Mitsuharu
Title: Mitsuharu
Rating: T
Fandom: Detective Conan
Summary: There were only three kids of the Akai Family, right? There was no way that Masumi had a third older brother. So why the hell were these people calling him Akai Mitsuharu? More importantly, how the hell was he even alive!? [OC Insert as Akai Sibling]
"Chewy, this time period is Detective Conan Movie 18: The Sniper From Another Dimension," Haru informed Subaru once he got home. "I'm sure you already heard the details of the case from James,"
"Yes, he secretly had me listen in on the meeting," Subaru nodded. "The Sniper From Another Dimension? Is the culprit someone from the Real World?"
"No, this movie has nothing to do with a parallel dimension," Haru answered. "Dimensional Sniper is a cool movie title though,"
"Do you know who the culprit is?" Subaru inquired. "It would be too obvious if it were Hunter,"
"Yes and you're right, it's not Hunter," Haru nodded as he sat down on the couch. "There was a fragment left inside Hunter's skull that damaged his optical nerves and damaged his sight. He would be unable to make such a far shot from the sniping location to the Bell Tree Tower. It's so stressful how I know who the culprit is but I don't really have any evidence yet,"
"Who is it?" Subaru asked.
"Kevin Yoshino," Haru revealed. "Hunter saved his life on the battlefield so he wanted to repay the favor by destroying those that ruined Hunter's life,"
"So what will you do?" Subaru questioned.
"The one scene I cannot let happen is Masumi getting shot," Haru declared. "That bastard Yoshino was willing to kill Conan, willing to kill a child. Conan was trying to prevent Yoshino from sniping Murphy and Yoshino wanted to get that obstacle out of the way. Masumi jumped in and saved Conan just in time, but is shot in the process,"
"Let's list things down on what you remember about the case," Subaru suggested, passing him a piece of paper. "We can hide it in my room since I doubt Masumi would go snooping in there,"
"Yeah," Haru started scribbling things down.
-Culprit: Kevin Yoshino
-Motive: Waltz stole the Silver Star from Hunter. Murphy attempted to assassinate the latter on Waltz's orders. Brian Woods wrote the 'Suspected Hero' article. Fujinami Hiroaki caused the bad investment, forcing Hunter's sister into bankruptcy. Moriyama Hitoshi was the ex-fiancé of Hunter's sister.
-Hunter is killed by Yoshino (Assisted suicide)
-Hunter isn't the sniper because he has a fragment in his skull damaging his optical nerves
-Murphy is killed
-Conan attempted to interfere and is targeted
-Masumi pushes Conan out of the way and is shot
-From ground level, the five (not sure if it was sniping location or murder scenes) locations create a pentagon, symbolizing the Silver Star
-Yoshino attempts his final assassination on Waltz from the Bell Tree Tower
-Conan manages to save Waltz
-Yoshino attempts to murder Conan in rage
-The Detective Boys, Sonoko, and Ran are up in the Bell Tree Tower, unaware of Yoshino
-The FBI attempt to capture Yoshino
-Ayumi is taken hostage
-The lights are shot out
-Yoshino uses night vision goggles
-The Detective Boys help save Ayumi
-Conan uses that fireworks ball to blind Yoshino
-Subaru disarms Yoshino
-Ran attacks Yoshino
-Yoshino almost falls out of the building but Camel grabs him in time (should've let him fall)
-Subaru answers a call from James in Akai's voice (fans cheered at this; Okiya is Akai theory confirmed)
"Okiya is Akai theory confirmed?" Subaru raised a brow.
"Well, it was kinda already confirmed on the Bell Tree Express when you did that cool push up your glasses and the light reflected off one lens while the other lens clearly showed your left eye open," Haru shrugged.
"What fireworks ball are you talking about anyway?" Subaru asked. "I thought the ball dispensing belt only sent out a normal fast to inflate but quick to die soccer ball?" Suddenly, loud booming sounds filled the air and fireworks illuminated the night sky. Subaru walked over to the window and lifted the curtains. "The neighbors are going to be filing complaints,"
"Yep," Haru sweat-droppped. "Chewy, I'm not entirely sure when Masumi gets shot, but I'm going to stick by her side until Yoshino is arrested!"
Subaru put a hand to his youngest brother's head. "I don't understand why Shukichi thinks you don't care about us. You obviously care about us greatly,"
"Do you want to know the last case I read before I died?" Haru smiled. "It's Chapter 1046. In that case, Shukichi is kidnapped and almost killed. You and Conan managed to subdue the culprit. Even if Shukichi hates me, I want to keep him safe," 'Even if he hates me…he's still my brother. I can't hate him back,'
"Get some rest, Haru," Subaru suggested. "I'll try to find evidence to indict Yoshino,"
XXX
Haru received a phone call from his sister and answered it tiredly. "Masumi, I just woke up. What's wrong?"
"I'm sure I've seen Moriyama Hitoshi before. I checked many news articles on the internet, but he wasn't in either of them,"
"Please tell me you've gotten some sleep," Haru yawned. "I'm sure Mom would lecture you on keeping up with your health,"
"She did but my stubborness held out and I was up all night looking at articles. I'm going to Beika Library to look at their records of women's magazines to see if he's in any,"
"That's a lot to look through," Haru got out of bed.
"I know which is why I'm asking if you want to help out,"
"Sure," Haru agreed. 'Now it won't be weird if I'm by her side since she invited me out,' "Just let me get ready. I'll meet you there at the library,"
"Okay. See you there, Haru-nii,"
Haru quickly changed into fresh clothes after taking a shower and brushing his teeth. He made sure that he had his gun on him, Subaru quickly checking that he had a full cartridge of bullets and that nothing was damaged. He then headed out to Beika Library. Once he arrived at the table where Masumi sat, he stared at the pile of thick binders before sighing and starting to look through one of them and taking a seat across from his sister.
