**** SO, EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY! I CAN"T REALLY FINISH THIS STORY UNTIL PSYCHO PASS ITSELF FINISHES WE STILL HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT SEASON 2 IS GOING TO CONTAIN! SO PLEASE BE PATIENT AND FOLLOW AND REVIEW! ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!*****
"Inspector Kogami?" A soft voice said standing at the front of his desk.
"Yes?" It was Kunizuka.
"There's someone here to see you. Her name is Renson." Kogami raised an eyebrow. He was curious as in to why Eri was at his job. He didn't mind, but, it was a first. Kogami stood from his desk and walked out of the office looking for the young girl. He saw her standing there with a young child.
"Eri. What's wrong?"
"I need your help. Please." He could tell by the sound of Eri's voice that something serious had to happen. He glanced at the boy next to Eri. He was a young Japanese boy who appeared to be at least 8 years old. He was looking down and Kogami could tell he was crying.
"So, you believe that this boy is a victim of possible abuse?" Kogami asked Eri. She nodded her head.
"His face Kogami. It's so badly bruised. He's covered in scars."
"We can't assume anything until he talks. We don't know if he just got into a fight with some kids."
"Kogami. Does that look he got into a fight with just kids?" Eri asked. She was right. The severity of the bruises were pretty intense. An adult had to cause them. Kogami got up to approach the young child and kneeled down to the boy's level. The boy quickly jumped up and ran to Eri. Kogami quickly measured the boy's crime coefficient. It was at 143. Something had to be wrong.
"I'm going to have to take him into custody." Kogami said. The boy heard this and grabbed Eri. He was frightened.
"Really? Obviously he's scared."
"His crime coefficient is 143. That's high for a child. Maybe if we get him into therapy and calm him down we can figure out what's going on."
"NO!" The boy yelled. "NO!"
"Hey. It's ok. Everything will be ok. Don't worry." The boy seemed to take a liking to Eriallia. He was staring at her. This was the first time he really had a good luck at Eri.
"You look different." The boy said. Eri was confused.
"I do?" She asked.
"Yea. You have brown skin and your hair isn't straight." Eri and Kogami knew the boy had probably never seen any other race other than Japanese. He was young so Eri didn't take any offense to it. She just patted the boy on the head.
"I know. I'm from a different country."
"Cool. Hey. Can you be my new mommy?" Eri was confused. She looked at Kogami.
"New mommy? What about your mommy. I'm sure you have one."
"No. Not anymore. She went to sleep and didn't wake up. My dad took her away somewhere." Eri and Kogami listened closely to what the boy had just said. Kogami knew right away he had another case on his hands.
"Is your daddy the one who did that to your face?" Eri asked. The boy grew silent. He started to cry.
"Yea." He soon started to wail so much that you couldn't understand him. "Please don't tell him when he comes back. He said he will give me more. I don't want anymore!" The boy was sniffling and snot was running out of his nose.
"What's your name?" Eri asked the young boy.
"My name is Ryunosuke Serizawa. I'm 9 years old." Kogami started to feel bad for the kid.
"My name is Eri and I bet you can ever guess how old I am?" Eri extended her hand to the boy.
"Um…60?" the boy asked. Kogami busted out laughing.
"Do I really look that old?" Eri asked Kogami worried.
"No. Relax. Eri." Kogami began. "I need to take the boy in for questioning. From the sound of things, a murder has been committed. We have to find this boy's father."
"Fine. Only on one condition." Eri demanded.
"What is it?"
"I get to stay in the room with Ryunosuke, I get to clean him up, take him home and feed him."
"Eri. I'm going to have to send this boy to child services." Eri gave Kogami such a serious look. He could tell by the passion in her voice and eyes that she deeply cared about this boy. Kogami sighed. "Fine. Take him back with you. Don't let anyone see you with him. The crime bots will measure his psycho-pass so be careful."
"Don't work. I know back ways home."
