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Title: Atonement
Chapter: 8 - Caught in the net
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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The apartment belonging to Kamata was locked when they arrived. Upon further investigation with the neighbours, some of them had mentioned overhearing sounds coming from the house even when Kamata was supposed to be away. Mentions of some of the other visits were heard as they made a few more inquiries before leaving the place and moving on to another location.
At the business district near the place, they started asking if anyone has seen Kamata around the area; leading them to a shopping area. Yume paused as he noticed something before telling Kato to go on. Kato arrived at the place as he caught sight of Kamata, working at one of the shops. He immediately dashed towards the man as he pulled him aside.
"Kamata-san! What are you doing here?"
The man appeared surprised having been found by Kato.
"What did you think? I'm trying to save my children! I've tried asking my friends for help... but even with the amount of help I could have gathered, coupled with what I had—I still could not gather that much money at this short time. My injuries were not so bad... and the owner here said they can offer a much higher pay if I don't mind working at a longer hour than normal—"
"But Kamata-san! You should have told us—"
"I need to save my sons, Kato-san. Your partner was correct; I was stupid to think of an easy way out. I should have tried harder to save them... while I'm still alive."
Kato smiled.
"My partner would be glad to here that. Still, Kamata-san... it should be best if you could let us help you again—"
"No, I can't—"
"We saw the note, Kamata-san. We know why you've left the hospital hurriedly. Kamata-san, we have some reasons to suspect that one of the kidnappers might have been someone you know. So it might be possible, if we could find out who it was... we might be able to find your sons!"
"But how—!"
His phone suddenly rang as Kato took his phone out.
"Excuse me..."
Kato suddenly excused himself as he answered his phone. To his surprise, it was Ainosuke—asking about their whereabouts. He told them where they were as the young boy sounded urgent and unexpectedly, they happened to be near the area. He told them he'd be waiting for them before turning back towards Kamata.
"Kamata-san, there's something I needed to ask you. We've checked your backgrounds earlier... and noticed something peculiar. We know that you have some kind of monetary problem but can you tell me the reason why? My partner thinks that it somehow had some relation to the case."
Kamata appeared shocked.
"What? That... can't be possible... it wasn't really..."
"Kamata-san! This might be important. Please tell me."
The man appeared hesitant but gradually agreed to cooperate. He started telling him everything as Kato wondered where his partner had gone to...
xxx
"Kato-san!"
Kato turned around as Ainosuke and Sayama Hitomi ran towards him. He turned his attention towards Ainosuke.
"What is it, Ainosuke-kun? What so important—"
"My brother... where is he?"
He blinked before turning his glance around him.
"Come to think about it, your brother hadn't returned for quite some time. We came here together, you know... to find our victim. Just when we're about to see the man, your brother told me to go first since he wanted to check on something—what is it, Ainosuke?" Kato suddenly asked as Ainosuke suddenly fidgeted.
"Where was the place you last see him?"
Kato point out the place as Ainosuke frantically look around him before something caught his eye and ran towards a corner. Kato and Sayama followed behind him as Ainosuke led them towards an alley.
"What is it, Ainosuke—"
Ainosuke hurriedly took out his sketchpad as he showed him his sketches.
"I believed brother was attacked here."
Kato frowned as he took the sketch.
"Attacked—wha..."
He glanced down towards the sketch as he saw the alley drawn almost exactly on the pad before noticing a figure hiding in a corner. He turned another page as he stared at a sketch of a shady person holding up a bottle, in a stance of about to hit someone. Another picture was of two kids being tied up—as Kato recognised the face as the ones in the picture they found earlier. The last page was a rough sketch of a building. He frowned.
"Ainosuke... this, was another of your intuition?"
"I already told you before... hadn't I, Kato-san? What I really saw all those times—those were the things that my brother had actually seen. I'm very sure... brother was attacked here. He must have seen something... or he must have noticed that someone had been following you guys—perhaps the kidnappers..."
"You know about the kidnapping case?"
Ainosuke's face coloured when he asked that question.
