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Previously on Match Point: After 8man, Rorona, Detective Touma and Mason collide at the Port of Chiba, Rorona is left captured by the police.


Saturday - Abandoned Basement – 07:09

Hikigaya grabs an M16 out of a crate and slings it over his shoulder. On his right thigh is a holster with a handgun inside. Around his waist is a belt with several grenades attached.

Despite a fresh stab wound, he is already preparing for battle, evidenced by the body armour and gallery of weapons on his body.

"So what?! You think you can just storm a jail?! You will be killed!"

Yukinoshita stands at the entrance to the basement, yelling at him.

"I'm going to get Rorona back, no matter what."

"We need a plan!"

"I have a plan."

As he says this, he pulls down the slide of a handgun, before putting the weapon behind his back, inside another holster.

"Having a shootout with the Japanese police is not a plan!"

"Then what do you propose? We let him get interrogated? What if he divulges our location? Police could be coming here right now!"

Yukino shakes her head and scoffs.

"Typical; only thinking about yourself, once again."

"Rorona has a kid, that makes him easy to leverage. Look at what happened last time. He is my friend, but he's also a liability. If I was really as self-interested as you say – then I'd have cut him off a long time ago."

"Well we can't just-"

Her words are suddenly interrupted when the basement door opens. Yukinoshita quickly turns around with wide eyes. As she does so, Yuigahama's head pops out.

"Yukinon? What are you doing here?"

There is a brief silence, as they all look at each other for a moment.

"Me? What are you doing here?"

Yui walks through the doorway and in between Yukino and Hachiman. In her hands is a picnic basket with two lunch boxes on top.

"She's been bringing Rorona and I lunches every couple of days. Her mother makes them."

"Why didn't you tell me about this?!" Yukinoshita asks, folding her arms.

"I didn't think you'd approve…" Yuigahama responds guiltily.

"Of course I wouldn't! Hachiman is dangerous."

He rolls his eyes at the statement, before walking up to Yui and gently taking one of the lunchboxes off the basket.

"Where is Rorona anyway?" She asks, casually.

There is another silence, as Hikigaya opens up the box and takes out the toast inside.

"Rorona's in jail." He answers, taking a bite of the toast.

"What?! Really?"

Yukinoshita walks up next to her friend, before speaking.

"It's true. He was arrested yesterday."

"Are you going to help Hikki get him back?"

"I have an idea, but your 'Hikki' is more interested in storming the jail."

"Her idea isn't feasible." Hachiman interjects, as he sits down on the edge of the bed. "Yukino wants me to sneak into the jail's command room and get her access to the cells."

Yuigahama frowns.

"That would be hard…"

"No it wouldn't… I could easily get through the building under normal circumstances – but the detective chasing me saw my face last night. Even if he didn't get a good look, I'll be recognized immediately just by my age. The best way is to take the building by force."

"All that would result in is your death or capture." Yukinoshita says angrily.

"So all Hikki needs to do is get into the building without being identified, right?"

Yukino nods.

"Hmm…"

A moment later, Yui smiles widely with a glow in her eyes. "I might have an idea!"


Tokyo Detention Centre – 15:21

"So this is him…" Karen states, as she stands next to her partner.

"Yeah, this is the guy working with my assassin." Touma responds.

Currently, the two of them are standing in the viewing area of an interrogation room. In front of them is Rorona, sitting at a table in a green jumpsuit and handcuffs. His head is in his hands and it's clear he's sweating.

"What are you going to do with him?"

"Whatever it takes. This is the closest I've come to catching the assassin, I won't let this opportunity evade me."

"Do you think he'll give up Hachiman Hikigaya?"

The detective steps forward, not taking his eyes off Rorona.

"He better."

Karen nods, and walks towards the exit of the viewing room.

"Well, I'll leave you to it. Good luck, old man."

He smiles at her as she walks out, before heading towards the exit himself. Right before Reo reaches the door though, he hears the telephone in the room begin ringing.

Touma turns back around and grabs the phone off the receiver. He then raises it up to his ear and speaks.

"Hello?"

"I want Rorona Kobayashi back; you know who this is."

"Hachiman Hikigaya."

The line goes silent for a moment, as the detective smiles and clutches the phone.

"Yes. We can make a deal."

"A deal? I don't think you're in a position to bargain. There's nothing you have for me. On the other hand, I have your man. Soon, I'll have you."

"No detective, you won't have anything – not unless you listen carefully. I value Rorona as a friend. He doesn't need to go down for my crimes. If you meet me somewhere, I will turn myself over to you. That is if you let him go, all charges dropped."

Touma raises an eyebrow, considering the assassin's words.

"How do I know this isn't another trick, like at the strip club?"

"It's not. You'll see me when you arrive. If I was lying, then you'd still have Rorona."

"So you'll hand yourself over, just like that?"

