Operation: Monte Carlo Ep. 7 Little ShadowA Screenplay by Sayuri HiroshiOne of Daisuke's old missions have been reopened that involve a thieving serial killer. Also, he relationship with Kazuo's sister is jeopardized by different factors. How will everything be resolved? EXT. BRIDGE. NIGHT. Daisuke is kneeling on one knee holding up an open ring box to Kiyomi. DAISUKE Ishikawa Kiyomi, will you marry me? Kiyomi leans down and kisses him. KIYOMI Of course I'll marry you. Her and Daisuke embrace. INT. MUSEUM. NIGHT/MORNING. A security guard is patrolling the dark museum. His flashlight shines down the hallway. As he's walking, he spots a figure running down the hall ahead of him. He starts to run after the figure. GUARD Hey! What are doing here? It's past closing hours! He gets to the T section at the end and looks around. The figure is nowhere to be seen. He walks down the hall from which the figure came out of and spots an artifact missing from the case. He walks over to it to examine it. The descriptive tile reads 'The Sword of Prince Shotoku.' The figure from before walks up behind the guard and injects his neck with a needle. The guard is paralyzed as he falls to the ground. The figure pulls out a switchblade knife and kneels down to the guard. In the morning, Daisuke and Shinobu are examining the body of the guard. Shinobu has a leather bag beside him full of small medical instruments. Daisuke is taking pictures of the crime scene. SHINOBU He's been dead for several hours. It looks like he was injected with something through the neck. It either caused unconsciousness or paralysis. DAISUKE Why does this scene seem vaguely familiar? Daisuke looks at the empty artifact case and reads the descriptive tile. His eyes widen. DAISUKE I've seen this before. Shinobu, we need to examine his body for any cuts. SHINOBU Uh? DAISUKE Remember my first mission as Head? We were tracking a thief that stole historical artifacts from museums and always killed the night guard to leave a message for the police. SHINOBU The Weapon Snatcher? But he killed himself, we labeled it unsolved because we never found the artifacts. DAISUKE He always leaves a symbol on the chest of his victims as some sort of ritual. SHINOBU I already said that he killed himself. DAISUKE Check his chest. Shinobu pulls out a pair of scissors from his bag. He cuts open the night guard's shirt to reveal a pentagram cut into the man's torso. Daisuke takes a picture of the cut. DAISUKE He's still alive. INT. DIH. MORNING. Kenta is sitting behind his desk sliding through pictures on a tablet. All of the pictures are of the pentagram cuts in different men's chests. Daisuke is sitting across from him. KENTA Do you really think that he's still alive? DAISUKE I'm not sure. Ogawa pointed out that it could be a copycat but usually when we look at those types of cases, there is something different from the original. Ogawa is waiting for toxicology to finish their report to see if the toxin that was used in the original is the same. Everything else is exactly the same, we haven't found an inconsistency. KENTA So he's back after all this time. Well, we'll just have to reopen the case. I will call together the members that helped with that case and... DAISUKE Watanabe-san, may I request that the members of the Monte Carlo operation to help with the case? KENTA Why? We already have a team that know the details of the case. DAISUKE I trust these men. Ogawa also thinks it is a good idea for them to help. Without more information on Sakamoto Seiichi, we have no where else to go on the operation. The princess is safe for now and will not be in any danger if one of us takes care of her at a time. Kenta stands and looks out of the window. He is silent for a moment. He turns back around and closes the folder with the pictures. He hands it to Daisuke. KENTA Solve this case, Uchida. I'm counting on you. Daisuke bows and exits the room. INT. KAZUO'S HOUSE. NOON. The men are gathered in the study. Shinobu and Daisuke are standing in front of a board that is posted with pictures from the crime scene. Yuuto, Ryoichi, and Kazuo are in front of them sitting. RYOICHI Weapon Snatcher? DAISUKE Yes. About a year ago, museums were being broken into and ancient weapons were stolen from their cases. How they were taken out is still a mystery. We have had the museum staff examine the cases and none of them are defective or tampered with. All the weapons that have been stolen are ancient weapons that belonged to famous historical figures. The one that was stolen last night belonged to Prince Shotoku. SHINOBU There is also the case with the night guard. At all of these museums, there is only one night guard on duty. The thief injects the night guard with a lethal dose of batrachotoxin which affects the nervous system and causes complete paralysis and slow death. The type we found is a synthetic version of the toxin. Also, the night guards all have a pentagram cut into their chest. In modern days, the pentagram symbolizes the elements of nature and is mostly associated with witchcraft. YUUTO So we're also dealing with serial killer. DAISUKE Yes. A total of twelve weapons have been stolen and a total of twelve guards have been murdered. We thought he killed himself because we found our main suspect hung in a factory. Without the knowledge of where the weapons were located, the case could not be solved. KAZUO If he killed himself, wouldn't this new incident be a copycat? SHINOBU That is what we thought but since