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And I still haven't finalize the plot of this kidnapping case. *shakes head*
Title: Atonement
Chapter: 3 - Ice Castle
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?
A/N: I've made Kato slightly cooler. 8D And hahahaha... the new edits made this chapter slightly more emotional.
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"Nii...chan?"
Yume's expression became even stonier as he heard that endearment. He sighed.
"You are an idiot then."
"Oi, Tanaka! Wasn't that a bit harsh—"
Yume turned his attention towards Kato as he sneered at him.
"You're better off calling me Sakisaka, you know? It sounded awkward hearing you addressing me by my real surname."
Ainosuke stepped a bit more closer towards him as Yumehito glanced back towards his younger brother.
"You remembered?"
Yume gave him a look of disbelief.
"After cracking my head earlier, it would be a miracle if I had NOT remembered anything; don't you think? Tell me, Ainosuke... did you like to suffer so much?"
Hitomi gave a cry as she finally spoke.
"That's cruel, oniisan! Ainosuke... really loved you so much and had always taken care of you while you've lost your memory! How could you say it like that just when Ainosuke had done so much—"
He just shrugged her off lightly over his shoulder.
"—that's what I'm saying. The best thing that that kid could get, was that if I should live and continue living by his side. But Ainosuke would not be happy if I continued being my amnesiac self. The irony," he said as he rolled his eyes at them. "Then again... if I would regain my memories, don't you realize sensei... that I'll be unhappy?"
Hitomi found herself tongue-tied from that reply as she glanced helplessly at Ainosuke.
"Why did you say things like that? Niichan? Why did you always like to say cruel things like that? Don't you care about me?"
Yume glanced towards him.
"You're better off living happily without me—"
"How can you decide on something like that?"
Ainosuke cried again as he lunged towards his older brother, wrapping his arms around his body. A stray tear streaked across his cheeks as Yumehito remained expressionless.
"See? Because of me you've cried again. You even managed to force a tear out of my eye, despite it had been years since I did." He glanced up towards the clock on the wall before sighing. "You should really return to school now."
He chuckled softly as Ainosuke continued sobbing on his shoulders. He sighed as he reluctantly lifted his hand to pat his brother's back.
"Why were you such a hopeless idiot, Ainosuke? Did I teach you wrongly in the past?"
xxx
Yumehito glanced towards the door as Kato closed it behind him.
"They've left?" he asked as Kato nodded at him.
"So you did regain all of your memories?"
Yume lifted one brow at him before shrugging.
"Yes. Just when I thought it would have been nice if I get to forget all of it, this time. It just proved that regardless of the situation I'm in, I will never be able to completely forget that day. Hitting my head to stop the memory from overflowing did not help keeping it away, it just strengthened it."
He leered towards Kato again as he noticed his puzzled face.
"I figured you would ask, sooner or later. And you as well. Did you get so influenced by my brother that you also got infected by his stupidity? Why did you allow me to rejoining the ranks, even more becoming your partner again?"
Kato shrugged.
"I don't know. I guess I got so used to having you as a partner; I wouldn't want anyone else filling that position. And I still think that you were a decent cop. Even after all that you've done... I can't help noticing that you did have that quality inside you. There must be a reason why Miyamoto-san had followed you before, isn't it?"
Yumehito snorted as Kato sighed.
"But honestly... you really are related to that kid. Seeing how you've tried to smash your head into the wall, I couldn't help remembering how Ainosuke had tried to do the same when we found out about Fukuchi-san's death."
He heard his partner chuckled as he continued. "So tell me, what did you mean about that day?"
Yume leered at him. "Ainosuke didn't tell you?" he asked as Kato shook his head. "It was similar... you know? Not the part about Kamata trying to off himself. But yeah... it was a bit similar. This case was almost similar to the one that happened to both of us, eight and a half years ago."
Kato blinked.
"That case? But I thought it was just a simple kidnapping case gone wrong."
Yume snorted again.
"It was quite similar," he said before asking Kato back. "Did you know where that stupid father was hospitalized?
Kato nodded. "His room was somewhere several floors above us."
Yumehito nodded his head at that as he put on his overcoat and slippers.
"Come on. Seeing that you knew about that, means we're still on this case and I want to confront this idiotic man myself."
xxx
The two instantly locked glares the moment they saw each other. Kato had to wonder if them coming here was to interview the victim or something else. It was weird to see two injured men glaring at each other to death, locked in some kind of invisible battle after all.
