Round ZERO: The Four Card Symbols
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Now we get on with the show! We will now start the real story as the DDS founder hands out his first assignment to two top section of this academy, and see why this case will prove challenging to the students.
Disclamer:
- Detective School Q is owned by Studio Pierrot
- Hana Yori Dango is owned by Yoko Kamio and Toei Animation
- R.O.D. The TV is owned by Aniplex and J.C. Staff
- .hack is owned by Bandai and Cyber Connect
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A few days later, the police arrived at the north harbor of Odaiba after one of the crewmen summoned them upon discovering the corpse of the boy who was killed by his own Digimon partner. Forensic experts were summoned, and concluded that the girl was attacked, and deduced that this was done by a wild animal. One of the witnesses said that the last time he saw the girl alive is that she was with his Digimon partner, and the police believed that Kouchuumon is the culprit since he was nowhere to be found.
The police decided to summon DDS for help since they knew that some of the Chosen Children are studying there and they might help them in uncovering this mystery murder.
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Melissa by Porno Grafitti
(1st Opening song from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Kimi no te de (kimi no te de) kirisaite (kirisaite)
Tooi hi no kioku wo
Kanashimi no (kanashimi no) iki no ne wo tometekure yo
Saa Ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke
Asu ga kuru hazu no sora wo mite
Mayou bakari no kokoro moteamashiteru
Katawara no tori ga habataita
Doko ka hikari wo mitsukerareta no ka na
Naa Omae no se ni ore mo nosetekurenai ka?
Soshite ichiban takai toko de
okizari ni shite yasashisa kara toozakete Kimi no te de (kimi no te de) kirisaite (kirisaite)
Tooi hi no kioku wo
Kanashimi no iki no ne wo tometekure yo
Saa Ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke
Tori wo yuuyami ni miokutta
Chi wo hau bakari no ore wo kaze ga nazeru
Hane ga hoshii to wa iwanai sa
Semete chuu ni mau MELISSA no ha ni naritai
Mou Zuibun to tachitsukushite mita kedo
Tabun kotae wa nai no darou
Kono kaze ni mo iku ate nado nai you ni Kimi no te de (kimi no te de) kagi wo kakete (kagi wo kakete)
Tamerai nado nai daro
Machigatte mo (machigatte mo)
Nidoto aku koto no nai you ni
Saa Jou no ochiru oto de owarasete
Sukui no nai (sukui no nai) tamashii wa (tamashii wa)
nagasarete kieyuku
Kieteyuku (kieteyuku) shunkan ni wazuka hikaru
Ima Tsuki ga michiru yoru wo umidasu no sa
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Episode 04: Futari no Asainmento
It was the second week of classes at DDS, and everything looked normal, as the new students were adjusting well to their new school. However, most of the students spent their time discussing about Kyo, Kyuu's twin brother. Even the girls find themselves attracted to him after seeing him doing gym classes, mostly during sparring sessions, in which he held on his own against the likes of Kinta, Gouda and Hayate.
And at one point they even followed him wherever he goes when outside the school. Kyo was unaware of this and was oblivious. Class Q and C smiled at each other as Kyo became the face of the school due to the fact that he resembled his twin brother.
At home, Kyo received several fan mails from anonymous sources, and was in a state of loss on how to handle them. "Looks like the girls at DDS are head over heels on you." Kyuu told his younger sibling, but Kyo rebutted. "But I'm not interested in girls at the moment! I don't know how to deal with them!". "Well…better brace yourself…'coz you'll be having a hard time…", the elder Renjou teased. The younger Renjou threw a pillow at his twin brother as Ryu looks on.
The next morning, Kyuu and Kyo arrived at school, and were immediately surrounded by girls. Kyuu was shoved away as the girls were asking for his cellphone number, in which the younger Renjou frantically but politely turn down. He immediately went to the main building and ran towards his room. Kite, Anita and Junior were about to enter their classroom when Kyo showed up.
"Quick! Anita, use your paper and hide me! A swarm of ants are after me!". Anita rolled her eyes, seeing that their classmate wasn't so tough as he was
before.
"Oh, please...before, you handled Orphenochs, and even Pluto soldiers...but a squadron of fangirls..." Their conversation was interrupted when the girls surrounded Class R, and Kyo was about to be mobbed when Tatsumi Hongou showed up and raised his voice.
"THAT'S ENOUGH! BACK TO YOUR CLASSES...NOW!!". The girls did as they were told, and Class R was saved. Hongou glanced at the youngest son of Satoru Renjou, seeing that even Kyo has his weakness.
"Why are you so afraid of them? All you have to do is to be stern. A true detective never runs away, especially from girls. Think of this as a case. At any rate, GO TO YOUR ROOM!". Hongou was a bit surprised to see Kyo glaring at him, his fists were clenching, and grudgingly nodded after saying "Whatever you say...SIR.". Anita and Junior were surprised to see Kyo acted that way, but Hongou was quite impressed, and decided not to penalize him.
