Undercover Romance

Chapter 5 Our Only Effing Witness

What's the strongest word for stank as hell?

Funky, foul, rotten, disgusting, offensive, reeking?

No let's try 'you need to hurry and get your ass out of their before your noise falls off' kind of stink.

There were plenty of things the hanyou was taught in the academy. Pictures of dead bodies, real life crimes scenes and training videos were used to prepare them for the soon-to-be reality cases they would take once graduation came around. This was the most efficient way to set rookies up for seeing decaying carcasses of dead victims' right?

Wrong.

There was absolutely nothing that could compare to the awful rising stench of sun baked rotten flesh, burning in your nostrils. The intensity of the situation would be worst for those of canine blood considering their advanced levels of senses.

Which Inuyasha was finding out the hard way once he stepped inside of the hotel room. The immediate onrush of the foul odor of dead humans, tormented the shrilled shit out of his muzzle.

"Ahh fuck!" He groaned covering his mouth and nose to keep the putrid scent out. He'd never smelled anything so horrid in his life. What the living hell could produce such a smell?

"Inuyasha do you plan to lolly gag at the entrance or will you come in to do your job?"

Hn, easy for him to say. Sesshomaru was used to smelling this gloomy funk. Still it made the hanyou curious if the smell was just as bothersome for his brother as it was for him.

"I'm coming." He muffled through the cracks of his fingers. The first step was the hardest to accomplish since it only brought him closer to the deadly scent. His ears sagged against the crown of his head while the overwhelming fumes pierced his naked eyeballs. "Oh fuck this." He was getting the H-E double hockey sticks out of their before he fell out from a funk stroke.

"Inuyasha!"

Right. He almost forgot he was still under his three month evaluation. By leaving he was just adding fuel to the already scorching flame of hatred between himself and Sesshomaru. And the last thing he planned on was giving his bastard brother the satisfaction of giving him a bad score. So with a new found determination, the hanyou removed his hands and stepped deeper into the hotel until he was beside his brother. Ohh it smelled awful in here.

Sesshomaru was buckled down next to a navy blue coat wearing paramedic discussing the condition of the body underneath the white sheet.

"Cause of death?" He asked.

The orange bird demon medic pointed to two positions under the thin layer cover. "Two gunshot wounds. One to the base of the neck, swiveling the spinal cord and the second striking through her back and out the rib cage. She died on impact so there was no suffering."

"Do we have an ID on the girl?"

"Yea. Sango Hondo age 218 demons years; 17 human standard years. She attended the Shikiko High School down near broad avenue and central. Employment unknown, parentage unknown."

"Do you have any clue as to where she resided?"

The medic shook her head. "There's no record in the system for the girl. It's almost like someone didn't want her known. And that guy," She gestured toward the other sheet covered fatality by the wall. "He was a hard one to trace. There was no form of ID on him or anything else besides a few gambling cards and receipts."

"How long have they been dead?" Sesshomaru questioned lifting the sheet to look at her face. Such a shame for one so young to died so violently.

"Judging by the development of these Green Body Blow Flies and the lack of color in her skin, I'd say about 8 hours."

How interesting. "So she was murdered last night?"

"Yes. But an autopsy will have to be commenced just to be sure."

"Hm I see. Write that down." Sesshomaru ordered the somewhat dazed younger brother.

"Uh yea." Inuyasha quickly retrieved his small pocket notebook jotting down everything he'd heard. "You want me to get anything else?"

"Just be silent and write down whatever I deem necessary."

Well it was the perfect day for him to be a bastard after all. Then again when was it not a perfect day for Sesshomaru to play the cruel asshole to Inuyasha?

"Thank you for the time. I'll be back to search over the body for any further details. See if you can have forensics analyze her body for any signs of fingerprints. Tell them to have her fingernails scraped for possible foreign DNA including getting swipes of the blood dotted around her back."

"Yes sir."

Inuyasha busied himself with writing down every single word his brother spoke making a mental memo to say the exact same things once he got up to expert level.

When Sesshomaru turned to go and ID the other body he noted his younger brother scribbling down every single detail in came in contact with or heard spoken. He had to admit; at least the boy was being attentive to his job skills and learning prospects. "Come on." He urged moving to the other casualty.

