M I S T
P r o l o g u e - D e a d l i n e
Rain. That's all that mattered as it pounded on the streets of Tokyo. The sky occasionally lit up as lightning discharged. Tumultuous amounts of heavenly teardrops over the typical Japanese skyline created a stormy ambience for the pedestrians. The skies rumbled as thunder accompanied the lightning flashes. People on the streets protected themselves with umbrellas. Evening was crawling to midnight, but the monsoon would likely be there in the morning.
Vast arrays of lights made it difficult to tell that the 10 o'clock news wasn't too far away. This rainy night would mark the start of many things, but it would also mark the end of many lives.
8:10 pm
Monday, March 11th, 1998
Somewhere in the Keihin Metropolitan Area
The streets weren't just flooded with traffic, but with water as well. Parked on the side of the street was a red sedan. The occupants had devoted their full attention to a jewellery store on the opposite side of the street. One of the men put down his binoculars and picked up the car radio. "Blue, this is Green, all is silent, what about you? Over."
Another Part of the Keihin Metropolitan Area
"We've got nothing as well Green, very silent. Over." responded a raven-haired woman.
"We read that, hai. We'll keep you posted every ten minutes."
"Hai, we'll contact HQ around ten."
"Hai, out."
Sakura Tsumaya set down the radio, and glanced at the other occupant in the low-lit room. "The Bureau better not have sent us on a ghost hunt. I hate sitting around doing surveillance on a false lead.
"Well, Director Nagato sent us out here, so they must've trusted the source." reasoned the blonde-haired woman beside her.
The room they were in was empty, save for the surveillance equipment set up, and the dim lamps. The lighting ambience caused blonde and dark hair alike to shimmer. The very essence of the agents, their breaths could be seen because of the low temperature. The door to the rest of the building opened, and another person walked through carrying several plastic bags in each hand. The man set down the bags and took off his drenched coat. One wouldn't be able to tell that his hair was midnight blue because of the low light settings. He set a tray of donuts and chili bowls with hot chocolate onto a table.
The blonde agent raised an eyebrow, "What's with the donuts Masaki, we're not cops." she snorted.
"Well if you don't want them then suit yourself, they were out of the pastry. It's going to be a long night, we're stationed here for at least one more week."
The agent who was staying silent about the donuts, Agent Tsumaya, sighed. "Who cares about the donuts, let's just eat and check out this jewellery shop."
"Jewellery shop my ass. It's obviously a front for drugs and guns." the blonde agent retorted.
"Well Aya, it's not all that obvious to the government, or the public either. That's why we were sent here to confirm that they are doing something illegal."
Tsumaya stared out the window "It can't get much worse than this: bad weather, stuck with donut man and a green agent... and this donut sucks!" she pulled it out of her mouth and examined it, "no wonder, it's Boston Cream!" her icy gaze was trained on Tsushima.
"I said mix and match," he shrugged "and what's wrong with you, I love rainy nights."
"Whatever Masaki." Tsumaya responded, shaking her head.
As if on cue, the lights went out. "Kuso!!" Tsumaya yelled.
"Don't worry, just an outage. Probably caused by the lightning." Aya Brea assured her.
Tim Hortons Restaurant (Japanese Franchise)
Several stores down from Vespertinus Jewellers
Inside the packed restaurant, many people sat down to enjoy a friendly chat and drink some green tea, or whatever they pleased. A rent-a-cop sat dejectedly at a two-seat table, rolling up his fifty-second rim. "This has to be it!!!" Officer Giam yelled.
Remains of the other fifty-one cups and their contents were spilled on the floor. Giam looked at the inside of the rim, eyes full of hope, then incredible joy. "Yes!!!!!!!!! I've done it!!!!!!!!"
Other customers looked at him strangely, and others glared in envy. Then, a continuous beeping noise was heard. Officer Giam came out of his elated state. "Wha--?????" was all he had the time to say. Unknown to everyone in the restaurant, this would be their final visit, and the beginning of the end.
Sony Building
Inside the IBI commandeered skyscraper, the agents took notes of the activity below. The power had been restored some time ago. The radio crackled "Blue, this is-".
A bright flash of intense light accompanied a tremendous boom from not too far away. The force shattered the windows and knocked the agents off of their seats. Tsushima was the first to recover. "Hisama! That better not be all of our evidence down the fucking shit-hole!"
