**********THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET CRAZYYYY IN THESE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS SO PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! REMEMEBER SOME CHARACTERS ARE NOT ACTUAL CHARACTERS IN THE ANIME ALTHOUGH I WISH THEY WERE ALL CREDIT GOES TO GEN UROBOKI! ***********
Akane Tsunemori was outside of a tall building which seemed to be made of primarily glass. This has to be the place she thought. She quickly exited her car and made her way to the buildings front entrance. The building was really nice. It was extravagant. Akane thought maybe famous pop idols Egoist lived in the building or something. Akane wasn't in her usual work attire so she looked like a normal civilian. She saw the front desk agent standing at the desk and decided to ask him.
"Um, excuse me sir?" she began.
"Yes ma'am?" the man replied.
"Um...I'm looking for a girl by the name of Eriallia Renson. Does she reside here?"
"Ah yes! Ms. Renson. She does. She lives on the upper floor upstairs. What business do you have with her?"
"Um...well you see…" Akane didn't want to say she was looking for her to see if she would get back with her ex-boyfriend. She quickly pulled out her badge and showed it to the man. "I'm with the MWPSB."
"Oh my! Well here! This is her apartment number. Take this hallway down to the green elevators and it will take you right to her floor."
"Thank you sir." Akane bowed and made her way down the hall. "The perks of being with the MWPSB." Akane said to herself. Akane stood in the elevator waiting to get to Akane's floor. When the elevator stopped, she suddenly became nervous. What was she going to say to her? Hi, I'm Akane Tsunemori I'm the inspector in charge of your ex-boyfriend whom you haven't talked to in about maybe 2 years and I'm here to fix things. Yea ok. That seemed sane. Akane stood in front of Eri's door and gulped. She lifted her hand to knock, but, surely hesitated. She finally had enough courage to do so. She knocked.
Eri was reading a bunch of financial documents from her company. She finally had a couple of days off and wanted to spend her days relaxing and catching up with her friends, but, work always kept her busy. She heard the knock at her door and opened it forgetting to look to see who it was. Soon amber eyes met amber eyes. Short brown bob to long jet black hair now with bangs.
"Um...Hello? Do I know you?"
"Uh, no you don't. I'm Akane Tsunemori." Eri was pretty. She felt kind of envious. She was exotic and tall. She was also very thin. "I'm with the um… MWPSB." Akane showed Eri her badge.
"Oh. Ok. What is this about?" Eri asked.
"Do you mind if I come in to talk?" Eri was confused. She figured it was serious since it was the MWPSB.
"Sure." Eri let Akane in and sat her on the couch offering her coffee or tea. She accepted tea. Eri placed the tea in front of her and sat on the opposite couch. She crossed her legs and folded her arms.
"So. I'm here because, well you see." Eri looked at Akane confused. "I'm investigating a case in the area." Akane pulled out the picture of a man who they already had put away in a facility. "Do you know who this man is?" Eri looked at the picture.
"Uh. I'm so sorry. I don't."
"Well!" Akane jumped up. "I'm sorry for taking up your time Ms.…."
"Renson. Eriallia Renson."
"Ah yes! Nice to meet you Eriallia. Thank you for the tea. But I have to get going." Akane seemed even more nervous than she was before. She made her way towards her door placing her shoes back on.
"Um excuse me Ms. Tsunemori? You said you were with the MWPSB, am I correct?" Akane's heart jumped.
"Yes." Was she going to ask about Kogami? "Why?"
"Uh, no reason. I just use to be very close with a person who worked for the MWPSB, that's all." Eri smiled softly. She had to be talking about Kogami! Akane thought.
"Oh really?"
"Yea. I'm sorry! I'm sure you have tons of work to do today! Please be safe and take care."
"You too." Akane said as Eri showed her the door. Akane sighed at the closed door in front of her. "That went well." She said as she walked down the long hallway.
A week had passed since Akane had went to see Eri. She didn't tell Kogami that she was basically prying in his personal life. As Ginoza gave the team a speech, Akane couldn't help but stare at Kogami. What was his mind thinking about? She wondered.
