Disclaimer : I don't own the characters...

This story is mostly based on the movie 16 Blocks. I just gave it my own thoughts and changed the characters. This first chapter may look a lot like the scenes in the movie but the more the story grows the more it gets it's own plot...I hope you'll like it. Also this story will only have two รก three parts...The next part will be up by next week!

Two times the same crime

by

Amnesia nymph

Haruka walked into the office. She was tired. Luckily for her, her shift had just ended. All she had to do now was get the keys to her car from her own office and head home. All she could think of at the moment was her bed. She couldn't even remember the last time she had been this tired. This week had been kind of hectic. She and her men had chased a murderer all over town and finally after a lot of imput they had caught the guy.

She took another deep breath before opening the door to her office. But when she saw Minako, her ex-girlfriend sit on her desk she felt like turning around and just walk home. She knew that if Minako was waiting for her, nothing good could come from it. She decided just to hear the other blonde out and closed the door behind her back.''Minako, i'm off duty now so please tell me you're here to offer me some nice news.''

Minako giggled.''If you expect me to offer you sex you can think again. You may have caught the bad guy but you're still not attractive enough to seduce me into bed at this point. You look like shit.'' Now it was Haruka's turn to laugh. Minako always had her ways to make the tomboy smile. But her smile faded when she remembered why she was her and when she remembered what Minako could possibly be here for.

''Mhh fine, i'm not getting laid tonight, now as you said for yourself, I look like shit. I need sleep, please find someone else for the job.'' The blonde tomboy begged.

''What job?'' Minako asked innocently but her smile betrayed her as she threw a document on Haruka's desk.''Okay you got me, but please please do this for me. Everyone else has already returned home and the rest of the cops around here aren't trained enough for this one.''

''Minako...'' Haruka said with a pleading tone in her voice.''I'm tired, can't you find someone else? Besides i'm off duty right now.''

''Sue me.'' The blonde girl said with one of those 'I win' smiles on her face.''Ah come on, do this for me. It's not much to ask, it's an easy job.'' Haruka rolled her eyes. Minako had just said that the other cops who were still in this office weren't trained enough. That proved that there was more behind it than that Minako was letting on.

''Fine, but you owe me. Now what in the name of hell is it that I have to do ?'' Haruka asked.'' Ah no wait, don't tell me. You want me to take the case with that serial killer you are chasing.''

''You wish, no I just want you to drive a prisoner to court, she has to be there at 10am sharp.'' Was the answer.

Haruka gazed at her blonde friend for a minute. Trying to let the words sink in.''So if I get this right, you want me to pick a prisoner up, drive her to court and...that's it? Why do I have to do it? I mean you don't have to be trained for such a thing, besides, court is 16 blocks away from this office.''

''Exactly, an easy thing to do no?'' Minako asked before picking up Haruka's keys from the desk and threw them to the blonde cop in front of her. Haruka catched them while taking another deep breath.

''You owe me Minako, you so owe me.'' She hissed playfully.

''Whatever...'' The blonde on the desk answered with a proud smile on her face.''Now go, you got two hours to bring that chick to...'' She couldn't even finish her sentence because before she could Haruka had already walked out of the office, leaving Minako behind.

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When Haruka arrived downstairs she was greeted by Seiya, he guarded all prisoners.''Hey Kou, I come here to pick up...eh...'' Haruka paused for a moment. She had forgotten to ask Minako about the name of the person she was suppossed to bring to the court house.

''Kaioh Michiru.'' Seiya finished for the blonde tomboy.''I see you're Minako's victem now eh?''

''Shut up and just give me those damn release papers, the sooner I bring the girl to court, the sooner I can sleep.'' Haruka hissed. She couldn't help it but since the first day she had met Seiya she couldn't stand him.

Seiya muttered something underneath his breath before handing Haruka the release papers. The tomboy took them and signed with her signature before handing the papers back to him. The black haired man didn't even bother to look at the blonde in front of him and just walked into another room in which, most of the time, prisoners were kept until they got picked up to be taken to the real prison somewhere in America.

It took Seiya a few more minutes before he returned, pushing a beautiful aqua haired girl into Haruka's direction. Haruka smirked. This girl was too pretty to be a criminal, maybe this five minute drive wouldn't be as bad as she had thought.''Oh yeah, let me introduce you two, Michiru Kaioh, pretty seductive criminal, this is Haruka Tenoh, the most annoying cop in the world. I hope you'll survive the trip.''

''I'm sure she's manage to survive me.'' Haruka hissed, giving Seiya such a cold glare that it would even scare satan.

''Nice to meet you.'' The aqua haired girl said with a nice tone in her voice. Haruka just ignored it and handcuffed the smaller girl before pushing her outside of the office towards her car.

''Listen Kaioh girl, this are the rules, you don't speak to me, annoy me nor try to tell me how to drive my way to that damn court. I've had a long long day okay so don't fuck with me right now, understood?'' The tomboy hissed. Michiru seemed to be suprised by the other's coldness but nodded in reply. The last thing she wanted was to have an angered cop chasing her with a gun.

