Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Haima ❯ Chapter 5: Scattered petals ( Chapter 5 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Nekocin 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Mystery / Police / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 10.11.2003 | Updated On: 11.25.2003 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.6K | Visits: 374 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Mystery / Police / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 10.11.2003 | Updated On: 11.25.2003 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.6K | Visits: 374 | Status: Completed
Title: Haima
Author: Nekocin
Email: Neko_cin_6@hotmail.com
Genres: Various---> Action and Romance as main genres (I hope Romance wouldn't be so screwed up >.>).
Type: AU
Anime: Yu-gi-oh
Warnings: Shounen-ai, Violence. Maybe some OOC. In this chapter OOC
Pairings: Seto+Jou... in this chapter none
Rated: PG-13
Disclaimer: Anime in question doesn't belong to me. Never was. Never will.
Author's notes:
^_^;; We're still not there... so the killer remains anonymous for a long while. By the way I've really noticed my chapters are getting shorter and shorter by the next few new fics ideas 9_9. I wonder how come... anyways there's still no fluff in here ;_; Gomen.
I've this new idea of writing direct Seto+Jou/Jou+Seto fluff instead of some long shot story where there only going to be slight fluff here and there >_> So don't worry about me going so slow with relationship stories all the time.
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Chapter 5: Scattered petals
8:25 AM
"For whom are these flowers?" a voice boomed through the room. Everyone looked up at the new person.
Yami straightened himself and walked towards the tall man.
"Good morning, inspector Kaiba. If these are for agent Bakura, you can put them on his desk" Yami gestured to the desk with a pile of presents.
The inspector arched an eyebrow, while glaring at Yami. "How can you be sure these are for agent Bakura?"
"His birthday is today,"
Everyone watched the two exchanging glances. It was like watching a movie without any sound effects.
"I think the flowers aren't meant for agent Bakura" Shizuka whispered to her brother. He nodded slowly, frowning slightly. For whom were they then?
The inspector glanced around the room and his eyes settled on him. "Jounouchi Katsuya," the inspector stated. Katsuya froze immediately and stared wide-eyed at the inspector. How did he know his name?
The inspector walked towards Katsuya all the while keeping those penetrating blue eyes on him. He was definitely just as scary as the chief, Katsuya noted. Those blue eyes were giving him the creeps already even though he'd seen many scarier ones in his life.
Then it suddenly triggered his mind when he felt his sister tugging on his sleeve. What if the sender was Shizuka's admirer? The inspector didn't seem like someone who sent flowers to anyone in particular. Besides, he'd also asked them for whom the flowers were for unless the sender wanted to be anonymous.
The tall inspector stopped in front of him and flipped open a small tag for Katsuya to see.
-To: Jounouchi K.- [1]
He instantly noticed how relieved the rookie looked.
"Good. So it's not from Shizuka's admirer" Katsuya chuckled under his breath, not noticing how confused everyone was staring at him.
"We need to talk" Inspector Kaiba said and shoved the flowers into the rookie's chest.
"Hai. Hai. Hai. Let's just get to work" Katsuya laughed good-naturedly and unconsciously hugged the flowers.
"Since kachou is not around, I guess we can take the car"
Before the inspector could say anything, Katsuya was already out of the room with Shizuka following him.
*~*~*~*~*~
9:00 AM
Katsuya was behind the wheel, grinning happily about having Shizuka around. She was sitting next to him while a smirking Yami and a glaring inspector were sitting behind him.
"You've an area already?" Shizuka asked incredulously. She sounded impressed.
"Yep" He smirked at her.
"That's great!" she exclaimed.
"So tell me why agent Yuuki must come along too," the inspector growled.
"I'm his temporary partner and practical teacher for a few months," Yami answered, cutting Katsuya off before the rookie could say anything.
"What he says," Katsuya answered and made a right turn.
"... and why is she here?" the inspector frowned. He'd never noticed some rookies needed two partners. It sounded as if the rookie was a bit like an air-head. It didn't sound right. Impossible.
"That's simple. She's my sister. Being alone in my apartment is too dangerous for her" Katsuya brightened when he mentioned about Shizuka and stopped the car to motion some people to pass.
