Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh but I do own Mina and Allen
Wow! It's been over a month since I've updated. I'm just back from a month in America…it was great! I loved it! (Even if I was away from a computer for a month, I still loved it) as this is the summer holidays I will try to update sooner.
You may or may not be glad to hear that I am writing this chapter and we won't be hearing from my yami as she's too busy obsessing over a guy (sounds stupid, I know, she's softer than she makes out to be). Thank you to those who have reviewed so far…I love you guys
So here's chapter five, I wrote this one on the plane (hey I had to do something to occupy myself for 6 and a half hours), this chapter is the start of the investigation and also Téa's side of the story…
Twisted Deceit
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Recap (chapters 1-4):
Mina Kaiba is a famous movie star who has returned home to spend more time with her friends and family. Not long after she returns home she is invited round to Tristan and Serenity's house for dinner and also an announcement. Everyone is invited including Joey and his pregnant wife Mai. At the dinner, everyone finds out that Tristan and Serenity are getting married, everyone except Duke and Téa are happy by the announcement. Duke is upset because he still has feelings for Serenity even though it has been almost 5 years since they broke up. A week later, the girls and guys decide to split up and go out for a day to celebrate. When Mokuba and Serenity become concerned that Tristan hasn't arrived at his destination, Joey is sent to find him. When Joey arrives at the house it is surrounded by police and he discovers that Tristan has been murdered. Joey then contacts everyone to get them to go to the police station for questioning. Emotions run high among everyone and the situation is worsened by the news that Tristan was secretly cheating on Serenity with Téa, the news shocked everyone especially Mina and makes her feelings of the situation clear by slapping Téa across the face. After looking at the statements made by everyone and given the circumstances with Téa, Ishizu is convinced that one of her friends is the killer…
Chapter 5 – The Other Woman
Ishizu fell asleep at her computer and never went home that night. She was swamped with extra work as most of the officers in her department were out on the sick after being food poisoned at the last police ball. Ishizu was one of the few smart people who avoided the fish, as she took a bite and thought it tasted a bit funny. She also stayed there all night because she was waiting for the lab results to come back as there were prints found on the gun and she wanted to know who they belonged to.
"Hey…hey…hey Ishizu!" shouted Officer Allen as he poked Ishizu to wake her up, "Hey sleeping beauty wake up!"
"Piss off Allen" moaned Ishizu as she rolled over to face the opposite direction
"Fine, I'll just go then…I guess you're not as interested in these lab results as you said you were" he smirked
Ishizu immediately sat up straight on hearing this and of course she looked as if she hadn't slept in a month
"Man, you look like shit" laughed Allen
"Shut up and give me the report" replied Ishizu as she held out her hand, "anything interesting?"
"There was actually"
"Like what?" asked Ishizu as she lifted her head to look at Allen
"The lab found two sets of prints on the gun. One set was old and had been on the gun for quite a while it would appear and the other set was very fresh which suggests that they were the prints belonging to Tristan's killer and were easier to test for…" continued Allen before Ishizu cut him off
"Do they belong to anyone we know?"
"That's an interesting question…" Allen said as he turned the page on the lab report in Ishizu's hand, "the fresh prints who we believe belong to the killer didn't show up in the archives thus suggesting that the killer is someone with no file…"
"And the other set?" enquired Ishizu
"This is the part I think you'll like…" he turned the page again, "we have a name and address for the older set of prints, take a look…" he pointed to the top of the page, "I don't really know your friends that well, but from what you've told me about them and from what I witnessed yesterday…I wouldn't have thought that that person had this gun"
"I can believe it" yawned Ishizu as she stretched and Allen looked at her with a puzzled expression, "here's a tip for you Allen…never underestimate anyone in an investigation, particularly a murder investigation. Remember, you don't know what goes through the head of a killer…I'm not saying that the owner of the prints had anything to do with the killing especially as they are old prints…" Ishizu stops speaking and thinks for a second, "Does it say how old the prints are?"
"As they are quite weak, the lab wasn't able to get an exact time, but they said the prints were on the gun for at least a year...why do you ask?"
"Isn't it strange to you that this gun that was used to kill Tristan yesterday was once held by someone connected with this case more than a year ago…call me paranoid but that may not be a coincidence" remarked Ishizu
"Are you trying to say that the owner of those prints got someone else to kill Tristan?" asked Allen
"Don't quote me on that, but it's a possibility and at this point we can't rule anything out. And if I find that this person didn't have a licence for that gun, I'll have them lifted for possession of an illegal firearm and possible connection with this murder"
"Well I can start looking for the licence while you go home and have a hot bath and a rest…you look exhausted and you haven't stopped working this past week!" commented Allen
"I appreciate your concern but since everyone's out from that food poisoning I have extra work to do let alone deal with this murder case"
"Well you can work by yourself, 'cause I won't be sitting next to you from the way you smell!" he laughed
Ishizu slapped him on the back of the head as she walked towards the corridor, "in case you've forgotten, there are showers in the locker rooms and I brought an extra uniform with me so you won't have to stand the smell for much longer you cheeky bastard and for you're information" she continued, "you smell worse than I do everyday and you don't hear me complaining! So just stop moaning, start looking for that licence and tell me what you've found when I get back!"
