A: Update… I want to finish this soon; I lost too much time anyways… Please read and enjoy!!! Review my mistakes…
I pretty much sucked this whole chapter but my muse is dead and buried… I just want to finish this… I'm sorry… I'll edit it all after a month. Also For The Love Of Katagiri is on hiatus for now… please understand I can't do more then two stories at a time right now… but I have done a synopsis of it and I will finish it.
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Disclaimer: I don't own DDS… and the name Joe Shimamura which is from Cyborg 009, I don't own it either…
THE SECRET OF A PERFECT MURDER…
CHAPTER 7: The Suspicious Intent
Within an hour the boys were all sweat drenched and tired but it didn't dampen their spirit. Despite Kuniko's complaints about destroying private property they still were at it. Even Saburamarou joined in reluctantly… They managed to dig around the stone, it was still not unearthed… Using the spades they found in the garden shed, they tried to pivot the stone sideways just to get a look below it. To Kuniko it seemed pointless yet she waited for them to finish. If it involved Ryuu Amakusa doing labor work, it was bound to be something important….
"Kuniko!" a sharp voice made her snap out of her thoughts.
"Huh?" She turned and found the boys straining to lift the heavy stone, it was a few inches up but they were having difficulties keeping it that way.
"Look in the ground, try to find a blade or a knife" Kyu gasped, looking strained.
"Alright" She muttered noncommittally and dropped to her knees to inspect the hole… There was a nothing particularly interesting down there, the hole was about few inches wide and too dark to actually see; she pulled out her DDS torch and squinted into the darkness, nothing suspicious really… she aimed the light a bit sideways, and a glint of light hit her eyes almost immediately…
"Kuniko?" Ryuu's soft voice said in a questioning tone, she couldn't answer him, her fear was realized… there was some sort of metal down there…
The stone was threatening to fall on her arm, but she was reaching out to capture that item she saw. The boys were struggling to keep it up, and she was leaning in towards the hole…
"Kuniko… get your hand out of there!" Kyu was yelling, there was anguish in his voice. She ignored him, reaching down, she could almost touch it, just a little more… she touched it… her fingers digging into the soft soil, she grabbed it tightly. The stone was grazing her knuckles… there was low cry, the stone nearly crushed her arm, then stopped its descent, still painfully pinning her hand to the side. Without her noticing, Kyu was next to her, trying to help her get her arm out… only Ryuu and Saburamarou was holding the stone now. Kyu's hands were getting bloodier as the stone grated at his skin, he was trying to hold back the stone with his hands and feet… an idiotic gesture but it worked, she successfully retrieved her arm back. Then the stone was dropped to its place and the other two boys were suddenly beside them, asking if she was alright… Kuniko felt dazed… her right arm was bleeding… also throbbing in pain… All of them were breathing painfully…
Kuniko unclenched her fist slowly, it was caked with her blood and dirt, but there was no mistaking it.
It was the murder weapon…
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"This still doesn't solve the mystery" Kuniko told Ryuu at the hospital waiting room. They were all having their wounds checked; Kuniko in particular had to get a shot for being cut by the murder weapon. Kyu was at the ICU checking on Aliie. Saburamarou was being treated in the casualty department.
"We found the murder weapon, now we only have to prove how he did it" Ryuu explained calmly. Kuniko was too looking pale and confused…
She shook her head and sighed "I can't believe he did it" She muttered softly like she was talking to herself.
Ryuu patted her bandaged hand uncharacteristically, and they waited there in silence for a few minutes till the other two came back. Still it was very depressing, they still couldn't prove he did it, because they were basing they suspicions on assumptions. The knife handle was destroyed so it was easy to slide the weapon down the slit… and if Joe saw it he would have informed the police but there was a chance he couldn't have seen it. And if he was the killer, Ryuu was certain he was but they still needed to know why Maya screamed when Joe was outside…. And that piece of the puzzle seemed to be Aliie who still hasn't woken up, according to Kyu.
When Saburamarou finally got dismissed; they made their way out of the hospital. Kyu and Ryuu were discussing the case openly. They managed to get to the studio just before lunch.
Everyone was scattered around the main studio… Joe was filming one of the last scenes of the day. The rest of the crew was scattered around him, it was time for the climax when the killer comes face to face with the detective played by Joe…
"I know how you did it Takashi… " Joe smiled moving towards the other actor who was trying to look calm "It was really clever of you to use your own blood for the murder weapon" The lines were read beautifully and the third actor gasped… her look of shock was comically amusing; slightly amateur but the cast continued on…
"That's absurd… You have no proof…" the second actor narrowed his eyes "it's just too ridiculous"
"Am I?" Joe slithered forwards, literally, his movements were fluid and Ryuu suddenly understood why he was so popular. His on screen chemistry was amazing.
"… you went to her flat on the 19th, left your blood in her freezer in metal containers which have the same size and shape as the bullets from your Wilson KZ handgun… then you climbed up the fire escape the next day, used the blood to kill her and you left… the way you came… then you came back from the elevator, found her and called the cops… but there was a slight flaw in your plan…"
Saburamarou sniggered at this explanation. Ryuu looked at the older boy in confusion
"What is it?"
"It's just stupid… this sort of stuff only happens in the movies" His response was light and pointless but it struck Ryuu with a strange idea…
"… Your blood gave it all away… the crime scene held traces of your blood… even though you didn't have a cut on you that day…"
"Kyu!" Ryuu patted his best friend on his shoulder and pulled him aside… Kuniko followed them.
"What did you figure out?" Kuniko asked but Ryuu was staring at Kyu like he was challenging him.
"Imagine if the case was a movie situation… how would the he have killed Maya with all the witnesses present?" Ryuu looked at him with the same piercing gaze as whenever he wanted to know if Kyu figured out his hint or not… he wasn't wrong this time either.
"Stage effects" Kyu replied immediately. Ryuu nodded.
"The only thing on at that time was the TV" he said quietly.
Kyu's eyes suddenly brightened "So that's how he did it"
"Explains why she screamed before he went in" Ryuu added enthusiastically.
".. and Aliie being attacked…"
"… she knew about him…"
"… because she knew all about them both…"
"… Saburamarou pointed out the most important clue…" Ryuu whispered smiling now. Kyu was beaming too…
They had solved it.
"What are you talking about?" Kuniko exclaimed at them both "Saburamarou found the last clue? How?"
She was met with mysterious smiles… Ryuu took out his cell phone and called the police department.
"Yes… We have solved it. Yes, would you mind bringing a few things for us…"
All the while Kuniko just stood there staring at them both while having dumbstruck look upon her face, till Kyu tapped her shoulder.
"Come on, let's conclude this mystery" Kyu said at her as Ryuu started to walk towards the set…
It was time to unmask the killer…