"Damn." Kogami understood why Eri didn't want the young boy being taken into custody. It would traumatize him more. They needed to know how to find the boy's father. That was the major thing. "Wait here. I'm going to grab Sasayama." Eri nodded her head and waited for Kogami to return. She heard yelling from down the hall.
"WAIT KO! I'm eating my lunch." Kogami was basically dragging Sasayama out of the office.
"You'll finish it in the car. Just hurry up and let's go. Before Gino comes back."
"Ok. Ok. But what's this about?" Sasayama stopped when he saw Eri and swallowed his noodles. "Oh! Ms. Renson! Isn't it a pleasure to see you?"
"Hello Mr. Sasayama."
"I get it! You want me to record you to in the act? Eh?" Kogami slapped Sasayama in the back of his head pointing to the young child.
"Ops. Sorry. Who's the kid?" He asked.
"Let's just get into the car and go." Kogami demanded. The three made their way to the mwpsb's garage and got into Kogami's vehicle. The car ride was silent on the way to Eri's apartment. Ryunosuke had fallen asleep in Eri's lap. Sasayama was still eating his ramen and Kogami stared at Eri through the rear view mirror. He was concerned and didn't want her to get too wrapped up in a case like this one.
"YAY! BUBBLES!" The boy jumped into the bubble bath playing with a holographic rubber ducky that was actually a sponge.
"Hey calm down!" Eri yelled. "Let me clean your face!"
"This is fun!"
"Does your face and arms hurt?" Eri was referring to Ryunosuke's bruises and cuts.
"No. They use to, but, not anymore!" Eri assumed they had healed and closed up. They were just still visible. The boy suddenly splashed Eri in her face.
"Hey!" she yelled splashing the boy back. Soon the two were in a splashing contest. Kogami watched from the door and smiled at how well Eri got along with Ryunosuke. She seemed to get along with children well. He walked back to the living room where Sasayama was.
"Poor Kid." Sasayama said sipping on his coffee. "What are you going to tell Gino when he calls looking for him?"
"We're out working on a case."
"You know he's going to want to get in on it."
"Yea. I'll think of something when the time comes." Sasayama was impressed by Eri's apartment. For someone so young, she had a nice place. Soon Ryunosuke ran in the living room in a pair of his washed boxers. He jumped on the couch next to the two men trying to figure out their next move.
"Hey Mr.'s. I'm hungry. Can I eat?" Kogami looked at Eri.
"When was the last time you ate?" Eri asked Ryunosuke.
"Like. 2 days ago." Everyone's eyes went wide.
"Well! Let's get some food into this young man's belly! Ms. Eri, what do you have yummy to make?"
"Um….I know! Hamburgers!"
"YAY!" The boy jumped off of the couch. Kogami's face lit up.
"How did you know? Hamburgers are my favorite."
"Really?" Eri asked slightly blushing. Kogami nodded. "Will you help me make them?"
"Of course." Kogami stood up and followed Eri to the kitchen. He gave Sasayama the signal to question the young boy.
"So, hey, Ryunosuke. Do you know your mommy's first name?" Sasayama started. The boy nodded.
"Yea. Her name is mommy."
"Ok. What about your home address?"
"Uh….81 Ikebukoro ward. Uh….I forgot the rest."
"That's right around here." Kogami made sure he was listening in while he helped Eri in the kitchen.
"Where did you find him Eri?"
"He was standing in the alley behind my building. I was coming home from school and I heard him crying. I went towards the sound and saw him there. I didn't want to just call the police cause I was scared who they would send out and what will happen to him. So I came to you."
"I take it you like children." Eri placed the knife down that she was chopping vegetables with. She looked sad. "Yea, I do." Kogami could tell he hit a sensitive subject. He decided to leave it alone but couldn't help but feel curious. Sasayama approached Kogami. He placed his hand on Kogami's shoulder. Ryunosuke was watching TV now.
