Hello, this is my first fanfiction of Cuticle Detective Inaba, so please be nice about it in your reviews. P.S. I own nothing that is written in this. The new characters I add in here will be from different anime and manga that I don't own at all.

Character Profile:

Name: Chikane Ogino

Species: Human

Age: 23

Height: 180 cm

Bust: 99 cm

Waist: 53 cm

Hips: 95 cm

Birthday: March 15th

Bio:

Chikane is the younger sister of Ogi and the childhood friend of Hiroshi Inaba. She is a famous novelist, although uses a pen name: 'Yupina'. Chikane is also in love with Hiroshi.

Appearance:

Chikane is a extremely beautiful and gorgeous young woman who has long, smooth, and silky black hair, that reaches down to her knees, and black eyes (Just think of Chikane Himemiya, from Kannazuki no Miko, with black hair and black eyes). Two strands of her hair are over her shoulders and reach down to her chest. Two bangs frame either side of her face, while two shorter bangs reach down to her eyelashes, and a longer bang passes her nose and is slightly swept to the left side of her face. She usual keeps her hair down, but lets it up on some occasions. Chikane has pale skin and is much taller than the average Japanese woman. She also has a curvaceous, slender, and buxom figure. She wears rectangular glasses whenever she reads or writes. Like Hiroshi she has a youthful appearance and does not wear make-up. Her smile is said to perfect, warm, and gentle. Hiroshi describes as to being a "beautiful black haired angel".

Her outfit consist of a light purple shirt, with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, that is tucked into a long brown skirt that goes a few inches past her knees, she wears fuchsia loafers with light lavender straps with bows of the same color attached. Her outfit is completed with a fuchsia headband.

Personality:

Chikane is well-known for her kind and caring nature. Although stubborn and short tempered, she is able to stay clam in the most dangerous of situation. She is compassionate and often puts other people before her. Chikane is also intelligent, but is naive when men show a romantic interest in her. She also loves cute things.

Chikane has deep feelings of love for her childhood friend, Hiroshi, who is deeply in love with her, but, because of her stubbornness, Chikane does not admit her feelings and sometimes acts like a tsundere towards him. She also gets shy when he compliments her or when someone ask about their relationship.

Chikane is also very brave does not hesitate to help someone when she sees them in danger or trouble. Chikane is also very tough and strong, both physically and mentally. She always speaks her mind without fearing the consequences and has a tendency to be violent. She is also a bit of a tomboy, not really caring about her appearance and enjoying playing sports. However, she does take time in the morning to make sure her hair is perfect so she can impress Hiroshi.

Chikane is terrible when it comes to tolerating alcohol, and easily gets drunk. When drunk, Chikane acts like a spoiled child and is flirty towards Hiroshi, but when agitated she turns incredibly violent and will attack anyone she see, no matter who they are.

Chikane loves children and is very good with them. It is said that she has an aura around her that makes them love her. Her beauty and personality makes her very popular among men and women.

Skills & Abilities:

Chikane is a black belt in martial arts and sometimes uses her moves on Hiroshi when he angers her in someway. She has a surprisingly large amount of physical strength, being able to lift a boulder over her head, with just one hand, without much effort. She can also punch and karate chop straight through a tree.

Chikane also has a very large amount of stamina, being able to run very great distances without being out of breath. And, even thought she does not have an iron body like her brother, Chikane has a great amount of endurance, being able to take on a limited number of hits. She is also mentally strong and it is not easy for her mind to be controlled.

Chikane also seems to have been born with incredibly strong spiritual powers. She always carrying sutras with her in case she needs them. She is also able to create purple balls of purifying energy and can create strong, nearly unbreakable barriers. Chikane also owns a Jintsu Kon (a club powered by spiritual energy), which she uses to attack spirits. Her Jintsu Kon can release a wide wave of energy of electricity and can also transform into a whip of spiritual energy. She is even able to transform her Jintsu Kon in a katana that is filled with spiritual energy. Whenever she is extremely anger, Chikane's spiritual powers increase a hundredfold and is able to even kill a human being. She is also able to purify any spirit that try to take possession of her body.

Chikane also has cat-like reflexes, being able to dodge fast incoming attacks, and is very flexible. She also as an accurate sixth sense, and is able to sense whenever spirits are nearby. Chikane is an expert at archery, being able to shoot at great distances and fast moving targets, and is skilled in using a katana.

Being the younger sister of a police inspector, Chikane as the same skills of observation and deduction as her brother, being to solve problems very quickly.

Chikane is very skilled at playing the violin. She is also an excellent cook and has a great ability to sing, people saying she has the voice of an angel.

Trivia:

Chikane's name means 'thousand scattered flowers.'

Chikane has the largest bust in the series.

Chikane's favorite flower is yellow roses.

She is the tallest female character.

Chikane and Haruka are the only people who can understand Winslow.

Chikane's favorite animal is pandas.

Her favorite food is ramen.

Chikane's favorite colors are red and black.

Her favorite movies are adventure and horror.

Her favorite books are mystery and fantasy.

Her astrology sign is Pisces, and her Chinese Zodiac sign is the Ape.

Character Profile:

Name: Winslow

Species: Cat

Bio: Winslow is Chikane's pet cat who has been with her since she was sixteen.

