******HEY GUYS! JUST UPDATING THE FIC A BIT! IM BRINGING INSPECTOR TSUNEMORI IN! SOME OF THIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN"T WATCHED PSYCHOPASS! THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT********
Although inspector Akane Tsunemori had just been assigned to division 1, she was beginning to get the hang of her new job. It was hard work, often sometimes dangerous work, but she loved taking the risks. One person who caught her attention the most was the enforcer Shinya Kogami. He was different. He was often sometimes brash and aggressive. He was a good guy who was one hell of an enforcer. Akane and the rest of division one had just solved the mysterious killings of people who had avatars on communfield. She was standing outside on the balcony gazing at the sun setting over Tokyo. She didn't realize it, but, inspector Ginoza approached the young woman with the short brown bob from behind. He had his hands in his pocket.
"Gotta say, you did quite well this time." Akane quickly responded to Ginoza.
"I can't really take any credit. Mr. Kogami figured it all out. It was incredible how he was able to get inside Mito's head and predict his actions."
"That's just how enforcers are. They can do that because they have the same psychological profile as the criminals." Ginoza replied.
"But, he," Akane paused. "Mr. Kogami comforted me after Shoko's death. And he encouraged me. I know he's classified as a latent criminal, but, I have trouble believing that he has the same mind as a maniac like Mito. I just don't see it." The wind blew through Ginoza's hair. He was now staring off into the distance.
"Fulfilling your duties as an inspector is the only thing you should think about. Draw a hard line between you and the enforcers."
"Is that an iron lab rule for this job protocol?" Akane asked.
"No. But, it's the rule I live by." Akane turned to face Ginoza. "I use to have a partner, but, I lost him due to a mistake he made. A mistake I couldn't stop him from making and-"Ginoza pulled up a screen on his arm device. "I don't want to see the same thing happen to you." He was pulling up a file from the database and was sending it over to Akane for her to take a look at. Akane opened her screen on her wrist. She slightly gasped.
"That's from the personnel department." Ginoza told her. "Delete it when you're done with it." With that being said, Ginoza turned around to leave Akane to herself to read the file. Akane watched as he left then directed her attention back to the screen above her wrist. She pressed the button and soon the device started to speak.
Shinya Kogami, Enforcer, Male, 28 years old. Former Inspector. Akane was shocked.
"What?!" The device continued to speak.
While investigating the previously unsolved MWPSB's special case 102, Enforcer Kogami's crime coefficient rapidly increased. Despite repeated warnings, he prioritized the investigation over treatment. His crime coefficient deviated from the regulated value and he was demoted to enforcer. Akane stared at the screen looking at the picture of Kogami.
Division 1 team had just began a new case. A girl was found dismembered in the park due to plasticization. Akane, Ginoza and Kogami stared at the young girl with roses in her mouth.
"I'm going to have to take you off this case Kogami," Ginoza said. "I'm sorry." Akane seemed confused.
"Huh?"
"Are you serious?" Kogami said slightly annoyed by Ginoza. "How come?"
"I need people who aren't clouded by their own preconceived theories about the case. At least at the start." Ginoza answered. Akane quickly chimed in.
"But sir, we're not sure yet if this is even connected to the specimen case." Akane had forgotten that Ginoza showed her that file in secret. She quickly covered her mouth. Kogami looked at Akane turning around.
"So I'm standby at HQ?" Kogami asked.
"That's right." Kogami then started to walk away from the crime scene. Akane watched as Kogami left.
"Inspector Tsunemori?"
"Yes sir!" The young woman answered.
"It seems you know the circumstances we're dealing with. I need you to keep an eye on Kogami at all times now. Make sure he doesn't do anything stupid, that's your job in this case."
Akane stood silently as she watched enforcer Kogami spar against a humanoid robot in the CID's dojo. Kogami punched the bot over and over. Akane assumed he was frustrated.
"That's enough!" Kogami stopped hitting the android. "I think you won." Akane said putting her hands on her hips. Kogami got off of the robot and watched it go back into its mechanical state. He had left a pretty bad dent on the left side of its face. Akane picked up the remote off of the ground and looked at it in disbelief.
"Whoa! You got the sparring program set to the highest level there is and you still crushed it. Are you sure you're not a cyborg Mr. Kogami?" Akane joked.
