Hello, I decided to make another Cuticle Detective Inaba fanfiction. The setting takes place sometime after the last episode. However, this chapter will have the two or more of the characters that I put in my first story of the series. Any who, please enjoy.

Chapter One: Black Fox

The sound of a cellphone ringing is what awoken the woman from her sleep. Groaning, she turned over and reached for the phone on her nightstand.

"Hello?" she questioned groggily when she placed her phone to her ear, moving her black hair out of her face. She listened to the person on the other end. "Is that so? Alright, how about we meet at that cafe downtown, we can discuss the details later. Okay, see you in an hour." she sighed as she ended the call. "Did they really have to call at such hour?" she asked herself.

Deciding to get up now, the young woman got off of her bed and allowed the sheets to fall off of her and reveal her naked body.

"Winslow, time to get up." she said to the black ball of fur on the bed.

A groggy meow could be heard as the feline raised his head and looked at the woman with green eyes.

"I know it's early." the woman remarked. "But, someone wants to hire us for a job. This is one of the cons to having a job like this."

"Meow." Winslow meowed.

"Don't tell me that I should have gotten a different job now, mister." she retorted, placing her hands on her hips. "Now, come on, we have an hour to get ready and meet our client."

An hour later, at a café downtown

"What do you think the job we'll get this time is?" the woman asked her cat, who was drinking a bowl of milk on the ground, as she waited for her client at the outdoors café.

Winslow stopped drinking the milk to look at his mistress and shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, whatever, I just wish that client would hurry up." she sighed as she closed her eyes and took a sip of tea.

A few minutes of waiting later, the young woman heard the sound of the chair across from her being pulled back. Opening her eyes, she saw that a white goat, with yellow eyes and a black cape on his shoulder, was sitting in the chair.

"I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long, I did not." the goat said to the young woman.

"I'm usually an impatient woman." she replied. "But, since your my client this time, I forgot the thought about leaving. It's a pleasure to meet to face-to-face, Don Valentino."

"I will be honest, I will." Don said. "I didn't expect you to be such a lovely young woman."

"You're too kind." the woman chuckled a bit. "Now, let's cut the flattery, and get down to business."

"First, I would like to know your name, I would." Don told her.

"Chikane." she replied. "My name is Chikane. And this..." she picked up her cat and sat him on her lap "Is Winlsow." the cat meowed his greeting. "Now, what would you like to request from me?" she asked.

"I have a job for you, I do." the goat told her as he pulled out a file and handed it to the young woman. "I sure you have heard about that famous diamond that is on display at the museum."

"How can I not? It's all over the news." the young woman remarked as she and the feline skimmed through the file. "Mind telling me why you want me to get it for you?"

"That is a secret, it is."

"Fair enough." she handed the file back to the mafia boss. "I'll get it for you this weekend, we can discuss payment later."

"I'm glad you are agreeing to this, I am. I heard that you are the best of the best."

Chikane smirked. "Years of practice, I say." she said stood up from her seat. "See you later, Don." she and her cat started to walk away, but she turned around to look at the goat. "Oh, and tell your minions to get better hiding places next time." and with that, Chikane walked away with Winslow.

"She's good, I'll admit that." Gabriella said as she came out of hiding with Lorenzo.

"She is most certainly a woman surrounded in mystery." the bag man commented. "Are you sure we can trust her, Don?" he asked his boss.

"I'm not entirely certain myself, I am not." the goat replied. "We will just have to wait and see, we will."

"Who would have thought the infamous Don Valentino would request our help." Chikane thought aloud, walking with her hands behind her hand.

Winslow meowed at her.

"I know we can't trust him." the young woman told him, crossing her arms under her chest. "But, I really don't care what he does with that diamond, just as long as we get paid." her eyes became downcast. "If we get paid, then we'll have more money to pay for that thing." she closed her eyes as a bunch of memoirs filled her mind.

Chikane was so busy with her thoughts, that she didn't hear the meows of her feline companion. And she certainly didn't see the person in front of her. Giving a small yelp, the young woman fell backwards and fell on her rear end.

"Geez..."

"Are you okay?" a male voice asked.

Finally opening her eyes, Chikane found herself staring into a pair of brown ones.

"Yeah, just a little bruised." she replied as she took the hand the man offered her, allowing him to help pull her off of the ground.

'Damn, this woman's tall.' Hiroshi thought as he got a full view of the young woman he bumped into. 'Even taller than me."

