A/N: Finally. finally I wrote this one up. It took me longer than I thought to get enough inspiration to continue. *looks at Story of the Firefly and Dawn and Dusk* Yeah... But now you have the next chapter. Thank you for waiting.

Chapter 62.

A chair scraped the floor towards the end of the last lesson of the day. Class 1-B wasn't dismissed yet though. The person standing was no other than the resident bookworm and multitasker Mai. Everyone was staring at her as she looked forward and spoke:

"I, Miyoshi Mai, hereby relinquish my position as the class president. I also nominate vice-president Honda Hiro as my successor."

The announcement came as a surprise. Everyone knew how hard Mai and Hiro competed in everything. For one of them give up something the other wanted… it was unthinkable.

"Miyoshi-san…?" Maki Namida's stunned whisper was the only thing breaking the silence. She then blushed furiously and turned to stare the surface of her desk. In front of her, Okiya Tsukiko swallowed hard. She had no idea why Mai would so suddenly give up her title. Okay, yeah, she had a lot on her plate but this far she'd managed just fine.

At the back of the class, Toudou Yuuko stood up, sneering at the bespectacled brunette.

"And why would high and mighty heiress of Miyoshi Corporation, Miyoshi Mai-himesama, do that." The drama queen of the class asked haughtily. No one wanted to admit it but they were thinking the same and were thankful that someone – even if it was the biggest bitch of the school – had asked it. Mai wasn't moved by the hostile behavior.

"I have better things in my life to do. Like starting to prepare for my own future. Being a class president is only a small part of my resume." She replied calmly. Yuuko casted one last hateful look at the (now ex-) class president before sitting down and beginning to examine her nails. Next to her Hanajima Megumi was observing the reactions of every single person in the room. She was apparently already over the shock of her uncle's death (assassination) and was back in her role as the primary rumor mill and source of information. At least amongst the first years. Suzuki Sonoko was obviously the one for second years. Maki Tsunami in the other hand was glaring at her twin sister and seemed to want to hit her.

Finally the silence was broken again. This time Honda Hiro stood up.

"I, Honda Hiro, humbly accept the offered position as the president of this class."

"Thank you, Honda-san." Mai bowed slightly to the boy's direction. Hiro inclined his head and they both sat down. The class broke into whispers and the teacher had no choice but dismiss them five minutes early.

"Mai-san, what were you thinking? Why did you give up the role?" Tsukiko asked as soon as she caught up with her friend. Mai was sitting closer to the door and had somehow managed to bolt as soon as the dismissal had sounded. The former blonde had practically had to run after her, with Namida hot on her heels.

"As I said at the class: I have better things to do. I have more time now. More for myself and less opportunities for my parents to catch up with me." Mai replied as she briskly walked onwards.

"But for the longest time you've said you'd never give up being a president." Namida stated. "That you'd need that one up over Honda-kun."

"Pfft, I can still beat him in every exam." The brunette waved the shy girl's concerns away. "Honda-ouji is but a small droplet in this world. Not worth of my time really. Just like Toudou isn't."

"Toudou really likes throwing your title around, doesn't she?" Tsukiko remarked dryly then. Mai's right eye twitched at the reminder.

"Yeah… Officially I'm still the heiress… She in the other hand isn't for her parent's business. I heard she is getting married off to some business mogul when she is of age. Bit like Suzuki Ayako was, though she married for love."

"Right… You used to move in the same circles than Suzuki-san."

"Suzuki, Toudou, Honda… His both parents are renowned doctors so they are often invited to parties too."

"…Toudou-san is getting married?" Namida asked quietly, her steps coming to an abrupt stop. Mai and Tsukiko both turned to look at the girl who was glaring at her shoes.

"Yes, she is. It isn't exactly a secret… Tabloids are already guessing who her fiancée will be. Hanajima is her press agent currently." The former class president told before frowning. "Why are you so curious?"

Namida's whole demeanor changed. Her posture straightened and eyes blazed in quiet fire. "Because 'Yuu-yuu-chan' is sleeping with my sister."

"She what?" Tsukiko had nearly fallen over in surprise. Mai's eyes widened at the revelation. She quickly scanned her surroundings but found no eavesdroppers.

"How do you know?"

