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Title: Atonement
Chapter: 9 - Suspended animation
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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Yumehito blinked at the room around him.
Now that the initial shock was over, somehow... he started to notice something familiar about the room—no, building they were in. Could it be—Yume tried to crane his neck over the assortments of wooden chairs and tables inside the room. The door was closed shut, their kidnappers had left them an hour ago. It was already dark, their captors didn't bother turning on the lights... or couldn't?
He turned towards the corner where he remembered seeing the two boys sat, huddled together. His eyes had started to adjust to the darkness as he finally could see them at the corner. Both of them were asleep—well, there was nothing you can do in this situation.
He sighed.
Wonder what Kato and the others were doing right now? Ainosuke must be worried. Wonder if—could Ainosuke be able to see what he see now?
In the end, would he still need Ainosuke's help to save himself?
xxx
Ainosuke stared blankly around his empty room. As he had thought, that blood really belonged to his brother. They had tried contacting the other officers, it seemed even they had no clue to the whereabouts of his brother. So his brother had really been taken by the kidnappers... and there was nothing he could do to help. Then again, it was not like he could see what his brother could see in the future. So what could he do—it's not like his brother was the one planning this incident, this time. There was nothing he could have done as to solve this case... even more to save his brother and the kidnapped people.
Ainosuke stared at his own reflection on the mirror.
Just what actually... the use of this left eye now?
xxx
When he woke up again, it was almost noon. There was not much change here. Some of the chairs had been cleared away—their two kidnappers must have visited earlier. The two boys were awake as well, and staring back at him. Man, must have made an impression... huh? A stupid cop careless enough to be caught by the very people they were tracking.
The door opened as their captor seemed to want to grace their presence with themselves (again?). Yume couldn't help snorting seeing the brothers' uncle taking off the tape from their mouths and stuffing their faces with meat buns. His attention swerved back towards the apparent leader as the tape on his mouth was removed. Yume stared at him cynically.
"You know... you could have untied their hands to let them eat properly."
The man appeared amused.
"Why? So that they could escape?"
Yume raised an eyebrow at him.
"I doubt the ransom money was even your target. Your real target was me, right? So why don't you let the kids go? As well as that unfortunate uncle of theirs that you happened to trick to become your lackey."
He turned slightly as he noticed the three had now started paying attention towards him. The other man laughed as Yume turned his attention back to him.
"What? Was I wrong?"
The man continued laughing.
"As expected from the famed genius crime planner, Tanaka Yumehito. Am I too obvious?"
Yumehito shrugged.
"I have no comment on that. But the fact that you've coincidentally re-enacted an almost similar situation as the one that happened in my past, attracted my attention. I had been wondering for quite some time about this, it couldn't be happening by chance. Especially when the circumstances matched almost completely with that case. That aside, I find it weird that you would actually extend the time limit for Kamata to prepare the ransom money for so long. Normal kidnappers don't do that and they usually target people who actually have the amount of money they wanted."
The man shrugged.
"Of course, I'm no match for you. But even you should marvel at my brilliance. I've captured you after all."
Yume scoffed at him.
"You hardly deserved any credit. You only got me because you made your attack on my blind side. But I have to give you credit on this effort of yours. Because of you, I've regained my old memories. It was a slight inconvenience, but not unwanted. So now that you have me, why don't you release the kids?"
"Why should I? I might as well get the extra dough for all my efforts on capturing you."
Yume's eyes narrowed towards him.
"What did you want me for anyway?"
The man shrugged.
"Who knows?"
xxx
Ainosuke idly sketched a random picture as he let his mind wander. Since the other day, he had received no more visions that could tell him anything about his brother's whereabouts. Somehow, he started having even more fears that this might actually be some kind of a ruse and his brother had returned to his old ways. But if that was true, he should get some more visions... and not just during those times when something had really happened to his brother.
Ainosuke scratched his head.
"Aah! This was annoying!"
"What was annoying?"
He turned to find Masaki beside him. Ainosuke snickered to himself. Since when did Masaki become so much of a busybody?
"Ah! I'm not trying to be meddlesome...," Masaki suddenly apologised as Ainosuke laughed. He shook his head.
"It's nothing. I was only worried about my brother. He went missing since yesterday..."
Masaki frowned.
"I thought last time you said your brother was dead?"
Ainosuke jumped. Ah, he just remembered. He had always kept the thing about his brother a secret, even after the last incident. All about when his brother had been hospitalized and everything after that, he had never told anyone about it.
"Oh that. It's actually a long story. I only thought he was dead before. I guess I forgot to tell you about that."
Masaki nodded at that as Ainosuke was glad that he hadn't asked for further details. Not sure if he could try explaining about it without mentioning that part about his brother's involvement with his mother's case. Before he could think some more about the issue, his phone rang.
"Hello... Kato-san?" he asked as the man apologised for the suddenness.
"I hope I hadn't interrupted your class or something..."
Ainosuke smiled over the concern.
"It's okay, it happened to be the break between classes right now. So what's up? Any news?"