Inuyasha dotted his last sentence and tucked the notebook in his back pocket. This was becoming and interesting crime scene. If only they could get rid of the nasty stench he'd be good as gravy. Watching his older brother's every maneuver; Inuyasha eased up beside him trying to seem as cool, calm and collected as Sesshomaru.

The dog demon's trained slanted amber eyes scanned over the ground as they walked toward the molded face hidden behind the white body blanket. Odd that there wasn't a single marker for a bullet shell on the floor. Which meant that whoever did the shooting was smart enough to pick after themselves. That also meant that they weren't dealing with no novice killer. This person was an expert.

When he arrived in front of the body he frowned. "Uncover him." Came the abrupt order.

One of the medics hooked a glove finger under the curve of the blanket and pulled it back to reveal a sunk faced male human with three bullet wounds through his chest. The grief struck expression of his face's last remaining moments of time stayed unchanged from the terror of having his life so viciously taken away.

With Sesshomaru it was just another dead body to add to his endless list of dead bodies he's already witnessed. However Inuyasha looked at the stale faced man with a different set of eyes. A hideous shade of a disgusted green mirrored through his orbs as he took in the murdered human. This was absolutely nothing like when he studied the photos of those crimes scenes in class. The increased smell waved by the uncovering of his stiff form… the horrible sight of his last moments still imprinted in his face… Ugh. "Oh god. Oh god." He choked. The buildup of sour tasting bile filled the hanyou's throat as he turned around ready to bolt to give his stomach some much needed relief.

He couldn't take it. The primal desire to empty his stomach contents won out over logic as he turned to head outside only to be snatched by his upper arm by Sesshomaru. "You so much as think of leaving and I'll write you up for failure to cooperate in a proper evaluation." He hissed squeezing each word into his death grip.

The quick tempered flames of anger licked across golden irises of the younger hanyou who was itching to cuss the living hell out of his brother. A really good cussing out. It's not that he couldn't or wouldn't do it. It's just that he had a handful of last night's dinner still slushing around in his mouth. But he could communicate his rage through the evil glare of his big expressive eyes.

"I despise you as well." Sesshomaru sneered quietly as if the words of hatred were spoken loud enough to hear. "But unfortunately we're stuck with one another so until then, do as you're told." He released his bruising hold shoving the hanyou back toward the body.

Inuyasha stumbled a bit which brought forth a few eyes drawn to the mild commotion taking place between the brothers. His cheeks were still swollen with the desire to barf so what exactly was he supposed to do? Stand there looking like a green faced sumo wrestler?

"Swallow it."

Oh fuck that. Inuyasha looked at his brother as if he'd lost his mind. He wasn't swallowing a damn thing.

"Strike one."

What the—did he just resort to his childhood way of getting him to behave?

"Strike two."

Son of a bitch. He was actually using the strikes rule to make him listen.

"Strike—"

Inuyasha swallowed before the dreaded number three could be uttered from his brother's lips and gagged clasping his throat from the bitter flavor soaking his gullet. He squinted his left eye at the raw burn as his right eye glared daggers at his brother. "Bastard." He harped under his breath only loud enough for the object of his frustrations to hear.

Sesshomaru let the insult slide. "Go make yourself useful and scan the room for evidence. Make sure to wear gloves on your hands at all times. Use the ones designated for demons with claws, although you're anything but."

"Fuck you."

Sesshomaru's right eye twitched as he tried to keep a straight face. The damned brat was seriously raking the rawest part of his brain.

The stupid, arrogant, cock sucking, fucked up, girly faced, wannabe transvestite, son of a three legged whore! He couldn't stand the biggity jerk. Always having to throw his human blood into his face at every given turn. The twisted sadistic asshole! Grrr the ignorant jerk knew exactly what to say to grind his effing gears to the point of repair. The mental ranting war zone continued on in the boiling hanyou's head as he snatched up a pair of demonic gloves shoving them on his hands.

Who did the asshole think he was anyway? His older brother? Technically he was but he didn't have to be a malicious one.

With gloves intact Inuyasha went to work on scanning around the lightly crowded enclosure for anything that might seem out of the ordinary.

