Altered Ending - Chapter 10
Title : Altered Ending
Chapter Title : Morning Surprise
Setting : Hidarime Tantei EYE - Episode 8
Summary : In the last episode, Kokusho Akira shot Yumeto first before getting shot. But what if that one fatal bullet had got her first before her finger jerked, firing the gun, when the gun was off target and Ainosuke stood right between the two crime planner?
Rating : T
Kato whistled a rather catchy song as he walked, for he was in a particularly good mood today. Though he was still nowhere as good a police officer as detective Fukuchi had been, his passion for his job was finally acknowledged. The promotion helped too.
Today was perfect! Well, almost. If Ainosuke’s condition had finally improved and not worsened, then it would be.
So that was what he was doing right now. Armed with a rather big box of warm takoyaki he had just bought, he was in his way visiting his favorite junior high student. Wonder if that kid had already woken up.
Kato halted in his steps so abruptly that the nurse, who was happened to walk behind him, threw him a nasty look and scurried away. Muttering his apology to the annoyed nurse, he hesitantly approached a figure who was too intently peeking through the small opening of a door to notice him coming.
He stopped right behind her and cleared his throat audibly. No reaction. He tried again, a little louder, but was met with similar response. Resisting the urge to shout to startle her, he contented himself with placing his free hand on her shoulder.
The school nurse let out an undignified squeak and promptly whipped around. Her hands immediately positioned in front of her, ready to shoot out a punch or two if necessary. But once her eyes set upon her fellow ‘guardians’ - a term which both of them had came out with to describe what were they to Ainosuke - she visibly relaxed and dropped her arms. She let out a big sigh, before catching herself and scowled instead.
“Kato-san! You scared- Ah! Sssssshh!”
Kato threw her an amused look, “I haven’t even said anything yet.”
“You just did,” Sayama pointed out.
The detective shrugged, “Fine, I just did. What are you doing standing out here like a peeping tom?”
Sayama’s eyes lit up instantly that Kato was becoming wary. He always had a bad feeling whenever that sparkle appeared in the school nurse’s eyes. She grinned at him.
“Promise me to keep quiet and not doing anything reckless.”
Kato raised his eyebrow, “Are we talking about me?”
“Kato-san, just do it!” She hissed, though still grinning. “You won’t believe what I found when I came this morning.”
“What would that be?”
Sayama grinned even wider, if that was possible. Now that he thought about it, he had never seen her this happy before. Whatever she found must be really - as in extremely - good.
She gestured for him to stand closer and pushed the door a little bit wider. Kato didn’t move and gave her a funny look instead. Clicking her tongue in exasperation, she pulled him by the arm and peeked inside herself.
“I don’t understand what are you so worked out a…” he trailed off as he poked his head into the hospital room. His eyes grew wide at the peculiar sight in front of him and he could feel his jaw dropped. He closed his eyes and shook his head as if to make sure that he was not hallucinating, but no. They were still there the moment he pried his eyes open.
The first emotion that hit him was confusion. But then, the events that happened in the past few days caught up to him and he felt relieved. Yet again, he remembered what happened in the past few months. His hands began shaking with fury. He roughly pushed the plastic bag to Sayama and stepped into the room.
“HOW- Whoa!!”
Before he could process what had just happened, he was once again outside the room. He staggered a bit as the hands that pulled him released him. Once he regained his balance, he turned to the one responsible and glared, only to meet a pair of eyes full of wrath. He cowered back.
“What in the world do you think you were going to do?” Sayama hissed hotly.
“You saw it yourself!” He hissed back, his anger once again flared up in him. “Did you not see who’s in there?”
Sayama looked rather insulted, “Of course I did. I’m the one who first found them, aren’t I?” She went back to her position at the door, smiling softly as she looked inside again. “Isn’t that sweet?”
“Swee- Sayama-sensei did you hit your head or something? In case you haven’t realized, the one inside there is-”
“I know who that is, thank you very much,” Sayama cut his sentence.
“Then why did you stop me?” Kato was growing frustrated by the school nurse’s attitude.
Sayama raised an eyebrow at him, “Did it occur to you that this may be the only chance that everything will turn out alright? That what you were about to do would have ruined that?”
