Disclaimer: I did not own any characters from the anime SailorMoon.

Author's Note: Spikesagitta, yeah I'm from Malaysia. Rakshasa314, thz for the reminds. I'll change the rating. I didn't notice the rating actually. Rukamichi92, is this the one?


Kenchin put 2 big boxes on the table

Kenchin put 2 big boxes on the table. A sign of relief can be clearly seen on her face. He was breathing heavily.

"Damm it. It's heavy." Kenchin cursed. "Since we don't know Matsui's exact time of death, we have no choice but to gather all the CCTV tapes from Matsui's apartment since 1 month ago."

"It's more than 150 tapes!" Rukawa exclaimed.

"Borrow 3 more TV sets from the other unit. We have to watch all these tapes as soon as possible." I ordered.

"Yes, Sir."


We watched the morning from morning till afternoon. From afternoon till evening. Then from evening till night. Only when Kenchin asked for my permission to off duty, I realized it was already late at night. I let them backed home, while I stayed alone at the station; continue to torture my tired eyes.

My head was tilting backwards. My eyes were closed and my mouth was half opened. Yes, I had fall asleep. I jumped a little when I heard my phone rang. Automatically, I wiped my mouth with my hand like a child and dug my phone out, which was vibrating in my pants pocket.

"Tenoh's spea…king." I was yawning when I pronounce the word speaking.

"Am I interrupting you?" The other side asked.

"No, no. I'm still working." I woke up from my seat to get myself a glass of water. I shook my head few times, to kept myself awake.

"It's almost midnight and you are still at the station?" Michiru walked nearer to the wall where the clock was hanging. Satisfied she had got the time correct, she went back to her couch and lay comfortably on it.

"Yeah. Still have things to do. Why? You check on me? Don't tell me you miss me?" My voice dropped at the last sentence.

"Hey, you stole my words already. You purposely leave your watch at my home so you can have an excuse to see me one more time?"

"So my watch is at your house." My mood dropped at little at her answer and I can't figure out why. "It's great you found it. Take it to the police station now and pack me supper also."

"I think your brain is damaged as a result of overwork. Who do you think you are?"

"Please….." I pleaded. "I need your help at here."

"Help? What help?"

"Help me watch video tapes."


"So is this what people called it as real-life movie? Some more it's in black and white." Michiru voiced out her first comment when I played one of the tapes for her.

"Yeah, it's call a real-life movie show in a lift." Michiru punched at my arm for my stupid joke. "Ouch, it's hurt."

"What are you searching for actually?" Michiru asked. She walked over to the table where Kenchin had put the tapes earlier. Michiru took the tapes out one by one and read the title. Not a title actually. Just the date written on the tape.

"This man." I handed Maori Matsui's murdered files to Michiru. "He had been murdered and was found by a beggar at a local dump site. I believe his house was the first crime scene. I hope to find some clues from these tapes for the murderer's identity."

"What?!" Michiru exclaimed and turned her head towards me. "There are so many tapes at here."

"My teams had cleared half of total tapes today."

"That's means still has another half to go. Great." Michiru grabbed her handbag from the chair and waved me goodbye. "I'm going home now. Good luck."

"Wait, wait." I quickly stood by the door to block her exit. "You won't leave me alone at here right?" Again I tried to flash out my most charming smile but soon I kept it back for myself as I instantly knew my smiles won't have any affect on this cold-hearted woman. She's not one of the brainless women that I sometimes flirted with.

"Yes, I will." Her answer was firm.

I tried another tactic. "It's late now. It's dangerous for a beautiful girl like you to go back home alone. Here is different. We have many cops on duty right now. There's no other place in this world that is safer than the police station."

"That's why, I don't feel worry, leaving you alone at here." Michiru pushed me away and headed on.

"Wait, wait. If you leave me alone at here, I will think back of my passed away girlfriend. Then I can't concentrate on my work anymore."

Michiru turn around to face me. "If I continue to stay at here, we may end up doing something else."

"Like?"

"Like….." Michiru cleared her throat. "Like…I'm going home now."

"Come on. You can't……….."

I looked at Michiru but her attention was not on me. I followed her gaze and discovered she was focusing on the TV screen. My eyes were widened. It was the victim and he was with another guy. The other tapes showed mostly he went back to his home by himself, except for this time. I get the remote control and pressed the pause button to stall the screen to have a clearer view. The date was close to the time he met his death. And the time was 12am.

"Is there any way you can make the picture larger and clearer? Michiru asked.

"I have to wait for the technician tomorrow. Why? Found something interesting?" My eyes were still fixed on the screen.

"That one is your victim right?" Michiru pointed her finger at one on of the guys at the screen.

"Yeah."

"And the guy next to him……." Michiru frowned. "….Looks like my ex high school classmate, Shinobu."


"Can you make it larger?"

"Sorry. This is the largest."

"Clearer?"

The technician shook her head. I stared intently at the computer screen. The guy standing with Maori Matsui was the same guy in the picture that I found at Matsui's home. The tape showed that the guy left Matsui's home at around 2am. I deducted, it was the time Matsui met his cruel fate.

"Is him really your ex-classmate?" I pulled my eyes from the screen after I had formed my own conclusion. Michiru nodded her head. "Do you know where can I find him?" I asked again.

"I heard that he is working for an event organizer company." Michiru answered.

"Do you know anything bout him?"

"Like?"

I chose my words carefully to avoid Michiru from suspected anything. "Does he have any girlfriend?"