"You misunderstand what we're doing, Detective. Rorona's a good guy, and the two of us have been making Japan be-"

"Save it. I know all about your past. Whatever reason you have for taking down two crime bosses has to be malicious in some way. Regardless, you have a deal. Where do you want to meet?"

"I'll be at the largest cinema in Chiba at ten PM tonight. See you there."

"Count on it."

The call suddenly ends, prompting Touma to return the phone to its receiver. He then looks over at Rorona sitting in the interrogation and widens his smile.

'Finally…'


Cineplex Makuhari – 21:56

Hikigaya leans against the wall of the outside of the cinema. Next to him is a large framed poster for the movie Terminator: Dark Fate.

He takes a deep breath, before tapping the earpiece in his ear and looking ahead.

"I must say Yui, I've done a lot of dangerous things in my life – but your plan takes the number one place for risk factor."

Yuigahama giggles through the microphone.

"I know it's scary, but it'll work! Even Yukinon agrees."

Standing in in front of Hachiman, is about seven different people his height and build. They also all have similar hair and facial structure.

"How did you even find this many actors who look like me?"

"It wasn't too hard." Yukinoshita responds, also through the same mic. "You are rather average, and a simple ad online brought them here quite easily."

The two girls are currently sitting together in the basement by the computers. On one of the monitors is a live security camera of the outside of the cinema.

Just a few moments later, the sound of sirens begin drawing closer and closer. Hikigaya takes one more deep breath, as the street next to him becomes filled with SWAT and police squad cars.

Some civilians in the area nervously back away, as the police exit their vehicles and run out to front of the Cineplex building with their guns raised. Hachiman's gaze shifts to one officer in particular – Reo Touma. The detective quickly makes his way around the vehicles, as he looks for the person he came to meet.

The moment he sees the crowd of actors by the buildings entrance, he immediately recognizes all the men to look like the assassin he saw the night before.

"What the hell…?"

Touma angrily grabs one of the actors by the arm and leans in close.

"Who are you?! What are you doing here?!"

"Bro calm down! My agent hooked this gig up for me! I'm just here for the job…"

"What job?"

All the other Hachiman look-a-likes begin murmuring amongst themselves. By now, the real one has inserted himself into the crowd – making him pretty much invisible.

"Show me your I.D's!" Touma demands, as he stands in front of the actors.

They all comply, and raise their cards up above their heads. On Hikigaya's, the fake name 'Kaoru Taki' sits in bold letters. The I.D. was handcrafted earlier by Yukinoshita, and is indistinguishable from a real one.

The detective frowns as he looks over them, before unhappily turning around.

"Arrest them all!"

The officers around him don't hesitate, and quickly go to cuff the very confused actors.


Sunday - Tokyo Detention Centre – 08:09

Hikigaya and his look-a-likes all stand in a line, each wearing a green jumpsuit with their hands cuffed.

Behind them is a white wall that has several long black lines running across it. At the end of each line is a number in centimetres. This so that their heights can be accurately measured. Of course, all of them are pretty much the same.

In front of them is a two-way mirror, allowing them to see their reflections. On the other side of the glass is Touma, standing next to the witness from the port. The witness has several plasters on his face, along with a cast covering his right arm.

"Haru, I need you to tell me which one of these boys grabbed you at the port on Saturday."

"Grabbed me?" Haru responds with a raised eyebrow. "He didn't grab me, he saved me from my attackers. Something the police promised to do when I said I'd testify."

Reo frowns, then sighs.

"I know what we said, but you don't see the whole picture. This person is dangerous; we have no idea what he would have done with you."

"You gave me your word I wouldn't be harmed, and yet here we are."

"Just please, help us catch this assassin. You will save countless lives."

"That's exactly what you said to get me to turn on Norio Nagayama."

"Just trust me…"

Haru looks over at Touma, then back to the different Hikigaya's in the line-up. He makes eye-contact with the real one, easily recognizing him.

There is a brief silence, before the witness nods and smiles.

"Sorry Detective Touma, none of these guys look like the person who saved me at the port."

Reo bangs his fist against the table next to him, then tuns his fingers through the hair – assuming Hachiman simply tricked him just like at the strip club.

"Send these guys back to their cells, then process them. Make sure to run all their I.D.s several times." He tells an officer, as he exits the viewing room.


Tokyo Detention Centre – 15:11

Hikigaya lays down on his jail cell bed, staring up at the ceiling. As he does, so he tries to get some sleep, but to no avail.

After a few minutes, Hachiman begins to hear a buzzing sound. He sits up and looks around, raising an eyebrow curiously. The buzzing continues, and he follows the noise to behind the cell toilet. As he reaches behind bottom of the toilet, he finds a vibrating cell phone.

On the phones screen is the option to decline or answer a call. He promptly taps the green button, answering it.

"Hello?" The assassin greets, bringing the device up to his ear.

