Slight Hesitance
5
Disclaimer: I own neither Detective Conan nor Naruto.
Ice! The murder weapon must be ice!
Conan smirked to himself in this discovery. That would explain the water mixed in with Fujioka-san's blood. Now he only need to find the culprit and some evidence. But that would prove difficult if Takagi and Megure won't let him see the tapes...
His previous smug smirk slid off his face, bringing his hand onto his chin, as he would always do when thinking deeply. How could he somehow convince them to let him see? Maybe the Detective Boys can distract them while he sneaks off to watch the tapes?
He sighed, agitated. He let himself relax for a moment, knowing that the truth will be eventually revealed. Perhaps those white eyes of Hinata could beg Megure? Naaah. He didn't think that woul— Wait. Come to think of it, when everyone in class saw her eyes, why didn't they immediately ask her questions? He himself has questions to ask her about her eyes, but didn't press just incase it was a sensitive subject. He was curious as to why she had such pearly white eyes much akin to blind eyes. Ran, Kogoro, Kobayashi, and the others must've thought she was blind and didn't press further, as did he.
Pulling out his Earring Cellphone, he pressed Hakase's number before leaning on the wall, his free hand inside his pocket.
Ring Ri—
"Moshi moshi?"
"Hakase, would you mind searching for some information for me?"
"Of course not, Shinichi. What would you like to know?"
"Sumiko Fuijoka."
"Very well then, I will call you back once I am done."
"Arigato. Ja ne."
"Ja mata ne, Shinichi-kun."
He snatched the phone off of his ear, pocketing the gadget inside his pocket. He should probably join the other Detective Boys before they go looking for him.
Upon arriving Konoha, Naruto immediately raced to the Hokage Tower to report Hinata's disappearance, leaving behind a trail of dust.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru muttered, chasing after the blonde, Sai behind him.
Tsunade was in the brink of falling into her much awaited sleep when the slam of the doors surprised her, "Huhh—"
"OBAA-CHAAAAAN!" His scream completely woke her up, "What in the world?"
In front of her stood the hyperactive blonde, who panted as he spoke, "Obaa-chan! Hinata-chan was taken by the scroll you ordered us to retrieve!"
"Nani!" Tsunade stood up from her position on the chair, her hands stomping on the desk as it rumbled from her strength, "And where the hell is that scroll?"
Just as soon as she said that, Shikamaru and Sai entered from the door, "Hokage-sama, I think it would be best if it is I who would report to you what had happened during the mission. Naruto is a bit saddened from her disappearace."
The Legendary Sucker nodded, "Right."
Shikamaru stood up straight, "Just as she received the scroll, Hinata-san[1] dropped the scroll, causing it to open and inhale her. What confuses me is why Hinata was the only one that was sucked in. There's the possibility that the scroll only sucked her in because of her eyes."
Tsunade groaned, banging her head on the desk, "Hiashi and Neji are gonna have a hissy fit once they hear of this."
Naruto looked surprised, "I could understand Neji being mad about it, since he's her protector and treats her like a sister, but Hiashi? Last time I heard, he doesn't even have an ounce of worry for Hinata!"
"Though it may seem so, Hiashi is very worried for Hinata," Tsunade said, "He just doesn't know how to express his love."
"If you say so..."
"And not only because of that, but whoever made that scroll suck Hinata in must've wanted her for her eyes. Where is that scroll, anyway?"
Sai took off his pack, taking out the scroll, "Right here, Hokage-sama."
Tsunade sighed in relief, "Oh thank goodness," she took the scroll off his outstretched hand, "I'll be keeping this in a safe place for now."
Shikamaru put his hands on his pockets, "So how are we going to tell the Hyuugas?"
"That's your problem, Nara."
"Troublesome... Why me?" Shikamaru groaned.
"The papers I handed to you specifically said that youare the team leader for this mission."
"Fine, fine," he sighed in defeat.
Tsunade smirked, shooing them off her office. Now, she can finally get back to slee—"
BANG
She opened her eyes again as soon as she heard the noise. Mountains of papers were placed on her desk by her assistant.