Kogami had decided to take inspector Tsunemori to see one of his former teachers from college. He wanted Akane to have a lesson in criminal profiling. Kogami rang the doorbell as Akane watched curiously.
"Yo!" a voice said through the speaker.
"Hello? It's Kogami." The tall man spoke into the speaker.
"Alright. Hold on a second." Akane was still looking around the big house.
"I don't see much environment hollo in use here." Akane pointed out.
"That's because that stuff irritates the hell out of him." Suddenly the door flew opened and there stood an older man in glasses with brown hair and a scarf wrapped around his neck.
"Professor Saiga, it's been a while."
"Stop calling me professor, don't you know how many years it's been since I quit?" Saiga quickly looked to the left of Kogami. "And this beauty might be?" Akane bowed greeting the professor.
"Akane Tsunemori. I'm an inspector with the MWPSB. Nice to meet you sir." The man lifted his glasses to his face.
"Hm. You are welcomed to come inside detectives." Both Kogami and Akane entered the man's extravagant home. Akane glanced around unfamiliar with a place that had no holographic technology.
"Is coffee ok?"
"Sure." Kogami answered.
"Yes please." Akane answered as well.
"That's good, because coffee is all I got." The man then placed each cup in front of Akane and Kogami. Soon Saiga began his lesson on criminal profiling.
It was already night time when Kogami and Akane decided to come back from Saiga's estate. The car ride was a bit quiet and Akane almost fell asleep.
"Did you at least get something out of it?" Kogami asked the dozing off girl. Akane woke up quickly.
"Yes of course! He's a fantastic teacher. In fact, I don't get why his lectures aren't in the MWPSB's archives."
"They would never do that." Kogami answered.
"What's the real story with him?" Akane asked.
"It was back when the university system still existed alongside the sibyl system. Saiga's criminology courses were specifically set up to train investigators. One day, they found a big problem. The hues of his students became clouded and their crime coefficients saw a big jump." Akane seemed surprised.
"Relax, not for every student." Kogami said facing the young woman. "One on one lectures like yours today are fine. But besides, your hue is impossible to cloud anyway."
"Yea, but, to think listening to a guy speak can raise your crime coefficient."
"Say there's a dark swamp and you can't see the bottom, if you want to know what's down there, you got to jump. Mr. Saiga can handle it because he's always down there all the time. But, for most of his students, it's a new experience and they can't always surface safely. They can't handle what's in the swamp."
"You seem like someone who can dive in, touch the bottom and come back up without a scratch."
"Thanks. But I doubt that." Kogami lifted his arm up with his tracking bracelet on. "If you were to ask our dear friend the sibyl system, I'd hit the black mud and never come back." Akane smiled. She then went through her purse looking for her cell phone cause she heard it ring. While she was scrambling around for it, the piece of paper with Eriallia's address and number fell out of her bag. Kogami looked at the paper and saw what was written on it. Damn! Akane thought. He's going to be so pissed.
"I could explain!" Akane began. Kogami picked the paper up and read it. He looked back outside his window. He didn't seem upset.
"So now you're stalking my ex's?"
"NO! That's not what it was, I swear! I…" Akane gulped. "I saw her the other day. The girl in the picture, Eri is her name right? Eriallia?"
"Yea?" There was a slight silence.
"Well, if you want to know, she's doing fine."
"There's no doubt in mind that she isn't doing well." Kogami said looking at the bright Tokyo lights. "She's a strong and smart woman. I know she's ok."
"So, why don't you call her? Her new number is on that piece of paper." Kogami didn't look at it. "Also, when I went to see her, she said something. She asked if I worked for the MWPSB. I told her yes I do. She said she used to be close with someone who worked for the MWPSB. I assumed she was talking about you."
"What makes you so sure?" Kogami asked.
"She seemed, sad when she said it. Like the memory hurt. Please don't get mad, but, I asked Ginza what was going on between the two of you. He told me everything. He said you two were inseparable." Kogami leaned back in his chair closing his eyes. "You should really talk to her! Even if you don't get back together with her, at least you could clear some things out of the air. Did she know that your crime coefficient jumped so high?"
"No. She didn't. I never told her that I was demoted to an enforcer."
