A/N: This chapter took quite long to write... not the least because I included two cases into this. I hope you enjoy this anyways.

Chapter 5

It was raining. Pouring really. Tsukiko was glad they were inside and going to bowling was fun… but why did Sonoko need to drag them to Gunma to do it? Okay, they were originally going to play tennis but still…

They had fun though. Tsukiko hadn't been to bowling that much but it was a good way to spend time with friends. Ran's luck and talent was exceptional and Kogorou behaved exceptionally badly but… otherwise it was okay.

Tsukiko gladly chatted with her friends and ignored Conan's suspicious glares. She'd heard from both Subaru and Shugo that Ai had finally fed up on the boy's blindness when he came to ask questions and revealed to him that she and Yamato and Shugo were part of Hunters.

About the time really. Since finding out about her own amnesia, it was like a ball had been put rolling. She needed to still figure things out on her own but it was like a veil had been lifted on other characters as well. Subaru was supportive, Amuro was more curious and proactive about it, Conan finally pieced stuff together enough to stop dithering around… But now he was simply giving her suspicious glares and not approaching her voluntarily. And probably doing recap monologues in his mind. Honestly, the boy was so unsubtle.

"And? Who is the person you wanted me to meet?" Sera asked Sonoko.

"Ah, that's…" Sonoko blushed. "Someone who was waiting in the pouring rain at the tennis court for four hours! That person is changing into dry clothes right now and will come then here."

"Just tell me without holding anything back!"

"Well, they're coming here on a bike in this rain!"

"Come to think of it… I haven't met them either, have I?" Tsukiko asked her friends, pointedly ignoring the shadow approaching and looming over Sera. Hand descended on the tomboy's shoulder. Sera took it as a challenge.

Fight.

And of course, Sonoko didn't do anything to stop it so Ran had to step in.

"It's that person! The one Sonoko wanted you to meet!" The longhaired girl interrupted.

"My boyfriend, Kyogoku Makoto! This is my classmate, Sera Masumi-san!" Sonoko introduced the two. "And the one sitting on the bench like nothing could move her from her seat is my underclassman…"

"Kagemiya Tsukiko, yoroshiku." Tsukiko got up on her feet and offered a hand to shake. She still hadn't shaken that habit off…

"Yoroshiku…" Makoto took her hand but his attention was on Sera. "Y-You're a girl… I thought you were some insolent guy who was getting overly friendly with Sonoko-san." Well, at least he waited until letting go of her hand before addressing Sera.

"Don't worry about it! I'm always being mistaken for a guy!" Sera smiled. Thank heavens she didn't make a joke about her chest this time.

"Really Sonoko! You should've stopped them earlier!" Ran was scolding her best friend while Conan hands Makoto his fallen glasses.

"But I wanted to see those two fight!" Sonoko grinned.

"Jeet Kune Do… Who taught you that?" Makoto asks Sera then.

"My older brother! Well, my brother was three times stronger than I, though…" Sera replied.

"B-But, didn't you say your older brother was dead?" Conan latched onto the information.

"Yeah… That's what I heard…"

"B-But well, didn't you talk on the phone with your brother the other day?"

"Ah, did you hear that? I have another one! My smart second-oldest brother. He resembles our father as opposed to my dead brother and I, so he doesn't look like me. It seems that he's in the middle of an important job right now and won't even tell me where he is, but… He sometimes advises me on a case on the phone. During the case the other day he also told me that my deduction was unreliable but since you were there to come to the rescue if I was wrong…"

"Ah, not me, but Shinichi-niisan!" Conan cried his protests.

Wow, info dump much? Anyways…

"When did this case happen?" Tsukiko asked the two.

"Ah, just few days ago. I was doing an investigation to a classmate of ours whose elder sister was getting married. I investigated her fiancée… Then a murder occurred."

"I see." So the adultery investigation case had probably happened around the time Kage had been in control and hunting with Yamato.

