SailorStar9: With Chapter 209 uploaded, I present Chapter 210 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too" hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon or Detective Conan, I only own this plotline and the pairing.
Pairing: Established!Furuya Rei/Mizuno Ami
Chapter 210: The Holed-Up Sensation
Time passes...
"Move!" Beppu Yuichi barked, running down a street and brandishing a gun. "You'll do." he grabbed /a bewildered Arima Yayoi as his hostage.
"He threatened a young woman with a gun and took her hostage." a passerby reported to the police after Beppu dragged his captive into the Kusatsu house.
"Come any closer and she's dead." now having put on a wrestler's mask, Beppu faced off against the police, Arima now had a paper bag over her head. "I am Culprit X, and this is my hostage. Obvious enough for you?"
"Don't hurt the hostage." Megure shouted over the loudspeaker, Beppu having threw Arima back into the house. "We'll hear what you have to say. What do you want?"
"First, at tonight's night game, let Nichiuri's Yumura hit ten home runs." Beppu laid out his demands. "Second, increase the number of cards with Yaiba chocolate from one to 100."
"Let me through please." Kusatsu Shosuke requested. "This is my house."
"Inspector." Mouri informed. "Apparently, this is his house."
"You guys are here, too?" Megure twitched.
"My name is Kusatsu." Kusatsu introduced himself. "I just moved the other day, leaving this house empty. You're welcome to break down the door or walls to get in. Demolition is scheduled to begin tomorrow anyway."
"Look forward to hearing my next demands." Beppu fired back and retreated back to the house.
"Inspector Megure, I checked, but there haven't been any incidents reported in the area." Chiba reported back.
"I figured he fled here after committing a robbery or something." Megure frowned. "Why did he hole up in there with a hostage, then? What did you do, Culprit X?" he demanded, after hearing two gunshots. After receiving no response, he sent in the SWAT team. "What?" he gaped when the SWAT team leader reported back. "What happened here?" he dashed in with Takagi and Chiba in tow, the three detectives were shocked to find Beppu and Arima were the one who were shot dead. "'It was supposed to be a joke, but then it blew up.'" he picked up a note left on the floor. "It looks like a suicide note but it doesn't make sense. Takagi, get Mizuno down here."
"Inspector, here are the licenses we found on the bodies." Chiba retrieved the victims' driving licenses.
"The culprit is Beppu Yuichi, 23 years old." Megure read the identification. "The woman is Arima Yayoi-san, 21 years old."
"The issue is their addresses." Chiba pointed out.
"They're the same?" Megure gawked. "They're living together?"
"According to witnesses, the woman was kidnapped by coincidence." Takagi pondered.
"Doesn't that mean they were actually working together and pretending to be culprit and hostage?" Conan suggested.
"Inspector, this man says the culprit might be his friend." an officer led Kinugawa Tsutomu in.
"My name is Kinugawa." Kinugawa introduced himself. "I came when I saw the news on the TV. I knew it." he instantly recognized the man. "It's Beppu." "And Yayoi, too? His face was hidden, but I recognized his voice. A few days ago, Beppu said something shocking would happen this weekend. I think Beppu made a bet with someone. He was laughing about making a fortune if he could pull off a dumb joke."
"That explains the situation." Takagi concluded. "These two caused a commotion for a bet but the situation blew up more than expected. They realized they couldn't play it off as a joke."
"Find the person they made the bet with so we can get the full picture." Megure instructed.
"It still doesn't make senses." Conan frowned, just as Ami and her forensics team arrived on scene.
The next day...
"Why'd you invite us here?" Megure questioned, he and his team having been called back to the crime scene with Dogo Mitsusada in tow.
"Beppu Yuichi-san and Arima Yayoi-san were killed by you, Dogo Mitsusada-san." Mouri declared.
"Those two killed themselves." Megure pointed out.
"Their deaths were made to look like a suicide to evade the police." Mouri explained. "As Kusatsu-san's friend, you would've the opportunity to make a spare key to this house. You used that to sneak inside to kill them."
"Suppose I realized it was them when I saw the hostage on TV and came here." Dogo reasoned. "Even if I had a spare key, how would I have snuck inside with the police, the media and rubberneckers watching?"