"See! If you explained that to her, she would have understood. I met her one time and automatically I could tell she was a kind hearted person."
"Yea. That sounds like Eri alright." Akane sighed. Why was Kogami so stubborn? Akane continued to look at the lit city. Will they ever be the same again?
"Eri!" Kyoko yelled as she greeted her friend. It had been so long since she last had seen her. Kyoko had grew her hair out and added texture to it making it full and extremely curly. It suited her wild personality. Mitako was with Kyoko.
"Hey! Oh my gosh! It's been forever!" Eri said hugging both of her dear friends. Mitako, you cut your hair and you grew yours out I see Kyoko!"
"Same goes for you!" Your hair looks awesome! I love it!" All three young woman laughed. The girls had planned a trip to go to Okinawa Marriott hotel and resort for a miniature vacation. It was fall, but, with indoor heating and everything, the girls still would have a great time.
"Come on let's get on the train before it leaves! We have so much catching up to do!" Kyoko said pulling Eri by her arm. As the girls walked through the crowded streets and made their way to the train terminal, little did they know that they were being watched?
"So, what's the plan boss?" a foreign man asked his white haired partner in crime.
"We are going to play a little game. I'm sure that Kogami will take part in the festivities."
"What makes you so sure?"
"Choe, believe me I know." Makishima said smiling deviously. "Let's bored our train, shall we?" Both men followed the group of young girls into the train station.
Kogami was fast asleep on his couch. He had a long day dealing with the new specimen case reports. He was exhausted. He would probably wake up within 4 hours anyways. Knock Knock. Kogami woke up immediately. He stood up to answer his door. There he saw Ginoza, Akane and Kagari.
"What?" He said grumpy as ever.
"Pack a bag, we're going to Okinawa for the weekend."
"Okinawa? What for?" Kogami was confused.
"I'll explain everything in the car. Just get packed and let's go." Kogami did as he was told and didn't put a fight with Ginoza. He was still very sleepy.
Eri watched as the train sped out of Tokyo. Kyoko was raving about the spa at the Okinawa resort and was dying to have a mud bath. Eri was quiet.
"Eri! You're so quiet! What's wrong?" Mitako asked.
"Nothing! Eri forced a fake smile. "I'm just tired. That's all."
"Well rest up! We're going to have an awesome time this weekend!"
"Yeah! Maybe we can find boyfriends!" Mitako said with hope. Kyoko elbowed her.
"What's going on with you and Junya? Kyoko?" Eri asked.
"I don't know anymore, he's always working in the states so I hardly see him." Kyoko sighed. "But this weekend, no boy talk! Just girl time!" Eri laughed.
"Ok. Whatever you say." Just when Eri was about to turn to face the window a tall man approached her and her friends.
"Excuse me ladies." Kyoko started to choke on her hot chocolate. He's kind of hot! She thought. Mitako was blushing and Eri didn't really seem to pay much attention to the man.
"Can we help you?" Mitako asked.
"I'm terribly sorry if this comes off as strange, but, my friend and I couldn't help but notice how beautiful all three of you were." Kyoko and Mitako were amazed by the man's charisma and charm. Eri didn't seem to care at all. "Especially you ma'am. You're not from Japan are you?"
"Obviously no." Eri snapped. Kyoko kicked eri playfully.
"My apologies, I'm so sorry if I offended you. But where are you ladies going in Okinawa?"
"Um, to the Marriott!" Mitako said extremely excited.
"Really? No way! Do you mind if I take a seat?" The man sat next to Eri. Eri continued to stare out the window looking at the fall night sky. "I'm hosting a huge party there this weekend. My name is Keigo Fusano." The man lied. "You ladies are?"
"I'm Mitako. This is Kyoko and Ms. Grumpy pants over there is Eriallia." Kyoko waived.
"Eriallia, Kyoko and Mitako. Lovely names for such lovely ladies. Here's my card in case you want to come by and party for the evening. I should get back to my friend. I hope to see you ladies there." Keigo said as he left the women behind.
"You most certainly will!" Mitako shouted to him.
"He was super cute!" Kyoko said still blushing.