Appearance: Winslow is an adult male cat with sleek, black fur and green eyes. He has white tuffs of fur in both his ears.

Personality: Like any other cat, Winslow enjoys taking long naps, drinking milk, and catching mice. Although he is very intelligence, capable of reading an entire book and even using a phone and doing other things humans can do. He is fiercely loyal to Chikane and is protective of her. He also follows her around everywhere she goes. Unlike other cats, Winslow likes water and can swim. He also can be a bit greedy when is comes to food, sometimes with money. He sometimes pokes fun at Chikane about her feelings Hiroshi and her tsundereness. Winslow often addresses Hiroshi as 'Dog', but does respect him a bit and supports his feeling for Chikane. Although, he does feel a bit intimidated by his wolf form. But, he shows to be very brave and will not hesitant to defend someone or attack an enemy.

Skills & Abilities:

Winslow as a mysterious, and unexplained ability to communicate with Chikane. It isn't entirely sure if this ability telepathic or if he uses actually words when speaking. In chapter twenty-two, it is hinted that it could be that he uses real words when speaking since he was able to talk to Haruka mentally.

Winslow uses his claws and fangs as weapons whenever he fights.

Trivia:

Winslow is seven years old in human years.

It is unknown when his birthday is.

The only people who can understand him are Chikane and Haruka.

He is gets scared when facing larger dogs.

Chapter One: Printing Counterfeit Money Case

"Sha Sha Sha!" a loud voice laughed over one of the Tokyo banks. "All Japanese yens are mine! You all should just use these!"

Then counterfeit Japanese yen bills fell down to the ground. One was picked up by a tall man with spiky, black hair wearing a black suit.

"Inspector Ogino!"

Two police men came over to him and saluted.

"All the money in the vaults are empty! Even with all the extra security, the suspect got in easily." one of them explained.

"Damn it!" the second one cursed. "This makes it the sixth bank in this case. That Valentino bastard, making all this trash!"

"Inspector Ogino, what should we do?" the other officer asked.

Ogi looked at the yen bill before folding it and putting it in his jacket pocket. "Let's use Hiroshi." he stated.

"Hiroshi!?" the first officer exclaimed. "You mean that Inaba Hiroshi!?"

"Yeah, that Inaba Hiroshi." Ogi replied.

"Which Inaba Hiroshi are you guys talking about?" the second officer asked.

"I'm sure you've heard of him, the werewolf police dog." the first officer said. "That man is a legend. He is able to pin down a criminal from just a hair. His ability surpasses human logic, though, so it cannot be used as evidence. It's not even been made know to the public. With only a touch, he analyzes the owner's personality, and with just a taste, he reads the memory left in the hair. The crime arrest ratio of cases he lend a hand in is one-hundred percent. Now that's what I call the law's watchdog. He is really difficult to deal with, though, and I've heard he only listens to Inspector Ogino's orders." he explained.

"Just as expected of our Inspector." the second officer remarked as he looked at Ogi with admiration shining in his eyes. "The 'Number One Detective' the police stations under jurisdiction wants to be commanded by."

"I also heard a rumor that he's in a serious relationship with Inspector Ogino's younger sister. And that he also listens to only her orders, as well." the first officer informed.

"Seriously?!" the second officer exclaimed, sounding a bit disappointed.

"Yeah. But, if those two team up, the case is as good as solved! So we can finally see Valentino safe in jail, huh!"

Early the next morning

The next day, Ogi went to make a quick visit to a certain someone before going to the Inaba Detective Agency. He knocked on the door of an apartment complex. The soon door opened to reveal a very beautiful and tall young woman.

"Ogi!" the woman cried happily and hugged him. "It's so good to see you!"

The inspector smiled and hugged her back. "Same here, little sis." he said. "How have you been, Chikane?" he asked as they pulled away from each other.

"Really great, I have been pretty busy lately, though." Chikane replied.

"How about the manuscript for your new book?" the inspector questioned.

"I'm halfway through." the young woman told him. "So is there something you need?" she asked as she learned her shoulder on the doorway. "I'm pretty sure you're too busy with work to just be stopping by to say hello."

"I'm going to go see Hiroshi at his agency to ask for his help in a case we're having trouble with." Ogi informed.

"And this has to do with me how?" Chikane asked, crossing her arms under her chest.

"I figured I might need your help in getting him to listen, you know use one of your martial arts moves on him if necessary." the black haired inspector said. "So what do you say?" he questioned.

The black haired woman sighed as she tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Well it's better then sitting in my apartment doing nothing all day." she remarked, a bit more to herself. "I guess I can go and lend you a helping hand." she told her brother.

Ogi smiled. "Thanks, sis, I owe you one." he said.

"Yeah, yeah." Chikane waved him off with her hand. "Winslow, come on, we're going out!" she called out into her apartment.

Seconds later, an adult, male black cat, with green eyes, came outside. With a meow, Winslow jumped into Chikane's waiting arms.

"Where are we going Chikane?" he asked.

"We're going with Ogi to see Hiroshi to get his help on a case." the blacked haired woman told him, being the only one of the two siblings to understand the cat.

Winslow meowed at the mention of the werewolf's name. "We're going to see that idiot dog?" he questioned.

Chikane chuckled sightly and sweatdropped. "Yes, we are." she said. Then she gave the cat a stern look. "And you are going to be on your best behavior while we're there, got it?"