"From the sound of things, the boy is from around here. The Ikebukoro ward. He gave me his address but couldn't remember it all. I was able to look up apartments with that number in this prefecture and I found that there is an apartment with the name Chidori Serizawa on the lease. It's ten minutes away by driving and maybe 20 or 25 minutes away by foot."
"That explains how he got behind the building." Kogami thought aloud. "Anything else?" Kogami asked.
"He said that his mom and dad got into a fight. He said his dad hit his mom and she didn't wake up. He said his father hit him so that way he wouldn't tell."
"So we confirmed that his mom is dead. Where did his father go and where did he put the body?"
"Poor kid." Eri said out loud.
"Sasayama. I'm giving you permission to stay here with Eri and the boy. I'm going to the apartment to see if I can get any more information from neighbors and search the apartment."
"You're going to need help with that Ko."
"I'll be ok. It shouldn't take long. Besides, someone has to stay here and help Eri cook dinner. I'll be back in time. If Ginoza calls you and ask where I am just say you're outside keeping cover while I investigate something. Immediately hang up on him after that."
"You got it. Well Ms. Renson! Let's get started!"
"KK. One second." Eri followed Kogami to the door. "Are you sure you're going to be ok?"
"Yupp. I'll be fine." He could tell Eri was worried. He patted the young girl on her head reassuring her. "Don't worry. I'll be back in time for dinner." Kogami then left down the long hallway while Eri watched sadly.
Kogami stood outside the building address that Sasayama had given to him. It was on the other side of Ikebukoro which wasn't the best part of Tokyo. He made his way towards the apartment entrance with a drone bot and his dominator in his belt. He turned on his watch which projected the apartment number and the apartment layout. He was even able to pull up a picture of the boy's mother. As Kogami made his way up the stairs, he saw a middle aged man. He figured he would stop the man to ask the man a few questions.
"Excuse me pops." He pulled out his badge and showed it to the man with the wild gray hair. "I'm with MWPSB. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?"
"No. Of course not." The man said jolly. Kogami showed the picture of Chidori to the elder man.
"Do you know who she is?" The man lifted his glasses to get a better look at the women displayed on the screen. He squinted for a while but soon recognized the woman.
"Ah! That's Ms. Chidori! She lives on the next floor above you know. Is she alright?"
"I have suspicion that she may be dead." The man gasped shocked. "Her son was found wondering around with bruises. Did you ever hear anything that sounded like domestic violence was taking place?" Kogami asked.
"No. Not that I know of. She was always oh so very quiet. She went to work and dropped her son off at daycare every day. She always had a smile on her face."
"Can you think of anyone who would want to hurt her?" Obviously, she wasn't married because when searching her file, no known spouses popped up.
'UH NO." The man had to stop and think. "Wait. Now that I think about it, I remember there was a time when this young man came by. He looked like a real punk, tattoos and all. He was probably a drug dealer. But, he came here one night screaming and cursing. Banging on her door."
"No one called the police?" The man shook his head no.
"The landlord asked him to leave before he called the police and he left."
"Can you describe to this drone what he looked like?" The man did as he was told.
"Yeah. He was about your height, kind of muscular always wore a tank top. He had all of these colorful tattoos on his arms. His face was narrow. Eyes a bit wider. He had a shaved head too and a pierced lip. Oh he had a scar on his face. It kind of looked like an x." The drone took the information down and soon projected a picture of the possible subject. Kogami looked at the digital sketch.
"Is this him?"
"Yea. Yea. That's him alright." Kogami scanned the scan through the database and a name popped up.
"Jun Hinara."
"What happened son?" The old man said.
"Nothing. Thanks for your time pops." Kogami made his way up the stairs to the apartment.
