Roomate

Juuzou didn't even bother trying the front door, he knew it would be locked and he knew that Akuma wouldn't open it for him if her life depended on it... Which it did in a way... The snowy haired investigator found his way into the appartment by way of an unlocked bedroom window, once inside, he inspected the room of his target, everything seemed normal but he couldn't exactly expect anything else.

"Eek! What the hell?! How did you get in here?!" Juuzou spun in the direction of the door where he saw Akuma, clad in only a small towel, the scent of rose-mary heavy on her wet skin.

"Oh-ho! It's Akuma-chan! Hello there!" He exclaimed cheerily, she stomped over to him until she was nearly nose-to-nose with him.

"Don't 'hello there' me! Did you come through my window?! Because the last time I checked breaking and entering is illegal!" She growled.

"Yes, well, the last time I checked most women prefer to be fully clothed around strange men." He grinned as he gestured to her attire.

"Oh really? Well check under that category again, because it looks like you missed the line that read 'don't let strangers into your house'! Clearly all the rules are out the window at this point!" He giggled as he plopped down on the large bed, which sat behind him.

"So this is your room, Akuma-chan? It's so girly and boring!" He laid back and began to roll on the matress. Akuma felt her eyebrow twitch, there was absolutely no way she could stomach even the idea of seducing that guy, he was way too creepy.

"Get outta my room." She ordered, he sat up and looked to her with innocent eye's.

"But why?" He began to chew his thumb.

"I need to put on clothes," she crossed the room, shut the window, and closed the curtains.

"Eh? You don't seem to mind me seeing you nearly naked. Why care now? Got a secret?" She scoffed at him.

"Could you be any more indiscreet?" She rolled her eyes, "I've got no secrets, you're just creepy and I don't want you watching me change. Get out." Juuzou flopped back on to the bed. He was testing her, seeing how territorial she was. Akuma told herself to change in the bathroom and be done with it, but her instinct told her not to back down, she went to her small closet and dressed. She wouldn't allow Juuzou to come in and take control of her home.

Once she finished dressing she turned, expecting Juuzou to be staring at her, only to see that he was seated in the middle of the bed, his back to her. Akuma didn't believe for a second that he hadn't watched her even a little, he was too creepy and weird. Either way she felt she had won the little game he had set up.

Akuma began to leave her room, as she passed Juuzou she delievered a rough flick to the back of his head before exiting.

Juuzou didn't believe that Akuma was actually human, he knew that she was a ghoul even as he watched her eat the meal she had made for them. A person can't be in two places at once, that was true, but what if she wasn't? What if she had sent a body double to throw CCG off her trail? Juuzou couldn't be certain that was the case but he knew he would find out no matter what it took.

The two soon retired to bed, since Akuma lived in such a small appartment, Juuzou could sleep either on the couch or in her room but he refused to sleep anywhere other than in Akuma's bed, and because Akuma was too territorial to give up her space, she ended up sharing her bed with the strange investigator.

Juuzou soon discovered a very amusing trait his target possessed. Akuma, was an avid sleep talker.

Three hours into the night, Juuzou lay wide awake giggling every now and again at Akuma's pointless rammbling. He felt his smile slip somewhat as Akuma wrapped an arm around his waist, and rested her head on his chest.

"Neechan..." Akuma mummbled, causing Juuzou's smile to return. So the target had a sibling then? It only caused him to further believe she had sent a body double.

"Neechan... Be careful when you go... They're dangerous..."

"Whose dangerous?" Juuzou whispered, Akuma knitted her brows together, even in sleep she could tell the voice responding was too foreign to be her sisters.

"Hold me to." Akuma mummbled quietly. Juuzou frowned, he wanted her to give up some relevant information, maybe tricking his sleeping victim into thinking he was her relative would get him some answers. He did as told; looped his arm around her shoulder, and pulled her closer to him. He felt her body jump, then Akuma was suddenly straddling his waist, her knees pinning his arms, and her hands gripping his throat tightly.

"What were you just doing?!" She all but shouted, Juuzou noticed her eyes were still clouded with sleep.

"You're the one who asked me to hold you!" He rasped, a smile still present on his lips.

"Wha?! Yeah right! I can't trust you as far as I can throw you!" She exclaimed. Juuzou used his pinned elbows for leverage, as he pushed himself up, he was quick to free his arms and took hold of Akuma's wrists as he pushed her back with little struggle.

