Chapter 2: The Armed Detective Agency
AN: Its still open as of posting this chapter, just so you know! And remember, we have a Discord! Also, poor Tsundere...
And so, the sun rose on another day in Boken City. A day of sunshine, adventure, and chaos.
"Muu...wake up, Tatsu-chan" he heard as he felt a tongue lick his face. "Its bath time".
"Muu...I am too tired..."
"Cooommmeeee onnnn! Tatsu-chan!"
"Muuu...fine, fine..." Tatskumi Tohtska said as he started to wake up, sitting up from his futon. He looked down... "...I dont recall going to sleep in the nude".
"That was me!" a young girl said, also naked. This resulted in his face going completely red as she smiled at him, part of her laying on top of him. She had wild hair, and a tooth or fang was sticking out of her mouth as she smiled. She had long hair that seemed to convienently cover up anything, although she also had nothing developed either. The situation was awkward for sure, but entirely innocent. Especially given a detail about it...
"Beo?! What are you doing?!"
She was created from his Ability, Red Ridding Hood. She was basically a part of him. Although she often appeared in a wolf form, she also had a human form to use. Her human form was almost always naked though, because she was a wolf, and deeply embarrassed the tsundere side of him. Especially because she herself was a yandere.
"I am waking you up, silly!" Beo said with a smiling face.
"But why are we both naked?!"
"Because its hot out, and clothes are stuffy and boring, and your body looks super cute and awesome!"
"B-Beo...dont say such things like that!"
"Besides, now you dont have to spend time taking them off to take a bath! Come on lets go!" she said, pulling him up out of the bed. If it was anyone else, he probably would have wrapped himself up in a blanket and gone super red, but Beo was his ability. He couldn't stop her from bathing with him if she wanted to, because ultimately as his Ability she could appear next to him whenever he wanted. Plus, his Ability had awoken when he was six.
"Its just...I am a boy...and you are..."
"Oh don't fret about that! After all..." she said, tracing her finger randomly across his bare chest while her tail went behind him. "We have been bathing together for years now!"
And so, they started by going into the bathroom and washing themselves off.
"Ah, here! I will help get your back and butt!"
"I can wipe my own butt!"
"Stop fussing around and...there! Just stay like that!"
"I-I can do it myself!"
"I almost...there, done! Better?"
"N-no, I dont feel anything different!"
"So I need to do it more?"
"Its fine! Its better! Lets just...eeyaa!"
"Relax, Tatsku-chan...just sit on my lap while I wash the rest of your body!"
"N-not there! I can wash myself, especially there!"
"Awww, your blushing!"
Eventually, the two made it into the water. Tatskumi's face was totally red though.
"I feel like I am getting harrassed by my own ability..."
"I am just looking out for, caring for, and playing with you Tatsku-chan!"
"Why do I feel like I am surrounded by Yanderes though?"
"Because you are a tsundere, and naturally attract yanderes?"
"I am not a tsundere though!" he said while blushing.
I wonder if he realizes any tsundere would naturally deny being a tsundere like that?
Either way, the two were able to relax a little in the bath together, before they started to talk about work.
"So, what is on the docket today?"
"Hmmm. There was a few requests to find lost cats".
"Haaa?"
"Yeah...we will outsource those to your classmates then. Then there is actually going to school today".
"Is it a day I have to?"
"Nope".
"Then no".
"There is the smugglers trying to dip into the Port Mafia's territory and business".
"So the Military Police wants us to deal with it before a war starts?"
"Yep. Oh, and we have the new rookie coming by. I told him he could come right in..."
"Wait, hold on. You didnt..." Tatskumi started to say, when the door opened and a new face came right in.
"Excuse m...e..." he started to say, when he realized he entered the bathroom, and then saw Tatskumi and Beo naked in the bath...
"G-Get out!"
"Join us!"
"I cant believe he was just the mailman" Tatskumi muttered as he and Beo, now in a smaller wolf form, walked down the road. He was wearing some grey shorts with suspenders, a white T shirt, and some red sneakers. "And I cant believe you taped a piece of paper to the front door saying that anyone could come right in".
