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Chapter 8

Again, Chizuru read the file of Akina´s former boyfriend and sighed as she found nothing which could guide her to the solution of the case. He possessed nothing what made him in any way suspicious. No, it was more the contrary. He was a man who could be blame for nothing in the past. But this did not mean that he was not the culprit. While she continued her search, she heard a sound that came from Okita´s direction which broke the silence between the two. Sen and Hideyoshi were driven to the family of Akina to interrogate them. It was not that she liked it to be alone with this man, but because he was her partner, she had no other choice than to get along with him. This was the reason why she had given him a task he should do while she checked on her former boyfriend.

Now, Chizuru decided it was time to see if he was ready.

She stood up from her chair and walked in his direction as she heard again this noise what confused her. It sounded like a loud bang and as if something was broken. Then, she saw that Okita looked banned at his screen like he did the day before. What is he doing, she asked herself as she came to a halt in front of his desk.

"Okita-san ? Are you ready with your work?" She saw how his jaw twitched a little. "No, not yet." In the next moment, he moved his fingers quickly over the keyboard as if his life would depend on it. Chizuru decided she should ask further. "And when are you ready ?" He never let his eyes from the screen as he answered. "In one minute." With a nod, Chizuru waited patiently for him to finish. However, the minute was quickly over and Okita sank back in his chair with a satisfied grin.

"I´ve won."

Now, Chizuru frowned. Why said he he won when he looked for information ? She could not imagine that he saw in this doing something challenging like in a game. With a suspicious expression on her face, she rounded the table and looked on his screen and stared. She had expected everything but not a shooting game! Okita seemed to feel her shock as he simply turned in his chair and grinned what let the anger arise in her.

"Okita-san! I said you should look for information and not play a game!" The grin did not vanish from his face as he pouted. "Chizuru-chan is very mean~. I´ve collected information in battle. Isn´t this enough ?" She only stared at him with an angry glare, forgetting who he was and what could he do. "But you´ve forgotten your job!" Okita´s eyes widened lightly as if he would realize something, before he sighed defeated.

"Hai, Hai." A satisfied smile graced her lips as she saw that he had understood what she meant. Then, she simply gave him a paper which he took with a raised eyebrow. "What is this ?" She sighed again. "I´ve checked her former boyfriend. It seems that he has nothing to do with the stalker." Okita looked with a bored glare at the paper before he asked. "What is with her family and her immediate vicinity ?"

"Sen and Hideyoshi are checking it. You would know when you had listened." He only rolled his eyes by her comment before he stood up from his chair and walked to the door while she followed his doings with her eyes. "What are you doing Okita-san ?" He reached for his jacket before he turned his head in her direction. "I am going to check on her former boyfriend."

As she heard his words, she could only imagine that it would be no good when she let him go by himself. He was a man who did not shrink back to hurt or kill a person, so she decided it was the best when she followed him. She walked to his side and took her own jacket before she halted in front of him whereas he looked down at her with his green eyes.

"I´ll come with you." He only raised his eyebrow in confusion before he seemed to know why she wanted to follow him and a grin formed on his lips. "Scared to be without me?" She rolled her eyes in annoyance which let him laugh before he turned around and left together with her the office.

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They drove with her car to the flat of Akina´s former boyfriend in silence. There was nothing she wanted to tell him. Generally, there were moments when she had big problems to talk or even look to him without thinking back to the things she had witnessed. She knew that he was capable of killing her in an instant, but to her surprise, he did not use again his power against her. Instead, he threatened her with the death or the death of her friends.

And this was something what she had to prevent.

After thirty minutes, they reached their destination. As Chizuru and Okita left the car, they saw a huge building standing in front of them. It was held in warm colors like orange and red with many windows and a balcony for each apartment. They did not let much time waste and walked purposefully to the front door where Okita rang the bell. After a minute, a voice could be heard.

"Yeah ?" Chizuru let not much time pass as she answered. "Juroi-san. We are from the police. May we come in ?" A short pause could be heard before the man raised his voice again. "Is something happened ?"

