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Hi there, it's me again with well, what I first assumed would be the last chapter but i've made up my mind. This story will have three chapters in total. Therefor I'd like to thank all my reviewers and readers, i'm glad this fic had so many positive reactions. And because of that, I dedicate this story to all my readers out there. Thanks for all the support.
Two times the same crime
by
Amnesia nymph
Two minutes after Haruka and Michiru had escaped out of the cafe had past and they were now walking through the crowd. The first thing Haruka had wanted to do was go back to her car and bring Michiru to court, but since she was a cop and knew Mamoru he would probably already have someone guard her car. The second thought that entered her mind was to go to her place, call the court to explain the situation and have someone pick them up. Ofcourse after some thinking she knew it would be very stupid to do so. Mamoru's men were probably waiting for her there too.
Haruka had always thought about how stupid some criminals were. After they commited a crime they always run back to the place you'd expect them. Their homes. But now Haruka was in some sort of same situation and most chased criminals it didn't sound so stupid anymore. If you're chased, the first thing you want to do is go somewhere safe. Somewhere you feel at home and secure, like with family, your house or even by loved ones. She had to be extra careful this time and concentrate on everything she had learned on the police acedemy because before she knew it she would make a mistake and end up dead. Mamoru was probably rather angry with her too at this point. After all she had smashed a bottle against his head. No one would be able to smile to the one who pulled such a stunt on you.
''Haruka...?'' Suddenly Michiru's voice came, interruptinb the blonde's thoughts. The tomboy gazed down at the aqua haired girl with a questioning look on her face, wondering what the hell Michiru wanted from her now. As she remembered, she was pretty sure she had made it clear towards the smaller girl that she had no intention of having any kind of conversation with her.
''What ?'' Haruka asked, sounding impatient.
''Where are we going now ? I mean you shot at that cop back in that cafe, meaning you don't have enough bullets left to protect us both. Who knows with how many they are in to...'' Michiru was cut off by the blonde.
''Listen, i'll bring you to court okay? And don't tell me what I should do and what might happen. I've been into some tricky situations before, I can get us out of this unharmed.'' The blonde cop hissed as she took Michiru's arm into her hand once more and pulled the girl further into the busy crowd. She knew it would only be a matter of time before Mamoru would find her again. There was no way they'd make it to court if they would keep walking through the busy streets. They could harm people by accident, use innocent people as a shield against her, but most of all, even though these streets were crowded, there was still a chance they'd get caught. After all Haruka had no idea about the ammount of people who were working for Mamoru, she wouldn't be able to recognize either of them unless...
She gazed down at the smaller girl who was obvious angry about the tomboy's behaviour. Mamoru told her back in that cafe that Michiru had seen something that could lock thme both behind bars. She'd be able to recognize on of the criminals. Atleast she hoped. ''Michiru, tell me something...''
This time is was Haruka who got interrupted by the smaller girl.''No, I won't tell you anything. I've tried to be nice with you but you're so cold to me for no reason at all. Go talk to some voices in your head and leave me alone.''
''Whatever.'' Came the reply. Haruka stopped walking for a moment to look around. They were only seven blocks away from court. Maybe they could go through the big warehouse that wasn't far from here. With that she was certain they'd make it in time.
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''This is your operator, how can I help you mr. Chiba ?'' A voice came from the other line of the phone. Mamoru's lips curled up to a smirk. He'd get Haruka for sure now.
''Hello Yune, Listen can you do me a favor. Haruka Tenoh picked up a girl a while ago and called the alarm number for back up but it seems the cafe she called from is empty now except for one body. Could you locate her through her beeper?'' The black haired cop asked, knowing the answer.
''Sure Mr.Chiba, no problem.'' The woman answered.
''Great, thanks Yune, I owe you.'' After that it was silent for a few seconds because the girl had to open some files on the computer first. She smiled proudly when she caught the blonde cop's signal.
''I found it sir, she's entering the warehouse on Jousho street right now.''
''Thanks again Yune and uh, what about dinner after work ?'' Mamoru asked, he was so sure that Michiru wouldn't make it to court. He had all the time of the world to date this girl. Today, tomorrow and every day of the following years. He wouldn't lose his freedom because Haruka decided to play the hero.
