Chapter 3

Cars sat bumper to bumper down the busy street and people bustled around on the pavement moving to and from their destinations as shops lined either side of the road and apartments towered high.

Murrue pushed her way though the crowd, tightly holding a dossier of files in her arms making her way towards the office. She had chosen to walk since the radio had reported that there were traffic jams and it was also one of the peak hours when many were driving to their work or dropping their children off at school.

Murrue stumbled as one forceful person in particular bumped hard into her, knocking her files out of her arms sending them falling to the ground. Bobbing down to start picking up her files, she notices another hand other then hers also picking up the files. Once all the files had been retrieved she stood up.

"I believe these are yours," came a sly voice handing Murrue the hand full of files he had picked up. "Oh, thank you," Murrue replied taking the files off him. "So are you a part of the police force?" "What makes you say that," Murrue said startled. "Just by looking at the files. I doubt some average civilian has records like those." "Yes, I suppose your right. I'm a detective at the police force."

"So have you had any leads with this serial killer as to whom the culprit is?" Rau asked, beginning to walk down the pathway, Murrue along side him. Shooting him a sharp look, Murrue took a closer look at her companion. He seemed familiar yet from where she didn't know. "What is your name?" Murrue asked not wanting to talk to a complete stranger about such matters. Her companion stopped and observed her for a bit before it seemed he had come to a decision and he continued walking beside her. "Its Le Creuset, Rau Le Creuset."

"Well Rau, its been a pleasure talking to you but this is my stop." " No, its been my pleasure. I insist that we meet again. How about lunch? Say twelve thirty at the coffee shop about a block from here. Good bye for now then." "Hey wait a sec never agreed to…" Murrue started but Rau had already turned and began to walk off, a smirk pasted on his pale face once he had turned away.

"What a strange person," Murrue murmured to herself watching his retreating back.

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"So kid, great work on the case. The butcher. I would never have seen it coming. But that's why your one of our best officers," Mwu congratulated Kira, his hand patting the younger boy's shoulder. "But Mwu. Weren't you listening it was a fluke we…" "Don't deny it. I won't hear another word in protest," Mwu cut in, "and to celebrate we can go out to lunch at this nice place I know."

"Oh hey Murrue," Kira smiled seeing Murrue watching the two of them. "Morning Kira," Murrue replied giving him a small smile. "Nice to see you," Mwu smiled getting up to walk to Murrue. "I was just saying to the kid that we should go out to lunch in celebration that he solved that hard case he was working on."

"Oh I'm sorry Mwu, but I'm busy at lunch. I'm meeting someone…" "What!" Mwu said sharply. "Who is it!" "Well… hes a guy I met this morning. He was strange but charming in his own way" Murrue said thoughtfully. "What was his name," Mwu said still looking suspicious.

"He said that it was Rau.." "What! What did he look like! Did he wear a mask. And was his last name Creuset!!!" Mwu practically yelled looking shocked and angry at the same time. Murrue just stared, why was Mwu getting so flustered and stirred up by her just going to a simple lunch. "His name was something like that. And no, he didn't wear a mask, just a large pair of sunglasses. Why, do you know him?" "Nah I'm probably just mistaking him for someone else. Just be careful alright. Its not safe at the moment."

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Once Murrue had exited the door for lunch Mwu subconsciously continued staring there until a small giggle interrupted his train of thought. He turned at looked at his workmate sitting at the desk across the other side of the room giggling.

"Now whats so funny?" Mwu said. "You really like her don't you," said Kira, noticing Mwu heat up a little bit and burst out laughing now. "Is that why you were getting so flustered. You were jealous!"

"Hey looks whose talking. The boy who dated a slut and got cheated on," Mwu bit back, a little more harshly then he had intended. Kira instantly sobered up, his eyes widened and shiny and his lip quivering. "Now kid I didn't mean it like that. Please cheer up," Mwu pleaded seeing the water works starting up. 'Or Murrue will kill me' Mwu thought quietly to himself.

"I'm going for my lunch break too," Kira said quietly, excusing himself. Kira quickly left too leaving Mwu alone in the office. "Damn," said Mwu banging his fist against his desk. 'Why did I have to say that,' Mwu thought, feeling disgusted with himself to bring up something that still was hurting Kira.

Sighing Mwu heaved himself up off the chair and wandered over to the filing cabinet to grab some more files and continue a day of frustration and failure on the case that was seemingly impossible to solve.