none of the details were released to the public and every detail of this incident is the same as the other eleven, there is a two percent possibility that this is a copycat. KAZUO So you never did find the real culprit. DAISUKE No, that is why Watanabe has reopened the case and I have requested that we are the ones to look into it. YUUTO We can narrow down our search by thinking of who has access to the neurotoxin. Since it is synthetic, it must have been created in a laboratory. SHINOBU Correct, but we have searched through the records of all the science labs in Japan and none of them have access or create this toxin. We have also checked customs at most of the airports and there hasn't been any record of it coming into Japan, unless they smuggled it in. KAZUO This guy is going to be difficult to find. SHINOBU We have informed all of the museums to have multiple night guards on duty and to not have them travel alone. Hopefully if they abide by our request, we might catch him next week if he continues his weekly pattern. Ninette walks into the room and spots everyone. She sees the pictures on the board. NINETTE What is this? DAISUKE By the way, someone will have to watch after Ninette. SHINOBU She will be safe at my lab. I can look after her there. NINETTE I don't need to be looked after. SHINOBU It would be nice to have someone there to help. NINETTE Fine. DAISUKE Alright, that works for me. Yuuto and Ishikawa will be paired for this mission and I will pair up with Kawano. Shinobu and Ninette, you may leave. Call us when you find anything new. SHINOBU Alright. Shinobu and Ninette exit through the hallway. Kiyomi passes them and enters. KIYOMI Hello everyone. DAISUKE Kiyomi, what are you doing here? KIYOMI It has come to my attention by Watanabe-san that the weapon snatcher case has been reopened. DAISUKE Yes, but... KIYOMI As you very well know, I was in the original group and I want to be a part of it again. Kazuo notices the ring on Kiyomi's hand. DAISUKE But Kiyomi... Kazuo walks over and grabs Kiyomi's left arm and holds it up. KAZUO What is this? Kiyomi pulls her arm away from him. KIYOMI None of your business. KAZUO It is my business, you're my sister. RYOICHI Ishikawa, you never told us you had a sister. KAZUO It wasn't important. KIYOMI Not important? KAZUO I didn't mean it like that. Now tell me, what is the ring for? Kiyomi crosses her arms trying to hide the ring. DAISUKE I proposed to her last night. KIYOMI Daisuke, you said we weren't going to tell him. DAISUKE He might as well know. He's already found out. KAZUO You proposed to my sister? DAISUKE Yes, I did, because she means the world to me and after two years, I felt like it was time. KAZUO How dare you! Kazuo punches Daisuke, knocking him to the ground. Kazuo jumps on him and continues to punch him. KIYOMI Kazuo, stop it! Yuuto and Ryoichi pull Kazuo off of Daisuke. Kiyomi runs to Daisuke's side and helps him up. Kazuo pulls out of Yuuto and Ryoichi's grip. Kiyomi walks over to him and punches him to the ground. KIYOMI (frustrated) How dare you do that to him! After everything that you have been through, why are you still so cold hearted?! I thought you had changed after your mother's killer was dead and you found someone to love who loves you back, but I was wrong. You're still a stone cold b*****d! Kiyomi leaves the room, Daisuke follows her. Ryoichi looks down at Kazuo before walking out. Yuuto holds out his hand to help Kazuo up but Kazuo pushes it away. KAZUO I don't need your help. Yuuto becomes frustrated and begins to walk out. He turns again to Kazuo. YUUTO You should learn to trust us instead of pushing us away. KAZUO You're one to talk! Yuuto walks out. EXT. MUSEUM. MID-AFTERNOON. Kiyomi and Daisuke are sitting outside on the stairs. Daisuke is holding an ice pack up to his face. Kiyomi is pacing in front of him. KIYOMI I cannot believe that Kazuo is still acting like an a*s about this. It is my life to live, not his. I can make my own decisions. DAISUKE He's concerned about you. KIYOMI I don't know why. I can do fine on my own, and I made a good decision when I said yes to you. DAISUKE I can't argue that you can do fine on your own but you have to know his side. KIYOMI No I don't. He needs to learn to keep his nose out of my life. Ryoichi exits the museum and walks down the stairs to them. RYOICHI They have six people doing night duty from now on. DAISUKE Good. Hopefully, there won't be any problems. KIYOMI There is a way to know what museum he is going to hit next. DAISUKE How? KIYOMI This was the first museum he hit when this happened the first time. If he keeps the same pattern as before he will hit the Edo Tokyo Museum next. DAISUKE We don't know if this is going to be a weekly thing or not. What if he attacks tonight? KIYOMI I would like to work on it. I will go to the museum for the nights until he attacks. DAISUKE Then I will assign Yuuto and your brother to assist you. Kiyomi walks up to Daisuke. KIYOMI What the hell did you just say? You're going to send me an unstable nutcase and my jackass brother? You have got to be joking. DAISUKE Yuuto is a good agent and I know you are not on good terms with your brother but you need to straighten things out with him. He's your brother. The last thing you want to do is lose him. He's a good man. RYOICHI He's right. You can trust both of them. Kiyomi looks away from them. DAISUKE Please Kiyomi. KIYOMI Fine, but only because you asked. DAISUKE Thank you, Kiyomi. INT. SHINOBU'S LAB. MID-AFTERNOON. Ninette