tacuma. Detective Tezuka chapter 3

It took a while to write the third chapter, but here it is! ^__^

Title: Detective Tezuka chaper 3 – One Step Closer
Writer: tacuma811
Pairing: Slightly TezuFuji, more like friendship
Chapter: 3/?
Genre: AU, little bit angst, romance
Word count: 3355 words
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Character death!
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis

Previous chapters: Chapter 1 & Chapter 2

Chapter 3 – One Step Closer

‘So the only link between the two victims is Fuji Syuusuke?’ asked Yukimura. ‘Do you think he could have killed them?’

‘He is small and fragile, but looks can be deceiving. In theory he could have killed them. We don’t know if he ever used a gun and we haven’t asked for an alibi yet, but for now he is indeed the only link between the two victims.’ answered Yagyuu.

At that moment Tezuka entered the room.

‘Fuji-san is not our murderer.’ said the Detective Chief Inspector.

‘Why do you think so, Tezuka?’ asked Yukimura.

‘Both victims were his friends. Why would he kill his friends, his best friend? He has no motive. Besides that, over the phone, Yagyuu told me the killer is most probably as tall as Kawamura-san. Fuji-san is only like 165 centimetres tall. Kawamura-san is like 180 centimetres tall. There is too much difference in the height. Furthermore, you haven’t asked him for an alibi yet, but I have. When Saeki-san got murdered, Fuji-san was at the park, making photos for an assignment. He met one of his best friends, Kikumaru Eiji, who just bought ice cream in the same park. After that, Fuji went home to watch his photo’s on his computer. When Kawamura-san got murdered, Fuji-san was at home with his sister. And there is another link between the victims: both were members of the same tennis group.’ answered Tezuka.

Everybody was silent for a moment.

‘Is Fuji-san also a member of that tennis group?’ asked Sengoku.

‘Ah.’

‘Fuji-san is still a suspect.’ said Yukimura suddenly.

‘Why?’ asked the bespectacled Chief Inspector. ‘He has no motive and he has an alibi for both murders.’

‘His sister and one of his best friends. They could have lied for him.’

‘Every alibi can lie. Why don’t you believe him, Yukimura-san?’

‘He is one of the few people who knew about the storage at Kawamura Sushi. Besides that, I’ve been told that he keeps smiling, even after the death of two of his friends. He acts suspicious.’ answered the blue haired boss.

‘He isn’t the only one on the list of people who know about the storage. Are they all suspects? And Fuji-san did cry. When we visited him this morning, his eyes were red, because he had been crying. He cried when I told him that his best friend got murdered. He probably tries to be strong, for his dead friends. He smiles because…’

‘I’m sorry for interrupting, but I just received a phone call from the hospital about someone who got stabbed. It might be related to our case.’ said Ohtori who just walked in.

Tezuka turned around and nodded. ‘Thank you. Yagyuu come with me to the hospital. Sengoku, check Fuji-san’s alibis, Oishi, find out if Fuji-san has a license for a gun, Ohtori try to find out the password of Saeki-san’s computer.’

The four Detective Sergeants left the room, but when Tezuka wanted to leave, Yukimura called him back.

‘Tezuka, you don’t know yet if Fuji-san is guilty or not. I know you like him, but the death of two young men is more important than friendship. Keep searching for evidence, even if it will show that Fuji-san is the killer. And don’t you ever talk to me like that again, or I’ll get you off this case.’

‘Yes, Yukimura-san.’

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‘I never knew Detective Chief Inspector Tezuka Kunimitsu was a person who would sulk.’ said Yagyuu while they were stuck in a traffic jam in the middle of Tokyo. They were on their way to the hospital.

‘I’m not sulking.’ answered Tezuka. ‘I’m angry, because Yukimura-san won’t listen to me.’

‘Yukimura-san is right. We don’t know anything yet, Fuji-san can be the one we’re searching for.’ answered Yagyuu and he took a bite of his burger, a late lunch. ‘Momoshiro’s canteen food will kill us all one day.’

‘We’ll have lunch somewhere else tomorrow. More important, do you know anything about the person we will be visiting at the hospital?’

‘Yes, Ohtori gave me a note. His name is Oshitari Yuushi, 24 years old. He is a lawyer. He got stabbed, this morning, and the knife had the same size as the knife Kawamura-san was stabbed with.’ answered the Detective Sergeant.

Half an hour later they finally arrived at the hospital. They asked for Oshitari Yuushi and one of the nurses brought them to his room. A tall, blue-haired man with glasses lay in the bed. A short, red-haired boy stood next to the bed and was talking to the patient.

