You're Under Arrest/Taiho Shichauzo: Unusual Case
By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of You're Under Arrest are under the copyright of Kosuke Fujishima, Kodansha, Studio DEEN and TBS. All characters of Martin Mystery are under the copyright of Marathon. All characters of the Resident Evil series are under the copyright of Capcom. All other characters are under my jurisdiction.
Summary:
A look at Mark Sy's past as a Center and Spriggan agent. Mysterious murders are taking place in the Greater Tokyo Area. There's a catch to this. The perpetrators, according to police, do not seem to be human. Will the National Police Agency be able to unravel this mystery? A crossover story.
Disclaimer: This story will have loads of action since the YUA section does not have action-based fics for a while now, though I'll still try to maintain some comedy. Also, expect this story to have multiple character crossovers.
To rx79guntank: Dan! Hope you don't mind that I name one of the OCs after you, mate...
Chapter 1: Mysteries
2003
Streets of Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan
It was a lonely night for a motorbike cop, patrolling the busy streets of Arakawa on his 2001 Honda VFR800 motorbike.
Of all times, why do these things have to happen? Maybe because it's the second week of April...
Rumors of a non-human being responsible for the deaths of two police officers in Toshima and Chiyoda wards by claw-like weapons were horrifying that a special order was given to patrolling officers to be extra careful and to pair up with partners all the times during night shift patrols.
"Just my luck." mumbled the motorbike officer. "My partner's staying at home with the flu and I have to patrol by myself until 9:30." His grumbling came to a halt when he spotted a shadowy figure was spotted in a side street that the officer had just entered.
"Halt!" challenged the officer, assuming that it was doing suspicious activity. However, the figure paid no attention to him as it turned around to face the motorbike officer. He noted that it was muscular, not by human standards, and had long arms and claws.
What the hell? That thing had claws? "I said halt!" The officer challenged again to no avail when the figure shrieked out loud before it dashed towards the officer and plunged its claws on his chest.
"Aaghh!" shouted the officer, who had grabbed his issued SIG P230 JP pistol, but was not able to fire it since the figure's claws had pierced his chest and stomach, destroying some of his organs.
"Urk!" Blood came out of his mouth forcefully when the figure further drove his claw until it protruded on his back. After the officer showed no signs of life, the figure then removed the officer's corpse from his claw and allowed it to drop dead on the ground with his GSX-R750 motorbike clattering alongside the corpse. Seeing that his work was done, it then let out a loud shriek to celebrate its victory before departing from the said area, leaping off the ground and landing on the rooftop of a house before leaping off to the next.
Traffic Section, Bokuto Police Station, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
"Everyone! I have an announcement to make." announced the Kachou of Bokuto Station's Traffic Section, standing up from his seat. Alongside him is Detective Tokuno of the station's Criminal Investigation Section.
"Kachou." addressed Saori Saga, who was seated near her desk. "Does this have to do with the recent attacks a few weeks ago?"
"Yes, it does." answered Tokuno. "We've been working with this case for a while after receiving requests for assistance from the other precients. Only this time though, some of the more recent sightings of strange-looking weirdos have resulted in murder. Majority of the earlier analysis into these cases believe that the killers are not... human."
"I'm afraid he's right." Kachou added in to Tokuno's explanation, seeing that some of the female officers were a bit nervous. "3 victims, all officers from other stations, were killed. I've heard that one of them was killed instantly after his head was chopped off." The last few words from Kachou's mouth was so bad that a male officer had to quickly leave the office and head to the toilet in order to barf.
Sighing in frustration, Kachou went back to debrief his staff further. "Headquarters has just informed that they've summoned assistance to help us and the other precients solve this case."
"Ano, Kachou." Miyuki Kobayakawa raised her hand. "Does headquarters know who these people are? I mean, the ones who are going to assist us?"
"We don't have much details on the people that HQ called on for assistance in solving these cases." replied Tokuno. "However..."
Inside Center Hummer H2, en route to Bokuto Police Station, Sumida, Japan
"Hey Mark." asked the front passenger, who was seated next to Mark Sy. "You sure this is a good idea to have us on the case?" The Chinese-Filipino Center Shadow agent, a year after returning to duty from ARCAM's Spriggans, was sent to the country with a partner to back him up.
"Come on, Dan." huffed Mark, driving the Hummer H2. "You know that from almost everyone in the Shadow division that I'm most familiar with almost everyone in the Bokuto Station."