Kato blinked and finally had the decency to look abashed, “Well, I was angry.”
The school nurse nodded knowingly, “Sure you was. But I think we are not the one to decide anything. Why don’t we just left them alone for now and come back later when they are both awake and finished whatever they need to solve between themselves?”
“I can do that,” he nodded, a gesture which Sayama returned.
“Good. Now, if you are sane enough to take this plastic bag back, I have a little something to do first.”
Kato was flabbergasted as his colleague - at taking care of Ainosuke - harshly pushed the plastic covered box back into his hands and marched into the room. He watched in horror when she started rummaging her handbag, making an unbelievably loud noise.
“Wait a minute, Sayama-sensei! What are you doing?”
The police scampered after the nurse just as she beamed and pulled out a handy cam out of her bag. But his attention was not focused on her anymore. Rather, he was watching with growing dire as Ainosuke stirred a bit at the voices around him.
“You woke him up!” He hissed frantically.
Sayama had her back on him and was too busy checking the angle of her handy cam to care. Well, at least she managed a “Then put him back to sleep!” to him.
To say that he was stunned by her instruction was an understatement. He had not married yet, let alone having kids. He had absolutely no experience nor skill in this kind of thing. How in the world was he supposed to do that?
He looked back dubiously at the boy, whose eyes were now fluttering open. Two brown orbs peeked lazily from behind the lids, still clouded with sleep. Thank goodness that Ainosuke was still not completely awake and did not aware of his surroundings… yet.
He gulped and inhaled deeply. He could do this. He had come face to face with murderers, kidnappers, robbers and many other criminals. Surely he could handle a 15 year old kid…. Even if he had to put him back to sleep…. And still yet to know how exactly he could do that.
Letting out a breath that he didn’t know he had been holding, he reached out a hand to touch the boy’s head. But before he could do so, another hand had already placed there.
His breath hitched on his throat and he watched tensely as the same hand started to rub the boy’s head through his hair. A soft melody reached his ears and his eyes widened when Ainosuke leaned into the hand and closed his eyes. Once again off to dreamland.
Kato could only watch the whole ordeal with amazement. He turned to the owner of the hand and the one who had hummed the song, now silent. But to his further astonishment, the said person seemed to be not awake as well. Kato shook his head in disbelief.
“How on earth did he do that when he’s still asleep himself?” He whispered in an awe filled voice.
“I believe it’s called a brother’s instinct, Kato-san.”
Kato jumped at the hushed voiced that answered him. He quickly turned to his left, only to see an over-joyous Sayama with the handy cam in her hands. She diverted her gaze from the screen to her only awake companion and gave him an unbelievably big grin.
“I got it on tape,” she squealed delightfully.
One end of Kato’s lips twitched, “You got it on tape.” He had spoken slowly, as if processing the words. Then the whole picture clicked in his mind. “And I suppose you also want to leave that sinful device in your hands to spy on their first reaction when they wake up without being here.”
An even wider grin was all he got as an answer. He watched warily as the nurse stepped backwards slowly until her back hit a table that he was sure was not there when he came in. She lowered the handy cam on it and adjusted it a little before straightening up and clasped her hands together.
“Done!”
Kato rolled his eyes.
“Yes, done. Can we finally give these two the peace that they deserve now?”
Sayama huffed impatiently, “You are such a kill joy. Relax a bit, Ka- Ah! Don’t go in front of the cam! Walk around it! I don’t need you in my video.”
Kato attempted to look hurt, which Sayama paid no attention at all, and so settled on scowling instead. Sayama rolled her eyes amusedly and reached out a hand to drag her sulking friend outside.
“We should go now. They need not to know we’ve been here.”
“Said a woman who installed a handy cam to spy on them,” Kato shook his head.
Sayama looked indignant as she closed the door behind her softly.
“We’ve been told to look after Ainosuke and I will do just that. I need to make sure that everything is going on smoothly. Don’t look at me like that! It really is my real intention! Anyway, is that takoyaki you have there?”
The police detective mock groaned and started walking away, smiling to himself when he heard the nurse gave a cry and hurrying after him.
