I wasn't surprised that I was called out here. As being part of the United Nations, it was my job to prevent tragedies like this. Plus, it helped that I was the best detective of the group.

"Have you figured anything out, because I am completely clueless?" America decided to tag along. He believed he'd be able to figure it all out because he thought he was a hotshot hero. It was actually out of character for him to give up this easily. This was going to be a tough case to crack.

"I haven't found out a whole lot yet. All I know is that a shot was fired from the outside. Judging from the type of bullet and how far it penetrated, I can determine that the murderer fired from the bushes over there."

"Do you have any idea who did it?"

I didn't want to have to think about it yet. I rubbed my temples. The possibility of another country doing this was unheard of. Usually they would declare war or something along the lines first.

I decided to change the subject. "Are the witnesses ready for questioning?

Ever since we arrived, Hungary had been clinging to Italy. Hungary nodded her head slightly.

"America, do you think that you can handle Italy? I'll go and question Hungary."

America nodded his head. Hungary let go of Italy. America gabbed Italy's arm and led him to a room down the hallway. I decided I would just question Hungary here.

"Could you tell me the events that happened just prior to the incident?"

Nothing came out of her mouth at first, but then she found her voice. "It was a pretty typical day. I had woken up early to check on how Mr. Austria was doing. He was playing the piano as usual so I decided I would straighten out the house a bit. That's when Italy came over. He came because he knew I would be here and he wanted to thank me for coming to visit him. He went down the hall to the other room while I went to go prepare a snack to eat. I went to go ask Austria if he wanted to join us and that's when…that's when…" She broke down then. Tears finally managed to touch her eyes. "I didn't even get to tell him today how much I loved him!"

"Did you see anything out of the window?" I asked.

She pulled herself together. "No, I didn't see anything."

"I see. And the front door is the only way in or out of the house?"

She shook her head. "There's another door to the back from the kitchen. No body went in or out of those doors."

I nodded. "And what happened directly afterwards?"

"I went over to Austria to see if he would be all right, but that was just me being vain. I screamed, and Italy came over to the room, the poor kid. This must be really hard on him." She sniffled a bit and went back into suppressing all emotions.

"Thank you for cooperating."

I met with America in the hallway to confirm Italy's story.

"It pans out. Italy was in that room, heard the gunshot and Hungary's scream and came out here."

This was so frustrating. I had only one person on my suspect list and I didn't like the implications. I had America call Romano to take the expressionless Italy home.

"I'm telling you I didn't do it! Let me go already!"

I had America bring in Switzerland for interrogation.

"Look we all know that you've never liked Austria."

"I've never liked anybody! Excluding, Lichtenstein of course!"

"We also know that you are pretty well versed in guns," America added.

"Ha! Lots of people know about guns around here!"

"It would take an excellent marksman to make this shot. Intelligence tells us you were versed as a mercenary. Not to mention the bullet found in Austria matches the type of gun you carry around. We also found your gun to be missing some bullets."

"I fired my gun because that idiot Italy ran through my country again. Plus I'm a neutral country; I don't do mercenary work anymore. I'm a peacekeeper."

"Everyone tends to snap eventually. Maybe you had been a neutral country for too long."

"This is ridiculous. All you're spouting is speculations. None of my bullets ever touched Austria. If you want to find the bullets I fired, you can search my land yourself. Just make it quick. I can't leave Lichtenstein unattended with a murderer running around."

I nodded to America. He escorted Switzerland back to his cell. I made my way to the phone. THAT idiot was the closest, so I had to have him go collect Switzerland's warning shots.