"Isn't it also dangerous to have her around?" the inspector arched an annoying eyebrow. He was annoyed already. Must be the reason that Yami had to come along.
"It's okay. Really. I can take care of myself. But onii-chan can protect me anyways" Shizuka answered and both siblings chuckled. They were sharing an inside joke already?
"So... inspector, what is it you wanted to talk about?"
Inspector Kaiba frowned at the playful tone in the rookie's voice [2]. Wasn't the rookie sort of afraid of him back at the station? Where were the rookie's manners? Maybe it had something to do with his sister boosting his ego...
"Well, you must have heard about the killings of rookies, have you not?"
The car tires suddenly screeched to the sides, letting everyone lose their composure.
"THAT JERK! CAN'T THESE PEOPLE FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC RULES?!" Katsuya cursed as he shook an angry fist in the air.
"Look who's talking" the inspector muttered under his breath [3].
A black car had zoomed past them without even honking to move aside. The 2nd wrong point about the black car was that it was driving the opposite direction of the street. And since the road, which Katsuya was taking, was a one-way street, the driver of the black car needed a ticket or someone needed to press charges.
"Is everyone okay?" Katsuya checked his passengers and sighed in relief.
"Uh-huh, I've heard about the deaths of the rookies," He resumed his driving and nodded absently.
"I think it's safer for the rookies to be watched over by the older officers," the inspector continued and looked at Yami, who just shrugged. Didn't the car distract the rookie a minute ago?
"Why are you people acting as if I'm the next victim? Didn't all those rookies reach the full-time agent rank... OH MY GOD!" Katsuya's eyes widened while the others just exchanged confusing glances. What's with the rookie?
Katsuya swerved the wheel and swung the car into a different street. The car tires screeched as he entered a different street.
The small car sped forward.
"What are you doing, Jounouchi-san?" Yami asked as he clung on to the front seat.
"The guy needs a ticket, sir" Katsuya jerked his right hand out of the window. The same black car was still riding the opposite direction of the street, which Katsuya had just left.
*~*~*~*~*~
9:25 AM
The occupants of the black car had just robbed a bank. That solidified them to be captured by the police. Agent Kujaku had taken the occupants of the black car into her custody. After chasing the black car and capturing the occupants, Katsuya resumed their drive through his area.
Both agent Yuuki and inspector Kaiba wore serious looks while Shizuka looked impressed because of her brother's chasing skills.
"Okay, I get the part about rookies being watched by the older officers. So does that mean I'm the only rookie here that has a temporary older partner as a teacher and a babysitter?" Katsuya asked thoughtfully as his eyes darted around the sidewalks.
"I'm afraid so, Jounouchi-san. Kachou PJ [4] wants his officers to be efficient in all sorts of police work. Rookies need someone to look after them and point out their mistakes... uh, Jounouchi-san, please keep your eyes on the road. You're driving into the wrong sides of the street" Yami explained and looked out of the window.
"Sorry...," Katsuya sniggered at the nickname for kachou. He glanced at his sister from the corners of his eyes.
"Tell me dear,
if roses are red
bathed in fear
and covered in sweat...," Shizuka murmured and looked at her brother for awhile. She'd tried to figure out the spooky first verse after watching her brother skillfully swerved the wheel around. Shizuka's brows furrowed.
"As I was saying, you need supervision from either one of your older officers_," the inspector continued, but was quickly cut off when Shizuka gasped out.
"That's it! If I'm right, the first sentence of the first verse is referred to either one of the men. That's the easiest one. The second sentence is about the victim. Roses that are red have different meanings. But I think in this case it has something to do with...," Shizuka beamed.
"A Japanese rose? That means 'death, right [5]? The third and fourth sentence sounded like how he might kill his victim. And ewww... I don't wan to explain how," Katsuya explained absentmindedly and made a turn to the left.
Shizuka chuckled. "How do you know the meaning of the Japanese rose, onii-chan?"
"Watched yakuza movies" [6]
"That sounds logical," Yami nodded and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "And a bit easier than I thought. What do you think of the sixth and the seventh sentences of the first letter?"
