It was early dawn and the sun had just risen passed the horizon. At this hour most people would be asleep, it would be quiet and because it was a Sunday most people would sleep till late. But this morning was different; there where loud noises from sirens, and a huge commotion in one particular small neighborhood at the outskirt of Tokyo. In this small community everyone was awake. There where clusters of people talking, trying to figure out what had happened.
Well not everyone was awake, not the Kurosawa family. They where a rich family, and where the owners of the largest house in the area- equivalent to a small mansion.
There was a reason for why they weren’t awake; a tragic one at that. Just a few hours earlier, a group buglers had broken into the small mansion, which would normally not be a problem. They had a great security system, yet unfortunately on this particular night, it wasn't working properly. It had already been broken for two days and should have been repaired today. The unknowing family were still been asleep until their last moment.
The husband and wife were murdured in their sleep. The only daughter of the family had been stabbed and shot, yet miraculously was still alive.
The police was investigating the crime scene. Tere where four corpses altogether; the mother, the father and two of the suspects. There was also a katana nearby, which had been used to kill the suspects. The culprit of the suspects murder, was still unidentified. Not that anyone would believe the truth, either. The one who had murdered them was that Rin, the daughter. Yet the fact remained, who would ever believe a fourteen year old girl, a physically small one at that, could kill two grown men? The thought had never even crossed their mind.
The police also wondered how meany culprits there really had been. They knew there were more than two, as witnesses had told them that they had seen suspicious looking men running off towards the woods. Yet no one was able to identify exactly how many they were.
The only one who knew the answer to both of these questions, was the unconscious girl, who now was on her way to the hospital. She was badly injured and desperately clinging on to life, refusing to let it slip away. Despite her efforts, the doctor with her knew she most likely wouldn't make it. At most, she had a few days left... even those, however, wouldn't be without pain and suffering.
Akiko Nakamura, one of the policemen investigating the case of the murdered family knew very well that if Rin Kurosawa died, the case would remain forever unsolved. She was the only one who knew exactly what had transpired that night.
Despite this knowledge, he didn't want to give up on this case. He wanted to know what kind of monsters could find it within themselves to do something this horrible to a family. He wanted to know who had tried to save the girl. And more than anything else, he wanted to keep his own daughter safe from things like this. Something about this case was... almost alluring. It didn't feel quite natural.
What he didn't know was that this was going to become his last case.
Rin was unconscious, but still wished strongly to live; she wished to unravel the secret behind her parents murder, and she wished for company. She was scared of being alone.