is sitting in a chair looking unenthusiastic. She is in a lab coat. Shinobu is working on the main computer looking through some of the old case photos. NINETTE Do you want me to do anything? SHINOBU At the moment, no. Ninette stands and walks over to him. NINETTE I need to do something. SHINOBU Are you hungry? NINETTE Actually yes. Shinobu pulls out some money from his pocket and hands it to her. SHINOBU On the tenth floor, there is a cafe. I would like beef ramen and I don't care what you get. I also want a coffee. I need caffeine. Ninette looks at the money and looks back at him. She walks towards the door and leaves. Shinobu compares one of the old photos and the new picture of the carved pentagrams. He realizes something and picks up his phone and dials. SHINOBU Daisuke, you need to get to my lab now. I found something. About an hour later, Daisuke and Ryoichi are now in the lab. Ninette is in her seat eating. Shinobu and the others are at the computer. SHINOBU I looked closely at the pictures from the last case and the one from the murder last night and I found something interesting. The pentagrams are different. DAISUKE How? I cannot tell. SHINOBU Its the weapon that was used. Its completely different. DAISUKE Okay...? SHINOBU I examined the body after looking at these pictures and the cuts were made by different knives. The previous eleven were made by the same knife, the knife we have in our possession when we caught who we thought was the weapon snatcher. The knife that was used on the night guard this time was some type of serrated knife. The knife we have is a straight edge. The cuts on the old bodies are clean cut. The one from last night is jagged. DAISUKE Are you saying that it could be a copycat? SHINOBU It's our first inconsistency. It's quite possible. RYOICHI What if he just decided to use a different knife? SHINOBU When it comes to serial killers, most of them kill in a ritualistic manner. They do everything perfectly using the same materials. Why would he change his ritual? RYOICHI So we are dealing with a copycat. SHINOBU There's a higher probability of that then the real weapon snatcher. DAISUKE This copycat must have been an apprentice or something. Kiyomi thinks that he is going to the Edo Tokyo Museum since it was the next target on the list of the original. SHINOBU If he does everything just like the original, she is correct. DAISUKE I'll call her and tell her the new information. Her, Ishikawa and Yuuto are going to be at the museum tonight, just in case he decides to do this every night. SHINOBU That is a good idea. Daisuke exits the room as he dials his phone. RYOICHI I'm going to go back to Ishikawa's to check on Ken'ichi and Yumiko. SHINOBU Alright. Ryoichi leaves to room. Ninette rises and walks over to the Shinobu. NINETTE Shinobu? SHINOBU Yes? NINETTE Do you know why Yuuto is ignoring me? SHINOBU Not really. I can tell he's more uncomfortable when you're around. NINETTE I probably shouldn't have taken him to that psychologist. SHINOBU Maybe your right, but maybe knowing his past might be good for him. I know we said that we were going to leave it alone and we should, but he doesn't remember half of his past. Your past explains your present but if you don't have that past, it's hard to change for the future. Ninette sits and is silent. INT. EDO TOKYO MUSEUM. MIDNIGHT. In the security room, Kiyomi and Yuuto are watching the security cameras. Kiyomi is dressed in more comfortable clothes than what we have seen before. A few of the monitors show the night guards walking along the halls. Yuuto looks over to her. YUUTO Congratulations, by the way. KIYOMI What? YUUTO Because of the situation before, I was not able to congratulate you and Daisuke on your engagement. KIYOMI Oh, thank you. It's nice to know someone approves of it. YUUTO Is there a reason your brother is not approving it? Kiyomi walks away from him. She turns slowly back to face him. KIYOMI I was married once. I was young and stupid and thought I had found a wonderful guy. We got married and it seemed like everything was fine. She turns and pulls up her shirt halfway and shows Yuuto the scars from cuts and cigarette burns. Yuuto covers his mouth, disgusted. Kiyomi pulls down her shirt and turns back to him. KIYOMI He seemed like a nice guy but he wasn't. It took me awhile to realize that. When I finally realized it and he attacked me, I fought back. I don't know if my brother told you but he learned his aikido skills from me. If done the right way, some of those techniques can be lethal. I broke his neck, killing him. I was so tired of everything he had done to me. That's when I became the woman I am today. I'm more independent than before. I think Kazuo is afraid that Daisuke is putting on the same facade that my ex-husband did but I know better now. I know better than to think that he is trying to deceive me. Yuuto is silent. YUUTO I'm glad you know what made you who you are today. Kiyomi's stern face changes to sadness. KIYOMI Daisuke told me what you had. I made the mistake earlier of calling you an unstable nutcase. I'm sorry for that. YUUTO That's not the worst name I have been called. I would rather be called an unstable nutcase than a psychopath. The alarm goes off. The two of them rush to the monitors. Kiyomi points at one. KIYOMI There, let's go. The two of them rush out of the room. On the fourth floor, Kazuo is running after a black figure. The figure turns the corner and when Kazuo reaches the corner, he