PROVIDENCE

By: melodicAngel016

SUMMARY: She's a sixteen year old girl who has the ability to see ghosts. He's a high school detective that was in search for his brother. What if their life became twisted all of a sudden?

A/N: I have decided to revise chapters one and two. I was about to type another chapter, but realizing that I have forgotten about the plot and the idea got away, I have re-read the chapters over again. Then suddenly, I recognized the there were errors and the suspense was cut out. I'm sorry again for the inconvenience… :-/

melodicAngel016 does not own Gakuen Alice.

CHAPTER 1

"Natsume Hyuuga." I introduced myself. I'm seventeen and attending High School in Alice School. Seriously, why does everyone kept on asking me what my name is even though they already know me? That's bull.

And here I am, solving another case of murder. I was about to go home when I happened to pass by the house of the crime scene.

"You're the infamous, Natsume Hyuuga?" The person who just asked me who I am said unbelievably. "The Natsume Hyuuga?"

"Ah, Mr. Hyuuga. . ." A man repeated. "It's a pleasant surprise of you to be here. I'm Jikko Renin." He introduced himself while I nodded boringly. From the looks of him, he was the inspector of the crime scene.

I looked around the crime scene. "What happened?" I asked simply.

The inspector pulled out a mini notebook and flipped the pages. "Ryuki Hanazono is a plain housewife who just got killed this afternoon, or at least that's what the husband said." He paused. "Her body was found lying near the fireplace." I nodded in understanding.

I stood on one foot as I put my arms in front of my chest. "Have you checked their alibis?" I asked.

The inspector nodded. "There are three people here; one maid, a friend and the husband. The maid that goes by the name of Miyo Taniguchi said that she was out buying their groceries. She was out by 10 am. The victim's friend, Hana Eibara, was the one who called 911. She was the first one to see her dead body. And lastly, Mr. Tomoko Hanazono, was out doing operation. He's a doctor that specializes in heart. He was out this morning because he had a heart operation by ten am."

This is a new case indeed. Both three people have their alibis; still, I have to be careful of the situation. One wrong move and justice isn't going to happen. I looked around the house and observed things. I wandered around the fireplace, hoping to get a clue. The body there was removed and all is left was the drawing of the outline of the body. There was also a picture of the couple there and the background was the fireplace itself.

Okay, I need to think of the things right now. First of all, the maid… She was out by ten in the morning. If she was the killer, then she could have killed Hanazono before 10 in the morning, just before she left. But that couldn't make any sense now. I looked at her, not from afar. It's her with the maid outfit. And there were no bloodstains on it. Maybe she changed her clothes then?

That could be.

Alright, to our second suspect Hana Eibara. As for the information given, she's a friend of the victim. Was she here to just visit her, or was she here because she wanted to kill her? The maid was out by ten in the morning and she might have gotten the chance to kill her, knowing that they are alone inside this house. She was the first one to see her dead body, so what could this be? Either of the two were close suspects.

Lastly, Mr. Tomoko Hanazono, the victim's husband. Also, he was out by that time. He might have killed her before he went off to work. But even if he was the real killer, how could a husband kill his own wife? On this world today, I see everyone has motives.

I coughed as I went to the inspector. "Are there… Any abnormalities inside this house like forced breakthrough of some sort?" I asked.

"No sir." He answered. "But the backdoor of this house was left open a little bit."

Open you say, huh? "Then a thief is not the answer."

"Uh… I'm sorry Mr. Hyuuga… the husband said that there were things missing like uh, jewelleries and stuffs."

"Missing?"

"Yes, like stolen."

I groaned in frustration. I surely know that the real culprit is really one of the three.

Then something shiny got my attention. I bent down and pulled out a small tissue from my inner uniform and got the strange little object. It looks like a piece of a broken porcelain display. "Check this out." I ordered the inspector.

And again, back to the fireplace. I kept looking at the displays and pictures. That's funny, there was picture of the couple and the background was the fireplace itself. But there was something missing in it. I took a closer look… And bull's eyes, there it is… There was a porcelain display on the picture but when I looked at the fireplace, there's none. The porcelain was a sharp pointed one and that just might be the murder weapon.

"Was the victim stabbed or shot?" I asked the inspector again.

"She was stabbed sir. And there were so many stabbed marks found like at the back of the victim, on her chest, her wrist, her neck, and abdomen."

I smirked inwardly. So my guess was right. The victim was stabbed for so many times. If the porcelain display was the murder weapon, then it would take much force and the killer should stab her many times to make sure that she was dead. The porcelain display was sharp indeed, but it still needs time to make the victim dead on the spot. That also explains the piece I have found a while ago.

But there is another thing that bothered me. The jewelleries went missing, no? Then what about the fancy porcelain displays made of gold haven't gone missing?

"Mr. Hanazono, why do you have bloodstains on your shoe?" I heard Goro Kawamura asked. Then, it hit me. I turned to them and looked at the shoe of one of the suspects. His shoe was white and the red blotch was particularly seen. I stood up slowly and went to them.