Let's see…

Dirty sock—toss

Plastic fingernail—not important

Open condom wrapper—Yuck. Be gone evil disgustingness.

Strands of light gray hair— somebody needs treatment. Toss.

Nudie magazines…Inuyasha lifted a dark eyebrow—Nice boobs. Not important.

Where was all the juicy stuff like he'd seen in class? He couldn't use that weak crap. He wanted some nice incriminating evidence. Like bullets, guns or something. Standing up from his hunker down position on the floor he turned toward a table where he noticed a wine glass with tilted to the side. Hn, maybe he should fingerprint it for handprints.

There was a small fingerprint kit sitting next to a lamp so he borrowed it to perform his ritual. Hmm now how did you do this again? Did you grip it by the neck and dusted the sides or were you supposed to leave it where it was and graze it with the brush? But if he didn't move it than how would he able to get the other side? If he did move it would he be breaking the rule of contaminating vital evidence? Or what if he—fuck it.

Inuyasha picked up the thin flute by the skinniest part of its neck and glazed the slender surface in a dark powder. After giving it a nice swerve of dust he reached into the box for some print lifting tape and plastered it around the pipe and lifted up the small visible, what he figured to be thumb and forefinger prints.

Feeling like an experienced detective, Inuyasha did an imaginative dance in his head at doing his first real printing. He was so caught up in his little victory boogie that a sparkle nearly went past his sharp eyes. Something twinkling circled around the rim of the glass on two different sides. Upon closer inspection he studied what looked to be two different shades of pink and red lip smudges on the outline. Was that considered worthy of giving to Sesshomaru as evidence? He did say to inform him if he found something worth talking about.

So… "Hey Sesshomaru?"

Hearing his name called, said demon walked over toward his younger brother expecting to answer another easy question. "What is it?" He asked.

"Is this important?" Mumbled the awe struck hanyou holding the lip stick painted wine flute for his brother to inspect.

Sesshomaru frowned. "Let me see."

There was a rustle behind him and Inuyasha glanced over his shoulder in time to feel the slightest tease of something silky tickling his cheek. It was Sesshomaru's hair. Whoa that's a little too close for comfort. Was it him or could he feel Sesshomaru's breathe ghosting the side of his neck? It felt strange. "Do ya mind? It's called personal space for a reason ya know." Wait was that Axe he was wearing? Sniff. Yep and it smells like that new scent that came out recently. What's it called? Excite?... Now he's definitely too close if he can smell the guys body odor.

Ignoring him Sesshomaru continued to examine what appeared to be two separate shades of lips stick stuck at the top of the wine glass. Interesting. The young murder victim was wearing one of these shades on her lips. So with the other print, did that mean there was a witness? If so was she still alive?

Ok talk about practically having your oxygen stolen with each inhaled breathe. Inuyasha was surely positive his brother could easily screen this discovery about forty steps back away from his neck which was making him feel very funny. And not in the 'ha ha' form. More like in the 'makes your stomach flop' form. "Ya know. If you keep standing so close to me, you'll burn the hair off my neck. Your breath isn't exactly kissing fresh." Perhaps a nice little insult would gain him the much needed distance between his back and the chin nearly resting on his shoulder blade.

Sesshomaru didn't bother with another tease barb from the troublesome hanyou. His mind was focused on the only bit of good news he's heard since he got here. "Give it to me."

"Huh what?

"Give me the glass." The command was spoken more slowly as if talking to a mentally challenged individual.

Inuyasha shook his head. "No way I found it first. I'll take it to the lab to be examined."

This piqued the demon's curiosity. "Ok so tell me what do you do from here?"

Uh good question. Better think of a quick answer with the bastard brother contest because if you didn't answer Sesshomaru's question within a ten second interval of being asked you were labeled incompetent, ignorant, reflected or just plain stupid. "I give it to forensics." He answered at the 8 second mark.

Clever boy. Sesshomaru hadn't expected him to get it correct. Perhaps the brat did learn a thing or two whilst in class. But he wouldn't grant him the slightest impression of being impressed. "Give that to the medic and come with me." He twisted off his set of glows tossing them in a contamination bag. "You and I are return to HQ. There's a couple of things I need to check on." He spoke with a couple of the officers and investigator before leaving the scene all together.

