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Rated M for future sexual content and language

"Characters Speaking"
Characters Thinking
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~~~Chapter Eight~~~


I wake up to hear Yako let out a panicked shout from her room next door. "Stop it!"

I get up, nearly tripping over when my nightie (emerald green strapped nightie with a ribbon and bow below the chest area that ends just below my knees) gets caught on my bed. I untangle myself and head to Yako's room.

She is breathing heavily. I sit on the edge of her bed as she leans heavily against my side. I wait until she falls back to sleep before heading back to my own room. I look to see it is still dark outside so I head back to my room to get some more sleep.


~~~That Afternoon~~~


I get dressed in a viridian (green) and black princess dress, my pouch bag and light green coat before heading back to the office after working in my cafe for the morning.

Godai is watching the TV but I don't take any notice of what he is watching. Now that my body has settled I need to clean and secure my mind. I sit on the couch, after taking off coat and bag and cross my legs. I find myself in my mindscape that looks exactly like Hogwarts. Moving photographs of Mama Lily, Papa James, Pa Sirius, Uncle Moony, Luna, Neville, and then a group image of the DA. There are non-moving pictures of Mama Haruka, Papa Seiichi and Yako. Of course, there is one of Neuro, Godai, Akane, Sasazuka and Ishigaki. These are inside the library with every book I've read on the shelves.

I head down to the chamber of secrets where all memories are stored. I open the door using parseltongue and walk down the stairs. I quickly move the memories that belong to other people behind a locked door in their own separate books. My memories, however, are in another locked room. Inside the room it is a massive library, my memories are changed into books, with two chairs in front of a fireplace.

I sort the new memories out before exiting my mind. Just in time to hear Godai let out a yell.

Neuro had turned the TV over to the news. "Yesterday at midnight, two police officers were shot to death."

"What are you doing?" Godai demands as he swipes the control out of Neuro's grasp. He turns the TV back to the drama he was watching.

"Being obsessed with fictional drama is not good for you." Neuro states.

"Shut up, this is a popular police drama from a while ago."

Neuro turns it over to the News again. "...a clue was left behind at the crime scene by the Cop-Killer."

Godai lets out the same yell before trying to take back the control. Neuro moves out the way so Godai lands on the floor. "Hmm, this brings up my appetite." The phone starts ringing. "Answer the phone, Servant Number Two."

"This is the Katsuragi Tantei agency. Huh, police?"

Neuro and I end up heading to the police station and heading to their cafeteria. Yako is sitting at a table with food in front of her and opposite her. Neuro grabs her head. "Get up, Servant Number One."

"When did you come back!?"

"It's the time for me to feast."

"Wait, I still haven't finished my Katsudon." Yako cries as Neuro drags her away via her head.


~~~At the Crime scene~~~


We head towards the newest crime scene. Sasazuka and Ishigaki are already there. "Sasazuka-san..."

We walk under the yellow tape. "Do you have any clues?"

Sasazuka hands over a photograph. "He left a footprint. The criminal stepped on the blood while standing up."

"What a dumbass!" Ishigaki states.

"It's too early to decide. The criminal has always been so careful with his trail in the past, why would he step on the policeman's blood this time?" Neuro comments.

"Oh, Yako-san...You came?"

"Shouko-san!"

Shouko has short brown hair and eyes. She is wearing a white shirt with the collar open, grey trousers, white socks, beige flats and a dark grey jacket.

The man next to her has short brown hair and eyes. He is wearing a white shirt with a grey tie, brown jacket and trousers, black shoes and a light brine coat.

They walk over. "You're on the team, officer Sasazuka? I apologize for calling you earlier on." Shouko apologizes.

"Ah, forces from the Miyako police station. "

"I'm Hayumi."

The man salutes briefly. "I'm Tsukita."

Hayumi takes a piece of paper out her pocket. "Pardon me for the interruption. This is the letter that was sent to me." She hands it to Sasazuka. We crowd around him to take a look.

"Arrest Yokoi Kenji the firearm dealer, he is the Cop-Killer." Ishigaki reads from the letter.

"Yokoi Kenji..."

"He has been arrested before for illegal gun modifying," Hayumi adds.

"I remember. It was me who arrested him three years ago." Sasazuka states looking up from the letter. He is one hell of a gun-lover, and he's also very hard to deal with."

Tsukita is looking at his notebook. "He was released half a year ago. He is now living alone in an apartment."

"What about the person who sent the letter?" Sasazuka asks Hayumi.

"I don't know. Why would they send a letter to me?"