"Hey." said woman's voice brought the detective out of his thoughts. "While you were busy daydreaming, I said sorry for bumping into you." she told him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, too." the young man said. "I wasn't looking were I was going."

"Neither was I, so we're both at fault." Chikane took a look at his face. "Hey, have I seen you somewhere before?" she asked.

"I don't think so." Hiroshi said as he held out his hand to her. "I'm Inaba Hiroshi."

"Oh, now I remember." the young woman remarked as she grabbed his hand and shook it. "You're the same Inaba Hiroshi from the newspapers. You're called the 'Cuticle Detective', right?"

"That's right." the young man grinned widely. "I see my reputation precedes me."

Chikane chuckled. "You can say that. From what I've heard, you're a total idiot and a complete hair otaku."

Hiroshi sweatdropped, feeling his pride being shot down a bit. "Is that so?"

"But, I have to admit." the blacked woman said as she smirked and leaned closer to the detective's face, surprising him. "You're a lot cuter than I thought you'd be."

"Um, thank you?" the red headed young man said, feeling a small blush appear on his face.

Chuckling, Chikane pulled her face away from the his. "You're welcome. Well, it was nice meeting you, Inaba." she moved around him and walked away with her cat.

"Hey, wait."

Stopping in her tracks, the young woman looked over her shoulder and stared at the young man. "Yeah?"

"You know my name, but I don't know yours." Hiroshi said.

Chikane was slightly surprised by that, but got over it and smiled at him. "My name is Chikane. Just Chikane." she winked at him and also blew him a kiss. "Maybe I'll see you around some time."

She turned around and continued walking, leaving behind a blushing detective.

At the Inaba Detective Agency

"Inaba-san, are you okay?" Kei asked his boss, who was laying on one of the office's couches. "You've really quiet since you came into the office this morning."

"Yeah, I'm fine." the young man replied, not looking at the assistant.

Then he started to remember the mysterious black haired woman he meet. He mentally groaned. 'Why?! Why do I keep thinking about a woman I meet just this morning?!' he also remembered the wink she gave to him, as well as the kiss she blew. Hiroshi felt his face heat up. 'I have to admit, she was really pretty.' "And her hair looked totally awesome." he said aloud this time. "Why didn't I touch it when I had the chance?! Idiot!"

"What exactly happened to you this morning?" Kei asked, confused by the detective's behavior.

Suddenly, the office door opened to reveal a certain black haired inspector.

"Yo." Ogi greeted.

"Ogi-san, hi." Kei greeted back.

"You sure come here a lot for someone uninvited." Yuuta remarked, smiling so innocently that sparkles were around him.

"What do you want?" Hiroshi asked his ex. partner rudely, sitting up.

"I came because I need your help with a case." Ogi replied.

"Forget it."

"Inaba-san, please, don't be so stubborn." the black haired assistant said to his boss.

"Would you reconsider if I told you involved Black Fox?" the inspector asked.

"Black Fox?" Hiroshi repeated. "You mean that female thief that's been all over the news?"

"Yeah. She's a thief for-hire, actually, all of her clients being wealthy. This morning, she sent the police her calling card. It said that she would be stealing the diamond that was on display at the museum tomorrow night." Ogi explained reached inside his jacket and pulled out a small card. "See for yourself." he said as he handed the card to the detective.

The young man took the card and looked at it.

"I plan on taking the Starlight Diamond tomorrow night." was what was written on the card. Under the text was the picture of a black fox.

"I don't see why you need me, though." Hiroshi said as he handed the card back to his ex. partner.

"I figured, with you abilities, we could finally be able to capture her." Ogi told him.

The red headed detective thought for a moment, then sighed. "Alright, I'll help. I just have one question." he looked at the inspector seriously. "What color is Black Fox's hair?"

"Is that important?"

"Top priority."

"I don't know for sure. But, according to people who have gotten glimpses of her, she has black hair."

"Ho Ho!" Hiroshi exclaimed as he stood up, his wolf ears twitching. "I wonder what shade of black it is."

"You sure look excited." Kei commented.

Later that afternoon

"So, this is the museum were the diamond is being kept?" Kei asked as everyone arrived at the museum.

"Yeah." Ogi replied. "There's going to be a lot of people here tomorrow night to get a view of it. Black Fox will probably use it to her advantage."

