"The boat has arrived at Tokyo! The boat has arrived at Tokyo! Thank you for travelling with us. We hope to see you again soon. Please do not forget your belongings." the voice rang through the speakers. One man woke up with jolt. He had fallen asleep because he had just spent another all-nighter again. It made him wonder if whether he should have quit a long time but then again, he supposed it can't be helped.

He got up and slung his backpack over and looked out the window.

"What? When did this happen, Emmy!?" he asked in shock.

"Just yesterday! I saw it on the news!" Emmy answered from the other side. "Do you think it has something to do with what you're looking into right now?"

"I can't say." He answered. "I'll be taking the boat back tonight so I should arrive by tomorrow morning. Could you please look into it for me until I get there?"

"Of course! I'm already heading there! Just pass by my house and I'll hand you what I find, Mamoru." She answered. "And be careful. I don't want to have to go and tell your wife again where you are."

"Thank you, Emmy." Endou answered with a sigh. Honestly, she keeps treating him like kid. Well, in terms of age gap… But she always had his back. He just wished she wasn't so…in your face so much. It almost made him wish she would be a little more like Flora but only almost.

He looked up to see Tsunami's house. Even if they were teammates, he was going do everything he could to get what he needed from him.

…sorry, Tsunami.

He knocked on the door and boy, was he shocked. "Wha? Is that you, captain? Man, I almost didn't recognize you!" he yelled making Endou sighed again. He was just wearing a red hat. Why do people act so surprised whenever he wears it? "What are you doing here anyway? Shouldn't you be in Inazuma Town? But that explains why Kidou was here with them and not you."

Now Endou was surprised. Just what was happening and what was he missing? Ugh, work, right! "Can I come in? I need to ask you something…"

Endou rang the doorbell in front of Emmy's home.

"I'm coming!" a voice yelled and Endou chuckled.

"I know it's you! Don't bother pretending to be Emmy!" he yelled and from the dog hole at the bottom of the door, out came a green parrot. "Hello! Hello!"

It was a long story how he got him but that was another story for a later time.

"Let me guess, something came up and Emmy had to leave for work and left you to hand me her notes?" Endou asked confidently.

*Squack! Tell Mamoru it's on my desk! On my desk! Squaa!*

"On her desk, got it. I'll give you your reward later." Endou said to the parrot's glee.

*Reward! Reward!*

It hopped on the rails and followed Endou up to Emmy's room. Unfortunately, Emmy liked using a different method to keep out intruders, as did he.

"Ugh, it looks like Emmy changed the combination again." Endou sighed. Instead of using a normal lock, she used a number combination instead.

*Flowers! Squuack! Pretty flowers!*

"Flowers?" Endou said and he behind him to see a painting he hadn't seen before, filled with flowers in a vase, some petals falling softly on what looked liked a desk. He looked at the doorknob and smiled. He thought the doorknob looked new. There was an intricate pattern oriented at the center and three 'stems' were carved down ending just over each number pad, each in a different color. He looked back at the painting and saw only three flowers had the patterns at their center like the ones on the doorknob in three different colors, the same as the stems. "Always with the puzzles. Let's see…8, 1, and 5."

*CLICK!*

"Tenma? Yeah! He and I go way back. I used to babysit him until he moved." Tsunami

answered heartily. Endou wasn't so surprised they knew each other by what Tenma told him about Gouenji and Tsunami. That and Kidou told him a thing or two.

"So you two were neighbors?" Endou asked as he looked outside to see a huge apartment building. "But that was building was built a month after the Aliea Academy thing, right? You said Tenma was gone by the time you came back."

Tsunami stopped smiling and a solemn look. "Yeah, Tenma took it pretty badly when he came back."

Endou felt a little sympathy for Tenma but he was surprised that Tenma managed to keep so much without anyone knowing but there had to be at least someone who knew all about Tenma past and he was smart enough to know that that someone was standing in front of him. He couldn't even imagine Tsunami would not know anything. He had to get him to tell him something or maybe he could look around for a hint of some sort to help him.

"Just how do you know all this anyway?" Tsunami asked.

"I sort of left Kidou to take care of them for a while until I finish some stuff up." Endou answered with a sweatdrop. "And I asked him to keep me updated but it's obvious he hasn't been for a while."