"Yea, he was, Eri come on lighten up. It's been 2 years now! It's time for you to go out and explore! Date! Live!" Mitako said plopping herself next to her friend. Kyoko knew that was a sensitive subject.
"There was something about that man that I just didn't like. Doesn't he feel creepy to you?" Mitako and Kyoko shook their heads no. "Well, I don't know. He seems odd."
"The only odd one here is you! Come on live a little, have fun! Party. I miss my old party buddy!" Mitako went into her purse and pulled out a mini wine bottle. "Here, let's loosen you up a bit. Have some." Eri glanced at Mitako.
"You know, I expected Kyoko to pull this out of her bag, not you." Eri laughed.
"Hey!" Kyoko said slightly ashamed. She laughed it off.
"I'm kidding." Eri took a long sip of the pink wine. Maybe she needed to let go and have a bit of fun.
"Women have been disappearing all over the Okinawa region for the past week now." Ginoza pulled up the screen with all the women who were reported missing from the Okinawa prefecture. "Most of the women that have gone missing were staying at the Marriott hotel and resort. A lot of these women are working business women or just women who have money. A famous celebrity has even been reported missing. I'm sure you all know her. Her name is Mai Katane."
"I know her! She's so fucking hot!" Kagari jumped out of his chair so excited.
"Language please." Ginoza demanded. "There's more to this." Ginoza pulled up a screen of a burnt up house. "What you see on the screen is a house that is usually rented out to the guest at the resort in Okinawa. This is one of them. It was burned up pretty badly. The investigative squad there found 5 burnt up corpses. They're so badly burned they cannot be identified."
"Damn. Do you think they were some of the girls on the missing list?" Masaoka asked.
"We don't know. But look. Not too far away from that house another house was found burned down to its foundation with 7 burnt bodies. They were basically brunt to ashes and they can't be identified either."
"This psycho sure has an obsession with fire." Akane pointed out.
"Why doesn't the resort shut itself down?" Kogami asked.
"They don't want to create a mass panic." Ginoza replied.
"If the resort shut itself down, that means they would lose a hell of a lot of money." Kunizuka said pulling up more images on the screen.
"Got ya." Kogami said laying back in the car seat closing his eyes. Ginoza decided to leave the paddy wagon behind and let all the enforcers ride with him in the car to Okinawa. He didn't want to scare the guest and cause a riot scaring the culprit away.
"Our job is to figure out what all these women had in common, if anything and find the person who is possibly killing them. We can't let another fire happen. Is that understood?" Everyone nodded agreeing to Ginoza. "Good. We will all be undercover. Enforcers, I want you to set your bracelets in stealth mode so now one will know you guys are enforcers. You can think of this as a mini vacation. One you haven't had in a long time."
"AWESOME!" Kagari yelled. "Does that mean I get to hit the hot springs?!"
"You can do whatever, as long as you stay within the facility. If you find anything suspicious that leads to outside of the facility either I or inspector Tsunemori has to accompany you."
"WOAHHHH! THIS ROOM IS AWESOME!" Kyoko said running into the large suite. The girls had chipped in and got a pretty elaborate suite. There was 2 bedrooms 2 baths one with a full Jacuzzi. There was a kitchen and a bar full of wine ad vodka at the girl's request, there was also an elaborate living room with a beautiful glass ceiling that reflected the moon into the suite. A spread of food was also prepared for the girls when they arrived.
"Is there anything else I can do for you ladies?" The concierge asked.
"No. This is perfect. Thank you." Mitako said dismissing the man. Eri made her way over to the bar. She saw a bunch of wine and champagne. She quickly popped the cork and poured three glasses of the drink. She handed each one to her friends.
"This is going to be an awesome weekend." Mitako said jumping on the couch like a little girl. Eri laughed.
"So ladies, let's begin!" Kyoko said downing her whole glass of Champaign.
"Please, I don't want to have to carry you back upstairs tonight." Eri said slowly sipping on her drink.
"You won't!" Kyoko was checking her wallet for her room key. "Damn. I'll be right back. I must have left my room key at the desk."
"Kk. Hurry back! We have to finish this lobster salad before it goes bad."