"Well, I forgot that we were meeting the rookie at the office!" Beo mentioned.
"Sigh...I am getting the feeling this is going to be a troublesome day".
"Well, if you wanted to get there fast, we could take a cab..."
"No way! I prefer to stay on my own two feet" Tats told her, and then gave a small smile. "Or, on someone with four feet".
Suddenly, Beo grew to a larger side, large enough for Tatskumi to get on and ride her.
"One express trip to the office, coming up!"
Kichirou Rin looked up nervously as the office building in front of him. The young man, who couldn't be older then 20 or 21, was nervous. After all, given the way he was hired, it was no wonder why he was nervous. Still, he decided to push forward...plus also, he needed a job.
Still, he wondered if he was even a good fit. He had never been a detective before. He had never once considered himself the investigative type. And his Ability was not good for it either. It made him wonder just why they had decided to reach out to him.
"Well, here goes nothing..." he said, as he began to walk into the building. He went up the stairs, and found the office space they owned. It sounded like there was a bit of a commotion though... "Hello?"
"You stupid old hag!"
"YOu stupid mutt!"
""GET AWAY FROM MY TATSKUMI-CHAN!""
He encountered an odd sight. There were two people yelling at each other. One was a girl that had wolf ears sticking out of her head, and a wolf tail sticking out from behind, and was barefoot with a white dress covering her, while the other was a girl with pigtails, a medical bag by her side, and was wearing a frilly dress. And nearby, there was a boy wearing a white T shirt, grey shorts with suspenders, red sneakers, and looked like his hair was as white as snow.
There were also others around, such as a woman around his age that looked beautiful, a boy older then the first three who was busy checking his phone, a male who looked even older then himself, and then a middle aged and distinguished fellow wearing glasses. He looked like the image he was given for the boss of this branch office. Though...he wondered if this was really the right place, and not some after school child care program.
"Oh, hey. The new kid is here. About time, you are late" Hazel mentioned to him.
"Hey, give the kid some slack" Kazuya Tsukino mentioned. "He is probably nervous".
"Says the slacker".
"Says the nightmare".
"That the best you got, Kazu-kun?"
"Oh, I can keep on going, Hazel-kun".
At first glance, it looked like those two didn't get along in the slightest.
"So, who are you?" the younger boy asked him, staring at him with a cold and serious manner.
"Ah...I am...Kichirou Rin. Nice to meet you. Are you one of these guy's younger brothers or sons or something? And who are your friends there?"
As he asked that, everyone else made a sympathetic face as he suddenly had his foot stomped on by Tatskumi.
"My name is Tatskumi! Tatskumi Tohtska! And I am a detective and an Ability User here, just like everyone else, you agist discriminating jerk!"
"Oh dear...now he has done it".
"Well, I suppose this is part of the initiation now. Learning about Tatskumi".
"Or trying to. YOu ever going to tell us where you met him boss? Hazel-chan?" Karitoru asked.
"Personal".
"Secret".
"Huh...anyways, it should be good for him to learn now".
"Its too bad the hard part is not over for him..."
The group looked back, as the two girls who appeared to be fighting over Tatskumi before approached the rookie with a pressence that felt like murdery ghost daggers were floating above them.
""You dare upset Tatskumi-chan?!""
"Uh oh...ah! Sorry! I'm really really sorry! Please forgive me!"
"Well, it sure is lively today" the boss said, as he raised his hands and then clapped them together. In that instant, the entire atmosphere changed as everyone looked towards him silently, even the yanderes.
To even get yanderes to stop...just who is he?
"We have a multitude of cases today. But first all, allow me to introduce our new rookie. Kichirou Rin-kun. He will be your new kouhai".
"He looks fragile" Tatskumi mentioned. "You sure he is up for it?"
"Ah. Well, since your so worried about him, how about I have him shadow you around for your case?"
