WE don't own Prince of Tennis. I'm Sakura Ichigo Morihiko, and I am CO-WRITING this story with Yokuseithehedgehog. Neither of us are MEN, we are teenage girls. So it is impossible for us to be the owners.

I'm also fairly certain neither of us owns a Himalayan cat named Kahluamilk. Therefore we do not own. (Don't ask how I know his cat's name…okay you can ask.)

Chapter 1

A girl with short brown hair was walking down the street. She was dressed for working out and was walking towards a gym. She checked her watch for the 10th time and her eyes widened.

"I'm gonna be late!" she exclaimed and dashed down the alleyway that would give her a shortcut to her job. "I'm gonna be-," she stopped and stared at the red liquid that covered the walls of the alley. Shaking, she looked down and saw two dismembered bodies lying there.

A bloodcurdling scream could be heard from 5 miles away.

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"Can you tell me your name miss?" asked a man with brown hair and glasses, wearing a suit. The woman, who was still shaking from finding the bodies, looked him in the eyes. Her eyes were wide and filled with fear and terror.

"Ta-Tachibana Ann. T-That's my name…" she stuttered, and gripped her arms. Her knuckles were white from the force she was gripping her arms with.

"Tachibana-san, May I ask what you were doing when you found the victims?" the man questioned again. Ann looked at the man's nametag and answered.

"W-Well, Tezuka-san, I-I was walking t-to work when I saw I was gonna be late, and, and, I took the shortcut d-down the alley, and t-t-t-t-the blood was on the walls, and when w-w-w-when I looked d-down…" Ann started shaking violently, remembering the scene she came across. Tezuka put his hand on her shoulder and rubbed her arm slightly. He couldn't have her breaking down on him. It was obvious to anyone that she was shaken up, but was trying to help out as much as possible.

"May I ask where you work?" he questioned. Ann looked him in the eyes, more sure of herself now.

"The fitness and health center just across the street from that alley… I'm a personal trainer and I was gonna be late for my 8 o'clock appointment." She said, not stuttering at all, but taking slight pauses when she mentioned the alley. Tezuka nodded. She found the victims at 7:58, which means that her story is viable. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"Who was your 8 o'clock appointment with, Tachibana-san?" he asked. Ann reached into her pocket and took out her iphone. She tapped it a few times and then answered.

"Echizen Ryoma and Kirihara Akaya. According to what they say, they grew up together and competed against each other when they were in junior high and high school. I even have their address and phone numbers here…" she said and handed Tezuka the phone. He quickly jotted down the information and raised an eyebrow when he saw only one address. "They're roommates, nothing more. Kirihara is straight as a stick, but Echizen…" she trailed off not knowing how to put it. "H e isn't exactly the same as Kirihara." She said after an awkward silence of her trying to figure out what to say.

"He is…homosexual?" Tezuka deadpanned. Ann sweat dropped but nodded. Tezuka nodded back and handed Ann her phone. "Thank-you for your help. You may go and see Jackal-san, he'll most likely take you out for coffee and try to help you get over this experience." He explained and pointed to the Brazilian man standing next to the man that was pooping candy into his mouth.

The man had magenta hair that went down to his neck and was wearing a yellow dress shirt and brown slacks. Tezuka raised his eyebrow at the man's outfit.

"Marui-san, isn't that outfit a little too…formal for you?" he asked. Marui looked at Tezuka over his shoulder, a bulge of candy evident in his cheek. Marui gave him a cheeky grin.

"If I didn't wear this then they wouldn't let me anywhere near the scene." Marui said brightly. "it's not like I wanted to wear this." Tezuka gave him a slight smile.

"I see then." He replied. He then walked past Marui to the crime scene and grimaced when he saw the bodies. "Now I see why she was so shaken up. They really…" he couldn't even finish his sentence.

"Chopped them up? Sliced and diced? I'm full of things to describe this." said a feminine voice from behind him. Tezuka turned to see his colleague, who had light brown hair longer than his own, eyes closed so you couldn't see his eye colour, and a smile planted on his face. All in all, he was quite feminine. Tezuka stared at him like he just admitted to the murder.

You seem too calm for this Fuji. What the hell is wrong with you?" Tezuka asked. The man let out a girlish giggle that suited his appearance.

"I was built for this stuff. Remember when I drank one of Inui's tasty drinks? Everyone else threw up and I could stand it easily." Fuji said. Tezuka tried his hardest not to shudder at the memories of their lab rat's concoctions, which he claimed were made of entirely edible things. Although, now that Tezuka thought about it, he said edible, not food. Now that was disgusting.

Alright then, find out who our Vics are-were and search up any family or friends they may have." Tezuka ordered. Fuji nodded and walked off, avoiding as much blood as possible. This was pretty difficult considering all the blood that covered the walls and ground. Tezuka knelt down, and after putting on a latex glove, picked up a bracelet that was on the ground. It was silver and had a single small plate on it. It was obviously very delicate and it was torn apart, as if the murderer took a liking to the bracelet and tried to rip it off the girl. Tezuka held it up to the light and, even through the blood splatter, could read the inscription that was on the piece.

(Sorry, my computer won't show the characters so just pretend they're there. Thank-you.)

