Hi this is Benji Himura. I am now starting a new Sakura Taisen/Wars fanfic. This is an altered dimension story. I don't own Sakura Taisen or any of the characters. Some anime or manga characters might show up in the story I also don't own then. I own Benji Himura and others characters that will show up in the story. It might be violence and sex in the story so if you are underage of seventeen are warned the content might be too improper to your age. Read by your own will and risk. In anyway enjoy the story.

Signed: Benji Himura.

A small explanation of the story. Is a new universe that the events of the games and the animated series never happened. The members of the hanagumi live a life outside of the theater life. Sumire is a rich girl that lives doing nothing else than enjoy her money. Orihime is a daughter of an Italian ambassadress. Reni and Iris are in a program of exchanged students living on Teito. Sakura is a country girl who moved to the city to found more about her father mysterious death when she was a child. Kohran is a mechanic and inventor in her free time that works in the city. The kazegumi is working in the police as secretaries of the chief Yoneda and the captain Kaede Fujieda. Kayama is an undercover cop that will be working on the streets. Ogami is a navy officer that was somehow involved in the criminal plot. Maria is working in the police under Yoneda and Kaede command. The story happens in the present time. But the technology is steam based to minimize the environmental damage, but the steam technology advanced a lot. The hanagumi girls don't know the other taking out Orihime and Sumire. Iris and Reni. Iris and Reni study in the same school. They live with her guardian Kanna. Sumire and Orihime met the other in a party in the embassy and become friends. Taking out the ones in the police and the ones named before no one else know the other. The story happens in 2002.

Chapter seven: Reviews in the night.

In that same night way past the midnight. Benji is facing Maria, both of then are on them respectives desks. And taking out then, Kasumi and another cop who is working on a desk far away from then the floor is empty. Benji put down a pen and raise his arms in a stretch. The sound of his bones popping is easily heard and he let out a tired sigh. And Maria says:

What a hell of a first day isn't?

And Benji says:

Yesterday was my first day.

And Maria says:

Actually is only a first day when you work all the day. So this is your first day.

And Benji says:

Whatever. But in any case was a bit forceful. But I have been in worse ones.

And Maria says:

Same here.

And the other officer says:

Well I am done. Good night for all of you.

And Maria says:

Bye Soijiro enjoy your day off.

And he says:

I will sure will.

And he leaves. And Benji says:

I am going to ask something to eat, want something?

And Maria says:

Anything will be good.

And Benji says:

And what about pizza?

And she says:

Fine. Just ask with nothing sweet on it.

And he says:

Fine. Kasumi you want something special on the pizza?

And Kasumi says:

I am fine. I ate already. And I will leave soon. So it is okay.

And Benji says:

If you say so.

And he looks at the phone book and he picks one and calls it. And he says:

Deliver in half hour. With two medium sodas. One normal orange and a diet lemon. Okay. 123.000 yens.

And he hung up and Maria says:

So while the pizza doesn't come want to recapitulate what happened so far?

And Benji says:

Sure. Today we went ask questions about our ritual victim number four and we were attacked by an enjo kosai gang that also work as prostitutes and extortionist. And we arrested then.

And Maria says:

Yes. But that after we found more about our victim Sasaki Meimi. That after interrogate forty seven girls. At least most of then was cooperative. But Kanzaki Sumire and Orihime Soletta were a bit less uncooperative. Iris Chateaubriand and Reni Milchstrasse were very cooperative. And after we were attacked we arrested the enjo kosai girls. After a long interrogation time we got all then to confess. And you got a tape from the leader where she confess and try to bribe you.

And Benji says:

After that we went ask to Leiji few questions about Meimi. Taking out a possible link with the victim number one, Takeda Chisako. A swim teacher and psychologist. But she had many friends few intimate ones, but no one who could say something important.

And Maria says:

The victim number two, the younger of then all. With sixteen years old. Kamishiro Sakaya, student of Meiho public school. A very active member of the art club. And a promise for the world of the art. If wasn't for her brutal murder. Nothing important on her house or in the school. She was a normal girl. She had a crush over a sempai of the soccer club. But she was too shy to confess. Her art haven't any changes in the period before her death.

And Benji says:

Victim number three, with twenty one years old. Shirakawa Ritsu. Nothing of extraordinary on her. She worked as secretary on the Mitsubishi office, with few close friends and a not strong contact with the family. She was a woman who was working until she found a husband. She went to many internet date chats and to many meetings from those sites. She was a woman of an average beauty and an easy to get along personality.