"He meant the riddles," inspector Kaiba responded and crossed his arms over his chest. "The previous riddles had taken us a few days to figure his scheme out"
"So I see it does make sense. What about the rest of the message? I quote: 'as for the rest of the sweet phrase'... the question is what phrase? The previous phrase? The phrase that fits in there? The phrase of some message he'd sent before?" Katsuya continued and parked his car near a CD store. "Okay, everyone. Out,"
"Do you have any idea what you're going to do?" Yami asked out loud as he stepped out of the car. He'd not taught the rookie about checking the area on foot yet.
"No idea. Let's just take a walk and let inspiration strike, shall we?" was the rookie's answer and he locked he door. The inspector and the agent gave each other some funny looks.
"Aa... does that also mean you volunteered to look after me too?," Katsuya rubbed his temples tiredly, wondering why he was changing the topic. He didn't do it on purpose, right?
Inspector Kaiba glared at the rookie. The rookie was up to something.
Katsuya's troubled look took over as he ran his fingers through his hair, nervously.
"What's wrong, onii-chan?"
"You're late!" a nearby girl growled as she pointed at her watch. She'd puffed her face angrily and looked down on the unfortunate boy. "How dare you to show your face when you're late!"
The boy wore a pleading look and began to beg in front of her feat. "I'm sorry, Rika-chan. It wasn't my fault. The traffic was jammed and I'd to run all the way here. Please forgive me. Here are some flowers I've bought on my way," [7]
"Pathetic," inspector Kaiba muttered and noticed they'd been watching someone without a reason. He straightened himself and turned to look at the rookie. However Katsuya was watching the two unknown people with a troubled look. The rookie frowned as he watched some petals come loose from the bush of flowers.
"If they were roses, the guy must be someone who favored his partner above everything...," Katsuya muttered and turned his gaze away from the couple.
"You know something, don't you, Jounouchi-san?" Yami asked as Shizuka tugged onto on to her brother's sleeve.
Katsuya sighed and took out the two letters from his pocket.
"Roses are red. Violets are blue. My dear darling, I love you [8]. It makes sense all the sudden, ne?" He said weakly and smiled. "I think he meant the victim had somehow been 'captured'. Or in this case his victim was slowly getting into his trap. The rest just follow. The kiss part sounds a bit hard to figure out. Maybe they'd shared some kind of relationship?"
"Now that onii-chan mentioned the flowers. Who had sent those flowers to you?" Shizuka pointed out. Three pairs of eyes looked at the inspector.
"I've found the flowers in my mailbox this morning," he stated uninterestingly. "Besides... it could've been a mistake to sent them to my house,"
"Or it was on purpose?" Yami suggested.
"I think we should walk now. People here are giving me weird looks," the rookie glanced at the passing pedestrians.
"For your second day of work at station 6, I'm impressed, Jounouchi-san" Yami commented and gave the inspector another look.
"Is it possible the killer is taking advantage at a certain time just to boost all the rookies to the agent level?" He whispered.
The inspector nodded slowly as they followed the rookie and his sister. "You can never tell what his mind is planning on doing next"
Yami shook his head disapprovingly and sighed.
"This killer is unpredictable sometimes. If that's what he's trying to do, Jounouchi-san will become an agent in just a short amount of time. That's bad. I take it that's why you're here, right Seto?" Yami glanced at the taller inspector. Using the inspector's first name made their conversation more personal than it should've been.
"This rookie has potential," the inspector shrugged.
"There are so few things that can interest you, Seto. The CEO job must be very stressing," Yami jammed his hands in his pockets with a smirk. The inspector didn't answer him and choose to ignore agent Yuuki's comment.
*~*~*~*~*~
10:10 AM
A man walked past the four. He paid no attention to his surroundings. His thoughts were troubled.
That morning he'd found a whole a bunch of roses on his front door. They were all from someone anonymous. It was like having a secret admirer around.
He wondered if he should track down this mystery person just to make those roses stop 'flooding' his room. He felt both troubled and excited. It was sort of heart-warming to have a secret admirer; having someone to love you from afar and all. But it felt disturbing.
Something at the back of his mind told him that the roses felt wrong. The whole thing felt wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. All wrong.
That's why he was taking a walk down the streets just to clear his mind. It was a good thing he chief had given him a day off.