"Oh, believe me. I will be back for that." Kyoko quickly left the room and made her way downstairs. She was a little tipsy from the wine she had on the train earlier. Kyoko approached the front desk trying to catch the attention of the front desk agent.
"Excuse me!" she yelled.
"Yes ma'am?" The lady at the front desk answered her.
"I think I left my key down here. Room 901."
"Sure, let me just check. Name please?" The agent asked.
"Kyoko Seijiyama."
"Aw! Yes you did leave it! The agent who checked you in just left and put a note on the side. Here you are ma'am and have a wonderful stay."
"Thanks lots!" Kyoko said skipping back to her friends. Suddenly Kyoko dashed behind a tall tree that was in the lobby of the check in area. "NO FUCKING WAY!" She said holding her mouth. "That's….Oh no! It's Kogami." Kyoko recognized the man. He hadn't changed much. His hair was a bit longer, that was it. What was he doing there? Was he on vacation? Or was he on business? Kyoko watched carefully as a young girl approached Kogami handing him a bag. It was Akane whom was his superior, but, to Kyoko it seemed like they were a couple. "THAT FUCKING BASTARD!" Kyoko gasped. Another girl stepped in standing beside him. It was Kunizuka, but, Kyoko didn't recognize her because her hair was down. It wasn't in its usual pony tail. "He's here with two girls?! What a sick pervert! Oh my God! Eri cannot know! She will be so hurt and our weekend will be ruined!" Kyoko made her way towards the stairs making sure Kogami didn't see her. She pretended as if she was reading a book and made her way quickly up the stairs. Kogami caught a glimpse of the girl, but didn't recognize her because of her puffy hair.
Kyoko busted through the door as if someone was chasing her. Mitako was eating the lobster salad while Eri was already in the hot tub. Kyoko figured she'd tell Mitako then and now.
"MITAKO!" Kyoko whispered yelled.
"What? What's wrong with you?"
"You will never guess who I just saw in the lobby, with not one but two cute girls!" Mitako laughed.
"Who? Junya?" Kyoko shook her head no. Mitako could tell by her expression that this was serious. "Who then?"
"Kogami!" Kyoko whispered yelled.
"STOP LYING TO ME! ARE YOU SURE!?"
"MHM!" Kyoko was loud and crazy, but one thing she would never do was lie.
"This is bad! This is very very very bad!" Mitako said pacing back and forth. "What are we going to do? If Eri sees him, she's going to flip or even worse. She might go psycho and want to hurt him and her hue will cloud. Oh my god."
"I know!" Kyoko cried.
"We can't let her know that he is here!"
"What if they bump into each other?"
"We can't let that happen! No matter what!"
"Let what happen?" Eri said looking at both of her friends standing in her pink bikini. Both Mitako and Kyoko jumped.
"We can't…let….this lobster salad go to waste. It's so good!" Mitako said lying to her friend. Eri smiled.
"I agree!" Eri said taking a few crackers and a spoonful of the salad. "So what's the plan for tonight girls?"
"Well! There's a male strip show in the theatre downstairs. The men are from Australia!" Kyoko said happily.
"Really?" Mitako and Kyoko nodded.
"That should be interesting. That means I got to get singles. What time does the show start?"
"Midnight." Mitako answered. It was 8:37.
"Maybe we should grab dinner before we go." Kyoko said nervous. The resort was huge, but she was sure that Eri would bump into Kogami.
"That sounds great. This lobster salad is not going to fill me." Despite how thin Eri was, she had a huge appetite.
"Great, let's go pick out something to wear. We should all look super cute! Especially you Eri!" Kyoko laughed nervously. Mitako placed her hand in her face. Eri looked at Kyoko strangely.
"Ok. No problem. Nut first can we all enjoy that Jacuzzi! The jets are so amazing!" Eri said grabbing a glass of wine and making her way back to the bathroom. Both Mitako sighed in relief. They couldn't stand to see their friend become all depressed again.
"Remember. Keep this a secret." Mitako said holding out her pinky. Kyoko nodded and took her friends pinky. The two girls made their way into the bathroom to join Eri. Little did the girls know, that their weekend was going to be a weekend that they would remember for the rest of their lives?
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