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Chapter Five

Moon Kitty 2005

April 12th, 2006

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It was Friday morning at school, and all the students in Shinichi's classroom were buzzing with excitement as a sophomore told his story of his adventures in the abandoned house.

Shinichi, however, yawned as he half-listened to the boy babble of how a demon had almost attacked him. He closed his eyes sleepily and jumped nearly three feet into the air as a fist slammed itself down on his desk.

"Shinichi!"

Glancing up, his fears were confirmed as he locked eyes with the ace detective of the West, Hattori Heiji. "Oh, Heiji! How you doin', you aho?"

Heiji's eyes narrowed and he was about to utter a sarcastic remark, but a feminine hand came out of nowhere and socked him in the arm. "Quit starting fights, aho!" Toyama Kazuha yelled, glaring at him and holding up her fist.

"He started it, aho!"

Kazuha raised her fist again and Shinichi almost laughed as Heiji's mouth clamped shut. She looked in his direction and smiled, her demeanor completely changing from a few moments before. "We're just in the neighborhood on a case, Shinichi."

"Wow! Heiji actually got a case?"

He growled and hit the desk again. "For your information, Shinichi, I've already solved the case, but I'm just waiting for another to solve before we go back on Sunday. I tried to make this aho go home," he muttered, thumbing at Kazuha, who scowled, "but she was stubborn and said she had to be here to protect me if anything happened."

Shinichi snickered and Kazuha glared at him as well, raising a clenched fist slightly. He just simply smirked and rose as the bell signaling the end of school rang. "I think I have a case even you couldn't solve."

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Heiji, at the very least, was shocked when Shinichi told him the story of the abandoned house. But of course, humans don't believe in something until they see it. So when Shinichi had begun talking about a ghost that lived there, Heiji had laughed.

"Come on, Shinichi. You don't really think that stuff is real, do you?"

"I know so! If you don't believe me, take a few hours tonight and meet me there!" Shinichi yelled.

"Well, maybe I will!" he retorted, fists clenched. "And Kazuha will come, too! Right, Kazuha?"

Both boys turned to face the subject of his question, only to find the girl white-faced and shivering.

"K-Kazuha?"

The girl whimpered and screamed, "I HATE GHOSTS!" And with that, Kazuha clutched her bookbag to her chest and took off in the direction of Shinichi's house.

"I thought she was an aikido master..." Heiji muttered, slightly concerned.

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Authoress Notes

Haha, it's short again! Ha! Deal with it... I still get reviews telling me that my chapters are too short... so lemme put this.

AS I HAVE STATED BEFORE:

I CANNOT MAKE MY CHAPTERS ANY LONGER FOR THE FACT THAT IT MIGHT SCREW UP MY STORYLINE. WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A FACT THAT I'M A BAD WRITER OR THE FACT THAT I JUST LIKE TO KEEP YOU ALL IN SUSPENSE, I'M NOT SURE OF. BUT MY CHAPTERS WILL BE SHORT. I APOLOGIZE.

Did that take care of things? Hmm? Anyways... review and tell me how you liked it. Or even if you didn't. Laterz, guys!