is not there. Kazuo pulls out his guns and slowly walks ahead. He pulls out his flashlight and shines it ahead and spots two dead night guards. KAZUO My god. KIYOMI Kazuo! He turns around to see Yuuto and Kiyomi running towards him. KAZUO God, don't scare me like that. The figure falls from the ceiling behind Kiyomi and injects a needle into her neck. KAZUO Kiyomi! Kiyomi grabs the man's arm and pulls him over her head, causing him to fall on the ground. Kiyomi falls to the ground. The man gets up and starts to run in Yuuto's direction. Yuuto grabs the man's arm and pulls the face mask off to reveal OJIMA YAMATO. Yuuto has a flashback of him and Yamato running away from the police in Korea and leaving Yamato behind. Yuuto comes back to reality. YUUTO Yamato? YAMATO Yuuto? Yamato looks over to see Kazuo running towards him. He pulls out of Yuuto's grip and runs off. Kazuo chases after him. INT. HOSPITAL. EARLY MORNING. Daisuke runs into the hospital room. He sees Kazuo and Yuuto standing in front of the hospital bed that Kiyomi is lying on. She is unconscious with an oxygen mask on. Daisuke runs between Kazuo and Yuuto to get to the bed. DAISUKE Kiyomi! He holds her hand. He turns to Kazuo. DAISUKE What happened to her? KAZUO She was injected with the neurotoxin by the weapon snatcher. He got away before I could get a hand on him. They have tried to reverse the effects of the neurotoxin with some success. DAISUKE Did we find out who it is? KAZUO Yuuto knows. Yuuto looks away. DAISUKE Is this true, Yuuto? YUUTO His name is Ojima Yamato. I grew up with him in Nagano. I thought he was dead. I saw him in Korea being shot down by the police. I didn't know he was alive. Kenta and two government agents walk in. KENTA We cannot trust that. DAISUKE Watanabe-san? KENTA Takanori Yuuto, we will need you to come with us. We cannot have you running about until this man is caught. YUUTO I have nothing to do with him! KENTA (to agents) Cuff him. One of the agents walks over to him and starts to cuff him. YUUTO I told you I have nothing to do with him. DAISUKE Watanabe-san, please. KENTA We will keep him until this is settled. The two officials try to take Yuuto out of the room but he turns to Kazuo. YUUTO I had nothing to do with him! You had no right to tell them anything! Yuuto collapses, bringing the agents down. Yuuto stands, his eyes filled with anger and runs towards Kazuo screaming. He seems very primitive. Kenta and the agents grab him and pull him down to the ground. A nurse runs in and is shocked. KAZUO Get a tranquilizer. The nurse runs back out. Kazuo grabs Yuuto's face, stopping him from screaming but he is breathing heavily. The nurse runs back in and hands Kazuo the tranquilizer needle. KAZUO Your friend hurt my sister. I don't care if you're associated with him or not, I can't trust you. Kazuo sticks the needle in Yuuto's shoulder and watches him as he becomes unconscious. He lets go of Yuuto and stands. Kenta and the agents carry Yuuto out of the room, the nurse follows. Daisuke looks at Kazuo in disbelief. DAISUKE Do you realize you just turned in the one person that could help us find the weapon snatcher? KAZUO We are not safe if he is helping him. DAISUKE If he was, we would be dead already! He trusts us, Ishikawa! I know you love your sister but it's not Yuuto's fault! KAZUO It doesn't matter! His emotions would get in the way of this mission and you know how he is when he is emotional! DAISUKE He's learned to control it! KAZUO Bullshit! Were you not here just now? He tried to attack me. Whoever this new alter is is slowly coming out and its dangerous. Its better if he is locked away. You cannot argue that. DAISUKE I am going to argue with it because I am his friend, a concept that you need to figure out. The nurse walks back in. NURSE Is everything alright in here? KAZUO Yes. DAISUKE No, please escort him out. KAZUO What? DAISUKE I don't want you here and I'm going to stay here with my fiance. KAZUO She's my sister. DAISUKE I don't give a s**t anymore! You may think you know what your sister wants, but you don't. Get out. Kazuo angrily walks out of the room. Daisuke sits next to Kiyomi and holds her hand. INT. DIH. NOON. In Shinobu's lab, Ninette brings in a tray of food and drinks for her and Shinobu and lays it down on his desk. Shinobu is sleeping on a futon. Ninette kneels down and shakes him. NINETTE Hey, Shinobu, I brought you lunch. Shinobu wakes up and rubs his eyes. SHINOBU Thanks. Ninette walks back over to the desk and takes her food. NINETTE How late did you stay up last night? SHINOBU I went to sleep around three. NINETTE Doing what? SHINOBU I had to re-look at all of the pictures Daisuke took of the crime scene two nights ago. I was trying to look for more inconsistencies. NINETTE Any luck? SHINOBU No. He's a good copycat. Kenta quickly walks into the room. SHINOBU Watanabe-san, good morning. KENTA We have a problem. Both of you follow me. In an interrogation room, Yuuto is sitting there with tears in his eyes. He is cuffed to the chair. Kenta opens the door and lets Shinobu and Ninette in. Ninette sees Yuuto and runs to him. NINETTE Yuuto! YUUTO(REI) Stay away from me! NINETTE Rei? YUUTO(REI) You murderer! How dare you unlock his memory, you murderer! NINETTE Rei, please stop it. KENTA Why is she calling him Rei? YUUTO(REI) Leave me alone! Ninette slaps Yuuto across the face. NINETTE You listen to me, Rei. You need to calm down and bring Yuuto back. I don't want the excuse that he is sleeping, I