At that, Conan tranquilized Mouri to finish up the explanation. "You didn't come running when you learned about the incident, nor did you sneak inside while the crowd was watching. You used your spare key to sneak inside long before the hostage situation took place, most likely early yesterday morning. When you heard from your friend, Kusatsu-san, that the house would be torn down, you decided to kill them here on Friday, the day before the demolition would begin. Even if you left any evidence behind, you'd be fine since the house itself would be destroyed. Several days earlier, you visited Beppu-san in disguise. You asked him to fake a hostage situation, claiming to be someone who liked jokes and wanted to cause a stir. You told him to do it next Friday at this house and gave him a model gun. Then, early next morning, you used the spare key you secretly made to enter the house. You left the door unlocked and hid in the attic. Twelve hours later, Beppu-san acting as the culprit, dragged his fake hostage, Armia Yayoi-san inside without realizing you were waiting for him. He locked the door from inside, creating a locked room situation. While Beppu-san was making his silly demands, you knocked out Yayoi-san and Beppu-san. Then, you used the real gun you brought to murder Yayoi-san and Beppu-san. Once again, you hid in the attic. And when the police investigation ended, you waited for the street to become deserted and left in the middle of the night."
"I don't believe it." Megure was in awe.
"That's just speculation." Dogo argued.
"Got it." Megure ended the incoming call. "Mizuno just came back with her autopsy report; an unidentified bruise had appeared on the sides of both bodies' necks. Could you provide us with a hair sample and an ink print of the side of your hand, Dogo Mitsusada-san?"
Sometime later...
"Thank you for coming, Yumiko, Usagi." Kimura Yuuji's mother greeted the two women attending her son's funeral.
"Auntie." Yumiko returned. "It's been a long time.
"Yumiko, congratulations." the elder Kimura stated. "I heard from your parents that you're getting married. I heard your fiancé is a CEO."
"Thank you so much." Yumiko let out a nervous laugh.
"Marrying a CEO?" the elder Kimura teased. "Auntie's so jealous of you. Remember to send me your wedding invite."
"Excuse me." Usagi fumed. "This is the first time I'm hearing that you're getting married. Aren't you supposed to tell your junior high alumni about this? So, who is it? What's his name? How old is he? Is he handsome?"
"I'm not answering any of that." Yumiko huffed.
In the toilet of the funeral house...
"What the hell?" Usagi snapped. "Yumiko's getting married? Even I still haven't gotten married yet. This is so wrong. If she ends up being happier than me... I'm not going to forgive her for this. I'm not going to let her become happily ever after before me. I'll be the one marrying that CEO fiancé of hers. But first, I need to identify her fiancé so that I can seduce him. I wonder if I could get some hints from Auntie. Now, all I have to do is steal Yumiko's fiancé and then her happiness will come to an end." she grinned, after getting the information she wanted from the elder Kimura.
Two weeks later...
"Hello?" Yumiko received a call from an unknown number.
"Hello, Yumiko." Usagi sang. "I called you today because I have something important to tell you. You know that I have a better figure than you, right? I'm definitely more attractive as a woman than you, after all. Men rather fall in love with me than you. I'm at a hotel with your fiancé right now. I stole your fiancé." she giggled. "He said he liked me better because I had bigger boobs."
"What are you talking about?" Yumiko cut Usagi's brag short.
"You can't stop escaping reality, can you?" Usagi mocked. "Why don't you just accept the facts?"
"But my fiancé is baking tea cakes at my house right now." Yumiko blinked.
"Don't lie to me." Usagi panicked. "Your fiancé Shigeru is with me right now."
"Shigeru?" Yumiko echoed. "What are you talking about? My fiancé's name is Hisoka. There is a man named Shigeru living in my apartment block who's addicted to gambling and works part-time in the day. He's the only Shigeru I know of."
"Wait a second." Usagi turned to the man in the bathtub with her. "You're a CEO, aren't you? You're rich, right?"
"What are you saying, Usako?" Shigeru prodded. "I don't know what you're talking about. I don't have any money."
"You got to be kidding me." Usagi wailed. "Don't come near me!"
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