Tsumaya dived for the radio. "Green? Green!? Do you read?" she screamed frantically.
Masaki recovered from his prone position and pulled out his cell phone, pushing an auto-dial button. "IBI HQ, this is Special Agent Tsushima Masaki reporting in. There's been a large explosion down near the Sukiyabashi Crossing in Ginza. We can't seem to contact Green Team." Tsushima paused. "We need medics and fire fighters fast!"
He switched off the phone and unholstered two Smith & Wesson handguns, and loaded them. Aya slowly got up, a little shaken. She watched in horror as part of the block was in flames. Instinctively, she got out her sidearms as well. Tsumaya resigned trying to contact Green Team and aimed some cameras at the blaze. Aya stumbled to the door. Tsushima grabbed his trench coat and went down into the rain after his partner.
9:32 pm
Ruins of the Tim Hortons Restaurant
All three agents: Brea, Tsumaya and Masaki, along with the other two who were in the car who were Agents Akima and Dai were on the scene. Other IBI officials and metro police searched for evidence.
"We're going to have to ask the Keihin Keishi to assist us with this investigation, not the other way around. We've obtained authorization directly from the Diet, and we already have jurisdiction since some of our agents were on site at the time of the incident." a blond IBI representative named Quatre Winner informed the leader of the task force.
"Hai, but you will share information with us as well." the officer replied.
"You have our word." Winner assured.
Winner then approached the awaiting agents. "We have clearance, maybe Agents Masaki and Brea would like to take a look?" Winner suggested.
From the outside of the ruins, fire fighters were putting out the small flames on the exterior. The center of the roof had caved in to some extent. Most of the city block was blocked off for the investigation.
Reporters were scrambling for details, and the rain continued to hammer down on the city.
Aya nodded unenthusiastically and entered first, while taking out a plastic evidence bag and some latex gloves. Winner led them in. "The fire fighters weren't able to extinguish the flames fast enough, so it's likely we won't find much." Winner said.
Aya took a look around while Tsushima and Winner tried to find the center of the blast. Everything was black and the sickening smell of burnt flesh assaulted Aya's nostrils. She ducked down and turned on a flashlight. She saw melted glass, burnt scraps of and charred corpses. It definitely brought back bad memories for her. "Aya, I think we've found it." Tsushima called
Aya got up and approached her partner and Winner. When she arrived, she stopped dead in her tracks. "I didn't say it would be pretty though." he said, shining his flashlight on what seemed to be the skull and spine of a human.
Other obscure body parts were present. Aya wasn't sure if they were from the same body. Aya suddenly felt sick in her stomach. "We're not going to get much tonight, we'll leave this to the crews." Winner stated.
Masaki nodded, turning to his partner, noticing her discomfort. "Are you alright Aya?"
"Take me home." was all she said.
Outside
Tsushima Masaki escorted his partner through the police tape. Reporters recognized them as agents and shoved microphones in their faces. Aya smiled weakly 'I hope he doesn't punch them.'
They finally managed to get to Tsushima's car without commenting to the reporters. The rain was still pouring hard and the thunder was beginning to reach deafening levels. Tsushima's face remained calm as he got into the Mitsubishi car and drove away.
While driving, Aya reached into her leather jacket pocket and pulled out what seemed to be an evidence bag. She was very lethargic in doing so. "I found this." she whispered softly.
Tsushima glanced at it's contents.
A severely burnt piece of paper had the words "Deadline Notice" printed in the center.
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10:00 pm
February 4th, 2002
Residence of The Author
Somewhere in British Columbia, Canada
Disclaimer: Parasite Eve 1 and 2, Aya Brea and all Parasite Eve 1 and 2 content belong to Square L.L.C. Gundam Wing, its characters and other content is property of Sunrise, Sotsu Agency, TV Asahi and Yoshiyuki Tomino. I do not own them.
What I own: Tsushima Masaki, Sakura Tsumaya, Jun Kawasaki, Akitata Dai, Kiyoshi Akima... let's just say all of the characters in this fanfic were created by me, except Saiyumi Hasaki, Daniel Giam, and the ones owned by their respective companies. I own my created characters. Saiyumi Hasaki is owned by my friend "Fenikkusu o Kiri" who is a member of www.fanfiction.net, check his stories out.