''But sir, what about your wife?'' The woman asked, but her voice clearly betrayed that she was completely into the idea of going out with Mamoru.
''My wife doesn't have to know, besides it's only dinner.'' Mamoru answered while writing down the adress of the warehouse Haruka was at and handing the piece of paper to Taiki who stood next to him and Yaten, both smirking. They knew Mamoru for a couple of years now, they had been working with him and Haruka ever since they entered the force.
''Sounds great sir.'' Yune answered.
''Just call me Mamoru.'' The black haired man said. Smiling as she remembered how Usagi had warned him that if he'd ever cheat on her again she'd break up with him. Ofcourse he knew she would never find out about his following affairs nor would she ever have the guts to dump him. He was a cop after all, he could ruin her life if he wanted to.
''Okay, Mamoru...'' Yune said, smiling from ear to ear. With that Mamoru hung up and started following Taiki and Yaten back to the warehouse. Haruka was not a threat at all.
--
Haruka looked around the warehouse. Everywhere were people walking around, it made it hard for her to find any possible danger in this crowd.''Come on we got to get mov...'' The blonde cop stopped talking when she noticed Michiru was no longer standing behind her, but instead of that the smaller girl had disapeared into the blue. She scolded underneath her breath. Where the hell could Michiru have gone? Didn't the aqua haired girl know she was risking her life by walking away like this. She had to find Michiru qiuckly before Mamoru would.
But just as she turned around she could see the black haired man and his two followers, Taiki and Yaten step into the building, causing her to back up against the wall, hoping they wouldn't have seen her. Much to her relieve they indeed hadn't seen her since something else had caught their eyes already. It took the blonde tomboy a few more seconds to figure out what that was. It was a aqua haired girl who stood there in the middle of the building, she seemed to be focussed on a skirt she was holding. What the hell was Michiru doing there.
Haruka looked a bit closer but when she saw that this aqua haired girl wasn't Michiru she felt a wave of relieve wash over her again. The real problem now was, where was the real Michiru? She had won some time now but finding Michiru and getting out of this place unseen would cause some problems. Especially when Haruka noticed the two police man at the door. They hadn't been there when she had walked into the warehouse, this had to mean they were also working for Mamoru.
'What shall I do now? I can't get out of here unnoticed...' Quickly she gazed around, hoping to find some other escape exits. But ofcourse, no such luck. It was at that point that her eyes fell on a raven haired girl who was walking into her direction, holding a few sweaters and skirts in her hands.'I can't believe this!' The tomboy scolded when a plan formed in her mind. The only way out of here was through that guarded door and since most officers thought she was a man, that raven haired girl and her new bought clothing were her only hopes now.
''Sorry miss, this is an undercover police job, I will need your clothing.'' Haruka said, holding up her badge, showing it to the raven haired woman who stared at the blonde cop with a questioning look on her face, wondering why a male officer would need her clothes. But she decided not to ask and just handed them over to Haruka, who smiled greatfully and disapeared into a dressingroom. She knew it would only be a matter of time before Mamoru and his men would find out that the aqua haired girl they had spotted wasn't Michiru. But also she started to wonder how the hell they had found her here. She atleast had a ten minutes head start. There wa sno way they could've followed her. She had checked it.
When she took off her pants and switched them with the red skirt that just came below her knees she could hear something hit the ground. Looking down she could see her beeper. 'Aha, smart Mamoru, very smart...' She thought when she realised that he had probably traced her with this little device. As fast as she could she went on with changing her clothes and not a second after she had pulled the blue sweater over her head the curtains were pulled over, revealing Taiki who stared at her.
''What the hell are you doing! I could be naked you dirty punk!'' She yelled with a immitated girly voice. Then she slapped him and pulled the curtain closed again. Haruka could hear the man rambling how sorry he was before she heard him move on to the next dressing room, which ofcourse someone was in too. Another scream followed. It seemed that the girl next to Haruka's dressing room wasn't half as dressed as her.
With that Haruka stepped out of the dressingroom, leaving her old clothes behind. But she had reminded herself to take her beeper. She could walk out of this building easily but if they had noticed she changed clothes they'd just pull the same stunt and chase her into the right direction. It was time to send them into the wrong way. Just as expected Haruka could walk past the two police officers without any problem.