"Do you know what time she'll-"

"Hey! Where do you think you're touching?" a feminine, and familiar, voice cut off the detective's question.

Turning his head to the source of the voice, Hiroshi saw a familiar black head of hair.

'It's Chikane.' he thought, immediately recognizing the young woman.

Right now, the young woman was dealing with a man who was getting a little too touchy.

"Didn't your mother ever tell you to keep your hands to yourself?" Chikane asked the man.

"I'm sorry." the man apologized. "Your beauty was just so intoxicating that I couldn't help myself." he placed a hand in her shoulder.

'Persistent creep!' the black haired woman thought, an irritation tick appearing on her forehead. "You punk." she said as grabbed his hand. "Don't touch me!" she yelled as she threw him over her shoulder with ease. While the man was on his back, Chikane placed her foot on his chest and twisted his arm.

'W-Woah!' was all Hiroshi, shocked and amazed at the same, thought after he saw what happened. He decided to make his presence known. "Um... Chikane?"

"Inaba?" the young woman, still keeping her hold on the man, said in surprise as she turned to the detective. She smiled. "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

"Same here." the young man replied. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Oh, just wait a moment." Chikane released her hold on the man. "Keep your hands to yourself next time, pervert!" she shouted as she kicked him, sending him flying. She turned back to the red headed detective. "Now, what did you say?"

'That's scary.' Hiroshi thought, feeling scared of the young woman in front of him.

"Inaba-san, there you are." Kei said as he and the others walked over to the young man. He noticed the young woman. "Who's this?"

"Oh, this is Chikane, I met her this morning."

"Nice to meet all of you." Chikane greeted as she bowed slightly.

"Hello, I'm Nozaki Kei." the black haired assistant said.

"Sasaki Yuuta." Yuuta introduced himself as he bowed a bit.

"Ogino Kuniharu." Ogi said.

"You can just call him Ogi." Hiroshi told the young woman.

"Well, this is my cat, Winslow." Chikane said as she held up her black cat, who meowed in greeting.

"C-Cat!" Kei exclaimed suddenly.

"Eh?"

"Kei is a really big cat lover." the detective stated. "However, he's allergic to them."

"That's ironic." the young woman commented. "So, what are you doing here?"

"We're helping Ogi work on a case that involves Black Fox."

"You mean that female thief?"

"Yeah, that 's the one. Now, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, Winslow and I just came by to look at the artwork, is all." Chikane replied. 'It's better than telling them why I'm really here.' she thought. Then she looked at the red headed detective. "Inaba, if you don't mind, do you want to join us?"

"Sure." Hiroshi answered quickly.

"Oi, don't slack off just to hang out with a girl!" Ogi shouted, but the detective had already left with the young woman.

"So, Inaba, tell me about yourself." Chikane said to young man who was walking beside her, her black cat sitting on her shoulder.

"What do you want to know?" the red headed detective asked.

"Well, for starters, do you have any siblings?"

"Yeah, a younger brother named Haruka. He has soft white hair like a Persian cat's tail."

"You sure seem proud of that." the young woman giggled. "As expected of a hair otaku." she stopped walking to gaze at a painting on the wall.

While Chikane was looking at the painting, Hiroshi was looking at her.

'She's even prettier up close.' he thought. 'But, I can't help but feel like she's hiding some big secret or something.'

As the young man thought, the black haired woman noticed his staring. She smirked.

"Why not take a picture? It'll last longer." she said.

"Um, I was just..." the detective didn't know what to say when he was caught.

Chikane snickered a bit as she went back to looking at the painting. "And, in case your wondering, I'm single."

"I wasn't wondering that at all!"

"Whatever you say."

'Geez, this woman is a real flirt.' Hiroshi thought, glancing at the woman sitting next to him.

The two young adults were now currently sitting on a bench in a park that was close to the museum.

"Are you still thinking about me?" Chikane asked the detective in a teasing voice, her black cat sitting in her lap.

"O-Of course not!" the red headed man exclaimed, blushing bright red.

"You're like an open book, you know that?" the young woman snickered.

"Shut up!"

"Well, I'm hungry. What about you?"

"No, I'm fi-" the detective was cut off when his stomach suddenly growled.

Chikane laughed at the young man's flush face. Out of nowhere, she pulled out a bento. She sat it down between them and opened it. "You want some?" she asked the red headed young man.