There was Makoto questioning Sonoko's shirt… which could be taken either as ignorance over different styles of shirts or then subtle remark of his own disapproval. Who knew… And then there was the introduction of the case characters. Two high school teachers and a brief mention of a third one who Makoto had fought with… Three suspects and victim… now it was a waiting game.

Kogoro… was annoying. Tsukiko really wanted to just go and dump some water on him so he'd sober up. Ran might get upset though.

Meanwhile Makoto was destroying the bowling alley… accidentally. And case setting was about to be completed when he left to take a nap in Kogoro's rental car and the case characters of the day were going to look for their missing friend. And sometime later they all were roped into searching for the P.E teacher as well.

About an hour or so later, one of the women, chemistry teacher and the culprit as well, 'found' the man.

"K-Kyaaaah!"

And they all came running.

"What happened?" Sobered Kogoro asked her.

"The door of the toilet was unlocked so I opened it… I-Inside… is Tanpa-sensei!"

Sera and Conan immediately inspected the corpse. Kogoro interestingly stayed back and only listened to the results… Where was the man taking charge and getting uninvolved people out of the scene that Tsukiko-as-Hoshi had seen in Kyoto?

"What? He was carried here after being drowned somewhere?!" Kogoro asked.

"Yes… Given the state of the livor mortis and rigor mortis, he was killed about an hour ago… Just about the time when we started looking for him and went to various drinking places…" Sera explained. "Which means that the culprit tossed the corpse into this toilet and escaped before we returned!"

"Th-That's…"

"Who on earth?!"

"This teacher… he's pretty strongly built. So it was either a repeat offender, or someone really strong."

"Umm… Did something happen?" And here we had our third suspect. Scene break could be nice now. Though Tsukiko really didn't want to deal with Yamamura… Well, one couldn't win every time.

Inspector Yamamura fumbled around. Well, he reasonably questioned the two teachers but when getting Makoto's statement… he arrested the Karateka immediately. Sonoko had her scene of heartfelt defense but ultimately until the CSI found stungun marks on the body, Makoto was kept in cuffs until Yamamura – to the man's own disappointment – opened them.

Well, all in all Tsukiko opted to ignore the man's blathering. When it started to rain and everyone hurried back inside, Sera and Conan lagged behind, Tsukiko remained with them.

"If you don't go soon…" Sera began.

"Say, isn't it a bit strange around the vents there?" Conan pointed at the vent at the back of the toilet. "It's the only place where the rain drops don't run down but form a sort of ring, right?"

"It's a bit sticky." Sera poked at the marks.

"Maybe something was affixed there." Conan continued.

"Hey! You guys should also quickly go inside!" One of the CSIs told the teens while moving the corpse away.

"O-kay!" They chorused back before promptly turning back to inspecting the toilet.

"The rain drops are similarly repelled around the door…" Sera noted.

"But the same isn't true for the vents at the bottom of the door." Conan pointed. "And also… Didn't you smell is when we first entered the toilet?"

"Yeah…"

"The smell of kerosene." The two detectives said simultaneously.

"That's seriously creepy." Tsukiko remarked. "Let's get inside. I'm cold."

"Sure, sure." Sera smiled.

"By the way… Would the usage of kerosene make the chemistry teacher prime suspect? At least likelier than English teacher…"

"Maybe."

Yamamura and Kogoro basically brainstormed. Yamamura knew coming back to Makoto as a main suspect. Meanwhile Sera questioned the two teachers about the background of the victim. Everything about the planned marriage and then the fiancée's suicide came to light. No need to interfere really.

Then came the kerosene realization. Conan rushed back outside. Sera and Tsukiko followed.

"Masumi-nee… Who are you messaging with?" Tsukiko asked when Sera took a photo of Conan discreetly.

"Ah, my brother. He is super smart I like to ask help from him with my deductions sometime… Mostly just using as a sounding board though." The tomboy shrugged, smiling. "I still want my deductions to be mine after all."

