(Search on YouTube: "Best Pole Dance Ever! Felix Cane". Watch this before reading… It'll make sense for when someone dances.)

"Shit." Yusuke fidgeted in his seat. "This is too hard to watch."

Kurama glanced at his teammate. "You must remain focused, Yusuke."

"How the fuck does Koenma expect me to stay focused with that in front of me!?" He motioned to the beautiful woman on stage, who was barely dressed and dancing slowly.

"Just don't think about it. You mustn't watch her anyway, our target is should be here any time." Kurama looked back to his camera monitor.

"Why the fuck did we have to pick a target that owns a strip club?"

Kurama smiled slightly. "Life is hard sometimes."

Yusuke glared at him. "Don't mock me fox boy."

Kurama chuckled.

Seven days earlier…

Kurama and Yusuke stood in front of Koenma's desk at spirit world. It was rare for them to be summoned all the way here, so it must be an important mission. They waited patiently—well, Kurama waited patiently. Yusuke was already messing with some of Koenma's nick-knacks on the desk, and was sitting in Koenma's chair.

"Where the fuck is that toddler? He calls us all the way here and isn't even on time for his own meeting?" He snorted.

Kurama tried not to smile while he placed his hands behind his back. "Patience. He'll be here soon enough."

Yusuke rolled his eyes, and then stood up. "Why are we the only ones here?"

"Not sure."

"This better be good."

"Hmm."

"Aren't you a little annoyed? We've been waiting for almost fifteen minutes!"

Kurama wasn't going to admit he didn't want to be here either, so he just stared back with a blank expression.

Yusuke rolled his eyes and groaned. "Whatever."

Then the door finally opened, and Koenma walked inside. He moved calmly to his desk and sat down. After hesitating for a moment because he saw the stuff on his desk was moved, he then let out of breath of air and laced his fingers together.

"Thank you for waiting, you two." He nodded to them both.

"You're not welcome!" Yusuke blurted out.

Koenma frowned at him and Kurama just looked at the ground, avoiding the awkward tension.

"Anyway… Kurama, Yusuke. I've brought you here today for a very important mission."

"The reasons the two of you are the only ones here is because Kuwabara couldn't handle the circumstances of this mission, and well, Hiei looks too conspicuous. I needed my two best humans for this one."

Yusuke smirked. "So you need humans? Is Kuwabara too scared?" Yusuke sneered.

"Well, scared isn't the word I'd use." Koenma sighed, then turned his gaze to Kurama. "You aren't going to like me for this."

Kurama raised his eyebrows and shifted uncomfortably. What was the mission? Was it really that bad?

"Why are you looking at him!? You sayin' I'm gonna like it? I'm pretty sure I won't." Yusuke crossed his arms.

Koenma hesitated, but finally talked. "I have to assign the both of you to a strip club…"

Kurama eyes widened a bit, but other then that said nothing.

"Bullshit." Yusuke said as his face lit up.

Koenma nodded. "It's true. Our target owns the place and it's very important that we keep him where we need him. That's why we have to sneak in to get some information and once we have that, we'll be good. But before you get the information needed we cannot be known. That's why you two will go under cover as bouncers for the back stage. You'll keep an eye on our target and make sure the strippers are doing their jobs. We must keep him happy and feeling safe… we can't let him feel like he's being watched."

"He?" Kurama asked.

"Simon Winters." Koenma said as he pulled his controller out and turned the screen on. A picture of a middle-aged man came up. He had salt and pepper hair that was combed back. He was average in looks but his striking, almost white, blue eyes were what gave him an interesting look.

"He's the owner of many strip clubs and is a very infamous drug dealer; he distributes his drugs through his strippers and is wanted in many different countries for his crimes. He's been accused of many things, including murder. He's hard to find, and especially hard to convict. So that's why you guys will be working with a stripper I'll assign to you, and you'll have to make sure she's keeping up with her job and staying close to him. She needs to gain his trust and get info. It's going to take a long time but you three can do it."

"Since when did we become the fuckin' police?"

"I'm not finished, Yusuke." Koenma put a hand up. "The reason we are there aren't the charges, or the way he treats his girls. We are there because he was just recently let into a large circle of a different kind of criminals. It's a group that no one really knows about, except us of course. The human law doesn't know anything about the group. They are humans and demons alike that sell demonic potions and drugs from the other side. These drugs are very venomous for humans, and very addictive. The smallest amount can send you into a fog of ecstasy. That's why this business is booming, because that drug is very potent, and very expensive. It doesn't have a street name yet, but the substance looks a lot like oil… so we call it black soul. The fact he joined this large drug circle is a very bad sign, because he knows how to distribute and will do it quickly. We honestly only just learned of their existence and maybe know candidates for two of their members."

