Disclaimer: Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro, it's plot, and it's characters do not belong to me. No money is being made off of this fan fiction.

Title: Action and Consequence

Rating: M

Pairing: NeuroxYakoxGodai

Summary: Yako and Godai are reaching a melting point, mostly because of the detective agency and its head, Neuro. Neuro's attempts to resolve the situation are foiled by his own curiosity and the results are unexpected.

Action

Yako sighed in front of her computer. Today was going relatively slow; no customers had come crashing onto their laps, and Neuro had yet to smell a mystery. Akane was making herself useful by searching on the other computer for potential cases. Neuro occasionally appeared by the monitor to see what she was doing, giving small hints and directions according to his tastes. Yako gave a slight pout. She wondered what it was that allowed Neuro to communicate easily with this possessed braid of hair. Did a person like herself, who wasn't gifted in the slightest with otherworldly powers, not merit the same kind of attention?

Yako sighed again and shifted to smooth her skirt. She'd opted for comfort today, dressing casual instead of her usual uniform. Glancing at her reflection in the window, Yako absently wondered if she looked appealing. Maybe there was something wrong with the way she looked or dressed that earned her the dismissal of many, namely Neuro. Yako exhaled belligerently. No, that attitude came about because she was human and simply not worth the effort. Suddenly, Yako was arrested from her thoughts as a forceful, jerking pressure came down on her head and squeezed.

"You shouldn't waste your breaths idly, slave. You never know which will be your last sigh." The condescending voice that radiated power and a wry amusement could only come from one person.

"Ouch! Neuro!" Yako cried out, reaching for the hand that held her head in place. "Please let me go, that hurts!" Neuro gave a few more squeezes to ensure that she knew who was controlling her fate, then let go. The door swung open with a crash just as he did. Yako jumped to her feet, startled. "Godai-san? What's the matter?"

"Yes, slave number two. What is bothering you so much that you've decided to come in late?" Neuro enquired, fully intending to ignore the answer and threaten to take the other man's life anyway.

"None of your damn business." Godai snapped, sitting down heavily upon the couch. He proceeded to sulk and growl things to himself. Yako, intrigued and eagerly distracted from the mindnumbing work of finding cases, went over to Godai. Neuro shrugged and went back to conversing one-sidedly with Akane, contemplating a better punishment for another time.

"Are you okay? You seem… really upset." Yako said quietly. Godai shot her a look that promised pain and possibly death, but Yako simply disregarded it, since she was used to having her life threatened daily by friends and enemies alike. Godai stared at her for a few minutes, trying to figure out whether or not she had an ulterior motive, and then sighed once again.

"My girl dumped me. We had an argument this morning. She was complaining about how I spend all my time here helping at 'that dumb detective agency' and not with her, except to sleep with." Godai admitted, blushing slightly at appearing upset, and therefore damaging his gangster façade. Yako, blushing because he'd just admitted to having sex with a woman unabashedly, simply frowned.

"I'm sorry." Yako said, immediately feeling responsible.

"S'not your fault." Godai muttered. Yako gave a small smile, until Godai pointed an accusing finger at Neuro. "It's this bastard's fault! You dumbass, you cost me my girl!" This less-than-wise choice of words earned him a keyboard to the face.

"Oops, must have slipped out of my hand when I thought I heard Slave number two accusing me of having a sorry love life and being a bad lover. Sorry." Neuro grinned, looking anything but apologetic.

"You mother-" Godai clutched at his face while Yako covered a smile and patted his back. After things had calmed down, Yako pulled away from the older man. Yako grew pensive, her thoughts moving away from the present situation.

"… Hey Godai-san? What is it like?" Yako asked. At Godai's confused look, she coughed embarrassedly. "Umm… I mean, did you love her? Your girlfriend?" Yako tried again. Godai nodded, not breaking eye contact. "Well, what's it like? What's it like to have someone to love, who loves you back?"

