Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Network ❯ Law and Order... Our Way ( Chapter 4 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or Law and Order nor anything else in this fic.

A/N: Just so you don't get confused, this is a T.V. show, the Digidestined are actors in this fic, and the Digiworld did happen, but it never happened in this ‘show’. Tai and Kari are still family, Sora is a rookie Private Eye, and Joe's a doctor. Matt and T.K. are still brothers and they both know Izzy. Mimi is T.K.'s girlfriend. The Tai, Kari, Sora, and Joe, haven’t met with the other Digidestined until this point. Still confused? Let's hope we both get it before this fic is over.



The Digital Network presents...
"Law and Order... Our Way!"



*Monday, July 27, 10:30 am*


"I swear I didn't do it, I didn't kill my brother!"

The man in prison clothes gripped the bars with sweating hands facing a woman with a blue blouse and pink skirt, another woman with blue jeans and a yellow T-shirt, and a man with blue jeans and a red T-shirt.

"Matt," the woman in the skirt replied, "we're gonna need all the facts if we're going to defend you in this case."

"Sure, sure, whatever you need. I simply didn't kill him." He finally released the bars and sat on the messy bed.

The three walked out of the prison cell area and into the main office, and Kari Kamiya turned to face her brother, Tai.

"Tai, take the rookie and start an investigation immediately."

"Yes ma'am!" he said sarcastically to his sister.

The place is the Imperial Maximum Security Prison. Takeru Ishida, a 38 year-old man was found dead in his apartment. He was first found by his girlfriend, Mimi Tachikawa. As the two, Tai and the new private eye, Sora, were walking out, she asked the experienced man a question

"Do we always get these kinda cases?"

"Not really. We're a pretty small business, low profile. Nobody comes to us unless it's some car accident case or some other cheap civil case."

"Then why are we doing this one?"

"Mister Yamato's father was a client of ours some time ago. We won, and he asked if we could defend his son in court. We told him we don't do those kinda cases, but he just wouldn't take no for an answer."

"Who did the autopsy on the guy's brother?

"Dr. Jyou Kido."

Sora paused in her tracks. Tai noticed it and asked what was wrong.

"We were college buds at Tokyo University."

~@~

*July 25, Saturday, 5:27 p.m.*


"Mr. Koushiro Izumi, do you plead guilty to all charges of trespassing, armed robbery, computer hacking, and the theft of the Diamond Eyes." asked the judge facing down at the medium sized man wearing an orange T-shirt and khakis.

"Yes, your Honor. I would also like to plead guilty to another charge... Attempted murder." answered the man.

The courtroom broke out in a soft murmuring at the newly revealed charge.

"And who were you trying to murder?"

"My partner, Takeru Ishida."

"But he's dead now. Why have you told us that you wanted to kill him?"

"Because his murderer is in this room right now." Izumi then added softly, but in an almost evil tone, "It's Yamato, his brother."

The entire courtroom all of a sudden broke out in gasps and a couple frantic screams from those who were sitting next to Matt.

"ORDER, ORDER IN THE COURT!!," the judge slamming his gavel on the wooden platform, "Seize Yamato Ishida on the suspicion of murder, guards!"

"I didn't do it! I didn't do anything! I didn't kill him!" Yamato was screaming as he was being dragged out of the room by two big men.

"Mister Izumi, you could be held in contempt of court for that outburst throwing the courtroom in a frenzy. Why did you do it?"

"Just taking advantage of my options..."

~@~

*July 28, Tuesday, 9:10 am*


Tai walked up to the receptionist in the hospital where Dr. Kido worked at.

"Excuse me, miss. Is Dr. Kido in?"

"Did someone mention my name?" a man in a white coat replied. He was carrying a clipboard and was wearing a funny tie with slacks and a blue dress shirt under his lab coat. "I'm Dr. Kido, Doctor Jyou Kido. Whom am I addressing?"

"My name is Taichi Kamiya, and I work for the Kamiya Law Offices. This is my assistant, Sora Takenouchi..."

"Takenouchi? I know you! We were friends in college, right?" The doctor looked wide-eyed at the woman before him, interrupting Tai.

"I was hoping you would remember without me reminding you, yeah, you're right." The two friends hugged each other, then released and stood up professionally.

"What were you saying, Mr. Kamiya?" said Joe regaining his composure.

"Well, before I was interrupted, I believe you did an autopsy on a person by the name of Takeru Ishida. Is that correct?"