"Right." sighed Dan. Daniel "Dan" Lee, A Center Shadow agent and of Chinese-Malaysian heritage, he had partnered with Mark for a few missions before the latter temporarily resigned his commission to be with the ARCAM Corporation. Before Mark returned, Dan worked solo on a few jobs. "Or maybe you just want to see the ladies of the station." grinned Dan.
"Quit it." Mark glared at his companion. "Anyway, check the MW800 and check the GPS." Dan was about to check the Motorola MW800's custom GPS programming when the logo of the Center appeared with a purple-haired woman on screen with a headset worn over her right ear.
"Greetings agents!" MOM's clear face appeared on the screen of the MW800. "Are you at Bokuto Station already?"
"Almost." replied Mark, who had stopped the H2 due to a stop signal. "We've been checking our GPS so far and we're just two blocks away."
"Good." MOM nodded her head. "Once you two are in the station, speak with the chief and anyone who's going to be involved in the case. I want you to emphasize their cooperation in solving this case."
"Question." Dan asked. "How do we know that these murders are committed by non-humans?"
"We had our sources in the various precients in the Arakawa, Chiyoda and Toshima Wards inform us that some witnesses have spotted a strange-looking figure lurk around the corpses of the murdered officers. So far, the fatalities reported are uniformed ones."
"Understood." replied Mark. As soon as MOM's image faded from the MW800's screen, the GPS showed that their vehicle was a block away from their destination.
Traffic Section, Bokuto Police Station, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
"However these people that HQ recruited to assist the station are according to the brass," emphasized Tokuno. "specialists. They were told that these two agents can help us get the job done."
"Now everyone." Kachou took over from the debriefing while Tokuno stood aside to stare outside. "I want all of you to give your full cooperation to these two agents. HQ, as I speak, is passing on the information to the other precients with the same guidelines."
"Kachou." Natsumi Tsujimoto too raised a question. "Do we know where the two agents are coming from?"
"Yes." answered Kachou. "They're from the Center."
"The Center?" Kayo Tanaka, a brown-haired ponytailed officer raised an eyebrow. "Never heard of them, Kachou."
"Only the top brass in HQ and some of our fellow officers know about them." Tokuno offered to answer, still looking outside the window and staring at the entrance to the station. "I'm not sure to what extent do Bokuto Station personnel know about them."
"Also," Kachou went to add one more detail into his debriefing. "Kinoshita-keibuho is also coming to the station to provide assistance in the investigation. So I expect all of you to cooperate with her as much as possible."
"Tokuno-san!" Detective Sugihara came inside the Traffic Division office. "Kinoshita-keibuho and the agents have arrived!"
"Did they arrive together?" asked Tokuno.
"No." replied Sugihara. "It seemed that the agents arrived first before Kinoshita-keibuho did."
Suddenly, all the officers in the Traffic Division went to the windows to see Kaoruko Kinoshita's black 2000 Toyota Crown park in the front parking lot next to the station's entrance. 4 minutes later, the white Center Hummer H2 mades its appearance as it slowly entered the station's front entrance.
Front Parking Lot, Bokuto Police Station, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
"Hey." asked Dan, booting the MW800 to shut down when he saw Kinoshita exit her unmarked Toyota Crown and enter the building. "Who is she?"
"Hm." Mark stared at Kinoshita from the right wing mirror. "That's Assistant Inspector Kinoshita from the Keishicho."
"Her?" Dan used a hitchiker's thumb to show the direction of where she went to. "You mean from Tokyo Metropolitan?"
"The real deal." Mark grinned, shutting the engine down before removing the seat belt. "To be honest, I'd thought it would be impossible to hear about a woman working with them. Guess I was wrong."
"You're probably right." Dan unbuckled his seat belt and zipped up his dark blue windbreaker. "We'd better move. I think we have some guests looking at us."
"Really?" Stepping out of the H2, Mark donned his SO19 ballcap on and zipped his black windbreaker. Glancing a bit on the window from the Traffic Section, Mark manages to catch a glance of a familiar female officer.
"It's her." murmured Mark, fixing his ballcap so as to obstruct their view on seeing his face.
"You ready?" Dan said, waiting for Mark while he was locking the door of the H2.
"Yeah." Mark nodded. "Let's go."
Command Center, Organization Headquarters, Unknown Country
"Krauser." began a familiar-looking man, who had been wearing shades while speaking to someone on screen. "How are things doing in Japan?"