"About that... sorry. Still no news and we're currently preoccupied with Kamata. It seemed that he had received another note telling him to send some of the ransom today but somehow right now it looked like the kidnapper was just playing with us. We've been running around pointlessly, I doubted that the kidnappers really meant it when they said that they'd release one of the kids."
Ainosuke frowned. But at least, this was better than not knowing anything at all. He thanked Kato for calling before turning the phone off. He shrugged as Masaki looked at him worriedly.
It was not like he didn't believe that his brother could take care of himself. But perhaps... having almost lost his brother before made him paranoid. Ainosuke snickered to himself. Perhaps now he could understand how his brother used to be worried about him before as well...
xxx
Yumehito shook himself awake, to see Kamata Ryuichiro attending to his nephews. There seemed to be no sign of the other man, must have gone to play around with the kids' father. How pointless. But considering that man wasn't around, he might as well try his luck with this one. And lucky also that they hadn't bothered to tape his mouth again.
"Kamata... Ryuichiro-san, I guess?"
The man turned towards him in surprise as he smiled.
"Don't be so surprised. It wasn't so hard to guess. You had a slight resemblance to your brother and I confirmed my thoughts, seeing that those kids weren't so afraid with you. Don't underestimate my detective skills—"
"Who are you really?"
Yume chuckled.
"Everything that you've heard earlier was true but that, right now has no significance to our situation. I've been observing you earlier, and I can tell that you have never committed any crime before. If you give yourself up now, there's still chance for you to turn back. I don't think your brother would press charges on you if he knew you've realised your mistakes. That person was just using you to get at me... after all."
Ryuichiro frowned at him.
"You—!"
"It's because of you, isn't it? The reason Kamata had some financial problems? It wasn't hard to guess... as long as one was resourceful enough to go look. What I don't get was how easily you manage to get influenced by that guy to do this to your own family. Ryuichiro-san, there's still time for you to do the right thing."
The man stuttered.
"W-what... would you know? You don't know anything about me—why do you even want to talk to me about the right thing? You're also in the wrong! You said earlier you're a crime planner! Yet you're also a cop!"
Yume snickered.
"It was true that I used to be a crime planner... and I sneaked into the police force in order to advance my plans. But that was all in the past, and right now... I had a promise to someone that I wanted to keep as long as I could. I'm telling you this... because I don't want either of your nephews to follow the same path that my brother and I had gone through."
He chuckled as Kamata Ryuichiro stared at him dumbfounded.
"Last time, I've killed one of our kidnappers in order to protect my brother. Figure you wouldn't want your own nephew taking your life, eh?"
Title: Atonement
Chapter: 9 - Suspended animation
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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Yumehito blinked at the room around him.
Now that the initial shock was over, somehow... he started to notice something familiar about the room—no, building they were in. Could it be—Yume tried to crane his neck over the assortments of wooden chairs and tables inside the room. The door was closed shut, their kidnappers had left them an hour ago. It was already dark, their captors didn't bother turning on the lights... or couldn't?
He turned towards the corner where he remembered seeing the two boys sat, huddled together. His eyes had started to adjust to the darkness as he finally could see them at the corner. Both of them were asleep—well, there was nothing you can do in this situation.
He sighed.
Wonder what Kato and the others were doing right now? Ainosuke must be worried. Wonder if—could Ainosuke be able to see what he see now?
In the end, would he still need Ainosuke's help to save himself?
xxx
Ainosuke stared blankly around his empty room. As he had thought, that blood really belonged to his brother. They had tried contacting the other officers, it seemed even they had no clue to the whereabouts of his brother. So his brother had really been taken by the kidnappers... and there was nothing he could do to help. Then again, it was not like he could see what his brother could see in the future. So what could he do—it's not like his brother was the one planning this incident, this time. There was nothing he could have done as to solve this case... even more to save his brother and the kidnapped people.
Ainosuke stared at his own reflection on the mirror.
Just what actually... the use of this left eye now?
xxx
When he woke up again, it was almost noon. There was not much change here. Some of the chairs had been cleared away—their two kidnappers must have visited earlier. The two boys were awake as well, and staring back at him. Man, must have made an impression... huh? A stupid cop careless enough to be caught by the very people they were tracking.
The door opened as their captor seemed to want to grace their presence with themselves (again?). Yume couldn't help snorting seeing the brothers' uncle taking off the tape from their mouths and stuffing their faces with meat buns. His attention swerved back towards the apparent leader as the tape on his mouth was removed. Yume stared at him cynically.
"You know... you could have untied their hands to let them eat properly."
The man appeared amused.
"Why? So that they could escape?"
Yume raised an eyebrow at him.
"I doubt the ransom money was even your target. Your real target was me, right? So why don't you let the kids go? As well as that unfortunate uncle of theirs that you happened to trick to become your lackey."
He turned slightly as he noticed the three had now started paying attention towards him. The other man laughed as Yume turned his attention back to him.
"What? Was I wrong?"
The man continued laughing.
"As expected from the famed genius crime planner, Tanaka Yumehito. Am I too obvious?"
Yumehito shrugged.
