Detective Tezuka Chapter 17
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tacumaTitle: Detective Tezuka chapter 17 – Another One
Writer: Tacuma
Pairing: Perfect Pair
Chapter: 17/ ?
Genre: AU, romance, angst, crime
Word count: 2312 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis
Previous Chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Chapter 17 – Another One
It had been ages since Tezuka slept in, so he was planning to enjoy it and sleep until noon. It wasn't really planned that Fuji would storm in around half past eight. Sleepily Tezuka sat up and looked at his lover. He placed his glasses on and when he noticed Fuji's pale face, he was immediately awakened.
'What's wrong?' he asked.
'The door,' said Fuji as he pointed to the front door. Tezuka couldn't see it from his room, so he got out of bed, not bothering he was only wearing boxers, and ran to the front door. There was a cross sprayed on the door with black paint. It looked exactly like the paint that had been sprayed over one of Fuji's photos a few weeks earlier. Tezuka slammed the door shut and walked back to Fuji.
'I'll call my colleagues,' he said. 'Everything will be fine. Someone is just trying to scare us.'
He took Fuji in his arms and pulled him close. For a few moments, they just stood like that, trying to comfort each other. Then they both took a deep breath.
'Do you think I should go to work?' asked Fuji.
Tezuka shook his head. 'I wouldn't do that if I were you. Not today. We should first try to find out if it's made by the same person.'
'You think someone is targeting us?' asked Fuji, a bit more worried.
'I don't know,' answered Tezuka. 'Maybe it's just a stupid prank from someone. I'm going to call Inui, maybe he will be able to answer our questions.'
Tezuka took his phone, called the scientist and explained what had happened. Fuji worked for a magazine. He called his boss and said he was sick and couldn't come today. Tezuka got dressed and Fuji made him some breakfast. Neither of them spoke as Tezuka ate. They just didn't know who would do this to them.
Not much later Inui arrived and started to investigate the paint. Tezuka watched him work, hoping to get answers quickly.
'It really had nothing to do with the murder on Akazawa-san,' he said.
'Probably not,' answered Inui. 'But there has been another murder this morning.'
'What?' asked Tezuka surprised. 'Why didn't anybody call me?'
'You had a day off,' said Inui, not even looking up from his work. 'There's a hundred percent chance Yukimura didn't want to call you on your day off. So instead he sent Yagyuu to the crime scene A six percent chance Yukimura wants to give Yagyuu a promotion and is now observing how he would do as a Detective Chief Inspector.'
'I see,' muttered Tezuka and he entered the house to find Fuji. He found his lover in the living room, waiting patiently. 'There has been another murder,' Tezuka said as he sat down next to Fuji.
'Do you have to leave?' Fuji asked.
'No, it seems Yukimura-san gave the case to Yagyuu to see how he would do.'
'I'm glad,' answered Fuji. 'It wouldn't have been fair if I called in sick so we could be together, and you would run off to work on your own.'
'Am I really that bad?'
Fuji wrapped his arms around Tezuka's neck. 'Yes you are, so you better make up for it!' He pulled his lover a little closer until their lips met. They closed their eyes and kissed each other. When they heard Inui's footsteps, they quickly pulled apart.
'A ninety percent chance you were doing something I'm not allowed to see,' said Inui as he entered the living room. 'I'm done. I'm going to the laboratory to check if the paint matches the one used on the photo. I'll give you a call, as soon as I know more."
Tezuka walked Inui to the door and thanked him for coming. He also said he didn't mind showing up if Yagyuu needed some help, but Inui said it would be up to Yukimura to call him then. Once Inui left, Tezuka went back to Fuji.
'So, we're both at home and have nothing to do,' said the honey-haired young man when Tezuka returned. 'What shall we do today?'
'Cleaning the front door, or buying a new one if we can't clean it?'
Fuji laughed. 'You're too practical! I want to do something fun. So I'm fine with buying a new front door, but only if you take me to the amusement park afterwards.'
'Deal,' answered Tezuka.
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After spending a fun filled day together, Tezuka checked his phone as soon as they arrived home. He had left it at home, so they wouldn't be disturbed. He wasn't surprised to see he had a few missed calls and all of them were from the police station.
'They called you, didn't they?' asked Fuji. 'I'm going to take a bath, so you can call them back if you want. But tonight we're going to watch a movie! It's still your day off.'