"We will speak with you about it as soon as we are in." The man seemed to agree with her proposal as the door opened and they climbed together up the stairs until they reached the third floor. There they were greeted by a black-haired man with grey eyes who looked at them with a curious expression while his hands rested in his pocket. As they reached him, the only thing he did was going back in his flat whereas they followed him.

"Welcome in my modest apartment." He spoke as they reached the living room where he let himself fall on his couch before he grabbed for a bottle of beer that stood on the desk in front of him and sipped on it. Chizuru wrinkled her nose as she smelled an unpleasant scent which hung in the air and as she looked around, she saw the cause of it in form of a dead dog. Thoughts of compassion for the animal flooded her mind and as if he had heard her thoughts, he commented.

"This is or better was my dog Kumilo. He died some weeks ago, but I didn´t have the time to carry him away."

After his words, he took another sip from his beer and sighed satisfied as if he had climbed up a mountain or did something equally great. Chizuru had big problems to concentrate on the current case, was the stench too penetrative to ignore it. But it seemed that Okita could do it as he simply leaned his back against the wall and folded his arms before he spoke.

"We´re here to ask you some questions about Akina Hasukara." Immediately, the atmosphere changed as the man named Juroi clawed his hand around the bottle of beer. "What is with Aki ? I don´t have any business with her anymore." His sinister voice told them they had hit a weak point from him but it brought them not further in this case. This time, it was Chizuru who replied his statement. "We just want to know some things from you. After it, we go." The man seemed to think about her offer as he simply shrugged. „Alright. What do you want to know ?"

"Where were you from the third to the sixteenth June at 2 pm ?" Juroi thought about it for a short time. "I was at home after I lost my job."

"Can someone testify ?" The man shook his head in annoyance. "Of course not. I live alone." Chizuru noted his statement before she continued. "Do you know any people who want to hurt her or who harassed her in the past ?" He thought about her question for a moment before he sighed. "Well you know, there was something which I did not even told her as we were together. I had always the feeling someone is watching us when we were out. But when I looked around, there was nobody."

Chizuru noted his statement and looked at the paper for a while. She had now enough information from him and knew she could go with it. As she looked at Okita, she saw that he let his gaze wander around with a bored expression. It seemed he was not interested in the current case. Quickly, she guided her attention back to Juroi who waited for more questions. With a faint smile, she stood up from the couch and bowed.

"Thank you for taking the time." He only shook his head. "No problem Miss..." Just this moment, he noticed that he did not know her name what was something that embarrassed Chizuru. How could she forget such a simple manner ? "Yukimura Chizuru. And this is Okita Fujiwara."

The other man nodded only before his eyes widened lightly.

"Are you the daughter of Yukimura Kodo, this rich bigwig ?" Even if she did not like it how he called her father, she nodded. Then, a grin formed on Juroi´s lips as he touched her on her shoulder and pulled her to his chest. "You know, when you have interest-" He could not finish his sentence as he felt how Okita took his hand he laid on Chizuru´s shoulder and looked at him with a too friendly smile. "I think Chizuru-chan and I go for now." With his words, he dragged a confused Chizuru out of the apartment and walked with her to the car.


During their drive to the station, nobody spoke a word. It was this kind of silence which bothered Souji, was he not a man who liked it when someone ignored him. He caught himself how he looked many times to her from his peripheral vision while he pretended to look into the distance, only to see how her eyes were trained stubbornly on the traffic. To distribute his boredom, he began to tap with his finger on the dashboard while he looked at the passing cars. After a while, it was enough for Chizuru.

"Can you please be silent for a while ?" A winning grin formed on his lips. "I am surprised that you can talk." Now, he looked openly at her and saw how she frowned before she fell silent again what let him sigh as the boredom came back to him. His action seemed to have brought him nothing. This meant he had to bring the big guns in as he had a new idea about what he could speak with her.

"Oi Chizuru-chan."