"So, you know shit." Yusuke asked.

"Pretty much. But that's where you guys come in. You need to make sure Lilly, your girl, gets close to him and finds out all the information about his involvement in the group and even possibly the names of the other contributors. He cannot find out who we are and why we are there… he must never know. It's not that we fear what will happen once he finds out, it's his group he's involved with that we fear." He adjusted in his seat, and picked up a pencil to fidget with.

"You guys will report to me weekly, and will live there together. Some of the other dancers live there as well so it's not weird that you guys would be there at all times. There are small apartment rooms in the back of the club, which you guys will be sharing one room, Lilly will get her own so you must keep track of her. You guys need to keep her safe. That's the most important. Simon will be going to go around to all his clubs this next week to choose which is the best place for him to hide out. He won't stay here unless we give him a good reason to, because honestly all of his other clubs are just the same as the one here. He's really just going to be looking at the dancers and seeing which place will keep him happiest. But we need him here and cannot lose him. It's very important, just imagine if your human friends were to get this drug? Make sure Lilly keeps him. I will have you all be wearing mics twenty-four seven… to keep track of each other, to keep Lilly safe, and to make sure we get everything said on record."

"How the hell does she get him to stay?"

"She's going to dance. And hopefully he'll take notice…. We've done a small psychological workup on him, and she'll know how to get on his favorite side. It has to be perfect timing; because she's actually very charming." Koenma smiled. "And don't worry, she's one of my personal assistants so she knows all about us and what's going on. I've already caught her up on everything. So you guys can meet her after this, but you won't be seeing her again until the time Simon gets into town."

Yusuke grinned. "You have a stripper as your personal assistant?" He choked out a laugh, and Kurama glanced at him in slight surprise.

Koenma glared at him. "No Yusuke. She's not really a stripper, she's just going undercover. Like you two." He rolled his eyes and stood up. Then walked to out the door, with Kurama and Yusuke following. He walked into another small room and when they got in they saw a very beautiful black haired woman. She was filing paper work and was on the phone. Koenma nodded at her when she saw them come in and they waited until she was done talking.

"All righty then, it was a pleasure talking with you. Okay, thank you very much. Have a wonderful day." Lilly hung up and looked up to Koenma.

"Lilly, you know Kurama. And this is the spirit detective, Yusuke."

She nodded at Kurama, who nodded back. And Yusuke smirked at her and waved.

"What's up."

"Hi." She said. "You two ready for this? I'm kind of nervous."

"Of course! We'll keep you safe, don't worry."

She stared at Yusuke them looked to Kurama with a questioning expression. Kurama perked up and seemed confused.

"I think… we will be a great team. And yes, we will keep you very safe." Kurama nodded to her.

She smiled and seemed more pleased with his explanation. "It was nice meeting you Yusuke, and Kurama good to see you. But I have to get back to work." She smiled to Koenma, and he nodded.

"Alright, let's go, shall we?" He walked them back to his office and sat back down while they stood in the same spots. "Now you have seven days to deal with your lives here because you will need to stay at the club and in that vicinity as long as this mission takes. So say goodbye to your family and friends because this will be a long one."

They both nodded and Koenma stood again. "I have another meeting, so I will see you two in seven days."

Yusuke rolled his eyes.

"Oh yeah, one more thing."

They both looked up to Koenma.

"Make sure to dress nice. This isn't your normal everyday strip club."

Present Day.

"So that's it?" Yusuke said as he adjusted his tie.

"Yes." Kurama squinted from the sun.

"It's big."

Kurama nodded.

They were both dressed nice as they were told. Yusuke wore a black suit with a black skinny tie and Kurama wore his white and green fighting gi. It was a Monday, and later in the evening, so the sun was setting and there weren't too many people around. The building was very large, and it looked more like a law firm than a strip club. There were no signs outside, nothing giving away what it actually was. All it said on the front was 'Winter's Club', but other then that the normal passerby wouldn't have an idea.

"You have your necklace?"

Kurama quickly pulled a loose choker necklace with black beads in the middle of it out of his shirt; showing it to Yusuke.

"Can you hear me?" He talked into it.

"Yup." Yusuke smirked and tapped his ear. "Can you hear me?" He said back.

Kurama smiled and nodded. "Yes. That earring looks interesting on you."

"Yeah well, Koenma had to make my stupid mic an earring…"

"Shall we go?" Kurama chuckled.

"I guess." He sighed as he walked into the building, with Kurama following.