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Murrue walked down the streets and around the corner to the small coffee shop of which the man she had met earlier mentioned. As it drew into sight she could see a figure leaning against one of the windows of the front of the shop. His soft blonde hair shining in the sunlight and his large black sunglasses glinting. Recognizing him she picked up her pace and walked towards him.

Turning Rau noticed his companion heading towards him and he stepped away from the glass and hitched a silky smile on his face.

"I'm so glad you decided to show up," was the first thing Rau said as she stopped in front of him. "Why wouldn't I?" Murrue replied, confused. Rau simply smirked, "shall we get some lunch then?" Grabbing her hand gently and guiding her too the front door where he stopped and held it open for her. "Ladies first." "Why thank you," Murrue blushed, giving him a shy smile and walking into the coffee shop.

The heavy scent of coffee beans hung in the air and the soft murmur of people talking filled the shop as they sat on comfy stools at small round tables sipping their cups of coffee.

"Why don't you tell me what you would like and wait for me at a table," Rau offered, guiding Murrue to an empty table waiting for her to take a seat. "What would you like?" he asked once she was seated. " A café latte please," Murrue replied. Rau nodded to indicate that he had heard and walked off to the bar to get their drinks.

Murrue sat shyly with her legs together leaning to the side of the chair, her back slightly arched forward and a hand to her mouth where she nibbled one of her long nails, a slight shade of red on her soft cheeks.

Rau returned holding a tray which had two coffees sitting on it and two plates each with a slice of cake sitting on them, one an orange cake with fine orange peel sprinkled over the top the other a rich mud cake with cream and strawberries. He gave Murrue her coffee and the orange cake while he kept his, the mud cake.

The two talked and talked what they were saying moved from topic to topic, weather -food - life - jobs - detective work and the conversation turned to the topic of the recent serial killer on the loose. Murrue infatuated with Rau by now, his charm, sly smile and mysterious personality, she let a little more slip than what she should have.

"So have you got any leads on the case yet?" "Very few. I personally think this is going to be the most difficult case to solve in many years. He's so smart. He covers up every shred of evidence and makes sure to cover and erase every single one of his footsteps behind him. It's like he is always a step ahead of us"

"Really?" Rau said, a smug smile pasted on mouth, "so hes an evil genius?" "Yes. If that's how you would like to put it. That's how I think of him too." Rau although he wasn't showing it too much was soaking in all the compliments. It was a rare occasion when he was told to his face how brilliant he was and how great he was with his work, if you would call it work.

"I've heard you say that it is a he who is doing all the killing. What is there to prove that it is a man doing the killing and not a women when there is such little evidence?" "Well," Murrue started, " that was a find credited to the forensic department of the force. When they were going over the bodies in some there were traces of semen found and it appeared that some had been raped proving this was the work of a male."

Straightening up Rau tensed slightly, tight lipped. 'How could he have made such a error of judgment. Of course they would do a check over the corpses and find his seed,' Rau thought quickly, the information running through his head at a hundred miles per hour. Murrue who hadn't appeared to have noticed Rau's reaction to her statement continued, "but sadly this didn't help us at all since we still have no idea who it belongs too, because there were no matches on the police data base and its ridiculous to check every male in the country. Now that's just unrealistic. Think of how much it would cost and how much work it would be!" At this comment Rau didn't feel at all comforted, he was still at risk. That was the last time he was ever going to rape a victim again.

"Are you ok," Murrue asked seeing Rau looking rather distracting and being silent. For a few moments Rau remained silent then he turned his head to face her again. "Thank you for going out to lunch with me but I must be going," he said, already getting up off his stool.

"Can I have your mobile. I'll give you my number so we can meet again." "Oh," Murrue said, surprised by his sudden departure. "I'll just," she started leaning over to her hand bag and rummaging through it to find her mobile phone. Once she had found it she pulled it out and passed it too him. He quickly pressed and series of numbers into the phone before handing it back to Murrue. "I'll see you round then. I look forward to our next meeting," he said simply and then getting up and leaving the coffee shop his coffee still half full and cake unfinished sitting on the table.

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I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry I took me so long to get round to doing it.

And the number Rau gave her was one of his various numbers because he has multiple mobiles checked out in different identities so it would be difficult to track him down by his mobile phone.

Reviews are much appreciated. Thanks alot Infinite sky for the reviews and reading my story cause I you weren't reading it I would have deleted it by now.