Hours went by and soon it was time for the library to close just as they finally found the article with a photo of Moriyama Hitoshi, only that his surname was Yasuhara in the text. He started a personal important business four years ago. His wife was a charismatic gourmet scholar who took part in a cooking class in Honjo, Sumida Ward. At the time of his marriage, he took on his wife's last name.
'It's already sunset,' Haru noted. 'Masumi was shot during the day. It'll be safe to leave her by herself now. I don't want to seem like an overbearing overprotective brother and make her uncomfortable,' "Well, I should get going home before Subaru and Cora think I'm in the hospital again," 'Seriously, I don't get hurt that often,'
XXX
"We're supposed to be after the organization, but we ended up getting involved in a troublesome case," Camel said as he and Jodie drove down the street. "And yet, the opponent's out of our league. To think he's a former SEALs sniper. I never expected Haru-kun or his sister to get tangled up in this case. To think that girl looked familiar to me because she resembled Akai-san. Had Akai-san been with us—my apologies!"
"It's alright," Jodie said, though inside she was still hurting from her friend's death. "I've also been thinking the same thing. This case would be solved in no time with Shuu's help," Tears welled up when she remembered a conversation with him. 'Shuu…'
XXX
That night, Conan and Masumi witnessed Moriyama Hitoshi's assassination in his own car as he was leaving his underground garage. At the sniping location was a die with the number three facing up and a bullet shell. The police were called and both Inspector Megure's squad and the FBI Agents were informed of the situation. They determined that the other two targets would be Jack Waltz and Bill Murphy. Hunter was later found dead in his apartment from an apparent sniping challenge. An empty bullet shell and a die with the number two facing up was left behind. The police became unsure of which of the two remaining people would be targeted next.
When the snipings reached the news, the public began to panic and felt unsafe out in the open. Many streets became desolute due to people fearing for their lives and not wanting to become the next victim. Even children were banned from going outside and elderly stopped visiting the temples. They decided that any place where the Bell Tree could be seen were deemed unsafe, leading to people to hold up an umbrella so they couldn't see the Bell Tree.
XXX
Jodie had received a phone call from Conan and thus pulled over on the side of the road to answer it. "New intel? The bullet extracted from Hunter's body was a 5.56 by 45 mm bullet. It's the lightest bullet so far, thus it didn't' pass through his body,"
"Eh? A bullet different from the ones used so far?"
"Yes. In spite of the cranium being where the shot hit, we identified it to be Hunter immediately as the injuries inflicted on the body were minor,"
"Could it be they used a different gun with lighter bullets since it was from a closer distance?"
"Maybe. They might've lowered the recoil to icnrease their hit ratio,"
"And yet they missed a shot. Did you figure anything else out?"
"There's one thing bothering us. Hunter's corpse, which we saw at the university hospital, was awfully skinny, as if he's a completely different person compared to when he received the Silver Star,"
"Rather than just performing a forensic autopsy on that body, I believe it'd be best if a clinical autopsy was also performed as well as a skull x-ray. Haru might've been right about a fragment being left behind in Hunter's skull and impairing his vision,"
"Got it. I'll talk it over with Inspector Megure,"
XXX
Haru joined Masumi and Conan on their outing to find the next possible location. "To think each missed a shot, even though this had been the closest thus far," Masumi said as she looked through binoculars. "Could it be that they got tense because it's a showdown between fellow snipers?"
"The fact all crimes are occuring in this Asakusa vicinity is also disturbing," Conan said.
"The distance, trajector, and dice might have a much deeper meaning," Masumi commented.
Conan's phone rang. "What's the matter, Jodie-sensei?"
"We've conducted a clinical autopsy as you told me. As a result, we found painkillers inside his stomach. They were strong ones too. And then, we discovered the reason through the skull x-ray. Just as Haru-kun said, there was a fragment of the bullet shell that had struck him eight years ago near the brainstem. It must've put quite the pressuer on his nerves, causing him to regularly suffer from intense headaches and giving him bad vision,"
"Haru-niichan, what made you think that there was a splinter of the shell still stuck in Hunter's skull?" Conan inquired.
"I saw it happen in an anime," Haru answered truthfully, earning unimpressed stares. 'Well, it's the truth. I saw it in the Detective Conan anime,'
After a call confirming the location of Waltz and Murphy, they realized that Murphy was on the train where he would be assassinated. The trio rushed to Asakusa station and as Haru drove his motorcycle, he made a call to Subaru. "Where are you!?"
"I'm almost at the bridge across from the train. There's a black van stopped in the middle of the blue bridge. Damn it, this traffic is too slow!"
"Damn it!" Haru increased his speed once he saw Conan maneuver and leap off the ground in order to get farther ahead. Conan inflated his soccer ball to the max size and attempted to get Murphy's attention. "We need to hurry! Step on it!" Bullets popped the soccer ball. 'I need to make it in time! I can't let either of them get shot!' Masumi dove and grabbed Conan. Haru jumped behind them in time to shield them both from the bullet.
"Sera? Haru?" Conan whispered as they fell to the ground.
Before Yoshino could kill Murphy, Subaru arrived and kicked the gun away before proceeding to break both of his legs and knock him out. 'No…I'm too late! Mitsuharu…'
Masumi and Conan are both fine. Haru was the only one injured.