Would you Kill for Love?

"Oi sleepyhead, we're here." I blinked my eyes open and got out of Megumi's car heading up the stairs with her towards the entrance of the building.

"Good morning detectives." An officer spoke as he opened the door for us as he and his partner where leaving to go on patrol.

"Good Morning!" Megumi spoke happily and I just gave a small grunt while walking into headquarters and slowly followed Megumi as she said good morning to every single person we passed on the way. We stopped at Captain Saitou's office door and I leaned back against the far wall, my head cast to the side and still wearing my sunglasses as Megumi knocked twice on the door.

"Come in Detectives." We heard his muffled voice and Megumi opened the door and she walked in and sat down in one of the chairs while I stood at the opened doorway.

"You are late." He spoke in his usual monotone voice and leaned back in his leather chair, one leg crossed over the other and a cigarette burning in the ashtray. I lift my hand up moving my sleeves away to read the time on the watch: 7:40am

"You're going to squabble over ten minutes?" I questioned with an eyebrow raised. I glanced over at Megumi to see her glaring at me.

"Do come in and close the door behind you Shinomori." I did what he said and sat down in the vacant chair beside Megumi.

"Miss Makimachi has finally arrived and is situated in Interview Room 2. She did not come here of her own free will either. I had Hannya and Hyotokko pick her up as she was trying to leave the hospital without our knowledge."

"And what is her statement?" Megumi asked and we watched as Captain Saitou placed his elbows on his wooden desk leaning his chin on his entwined fingers. I narrowed my eyes as his gold ones stared over at me the whole time while he answered Megumi's question.

"She has not made a statement yet. 'First in first serves' was her small comment and then she only asked for Shinomori."

"Perhaps it is best if we not keep her waiting then." I spoke standing up from the chair and heading for the office door.

"Shinomori, I wish for you to observe her for the moment, at least tell me what you think of her." I nodded my head walking out of the office with Megumi and Captain Saitou following close behind. I opened the door towards the small observation room with the one way window and looked inside seeing the young woman sitting down with a male police officer and then Megumi entered the room sitting down in the vacant chair.

"Where is Detective Shinomori?" Miss Makimachi spoke.

"He is unavailable at the present time. Perhaps you'd like to tell us instead?" I listened to Megumi speak and watched as Miss Makimachi folded her arms answering Megumi's question.

"Perhaps I suggest you make him available to talk. You cannot hold me here forever…I will walk." I arched an eyebrow at her small speech. She did have a point and finally I spoke giving a small suggestion to Saitou.

"Send in Hannya…alone." I turned to face Saitou to see him nod his head and Hannya opened the door to leave the room.

"You know what to do." I replied once more and watched him nod his head affirmatively. Saitou still stood at the back of the small observation room lighting up a cigarette. God I could kill for one of those right now.

"What is the meaning of this?" Saitou spoke while moving closer and blowing the smoke in my direction as though tempting me to snatch it from his fingers, which he knew I could.

"Just watch…" I absently replied while my eyes watched the door close as Hannya walked over to whisper for Megumi and the other officer to leave the interview room.

"What is going on?" Miss Makimachi spoke watching as the officer's left the room and another one sat down in the chair, his feet on the table his eyes staring into hers, never looking away.

"Are you trying to intimidate me? Its not working you know…" She spoke and then cast her eyes away from Hannya moving them around the bland room. I placed on a small smirk knowing she was beginning to feel uncomfortable. Who wouldn't though? Your sitting in a medium sized room with two chairs and a metal table, a one way mirror each criminal or victim knowing they are being watched by someone. To top that all off you have a male officer, a very tall and well built officer doing nothing but staring right at you…not saying a single word…not evening moving an inch.

"Stop staring at me you weirdo!" Miss Makimachi yelled standing up from her chair and moving around the room as though the cracks on the wall had become the most lively and interesting thing. She moved around the room and then came to the window only seeing her own reflection. I watched her eyes narrow as though she wished to have x-ray vision wanting to peer inside to see who was watching her.

"Where is Detective Shinomori?" Again Miss Makimachi asked. Hannya turned around to stare silently at the young woman, his reflection watching hers in the window. I watched with an eyebrow raised as she punched the actual window with her fisted hand.

"What are you watching? Do you want me to perform a little dance too? All you cops are bastards!" Miss Makimachi's fisted hand had turned flat lying it against the window still staring.

"Sit down Miss Makimachi." Hannya spoke in an emotionless voice to the young woman. It felt strange though, as though she could sense I was behind there staring into her eyes as her blue ones looked up into mine even though she was staring at her own reflection.

"I won't ask again Miss Makimachi…SIT DOWN!" Hannya spoke with more force as he stood up slamming his hand on the table letting it echo through the interview room. I placed my hand on the window, my larger one covering hers watching those eyes flicker for a moment, but then they narrowed in anger as she turned around swiftly walking towards the chair, but not before kicking Hannya's over.