"Great, Wesker." replied the blonde man, who had his maroon beret on. "The operation to test the new Hunter II models from the old stocks that we've captured on an Umbrella base in the Kanagawa Prefecture was a success. Though we had some problems."
"I've heard about that." Wesker answered. "It doesn't matter. Continue with the tests. However, I do have a job for you to do with Ada."
"I'm listening."
Wesker smirked upon hearing Krauser's enthusiasm. "Of course. This job will require your... how should I say, your talent?"
Krauser did nothing, except to grin even more at Wesker on the LCD screen.
Traffic Section, Bokuto Police Station, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
"Everyone," began Kachou, showing his staff the two agents who had showed up in the office. Inspector Kinoshita, since she was already known by the station, stood aside and watched as the two agents began to introduce themselves. "I'd like to introduce the two agents that the Center had dispatched to help us solve this latest case." Tokuno had then left to return back to his office.
"Greetings." Dan started the introduction. "We're the agents that the top brass from the Keishicho had summoned." After hearing that line, whispers came among the staff members, some even saying that they were quite young. "Name's Dan. Dan Lee. I'm from Malaysia." He grinned when he took a glance at the ladies of the Traffic Section, whistling softly.
Mark gritted his teeth, seeing Dan trying to make a pass at some of the female officers. I oughta wring his neck...
"Anyway." Mark began to introduce himself, pretending that Dan wasn't doing anything. "Names Mark. I'm the main agent in charge of this case." He then slightly bowed in front of them. "I'm looking forward to working with all of you in solving this latest case. That's all. And don't worry about our appearance. We're not everything that you can see right now."
Miyuki, for the entire time, stared at Mark's obstructed form with the SO19 ballcap hiding the view of observing his face. At the same time, she felt her heart pounding fast.
Masaka... That voice is familiar. Is it him, when he showed up in the station a few years ago? I know that person, but I can't seem to remember who it was.
"Thank you guys." Kachou thanked Mark and Dan for introducing themselves. "All right. I expect everyone's full cooperation when they work with the two agents. Is that clear?"
"Yessir!" The Traffic Section staff members promptly stood up from their seats and acknowledged their chief.
"If you'd excuse us." Mark said to Kachou, excusing him and Dan as they leave the office. Kinoshita later left the office after excusing herself to Kachou.
"Ano, Miyuki." began Yoriko Nikaido, talking to Miyuki when they were all seated. "You were staring at the guy with the cap on. Is their something wrong?"
Miyuki didn't say anything, except to get back at her paperwork. This made Yoriko grin even more at her colleague.
"What's the matter Miyuki?" whispered Yoriko. "Are you into younger guys now? I thought you'd like Nakajima-kun?"
"NO!" Miyuki stood up, shouting. The braided officer suddenly realized that everyone, including Kachou, was wondering what she was trying to point out when they were all staring at her.
"Go..gomen." Miyuki saw, bowing slightly before sitting down on her chair, embarrassed by what she had done. "Darn you, Yoriko." whispered Miyuki. "What were you trying to imply?"
"When I saw you staring at the guy wearing a cap, I was wondering why you were doing it." Yoriko replied by whispering too.
"I don't know." Miyuki shrugged her shoulder. "But I know that voice. He's familiar, but I can't remember from where I've heard him."
"Miyuki-san's right." Aoi Futaba added to support Miyuki's statement. "I've heard his voice too and it was familiar. But I'm not sure where. At least we know that he's a foreigner."
"Ano, Miyuki." Natsumi called her partner's attention. "I think I have an idea."
"You do?" Miyuki faced her partner too.
"I'm not sure." Natsumi scratched her hair. "But I do remember that we've taken on a purse snatcher when he robbed a family visiting Sumida from the Philippines."
"Sempai." Saori called Natsumi's attention. "What did you do back then?"
"Let's just say that Natsumi gave the thief a very valuable lesson in messing around with women." Aoi answered, smiling at her. Saori stared at Natsumi, the latter deciding to get back to her work.
Miyuki stared at the clock, seeing that it was almost their time to go for lunch break.
I wonder... will I actually know that guy?
Bokuto Station Cafeteria, Bokuto Police Station, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
"Hey." Dan called up to his comrade.
"Hm..." Mark was busy staring at the outside world, especially on the streets near the precient.