Later, during recess, Kyuu and Kyo were talking near the cafeteria, and the twin brothers discussed about school pressure, in which the Class Q member gave some advice to his twin brother.
"Think of it as a challenge. I'm sure you'll pull true. Remember, if a detective gives up...". "...the case remains unsolved. Yeah, I always hear you repeat that like a voice recorder. Fine, I'll exert some efforts. But I can't promise you. I was never meant to be a detective...", Kyo interjected.
"But remember the past few months ago, you were a big help in defeating Pluto, and you even help us in taking on SMART Brain! You have some potential to be a detective. I'm sure, your class would get a case to investigate..." Kyuu answered back, but then the intercom blared and an announcement was made.
"Class Q and Class C...please report to Principal Dan's office! I repeat...Class Q and Class C...please report to Principal Dan's office!".
Kyuu glanced at his brother and nodded, and left in a hurry, and Kyo nodded in return, and watched Kyuu leave, and decided to head back to his classroom.
At Principal Dan's office, the founder of DDS looked at the two summoned sections, and was in a state of silence for a few minutes, but then he finally spoke to the 11 students.
"Listen up, all of you...this mission will be most difficult, as the police are facing a blank wall in the case they're investigating, which is in regards to murder and apparent abduction...". "A murder, and an abduction? Really? So then, the 11 of us are working together?", Kinta inquired.
Principal Dan shook his head and said, "No, Kinta, your case will be separate from Class C. Class C, look at the monitor carefully as this footage was brought to us a few minutes ago...".
The footage showed the headless and disemboweled corpse of the girl found inside the warehouse of the North harbor of Odaiba, in which the corpse of a young girl is in an advance state of decomposition, the body is in a pool of blood, her organs were exposed for she is naked, and flies are warming over it. Megumi shrieked at the sight and turned away, but her photographic memory would stick to her mind for the rest of her life. Hikari covered her mouth with her hands, while Daisuke and Takeru were in a state of disbelief, and Iori clenched his fists in anger.
"The little girl found inside the warehouse in Odaiba was reported missing for almost two weeks, and her body was found just this morning. Class C, this mission you're about to investigate would be very difficult for you, for the police believe that a Digimon is the culprit of this murder."
Principal Dan answered. Class C went rigid at what they heard, and they couldn't believe that a Digimon was the suspect.
"Are you sure?? How did they know if it was a Digimon??" Takeru inquired. The principal looked at the blond-haired teenager and addressed the question.
He took out a fax paper with some writings and read it to them.
"This fax message came a few minutes ago before I summoned you. The girl's body was identified as Hiro Fibisco. The last time Hiro was seen alive, she was traveling at night with her partner, Kouchuumon, and after that, they weren't heard of until this morning. The police also said that Kouchuumon was nowhere to be found, and is immediately regarded as a suspect. And because of this, parents within Odaiba are now becoming apprehensive towards Digmons, and perhaps the six of you could help out in this case. Do you accept his mission?".
Daisuke glanced at his classmates, and then looked at the principal and gave him his reply.
"If so...we accept this mission! We'll do everything in our power to solve this! Class C, let's go and solve this!". Class C roared and bowed to the principal, and left the premises, as they are now heading to Odaiba.
This leaves Class Q, and the principal pressed a button of the monitor, switching to another topic. The footage shows four separate pictures of good-looking boys, and below their pictures are their names.
"The picture that you're seeing right now are the teenage boys from a prestigious "elevator school" in Japan known as Eitoku Academy. These four boys, all aged 17, are known as the F-4…". Kinta and Kazuma were astounded to hear this, as they heard about the F-4, their reputations, and their exploits.
"The F-4?! I heard of them! Aside from being filthy rich, they're popular all over Japan! But what's this have to do with this case?". Kazuma opened his laptop and downloaded the F-4, and showed to the rest of Class Q their names and their known records.
- Tsukasa Domyouji
- Rui Hanazawa
- Sojiro Nishikado
- Akira Mimasaka
Principal coughed a bit and proceeded with his lecture.
"The reason why I'm about to assign you to this is that one of the F-4 members went missing for almost three months. Sojiro Nishikado was last seen within Odaiba prefecture, and after that he neither contacted his family or friends on his whereabouts. Even his F-4 comrades are now wondering what happened to him. And that is going to be your mission…to find him and know where he is.".
Ryu glances at the monitor screen, and wondered if there kidnapping for ransom is involved, since the F-4 are known to be extremely rich. Megumi blushed at the sight of their pictures, but glanced at Kyuu, seeing that he was getting annoyed.
