He was in a kitchen, boiling a potful of spaghetti, when the phone rang. Sighing, he turned down the gas, and answered the phone.
"Chiba, is that you?", a voice barked the question. Mamoru recognized it almost immediately.
"Yes boss, it's me", he answered while switching the reciver to his other hand.
"Good", voice grunted the reply and then, after a short pause, it spoke up again. "Chiba, I know it's your free day, but I was wondering if you could come to station, something happen that you might find interesting".
"Another murder?", Mamoru breathed. He switched the reciver again, while wiping his sweaty hand on his trousers.
"Yes… It seems you were right; that guy we locked up wasn't our man after all. So, are you coming or what?", voice once again regained it's usual sharpness.
Mamoru nodded and bit his lip.
"I'll be right there boss"
He was in his car, black Mercedes, driving in full speed to police station, his eyes set on the road. His mouths were shut in a sharp line; his sapphire blue eyes were glowing with the strangest glow. He didn't care if it was his long expected free day, he didn't care if he's going to have to cancel the date he was planning for weeks with a sweet girl he met in bar, he didn't care he had to throw his lunch in garbage; all he cared for was to find and arrest that sick son of a bitch who was, for over a month, killing young prostitutes by stabbing them into heart with dagger, after brutally raping them. It wasn't a job anymore. It was personal. That psycho was going down!
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Rei was brushing Usagi's long blond her with brush until the hair shone like liquid gold. She ran her fingers through it. It felt like silk. She smiled at her friend, and Usagi turned her head and rewarded her with one of her most brilliant smiles.
"Thanks Rei for helping me with make up and outfit and with finding "customers". I really don't know what would I do without you!", Usagi smiled. "It's almost the time!"
"Yes", Rei lowered her brush on the small cabinet in front of her. "We should get going"
Usagi stood up and ran for the doors of the apartment.
"Let's race!", Usagi yelled to her friend. For a moment Rei wanted to scream at her, to hurt her, to make her see that it was not the big adventure she was dreaming about, that there were no charming prince's to save her. She wanted to scream at her, she wanted to make her see. But when she saw that smile on Usagi's face, she felt her anger melting away, and decided to say nothing. She shrugged.
"Let's race!", she finally agreed.