Prologue

Detention Center


Neru rushed through the door. She couldn't believe it. No! She wouldn't believe it!

Her sister couldn't – wouldn't – do something so horrible! Her sister was her sister and she knew her too well… Why would she kill someone? Either she didn't do it or there must have been a feasible explanation. Perhaps it was only self-defense?

Whatever it was, she knew that her sister must have been innocent and that the motive would be stupid. She must have been framed. Yes, Neru nodded to herself, that was the most logical thing she could think of.

After calming herself down and asking the guard if she could see her sister, she thought about how to find her sister the perfect attorney. She would accept nothing less than the best for Rin, and therefore a lot of thought must be put into this. Once the doors opened, she ran to see her.

"Rin! What the hell happened?"

"Hi, Neru," Rin said, looking bleak, "Nothing… Not really, anyway. They think I killed someone, is all."

Neru let out a whimpering noise, "Well, who?"

"…SeeU. They think I killed SeeU."

"Why would they ever think that?! You'd never –"

"I don't know. But they think I did, and that's that."

Neru quirked and eyebrow at her sister. Something had really changed in her demeanor. Her arms were crossed and her eyes were down on the ground. She seemed angry and her words were curt and cold. Neru was not used to her sister behaving this way. It was almost ridiculous, but understandable. She decided not to push the issue.

"Have you talked to Len yet?"

"He called a little bit ago, and wanted to visit right away to figure out what was going on, but I told him not to worry since he was really caught up in work. He'll be dropping by later."

"Well, that's good," Neru clicked her tongue in hesitation, "Now, the real issue…" she gulped, "Have you thought about an attorney at all yet? Have you talked to some, at least?"

"One came by just before. He gave me a card or two."

"What was his name?"

Rin frowned, arms crossed over her chest, "Mikuo Hatsune."

Neru's breathing was suddenly labored. Her eyes were burning and she was pretty sure steam was coming out of her ears. No! There was no way that Rin would have that man as her attorney.

"No way! You're not going to –"

"Nobody else wants to take my case, Neru. He's the only one that's volunteered and I'd much rather someone who's volunteered then someone who doesn't want my case."

"Why don't I find you one? I could find you a better one than Mikuo!"

"Neru, you've practically beaten every attorney in the state. Aside from my case being considered completely hopeless, I'm your sister. No one wants to help, and I doubt you could find one who would accept, being you and all."

Neru bit her lip. Rin had an excellent point. She sighed, and put her face in her hands. This was a whole lot to take in, and that was when she noticed how frightened Rin was beginning to seem. That seemed a little more appropriate behavior than her strange anger.

"Alright… But if he gives you any trouble, I will make him pay! You know how he is, Rin, and I don't want you to wind up in more trouble based on some stupid corrupted man…"

Rin shook her head, "It'll be alright, Neru. I don't think anyone will stand a chance. Not even you could…"

As much as Neru hated to admit it, yes, she did not stand a chance against the man. He was the only one she couldn't beat. Most knew Mikuo as a great defense attorney… but Neru knew him as a slimy, corrupted one who acquitted anybody for hefty sums of money and personal favors. Most of the time, they were either sexual or silencing someone that needed to be.

She should know. She was one of those few prosecutors who stood their ground in court, and the only one to last more than a day with him. And because of that, she was almost silenced.


He had her pressed against the wall. His hands were placed beside her head on both sides and she knew where this was going all too well.

"Hey, Ms. Akita, why don't you just back down?" he whispered, salty words and salty breath on her neck.

His knife was pressing against her cheek ever so slightly, and she could feel it starting to dig into her skin. It was starting to hurt, just a little bit, and then he started moving it down her body.

"Why don't you get off of me?"

"You know I'd never let someone as pretty as you get away from me. After all, I made a promise to get rid of you, or at least destroy you. It's in the contract, babe."

Neru glared. It was icy and cold and very, very terrifying. The man chuckled, obviously not afraid, and Neru took that as an opening. She pushed him off of her and ran back into the lobby, desperately trying to get away.

Then she bumped into him.

She pushed him out of the doors, a very irate look on her face. The teal-haired man simply chuckled at her.

"I thought he was supposed to be doing his job."

Neru was suddenly too agitated to be okay with that kind of talk. "Oh, I think he was certainly trying to! You're not going to silence me by frightening me, if that's what you think! And I'm not going to take your money or anything! You're horrible! And I'm going to expose you for all that you're worth, you corrupted piece of trash!"

Mikuo's laugh was less than pleasant. His finger worked its way under her chin and tilted her head towards him.

"Such a shame you forgot to mention the other way I could silence you…"

Ew. No, she wouldn't be his fuck-buddy, either. She didn't respond.

His finger stayed in its spot, "Oh, Neru, you're so silly, you know that? You're not going to win today. Just give up."

She was ready to kick him when he pulled on her golden pony-tail and patted her head.

"Save that attitude for court. You're really going to need something to help you get along in there."

The criminal that had cornered her had followed her home for days after that, even after she had lost the case. Eventually, she called the cops and he stopped showing up. However, while Mikuo had left with money and probably something "beneficial" from his newly acquitted female friend, Neru had left with emotional scars and nightmares. Some people were just too awful and Neru could barely believe it.


Anyway, after he had the money, he would buy the silence or votes of the jury, and sometimes he would buy judges, too. He owned places, things and even people as powerful as politicians.

He was despicable and she didn't want her little sister to be in the hands of someone like him.

"You know, Rin, I don't particularly like to think about that. I'm going to solve your case on my own. The only thing he does well is fuck things up, and solving cases isn't a part of that."

Rin nodded, "Well I hope you solve it before my court date. The less we have to deal with him, the better."

"When is it?"

"A few weeks, I think."

Neru's face contorted in something akin to disapproval. That would never be enough time to solve a whole case.

"I'll see what I can do. Make sure Len knows everything and if you need anything else, let me know. I'll be back later to ask you about what happened, okay?"

"Okay."

Neru wasn't going to let her sister deal with Mikuo any longer then she had to.


oh dear, it's been a long while since I've written for this fandom. I had a hard time choosing what pairing to make this… but Mikuo/Neru is a good one, right? Right? I have decided the other pairings will be:

Len/Rin (which was already implied so I think that's obvious)

Master/Miku

Yukari/IA (I love them)

Dell/Haku

And possibly Kaito/Meiko and Yohioloid/Maika (because holy crap I heard them sing together and ifdkjadlfj)

More might be revealed because we do need witnesses and detectives and people connected to the victim and such, so yeah. dude I might even throw in a random SeeU pairing even though she's the victim.

This prologue is short because I intend for this story to be relatively short, and I have no idea how long I want the chapters to be.