The Murder of Tôshirô Hitsugaya

'Ere's chapter 2! (Told ya it'd be in Gin Speak). 'Ere we meet the detectives and ya can start guessin' who killed 'im!

Chapter 2- Momo Hinamori

Ichigo Kurosaki sat up slowly as his phone rang on the table next to his bed. He reached for it and said,
"Hello?"
"Ichigo! What the hell are you doing?! Get down here NOW! We've got a case and you're STILL IN BED?!"
"Good morning to you too, Rukia."
"Look, Byakuya wants all of us here to help Orihime get used to her new job as a deputy, so BOTH special detectives need to be here AND we've got a case!"
"Okay, okay! I'll be there in ten minutes." He sighed.
"Why does she have to be such a bitch?!" He grumbled, pulling on a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt that said "S.P.D." (Seireitei Police Department) on it. He walked outside the door to his apartment and bumped into a couple people.
"Oh, hi Kurosaki-kun. Nice to see you." Orihime Inoue, Uryû Ishida and Renji Abari were standing outside his door, no doubt waiting for him to come out.
"Were you waiting for me?"
"Yeah, we thought Rukia'd take it a little easier on us if we all got to the crime scene together." Renji said, rubbing his blood red hair with his hand.
"What are you waiting for? This is Inoue's first case, we've got to get going!" Uryû said, pulling Ichigo toward the group of police and began walking quickly.
"You just want to get there so you can your girlfriend." Ichigo taunted. Uryû's girlfriend, Nemu Kurotsuchi, was the chief medical examiner for the police department, under the strict teaching of her father, Mayuri Kurotsuchi.
"Sh-shut up! Don't you want to see Rukia, teme?!"
"Ha! Like I wanna talk to that annoying bitch." Ichigo said, trying unsuccessfully to cover his blushing face.
"Let's go. The guy that was murdered seems to be an important person." Orihime said quietly as she walked.
"Who?"
"I believe his name is Tôshirô Hitsugaya, Manager of the 10th division of the largest company in Seireitei. He was found by his Assistant Manager, Rangiku Matsumoto and the Manager of the 3rd division, Gin Ichimaru."
"How do you know all of this?"
"Chief Kuchiki called me this morning and told me a few details." She
was referring to, of course, Chief of Police Byakuya Kuchiki, Rukia's older
brother.
"Of course he did. He's always been one to favor the new kid." Ichigo muttered to himself. Byakuya had stopped being extremely nice to Ichigo around a year ago and was now a massive prick who only wanted Ichigo to "get his job done and do it right, dammit." At least, that's what Ichigo remembered him say.