With that Ishizu stormed off in the direction of the locker room while Allen just shook his head, laughed and sat down at the computer to search for a licence associated with that gun.
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Ishizu wasn't the only person who didn't get a good night sleep, across town at the game shop Yugi was just getting up even though he barely slept that night. When he went down to the living room at the back of the shop he tripped over something and landed face first on the floor and that something was of course Duke who had decided to crash on Yugi's floor for the night. Ryou was on the sofa (because Bakura threatened Duke if he didn't let Ryou have the sofa) and was wakened by Yugi's curses as he hit the floor
"Damn it! What are you guys still doing here? I thought you two were away home!" growled Yugi as he picked himself off the floor
"We were going home, but then we thought it would be better to stay here…besides I don't want what happened to Tristan to happen to me as well" yawned Duke
"Like hell that's why! More like you were just too lazy to walk home last night" added Bakura
"You again" grunted Duke, "I could say the same about you!"
"At least I'm man enough to admit that I couldn't be bothered going home…and what do you mean about what happened to Tristan?"
"Well…whoever got Tristan may have something against the rest of us" Duke answered
"You make it sound as if his murder was planned, from how I see it, it was a botched burglary…unless there's something you're not telling us dice boy" smirked Bakura
"Why don't you just…" started Duke
"Why don't I what…are you threatening me dice boy?" Bakura stood up as if ready to pounce on Duke, "because when someone threatens me…"
"Why don't you both shut the hell up!!!" shouted Yugi as he was now standing up. No sooner had he shouted at them there was a light from his Millennium puzzle…
"Yami" chimed both Bakura and Duke
"If you're going to argue then piss off else where. Yugi barely got any sleep last night and he's still upset about Tristan…it hasn't even been a full day and you're acting as if you don't even care!" Yami calmly stated as he didn't want the situation to get any worse
"But I don't care…that's the point" smirked Bakura
"I doubt that Ryou would agree"
"But he is a wimp anyway, just like your hikari" he continued
"You leave Yugi out of this, he's just upset because one his best friends has just been murdered…not that I'd expect you to understand"
"Looks like the almighty pharaoh is getting soft in his old age"
Yami looked as if he was about to take a swing at Bakura but Duke stepped in and stopped him
"Look at yourselves…acting like a couple of little kids!" shouted Duke, "I'm not in the mood for a trip to the shadow realm today!"
"You've got some nerve dice boy!" Yami shouted back, "you were ready to punch his head in only a minute ago!"
"That was then; this is now and stop calling me dice boy!"
"I'll call you whatever I want…" continued Yami
The guys continued arguing with each other for a while until they heard someone knocking on the front door
"I'll get it…I thought the shop was staying closed today?" asked Bakura
"It is…I wonder who it could be?" replied Yami
It was obvious now that the guys had stopped their arguing so Duke and Yami sat down on the sofa and turned on the TV while Bakura answered the door
"Oh it's you…what do you want?"
"I just want to know if Yugi's here…I want to talk to him" replied Téa
"Haven't you caused enough trouble already? I guess Mina didn't hit you hard enough" Bakura said in a menacing tone
"Why don't you mind your own business…now is Yugi here or not?" she asked again
"Unfortunately Yugi is unavailable at the moment as he's wallowing in self pity…but your dear pharaoh is here if you want to talk to him" sarcastically replied Bakura, "go on, he's in the living room with dice boy"
Téa proceeded through the shop and went into the living room while Bakura shut the door behind her
"Where's Yugi?" she asked Duke
"Huh...oh, bathroom I think" lazily replied Duke
"I'll be back in a minute, I'm getting a drink and no I'm not getting you guys anything…if you want it you can get it yourself" shouted Bakura through the living room door on his way to the kitchen
"Bastard" coughed Duke
"I heard that…dice boy!"
After a few minutes of sitting with Duke, Bakura reappeared shortly before Yami
"Yami…is Yugi ok? I'd like to speak to him" asked Téa
"I don't think he's in much of a mood to talk {especially with you} but since it's you…" Yami trailed off and there was another shine off the Millennium puzzle as Yugi reappeared.
"Hi Téa, is something wrong?" Yugi quietly asked
"It's just that we never got a chance to talk yesterday and I…" she turns round and sees the other two guys staring up at her and Yugi with smiles on their faces, all that was missing was a box of popcorn, "can we go somewhere else?"
"Sure let's go outside away from these two idiots"
"Be careful now Yugi or you'll be her next fuck buddy!" laughed Bakura
"Why don't you just fuck up you bastard! I've already been through enough without you having a go at me!" screamed Téa through her tears
"Ignore him Téa, lets just go outside" said Yugi as he took her by the arm and lead her outside.
