Case Closed AU
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"Wow this place is awesome!" Irene exclaimed looking around at the large room and the cool bronze statues while Amy commented on the kids with the game badges being the lucky kids.
"No dear. No liquor for you. We don't need you getting drunk." Eva Kadan said smacking her husband's hand away from the alcohol being served by some of the waiters. She had moved back in with Richard after Rachel had lost her memory a while ago…and she never really moved back out. She just stayed and Rachel claimed that it meant she and Richard were getting back together and staying together…well that's what she claimed after scolding her parents for making out on the couch when she and Irene came home from school and caught them.
"Yes Eva." Richard said pouting slightly but not going against his wife, he had learned that no matter what he did…she always won in the end.
"What makes those kids so special anyways?" Mitch asked slightly jealous while Richard pointed out the kids that he knew were the sons or daughters of important police and political figures. That's when Vi went on about how a politician's son will grow up to be a politician while a CEO's son will grow up to be a CEO, causing Irene to give her a whispered warning about acting the way she appeared to be, which then caused Vi to pretend she heard it on the news and claim she wanted to be an Anchorwoman when she grew up.
"Rachel what are you wearing?" Serena called walking up to them in a floor length red dress with a game badge pinned to it.
"How are the ankle biters?" Serena asked grinning as she bent over to look at the kids, causing Irene to grin up at her.
"Hi aunty Serena!" Irene said using the 'title' she had given the teenager who grinned and messed up her ponytailed hair softly.
"No way! Where'd you get that badge?" Mitch asked pointing at the game badge on Serena's dress.
"Oh this? Some of my daddy's investments helped develop the game so they gave me a badge. No big whoop." Serena said as four boys in fancy looking suits walked up behind her, one boy in a crimson suit holding a soccer ball as he told George that him getting a badge was never gonna happen.
"This scene isn't for you." The crimson wearing boy said while the green wearing one agreed with him.
"Something tells me you guys weren't even invited here to begin with." He said while Irene frowned greatly, as had Serena and Rachel.
"Watch your mouth slick. They were invited. Irene-chan got her own invite and brought her mom and her grandparents along while I invited Irene's friends. You're also being rude." Serena scolded them, causing the boy in blue who was the son of a famous artist to bow slightly.
"Pardon me but aren't you the daughter of the Sebastian Roots chairman?" He asked while the boy in the crimson suit, the son of the Police Departments deputy director looked at the kids.
"Listen you can try to fight it but everyone's life is set in stone when they're born." He said before the boy in brown, a bankers son, spoke up while adjusting his collar.
"Got that right. Like they say. The cloths make the man and I got cloths." The boy said while the son of the ruling party's representative went next.
"So since you're not born into this you can stay jealous and watch us have fun from the outside." He said while Irene was ready to blow up at the four rude little brats, her friends noticed the danger signs and paled as they backed away from Irene slowly.
"Listen here you rude brats. I don't care who your family is! You're nobody important to me understand?" Irene nearly exploded causing Rachel, Richard, and Eva to exchange looks before wisely backing away, Rachel pulling Serena away as she did so.
"What's your deal girl? Although I must admit you do have nice cloths." The bankers son said drawing some attention from the nearby adults who watched the growing spectacle.
"My deal is rude snobby little rich boys like you coming over here and looking down on me and my friends as well as your rude comments!" Irene nearly shouted at the boy causing the room to go quiet as everyone gathered around to look at the scene.
"Oh yeah? And what's a weak little girl like you going to do hm?" The politician's son asked mockingly as Irene decided to pull a stunt that only her mother usually did. She walked up to the corner of the table holding some snacks and punched it, causing the whole thing to dent and collapse much to several adults shock.
"Why did I let you teach her Karate again?" Richard asked looking at his daughter with a pale face.
"Oh like you're any better! You've been teaching her any Judo move you could!" Rachel retorted without skipping a beat while the four boys in front of Irene were shocked and pale at the show of brute strength from the petite brown haired girl in the purple dress suit.
"Everyone's lives are set in stone when they're born huh? Bullshit! If they were I would have died before I met kaa-san or my friends! Cloths make the man huh? Everyone wears cloths unless they're at a nudist beach so I guess that makes everyone a man doesn't it? Born into 'this'? Born into what? Being a spoiled brat so used to getting your way that you think all others are beneath you? If you lot want to act snobby and stuck up then fine but go do it somewhere else before I turn you into punching bags!" Irene ripped into them something fierce before glaring at them harshly, causing them to pale and back away.
"Come on guys let's go play some ball." The Deputy Directors son said running off with his tail between his legs, the other three right behind him while Vi laughed slightly and walked over to calm down Irene.