"Oh, come on, Kyuu…I would never ditch you for them." He smiled and gave her a kiss on her lips. Ms. Katagiri giggled, and Class Q bowed, telling Principal Dan that they'll get right on the case. They left the room to prepare their things as they are heading to Atami, where the F-4 resides. Kyuu and Kazuma went to Class R's classroom to tell Kyo about their mission.
"Here's the picture of the F-4. This picture, Sojiro Nishikado, is the missing person in question. If ever you get a sighting of him, give me a call."
Kyuu said, and his younger twin brother nodded, and soon after Class Q went to their respective homes to get their things, and then left for Atami.
Later in the afternoon, a familiar face was seen within the Edo village: It was Sojiro Nishikado! And with him was a nine-year old girl following him, and with her is a lizard- Digimon, identified as Sekiekimon. Sojiro used his charms to coax the nine-year old girl and her Digimon companion to follow her to a remote, grassy area, and the two got a shock of their lives when Sojiro rouses a card at the side of a huge technological gun, and a white, spirit-like entity was emerged from the card and took possession of the lizard-Digimon, and Sekiekimon slightly changed shape, and it almost resembled a spirit of a Clow Card, with a terrifying facial expression. The possessed Sekiekimon began to attack the young girl and mauled her to death, and ripped her clothes until she is naked. The possessed lizard-digimon began to eat her way, and the ground is covered with blood and her organs exposed. After disemboweling the girl, Sojiro fired his gun at the Digimon behind his head and was knocked out. The missing F-4 member then threw the card at the unconscious monster and was absorbed into the card, and after that, Sojiro absorbs the Digimon into the card, and leave the scene as if nothing happened.
The card that Sojiro was holding, a tarot card with the Two of Spades (♠2) symbol, with the name "Slash Lizard" and the picture of the possessed Digimon was shown, which is also called Spade 2, and then he puts it in his pocket, and he left the scene and leaves the corpse behind.
Much later, within the Atami prefecture, Tsukasa Domyouji had just left a store where his girlfriend, Tsukushi Makino is now working part-time. she, along with the rest of F-4 and Tsukino, was worried about Sojiro's disappearance, despite his text message saying that he is "girl-hunting". They find it suspicious that he hasn't return for almost two months, and that the police are having a hard time looking for him.
"Girl-hunting…it's not like you, Sojiro…where the hell are you??" Tsukasa thought, until his cellphone rang, and he answered. He stepped on the brakes as a voice got his attention.
"Sojiro?? Where the heck are you?? And what the hell are doing at this time??!!". But Sojiro's voice was like a frightened child begging for help.
"I'm at the Edo border, and someone's after me! I lost my cellphone and am using someone else's. Meet me there and don't call anyone at the moment! Please!". Tsukasa tried to call back after the line was cut, but was unable to, so he stepped on the gas pedal and went to the Edo border, worried at what trouble his friend got into.
To Be Continued…
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Kesenai Tsumi by Nana Kitade
(1st Ending song from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Itsumo no shisen ni kimi ga ite kokyuu ga dekiru Chippoke na boku wa kurikaesu ayamachi bakari Mayowazu ni Kono ai wo shinji ikiteyuku Ano hi ushinatta aijou ni setsunasa wo oboe Tatoe moshi nani ga gisei demo Tada hitotsu shinjita Muryoku demo kono sadame Tsuyoku ikiteyuku Moshi tatoe kimi to kono mama Mayowazu ni Kono ai wo shinji ikiteyuku Mayowazu ni kono sadame Ikiru ikiteyuku DARLING
Boku ni totte nara Sore dake de
Mou Juubun na hazu na no ni
Dorehodo tsuyosa wo te ni shitara
Nani mo kizutsukezu sumu no?
Fusagaranu kizuguchi mo gyu'tto dakishimete
Futari wa aruki-tsuzukeru Ato ni wa modorenai kara
Ima demo kono mune no oku Kesenai tsumi wa itamu kedo
DARLING
Boku wa senmei na kono sora no aosa ni sukoshi tomadotte
Kimi no massugu na me ni utsuru setsuna ni saita hana no iro
Te wo musubu taion wa zutto tokeatte
Dattara issou no koto seotta batsu nara tsurakute mo
Sekai no nami ni sakarau dake da to shite mo...
Fusagaranu kizuguchi mo gyu'tto dakishimete
Kimi to nara eien mo kitto tsunagatte
Futari de tada mae wo mite dou ni mo naranakutatte
Soredemo kanarazu kimi wo kono te de mamori-tsuzukeru
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- There you have it…the first 2 of the F-4 members…and though it's quite early to show two of them at once, it's still a start, and when the upcoming chapters are up, I'm sure you'll find this fic interesting…
- And finally, another card category! The last two chapters showed you three cards sealed under the Category of Diamonds, and now here, a Category of Spades…
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Preview:
Class C will be the center of next chapter's story, so be prepared, as things will get a bit bloody…