"You know... normally I would have decided to see you for your statements later. But I'm seeing you now because I felt like it. Your statement will come later. Right now I just wanted to tell you how utterly stupid and reckless father you are."
Kato sighed. That explained everything...WHAT?
Kamata glared back towards Yume.
"Is that all you wanted to say, Keiji-san? Such a brash officer you are. How could you even understand—"
"Oh... I understand your situation too well. Did you know why I called you stupid?”
Yumehito bit his lips as he glared at the man. “Do you think killing yourself would save your children? If you're dead, then who's the bastard who would get that money to save them? How could you even be so reckless to not think before you act? If you're dead, who else going to save your children? Who would take care of them after that? How could you not think about your own life as well?"
Kamata was about to say something to his defence before noticing the tears in Yume's eyes.
"Don't you ever think... how would your children feel if you had died, without even saving them first?"
Yumehito hastily wiped the tears off his face as he turned around and left the room, while the two remaining people stared at his back blankly. Kato hastily excused himself as he went after him.
xxx
Kato found him sitting by himself on the stairs, trying his hardest not to burst into tears again. Yume started talking as he sensed that Kato was nearby. He chuckled sarcastically.
"What kind of joke was this? Is life playing a trick on me?"
Kato sat beside him as he finally got a good look at Yumehito's face. The man did not appear as angry as he had been earlier. Instead, his partner had looked most saddened. In the months when they used to be working together as partners, this was the first time he had seen him looking so sad. This was Sakisaka's—no, Yumehito's true face.
"Is this how Karma tries to show me a way for me to atone for my actions? Don't joke around with me."
"Isn't it good? It proved that god had not abandoned you in his grand scheme..."
Yume leered towards him as if he had just sprouted wings on his head.
"Are you really an idiot? Did you like me so much as your partner?"
Kato grinned at him sheepishly. He placed a hand on his shoulder as he shrugged.
"I'm not really too fond of changing partners that much."
Yume snorted.
"Did you think, I was supposed to save them now? In order to atone to my sins?", he asked as Kato laughed.
"What do you think then?"
Title: Atonement
Chapter: 3 - Ice Castle
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?
A/N: I've made Kato slightly cooler. 8D And hahahaha... the new edits made this chapter slightly more emotional.
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"Nii...chan?"
Yume's expression became even stonier as he heard that endearment. He sighed.
"You are an idiot then."
"Oi, Tanaka! Wasn't that a bit harsh—"
Yume turned his attention towards Kato as he sneered at him.
"You're better off calling me Sakisaka, you know? It sounded awkward hearing you addressing me by my real surname."
Ainosuke stepped a bit more closer towards him as Yumehito glanced back towards his younger brother.
"You remembered?"
Yume gave him a look of disbelief.
"After cracking my head earlier, it would be a miracle if I had NOT remembered anything; don't you think? Tell me, Ainosuke... did you like to suffer so much?"
Hitomi gave a cry as she finally spoke.
"That's cruel, oniisan! Ainosuke... really loved you so much and had always taken care of you while you've lost your memory! How could you say it like that just when Ainosuke had done so much—"
He just shrugged her off lightly over his shoulder.
"—that's what I'm saying. The best thing that that kid could get, was that if I should live and continue living by his side. But Ainosuke would not be happy if I continued being my amnesiac self. The irony," he said as he rolled his eyes at them. "Then again... if I would regain my memories, don't you realize sensei... that I'll be unhappy?"
Hitomi found herself tongue-tied from that reply as she glanced helplessly at Ainosuke.
"Why did you say things like that? Niichan? Why did you always like to say cruel things like that? Don't you care about me?"
Yume glanced towards him.
"You're better off living happily without me—"
"How can you decide on something like that?"
Ainosuke cried again as he lunged towards his older brother, wrapping his arms around his body. A stray tear streaked across his cheeks as Yumehito remained expressionless.
"See? Because of me you've cried again. You even managed to force a tear out of my eye, despite it had been years since I did." He glanced up towards the clock on the wall before sighing. "You should really return to school now."
He chuckled softly as Ainosuke continued sobbing on his shoulders. He sighed as he reluctantly lifted his hand to pat his brother's back.
