Lonely Hearts
Note: Wow over a year and a half since I posted chap 4 O.O Sorry folks, school work got in the way. Now that I'm graduated I will have more time to go back to my old fics and finish/rewrite a lot of them. So stay tuned!
Chapter 5
The Next Day
Mamoru sat quietly reading the first diary, when his cell phone started going off on its jaunty tune. "I have to change that ringer." Mamoru ran his fingers through his tousled hair as he put the diary down and went to retrieve his phone.
"Hello?"
"Detective? This is Officer Taihito over at the station. "Would you be able to come in today at noon for questioning?"
Mamoru glanced at his clock, 11:30 blaring back at him in big red numbers. "Yeah, of course. I assume this is just routine?"
"Of course, Sir."
"Be there in a half hour."
Mamoru closed his phone. "A half an hour…" Looking at the diary, he left it in its place on his table as he went to get ready.
Mamoru sat across the table from his fellow Detectives in the interrogation room. For the first time he was seeing it from the suspects point of view. He wasn't really sure he cared for it.
"Detective Chiba, you were the last to see the vic alive."
"Usagi, her name is Usagi." Mamoru looked up at the Detectives through his eyelashes.
"Usagi." One of the Detectives corrected.
"Yes, I met up with her at a friend of mine's coffee shop, and then I walked her home."
"Did you talk about anything that might link to the case."
"I don't really think it's my place to say." Mamoru put his hand on the table as he looked up and around the room.
The other Detectives just looked at him waiting for him to finish. "She told me she was attacked three years ago."
"What sort of attack?"
"Rape." Mamoru looked up not able to meet their eyes. "That left her pregnant with twins."
"Did she tell you about her attacker?"
"I only got a vague description. Deep Green eyes and black hair."
"Do you feel there could be a possible connection?"
"Possible, it is defiantly an angle to explore. But it has been three years."
"After you talked to her about her attack, did you talk about anything else?"
"Yeah, I told her I would take her out to dinner today."
"Dinner? Were you romantically involved with her?"
"Not entirely, I hadn't seen her for three years until yesterday. But I was sure hoping."
"How long have you felt that way about Usagi?"
"I really don't think that is pertinent to the investigation Detectives."
"Maybe it is, did you have those feelings for her three years ago when she was attacked?"
Mamoru stood straight up in his hair. "Are you trying to say I was the one that attacked her because I loved her three years ago? Did you even listen to the description I have you?! He has green eyes! Look at my eyes? Do I have green eyes? No!"
"We have to explore all the angles Detective, and you very well know that, being that you are our only source of information about this situation we can't always rely on the description. If you were the suspect, then you could give us a false ID to keep the track of you."
"I did not rape Usagi! If you need another description, try asking her mother! I'm sure she knew something about it. After all she is now the guardian of the two kids isn't she? She has to know something."
"She knew about the attack, but she didn't get the description. Usagi was pretty closed off after the incident. You are apparently the only one she even opened up to about this situation."
Crossing his arms and putting them on the table before him, Mamoru put his head down. "I did not attack Usagi, you have to believe me. Ask the Captain. She can vouch for my character. Ask anyone."
"We understand that Detective, you know this processes as well as any of us. We have to question everything. Forensics will be sending the prints from the gun this afternoon. As soon as we have done so, you will be clear. The Captain has asked that you not be on the case."
"WHAT?! I talked to her yesterday and she had no problem with me being on it."
"You are to emotionally attached to Usagi. Your judgment would be cloudy."
Mamoru looked up at the other Detectives. "Are we done here, I have to go talk to the Captain. There is no way I am getting thrown off this case!"
"We are done."
Mamoru slammed his chair back against the table and stormed out of interrogation.
Without even knocking Mamoru opened Rei's door with a slam. "What's this I hear of you taking me off the case. You had no problem with it last night!"
Rei looked up startled. "I'm trying to stay removed from this case as well, because I like you will have a bent perception of the law when it comes to the situation."
"No I won't!"
"You might not think you will, but I have seen it Mamoru, I've seen it in many fine officers. They get emotionally involved and they make rash decisions. I don't want to see that happen here. So I'm going to relieve you from duty until this case is over."
"But!"
"That is an order Detective. I don't want you going all vigilante on me either. You are to be as far removed from this case until it is solved. So please turn in your badge and weapon."
Mamoru just stared at Rei with pure shock. "I can't believe you are doing this to me. You know how I feel about this."
"And that is exactly why you are being pulled." Rei watched as Mamoru handed over all of his things. "You'll get these back when the case is done. I'm sorry Mamoru. If you need to talk to me about anything, you know where to call."
Mamoru didn't bother to respond, he just turned and walked out of the Captains office, slamming the door behind him.