"Tsunami is my sister, no matter how much we dislike each other. Our family isn't overly rich so I'm still sharing a room with her. Granted, it is a big room and separated by a paper screen. But is doesn't help much when Yuu-yuu-chan is visiting." The implication was clear to the girls. Tsukiko looked quite disgusted by the idea while Mai was doing her best to remain stoic.

"I can see now why Hanajima is Toudou's press agent." The bespectacled girl stated finally before motioning the other two to follow her. Mostly just so they could talk while walking. Trio of girl standing in the middle of pavement would attract more or less attention.

"Don't they have any shame?" Tsukiko hissed through clenched teeth. "I don't care that they are two girls but to screw each other while someone can hear… Do your parents know?"

"No. At least I don't think so." Namida was back to her quiet self but the steel from her eyes wasn't gone yet. "And those two are just so all over each other that they promptly forget my presence. I once brought it up to them and the results weren't pretty…" The girl looked away.

"Is this the time you were hospitalized for a long time during this semester?" Mai asked.

"Yeah. Tsunami pushed me down the stairs. I was already the weaker one of us. Both physically and mentally…"

When Namida looked like she was going to break down in tears, Tsukiko hugged her tightly and dragged Mai into the hug too.

Tsukiko and Namida were at Café Poirot, drinking orange juice while Mai was serving them. It was a quiet day. Azusa was serving the few other customers by the cash register while Amuro came back from the kitchen, carrying two plates. The plates went to the table next to the girls'. Ran and Kogoro were occupying it. The detective was reading the evening paper and judging by the cough mask tucked underneath his chin, he was coming up with spring flu.

"So Conan-kun went camping. That must be nice…" Amuro spoke to Ran. The teen smiled back.

"He was saying that he was going to campground in Gunma…"

"Doesn't he get tired of going every month…" Kogoro muttered and coughed a couple of times.

"If he's going to Gunma, I wonder if it's near Mt. Fuyuna? The cherry blossoms would be beautiful." The waiter chatted away. Tsukiko had to suppress a smirk at the statement. The cherry blossom time was already over in Tokyo… And the next time they'd blossom again would be when Conan (finally) shared info with Jodie. Speaking of the FBI agent…

Kogoro continued talking with Amuro when Ran's cell phone rang. Tsukiko wasn't paying attention to them or to whatever Namida and Mai were talking about next to her. The dimensionally lost girl's eyes were glued on the front page of the paper the snoring sleuth was holding. It held one big headline.

"-ukiko… Tsukiko-chan!" The girl's head snapped up to look at Mai who seemed concerned.

"Yes?"

"Are you alright?" The bespectacled girl asked concernedly.

"You went all quiet suddenly." Namida added.

"Yeah… I'm fine." Tsukiko attempted to smile but her attention was drifting back to the newspaper. Mai followed her line of sight.

"Is there something interesting?" The waitress asked. By now the two residents of the detective agency and the 'detective apprentice' were looking at her too. Tsukiko swallowed.

"The head line… Is it about the Hunters?"

Kogoro folded his newspaper to look at the front page. He grunted something about not reading the article yet. Ran immediately went to scold him for only paying attention on the horse racing results and when the next program featuring Yoko Okino would come form TV.

"You interested in the Hunters then?" A new voice spoke. Tsukiko turned her head to look at Amuro.

"…I suppose. They have been on surface lately." She shrugged but at the same time her mind was racing. She vaguely remembered Kage giving some names for Yamato. But that was over three weeks ago already.

"That's true. Are you scared then? They seem to be targeting quite randomly." Was he fishing for information? Maybe, maybe not. At least not about her relation to the Hunters. More likely how close she was to the Black Organization via Vermouth.

"Are you?" The girl shot back. Amuro just gave her an amused smile when Kogoro cleared his throat behind him.

"There apparently was a gas explosion at Osaka." The detective told. "Five people died and the signature of the Hunters was left in there. Doesn't say what the signature is though… What good is it if people don't know what to watch out for?"

"Probably to prevent copycats emerging." Mai stated and began wiping a nearby table. "The police are withholding that information on purpose. Does it say who the victims were?"

"Hmh… Sekiguchi Goku, a secretary; Itara Suguri, a builder; Moku Akari, a librarian; Takone Sakura, a teacher; and Tommy Murray, an FBI agent."

"An FBI agent?" Tsukiko gaped. "How did they rope someone like that there?" Moreover, she remembered that name. He was one of the people who'd been at Haido Central Hospital back then. An unpleasant fellow. At least towards her.