His green eyes looked up at the small police car near the sidewalk and frowned slightly. This area hadn't had agents to look after in a long while. He sure wanted to meet this particular agent. It seemed great to have brave ones around because this area was filled with a lot of criminals. He memorized the nameplate and with a confident smirk he went off to check on police records of certain agents who take over the wheels.
*~*~*~*~*~
12:00 PM [9]
Jounouchi drove them back to the station. He got stuck with the pile of paperwork under the evil scrutinizing eyes of agent Haku.
For some reasons unknown the chief hadn't even said anything to his officers where he could be found. He just took off all the sudden.
Yami was behind his desk again and like Katsuya, he had to finish his paper work. Shizuka gladly offered to bring them all something to drink but for the most part stayed close to look over her brother's shoulder.
As for the inspector, everyone thought he was going to leave. He, however, watched them from a corner. They'd no idea why he was staying with them for the day.
Luckily, he'd brought his laptop along when he drove to station 6 that morning. He continued working on his projects.
The surprise party for agent Bakura had ended with piles and piles of paper work. Katsuya noticed how funny agent Bakura looked. He wondered what happened to the agent's beautiful complexion. Somewhere on the agent's face was turning black-blue all the sudden. Maybe green too.
"What an unhappy birthday" Katsuya had commented sadly to agent Bakura, who sat next to him. Ryou, however, just laughed at the statement and waved the worried looks away.
During lunch agent Kujaku had managed to pry Shizuka away from the rookie for awhile. She'd just wanted to talk to Shizuka about 'women stuff', she'd told Katsuya. Katsuya had flushed and walked past the confused agents from station 6.
All in all, the inspector had gathered a lot of strange info on 'your every day station 6'. He'd sat back and observed every officer from afar.
Agent Haku and agent Yuuki have some sort of similar problems. Although agent Yuuki was much more graceful about the subject regarding their certain look-a-likes.
Agent Honda and agent Masaki were easy to read. Both shared the same open personality.
Agent Bakura was shy, the inspector could tell. Whenever agent Haku was near, agent Bakura got the frightened look on his face.
Agent Mutou was just as open as agent Masaki and agent Honda. Maybe a bit too naive to even notice some adoring looks from his previous partner.
The inspector suspected that agent Kujaku somehow was interested into prying out all sorts of info about the rookie's personal live from the rookie's sister. The agent was somehow starting to like the 'cute' rookie, or so she'd said.
And where's agent Ishtar? Probably checking on his sister.
As for the rookie… He'd surprisingly a lot of sides. He must have mood swings or something, the inspector noted. One time he's one annoying jerk, another time he's a lovable rookie, then a genius, then a dumb moron etcetera. The inspector sighed and closed his tired eyes. He'd caught himself studying the rookie after all.
Later that night he followed the siblings back to their apartment.
Katsuya was too tired to tell the inspector to go home or something. He'd to rewrite most reposts he'd finished before the first lunch. Agent Haku was a bit harsher this time. He wondered what's wrong with the agent.
As they neared the apartment, there was someone leaning against the wall next to Katsuya's apartment, waiting. Both the inspector and the rookie found this suspicious as they walked cautiously to Jounouchi's apartment.
The guy opened his eyes and blazing green eyes met them instantly.
*.*.*.*.* End chapter 5*.*.*.*.*
End notes:
1: @_@ Let's just say Kaiba was trying to get to the point for whom the flowers were. Even though he'd asked them the question.
2: Just say Jounouchi is in a good mood when Shizuka had mentioned him ^-^. Sibling love, ne? So it has nothing to do with Jounouchi-san liking the inspector. *ducks for cover*
3: He was referring to the incident of the previous day, which stated in chapter 2.
4: ^o^ Lol. Did you guys get it? *silence* -_-;; Fine. I'm trying to make it a bit entertaining.
5: Uhm... yeah, sort of. I picked that meaning out from "Weiss Kreuz"
6: I have no idea if the movies show signs of Japanese roses and such. But let's just keep it like that. I'm not really sure if I should put that there even >_> *puts on sunglasses and mustache* You don't know me O-O.
7: Don't worry. They're no one in particular in this fic. Just some fillers.
8: @_@ Okay... I may not really know the real poem thing there. I altered it as bit >_>
9: The rest of the end scene is like reading a movie without any dialogues.