"Anytime. You take care now." Kogami stood in front of the apartment getting ready to pick the lock on the door. As the drone unlocked the door, Kogami scanned the apartment. It was two bedroom apartment. He clearly saw a room that was obviously Ryunosuke's because it was full of toys and a master bedroom that had to be his moms. For a shitty apartment complex, Ryunosuke's mom did keep up her apartment. Kogami scanned the living room looking for anything that seemed out of place. He saw a bit of blood splatter on the front window. He immediately sent a drone to scan the blood and it confirmed it was chidori's. Kogami was guessing that by the way the blood was splattered, she had to have been struck by an object while not being aware. He went into the mother's room to see if he could find any clues there. The room was plain and white. There wasn't any holographic technology. Wait Kogami thought. Holographic technology can record exactly what is going on in the room while holographs are on. He ran back into the living room and checked the drive where holographic disks were placed. It was gone. The person responsible had taken the disk to try to cover his tail. Kogami was left with no choice. He had to call in for backup to track this man down. He let the bots scan the rest of the house. One drone came out of the bathroom with a mini bag of cocaine. Other than that nothing else was found. Kogami let himself out of the apartment thinking that something was going on prior to the death of Ryunosuke's mom. He assumed it was a drug trade gone badly, but, he couldn't be sure until he talked to the suspect or at least to Ryunosuke again. He dialed inspector Ginoza's number on his phone.
"YUMMY! THESE ARE GOOD MS ERI!"
"YEA! No kidding. Wait until Ko tries one. He will marry you for sure." Eri blushed. Must Sasayama say such things? There was a sudden knock at the door. Eri answered it and it was Kogami
"You're back!" Eri said happily.
"Yea. Sasayama. Let's go. I had to tell Ginoza. We've just been assembled to a team meeting."
"Why'd you do that?"
"This case isn't only a murder case, it may be tied in with a drug deal. I found a half an ounce of coke in the apartment and blood. Surprisingly, no fingerprints or the weapon she was killed with." Kogami stared at the boy who was happily eating burger after burger. Kogami had to admit that it did smell good.
"Weapon?" Sasayama said swallowing his burger.
"Yea. The way the blood was splattered, she was hit with something. Obviously, the culprit took the weapon with him. He also took the holographic disk as well."
"Damn. Ok. But before we go, take one bite of these burgers!" Sasayama said handing one to Kogami. Kogami took a bite and he couldn't believe his taste buds. They were amazing. He looked at Eri.
"Wow! These are amazing," He said with a mouthful. Eri was flattered that Kogami liked her cooking.
"Thanks." She beamed.
"Come on we have to go. Eri. The kid could stay with you. It seems his psycho pass went down." It was now at 87 when Kogami checked it with his dominator. "But if Ginoza feels we need to take him in for questioning, you have to let him come with us." Eri nodded.
"Fine." She agreed.
"See you later Ms. Renson. Thanks for the meal. I haven't had one of those in a very long time." Sasayama yelled as he exited the door. Eri smiled at the two men.
"Why the hell you didn't say anything Kogami? Instead of trying to handle it by yourself, we could have caught a murderer."
"That wasn't what I was trying to do." Kogami didn't want to give the kid over to the authorities because of Eri.
"So what is your reasoning inspector Kogami?" Ginoza asked.
"I don't have to explain a damn thing." Kogami said calmly while lighting a cigarette.
"Well, let's see what the higher ups have to say about this."
"Yea, lets." There was a lot of tension in the room.
"Hey you two. Calm down." Masaoka said getting in between the two young men. "Kogami what did you find when you went to the apartment?"
"I found blood splattered on a window. I also had a drone pick up a bag of cocaine. Someone was using drugs, more than likely the victim. I spoke to a man who lived in the building and he was able to give me a description of someone who he had seen before outside of chidori's apartment." Kogami showed the picture to his coworkers. "The holographic disk was missing. I'm guessing it recorded something and the culprit took it with him." Ginoza stared at the picture of the man.
"Kunizuka, have Shion scan all street camera's and see if she picks up anyone who looks like him that was spotted on the street within the last 24 hours." Ginoza demanded.