"Ah, I see. Your brother must be really patient then if he has time for you whenever you need help. That's wonderful."

Masumi blinked at the sad face Tsukiko was making.

"Tsuki-chan? Is everything alright? With you and Subaru-san? Or with you and Shugo-kun?"

"Ah… It's okay… Subaru-nii has entered a researching frenzy for one of his essays required at University while Shugo I haven't seen since our trip to Kyoto to meet Tsubaki-basan." Tsukiko shrugged.

"He didn't even visit you at the hospital?" Masumi frowned. While she'd guessed that the relations between the two were estranged, she hadn't imagined they'd be so distant from each other. After all, Masumi and Shuukichi got along quite well despite not having seen for years. Then again… They had only been apart for three years while Tsukiko and Shugo were for ten and even then, they'd kept constant contact. When it came to… Kagemiya siblings, they were basically strangers to each other. Even when they addressed each other, it was with mix of familiarity and distance. No honorifics from either, no indications or references to their shared blood.

Like they weren't siblings at all.

"Oh, he did. But he didn't really linger. Shugo is working while studying. Some IT work and occasional help for Nakamori-keibu but that's all I know." Another shrug. "But it's okay. We both need to adjust."

"Alright…" Masumi was still skeptical but let it be. For now. She'd be busy with the deduction show soon anyways.

Case solved. Kogorou put to sleep but Conan and used as a speaker. Sera being the demonstrator with the murder trick and Yamamura being the test dummy. Chemistry teacher was the culprit and she confessed at the end of it. No struggle, no wails, no fights. It was passionate and angry explanation of the motive but then the woman just cried quietly.

It was the time to go home.

"I met Tsuki-chan again." Masumi stated, slumping on one of the beds in the hotel room she shared with her mother, Mary.

"Again? Don't you see her everyday at school?" Mary asked.

"Well yeah, but… After her trip to Kyoto to see her grandmother and then her hospitalization… It's like she is completely new person. I suppose that's because of her returning memory but…" The tomboy sighed. "I see new sides of her every time we meet outside school hours. She is now more like Hoshi-chan really." Masumi grinned.

It was true. Thought it was difficult to compare Hoshi from the beach 10 years ago and Tsukiko now. But when Masumi had first met Tsukiko, the other girl had been… off. She'd been terribly familiar but at the same time, her eyes just skimmed past everyone, like there was a wall put between her and the rest of the world. She was all teasing and snark and unafraid of consequences. In a way her behavior was even more un-Japanese than Masumi's even though she had presumably lived her entire life in Japan.

Then Tsukiko had heard of her own amnesia. Things started to slot in place. She pin-pointed Kyoto as her place of origin, her father as foreigner, her mother dead and having a blood brother aside from adoptive one. And at the same time Tsukiko began focusing on people around her more. Even if she took a step back from the spot light, she interacted more freely. Just like little Hoshi who had followed Shuichi around and asked questions and called Masumi's hair pretty.

"Hoshi-chan?" Came the question, waking Masumi from her musings.

"Yeah… You remember that little girl with blonde hair? Liked to follow Shuu-nii around and called him Scary Face-niisan. Her mother thanked you afterwards for looking after her."

"Ah… That girl." Mary mused, coughing a bit.

"She was sad because her brothers are both busy."

"Both?"

"Oh? Didn't I tell you? The Okiya guy who lives in Kudou Shinichi's house, is apparently her adoptive brother… Or more like a family friend that she considers a brother and that's why apparently used his family name. Tsuki-chan's memory is returning slowly but being around familiar people and places help her… So she is also sad that Shugo doesn't have time for her so they could connect again. Since they haven't met in years…"

"Aah…" Mary mused. Masumi rolled on her stomach.

"Speaking of which… Do you think we could meet with Kichi-nii at some point?"

"Maybe. But not quite yet."

"…Okay."