"These kinds of letters appear a lot in TV-dramas. For example, on the show 'Running Towards the Sun...' That magnificent cop sacrificed himself so beautifully." Ishigaki nods in agreement with himself.

"It's Hantaro." Tsukita suddenly exclaims.

Silence until Hayumi breaks it, hand resting on her ear. "Tsukita-san is a hardcore fan if 'Running Towards the Sun.' He used to watch that TV-drama when he was young. That's why he wanted to become a cop."

"Isn't that a dream come true?" Yako queries happily.

"I'm nothing compared to Hantaro. "

"Hmm, a mysterious letter..." Sasazuka murmurs.

"Boss, let us investigate it!" Tsukita pleads.

"What does boss mean?" Yako questions.

"Oh, the drama that Servant Number Two was watching. "

"These kind of letters are probably pranks," Ishigaki says, looking at the letter sceptically.

"We still can't ignore it!" Hayumi points out."

"Leave Yokoi's case to us," Tsukita states determined.

"I guess...I also have another case on hand."

"Please leave it to us!" Tsukita says with a salute. Hayumi copies his actions.

"Yako-san, see you later!" Hayumi waves as she walks away.

"O-Okay!"

"I smell the mystery...Let's follow up!" Neuro put one arm around my waist while he holds Yako by her face and drags her.

"We totally lost them...I think it's around here." Yako states looking around.

"I smell the mystery, it's close by."

We hear three gunshots. Yako lets out a gasp as she turns around. We run to where the shots came from to see a man on the floor surrounded by blood originating from his chest. Tsukita is a distance away on his knees, one hand holding his right shoulder. "What an idiot, he missed. How do you even call yourself a criminal?"

"Cop-Killer stepped on the blood, correct? 777 TOOLS OF THE DEMON WORLD. EVIL INSOLE!" He throws it and a weird pink creature hides in the sneaker, face fed and sweaty. It lets out a low sigh as it gets comfortable.

"What...What the heck is that?"