"I have no comment on that. But the fact that you've coincidentally re-enacted an almost similar situation as the one that happened in my past, attracted my attention. I had been wondering for quite some time about this, it couldn't be happening by chance. Especially when the circumstances matched almost completely with that case. That aside, I find it weird that you would actually extend the time limit for Kamata to prepare the ransom money for so long. Normal kidnappers don't do that and they usually target people who actually have the amount of money they wanted."
The man shrugged.
"Of course, I'm no match for you. But even you should marvel at my brilliance. I've captured you after all."
Yume scoffed at him.
"You hardly deserved any credit. You only got me because you made your attack on my blind side. But I have to give you credit on this effort of yours. Because of you, I've regained my old memories. It was a slight inconvenience, but not unwanted. So now that you have me, why don't you release the kids?"
"Why should I? I might as well get the extra dough for all my efforts on capturing you."
Yume's eyes narrowed towards him.
"What did you want me for anyway?"
The man shrugged.
"Who knows?"
xxx
Ainosuke idly sketched a random picture as he let his mind wander. Since the other day, he had received no more visions that could tell him anything about his brother's whereabouts. Somehow, he started having even more fears that this might actually be some kind of a ruse and his brother had returned to his old ways. But if that was true, he should get some more visions... and not just during those times when something had really happened to his brother.
Ainosuke scratched his head.
"Aah! This was annoying!"
"What was annoying?"
He turned to find Masaki beside him. Ainosuke snickered to himself. Since when did Masaki become so much of a busybody?
"Ah! I'm not trying to be meddlesome...," Masaki suddenly apologised as Ainosuke laughed. He shook his head.
"It's nothing. I was only worried about my brother. He went missing since yesterday..."
Masaki frowned.
"I thought last time you said your brother was dead?"
Ainosuke jumped. Ah, he just remembered. He had always kept the thing about his brother a secret, even after the last incident. All about when his brother had been hospitalized and everything after that, he had never told anyone about it.
"Oh that. It's actually a long story. I only thought he was dead before. I guess I forgot to tell you about that."
Masaki nodded at that as Ainosuke was glad that he hadn't asked for further details. Not sure if he could try explaining about it without mentioning that part about his brother's involvement with his mother's case. Before he could think some more about the issue, his phone rang.
"Hello... Kato-san?" he asked as the man apologised for the suddenness.
"I hope I hadn't interrupted your class or something..."
Ainosuke smiled over the concern.
"It's okay, it happened to be the break between classes right now. So what's up? Any news?"
"About that... sorry. Still no news and we're currently preoccupied with Kamata. It seemed that he had received another note telling him to send some of the ransom today but somehow right now it looked like the kidnapper was just playing with us. We've been running around pointlessly, I doubted that the kidnappers really meant it when they said that they'd release one of the kids."
Ainosuke frowned. But at least, this was better than not knowing anything at all. He thanked Kato for calling before turning the phone off. He shrugged as Masaki looked at him worriedly.
It was not like he didn't believe that his brother could take care of himself. But perhaps... having almost lost his brother before made him paranoid. Ainosuke snickered to himself. Perhaps now he could understand how his brother used to be worried about him before as well...
xxx
Yumehito shook himself awake, to see Kamata Ryuichiro attending to his nephews. There seemed to be no sign of the other man, must have gone to play around with the kids' father. How pointless. But considering that man wasn't around, he might as well try his luck with this one. And lucky also that they hadn't bothered to tape his mouth again.
"Kamata... Ryuichiro-san, I guess?"
The man turned towards him in surprise as he smiled.
"Don't be so surprised. It wasn't so hard to guess. You had a slight resemblance to your brother and I confirmed my thoughts, seeing that those kids weren't so afraid with you. Don't underestimate my detective skills—"
"Who are you really?"
Yume chuckled.
"Everything that you've heard earlier was true but that, right now has no significance to our situation. I've been observing you earlier, and I can tell that you have never committed any crime before. If you give yourself up now, there's still chance for you to turn back. I don't think your brother would press charges on you if he knew you've realised your mistakes. That person was just using you to get at me... after all."
Ryuichiro frowned at him.
"You—!"
"It's because of you, isn't it? The reason Kamata had some financial problems? It wasn't hard to guess... as long as one was resourceful enough to go look. What I don't get was how easily you manage to get influenced by that guy to do this to your own family. Ryuichiro-san, there's still time for you to do the right thing."
The man stuttered.
"W-what... would you know? You don't know anything about me—why do you even want to talk to me about the right thing? You're also in the wrong! You said earlier you're a crime planner! Yet you're also a cop!"
Yume snickered.
"It was true that I used to be a crime planner... and I sneaked into the police force in order to advance my plans. But that was all in the past, and right now... I had a promise to someone that I wanted to keep as long as I could. I'm telling you this... because I don't want either of your nephews to follow the same path that my brother and I had gone through."
He chuckled as Kamata Ryuichiro stared at him dumbfounded.
"Last time, I've killed one of our kidnappers in order to protect my brother. Figure you wouldn't want your own nephew taking your life, eh?"
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