Inuyasha stayed in step with his evaluator the best he could, considering the guy had legs for miles. "What do we need to check on?"

If there was a pet peeve at the highest list of peeves for Sesshomaru it was having to repeat himself. "I said once we return to HQ that I had to check on some things. We'll talk later. Surely those ears on your head are used for more than decoration."

As if having a mind of their own the triangle white flaps fidgeted from side to side. "Asshole." He grumbled folding his arms. His ears were up there to hear things not to look pretty.

Sesshomaru reached the car first unlocking the door with his keys and getting inside. "What did you gather from your experience inside?"

Inuyasha got in and buckled his seatbelt. "I thought you said we'd discuss the case once we arrive to HQ?" He said with every word drenched in sarcasm.

Uh-oh one of those thin silver eyebrows just lifted. You know what that means. "What? Is that supposed to scare me?" Inuyasha said smartly. He was itching to throw a punch at his brother's face. Please god just let the bastard jump even an inch at him and he was so going to get fired.

Sesshomaru had exhausted all of his patience with the hanyou for one day. At only 10:46 a.m. in the morning he was already ready to dive into a pool of ibuprofen. "Just be silent the rest of the ride."

"Keh, you ain't gotta tell me twice." Inuyasha kicked his seat back and supporting his feet on the dash broad and settled down for a nap. "Wake me when we arrive." Before he could finish his sentence his feet were knocked roughly from the dash and a long arm reached over to jack his seat back into proper position. "What the hell—"

"Silence Inuyasha." The harsh hiss of demand struck something in the hanyou's brain cells in an instant to listen or be punished like some little bitch. "You're no longer some little punk with an ill-tempered attitude. You're a first year detective being evaluated for his skills to join the force. Consider this your one and only warning. Do not attempt to cross me again."

Oh if looks could murder on sight…Flies would be buzzing over both of their dead carcasses right now as amber met amber in a daring glare of defiance. Inuyasha was the first to look away knowing that Sesshomaru held the power in his hands to get rid of him in a heartbeat. So with a heavy heart he sighed sitting back in his chair and looking out the window. It was hopeless. No matter what happened or how long they worked together. They weren't going to get along. Not now and not ever.

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Where was it? Where was it?

She could've sworn she left it in there. Now the little book was missing action. Damn how could she be so stupid and leave her purse?

Right. Because she was running for her life away from the barrage of bullets flying past her head. Oh what did it matter anyway? Kagome was still in a sickened daze about seeing the cruel murder of her one and only best friend. Every single second that pasted was spent on reliving those four seconds of hearing her shrilling scream.

When she arrived home the young girl changed into a pair of sweat pants and a pink tank top, pulling her hair into a ponytail. She was a train wreck mess, but she could care less about her looks. Who cared what you looked like when your best friend was killed so viciously?

How could those monsters…those…those animals do that to her? Sango was innocent. She'd never done anything wrong to anyone and that creep with the heartless red eyes just shot her in cold blood. How was she going to continue to live on with this? Sango was the only person in the entire world Kagome had closest to family besides her Madam. Now with both of them gone…what would she do now? Her experience in the world of pleasuring was extremely limited to mild knowledge. There was no way she could support herself without help.

Then there's the fact of constantly living in fear of being found by those thugs. Those killers saw her face last night. What if she walked out of the front door and they were waiting right there to…to… "Aghh!"She exclaimed raking her fingers through her ponytail desperately thinking of a way for out of this mess.

Kagome needed help. But who could she go to? Who could she trust? There was no one else…

Wait!

That guy. The one that red eyed man was afraid of. Ses-sho-maru. Yes she could call him. He was a cop. You can trust cops right? Well not all cops but if he knew her Madam than he must be a great guy.

Scrambling to her feet, Kagome pushed aside all of the mail, junk magazines searching for the cordless phone. This wasn't the time for her to be a scatter brain! Where did she put it? Where? Where? Books were thrown, rugs lifted, couch cushions pushed up…There it was. Hidden snug between two couch pillows.

Now all she had to do was to call 911 and to ask for this Ses-sho-maru guy. They would know where and who he was right?

