A: uh… sorry everyone… I'm just not really into this mystery, I'm sorta thinking of deleting it… then again maybe not, I'm confused… it hasn't really developed into the general mystery yet. Also this is supposed to be a humor; so far, I'm going with angst so it's brewing up to be confusing….

P.S. have edited the last chapter title to 'the meetings…' so they haven't yet decided on the suspects yet…

Also Kuniko is a bit different from the stammering tearful Kuniko from the anime. Just to inform you, she's only confident because she's a huge fan of Joe Shimamura and she wants to prove Kyu wrong.

Thanks for the reviews & the guys who read but were too lazy to review like my sister: MiaHime: this ones better, hope you like.AsterixMiko: really? My sister gave me that name; it's a very actorish name so I put it in. Lynnia: here.

Disclaimer: I don't own DDS… and the name Joe Shimamura it seems, he's supposed to be a character from Cyborg 009 according to my sister.

THE SECRET OF A PERFECT MURDER…

CHAPTER 3: The new developments…

"This place is a dump" Kyu said when they first arrived at the suburban home. Ryuu had to agree, it looked like a dump. Then again this place had been locked up for two weeks, according to the police no one had been allowed into the house since the murder except for officials, so naturally the place was undisturbed… and filled with a lot of dust bunnies…

"It's just a bit dusty…" Ryuu said carefully, obvious to Kyu's sudden mood shift when he'd entered the house. He was still unenthusiastic because he didn't get to go to the village with the others…

"It's still undisturbed… that's what we need isn't it?" Kuniko said.

"Hmmm…" Kyu sighed walking over the chalk markings showing where Maya had lain in the final moments of her life… "See anything suspicious?"

"No" Ryuu answered "normal… Joe gave a statement that she was doing Yoga at the time of the murder… I think she was doing just that…"

"They cleaned up the blood but, it was splashed here…" she motioned towards the mantel and the nearby wall, her neck was slit, then the killer pulled out the knife like this…" She swung herself around her hands trailing "So the blood was sprayed like a curving trajectory like that…"

Both the boys stared….

"And moving on…" she muttered blushing "in the report, Mr. Shimamura said the killer had swiped at him, and then made a hasty escape through the glass doors around the back… there are evidence of that, broken glass and a trail leading out the garden."

"Why didn't Joe run after the Killer?"

"Because he was more worried about Maya" Kuniko answered at once "I don't know why you are so fixed on making him the Killer Kyu"

"Because he is suspicious" Kyu said stepping under the police tape and walking towards the broken door.

"But it's impossible, he was outside when the scream was heard, there were over a dozen people out there…" Kuniko pointed out following him "he was inside for only about a couple of minutes until everyone else came after him"

"I don't know but I have a feeling, he is the killer but how did he do it? How did he make her scream? How did he get rid of the murder weapon in just a few minutes?"

"Because he didn't do it" Kuniko protested crossing her arms over her chest.

"Who could have done it then?" Kyu shot back staring at her like she was mad.

"Okay time out" Ryuu said quickly getting between the both of them "We'll solve it, just don't fight"

"We're not-"

Click…

Suddenly the whole place was filled up with the sounds of loud music…

"SABURAMAROU!" Kyu and Kuniko yelled simultaneously, both of then rushed back the living room where Saburamarou was helplessly trying to turn the volume down.

"What are you doing?" Kyu exclaimed switching the TV off manually.

"What?" he shrugged "You guys were taking too long, so I thought I'd watch some television till you're done"

"Saburamarou, this is a crime scene, you DO NOT watch TV at a crime scene" Kuniko told him.

"Well are you done now?"

"NO" Both of them yelled back going back to the glass doors, followed by Ryuu and a very confused Saburamarou.

"I really can't stand him sometimes, I'd rather be at that creepy mansion then here" Kuniko whispered to Kyu, who nodded. He wanted to go there too… both of them crossed the lines to the garden, it seemed normal enough… the police had labeled the evidence; some broken plants and the loose gravel around the back wall…

"Still nothing" Kuniko said sighing.

"Yeah" Kyu murmured "Let's get back to the studio"

"Wait" Ryuu was squinting down into the grass "I think there's blood here" he motioned towards the large paving stone at the front of the glass doors.

"No way" Kuniko said, stooping down near the stone. The grass was smeared with a brownish color.

"Is it…?" Kyu said touching the dried color. There was three brown smudges on the side of the stone almost like finger marks, which was almost completely covered by the grass.

"Let's get some samples to the lab" Ryuu suggested and took out the DDS notebook.

"I don't get it, why didn't the police see that?" Kuniko asked touching the side of the stone "they would have seen it right?" she pulled out the camera from her bag and took a few pictures of the marks…

"I wonder… if the Killer purposely did that" Saburamarou's voice said from the back.

"What are you implying?"

"It's simple" Saburamarou gazed at Kyu lazily "Did he purposely touch the stone or did he trip and fall down. Either way, there is a reason for those stains…"

"It's possible that he had fallen down, the Killer was in a hurry to get away" Kuniko said "The Killer probably didn't figure that Joe would have been there…"

"What do you mean?" Ryuu suddenly interrupted her.

Kuniko stopped, startled "Welll… um, Joe was supposed to be in Kyoto that week"

"We were supposed to shoot the new theme song that week; all the detectives in the show had to go. I only stayed back because Maya wasn't feeling well"

"Maya wasn't feeling well?" Ryuu inquired raising a brow.

Joe Shimamura shrugged "well… she was an alcoholic, I found out she's been drinking so I came back. She was already at the party when I got home"

"Yeah we need to ask if the Kil-" Kyu started but was suddenly interrupted

"Mr. Shimamura" an assistant poked his head into the dressing room "Ms. Koura is asking for you"

"Okay, I'll be right there" Joe said to the assistant then turned on his charming smile at the detectives "Sorry but I have to go now"

When he was gone, Kuniko turned to Kyu with an unreadable look on her face "Do you still think he's done it?"

"Most definitely" Kyu nodded silently "he did it, and he has a clever way of hiding it. We just need to find out how"