>_> I did it again. The long notes!!! ;_; Gomen for the inconvenience. You all might have noticed I'm rushing a bit here and there >_> Sorry for that too... ugh and description is not my best shot.
Thank you everyone who'd reviewed the last chapters ^_____^.
=^_^=cin
Author: Nekocin
Email: Neko_cin_6@hotmail.com
Genres: Various---> Action and Romance as main genres (I hope Romance wouldn't be so screwed up >.>).
Type: AU
Anime: Yu-gi-oh
Warnings: Shounen-ai, Violence. Maybe some OOC. In this chapter OOC
Pairings: Seto+Jou... in this chapter none
Rated: PG-13
Disclaimer: Anime in question doesn't belong to me. Never was. Never will.
Author's notes:
^_^;; We're still not there... so the killer remains anonymous for a long while. By the way I've really noticed my chapters are getting shorter and shorter by the next few new fics ideas 9_9. I wonder how come... anyways there's still no fluff in here ;_; Gomen.
I've this new idea of writing direct Seto+Jou/Jou+Seto fluff instead of some long shot story where there only going to be slight fluff here and there >_> So don't worry about me going so slow with relationship stories all the time.
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Chapter 5: Scattered petals
8:25 AM
"For whom are these flowers?" a voice boomed through the room. Everyone looked up at the new person.
Yami straightened himself and walked towards the tall man.
"Good morning, inspector Kaiba. If these are for agent Bakura, you can put them on his desk" Yami gestured to the desk with a pile of presents.
The inspector arched an eyebrow, while glaring at Yami. "How can you be sure these are for agent Bakura?"
"His birthday is today,"
Everyone watched the two exchanging glances. It was like watching a movie without any sound effects.
"I think the flowers aren't meant for agent Bakura" Shizuka whispered to her brother. He nodded slowly, frowning slightly. For whom were they then?
The inspector glanced around the room and his eyes settled on him. "Jounouchi Katsuya," the inspector stated. Katsuya froze immediately and stared wide-eyed at the inspector. How did he know his name?
The inspector walked towards Katsuya all the while keeping those penetrating blue eyes on him. He was definitely just as scary as the chief, Katsuya noted. Those blue eyes were giving him the creeps already even though he'd seen many scarier ones in his life.
Then it suddenly triggered his mind when he felt his sister tugging on his sleeve. What if the sender was Shizuka's admirer? The inspector didn't seem like someone who sent flowers to anyone in particular. Besides, he'd also asked them for whom the flowers were for unless the sender wanted to be anonymous.
The tall inspector stopped in front of him and flipped open a small tag for Katsuya to see.
-To: Jounouchi K.- [1]
He instantly noticed how relieved the rookie looked.
"Good. So it's not from Shizuka's admirer" Katsuya chuckled under his breath, not noticing how confused everyone was staring at him.
"We need to talk" Inspector Kaiba said and shoved the flowers into the rookie's chest.
"Hai. Hai. Hai. Let's just get to work" Katsuya laughed good-naturedly and unconsciously hugged the flowers.
"Since kachou is not around, I guess we can take the car"
Before the inspector could say anything, Katsuya was already out of the room with Shizuka following him.
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9:00 AM
Katsuya was behind the wheel, grinning happily about having Shizuka around. She was sitting next to him while a smirking Yami and a glaring inspector were sitting behind him.
"You've an area already?" Shizuka asked incredulously. She sounded impressed.
"Yep" He smirked at her.
"That's great!" she exclaimed.
"So tell me why agent Yuuki must come along too," the inspector growled.
"I'm his temporary partner and practical teacher for a few months," Yami answered, cutting Katsuya off before the rookie could say anything.
"What he says," Katsuya answered and made a right turn.
"... and why is she here?" the inspector frowned. He'd never noticed some rookies needed two partners. It sounded as if the rookie was a bit like an air-head. It didn't sound right. Impossible.
"That's simple. She's my sister. Being alone in my apartment is too dangerous for her" Katsuya brightened when he mentioned about Shizuka and stopped the car to motion some people to pass.
"Isn't it also dangerous to have her around?" the inspector arched an annoying eyebrow. He was annoyed already. Must be the reason that Yami had to come along.