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By some stroke of undying miracle, Koga breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Inu brothers walk through the door. Neither was sporting the black eye him and Miroku and betted on earlier so that meant he lost.

Miroku scrolled back in his chair when he heard the front door open of the station and in walked his squad leader and newest squad member. "Pay up Wolfe."

Koga pulled out his fifty handing to the hand reaching out over his cubicle cube. "Hell I'm glad I lost this one."

"Yes and so is this dead president." Miroku grabbed the bill and flexed it loudly.

Koga studied the rigid body language of the younger brother snatching a rolling chair from an available desk and sat in it, folding his arms on the desk and slamming his head in the fold. Sesshomaru sat in his chair next to the one Inuyasha occupied and brought two fingers to his eyes to squeeze the irritation.

Both of them seemed as if they'd seen better days. Probably the days when they didn't have to be with each other.

"Hey Wolfe?" Miroku whispered rolling over to his neighbor's space. "I bet they won't do it."

Koga smiled an underhanded smirk. "I bet my money back they will."

"You're on."

Snickering to himself, Koga scooted back, sticking his head out grinning from one pointy ear to the other. This was going to be sweet. "Hey Toshiba!"

As predicted Sesshomaru and Inuyasha looked up simultaneously and answered at once, "What? Yes?"

That was the feather that broke the camel's back as both Miroku and Koga nearly fell to the floor holding their stomachs. They'd made a gamble on the Inu brothers answering at the same time when their shared last name was called and just like that, they got their wish. It was the perfect way to ease the tension in the room…Well for them at least.

Miroku wiped off his blue eye of the laugh filled tears. "Oh man. That's priceless." He retrieved the money from his chest pocket handing it back to Koga. "Here my friend. You earn this."

"Thank you." Koga looked at his dollar and kissed the center picture. "Welcome back to Casa la Koga's Pocket." And in the pocket it went.

There amusement was short lived when a smooth tone cut through their snorting glee. "I'm assuming you two have gained something from the investigation taking place at the hotel?" Sesshomaru said not even the slightest bit amused at the clever tact.

"Yea we did." Koga said with his cackling dying down. "We got people who claim to have seen three potential suspects described as coming out of the hotel between the times of 20:40-21:50 hours. We've also collected a few pieces of evidence. A strand of light gray hair was found at the scene along with a used condom wrapper, a porn mag, a dirty sock, and a plastic red fingernail."

With each familiar exhibited item listed, caused a certain hanyou to sink lower and lower in his seat.

"So what did you gain?" Sesshomaru asked.

Miroku answered. "We haven't processed the strand of hair yet for DNA. But we've dusted the magazine and wrapper but found no other prints belonging to anyone but the male victim Onigumo. The sock and nail were sent to the lab to process for possible skin cells and dirt particles."

Hmm Onigumo Blazer. The right hand man of Ryuukotsesui, the leader of the Dragon Fang Gang. he wondered what his play was in with the girl's murder. "Who are the suspects?"

Miroku was hoping he wouldn't have to answer that question. "Unfortunately none of the witnesses could give a valid enough description on the men they saw leaving."

"All we got was hair colors." Koga said annoyed. "No guesses on height, skin tone, voices, nada. But there is a little bit of good news."

"What?" This had beter been so good news too.

"One of the medics found traces of another source of blood near Onigumo's feet. She thinks there was another body but it was taken out with whomever else was in there at the time."

Well that was marvelous to hear. So they were still back at square one. That only met one thing. Sesshomaru stood up from his desk grabbing his note pad and jacket. He was going to have to gather his own information his way. "I'm heading out for a while."

Inuyasha's right ear turned to the sound of his brother leaving and stood up as well. "Where are we going?"

Sesshomaru held his hand up to halt the young one's steps. "I said I was going out for a while. Not we. You stay put until further notice."

"Say what? Hey our old man said—"

"I'm well aware of what Father has said." Sesshomaru shoved the hanyou back in his chair. "However my ventures can't allow an inexperienced rookie to follow."

In other words he was going to do something dangerous and couldn't risk bringing along some loose cannon. "Whatever." Inuyasha huffed returning his head back to his place at the desk.