"An interesting collection of people…" Amuro remarked with unreadable look in his eyes. "Is there any connection between them?"

"Not mentioned here at least. The explosion happened five o'clock this morning."

"How horrible…" Namida whispered.

"Very." Mai stated steely before gathering some dishes and heading back to kitchen. Tsukiko watched after her. She wasn't sure what to make of the former class president. There had been something in her eyes… Something akin to hope.

In Gunma, police found two corpses. Both were females but on the course of the investigation it as discovered that the cases were unrelated to each other. Eventually the murder of the female childcare worker was solved thanks to Edogawa Conan and Sera Masumi. The other woman in the other hand… The police managed to connect her to the hired car that'd exploded in front of the police station last winter and later also to the case of Hunter of the Crows after a message was found from her phone. But any further they did not get. Not even in identifying her.

Kyoto, 19:47

"Sakazuki Meme-san?" A secretary opened a door to speak with a woman sitting on the bench.

"Yes, that's me." The woman pulled a lock of her long black hair behind her ear and fixed her half-moon spectacles as she stood up. Her brown eyes surveyed the room she'd been waiting in and glanced at the door out to the corridor.

"The Director will see you now." The secretary said and let the woman walk past her.

"Thank you very much."

Ten minutes later the woman walked out of the Directors office, leaving a bleeding corpse behind. The man had been killed with only one shot on the forehead

Other side of Kyoto, 21:23

"So you are Shineko Asura-san?" A Chief of Staff asked the woman in front of him. She was standing straight and unflinchingly looking back at the man.

"Yes, sir. That is my name." 'That I'm currently using.' was mentally added by the woman.

"You are sure you can fill in this position."

"Absolutely sir." 'For the next five minutes at least. Then there'll be two positions to fill.'

"Good… Now, to the requirements of the job and then you can sign this contract." The woman didn't miss the way the man's eyes roamed all over her body.

'Lecherous bastard…' The man turned to fetch something from the drawer of his desk. That was when the woman pulled out her gun equipped with a silencer.

"Sir?"

"Yes, sweetie?" The Chief of Staff turned around only to face a silenced gun pointing between his eyes. He blanched.

"One, don't call me sweetie. Two, you have a message. Open it."

"Wh-What is this… Asura-chan?" The man opened the message on his computer. The children song filled the air. The man began fidgeting and reaching for the intercom button. But the woman was faster.

"Three, you are going to die now."

Bang.

The woman's phone rang when she was boarding a train out of Kyoto. She was heading to Chiba now. Her eyes weren't brown anymore but blue and her glasses were round now. Her hair was darker black too and the tips of her hair only barely touched her shoulders.

"Moshi moshi, Takenaka Saya speaking."

"Konbanwa, Saya-chan. Did everything go well?" A male voice greeted.

"Konbanwa, Yamato. Everything went like scripted. Two crows more are killed now. I'm heading to next location now.

"Ah, yes… Rajune Lucas… That Indian entrepreneur, right? Your seduction mission…" There was an amused tone in Ishikawa Yamato's voice.

"Hai…" Saya sighed. "But you are the one my heart belongs to."

"Hmm… I love you too, Saya." The man smiled at the other end of the line. "I in the other hand am heading to help out Kage. They decided to do some intimidation today and they need me as a backup."

"Sniper-guard?"

"Yes. And you be careful too. And report back to Hibiki soon. He is worried."

"When isn't he? But yeah… I'll be careful. While no one suspects me, too much it never too much. Who'd suspect an elementary school teacher to be an ex-assassin?"

"Who'd suspect a librarian to be a member of a criminal organization?"

"Good point."

"Bye, Saya. Call again tomorrow."

"I will. Bye bye." Takenaka Saya put her phone back in her purse and leaned back in her seat. A small smile found its way on her faintly painted lips. She loved her new family. Her new boyfriend and her little brother. Even though she'd acquired them after losing so much. But in her opinion it was better this way.

Mouri Detective Agency, Beika City, Tokyo
Closer to midnight

Only sound in the agency was taps on the keyboard. The waiter of Café Poirot, Amuro Tooru also known as Bourbon, was crouched over the computer. He didn't even notice another presence with him in the agency. So concentrated he was on the task at hand. The man wrote the password (5563) and went to see what pictures Edogawa Conan had possibly sent to Kogoro and Ran. Why was he doing that? One couldn't be sure. But in the end he found something much more interesting and valuable: a video with Miyano Shiho in it. And once zooming on her visible right hand, a pass ring to Mystery Train the Bell Tree Express was seen.