And Maria says:

Nothing link then. Taking out Meimi and Chisako that was teacher and student.

And Benji says:

Chisako had cyan hair, Sakaya had black hair, Ritsu had light brown hair and Meimi dark brown hair. All the styles were different from the others. None of then dyed the hair.

And Maria says:

And went to different hair dressers. So that is out too.

And Benji nod. Kasumi leaves and few minutes later the pizza arrive. And Benji open the pizza box and he and Maria pick one slice each and she says:

We looked in anyplace that we could imagine. In the shops where they bought they casual clothes. To even the dentists. And we are not founding anything.

And Benji says:

How deep you guys went over the first victim?

And Maria says biting her slice:

Far.

And Benji says:

And what about her classes records and her patient's records?

And Maria swallows and says:

We checked it.

And he says:

How many years back you guys went?

And Maria says:

One year.

And Benji says:

So what about we go there again and this time we move deeper.

And Maria says:

Why?

And Benji says:

Well if you guys slipped Meimi from her list there is a chance that the others might be there too.

And Maria says while Benji bite his slice:

But there is also a chance to be only coincidence.

And he nods and says:

It can be. But you will rest easier if you check it right?

And Maria nod and says:

I will sure will rest easier after check that.

And they continue to eat. Three hours later they leave the station. Maria gets in her car and Benji his bike. They leave to get a few hours of sleep before starting it all over in the morning. On his place Benji toss his jacket and the vest on a sofa and walks to the bed. He puts his gun on the nightstand with the badge and the cuffs. Benji take out his shirts and toss then to a corner. And he tosses himself on the bed and he thinks:

I am so tired. Not only my organism is totally whacked but I just got four hours of sleep.

And he closes his eyes and he fall on a weary sleep. Three hours later Benji is wake by a very loud noise. In his still sleepy state he hit the alarm clock. But the sound doesn't go away. He sits on the bed and look at his wrist watch the time and he says:

Fuck...it is only four in the fucking morning.

Benji grab his gun willing to shoot on the person who is taking from him his precious sleeping time. He walks easily on the dark and opens the door and says:

Whatever you are selling I don't want it.

And he is about to shut the door when he recognize the person who is standing there. And he says:

What you are doing here so late Maria?

And Maria says:

We got work.

And she pushes him on the apartment and turns the lights on. Benji wince with the sudden change of lights. And Maria says:

You always receive guests with a gun?

And she grabs his vest and jacket and give to him and he says:

Only when they come in the middle of the night. And what you are doing?

And she says:

Just hurry. We have to go work.

And Benji puts the gun on his belt and put on the vest and he says:

In what?

And Maria says:

A murder. Case you forgot we are from homicides.

And Benji says:

Another one?

And Maria says:

Not a ritual one.

And Benji says:

Why you didn't call?

And she says:

The phone is not working.

And he says:

And how you found me?

And Maria says:

I asked to Kasumi.

And he put on his shoes and run to his room and grabs his badge and they leave. Benji put on the jacket and says seeing that Maria is wearing a long black coat:

Why you are dressed like that?

And she says:

I had more time to dress.

And Benji yawns and Maria says:

Come on you got two hours of sleep.

And Benji says:

In three days I only got ten hours of sleep. And I am adjusting to the time zone.

And Maria says:

I forgot that. By the way close up the vest. I can see your chest.

And Benji obey and he says now with the collar of the vest covering his neck:

Better?

And she nods. And soon they arrive in a street with many police vehicles and they get out of the car and walk to a large old building. And they enter on it and a uniformized young man with a inscription saying forensics says to then:

The victim is a young man. He has on the tops twenty four years old. The place show signs of a large fight.

And they reach on a room filled with mannequins. And many of then are broken or fallen. And the cop says:

The victim shows many cuts. But all of then of different depths, some are longer and some are short. Have few stabs wounds too.

And they reach an area with a corpse covered by a sheet. And the forensic officer uncover it and they see a young man with dyed orange hair wearing a orange kimono tops and jeans with many cuts on his body. And Benji says:

Those are sword wounds.

And the forensic says:

That is a possibility how you can say that?

And Benji says:

The cuts.

