RoboticCity, Poetic Love
Chapter 17: To whom Tsume's bell toll?
It had been a week since the Kiba was kidnapped. Tsume gets his job back and this is the first day he's going back to work. He opens his office door and hears the sound of gun shots popping all over him. He pulls out his gun and points it up. Everyone in his office screams. Tsume then notices the ribbons and confetti falling down in the air.
"Hmm….surprise?" Blue says. Tsume then realizes that the popping sounds are only party poppers. His friends in the police station are giving him a homecoming party and they're trying to surprise him with party poppers.
"Damn it! What's the matter with you people??? Don't you guy know better than to use party poppers to surprise someone who just got shot 3 times???" Tsume mutters as he puts his gun back into his pocket.
"Lucky we didn't hire any girl to jump out to you. You might have shot her." Blue says as she gives Tsume a piece of cake.
"Sorry, I guess being on the run form you guys for so long I grow to be too jumpy. I don't mean to scare you guys." Tsume says.
Blue sighs, "it must be really hard for you the last couple of years. I'm sorry I kept going after you. I can't believe I was chasing you like that. I'm such an obsessive freak."
"Don't be silly! If you're obsessive freak then what am I? I was chasing Li the same way." Tsume says as he takes a bite of the cake.
"So, you guys find any lead on where Li is?" Tsume asks.
Blue shakes her head and says, "No, it's like he vanish in thin air. No record at anywhere at all. Jean Pierre is gone, too. No one can find him."
"Knowing Li, I'm sure Jean Pierre is dead already. Li has this thing about killing human." Tsume says.
"I noticed that. I can't believe all the traps he set for us that night. Those traps are malicious. Li doesn't care about human life at all." Blue says as she shakes lightly.
"You haven't seen the other things that jerk comes up with. I am going to find him. He will not get away from me." Tsume says as he crunches his fist.
"WE will find him. Every policeman in Future City is looking for him. He can't hide forever." Blue says as she puts her hand on Tsume's fist.
"Thanks, Blue. It's nice to not be alone again. I miss this office." Tsume says as he sits down at his old seat.
"Well, I was telling the chief they should give you a bigger office. You're a great policeman. You would have been promoted a couple of times if you weren't going renegade last couple of years. The police station owns it to you to give you a better pose and a bigger paycheck." Blue says.
"It's fine. I'm just happy I'm not a wanted criminal anymore." Tsume says.
"Here, I go to the evidence room to get it for you." Blue says as she puts a box on Tsume's table.
The day when Tsume is charged with the murder of Blue's brother, the police took everything in Tsume's office and locked the stuffs up in the evidences room. Blue brings the stuffs back to Tsume today.
"Thanks." Says Tsume. He opens the box and smiles.
"What?" Blue asks.
Tsume takes out something form his box and gives it to Blue. Blue shouts, "I don't believe him! I told him to burn this!" It's a picture of Blue when she was a baby girl. Blue was crying and one of her shoes is missing.
"He said you look so cute in this picture. I have to agree with him." Tsume says and laughs.
"This is the most embarrassing photo that he could put in his office. How did you get this picture?" Blue asks.
"Must have been fallen over to my desk. Our desks are right next to each other and we always get our stuff mixed up. We're both guys, you know. When you have 20 homicide files sitting next to you, you don't really care how tidy your desk is. Here is another thing that is his...why don't you keep it?" Tsume says as he throws Blue a lighter.
Blue catches the lighter and says, "I will take good care of it, thank you, Tsume."
"Why don't you call me Ni-san?" Tsume asks.
Blue smiles and nods, "Thank you, Ni-san."
Someone knocks on the door. Tsume calls, "come on in."
"Hey." says Hige as he opens the door and gets into Tsume's office.
"Hi! What are you doing here?" Blue says.
"I'm going to pick up Kiba. He is leaving the hospital today. I got some flowers for him and I get some for you, too. It's Kiba's favorite flower. He plants them at his house. I took some from the garden this morning." Hige says as he gives a bunch of Freesias to Blue.
Blue's eyes light up as she takes the flowers. She gives Hige a kiss on the cheek and says, "they're beautiful. I will go put them at my cubicle."
