Author's Note: I'm writing and posting this story as soon as I can but sorry if it's not very quick enough. I tried at least posting one chapter a week I hope I'm doing okay.

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"Botan, Honey, are you okay?" Shuuichi asked shaking her a little to get her attention when she hadn't answered him when he had called her name twice.

"What?" Botan asked when she was jerk back from her thoughts.

"I asked you if you're okay, you seems like worried about something." Shuuichi said to Botan looking her straight in the eyes with a message saying that: 'It's all right you can tell me, I'm here to protect you no matter what happen.'

"Its nothing, there was just this guy last night, he didn't do anything but he makes me feel uneasy." Botan said after what felt to Shuuichi like an hour. Since their eyes still met each other Botan saw Shuuichi's eyes being clouded with range as fast as a bullet could go.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Through And Through

"What did he do to you?" Shuuichi asked angrily as images of a man touching or even bothering Botan started to pop in his mind.

"It's not what you're thinking." Botan quickly argued seeing Shuuichi's face and somehow knew what she was thinking. "He didn't do anything except talk to me." Botan added to be clearer.

"So, you're saying, he asked you if you need something and somehow he had made you feel uncomfortable." Touya said summing it all up as he drilled the information in his memory.

"Yes, I know it sounds non sense but I don't know, there is just something about him that doesn't settle." Botan said defending herself from her non sense feeling as Shuuichi kissed her forehead to tell her that it was okay to feel that way.

"Can you still remember the guy's face?" Touya asked after the kiss.

"A little, but I guess if I see him again I might recognize him." Botan replied making Touya smile. "Do you consider that guy a suspect?" Botan added as that thought hit her.

"Yes, its better when we consider everyone as a suspect." Touya simply replied.

"I see; I'm going to pack our things now so we can head back to Japan as soon as Nigel is back here." Botan said to Shuuichi before standing up and went straight to their bedroom.

"How long will it take Nigel to be back here?" Touya asked when he and Shuuichi are alone.

"He had just finish filling the tank up and was about to fly the plane when I called him, so basically his now at the airport waiting for us." Shuuichi said as he stood up to go help Botan pack up when…

"Just one question, you're not going to push through with your plan about the personal one aren't you?" Touya asked knowing the answer of his question but still needed to hear it from Shuuichi.

"No, I'm not going through with it. I'm so much in love with her to hurt her especially when all I wanted for her now is to be safe." Shuuichi answered Touya who smiled knowingly at him making him smile back before leaving Touya to help Botan.

TWO HOURS LATER…

Shuuichi, Botan and Touya are on Shuuichi's plane bound to Japan. Botan had her head on Shuuichi's shoulder as she had fallen asleep while Shuuichi was looking outside the plane window not really seeing anything but instead deep in thought as he caress Botan's hand with his thumb.

Touya on the other hand was reading the files of the case he had brought with him trying to piece the puzzle in his head. He knows for a fact that the note that was left for him is serious , and all he can think of is the life of people at stake if he didn't solve it soon, his only hope that Jamie is getting more out on the case than him at least they would have something to work on when he return.

(A/N: STARTING FROM HERE IS JAMIE AT THE LAB AFTER TOUYA HAD LEFT FOR ITALY.)

"Mike, I want you to check all of this thoroughly, the son of a bitch had wipe the crime scene clean and everything you could get there is my only link to the suspect." Jamie said trying to sound calm but not that effective as the thought that the bastard might get away and it would be her second case where the bastard get away.

"Don't worry, I'll process these thoroughly and I'll page you if I got all the result." Mike said and off to work the evidence Jamie had brought for him as Jamie left him and went to the Autopsy Room.

AUTOPSY ROOM…

"What have you got for me?" Jamie said as she entered the Autopsy Room.

Asuka who had done the Autopsy look up at Jamie and said, "There are no sign of struggle on your vic's body and all I can say is he died due to the bullet in his chest."

"Do you have my bullet?" Jamie asked thinking that the bullet might be the last key evidence to tie a suspect down if everything still doesn't work.

"Sorry Jamie, it's a through and through." Asuka said as he pointed it out to Jamie.

"Thanks, I think I'll find the bullet back at the crime scene and call me if the tox result came back." Jamie said before leaving the Autopsy Room and headed to the crime scene with a cop.

CRIME SCENE…

"I can't believe this; the damn bullet is not here." Jamie shouted in anger "The bastard must have took it." Jamie added as she search for the bullet and the bullet case for the fifth time.

Jamie was still looking for the bullet and the bullet shell casing when she got a call from Asuka saying that the tox result has come back and is waiting for her.

Here it is, Chapter Twenty-Three tell me what you think about the chapters!

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