Tsukiko was lying on the sofa in the study of her uncle's house. Tsubaki had vacuumed and dusted the entire place last week but Tsukiko would need to tidy up the place again… and get used to weekly cleanups once she moved in.

Everything was untouched in the house. The books were in the shelves and only some of them looked read. The electronics were all relatively knew considering that Tsukasa had died three years ago. There was an electric piano and a bass in the corner of the study. A laptop on the desk.

Even though Tsukasa was dead and had died during undercover mission, the house was… intact. It was like someone had simply forgotten to come home and the house still remained waiting for them.

This was no mausoleum like some other houses were after the deaths of their owners. It was simply… forgotten. And Kagemiya's had made sure no one would get access to any sensitive information stored within.

"I like this place." Tsukiko mused aloud, getting up and moving to downstairs. In the living room, there was a drawer set on top of which was series of framed photos. They were innocuous enough… just something Tsukasa had received from his family members. But… if someone got their hands on them, they could prove quite dangerous.

Like that photo from ten years ago. From the beach. Tsukiko could not precisely remember the moment it was taken but by watching it, she could recognize it had happened. In the picture was all the kids, posing. Shuichi was standing in the middle, holding his arms aloft and having four kids hanging from him, Shinichi and Ran on the left and Hoshi and Masumi on the right. Behind him was Shuukichi, leaning past his big brother and giving victory sign with a grin, and on the background Shugo. Everyone was smiling, even Shugo.

Tsukiko smiled nostalgically at the photo and then glanced the one next to it. It was the same than in her own room in Kyoto. Tsukasa and her sitting by the piano, playing it with soft smiles and completely immersed in their own little world.

Kagemiya sisters, Tsubasa and Tsubame, pictured in front of the Kyoto house, dressed in school uniforms, middle school and high school respectively. Probably right on the first day of the school semester.

Tsubasa and Lucas. Wedding picture. Western style. Tsukiko recognized the Temppeliaukio Church around them. On both sides of them were Tsukiko's grandparents.

Another photo from the wedding, this time with all the guests. And oh look, even Tsukasa was there with his brother and their parents.

There was a Police Academy graduation photo: Tsukasa, Rei, Matsuda, Hagiwara, Date. And Miyoshi Takuya with them though without a diploma.

"Morofushi Hiromitsu… Kagemiya Tsukasa… Scotch." Tsukiko mused. The same person really. But now this contradicted the family information Shugo and Tsubaki had given to her. She needed to investigate further. The diploma on the wall of Kyoto house had read Midorikawa Hiromitsu so they were probably related through Tsubaki… So maybe it wasn't such a mystery after all. Kagemiya had their ways. And as long as Tsukiko was amnesiac she wouldn't be given straight answers. She needed to find out things herself. Tsukasa may not have had Kagemiya blood but he was still family. He was given the name for a reason and he had been privy to family secrets.

"The name of his Kage… You don't need any supernatural personality separation in order to cope with stressful situations…" Tsukiko dug out her phone and opened the voicemail log.

S-C-O-T-C-H

Open… Please wait…

All the voicemails were there. Neatly in folders. There were many. Most of them were from the same number except for the last one.

"I'm going to need some time to go through all these." And right when she was about to open the first mail, her phone began ringing.

"Moshi, moshi?"

"Tsuki-chan!" Came the cheerful greeting of her friend and sort of mentor as well.

"Kaito… What's up?"

"I'm planning a heist. Suzuki Jirokichi's newest find, the Green Emperor. Do you want in?"

"Sure. Anything specific you need me doing?"

"Well, for starters you could come over so we can go through everything we do know thus far. And then we can plan further."

Tsukiko glanced at a wall clock. It was late but…

"How about tomorrow after school? I don't have anything planned so…"

"Yeah, sure. I gotta do some poking around anyways."

Tsukiko hung up and headed towards the kitchen. Some evening snack would be appropriate. And she probably should eventually inform Jodie about her intentions to move out of the woman's guestroom.