"You got it." Kunizuka turned to her computer screen.
"How do we know that this women is dead for sure?" Ginoza questioned Kogami. Kogami and Sasayama looked at each other.
"Her little boy said that his dad hit her and she never woke up." Kogami answered.
"That boy is a witness, where is he?"
"He's with family. We questioned him fully, that's all he saw." Kogami said protecting the boy's whereabouts.
"He's essential to this case Kogami."
"I know. And like I said he was fully questioned." Ginoza snarled. Shion popped up on the office monitor. "What did you find Shion?" Ginoza asked.
"This man is nowhere to be found on any of the street scans, but, I was able to get a full report on him. His name is Jun Hinara, 28 years old. He's from the Hiragana prefecture. His psychopass became cloudy at the age of 17. It's not stated why. His crime coefficient went up to a 185."
"How is he not in rehab and how is he walking on the streets?" Masaoka asked.
"Beats me. But I've scanned every camera in the Ikebukoro ward and all around Tokyo. Facial recognition system doesn't recognize his face for some reason." Kogami took another puff of his cigarette. He was deep in thought.
"Shion, scan all facilities for latent criminals and see if his name pops up."
"Uh. Sure." Shion ran the scan for the man and something popped up. "Wait, I found something. Jun Hinara was admitted to a facility in the Kanto region and has been there since he was about 19 or 20 years old."
"How old is the boy Kogami?" Ginoza asked.
"He has to be around 9. Why was he sent there Shion?"
"It says his hue became cloudy after finding out his girlfriend was pregnant and had been cheating on him. Chidori Serizawa."
"Bingo. Someone is using a holographic device to frame him."
"It also says that he was released last year because his hue went back to normal, but, for some reason he was sent back to the institution."
"Is there any way you can pull up Chidori Serizawa's employment history?"
"Sure thing. Let's see. It looks like Chidori hadn't been employed since she was 24 years old. Her last employer was at a night club as a go-go dancer."
"How was she paying her rent and providing for the kid?" Kagari asked.
"Easy. She was into drugs. That has to be it." Sasayama replied.
"Pull up surveillance of Chidori anywhere in the city within the last month please."
"You got it pretty boy." Immediately 10 different screens popped up with Chidori on it. Kogami scanned each screen and saw an odd looking character.
"Who is that Shion?"
"Let me run a facial analysis. Give me a sec."
"In the meantime, I suggest that Inspector Ginoza head out to question Hinara at the facility. You can go with Kagari and Kunizuka."
"Yea. That sounds like a good idea." Kagari said closing his video game.
"Let's go." Ginoza seemed annoyed and put on his coat to leave.
"His name is Daisuke Inozawa. He's 31 years old. His hue and psycho pass are actually really good, but, he has a history of being involved with drug related activity."
"Any way we can find his whereabouts?"
"Sure. His address is Miyuzari ward 3-2 B Street 56."
"I guarantee this is our man. Sasayama, Masaoka. Let's head out."
"Yes sir." Sasayama said jumping out of his chair.
'Thanks Shion." Kogami said thanking the busty blonde haired women.
"No problem Hun." She winked at Kogami and the screen went blank.
It was past midnight when Ginoza reached the facility that Hinara was staying at. Ginoza sat patiently while he waited for the nurses to get Hinara out of his room. Ginoza was reading something on his arm watch while Kunizuka and Kagari stood beside him. The place was full of white walls and drones constantly measuring ones psycho pass. The nurses came out with Jun and sat him in the chair on the opposite side of the glass. The man seemed to be sleeping.
"What's going on? Don't you know its way past midnight?"
"I'm inspector Nobuchika Ginoza. I'm with the MWPSB. I have a couple of questions to ask you."
"Sure, but can you make it quick?"
"What is your relationship with Chidori Serizawa?" Immediately Jun's face had looked like he had seen a ghost. He was hesitant at first, but, slowly answered the question.