"Fine." Winslow replied, giving a small, cat-like sigh.

"Are you two ready?" Ogi asked.

"Yup." the young woman answered, closing and locking her apartment door before she followed her brother.

Later

After walking a few blocks, the Ogino siblings and Winslow arrived at the office of the Inaba Detective Agency. Outside, they saw a small chalkboard sign that had "Inaba Detective Agency" written on it, and a statue of a tanuki, wearing a straw hat, that wore a wooden sign, that said "Welcome", around it's neck. As Ogi was about to open the door, Chikane stopped him.

"Ogi, before we go in, I have something important to ask." the young woman told him.

"What is it?" the inspector asked.

"Does my hair look okay?" Chikane questioned with a serious face.

"Is that really important?" Ogi and Winslow asked in unison, both deadpanning and sweatdropping.

"Of course it's important." the black haired young woman insisted. "I want my hair to look good when Hiroshi sees me." she mumbled as a soft, pink blush appeared on her face, brushing some of her bangs out of her face.

"Oh." Ogi smirked, finally understanding. Then he started to laugh.

Chikane glared at her older brother. "What's so funny?" she asked.

The inspector stopped his laughing and he looked at his sister. "I'm just thinking about how cute it is that your trying to impress Hiroshi, even though you two aren't together or anything." he remarked.

The novelist's face turned a deep shade of red. "I-I'm not trying to impress him!" she denied. "I-It's just that you know how much he loves hair."

"Mmhmm. Whatever you say, little sis."

Chikane pouted as Ogi opened the door.

"Yo." the siblings both called out, while Winslow meowed, in greeting when they walked into the agency.

"Ogi-san! Chikane-san!" they were both greeted by a boy with black hair, Kei.

"You two sure come here a lot for some people uninvited!" a boy with blonde hair, and dressed like a girl, Yuuta, said. He walked up to the siblings, smiling so innocently that sparkles were around him. "Even if you both did have business here, I still don't want to see either of your faces, though. Yet, you both still come huh?"

"Today I'm here as a client, you evil assistant." Ogi replied, looking down at the cross-dresser. "And I asked Chikane to accompany me."

The siblings turned their heads to the right and saw a familiar head of red hair, which formed two, medium sized wolf ears at the top of his head, sitting on a couch, slightly hunched over as he read a file. Ogi walked over to the red headed young man.

"I'm currently chasing after a bank robber, but he's proving to be hard to catch." he informed. "I need your help. Let's work together again, Hiroshi." he said, holding out his hand while he smiled.

Hiroshi turned his head to look at the inspector. A second later a frown formed on his face. "No way in hell!" he yelled.

A second later, the detective started to throw rock salts, which were provided by Yuuta, at Ogi.

"I quit being a police dog! And I'm presently in the middle of an investigation! Take that and that!" he shouted, an irritation tick throbbing on his head.

"Inaba-san! Those are rock salts!" Kei exclaimed.

"This does not surprise me at all." Chikane commented, deadpanning.

"As expected from the dog." Winslow meowed.

Meanwhile, Ogi just stood in place, unfazed by the rock salts being thrown at him. "That's why I said today I'm here as a client." he stated.

"No way!" Hiroshi shouted. "Your jobs are horrible!"

"Just what are you doing to our client?!" Kei asked as he got in front of Ogi to guard him, though it did not help much. "Take the job for heaven's sake!"

"Like I care, you stingy-haired miser!" the werewolf yelled, throwing the last of the rock salts. "Your hair is bristled, but you never let m-"

"Now, now..." Yuuta cut off his boss. "You both go ahead and make both of yourselves at home." he said to Ogi and Chikane. "I'll pour you some tea."

Once the siblings sat down on the now empty couch, the blonde assistant placed a rice cooker in Ogi's hands then he placed a coffee pot in Chikane's. A tense atmosphere surrounded the three of them.

"I'm so sorry, but we don't have any more unused teacups." Yuuta apologized while pouring the tea. "Do you two mind drinking the tea directly from the the rice cooker and coffee pot?" he asked.

"Oh, good, ochazuke (rice with hot tea poured on it)" Ogi said. " I was just getting hungry."

"And I've been wondering what tea and coffee taste like together." Chikane commented. "Can I also get some milk for Winslow, please?" she requested.

"Would you three stop that sinister bride and mother, and sister-in-law fight already?!" Kei exclaimed. "Yuuta-kun don't we have more cups?" he questioned.

"It's okay, we can drink it like this." the Ogino siblings said in unison.

"Ogi-san, Chikane-san, will you two please stop being weirdly stubborn?" the black haired assistant askedd.

It has been about a year since I, lured in by the nine-hundred yen per hour pay, first started working at the Inaba Detective Agency. My name is Nozaki Kei, I'm sixteen years old, and I'm totally into cats. My boss, Inaba Hiroshi-san, is a former police dog werewolf with a hair festish. His self-appointed volunteer who claims to understand him, Sasaki Yuuta-kun,is a cross-dressed who doesn't hide his hostile feelings toward the Ogino siblings.Inspector Ogino Kuniharu-san, Inaba-san's partner when he was a police dog, is sorta like his owner. The beautiful, young woman who came with him is his younger sister, Ogino Chikane-san. She is a well known and famous novelist under the pen name "Yupina-sensei". She is also Inaba-san's childhood friend and is like a second owner to him. In my own opinion, I think there is a really good chance that the two of them will get together, since they act like a couple even though they both claim to only be friends. And finally, there is Chikane-san's pet cat Winslow, who has been with her since she was sixteen. He follows her around everywhere she goes. Chikane-san also seems to be able to understand what Winslow says.