"Quite the feisty young woman Shinomori." Saitou spoke from beside me and I lowered my hand from the window placing it back into my trouser pocket watching as Hannya picked up the chair and sat back down quietly staring at Miss Makimachi once more. She had crossed one leg over the other and folded her arms across her chest as though ignoring Hannya.

"Not feisty…she is afraid…" I spoke absently while heading for the door.

"Shinomori?" Saitou questioned, wanting to know what I was up to. I had moved to a small cupboard getting out a tape recorder and placed it into the pocket of my jacket. I pulled out a wire and attached it to the skin on my chest and turned it on before buttoning up my shirt again.

"Can you hear me Megumi?" I spoke and received a soft yes in my ear as her answer.

"She will not speak here Saitou. It is time…" I opened the door and closed it silently behind me not even getting his permission to take the 'client' away from headquarters.

"Shall we go?" I asked watching the young woman jump slightly not even hearing me open the door to the interview room. She stared over at me for a split second then got up taking her small backpack with her and hurriedly left the interview room. I walked quietly beside her as we left the police station walking down the stairs.

"That guy was so creepy." I heard her mumble softly and knew many people thought that about Hannya before even getting to know him.

"Where do you wish to talk?" I spoke interrupting her thoughts watching as she glanced up at me and then back to the pavement answering me.

"Central Business District."

"Why there?" I questioned while flagging down a taxi.

"There are many people there. If I feel the need to disappear I will." I stayed completely quiet as I opened the door getting into the cab after Miss Makimachi got in and shifted across.

"What? You don't think I can disappear?" She stubbornly questioned me with her arms folded.

"CBD please… I never said such a thing Miss Makimachi. I have every faith in you just vanishing…after all…isn't this the sixth time?"

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(Inside Police Headquarters)

"Sixth time? Takani what is he on about?" I could hear Captain Saitou say to Megumi as he was listening in as well. I was staring at Misao's shocked face, her lips moving but nothing came out.

"I-I don't know Captain. I wasn't aware this had happened before." Megumi answered back and I could hear her tapping on her laptop keyboard as she began taking notes. I knew she would be holding a small smile on her lips. She knew I had informants and she knew I wasn't one to tell all the facts until I solved a case. I bet Saitou was fuming now.

"You better explain yourself once you get back to the office Shinomori!" I heard Saitou reply, obviously through clenched teeth. Yeah, real scary words from the "big man".

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After travelling, for what felt like hours the cab finally came to a complete stop and I stepped out paying the driver and telling him to keep the change. Miss Makimachi and I began walking down the busy street heading into the main shopping area.

"Well?" I questioned and watched as she stopped in front of me and turned around to look up at me with narrowed blue eyes.

"What? Excuse me? What are you doing?" I questioned quietly while staring down at her bowed head, her hands moving through my pockets.

"If you're trying to steal my wallet…you're doing a very bad job of it." I replied sarcastically but watched as she pulled out the small tape recorder.

"You think you were so smart to carry this with you huh?" I watched as she threw it into a trashcan and then kept walking.

"You just threw away police property, I'm going to have to report you." I spoke walking beside her.

"Big deal…" I heard her mumble and we kept walking heading into a small café, but it was packed with people chatting and mingling loudly.

"Sit down." I complied with her wishes as we sat next to the window me facing the main road looking at the pedestrians passing by.

"May I get you something?" A short waitress spoke.

"White coffee no sugar and…" Misao left off waiting for me to finish.

"Double scotch and coke." I watched Misao cast me a glance and then she looked down at her watch reading the time. The waitress left and I fished through my pockets pulling out a packet of crumpled cigarettes, placing one into my mouth and lighting it up.

"You know those kill people right?" Miss Makimachi questioned while leaning back in the chair with her arms folded once more.

"I'm sure my job will do that first." I replied dryly and thanked the waitress who brought my drink over taking a sip of it. Yep, it was damn good to have a fix in the morning. I glanced my eyes out the window and narrowed them watching a man in a grey trenchcoat pretending to read the newspaper when his attention was actually trained on us…well Miss Makimachi anyway.

"Its time to go." I spoke to Misao watching as she blinked up at me, as I drank my drink in nothing flat and placed some money on the table. She stood up without even questioning me and we exited the café walking down the street once more. Out of the corner of my eye the man suddenly began to follow us on the other side, stopping every now and then to look in some shop windows like an idiot. As if I didn't know what he was really up to. Misao walked quickly beside me, not really knowing what was going on, but trusted me enough to follow my exact moves. I stopped in front of a window…a very expensive dress shop and slung my arm over the young woman's shoulders.