"She used to be my girlfriend. She also gave birth to my son."
"Ryunosuke?"
"Yea."
"When was the last time you saw Ryunosuke Jun?"
"Um. Last year. That was the first time I had ever seen my boy. He looks just like me. I had just been released, but when I found out that Chidori had drugs constantly around my son, my hue got clouded again." That proved Kogami's theory. Someone was posing as him using holographic technology. "Is Ryu ok?"
"He's fine. But we have reason to believe that his mother is dead." Jun's heart dropped.
"Oh no." His eyes were wide and looked as if he was about to cry. Ginoza pulled up another picture on his phone of Daisuke Inozawa. "Do you recognize this man?" Jun stared at the picture.
"Yea. That was Chidori's new boyfriend. He's the reason I was sent back to this place. I was hoping when I got out, me and Chidori can start over and raise our son, but, she said she moved on." Suddenly Ginoza's phone rang. "Inspector Ginoza speaking."
"It's me." It was Kogami. "He's not here. From the looks of it, this man is on the run. Shion just pulled up a picture of him at Shugawa station on your side. He's trying to flee the country. He has a suitcase with him as well. We found a saw with Serizawa's blood on it. We also found a vase with blood on it. That was the object he hit her with. We believe he dismembered her body and place her in that bag." When Jun heard this, he broke down into tears. "We are on our way." Ginoza stood up from his chair and bowed to the man with sympathy. He could tell the man still loved this woman. "Thank you for your time. And….I'm sorry." Ginoza said this and left with Kunizuka and Kagari leaving the grieving latent criminal behind.
Division one was at Shugawa station and had to completely shut it down. Kogami was able to get on the train that Daisuke had gotten on. Sasayama had accompanied Kogami alongside Masaoka and was scanning each cart thoroughly. For late at night, the train was packed.
"Anything?" Kogami said through his intercom.
"Nothing." Masaoka answered.
"Anything Sasayama?"
"Nada." Sasayama was walking through the moving train scanning the area. He saw people sitting down on the train chair but noticed something strange. He saw that people were sitting on one side of the train, but, not on the other. He approached the man who was reading his newspaper. "Excuse me, is there a reason why you're sitting on this side of the train and not the other? Forgive me if that sounds like an odd question."
"No. You're fine. It smells weird on that side." Bingo. Sasayama noticed that this was the only cart with few people. He opened the hatch above the seats and found a black suitcase. He asked the man and the few other people to move to the next cart immediately. Kogami joined his enforcer. Both men pulled out the suitcase and opened it immediately covering their noses.
"Jesus fucking Christ." They had found Chidori. Everything that Kogami had suspected was true. There she was chopped up.
"Hit the emergency brake Masaoka. This man is still on the train, he has to be."
"You got it." Masaoka broke the glass containing the emergency brake button with his glass hand and the train came to a screeching halt. A man fell out of the closet in front of Sasayama and Kogami. They notice that the train stopping suddenly because the holographic image to act up and show daisuke's face. He tried to get up and run, but Kogami already had him pinned down. Sasayama measured the man's psycho pass. It was a 365.
Lethal Eliminator Mode. Activated. The dominator was getting ready to blow daisuke's to pieces.
"YOU BETTER MOVE KO!" Kogami jumped off of the man. Before the man was blasted to pieces, he screamed begging for mercy. Blood soon splattered on the trains walls. Kogami glanced at the suit case and sat on the train seat feeling sick. Masaoka placed a hand on his shoulder.
"This is what being a detective is about. You never know what to expect."
"Yea. I know pops." That night seemed to drag on forever. The cleanup was at least two hours. The whole station also had to be evacuated. Kogami stood outside the station smoking a cigarette trying to finish up his report.