"I can still get knocked out cold from a paralyzer. I'm human. Weak like everyone else." He answered the young inspector. Akane glanced at the damaged drone.
"You do know that property management isn't going to be happy about this?"
"It's their fault for building that piece of crap." Kogami grabbed his cigarette's off of the bench and went to light one. He inhaled and exhaled the smoke. All Akane could do was watch him. She hadn't noticed before, but, Kogami had a very nice body. She couldn't help but lean in to get a better look at his abs. She was now staring. Kogami noticed what she was doing.
"Is there a reason you keep staring at me?" He asked. Akane came back to her sense.
"Uh! No! No! Sorry!" She was so embarrassed. Kogami continued to smoke his cigarette. Akane looked away blushing. "Um, but the dominator was designed to neutralize any threat. Do you really need to spend so much time in here on your combat training?"
"Damn right I do." Kogami said putting his cigarette in the ash tray. "Its power just means I have to train more. A person should always be stronger than the weapon they hold. It's not the dominator who kills someone, it's the person who pulls the trigger. My training doesn't let me forget that. It keeps the pain here where it always should be." Kogami finished his sentence extending his fist out to Akane.
"I see. So is that supposed to be a lesson for me?" Akane asked. Kogami sighed.
"If I have it my way, you won't have to take anyone's life. I'll carry that weight. Did you come from a reason?"
"Ok! I'll get to that!" Akane's voice grew louder and she began to pint at Kogami. "But first can you wipe off that sweat and put a shirt on please?" Kogami did what Akane asked him to do. As Kogami grabbed his shirt, Akane noticed a small picture fall out from underneath it. Akane bent down to pick it up and stared at the picture. It was of a younger Kogami and a foreign girl. They seemed like they were on a date. Akane handed the picture back to Kogami and followed him back to the living room. She took a seat as she watched Kogami down a half a bottle of water. She couldn't help but feel curious. She wanted to know who that girl was.
"Um. Mr. Kogami, if you don't mind me asking. Who was the girl in the picture that I picked up off of the floor?" Was she rude for asking this? Kogami looked at Akane. She sure seemed interested in him.
"She was…" Kogami paused. "My girlfriend a little while back."
"Oh! Really!" See Ginoza had it all wrong. Kogami was human. He just wasn't some latent criminal. Akane blushed.
"If you don't mind me asking Mr. Kogami, what happened between you two?"
"You're really trying to get personal huh?"
"I'm sorry!" Akane quickly apologized bowing her head down. When she sat back up Kogami stated to talk.
"We…Just didn't work out. That's all." Akane could tell there was more to this story. She could tell by the pain in Kogami's voice that he probably still card about her. Looking at the picture, you could tell the two were awfully close.
"Um…Did you love her?" Akane caught herself again. "Sorry!" Kogami finished drinking his water.
"Actually, to answer your question." Akane watched how sad Kogami's eyes looked. "I did. But the past is the past." Akane left it alone and quickly changed the subject to the specimen 102 case.
Akane was done for the day and had to report back to inspector Ginoza. She hadn't done much but babysit Kogami all day. She couldn't complain. She was getting paid for doing something awfully minor. Akane stood in front of Ginoza's desk watching him read her report.
"So is that all inspector Tsunemori?"
"Yes sir!" She said bowing down to him. Ginoza dismissed her but the girl didn't leave. She wanted to ask Ginoza a question.
"Is there something the matter?" The man said pushing his glasses to his face.
"Actually." Akane began. "There is. I was in the dojo with Mr. Kogami and he dropped a picture. I know I shouldn't get too wrapped up in it but, I saw a picture of him with a girl." Ginoza knew exactly who Akane was talking about. "He didn't say much, but, when I asked him about who she was he seemed like, well, he was still hurting."
"That's because he still is." Ginoza decided to explain everything to Akane. "Have a seat inspector Tsunemori." Akane did just that. "The picture you saw was of a girl by the name of Eriallia Renson. She was a foreign exchange student at Fujiyama University. She was, well, she was Kogami's girlfriend."
"Yea. He told me that. I asked him if he still loved her or if he did at all and he seemed kind of bothered."
"That's because, Akane….Kogami is still very much in love with that young woman." Akane knew it. "About 4 years ago, Ms. Renson was abducted by a serial rapist and murderer. Kogami was the one who figured out where she was and went in to rescue her. I don't know when it happened, but, he grew very fond of Ms. Renson. He visited her in the hospital and even went to her therapy appointments. He took quite an interest in her. The two became very close. Soon enough, they started to date."