‘I’m sorry for interrupting. I’m Detective Chief Inspector Tezuka Kunimitsu and this is Detective Sergeant Yagyuu Hiroshi. Are you Oshitari Yuushi?’

The blue-haired man nodded with a smile on his face. The red-haired boy muttered something that sounded like ‘finally’.

‘This is Mukahi Gakuto, my boyfriend.’ said Oshitari. ‘Can he stay while we talk?’

‘Yes, he can stay.’ answered Tezuka, he sat down on one of the chairs next to the bed. ‘Could you tell me what exactly happened this morning?’

‘I left the office to visit one of my clients. I walked to my car and opened the door when suddenly someone stood behind me. I felt pain between my shoulder blades and I fell on the ground. I thought he wanted to rob me, but he didn’t take my bag, he just ran away. I managed to grab my phone from my bag and called an ambulance.’

‘How do you know it is a man?’ asked Yagyuu.

‘Actually, I don’t. I never saw his face, but I did see his clothes. Jeans and a black jacket, men clothes, so I assume that it was a guy.’ answered Oshitari.

‘Could you tell us anything else about him? Was he short or tall?’ asked Tezuka.

‘He was shorter than I am, but taller than Gakuto. He was like 165 or maybe 170 centimetres. He was also thin. And his hair, his hair reached his chin. I couldn’t see the colour of it, but it was longer than the hair of most guys.’

Tezuka and Yagyuu looked at each other. Was Yukimura right?

‘Do you know Fuji Syuusuke, a 22 year old photography student?’ asked Tezuka.

‘Yes, unfortunately we do.’ said Mukahi angry.

Oshitari laughed. ‘Gakuto doesn’t really like him, because I still like Fuji. I fell in love with him when I first met him. Gakuto is a little jealous.’

‘If Fuji would ask you for a date, you would go with him without even thinking about me.’ said Gakuto.

‘Fuji will never ask that, so don’t worry!’ said Oshitari.

‘Where did you meet Fuji-san?’ interrupted Tezuka.

‘On the tennis courts, close to the university. He was playing with Saeki. My eye fell immediately on him. I played a match against Fuji that day and I invited him and his friend to join our tennis group. His tennis is beautiful, graceful, like he is dancing on the court!’ said the blue-haired man.

‘That’s enough Yuushi, we understand.’ said Gakuto.

‘Sorry. Well, Fuji knows that I like him, I told him. But he doesn’t like me the way I like him. We became friends and a few months ago I started a relationship with Gakuto.’

Yagyuu wrote some things down. Oshitari’s love life wasn’t really important, but maybe the parts about Fuji could help them with finding the killer. It seemed that Fuji had more admirers besides Tezuka. He felt a little sorry for his boss. The stoic man seemed to have fallen for a beautiful guy who rejects everyone.

‘Could it have been Fuji-san who attacked you? He has hair that reaches his chin, he is small and thin and that’s how you described your attacker.’ asked the Detective Sergeant.

‘No, Fuji wouldn’t do that! We’re friends! Why would he stab me?’

‘Oshitari-san,’ said the Chief Inspector, ‘did you know that two members of your tennis group are dead? They’re murdered and now someone attacked you.’

Oshitari’s eyes widened and Gakuto gasped.

‘T…Two of them were murdered? Who?’ stuttered the blue-haired man.

‘Saeki-san and Kawamura-san. Both of them were murdered yesterday. Saeki-san at the university and Kawamura-san at the storage of the sushi restaurant.’

‘Saeki and Kawamura? Yes, they’re both in our tennis group! Do you think Fuji killed them? Why would he do that? Was is Fuji who stabbed me? Did he try to kill me? Does he want to kill me?’

‘Don’t worry, we don’t know if it is Fuji-san who attacked you, but we’ll make sure you’re safe. A policeman will guard you 24 hours a day. But we’ll need your help to find the killer. Could you give us a list with the names of all the players of the tennis group? We want to keep on eye on them.’ said Yagyuu.

‘Yes, yes, of course, I’ll make a list. Gakuto, can you bring me a pen and some paper?’ asked Oshitari.

‘You don’t have to hurry.’ said Tezuka and he stood up. ‘We’ll come back tomorrow to pick it up. Could you also write down who the best tennis players are? I’d like to know.’

Oshitari nodded and the two policemen left the room.

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After their visit to the hospital, Tezuka and Yagyuu decided to go home early. Because of Kawamura’s death they had to stay up late the day before and both policemen were tired. The Chief Inspector dropped the Detective Sergeant of at his home and drove to his own apartment.

When he entered his living room he noticed that someone had left him a message on his voicemail. He listened to the message and heard his mom say that she heard about the murders and that she was worried about him. With a sigh he picked up the phone and called her to tell her he was fine.