"It's okay. Really. I can take care of myself. But onii-chan can protect me anyways" Shizuka answered and both siblings chuckled. They were sharing an inside joke already?
"So... inspector, what is it you wanted to talk about?"
Inspector Kaiba frowned at the playful tone in the rookie's voice [2]. Wasn't the rookie sort of afraid of him back at the station? Where were the rookie's manners? Maybe it had something to do with his sister boosting his ego...
"Well, you must have heard about the killings of rookies, have you not?"
The car tires suddenly screeched to the sides, letting everyone lose their composure.
"THAT JERK! CAN'T THESE PEOPLE FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC RULES?!" Katsuya cursed as he shook an angry fist in the air.
"Look who's talking" the inspector muttered under his breath [3].
A black car had zoomed past them without even honking to move aside. The 2nd wrong point about the black car was that it was driving the opposite direction of the street. And since the road, which Katsuya was taking, was a one-way street, the driver of the black car needed a ticket or someone needed to press charges.
"Is everyone okay?" Katsuya checked his passengers and sighed in relief.
"Uh-huh, I've heard about the deaths of the rookies," He resumed his driving and nodded absently.
"I think it's safer for the rookies to be watched over by the older officers," the inspector continued and looked at Yami, who just shrugged. Didn't the car distract the rookie a minute ago?
"Why are you people acting as if I'm the next victim? Didn't all those rookies reach the full-time agent rank... OH MY GOD!" Katsuya's eyes widened while the others just exchanged confusing glances. What's with the rookie?
Katsuya swerved the wheel and swung the car into a different street. The car tires screeched as he entered a different street.
The small car sped forward.
"What are you doing, Jounouchi-san?" Yami asked as he clung on to the front seat.
"The guy needs a ticket, sir" Katsuya jerked his right hand out of the window. The same black car was still riding the opposite direction of the street, which Katsuya had just left.
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9:25 AM
The occupants of the black car had just robbed a bank. That solidified them to be captured by the police. Agent Kujaku had taken the occupants of the black car into her custody. After chasing the black car and capturing the occupants, Katsuya resumed their drive through his area.
Both agent Yuuki and inspector Kaiba wore serious looks while Shizuka looked impressed because of her brother's chasing skills.
"Okay, I get the part about rookies being watched by the older officers. So does that mean I'm the only rookie here that has a temporary older partner as a teacher and a babysitter?" Katsuya asked thoughtfully as his eyes darted around the sidewalks.
"I'm afraid so, Jounouchi-san. Kachou PJ [4] wants his officers to be efficient in all sorts of police work. Rookies need someone to look after them and point out their mistakes... uh, Jounouchi-san, please keep your eyes on the road. You're driving into the wrong sides of the street" Yami explained and looked out of the window.
"Sorry...," Katsuya sniggered at the nickname for kachou. He glanced at his sister from the corners of his eyes.
"Tell me dear,
if roses are red
bathed in fear
and covered in sweat...," Shizuka murmured and looked at her brother for awhile. She'd tried to figure out the spooky first verse after watching her brother skillfully swerved the wheel around. Shizuka's brows furrowed.
"As I was saying, you need supervision from either one of your older officers_," the inspector continued, but was quickly cut off when Shizuka gasped out.
"That's it! If I'm right, the first sentence of the first verse is referred to either one of the men. That's the easiest one. The second sentence is about the victim. Roses that are red have different meanings. But I think in this case it has something to do with...," Shizuka beamed.
"A Japanese rose? That means 'death, right [5]? The third and fourth sentence sounded like how he might kill his victim. And ewww... I don't wan to explain how," Katsuya explained absentmindedly and made a turn to the left.
Shizuka chuckled. "How do you know the meaning of the Japanese rose, onii-chan?"
"Watched yakuza movies" [6]
"That sounds logical," Yami nodded and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "And a bit easier than I thought. What do you think of the sixth and the seventh sentences of the first letter?"
"He meant the riddles," inspector Kaiba responded and crossed his arms over his chest. "The previous riddles had taken us a few days to figure his scheme out"
"So I see it does make sense. What about the rest of the message? I quote: 'as for the rest of the sweet phrase'... the question is what phrase? The previous phrase? The phrase that fits in there? The phrase of some message he'd sent before?" Katsuya continued and parked his car near a CD store. "Okay, everyone. Out,"
"Do you have any idea what you're going to do?" Yami asked out loud as he stepped out of the car. He'd not taught the rookie about checking the area on foot yet.