They walked inside and it took them a moment for their eyes to adjust. Once they could see the lobby area they walked up to the receptionist at the front desk who was a very well groomed middle-aged woman. She perked up when she saw them and smiled.

"Are you two the new…?" She looked at Kurama a little longer and then turned her attention to Yusuke.

"Yup. That's us." He grinned as he walked up to her counter.

"Lovely." She grinned, and it was so fake even Kurama cringed.

She typed out a few things on the computer then pulled out two clipboards.

"I need you two to look these over, fill out your info and then sign and return them me, please." She handed them to Yusuke then glanced awkwardly at Kurama again.

Yusuke took them and walked over to sit down with Kurama. He gave Kurama a clipboard and smirked at him. "She's like, all fake."

Kurama rolled his eyes as he began to fill out the clipboard. "You speak too loudly."

"Did you see her?" He whispered.

Kurama had to hold back a laugh as he instead just shook his head, trying his best to ignore his rude teammate. But he had to agree; she looked rather freaky with all the surgery she's obviously put herself through. But it was rude to talk about—especially right in front of her. They filled out the clipboards and handed them back to her. She smiled and handed them both name tags, earpieces and mics for their sleeves. The ear pieces were black and big, and the mics were just black clips they clipped onto clothing. After shoving the earpieces in Yusuke looked annoyed and Kurama just kept messing with his.

"Those are for you guys to wear at all times, the mics are for you guys to communicate. That's very important here… and the name tags are optional…" She grimaced.

Yusuke looked at her like she was a horror movie villain, then nodded. "Thanks…" He put the earpiece and mics on along with Kurama.

"Can you hear me?" Kurama said as he talked into his sleeve.

Yusuke tapped his ear and winked to Kurama. "Yup." He laughed, they had just been doing that outside…

The receptionist just stared at him like she was watching something particularly disgusting. He glanced to her then frowned, now wearing an uncomfortable expression.

He cleared his throat. "Sorry. We'll go now."

He pointed as he walked through the only other door in the room. She just waved to them with a fake smile still plastered on. Kurama raised his eyebrows as he followed Yusuke out of the lobby. When these doors were opened the next room was much larger, and darker. What was most obvious at first walking in was the lit up stage. It looked very rich and the tables around were lit with a small center piece lights. The whole set up looked very nice and no one would guess it was a strip club. But obviously the huge stage in the room was something to question, because there were three poles set in it. On each side of the stage there was a pole, and then the middle of the stage that was out farther than the rest also had a pole right up front, nice and centered. Before entering the room entirely Kurama and Yusuke stood to take it all in.

"I've never seen such a nice strip club." Yusuke gawked.

"I've never seen a strip club." Kurama looked at him.

"Well this is amazingly fancy." Yusuke looked back to him.

"It's nice indeed." They both looked at the stage.

"Let's get to work." Kurama said as he began planting their own camera's throughout the club. These are special because they were covered with spirit energy so that humans could not see them. After a few hours of setting up Kurama and Yusuke noticed that dancers began arriving to work. So they hurried back to their room, which were behind the dressing rooms. It was a small room with two twin beds, a small bathroom with a shower and all, a very small kitchen area… with all accentual appliances, and then their small monitor set up in the corner of the room. They had three monitors that would rotate through each camera throughout the club. So it took about three or four minutes for the whole rotation to finish. It was around three in the afternoon now and they were told their target was to arrive anytime from four to nine pm. So they had to be ready with Lilly, and ready to grab his attention.

"This is gonna suck staying in this room for a long time." Yusuke said as he sat on one of the twin beds.

"I won't be too terrible… we just need to make sure to do our jobs well. This is very important."

"Yeah yeah, I know. I wouldn't want little kids getting this shit…"

Kurama looked to his teammate a little surprised. He hadn't seemed to be taking this mission very seriously this whole time, but to Kurama's relief he did really understand the seriousness of the whole thing. Good.

There was a knock at the door and they both froze.

"Whose there?" Yusuke said.

Then the door opened and a cute blonde girl stuck her head in. She was only wearing a sparkly bra, and very skimpy underwear with heels. Her hair was done very nicely, along with her beautiful makeup and sparkles covering her body. She smiled as she stepped in once.

"Hey there. You guys are new here?"

"Yup." Yusuke smiled and stood up.

"I'm Haley." She smiled.

"Nice to meet you!" Yusuke said as he walked up to her, and shook her hand.

"You sure are a nice bouncer…" She giggled.

"Well, ya know…" Yusuke chuckled.

Kurama rolled his eyes.

She smiled to him. "What's your name?"

"I'm Kurama." He smiled to her and nodded.

She smiled back to him. "What a weird name."

