When Haku opened the door two days later to find two police officers standing on her porch, she nearly fainted and had a heart attack at the same time.

"Are you alright, miss?" One officer asked. She had long indigo hair with white tips, weaved into a plait. She was wearing a comically huge hat with a little face on it. She looked very sweet and friendly. The other officer standing next to her didn't look as kind. She had massively long waves of luscious purple hair that reached her legs. Her cap was pulled down to partially cover her face, particularly her eyes, but there was still something unfriendly and stoic about the way her cheekbones were molded. She was also wearing a stylish but heavy overcoat, which was odd as it was a fairly hot day.

Haku swallowed. "Um, yes, I'm fine thank you."

The officer who had spoken to her introduced herself. "I'm officer Otomachi, and this is Detective Mo. Are you Haku Yowane?"

Haku could practically feel her face grow pale. "Yes. Why?"

"We'd like to speak to you about Megumi Nakajima's disappearance. May we come in?"

Haku moved aside to make room for them to enter. The two women stepped inside, went over to the couch and sat down next to Luo. Mo glanced at her briefly, then did a double take.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Tianyi Luo. I'm Haku's friend."

"Do you attend the same school?"

"Yes. I'm new here."

"Okay, Haku," Otomachi began, pulling out a small recorder, turning it on and setting it down on the armrest. "How well did you know Gumi?"

Haku shook her head from where she sat on the ottoman. "Not very well." She said quietly.

"Did you ever speak to her?"

"Sometimes. She-" Haku looked up at Luo, who nodded in encouragement. "She wasn't very nice. She did lots of mean stuff to me."

Otomachi raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What did she do to you, exactly?"

Haku stared down at her knees. "Um, once she took my gym clothes and dumped them in the mud, and she peed in my lunchbox, and put a firecracker in my locker…" She sniffled loudly and wiped an eye. Luo moved over from the couch to the ottoman and put a comforting arm around her.

"Whoa," Otomachi was shocked. "We've spoken to her mother, and she never mentioned anything like that. She did say that Gumi had lots of enemies, and that you were one of them."

Haku jerked her head up, her eyes wet with tears. Otomachi flashed her a sympathetic stare.

"I never did anything to her…" Haku whimpered.

"Where were you last Friday?" Mo asked, leaning forward.

"At Luo's house. I was staying the night."

Luo nodded in agreement. "She did. You can ask my cousin, if you like."

Mo frowned. "Your cousin?"

"Yeah. I live with her."

"How well do you girls know Rin and Len Kagamine and Fukase?" Otomachi asked in a gentle voice.

Haku shook her head, eyes still streaming, and Luo said. "Never met either of them. Like I said, I'm new here."

"When did you move here?"

Luo paused for a second. "Um, week before last."

"And where were you this Monday?" Mo asked grumpily.

"At my place."

Mo turned to Haku. "You seem to spend an awful lot of time at your friend's house."

Haku looked up at her, boring into her eyes that were supposed to be hidden by her cap. It sort of creeped Mo out. "Because she's my first friend, and she's amazing."

Luo smiled at that.

Otomachi got back down to business. "When you say you didn't know the Kagamines or Fukase, Haku, do you mean that you just never interacted or…"

"Yes."

After a little while longer of going back and forth with Haku and Luo firmly stating that they had nothing to do with the deaths and disappearance, Otomachi and Mo finally left, shutting the door behind them.

As they stood on the front porch, breathing in the exhaust-filled air, Quinxian spoke. "Motive."

"Hmm?"

"Haku has a motive for Gumi. If what she's saying is true, them maybe she felt compelled to get revenge."

"But what about the others?" Sugar asked.

Quinxian shrugged. "Maybe they saw something they shouldn't."

Sugar glanced at the recorder in her hand. "Well, only one way to find out."