Ogi and Chikane finished their drinks and placed the rice cooker and coffee pot on coffee table.

"Good grief..." the inspector sighed. "That headstrong personality of your's really hasn't changed at all." he commented to his ex. partner.

"That and your moodiness is still intact." the novelist added as she wiped her mouth with a napkin.

"You can say that again." Winslow said, but to everyone expect Chikane it sounded like a meow, and went back to drinking the bowl of milk that was given to him.

"I just happened to be in one of my best moods right now." Hiroshi told them while he and Yuuta got into dancing positions. "You guys wanna see my Cuticle Dance?"

Then he and the cross-dressed started singing and dancing.

"Hey, you, the assistant that actually works." Ogi said, looking at Kei.

"It's Kei." the black haired boy replied.

"I'll give you the details." the inspector told him. "Tell Hiroshi about it later."

"Okay."

"You see..." Ogi started to say, but stopped when he grabbed Hiroshi, who had stealthily snuck behind the couch to touch both the sibling's hairs, without turning around "I'm right now on the trail of an organization." he continued.

"Alright, alright! I'll listen to your story." Hiroshi said as he struggled in the inspector's arm, which was secure around his neck. "So let go!"

Later

After everyone had calmed down, Ogi told them about his case. Hiroshi was now laying on the couch, his head on Chikane's lap. He had some of the woman's hair in his face, while the novelist absentmindedly ran her fingers through his own hair. Yuuta smiled and secretly plotted Chikane's death in his mind.

"Don Valentino?" the detective questioned as he smelled the young woman's hair.

"He's the boss of an Italian Mafia group." the inspector explained. "He's quite skilled in making counterfeit bills."

One of the wolf ears on top of Hiroshi's head twitched.

"However, there hasn't been any activity from him since the Italian currency changed." Ogi informed, reaching into his jacket pocket and pulling out the yen bill he collected. "So it was believed that his organization dissolved, but surprisingly, he was in Japan." he added. "Have a look." he said, holding out the bill to the detective.

Hiroshi sat up, took the yen bill, and looked at it.

"First off, watermark. Special ink, intaglio printing, pearl ink, hologram, latent image, micro-printing, and even the ultra-fine-line-printing."

Chikane learned forward to look at the fake bill herself. It looked just like a regular ten thousand yen, but instead of having the image of Fukuzawa Yukichi, it had the image of a goat.

"Apart from Yukichi, everything has been copied perfectly." Ogi said.

"Even the texture feels like a real bill." Hiroshi observed. "There's no way to tell it from the genuine one. Except for Yukichi."

"You're right." Chikane agreed. "If it had Yukichi on it, I would have thought it was the real deal."

"Why is it a goat in the first place?" Winslow asked after he jumped onto his owner's lap and took a peek at the bill.

"You can tell it right off the bat if it's not Yukichi!" Kei shouted.

"Thought he's an enemy, his work is admirable." Ogi remarked as he took the yen back and held it in the air. "I would love for him to make a ten thousand yen bill with my daughter on it." he said. "I'll have him make you the five thousand yen bill, Hiroshi." he told his ex. partner.

Hiroshi's face turned pink. "You idiot." he mumbled as he turned his head away.

"Say, get out of your private world already and come back to reality." Chikane said to the two men.

"You can't even call this a counterfeit bill, right?" Kei directed his question to to the inspector.

"Yeah. So far, we haven't received any reports of it ever being used anywhere. The ICPO has analyzed that this fake bill is a display of their counterfeiting technique, and as long as they're packing cash, they'll take any requests " Ogi stated.

"ICPO?" the black haired assistant questioned.

"Are they considering that Don to be a criminal on a global scale?" Chikane asked.

"I've seen lots of greedy men until now, but Valentino is on a different level." the inspector said. "He only cares about money. Out of all that I've met, he is the purest evil of all. Bank robberies are merely the tip of the iceberg. Frauds, weapon smuggling, assassinations, spy operations etcetera. We don't have any evidence to prove them but he has been charged with a number of crimes. We've tracked down their hideout." leaning forward, he looked at the detective seriously. "Hiroshi, use your powers to bring them to justice."

"What color is Valentino's hair?" Hiroshi asked with an equally serious face.

The two ex. partners stared at each other.

"Is that really important?" Ogi asked, feeling a sense of deja vu.

"It's top priority." Hiroshi replied.

Ogi thought for a second. "It's white, I think." he said.

"Ho Ho!" the young man exclaimed, wolf ears perking up as he stood up, excitement on his face. "Is it white, gray, or maybe silver hair?" he asked himself. "Well, haven't seen either in a while. Gonna take lots of them! This will be my first time trying my hand at such dignified hair like this one from an Italian mafia's Don, even his hairstyle is sublime, I'm sure." then expression took a hold of one of panic and worry. "Crap! Maybe he won't let me in his hideout if I don't wear a tie!?" he yelled in distress.