"Yeah… She is probably boarding that train." A voice spoke. Amuro straightened like he'd just been electrocuted. He drew his gun to point at the figure in front of him, sitting on one of the sofas. How he'd missed… him? her? them? … when coming in, he didn't know.

"Ah… I wouldn't do that." The figure spoke again. The voice was vaguely familiar. But where had he heard it? It was relatively recently.

"Gomenazai." Bourbon remembered that one time at Beika Department Store where he'd walked around, disguised as Akai Shuichi. He'd been in the crowd outside the store, provoking Chianti, when someone had bumped into him. He hadn't seen the face of that person properly, only hear the voice before the person had ducked into the crowd again. When the Hunter(s) of the Crows began doing his job, Chianti had identified someone in the crowd as Kage, the person who had been at Touto Tower during Irish's case. According to Vermouth, Shadow of the Organization was primary non-violent. She didn't identify their gender though. She preferred to use 'she' while Irish and Chianti both used 'he' when referring to Kage. Complicated situation. Even more so now that Amuro was linking 'their' voice to Okiya Tsukiko's. He wouldn't go as far as link them directly together though despite Vermouth's possible connection to the girl.

But now Kage was here, sitting in front of him like they had no care of the world. They regarded calmly the gun pointed at her temple and wasn't even directly looking at Bourbon.

"Who are you?" Standard question, just to make sure of his suspicions. He also noted that someone was hacking on detective Mouri's computer. But that wasn't the main point right now. The person on the sofa was.

"Hmm… But don't you already know? I'm sure you've heard of me…" The person grinned in the faint light and with a slow tilt of their head, turned to look at the man behind the desk.

"Probably, but I'd like to hear it from you."

"Would you put the gun down? My associate is being quite trigger-happy today… Especially after his assignment at Osaka." After the statement, Amuro notice a red spot on the far wall before moving to right. He had the uncomfortable feeling that the dot was now at the back of his own head. So this guy was the one behind Osaka… And all the other deaths of the Organization NOCs… Bourbon mused. If only he knew how exactly use that information. But now… He placed the gun on the desk, next to the computer.

"That's better. As you probably guessed, I'm Kage. I'm the mastermind of what media has begun appropriately calling the Hunters of Crows. You probably have also deduced by now that I was the one steal the list of the NOCs of your precious organization and that I've been the one to break havoc in general. However, I'm not the one to do the dirty work. And no, I'm not telling who it is. Though you might already have an idea… Or not." Kage spoke. They got on their feet slowly and stretched.

"Why are you here?" Amuro frowned, his hand itching to grab is weapon.

"I came to warn you. Stay out of my way." The way they were holding themselves now, weight on one foot and head tilted on the same side, made them look slightly unhinged. "And do not endanger Okiya siblings. I'm quite fond of them…"

In his mind, telling a potential enemy that they had a weakness, was a stupid idea, but Bourbon kept his mouth shut. Obviously this person had something up in their sleeve.

"…What's so special about Okiya siblings?"

"Ah-ah-ah…" Kage waggled a finder at Amuro's direction. "I'm not telling you, Bourbon. Just be glad that I like you more or less. Otherwise I'd already let Sanjuu kill you."

'Sanjuu?' Then blond man frowned. Somehow he knew the slip wasn't accidental.

"I'm going to take my leave now. Maybe we'll see again, maybe not. Sayonara, Bourbon-san."

Kage shut the door of Kudou Residence behind them and hesitated before flicking on the light. Subaru was awake anyways so there was no need to sneak around.

"Hello, Bakai." Kage yawned as she leaned against the doorframe.

"Hello, Tsukiko. Where were you?" Subaru asked. He was sitting by three monitors and had a glass of Bourbon in hand. Next to him was an ashtray stuffed with cigarettes. The whole room was reeking of smoke. Thankfully the upper windows were open though, letting cool night air in and ventilating the room. It was also good that the smell hadn't spread to any other rooms.

"Just around…" The 'girl' shrugged and turned to leave. "I'm going to sleep now though. G'night, Suba-…"

"Was it you or someone else?" Subaru asked, making Kage freeze. They whipped around

"What?!" They hissed.

"Someone else it is then…" The man remarked, taking a sip from his glass.

