DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN OURAN IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM
The next day Haruhi went to Wakato Hinata's office building to talk to the co-worker that had dumped his work on him.
It was a fairly big building next to a busy street making it a little hard for Haruhi to get into the parking lot. When she got up to Wakato's floor she accidentally bump into a woman carrying a big pile of papers.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" said Haruhi as she knelt down to help her gather everything off.
"Oh it's no big deal," said the woman as she took the papers from Haruhi. "Did you need directions to somewhere?"
"I just need to talk to Tobikuma Danno. Do you know him?" asked Haruhi.
"Ugh, him, oh I'm sure he's around here somewhere," said the lady. "Let me guess, he never called?"
"Uh no, I just need to ask him some questions about one of your co-workers, Wakato Hinata," said Haruhi.
"What do you want to know about Wakato?" asked the lady.
"I'm his lawyer Haruhi Hitachiin," said Haruhi.
"Oh really, I heard he was having a hard time getting one," said the lady.
"Yeah well his in-laws kept asking me to help," said Haruhi.
"You know, I've known Wakato for a long time and I'd never take him for a killer, especially his wife. In fact I bet if you were to ask Washi Reizo, his cubical neighbor, she'd tell you the same thing. They both started here at the same time," said the lady pointing the way.
"Hmm well maybe I will. But first I need to talk to Tobikuma," said Haruhi.
"Here he comes," said the lady. Haruhi looked over and saw a man strutting down the hallway acting very confident.
"Hey Tobikuma, she said you got her knocked up," said the lady. Immediately he stopped walking and his face turned to fear.
"Hey, I wore a condom!" he said.
"Relaxed, I'm not here because of that," said Haruhi. "My name is Haruhi Hitachiin and I'm representing your co-worker Wakato Hinata in his trial."
"Really, so are you going to get him off by reason of insanity?" asked Tobikuma.
Haruhi stared at him before asked, "I just need to ask you some questions. Is it true you ask Wakato to help with your work on the night of the murder?"
"Yeah, I had a date I really wanted to go to. So he was here and I asked him," said Tobiokuma.
"Was he the last one here beside you?" asked Haruhi.
"Hmm no, he just seemed like the one I could get to do it for me," said Tobikuma.
"What time was this?" asked Haruhi.
"Around five," said Tobikuma.
"Five and the sun was starting to set?" asked Haruhi.
"I think so," said Tobikuma.
"So I guess if he were to leave after doing your work for you, it probably would have been dark by the time he left huh?" muttered Haruhi to herself.
"Yeah probably," said Tobikuma.
"Tobikuma, don't you have better things to be doing then flirting?" asked a different woman walking up behind him.
"Hey I'm not flirting. I'm just answering some questions for Wakato's lawyer," Tobikuma.
"Wait your Wakato's lawyer?" asked the woman.
"Uh yeah," said Haruhi.
"Thank you for taking him on," said the lady shaking her hand. "I'm Washi Reizo, an old friend of Wakato's. I'm just having a hard accepting the fact that he killed his wife."
"Yeah well sometimes people surprise us," said Tobikuma.
"Yeah and you know what would be surprising right now? You actually getting back to work and not dumping it on someone else for once," said Washi.
"Whatever," said Tobikuma. "Maybe she has some more questions for me."
"Do you?" asked Washi.
"No, not at the moment," said Haruhi.
"Hmm, because I'm more then willing to treat you to say to dinner if you'd want to talk some more," said Tobikuma.
"I'm married," said Haruhi holding up her hand with her wedding band on it.
"So?" asked Tobikuma.
"Tobikuma, do everyone a favor and get yourself lost," said Washi.
"Fine," said Tobikuma as he walked away.
"Don't mind him. He likes to think he's a real ladies man and often is strapped for cash because of it," said Washi.
"Oh really?" said Haruhi.
"Yeah, you know I don't know if it'll help or anything but you could also check the security tapes we have here. I never saw them, but I'm sure the cops all ready looked at them," said Washi.
"Security tapes?" said Haruhi. She didn't remember seeing anything about security tapes in the report. "Were would I get those?"
"Just down stairs at the security desk," said Washi.
"Thanks," said Haruhi.
"Here you go," said the guard showing her the tape. Haruhi watch the tape to the point that it showed Wakato leaving the office. Haruhi sighed; the time he left he still could have made it in time to kill his wife in the time frame it showed.
"Do you have the parking lot under surveillance?" asked Haruhi.
"Yeah, here," said the guard putting the second tape into the player.
Haruhi watched the tape and right when Wakato pulled out of the parking lot, another car whipped out in front of him, just like he said.
"Now that is helpful for the case," she said, "May I have this tape?"
"Yeah, that's fine. I have at least two of each tape just in case," said guard.
"Thanks," said Haruhi.
Haruhi walked out of the building and looked across the street at the other building and its parking lot, the one the other car had pulled out of in the tape.
"I wonder if they have some video footage of their parking lot at well," she said.
Just then a cop car pulled into the parking lot near Haruhi. Haruhi turned as saw Officer Ebisu getting out of the car.
