The Dark Days Are Here (boyxboy Fanfic)

Chapter 9

Chapter 9 : Interim

Well,well,this chapter is Hiroto tryin' to explain to this 'stupid' detective.*sighs*Then,Kido came...you know what.Just read the story,im spoiling the fun ya get what i mean.

Detective Onigawara leaned back in the swivel chair and glared over the desk at the young redhead seated across the desk. It had been a trying morning and then he gets a call from this kid claiming he's got some idea on the Raimon case. He even took the hour long trip to get to the safe house, but what he's heard so far is just too farfetched to believe.

"So you're telling me," he began, frown deepening. "You're telling me that there may be another bunch of super powered humans?"

The lad nodded. "Yes."

"And they were the ones behind the deaths of the Raimon soccer team?"

"Yes."

Onigawara studied Hiroto, trying to find signs of a lie. But the redhead's a cool customer; he gazed levelly back. His mind tried to fit in the pieces of information Hiroto had given him with what he already knew. A super villain team... that's insane! Then again, with everything he has seen, it is not so unlikely. The theory's got merit. How else would the team that took down super powered humans be wiped out but by another super powered team? But there was something else that bothered him.

"But why? What would they go after a middle school soccer team, if they have the power to take over the country?"

Hiroto stared at him the same way a teacher might stare at a particularly slow student. Ah, right. There was the precedent set by Hiroto's lot, how could he forget?

"And where is it that you got this info?" he asked tightly. At this Hiroto finally lowered his eyes.

"I... can't tell you," he muttered, frowning.

The grizzled detective snorted mirthlessly. "And yet you expect me to believe you? You won't even let this whole conversation be on record. How do I know you're not lying?"

"I assure you it's the truth, Detective!" Hiroto exclaimed, sitting even straighter. Damn Kidou for swearing him to secrecy. "I don't want to tip off the Dark Emperors that I'm on to them," he had explained, less than a day ago. Hiroto couldn't even tell the Detective, which makes his job of convincing him all the more difficult. And what he was asking: to be release from custody so that he can conduct his own investigation, as if the police were not doing enough about it. And just as he thought, the old man did not look at all like he believed in Hiroto's theory. Why would he, after all that went down in the past?

The old man sighed. "You know it's not as simple as letting you walk out the door. I have to go through the proper channels. I also need a really good reason as to why I have to let you loose in Tokyo -"

"Don't go through channels," Hiroto suddenly cut-in, almost jolting the older man out of his chair. "Everything you do will go on file and for all we know, these other "aliens" might be keeping an eye on the police databases."

Straightening up, the detective sighed. "Your sources tell you that too, or are you just desperately throwing out theories?" he asked wearily. Hiroto stared back silently, out of words. 'We're not getting anywhere with this.' If only Kidou wasn't so paranoid. After all, from what he'd seen of the man, Hiroto knew Onigawara is trustworthy. He should know the truth.

Gritting his teeth, and sending a silent apology to Kidou, he tried again. "Listen - "

"I think that we're done today," the detective cut in as he hefted himself up and left the small office, without so much as a backward glance to the fuming teen. 'Huh? Huh?!' What the hell? Was Onigawara seriously not going to listen to him?!