After half an hour he could finally say goodbye and hang up. He loved his mother, but she was way too worried about him. And he didn’t like how she always asked him if he had met a nice girl since the last time she spoke with him. Why was she so interested in his love life? He had never been really interested in girls, he didn’t know many girls. The only girl he met the last few weeks was actually a guy. And he had better things to do, he had to solve two murders and the attack on Oshitari-san. He stood up, cooked himself dinner and ate it while he watched a tennis match on the television.

Once the match was over Tezuka washed the dishes. After watching tennis on television he felt like playing himself. He changed his clothes, grabbed his bag and left the house.

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The next morning the Chief Inspector stood up early. He had to visit Oshitari-san before he went to the police station. He took a shower, brushed his teeth, got dressed and ate a small breakfast before he stepped in his car and left.

The matches he played the night before made him remember his promise to Fuji-san. He wondered if the fragile and feminine looking guy was able to play a good match against him.

Fifteen minutes later he arrived at the hospital. When he tried to enter Oshitari’s room, a nurse stopped him.

‘Oshitari-san is still asleep. You can wait here if you want.’ With a smile she pointed at one of the chairs.

Tezuka showed her his badge. ‘I’m Detective Chief Inspector Tezuka. Oshitari-san wrote something down for me and I’m here to pick it up. Did he give it to you?’

‘I don’t know, I didn’t work yesterday. Please come with me, I’ll ask the doctor.’

The bespectacled man followed her and wondered if she really batted her eyelashes when she asked him to follow her or if it was just his imagination. He waited while she asked one of the doctors about it. Tezuka was glad that the doctor held a piece of paper in his hand when he approached him. It seemed like he didn’t have to wait until Oshitari-san woke up.

‘Tezuka-san? Oshitari-san asked me to give you this.’

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‘Good work Ohtori. Tezuka will be happy when he sees this.’ said Oishi.

The hazel-eyed man entered the office. ‘What will make me happy?’

‘I found out Saeki-san’s password and I found some interesting articles he has written.’

‘Good work. Tell me everything about it, but first, Sengoku, have you checked Fuji-san’s alibis?’

‘Yes, I talked with his sister and with his friend. They have both confirmed that Fuji was with them, but Kikumaru-san said that they left the park at 1 pm. Saeki-san is murdered around 2 pm. There was enough time for Fuji-san to walk to the university.’

‘Thank you. Oishi, has Fuji-san a license for a gun?’

‘No, he hasn’t. But two years ago he and Saeki-san had a few shooting lessons, so he knows how to use a gun.’

‘Thank you too. Ohtori, tell us about the articles.’

‘The first article is about the famous tennis player Echizen Ryoma. It seems Saeki-san knew him personally. He wrote some critical words about Echizen’s love to destroy his opponents. The second is about Atobe Keigo, the very rich owner of the Atobe Company. Saeki-san writes about fraud, drugs and perverted love for younger boys and girls. The third is about Akutsu Jin. He was a member of their tennis group and he terrorized the other members. He quitted tennis more than a year ago. The last one is about Sanada Genichirou, a teacher at the university.’

‘Did I hear the name Sanada Genichirou?’ asked Yukimura who just entered the office.

‘Yes, Sanada-san is a teacher at the university. Saeki-san wrote an article about him. It says that Sanada-san is a pervert and that he is after Fuji-san. Improper touching and stalking, that kind of stuff.’

‘Sanada would never do something like that!’ said Yukimura.

‘You know him?’ asked Tezuka.

‘ Yes, he is my…friend.’ answered Yukimura

‘He is a suspect. If Saeki-san spoke the truth and Sanada-san is after Fuji-san, he could have killed the ones who loved Fuji-san.’ answered Tezuka.

‘Saeki-san didn’t love Fuji-san. Why would Sanada kill him?’ asked Yukimura.

‘Because of this article. Maybe he didn’t want anyone to find out about his secret love!’

Yukimura glared at Tezuka and Tezuka glared back.

‘What about the other articles?’ asked Yukimura after a few seconds of silence.

‘Saeki-san seemed to know Echizen Ryoma personally, so maybe Fuji-san knows him too. Maybe Echizen has a grudge against Fuji-san. Atobe-san, I don’t see any connections between him and the murders.’ answered the Chief Inspector.

‘Maybe he has fallen for Fuji-san too. The article wrote about his love for young boys.’ said Ohtori.

‘Fuji-san is 22, he isn’t a young boy.’

‘But he looks like he is 16.’ said Yagyuu.

‘So Atobe-san is a suspect too.’