"Yes, I'll show you the files, they're in my office. A pretty nasty ordeal if you ask me."

The three walked inside Dr. Jyou Kido's office. After Dr. Kido had given them the files and left, Tai sat in Joe's chair while Sora sat on his desk.

Sora crinkled her nose as she read the details, "Poor guy!" she exclaimed, "He got stabbed seven times in all.

"Yup, bled to death, Sora. Not a nice way to go if you ask me." Tai interjected.

The young woman looked up from the files and decided to change the subject, "So, how did you ever get to be a private eye for your sister anyways?"

"Simple. I love adventure. Got an education in criminology and the such, and now here I am."

After they were done, the two left the hospital and were walking to Tai’s car. Just as Sora got into the car, she asked Tai a question. "So... Tai, where do we go after this place?"

"Well, let's go to the police station and get the official report. After that, let's head to the crime scene and hope we can find some promising evidence the cops hadn’t picked up yet."

~@~

*July 28, Tuesday, 10:17 am*


Tai and Sora were on their way to the scene of the crime, Mr. Takaishi's appartment...

It had been two years since the robbery of the largest diamond in the world, The Heart of Africa. It had been on display in the Imperial Museum of Natural History, but only a few days afterward, with the employment of high-tech gadgets like holograph transmitters, the dreaded duo came to wreak their havoc.

Koushiro Izumi, former government engineer and computer specialist, turned professional hacker, the best in the business. He was the one that broke into the system while the famed cat burgler, on InterPol's Most Wanted, Takeru a.k.a. T.K. Takaishi sneaked past the guards. The two were so good, that the robery wasn't found out until the next morning when the museum openned.

Only ten days ago, Mr. Takeru, on bail, was found dead in his apartment, by his girlfriend Mimi Tachikawa.

The two arrived at the apartment, which wasn't exactly appealing, but wasn't too shabby either. The investigators reached the corpse's former room, "Room 447, this is it, right Tai?" asked Sora.

"Yeah, this is it." he replied as he openned the door cautiously. Inside was the sound of heavy breathing coming from a high-backed chair...

"Freeze it!" Tai said, pulling out his gun and motioning Sora to get out. "Who are you? This place is still under investigation and no one's allowed to come in here! Show yourself!" he screamed backing up and hiding behind the doorway.

"Then why are you here?" a woman's voice answered with a sniffle. She stood up and away from the chair revealing her beautiful face, a white blouse, and a short pink skirt.

Tai relaxed a little and came out of his hiding place, lowering his gun, but still on high alert. It was obvious she wasn't armed, but he wasn't taking any chances. "I'm Taichi Kamiya and this is my partner, Sora Takenouchi, we're private investigators." he said without taking his eyes off of this woman. At the sound of her name, Sora cautiously stepped into the room. "We're from the Kamiya Law Offices, and we're investigating the death of Takeru Takaishi."

The woman looked as if she were on the verge of tears. "I'm Mimi Tachikawa, his girlfriend." she said while pulling out a handkerchief. "I was just here to mourn my loss. I'll be leaving now, but I have a feeling you want me to stay a little longer."

"Right. We'd like to ask a few questions, if you don't mind." Tai said, motioning for her to take a seat.

"In fact I do mind..." she replied in a mournful tone, while pulling up a chair.

"But it would feel better if you let it out, correct?" asked Sora, coming out of her cautious mode.

"Yes, that's right. It'll make me feel better."

"Well, Sora," Tai said as he pulled up a chair for himself and Sora, "you're the criminal psychologist, do your job."

Sitting directly across from Mimi, Sora pulled out a pad, "We just want to help you, cooperate with us, and we can help find the murderer."

"You already have him," she retorted, "it was his brother Yamato Ishida. He's always been the ladies' man. He'd be checkin' me out everytime I came to check on his brother. I suspected Matt was jealous of him. T.K. got all the respect, the money, the power, and all Matt had was a cheap skill for the harmonica. Matt always hated him, never appreciated him, it wouldn't surprise me if he was the one who got Takeru out of the way."

"Looks like you got off to a bad start." Tai said half-smiling.

Sora gave him a hard glare, "Shut up, Tai." Then facing Mimi, "Let's start all over, shall we?" With Mimi's nod, she went on, "Where were you before you came to Takeru's appartment?"

"I went to Izzy's house before I went to T.K.'s. Before the robery, which I of course didn't even know about, the two were good friends. I never guessed that they were the infamous