"Yes, please!" Hiroshi shouted, causing some people to look in their direction.

"Alright, calm down."

"Ah, this is delicious." the detective commented as he ate some of the woman's food. "Did you make this yourself, Chikane?"

"Well, it wasn't store bought." the young woman said as she fed the food to Winslow, who meowed his thanks.

"Even though you're a flirt, you're a really nice person." the red headed young man remarked.

Chikane froze, her hand, which had food in it, was just a few inches from her mouth. "That's not true." she said, more to herself. She looked up at the sky above, a far off look on her face. "That's just not true at all."

"Chikane?"

Snapping out of her daze, the young woman turned to the man beside her, a look of concern on his face.

"I'm sorry." she apologized. "I got weird all of a sudden."

"Chikane..."

"Anyway, I've got to go." the young woman said as she stood and grabbed her cat. "It was nice hanging out with you, Inaba, let's do it again sometime. Bye."

Hiroshi said nothing as he watched the woman walk off with her cat.

'I'm not a nice person.' Chikane thought as she walked on. 'Not a nice person at all.' she replayed what the detective said. For some reason, Chikane felt her face heat up a bit. She placed a hand over her heart. 'For some reason, my heart started to beat faster when he said that to me. It's probably nothing, just my imagination.'

The next day, at night, at the museum

"There sure are a lot of people here." Kei commented.

"I guess they all came to see the diamond." Yuuta remarked.

"Be sure to keep an eye out." Ogi said. "Black Fox is a master a disguise, so she could be anyone." he informed.

"She definitely sounds like someone who's not easy to catch." the black haired assistant remarked. "What do you think, Inaba-san?"

But the detective, who was leaning against a wall, didn't hear him. He was too busy thinking about a certain black haired woman.

'Chikane is definitely a mysterious person.' he thought. He began to think about yesterday and the look on her face. 'When she said she wasn't a nice person, she had this far off and sad look on her face.'

"Inaba-san, are you okay?" Kei asked, pulling the young man from his thoughts.

"Oh, yeah, I was just thinking about something." Hiroshi replied.

Before the sixteen year old could ask him what it was he was thinking, a voice cut him off.

"Hiroshi!" Yuzuki cried happily as he suddenly hugged the detective.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" the red headed young man asked in annoyance as he tried to push the dog lover off of him.

"I came to help catch Black Fox." the police officer replied. "I also came hoping to get her autograph."

"Autograph?" Kei repeated.

"Yeah. Even though she's a thief, Black Fox is really popular with the police department. Tons of people say she's a real beauty."

"Even though no one's seen her face?" Ogi asked.

"Well, people also say she has the voice of an angel. That means she's beautiful." Yuzuki remarked.

"What kind of logic is that?" Hiroshi asked, sweatdropping. He looked down at a certain brown haired wolf girl. "I really hope that Ogata's idiocy doesn't rub off on you, Stella."

"What do you mean?" Stella asked, tilting her head to the side.

Meanwhile

'They're about to unveil the diamond.' Chikane, who was disguised as a man police officer, thought to herself. 'I just hope Winslow isn't taking a cat nap when I give him the signal.' taking a quick look around, the young woman immediately noticed a familiar head of red hair. 'It's Inaba.' suddenly, she remembered the things he said to her yesterday. 'Why is my heart beating so rapidly all of a sudden?' she asked her mentally as she placed a hand on chest, where her now fast beating heart was.

Suddenly, Chikane was pulled from her thoughts when the museum curator announced that they were now ready to unveil the diamond. Smirking, the black haired woman pulled out her cellphone. She saw the curator walk to a small stage with a black cloth over it. Chikane started to pushed some buttons on her phone. The curator removed the cloth to reveal a large, and sparkly diamond. Many people were in awe over large stone. Deciding the time was right, Chikane pushed one more button on her phone.

'It's your turn now, Winslow.' she thought.

Meanwhile, in the museum's basement

Winslow's ears perked up when he heard the ringing of the cellphone that was sitting next to him. Not hesitating, the feline quickly pulled down the lever of the circuit breaker, turning off all of the lights in the museum. With a meow, the black cat walked out of the basement and went to wait on a certain someone on the museum's roof.

'Good job, Winslow.' Chikane complimented mentally when all of the lights suddenly turned off, concealing the entire museum in darkness. 'Time to get to work.'