"Are you going to eat something or just stare outside?" Dan stood by with Mark, watching the streets outside.
Mark shook his head and chuckled. "You just go ahead."
"Ah there you are." Turning around, Mark was greeted by Kinoshita herself.
"Kinoshita-keibu, what a surprise." Mark shook the inspector's hand. "I'm quite surprised to see a female inspector from the Keishicho these days. Normally, I'd expect to see a grumpy old man or something."
"Things change." Kinoshita replied. "However, I am surprised that a young agent like you is being sent here to Japan to help us with these murder cases."
"Looks aren't always what they seem to be, Kinoshita-keibu. I can assure you of that."
"Please." Kinoshita smiled at Mark. "Call me Kaoruko. Calling me like that just wants me to assume that you're an officer of the law." Mark saw Dan back on the table with food on hand.
"Excuse me, Kaoruko. I have to go."
Command Center, Organization Headquarters, Unknown Country
"Krauser, Ada." Wesker communicated his two agents via LCD screen again. "How are the preparations for the upcoming mission?"
"Everything's turning out fine." replied Ada. "We're working on a plan to get him out of jail. I've heard recently from our sources that he's heading to court for a hearing. Don't know which one."
"Just work on the details and get back to me as soon as you can."
"Understood, Wesker."
Bokuto Station Cafeteria, Bokuto Police Station, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
"You're not going to eat?" Dan asked, eating down on the lunch offered by the station cafeteria.
"No." Mark shook his head. "Trying to get on a diet."
"If you insist..."
"I see you two are getting acquainted with the station's cafeteria..." Tokuno had arrived in the cafeteria alongside Sugihara.
"Mr. Tokuno." Mark eagerly shook his hand before shaking hands with Sugihara. "Mr. Sugihara."
"I never would have imagined that the brass summoned you youngsters for the upcoming case." Tokuno chuckled. "But I suppose that looks aren't everything now these days."
"You got that right sir." Dan said, having swallowed his food a few minutes ago.
"Are you here for something, Detective?" asked Mark, adjusting his SO19 ballcap.
"Not really." Tokuno shook his head. "Just making sure that we can find you guys. I've heard words from Kinoshita-keibuho that chatter's going on with another dead officer around."
"I see." Mark slowly nodded.
"We'll let you know when we're going out." With that, Tokuno left the cafeteria followed by Sugihara.
"I wonder what surprise will follow next?" huffed Mark, removing his ballcap briefly to scratch it before sensing someone come by.
"Er, I'm done." Dan said quickly, grabbing his tray from the table. "I'll go and liase with the rest of the station personnel." The Malaysian Center agent deposited his tray and left the cafeteria in a hurry.
"May I sit here?" Mark saw that it was Miyuki, who was carrying her lunch on her tray today. Thankfully, the cap's bill was able to hide his face from her.
Miyuki's English is still good. "Of course. My partner had just... left."
"Thank you." Once Miyuki sat down in front of him, she began to ask him a question. "I'd like to ask you something."
Mark nodded. "Go ahead."
"You seem familiar with this station." began Miyuki, eyeing the young agent carefully. "Especially with that voice of yours. I know I think I've seen you somewhere, but I want to ask if you have been here before?"
"Yes, I did." Mark replied, interlocking his hands in front of him and calmly answered her. "April 1999. Short visit to Sumida Ward. Purse snatcher near outskirts of Keishicho 7th District Headquarters."
Natsumi was right. Then, if that's the case... "Is that..."
Mark smirked and took off his SO19 ballcap. "Nice to see you again, Miyuki." This made her smile a bit.
"Mark." She had some tears exit her eyes. "It is you. You haven't changed."
"Haven't seen you since you and Natsumi took out that purse snatcher. Mom's really grateful to you two." Mark said, smiling. Miyuki nodded, smiling to see the young man who she helped a few years ago.
"Hey, hey!" Yoriko, Aoi and Saori entered the cafeteria, seeing the two inside.
"Well, well!" Yoriko grinned, placing her left index and thumb fingers to hold her glasses. "It looks like my thoughts are true. Miyuki-san is into younger guys now."
"It's not true." Miyuki said, gritting her teeth.
"Mark-san." greeted Aoi. "It's nice to see you again since the purse snatching incident with your mom."
"Ohayo!" Mark said, greeting her in Japanese. "Seems that you're sticking with that disguise."
"Ano..." Aoi said, sweating a bit. "How did you..."