"When I think about all those blind fools growing up following their ignorant parents and someday becoming Japan's leaders…I suddenly feel hope for the future die." Irene said deadpanned while watching as the boys ran off and began to kick the soccer ball without concern for anyone else.
"You and me both." Vi commented softly as the crimson boy, Moroboshi, kicked the ball and bounced off of one of the bronze statues before it bounced off of some guys head, and flared up some girls dress before the politician's son, Takizawa, head-butted it away. This time it hit a table and knocked over some wine before the artists' son, Kikukawa bounced it off his chest and kicked it to the bankers son, Emori who kicked it away towards Moroboshi again.
"That's it!" Irene growled as she jumped up and grabbed the ball out of the air just before a tall man in a black suit could.
"Listen here you snot nosed brats! This is disrespectful to other guests and you're hurting people! So knock it the hell off before I decide to burst this ball and show you just how much Karate and Judo I know!" Irene shouted at the four boys who crowded around her and demanded their ball back.
"Oh yeah and how you gonna do that. Come on guys. It's just one little girl against the four of us. Let's take our ball back!" Moroboshi said forgetting about her earlier show of strength as Emori charged her to get the ball back. Irene kicked the ball lightly, sending it high into the air over their heads as the other three boys also charged her, causing her to smirk viciously.
Emori was the first to reach his arms out to tackle her, causing her to grab his arm and use his momentum to flip him over her shoulder much to the watching adults shock. Irene then spun around lightly on her feet as she tripped up the next one, Kikukawa and sent him tumbling before falling on top of Emori. Then Takizawa rushed her causing her to grab his outstretched arm and flip him clear over her head and make him land back first on a table top. Finally Moroboshi came at her causing her smirk to widen into a bloodthirsty grin that freaked out the boy which distracted him enough for Irene to toss him right on top of Takizawa harshly. In less than a minute it was over and everyone watched as Irene held out one hand palm up.
"So are you boys going to behave now?...Or do I have to get really…" Here Irene was cut off as the soccer ball fell into her outstretched hand and made a loud impacting sound, causing the four boys to flinch as they scrambled to their feet.
"Violent?" Irene finished with her bloodthirsty grin in place causing the four boys to pale and turn tail to run away. The nearby adults didn't blame them, the girl wasn't breathing hard and her outfit hadn't even been wrinkled!
"Leaving so soon? You forgot this!" Irene said dropping the soccer ball only to kick it so that it hit Emori right in the back, causing him to fall into the other three as the ball hit them and rolled away.
"Not bad kid. When you get older why don't you try the security business? You'd be good at it." The tall man in black, who was the head of security for the cocoons, said smirking slightly at Irene's handiwork as he handed her a card.
"Here. Think about it till you get in high school, then if you want to try your hand at the business give me a call." The man said causing Irene to smile up at him, going from serious and angry to childlike and happy in a millisecond.
"Thanks mister I'll think about it!" Irene said putting the card into her suit pocket, idly noticing the fact it was sharper than it normally should be.
"Woah Irene that was so cool!" Amy said running over and bouncing around Irene excitedly with the others not far behind.
"You aren't hurt are you Irene-chan?" Rachel asked kneeling down and looking Irene over for any injuries.
"I'm fine Kaa-san! They didn't even get close to hurting me! You and jiji's lessons came in handy big time!" Irene said beaming up at her 'kaa-san' and grinning toothily while a slow clapping was heard behind Irene, causing everyone to look at Dr. Agase and Booker Kudo who had just arrived.
"Quite impressive Irene-chan. You've been working on your Judo throws since I last saw you." Booker said smiling down at Irene who grinned up at him. While no one could know that he was her father she did refer to Jimmy as 'Tou-san' which meant she could easily call him Jiji which is exactly what she did.
"Thanks Booker-jiji!" Irene said causing him to chuckle as he patted her on the head before walking onto the stage as Dr. Agase snuck Irene a badge while Mitch, George, and Amy walked off.
"Thanks doc but I can't go in there without those four." Irene said smiling and nodding towards Vi, Mitch, George, and Amy who were standing there discussing what had just happened while Dr. Agase confided in Irene that once inside the game she could go to 19th century London just before the lights went out.
"What's going on?" Eva asked gripping her husband's arm in a vice, she hated the dark.
"Probably just something to get everyone's attention. The lights should be back on in just a second." Richard said rubbing his wife's back to help sooth her nerves which were always on edge when it was dark out and she wasn't asleep or otherwise occupied. The two were knocked backwards when someone ran into them though, causing Eva to lose her grip on her husband's arm and land in the fountain with a splash.
"Pardon me." A familiar male's voice said as he hurried past them.