"That should be obvious shouldn't it?" He stopped when he was sitting completely upright, once Akuma's hands were away from his throat, he released her.

There the two sat in near total darkness, there faces less than an inch apart, the ghoul straddling the investigators lap, they were deadlocked in complete silence for a long while as one stared the other down.

"You still suspect me." Akuma stated.

"What would make you say that?" He questioned innocently, his smile looking more malecious in the darkness than harmless.

"You're ready to kill me." She said as she looked just behind him, "you think I didn't see you hide knives in that pillow? What were you gonna do? Kill me in my sleep?"

"Of course not! I don't have enough evidence to kill you! But you don't need any evidence to kill me so I have to be prepared. Though I must admit you had no troubles falling asleep, thinking I would kill you."

"Dying in my sleep wouldn't be so bad. I wouldn't even know it happened. I'm cool with that."

"Oh-ho! I've never heard a ghoul speak so casually about their own death!" He grinned.

"And you still haven't because i'm not a ghoul." Her frown deepened, "I would kick you out if I could."

"But you can't."

"I know that! Stupid creep!"

"Ah~ how mean."

Akuma closed her eyes, let out a sigh, her shoulders slumped, and she leaned her head forward so that her forehead rested against Juuzou's, she opened her golden orbs into crimson pools which made her stomach rummble. Subtle seduction was her mission, she could only wonder if it was effective.

It wasn't. At least not in the way that she was aiming for. Juuzou wasn't becoming aroused or excited by her seduction just increasingly nervous and wary of her.

Akuma was close enough to end his life before he even knew what hit him, she was tempted to but remembered that having an investigator turn up dead directly after being assigned to gaurd her would only put a giant red sign reading 'GHOUL' over her head.

"You're a tiresome guy."

"You're really close." His tone had lost its cheerfulness, Akuma smirked evilly to the boy.

"Eh? Does it bother you?" She questioned as she lowered her face, so that it was directly equal with his, and began to move as closely as she could to him, he retreated from her advances.

"Hey cut it out!" He cried, as he attempted to wrestle her off him, but Akuma was a worthy opponent. The two rolled around trying to over power the other until they ended up falling out of bed, Juuzou coming out the victor as he pinned Akuma, whom had down played her strength, to the ground.

"Oh my god! Get off me!" Akuma ordered, Juuzou chuckled evilly.

"Why? You didn't seem to mind earlier when you were the one pinning me!"

"The floors freezing!" She cried, Juuzou blinked before he chuckled darkly.

"Thats too bad! You won't leave this spot until you answer a question for me!"

"WHAT IS IT?!"

"Whose your older sister." Her breath hitched. How did the investigator know about her sister? How did he know about Ai?

"Sister? I don't have one! Now let me up its too cold!"

"No, no, no, I heard you talking about her! Who is she?"

"It's none of your-"

"Business? But it is!" He reached to the nearby nightstand and removed the class of water which had been resting on it, "Now tell me or I'll pour this water all over you!"

"Juuzou! DONT!"

"Where does she live? Whats her name? Is her kagune a replica of yours?" Akuma had to think fast, she couldn't sell out her sister, she couldn't suddenly physically overpower the investigator without looking suspicious, and she couldn't let him pour cold water on her! The she rememebered something.

"My sisters dead alright!" Juuzou stopped, "she died when I was seven, she wasn't even really my sister."

"Huh?"

"She was my neighbor, we were bestfriends, she was my Neechan... And she was killed by ghouls..." The story wasn't false, the girl was her friend, and she was killed by ghouls, Akuma just exagerated their relationship a tad. Akuma squeeled when icey water dripped onto her face.

"What was her name?" Juuzou questioned through giggles.

"Hisa! Hisa Kurenai!" She squeaked as the air began to feel like pins on her wet skin. "Why did you do that?!"

"To make you squirm and scream like that." He giggled.

"Get off me! You sadistic freak!"

He rose to his feet, Akuma was quick to get to hers as well as anger bubbled up inside her.

"Put the water down Juuzou!" She demanded.

"No!"

"Why the hell not?!"

"Because!" His grin nearly overtook his face, "if I do you'll attack me! If I don't then you'll back off!"

She approached him hotily, ushered him out of her room and slammed the door in his face, leaving him in the cold hall armed with only a glass of water. Sleeping on the couch would be his punishment.