At least with the brat out of the way he could handle his business without issue. "Starwind, Wolfe you two go to forensics and check on the statuses of the evidence. The sooner we're able to get a fix on those suspects the sooner we can solve this case." And the sooner he wouldn't have to worry about a certain puppy eared male following him around and being in danger. Having the brat around so much was a proving to become more and more complicated.

Sesshomaru walked out the door without a backwards glance focusing on his next move.

"Come on Wolfe." Miroku hopped from his chair stretching his arms. "Let's go before he finds out we lied about giving the evidence to forensics."

Koga pulled out a box from under his desk containing the clear evidence bags holding all of the items they listed before. "Damn I told you not to make that stop at the Pancake House. But nooo you just had to get those strawberry pancakes and bacon."

"Oh? And you didn't shovel down a whole plate of steak, eggs and waffles?" Miroku fussed heading out the door.

"Hey I wasn't just going to watch you eat!" The wolf demon shot.

"Hey can I go with you guys?" Asked the hopeful hanyou.

"Sorry kid. Sesshomaru says he wants you in here until he gets back."

"Come on guys." If he stayed in here any longer he was going to rip his hair from the roots. "How am I supposed to learn anything if you won't let me go with you?"

"Hey ask your FTO. He's the one who gives the orders for what you can and cannot do. See ya." With that final wink and farewell Koga was gone along with Starwind.

Great so not only was he a rookie but he was still a kid? Fuck this was so stupid.

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Yes a fucking stupid 8 hours later and still no one was there. Inuyasha's stayed in that exact same spot with his head still planted on the desk.

Fifth teen minutes passed before Inuyasha got up from his chair to peer around the empty compass lacking any bodies but his own. This was bullshit. Why was everybody treating him like a baby? He was a part of this force too. He had every right to participate in all the going-ons of the squad.

Nearby, there was a coffee pot held some black boiling brew ready for anyone to drink…Inuyasha aimed for the fridge and pulled out the bottle of apple juice his father bought for him knowing that he hated the bitter taste of coffee. At least the old man treated him with respect.

Speaking of old man… Where was the tall thick old goat at anyway?

"Inuyasha?"

Speak of the devil. "What?" He grunted taking a swig of his juice.

Taisho could smell of the red anger seeping from his youngest pores. When Sesshomaru had called him saying he wouldn't be returning there he already knew what Inuyasha's reaction would be. But why did his son have to put him into these situations? "Umm Inuyasha…son…You may go home now if you want."

"Huh what for? Sesshomaru told me to stay put."

"Yes well." How could he say this without receiving those big eyes turning into ice icicles? "His assignment took longer than necessary so I'm allowing you to go home."

Wait for it…wait for it… "Aghh that —"

"Yes yes yes I know. Stupid, awful, mean Sesshomaru. Just go on home Son. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Fine." Inuyasha stomped over to Sesshomaru's desk to grab a couple of things and aimed straight for the door.

Ring. Ring.

Oh great who could that be calling this late in the evening?

Ring. Ring.

InuTaisho sighed looking at the wall clock. 20:19. Damn he'd hoped he would be walking out the door himself but no, no no. Here he was about to answer Sesshomaru's phone like a secretary.

"Hello Toshiba's desk."

"Umm yes can I talk to Sesshomaru please?" Said a soft voice on the other end.

"This is Chief Toshiba. Can I help you?"

This wasn't the guy she needed to talk too. "I want to talk to Sesshomaru."

Oh boy. Taisho rubbed his temple already feeling a headache build. "Kikyo how many times do I have to tell you that Sesshomaru does not go for humans? Now if you call my son's desk again I'll have you arrested for harassment."

"Kikyo? Umm no sir that's not my name. But I really need to talk to Sesshomaru."

"Why only him?"

Taisho heard the gentle choke and sniffle of the woman on line indicating she was beginning to cry. "Listen sir. I really need to talk to Sesshomaru about a murder that happened last night."

Whoa this definitely wasn't Kikyo. "Are you referring to the double homicide on Broad and Jackson?"

"Yes because I've seen my best friend get murdered." She wheezed. "And I only want to talk to Sesshomaru."

"Why only Sesshomaru? I'm more than capable of—"

"NO I only want to talk to Sesshomaru!" She cried angrily. "Now you either get him or I'm outta here!"

