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Haruka pulled Michiru closer to her the next second she heard the glass shattered. The officers around the precinct had already in move without any order. The blonde detective though, still had chance to shout around the nearby officer about the 8th stories building across the street. High possibilities the shooter was aiming from there.
"Michiru, hey… are you okay?" Haruka immediately checked the lawyer near her.
Michiru only nodded, her head still pounded from the sudden chaos erupted. She looked back to Haruka. The blonde was staring at her from head to toe searching for injuries on the lawyer.
"Haruka, I'm okay!" She said loudly so Haruka would stop staring at her.
"…" Haruka ignored Michiru as she continued her activities. She smiled when she satisfied with the fact that the lawyer is really in good condition. The detective sighed in relief.
"What was that… just now?" Michiru saw the broken glass above her.
"From the fragment of the pattern on the glass, it seems the 40 caliber bullet but it can be anything else." Haruka kneeled down and found the bullet stucked beneath the floor. The precise spot where Michiru was standing before. The detective's face went pale as she calculated the probabilities.
"Haruka? What is it?" Michiru felt sudden change from Haruka's expression. The lawyer shifted a bit further from the detective, but Haruka unexpectedly gripped Michiru's wrist tightly. The aquanette woman winced.
"… Michiru, don't leave my side even for a second." Haruka's cold tone sent a shiver down to the lawyer. Michiru unable to read the look on detective's face.
"Okay… but, Haruka… my wrist hurts." Haruka loosened her grip then murmuring apologize to her.
Haruka took out the stray bullet from the floor then put it inside her pocket. Without letting go the lawyer's from her guard, she pulled Michiru to the lift inside precinct.
"Follow me." Haruka's tone softened but her eyes still cold and distant from Michiru's perspective.
"okay." Michiru answered in reflex. She didn't know the sudden turn of events were bad or good. The obvious thing is Haruka would be with her for this minute and the next hours.
"He got away. That bastard wants to mess around with me." Haruka slammed the desk hardly in front of Mamoru. The lawyer sat on Haruka's seat jumped a little. She surprised with the violence Haruka did to the poor table.
"I'm sorry Michiru." The blonde almost forget that the lawyer was with her.
"Let me take a look that bullet." Mamoru asked. He knew that this case was eating her partner alive.
"40 caliber, but something seem off." Mamoru did some test with the bullet. It was too light for the normal 40 caliber and the destructive ability seem less than usual.
"I know, the inside. There's room inside the bullet shell." Haruka pointed out.
Michiru watched and listened as a good audience. This was not the first time she witnessed how the police, especially the detectives did their job. However, she found herself captivated with the blonde's fast thinking and reaction. In this situation, what should a lawyer like her doing to help? She also didn't understand the reason behind Haruka's action to her.
"Yeah, Haruka you always right. There's something inside. The shoot was meant to deliver this thing." Mamoru pulled out a thin white cylinder which actually a mini scroll paper from the bullet.
"Think this is a message. You want to read it?" Mamoru gave out the scroll to Haruka.
"By the way, Haruka… this I want to ask… why you bring the lawyer here?" Mamoru whispered carefully.
The blonde detective's brow twitched with Mamoru's question.
"She was the target… or almost. I don't know what the shooter motive, Mamoru… we will figure out from this thing we found."
Mamoru nodded to his partner. He was actually happy with the fresh atmosphere the lawyer brought in with her to the room. The homicide division was almost like hell when there were only stinks old people around. The only woman in there was Haruka, if she could be called like that.
"Keep your eyes in their socket, Mamoru… I know what you're looking at." Haruka reminded her partner or threatened him. Haruka realized that his eyes were all over on the lawyer. Not only him, but the other detectives in the room did the same like Mamoru.
"Ouch, too protective aren't you?" Mamoru didn't dare to face Haruka.
"Shut up." Haruka glared, but she ignored him when she opened up the scroll. It was a really small paper with really small writings.
"I need help here."
Mamoru reacted first, he gave Haruka a magnifier.
Hi again, Detective…
Do you like my present on the park this morning? I hope you like it, I went all the way to murder someone and make a little explosive just for you. Don't worry! I have more presents for you, I guarantee it's more interesting than the first. Happy festival!
PS give my regard to your girlfriend. She is damn cute!
Cheers
The FOX
"Haruka, I can go back by myself." Michiru didn't want to add the blonde's concern. She already had a very difficult case to solve.
"There is someone other than the insane Eric wants to harm you, Michiru…" Haruka responded in hurry. She opened the passenger door for Michiru.
"I will ask an officer to return your car tonight. I will also make sure that there are 2 patrol officers stand by in front of your door tonight." Haruka gestured so Michiru would go inside to her car.
Michiru must admit that Haruka's taste for a car was very outstanding. A Porsche, Michiru didn't want to know how a detective salary could cover up the expense for a car like this. For the lawyer, this was only another point the detective had. Plus point anyway.