Satisfied with the answer, Haruka opened the car door and let Michiru get in. Then she closed the door again and walked around her car to the front before she got in herself. Not long after that they were already driving. Ofcourse it didn't go really fast since it was past eight in the morning which meant that almost half of Tokyo was on their way to work.

''Hey I got a question for you.'' Michiru said when the car came to a stop because the whole traffic seemed to be stuck in this street. Haruka didn't answer in the hope that Michiru would shut up by herself. But much to her dismay Michiru seemed to ignore her silence and just went on with asking her question.''You know, you said you were tired and I heard your name was Haruka Tenoh, that means you're the big cop that caught that murderer that was active for like, two years right?'' Again Haruka didn't answer and just let Michiru go on talking.

''Yeah well anyway, it was all over the news, aren't you the slighest nervous or afraid that his partners come kill you?'' Suddenly she noticed the car had come to a stop completely when Haruka switched off the engine.''W-what are you doing, you know I have to be somewhere right?'' Once again she didn't get a reply. Haruka just got out of her car and slammed the door shut.

Michiru looked out of the window to see where they were and what Haruka was doing. When she saw Haruka was walking into the direction of a italian restaurant she started to get angry.''Hey, you damn cop! Come back here, I can't be late for my appointment! Come back!'' Haruka either didn't hear her or was just ignoring her because she just went on walking into the direction of the restaurant.

''Damn I'll get that guy fired...If i'm late, damn, not to mention that i'm in serious danger! Do you hear me Tenoh!'' She yelled as she saw Haruka walk into the restaurant.

After a few more minutes of yelling Michiru had calmed down and decided to wait patiently for the blonde cop that would bring her to her destination. She couldn't believe that Haruka just left her here alone because he wanted to have something to eat. He might have a bad day and be tired but he had no right to release his mood on her. She was shaken out of her thoughts when she heard someone knock on the window, causing her to look up at a brown haired guy.

He gestured her to roll the window down so he could ask her something. Michiru, ofcourse tried hard to show the man she couldn't do anything since she was handcuffed. But when she noticed a black object in the man's pocket she was aware of whot his man could be. He was wearing a gun and in the van he had gotten out of sat another man who wore black sunglasses. He was looking into their direction.

Had they been following her ever since she left the police office? She didn't know an answer to that but she did know that if Haruka wouldn't appear soon she'd be dead and there would be no one left to testify. Then she saw the man who still stood by the car she sat in, lower his hand to get his own weapon. At this point, all Michiru could see was her life flash by. As a reflex she closed her eyes, waiting for the pain to come.

She flinched when she heard a gun shot but much to her own suprise she was still alive. Although she couldn't say the same from the man who tried to attack her. The whole window was covered with blood and the brown haired man who was obviously dead slowly fell down to the ground. Around her on the streets she could hear people scream and yell. And when she looked out of the window she could see Haruka who aimed her own gun at the car, but it seemed that the blonde cop was just as suprised as Michiru.

Haruka quickly gazed around the streets. Sure she had wanted to shoot the man by her car but she hadn't been the one who fired that shot. Then her eyes fell on a white van in which a man sat, dressed in black clothing. He hung out of his window aiming his own gun at Haruka. 'What the hell is going on her, Minako didn't say anything about this shit!'

Quickly she started to hurry back to her own car. She had to get Michiru out of the car. But the moment she started to run she could hear gun shots. The guy from the van was shooting at her. She had to hurry.

Finally, after dogging and hiding from the attacker she reached her car. As fast as she could she opened the back door, pulling Michiru out of her car.''I don't get you!'' Was the first thing Michiru yelled.''Why did you leave me, god dammit, eat in your free time!''

''This is my free time...'' Haruka hissed ,ignoring the rest of Michiru's complain and pulling her towards an alley. They still could hear gun shots come from behind them and it was pretty obvious they were being followed by atleast more than five men.''What the hell is going on here?'' Haruka asked the smaller girl.

''Un-cuff me!'' Michiru replied as she kept running after the blonde cop.

''First tell me what the hell is going on here!'' The tomboy persisted.''They said you were a criminal who had to get to court at 10am, why the hell are we getting shit at then?''

''Criminal ?'' Michiru yepled, she sounded offended.''I'm not a criminal, I am a witness, I saw something and I have to testify against it!''

''Well lady, I don't know what you saw but it better be worth it...'' Haruka yelled angered. If only Minako had informed her about this before, then she didn't have to find it out this way.

''Oh shut up, you cops are all the same! Besides you stopped to get your damn food, I still don't get it, why did you stop...are you cra...'' Michiru was cut off by Haruak who pressed her own hand against the mouth of the smaller girl and pushed her into a cafe.

''Would you shut up now, please?'' She asked in cold tone. Michiru was getting on her nerves.

''Whatever...'' Michiru hissed when Haruka released her mouth again.

Haruka on the other hand was already busy sending all the people out of the cafe, telling the owner to close the doors and to show her the phone. After all the doors were locked, Haruka put her gun down on one of the tables before walking towards the phone and dailing the alarm number. It didn't take long before someone finally picked up.''This is officer Haruka Tenoh, badge number 560, I'm in a cafe on...'' She looked around, gesturing Michiru to find out where the hell they were.