"W-What are you doing?" Miss Makimachi stuttered out and I pulled her closely against me and pointed in the window as though commenting on the dress the mannequin was modelling but spoke differently.

"Look in the window…just to the left and tell me what you see." Misao stared up at me for a brief moment but did what I said. I felt her stiffen slightly that being all the answer I needed so far.

"Megumi, I need a search done on a man. Tall, probably my height, black hair, dark eyes, nothing but skin and bone and what looks to be a scar on his face. A long straight line down his left cheek."

"You were wearing a wire?" Misao mumbled softly against me, her blue eyes staring up at me with unshed tears glistening in them. Shit! I hated it when woman got emotional.

"That's going to be pretty hard Aoshi. There could be hundreds of men in Japan with that description." Megumi replied.

"Just do it!" I spoke and started walking, my arm still wrapped around Misao, pretending we were a couple.

"T-Try…Fugita Daisuke…" Misao mumbled softly against me.

"Megumi did yo-"

"Yeah I heard…" She replied without letting me finish. I stood at another dress shop making Misao lift her head to look at it and I pointed once more as though we were both deciding on what dress to buy for her.

"Fugita Daisuke, age unknown. Address unknown. Reported for 3 counts of murder, brought up on 5 assault charges but was never taken to trial on the murders. According to the database he's been reported as part of a group known only as the Black Dragons…wait… He's been reported as missing, but presumed dead!"

"Well I guess the dead do walk amongst the living." I replied dryly to Megumi after receiving the information.

"Shinomori, stay there, we'll have someone come and collect the both of you." I heard Saitou order but we all fell silent as Misao began talking while ushering me to walk again, her arm wrapping around my waist.

"You people don't understand. You think he's the only one? It goes deeper then that. He's just a small warning…its his job for you to notice him…for me to notice him, but Detective Shinomori has prevented me from doing so…to him anyway…so he does nothing but stay in the background. There are more…many more then you think and if they find out…find out I've spoken about anything…I'm dead!" I glanced my eyes in a window and they widen in horror as the man had disappeared.

"SHIT!" I cursed softly while hurrying my footsteps to the nearest shop.

"Shinomori what's happening?" I heard Saitou speak.

"They know…they've known all along what I've been doing. This has been a complete setup. They've known since Miss Makimachi left the hospital, to going to the police station and to me arriving and taking her out of there. They know everything!" I pulled Misao into a dress shop and closed the door walking towards the counter to speak with the woman.

"Can I help you Sir?" I flipped open my badge and watched her glance at it and then up at me as I spoke once more.

"This is an emergency, do you have a back door to the shop?" I watched her point down a narrow hallway and I pushed Misao towards it while getting out my gun from its holster.

"Go Misao…I'm right behind you." Misao raced down the narrow passageway and opened the backdoor stepping into a dark alleyway. I raced behind her, looking back every now and then to see whether we were being followed…nothing. I grabbed Miss Makimachi's hand and raced towards a large trash container full of garbage.

"I'm sorry you're going to have to get in…just for a minute." I spoke picking her up and dumping her in while placing the lid down for a moment. I hid around the side of it and stared down at innocent brown eyes…a young homeless boy staring at me and then over to my black gun. I searched through my pockets pulling out some money and handed it to the boy.

"Its okay kid, just take the money and get out of here fast." He nodded his head racing off, but to my horror I heard the back door to the shop slam closed and watched as gunshots were fired, the boy falling to the ground, blood spraying everywhere, his body thumping loudly as it hit the concrete.

"Put the fucking gun down!" I ordered loudly coming out of hiding and pointing my own gun at the criminal.

"Fugita Daisuke, you're under arrest." I narrowed my eyes as he began laughing loudly.

"You cops are so stupid." I watched as he pulled the trigger on his gun and I tried moving out of the way, but the bullet encased itself into my left shoulder and I flinched slightly pulling my right finger back on my own gun. Fugita went down cold, the bullet entering his heart. I still held my gun firmly in my right hand walking cautiously towards the fallen man. I bent down checking his vitals…no pulse…I'd killed him.

"SHINOMORI?" I heard Saitou yell.

"I need a unit down here. At the back of "Silk 'n' Satin" I'm sure the woman will call the police anyway. Fugita Daisuke is dead and a young boy, aged between 12 to 15 killed by Fugita is also dead. His identity unknown." I raced over to the large garbage container and opened the lids to see Miss Makimachi huddled in one of the corners, her hands placed over her ears.

"Miss Makimachi, we must get out of here." I watched her eyes opened, red and puffy from tears. Oh shit! I'd scared the crap out of her. Her hands were shaking but she grabbed onto mine and I pulled her out placing her on her own two feet.

"What have you done?" She whispered softly looking at the dead man behind us, but I had no time to answer as I grabbed her hand with mine and began running towards the street. I heard her gasp as we raced passed the dead boy in the alleyway.