"Hey Seiko, what are you doing here?" he said. Haruhi shivered a little at the mention of her old last name.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm doing my job to try and get some proof my client's innocent," she said, "And it's Hitachiin now and you know that!"
"Yeah, I heard you were representing that wife killer Hinata," said Ebisu. "Never took you for a crooked lawyer Seiko, oh sorry, Hitachiin."
Haruhi glared at him.
"Like you have room to talk," she muttered.
"I am glad you're here though. Saves me the trouble of finding you myself," she said. "I wanted to talk to you about the murder. I heard you immediately hand my client on the ground and hand cuffed after you arrived before you even realized she was dead."
"Oh come on. It was domestic disturbance call. She had to have been at least beaten up. I only did what was best to keep him contained for her sake," said Ebisu.
"But you had no real proof he did anything. You had no right to hand cuff him!" said Haruhi.
"The neighbor heard her screaming at him to stop. I'd say that's good enough proof that something was at least wrong," said Ebisu.
"You know it doesn't work that way," said Haruhi.
"That's what I kept telling him," said his partner walking up next him. Haruhi had never seen him before and assumed he was new.
"Can it rookie. I knew what I was doing," said Ebisu.
"Sure you did," muttered Haruhi. "I also wanted to ask, I read in the report that you never found the murder weapon at the time. Any luck finding it yet?"
"No, no one's found it," said Ebisu's partner. "We can only assume he hid it pretty good."
"So he had time to hide the weapon so well that no one could find it, but not at least try to change out of his clothes that had blood on them?" asked Haruhi.
"He probably didn't have time to do both," said Ebisu.
"You know that's another thing. Why is it he only had blood on his pants and not his shirt if he was killing her?" asked Haruhi.
"Hey Seiko, we're not in court. Save all these bull crap question for then!" said Ebisu.
"It's Hitachiin! Stop calling me by that other name!" said Haruhi. "And these are not bull crap questions. These are rational questions that a normal person would be asking."
"Whatever Seiko," said Ebisu.
"What did I just say? I'm married to someone else and you know it! I've been married to him for a long time now!" said Haruhi.
"Yeah, I guess I just prefer your old husband. At least while when you were married to him you weren't so annoying," said Ebisu. Haruhi took a deep breath.
"What do you know about me and my life with my old husband?" she muttered.
"I know you never do something stupid like this case when you were married to him. You'd behave yourself," said Ebisu. Haruhi took another deep breath.
"Ebisu, knock it off will you? We have to get back on patrol," said his partner.
"Yeah you're right. Hope you don't have too guilty of a conscious about defending a murder, Seiko," said Ebisu as he went and walked back to the car. Haruhi had to take another deep breath before calling out, "It's not Seiko anymore, it's Hitachiin. Stop calling me by that other stupid name!" Ebisu just smirked at her thought his car window.
"Take that you stupid bitch!"
"Oh you want a piece of me!"
Shouta sat in his chair peacefully watching the two women fright in the ring he always had his women fight in.
"Nice, very nice," he said one laid a punch into the other.
"Hey uh Boss," said Daisuke walking up him.
"Hang on a sec, I'm watching this," said Shouta not taking his eyes off the two fighting girls.
"Oh having another tournament for who gets to sleep with you?" asked Daisuke.
"Isn't it always nice to watch women fight over you like this?" asked Shouta with a smirk as he watch the first one give the second one another punch. The two women continued to fight each other until the second finally collapsed on the floor.
"Good, good, that was nice," said Shouta as he stood up and walked over to the two women. He looked down at the one on the floor.
"Take her to my room. I'll do her first," he said. Two of his men picked her up and carried her off.
"Why do you always pick to do the loser first?" asked the winner.
"Eh, makes you realize even more just how great the winner is if you do the loser first," said Shouta gently stoking the winner's cheek. "And I always appreciate what a great winner you are after doing a loser Atsuko."
"Whatever," said Atsuko.
"Of course you do have other talents that I find useful," said Shouta.
"Hey Boss, I really need to talk to you," said Daisuke.
"I'll talk to you later," said Shouta as he turned and walked back over to Daisuke. "What, this better be good."
"Been getting a couple of phone calls Boss. It seems that Hitachiin Bitch has been nosing around asking certain people some certain questions," said Daisuke.
"What?" said Shouta.
"She's been snoopy, getting some info that actually could help Hinata," said Daisuke. Shouta groaned.
"She just doesn't know when to quit does she?!" he snapped.
"No apparently she doesn't, she's going over this case pretty well," said Kin as he walked into the room.
"What are you doing here Kin?" asked Daisuke with a sneer.
"I just wanted to point out, with Mrs. Hitachiin working so hard, alone with Hinata; it doesn't give her much time to really be with Mr. Hitachiin much now does it? I bet he'd get jealous of her spending all her time with Mr. Hinata to the point he'd want to find himself a new friend, if you catch my drift," said Kin.
"Hmm I think I do," said Shouta turning and looking at Atsuko.
"Hey Atsuko, you remember what I was saying about your other talents; I think I know a use for them."