'I know. I won't go,' answered Tezuka dialed the number. It didn't take long before it was picked up. Immediately Yagyuu asked the DCI why he hadn't picked up his phone the entire day.
'I had a day off,' stated Tezuka simply. 'What happened? Why did you call?'
'There was a murder in a nice apartment,' explained Yagyuu. 'The victim was hit with one of his own statues that stood in the living room. We searched the entire house, but we couldn't find anything that could lead us to the killer. We asked the neighbors, but nobody seemed to know the man. He didn't have an ID card, no phone, no address book, nothing. I can't figure out who he is.'
'We'll find something in the end. I'll be back tomorrow. You should just go home. There is nothing you can do about it right now.'
The colleagues said goodbye and Tezuka put his phone away. He tried not to think about this new murder case, so instead he busied himself by preparing a nice evening of watching television with his lover.
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Tezuka looked around in the room where the body was found. They still didn't know who the victim was and why he was killed. There were no photos, no notes and no letters in the apartment. Except for the red blood stain on the floor it looked like a house you could find in magazines about living and lifestyle. It had nothing personal.
'My team can't find anything,' said Inui. 'We already searched through the entire apartment yesterday, and we've been working for hours today. There is a ninety-eight percent chance we will not find anything that could help you find out who the victim is.'
'Alright, let's go back then,' sighed Tezuka. He looked around the room one last time. There must have been something they missed. Something that could give them a clue about this murder. He waited until Inui's team had left the apartment. Then he locked up and went to the office.
'Have you found anything yet?' Tezuka asked Ohtori, who was the only one around. He was searching through the files on the laptop of the victim.
'Nothing of interest,' answered the grey-haired Detective Sergeant. 'No photos, not text documents, I can't even find his browser history. It's like this guy never used his computer. There aren't even interesting programs installed. Just the usual ones you get when you buy one.'
'Thank you, where are the others?' asked Tezuka as he sat down behind his desk.
'Yagyuu took Sengoku to talk to the neighbors. Trying to find out if any of them knew who he was. Yanagi called and said he might have some news, so Oishi went to see him and see what he was talking about. It's more than an hour ago, so he can be back here anytime.'
Tezuka looked at the empty wall. Normally, they put everything they knew about the murder case on there. Names, places, everything that could be relevant got a place on the wall. Now there was only a picture of a dead body. After one and a half day it was still empty. At that moment Oishi entered the room.
'We finally found out something about him!' said the black-haired man. 'Yanagi checked his dental records. They weren't easy to find, but it is definitely a match. His name is Kamio Akira. Maybe we can find out more about him now.'
'Ohtori, search for Kamio-san in our databases, Oishi, you go to the city hall and see what you can find about him.'
The two men went back to work. Tezuka wrote 'Kamio Akira' next to the picture on the wall. Knowing his name was a start. They might find out more about him now. Sengoku and Yagyuu entered the office and sat down at their desks. They looked tired.
'Found anything?' asked Tezuka.
'Nothing,' sighed Yagyuu. 'It seems none of the neighbors heard anything, nor did they see anyone enter the apartment. None of them knew the person who lived in the apartment and only one of them had seen our dead guy once, but he couldn't really remember what he looked like. The name on his door was fake. We couldn't find anyone under that name.'
'We just heard from Yanagi that his name is Kamio Akira. He checked his dental records,' answered Tezuka. 'But that is all we know. We don't know where he worked, who his friends are and why he was killed.'
'He doesn't have a record,' answered Ohtori. 'I just checked our database, but there is no information about him. He didn't even get a fine for driving too fast or anything like that.'
'It's like he doesn't exist,' said Sengoku.
'Maybe our killer doesn't want him to exist.'
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'There is a 100 per cent chance the paint is the same as the paint on the photo,' said Inui. Tezuka was standing next to him in the laboratory. He had come as soon as the scientist had called him. He knew more about the black paint. Fuji had gone to work again in the morning, saying it wasn't going to help if he stayed home the entire day. Tezuka didn't really want to let him go, but he knew he couldn't stop Fuji.
'There is no paint found in Kamio-san's house, nor has there ever been found any paint in Akazawa-san's house or the house of his killer. There is a 89 per cent chance it has nothing to do with the murder cases at all. It's just a coincidence that it happened at the same time.'