Once she was outside she suddenly became aware of what she was wearing. She had to change fast, there was no way in hell she would appear in court, have gun fights and walk through the crowd while wearing a skirt. But first...
She smiled for a moment, trying to imagine the look on Mamoru's face once he found out that wherever he was going, that it would be the wrong way. Then she runned towards a truck that stood still, waiting for the lights to turn green and knocked on the window. Probably because she was dressed like a real lady, the man didn't even have any doubts in trusting her and rolled the window down.
''How can I help you pretty lady?'' He asked while adding a wink to that. Haruka tried hard not to hit the man who was obviously perverted and just handed him her beeper.
''I want you to keep this...'' She replied. But knowing he wouldn't just keep her beeper she added.''So I can contact you some time...You know, to get together and do some...stuff...'' She had no idea if he would buy it but when he took the beeper a smile appeared on her face. Now wherever this man was going, Mamoru would head there too.
''Uh may I ask where you are heading ,handsome?'' She then asked.
The man simply nodded.''I'm heading to Kyoto, wanna go along?''
''No thanks, I have a deadline...But thanks anyway.'' With that she started to back away and run into the direction she expected Michiru to go. Since court was to her left she decided to go right. It was probably the most logical way for Michiru to head even though it wouldn't make sence to most people.
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''No one!'' Mamoru yelled frustrated. They had looked everywhere but there was still no sign of Haruka and Michiru.
''Call that Yune girl again, maybe she escaped through a window or something.'' Yaten stated. Both Mamoru and Taiki sweatdropped at that while pointing at the windows above them. They were way too high for someone to crawl through, let alone stand reach them.
''You might be a fucking idiot...'' Mamoru said, glaring at Yaten but then pulled his cellphone out of his pocket.''But calling Yune was a smart comment to make you dumbass.'' And with that he dailed the number of the office once more, hoping Yune would still be on duty. She was easy to play with, the woman who had duty after Yune was a real pain in the ass.
''This is your operator, how may I help you?''
''Yune baby, it's me again. It seems Haruka isn't in the ware house anymore, could you please check for me where she is now...i'm worried about her.'' Mamoru lied.
''Mr. Chiba, i'm off duty now, why don't you ask miss Sara, she'll be here at any minute.''
''But i'm asking you Yune, you know you're the only one I trust...Besides i'm taking you out for dinner, this is the last time...''
He could hear Yune take a deep breath on the other side of the line before she whispered she would help him. It stayed quiet for a few minutes before he heard her voice again. Saying Haruka was moving with an incredible speed towards the highway.
''Okay, thanks Yune...'' And before she could say anything else he had already hung up on her.''That fucking bitch...'' He hissed.
''Who, Haruka or Yune ?'' Yaten asked earning a glare from his brother.
''You idiot, Haruka ofcourse. She is planning something, I just don't know what it is. According to Yune, Haruka is moving towards the high way.'' Mamoru said.
''Why would she do that? The court is on the other side of town.'' Taiki stated. Mamoru just stayed quiet for a while. Something wasn't right here. Haruka couldn't have escaped without them noticing and it was impossible for Haruka to have reached her car already. But what wasn't right mostly was the direction in which she was heading. Either she was panicing or she had figured out they traced her beeper and got rid of it. Since he knew Haruka would never panic he decided for it to be the second option.
''We're moving towards the court house again.'' Mamoru finally said.''If i'm correct Haruka is going there with the witness. We have to hurry now, we have no idea how close they are already.''
''She lost Michiru...'' Taiki suddenly stated with a smirk, earning two questioning looks from Mamoru and Yaten.''Sir, I think I let Haruka escape just a while ago but i'm pretty sure she was alone. The officers at the door would recognize Michiru easily, but Haruka has more options, seeing she always dressed like a guy it would be easy for her to put on a dress or something and escape.''
''Even for you that's stupid.'' Yaten stated.''I mean...Haruka and wearing a skirt or dress. Never. And...'' He was interrupted by Mamoru.
''Why did you come up with that theory?'' He asked the brown haired man.
