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Second part
Title: Atonement
Chapter: 2 - House of Cards
Characters: Tanaka Ainosuke, Tanaka Yumehito and mostly everyone still alive
Fandom: Hidarime Tantei EYE
Rating: G
Summary: AU. The new life they had did not seem so bad. Yumehito had mostly recovered his health and living as a totally new person. It was something that Ainosuke had always dreamed of. But a new case that was reminiscent of their painful past threatened to destroy the small piece of life they had. Could this be... an atonement?
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"How's this for your first assignment!?"
Yume jumped as he turned his attention towards his partner, who had suddenly slapped his back the moment he took his seat. He shrugged nervously at him before turning his attention towards the other detectives who had entered the meeting room to take their place. He turned his attention towards the centre of the room as the current head of the investigation group, Detective Ishikawa Saburo stepped up and introduced himself.
The man pulled out his folder as his assistant put up the charts behind him.
"The victim for today's case was Kamata Juushiro-san. Aged 47, just a normal salary-man and was now hospitalized for minor injury. Yesterday, for some reason Kamata-san had jumped onto the rail-road tracks at Tamachi station; just as the next train was approaching that stop. Luckily the train operator had acted quickly and he managed to stop the train before it hit him. Now, this case was handed to us."
Kato glanced towards Yumehito as he was frowning while hearing about the details before another officer raised his hand to ask.
"Was there something more about this case, sir? Suicides usually do not fall into this group's department so why—?"
Ishikawa nodded his head at that question as he continued.
"Yes, you are correct on that one. There was actually more to this case aside from Kamata-san's attempted suicide."
He turned around as his assistant put up another slide.
"Not long ago, just a few days... Kamata-san had received a notice from an unknown person right after he went back from work. Unlike usual, he was not being greeted by his two sons as soon as he got home. That was when he gets suspicious and later found the note. It was written that the sons were being kidnapped and Kamata-san was asked to prepare an amount of 900 thousand yen as ransom to be paid in a week's time. There was no mention of what could happen to the two kids if the demands were not met but we should expect that it would not be good—"
Kato turned his attention again towards Yumehito as he heard some sounds, before noticing how pale he had looked. He frowned as he noticed that Yume had been sweating profusely despite the air-conditioned room.
"Sa—Tanaka? Is something wrong? Did you need—"
Yume just winced away from his touch as he stood up. He bowed apologetically towards the rest of the officers for disrupting the meeting as he excused himself.
"Sorry, I don't feel well suddenly."
Kato turned around towards his partner while contemplating his last words earlier. Concerns overriding his normal decision, it was several minutes later before Kato too... excused himself from the meeting.
xxx
Kato frowned as he looked around to find no trace of his partner. Yume was not anywhere near the wash-rooms or even at his cubicle! Where would he be—Kato finally spotted him kneeling on the floor, along one of the corridors at the station as he rushed to his side.
"Tanaka... what's wrong with you?"
Yume didn't answer him as he continued clutching the side of his head painfully. Kato bit his lips as he pondered about what to do. But just as he was looking around to see if he could ask anyone to bring him a glass of water for Yume, he overheard his partner muttering something under his breath. He frowned as he knelt closer to hear better.
"...stop it! I don't... enough! It's not the same... Shut up! Leave me alone...!"
Just when he tried to figure out what was it that Yume had been talking about, the man suddenly got up and move away quickly from Kato's side. It stunned him for a second as he watched Yumehito hit his head repeatedly against the wall before he too, rose to try stopping the man from hurting himself.
"Stop that! Tanaka-san!"
xxx
They had just finished with their second class for the day as Ainosuke started taking away his books from the table before suddenly feeling that all too familiar tingling on his left eye. He gasped as he was taken aback by this unexpected occurrence. It had been a while since he had seen anything through his left eye, and most of the criminal acts by his brother had already been solved—so why? Suddenly Ainosuke's heart turned cold as he thought of his older brother. Did something happened to him?
Not wanting to lose anymore time, Ainosuke dashed out of the class as he ran towards the direction of the nurse's office.
xxx
"Sensei! It came!"
Sayama Hitomi jumped as she turned to find Ainosuke at the door, looking very alarmed.