The victim Chidori Serizawa, 28 years old, was an unemployed mother of a nine year old boy, Ryunosuke Serizawa, age: 9. In order to support her child, she started to sell drugs with her boyfriend Daisuke Inozawa age 31. Daisuke found out that Serizawa had been stealing product from him for her own personal use and used a holographic device to make it seem that her ex-boyfriend. Jun Hinara who is in a facility on the countryside had killed her. This tricked her young son to believe that his father had killed his mother Serizawa. Daisuke beat the boy to reassure that the boy wasn't going to say anything.
Kogami closed his tablet. "What a long night." He said to his enforcer.
"Yea. Poor kid." Sasayama said while putting his cigarette out.
Eri didn't want Ryunosuke to leave. She loved the child like it was her own. The MWPSB was able to alert Chidori's parents about her death, they didn't know that Chidori was pregnant. Her father suspected that was the reason why she ran away from home. She knew her father would have been mad if he found out that she was pregnant out of wedlock. Eri was holding the boys hand waiting for Kogami to finish talking to his grandparents. Kogami signaled for Eri to bring the boy over. Eri walked over slowly to the elder couple. Both of them gazed the child and busted into tears.
"He has the same beauty mark that my little girl had on her cheek. Not to mention he has her eyes." Ryunosuke looked at Eri. He was confused.
"Mommy Eri, Who are they?" Eri was trying to fight back her tears. Kogami even looked sad.
"This is your grandparents. They are your mommy's dad and mom."
"Oh. Do I have to go with them?" He asked. "I want to stay with you." Eri smiled.
"I know, but, this is your family. Your real mommy would want you to be with her parents." The elderly lady interrupted.
"You can see Eri whenever you want Ryunosuke. We will gladly take you to visit her and she can always come visit you." The lady faced Eri. "Inspector Kogami told us how well you took care of him." The lady bowed down to Eri with tears streaming down her cheeks. "Thank you very much! We are forever grateful to you." Eri smiled.
"No problem." The train's horn blew. It was about to leave. Eri kneeled down to Ryunosuke's level and handed him a piece of paper. "My phone number, email address and live intercom numbers are on here. Whenever you want to talk. Just call me and I will be right there. Kk?"
"Do you promise?" Eri nodded. The boy hugged Eri tightly.
"Thank you mommy Eri. Please come see me soon." This touched Eri's heart. "We can make burgers again and eat ice cream sundaes!"
"We will." Eri's eyes were watering. The boy kissed Eri on the cheek and took his grandparents hands. "Bye Mr. Kogami!"
"Later Kid. Behave yourself." Eri was looking at the floor. She was still fighting back her tears. The three were making their way to the train's door when Ryunosuke turned around and yelled Eri's name.
"Mommy Eri?!" Eri looked at the young child. "My real mommy says thank you very much! You have a kind heart!" Both of the boy's grandparents heard what he said and broke down in tears. Eri watched as the train doors closed and as the boy waived goodbye to her. Soon enough, the train sped off. Eri stood there with her face facing the floor unable to move. Kogami placed his hand on her shoulder making sure she was ok.
"You really grew found of him? Didn't you?" Eri nodded yes still facing the floor. She then began to speak.
"I use to have a brother." Kogami looked at Eri with a puzzled look. "He was nine years old when it happened. He got really ill. Then he died. He was my everything. A pain in the butt, but I loved him very much. When he died. I remember feeling so alone. When I met Ryunosuke, for some reason, I felt as if my brother's spirit was in him. They acted just alike." That explained why Eri took such a liking to Ryunosuke. Now Kogami fully understood. He lifted Eri's face with his hand and saw that she was still fighting back a flood of tears that were waiting to fall.
"You know. Your brother would have been proud of what you did for that boy." Eri smiled and nodded.
"I know."
"It's also not a bad thing to cry. You don't have to pretend to be strong in front of me. We are all human and quite vulnerable." Hearing those words made Eri break down completely. She began to sob. Kogami pulled the girl into his chest and let her cry into his chest. People were watching the two trying to figure out what was wrong. Kogami didn't care. He just wanted to comfort Eri. That was all.
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