Next day… Tsukiko made casual conversations with her friends at school. Kid had not announced his heist intention quite yet but would probably do it by this night. Sonoko was gushing over Makoto and apparently intending to introduce him to her parents tonight as well. Things were looking good.

After school, Tsukiko decided to finally talk with Jodie about moving out.

"Your uncle's house?" Jodie repeated after the explanation.

"Yes, it's a bit further away from school but I really like the place. As it's Kagemiya owned property, I don't even need to worry about the bills or rent." Tsukiko flashed a wry smile. "And I think it's about the time I stop lurking about here."

"If you say so… I haven't minded you being here. You are nice company and can look after yourself quite well." It was true. Tsukiko had been always ready to help with cleaning and cooking so it wasn't like she had completely freeloaded at the apartment.

"But at the same time, you can't really work from here with me here, right?" The girl pointed out. Most of the time Jodie was out with her fellow agents, mostly Camel, doing some investigative work even up to late at night. She rarely made work-related phone calls from home or even used her computer. Simply because Tsukiko was at home. It had become especially clear after the revelation of Tsukiko's amnesia and the plethora of lies she'd told Jodie and everyone else in the wake of it.

"Well, that's true too." The agent admitted. "When have you thought about moving."

"Sometime next week. The house is ready, I just need to have records at school straightened out and pack my things here."

"I can help you with getting your things to your new home. That way I'll know how to reach you if something happens in the future."

"I appreciate that."

A way to still keep tabs on her to some degree. Frankly, Tsukiko couldn't wait to be out of the apartment.

The news blared the Heist Announcement. Kaito giggled over the phone about the new "security system" that Jirokichi had gotten before going to pay a visit to the heiress herself. Tsukiko tagged along. It would be nice to be dressed as Red Moon in non-heist situation for a change.

"You said it. This is why I also like substituting you, Tsuki-chan." RM giggled. "It's so refreshing to be out there without a mask."

Tsukiko adjusted her fedora and fixed her glasses before settling comfortably on the roof to keep watch while Kid conversed with Sonoko.

"Konbanwa, ojou-san."

"K-Kaitou Kid?! Wh-What are you doing here?"

"I merely stopped by to stretch my tired wings… And, though it would be no more than the icing on the cake… Might I also persuade you to make a bet with me?" How smooth, how eloquent… How irritating. Kid managed to arrive just by gliding in, while Tsukiko had to scale the wall of the building in order to perch up there.

"A bet?"

"Yes, your boyfriend is the one guarding the jewel, thus undoubtedly, the only one he won't eye with suspicion will be your visage… So shall we see… with your permission, I will disguise as you, ojou-san, and we shall see if he can tell us apart." Kid smirked.

"O…Okay! That bet, I'll take it on, but… Don't hurt him, alright? Makoto-san… He's got a really big tournament coming up next week…"

"Oi, Kid-sensei… We've got incoming!" Tsukiko interrupted.

"Who's that!?" A security guy shouted from below.

"Ka… Kaitou Kid!?" Another gasped.

"It seems as though you won't be able to keep this visit of mine a secret, so make up some reasonable lies for your friends. Especially that little boy with glasses…" Kid whispered to the heiress before climbing up to the roof and jumping in the air, spreading his wings once more. With the white glider attracting attention away from Tsukiko, she managed and drop down on the balcony railing.

"What Kid-sensei managed to forget to mention, is that I'll be there to keep and eye on things and guide you to exchange point." She stated dryly.

"Red Moon-san…"

"And no worries, I have my own way in already." She smiled, tilting her hat and jumping down to the ground. All the guards were chasing after kid, leaving the yard empty. And thus allowed Tsukiko easily to scale the outer fence and disappear to the bustling night crowd.

And indeed, Tsukiko did have her own way to the museum. After all, she was invited by Sonoko after school to see Makoto guarding the jewel at the Grand Suzuki Museum. Just how many museums did Jirokichi own…

Oh well, while Jirokichi and Nakamori were arguing about the fact that Makoto was already guarding the jewel and the disadvanges of having a high schooler to act as the security system instead of Kaitou Kid Taskforce, Suzuki Tomoko arrived.