InuTaisho lifted his mouth from the phone. "Toshiba! Toshiba telephone!"

Inuyasha turned around hearing his name called and rolled his eyes.

"Hey Toshiba!" Damn that boy and his attitude. "I said telephone!"

Inuyasha growled under his breath slowly walking back over to his father.

"He's coming ma'am just hold on a second." When Inuyasha came to the desk he looked at his father wondering what the hell he wanted. Taisho look frantically at his son and cupped the phone. "Inuyasha talk to this woman. She's a material witness who saw the murder take place last night and she only wants to talk to Sesshomaru."

"So? Call the asshole up and let him talk to her."

"There's no time for that!" Taisho blared shoving the phone to his chest. "If you don't talk to her she'll leave and we'll never get this chance again."

Inuyasha pushed the phone back. "But why do I have to do it? I can't be Sesshomaru. Let 'em handle his own dirty work."

Taisho snatched the hanyou's hand and smacked the phone in his head giving him the evilest glare. "If you don't talk she walks. She's a witness. We need her to identify the suspects!"

"Ok ok ok! Fuck!" Inuyasha bit his bottom lip mentally cursing the day he decided to sign up for this department. Taking a deep breathe he lowered his eyes and brought the phone to his mouth and said in his best Sesshomaru tone, "Hello this is Sesshomaru Toshiba—"

Taisho pulled the phone away. "Sesshomaru doesn't sound like that! Try being smoother, with the radio voice. Make her feel sexy. Yes try to talk sexy. You don't sound sexy enough."

"Chief!" Inuyasha snatched the phone cupping the bottom and snarled, "Give me a break! Damn." Geez as if he wanted to sound like his asshole of a brother anyway… And on top of that his voice was just as sexy as his.

"Hello Sesshomaru?" Called the girl on the other end.

"Yea I'm here." Inuyasha answered roughly.

Kagome slide down her wall feeling relieved. "Hey… you umm…You don't know me. My name is Kagome Hirgurashi and I was Sango Hondo's best friend." She whimpered rubbing her eyes.

Inuyasha pushed everything around Sesshomaru's desk looking for something to write down on and a pen. "Ok just relax love. Now tell me what's going on?" Taisho found a notepad and pen handing them to him.

"I was…at the hotel last night when I saw this weird looking guy…shoot…" She broke down in tears missing her friend. "I really need your help."

"Alright calm down. Just give me the address of where you live."

Kagome worded off her place of residence and Inuyasha jotted down each word carefully. "So will you help me?" She peeped helplessly.

Damn if there was anything that could pull at Inuyasha's tough exterior is a woman crying. He hated seeing or hearing females cry. "Don't worry; I'll be there to assist you as fast as I can. Ok?"

"Ok thank you so much. Bye."

"Bye." Inuyasha hung up the phone looking at his father. "Happy now?—Wait where are you going?" He called to his retreated father.

"I have to find your brother. You go and get the girl."

Inuyasha gasped. "Are you insane? I'm not going to get that chick! Call Sesshomaru and let him do it!"

Taisho ran back over and viciously shoved the piece of paper with the girl's address into his chest. "Get out and go to this address. I want that girl now!"

"I'm not doing squat—Owowowowowowowow!" He cried feeling his ear yanked and twisted in the wrong direction. "Oh please stop!"

"I'll have you suspended without pay for a year if you don't get the girl!"

"Alright fine whatever just let me go please!"

Taisho pinched the ear a final time before releasing it from his grasp. "Now hurry up and get her!" He shouted and went back to his office to call his other son.

Inuyasha groaned while rubbing the tender throb of his ear away. He couldn't believe this. Stupid old man for making him do Sesshomaru's work. Stupid Sesshomaru for not being here to do his own work. Now he had to go out and get some whiny chick.

Their only effing witness!

And on top of that he had to pretend to be that sadistic asshole! This was definitely going to be a long night.

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TBC: Yes I know it sounds a lot like Bad Boys right? Well it'll be similar but there's a nice twist I think you guys will enjoy. You'll love how I bring these two together. And before anyone asks…HELL NO Kagome won't be involved romantically with neither of the brothers. This is strictly a YAOI romance/mystery story. ^_^