CLAMP SCHOOL DETECTIVES! SUOH'S COUSIN, AND AN UNEXPECTED TRAGEDY!

Epilogue. Suoh stared out the window at the falling snow. His heart was filled with happiness and excitement. A small smile decorated his lips as he watched the flakes floating gently to the ground. He couldn't wait for school to start. Nokoru and Akira would be so surprised...

Chapter one: An unusual morning

It had been Akira's idea for Nokoru and Akira to walk to school together that day. Suoh had told them yesterday that he was going to bring a surprise to school today, and his friends were bursting with the suspense.

"I wonder what Takamura-senpai is going to bring to school with him today." Akira wondered aloud as he and Nokoru tromped through the freshly fallen snow.

It had snowed for the first time that Winter last night, and the streets and sidewalks were covered with light, powdery snow.

"Maybe Suoh has a mountain of paperwork." Nokoru said suspiciously, recalling the glint in his friend's eyes.

"Or maybe it's something to decorate the board room with." Akira guessed.

Nokoru shrugged. The two friends walked on. Suddenly, Akira pointed to the snow in front of them.

"Look!" He shouted.

There were hundreds of footsteps going all around, and a slight amount of blood in front of them. It didn't take a mastermind like Nokoru to figure out there had been a struggle. Akira dropped to his knees to examine the evidence.

"Look there's a set of small footprints, then a set of footprints that are a tiny bit bigger. Then there are a lot of big footprints." Akira observed.

"A kidnapping of two kids?" Nokoru ventured.

"We should walk around it, so as not to destroy the evidence, and when we get to school we should tell a teacher." Akira suggested.

"Wait a second. Akira look at this!" Nokoru cried, getting on his hands and knees.

A shoe was sticking out of the line of bushes that lined the road. Together they pulled at the shoe and pulled out...a girl! She looked about the same age as Nokoru and Akira. Her hair was a dark, shiny black. She had the school elementary division uniform on, and her eyes were closed. Nokoru's mouth swung open and he pointed to her arm. A big almost dry splotch of blood covered a good portion of her whole right arm. Akira gasped and covered his mouth with his hands. He staggered backward and tripped over something.

"Ow!" He cried as his butt hit the snow.

"Akira, are you all right?" Nokoru asked, as he stopped brushing snow off the girl's hair and ran over to his friend.

"I'm fine, chairman.." Akira murmured.

"But what did I trip on?" He asked as he pulled a dagger out from behind him.

Akira and Nokoru stared at it. It was very sharp with a hoop instead of a handle.

"No...no it couldn't be..." Nokoru mumbled.

His eyes were wide with fear.

"Chairman? What's wrong?" Akira asked, alarmed.

"Nothing." Nokoru replied looking away. "We'd better get this poor girl to school."

Me: This time I'm doing the chat at the end! :D First, I didn't want it his to get in the way of the epilogue. Second, it's fun to shake things up. XP

Sakura: Yup! Heehee :)

Me: You're probably wondering who this is!

Akira: Hey you're that gi-MMMMPH!

Me: Hush, Akira-kun! They shall find out...IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!

Suoh: *rolls eyes* Kim does not own any of Clamp School Detectives. Except for the three paperback editions in her bookshelf.

Me: That's MagicWriterK to you!