Detective Tezuka - Chapter 1
Title: Detective Tezuka
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tacuma811Pairing: There will be TezuFuji, but not yet
Chapter: 1/?
Genre: AU, little bit angst, romance
Rating: PG, PG-13 maybe
Word count: 2077 words
Warning: Minor character death!
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis
A/N: Again (and again, and again) special thanks to
akiko88 for being such a great beta!Written for
xpeart because she wanted more multi-chaptered TezuFuji fics, hope you like it!Summary: Tezuka Kunimitsu is the youngest Detective Chief Inspector. His first murder case is really complicated, but he will do anything to find the killer.
Detective Tezuka
Chapter 1 – One man down
Ohayo Tezuka. I’ve got a new case for you,’ said a smiling man with blue hair that almost reached his shoulders, ‘You’ve helped others with murder cases, but you never had your own, right? This will be your first. You should be proud, you’re the youngest Detective Chief Inspector we ever had, so do your best!’
The young man with messy dark brown hair, hazel eyes and glasses stood up and bowed. ‘Arigato Yukimura-san for trusting me with this. I will not disappoint you. Do you know the details?’
‘No, I don’t know the details, but somebody has been murdered at the university. Take Sengoku with you, Oishi is already at the scene.’
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When Tezuka and Sengoku arrived at the university they saw a huge crowd in front of the entrance. Tezuka sighed. It seemed that the press had already heard about the murder. The two policemen stepped out of the car and pushed their way through the crowd. When they entered the university, Oishi was already waiting for them in the hall.
’You’re finally here. Follow me, the murder took place on the third floor of the West wing. This university is huge, but we asked everybody to leave except for a few witnesses, so we won’t be interrupted,’ explained Oishi while he lead them to the West wing.
’Good work. So who is the victim?’ asked Tezuka.
‘One of the students. Saeki Kojiroh, 22 years old, he was in his final year and studied journalism. Seems that he was one of the best. He often worked together with a guy named Fuji Syuusuke, also in his final year, but he majored photography. They’re childhood friends, both come from Chiba, and they shared an apartment in the neighbourhood of the university.’
‘So, was that guy here when his friend was murdered?’ asked the red haired Sengoku as they climbed the stairs.
‘No, he was probably at their apartment, he had no classes today. He probably doesn’t know about his friend’s death yet. Saeki was working with Kurobane Harukaze, a classmate of his. He was gone for a few minutes to buy some coffee. When he came back he found Saeki dead. He is waiting in one of the classrooms, so we can talk to him later.’ answered Oishi.
The three of them entered a small room with a table and a few chairs. There were many of these rooms. The students could use them whenever they wanted to hold a meeting or to work in silence instead of the tumultuous library.
On the floor lay a boy with black and white hair. He dark blue eyes stared at the ceiling. There was blood on the floor and on one of the white walls. Two people from forensics were searching for traces from the killer.
’Inui, have you found anything?’ asked Tezuka. He had worked together with Inui before on other cases. The man was smart and never missed a single trace.
The tall man with black spiky hair and glasses with a black frame stood up.
‘This is the first murder case you’ll be investigating on your own, right? Congratulations.’ answered Inui. ‘But I haven’t found anything yet. They cleaned this room four days ago, so there are hairs and fingerprints from many people, students and teachers alike. It’s impossible to tell who of them killed this guy. Unless you find the murder weapon, of course. But we’ll keep searching for clues.’
Tezuka nodded, told Sengoku to call Yukimura and ask him to send some constables over who could search for the murder weapon. The blue eyed man left the room to call their boss.
‘Where is the Yanagi, the pathologist?’ asked the bespectacled inspector.
’He had another case, so he left already.’ answered Inui. ‘He asked me to tell you that this guy was shot. A bullet in his chest and one in his head. A quick death, he didn’t suffer.’
Sengoku entered the small room again. ‘They’re on their way, Tezuka-san.’
‘Good, thank you. Oishi, I want you to talk with Kurobane. We’ll meet each other at the canteen. After lunch we go to Yanagi. Sengoku, we’re going to Saeki’s apartment to tell Fuji the bad news.’
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Sengoku and Tezuka stood in front of a small, but nice apartment. A young woman with honey brown chin-length hair and closed eyes smiled at the two men.
‘Excuse me miss, we’re looking for Fuji Syuusuke. Is he here?’ asked Tezuka, keeping his cool, while Sengoku could only stare at the beautiful creature in front of him, unable to speak as the girl chuckled.
‘Yes, he is here. I am Fuji Syuusuke.’
Tezuka’s eyes widened and he started to blush while he stuttered an apology.
‘I…I’m really sorry, I thought…’
’It’s okay, it happens often.’ said Fuji. ‘How can I help you?’
‘I’m Detective Chief Inspector Tezuka and this is Detective Sergeant Sengoku. Can we come in?’
The beautiful boy opened his eyes and revealed two unearthly blue orbs. His smile had disappeared and he seemed a little scared, but without hesitating he let the two policemen in. He brought them to the small living room. One of the walls was filled with photographs of Fuji, Saeki, their friends and family. Tezuka and Sengoku sat down and Fuji asked if they wanted some tea.
‘No, thank you. Please sit down.’
Fuji sat down and looked a little worried at the two men in front of him.
’Your friend, Saeki Kojiroh, was found dead this morning in one of the student meeting rooms at the university.’ said Tezuka. How he hated to bring sad news to people.