As people started to panic a bit, the young woman quickly rushed to the stage, making her way to the diamond. After what seemed like hours, but was only a few minutes, people sighed in relief when the lights turned back on. However, everyone gasped when they saw that the diamond was out of it's case. Sitting in it's place, was a small statue of a fox.

"Black Fox has taken the diamond!" Ogi exclaimed.

"But how?" Hiroshi asked. "The lights were only off for a few minutes."

"She must be a really skilled thief to be able to take the diamond when she only had a few minutes." Yuuta commented, sounding impressed.

"Why do you sound impressed?" Kei asked.

'The question is, where could she have gone after taking the diamond?' the detective thought. Suddenly, it hit him. 'The roof!'

On the museum's roof

"You did a great job, Winslow." Chikane, still dressed as a police officer, said to the black cat as she placed the diamond in a suitcase. "Don is going to be one happy goat."

Winslow meowed in agreement.

"Well, let's get going. It would be rude to keep him waiting."

Just has the young woman was about to leave, a voice called out.

"Hold it right there!"

Looking over her shoulder, Chikane saw a certain red headed detective with his assistants, the two police officers, and little wolf girl.

"Can I help you all with anything?" she asked in a masculine voice, trying to play innocent.

"Don't play innocent." Ogi said. "We know it's you, Black Fox."

Not saying anything, Chikane turned her head and smirked. "Is that so?" she said in her regular voice now. "Well, no use in wearing this disguise any longer."

Turning her whole body around, the young woman now faced the group with her head bowed down, so they didn't see her face. Then she pulled out a mask and placed it on her face. Grabbing the police clothes, the young woman threw them off. Underneath the clothes, everyone saw what she was wearing.

Chikane was wearing a white haori with purple stitches and yellow tassels at the end. She also had on a purple pleated skirt that ended at her thighs. A long purple ribbon was tied around her waist, as well. White socks with sandals were on her feet. Her long black hair was in a high ponytail, being held by a yellow ribbon, while two long strands were over her shoulder and reached down to her chest. White gloves, with purple string on her wrists, were covering her hands. Finally, a white Japanese fox mask, with purple markings, covered her entire face.

"So, this is Black Fox?" Kei asked.

"Yeah." Ogi said. "Be careful, we don't know what kind of tricks she has up her sleeve."

"You guys just leave this to me." Yuzuki said. He walked up to the thief. When he reached her, the police officer pulled a pen and notepad out of nowhere. "Can I please have your autograph, Fox-chan?" he asked.

Everyone, expect Chikane, fell down anime-style.

"Now isn't the time for this!" Ogi yelled.

"I'd honored to." the young woman said as she wrote her thief name on the notepad. "It's not everyday that I get to met a fan." she handed the notepad back to the dog lover. "Here you go."

"Thank you so much!" Yuzuki said gratefully. "The boys back in the police department will be so jealous!"

"You're welcome. Also, sorry about this."

"Eh?"

Suddenly, the young woman karate chopped the back of Yuzuki's neck.

"Yuzuki!" Stella wailed as she saw her partner fall to the ground, unconscious.

"Idiot." Hiroshi mumbled. "If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself." he spread out his arms. "Yuuta!"

"Right!" the blonde cross-dresser said as he got behind his boss. Then he started to jab his main fingers repeatably on the detective's back.

A brief glow surrounded the man. Then, when the glow was gone, Hiroshi stood there in his wolf form.

"A werewolf?!" Chikane exclaimed in shock. "So the rumors of the Secret Dobermans were true." she turned to her cat. "Looks like you owe me fifty bucks."

Winslow meowed sadly.

"You talk to your cat?" the red headed werewolf asked. "Weirdo."

"Oh, shut up!" the young woman shouted.

"And, it's weird that a thief named Black Fox has a cat for a partner."

"Who gives a damn about that?!"

"Also, the only black you have is your hair."

"Again, who cares?!" Chikane pulled out a black whip from nowhere and lashed it out toward the young werewolf.

Hiroshi yelped as he moved to the side to dodge the attack. "Please, spare me, mighty queen!" he said.

"Don't call me that!" the young thief shouted, an irritation mark throbbing on her head.

"Yuuta, brown hair, quickly!" the red headed detective called out.

"Okay!" the blonde assistant said, holding a strand of brown hair in his hand. "I have one with very fine quality."

Chikane laughed. "What can you do with one little strand of hair. Don't you screw with me!" she lashed out her whip again.