"Well, this came from the patient from earlier." He explained. "I wasn't being careful so the blood squirted out.

"Really?" I asked as I raised one brow. "Then the patient must be dead then?"

"Well, no… Not really, it's that…" He said in a stammered tone as he waved his hands on the air. I noticed that the inside of his inner long sleeved polo had red stain on it.

"What happened to this?" I asked as I got his hand and let him see that too. "This came from the operation too?"

"Uh, yes."

"Let's see, what do you think is the motif of this crime?"

"Robbery." The maid said.

"Yes, there's no doubt. The husband said that there were jewelleries missing." The friend said.

"And you think that those were really stolen?"

"What are you trying to imply, Mr. High School Detective?" The friend asked.

I walked back and forth before answering her question. "If this case is really robbery, then why are the gold porcelain displays still here? Don't tell me that the robber just went off and didn't saw the evident fireplace?" I still continued to walk back and forth with hands on my pocket.

"So are you saying that the killer was one of us?" The husband asked.

"Exactly." I said. "And the person's trick was quite obvious and known. The murder weapon was the sharp porcelain display on the fireplace. Take a look at the picture of the couple. The only porcelain missing was the sharp one. Coincidence much? I think not."

"Then who is the killer" The maid asked.

"The killer is no other than. . . The husband himself, Mr. Tomoko Hanazono."

Then everybody on the room stopped at what they were doing.

"Say what?." He said in a wide eyed manner. "I love my wife and there is no way I'll kill her!" He pointed a forefinger on my chest but I didn't bulge to move. "Who are you to suspect me that?"

"Do you want to know why I'm saying that you are the suspect here?" I asked, ignoring his first question. "First, it's not inevitable that your patient's blood just squirted out. Your patient was lying on the operation bed, correct? And the height of the operation bed can approximately reach the part below the torso. That height so high, there is no possibility that the blood just squirted out. But if the blood happened to be out accidentally, the patient may loss consciousness even though she's breathing by means of a machine. In other words, the blood came from your wife."

He stared unbelievably at me. He shook his head roughly. "You're wrong! I didn't kill her! And more importantly-,"

"I already said what I wanted to say, still, there are other ways to prove that you killed your wife or not."

"What are you talking about?"

"Have the blood on your shoe diagnosed, that'll explain the truth." I said. "Still, the porcelain wasn't on the fireplace anymore and it's with you. You are afraid that someone might trace your fingerprints and prove that you killed her. And as for the jewelleries, you kept them with you."

"He couldn't have done it." A girl said. She was Hana Eibara, the victim's friend.

"He also forgot to take the porcelains away because of panic, maybe?"

A moment of silence covered the room.

"Alright, I killed her." He said simply with a worried smile. "You caught me, alright? I killed her, because she was having affairs with somebody. I killed her because I couldn't take it anymore."

And that was the end of the crime.

That day, another crime has been solved by me. Pray tell that was the easiest case of all time. Things really turned out well with me around. I had vowed to be a detective to find my brother. It has been a year since I have been in this puzzling world. I helped a lot of people already but how come I can't solve mine? How come I can't find my brother? He's been missing for quite some time now.

He's not yet dead, right? I could not forgive myself if that happens. I'm such a lousy brother.

Just then, somebody had bumped into me. Great, another fan girl who was wanting to get my attention. I didn't fell, but she did.

"Ouch." She mumbled softly as she rubbed her head.

"Look at where you're going, idiot." I said, not even bothering to help her stand up. I knew every girls techniques. They only want to get noticed by me. And that's typical.

"I'm sorry." She said in an apologetic manner. When I saw her standing up, I didn't know what came to my head that I helped her stood up. "I wasn't looking to where I'm going, sir…"

The girl's head was bowed down low and I couldn't see her face. All I know is that her curly brunette hair was down but not in a messy way. She was shorter than me by inches that I looked down on her. I noticed that her things have fallen so I decided that I should get it.

I got the papers and her books but what surprised me is that there was a book of ghost. Does this girl believe in ghosts? Suddenly, I gave her the things.

"Thank you, but you shouldn't have done that." She whispered softly. I didn't say anything. That would be so unexpected of me. But wait, I think I recognize her from before. Is she from Alice School also?

I saw her lift her head up. I thought I was going to see her face, but no. Her long bangs were the only thing I saw. "Thank you again, Mr. Hyuuga." She bowed.

"You can't see well if you don't get your bangs cut." I exclaimed coolly with hands on my pockets.

"I liked it the way it is." She said sternly as she walked pass through me.

I caught her wrists quickly. I don't know why but I think that my hand has a mind of its own and so does my mouth. "What's your name?" I asked subconsciously.

"Mikan, Mikan Sakura." I saw her lips form to a smile then her left eye was now seen. She has brown eyes. My right hand suddenly travelled to her hair, hoping to get a better view of her face. I sensed her shivered and backed away. "Sorry, I have to go…" She said as she ran away.

Well, that was unexpected.

I clenched my hands. Seriously, what's wrong with me?

Good grief…

-Chapter ends Here-