To his regret, she did not react. Instead, she speed up the car. But this did not prevent him from stopping as he stretched out his hand and touched her on her naked knee. Now, the wished reaction came as he saw how her body stiffened and she clutched the steering wheel but to his surprise, she said nothing to it. An amused smile appeared on his lips as he began to stroke her knee which sent shivers down her spin but she remained brave. Slowly, this game began to be more interesting. He was one of the people who never gave up quickly. He leaned forward to her so he could reach her ear and whispered.

"Chizuru-chan. It´s very important." He felt how his hot breath grazed her ear and let her shudder before she raised her voice. "What is it ?" A devilish smile formed on his lips as he continued. "You said we were a pair to your brother. Are you not interested to try it out ?" While he spoke, his hand wandered south which brought her to choke. "O-Okita-san...d-don´t..."

"Don´t what ?" It was visibly hard for her to remain calm as she tried to focus on the traffic to not make a crash what entertained him. Then, she took a deep breath to calm down her nerves and spoke. "Don´t touch me, Okita-san." This time, the smile disappeared from his lips. "Was it not you who started this story ?" Now, she looked at him with an angry glare.

"I had no other choice! My brother asked me where I was and I could not tell him the truth." He simply shrugged it off and leaned back in his seat with folded arms. "Not my problem."

"Okita-san!" It was clear how upset she was about him, but this was none of his business. The only thing he had to do was watching her and her doings, not helping her in her own affairs. This was something she had to handle on her own. After all, he was not her baby-sitter. The rest of the car drive was silent as no one tried to start a conversation until they reached the station.

As they walked in, they could already see Sen and Hideyoshi who talked at this very moment, presumably about the current case. As he walked lazily to his desk and let himself plop on his chair, he noticed that Chizuru stared at the pair for a long time before she turned her gaze away and walked slowly to her own desk.

"Oi Okita."

As he heard the voice, he turned his head in the direction where he suspected the source of it and saw this blue haired guy named Hideyoshi standing in front of him. The moment he saw him, an unnerved expression graced for several seconds his face as he remembered how pejoratively he spoke about him. One thing was sure: He did not like this guy. But he caught himself quickly and covered up his bad mood with a false smile like he always did. "What´s up ?"

"Do you know now more about the stalker we are looking for." Souji nodded. "Her former boyfriend told us he noticed someone was following as they were together." Hideyoshi seemed to think about his words as he looked shortly to Sen who looked at him expectant, before he nodded. Sen replied the nod and walked in their direction with a file that she gave to Souji. He did not read it, he only looked to the two to wait for a explanation which Sen gave him.

"How you surely know, we drove to her family and interrogated them. They told us that Akina was very quiet and pensive in the last weeks about something they could not figure out and that she looked constantly around as if she would expect there was someone." Souji frowned. "So you think they have nothing to do with the stalker ?" Sen only nodded by his question. "And what do you think about her boyfriend ?" Just as Souji wanted to answer her question, Chizuru stepped in with a coffee in hands.

"We think that he is also guiltless."

Hideyoshi looked at her before he sighed. "This means we don´t have a person who could be the culprit." The room fell silent in the next moment as everyone thought about what they could do as an idea popped up in Soujis mind. He thought that perhaps this could guide them to the stalker. He folded his arms in front of his chest.

"What about if we observe her and hope that the stalker appear again ?" Everyone looked surprised to Souji, had no one expected to hear something from him as Hideyoshi scratched his head. "Even if I don´t like to admit, but this idea could really help us." The two girls looked at themselves before they nodded in Hideyoshi´s direction in agreement while he let his gaze wander to everyone. "Then it´s decided. We will observe her and see if the stalker appears again."


Days later, the observation of Akina Hasukara started with Chizuru and Okita who sat in Chizuru´s car and waited patiently in front of her school for her to come out. During this time, they did not speak a word. About what should they talk when Chizuru did not wish him to be too near her ? She remembered all the times where he threatened or touched her with his hands who killed many times and decided it was the best when she simply ignored him. This was definitely the best thing she could do. But to her regret, Okita made it not easy to her.