Benji pick a pair of rubber gloves and put then on. He touches on the corpse and says:

The blade was sharp. But not much sharp. The wound show that in the cuts was forced and part of is ripped. And it is irregular showing that it didn't cutted the flesh uniformly. The cuts weren't deep enough to reach the bones. Even the victim being thin. The cuts on the chest haven't reached the bones. The style is very rough.

And he looks at a stab wound and he says:

This one was a lucky shot. The original hit point was the stern bone. But the blade weren't sharp enough and the flesh was cutted and reached the neck right over it. It probably hitted the larynx and drowned on his own blood.

And Benji move at the victim hands and he says:

He also was fighting.

And Maria says:

And how you know that?

And Benji says:

I trained kenjutsu for my entire youth and I still do. He has sword callosities on his palms. But they are not in the same way that it would normally be formed. He trained with a totally wrong grip on the sword. He doesn't have muscles for using a European sword. And the callosities are not from a saber or a rapier. So seek for a katana.

And the forensic nods and Benji stand up and he says:

He watched too much movies. But he held the sword in the wrong way.

And Maria says:

And how you know?

And Benji pick her right hand and says touching on the outer side of her little finger and sliding down with his index finger:

He has callosities here.

And he does the same motion on the outer side of her index finger and moving for the thumb and he says:

On his left hand he has one here too. This means that he kept his left hand under his right hand really tight. And he held the handle too hard that is why the callosities are all wrong.

And Maria release herself from his grip and she says:

Fine. You have experience with sword.

And Benji miss on the dim light that Maria has a faint blush on her cheeks. And Maria says:

In any case we have to search for evidences.

And Benji nod. And Maria says:

Go to that way.

And he nods. He picks a flashlight and walk to the indicated direction. And Maria thinks:

Why you blushed like that?! He hasn't done anything! He only showed how the callosities are!

And she picks a flashlight and thinks:

But that touch felt good. It made me shiver.

And she caught herself and thinks:

Forget that! Think of solving this!!

And she walks away. Benji yawns while walking on the dark halls. And he thinks:

Why they haven't called someone else?

Usually Benji is a man who is very aware of his environment and the dangers that it waits for him. With an instinct that tells him that something is not right. But he is not on his normal state of mind. His body and mind are tired and not used to the change of the time zone. The only thing that saved him from a deadly sword slash was raw sheer luck. He stopped because it had a wire in front of him. And then a silver glean hit him on the neck. Benji recognize the blade as from a katana. By some reason his vest held the blade not being cut. And Benji see the out line of the attacker and he hits him with the flashlight on the head hard. The attacker falls and the flashlight breaks. Benji sighs and says:

Thanks god for the fact that my vest is armored. And to Maria comment.

And he lowers the collar knowing that he has a bruise there. He picks the katana and the attacker and move to where he came. When he reaches the better lighten area Benji see what he has been feeling. That the attacker is a girl. And an officer says:

What happened?

And Benji says:

I got a suspect.

And he tosses her over an empty stretcher and gives the sword to the forensic officer and says:

Analyze that.

And Maria walks out from where she went and she says seeing the girl:

That fast?

And Benji says:

I guess that this is my day of being attacked on the neck. It is a good thing that her sword is blunt and my vest is armored.

And Maria says:

So this is our killer?

And Benji shrugs. After take the girl to the station Benji I having a large cup of coffee and Maria says:

You don't look so hot.

And Benji says:

I am tired.

And Maria says:

Well I just finished the girl paperwork. Since you knocked her out of cold for good I think that we can go.

And Benji says:

Good.

And they leave. Maria drops Benji on his place and she says:

At eight in the morning I will come pick you up.

And he says:

Fine. I guess.

And he walks inside the building. Benji take out his shoes and put the gun and the badge on the nightstand and toss himself fully dressed in the bed.

End of the chapter seven:

And Benji walk to a stage and say:

Hi everyone I hope that you all have liked the story so far.

And he makes a pause and say:

I know that few characters haven't show up.

And he pauses and says:

Please review my story. I don't mind if is a bad one. I will answer all of then. At least show that some is reading. And I to say thank you for HaruNatsu to help me with the title. To Kanna-Kirishima. He and HaruNatsu were the pre-readers and helped me to decide between two stories. Both of then liked this one. So I am publishing it first. I hope that all the readers enjoy it too. And I want to thank all the reviews. Kanna, HaruNatsu and sanitycloud10. Thank you for the reviews.

And he bows to the audience and say:

Please wait for the next chapter.

And he walks away.