Tatskumi went red faced almost instantly. "W-worried?! I am not worried about him! I just wonder if he will be able to help out with cases! He couldn't even tell I was a detective on first glance!"
"Don't worry, I am sure you will do great with teaching him!"
"Y-you dont need to tell me that! Of course I will without anything like that!"
As this scene unfold, Rin seemed to instantly understand something.
This kid...is a tsundere that likes to be praised!
It wasn't much of a deduction, but he was able to understand that much. His tsundere level was insane after all.
"Anyways, you two..."
"Ah em?" the girl spoke up, looking at the boss.
"Sorry, you three will go and handle a case downtown. It seems that someone is going around, blowing up vehicles with people inside them. There was another incident this morning, so I want you three on the case. It would be a good start for the rookie".
HOld on...a serial bomber case is a good start for me?!
"Oooh, you are not objecting this time? YOu usually find serial anything boring, Tatskumi-kun" Kazuya teased.
"Shut up Kazuya" Tatskumi said, purposefully not using honorifics. He didn't tsundere either. "Alright, we will take it. Just remember what you are asking me to do".
"Don't worry. I trust you, Tatskumi-kun. Now, for everyone else. Kazuya, Riza, I need you to go and track down a fugitive. He isn't an ability user, but when he was on the loose he killed 32 people, including half a SWAT team before he was captured".
"Normal SWAT or MP Swap?"
"Normal".
"Sounds possible then".
"I wanted to go with Tatskumi-chan!"
"And finally, Hazel-chan, Karitoru-kun, I want you two to go and investigate rumors of activity around the docks. Its possibly Port Mafia, so be careful".
""Understood"".
"Alright everyone, head out!"
"Come on, rookie! Keep up!" Tatskumi remarked as he walked down the street. He was dressed almost exactly the same, only now he had a black hat on, very old school 1920s Detective feel to it. "Its only a few more blocks".
"But why couldn't we take a cab or a bus there? We have been walking for awhile!"
"Because its good for exercise! A detective should have strong legs!" Tatskumi mentioned as he lectured while talking.
"But Tatskumi-sempai!"
Those words got Tatskumi to stop for a moment without turning around. "W-what did you call me just now?"
"Tatskumi-sempai...since you are my sempai and all".
For a moment, he though he heard a blissful sigh.
"W-well, that is true! That is the proper way to address your senior, so I will allow it!"
...he even tsundered over that? This kid...he is weak to praise, isn't he? A tsundere that is weak to praise...kawaii...wait, I probably shouldnt think like that about my superior!
"Ah, looks like we were closer then I thought. The smell of smoke is getting stronger".
"Indeed" said Beo, who had returned to a small wolf cub like form, and was following Tatskumi now.
So, there are people with Abilities like that. I head rumors of them. Like that famous one, Moby Dick.
They turned the corner, and they saw what appeared to be a large amount of police, police tape keeping the normal people out, and the severely burnt out husk of what used to be a car. There was a foul smell in the air, amid the smoke and fire.
"...well, that is interesting".
"Indeed" Beo replied.
And so, the two went through the crowd and passed under the police tape like nothing was wrong, while Rin followed along nervously.
"Hey, brat!" one of the officers shouted as he picked Tatskumi up. "No civilians past the line! This is not a playground!"
"Officer, I would let him go if I were you. Unless you want her to take off your hand" a detective behind him warned. He looked around, and saw a wolf girl of about the same age standing there now, wearing a gray T shirt, black shorts, and holding a rather large sword against the hand he had used to pick up Tatskumi. Rin was surprised at many things, including that Tatskumi was that light.
The officer quickly put him down, at Tatskumi got out his badge. "You should be lucky that she has gotten wiser with age. She wouldn't have held back enough to only threaten a few years ago".
"The-the...Armed Detective Agency! Then that means that you are...he is..."
"The Kid Detective, Tatskumi Tohtska-kun" the detective finished. "So the Agency is taking an interest in these car bombs huh? I thought you hated serial cases, found many of them boring or uninteresting?"