don't want the excuse that he doesn't want to see me even though he doesn't. This is not a good time for you to be here. YUUTO(REI) I hate you! Ninette raises and walks out of the room. Yuuto's head falls and then he comes back. He looks up to see Kenta and Shinobu. YUUTO Ogawa, I have nothing to do with the weapon snatcher, I swear! Kenta closes the door. SHINOBU Watanabe-san, what is going on? YUUTO I know who the copycat is. I grew up with him but that doesn't mean I'm helping him! SHINOBU Watanabe-san, please let him go, I know he's telling the truth. KENTA Why didn't you or any of the other members mention that he has Dissociative Identity Disorder? That is something we should know to keep you and the others safe. SHINOBU We did not want to cause any commotion. He has proven himself to us that he can be stable. KENTA I don't care how stable you think he is. I just saw him not too long ago trying to attack Ishikawa in a primitive manner. YUUTO It wasn't me, I swear it! Please, understand that I didn't do it on my own free will. SHINOBU Please don't pull him out of this mission, we need him! Please do not hurt him! KENTA I don't want to hear this anymore! That is my decision to pull him out or not. Right now, I am considering getting a new team all together for both missions. All of you are unstable in your personal lives to carry on anymore. SHINOBU Watanabe-san, don't do this! KENTA Tell Uchida that if the weapon snatcher case is not solved by the end of tomorrow, you are all fired and he will be thrown into a mental institution. Fix everything or its over for all of you. Kenta walks out of the room. Shinobu looks at Yuuto for a minute. YUUTO I'm sorry, this is all my fault. SHINOBU Don't think that. We will figure something out. Please tell me everything you know about your friend and we will try to find him and finish this. YUUTO If he took anything from the man that taught us our trade, he would hide his possessions in the most likely place. Most people would look for the least common place but not the most. Knowing Yamato, he and another colleague of his loved weapons and would hide the weapons he stole under the floorboards of the house we lived in as children. By ritual, that is what we did. So wherever he lives now, there has to be a floorboard that is loose for that reason. SHINOBU That seems pretty stupid. YUUTO Believe me, the police don't think of these things easily. SHINOBU Do you know where he might live? YUUTO Like I said, I didn't even know he survived. The last time I saw him was in Korea being gunned down. I left him there. SHINOBU How long ago was that? YUUTO About seven years ago. SHINOBU That would be long enough to serve in prison. What is his name? YUUTO Ujima Yamato. SHINOBU I will run and check on him in our database. We might be able to find something that could help us. I will have Daisuke, Ishikawa, and Ryoichi to patrol the next museum. I will make sure nothing horrible happens to any of us. I'll keep you out of an institution, I promise. Yuuto nods. Shinobu pulls a pin out of his pocket and picks Yuuto's cuffs off. SHINOBU Please don't cause any trouble. Shinobu walks out of the room. Yuuto looks around. He pulls his feet up on the chair and buries his face in his knees and weeps. INT. TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM. MIDNIGHT. Daisuke and Ryoichi are walking through the dark halls with flashlights. DAISUKE I'm hating everything that is happening the way it is. It seems like the team is falling apart and our secrets are being revealed. If I didn't know any better, I would think we were in a soap opera. RYOICHI I would hate to see Yuuto be thrown in an institution. I'm sure everyone would. DAISUKE Except for Ishikawa. I really don't know what is wrong with him. He seemed different when he came back but nothing has changed. RYOICHI Give him time. DAISUKE We've been doing this mission for just over a month now, he's had enough time. They hear running ahead of them. DAISUKE Did you hear what I heard? RYOICHI Yeah. Let's go. DAISUKE Ishikawa told us to watch our backs. Daisuke and Ryoichi pull out their guns and continue to walk. They reach the end of the hall and look down both hallways. RYOICHI Daisuke, this way. Ryoichi and Daisuke walk down the left hall. DAISUKE Look up at the ceiling too. Ryoichi shines the light on the ceiling. Ryoichi turns and Yamato sneaks up behind him aiming the needle for Ryoichi's neck. DAISUKE Ryoichi! A gun shot is heard and Yamato grabs his left knee, screaming in pain. Yamato drops the syringe and falls to the ground. Kazuo walks out of the shadows holding the fired gun. He kicks Yamato over and points the gun at his head. Daisuke grabs Kazuo's hand. KAZUO What are you doing? DAISUKE We need him. Kazuo pulls out of his grip and walks away. Daisuke pulls out his handcuffs and cuffs Yamato. INT. DIH. EARLY MORNING. In the interrogation room, Yuuto is sleeping in the corner of the room and is suddenly woken by the door opening. Two agents throw Yamato into the room. YAMATO Can't I get medical help, you b******s?! YUUTO Yamato? Yamato looks over at him. YAMATO So it really was you. YUUTO I thought you were dead. YAMATO I thought you were too. On the other side of the one-way mirror, Kenta and Daisuke are watching Yamato and Yuuto. KENTA Are you sure we can get any information out of him? DAISUKE If they are friends like Yuuto claims then he won't have a problem revealing some things to him. And if Yuuto turns into Katashi, he can be really