SailorStar9: With Chapter 57 uploaded, this is Chapter 58 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Pairings: Established!Furuya Rei (Amuro Tooru)/Mizuno Ami

Disclaimers: I own absolutely nothing, except this plot and pairing.

Chapter 58: The New Teacher's Skeleton Case, Part One

Some time later...

"Sorry for making you help me during your lunch break." the new teacher assistant, Wakasa Rumi apologized to the Detective Boys, the five kids from Class 1-B had also pulled Fumio out.

"Not at all." Mitsuhiko assured. "We should help each other out."

"Wow, it really is in shambles." Genta gawked at the rundown shed.

"There isn't even a lock on the door." Mitsuhiko noted.

"It didn't have one ten years earlier." Conan muttered.

"How would you know that?" Fumio asked, overhearing.

"Ran-nee-chan told me." Conan stammered.

"Whatever." Haibara started. "They should just tear it down."

"The principal mentioned that they couldn't because of the feng shui or something on the day of the graduation." Conan voiced. "At his entrance ceremony address." he corrected himself.

"Didn't you transfer halfway through the year?" Fumio reminded.

"Is that right?" Conan gaped. "In any case, let's get inside and look for the lime."

"What are you dong, Conan?" Genta asked, the bespectacled boy suddenly stopped short in front of the doors. "Does it not open?"

"I'm opening it now." Conan replied.

"It's pitch black." Ayumi peered into the shed.

"It's no use." Haibara tried the light switch to no avail. "The light bulb is dead."

"I'll go get a flashlight." Wakasa-sensei offered.

"That's quite all right." Mitsuhiko voiced. "We have these." he revealed the wristwatches.

"Those are awfully convenient." Wakasa-sensei noted, seeing the lit torchlights.

"It's time for the Detective Boys to search for lime." Mitsuhiko declared.

"I found a schedule." Ayumi picked up a piece of paper from the floor.

"It looks pretty old." Mitsuhiko noted. "The paper is really worn."

"There are lots of blank spaces." Ayumi added.

"Maybe they didn't finish filling it in?" Genta suggested.

A trapdoor leading down? Conan's flashlight shone on a trapdoor. Some of the rust was just recently worn off. Did someone open it recently?

"Conan, what is it?" Fumio approached the other boy.

"Is it an entrance to a basement?" Mitsuhiko wondered.

"Maybe that's where..." Ayumi stammered.

"They got trapped." Mitsuhiko swallowed.

"And the dead teacher's..." Genta gaped.

"Skeleton." Haibara finished. "We're joking." she assured the frightened Wakasa-sensei.

"Fumio, help me open it." Conan instructed.

"There really was a skeleton..." Genta muttered after the two boys lifted the metal hatch and Conan's flashlight shone on the skeleton lying against a stack of vaulting boxes.

"Genta, hold the door." Conan instructed as he and Fumio hurried down.

"Wakasa-sensei, please call the police." Fumio requested.

"How does it look, you two?" Haibara asked after Wakasa-sensei ran off.

"Looks like they died quite some time ago." Fumio examined the skeleton. "Based on the condition of the bones and the surroundings," he looked around. "It's probably about five, no, ten years ago."

There's something in its right hand. Conan's flashlight shone on a strip of paper with characters written on it. A string? He took the paper. No, a sports day headband?

"Edogawa-kun, is something wrong?" Haibara noticed Conan's stunned look.

These characters look familiar... Conan mused. I think... his mind flashed back to about ten years ago. A sealing string?

"Looks like the body is about ten years old." Inspector Shiratori confirmed, the forensics team was carrying the skeleton out. "They didn't have any identification on them, but they were probably a thief. There was a large crack on the back of the skull and it looks like they were carrying a large bag of lime. They probably lost their footing while trying to steal the bag of lime and died when they stuck the back of their head on the vaulting box at the bottom of the stairs. There are no signs of foul play, so unfortunately, we'll be leaving now."

"Okay." Kobayashi-sensei nodded.

"Aw, shucks." Genta whined. "So, it's not a case."

"It's been ten years since the police last came here." Principal Uematsu approached the group.

"Principal." Kobayashi-sensei blinked. "What happened ten years ago?"

"Four thieves broke into the home of of a wealthy man who lived in the area." Principal Uematsu replied. "They murdered the man and fled with 200 million yen worth of gold ingots they found in the house. That same night, someone saw several suspicious figures enter Teitan Elementary School. So, the police came to investigate."

"Were the thieves arrested?" Conan asked.

"No, not that I've heard." Principal Uematsu answered. "No evil deed goes unpunished. They're probably living in fear or have died somewhere." with that, he walked off.

SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted, by the way. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.