'I see,' answered Tezuka. 'If this will happen again I will have to investigate it. Nobody has been hurt, but it's scaring Fuji. He is afraid it has something to do with him, like the case where Atobe-san killed everybody who liked Fuji more than as a friend.'
'You're very lucky you caught him before he found out you were liking him very much as well,' joked Inui.
'It's my job,' answered Tezuka simply before he left the room with a slight blush on his face.
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'Three days,' sighed Tezuka as he sat down on the couch. 'Three days and I still haven't found anything about the murderer. Yukimura-san keeps asking how we are progressing, but I don't know what to do anymore. I tried everything, searched for everything, everywhere, but we didn't find anything. Nobody responded when we showed his face on television and in the newspapers either.'
Fuji poured a cup of tea for Tezuka and put it in front of his lover on the table. He had never seen Tezuka like this. Tezuka was always confident. He did. What had to be done without complaining, even though the work wasn't always fun to do. But in this case he couldn't even let the parents of the victim know that their son had died, because he couldn't find the parents either.
'You tried everything, you said so yourself,' answered Fuji as he poured a cup of tea for himself as well. 'You can't help it that there are no results. Sometimes that happens, right? Sometimes somebody has no friends, no family, so nobody will miss him. He probably wasn't a very social person, maybe he was even scared of social interaction. Then there isn't much you can do.'
Fuji sat himself down on Tezuka's lap and wrapped his arms around Tezuka's neck. 'Can I distract you a little?'
'You always can,' answered Tezuka. 'Especially if you wear that lacy underwear I found in your bedroom.'
'You were sneaking around in my room?' asked Fuji, immediately letting go of his lover.
Tezuka shook his head. 'You asked me to clean your room, since you didn't have time. I can't help it if you forget to put it away. It was on your bed. Impossible to miss it.'
Fuji sighed. 'I wanted to surprise you and wear it this weekend, since we'll be together for a year then. I wanted to sneak into your room when you were asleep and give you a nice surprise, but I guess I have to come up with something else.'
'I can act really surprised and happy,' answered Tezuka with a serious face.
'I want our first time to be really special, since you are really special to me,' said Fuji. 'I'll try to think of something. So prepare yourself and your colleagues, because no matter what happens, I'm not letting you go to work on Saturday evening.'
'I don't think I even want to,' muttered Tezuka. His throat was getting a little dry. 'But I planned to take you out to a very nice restaurant, is that fine with you?'
'Perfect,' answered Fuji with a wide smile. He took their cups of tea from the table and handed one to Tezuka. 'I look forward to it.'
To be continued
I've already started with chapter 18, but I skipped the special night. If you do want me to write about Tezuka's and Fuji's Saturday evening, leave a comment! I might write it and post it seperately from this story. I don't want to turn it into an M-rated story.
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5/6/11 13:48 (UTC)But it is a lovely chapter, I love the plot twist! Good job, can't wait to read chapter 18!
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5/6/11 13:52 (UTC)Not sure about chap 18 yet. Wrote a little over a 1000 words, but I don't know how to put a certain someone into this story XD;; Gotta finish the fairytale story first. Which is over 7300 words -_-"
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5/6/11 14:08 (UTC)Jeez! 7300 words are alot! You probably had a blast writing it though! I wish I had time to write! I still have a massive amount of unfinished fics. I just can't seem to find the time to finish them! T.T
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5/6/11 14:17 (UTC)It took me months to write it, since I already started a long time ago, but I enjoy every little part I wrote XD Just hope I can make the end as great. Have nothing in mind yet for a funny ending, only a fluffy one.
Really, who ate our time?
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6/6/11 03:24 (UTC)Thank you!
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6/6/11 08:19 (UTC)black paint...
7/6/11 21:14 (UTC)Re: black paint...
8/6/11 08:39 (UTC)(no subject)
10/6/11 09:48 (UTC)Can't wait to see what is going to happen this time around. And with what's going on, it seems that Tezuka and Fuji will both be involved (once again. Poor Fuji, but from my side: yayyayyayyayyay!)
And the way you described the victim as a person who apparently had no friends - that was very, very well done (and a bit creepy. Because, are things really the way they seem? ^___^ )
Thank you for sharing!
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10/6/11 09:54 (UTC)Such a lonely life, ne? Like he was all alone and nobody knew him! Must be the saddest end ever!