Chapter 1
Knockknockknockknock!
Lee walked to the door to his little apartment, yawning from his abrupt disruption by the sudden knocking. He looked through the peephole to investigate who could possibly be at his door at three am on this cold Monday morning. He then opened the door to find Officer Misaki Kirihara on his doorstep with her two other subordinates. He cluelessly exclaimed "Misaki?! Hi there. What are you doing here?" Misaki replied "I'm very sorry about this Lee." Lee looked at her, she had a stoic expression on her face but no matter how hard she tried to hide it behind her professional facade, Lee could see the sorrow in her soft brown eyes. "Lee Shengshun, you're under arrest for suspicion of murder." Misaki's words signaled her subordinates to take him into custody. Yutaka and Yusuke's grips were rough as they forced handcuffs onto Lee's wrists while Misaki read him his rights. Lee obeyed quietly as they led him out of the complex and into the police car. His expression was of pure confusion all the way to the police station.
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Misaki guiltily left Lee in the interrogation room and as she walked up to Yutaka, she felt as if icy fingers of betrayal were slowly wrapping around her throat. Yutaka looked at his boss with concern towards her unusually quiet demeanor. Her sudden emotional change happened at the orders of Lee's arrest. "Um...Boss? What do you want us to do now?" Yutaka asked, hoping to snap Misaki out of her thoughts. Misaki hesitated before saying "Let's give him some time to himself before we go at him." She thought to herself 'He can't be involved in this in any possible way. But, that night, we all saw it down at the docks. No, it couldn't have been him. Those eyes were hard and soulless. They told a tale of a person who no longer felt remorse for their actions and wouldn't hesitate to do harm to another being. Those eyes filled me with fear with one slight glance into them. Those eyes were not Lee's.' A door slammed causing Misaki to jump suddenly. Yusuke laughed "Boss, you're really jumpy. Are you okay? Maybe you should take the rest of the day off, i mean we got this. You deserve a break." Misaki sighed "Saitou, I've told you this before, I'm not bailing on my assignment. I'm okay. Just a little tired is all. I'm going to get some coffee. I'll be back in a little bit."
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Misaki sat in a booth at the empty little corner coffee shop just a couple blocks away from the station. She walked the dark quiet street to her favorite spot to get away. She loved the idea of being alone but at that moment she wished she wasn't. This booth was the very one she sat in with Lee after one of their sudden awkward run-ins. Lee had just finished a delivery for one of his jobs when he had run into Misaki. He was done with work for the day and so they decided to have coffee together. They had sat and talked. Well, she had mainly talked the entire time but no matter how long she talked with Lee, he always listened and would sometimes give her good advice rather he knew it or not. Now she sat by herself yearning for that same companionship. She stared into her coffee cup, allowing her mind to wander longer. She didn't snap out of her revery until the door bells chimed signalling a customer had entered the shop. She looked back down at her coffee, the steam that had previously drifted off of the black liquid was now gone along with all the warmth of her drink and her current satisfaction at the sound of this wake-me-up beverage. She had decided it was time to head back to the station.
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Misaki checked her watch. It was a quarter after four and it was time to work the suspect. She entered the interrogation room to find Lee sound asleep with his head buried in his folded arms. His torso partially laying on the table. She watched his chest rise with every gentle breath. The thought of waking him tore at her heart. He looked so sweet and innocent, like a child as he sat there sleeping. Lee moved slightly, sensing Misaki's presence in the room caused him to start. He looked up abruptly, scanning the room and seeing Misaki standing next to him. "I'm sorry. I fell asleep during the wait." He rubbed the grogginess out of his tired blurry eyes. Misaki laughed slightly to herself 'He looks like a little kid just waking from a nap.' Lee smiled "What's so funny?"
Misaki smiled back reassuringly to him "Nothing. I'm not surprised you fell asleep. It's four in the morning."
Misaki sat at the chair across from Lee and placed a folder down in front of her. She gave Lee a look of pure business and his smiled vanished as she spoke "You know why you're here, correct?" Lee shook his head slightly, the same old clueless carefree look upon his face. Misaki sighed "You are under suspicion of committing many murders." Lee looked at her "Murder?" Misaki pulled many photo's out of the folder and laid them out in no particular order "Do you recognize any of these people?"
Lee looked at each one. Every photo was that of a bloody scene where someone had been brutally murdered. Lee pointed to each one and said there name and his association to them. He asked, fear and worry strangling his insides "What happened to them?" Bile rose up in his throat but he forced it down. He thought to himself 'What is wrong with me? I can take on an assignment and finish it without any feeling towards the people involved but this...there is something seriously wrong with this. Ever since my injury...' Misaki looked at Lee who had suddenly gone white and with his tired eyes and dark hair, it suddenly made him look sickly. Worry filled Misaki "Are you alright Lee? You look sick." Lee just nodded slightly as he looked at each gruesome picture. The blood in the photo's triggered a montage of unfamiliar scenes in his mind that were both disturbing and satisfying.
Blood splattering on his jacket, the sound of a faint gargled cry as bones break beneath his fingers. Bright blinding light and a pulsing burning pain thundering through his head. He felt his pulse quicken as pure adrenaline flooded his veins. His every limb seemed to burn with a satisfactory pain. Lee's head was filled with a sharp bolting pain as it began to spin with these visions and his body spasmed uncontrollably. His eyes were bloodshot as he screamed through gritted teeth. His jaws locked up as he buckled over in the chair. Misaki stood up in shock and confusion "Lee!"
His body burned with intense agony. He fell off the chair and convulsed until he passed out. The last thing he heard was Misaki screaming his name.