''Because...'' Taiki started and pointed at a raven haired girl who was talking to some employer of the warehouse.''When I walked past that woman I heard he complain about some blonde guy taking her clothes.''
''Aha, so you're saying we let Haruka just walk out of here?'' Mamoru hissed angered. Taiki just replied by nodding.
''But the positive side is that if Haruka escaped alone...she lost the witness. We'll just have to find that Kaioh girl and we're off the hook.'' Yaten said with a proud smile on his face. Both other men nodded.
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Haruka who was still walking through the busy crowd started to feel nervous. Maybe she had been wrong. There was no sign of Michiru here. This couldn't be good. Here she was, looking for a girl who didn't want to be found.
''Haruka...'' Suddenly a voice asked, causing the blonde to turn around and look at the aqua haired girl.
''Michiru...?''
The smaller girl seemed to be in shock. Was she really seeing this, was Haruka really wearing a skirt but most of all, Haruka was female? ''Yeah...that's my name. Listen please don't get mad at me okay?'' Michiru begged, ignoring all the questions that were going through her head right now.''I run off because I was scared. I mean all those men who want to kill me, you being so mean and then there's that secretive stuff back in the cafe. You knew that black haired guy and I know he said something about you having to help him. It seemed like he really trusted you, which means...''
''Michiru, listen...I'm sorry for being so cold to you okay and about me and Mamoru. We go way back. He used to be my partner.'' Haruka said, while looking down at the street beneath her.''You just have to believe me on this one, I want nothing more for you to make it to court. I will get you there in time. I promise.''
''Why ?'' The aqua haired girl asked.''Why do you want me to make it to court so badly?''
''Because...'' Haruka paused for a moment.''Because i'm one of those cops you're going to testify against Michiru.''
''What ?'' Michiru didn't understand this. If that was true then why was Haruka helping her instead of killing her?
''You saw Mamoru and his men kill a drugs dealer right?'' When Michiru only nodded Haruka decided to go on.''Well I was involved too. He found out that Mamoru, me and some other cops were killing off other dealers who we forced to pay us all the money they made. When some of them denied us their money we just killed them. He found out and wanted to turn us in. He was aware that he could risk getting arrested too but somehow he knew we would be a treath to him anyway. That's where you come in. You saw Mamoru shoot him because we found out.''
''That's impossible. I never saw you.'' Michiru whispered, she still was in shock by all the blonde was telling her.
''I wasn't at the scence, I was suppossed to find the killed drugs dealer and call it in. It would be just a simple murder for drugs, maybe commited by some addict. That's how this case would've ended if it hadn't been for you.
''That's terrible...'' The smaller girl said. It was now that she noticed Haruka wasn't looking at her. A small smile appeared on her face. She hesitated for another few seconds before cupping Haruka's face, making the blonde look directly at her.''But how terrible it is, I don't care Haruka. You're helping me now...that makes you a good person. It's obvious you regret your deeds. I won't turn you in just those other...''
''No, you won't turn anyone in Michiru.'' Haruka said as she took Michiru's hands in hers. For a moment Michiru feared that Haruka had changed her mind and decided to kill her right away but something inside of her told her otherwise. Haruka wouldn't hurt her. Not after all that had happened.
''What do you mean..?''
Haruka took a deep breath.''I'm letting you go Michiru, I want you to go home.''
''But...court ..and...'' Michiru was obviously confused.
''Don't worry Michiru...Just one thing...''
''What ?'' Haruka didn't answer right away. She just placed a small kiss on the aqua haired girl's lips and backed away, holding up a recorder.
''I wanted to do that for quite some time now, mostly to just shut you up but this time...''
Michiru smiled, understanding what Haruka meant.''And the recorder?''
''Ah something I borrowed from a shelf in the warehouse. I'll return it sometime but now i'll need it to do something very important.'' Haruka answered.''Promise me you'll go away okay? Go home and forget this...''
''I'll see you sometime...'' Michiru said. The tomboy just shook her head.
''No you won't. Now if you excuse me...I have to go. I got 30 minutes left before court...I need to do something.'' And with that the blonde cop started heading back into the crowd, walking into the direction she had just come from.
To be continued...