persuasive. KENTA Katashi? DAISUKE His military personality. KENTA Why do you trust this man? DAISUKE Because all of us have grown to know what he is really like. He is very dedicated to his work. Yes, he is unstable at times but he tries his best like we all do to fulfill our mission. I don't want to see him treated like he's a criminal. KENTA He is a criminal. Have you forgotten that is a convicted thief? His expertise is the only reason he's with all of you. DAISUKE He has done nothing but good for us. KENTA It doesn't matter. You cannot change who he is. Yamato struggles up to sits in the chair. YUUTO How did you survive? YAMATO I did get gunned down but they sent me to the hospital before sending me off to prison. I probably was shot about six times, I can't remember. I was in prison for five years. I made my way back here and met up with Gii. YUUTO Gii? He's still around? YAMATO No, he killed himself. Yuuto looks away. YUUTO Why? YAMATO Well, he was the original weapon snatcher. You remember how we used to make weapons and things when we were younger. He made his way to Tokyo a year and a half ago. He made this elaborate plan and made the neurotoxin. I didn't help him during those times but he hid the weapons in our apartment. When I found out that he killed himself, I really didn't know how to act. Gii and I were the closest from our group. I wanted to continue where he left off. Kenta turns to Daisuke. KENTA Was the man we found named Gii? DAISUKE I'm not sure. I'll have to check with Ogawa. KENTA Do so, now. DAISUKE Yes, sir. Daisuke leaves. Yamato leans in towards Yuuto. YAMATO So, I have a question for you? Why were you at the museum? Are you working for the same people who screwed Sensei out of everything? YUUTO It's not like that. YAMATO Sensei always told us not to trust the government. That's why we did what we were trained to do. YUUTO I know what Sensei taught us. I never agreed with everything he said though. YAMATO Like what? YUUTO Killing innocent people. In the last month, I have seen what killing guilty people can do to someone. It's not okay to kill anyone, innocent or not. YAMATO You never had trouble with it before. YUUTO Because it was never me doing the killing. YAMATO That doesn't make any sense. YUUTO I have multiple personalities. Yamato looks at him strangely. YUUTO My body killed when I wasn't in control. YAMATO Why did you never tell us? YUUTO You didn't need to know. I wasn't even sure what was wrong. I didn't find out until two years ago. I thought I was just schizophrenic but the personalities could take over. I don't even know how I developed it. YAMATO Did you tell Sensei? YUUTO I mentioned it and he told me to not to worry about it. YAMATO I don't understand how I was your friend all those years and you never said anything. YUUTO I didn't want you or anybody else to get involved in my personality problems. YAMATO That's not an excuse! YUUTO Please, don't be angry. YAMATO You turned your back on us, you kept something about yourself secret from us, and now you are a government agents! Why should I not be angry? Yuuto's head falls for a split second before he covers his ears and he starts to whine. YAMATO Stop that! Yamato limps over to Yuuto and pulls him up by his shirt. YAMATO Stop it! Yamato punches him to the ground. YUUTO(NOBORO) Don't hurt me, please! YAMATO Stop whining! You were always whining for no reason! YUUTO(NOBORO) Stop! YAMATO You're nothing like I thought you were! Why did I trust you! YUUTO(NOBORO) Stop! Daisuke runs in to see Kenta who is focused on Yuuto and Noboro. DAISUKE The weapon snatcher we found was Gii. He told the truth. We also have his apartment address. Shinobu and I are going there to check it out. KENTA You might want to wait. Daisuke looks over to watch Yamato beating on Yuuto. DAISUKE Why are you allowing this to happen? Kenta is silent. Daisuke runs out of the room. Yamato raises his fist for another punch when Daisuke runs into the room and aims his gun at Yamato. DAISUKE Don't move! Yamato releases Yuuto who is unconscious and bloody. Yamato stands, leaning on the wall for support, and faces Daisuke. YAMATO Are you going to shoot me? DAISUKE Lay another hand on him and I will. YAMATO I know where the weapons are, you couldn't shoot me even if you wanted to. DAISUKE I'll blow your other kneecap off if you piss me off one more time. Ujima Yamato, we know where you live and we are going to take you there so you can show us where you are keeping the weapons. If you don't cooperate, I will take the honor of making sure you don't walk again. YAMATO So much vengeance for nothing. DAISUKE You injected neurotoxin into my fiance two nights ago. I want to kill you for harming her but I'm not going to let my emotions get in my way of finishing what I started a year ago. YAMATO You're not going to take me anywhere. Daisuke shoots Yamato's other knee and he falls. DAISUKE I warned you not to piss me off. You almost killed my fiance, you beat up my friend and colleague, and you are going to cost me my job if you don't f*****g cooperate! YAMATO Fine! I'll go with you. Daisuke puts his gun away and goes to cuff Yamato. Kenta walks in the room. Daisuke helps Yamato up and sees Kenta. DAISUKE Now do you see? Yuuto didn't have anything to do with him! He better be sent off to the hospital to be treated or I will quit and so will Ogawa! Daisuke drags Yamato out of the room. Kenta looks down at Yuuto. EXT. PARK. NOON. Kazuo is sitting on a bench. He is holding a