The Temptress
Chapter 1/10
By Baine
Email: lady_baine@yahoo.com
Posted: November 18, 2006
Rated: R
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The Temptress
~Chapter One~
By Baine
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The sound of crumpling paper filled the office as Chiba Mamoru turned a page of his newspaper with a sigh. He reached for his coffee and carefully took a sip as his eyes scanned the article in front of him.
He finished reading and looked over at the sandy-haired man sitting across from him. “This is the fourth case since the start of summer, Motoki.”
“I know,” replied his partner grimly, brushing his unruly hair out of his eyes as he looked up with a grimace. “Wakaru Sei...he also went to our old high school, right?”
“Yeah.” Mamoru’s eyes scanned the article again. “Every one of these guys has said that they were attacked by a girl named Serena Moon. She’s not in the yearbook, though.”
“Maybe she didn’t attend school there when we did?”
“If that were the case, she’d be preying on the guys in her own class and the names would be meaningless to us.”
“True.” Furuhata Motoki brought his pen to his lips and began to chew on the cap as he lost himself in thought. “Well then, obviously she’s using an alias.”
“Obviously.” Mamoru rolled his eyes as he pulled a pair of reading glasses from his desk.
“What we need to do is go through the yearbook again and clip out all of the curvy girls with blond hair.”
“Motoki, some of those curves may have come into existence after the girl graduated.”
“Oh, right.”
“Besides, girls dye their hair all the time. Who’s to say that this Serena Moon is even a real blond...or even blond today?”
“Damn.”
“What we need to do is find the link. What do these four men have in common? Why did she target them? Was it because they were all athletes? What is the common link between these four men? We already have one clue—now all we have to do is revisit our roots.”
“Mamoru, I’m too old to go back to high school. Besides, I never want to see that place again. Too many bad memories.” Motoki shivered at the thought and reached for his coffee.
“What I don’t understand is how these men continue to fall into her trap when the story is all over the news. She always uses the same name, never changes her look, and tends to repeat the same patterns of seduction before leaving them high and dry...and dickless.”
“Now you’re showing your age, Mamoru. How long has it been since you were too horny to think straight? A little alcohol and a sexy girl are enough to get any guy’s libido going full-throttle.”
“Only if the guy is a teenager with overblown hormones running amuck.”
“Man, it really has been a long time since you’ve gotten laid.” Motoki chuckled as he gathered his belongings. “I’m going to go through the yearbook again and run each girl’s name through the computer to see where they are today.”
“Good idea.” Mamoru took another sip of coffee and watched his partner’s retreating back. “Don’t forget to input that each last name is the maiden name.”
“Okay.”
“And get yearbooks for each of the four years that the guys were in school...don’t just look at the senior yearbook. If the basketball team put out any kind of special memorabilia book, get that, too.”
“Gotcha.”
“Oh, and Toki?” Mamoru grinned devilishly as Motoki turned to face him.
“Watch out for any blond sex kittens eager to come on to you. I’d hate for you to start thinking with the wrong part of your anatomy and leave me to finish this case by myself.”
A finger in the air was his only response as Motoki walked out of the room and into the hallway. Mamoru laughed heartily before repositioning his reading glasses and pulling out some case files. He had another long day at work ahead of him.
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~Chapter Completion: January 4, 2006
AN: Special thanks to my fabulous editor Kel! Also, thank yous go out to Chibi Anonymous and Diana Moon for listening to me rant and rave as I tried to write eight chapters in two days in order to meet deadline.............................................
Thank you also to Tasia Chiba, Azurite, and Lazuli for helping me come up with a better summary for this piece!! Y'all are awesome!!
Like it? Hate it? I’m the one to talk to! E-mail lady_baine@yahoo.com today!
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