"Well….when we were still at high school, he does has a girlfriend. But now, I'm not very sure bout it. We didn't keep contact much after our high school time."

"That means you don't know now he's attach or not?" I repeated the question for the final confirmation from Michiru.

"I don't know."

I took a deep breath and rubbed my chin. It had become my habit whenever I lost in my deep thoughts. If this Shinobu is the murderer, how did he transfer Matsui's corpse out from his house? The playback CCTV showed that he left Matsui's home at bout 2am. But he was alone on that time and he never went back to Matsui's home ever since. Furthermore, we can't confirm that day was the day Matsui met his death, though the CCTV didn't have any record that showed Matsui came out from the house since that day. So how come the corpse can appear at the dump site?

"Anything I can help you?" Michiru offered.

"Yes. Check for me his working place."


I went backed to my office to find my other 3 colleagues were waiting for me. I told them the new clue that I had just discovered and we headed on with our investigation. Rukawa went back to Matsui's condominium to check if someone can recognize Shinobu. Kenchin and Mandy went to gather for Shinobu personal information. For the time being, Shinobu was our prime suspect. Meanwhile, I went to pay Dr Mizuno a visit.

"How's the result?"

Ami lifted a test tube to her eyes level. She shook the tube a little and after she had satisfied with it she put the tube back to its original place. Then she scrabbled something on her table and took off her glove. She pulled a drawer out, took out the file and handed it to me.

"The hairs that you sent to me earlier consist of 2 sets of DNA. One of them matches with the victim's DNA while the other match with semen that we found at victim's mouth."

"Found anything that can proof the existence of third party?" I flipped through the file, eyes fixed on the papers.

"Temporary no. The other things that you sent to me are clean."

"Means, most probably his house is the first crime scene just as I expected." Ami shrugged her shoulder.

"The DNA shows that, the last person to have contact with him is a man. And the man's hair was found on the bed. It just can proof the man have been to the house doesn't mean he killed the victim."

I closed the file and pay my attention on Ami. "No. The CCTV taped showed that, the victim was last seen back to his home alive with a man. The man left the house exactly 2 hours later and the victim never been seen alive again. Somemore, the victim is a very very neat and tidy person. His house was clean; everything's were well kept, well arranged, including his dirty clothes and his under garments. But the bed was in a mess. Maybe just a little messy for me, but for him I think it's quite a mess. Why everything was in order except the bed? The only answer is, victim had oral sex with the man on the bed. That's why we found the man's hair over there. And when he wanted to arranged his bed, he was interrupted by someone. Most probably the murderer. The most headache part is, except this man, we don't know is there any third party or not and how did the murderer transfer the corpse to the dump site without attracting anyone's attention. It's a corpse. It's not huge but at least it's big on the naked eyes."

"How bout the emergency stairs?" Ami suggested. She was busy working with her microscope now.

"Maori Matsui's apartment is located at the 17th floor. How can a man dragged another not a so small-size-man down 17 floor? It's almost impossible."

"You said almost impossible, it means not totally impossible right? And let's say it's really impossible, then do you mean, at current condition, there's no way for a murderer to commit the crime without being undiscovered? Then it has pushed back your theory that the victim's house is the first crime scene." Sometimes I wonder, would Ami choose to be a police if she was not a coroner.

"I'm still searching for the answer now."

"Ok. I've already given you all the information that you needed. If it still can't help you, then there's nothing I can do anymore."

"Hope my men can bring some good new to me later." I smiled weakly.


Both Kenchin and Chikaru handed me their files simultaneously. I flipped through it and read the contents inside.

"I've asked the neighbours around Matsui's apartment. Some of them confirmed, they saw Shinobu went to victim's house few times before. But none of the eyewitness saw Shinobu went back to the victim's place on the day we assumed victim met his death." Rukawa reported.

Now it's Kenchin's turn. "As for Shinobu, his full name is Takegawa Shinobu, works as a manager in an event organizer company. His colleagues don't have any ideas he is gay and he doesn't seem like one also."

"He flirts a lot at his company. Have few love rumours with some of the female colleagues too. His colleagues don't know Shinobu had a friend by the name of Maori Matsui. His financial is in extremely good condition. His only burdens are his house loan, car loan, and some credit cards debts. We found out that, every month, a same sum of money will be deposited into his account and his cards debt will be automatically cleared every month. No matter how much the debts is. His financial status and spending power doesn't tally with his income." Chikaru added in. She took a deep breath after she had finished with her report.

"Can check out the source of his financial aid?"

Both Kenchin and Chikaru shook their head.

"How bout Matsui's there?" I asked.

"The last transaction was on May 17th, after Matsui's death. No, the aid didn't come from Matsui there."

My eyes brows were knitted together at this time. Again I rubbed my chin and sank into deep thoughts. Three of them were patiently waiting for my order.

"Chikaru, go to apply for the warrant to search Shinobu's house." At last I opened my mouth after few minutes of silence.

"But we don't have enough evidence, Haruka."

"Take that CCTV footage as main evidence. If they are still undecided, then tell them Tenoh wants it." This is not the first time I did not follow the proper procedure and this won't be the last time.

"Yes. Sir."

"How bout his office?" Kenchin asked.

"Since his collegues don't know anything bout his bisexual life, I don't think he will keep any secrets at his office. Besides, I don't want to have any unnecessary rumuors circulate at his office at this moment." Kenchin nooded his head to show his agreement and get moving.