"How boring." He murmured as he sighed for the tenth time and began to tap on the dashboard like he did the last time when they drove. This was also the time where he harassed her with his touch on her knee what brought her nearly to make a crash. She could not describe her thoughts at this moment, but one thing was sure : She did not want that he did it again. So she made not the mistake to speak with him again.

Ignore him simply, she told herself many times while she looked straightforwardly at the gate of the school. But she would learn soon that she had underestimated Okita as he spoke.

"Chizuru-chan. It´s so boring. Let´s do something."

He nearly whined by his words as he looked at his partner who tried hard not to look at him. He was a murderer and she did not want to be involved with him. In her mind, he was nothing more than a criminal who had to be sentenced. But to her regret, no one could do this because of his power. She knew what he was capable of and this was something what bothered her. How could the citizens be safe when a man like him was wandering around ? Her thoughts were interrupted as she felt a tap on her shoulder. With an annoyed expression on her face, she turned her head in his direction to see him looking at her with an undefinable gaze.

"It´s not nice to ignore me, Chizuru-chan." His voice was low as he spoke and possessed a dangerous touch, showed how serious he meant his words. Chizuru felt how her body began to shook by his words, even if she tried hard to suppress it. She did not want to be weak in front of this man, but because she knew who he was, she could not suppress the fear from him. As he saw the reaction from her, a satisfied smile plastered his face. He opened his mouth to say something when Chizuru interrupted him.

"There she is."

Confused, Okita followed her gaze and saw the girl named Akina walking together with two friends out the gate with an anxious expression on her face. It was clear that she feared to see the stalker again, but this time, Okita and Chizuru were by her side to protect her. They saw how she went with two other girls along the street, looking around to see if the stalker was near. With alert eyes, she followed every step of the girl while Okita searched for the stalker. But to their surprise, there was no suspicious person.

As Akina spotted the two, she smiled weakly to them and seemed to feel stronger than before as she knew that she was not alone. Suddenly, a black car appeared out of nowhere and drove very near to the girls. As it halted next to the three girls, Chizuru frowned. She just wanted to leave the car to see what was going on as Okita hold her back on her wrist.

"Don´t go." He demanded.

With a confused expression, Chizuru did what he wanted and remained in the car as they suddenly heard a scream. And then, the black car drove away with full speed. As they looked to the group of girls, they saw that Akina was missing. Okita reacted quickly and shouted.

"Follow the car. Now!"

First, Chizuru hesitated but as she was aware of the situation, she did what he demanded from her and left the parking lot to chase after the black car. They drove very quickly over the street, even if Chizuru tried to maintain a safe distance so the driver did not notice them following him. However, the car drove over more and more crossroads or turned a corner until they reached a small abandoned apartment complex.

There, the car halted and a black dressed man left together with Akina the car.

Chizuru did the same and parked the car before she left quickly the car together with Okita and followed the man who dragged Akina with him. After a while, Okita was tired of hiding and took his service weapon and shot in the air. This brought the attention of the stalker to him who turned around. Chizuru and Okita walked closer until they stood ten meter away from their target while Akina looked at them with fear.

"Please help me!" She screamed.

The man seemed to be unaffected by her screams as he hold her tighter to his body and looked with sharp eyes, which they could not see due to the sunglasses he wore, to Okita and Chizuru.

"Who are you ?" He asked in a calm manner. While he spoke, Chizuru looked to Akina to see if she was okay. After she insured herself, she took her service weapon in hands and directed it in the direction of the stalker. "Give up and let the girl go!" The man only laughed by her words. "I know that you are not allowed to shot at me, girl. Besides..." Suddenly, he put out a knife and hold it on the throat of the girl.

"...when you don´t let me go, she´ll die."

This was the moment where Chizuru lowered her weapon. She knew she could not do something against him when he threatened the hostage. It was a rule to try to save the hostage to any price. She saw how the man smiled pleasant by her doings, but as he let his gaze wander to Okita, he saw that he did not lower his weapon.

"Do it or she´ll die." With this, he pressed the knife against her throat so blood left the wound and Akina began to cry. Chizuru also looked at Okita confused before she whispered to him. "Okita-san. Please do what he demands." To her surprise, Okita shook his head with a serious expression. "Do you really want that this man escapes with the hostage ?"