If you're wondering where the author notes and disclaimer were before I wrote this: I think that calling a work a "Fanfic, Fan-Fiction, etc." should automatically be a disclaimer for fics. I also think that they take away from the story the author has made. If the first couple of chapters suck, don't worry, I'll create revised versions via beta readers.
A list of characters and etc. created by me will appear later on.
My intellectual property:
I created The International Bureau of Investigation and The Inter-Stellar Bureau of Investigation. Although the Anime movie "Akira" seems to have the IBI in its movie, I came up with it on my own before I even knew of the movie's existence. I don't know how Akira's IBI compares with mine, but I do not mean to use material without permission. But these days, I think using the IBI is pretty common.
The Genres are: Action/Adventure, Mystery, Drama, Suspense, Sci-fi, and Drama. You might find some romance, no promises though.
To enhance the feeling of stories, try some background music. For this fic I suggest some low-tempo, chillout grooves, moody stuff and dark. I'd suggest Parasite Eve 1 and 2 soundtracks, and Ambient, Trip-Hop, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), Chillout, and Acid Jazz.
Btw: The Keihin Metropolitan Region/Zone is Tokyo and the sprawling industrial metropolis surrounding it.
I'll finish this part of the story, which is called "Part One - Deadline", but if no one shows interest, I'll just quit this story.
This story used to be in the Game Crossovers Section, under the title "MIST", but I moved it here because this is much more a Parasite Eve based story. There might not be many cases involving mitochondria (chondriosomes), but this is mostly an Aya Brea/Tsushima Masaki fic.
My e-mail is bluestar_marine@hotmail.com
I'm currently working on a website to store my fanfics, and also character bios, plot analysis, and other stuff. Material that can't be provided on www.fanfiction.net because of its restrictions. I'll post the website address on this page and on my author bio so you readers can access it. Well, gotta go and continue writing Chapter 3 of MIST, and maybe work on the website.
Please read and review.
Finished at:
10:49 pm
Updated at:
5:04 pm
May 18th, 2002
P r o l o g u e - D e a d l i n e
Rain. That's all that mattered as it pounded on the streets of Tokyo. The sky occasionally lit up as lightning discharged. Tumultuous amounts of heavenly teardrops over the typical Japanese skyline created a stormy ambience for the pedestrians. The skies rumbled as thunder accompanied the lightning flashes. People on the streets protected themselves with umbrellas. Evening was crawling to midnight, but the monsoon would likely be there in the morning.
Vast arrays of lights made it difficult to tell that the 10 o'clock news wasn't too far away. This rainy night would mark the start of many things, but it would also mark the end of many lives.
8:10 pm
Monday, March 11th, 1998
Somewhere in the Keihin Metropolitan Area
The streets weren't just flooded with traffic, but with water as well. Parked on the side of the street was a red sedan. The occupants had devoted their full attention to a jewellery store on the opposite side of the street. One of the men put down his binoculars and picked up the car radio. "Blue, this is Green, all is silent, what about you? Over."
Another Part of the Keihin Metropolitan Area
"We've got nothing as well Green, very silent. Over." responded a raven-haired woman.
"We read that, hai. We'll keep you posted every ten minutes."
"Hai, we'll contact HQ around ten."
"Hai, out."
Sakura Tsumaya set down the radio, and glanced at the other occupant in the low-lit room. "The Bureau better not have sent us on a ghost hunt. I hate sitting around doing surveillance on a false lead.
"Well, Director Nagato sent us out here, so they must've trusted the source." reasoned the blonde-haired woman beside her.
The room they were in was empty, save for the surveillance equipment set up, and the dim lamps. The lighting ambience caused blonde and dark hair alike to shimmer. The very essence of the agents, their breaths could be seen because of the low temperature. The door to the rest of the building opened, and another person walked through carrying several plastic bags in each hand. The man set down the bags and took off his drenched coat. One wouldn't be able to tell that his hair was midnight blue because of the low light settings. He set a tray of donuts and chili bowls with hot chocolate onto a table.
The blonde agent raised an eyebrow, "What's with the donuts Masaki, we're not cops." she snorted.