"Having fun?" Ogi asked as his slurped the straw of his drink, that was in a glass this time.

"I hear spazzing out isn't good for your health." Chikane stated as she started to scratch under Winslow's chin, the cat purring in bliss.

"You think this image fits him?" Yuuta asked as he finished painting an amazing portrait of a mafia don with white hair and a mustache, the painting shining very brightly.

"Stop that, Yuuta!" Hiroshi shouted as he looked away and crossed his arms over his face, his eyes closed from the painting's blinding light. "You even painted a mustache on him, just what are you trying to do me!?"

"Inaba-san, why are you being so excited?!" Kei asked, now wearing sunglasses over his eyes. "That's a mafia! He's just too dangerous!" he yelled, staring at his boss incredulously.

"Don't try to stop him, Kei-kun." Chikane told him. "It's useless."

"She's right." Hiroshi said. "A criminal that even Ogi claims to be pure evil. I just can't stop drooling at the thought of unexplored cuticles." suddenly, the young red haired man started to turn into drool. "Damn, I'm turning into the drool itself!"

"Hey!" the black haired assistant yelled, now wearing a white bandanna over his head and carrying a bucket of water and a rag. "Who do you think is the one gonna do all the cleaning?!"

"I'll catch Valentino for you!" the detective told his ex. partner, his hand on the office door while his arm waved in excitement. "Hurry up and lead me to him, Ogi!"

"Hiroshi, aren't you forgetting the main purpose of this?" Ogi asked.

"He's some idiot, who even you know where his hideout is." Hiroshi replied, finally regaining his composure. "It'd be a cinch! I'll catch him for you. That Valentino!"

Later

The group of six, counting Winslow, were standing outside a one-story wooden house.

'It's a wooden one-story house.' Kei thought bitterly. 'It reminds me of my parent's house.'

"Valentino's family's place is here." Ogi said.

"It does have a homey feeling." Hiroshi commented.

"You're right, it does seem like a nice place for a family to live." Chikane agreed.

"You two are fine with this!?" Kei exclaimed at the childhood friends. "You're both fine with the fact that Valentino lives in a one-story wooden house!?"

Ogi walked up to the door and knocked. "Valentino! Are you in?" he called.

Hiroshi and Chikane both came up and placed their ears to the door.

"Maybe they've gotten away?" Ogi questioned.

"No, we can here voices talking." Hiroshi replied, Chikane nodding in agreement.

"That newspaper guy is seriously ticking me off!" one voice, that sounded annoyed, said from behind the door.

"Then, Don, how about you go and turn him down?" another voice said calmly.

"I'll go and let him have a piece of my mind." the first voice replied.

Suddenly, the door slid opened, but no one was there. Everyone looked down and saw a small white goat, with yellow eyes, wearing a black cape around his shoulders.

"I'm gonna call the police! You hear me!?" the goat yelled.

No one said anything as they all just stared at the talking goat. Then Ogi reached inside his jacket and took out his I.D badge.

"I am the police." he said.

"Isn't that a goat!?" Chikane and Kei exclaimed in unison as the goat, Don, ran back inside the house. "A goat that lives in a one-story wooden house, and you say he's Valentino!?"

"Yeah." Ogi replied calmly.

"This is fraud!"

"Lorenzo!" Don shouted. "My right arm, Lorenzo! It's the cops! Kill them!"

Back outside, Hiroshi and Ogi learned their backs against the wall of the house when a shot blasted through the wall. The detecitive covered the side of his head with one hand while he used the other to pull Chikane towards him.

Through the hole that was created, everyone saw a man wearing a dark blue hakama (long, divide trousers), a white haori (a kimono jacket), a pair of sandals, a pink and yellow stripped tie with a sunflower attached, and a brown burlap bag was over is head, covering his entire head, buttons were sewn on for his eyes, and a mouth was sewn on too. He was holding a rifle.

"Don, now's the time to escape!" the paper bag man, Lorenzo, shouted.

"Lorenzo is a paper bag! Kei exclaimed, while pointed at the strange man with the rifle. "And those are Japanese clothes!"

"Good for him" Yuuta said, a bored expression on his face.

"So he has a gun?!" Hiroshi observed, his hand still resting on Chikane's waist, the young woman's body pressed up against his.

Then Lorenzo started to pour gun power into the rifle, then he popped a small round bullet into it, and pushed a long thin stick in it.

"Too slow." Ogi said as he shot at him with his own gun. Lorenzo quickly ran back inside the house.

Then an animated Ogi placed everyone, animated as well, in some of the bushes. "I didn't think they'd shoot at us. Everyone stay here."

"Yes, Papa." Hiroshi replied.

"Papa, you're so cool." Yuuta said.

"Be safe, Papa." Chikane told him.

"Papa, do your best." Winslow meowed.

"Come back soon, Pa-." Kei stopped when he saw blood flowing down the inspector's forehead. "Ogi-san you're bleeding!" he yelled.

"I've been shot." Ogi replied calmly.

"How are you okay?!"

Ogi went into the house with his gun drawn. He saw a trail of footprints and hoof prints leading to a trap door in the floor. He went to the hole and went in it. Then Don and Lorenzo came out of there hiding places and closed the trap door, placing a refrigerator on top of it for good measure.