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The crime scene was full of energy and emotions. Rangiku was in tears and also horrified, while Gin was trying to calm her down. Renji and Uryû walked over and started talking to the both of them, while Orihime went over to Nemu and asked for an update. She quickly scribbled some notes down and handed them to Rukia, who was giving Ichigo a look of pure hatred.
"Where have you been?"
"Umm, I walking walking Inoue here?"
"Oh. Well, I guess that's nice, showing the new kid around, but do it faster next time, dammit!" Oh yeah, it was Rukia who had said the previously mentioned sentence. She turned around and walked over to Nemu, who was quietly looking over the corpse.
"So, what do we have?" Rukia asked.
"Well, he appears to have died from this headwound, but I won't know until I get him back to my father's lab. I also found signs of a beating about two weeks ago."
"Where? He looks fine to me." Ichigo said, looking at the body. Nemu unbuttoned his bloodstained shirt and pointed to a huge bruise on his chest and what appeared to be a cattle brand on his lower back.
"This bruise right here," she pointed to his chest with a pen.
"shows that he was punch quite hard right here. The injury still hasn't fully healed, so it might have even been with the bottom end of a baseball bat." She turned the man slightly.
"This is what I believe to be a cattle brand. There is nothing more to say about that."
"I-I recognize both of those wounds!" Rukia yelped.
"Really?" Nemu said, turning to look around for Uryû.
"Yeah! Those are inflicted by a chain beating from two mafia members!" Rukia opened his shirt again while Nemu waved slightly at Uryû. The man smiled and waved back, blushing.
"This bruise here is from a baseball bat and this IS a cattle brand. The bruise comes from being hit by a man named Ulquiorra Schiffer."
"Schiffer? Where have I heard that name?"
"He's high up in Seireitei's mafia ring. There are eleven you see; ten members, and their leader, who's identity has yet to be determined. The leader puts numbers on each person to mark how high up they are. Each person has a special beating technique that heals much slower than anything else. Ulquiorra's is smashing a victim right on the sternum with a bat, leaving a "hole" of some sorts. He has the number four, which makes him the fourth most dangerous person, five, if the leader isn't JUST a genius." She said, turning him over.
"This brand most likely says, "Jeagerjaques", marking the fact that he was also beaten by Grimmjow Jeagerjaques, who has the number six. He places the brand on people so they can feel pain until it goes away and that, as I'm told, is a whole other pain in itself." Rukia continued.
"So, who beat him?" Orihime asked quietly, quickly writing down notes in a small booklet. "I couldn't hear you."
"Grimmjow Jeagerjaques and Ulquiorra Schiffer." Orihime froze.
"Ulquiorra?"
"Yeah. Do you need me to spell it?" Rukia asked, wondering why her friend had such a look of terror on her face.
"N-no. It's fine." She said, scribbling the two names down on her notepad. Ulquiorra? He- he joined the mafia?! Orihime thought frantically. But... what could have made him do this? Her face flushed and Ichigo asked,
"Are you okay, Inoue? Is that smell freaking you out?"
"No. I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure, Kurosaki-kun. Please don't worry about me."

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"Are you ready to speak with us now, Miss Matsumoto?"
"I think so." Rangiku said quietly to Uryû and Renji. Gin sat next to her, rubbing her shoulder and saying,
"It'll be okay." over and over.
"So, explain what happened when you found the body."
"We had just gotten back from vacation, Gin and I, and we opened the door and it smell really bad."
"So, I thought it was th' fridge, but th' smell was even worse in th' kid's bedroom."
"So, I went into his bedroom and I opened his closet doors and his body... fell out!" The woman wailed, collapsing into her boyfriend's arms.
"What was the both of your relationships with Mr. Hitsugaya?" Renji asked when Rangiku had calmed down.
"He was my boss and my roommate."
"I'm not really connected t' th' kid. He's 'er roommate, that's all I really know about 'im."
"Does he have next of kin?"
"As far as I know, all of his family is dead," Rangiku said quietly.
"But he does have a girlfriend."
"Tôshirô 'as always been popular wi' the ladies. 'e's 'ad so many girls fawnin' over 'im, when 'e finally settled down wi' Momo, th' poor girl was gettin' death threats!" Gin said.
"Her name is Momo?"
"Yup. Momo Hinamori."
"Can you give us an address?"
"Sure. She lives in the building where people from the fifth division live. Her address is 471."
"Thank you. I'm sure this is hard for you both."
"Oh, an' when ya talk t' Miss Hinamori, bring some tissues, th' girl cries easy." Gin called to the two men walking away. The glasses-clad man waved to the two and he and Renji walked over to Ichigo, Rukia and Orihime, who's face was still twitching slightly from hearing Ulquiorra's name.
"So, does he have next of kin?"
"Not that they were able to say, but he does have a girlfriend name Momo Hinamori." Uryû explained, flipping open a notebook for the address.
"Okay, do you have an address?"
"Yup. Apartment 471 in the 5th division apartments." Uryû said, handing Rukia a piece of paper that he tore out of his notebook. Rukia took a quick look and said,
"Alright! Let's go Ichigo." She grabbed the man's arm and pulled him towards her car.