"I... I kinda sneaked a look at the files brother was looking at while he's asleep—", he gave Kato a stubborn look before continuing, "—You don't think I should know either, is it?"
Kato sighed.
"But he's worried about you, you know. He had mentioned a lot of things... before. So I thought I should respect his decision."
"I know. I understand... that's how brother used to think. But I don't want to always be the one being protected— this time, I wanted... if I could even help my brother..."
"Ainosuke..."
"Ne... Kato-san, what is this?"
Both of them turned around as they went towards where Sayama-sensei had been kneeling at before he frowned.
"Blood..."
"Yumeto-san's?"
Both of them stared at her as she stuttered.
"I can't keep calling him oniisan all the time... you know?" she said as Ainosuke glanced back towards Kato.
"I wonder..." he started to say. Ainosuke frowned at him as he continued. "There wasn't much blood here, must have meant that Tanaka was only hurt a bit. But since we haven't seen him anywhere... I don't think it was too far to say that they took your brother away with them. I'm not sure why... but we'll find that out eventually."
He turned to look at Ainosuke's worried face as he smiled.
"Don't worry, he'll be all right."
xxx
Yume woke up to find himself tied up and inside some kind of building. His nose twitched as the air around him felt strangely unclean. He scooted a bit around as he saw a young man and a little kid being tied up at another corner of the room. The Kamata brothers. He would have spat at the irony he's in if he could just removed this bloody thing covering his mouth.
So he ended up being caught by the baddies. How uncool. Was this how the former genius crime planner had fallen?
His eyes swerved sideways as he heard people coming. He recognised one of them; the man slightly resembled the older brother a bit. Kamata Ryuichiro. As he expected, there was a relative being involved. The other person was not someone that he would know. Although he looked like the kind of people, the Buta Tori gang would have associated with. (Come to think... what had happened to those twerps?) It's been a while... but he had stopped contacting them since the last job.
The man lowered himself towards Yumehito as he grinned at him.
"Welcome... detective-san."
Title: Atonement
Chapter: 8 - Caught in the net
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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The apartment belonging to Kamata was locked when they arrived. Upon further investigation with the neighbours, some of them had mentioned overhearing sounds coming from the house even when Kamata was supposed to be away. Mentions of some of the other visits were heard as they made a few more inquiries before leaving the place and moving on to another location.
At the business district near the place, they started asking if anyone has seen Kamata around the area; leading them to a shopping area. Yume paused as he noticed something before telling Kato to go on. Kato arrived at the place as he caught sight of Kamata, working at one of the shops. He immediately dashed towards the man as he pulled him aside.
"Kamata-san! What are you doing here?"
The man appeared surprised having been found by Kato.
"What did you think? I'm trying to save my children! I've tried asking my friends for help... but even with the amount of help I could have gathered, coupled with what I had—I still could not gather that much money at this short time. My injuries were not so bad... and the owner here said they can offer a much higher pay if I don't mind working at a longer hour than normal—"
"But Kamata-san! You should have told us—"
"I need to save my sons, Kato-san. Your partner was correct; I was stupid to think of an easy way out. I should have tried harder to save them... while I'm still alive."
Kato smiled.
"My partner would be glad to here that. Still, Kamata-san... it should be best if you could let us help you again—"
"No, I can't—"
"We saw the note, Kamata-san. We know why you've left the hospital hurriedly. Kamata-san, we have some reasons to suspect that one of the kidnappers might have been someone you know. So it might be possible, if we could find out who it was... we might be able to find your sons!"
"But how—!"
His phone suddenly rang as Kato took his phone out.
"Excuse me..."
Kato suddenly excused himself as he answered his phone. To his surprise, it was Ainosuke—asking about their whereabouts. He told them where they were as the young boy sounded urgent and unexpectedly, they happened to be near the area. He told them he'd be waiting for them before turning back towards Kamata.
"Kamata-san, there's something I needed to ask you. We've checked your backgrounds earlier... and noticed something peculiar. We know that you have some kind of monetary problem but can you tell me the reason why? My partner thinks that it somehow had some relation to the case."