"It was the one given to me" Tatskumi said, as he approached and saw the body. Burned out, still, no panic or awareness of what would happen. The position, stiff. Hands aligned on wheel. Just turned onto sidestreet, probably a shortcut. Big man, small car.
"We have an ID yet?"
"Yeah. Hanabe Harayo. Age 26, Male, owned a local gym. Great health from what he gathered so far, so its rather sad..."
"All of them are sad" Tatskumi muttered, just catching the ear of Rin as he and Beo, who returned to her wolf form, investigated further.
"So, who are you? I dont recall seeing you before".
"Ah...erm, I am new. So they are having me shadow other members to learn the ropes, like Tatskumi-sempai here".
"I see...well, do you know yet..."
"...that he is a total tsundere? Yeah".
"I am not a tsundere!" he shouted back.
"Ah right, I should also mention his sense of hearing and smell are better beyond us normal humans, or even dogs. I guess that is an Ability User for you".
"I see...it does seem like you have great respect for him. Though, there is something else..."
"Haha. If you are going to ask about his past, dont bother. The other members who dont yet know all come asking with their methods, and I never spilled the beans yet".
"Its that important?"
"Lets just say there are reasons for some of his oddities".
"And you just let a kid like that run around crimescenes?"
"He is with the Agency. He is allowed to do a lot. And also...well, you will see soon enough".
"Hey, Detective..." Tatskumi called out, getting out of the smoldering car like it was a jungle gym. "Did all of the cars have their bombs located in the computer systems of the car?"
"Yeah, we figured it would be the best way to hide it since few people look in there. Why?"
"How long ago did the bomb go off?"
"One or two hours ago. Can you tell me why?"
"What survived to identify the victim. Now are you going to tell me..."
"This isn't some serial bombing case. The bombs are a cover up".
Rin and hte Detective both looked at him in shock.
"Hold on, what do you..."
"The body, its too burned to be identified through fingerprints, footprints, or such, and there is no way you could get DNA from it. You got it from the wallet that survived in the back pocket, and more likely, the data from the vehicle's plates, correct?"
"Yeah, thats it. Why..."
"This man did not drive this vehicle. He couldn't have anyways, he was dead before the blast. Based on body positioning, smell, and other details, it was in rigor mortis before the bomb blew up. The positioning of the body is unnatural, especially for someone of his size in a car that small. Also, we need to take a look at where these records were kept. I dont think this is his car, I think his car was likely an older, bigger model that didn't have computers in it".
"Wait wait...so Hanabe was dead before the car blew up?"
"About that...he was dead before that. Beo?"
"There is no yummy smell!" the wolf girl said as she ran up.
"Exactly".
"Yummy smell?" Rin questioned.
"I see...he doesn't know what your abiltiy is yet, does he Tatskumi?"
"Well...yeah, I mean..."
"Ah, ah! Let me do it!" Beo shouted, as she ran in front of Rin. "I am Tatskumi's Ability, and his sister and lover, Red Ridding Hood!"
"Wh-what!?" Tatskumi blurted out with a blush. "Don't say weird stuff like that! You are not my lover!"
"See? He admitted it! I am his sister his bathes with him, sleeps with him naked, and spends all our time together!"
"Sh-shut up! We have to, because you are my ability and therefore a part of me..." Tatskumi said, tsundering with embarrassment.
"Wait...your ability...is Red Ridding Hood...isnt that character a girl?"
"Shut up!" Tatskumi said, before taking a deep breath and regaining his composure. "Anyways, Beo is the Big Bad Wolf basically. So she knows the smell, taste, and look of human organs, even and maybe especially if they are cooked up. However, if there is a lack of a yummy smell, then..."
"Then, he is missing organs?"
"Yeah. This wasn't some serial murder case. This is organ theft, being covered up by serial murders".
"So, wait. Hanabe's organs were stolen, and he was put in the car?"