"This is were we say goodbye Saitou." I spoke while racing down the street with Miss Makimachi puffing heavily beside me trying to keep up.

"Don't you dare Shinomori! Don't you dare take off that wi-" I heard no more as I ripped off the wire throwing it in the street and turned down another corner flagging down a taxi.

"What did you do that for?" She spoke alarmingly as I hurriedly pushed her into the taxi. Pulling her against me as I lay across the back seat not wanting anyone to see us. I flipped open my badge letting the driver look at it through the rear vision mirror and spoke my orders.

"My name is Detective Sargent Shinomori. I want you to look straight ahead as though no one is in the cab. I want you to turn off your available sign pretending you are finishing your shift. Do not stop for anything or anyone and take me to the MCC, do you understand me?" I watched him nod silently and he sped off doing exactly what I said.

I grabbed my pager and paged the one person I knew I could trust at the moment. I finally looked down noticing I had accidentally placed Miss Makimachi half under me. Her wide blue eyes stared up into mine a couple of tears falling down her red cheeks. Oh hell…not again!

"Gomen nasai, but you'll have to stay under me for a little while longer. I apologise if I'm heavy…" I watched as she shook her head negatively at me and whispered softly against me.

"It's not that… They know who you are now…they know your face and that you're with me. They won't stop…won't stop until your dead… You…risk your life for me…" I stared silently into her eyes watching as she closed them tightly, willing the other tears away. I moved my head down and whispered softly into her ear.

"I'm sorry for scaring you. I can't let anything happen to you. Your case connects with all the others I have worked on for many years and I need your help to place these criminals behind bars for good. Right now we can't let anyone know where you are…I am the only one you can trust. Do you trust me Miss Makimachi?"

"H-Hai…" I heard her soft reply and felt the car stop, indicating we were here. I glanced out the window, no one in sight and got off of Miss Makimachi and out of the car. I handed the man some money and pulled out my gun tapping it on his car door.

"If you tell anyone of this matter…" I watched him shake his head as I began freaking the guy out thinking I'd come back to kill him. I stepped away from the car and watched him speed off.

"That wasn't really tactful Detective Shinomori." I grabbed Misao's hand with my left one and hurriedly walked across the road towards the club and opened the door even though it was actually closed.

"Aoshi? What are you doing here? You know we are closed right?" Okon spoke from a group of tables and chairs she began placing around the club and wiping them down, getting them ready for later on. I waved the woman over and she placed down her cloth looking up at me and then down at Misao to see her slightly shaking and rather dirty…not to mention the smell of garbage was on the both of us.

"Okon meet Miss Makimachi. Do you think you can get her washed up and into some other clothes for me?" I watched her nod her head pulling Miss Makimachi towards the back room.

"He's already here." I heard Okon speak and made my way towards Sagara who sat in the corner smoking a cigarette.

"You look like shit." He bluntly spoke as I sat down, my right hand moving to my left shoulder, the pain of being shot now just beginning to ache. I roughly took one of the cigarettes he offered me and placed it in my mouth and lit it up taking a long drag from it.

"What is the problem?" He questioned softly.

"I need you to take Miss Makimachi here." I spoke while slipping a piece of paper into his hand along with a key.

"In the draw next to the television there is a small box, an envelope with money should be situated inside…take it…for doing this favour for me." I watched as Sagara nodded his head and I stood up with him and walked towards a now clean Miss Makimachi and Okon.

"You are in over your head Shinomori." Sagara spoke and I knew this was true. I looked over at him and nodded my head silently agreeing.

"Save your breath honey, he's a very stubborn man." I heard Okon speak to Misao and wanted to know whom she was talking about…me I had guessed…but I knew Okon wouldn't say anything and so I never questioned.

"Miss Makimachi, you'll be safe with Sagara. He'll take you from here. I'll see you soon…" I spoke while turning away and heading for the main door with Okon beside me.

"She is worried about you Aoshi…and quit frankly so am I."

"I'll be fine Okon, just hand me a small first aid kit you keep behind the counter." I watched Okon move off shaking her head and mumbling stubborn man.

She came back seconds later placing the small kit in my jacket pocket and placed a kiss on my cheek. I nodded my head at her knowing what she was going to say and turned to face Sagara and is Makimachi speaking once more before leaving the club.

"You keep her safe Sagara."

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To be continued…

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Authors Notes: HIYA! I love how you are guessing already and making decisions on this story already. It makes me happy thinking that I can place a bit of mystery into the story and keep people guessing. I think for the next few days this is the main story I'll be working on…

Who knows…the way I'm going could mean I could actually finish it! Won't that be a real change Mara-san? Is this intriguing anyone yet? I'm actually excited about this story cause well…its not just romance, there is mystery and action in it too…

Till next time… (Which could be rather soon)