"Asshole! How about you stay still when it's dark?!" Richard shouted after him before turning towards the fountain where Eva was.
"Are you okay Eva?" Richard asked just as multi colored lights began to flash around and Rachel rushed over with Irene on her heels.
"Mom what are you doing in the fountain?" Rachel asked as Richard helped his soaking wet wife out of the water and took off his over coat, placing it over Eva's wet shoulders instead.
"I wasn't in there on purpose Rachel. Some jerk bumped into Richard and I when the lights were out and I fell in. Thank you dear." Eva said shivering slightly and smiling at her husband when he held her close to try and get her warmer as a Cocoon was brought onto the stage and a woman demonstrated how it worked while the man talked about how the cocoon worked before the lights came back on.
"Uh I'm still all wet but at least I'm not dripping wet anymore." Eva said a few minutes later as she let her hair down because it was hurting her neck to keep it up in its bun when it was soaking wet. This caused her to get a few looks and wolf whistles from some of the nearby men in the crowd, which caused Richard to glare at them and growl protectively as he wrapped an arm around Eva's shoulders with one message showing through his eyes.
"SHE'S MINE TOUCH HER AND DIE!" His eyes screamed at the other males who all paled and gulped under his look while Eva blushed a little at how possessive Richard was of her.
"From what I hear you four are close friends with Irene-chan. I'm sure she already has hers so here are your surprises kids." Booker said grinning as he reached into his pocket and pulled out four game badges. He quickly handed them to Amy, Mitch, George, and Vi who blinked at them before three of the four grinned and thanked him happily.
"Thank you. This might become a decent conversation starter." Vi commented idly as she pinned the badge to her shirt, causing the other three kids to face fault while Booker laughed.
"Keep it a secret from Irene-chan okay? Imagine the look on her face when she suddenly sees you four in there." Booker said winking and making a 'shh'ing motion with his lips before a man he had sent to get an old friend of his rushed back into the room and whispered something into his ear.
"Hey where is Irene?" Amy asked looking for her friend who had disappeared.
"Mom and dad just disappeared and so has Irene-chan." Rachel said worriedly to Serena who sighed.
"Maybe Inspector McGuire was right. They need to have a Police team on standby whenever Irene goes anywhere. There was probably a crime, most likely a murder with Irene's luck." Serena said sighing heavily and worried about what Irene had gotten herself into this time.
"Inspector!" Richard said bursting into the room with Irene and Eva on his heels.
"Hey there Richard, Eva. Uh…Eva why are you all wet?" McGuire asked blinking at the sight of the lawyer who was still moderately soaked.
"Some asshole bumped into us and she fell into the fountain when the lights were out. So can you tell me what happened to this guy here?" Richard said walking forward and looking at the corpse.
"Looks like it was a single stab to the heart Richard." Eva said observing the corpse as well and noting the wound while Irene observed the bloodied napkins nearby.
"The murder weapon hasn't been found yet." Inspector McGuire added nodding in agreement to Eva's observation of the killers method while Irene sneaked around the adults to look at the keyboard. She only revealed her presence when her heard the theory of Corporate sabotage.
"It's too late for that. The Cocoons are already finished and almost in commission!" Irene piped up causing everyone to look at her in disbelief, she had managed to avoid their detection.
"How'd you get in here?" Richard asked running forward to grab Irene only for her to dodge nimbly.
"She most likely followed us in here while we were too preoccupied with the fact that there was a murder right under our noses." Eva said causing Irene to nod as the young girl hid behind her 'baa-chan's legs.
"Check the keyboard. There's some kind of dying message!" Irene said shocking the adults. Eva stayed with Irene, placing a hand on the girls head reflexively as the males checked out the keyboard.
"The R, T, and J keys." McGuire said after Santos noted that there was blood on the keys and before Richard tried to come up with the initials intended.
"Hm. RTJ, TJR, TRJ, JTR…" Eva noted aloud as she tried to come up with the correct order of the letters.
"JTR? London? A hundred years ago? Does he mean? It couldn't be!" Irene said softly, accidently voicing her thoughts as her eyes widened when she realized what the initials stood for.
"Huh Irene-chan!?" Eva said alarmed when Irene suddenly took off running out the door.
"The blood must have freaked her out. You follow her we'll stay here and try to figure this out." Richard told his wife who nodded and took off after her granddaughter causing the two officers to blink.
"She's pretty quick in those high heels." Santos noted randomly, causing McGuire to nod in agreement. A few minutes later Eva walked into the Cocoon hall and quickly walked up to Serena.
"Have you seen Irene-chan? She ran off after seeing the dying message of the victim downstairs." Eva asked the boy crazed girl who blinked and sighed.