Fuji’s eyes widened and filled with tears. He bit his lip and whispered a soft ‘Kojiroh’. He covered his eyes with his hands and started to cry. Tezuka looked at Sengoku, both really didn’t know what to do. The bespectacled man sighed softly, stood up and sat down next to Fuji. He laid his hand on the shoulder of the crying man.
’I’m really sorry. Can we call someone for you? Your parents or a friend?’
The honey brown haired man looked up with tears on his cheeks. Tezuka offered him his handkerchief. Fuji took it and wiped his tears.
‘My…my parents are out of the country, but Yumiko-neesan is here in Tokyo. You can find her phone number in the little book, next to the phone, in the kitchen.
Sengoku stood up and left the room so he could call Fuji’s older sister.
‘Tezuka-san, how…’
‘He was murdered. Somebody shot him.’ answered Tezuka softly. ‘So we have to ask you some questions. Do you think you can answer them now or shall we come back tomorrow?’
Fuji said that he could answer the questions now. Sengoku entered the living room and sat down again, in front of the two others. He grabbed his notebook and a pen to write Fuji’s answers down.
‘You want to know if he has enemies, right? As far as I know he has…had no enemies. Everybody liked him, he had many friends. He was the best journalism student of the university and some were a little jealous, but I’m sure none of them would hurt him. I don’t know who would kill him.’ said Fuji as he started sobbing again.
‘We will find the one who did this, Fuji-san.’ promised Tezuka. He felt sorry for the beautiful boy. He didn’t want to disappoint him; he would find the one who did this!
‘Saeki-san’s parents live in Chiba, right? The police there will inform them, but they can’t identify him, it’s to far away. Do you think you can do it?’ asked the Chief Inspector.
Fuji nodded. ‘I will do it.’
When Tezuka wanted to speak again, Fuji Yumiko burst through the door. She quickly walked to her crying brother and hugged him. The policemen stood up and left the house. They would come back later.
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Meanwhile Oishi sat in one of the student meeting rooms with Kurobane. The boy looked like he was sick, he was really pale. The Detective Sergeant felt sorry for the student in front of him, who obviously wasn’t ready to answer his questions.
‘Kurobane-kun, are you sure you can answer my questions?’
The boy nodded.
‘Good, so can you tell me what happened.’
’We were working on a project, we had to write an article. We had been working for two hours when we took a break. I left to buy us some coffee. Saeki stayed in the meeting room, so no one else would take that room. I was gone for only a couple of minutes. When I came back I opened the door and he…he lay there, on the floor. There was blood everywhere! I…I think I dropped the coffee before I left the room to call a teacher.’
‘Did you see anyone when you came back to the meeting room? Did you hear somebody or something unusual?’ asked Oishi. He didn’t want to ask anymore questions to the troubled boy, but it was better be over with as soon as possible.
‘No, it’s a quiet place. I didn’t see anyone and I didn’t hear anything either.’
‘Do you who could have done this?’
‘I don’t understand, why Saeki?! Everybody liked him! He was always so nice to everyone. He was quite popular. I don’t know who could have done anything like this!’
‘Thank you, Kurobane-kun, for answering the questions. I’ll bring you home now.’ said Oishi with a friendly smile. The student couldn’t take anymore questions. If Tezuka needed more information, they could always ask him later, after the boy had calmed down.
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The three policemen met each other in the canteen of the police station. They complained a little about Momoshiro Takeshi. Since he became the new cook, they ate fast food everyday. But they had no choice then to eat his food, so they did and Oishi told them about his conversation with Kurobane.
After that Tezuka told Oishi about Fuji. Sengoku made sure that Oishi heard everything about Tezuka’s mistake. While laughing he described what Fuji looked like and Tezuka’s expression when he found out Fuji wasn’t a girl. Oishi looked amused at the Chief Inspector.
’You let your guard down, Tezuka.’
The eyebrow of the Chief Inspector twitched and he sighed.
‘Okay, that’s enough. We’re going to the pathologist.’
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‘Yes, he is shot. Two bullets in his body, one is his chest, really close to his heart and the other in his head.’ said Yanagi Renji, the pathologist. ‘The killer is a professional, one of the bullets would have been enough, because both shots were deadly. The first bullet, the one in his chest, killed him. He was dead before the second bullet hit him.’
‘So the killer wanted to make sure he was dead?’ asked Sengoku curious.
‘Probably. Inui from forensics has the bullets and will take a look at them. He could already tell that the bullets are from a small gun. The killer could easily hide it in one of his pockets without anybody noticing it.’
Yanagi handed Tezuka a small report about his findings and the Chief Inspector thanked him. The three policemen went back to the office. They had to inform the rest of their team.
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‘So he is shot, it wasn’t suicide?’ asked Yagyuu Hiroshi.
‘Indeed.’ answered Tezuka. He had just informed Yagyuu and the rest of his team about the situation. ‘He is shot. The first shot killed him, so he couldn’t have fired the second shot.’
‘What about the gun? Has it been found yet?’ asked Ohtori Choutaro.
‘No, it hasn’t been found yet, they’re still searching at the university, but I don’t think they will find it there. The murderer was a professional and probably took it with him, so he wouldn’t leave any traces behind.’
‘And nobody has seen somebody who looked suspicious?’ asked Tachibana Kippei.
‘It’s a quiet place. The killer could easily walk around without being seen. A few students think they’ve seen something. We took their statements, but they all described different persons. So we don’t know anything about the killer.’ explained Oishi.
‘He or she probably used a silencing device, as nobody heard the gunshot.’ told Tezuka.
At that moment Yukimura walked in with a small smile on his face.
‘I see you are busy and I’m sorry for interrupting, but there has been another murder.’
To be continued
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