"Forever yours…" he whispered. "This must have belonged to the girl. I don't think that man would wear something like this."

Tezuka stood back up and walked over to an awaiting police officer with the bracelet in hand. The officer quickly bagged it and put it with the other evidence samples to be tested. Tezuka then turned to his red-haired companion. "Marui. You're with me. Everyone else. Yudan sezu ni ikou." A resounding chorus of hai's answered him.

"What are we doing de~tect~ive~?" Marui stretched out the position in a sing-songy way. Tezuka just glanced at him, then grunted and tilted his head to the building in front of them. "Ah, we're gonna question those two that had an appointment. Good thinking. Not as good as my tensai-like brain but still impressive." Tezuka just snorted in slight amusement and they both walked into the double doors labeled Fudoumine Gym and Health Center.

"Excuse us; we're looking for a Kirihara-san and Echizen-san." The boy at the desk looked confused for a moment before noticing the badge Tezuka was holding in his hand.

"Ah, they're in room five. May I ask why you want them?" The two detectives looked at each other. Might as well get some more information about them.

"We have a few routine questions to ask them. See, there was a crime committed a little while ago and we need to see if they know anything." Marui made his voice seem bored so that he didn't imply that they could've been the ones to commit such crime, just that they might have been witnesses. The guy seemed to relax at this.

"Ah, they're good kids. A little strange but they're nice enough. Even protected my sister when some guy kept harassing her. I heard they're childhood friends. I don't know much but if you have any questions, you call here or at this number." The man handed the detectives a card with two numbers on it and the man's name.

"Tachibana Kippei? Any relation to Tachibana Ann? The man looked shocked for a second before nodding.

"Hai, she's my sister. She works as a personal trainer here. Is she in trouble?" the man looked ready to jump over the counter and rescue his sister from whatever imaginary dangers he thought were plaguing her. Marui held up his hands in a placating gesture.

"Calm down please, Tachibana-san. Nothing's wrong with your sister. She was just the one to find the crime scene and call the cops." Tachibana sighed and calmed down almost instantly. "Well we'll just be going to room five now, your sister should be here sometime soon." Marui started herding Tezuka towards the hall while he was still speaking.

The two walked down a long hall until they got to a room marked with a large red five. Right before they entered Tezuka's cellphone rang. The taller man quickly fished it out of his pocket and brusquely answered. "Tezuka."

"Saa Tezuka, sparkling personality as ever. One does have to wonder if you ever smile." Tezuka sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. He didn't have the patience to deal with Fuji's strange breed of humor.

"Fuji, this better be good or I'l-"

"Relax Tezuka; don't get your panties in a twist." Tezuka growled, "Fine, fine, I'll tell you why I called. I pulled a few strings down in the lab-something about testing new juice-and got the two down there to work on identifying the DNA samples of the two bodies that girl found. Well we found matches. The first one was a girl, Ryuuzaki Sakuno. The second was a boy named Horio Satoshi. We don't know much else about them yet but we have some people working on background checks as we speak. Or I speak since you're doing your silent brooding thing."

"Good work Fuji. Call me if you get anything else." And before the other could reply, Tezuka hung up. He got a disapproving look from his companion and blinked. "What?" Marui just sighed and opened the door.

"Oi, Ann-chan, what took you so long?" Two dark-haired individuals looked over to the door only to stop in confusion. "Who are you? Where's Ann-chan?" The two walked over to the investigators.

Marui took the initiative. "Are you Kirihara Akaya and Echizen Ryoma?" The two looked shocked for a moment at how the two strangers knew their names but collected themselves to answer. The first and taller one spoke again.

"I'm Kirihara Akaya. And my silent and short companion here is Echizen Ryoma. Now kindly tell us who you are or I'm calling the police. And why do you know our names?" Marui was about to reply with something witty and sarcastic but Tezuka cut him off.

"Tezuka Kunimitsu. My associate here is Marui Bunta." He ignored Marui's added title of tensai. "And we are the police. We have a few questions for you. He didn't wait for their compliance before asking the first question. "Do you know a Ryuuzaki Sakuno?" Kirihara's expression became bitter.

"Yeah I know her. We were going out until a few days ago when I saw her cheating on me with some other man. Turns out she was dating about five others guys besides me." Kirihara spat with such venom in his voice, it would have made Tezuka flinch if he was one to do that. This didn't stop Marui from flinching though.

"Geez man. Could you get angrier?" Marui was going for sarcastic, to lighten the mood you know, but failed miserably.

"That's not the worst part. When Akaya went to the bank the next day, he discovered that she had taken five thousand dollars out of his bank account. And after they broke up, she wouldn't even give back the bracelet he gave her for her birthday." Ryoma finally spoke, bowing his head and glaring heatedly at the ground.

The two detectives looked at each other. They had motive and opportunity. "Was this bracelet silver with a little plate?" Kirihara looked confused at the question for a moment before nodding.

"Yeah, why?" Ryoma looked suspicious for a second before seeming to figure something out. "Something happened to her didn't it? Something bad."

"She and another were murdered. And you two," Tezuka looked sharply at both of them, "are our prime suspects." Kirihara and Ryoma both paled to a chalk white.

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That's the end of the chapter. Please forgive any grammar or spelling mistakes and review.

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