Chapter Title : Morning Surprise
Setting : Hidarime Tantei EYE - Episode 8
Summary : In the last episode, Kokusho Akira shot Yumeto first before getting shot. But what if that one fatal bullet had got her first before her finger jerked, firing the gun, when the gun was off target and Ainosuke stood right between the two crime planner?
Rating : T
Kato whistled a rather catchy song as he walked, for he was in a particularly good mood today. Though he was still nowhere as good a police officer as detective Fukuchi had been, his passion for his job was finally acknowledged. The promotion helped too.
Today was perfect! Well, almost. If Ainosuke’s condition had finally improved and not worsened, then it would be.
So that was what he was doing right now. Armed with a rather big box of warm takoyaki he had just bought, he was in his way visiting his favorite junior high student. Wonder if that kid had already woken up.
Kato halted in his steps so abruptly that the nurse, who was happened to walk behind him, threw him a nasty look and scurried away. Muttering his apology to the annoyed nurse, he hesitantly approached a figure who was too intently peeking through the small opening of a door to notice him coming.
He stopped right behind her and cleared his throat audibly. No reaction. He tried again, a little louder, but was met with similar response. Resisting the urge to shout to startle her, he contented himself with placing his free hand on her shoulder.
The school nurse let out an undignified squeak and promptly whipped around. Her hands immediately positioned in front of her, ready to shoot out a punch or two if necessary. But once her eyes set upon her fellow ‘guardians’ - a term which both of them had came out with to describe what were they to Ainosuke - she visibly relaxed and dropped her arms. She let out a big sigh, before catching herself and scowled instead.
“Kato-san! You scared- Ah! Sssssshh!”
Kato threw her an amused look, “I haven’t even said anything yet.”
“You just did,” Sayama pointed out.
The detective shrugged, “Fine, I just did. What are you doing standing out here like a peeping tom?”
Sayama’s eyes lit up instantly that Kato was becoming wary. He always had a bad feeling whenever that sparkle appeared in the school nurse’s eyes. She grinned at him.
“Promise me to keep quiet and not doing anything reckless.”
Kato raised his eyebrow, “Are we talking about me?”
“Kato-san, just do it!” She hissed, though still grinning. “You won’t believe what I found when I came this morning.”
“What would that be?”
Sayama grinned even wider, if that was possible. Now that he thought about it, he had never seen her this happy before. Whatever she found must be really - as in extremely - good.
She gestured for him to stand closer and pushed the door a little bit wider. Kato didn’t move and gave her a funny look instead. Clicking her tongue in exasperation, she pulled him by the arm and peeked inside herself.
“I don’t understand what are you so worked out a…” he trailed off as he poked his head into the hospital room. His eyes grew wide at the peculiar sight in front of him and he could feel his jaw dropped. He closed his eyes and shook his head as if to make sure that he was not hallucinating, but no. They were still there the moment he pried his eyes open.
The first emotion that hit him was confusion. But then, the events that happened in the past few days caught up to him and he felt relieved. Yet again, he remembered what happened in the past few months. His hands began shaking with fury. He roughly pushed the plastic bag to Sayama and stepped into the room.
“HOW- Whoa!!”
Before he could process what had just happened, he was once again outside the room. He staggered a bit as the hands that pulled him released him. Once he regained his balance, he turned to the one responsible and glared, only to meet a pair of eyes full of wrath. He cowered back.
“What in the world do you think you were going to do?” Sayama hissed hotly.
“You saw it yourself!” He hissed back, his anger once again flared up in him. “Did you not see who’s in there?”
Sayama looked rather insulted, “Of course I did. I’m the one who first found them, aren’t I?” She went back to her position at the door, smiling softly as she looked inside again. “Isn’t that sweet?”
“Swee- Sayama-sensei did you hit your head or something? In case you haven’t realized, the one inside there is-”
“I know who that is, thank you very much,” Sayama cut his sentence.
“Then why did you stop me?” Kato was growing frustrated by the school nurse’s attitude.
Sayama raised an eyebrow at him, “Did it occur to you that this may be the only chance that everything will turn out alright? That what you were about to do would have ruined that?”