"No idea. Let's just take a walk and let inspiration strike, shall we?" was the rookie's answer and he locked he door. The inspector and the agent gave each other some funny looks.
"Aa... does that also mean you volunteered to look after me too?," Katsuya rubbed his temples tiredly, wondering why he was changing the topic. He didn't do it on purpose, right?
Inspector Kaiba glared at the rookie. The rookie was up to something.
Katsuya's troubled look took over as he ran his fingers through his hair, nervously.
"What's wrong, onii-chan?"
"You're late!" a nearby girl growled as she pointed at her watch. She'd puffed her face angrily and looked down on the unfortunate boy. "How dare you to show your face when you're late!"
The boy wore a pleading look and began to beg in front of her feat. "I'm sorry, Rika-chan. It wasn't my fault. The traffic was jammed and I'd to run all the way here. Please forgive me. Here are some flowers I've bought on my way," [7]
"Pathetic," inspector Kaiba muttered and noticed they'd been watching someone without a reason. He straightened himself and turned to look at the rookie. However Katsuya was watching the two unknown people with a troubled look. The rookie frowned as he watched some petals come loose from the bush of flowers.
"If they were roses, the guy must be someone who favored his partner above everything...," Katsuya muttered and turned his gaze away from the couple.
"You know something, don't you, Jounouchi-san?" Yami asked as Shizuka tugged onto on to her brother's sleeve.
Katsuya sighed and took out the two letters from his pocket.
"Roses are red. Violets are blue. My dear darling, I love you [8]. It makes sense all the sudden, ne?" He said weakly and smiled. "I think he meant the victim had somehow been 'captured'. Or in this case his victim was slowly getting into his trap. The rest just follow. The kiss part sounds a bit hard to figure out. Maybe they'd shared some kind of relationship?"
"Now that onii-chan mentioned the flowers. Who had sent those flowers to you?" Shizuka pointed out. Three pairs of eyes looked at the inspector.
"I've found the flowers in my mailbox this morning," he stated uninterestingly. "Besides... it could've been a mistake to sent them to my house,"
"Or it was on purpose?" Yami suggested.
"I think we should walk now. People here are giving me weird looks," the rookie glanced at the passing pedestrians.
"For your second day of work at station 6, I'm impressed, Jounouchi-san" Yami commented and gave the inspector another look.
"Is it possible the killer is taking advantage at a certain time just to boost all the rookies to the agent level?" He whispered.
The inspector nodded slowly as they followed the rookie and his sister. "You can never tell what his mind is planning on doing next"
Yami shook his head disapprovingly and sighed.
"This killer is unpredictable sometimes. If that's what he's trying to do, Jounouchi-san will become an agent in just a short amount of time. That's bad. I take it that's why you're here, right Seto?" Yami glanced at the taller inspector. Using the inspector's first name made their conversation more personal than it should've been.
"This rookie has potential," the inspector shrugged.
"There are so few things that can interest you, Seto. The CEO job must be very stressing," Yami jammed his hands in his pockets with a smirk. The inspector didn't answer him and choose to ignore agent Yuuki's comment.
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10:10 AM
A man walked past the four. He paid no attention to his surroundings. His thoughts were troubled.
That morning he'd found a whole a bunch of roses on his front door. They were all from someone anonymous. It was like having a secret admirer around.
He wondered if he should track down this mystery person just to make those roses stop 'flooding' his room. He felt both troubled and excited. It was sort of heart-warming to have a secret admirer; having someone to love you from afar and all. But it felt disturbing.
Something at the back of his mind told him that the roses felt wrong. The whole thing felt wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. All wrong.
That's why he was taking a walk down the streets just to clear his mind. It was a good thing he chief had given him a day off.
His green eyes looked up at the small police car near the sidewalk and frowned slightly. This area hadn't had agents to look after in a long while. He sure wanted to meet this particular agent. It seemed great to have brave ones around because this area was filled with a lot of criminals. He memorized the nameplate and with a confident smirk he went off to check on police records of certain agents who take over the wheels.