Yugi lead Téa into the park near the game shop and sat her down on the nearest bench next to the pond and calmed her down
"I guess you all know what that was about" Téa said to Yugi as she stared up at him through her watery eyes
Yugi didn't reply, but simply nodded and sat down beside her
"You must hate me Yugi" she whimpered through her tears, "just like everyone else"
"I don't hate you Téa; you know that Bakura hates everyone and he's loves to torture as many people as possible…" before he could continue Téa cut him off
"But what about Mina, she never goes out of her way to attack people"
"Mina is a Kaiba. So long as she carries the name of Kaiba, she'll carry the attitude as well…and since she was pretty close to Tristan, it just hit her hard to hear" gently replied Yugi
"And what about you?" she asked as Yugi turned to look her in the eye, "don't you hate me?"
"Téa, you and I have known each other too long for me to hate you…I'll admit that I was shocked, upset and a little disappointed to hear about you and Tristan, but since I'm not directly involved, it's not my place to say anything about it. However, I would like to know why"
"Why?"
"Yes, I'm just curious to know how the whole thing came about between you two. If you don't want to tell me now, I'll understand; after all, yesterday was pretty rough on you given that you were there when it happened, but I'd like to know at some point…isn't that why you came here…to tell me" added Yugi while struggling against his own tears
"You know me too well"
Téa's tears grew; she looked down at the ground without saying a word and buried her head in her hands. After sitting there for what seemed an eternity – but was only about a minute – Yugi felt sorry for her, after all, she was still his best friend and he's known her since they were kids and he also has affectionate feelings for her although he's not sure if it's love, but he put his arm around her and tried to comfort her. She then began to sob her story into Yugi's chest…
"It happened about six months ago, at Kaiba and Mina's birthday party. I remember Mina came home just for 3 days over her birthday and all of us went out to the club. Tristan had had quite a lot to drink…" Téa stopped briefly at the mention of his name and sobbed some more, but continued, "and was practically drunk, I remember that I was the same as all the drinks were on the house courtesy of the Kaibas. He came up to me and started babbling about the biggest pile of shit, I didn't exactly care, I was almost too drunk to pay any attention, but the conversation eventually came round to his love life and how he wasn't too happy being with Serenity in the sexual department and one thing lead to another and next thing I know, we were fucking in the bathroom…" Téa pulled away from Yugi at this point and stared out across the pond to not make eye contact with him, "I've really liked Tristan for a couple of years now, I just didn't want to refuse him and I couldn't believe the fact that he wanted to sleep with me, …I thought it was just a one night stand, but we ended up meeting up again and it just continued on…yesterday was just another meeting for us but…well, you know how that turned out"
Téa just stopped speaking. There was an awkward silence between them apart from the noise of Téa's sniffles. Yugi didn't know what to think or even say to her. Yet Yugi still couldn't bring himself to hate her, in fact it was just the opposite, he just wanted to comfort her. The only thing Yugi could think of to do was to pull her back into a hug and there they sat for the rest of the morning with Téa sobbing her heart out into Yugi's chest.
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Back at the police station, Ishizu had returned from her shower to find Allen still sitting at her computer
"Did you find anything?" she asked
"Yep…there it is" he said as he handed her a sheet of paper, "I even printed it out and everything. This gun was licensed just over a year ago and therefore it is perfectly legal for this person to have this gun in possession."
"Damn…but this still doesn't change the fact that this person could have known something about the murder"
"And it doesn't change the fact that we still don't have an owner for the other set of prints" commented Allen
Ishizu appeared to be in deep thought and walked toward the window and stared out of it.
"Get everyone back here this afternoon for fingerprinting" Ishizu flatly stated
"What! Don't you think that's a little hasty and besides, it's only been a day and some of them may think we're accusing them and others may still be too upset, think about Serenity"
"This is a murder investigation officer and it's our job to get to the bottom of it. We need to find out who owns the prints on this gun and given who it originally belongs too…I'm certain that one of them will be a perfect match." Ishizu turned around and looked directly at Allen, "call them up and ask them to come here, don't tell them why just say that we need help with our enquiries or they'll never come…we'll explain to them when they arrive"
Allen just nodded, returned to his desk and started dialling while Ishizu just walked out of the room to prepare for the impending chaos…
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Well that's chapter 5, I didn't really like this chapter but I decided to include it 'cause in most murder mysteries you always have the "in-between" or "filler" bits to show how the story progresses. But…the next chapter should be better as everyone is together waiting to get fingerprinted, some are willing to co-operate, others won't and some even feel insulted as to why they should have to do such a thing. Also we find out the owner of the gun and suspicions rise as someone claims to know who the murderer is…
Hopefully the next chapter won't take as long to post and don't forget to review, I accept all kinds of reviews or you can email me with any questions. Also, my yami will return for the next chapter and she has something nasty planned for it…
Thank you, deoki