Just as the whip was about to hit him, Hiroshi jumped in the air.

"He flew?!" the young woman exclaimed in disbelief as she and the others looked up.

They all saw the young man hovering in the air with brown bug wings on his back. Suddenly, Chikane smack the red headed werewolf with a giant flyswatter that she pulled out of nowhere.

"Ow! What was that for, you jerk!" Hiroshi yelled angrily at the thief.

"Sorry." the young woman apologized. "Whenever I see a bug, I always hit it with a flyswatter."

"Since when was I a bug?!" then the young man replaced the brown hair with a blond one. "Cuticle Bolt!"

Using her fast reflexes, Chikane jumped out of the way of the blue electricity. The red headed werewolf kept firing his main attack at the thief, who was dodging them all.

"Hold still so I can hit you!" Hiroshi yelled, getting agitated.

"What sane person would stop after you tell them that?!" Chikane exclaimed.

"Cuticle Bolt!"

The thief jumped to the side to dodge the attack. Instead, the attack had hit a circuit breaker, causing it to explode. Everyone yelled when the explosion happened. Because of the force of the explosion, Stella had backed up to the roof's ledge. The little girl screamed when she felt herself go over the ledge.

"Stella!" everyone shouted.

"Hold this!" Chikane yelled as she handed the suitcase to her cat, who tried to hold it with his paws.

Not hesitating, the young woman jumped over the ledge and grabbed the young wolf girl. She quickly grabbed the ledge with her free hand.

"Hold on!" Yuzuki said.

"Wasn't even thinking off letting go." Chikane remarked through gritted teeth as she tried to keep her grip on the ledge. "Here, take her first." she as she lifted up the little girl in her arm.

The police quickly pulled up Stella, who cried and hugged him.

"Alright, give your hand, now." Yuzuki said as he held out his hand to the thief.

Just as she lifted her hand, Chikane felt that her grip on ledge was gone. Everyone gasped when they saw her falling to the ground far below.

'I'm gonna die.' was all the falling young woman thought. 'I'm going to die.' memories started to fill her mind. Underneath her mask, Chikane felt tears filling up in her black eyes. 'I'm sorry, everyone. I couldn't keep my promise.' she closed her eyes and waiting for impact.

Suddenly, much to the thief's surprise, she felt two masculine arms wrap around her. Next thing she knew, the person carrying her flew upwards.

"Now that was way too close for comfort." Hiroshi sighed as he landed back on the museum's roof, the young woman in his arms.

"You... saved me?" Chikane asked.

"You really think I would like you fall?"

For some reason, the thief felt her heart beating rapidly.

'W-What's wrong with me?' she asked herself mentally, bowing her head down. "Um... thank you very much." she said shyly as she twiddled with her index fingers.

'Is... Is she being shy or something?' Hiroshi thought. 'I have to admit, that's kinda cute.' "It-It was nothing." he stammered slightly.

"I feel like I'm watching something that's out of a romance manga." Kei commented, sweatdropping from the scene in front of him.

Everyone, even Winslow, nodded their heads in agreement.

'I feel embarrassed for some reason.' Chikane thought, blushing slightly under her mask. Suddenly, looking down at her chest, she realized something. She felt her eyebrow twitch. "Oi, wolf boy, where do you think you're touching me?" she asked the detective, gesturing to her chest.

"Eh?" Hiroshi looked down and froze. His hand was touching her breast. "I-I can explain." he stammered.

"Explain to my fist, you pervert!" the young woman yelled as she punched the red headed werewolf in the face, sending him flying in the air.

"Inaba-san!" Kei exclaimed.

"We're out of here!" Chikane declared as she grabbed her cat and the suitcase.

She rushed toward the roof's ledge and jumped on it. Just as she was about to jump, she felt a slight tug on her skirt. Looking down, Chikane saw a certain brown haired wolf girl.

"I-I just want to thank you for saving me." Stella stammered, her face red.

Underneath her mask, Chikane smiled. "Well, I just couldn't stand still and watch a cute little girl fall to her doom."

The little girl's face turned a darker red.

"Adieu!" the thief said as she jumped off the ledge.

"Adieu!" Stella and Hiroshi, who had finally come back down to earth, said, waving goodbye.

"You let her get away!" Ogi and Yuzuki yelled in unison.

"Oh." the two werewolves froze, realizing what they just did.