"So what happened? Why did they split up? Where is she now?" Akane was so curious.
"While investigating the Specimen case and seeing Sasayama dismantled the way he was, Kogami lost it. As said in the report, his crime coefficient sky rocketed. Eri was trying her best to help him cope, but, Kogami felt that he couldn't be with her. So he dumped her." Akane became irate.
"What? That's crazy?!"
"Yes and no." Ginoza said folding his hands underneath his chin. "After he became a latent criminal, he felt that he couldn't make Eri happy any more. As you may know, latent criminals can't marry or have any children." Akane looked down at her lap.
"Yea. I know."
"Kogami loved Eri so much that he wanted to give her those two things. After all the years of knowing Kogami, I never saw him as happy with a girl other than Eri. There was one day Sasayama, Kogami and myself were walking in the city. Kogami stopped to look at engagement rings. He loved her enough that he was thinking of marrying her." Akane felt sad hearing this. "He even told me that she was the one. He could see himself with no other woman but her."
"I see. It's understandable why he broke up with her, but, there had to be some way to fix things. Did he even try?"
"He did. But it was too late. Eri had left to go back home to America. She changed all of her contact information and Kogami has not spoken to her for maybe almost 2 years if I'm not mistaken."
"WHAT! THAT"S OBSURD!" Akane yelled. "HOW CAN THEY NOT SPEAK FOR TWO YEARS?!"
"He hurt Eri deeply. He told her he never wanted to see her ever again. It affected her tremendously. She loved him so much. I could tell by the way she would look at him in admiration. They were honestly the perfect couple. They hardly ever argued."
"Has anyone heard from Eri since then?"
"I haven't personally, but, I bump into her friends time to time. They tell me how Eri has been doing. I try to do that much for Kogami. If anything was to happen to her, he would want to know. Her friends say she's doing fine. She came back to Japan for a while to finish up school, but, they even said that she wasn't the same without Kogami by her side. They say now she's working for a huge international business company so they hardly really see her any more. She still has her place here in Japan, but she's always traveling."
"So why don't we take Ko to see her?! Clearly there was some misunderstanding between the two! Kogami broke up with her to protect her! He still has to love her."
"Yea, I know. I thought about doing it many times, but like I said she's hardly ever in Japan. She's a business woman. She's constantly on the go. Plus I don't think she would want to see him. One of her friends say that she doesn't even mention his name. I mean he doesn't talk about her much either, but,-"Ginoza ran his hand threw his hair. "It's a complicated situation."
"I see. Mr. Kogami figured that since he was a latent criminal, or became one. He shouldn't be with her. He didn't want to cloud her hue or….Take away the happiness of getting married and starting a family."
"Yupp."
"That's awful." Akane rose to her feet. "There is away for this to be fixed. There has to be."
"Tell me Akane, Why are you so interested in Shinya Kogami?" Akane honestly didn't know the reason why.
"I honestly don't know. But if Kogami is around someone that he loves, don't you think his crime coefficient will go down?" Akane asked.
"Yes and No."
"Why yes and No?"
"Yes it would go down because Kogami was always his calmest when he was with her. No it won't come down a lot because the man who was behind the specimen murders and who killed Sasayama has not been caught."
"I see." Akane said disappointed. Ginoza started to scribble something on a piece of paper. He handed it over to Akane. "What is it?"
"It's all of Eriallia's contact information. Her new ones at the most. I looked it up using the database. Her address and everything is there." Akane smiled. "I believe that Kogami still very much loves her. I believe that just because he is an enforcer doesn't mean he shouldn't be happy either. Do what you please." Ginoza stood up and grabbed his black trench coat off of the coat rack. He smiled at Akane. "Just make sure when you sign enforcer Kogami out, you do it discretely." With that Ginoza exited his office. Akane stared at the peace of paper with smiling.
"Maybe Kogami can be saved. Maybe his life can go back to the way it was." Akane jumped out of the chair and quickly made her way to the CID's garage.
*************SOOOOO AKANE IS IN THE PICTURE NOW! UH OH! SHE SEEMS EAGER TO HELP SHINYA OUT! PLEASE READ. REVIEW, FAVORITE AND FOLLOW! ARIGATOU!**********************