"I knew it was a murder. Irene's going into the game and I gave Rachel my badge to play so she could keep an eye on her." Serena said causing Eva to sigh in relief that Irene was okay before spotting something on the ground, a game badge.
"If you don't want to use this, then do you mind if I do? I want to watch out for the two of them." Eva asked scooping the badge up and smirking while Serena gave a look of disbelief at the fact it was just lying there for anyone to pick up.
"You go ahead. I'll let the others know where you went." Serena said causing Eva to smile in thanks before entering the line.
"What the hell? How'd Eva, Rachel and Irene get in there?" Richard asked looking at the pictures of his sleeping wife, daughter, and granddaughter when he, Inspector McGuire, Booker Kudo, Dr. Agase, and Santos went to the Control Room to stop the game.
"Ms. Kadan found a badge on the floor and used it to get into the game in order to keep an eye on Rachel and Irene-chan." Serena said entering the room just as the power went out before coming right back on.
"Why do I have a really bad feeling about this?" Richard asked when one of the computer guys said that there was a malfunction.
"Because Irene-chan is involved and bad or crazy things always happen around her?" Serena offered with a shrug of her shoulders as the screens showing the players faces disappeared, instead showing video feed of the players in the game.
"Irene-chan?" Rachel could be shown asking as she walked up behind the girl that was looking around sharply.
"Hi kaa-san what are you doing here?" Irene asked smiling as she turned to look up at her kaa-san.
"I came to look after you." Rachel said smiling slightly down at Irene who grinned cheekily up at her while four other kids and a certain grown woman were walking towards them.
"I believe you lost these four?" Eva asked smirking as Rachel and Irene both turned to stare up at her in disbelief.
"What are you doing here baa-chan?" Irene asked as Vi walked over to stand beside her with a smirk on her face.
"I found a badge on the floor when I was looking for you to make sure you were okay. You ran out of that room pretty quickly after seeing the blood on the keyboard. Serena told me you and Rachel-chan were playing so I picked up the badge I found and came to keep an eye out for the both of you…as well as these four of course." Eva said smirking at her daughter and granddaughter while she patted the top of Amy's head. That was when Noah's Ark spoke up and told them about his plan for resetting Japan.
"Here that Rachel-chan? Irene-chan? If a son follows his father's footsteps while the daughter follows the mothers I guess that means you both will be following me into being lawyers." Eva teased her daughter and granddaughter who blinked at her for a minute.
"I don't know. I think I wanna be a detective like Jiji and Tou-san instead. Sitting in an office all day researching laws sounds boring!" Irene said causing Eva to nearly face plant while Vi and Rachel snickered, although Rachel blushed at the fact that Irene still referred to Jimmy as her 'tou-san'. Back in the control room Richard laughed at what Irene had said and Eva's reaction to it.
"The granddaughter of Richard Moore and the apparently adoptive daughter of Jimmy Kudo…hell that girl would be unstoppable as a detective." Inspector McGuire said eyes wide at the thought of that while Santos agreed whole heartedly.
"So if you plan on resetting Japan by severing the link between these children and their parents what are you going to do with me? I'm a full grown woman and my parents are long since dead so I don't think I'll be following in their footsteps for a while now." Eva asked Noah's Ark with a smirk while he didn't respond right away.
"Mom are you trying to tick off the AI?" Rachel asked her mother who merely smirked wider with her arms crossed.
"Why not? It keeps things interesting." Eva said flippantly and causing Richard to snort in amusement that was the Eva he knew and loved alright. The kids watched the introduction for the five levels while a few cried at the fact that if they all failed the game…they would all die. Of course when Rachel heard that if everyone died she, her mother, and her daughter would all die in real life…yeah the stone pillars didn't stand a chance against a rampaging karate using overprotective teenage mother.
"Well I think we know what stage we're going to." Eva commented idly as Irene instantly began walking towards the fifth stage, the one where they'd have to solve the mystery of Jack the Ripper.
"Oh great we're stuck with you?" Moroboshi asked turning to frown and glare at George and the others, causing Irene to give a sickly sweet smile.
"I'm sorry is that a problem?" Irene asked causing Moroboshi and the other three boys to pale at her smile and her tone of voice.
"N-not at all!" Kikukawa said squeaking slightly as he inched away from Irene.
"I think I realize what my dad meant a few days ago." Moroboshi muttered to his friends as Irene and her group walked ahead of them towards the portal.
"What's that Moroboshi?" Takizawa asked blinking at his friend who glanced at Irene's back before looking at his three friends again.
"No matter who you are, how old you are, or how strong you are don't ever piss off a female. You will never win against them and they can inflict lots of bodily damage while getting out of charges with just a smile."