picture of a younger Kiyomi, around maybe the age of twenty. An older lady comes up and sits next to him. He slides away from her. She looks over at him and down at the picture. LADY She's lovely. Let me guess, girlfriend? KAZUO No...um, sister. LADY Oh, I'm sorry. She must be a very sweet girl. KAZUO She is. LADY I'm sorry if I'm being nosey, but you look sad when you look at her. Why is that? KAZUO She's engaged to someone who I don't exactly get along with. He kicked me out of her hospital room because he said I didn't know what my sister wanted. LADY Why do you not get along with him? KAZUO I knew when I first met him but now I'm not so sure. He has changed since I first met him and maybe that's why I don't know now. LADY Does you sister trust him? KAZUO She agreed to the engagement so I guess she does. LADY Then why question her judgment? Kazuo is silent. LADY If she is happy with him, you should trust her judgment. My brother was the same way when I got engaged. KAZUO Really? LADY Yes. He never liked my husband and I knew that. As the years went by, I didn't know if he grew to liking him or he just tolerated him to make me happy but he saw that I was happy with him and I will never forget what he said to me. He said 'I might not like him but you love him more than anything and I can accept that.' My mind was at ease after he said that rather he liked my husband or not. If you are afraid that she will not love you, she could never let you go. Siblings hold a special connection that no one else can understand. She will always hold a special place in your heart for you. KAZUO You really think so? LADY I still love my brother. He's my family after all. He's the only family I have left. I've outlived both of my children and my husband so he's all I have left. An older man comes up to both of them and holds out his hand for the woman. MAN Are you ready sister? LADY Yes. She takes his hand and stands. She looks back at Kazuo. LADY Go to your sister and tell her how you feel. If she is happy, shouldn't that be enough to make you happy? The lady and her brother walk away from him. Kazuo takes another look at his sister's picture. INT. YAMATO'S APARTMENT. NOON. Daisuke, Shinobu and Ryoichi are searching through the small apartment. Yamato is sitting on the bed. Shinobu examines the floorboards. He knocks on one that is loose. He pulls out a pocketknife and picks the floorboard up. He reaches around in the hole and feels something. He pulls his hand back and realizes his fingers are cut. SHINOBU Guys, pull up the floorboards. Daisuke and Ryoichi go over to help him pull up the boards. They remove a few others before they reveal the stolen weapons. Yamato sneaks his hands under his pillow as they pull out the weapons. DAISUKE There should be either twelve or thirteen. YAMATO Don't move, any of you. The three of them look to see Yamato pointing a gun at him with his hands still cuffed behind his back. YAMATO Those weapons are Gii's possession. DAISUKE They were stolen by you and him. YAMATO They belong to us! Yamato shoots but misses when they all duck. Ryoichi pulls out his gun quickly and shoots Yamato between the eyes. RYOICHI I hate dumbasses with guns. DAISUKE Let's just get all of these weapons back to headquarters. They start to collect the weapons. INT. HOSPITAL. MID-AFTERNOON/NIGHT. Yuuto is sitting in a hospital bed with a blank stare on his face. He is cleaned up with bandages on the side of his mouth and forehead. The door slides open and he looks over. He sees Ninette and pulls his knees up and buries his face. She reaches inside her purse and pulls out a small present. She walks over to him and sits on the bed. NINETTE Rei? Yuuto looks up, his eyes are filled with tears. NINETTE I'm sorry for hitting you earlier. I know I messed Yuuto up a little more but I want to help him. The only way to help him is for him to know what made him the way he is. Do you understand? Yuuto nods. Ninette pulls out some tissues from her purse and wipes Yuuto's tears. He pulls back. NINETTE Rei, can I speak to Yuuto? YUUTO You are. Ninette pulls her hand back and looks away. YUUTO I know you are trying to help me and I appreciate it. NINETTE Then why have you been ignoring me? YUUTO It is hard to explain. NINETTE No, please tell me! Yuuto stretches his legs out and looks out of the window. YUUTO The day you took me to the psychologist, the memory of my father's death came back to me. The woman in the blue dress stabbed my father in the neck. When you killed Shizuka, you killed her in the same manner the lady did my father. I ignored you because every time I saw you, it reminded me of the memory. It was hard to be around you because of that. I hate it because every time I think I'm ready for you to touch me, something pulls me away from you! I don't know what it is that I feel but I feel it for you! I don't know how to show it because it has never been shown to me! I love you, Ninette! Ninette looks at him. NINETTE What? YUUTO You are the first person to actually care about me. I have never met a person that wants to help me as much as you. I know it is not right for me to feel this way about you but I can't help it. I want to be able to not be afraid when you touch me. I want to be touched by someone without feeling like I'm being hurt. I don't want anything to push me away from you anymore. I don't want to ignore the help anymore. I want help! Ninette throws her arms around his neck and holds him tightly. He tenses up and grabs her