Meanwhile

"How dare that wolf touch me in such a manner." Chikane said, crossing her arms over her chest.

Winslow meowed.

"It's not like I asked him to touch me!" the young woman yelled. Then, she smiled a bit. "Although, I have to admit, he is quite handsome in his wolf form."

The cat meowed again.

"I'm not falling for him!" the young woman exclaimed, her face slightly red.

Winslow meowed once more.

"And I'm not a tsundere either!" she sighed. Looking up at the night sky, Chikane started to think about something. "You know, that Ogi guy looked kinda familiar to me. Even his name struck something in me."

Winlsow meowed.

"It was probably nothing. Come on, we got to get this diamond to that goat."

At the Valentino Family Home

"This chick sure is taking her sweet time." Gabriella remarked, tapping her foot in impatience. "For all we know, she decided to keep the diamond for herself."

"She goes not seem like that type of person, she does not." Don said.

"I'm touched by your faith, Don." Chikane commented as she appeared in the doorway, her black cat on her shoulder.

"Took you long enough." the assassin grumbled.

"Sorry, but I ran into some trouble." taking off her mask, the young woman walked up to the small table and placed the suitcase on it.

Don opened the suitcase and saw that the diamond was inside.

"You got it." the goat stated the obvious.

"Yeah, it was pretty easy." Chikane said. "Now, I like to discuss the payment with you."

Don closed the suitcase. "Actually, I have a proposal for you, I do."

"What kind of proposal?"

"We would like you to join the Valentino Family." Lorenzo answered.

"What?" the thief asked in surprise.

"You are most certainly a skilled thief." Don remarked. "You stealing the diamond was a test, it was. You skill would be most useful to us, it would."

"Me? Join a mafia?"

"If you refuse, then we would have no choice but to kill you." Gabriella said as she pulled out her gun.

Chikane scoffed at the assassin's threat. "As if you can kill me that easily."

"So, what do you say?" Don asked, stretching out his hoof.

The young woman stared at the goat for awhile. Then she grabbed his hoof and shook it.

"The only criminal activity I'll do is stealing." Chikane told the mafia boss as let go of his hoof and turned around to walk out. "And, I expect to be paid for my services."

"You're a greedy one, aren't you?" Gabriella commented as the thief walked past her.

Not making a reply, Chikane walked out the door, put her mask back on, and disappeared into the night with her cat.

The next morning

"Man, I'm tired." the black haired woman yawned.

Winslow yawned as well. He looked up at his mistress and meowed.

"I know. I still can't believe that we joined the Valentino Family." then Chikane started to think about what the streaked haired assassin said when she left. 'She's right.' the young woman. 'I am a greedy person.' she closed her eyes as memories filled her mind once more.

Suddenly, she bumped into someone.

"Oh, I'm sorry." the young woman quickly apologized.

"We should probably stop meeting like this." a male voice said.

Opening her eyes, Chikane saw who she bumped into.

"Oh, Inaba, are you stalking me or something?" she asked teasingly.

"O-Of course not!" Hiroshi exclaimed, blushing slightly.

The young woman laughed. "You're too easy." she looked at him. Then she remembered what happened last night and blushed herself. "S-So, how did it go last night? Did you get Black Fox?" she asked as she turned her head away, trying to make sure her blush wasn't seen.

"Unfortunately, she escaped with the diamond." the detective sighed.

"Aw, don't worry. I'm sure you'll get her next time." Chikane reassured him as she gave him a bright smile.

Hiroshi felt his face heat up more from the beautiful woman's smile. "Um... thanks for the encouragement."

"No problem. Hey, it's still early, want to go get breakfast together?"

"Oh, sure."

"Okay, let's go, Inaba."

"Hiroshi."

"Eh?" the young woman stared at the detective, confusion on her face.

"I-I would like it if you called me by my first name." the young man said, his face as red as his hair.

"Oh, have we reached that far in our relationship?" Chikane asked, smirking.

"I'm being serious here!" Hiroshi shouted.

The black haired woman snickered. "Okay, okay." she smiled at him. "Well, let's go, Hiroshi."

For some reason, the detective felt his heart beating rapidly when she called him by his name, his face going even redder.

"Come on, just don't stand there, let's go." Chikane said as she wrapped her arms around Hiroshi's and pulled him along with her, her cat following them.

And that's how the Wolf and Fox met.

To be continued in the next chapter

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