"What's more, I have a secret plan… Kid's favourite stunt is posing as someone close to us… using his disguise technique to approach the targeted jewel… Like when he impersonated my husband…"

"That was only because I fell for that phone call…" Suzuki Shirou chuckled in embarrassment.

"The two of you have also experienced that quite often, haven't you?" Tomoko addressed Jirokichi and Nakamori.

"Y-Yes…" Jirokichi gritted.

"That's why we pinch people's cheeks like this from time to time…" Nakamori agreed as the two men pinched each other's cheeks.

"That may be acceptable for you gentlemen, however…" Tomoko pinched her husband's cheek. "Doing something so boorish to a woman is rather a different matter in my opinion. That's why I prepared… This western dress, the only one of its kind in the world specially ordered from a Parisian designer, and it only arrived today!"

It was quite the fancy dress indeed. Rich and their toys and joys… Well, Tomoko had money to spend and this probably wasn't the first time she ordered a dress from Europe like snapping her fingers.

There was then the short episode of the letter with invisible ink addressed to Makoto before the girls, including Tsukiko were ushered to change.

The dresses were… revealing. Very flattering them all but… Short hems, barely any coverage above cleavage… And…

"Suzuki-san… Is there something that would cover my shoulders…? Or at least my left one?" Tsukiko asked Tomoko. Sonoko had already take her canon, cream colored dress with longer hem that would allow Kid to disguise his height. And it had conventionally had a wrap covering the left shoulder. Meanwhile Ran had picked the 'most conservative one' in dark blue and white which was cute but even more revealing than Sonoko's….

"May I ask why?" Tomoko asked, eye brows arched in silent enquiry. Of course, dithering like this was suspicious. But Tsukiko needed to buy time and distract Tomoko while Sonoko was 'changing' into the dress in the bathroom.

"I have a bullet wound… It… I know it could tell me apart from Kaitou Kid and Red Moon but I rather to parade it around." Tsukiko looked at the ground, her right hand protectively covering her left shoulder.

"I think there's something…" The woman hummed and went to take a look at the remaining three dresses. There was then picked a deep burgundy dress with Queen Anne neckline. Overall not that bad… except for the slit on the side. Well, it was only for one night – only for few hours – Tsukiko could endure.

She changed to the dress at the bathroom, making sure to have her bullet wound covered, and then joined her friends, Ran and the Kid-Sonoko. Together, they headed back to the exhibition room where Makoto was reading through letters written in invisible ink.

"Makoto-san! I'm dressed like this now, so don't you forget it!" Kid-Sonoko was naturally drawing attention to her dress rather than other aspects of her appearance… Well, really Sonoko had already had her moment when she'd wished luck for the champion. She really wanted to take part on the bet and really wanted for Makoto to win so…

It was five minutes before announced time… Kid-Sonoko disappeared. Tsukiko also slipped away.

There was a blackout. Kid made his move.

There was a mic rigged in the exhibition room. As there wasn't really any need for Red Moon to announce their presence in the premises, Tsukiko could hang back and listen in on the proceedings while keeping company to real Sonoko.

"How is it going?" The brunette asked, wrapped in the blanked Tsukiko had provided (under the guise of RM of course).

"Not bad on the either part… Kyougoku-san realized that Kid wasn't you but Tantei-kun blew apart the reasoning on Kid's movements before the attempt on stealing the jewel… And now something is crumbling in the room…" Tsukiko relayed and then frowned. "What an earth… That's straight out of Shounen-anime action!"

"What? What's happening?" Sonoko demanded, practically throwing herself against the locked backroom stall door.

"According to Kid-sensei, Kyougoku-san just kicked pillars in a manner to collapse in order to make a rudimentary catapult for himself… And he is out of the skylight…" Tsukiko deadpanned, making sure to stick to RM's way of addressing people. "Okay, that's sweet…" She then pressed the speaker button.