‘The last one, Akutsu Jin. He terrorized his team mates, but why would he kill them? Why would he kill them now, after one and a half year?’ asked Oishi.

‘I don’t know.’ answered the Chief Inspector. ‘Maybe Fuji-san can tell us more. I’ll ask him.’

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Tezuka ordered lunch in a lunchroom. He just came back from Fuji-san’s house, but the man wasn’t at home. Yesterday the hazel-eyed Inspector promised Yagyuu a proper lunch, but said man didn’t pick up his phone, so Tezuka decided to have lunch on his own. He was reading in the book he always brought when suddenly someone called his name. He looked up and saw Fuji-san standing in front of him, smiling. Tezuka stood up and bowed.

‘Fuji-san.’

‘Just Fuji is fine. I don’t really like honorifics. Can I call you Tezuka?’

‘A..ah.’ answered the bespectacled man. ‘Fuji, I’ve visited your house, but you weren’t there.’

‘I was at the hospital, I was visiting Oshitari.’ Fuji looked at his shoes, smile gone, his eyes open.

‘He told you that you’re a suspect? I’m sorry about that.’

The blue-eyed student nodded. He looked up, smile back in place. ‘But I understand, I knew all victims. So, why were you looking for me?’

‘I have a few more questions.’

‘I’ll go and order some lunch, you can ask the questions while we eat. Have you ordered yet?’

Tezuka nodded and Fuji left to order some food for himself. The Chief Inspector sat down and wondered how Fuji could still be happy and spontaneous after he heard that the police suspected him of killing his own friends. Fuji sat down in front of Tezuka and interrupted his thoughts.

‘So, what do you want to know?’

‘We found some articles on Saeki-san’s computer. I would like to know a few things about the people he wrote about. Echizen Ryoma to begin with. Did Saeki-san know him personally?’

‘Yes, we went to Middle School together. He was a first year, Kojiroh and I were third years. We were in the same tennis team. Kojiroh never played against him, but I did, once, and I won.’

‘Saeki-san wrote that he liked to destroy his opponents. Is that true?’ asked Tezuka.

‘Yes, he did, he probably still likes it. Do you think he is the killer? I don’t know why he would kill Kojiroh and Taka-san. Or, maybe he wanted to punish me for beating him, he never lost to anyone before.’

‘I was thinking about that too, but would he risk his career, only to punish you?’

‘Saa, maybe somebody helped him.’ said Fuji. ‘He had a good friend, back in Middle School. I think his name was Momoshiro. I don’t know if they still have contact, but back then Momo would do anything for Echizen.’

‘Momoshiro? Momoshiro Takeshi?’

‘Yes, do you know him?’ asked Fuji.

‘Yes, I do.’

At that moment a waitress brought their food. They thanked her and started to eat.

‘Please tell me, do you know Atobe Keigo, the owner of the Atobe Company?’

‘I know him and I don’t like him. I once met him on the tennis courts, he asked me for a match. I agreed and we played a match. When he won, he said that I would be his prize, he wanted to…sleep with me. I didn’t, of course. Never saw him again.’ answered Fuji.

‘Saeki-san wrote an article about him, about fraud, drugs and his perverted love for younger man and woman. Maybe Saeki-san got murdered because of that article.’ said Tezuka.

‘I don’t think Kojiroh got murdered because of that. The article was never published. None of his articles was published, only in our university newspaper, but the one about Atobe was never published.’

‘None of his articles? So Atobe-san could never have read it. Thank you. Saeki-san also wrote about one of your teachers, Sanada Genichirou.’

Fuji started laughing. Tezuka looked a little surprised. Did he say something funny?

‘I know about that article, I read it.’ said Fuji with a small grin on his face. ‘It’s not true, Sanada-sensei isn’t like that. All journalism students have to write an article about gossip once. Normally they have to do research and make sure that everything they write is the truth. For once they can listen to the gossip at the university and write an article about that. When Kojiroh got that assignment, everybody thought Sanada-sensei liked me, but it’s just gossip, it’s not true. He never touched me.’

‘Thank you, that will help us. My boss didn’t like it when I said Sanada-san was a suspect. It seems they’re friends.’ answered Tezuka with a small smile on his face.

‘Good for you, you won’t have to treat Sanada-sensei as a suspect anymore, you boss will be happy.’ said Fuji with a bright smile.

‘Ah. One more question…’

At that moment Tezuka’s phone rang. He excused himself and picked up. Fuji couldn’t hear what the person on the other side said, but the serious look was back on the Chief Inspectors face. Something was wrong.

After a minute or two, Tezuka finished the phone call.

‘Another murder, it’s Tachibana Kippei and I have to take you to the police station.’

To be continued

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