"Why don't you leave them in here? This is going to be your office, too." Tsume says.
"What?" Blue looks at Tsume.
"Well, I need a partner, right?" Tsume asks Blue.
"But you can have any policeman in the force you want!" Blue says.
"Why would I want anyone if I can have the best?"
"I'm not the best."
"Trust me, you are. The way you chased me…no policeman can do that. I was actually afraid of you." Tsume says as he takes another bite of his cake. Blue chuckles.
"But let me warn you, your brother always say I'm the worse partner that anyone could ever had." Tsume adds.
"Thank you, Tsume. I will do my best." Blue says as she bows to Tsume.
Tsume nods. "Please watch my back from now on, partner. Come on, let's go and see Kiba and Toboe. I had been so busy last week with all the police paper works I don't even have time to visit that two love birds." Says Tsume as he walks out of the door.
They get on Tsume's car and Blue asks, "Ni-san, I have something I wanted to ask you for a long time…why do Li kill my brother? I mean, he is just another cop, right?"
"I don't really know. It was pretty sudden, Li just showed up and blew your brother's head one day. I never quite figure out why." Tsume says.
"Well, it's not like Li ever need a reason to kill someone." Blue says.
They arrive at the hospital and Hige leads the two of them to Kiba's room. Kiba is standing there, talking to his dad. "I still think you should stay a little longer. You're not fully recover yet." Kiba's dad say to Kiba.
"Dad! If I stay any longer I will go insane. I can't lay there for so long. You have to stop worrying about me so much." Kiba says to his father.
"You should be glad that you have a dad who care so much about you. I've always been on my own and I have to say you have no idea how lucky you are to have someone worry about you like that." Tsume interrupts Kiba.
"Tsume! I see that you don't waste any time. You can hardly walk and you're working again?" Kiba says.
"I'm fine." Tsume says.
"So it's okay if I touch you here?" says Kiba as he punches Tsume playfully. Tsume screams in pain and falls to the floor.
"Tsume! I'm sorry! I don't mean to…" Kiba says as Tsume laughs.
"You jerk!" Kiba says as he kicks Tsume.
"Hey! Watch it. I am not that fine yet." Tsume says.
"You should be the one staying in the hospital. You'r wounded 10 times worse than me." Kiba says.
Tsume pats Toboe's head and says to Kiba, "Well, my doctor is ten times better than yours."
Kiba kisses Toboe's soft hair and says to Tsume, "can't argue to that. Say, how did you know where we went that day?"
"You guys aren't the only one who have tracers. I have one in your car too.." Tsume says.
"You bugged my car???" Kiba asks.
"Of course I bugged your car, you're the only one who can lead me to Li..." Tsume says.
"Well, I'm glad that you did." Kiba smiles.
"Thank you for getting me out that day. You could have go after Li, but you stay behind to help me. I know how much you wanted to get Li." Toboe says.
"Don't be stupid! You saved my life! How can I let you die like that! Besides, if I let anything happen to you, Kiba will come and kick my behind." Tsume says to the small boy.
Toboe smiles. Kiba says, "thank you, Tsume. I won't know what to do if anything happen to Toboe."
"Don't mention it. I'm just glad that you are okay...it was a nightmare that day...it's like watching my partner die all over again." Tsume sighs.
"It was la nightmare watching you that day too, Tsume. It's like watching my parents die again when I watch you die, too..." Toboe says.
"Sorry I scare you, kid." Tsume says as he smiles to the small boy.
"Sorry for all the trouble I caused you guys, too..." Kiba says.
"How can you say that? you didn't do anything wrong! It's our duty to protect you. Sorry we let you got hurt so bad. We've police watching over you every day. The two of us will be checking on you, too. You two will not be kidnapped or anything again." Blue says.
"Cool! We've our own bodyguard!" Kiba smiles to Toboe.
"Listen, are you guys on duty? Do you guys want to have lunch together?" Kib's father asks Tsume and Blue.
"Sure! I will love to!" Blue smiles.