Groaning, she slammed her head down the desk again, sending a bit of the papers flying.
—There shall be lines—
Naruto knocked thunderously on the Hyuuga clan's compound's front gate, "Oiiii! Neji! C'mon, open the damn door! Nejiii—"
A punch was what interrupted him from his rambling. Shikamaru glared at him, "Geez, shut up for once."
The gate soon opened, where an annoyed Neji stood inside, "What is it? You better have an explanation for waking up half of the compound in the middle of the night."
"What?" Naruto gaped, "It's night already?" Indeed, it was already night time. Thousands of stars were littered around the sky.
"I didn't even notice!" He laughed sheepishly.
"Well? The reason you came? My patience is running out."
Naruto nodded, "Right! Well, you see..." he nervously looked at his companion, "Shikamaru, you tell him! Tsunade said that youhave to do it!"
"Troublesome... Fine," Shikamaru rolled his eyes, internally praying for his life to continue, "Hinata is missing," Short and straight to the point.
"WHAT?" Neji growled, grabbing the strategist's collar and hefting him up. He had unconsciously activated his byakugan, his eyes glaring into the other's.
This is not gonna end well…
Conan had received the information from Hakase a few minutes ago. Sumiko Fujioka was very fond of snow and ice. She hated anything that felt hot to her. The ice she uses in ice sculptures were very big and strong, capable of penetrating through skin, tissue, muscles and bone. There was a possibility that the culprit had taken one of Fujioka's sculptures, since most of them were ice knifes, ice swords, etc. Now that he knew what could possibly be the murder weapon, he moved on to the possible suspects. Kyouta Nakamura was on the top of his list. Hakase told him that Nakamura cheated on Fujioka too many times to count, and that he abused her physically when his anger gets the best of him. The second on his list was her younger sister, Shizuka Fujioka, who he heard was the girlfriend of someone who likes the victim. The last was her mother, Kimiko Fujioka, who was actually her stepmother. Kimiko Fujioka seemed to hate that her husband gave Sumiko Fujioka more attention than to his wife.
Sighing, he rubbed his head, "Now I only need to watch those tapes..."
Hinata stood with the other members of the Detective Boys, eyeing the little detective worriedly with her white eyes. Maybe she could help him... She activated her byakugan, another genjutsu covering the veins. The heiress saw her chance to steal the tapes from the police when she looked to the right, where Takagi had left them on a nearby table.
Glancing back at the others, she saw them scattered around the bathroom, searching for clues. Once she was sure that no one was watching her anywhere, she quickly used Shunshin to appear beside the table, swatting away a few clouds of smoke before taking the tapes and reappearing back again to where she once stood. Fortunately, no one noticed what she had just done, which gained a sigh of relief from Hinata.
She walked over quietly beside Conan, tapping him meekly with her finger, "C-Conan-kun...?" When she saw that she had his attention, she thrust the tapes into his arms, blushing, "I f-figured you needed th-them..."
Conan looked at her in surprise as she gave him the tapes. How did she get the tapes and still be unnoticed? He glanced at the table were he knew the tapes once lay, and saw another stack of tapes there. Did she replace them? They'd notice that they were fakes once they watch them, though.
Hinata noticed him looking back at the table where she took the tapes. He must be wondering about the other stack of tapes, she thought. She had placed another genjutsu at the area. Kurenai-sensei was a master at genjutsu, after all.
"Thanks, Hinata-chan!" he grinned childishly, to which Hinata smiled in response, "I wouldn't know how to solve the case without you."
"I-it's no problem, C-Conan-kun..." Blushing, she played with the hem of her jacket(a part of the new wardrobe Ran had bought for her).
"But where could I watch these? There might be someone inside the surveillance room... And I'm sure that's the only place we can watch the tapes with," he rubbed his chin thoughtfully with his free hand.
Hmm... Think, Conan, think!
He creased his eyebrows, biting his lip in concentration.
1: Is that how Shikamaru calls her? xD
A/N: Wooh! Finally finished the chapter after days of plotting xD I was pretty busy with school and stuff like that, too. So sorry for the long wait and the shortness of the chapter ^^; Please enjoy!