"Yup! He's a interesting guy… That's for sure." Yusuke grinned.

She giggled and held her mouth. "Me and the other girls thought he was a new dancer… Butch got kind of excited."

Yusuke's face twisted into a strange expression as Kurama sighed loudly behind him. "He's not a dancer…Who the hell is Butch?"

"Our only male dancer." She said with a pouty lip.

"Oh." Yusuke nodded awkwardly.

"Well I gotta go finish getting ready." She waved at them and walked out.

Yusuke was now smiling strangely as he turned to face his teammate. "She thought you were a dancer…" He held his mouth and started to laugh as he was now bending over.

Kurama sighed and shrugged. "Perhaps, I should have picked out different clothes."

"Perhaps!" Yusuke mocked out.

Kurama smiled and went to sit down by their camera monitors. He ignored Yusuke as he laughed loudly for a moment, then finally came to sit next to him. And they sat and monitored the club for a while. Yusuke began to notice that this club was very different. The dancers dressed how they wanted, and some of them didn't even wear skimpy clothes. It was almost like each dancer has their own extreme personalities up on stage, and the customers liked the fully dressed women just as much as the almost naked ones.

Once they got an idea of how the dancers worked, and how the cameras moved through the club they decided to go and sit backstage. They needed to wait for Lilly, and once she got here they needed to stay close to her while she danced.

So they just watched each dancer go out on the stage, and the few men that were there were usually businessmen looking rather creepy.

"Shit." Yusuke fidgeted in his seat. "This is too hard to watch."

Kurama glanced at his teammate. "You must remain focused, Yusuke."

"How the fuck does Koenma expect me to stay focused with that in front of me!?" He motioned to the beautiful woman on stage, who was barely dressed and dancing slowly.

"Just don't think about it. You mustn't watch her anyway, our target is should be here any time." Kurama looked back to his camera monitor. They had several planted throughout the club.

"Why the fuck did we have to pick a target that owns a strip club?"

Kurama sighed and then smiled slightly. "Life is hard sometimes."

Yusuke glared at him. "Don't mock me fox boy."

Kurama chuckled.

"This is a weird club."

"Hmm." Kurama was reading a book now.

Yusuke glared at him. "I'm gonna be bored here stuck with you, ginger."

Kurama perked up. "Ginger?"

"Yeah, you soulless bastard." He chuckled.

Kurama stared at his teammate in confusion. Was this some sort of joke? Because he didn't get it.

Yusuke laughed. "It's a joke dude. People always make fun of redheads… it's funny."

"Why redheads?"

"Cause they're rare? I dunno."

"You call redheads gingers?" Kurama smiled.

"Yeah, and they have no souls."

"Why?"

"I dunno." He shrugged.

"Hmm. Strange."

"Yeah. Kids." Yusuke chuckled sarcastically.

Kurama smiled at him and then looked back to his book.

It had been a while now and they had been waiting for what seemed like forever. Yusuke was getting restless. They had been sitting back stage now for about two hours, and even though they weren't really bouncers, Yusuke had already had to kick out one guy from the club. The loud music was beginning to annoy them, and Yusuke kept talking about the creepy customers outside watching. There weren't too many men outside watching, but the club was about half full so they had to keep in character.

He rolled his eyes and leaned back against his chair. "So when did Koenma guesstimate the time this playboy would get here?"

"Around nine, remember?"

"It's eight thirty."

"Yes."

"So where the hell is Lilly?"

Kurama shrugged and furrowed his brow. "I'm not sure."

"Wasn't she supposed to be here by now?"

"That's what Koenma told us."

The tension in the room just got thicker in the last few seconds. They both realized that this whole mission was now compromised. How was it that they were supposed to lure this big fish, without any bait?

"You go out by the lobby to look for her and I'll go back to the dressing rooms, then the bar." Kurama stood up.

Yusuke frowned, and pointed. "Why the hell do you get to go back there!?"

Kurama glared at him. "Go, Yusuke!"

"Fine!"

They both ran through the huge club looking for Lilly. Kurama was beginning to panic now because he truly was worried about this new drug leaking to the humans. He read up on it and it was extremely dangerous and something he didn't want near his family. So his heart was racing now since he knew their missions might fail. Yusuke couldn't believe that Koenma assigned a girl to the team that was so flaky. He wondered if she was either just a horrible person, or if there was something wrong with her. Maybe something went wrong on their end and he should be at spirit world helping. Koenma never messed up things, so the fact this was happening now put Kurama and Yusuke in a spin of panic. They both met back stage once they searched the entire club and they were still just as confused. The time was now eight forty-five and Kurama knew Lilly wouldn't show.