"Maybe, but not the only possibility. Its possible that this is just a body that mimicks Hanabe's height and build".
"Wait, what do you mean?"
"Well, the thing about organs is that they are best kept fresh. So, its far more likely that Hanabe is still alive, and that was whoever they had been harvesting previously. Since according to Beo, multiple organs were missing, and then hidden by the explosion obliterating most of the body so we would think that he just died in some serial bombing. But, my bet is that Hanabe is still alive, and they faked his death now so they could hold him prisoner while they find multiple clients for each of his organs. Its very efficient, they are trying to make use of everything".
At all of this information and imagery, Rin ended up puking his guts out to the side of the street.
"So then, Hanabe is alive?"
"For now, its very likely. Most likely he will stay alive until all their clients get there, to keep the organs as fresh as possible. We have a chance to save him".
"But...how did the car drive its...of course, the bombs were on the computers".
"Exactly. It was rigged to drive by remote, and then blow up. Which means, what we need to do is simple. We need to figure out when he was abducted. If they are avoiding detection, it probably was from where the car came from. Do you know where it did?"
"The garage below his apartment building, according to my officers who checked traffic cameras. Why?"
"They had to carry that body out of there. Check for any vans, or vehicles with tinted windows, or cars whose trunks are lower then usual as if they were carrying a living captive from around the time it left".
With that said, Tatskumi began to walk off with Beo taking wolf form again and following him.
"I am going to get lunch. Rookie, you are buying!"
The Detective just patted him on the back.
"And that is why I let him work crimescenes. Because he can pull of miracles, such as turning an investigation of a dead man into the chance to save a living one".
"...he is...amazing..."
"...he is amazing..."
Rin said that as he watched Tatskumi down his third bacon cheeseburger for lunch, before digging into his second bucket of fries.
"...where do you put all of that...I expected it from her though..."
He looked over at Beo, once again in human form and...
"B-Beo, why did you...put your clothes back on, its a public resteraunt!"
Tatskumi blushed as he looked beside him. No one had noticed yet because they were sitting in a both, and she was sitting on the inside while the other two were on the outside. No one had an angle to see her.
"No one can see me though, so isn't it fine? Come on, clothes are uncomfortable, you two should join me!"
"Don't wolves wear fur though?"
"Fur is a part of you! Its different, its like hair. Like the hair you have on your head, in your armpits, around your..."
"Okay I get it! You dont need to say that!"
"Or...like the hair on Tatskumi's head! Or...his eyebrows!"
Tatskumi went red again as she said that.
Ah, he is still that young...
"Beo, stop embarrassing us! Just do it!"
"Fine fine..." Beo said, as energy surrounded her body and her clothes re-appeared. As the Big Bad Wolf, she had the ability to disguise herself. The ability to fabricate clothes she could wear was part of that ability.
"So...that was amazing earlier. How did you know all that?"
"I-it was really simple! Obviously so! Anyone could do it!" Tatskumi replied, before he calmed himself down again. "Anyways, its just looking at the facts, and coming with reasonable solutions".
"You just cracked a major lead in a serial bombing case that no one had managed to even remotely figure out before!"
"W-Well, if they had bothered to pay attention and thoroughly investigate, they would have!" Tatskumi replied, tsundering.
"I wonder what the silver ring was all about though?" Beo questioned, and caused Tatskumi to freeze for a moment.
"...what did you say about a silver ring?"
"He had a silver ring on his pinkie finger. It seems really familiar..."
Tatskumi looked out the window, and gulped.
"Get down, now!" Tatskumi shouted as he pulled Beo and himself down under the table. A moment later, a hailstorm of bullets came flying through the windows.
"What the...what is going on?!"
"Its the Port Mafia! A Silver Ring on the Pinkie finger...that is a sign of them being in a group called the Silver Bond!"
"So why are they trying to kill us?!"
"Its complicated!" Tatskumi yelled, as he managed to grab hold of them both. "Ability: Red Ridding Hood. Hunter Strength!"
