Chapter 5: Taken
"Ketai? Denwa?" puzzled Jonouchi. "Your name is "mobile phone"? Your parents must've been on something."
"To be honest, that's just an alias. I don't give my real name to criminals."
"Katsu-aniki is not a criminal!" exclaimed Shizuka. "What has he done?"
Denwa replied, "The murder of Jonouchi-san almost a year ago. Cause of death, suffocation. In essence, he drowned in his own fluids, due to the suspicion of inebriation. The killer in a considered act of "self-defense" was Jonouchi Katsuya."
"My father was a drunkard," replied Jonouchi. "He got drunk and tried to rape my sister!
I protected her and he tried to kill me. He deserved to die!"
"Best watch what you say to the police. Did he even attack you?"
"He kicked me with steel-toed boots, cracking two ribs, and caused internal bleeding. I was hospitalized for almost a week. That statistical enough for you?"
"Very well," replied Denwa. "You can carry on for now. But this isn't over. I will make sure the guilty are punished."
"Then you wont find any here," replied Jonouchi. "Did they destroy anything?"
"Nothing," she replied. "But why would they wait this long to investigate again?"
"It's probably just some new superintendent who thinks he's all high and mighty and wants to pursue his own twisted idea of "justice". He just wants to scare people with authority," reassured Jonouchi.
"Katsu-aniki. I can't let them take you. You're all I have left." Shizuka said as she ran into his arms and cried.
"I told you already, I'm here. You never need to cry." He wiped away her tears. "I won't leave you. Not now, not ever."
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"What? Are you serious?" asked Anzu. "A police superintendent was investigating your apartment?"
"Yeah. And he thinks that I murdered my father."
"Jonouchi," replied Honda. "I met your dad and he's as drunk as they come. He rapes Shizuka, tries to kill you, and he doesn't believe that it was self-defense?"
"Hey guys. Hey Jonouchi-chan," called Mai from the doorway.
"Mai, can I talk to you alone in the hall?" asked Jonouchi.
"Uh, okay," she replied as the two went out to the empty hallway.
"Mai, I haven't been honest. Really, this is the first time I've felt true fear since my dad tried to kill me. That Denwa guy can't be a straight cop. There's something not right about him. He'll get me arrested even without the charges. And." He stopped talking for a moment as he kissed Mai deeply. "I might not see you again as a free man, or maybe even period. Mai, goodbye. I'm sorry." He walked into his class. Mai just walked away.
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Yugi had been running an errand for his grandfather, when he decided to stop by Jonouchi's apartment. Even though it was dark, he walked up to the door and knocked. Jonouchi answered the door and said, "Yugi, bud, come on in. Want some tea?"
Yugi was inside with Jonouchi and Shizuka sipping some tea. "Has hat superintendent…"
"I'm tired of everyone talking about yesterday. There are other things in the world? Exclaimed Jonouchi.
"Katsu-aniki, don't yell at Yugi. He's our guest," replied Shizuka.
"Yeah. I'm sorry Yugi. So Yugi, how are you and…"
Jonouchi was interrupted when a police crew broke his door open and surrounded the three with guns loaded and drawn. One officer said, "By order of police superintendent Denwa, Jonouchi Katsuya, you are under arrest. Come with us. He pointed to Shizuka. "Kawai Shizuka, you will be taken into police custody. And who are you?" He pointed to Yugi.
"I'm a friend of his. I decided to visit him."
"Whatever. We request that you leave for investigational purposes Come Katsuya!" An officer put handcuffs on Jonouchi's wrists. They took him outside and Shizuka and Yugi followed them out. After going down the stairs to ground level, Shizuka began to cry. "Katsu-anki!" she yelled in tears as he turned around to see her crying.
"Shizuka, I told you, you'll never have to cry again. I will swear, even if I'm not here, I'll always be here. I'm with you, so don't cry." She wiped her tears as Jonouchi was pushed down into a police car. An officer came up to Shizuka and said, "Come with me." The two started walking away. It was more than Yugi could take. He called for his dark half who emerged and said, "Denwa, you have trespassed in my soul. You will pay!"