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A soft rapping noise came at Momo Hinamori's door.
"One moment!" The woman called. A minute or so later, the door was unlocked and opened.
Momo Hinamori was a short girl, only two or three inches taller than Hitsugaya. She had short, dark brown hair that was up in a bun on the back of her head and eyes to match. She was obviously heading to work, as she had on nice clothes that did not suit just lounging around in the house.
"C-can I help you?"
"Yes, are you Momo Hinamori?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Do you know this man?" Rukia said, holding out a picture of Hitsugaya that they had found in his apartment.
"Umm yes. That's Shirô-kun. Why?"
"Shirô-kun?" Ichigo asked.
"I'm sorry. He's my boyfriend. That's my pet name for him. His real name is Tôshirô Hitsugaya. Why do you need to know?"
"We believe he was murdered. I'm detective Rukia Kuchiki and this is detective Ichigo Kurosaki of the Seireitei Police Department." As if on cue, the girl's eyes began to water.
"P-please come in." The door was fully opened and the two policemen stepped in.
"Nice place you got here." Ichigo remarked.
"Thank you. So he's really... dead?" The girl was barely able to choke out the last word.
"Yes. We're very sorry for your loss."
"Umm, do you know anybody who might want to hurt him or why he was badly beaten by two members of the mafia two weeks ago?"
"M-mafia?" She asked
quietly. She slowly stood, and gripped her chest.
"What's wrong?" Rukia asked.
"I-I'm just having some chest pains."
"Were you beaten too?" Ichigo asked.
"Umm. I-I-I..." Rukia undid two buttons on the girl's shirt and found a huge purple bruise on her sternum.
"Were you both attacked by Ulquiorra and Grimmjow?" Momo's face went pale. She sighed and murmured
"Yes. We both owe the leader of the mafia money after we both borrow some to pay our way through school."
"Who is the leader?"
"I can't tell you."
"Momo, you need to tell us."
"No! Even I don't know. Shirô-kun knew. But that was it. I have an idea, but it's impossible."
"Alright, back to the original question. Do you know anyone who might want to hurt Mr. Hitsugaya?" She thought for a moment. Her eyes widened and she whispered,
"Kira."
"Who?"
"My ex-boyfriend, Kira Izumo. He's said on numerous occasions that he's wanted to kill Shirô-kun. The only reason he hasn't is because if I found out he did, I'd kill him. But you should check him out."
"Why?"
"Well, Kira and I were dating for about three years and it was going no further than holding hands and hugging. One night about a year and a half ago, Shirô-kun came into my office at about midnight. Now, that doesn't seem so weird, but Shirô never works past ten pm because that's when Rangiku gets out of work and he doesn't want her drowning herself in alcohol. So, for him to come in at midngiht, which is an hour before my shift gets off, is really weird. But, the weirdest part is, is that he was completeywasted, like Rangiku Matsumoto wasted, even if you don't know what that means. And let me get one thing straight detective. I'm weak. I can't hold out under too much pressure. So, Shirô stumbled in and, being weak, I let him have his way with me and the rest is history. I broke up with Kira the next day and he was furious. But, in the end, it was for the best. But this, this is not what I wanted to happen." The girl said, bursting into a fit of choking sobs.
"Thank you Miss Hinamori. We'll be going now." Ichigo said quietly, standing up, Rukia doing the same.
"Thank you for telling me about this. Oh, and detective Kuchiki?" Rukia turned.
"Yes?"
"Will you tell me who did this when you find out?"
"Absolutely." Rukia said, before she and Ichigo walked out of the apartment and got back in the car.
"He was beaten two weeks ago? By Grimmjow and Ulquiorra? But I was beaten three weeks ago by Ulquiorra and Yammy!" Momo asked herself, her head resting on the door.
"Aizen, if you did this, I'm going to kill you myself."

Nice cliff, eh? Well, do ya know who did it? An' it might not be what yer thinkin'! Actually, I'm positive it's not wher yer thinkin'!

Imma also gonna answer my reviews here too. An' if ya review in another language, yer response will be from Google Translate, so it'll prob'ly suck. But anyway...

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XHitsuKarinX316X- I think I already PM'd you an answer, but the
chapters are lots longer, I'm not telling you how he died and you'll have to
read the rest to find out!