Kamata appeared shocked.
"What? That... can't be possible... it wasn't really..."
"Kamata-san! This might be important. Please tell me."
The man appeared hesitant but gradually agreed to cooperate. He started telling him everything as Kato wondered where his partner had gone to...
xxx
"Kato-san!"
Kato turned around as Ainosuke and Sayama Hitomi ran towards him. He turned his attention towards Ainosuke.
"What is it, Ainosuke-kun? What so important—"
"My brother... where is he?"
He blinked before turning his glance around him.
"Come to think about it, your brother hadn't returned for quite some time. We came here together, you know... to find our victim. Just when we're about to see the man, your brother told me to go first since he wanted to check on something—what is it, Ainosuke?" Kato suddenly asked as Ainosuke suddenly fidgeted.
"Where was the place you last see him?"
Kato point out the place as Ainosuke frantically look around him before something caught his eye and ran towards a corner. Kato and Sayama followed behind him as Ainosuke led them towards an alley.
"What is it, Ainosuke—"
Ainosuke hurriedly took out his sketchpad as he showed him his sketches.
"I believed brother was attacked here."
Kato frowned as he took the sketch.
"Attacked—wha..."
He glanced down towards the sketch as he saw the alley drawn almost exactly on the pad before noticing a figure hiding in a corner. He turned another page as he stared at a sketch of a shady person holding up a bottle, in a stance of about to hit someone. Another picture was of two kids being tied up—as Kato recognised the face as the ones in the picture they found earlier. The last page was a rough sketch of a building. He frowned.
"Ainosuke... this, was another of your intuition?"
"I already told you before... hadn't I, Kato-san? What I really saw all those times—those were the things that my brother had actually seen. I'm very sure... brother was attacked here. He must have seen something... or he must have noticed that someone had been following you guys—perhaps the kidnappers..."
"You know about the kidnapping case?"
Ainosuke's face coloured when he asked that question.
"I... I kinda sneaked a look at the files brother was looking at while he's asleep—", he gave Kato a stubborn look before continuing, "—You don't think I should know either, is it?"
Kato sighed.
"But he's worried about you, you know. He had mentioned a lot of things... before. So I thought I should respect his decision."
"I know. I understand... that's how brother used to think. But I don't want to always be the one being protected— this time, I wanted... if I could even help my brother..."
"Ainosuke..."
"Ne... Kato-san, what is this?"
Both of them turned around as they went towards where Sayama-sensei had been kneeling at before he frowned.
"Blood..."
"Yumeto-san's?"
Both of them stared at her as she stuttered.
"I can't keep calling him oniisan all the time... you know?" she said as Ainosuke glanced back towards Kato.
"I wonder..." he started to say. Ainosuke frowned at him as he continued. "There wasn't much blood here, must have meant that Tanaka was only hurt a bit. But since we haven't seen him anywhere... I don't think it was too far to say that they took your brother away with them. I'm not sure why... but we'll find that out eventually."
He turned to look at Ainosuke's worried face as he smiled.
"Don't worry, he'll be all right."
xxx
Yume woke up to find himself tied up and inside some kind of building. His nose twitched as the air around him felt strangely unclean. He scooted a bit around as he saw a young man and a little kid being tied up at another corner of the room. The Kamata brothers. He would have spat at the irony he's in if he could just removed this bloody thing covering his mouth.
So he ended up being caught by the baddies. How uncool. Was this how the former genius crime planner had fallen?
His eyes swerved sideways as he heard people coming. He recognised one of them; the man slightly resembled the older brother a bit. Kamata Ryuichiro. As he expected, there was a relative being involved. The other person was not someone that he would know. Although he looked like the kind of people, the Buta Tori gang would have associated with. (Come to think... what had happened to those twerps?) It's been a while... but he had stopped contacting them since the last job.
The man lowered himself towards Yumehito as he grinned at him.
"Welcome... detective-san."
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