"Well if you don't want them then suit yourself, they were out of the pastry. It's going to be a long night, we're stationed here for at least one more week."
The agent who was staying silent about the donuts, Agent Tsumaya, sighed. "Who cares about the donuts, let's just eat and check out this jewellery shop."
"Jewellery shop my ass. It's obviously a front for drugs and guns." the blonde agent retorted.
"Well Aya, it's not all that obvious to the government, or the public either. That's why we were sent here to confirm that they are doing something illegal."
Tsumaya stared out the window "It can't get much worse than this: bad weather, stuck with donut man and a green agent... and this donut sucks!" she pulled it out of her mouth and examined it, "no wonder, it's Boston Cream!" her icy gaze was trained on Tsushima.
"I said mix and match," he shrugged "and what's wrong with you, I love rainy nights."
"Whatever Masaki." Tsumaya responded, shaking her head.
As if on cue, the lights went out. "Kuso!!" Tsumaya yelled.
"Don't worry, just an outage. Probably caused by the lightning." Aya Brea assured her.
Tim Hortons Restaurant (Japanese Franchise)
Several stores down from Vespertinus Jewellers
Inside the packed restaurant, many people sat down to enjoy a friendly chat and drink some green tea, or whatever they pleased. A rent-a-cop sat dejectedly at a two-seat table, rolling up his fifty-second rim. "This has to be it!!!" Officer Giam yelled.
Remains of the other fifty-one cups and their contents were spilled on the floor. Giam looked at the inside of the rim, eyes full of hope, then incredible joy. "Yes!!!!!!!!! I've done it!!!!!!!!"
Other customers looked at him strangely, and others glared in envy. Then, a continuous beeping noise was heard. Officer Giam came out of his elated state. "Wha--?????" was all he had the time to say. Unknown to everyone in the restaurant, this would be their final visit, and the beginning of the end.
Sony Building
Inside the IBI commandeered skyscraper, the agents took notes of the activity below. The power had been restored some time ago. The radio crackled "Blue, this is-".
A bright flash of intense light accompanied a tremendous boom from not too far away. The force shattered the windows and knocked the agents off of their seats. Tsushima was the first to recover. "Hisama! That better not be all of our evidence down the fucking shit-hole!"
Tsumaya dived for the radio. "Green? Green!? Do you read?" she screamed frantically.
Masaki recovered from his prone position and pulled out his cell phone, pushing an auto-dial button. "IBI HQ, this is Special Agent Tsushima Masaki reporting in. There's been a large explosion down near the Sukiyabashi Crossing in Ginza. We can't seem to contact Green Team." Tsushima paused. "We need medics and fire fighters fast!"
He switched off the phone and unholstered two Smith & Wesson handguns, and loaded them. Aya slowly got up, a little shaken. She watched in horror as part of the block was in flames. Instinctively, she got out her sidearms as well. Tsumaya resigned trying to contact Green Team and aimed some cameras at the blaze. Aya stumbled to the door. Tsushima grabbed his trench coat and went down into the rain after his partner.
9:32 pm
Ruins of the Tim Hortons Restaurant
All three agents: Brea, Tsumaya and Masaki, along with the other two who were in the car who were Agents Akima and Dai were on the scene. Other IBI officials and metro police searched for evidence.
"We're going to have to ask the Keihin Keishi to assist us with this investigation, not the other way around. We've obtained authorization directly from the Diet, and we already have jurisdiction since some of our agents were on site at the time of the incident." a blond IBI representative named Quatre Winner informed the leader of the task force.
"Hai, but you will share information with us as well." the officer replied.
"You have our word." Winner assured.
Winner then approached the awaiting agents. "We have clearance, maybe Agents Masaki and Brea would like to take a look?" Winner suggested.
From the outside of the ruins, fire fighters were putting out the small flames on the exterior. The center of the roof had caved in to some extent. Most of the city block was blocked off for the investigation.
Reporters were scrambling for details, and the rain continued to hammer down on the city.
Aya nodded unenthusiastically and entered first, while taking out a plastic evidence bag and some latex gloves. Winner led them in. "The fire fighters weren't able to extinguish the flames fast enough, so it's likely we won't find much." Winner said.