"Not surprised when I overheard some of the station personnel before about your... looks." Mark grinned. "Besides, doesn't matter how you look. It's on how you get the job done." Aoi nodded, smiling again.
"Are you studying Japanese?" Aoi asked. Mark shook his head.
"Nah." Mark replied. "I already have some good senseis for that, Aoi-san."
"Hey!" Yoriko glared right into Mark's face. "Did you forget about me?"
"Yoriko-sempai." Saori advised. "It's not nice to do that."
Mark sighed and faced Yoriko. "I still remember you, Ms. Gossip lady." Yoriko laughed a bit when she heard him scorn her. "And stop spreading rumors about me and her. We're just friends."
"Right..." snickered Yoriko. "As I'm keeping my eyes on you and Ken, Miyuki. I'm doing the same with you and him." She pointed to Mark, who only placed his hand on his head to keep his frustration from boiling over.
"Hey Mark!" Dan rushed back into the cafeteria with some news. "I've gotten word about the latest murder. It's in an alley near the Tokyo Memorial Hall."
"All right." Mark stood up before facing Miyuki. "Miyuki?"
"I'm coming too." Miyuki said, standing up from her seat with her lunch half done. "I'll get Natsumi to come along."
Alley near Tokyo Irei-do (Memorial Hall), Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
"Hey, you look familiar..." said Ken, seeing Mark and Dan leave their Center-issued Hummer H2 alongside Natsumi and Miyuki towards the cordoned alley.
"It's me, Ken." Mark lifted his SO19 ballcap to show his face. "Remember?"
"Oh yeah." Ken smiled. "The one when Natsumi pounded on the thief that stole your mom's purse."
"Yep." Mark gave him the thumbs up. "But right now, I'm on official business."
"Hey, Mark." asked Dan, scratching his head. "Is this the place?"
"Excuse me." A male officer from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Identification Division, wearing his blue uniform alongside his blue cap, addressed Dan and Mark in English from behind the police tape. "Civilians are not allowed to cross here."
"Sumimasen." Mark said in Japanese. "Sentaa no eejiento des." He and Dan showed their Center identification cards to the Identification Division officer, who was startled by Mark's fluent Japanese. Miyuki, Natsumi and Ken noted that their ID cards said that the two teens had the SHADOW designation written.
"Hai." stammered the officer. "We need you to inspect the corpse." He then pulled the police tape so as to let the two Center agents get inside the cordoned alley. Miyuki and Natsumi accompanied them while Ken stayed outside to monitor civilian traffic.
When the four saw the blanket covering the corpse, the Identification officer lifted it partially for them to see the gruesome sight. The victim was cut in half, his left hand still clutching his SIG P230 JP pistol.
Miyuki and Natsumi felt like barfing and Dan began to sweat heavily. Mark was the only calm agent as he checked the pistol to see that it had been fired recently.
"His ID?" asked Mark, watching another Identification officer hand in the victim's badge and wallet.
Name's Eiji Takashige. Rank of Sergeant. Mark studied the ID card before handing it back to the Identification officer.
"Hey." Dan called out to his comrade. "I've spotted some strange footprints and some weird stuff out in the alley back there." Dan pointed the direction to Mark after examining the corpse.
"All right." Mark began. "Call MOM and inform her to get forensic experts to search this alley. This may be our lead to search for who or what was responsible for killing these officers."
"Sir." insisted the Identification Division officer in charge of surveying the area. "I don't think you should..."
"Our team's much more experienced in handling..." countered Dan, before eying the officer's corpse beside him. "things like this. We're really sure that a human didn't do this."
"How do you know?" asked the officer. "You're not forensic experts or anything."
"True." Mark offered to support Dan. "But from the wound gash itself, it wasn't a melee weapon since it would only leave a wound mark, unless a strong person would wield a sword like this."
Watching the scene from the roof of a nearby building, a person garbed in a dark purple Shinobi Shozoku covering his body and head. His ninjaken and scabbard were tied to his waist. On his uniform was the yellow star emblem on the right side of his chest.
It seems that the situation's getting worse. But I am fortunate to see my student is doing well. It's sad to say that I can't see him since I have to leave for now. He might spot me...
Calling on his Bushinryu ninjitsu skills, he teleported out of the area without anyone seeing him. The only clue to his presence was gray smoke that lingered on his former spot. But that too became useless as the smoke dissipated into the air.
Chapter 1 END