One quiet night...

It was a quiet evening at Nekomi central Police station, and Detective Keiichi Morisato was hoping it would stay that way for most of his…rather unwanted shift, which had been forced on him by his tough boss Tamiya-sempai, who always came up with excuses for the 'new guy' to do a bit of extra work. Today's excuse was that Tamiya-sempai needed someone to take extra shifts for the next few days because one of the guys was ill…and since Morisato was the 'youngest' he had to take the extra work.

'Sigh' , Morisato thought. 'It sure has been busy these past few weeks. I hope Tamiya-senpai would at least allow me some extra days off next month for New year so that I can take off!' He thought wistfully about his old home at Hokkiado, and his family and friends, who he missed dearly. He had gotten a phone call from his sister Megumi earlier that morning. She was currently on assignment in the US for the small motoring magazine she worked for, reporting on some motosport meet there. She had , among other things, asked after his love life. He'd laughed, and said he was 'still searching!'..which made his sister to accuse him of doing nothing about it at all! Yeah, like he had the time to actually do something about it..what with him being kept busy by Tamiya-senpai all the time!

But still..Detective Morisato thought..it would be good to have someone to come home to, someone to have nice long chats with, someone who he could unburden his soul to, someone who he could do the same for..now that was love. True love.

And then his thoughts were disturbed by a call from dispatch. There had been an attempted assault at Fujishima street..and someone was needed there. With a sigh, Keiichi got up, and after acknowledging receipt of the call, went out.

There was a small crowd of people gathered around an alleyway off Fujishima street when Morisato arrived there on the street. A young officer by the name of Mitsuo Iwata was already on the scene. He looked up as soon as he heard Keiichi approach, and smiled in greeting.

'Hey boss!' Officer Iwata said (He always called Keiichi Boss),' Looks like your typical case of attempted sexual assault, except that the perp seems to have gotten more than he bargained for'.He indicated the scene..and Keiichi 's eyes followed his gesture to see..well a hefty looking thug lying flat down on his back, looking knocked out, and further off a young looking gaijin lady being comforted by another of his gaijin lady had long flowing brown hair, blue eyes, and a delicately shaped nose and mouth set in a beautiful was dressed in a lovely flowing blue dress, and she clearly looked distressed.

Keiichi turned to Iwata and said 'You don't mean to tell me that this lady beat up a tough looking thug by herself, or my eyes are deceiving me?'

'Yeah.,that sounds like it.' Mitsuo looked amused.'I did not believe it myself too..until I took her statement, and the statement of that witness..he pointed to a middleaged man in a business suit..who saw the whole she threw him expertly..like a world class judoka he said…and down he went'.

'Hmm' Detective Morisato thought. 'That's strange'.Aloud he said to Officer Iwata. 'OK, I'll question the woman myself. I guess we would be taking the perp to hospital eh? Call me when he wakes up'

'Right Boss'.

Detective Morisato then approached the gaijin lady, who appeared to have regained her composure. Close up, she looked more beautiful, and Morisato had to remind himself to be professional.

He spoke gently, but firmly to the woman.

'Do you understand Japanese or English? I speak English well enough'

She said quietly,in good Japanese 'I speak Japanese well you'

'I'm sorry for what happened here tonight. Would you be so kind as to follow me to the station to give a statement? So that we can put that thug behind bars..'

'Yes'.

'Then follow me.'

Some ten minutes later, Morisato was back in his office in the Nekomi station, only this time, the lovely gaijin woman was sitting 's office was a neat, but cluttered office with a desk and a set of desk had several files on it, and also had pictures of Morisato's parents and sister, and a model of a racing bike as the only pieces of ornamentation.

Morisato had offered to take the lady on his bike, and she had accepted. For most of the short ride to the station, she had quietly held tightly onto the detective, making him feel ..well…uncomfortable? pleased? Happy? Be professional Morisato!

The lady in question sat in the office tightly clutching a cup of hot coffee which one of Morisato's subordinates had brought in. Morisato brought out a notebook and looking very professional began his job.

'Well Miss'..he began

'Belldandy' she said quietly. 'Belldandy Tyrsdottir'

'Well, Miss Tyrs..well mind if I call you Miss Belldandy?'

No 'she said gently'

Can you tell me what happened just now, back there with that thug…

'Well' she said 'I was out sightseeing today. I work as a high school ALT at Nekomi high, and I went sightseeing by myself today,I had such a good time that I did not notice that the time had passed. '

She paused a bit to take a sip of her coffee, then continued

'So I started to go home, but I lost my way, and decided to ask for directions, as it was quite dark. I asked a group of men near a bar for directions,and one of them offered to direct me to a bus only I had known…' and tears welled up in her eyes.

Morisato considered himself a 'practical guy',a 'matter of fact guy', so it was much to his surprise that he found himself reaching out and gently holding the lady's left hand while she cried again'

When she was calmer again after a few minutes…she continued.

'I followed him, but instead of taking me to a bus stop, he took me to a dark alleyway, saying it was a shortcut..and then he grabbed me by the hands and tried to kiss me.'

She shuddered as she said those words..kiss me.

'So, I fought back, we struggled for a few moments, before I grabbed him and threw him against the wall'

Morisato said quietly 'You threw him against the wall'?

'Yes'

Morisato looked at her with some surprise . If it had not been for the other witness' statement, he would have found it difficult to believe. 'Well' he said 'how did you learn skills like that?

'My grandfather taught me' Belldandy responded.' He used to work in Japan a while ago, and learned some judo from a friend of his there'.

'That's fascinating'. He looked closely at the lady in his office. N ot only was she beautiful, but she could hold herself well in a fight. She was one interesting lady, was Belldandy-san.

'Well, that's all for now' he said. He closed up the notebook, and reached into his pocket, and handed her his card' Here is my card. If you have any additional information for us, call me'. He handed her the card, and their eyes met. They both blushed.

'Well, 'Morisato said, uncomfortably' 'I'll get you home safely.'

'Thank you' she said, with a bright smile that somehow lit up the room…and somehow made Morisato want to see that smile again. Little did he know that he would be seeing that smile many times over for a long long time….

At that point, Morisato's phone chirped…and he picked it up 'Detective Morisato speaking.'

'Officer Iwata here, boss. He's woken up'

'Good. I'll be there'

He ended the call, and asked Belldandy 'What's your adress'

She told him.

'Well, it just happens to be on the road to the hospital. Why don't I take you there right now. It won't be much trobule'

'Thank you' she said gratefully, smiling again.


This is the start of a new project, partly to get over writer's block, and also to keep myself busy while i recover from a recent injury. Happy reading!