"Someone should teach Ogi-san not to trust people." Kei thought aloud, sweatdropping.

"Oh no!" Yuuta shouting, suddenly darting past the other assistant

"Yuuta-kun! It's dangerous!" the black haired boy called out.

When the cross-dressed reached the refrigerator covered trap door, he knelt down and pulled out a roll of duct tape from who knows where. He then used the tape to seal the cracks of the trap door.

"He sealed it!" Kei, Don, and Lorenzo exclaimed in shocked unison.

"FuFu..." the blond haired boy giggled happily, sparkling surrounding him. "Let me know whenever you want some air by saying, 'I'm a lowly dog of the state.'." he said.

"You damn assistant, I'll kill you!" came Ogi's muffled voice from underneath the trap door.

'He's blossoming like this is his natural habitat.' Kei thought as dark lines appeared beneath his eyes.

Then Don jumped on top of Yuuta's head. "Now that was superb!" he complimented.

"How about joining the family?" Lorenzo offered.

'And he's being scouted by the mafias!' the black haired assistant mentally yelled.

"Jeez, all of you are useless." Hiroshi commented as he, Chikane, and Winslow came in.

"Some of us haven't even had a chance to do anything, you know." the young woman retorted.

"At least include us in the action." the black cat said.

"Inaba-san! Chikane-san!"

"Sha Sha Sha!" Don laughed. "The only one who looked strong here has been sealed, he has! Come at me now, you should!" he shouted.

"This is your last chance to escape!" Lorenzo warned.

"Sensei, it's too dangerous for us now that Ogi-san is gone." Yuuta said as he grabbed a hold of the detective's arm, a large sack filled with real yen bills was tied around his neck. "Let's hurry up and run away."

"I'll let you run away first." Hiroshi told him kindly.

"Stop right there!" Don yelled, pointed one of his hooves at the sack. "Our Yukichis are bulging out of there, they are!"

"And Ogi-san is still alive!" Kei pointed out.

"For now." Chikane and Winslow said at the same time.

"I just don't get it." the red headed detective commented as he looked at one of the yen bills. "You already have the skills and ingenious printing technology to make such convincing counterfeit money." he remarked. "So why do you go out of your way to steal the genuine bills?" he asked.

"Seems like a unnecessary thing to do to me." the black haired young woman commented.

"And a complete waste of time." the black cat added.

"Heh, you foolish amateurs." Don said, smirking with his arms crossed. "I shall show you the reason why the counterfeits came about, I shall." he jumped and tucked his legs under, to sit on the cushion he was standing on. Then he grabbed a pair of chopsticks. "Lorenzo!" he called, beating the chopsticks on a bowl that were on the table in front of him.

"Don, do not bang on the bowl." Lorenzo, carrying a rectangular plate, scolded. He then placed the plate in front of Don. On the plate was a stack of Yukichi bills. "Yukichi in light soy sauce." he said.

"Hmm, a dish that makes me feel cool and refreshed, it does." Don commented.

Then Don used the chopsticks to pick up the yen and put it in his mouth, chewing happily.

"I've tried a lot of others but Japanese's yens are the best. They're plain but they have a strong taste. Euro bills on the other hand taste bland. The lira bills were much better." he informed.

The group just watched the goat as he continued to eat the paper money, while a certain cat-lover's body shook.

After the goat finished eating the yen, Lorenzo got behind him and grabbed his horns. "Alright Don, excuse me." he said.

"Go ahead."

Then Lorenzo pulled up and down on the goat's horn, and money came out of Don's mouth. Then Lorenzo did it again, going faster each time, and more money came out of the mafias boss's mouth. When they were finished, Lorenzo was panting heavily and Don was cheering that "Valentino's Special Counterfeit Bills" were ready to serve.

"Peasant's Punch!" Kei yelled as he suddenly came and angrily punched Don, knocking some of the goat's teeth out, a large tick mark on his head. Then he started to repeatedly kick the goat. "Commoner's Kick! Commoner's Kick! Commoner's Kick!"

"As might be expected of someone being tormented by money problems, I just can't imagine his rage." Hiroshi said as he and the others watched the poor boy kick the mafia boss.

"This is my first time seeing Kei-kun that obsessed with attacking just the lower part." Yuuta commented.

"I can't help but feel sorry poor Kei-kun." Chikane said, pitying the boy.

"I'm started to feel sorry for the goat, who's taking all that rage." Winslow remarked.

"Inaba-san, I can't forgive him. "Kei, finally done kicking the goat, stated as he jumped on his boss and hugged him, comical tears flowing from his eyes.

"Oh, leave it to me." Hiroshi told him, rubbing his assistant's head.

"Hiroshi, if you manage to bag Valentino, I'll let you shampoo Chikane's hair." Ogi offered, his head sticking out the bottom of the refrigerator, the door somehow wide open.

"Now that's a deal I can never refuse!" Hiroshi exclaimed happily, his face red with excitement.

"Don't make decisions like that on your own, you jerk!" Chikane yelled at her brother's head.

"Ogi-san, just where are you poking your head from?!" Kei asked.

"Your turn, Yuuta." the detective the blonde cross-dresser as he placed his hand on his head.

Yuuta nodded and then used both of his main fingers to repeatedly jab various spots on Hiroshi's back at fast speed.