Kato blinked and finally had the decency to look abashed, “Well, I was angry.”
The school nurse nodded knowingly, “Sure you was. But I think we are not the one to decide anything. Why don’t we just left them alone for now and come back later when they are both awake and finished whatever they need to solve between themselves?”
“I can do that,” he nodded, a gesture which Sayama returned.
“Good. Now, if you are sane enough to take this plastic bag back, I have a little something to do first.”
Kato was flabbergasted as his colleague - at taking care of Ainosuke - harshly pushed the plastic covered box back into his hands and marched into the room. He watched in horror when she started rummaging her handbag, making an unbelievably loud noise.
“Wait a minute, Sayama-sensei! What are you doing?”
The police scampered after the nurse just as she beamed and pulled out a handy cam out of her bag. But his attention was not focused on her anymore. Rather, he was watching with growing dire as Ainosuke stirred a bit at the voices around him.
“You woke him up!” He hissed frantically.
Sayama had her back on him and was too busy checking the angle of her handy cam to care. Well, at least she managed a “Then put him back to sleep!” to him.
To say that he was stunned by her instruction was an understatement. He had not married yet, let alone having kids. He had absolutely no experience nor skill in this kind of thing. How in the world was he supposed to do that?
He looked back dubiously at the boy, whose eyes were now fluttering open. Two brown orbs peeked lazily from behind the lids, still clouded with sleep. Thank goodness that Ainosuke was still not completely awake and did not aware of his surroundings… yet.
He gulped and inhaled deeply. He could do this. He had come face to face with murderers, kidnappers, robbers and many other criminals. Surely he could handle a 15 year old kid…. Even if he had to put him back to sleep…. And still yet to know how exactly he could do that.
Letting out a breath that he didn’t know he had been holding, he reached out a hand to touch the boy’s head. But before he could do so, another hand had already placed there.
His breath hitched on his throat and he watched tensely as the same hand started to rub the boy’s head through his hair. A soft melody reached his ears and his eyes widened when Ainosuke leaned into the hand and closed his eyes. Once again off to dreamland.
Kato could only watch the whole ordeal with amazement. He turned to the owner of the hand and the one who had hummed the song, now silent. But to his further astonishment, the said person seemed to be not awake as well. Kato shook his head in disbelief.
“How on earth did he do that when he’s still asleep himself?” He whispered in an awe filled voice.
“I believe it’s called a brother’s instinct, Kato-san.”
Kato jumped at the hushed voiced that answered him. He quickly turned to his left, only to see an over-joyous Sayama with the handy cam in her hands. She diverted her gaze from the screen to her only awake companion and gave him an unbelievably big grin.
“I got it on tape,” she squealed delightfully.
One end of Kato’s lips twitched, “You got it on tape.” He had spoken slowly, as if processing the words. Then the whole picture clicked in his mind. “And I suppose you also want to leave that sinful device in your hands to spy on their first reaction when they wake up without being here.”
An even wider grin was all he got as an answer. He watched warily as the nurse stepped backwards slowly until her back hit a table that he was sure was not there when he came in. She lowered the handy cam on it and adjusted it a little before straightening up and clasped her hands together.
“Done!”
Kato rolled his eyes.
“Yes, done. Can we finally give these two the peace that they deserve now?”
Sayama huffed impatiently, “You are such a kill joy. Relax a bit, Ka- Ah! Don’t go in front of the cam! Walk around it! I don’t need you in my video.”
Kato attempted to look hurt, which Sayama paid no attention at all, and so settled on scowling instead. Sayama rolled her eyes amusedly and reached out a hand to drag her sulking friend outside.
“We should go now. They need not to know we’ve been here.”
“Said a woman who installed a handy cam to spy on them,” Kato shook his head.
Sayama looked indignant as she closed the door behind her softly.
“We’ve been told to look after Ainosuke and I will do just that. I need to make sure that everything is going on smoothly. Don’t look at me like that! It really is my real intention! Anyway, is that takoyaki you have there?”
The police detective mock groaned and started walking away, smiling to himself when he heard the nurse gave a cry and hurrying after him.