Michiru didn't even move. She just stayed seated on the chair she was sitting on.

''God dammit...'' Haruka screamed angered. She put the phone down for a while and run to the main window of the cafe to look outside. When she could see the mirror reflection of this cafe in another store window she walked back to pick up the phone again.''I'm in a cafe on Sakura's main street, the name of the cafe is King's Cafeteria. We're being shot at and we need back up as soon as possible, I repeat this is Officer Haruka Tenoh, badge number 560, we need help.''

The aqua haired girl rested her head against the wall and took a deep breath while listening to Haruka who was yelling at whoever it was that was on the other side of the line. She couldn't believe this was happening to her. Not only was Haruka treathening her like shit but now they were also being chased by people who obviously wanted her dead.

Once again she got shaken out of her thoughts by someone knocking on the window. Haruka who was still on the phone gazed outside, looking at the three man who stood at the window. It was obvious that she knew them cause the moment she saw them she hang up the phone and walked towards the locked door, opening it with a relieved smile on her face.

''Haruka, we got here as soon as we could.'' The black haired man said.

''How did you find me ?'' Haruka asked, she sounded like she wasn't completely sure if she should be trusting this guy.

''We got a call about people shooting at eachother outside. When Minako told us you were send to bring that girl to court we assumed you could be hurt and we hurried here.'' He answered.

''That's great Mamoru, just great...'' Haruka said while walking to the other side of the bar and taking a bottle of wisky off the shelf.''This day can't get any better...'' Mamoru was her ex-partner. They worked together for two years but they got into a big argument which was the end of their team work. It was now that Haruka noticed Michiru's horrified look on her face. And it was directed directly at Mamoru and the two other man that stood behind him.'Could it be that Michiru...' Haruka wondered.

''Why don't you let us handle this?'' Mamoru asked the blonde tomboy who just had opened the bottle of whisky.''Why don't you take your drink with you and let us take care of this for you...'' A smile appeared on his face.

Haruka knew this smile and she also knew it didn't mean anything good. When Mamoru said something like 'taking care' of something, he meant killing the problem. The only thing she had to know now is, why did Mamoru want this girl dead so badly? What exactly was it Michiru was going to testify against?

When Mamoru saw the doubtful look on the blonde's face he decided it was better to explain himself.''She is going to testify against us Tenoh...'' He whispered so that Michiru and the two other man couldn't hear them.''She saw me taking care of some bussiness, she knows we are corrupt Tenoh, she's the witness that will pull us down the moment she's going to testify in court.'' Haruka gazed over his shoulder, looking at Michiru with a shocked expression on her face.

''Now Tenoh, we can still make this work.'' Mamoru went on.''We can tell everyone that there was a gun fight on your way to court, you and the girl run to this place, she flipped and took your gun, killed one of those idiots behind me, I killed her in order to protect us and you can go home safe. What do you think ?''

''I think you should lick me and if you want the sequel to that, then let me know.'' With that Haruka took the bottle of whisky in her hand and with a fast move she smashed it against Mamoru's head. He immidiately fell down to the ground, bleeding and yelling. Right away did the two other cops ,that had entered the cafe together with Mamoru, take their guns out of their pockets and aimed it at the blonde cop.

Haruka's own gun still lay on the table that stood a few inches away from her. She knew she could risk her life by trying to take that gun from the table, if she'd just decided to stay here she knew that Michiru would get shot.

Michiru who had been seated on the chair the whole time took a deep breath. If she was going to do something it had to be now. Quickly she got out of the chair and pushed one of the man to the ground from behind. The other ofcourse was distracted by that and turned around to shoot Michiru, at that moment he had totally forgotten about Haruka, until he heard a gun shot and a small hole appeared in his chest.

''You shot him...'' Michiru said with a shocked look on her face.

''So...?''

''Cops don't shoot other cops...that's wrong.'' She said.

Haruka just rolled her eyes, wondering if Michiru had any idea of what was going on here in the first place. Then she walked over to the smaller girl and took her keys out of her pocket, uncuffing the smaller girl.''Listen Kaioh, it's obvious these guys don't want you to make it to court alive, so we're going to do it my way okay?''

'' No way!'' The aqua haired girl yelped.''Last time we did it your way you stopped the car and got us attacked.''

''Would you let that rest!'' Haruka yelled in frustration. Michiru was driving her nuts.''Stop pointing that out the whole time, I didn't know how serious this shit was. Listen we'll just walk to court from now but we'll have to be extra careful, any questions?''

The smaller girl just shook her head, looking at Mamoru who lay on the ground. He was somewhere between fainting and staying conscious.

''Great, then let's get out of here before anyone else finds us. We won't be this lucky again...'' Haruka said, offering Michiru her hand. The smaller girl seemed to hesitate for a moment but then took Haruka's hand in hers and let the blonde tomboy lead the way back. The still had ninety minutes before she had to appear in court.

To be Continued...