Author's Note: Here's the next chapter of Revenge and Love hope you'll like it. Thanks to all the people who had read and reviewed the past 18 chapters and also thanks to royal blueKitsune for proposing to be my beta. Love you so much!

RECAP:

"Botan!" Shuuichi said and hugged her without warning. For a minute Shuuichi thought that something had happened to her and it scared him so much even if he had no idea why.

"Shuuichi, where have you been?" Botan asked him a little confused. "I went back to where I left you and you weren't there."

"I had a business call and I needed to take it. Sorry if I didn't tell you where I was going." Shuuichi simply said kissing her forehead.

"I was looking for you to tell you that everything is already taken care off and we can go back to the Hotel." Botan told him looking at the seller who was watching them and smiled at them.

"We're going now, it was nice doing business with you." Shuuichi said to the salesman extending his hand, which the seller took.

Chapter Nineteen: Possible Homicide

"Tired?" Shuuichi asked Botan as they entered their Hotel room.

"A little...I didn't know that buying music boxes could be this tiring." Botan said as she made her way towards the bedroom then stopped when she realized that Shuuichi wasn't following her.

"Is everything okay?" Botan asked her husband who was looking at her without saying anything. "You've been awfully quiet after that business call you made." Botan added when he didn't reply.

"Its nothing, look why don't you get ready to bed, I got some phone calls to make." Shuuichi said walking towards Botan and wrapping his arms around her. Leaning forward he gave her a soft but soul-searing kiss...the moment stretched to what seemed forever, but neither cared.

After breaking the kiss, both looked into each other's eyes and the blue haired woman smiled sweetly. "Okay, but don't take long, you need to rest." Botan replied and kissed Shuuichi again. "I love you!"

"Love you too!" Shuuichi watched her as she entered their bedroom.

BOTAN'S PART

Botan had decided to take a long hot bath to soothe her aching muscles. As she scrubbed her skin, her mind drifted to her husband. She scrubbed harder...he was hiding something from her and that something made her feel very uneasy.

Her mind drifted toward the strange man she had met before. His presence had made her skin crawl and even she couldn't realize why. Something about him that she couldn't put her finger on.

Turning the shower off, Botan dried herself and slid under the covers of the bed still thinking about the man and Shuuichi's odd behavior. Abandoning all thought, her peony colored eyes fluttered close and sleep finally claimed her.

END OF BOTAN'S PART

SHUUICHI'S PART

As soon as Botan had disappeared from view, Shuuichi's expression turned grim and he glided easily towards the couch to make some calls. This madness needed to end.

Making up his mind, he first phoned the reception to call off the limo that was supposed to pick him up tomorrow, and second Touya to tell him to meet his pilot Nigel in his private airstrip to fly to Italy at 6 Am. Last but not the least, Shuuichi called Nigel to arrange the flight details.

After a few minutes, Shuuichi entered the bedroom to find Botan sleeping peacefully in their bed. He bent down on her side of the bed to give her a kiss in her forehead then opened his briefcase to put the note inside before getting ready for bed himself.

END OF SHUUICHI'S PART

AT TOUYA'S APARTMENT (JAPAN, AFTER THE FIRST PHONE CALL OF SHUUICHI.)

Touya looked at the piece of paper where he had written the Hotel's name and thought that sleep would be a long way from his list of to do's right now. He give out a heavy sigh then flipped his cell phone open and dialed his captain's cell phone to tell him about the lead in Minamino's case.

He requested a few days of leave to settle the case and took out his suitcase from the drawer.

30 Minutes Later...

Touya drove to a crime scene that his boss had told him to work on before he would be allowed a few days of leave. The blue haired man couldn't back up especially since he had trained to become a Homicide detective. Besides his boss had informed him that he might be able to pick up some more info on Shuuichi's case. The more the better.

Touya glanced at his opened laptop and growled low in his throat. No email from Jane Doe...now of all times too. He reached for his laptop and typed his email address where he received all the information related to cases. Again it was empty...not even a message from the red head.

He sighed for the umpteenth time since he had woken up. He was tired, his work demanded a lot from him and the airport manager wasn't helping him by delaying the list of passengers he had asked from him.

According to the Airport manager the list was very long...

'No shit Sherlock...you think?' The detective passed a hand through his ruffled hair. He needed to go through each name and background and it always gave him headaches when he did those things.

Touya glanced again at his E-mail...the list had still not been sent. He rubbed his forehead and decided to concentrate on driving instead.

His cell phone rang.

"Yes!" Touya answered as he flips his cell phone open.

"Touya it's me Shuuichi, I just called to ask you if you purchased a plane ticket." Shuuichi asked Touya hoping that he was not too late.

"No I haven't, I'm on my way to a crime scene right now for a possible homicide investigation but don't worry I'm checking up on your case too. In fact I'm waiting for the airport to mail me the list of passengers that went along with you guys." Touya explained as he glanced towards his laptop and gave a thank-God sigh as he saw the Subject title: The Passenger List Bound To Italy.

"Why do you ask?"

"My plane has a flight to Italy tomorrow...thought you might want to ride along." Touya stopped at the side of the road to concentrate on the phone conversation.

"Sure, that would be nice but I don't know when I can leave. I mean if I did leave, I would need to be back in Japan as soon as the autopsy of the body announced its homicide."

"It's okay; my plane will not leave without you. Call my pilot, Nigel and talk to him about the arrangement and if ever you need to be back in Japan you can use my plane." Shuuichi gave Nigel's number while Touya copied it down.

Finally something was going well today...

"Thanks! I'll see what I can do about it." Touya said as he started his engine and continued to drive towards the crime scene.

"Your welcome!" Shuuichi answered him and at both closed their cell phones at the same time.

Well I hope its getting interesting by every chapter I post. The crime scene that Touya is going to will be important. Touya will play a very big part as well as his friend who will be in the next chapter. Why? You need to read on to find out. LOL!