"He said it's been three weeks." Tsunami told him making Endou understand as to why Kidou hasn't been keeping him updated. "So a while ago, you said they were here…?"

"Yeah, it was like a reward or something for their win." Tsunami answered. "They left this morning."

"They did? Hoo boy…" Endou muttered.

"Huh?" Tsunami asked.

"Oh, um," Endou said, not sure if he should tell him exactly what Emmy taught him. As he was thinking, Tsunami noticed him and in a rare moment, gave him a serious look.

"Did something happen that you aren't telling us?" he asked. Endou thought for a moment and it was gamble but if there was anything that could get him to open up about Tenma, it was Tenma.

"Found it!" Endou celebrated, waving the notes a bit in front of the bird so he could see. He stuffed it into his bag and went down stairs, passing the memo behind the door he had made sure to read.

"Oh, the code should help you find Tenma too."

Once he got to the door, he turned to stop the parrot from following him. "Sorry but pets aren't allowed at the hospital. I can't take you with me."

"…Awck!" the parrot said but he didn't budge and remained obediently. Endou left, feeling a bit guilty but that would stay for a while. Natsumi must be wondering where he was, Kidou was now twice as busy, he also hadn't written each of them a letter in a while so he could imagine Flora lecturing him again and he had to write to her as well. She should be taking the exam soon and he needed to support as much as possible.

Sigh…the things he had to do.

"What!?" Tsunami said to him. "Please tell me this is a joke!"

Endou looked at him, feeling a horrible and said. "Do you need a minute?"

Tsunami and got up rather shakily. "I think I need some air."

"Should I come with you?" Endou asked but Tsunami shook his head.

"Just…give me a minute or two. I'll be fine." He said. Endou had his doubts but he knew Tsunami was strong enough. So he nodded his head and watched him leave. And anyway, this was a good chance to look around without Tsunami stopping him. As much as he hated to take advantage this kind of situation, he needed this. He just hoped Tsunami…oh who was he kidding? Tsunami would kill him later for this.

He immediately ran to the door, quietly locking before stopping to think; if he was Tsunami, where would put things like old photo albums and whatnot?

It took a few minutes before he ran to Tsunami's room and went to his closet where his clothes and a peculiar old cardboard box were.

He rummaged through and there were Tenma's childhood photos. About three only but it was a start.

"Of course…I guess ever since Tenma came to visit, he probably needed to keep them on hand to show to Tenma every now and then." Endou sighed while looking closer at one plain photo. He looked at the second one next "And you can barely tell anything from this photo. Even if Gouenji saw it, he probably wouldn't think much of it."

He took a look at the final third and he sighed happily.

"Finally! Even Tsunami can't play dumb to this!"

Endou sighed. Tsunami caved faster than anyone. He had never met anyone so willing to give information so quickly but then again, ten years is a long to hold that all in and Tsunami was only holding down what he felt was only fraction compared to what this was leading. He could feel it in his stomach. It was churning and h felt sick to the bone every time he thought about this. Unfortunately, he discovered long ago that he had a pretty strong sixth sense, enough that whenever he felt something horrible was going to happen, it always would. He would give anything just to be wrong for once and it being that the situation was better than he had expected and not the other way around.

"So here I am, at the Inazuma hospital." Endou said. "I wonder if Fuyuppe is all right. It's probably not good to have a patient in such a state who you know. Hang in there, Fuyuppe."

"No. I'm fine. Really, dad." Fuyuka told her father on the phone. After Taiyou was given the 'OK' and left, she thought things would be a little more peaceful until Tenma was brought in for the second time. She wished she could be there for Aki but a being just took up so much time. At least she could be there for Tenma but there wasn't much she could do except to watch Tenma sleep until her shift ended. It was frustrating. It didn't help that that awful Dr. Itsukura wouldn't allow them to even do checkups on Tenma to make he was all right and he insisted on doing it himself.

Her shift had just ended and she was waiting for the elevator but when it opened, she almost had a heart attack. A large, burly man in a coat with glare one could easily tell was filled with rage. He reminded her of one those scary villains in those cartoon shows she used to watch.

He turned to glance at her, making her flinch. He said nothing and simply walked passed her.

She sighed in relief and went to the elevator. That man really scared her. He had such an intimidating aura around him. As the door closed, she saw the doctor in said appear from the corner and talk to the man as if he knew him.

Now she was curious but before she could hear a word, the door closed.