Lorenzo gasped. "That finger fist technique..." he started to say. "Could it be the secret fist technique of the hermit's in the wasteland of China's Mount Huang... The Hamusenryuu!? The ultimate technique said to be the legendary killing technique and also rumored to be the reviving technique. Never thought I'd be able to see it here in Japan."

"I want him in the family all the more now!" Don exclaimed as he and Lorenzo watched Yuuta finish his technique, wiping his forehead, and Hiroshi started to glow.

'Being explained a shady technique by a shady bunch, only increased both their shadiness.' Kei thought, deadpanning.

When the glowing light surrounding Hiroshi faded, he looked completely different. His red hair had grown longer, down to his hips, and looked more wild looking, his brown eyes were now red with vertical pupils, and finally he had grown a red wolf tail with a pair of red wolf ears. Chikane took notice of how taller and better built he was.

'I almost forget how incredibly handsome he is when he's in his wolf form.' the young woman thought to herself as a small pink blush appeared on her cheeks, pink hearts appearing in her black eyes.

"Chikane, you're drooling." Winslow said when he saw some drool fall from his heart-eyed owner's mouth.

"I don't need some goat's hair." Hiroshi commented, grinning, as he twirled a long strand of his hair between his thumb and forefinger. "But I'll get to shampoo the beautiful, black haired angel Chikane's hair, so I guess it's for the best. I'll send you to jail, Valentino!" he declared.

"A wolf?!" Don's exclaimed in shock, mouth hunging wide open.

"No way!" Lorenzo shouted in disbelief. "You mean the rumor was true?! That the genes of werewolves from medieval Europe are still being passed down secretly. The Secret Doberman!"

'Maybe Lorenzo, likes shady rumors?' Kei thought, deadpanning once more.

"And here I thought that wolves in Japan were all extinct." Don said through gritted teeth.

"Well that's a shame." Hiroshi teased the goat. "As you can see, there's one still alive and kicking here."

"Hiroshi, you shouldn't tease the enemy like that." Chikane scolded him, hands on her hips. "It will only irate them more."

Suddenly, a bullet flew past the red headed werewolf, grazing his shoulder.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Don chanted, holding a rifle in his hooves. "Death to all wolves! Die! Revenge for the seven little goats!"

"They were saved!" Kei shouted, holding a picture book titled, "The Wolf & The Seven Little Goats". "You didn't finish the book did you?!"

But the goat didn't seem to listen to him. "How dare you pretend to be the mother goat and then ate all the little goats up!" he yelled, firing his gun again, shooting a hole in the book. "Beast, you are worse than even a goat!"

"Crap! He's gone berserk!" the assistant yelled as he cowered behind the book.

Then Don stopped his rampage to calmly re-load his gun.

'He's composed when loading though.' Kei mentally remarked.

"Yuuta now's the time!" Hiroshi told the blonde assistant, his arm outstretched.

"Okay!" Yuuta said as he appeared behind his boss with a strand of black hair in his hand. "I've prepared a black one of very fine quality."

"Sha Sha Sha!" Don laughed. "What can you do with just a hair?" he asked. "Just shut up and die!"

He pointed his gun at the detective and fired. But, with amazing speed, the young werewolf was suddenly behind the goat on all fours. Smirking, Hiroshi had the black hair in his mouth.

When Inaba-san transforms, he can use his abilities according to the color hair he chews on.

"Black? Then he becomes black-hearted and evil?" Kei questioned as he looked at a notepad with a pen in his hand.

"Kei-kun, this is your first time with black huh?" Yuuta asked. "Please look." he said, gesturing to where the werewolf and goat where.

The black haired assistant looked and saw negative aura coming out of Hiroshi, who was now standing up. Don was on the floor when the negative energy hit him. The entire room also started to decompose.

"See the minus aura pouring out of Sensei?" the blonde assistant questioned. "It's a miasma that will throw all things in five hundred meter radius to the depth of despair." he explained.

"Even the building is fossilizing rapidly!" Kei exclaimed.

Suddenly, the sixteen year old body felt heavy and he fell to his knees with a thud.

"To explain it in simple words, it's a super depressing gloomy aura." Yuuta informed as he knelt beside his fellow assistant, smiling and looking completely fine.

"Why aren't you affected, Yuuta-kun?" Kei asked in a low voice, his eyes becoming dazed. 'I feel like doing nothing...' he thought to himself. 'My body's heavy.' his entire body slumped onto the floor. "I don't care anymore. There's no money in common sense anyway..." he thought aloud.

"So you will just abandon your 'sensible man' character?" Yuuta asked, looking slightly shocked. "We have no use for Kei-kun without his senses."

"This aura will eat up all the hope that you have in your heart." Hiroshi spoke in a deep and more evil voice. His eyes were glowing red and his face seemed to turn black "And lastly... Will dye your hair completely black! Mwahahaha!" he laughed evilly.

"What a stupid end." Winslow commented bitterly, laying on floor with his owner in depression when the miasma hit them..

"Yeah." Chikane agreed gloomy. "And I don't even give a hoot about Hiroshi being a perfect villain now." she added.

'Chikane-san and Winslow also seem to be affected. Not that I care.' Kei thought. He looked at the mafia goat, who was now completely black. 'Valentino has now become a black goat. Not my business though...'

