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Case 002: Routine Patrol
They went to the Sundae Shoppe. Okita bought him a Triple Fudge Delight. Tetsu munched happily on his ice-cream as they sat in the patrol car. He stared at the good-luck charm hanging from the rear-view mirror. "Say, when do we actually do something?" Okita looked at the boy through his lavender eyes. So genki, so full of drive… Okita finished his Caramel Mallow and daintily wiped his lips.
"Er, Tetsu-kun, we're doing something. We're on patrol…"
"Where's the cool gunfights? The action? The raids on the baddies?" The boy has seen one too many movies. Okita put his hands firmly on the boy's shoulder and sat him down on the front passenger seat. "It doesn't work that way, I can only take you on routine patrols." Tetsu groaned.
"Okita, come in," the radio crackled to life. Okita answered it. "Okita Souji here, what's it?"
"Himura household," the dispatcher, replied. "Tomoe-san called to say her husband and brother are at it again…" The two men at the Himura house never saw eye-to-eye. "Roger that! I'll be right over!" Okita hung up and slapped Tetsu on his back.
"We've got a call!" Tetsu reply was muffled as his face was covered with his Triple Fudge Delight. "Hang on!" Okita floored the gas. Tetsu clung on for dear life…
"Okita-san!" Back at the station, Ichimura Tatsunosuke, the dispatcher, was desperately trying to contact the captain. Yamazaki Ayumu came in with their morning coffee. Tatsu looked at her with a worried look. "Okita's not answering…"
"If it's the Himuras, Okita-san will be able to handle it. This isn't the first time he's broken up a squabble there…"
"Tomoe-san says Enishi got hold of a sword this time."
Ayumu almost dropped her cup. "The new rookie's with him!" Tatsu fell off his chair. The new rookie can only be his kid brother. Meanwhile, Okita's patrol car screeched round the corner and braked in front of a two storey apartment block…
Tetsu wiped the mess of ice-cream and chocolate off his face the best he could. A fair young woman with long hair was waving frantically from an upstairs window. As both captain and rookie mounted the stairs, they overheard the tremendous clashing of metal and enraged shouts.
"How dare you cheat on my neesan!" CLANG!
Okita has heard this before. Himura Kenshin worked at the Kamiya dojo. The place happened to be run by the pretty young daughter of the Kamiya family. And Tomoe's teenaged brother has the notion his brother-in-law's paying court to Kamiya Kaoru.
"Enishi! I did NOT cheat on her!" More furniture being thrashed. "It's all a misunderstanding!"
"I saw you touching the pretty kendo instructress at the Kamiya dojo!"
"I was helping her in giving a demonstration in aikido for the YWCA! There's nothing between us, honest!"
Running into the apartment, Okita was shocked to see Tomoe's husband fending off Enishi's sword with a metal washbasin. Tetsu! He reached out to catch the boy but failed. He watched in shock as Tetsu tackled Enishi.
"TETSU!!" The sword was knocked out of Enishi's grasp by force of the tackle. Okita grabbed it as it clanged onto the floor. A panting Himura Kenshin lowered his makeshift shield and went "Oro?" He was bleeding from a cut on his cheek.
"KENSHIN!" Tomoe ran in and went to her husband. "I'm alright," Kenshin smiled and patted her hand in reassurance. She saw his bleeding cheek and hurriedly placed her handkerchief on it. Then she turned to see Okita cuffing her brother.
"Do you have to arrest him?" Okita nodded. "Sorry, Tomoe-san, assault with a weapon is a serious charge." Tomoe raised her hand to her mouth. "Don't worry, we'll get him a lawyer, if need be…" Kenshin put his arm around his wife as she buried her face in his shoulder.
Okita looked at a sullen Enishi. He was not much older than Tetsu. His new partner was holding the sword. They heard footsteps. An angry young woman burst into the home. "Excuse me, Himura-san, a boy was seen coming in here with MY family heirloom." She was Kamiya Kaoru, the kendo princess…
"Where's that sword thief?!" Her eyes scanned the place before resting on Tetsu. She punched him in the face. Okita winced.
New Shimabara. The toughest part of the Kyoto Metropolis. Tetsu nursed a nosebleed in the backseat next to the silent Enishi. Okita wanted him in front but Tetsu thought they better have someone in the back with their prisoner. Tetsu admired the colorfully explicit graffiti on the buildings. Some were words Tetsu never knew existed. The boy set about increasing his vocabulary.
A plainclothes Toudou Heisuke was conducting a body search on a less-than cooperative boy wearing a black leather jacket with white baggy pants. Okita's patrol car glided to a stop by the kerb.
"Hnads off! This is a human-rights violation!" His captive protested as Heisuke patted down one leg and then the other. "Shut up, kitty-cat!"
Heisuke found what he had been looking for. He waved the packet of white powder in front of the angry boy and triumphantly slapped the boy's bottom, hard. The boy yelped in protest and tried to shield his bottom from further abuse. On went the cuffs.
Okita disembarked from his vehicle. Toudou was pushing his luck. Working alone in this neighborhood was hazardous to any Shinsengumi man. And Toudou looked as if he were going to rough up the white-haired lad.
"In the car!" Okita watched with a raised eyebrow as Toudou nonchalantly opened Okita's car door and shoved his captive into the back seat. "Kitamura Suzu?" Tetsu's eyes widened as he recognized his fellow schoolmate. The boy was fuming from his manhandling by Toudou. Toudou clambered into the front passenger seat. Shrugging, Okita took the wheel.
"Ichimura?" Suzu's lips twisted in a sneer as he saw the redhead's bloody nose. "So they roughed you up too. Whaychado? Peek up skirts, short stuff?" Enishi simply ignored the newcomers.
"I don't peek up skirts!" Tetsu growled. "Teacher's pet…" Suzu was exceptionally close to the oh-so scary Master Yoshida the discipline master. That did it! Suzu launched a kick at Testu. Tetsu retaliated with a punch to Suzu's jaw. "Why isn't he cuffed!?" Suzu protested. He head-butted Testu. A scuffle was underway.
"Quiet in the back!" Okita said menacingly. Toudou was overcome by laughter. "P-puppy-kun… oh, oh, kitty…We've a cat and dog fighting in the back…" Finally, Okita stopped the car. When he resumed driving, both boys had their wrists and ankles cuffed. Enishi shrugged. Baka. Both of them.
Author's notes:
What a way to start your first day. Kindly R&R.