I'm terribly sorry for not updating in a while. And I'm totally not shirking studing for my finals to update this...

This crime scene is total bullshit and I was wondering if you guys could help me get a more realistic murder scene and solution for these four. Also, I'm sorry for the random Japanese terms thrown in but since the English language has no direct translation for the usage I'm using please forgive me.

I don't own Detective Conan or Magic Kaitou.

After wandering around for a while all four boys had come to the conclusion they were hopelessly lost. None of the boys had recognized the room in which they had woken up and after figuring out names for they had left the room. They had agreed to stay together though, because being only seven they where open to attack. Arthur had also commented that safety is greater in numbers, unless there is a killer among you. He had been looking specifically at Arsene and Lupin but they had ignored his barb in favor of trying to find someplace recognizable.

"Dis look familiar to anyone o' ya?" Doyle asked.

Lupin and Arsene shot him twin looks of annoyance for the eighth time in an hour. Arthur looking at his pocket watch said, "It is exactly 12:42 in the afternoon, can anyone procure money for us to eat?" Since they were wandering around in public they had attempted to make their outfits fit on their bodies better. It worked mostly because of Lupin's talent with scissors and string coupled with the fact Lupin actually had them in his outfit.

Arsene grinned and looked around, they were at a busy avenue with many shops around with people going and going in a steady flow. "Give me and Lupin here a couple seconds and we'll have enough for all of us to eat."

Arthur shook his head, "I won't eat the food if it purchased by illegally procured means."

Doyle rolled his eyes and said, "Wut he means ta says iz dat he won't eat da food if ya steal da money ta buy it."

Lupin's eyes got comically wide and he asked, "You speak Arthur-ease?" This got him a laugh from Arsene and a glare from Arthur, Doyle just ignored Lupin's comment. Any further drama was delayed by a scream piercing the air. Arsene stopped laughing, perked up, and followed the scream with Lupin trailing after him. Doyle and Arthur followed Lupin quickly. Arriving at the source of the scream they were surprised that they were unsurprised it was a murder.

Lupin was looking at the body from a safe distance away, it appeared as though someone had run fishing line through a woman's heart and someone had just found it. "A murderer almost always returns to the scene of the murder." Arthur said pointedly and Lupin stuck his tongue out at him.

Arsene simply looked up from the dead body, quirked an eyebrow, and said, "If you wanted to say you murdered the woman there are better ways of wording it." Then returned to staring at the cadaver. Arsene did not notice Lupin's and Doyle's amused face and Arthur's offended expression. "Obviously her death isn't from her heart being pieced, more likely she was poisoned before she was strung up."

"And you would know about this, having killed others before." Arthur said in a deadpan tone, Lupin glared at him but Arsene simply shrugged.

"Seeing the dead body brought up several similar scenes, so it is possible I am a murderer or an accomplices several murders, but I could say the same for you and Doyle."

Before either Arthur or Doyle could defend themselves to Arsene's logic Lupin spoke up, "Cyanide?" He said to himself then critiqued his own choice, "I don't think so; it has some of the qualities of cyanide poisoning but it looks more like a snake poison. Probably paresis was induced first, look carefully at the nails where the purple is, it is perfectly aligned with the nails, someone painted the nails a faint purple then painted it over while the purple nail polish was still wet with clear polish." Doyle and Arthur had flabbergasted looks on their faces and Arsene looked thoughtful.

"Possibly, that means the killer knew that one of the other suspects had access to cyanide. The killer also probably has access to snakes or a place where snake poison is the norm." Arsene said mostly to himself.

Doyle who was starting to look slightly sick asked, "And what evidence do ya 'ave that supports dis theory o' yours?" Arsene blinked as though he had never been asked that question before.

But that only paused him for a second, "Were you not listening? I gave you all the evidence now all you need to do is pool it together."

Lupin sighed and whispered something to Arsene that Doyle and Arthur could not hear. It made Arsene laugh and Lupin's grin to grow which caused both Doyle and Arthur to shiver. It also got the quartet some odd looks and upon several older women realizing that they where children drew the incorrect conclusion that the four had not seen the murdered woman because the four had turned around while discussing; creating the illusion that they had yet to see the body. One of the women, not wanting the children to be traumatized, walked over and engaged in a rather pointless conversation.

"Hello, sweeties," The women said kindly, "Do you know where your parents are?" Doyle and Arthur exchanged troubled looks that the twins pretended not to see.

"Heya, obaa-san," Lupin and Arsene greeted in unison, "And no we don't know where our kaa-san is, in the rush we lost her."

Arsene gave the women the largest puppy dog eyes he could and said, "Could you help us find our kaa-san 'cause she'll be very sad when she sees us and our friends missing."

The woman looked startled by the sudden request but nodded and led them away from the scene to protect who she assumed to be innocent. "Sure I'll help you. What are you names, little ones?"

Lupin gave a sweet smile to the woman and said, "I'm Lupin, this is my twin Arsene. These are Arsene's friends, Arthur and Doyle."

"My friends?" Asked Arsene in a typical fashion for a child. "Na, they are your friends."

"No way."

"Yes way."

"No way." The argument would have further degraded if not for the timely interruption of Arthur.

"Obaa-san, Arsene and Lupin's kaa-san is very pretty with dark brown hair and blue eyes, do you see her?" Arthur was trying to be very polite but he wanted away from this woman as soon as possible so the twins would drop their freaky act.

The women who had a soft smile during the twins' argument frown at Arthur's description and informed him reluctantly, "No, I see no one matching that description."

Doyle frowned deeply, "Ya sure, obaa-san?" He wanted this over with as soon as possible because unlike the other three it seemed he had no innate acting abilities.

"Quite sure." She said, "And you can call me Hiro-san, it is easier then 'obaa-san' all the time."

*Obaa-san- Older woman; usually used for 'grandmother' but can mean anything; a polite way to say 'old women'

*Kaa-san- normally meaning 'mother' Lupin and Arsene are using it as a replacement for 'female guardian' as not to tell a complete lie