And then, he pulled both of them out and towards a door he spotted, heading into the back alley. The moment he did though, more gunfire went towards them and Rin got hit a few times in the arm. However, as he was dragging him away, he heard the sound of music, and the dumpster he was pulling him behind seemed to grow a fist and punch Rin unconscious. At the same time, a strange web seemed to have appeared out of nowhere as Tatskumi backed up, and he got stuck in it while the dumpster picked up Beo and tossed her inside, trapping her.
"Well well, if it isn't Tatskumi Tohtska, the brat who joined the Armed Detective Agency. We were told actively hunting you was no good, but it cant be helped if we run into you like this".
"Its a shame we cant do what we normally would to people like you. Strip them naked, tie them to a pole, pelt them to death with rocks, and then make sure you were found on display in a public area humiliated and beaten".
"Isn't that right...son of Port Mafia Executive Raiko Tohtska, Traitorous Tatskumi. Just like your mother".
Three people from the Silver Bond came out, one of them holding a pipe. Vesto Razken, Age Eleven, Ability: Pied Piper. Kazya Kazukin, Age 24. Ability: Charlotte. Rindo Zoryen, Age 37. Ability: Sacred Vow.
"I gotta say, overhearing your conversation, I was surprised you didn't spot the silver ring yourself".
"You must be slipping".
"We finally got you!"
Tatskumi looked up however, and smiled an innocent smile.
"Rule One of the Port Mafia".
Immediately, all three panicked and backed up, only for a strange portal to appear under them, with Beo jumped out of it and knocking them to the side as she brought out her sword, Wolf's Claw, and cut through the web, freeing Tatskumi.
"Ability: Red Ridding Hood: Big Bad Wolf".
And then, he and Beo seemed to fuse together, becoming a huge werewolf like form.
"Shit!" Kazya shouted, when Tatskumi appeared next to him and kicked him into the wall. "Son of a...bitch..."
That commend earned him an extra stomach kick, as he moved onto the next one, Rindo Zoryen. He moved around to the side as quickly as he could, and elbowed him in the gut, sending him flying right into the dumpster that should have been containing Beo. Several other Port Mafia people came in and tried to unload machine gun fire into him, but in Big Bad Wolf form, it was rather pointless as he howled at them, the force of which sent them all flying.
And then, he picked Vesto up by the collar and smiled.
"Now then, you should have done a lot of investigating on your own right?"
"Shit...then, did you...did you choose this place to eat just for this back alley?"
"See? You are learning Vesto".
"Damnit Tatskumi...you planned this all out...you saw the silver ring...damnit! Of course you knew Rule 1: Assume everything is a lie!"
"Correct. Now, I assume since you didn't care for me continueing the investigation into one of your subordinates, you overheard my deduction and know where this is going on. So, lets make a deal. You tell me everything I want to know, and I wont harm your body in any way".
And so, Vesto spilled the beans on everything, telling him about their location they got based on that deduction, and the suspected party in question. And once that was done, Tatskumi put him down gently...and then slashed his claws all over the place.
"Aaaahh...wait, im uninjured?" Vesto said as Tatskumi picked Rin up, put him over his shoulder, and began walking away. Vesto went to pick up a gun...when all of his clothes, all of them, turned into shreds. "Im...naked?! Damn you Tatskumi!"
He said that as he ran over to an unconscious subordinate, grabbed his coat, and wrapped it aorund himself.
So...being a member of the Armed Detective Agency has not changed you as much as I though, you are still my childhood friend. Tatskumi the Terror, Killer of 99 People...one of the most effective assets raised by the Port Mafia.
AN: Ohshiza! I wonder how many people saw that coming! Tatskumi seems to have quite a complicated backstory! Anyways, the SYOC is still open as of posting this chapter, and I forgot to mention Kazuya also could be made by an actual person, since I only have his name, Ability, and some personality traits developed! Anyways, join the Discord if you can, reader or creator! And I hope you enjoy, and remember to leave a review!