"Sensei! Punch me please!" he exclaimed again before she could ask what had happened to him. She rose.
"Eh? Why—Ainosuke, what happened? Did the left eye—but you brother was not involved in crime anymore—"
"—who cares about that, just hit me alread—!"
Before he could finish, Hitomi had punched him squarely on the right side of his face; sending Ainosuke onto the floor as the image flashed into his left eye. Ainosuke gasped as he recognized the images...
Hitomi hurriedly pulled Ainosuke back on his feet as she ushered him back on the couch.
"What is it? Did you see something?"
Ainosuke stared back at her, equally dumbfounded.
"I did... but it doesn't make sense!"
It really didn't. The scenes that he saw were not something new. It was something that he had seen before... and more.
Ikeuchi Kazuya.
The sight of the Ikeuchi brothers taking him away...
Ikeuchi Tomoya's face when the young man had threatened to kill him... only that it was not from his line of sight. The images that his brother have seen!
As soon as the realization kicked in, Ainosuke hastily took out his phone. Only that the phone had already rang before he could have a chance to dial anything.
It was Kato-san!
xxx
Ainosuke and Sayama-sensei dashed across the hall as Kato greeted them. Immediately Ainosuke grabbed his arm to ask about the matter.
"How is he? How's my brother?" he asked as Kato shrugged.
"His injury was not that bad, despite he did pass out after that. It really caught me off-guard, seeing him suddenly trying to break his head on the wall."
Ainosuke paled after hearing that explanation as Kato lead the two of them towards Yumehito's room. To their surprise, he was already awake and sitting up. He had only been staring out onto space before their arrivals caught his attention. Kato sighed.
"Ah, Tanaka... you should have called out earlier if you're awake. I could have brought Ainosuke earli—"
"Are you an idiot?"
Kato immediately stopped mid-sentence as Yume turned his head towards them, before his eyes swerved towards Ainosuke.
"Are you an idiot?"
Ainosuke did not reply as that made him angrier.
"I ASK YOU, ARE YOU AN IDIOT? AINOSUKE!"
Ainosuke let out a gasp as Yume's angry glare bore onto him.
"You should have let me die. It was better that way."
Title: Atonement
Chapter: 2 - House of Cards
Characters: Tanaka Ainosuke, Tanaka Yumehito and mostly everyone still alive
Fandom: Hidarime Tantei EYE
Rating: G
Summary: AU. The new life they had did not seem so bad. Yumehito had mostly recovered his health and living as a totally new person. It was something that Ainosuke had always dreamed of. But a new case that was reminiscent of their painful past threatened to destroy the small piece of life they had. Could this be... an atonement?
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"How's this for your first assignment!?"
Yume jumped as he turned his attention towards his partner, who had suddenly slapped his back the moment he took his seat. He shrugged nervously at him before turning his attention towards the other detectives who had entered the meeting room to take their place. He turned his attention towards the centre of the room as the current head of the investigation group, Detective Ishikawa Saburo stepped up and introduced himself.
The man pulled out his folder as his assistant put up the charts behind him.
"The victim for today's case was Kamata Juushiro-san. Aged 47, just a normal salary-man and was now hospitalized for minor injury. Yesterday, for some reason Kamata-san had jumped onto the rail-road tracks at Tamachi station; just as the next train was approaching that stop. Luckily the train operator had acted quickly and he managed to stop the train before it hit him. Now, this case was handed to us."
Kato glanced towards Yumehito as he was frowning while hearing about the details before another officer raised his hand to ask.
"Was there something more about this case, sir? Suicides usually do not fall into this group's department so why—?"
Ishikawa nodded his head at that question as he continued.
"Yes, you are correct on that one. There was actually more to this case aside from Kamata-san's attempted suicide."
He turned around as his assistant put up another slide.
"Not long ago, just a few days... Kamata-san had received a notice from an unknown person right after he went back from work. Unlike usual, he was not being greeted by his two sons as soon as he got home. That was when he gets suspicious and later found the note. It was written that the sons were being kidnapped and Kamata-san was asked to prepare an amount of 900 thousand yen as ransom to be paid in a week's time. There was no mention of what could happen to the two kids if the demands were not met but we should expect that it would not be good—"
Kato turned his attention again towards Yumehito as he heard some sounds, before noticing how pale he had looked. He frowned as he noticed that Yume had been sweating profusely despite the air-conditioned room.