There was a long pause. Godai shifted uncomfortably, pondering the question.

"Geez, what a question to ask. How do you explain something like that? I mean, without sounding all cliché and shit. Umm… Well… I guess, it's like…" Godai paused. "You know that feeling you get sometimes, like when you've accomplished something like solving a mystery? That sort of high? Well, imagine that feeling occurring every time you thought about this person. It's accompanied by something like a… bullet wound in the chest whenever you're apart, but a bullet wound that you like…? I don't know, it's complicated." Godai blushed furiously and scowled. "Why do you want to hear this from me? I mean, can't you ask your parents? I'm sure they were much more successful in their love life, seeing as you're here." Yako looked down at her feet. Godai sensed he'd come up upon an uncomfortable topic and backed off. "Nevermind. Did you get that?"

Yako nodded. "So, its joy, but it's painful? A good pain? How strange." Yako muttered, mostly to herself. Godai just nodded to the side. "… I bet it's worse now that you're away for good. I feel like it's my fault." Yako quietly said, frowning. Godai gazed at her for a long time.

"I did love her, but the relationship was getting strained. I gotta be here to take care of you guys, and to get your damn cases lined up." Here he scowled darkly at Neuro. "But I don't blame you. It was bound to happen. I'll get over it, I'm a strong guy." Godai remarked, giving a small grin. The strangeness of the situation finally settled on him and he coughed and changed the subject. "Why so curious? Haven't you ever had a man for yourself?" Yako blushed again.

"A boyfriend? Me? You must be joking." Yako said, her voice coming out more bitter than she meant it to. She blushed and attempted to explain. "I mean, I'm spending all my time here too. Not to mention, a lot of guys can't deal with my…err… special eating habits." Yako ducked her head to hide the blush.

"Hmm… I guess we're both out of luck. What we have to blame for that is not a mystery, or more, who we have to blame." Godai grunted. Suddenly, a voice from behind them shocked them both.

"This isn't good for business, or slave morale, now is it? I can find the answer to this problem and fix it immediately." With those few words, Neuro promptly grabbed Yako's head in one hand and Godai's in the other and brought them together. The result was delayed, but no less exciting. Godai roughly pulled away after about ten seconds of staring into Yako's shocked eyes and kissing her full on the lips. Yako sat there in shock, completely frozen. Godai wasted no time in screaming at the demon.

"You bastard! Do you have any shame whatsoever! Why the hell did you do that?" Godai screamed.

"Shame? What use has a being of my caliber for shame? Besides, I thought I would do you a favor by getting rid of both of your problems in one swift blow, or kiss." Neuro said, his blank stare contrasted by the wide grin adorning his lips.

"Why you-! Quit treating us like slaves, or toys you bastard!" Godai yelled. He was about to go on another spiel when Yako muttered something quietly. "You say something?"

"My first kiss… You took it from me…" Yako gasped. Godai gulped. Yako looked like she might have a heart attack. "My first..." Absently, Yako went to her computer, shut it off, grabbed her bag, and made it to the door. "I can't believe it… You had no right," she constantly muttered. The door slammed behind her.

"… Well shit. You broke her. Good job, dickhead." Godai said, seconds before kissing concrete.

"Make yourself useful and go make sure she's not going to walk in front of a bus, slave." Neuro ordered. Godai scoffed after peeling himself off of the floor, his head pounding from Neuro's beating. Neuro raised his hand again slightly.

"All right all right, I get it already! You damn impatient bastard." Godai muttered as he stepped outside. Neuro spent a few seconds gazing at the door.

"Akane, keep looking for cases. I'll be back shortly."

My first fanfic in forever. I hope it's OK. I bet my writing hasn't improved a bit. Oh well. Please read and review at your leisure. While I appreciate comments, I don't really expect any. Writing this is more for my own pleasure anyway (seeing as I couldn't find anything like it anywhere).

This work was not beta'd.