Part three

"We need to have a plan," Noelle said the next morning after they'd heard about the most recent murder "Is there any way for you guys to invisible or something?"

"Yeah we can do that," Tsuzuki replied.

"Alright good. So here's the plan…" She said

TWO DAYS LATER

Noelle lay naked on a bed in a hotel. She rolled over and stared out the window. It was dark outside and the clock read five after one am. She had pretended to be asleep when they'd finished fooling around and heard when Muraki left the room. After a few minutes she climbed out of bed and got dressed.

"We really didn't need to see that," Hisoka said as he and Tsuzuki became visible again at the foot of the bed.

"Yeah. Well I wasn't going to wait twenty minutes for you to get here," Noelle retorted. They left the hotel and walked to the ballroom where the murder was to take place, "You didn't have to look anyway," She said annoyed, as they walked.

"I suppose we were supposed to stare at the television then?" Hisoka shot back.

"Oh shut up, we have work to do," Noelle snapped. A stunned silence descended on them once again. They reached the ballroom just as Muraki was leaving. They didn't think he saw them so they followed him into a large warehouse in a dank part of town.

"Decided to follow me tonight, Noelle?" Muraki turned around "Did you want more?"

"You're the murderer. I know it," Noelle replied, her eyes darkening as she prepared for a battle.

"How long did it take you to figure it out?" He asked looking quite pleased with himself.

"After the first time we screwed around," Noelle replied "I realized you're the only one cruel enough to do such a thing,"

"I see you brought your friends with you," Muraki said noticing Tsuzuki and Hisoka.

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Which will it be?" Noelle asked coldly. Muraki simply snapped his fingers and a large red dragon like creature with two heads appeared. It blew a fireball at Noelle who quickly jumped out of the way, "The hard way it is then," she said pulling out a large orangeish-red gun with an oversized opening. She aimed at shot at the creature. The bullet that erupted from the gun was the size of a baseball and glowed magenta. The creature roared and ran a claw over Noelle's leg.

"Noelle, are you okay?" Hisoka ran over to her as Tsuzuki prepared to take over the fight for her.

"I think I'll be alright," Noelle replied touching the wound and concentrating on healing it. The creature flamed at them, but its attack was blocked by a force field. Meanwhile Tsuzuki called on Byakko who began battling the creature. Soon the warehouse was in shambles as the two supernatural creatures fought.

"Where did Muraki go?" Tsuzuki asked joining them. Noelle didn't answer as she continued healing her wound.

"Stay with her," Hisoka said and took off after Muraki as he slid out the door of the warehouse. Outside the moon was full and red.

"I'm surprised they didn't follow you," Muraki said when Hisoka caught up to him.

"I told them to stay there," Hisoka replied.

"This is familiar isn't it?" Muraki grinned and walked up to Hisoka. Out of the corner of his eye Hisoka saw a pocketknife lying not far from where he stood. He quickly formulated a plan in his head as hate recoiled in his stomach making him feel sick. He feared his nerves would get the better of him before he could enact his plan. With an evil grin on his face Muraki pushed Hisoka to the ground. He resisted so that Muraki would not suspect what he was planning. As soon as he hit the ground he felt his right hand fall on the handle of the knife. He fumbled for a moment to get a good grip on it. Then he waited as Muraki came down on top of his and, gathering all of his strength, plunged the blade straight into the side of Muraki's head. His body went limp and fell to the side. Hisoka sat up and pulled the knife from it's new sheath and rammed it into Muraki's heart making certain that he was dead.

Then slowly Hisoka stood up and walked back to the warehouse were Tsuzuki and Noelle sat on the floor. All signs of the battle earlier were still visible, but the two supernatural creatures were gone.

"Hisoka, what happened?" Noelle asked seeing the splattered blood on his clothes.

"Are you alright?" Tsuzuki asked standing "Where's Muraki? Did he get away again?"

"No," Hisoka replied "Muraki is dead. I killed him,"

"Really? Are you sure?" Tsuzuki asked anxiously.

"Yeah," Hisoka replied "I made sure he's definitely gone for good this time,"

"Thank goodness," Tsuzuki sighed.

"C'mon gone. We have to go tell Miss Donna that this case is closed," Noelle said standing.

AT THE DPSP

The sun was just beginning to rise as Noelle explained to Donna everything that had happened in the last week and a half.

"I'm glad this is over," Donna sighed "Good work, Noelle. Tsuzuki, Hisoka, congrats on a job well done,"

"Thank you Miss Donna," Noelle smiled.

"Tsuzuki. Hisoka, you may leave now. I believe your boss wants you back," Donna smiled.

"Thank you so much guys. I definitely wouldn't have been able to beat him on my own," Noelle said graciously.

"Oh it was no problem," Tsuzuki smiled.

"Yeah and it's one less psycho out there," Hisoka added. Today he wore a red T-shirt. His arms were bare. The marks were gone and would never return…

Later that morning Noelle walked home alone and she knew it felt good to be on her own again…