"Sa—Tanaka? Is something wrong? Did you need—"
Yume just winced away from his touch as he stood up. He bowed apologetically towards the rest of the officers for disrupting the meeting as he excused himself.
"Sorry, I don't feel well suddenly."
Kato turned around towards his partner while contemplating his last words earlier. Concerns overriding his normal decision, it was several minutes later before Kato too... excused himself from the meeting.
xxx
Kato frowned as he looked around to find no trace of his partner. Yume was not anywhere near the wash-rooms or even at his cubicle! Where would he be—Kato finally spotted him kneeling on the floor, along one of the corridors at the station as he rushed to his side.
"Tanaka... what's wrong with you?"
Yume didn't answer him as he continued clutching the side of his head painfully. Kato bit his lips as he pondered about what to do. But just as he was looking around to see if he could ask anyone to bring him a glass of water for Yume, he overheard his partner muttering something under his breath. He frowned as he knelt closer to hear better.
"...stop it! I don't... enough! It's not the same... Shut up! Leave me alone...!"
Just when he tried to figure out what was it that Yume had been talking about, the man suddenly got up and move away quickly from Kato's side. It stunned him for a second as he watched Yumehito hit his head repeatedly against the wall before he too, rose to try stopping the man from hurting himself.
"Stop that! Tanaka-san!"
xxx
They had just finished with their second class for the day as Ainosuke started taking away his books from the table before suddenly feeling that all too familiar tingling on his left eye. He gasped as he was taken aback by this unexpected occurrence. It had been a while since he had seen anything through his left eye, and most of the criminal acts by his brother had already been solved—so why? Suddenly Ainosuke's heart turned cold as he thought of his older brother. Did something happened to him?
Not wanting to lose anymore time, Ainosuke dashed out of the class as he ran towards the direction of the nurse's office.
xxx
"Sensei! It came!"
Sayama Hitomi jumped as she turned to find Ainosuke at the door, looking very alarmed.
"Sensei! Punch me please!" he exclaimed again before she could ask what had happened to him. She rose.
"Eh? Why—Ainosuke, what happened? Did the left eye—but you brother was not involved in crime anymore—"
"—who cares about that, just hit me alread—!"
Before he could finish, Hitomi had punched him squarely on the right side of his face; sending Ainosuke onto the floor as the image flashed into his left eye. Ainosuke gasped as he recognized the images...
Hitomi hurriedly pulled Ainosuke back on his feet as she ushered him back on the couch.
"What is it? Did you see something?"
Ainosuke stared back at her, equally dumbfounded.
"I did... but it doesn't make sense!"
It really didn't. The scenes that he saw were not something new. It was something that he had seen before... and more.
Ikeuchi Kazuya.
The sight of the Ikeuchi brothers taking him away...
Ikeuchi Tomoya's face when the young man had threatened to kill him... only that it was not from his line of sight. The images that his brother have seen!
As soon as the realization kicked in, Ainosuke hastily took out his phone. Only that the phone had already rang before he could have a chance to dial anything.
It was Kato-san!
xxx
Ainosuke and Sayama-sensei dashed across the hall as Kato greeted them. Immediately Ainosuke grabbed his arm to ask about the matter.
"How is he? How's my brother?" he asked as Kato shrugged.
"His injury was not that bad, despite he did pass out after that. It really caught me off-guard, seeing him suddenly trying to break his head on the wall."
Ainosuke paled after hearing that explanation as Kato lead the two of them towards Yumehito's room. To their surprise, he was already awake and sitting up. He had only been staring out onto space before their arrivals caught his attention. Kato sighed.
"Ah, Tanaka... you should have called out earlier if you're awake. I could have brought Ainosuke earli—"
"Are you an idiot?"
Kato immediately stopped mid-sentence as Yume turned his head towards them, before his eyes swerved towards Ainosuke.
"Are you an idiot?"
Ainosuke did not reply as that made him angrier.
"I ASK YOU, ARE YOU AN IDIOT? AINOSUKE!"
Ainosuke let out a gasp as Yume's angry glare bore onto him.
"You should have let me die. It was better that way."
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