"He… He knows…" Tsukiko thought in horror.

"Yes. We probably haven't been careful enough."Kage growled.

"Let me… I'll handle this."

"No. It was my turn. It was our deal that I had this night for myself."

"But he obviously wants to speak with me!"

"Stop it, both of you!" Red Moon snapped.

"He is my Niisan!"

"I am in control now!"

A hand found its way on the forehead of their shared body. A moment later Tsukiko realized it was her own and that Red Moon had pushed Kage away. The girl was in control once again and leaning heavily against the doorframe. She breathed in relief. Usually they couldn't force the control away from each other but apparently this time it had happened.

"Are you alright?" Subaru got up from his chair. Tsukiko looked up and let herself to slide down on the floor. Apparently her inner struggle hadn't become vocal.

"Y-Yeah… Just a headache…" She replied shakily. "I'm fine…"

"I'll get you back to bed." Subaru supported her and helped her on her feet. "You should sleep more."

"Look who's talking." Tsukiko chuckled tiredly. She sighed. "But you were right… It wasn't me right then."

"Who was it?" The man asked as they made their way up the stairs and towards 'Tsukiko's room'.

"… I rather not tell. Don't worry about me though. I can handle this."

"If you say so."

"And don't tell anyone. Not even Kudou-kun."

"I won't."

"…Thank you."

A/N: And that was cabin trap. I hope you liked. I admit this was a bit filler-y... but next chapter-! Is also filler-y... *goes to corner to grow mushrooms* But yeah. I gotta keep going.

Saya appeared! And she is in business too. A mole in FBI has been killed too which is good. I guess there might be another one too... Depends a bit what canon says but at least one annoyance is killed.

Amuro in the other hand... He doesn't connect Kage being Tsukiko. I've a plan for that revelation too. He does have an inkling that Yamato is working with Kage.

Mai gave up her position as class president because she wants more time for her investigations and book writing. I guess you deduced as much also. -hiro made a comeback and Yuuko actually spoke in this fic. Namida got to speak her own mind for a change... And yeah, Tsunami is a bitch. Their parents don't realize that though. They are kind of blind to the tension between the twins...

Someone asked me about Cabin Trap and Mystery Train after I wrote the movie chapter... I guess it became as PM because I can't seem to find it from reviews. Anyways they asked back then if I were to do these cases at all because movie came after the manga chapters. Dear reader, no need to worry. I incorporate movies into places where they were compared to anime. For some reason that make more sense to me and see when they were released compared to manga. Sorry for the confusion though.

Replies to Reviews: (it's so lovely to see so many reviews in this fic...)

-Zeladious:
I'm alive. :)

-Grace F:
I feel like all the chapter that are not A. written about plot worthy canon cases or B. about canon chapters in general, are fillers... I think I need to fix the definition though...
Takuya is smart. He'll keep everything to himself for now. Everything about his plot-worthyness will be revealed when we approach the Scarlet Series though. (which is way too far btw.) And he'll also realise to keep Mai away. He'll eventually give her the results of the prints but he'll not allow her to dig into the organization itself.
Ooh, face off will come. The tension is arising!
:D Alright. I'll do my best to make sure the plot is approachable though.

-Kimmiko T:
Thank you very much.
I try to update whenever I have inspiration to write. :)

-nihal: (for chapter 22)
thank you :)

-Karen:
You are welcome. For now Takuya and Mai are safe. Takuya knows how to be discreet enough and Mai doesn't have too much information yet. Moreover they have a guardian angel (Amuro) at their backs to make sure no one gets too close to them. Or something... But yeah, I have no intention of killing them, don't worry. Right now Yamato is more likely canditate being killed off, though I haven't really planned it either.
Thank you very much. My imagination is pretty crazy. Not as crazy as some other's have... (Ever read When Pandora's Box is opening? It's damn good with such a plot I could have never come up with.)
Movies, movies... We are pretty much past movie 15's timeline by now, sorry. *reads the comments about the Oc and floats in happiness*
Ahem, movies aren't canon though I think some of them have great potential to be. movie 18 is probably closest to be canon right now though other movies have elements that have later been adopted into manga storyline. Shiratori for example.
Uh, he hasn't got them yet. They are just ones I've planned to include into his story when I get that far. It'll tka a long time though.
Yes, exactly. Mystery Train is approaching! All aboard!

Guest: (for chapter 29)
Thank you very much. :)