shoulders to try to push her away but gives in. He cries into her shoulder and tears run down her face. Later that night, Kazuo is sitting by the bed holding Kiyomi's hand. Kiyomi's eyes open slowly. She looks over at Kazuo and sits up. KAZUO Kiyomi. Kiyomi pulls the oxygen mask off of her face. KIYOMI Have you been here the whole time? KAZUO I've been here when Daisuke hasn't. He doesn't want me in here with you. Kiyomi looks away. KAZUO I'm giving my blessing to you and Daisuke. Kiyomi looks at him, astonished. KAZUO Last night, he said something that struck me. He said 'you may think you know why your sister wants but you don't.' He kicked me out of your room after that. I saw how much passion he had for you and how protective he was for you, it made me look selfish. Earlier today, I had sort of a revelation. I finally realized that Daisuke cares for you more than anything, and I respect that. He wouldn't have left this morning if Watanabe-san didn't force him to leave. KIYOMI Are you sure you're not just telling me this so you won't lose me? KAZUO I'm trying to get you back. I did lose you and I don't want to lose you again. I see now that you trust him and that your judgment now is better than before. I see that now. I might not like him but you love him more than anything and I can accept that. Please forgive me, Kiyomi. The door opens and Kiyomi looks up. Kazuo looks at the door and sees Daisuke. Kazuo stands and kisses Kiyomi's forehead. He walks towards Daisuke and bows to him. KAZUO Take care of my sister. The two of you deserve each other. Daisuke looks confused as Kazuo passes him to leave the room. Daisuke quickly moves towards Kiyomi and hugs her. DAISUKE You're awake. I thought I was going to lose you. KIYOMI I'm not going anywhere. She wraps her arms around him. They separate and Daisuke sits beside her. She lays her head on his chest. KIYOMI My brother gave us his blessing. He has finally accepted you. DAISUKE I'm glad you got what you wanted. KIYOMI He's the only family I have left. I need him in my life. DAISUKE I understand. I'm just glad you are okay. Kiyomi smiles and closes her eyes. MONTAGE. As the following scenes happen, the credit song will be playing. Shinobu returns home, his hand wrapped in a bandage. Natsumi runs to him and hugs him. Her pregnancy is starting to show a little. She looks at his hand but he assures her its okay. She brings him to the kitchen and sits him down at the table and serves him food. They both smile at each other. At Kazuo's house, Ryoichi and Yumiko are playing with Ken'ichi on the bed. Ken'ichi jumps up onto Ryoichi. Yumiko pulls him off and starts to tickle him. All of them show so much joy. Yumiko holds Ryoichi's hand and they smile at each other. Kazuo is looking out into the city from a bridge. He takes out his wallet and opens it up to look at a picture of Jun and Haru. He looks back out with a smile on his face. Daisuke is helping Kiyomi walk through the halls of the hospital. She trips but he catches her. He picks her up and carries her. They exchange smiles as he continues to carry her to her room. Ninette is sitting next to Yuuto facing him. He has fallen asleep. She opens the present from earlier which is a jewelry box. She opens it to reveal a gold ring on a chain. She closes is and places it in his open hand. The music ends. Ninette smiles. She pulls out her phone and dials. She holds it up to her ear and waits or a second. Her father's voice is heard. The next conversation is in French. ALBERT (over phone) Hello? NINETTE Father. ALBERT (over phone) Ninette!? Are you alright!? Are you hurt!? NINETTE I won't be coming home. I have everything I need right here. ALBERT (over phone) Ninette, wait...! Ninette closes the phone and breaks it. A tear rolls down her face as she pulls out a picture of her father from her purse and rips it in half. INT. SEICHII'S HIDEOUT. NIGHT. Seichii is sitting at his desk looking very unhappy. A suited yakuza agent is standing before him with a folder. AGENT Fujiwara and Minoto are dead. Akachi and our main supplier of weapons have been arrested. All that is left now is your's and your father's sectors. SEIICHI This is bullshit. How could they have found us so easily? AGENT We have dug up some information on each of the members of the team that were sent after us. SEIICHI And? The agent opens up the folder and starts to read, flipping through the pages after each member. AGENT Uchida Daisuke is the leader. Known family leaves in Sapporo. Currently involved with Ishikawa Kiyomi. Ogawa Shinobu is a forensic scientist. Known family also lives in Sapporo and he lives with his wife, Ogawa Natsumi. Kawano Ryoichi is a weapon specialist. Known family is his son and he is currently involved with Nakano Yumiko. Ishikawa Kazuo is an ex-CIA agent. Known family is his sister Ishikawa Kiyomi. Other affiliations are unknown. Lastly, there is Takanori Yuuto who is a defiance expert. He has no family that we know of. SEIICHI Perfect. Seiichi stands and walks toward the door. SEIICHI Those men don't know who they are dealing with.
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Added on November 17, 2011 Last Updated on November 17, 2011 AuthorSayuri HiroshiGraham, NCAboutHello, my pen name is Sayuri Hiroshi. I am a first year college student aspiring to be a screenwriter. I write many scripts and experiment with many genres of film. I want to major in film studies and.. more..Writing
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