"I'm sure my diet of bankrolls and milk from a lot sources (he means he takes advantage of people) everyday caught me the metabolic syndrome." Don said to himself, comical tears flowing from his eyes. "Eating too much money makes the Don Meta-Rich!" he sobbed.

'It doesn't get on my nerves anymore.' the black haired assistant mentally remarked. 'Even his existence is nothing to me now. And so is Lorenzo...' he stopped mid-thought when he saw the paperbag man.

Lorenzo was now wearing a pink dress with bows, a big ribbon was attached to his bag. He was also holding a stuffed animal that looked exactly like Don.

"What gives?!" Kei exclaimed, snapping out of his depression.

"What the hell?!" Chikane and Winslow yelled in unison, both also getting over their depression after they saw the way the bag man was dressed. "That makes zero sense!"

"When will the Don riding a white horse come to me?" Lorenzo asked in a dreamy voice, staring off into who knows where.

"Why is he filled with hopes and dreams instead?!" the cat-lover asked. "Is he escaping from reality in the depths of his despair!?"

"Little flower, please tell me what lies in Don's heart." the right arm requested, holding a wilting flower in his hands.

"But little flower is on the verge of death!" Chikane pointed out.

"To Don, Lorenzo is... pluck...right arm...pluck...left arm...pluck...right arm...pluck...left..." Lorenzo froze as he plucked off the last petal. Tears of blood suddenly flowed from his button eyes. Then, out of no where he pulled ,out a sword and slashed it at Hiroshi. "Seppuku (cut one's own stomach)!" he yelled.

Luckily, the red headed werewolf dodged the sword, the blade just barley missing his stomach.

"I can't die in peace seeing a murder up-close!" Kei shouted.

Suddenly, Chikane got in between her childhood friend and Lorenzo, who was now wearing the clothes he originally wore. "Just what gives you the right to go and cut someone else's stomach, you bastard?!" she yelled angrily at the bag man, glaring at him. "If you're gonna cut some stomach, cut your own, you hear me?!"

"Chikane..." was all Hiroshi said.

Suddenly, Ogi broke free from the trap door and stood up, but the refrigerator was still on his head and the door was also closed. "Lorenzo, how dare you." he said.

"Ogi-san, your revival is so strange!" Kei shouted.

"We're at a disadvantage now that's he's here." Lorenzo stated as he picked up Don, who was white again. "Let's retreat."

Don cursed as his right arm jumped out the hole was made earlier to the outside.

"Hold on, I'm not done with you yet!" Chikane called out as she was about to chase after the duo, Hiroshi wrapping both of his arms around her waist, pinning the woman's arms to her sides. She kicked her feet, struggling to get free, and yelled at the goat and bag man to come back and face her wrath.

"Take it easy, Chikane!" Hiroshi yelled, trying to calm her.

"Remember this! I'm absolutely gonna kill you lot!" Don declared as he and Lorenzo were being carried away in a old Japanese litter by two men who came out of nowhere.

"We know you love Japanese culture, but think about what era we're in now!" Kei shouted.

On the highway, inside the littler

"Lorenzo! Contact our investigation team." Don ordered. "Dig that wolf through and through. I am going to make him experience the terror that rivaled the fear the little goats felt! We're gonna crush him down with the whole power of the Valentino family! Sha Sha Sha Sha!" he laughed evilly as their litter was pulled over by a police officer.

And that day marked the battle between Inaba-san and the goat.

Back at the now deteriorated one-story wooden house, Kei was trying to help Ogi get the refrigerator off his head, while Hiroshi and Chikane stood next to each other, the young man still in his wolf form.

"I'm just going to say it, that goat is very obnoxious." the young woman remarked as she frowned and crossed her arms under her chest.

The young man laughed at his childhood friend's bluntness. "That's for sure." he agreed.

Chikane gave him a sideways glance. "You know, since you didn't catch Valentino, you can't shampoo my hair." she told him.

Hiroshi's face took on a look of disappointment, his upper body slumping forward as his ears went down, groaning sadly. Then he felt a gentle hand touch the top of his head, rubbing between his ears. He looked up and saw his childhood friend smiling at him.

"But you did come close." the novelist said. "And, since it's you, I guess I can make an exception." she added.

"Really?!" Hiroshi, grinning, asked excitedly as he stood upright, his ears perking up and his tail wagging in happiness.

Chikane nodded and linked her arm with his. "Come on, Winslow, we're going home." she called the black cat.

Winslow came and jumped onto his mistress's shoulder. He saw both werewolf and woman's arms linked together. He looked at Chikane and grinned, a teasing glint in his eyes.

"Say anything, and you're sleeping outside tonight." the black haired woman threatened.

The cat did not say anything. Then Chikane and Hiroshi said bye to the others and started the walk to the young woman's apartment, their arms still linked together.

"And those two say their just friends." Kei commented as he finally helped get the refrigerator off of the inspector. "When do you think they'll tell each other how they feel about one another?" he asked.

"Not sure." Ogi answered truthfully. "But I'm sure it will be soon."

The two male watched the soon-to-be couple retreating forms, Yuuta glaring at the retreating back of Chikane.

There you go. The first chapter. I hoped you enjoyed it. Please tell me what to think about it in your reviews.

P.S Seppuku is form of Japanese suicide by disembowelment.