had tried to sleep, but had discovered many different thoughts running through his head. He wanted to know more. He wanted to know why the family was murdered. And according to a reluctant explanation from Ran, the perpetrator had never been caught.
He suddenly found he wanted to find the person who had done this to them. So, of course, he went to the city library to investigate. He wasn't the 'Ace Detective of the East' for nothing.
Settling himself down at a computer, he clicked on the internet icon and typed in, 'Mouri Muder Case'.
Thousands of websites popped up, most expressing their condolences for the murder case that went unsolved. Shinichi supposed it was because of the lack of technology and exact sciences, or maybe the criminal was especially tricky.
As he scrolled through the pages, he felt his gut clench violently as his eyes skimmed the paragraphs explaining the gruesome way in which the Mouris were killed. In all of his seventeen years, he had never heard of someone being killed in quite such a brutal way. Ran's mother had been stabbed nine times. Her father, nineteen.
And Ran...
... According to police records, Ran had been knocked out with chloroform, sexually assaulted, and then stabbed twenty-seven times. He grimaced and ran a hand through his hair as he came across pictures of the crime scene.
Exiting as the librarian approached, he gathered his things and left hurriedly, anxious to talk to Ran.
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"You have no problem that your killer was never caught?"
Ran stared at Shinichi calmly before gazing out her bedroom window. "I didn't say that. I just said that it's over. There's nothing I can do."
Shinichi plopped down on her bed, biting his lip. "Not even try to remember his face?"
"It was fifty years ago!" she yelled, leaping up to stare him down. "I... I don't want to remember..."
He glanced at the floor, suddenly feeling ashamed. He didn't know nearly enough about this girl... ghost, spirit, whatever... but what things he had learned about her, he knew he didn't want to hurt her.
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Slinging his book bag over his shoulder, he placed a hand on the doorknob and turned to face Ran. "I'll be back this weekend."
"I won't be waiting for you," she stated, crossing her arms.
He smirked and turned to leave, but as a sudden thought struck him, his smile faded and he asked, "Why didn't you leave?"
"What?"
"Your mother's and father's spirit... they left. Why didn't you?" he inquired.
She looked down at the floor before muttering, "Because I haven't found my other half."
"Wha-?" But when he turned, she was gone.
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Authoress Notes
Okay, I know that these are short, but I remember mentioning in an earlier chapter that these chapters were gonna be short. I can't write too much because then the story plot would seem cramped. Don't worry, I'll eventually finish it... my updates aren't too slow; it just depends on whether or not I feel like writing or if I have my homework (ugh) to do, so please be patient! See ya guys later!