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12:00 PM [9]
Jounouchi drove them back to the station. He got stuck with the pile of paperwork under the evil scrutinizing eyes of agent Haku.
For some reasons unknown the chief hadn't even said anything to his officers where he could be found. He just took off all the sudden.
Yami was behind his desk again and like Katsuya, he had to finish his paper work. Shizuka gladly offered to bring them all something to drink but for the most part stayed close to look over her brother's shoulder.
As for the inspector, everyone thought he was going to leave. He, however, watched them from a corner. They'd no idea why he was staying with them for the day.
Luckily, he'd brought his laptop along when he drove to station 6 that morning. He continued working on his projects.
The surprise party for agent Bakura had ended with piles and piles of paper work. Katsuya noticed how funny agent Bakura looked. He wondered what happened to the agent's beautiful complexion. Somewhere on the agent's face was turning black-blue all the sudden. Maybe green too.
"What an unhappy birthday" Katsuya had commented sadly to agent Bakura, who sat next to him. Ryou, however, just laughed at the statement and waved the worried looks away.
During lunch agent Kujaku had managed to pry Shizuka away from the rookie for awhile. She'd just wanted to talk to Shizuka about 'women stuff', she'd told Katsuya. Katsuya had flushed and walked past the confused agents from station 6.
All in all, the inspector had gathered a lot of strange info on 'your every day station 6'. He'd sat back and observed every officer from afar.
Agent Haku and agent Yuuki have some sort of similar problems. Although agent Yuuki was much more graceful about the subject regarding their certain look-a-likes.
Agent Honda and agent Masaki were easy to read. Both shared the same open personality.
Agent Bakura was shy, the inspector could tell. Whenever agent Haku was near, agent Bakura got the frightened look on his face.
Agent Mutou was just as open as agent Masaki and agent Honda. Maybe a bit too naive to even notice some adoring looks from his previous partner.
The inspector suspected that agent Kujaku somehow was interested into prying out all sorts of info about the rookie's personal live from the rookie's sister. The agent was somehow starting to like the 'cute' rookie, or so she'd said.
And where's agent Ishtar? Probably checking on his sister.
As for the rookie… He'd surprisingly a lot of sides. He must have mood swings or something, the inspector noted. One time he's one annoying jerk, another time he's a lovable rookie, then a genius, then a dumb moron etcetera. The inspector sighed and closed his tired eyes. He'd caught himself studying the rookie after all.
Later that night he followed the siblings back to their apartment.
Katsuya was too tired to tell the inspector to go home or something. He'd to rewrite most reposts he'd finished before the first lunch. Agent Haku was a bit harsher this time. He wondered what's wrong with the agent.
As they neared the apartment, there was someone leaning against the wall next to Katsuya's apartment, waiting. Both the inspector and the rookie found this suspicious as they walked cautiously to Jounouchi's apartment.
The guy opened his eyes and blazing green eyes met them instantly.
*.*.*.*.* End chapter 5*.*.*.*.*
End notes:
1: @_@ Let's just say Kaiba was trying to get to the point for whom the flowers were. Even though he'd asked them the question.
2: Just say Jounouchi is in a good mood when Shizuka had mentioned him ^-^. Sibling love, ne? So it has nothing to do with Jounouchi-san liking the inspector. *ducks for cover*
3: He was referring to the incident of the previous day, which stated in chapter 2.
4: ^o^ Lol. Did you guys get it? *silence* -_-;; Fine. I'm trying to make it a bit entertaining.
5: Uhm... yeah, sort of. I picked that meaning out from "Weiss Kreuz"
6: I have no idea if the movies show signs of Japanese roses and such. But let's just keep it like that. I'm not really sure if I should put that there even >_> *puts on sunglasses and mustache* You don't know me O-O.
7: Don't worry. They're no one in particular in this fic. Just some fillers.
8: @_@ Okay... I may not really know the real poem thing there. I altered it as bit >_>
9: The rest of the end scene is like reading a movie without any dialogues.
>_> I did it again. The long notes!!! ;_; Gomen for the inconvenience. You all might have noticed I'm rushing a bit here and there >_> Sorry for that too... ugh and description is not my best shot.
Thank you everyone who'd reviewed the last chapters ^_____^.
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