"It's Yukino. Time for you to get out of there."

"Great."

"Are you ready?"

"Pretty much."

"Good, because there is a guard who is about ten seconds from walking in front of your cell, make sure to steal his keys."

"How exactly am I supposed to-"

Before Hikigaya can say anything, the call abruptly ends. A few seconds later, just like Yukinoshita said, a guard walks past the cell bars. As he does so, the guard's phone begins ringing. He removes it from his pocket and answers the call.

"Hello?"

"Hello sir! I'm excited to announce you and your family have just been randomly selected for an all expenses paid trip to Thailand."

The guard's eyes widen, and a large grin appears on his face.

"Really?!"

"Really!"

Unbeknownst to him, it is in fact Yukinoshita on the other end of the line.

While the guard is distracted, he turns his back towards Hikigaya – who sneakily reaches through the bars and begins pickpocketing the keys off his belt. After getting the keys, Hachiman backs away into his cell, watching as the guard excitedly walks off to go tell his friends.

Suddenly the assassin's phone begins ringing again.

"Hello?" He greets, answering the call.

"Did you get them?"

"Yes."

"That's good, because if you hadn't I might've just left you in here."

Hikigaya smiles, as he takes the key and unlocks his cell door.

"I'm assuming there are cameras in the hallway?"

"That's right. Unfortunately, I don't have the means to disable them from here."

"Then what do I do?"

"Take the back of the phone case off and press the button by the battery. I've rigged it to take out the security system temporarily. When it goes off, I'll have full access. With that I can just loop the footage."

"Looping the footage... Isn't that a bit archaic?"

"I'd like to see you do better."

There is a brief silence, as the assassin opens up the phone.

"When I press the button, will we still have contact?"

"No, but Rorona's cell is at the end of the hall to the right. Use the keys to get him out, then take the magnetically locked door to the emergency exit. I'll have that open for you."

"Alright, thanks for the help."

With that, he taps the button. Behind the button is a circuit board connected to a small antenna. After pressing it, seemingly nothing happens.

Hikigaya questions if it worked on or not, but decides to put his faith in Yukinoshita. He steps out of the cell and into the hallway. The fact that no alarm immediately goes off is a good sign, and prompts him to head right.

After a short run down the hallway, Hachiman arrives at the final cell. As he peers inside, he finds Rorona sitting on the bed with his head in his hands.

"Hey…" The assassin greets, unlocking the cell door.

Rorona looks up at him, then widens his eyes.

"What the hell are you doing here?!"

"Getting you out."

"How?!"

Hikigaya pushes open the now unlocked door, then motions for his partner to follow.

"Let's just go, before anyone finds me."

Not wanting to mess anything up, Rorona nods and exits out his cell. He and Hachiman then proceed to walk towards a thick metal door with the words emergency on it.

In case of fire or an attack on the jail, this door is supposed to open – allowing civilians to easily escape.

CLINK

A small noise comes from the side, indicating the magnetic lock has shut down.

Rorona reaches out and pulls on the door towards him. The two of them smile for a moment, before heading through to freedom.


Abandoned Basement – 21:31

"Jesus… I can't believe you took that risk…" Rorona says, as he slips his arm through a white dress shirt.

On the bed is his green jumpsuit, that he is finally getting the opportunity to change out of.

"We had to." Hikigaya responds, as he leans against the new desk.

"Regardless, there is still a risk to worry about." Yukinoshita remarks, standing up from her chair. "As of now Rorona is wanted by the police – meaning he won't be able to go out in public, at least not without drawing a bit of attention."

"How am I going to explain this to my ex…"

"I'm sure she'll understand!" Yuigahama says, as she spins around on her wheeled chair.

They all share a brief silence, before Hachiman walks up to the whiteboard and pulls off the third lieutenants photograph.

"The witness will testify against Norio and have him put away. I trust Touma to make that happen, even if he doesn't trust us. That leaves two lieutenants left, as well as Komanda himself."

Yui grins.

"I don't know as much about these lieutenants as you guys do, but I do know we make a great team."

Yukino raises an eyebrow, then turns to her friend.

"Team?"

"Yeah! We're like the Avengers… Or maybe more like Star Wars. Hikki is Luke Skywalker, Yukinon is Commander Leia, and Rorona is Han Solo."

"Who does that make you?"

"I'm Chewbacca!" Yuigahama responds excitedly. "Anyway, I still have a bunch of food in my picnic basket; do you guys want some toast?"

Everyone begins nodding, prompting her to go grab her basket from off of one of the crates and bring it over to the desks. Yui then proceeds to hand a sandwich to Hachiman, Yukino, and Rorona.

On the other side of Chiba, in a wealthy-girl's apartment, Shizuka Hiratsuka lays in bed sleepless, staring up at the ceiling.


Author's Notes: Hiratsuka will be returning next chapter! Stay tuned.