Aya took a look around while Tsushima and Winner tried to find the center of the blast. Everything was black and the sickening smell of burnt flesh assaulted Aya's nostrils. She ducked down and turned on a flashlight. She saw melted glass, burnt scraps of and charred corpses. It definitely brought back bad memories for her. "Aya, I think we've found it." Tsushima called
Aya got up and approached her partner and Winner. When she arrived, she stopped dead in her tracks. "I didn't say it would be pretty though." he said, shining his flashlight on what seemed to be the skull and spine of a human.
Other obscure body parts were present. Aya wasn't sure if they were from the same body. Aya suddenly felt sick in her stomach. "We're not going to get much tonight, we'll leave this to the crews." Winner stated.
Masaki nodded, turning to his partner, noticing her discomfort. "Are you alright Aya?"
"Take me home." was all she said.
Outside
Tsushima Masaki escorted his partner through the police tape. Reporters recognized them as agents and shoved microphones in their faces. Aya smiled weakly 'I hope he doesn't punch them.'
They finally managed to get to Tsushima's car without commenting to the reporters. The rain was still pouring hard and the thunder was beginning to reach deafening levels. Tsushima's face remained calm as he got into the Mitsubishi car and drove away.
While driving, Aya reached into her leather jacket pocket and pulled out what seemed to be an evidence bag. She was very lethargic in doing so. "I found this." she whispered softly.
Tsushima glanced at it's contents.
A severely burnt piece of paper had the words "Deadline Notice" printed in the center.
------------------
10:00 pm
February 4th, 2002
Residence of The Author
Somewhere in British Columbia, Canada
Disclaimer: Parasite Eve 1 and 2, Aya Brea and all Parasite Eve 1 and 2 content belong to Square L.L.C. Gundam Wing, its characters and other content is property of Sunrise, Sotsu Agency, TV Asahi and Yoshiyuki Tomino. I do not own them.
What I own: Tsushima Masaki, Sakura Tsumaya, Jun Kawasaki, Akitata Dai, Kiyoshi Akima... let's just say all of the characters in this fanfic were created by me, except Saiyumi Hasaki, Daniel Giam, and the ones owned by their respective companies. I own my created characters. Saiyumi Hasaki is owned by my friend "Fenikkusu o Kiri" who is a member of www.fanfiction.net, check his stories out.
If you're wondering where the author notes and disclaimer were before I wrote this: I think that calling a work a "Fanfic, Fan-Fiction, etc." should automatically be a disclaimer for fics. I also think that they take away from the story the author has made. If the first couple of chapters suck, don't worry, I'll create revised versions via beta readers.
A list of characters and etc. created by me will appear later on.
My intellectual property:
I created The International Bureau of Investigation and The Inter-Stellar Bureau of Investigation. Although the Anime movie "Akira" seems to have the IBI in its movie, I came up with it on my own before I even knew of the movie's existence. I don't know how Akira's IBI compares with mine, but I do not mean to use material without permission. But these days, I think using the IBI is pretty common.
The Genres are: Action/Adventure, Mystery, Drama, Suspense, Sci-fi, and Drama. You might find some romance, no promises though.
To enhance the feeling of stories, try some background music. For this fic I suggest some low-tempo, chillout grooves, moody stuff and dark. I'd suggest Parasite Eve 1 and 2 soundtracks, and Ambient, Trip-Hop, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), Chillout, and Acid Jazz.
Btw: The Keihin Metropolitan Region/Zone is Tokyo and the sprawling industrial metropolis surrounding it.
I'll finish this part of the story, which is called "Part One - Deadline", but if no one shows interest, I'll just quit this story.
This story used to be in the Game Crossovers Section, under the title "MIST", but I moved it here because this is much more a Parasite Eve based story. There might not be many cases involving mitochondria (chondriosomes), but this is mostly an Aya Brea/Tsushima Masaki fic.
My e-mail is bluestar_marine@hotmail.com
I'm currently working on a website to store my fanfics, and also character bios, plot analysis, and other stuff. Material that can't be provided on www.fanfiction.net because of its restrictions. I'll post the website address on this page and on my author bio so you readers can access it. Well, gotta go and continue writing Chapter 3 of MIST, and maybe work on the website.
Please read and review.
Finished at:
10:49 pm
Updated at:
5:04 pm
May 18th, 2002