"You go ahead and have lunch with Hige and the others. I need to find an apartment. Now that I'm not on Future City most wanted can find a place to actually call home." Tsume says.
"You're still living in the motels? Why don't you come and live with me? It's my brother's place to start with and I'm all alone anyway." Blue says.
"No, it's okay. I can find my own place..." Tsume says.
"Why don't you two move into our house?" Kiba says.
"Yes! That is a splendid idea. There are so many rooms in the mansion, it has enough place for all of you! There are no point on all you kids being alone each to your own. You guys can all stay at the mansion with Kiba and Toboe!" Kiba's father says.
"It's fine! I hate to intrude..." Tsume says.
"Me too." Blue says.
"Come on, Tsume! Toboe will be much safer with you around. You can't say no to Toboe now, right? It'll feel much safer for us to have you both in our house watching over us." Kiba says.
Tsume looks at Toboe. Toboe says, "please, Tsume. I don't want to see you living on your own. I was so loney and sad when I was on my own I hate to see you do the same thing..."
Tsume looks at Toboe and then Kiba. The silver hair man says, "alright, I will live at your place."
"Blue?" Kiba asks.
"sure, I will move in your place too." Blue says.
"Great! Now that we got it all work out, let's go and have lunch. How about some Vietnamese food today?" Kiba's father smiles.
"Do you like Vietnamese food, Toboe?" Kiba asks the small boy. Toboe smiles and nods.
Tsume watches the two of them. Blue looks at Tsume and asks, "ni-san, you like him, do you? The boy? I can tell from the way you look at him. Your voice changes when you talk to him…"
"Huh?" Tsume mutters.
"You like Toboe, do you? That's why you don't want to have lunch with them or live with them. It's driving you crazy when Kiba hugs Toboe and kisses Toboe. Don't lie to me...I'm your partner and you're my ni-san." Blue says.
"Don't be crazy. Toboe is Kiba's lover." Tusme says and gets on his car. The truth is, it really hurts Tsume when Toboe struggled off him and runs to Kiba that day. Tsume feels his heart sinking like a piece of heavy metal when Toboe says 'Kiba, I love you.' Tsume shakes his head. He shouldn't have any thoughts like that about Toboe.
"Get the jealousy out of your system, Tsume." Tsume says to himself.
They get to a Vietnamese restaurant that has a huge waterfall as decoration in the middle of the restaurant. "Come on, Toboe, let's go make a wish!" Hige says to Toboe.
They go to the waterfall and Hige gives Toboe a coin. Toboe throws the coin down the waterfall and says, "I want to be with Kiba forever!"
Kiba smiles and kisses Toboe's forehead. There are mechanical turtles swimming under the waterfall. Toboe takes kitty out so she can plays with the turtles. Takuya goes and makes a phone call to his office. Kiba and Tsume go and get a the table.
"You want a drink?" Tsume asks.
"Sure." Kiba says.
"two Mai Tai." Tsume says to the table. The table opens up and two drinks come up. Tsume gets the drink and sees Kiba staring at the table.
"What's the matter?" Tsume asks.
"Nothing...just forget about all these robots in future city...I was in the hospital for a while." Kiba says.
"It's just a table." Tsume says.
"Back where I come from table don't mixes drinks."
"As long as the drink is good, what does it matter?"
"True. Did you find anything on Li at all?"
"No, Li is very good at covering his tracks. Don't worry, I find him once, I will find him again," Tsume says.
"It's just...something he says bother me..."
'what did he say?"
"He said Toboe messed up their plan, so they have to eliminate Toboe..."
"Plans? that robot have plans?" Tsume asks.
"I don't think Li has any plan. He also said he let Toboe lives because he received orders not to kill Toboe..."
Tsume stops drinking and looks at Kiba. Kiba says, "Tsume, if Li receive order, that means he is working for someone…"
"What are you guys talking about?" Hige asks as he sits down at the table. Toboe and Blue sit down at the table while the kitty jump on it.
"Nothing. Let's get you guys something to drink." Tsume says as he looks at Kiba. Kiba looks back at Tsume. The two older guys decide to keep what they talked about between the two of them.
TBC...