"Why were you such a hopeless idiot, Ainosuke? Did I teach you wrongly in the past?"
xxx
Yumehito glanced towards the door as Kato closed it behind him.
"They've left?" he asked as Kato nodded at him.
"So you did regain all of your memories?"
Yume lifted one brow at him before shrugging.
"Yes. Just when I thought it would have been nice if I get to forget all of it, this time. It just proved that regardless of the situation I'm in, I will never be able to completely forget that day. Hitting my head to stop the memory from overflowing did not help keeping it away, it just strengthened it."
He leered towards Kato again as he noticed his puzzled face.
"I figured you would ask, sooner or later. And you as well. Did you get so influenced by my brother that you also got infected by his stupidity? Why did you allow me to rejoining the ranks, even more becoming your partner again?"
Kato shrugged.
"I don't know. I guess I got so used to having you as a partner; I wouldn't want anyone else filling that position. And I still think that you were a decent cop. Even after all that you've done... I can't help noticing that you did have that quality inside you. There must be a reason why Miyamoto-san had followed you before, isn't it?"
Yumehito snorted as Kato sighed.
"But honestly... you really are related to that kid. Seeing how you've tried to smash your head into the wall, I couldn't help remembering how Ainosuke had tried to do the same when we found out about Fukuchi-san's death."
He heard his partner chuckled as he continued. "So tell me, what did you mean about that day?"
Yume leered at him. "Ainosuke didn't tell you?" he asked as Kato shook his head. "It was similar... you know? Not the part about Kamata trying to off himself. But yeah... it was a bit similar. This case was almost similar to the one that happened to both of us, eight and a half years ago."
Kato blinked.
"That case? But I thought it was just a simple kidnapping case gone wrong."
Yume snorted again.
"It was quite similar," he said before asking Kato back. "Did you know where that stupid father was hospitalized?
Kato nodded. "His room was somewhere several floors above us."
Yumehito nodded his head at that as he put on his overcoat and slippers.
"Come on. Seeing that you knew about that, means we're still on this case and I want to confront this idiotic man myself."
xxx
The two instantly locked glares the moment they saw each other. Kato had to wonder if them coming here was to interview the victim or something else. It was weird to see two injured men glaring at each other to death, locked in some kind of invisible battle after all.
"You know... normally I would have decided to see you for your statements later. But I'm seeing you now because I felt like it. Your statement will come later. Right now I just wanted to tell you how utterly stupid and reckless father you are."
Kato sighed. That explained everything...WHAT?
Kamata glared back towards Yume.
"Is that all you wanted to say, Keiji-san? Such a brash officer you are. How could you even understand—"
"Oh... I understand your situation too well. Did you know why I called you stupid?”
Yumehito bit his lips as he glared at the man. “Do you think killing yourself would save your children? If you're dead, then who's the bastard who would get that money to save them? How could you even be so reckless to not think before you act? If you're dead, who else going to save your children? Who would take care of them after that? How could you not think about your own life as well?"
Kamata was about to say something to his defence before noticing the tears in Yume's eyes.
"Don't you ever think... how would your children feel if you had died, without even saving them first?"
Yumehito hastily wiped the tears off his face as he turned around and left the room, while the two remaining people stared at his back blankly. Kato hastily excused himself as he went after him.
xxx
Kato found him sitting by himself on the stairs, trying his hardest not to burst into tears again. Yume started talking as he sensed that Kato was nearby. He chuckled sarcastically.
"What kind of joke was this? Is life playing a trick on me?"
Kato sat beside him as he finally got a good look at Yumehito's face. The man did not appear as angry as he had been earlier. Instead, his partner had looked most saddened. In the months when they used to be working together as partners, this was the first time he had seen him looking so sad. This was Sakisaka's—no, Yumehito's true face.
"Is this how Karma tries to show me a way for me to atone for my actions? Don't joke around with me."
"Isn't it good? It proved that god had not abandoned you in his grand scheme..."
Yume leered towards him as if he had just sprouted wings on his head.
"Are you really an idiot? Did you like me so much as your partner?"
Kato grinned at him sheepishly. He placed a hand on his shoulder as he shrugged.
"I'm not really too fond of changing partners that much."
Yume snorted.
"Did you think, I was supposed to save them now? In order to atone to my sins?", he asked as Kato laughed.
"What do you think then?"
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