Neuro doesn't answer her just walks away.


~~~At the Hospital~~~


Yako drools at the basket of red, juicy apples in her hands. "This looks really delicious."

"You're really a pig that eats all day."

"I'm buying this for Tsukita-san," Yako argues with a blush. "By the way, what was that thing that crawled into the sneaker?"

"An insole that was made in the Demon World. It lets bacteria reproduce faster."

Yako takes a bite out if an Apple before stopping at the road. "What?!"

"Maybe I should put one in your shoe too."

Yako moves away from Neuro. "Please don't."

"Whoever wore that sneaker will get their sweet and footprints analyzed for DNA. This mystery is on the tip of my tongue."

"Excuse us!" Yako calls out as we enter the room.

"Sensei said we had to come and visit you."

Yako holds up the Apple basket. Luckily I managed to get her to stop eating all of them. There is only six left in the basket now. "My apologies...Hehe...A little something for you..."

Hayumi takes the basket and starts to peel one of the apples. Ishigaki runs through the door, notebook in hand. "Sempai! Yokoi's gun is confirmed to be the gun that the Cop-Killer used."

"I see."

"Also, the blood on the sneaker has been analyzed. It contains the DNA of the policeman who was murdered last night. With that it's over, right?"

I see Hayumi's hands shaking. "That's something which is unpreventable."

"What about Yokoi's alibi?" Sasazuka asks.

"None. He works night shifts at the factory. But he didn't show up last night."

"I see all the evidence goes against him. But he got killed." Neuro comments.

Hayumi slams her hands on the cabinet in front of her, causing Neuro to open one of his eyes to look at her. "That was self-defence! It's a part of our jobs!"

"Shouko-san," Yako calls as she runs out the room. I stay in the room as Yako and Neuro go out the door. They come back in after Hayumi calmed herself.

"This case has been giving people a feeling of it being a set-up since the beginning. The person who called himself the Cop-Killer has revealed himself to the world. Soon after, we received that mysterious letter. And then, we witnessed the shootout between the criminal and the police. But sensei's question is..."Why did the suspect step on the blood this time?' Is it because of carelessness?"

Hayumi lifts up her head. "It's to create false evidence."

"Exactly." Neuro agrees. "Cop-Killer purposely stepped on the blood."

"Why would he want to do this?" Ishigaki questions.

"To create the sneaker that reveals the killer. And then, the person who wears the sneaker will become the killer. The real suspect got close to Yokoi and took away his alibi. He probably used the gun that he got from the police as bait. Then, the sneaker and the gun become hard-evidence. And Yokoi became the 'Cop-Killer.'"

"Hayumi-san." Sasazuka gets her attention.

"Yes?"

"When you were at Yokoi's apartment, you rang the bell once, and then Tsukita-san kept on knocking and calling his name, right?"

"Yes."

"Normally, to catch them off-guard...and to lower the suspect's alertness, don't we get policewomen like you to knock?"

"That's right, I was always the one to knock on the door."

"Tsukita-san, why did you knock today?"

He covers his mouth with his hand. "I felt like doing it, boss."

"Who's the boss?" Yako questions but is ignored as Neuro speaks up.

"The moment the door is opened, a stun-gun appears. That's what the knocking and calling at the same time is, it's a signal. Just like a switch."

"Switch?" Ishigaki looks confused.

"Do you mean something along the lines of hypnotism?" Sasazuka queries.

"Yes. Use the stun-gun to create a diversion and leave. If it was used as a signal then..."

"The criminal is...You!" Yako points at Tsukita who is sitting in the bed.

"That's impossible!" Hayumi denies. "That is not reasoning, that's just a guess! Also, can you prove Tsukita-san wore that sneaker?"

"Yes, I can. Like fingerprints, everyone has their own unique toe print. Before the police took the sneaker as evidence, sensei used some method to extract the toe print that was in the sneaker."

"When did that happen?" Ishigaki exclaims surprised.

"There are two different prints inside the sneaker."

Tsukita clenched the bed sheets. "Boss, is that true? No, that can't happen."

"How do you know?"

"How can amateurs like you collect toe prints, it's a lie."

"It could all be proved by evidence. The Cop-Killer who wore that sneaker...is you Police Officer Tsukita."

"Lair!" Hayumi denies again. "Why would he do this in the first place?"

"It's not for anything personal, nor it is for revenge, but all he wanted was the bullet that was shot into him."

Tsukita starts chuckling creepily. "You still haven't finished talking bullshit yet?" His appearance changes to match that of Hantaro from the TV-drama. "How u is it possible to collect the toe prints? I put on a layer of film on it before putting on those sneakers."

"I'll take that as your confession."

"You're lying right, Tsukita-san? Why?"

Tsukita points a finger at Hayumi. "My dream was to become a cop, to hold a real gun and shoot! Starting as a traffic-control policeman, I finally became a real policeman. But with all those restrictions... I can't stand it anymore! Continuing like this, I can't die with satisfaction! It's death either way. Why not create a beautiful headshot?!"

He explains how Yokoi's death really went. Of how he gave the gun to Yokoi, about how he was going to make it to Yokoi was known as the Cop-Killer and then, of course, being shot and then shooting him.

"What an idiot...if I dodged it, then everything I've done so far would become meaningless." Sasazuka and Ishigaki take out their guns and point them at Tsukita. "Dream...This is a dream I based my life on!"

He jumps off the bed, knocks Ishigaki down, steals his gun and jumps out the window. Sasazuka runs to the window. "Shit...After him!"

Ishigaki stands up, hand on his head. "My gun has been stolen again..."

"Neuro? Eh, Neuro? Where did he go Yuuki-Nee?"

"Hmm, out the window after Tsukita."

Neuro got his meal, and Tsukita was caught and arrested.


~~~Next Day, At Sunset~~~


Sasazuka asks to meet Yako and I so we go meet up with him. We lean against the railings. "I'm sorry for suddenly calling you over to not down the notes regarding this case."

"No problem/It's fine." Yako and I agree.

"I have a question... Sasazuka-san, do you have a dream?"

"Dream?"

"For some reason, I had this thought..."

"Maybe my dream is to continue working like this for a long time."

"For a long time?"

"Yea, something like that."

The door opens. "Sasazuka-san..."

"Shouko-san..."

"I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble."

"It's okay."

"Shouko-san, please don't feel down."

A small smile appears on Hayumi's face as she places her right hand on her head. "I seem to have lost my confidence to work as a police officer. I was always by Tsukita-san. Yet, I didn't even realize anything. I started thinking, 'What have I been doing up until now?'"

"Please don't give up!" Yako exclaims. "You told me, that you want to become the best cop. Even though I'm still not sure of my own dreams...But you found such a beautiful dream! So, don't throw it away!"

"Yako-san..."

"Tsukita-san's dream might have been twisted...But I think your dream is very righteous..."

Tears fill Hayumi's eyes as a smile appears on her face. "Yako-san, thank you."

Sasazuka walks towards the door, stopping briefly to pay Hayumi's shoulder. "Even though a lot has happened lets both keep working hard towards our own goals, okay?"

She wipes the corner of her left eye. "Yes."

Yako and I share a smile before looking towards the setting sun.


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