Naturally, she shook her head, but what could they do ? The rules said they had to save the hostage, but when the hostage is threatened by the abductor, it was not allowed to them to shoot. So what should they do ? To her surprise, Okita hold still his weapon in the direction of the stalker before his body stiffened and a winning grin formed on his lips. Then, he shot the stalker in the shoulder. The man cried out in pain and raised his knife in anger to stab the hostage as a too fast motion caught his eyes and his body was pushed away roughly from his spot.

Then, Chizuru´s eyes widened.

Not so far away stood a boy with long brown hair and green-blue eyes who hold the girl named Akina in his arms. He wore the same black uniform like Okita did the last time as he saved her together with Saito. Then, he moved again too fast for Chizurus eyes and halted next to them while Chizuru looked at him stunned. She wondered who he was as Okita looked at him with a mild smile.

"Good job, Heisuke." The brown-haired male only managed a grin as he still hold Akina save in his arms who fell unconscious. "No problem. But how I see you have some problems by doing your job." Okita rolled his eyes before he shook his head while his grin widened. "No more. Thanks to you I can act freely." With his words, he walked slowly in the direction of the stalker while Chizuru looked after him confused, not knowing what he was up to do. She was about to walk nearer as she felt the hand of the boy named Heisuke on her shoulder. As their gazes met, she knew something was wrong.

"I advise you not to look. It´s not a pretty sight." A frown formed on her face by his words. "What do you mean ?" Heisuke turned his gaze away in the direction where she suspected Okita before he looked again at her. "It´s simply not good for a girl to see such things." Slowly, she had a guess what was going on and that was something she did not want to accept. He wants to kill again, this thought shot through her head as she looked in the direction where Okita was as she noticed that the stalker hold his knife in the direction of him.

"W-When you come too near I´ll kill you!" He screamed in fear while he waved with the knife threatening. But this was something which did not scared Okita off. With a too friendly smile, he stopped in front of the man. "Try it if you can." In the next moment, the time seemed to stop as the man upswing the knife and hit with it Okitas body who froze while Chizuru screamed.

"Okita-san!"

Blood dropped to the ground from the fresh wound Okita´s but to Chizuru´s surprise he did not fall to the ground. Instead, he looked down to his fatal wound and sighed. "Jez, this means I have to buy a new jacket. How troublesome." Then, he grabbed after the knife and pulled it out, looking at it with interest while the stalker gazed at him in shock. "W-Who the hell are you ?" Okita smiled before he threw the knife away and raised his hand.

"I am your worst nightmare."

He reached for the man to burn him down as Chizuru started running in his direction. She had to stop him no matter what it costs her. Only three meters separated her from him as suddenly, a new person appeared. A man with short red hair and amber eyes which remembered her of Hideyoshi, stood in front of her and hold her back. With a soft voice, he spoke.

"Please stay and don´t interrupt him by his work."

"But-" Chizuru wanted to argue with him as she heard another voice. "He´s right kid. Stay." Then, she felt a big hand on her head and looked to the side to see a brown-haired man with azure blue eyes and a friendly smile. Before she could ask, he spoke. "He is just doing his job. It would be dangerous for you when you do something stupid."

"But it´s not right to kill!" Her words seemed to impress the three men as all of them looked at her. It was the first time that someone said such words to them. But the situation ended before it begun as she heard a scream. Quickly, she broke away from the grip of the red-haired man and saw how the stalker burnt while Okita stood calmly in front of him, looking nearly bored.

Her eyes were for a short time fixed on Okita´s back as she remembered the day where she met him. It was a similar situation she was in as he killed all the men, but this time he was killing the stalker. Her eyes wandered quickly to the man who turned to ash, regretting she could not save his life. Then, she sank to her knees, saw how Okita turned around and looked at her with these red eyes she hated so much while his white hair fluttered in the wind. As he began to walk in her direction, a silent tear left her right eye and she wondered why she could not even save a single life from this monster.