"Is that too much?" Michiru waited until Haruka done put on a seat belt.
"There is a killer and bomber outside wants to harm you, I will do my best to prevent that happens. So, no… it's not too much." Haruka replied. She turned on the engine and prefer to drive safely for the time being.
Michiru knew what the state emotion Haruka experiencing now. It's anxiety. The lawyer was glad that the detective was so protective to her. However, it wasn't enough. Michiru needed more data to find out that the blonde had in fact, attracted to her.
What am I thinking? Michiru felt ashame to herself. In this kind of situation, it's not her place to think about romance and selfish thought. She was in danger, her mind wandered about Haruka's words to her before they exited the building.
"I'm sorry, Michiru. It's my fault that you are dragged in this case like this… I'm deeply sorry." That time, Michiru noticed the tension on Haruka's body, the seriousness in her expression, and exhaustion in her eyes.
That moment, Michiru wanted to hug her badly. If the embrace could heal and ease away the stress from the detective, she would do it to comfort the blonde.
She wondered what the detective's thought about her. Michiru shook her head, tried to chase away the idea from her mind.
"Hey, are you okay?" Haruka asked, she worried with the lawyer.
"I am okay! Why you are asking?"
"You're grinning, smiling, and then shake your head many times you know?" Haruka glanced to the woman beside her.
Was she like that? Haruka would think she got suddenly insane because of the shooting trauma.
"No, it's just… I am thinking about something." Michiru shrugged.
"Really? It must be something fun then, you are smiling a lot." Haruka said softly, she was glad that the lawyer didn't traumatize from the event just now.
Yea, I'm thinking of you… Michiru answered quietly in her mind.
Few minutes, they were arrived in Michiru's apartment.
"We are here." Haruka parked her car below a nearby willow tree.
"… What will you do after this?" Michiru asked curiously, she knew that the blonde mostly would chase down the suspect.
"Catch him of course."
Michiru bit down her bottom lip nervously. Her mind played the scene where Haruka must chase the suspect in a dangerous dark alley full of bomb trap. This case wasn't a simple murder case, she heard that a special assault team also involved here. Michiru drove out the bad thought away from her head and flashed a smile to the blonde.
"Good luck… then." Michiru said weakly. Realized, there won't be nothing she can do inside Haruka's car, Michiru opened the door and hopped out.
Before she went inside her apartment, she knocked the window on the driver side.
"Haruka… please, be careful." Michiru spoke to the blonde, she hope her plea reached to the blonde. She truly hope the blonde successfully solve the case without any scrape or injured and alive.
"Always." Haruka responded with a brief hand wave.
Michiru then walked away from Haruka and went inside to her apartment. Unaware of Michiru, the blonde was actually waiting until the lawyer had perfectly locked the apartment's door.
"Haruka, someone here wants to meet you." Back at the precinct, she stride along the division and found that she had so much works to finish.
"Who?" If it was someone unimportant she would eliminate him or her from the appointment list. The big case really devour her time and life.
"The chief from assault team." Haruka nodded, this was the first time homicide and special team would work together. Assault team was a special force formed by government to deal with enormous crime such as terrorist and international mafia. It's an elite team in outside the department. For Haruka, elite team means bunch of arrogance and selfish people who get some cool weapons and special authorities from higher above.
In addition, she and they should work together.
"She waits in lieutenant's room." Mamoru said.
"She?" Haruka surprised to the fact that the chief was a woman.
"Yeah, she, her. She's hot." Mamoru continued.
Haruka proceeded the hot Mamoru said is sexy or pretty or slutty bitch type. The type like that how can be a chief for assault team?
Haruka rolled her eyes, prepared for whoever she would deal with. She opened the door after impatient knocks and a voice answered from inside.
"Hello, lieutenant." Haruka greeted her boss first. She saw the back of the woman Mamoru was talking about.
Long black hair in a ponytail. From behind, Haruka estimated that the woman was unexpectedly younger than her.
"Cut the crap, Tenoh. Sit." With the "sit" order, the lieutenant mentioned about the only chair left in the room. It was the chair Haruka hate the most, it made her back hurts when she leaned her back on it.
"This is the chief of assault team you will work with. Build the bond, we have the same suspect here." He gestured briefly. Haruka again, rolled her eyes. The lieutenant told her to cut the crap, but he himself was full of crap.
"Detective Haruka Tenoh, right?" The chief woman greeted first. Haruka turned to get a better look of her.
"Yes."
"I am Rei. Rei Hino. Just, call me Rei." She introduced herself with friendly manner. The blonde detective had no other choice except doing the same.
"Okay, Rei. Call me Haruka. Nice to meet you."
Other senshi appear! Yes I pick Rei because she is my most favorite senshi with the most awesome element in the show.
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