"Now then… I would like to have them back. Both the jewel and Sonoko-san's heart…"

"Of course. It wasn't what I was looking for so I will be able to return the jewel, but the ojou-san's heart is a different matter entirely."

"WHAT!?"

"You say return, but it wasn't even stolen in the first place. Not at the point when I offered the terms of this bet… when she requested not to hurt you for your upcoming tournament and I asked her to come up with a lie to cover up our cooperation… But unfortunately, even though I've still ended up giving you a few scrapes and bruises… that ojou-san… completely and utterly won thei bet!"

"That… ah…" Sonoko blushed in the dark when hearing the interactions of the two men she admired so much.

"You are very lucky girl, Suzuki-san… Now excuse me, I need to go. Do remember what Kid-sensei told you to tell your uncle and Nakamori-keibusan…." Tsukiko got up from her seat.

"Ah… Red Moon-san… What about Tsukiko-chan? Where is she?"

"…I've pretended to be her since the beginning of her day. She should still be at her uncle's house."

"Okay… Good to know."

"Sayonara, Suzuki-san."

Sonoko was discovered in the toilet after Tsukiko tipped off the people present. She then quietly slipped away in the resulting chaos, channeling Red Moon's skillset in quick exchange of clothes and sneaking away. It was late.

Next day the burgundy dress was mailed back to the Suzuki residence, neatly folded after going through careful wash and ironing. With it came a note card from Red Moon which thanked Suzuki Tomoko for allowing her to borrow such a beautiful dress even if it would've been a bit too adult for Tsukiko to wear.

A/N: I got a lot of inspiration to Tsukasa/Hiromitsu's house from this video: watch?v = Jv6SbFlZMbU. I think I might nix the last floor from it or something. Haven't decided fully yet.

Other announcement I'm making: from this chapter on I shall be answering to logged in reviews via PM. Guest anons still get their replies here in the bottom note but I try to keept he replies short so I wouldn't increase the word count too much. To the last chapter's reviews I still answer to all of them here but afterwards the change will be absolute.

Replies to reviews:

-Zeladious:
Yes, I've seen the latest chapter back then. And today I read the most latest one!

-claravidya96:
I'm glad to hear that! It's lovely to know that my readers like to reead again and again my stories. :)
And yes he found out about them. And he is not so subtle about his apprehension. Oh well, it suits Tsukiko quite well to keep distance from him.
I really should keep working in LtRU... if only because of the Nagano developments... but alas, I've gotten into Assassin Creed fandom and now spend most of my time watching playthroughs...

-Guest:
Yes, Tsukasa and Hiromitsu are the same. If you read my one-shot Academy Blues which is told from Takuya's point of view you'll have Tsukiko and Tsubaki appear there too. I'm also currently working on a proper updated family tree on the Kagemiya and Midorikawa that I'll put up in deviantart eventually. My original plans for Tsukasa were to be Tsubasa's(Tsukiko's mother) younger twin brother because back then we didn't know Scotch's real age and only had vague confirmation on him being Rei's childhood friend... then again my Rei's backstory is differing one as well in the LtRU. But things have now changed. And Tsukiko and Shugo both have been kept out of loop. The actual relation is through Midorikawas. Tsubaki's younger sister Takako is Takaaki and Hiromitsu's mother. When Takako and her husband died, Hiromitsu spent a lot of time in Kyoto and was adopted to the family before the Morofushi side of his family pulled him to Tokyo where he met Rei.

-monamonalisa17:
Thank you very much! I'll try my best to keep updating and moving onwards through the chapters even though it's all very slow. I have actually movie 19 in the plans but it'll be chapter 12 or so... (looks at the plans were next 3 filler chapters are smashed together...) yes, chapter 12 rather than chapter 15. Maybe even chapter 11 if I'll make Red Woman case into one-parter rather than two-parter.