"What now?" Yusuke said.

"Not sure."

"The Winters guy should be here anytime!"

"Yes. I know, Yusuke."

"Well, what should we do!?

Then Kurama perked up, when he heard some girls giggle loudly. They were talking about how someone had just gotten here, and Kurama knew they were talking about Winters. He walked over to look out of the curtain, and saw Winters walking into the club. Kurama felt panic.

He grit his teeth and snapped at Yusuke. "He's here!"

The music playing was irritating them both, having to yell to communicate just added to the panic. Yusuke ran over next to Kurama, looking out on the stage as well. "WHERE THE FUCK IS LILLY!?" He slicked back his hair due to stress and Kurama bit his lip.

"Stay here." Kurama said as he walked off. Yusuke frowned and held his hands out in frustration. Then he walked to the side of the stage to look out at the club, and saw Winters. There were two larger men following him and he was wearing a nice gray suit. Once he walked in the girls in the back of the stage were getting even more excited and Yusuke was panicking because he was now alone, still with no plan. Where the fuck did Kurama go? And why the hell was Lilly not here!? A new song started to play and Yusuke saw Winters stop in his tracks. He pulled off his glasses and looked up; Yusuke followed his gaze.

(Music suggestion: Suzanne Vega – Headshots)

To his shock he saw his teammate, Kurama, walking confidently out onto the center stage. His movements were extremely graceful and poised as his large strides brought him to the pole up front. Without hesitation he grabbed it and easily lifted himself off the ground, spinning himself around it.

Yusuke was stunned while he watched his teammate easily twist his arms, legs, and entire body at times up and around the pole. Out of all the strippers he'd seen in his life he'd never seen anyone dance on a pole like this. Kurama was easily supporting his entire body with one arm at times, while he continued with his smooth movements keeping a beat with the music. The dance was impossible to look away from and during the whole thing he had forgotten completely about Winters. He didn't know Kurama had such skill, and especially didn't know he could move in such a sultry way. The song was almost over now. Kurama climbed high up on the pole, then after wrapping one leg around the pole he'd slowly fell backwards while sliding back down to the ground; doing it all with support from just his leg. He was strong, confident, and a completely different character that Yusuke didn't know. The song ended now and Kurama turned to look at Winters as he stood up. Once again Yusuke was very surprised by the flirty look Kurama gave Winters as he walked off stage.

Yusuke was frozen, and wasn't sure how to act know as Kurama walked backstage. Yusuke looked to Winters, remembering why they were here, and saw the middle aged man still standing still, staring at the stage where Kurama was just seconds ago. He then glanced at the two larger men behind him and began walking again. Yusuke shook his head and then walked back to find Kurama. Before he could walk to his teammate though, Haley, the dancer from earlier stepped in his way.

"You said he wasn't a dancer!" She seemed annoyed.

Yusuke stared at her in shock, not having a response.

She glared and crossed her arms. "You made me tell Butch he wasn't a dancer, so he went home." Then she rolled her eyes and walked off. "Whatever."

Yusuke looked up blankly to find his teammate, and couldn't find him. So he quickly walked back to the dressing rooms to look for him. He wasn't there so he went to their small room and saw Kurama walking inside. Yusuke followed him but was hesitant about approaching him. He looked in their room and Kurama was just standing there and breathing slightly louder while he wiped his forehead. He wasn't smiling… and Yusuke assumed this was how he looked while pissed off, because he'd never seen him angry before. That made him cringe, and wasn't sure if he should speak.

"That was…" Yusuke glanced to the side as the muscles in Kurama's jaw clench.

"A good save." He forced himself to say a little more confidently. Besides the shock of seeing his teammate that way, he was very relieved that their target seemed interested. They needed this, and Kurama saved the day.

Then Kurama sighed as he looked to Yusuke and spoke with a serious tone. "Not something I wanted to do. But this mission is important, and unfortunately, I fit the quota perfectly for a good distraction…" He glared at the ground, jaw muscles still clenched.

"We'll talk to Koenma, and see what we can do."

Kurama forced a small smile. "It's already done."

Yusuke nodded, and looked down. Feeling bad he couldn't think of a better plan fast enough. But honestly he had to admit that Kurama's plans were always the best, even if they were something he didn't want to do. Kurama sighed and sat down on his bed. They both froze though, when they heard voices male voices come from the dressing rooms, right outside their room. They didn't know whom, but assumed it was Winters. Kurama looked panicked and pulled off his earpiece and mic; throwing them to Yusuke quickly. After catching them Yusuke shoved them into his pockets and leaned over to view the monitors as Kurama walked out into the dressing room.