Chikane's outfit for the chapter:

Chikane wears a simple long sleeved, white button up shirt and a pair of blue jeans. She wears a pair of brown loafers. A yellow headband is wore in her hair.

Chapter 3: The Case of the Illegal Casino

At the Inaba Detective Agency

Hiroshi was sitting on the couch with a drink in his hand, when one of the wolf ears on top of his head twitched. He put the drink down and stood up and walked toward the office door. Kei looked up from his book and saw his boss walk toward the door.

"Inaba-san, are you going out?" he asked.

But Hiroshi ignored him and stood in front of the door. The black haired assistant stared at the detective, confused. Suddenly the door opened to reveal Ogi, Chikane, and Winslow.

"What do you want?" Hiroshi snapped at the taller man.

"Were you waiting for us?" Ogi asked, ignoring the question, and raised his hand to pet the young man's head. "There's a good boy."

Chikane laughed as she too started to pet her childhood friend's head. "Would you like a treat as a reward for being such a good boy?" she asked jokingly, her black cat snickering.

Hiroshi deadpanned at the siblings. "Why would I want that? What the heck do you want? And why are you here, Chikane?"

"Winslow and I were out for a walk when we ran into Ogi. He told us that he had case that you could probably help with, so I decided to come." the tall young woman explained simply, still petting the detective's head.

'My cat will wait for me at the entrance when I get home.' Kei thought. 'But I guess dogs can sense when their owners are returning too, huh.'

Hiroshi smacked Ogi's hand away, yet still allowing Chikane to pet his head, and pointed at the inspector. "Just so you know, I'm not helping you out again! Harbinger of doom! I'll be glad to entertain any conversation not related to work!"

"Not related? What's left to discuss then?" Ogi asked.

The red headed man stared at the inspector. Chikane had stopped petting his head to look at him, waiting to see what his answer was. Then Hiroshi leaned his hand on the wall, his back to the two siblings, he started to fidget a little.

"I-I mean, it's not like I'm saying you can't come if you don't need anything... just... sure, I'm busy, but I can go out for a drink or two now and then."

"I see." Ogi said. "Then let's go out for drinks tonight. Right after we expose the illegal casino operation being run by Valentino."

"I can come too if you want." his little sister offered.

Hiroshi looked at them and starting to think about what would happen when they arrested the goat. He, Chikane, and Ogi are having a drink, celebrating the mafia don's arrest, then the siblings got so drunk that they pasted out and Hiroshi took the chance to touch and ruffle both their hairs, laughing evilly.

"OK!" the detective exclaimed enthusiastically.

"You're not even going to touch on the whole 'Goat running a casino' bit?!" Kei asked.

Awhile later

"So the old goat's got a casino, huh?" Hiroshi commented as he looked over his shoulder, at his black and blonde haired assistants. "Wanna make a little cash before we shut it down?"

"Oi." Ogi said.

"We can't Inaba-san." Kei replied. "Neither you nor I have very good luck. And being a prudent guy, I don't think I'd be comfortable making large bets."

"You sure do have a handle on yourself, despite your age." Hiroshi said. "It's a casino run by weeaboos. We're probably just talking even-odds."

"I wouldn't be so sure." Chikane said, doubtful.

"This guy never gives up when it comes to money." Ogi stated as he, Hiroshi, Chikane, and Winslow walked down some stairs to the underground. "He'll make sure they can bring in customers."

"It's underground?" Kei observed as he and Yuuta hung back for awhile. "Kinda creepy."

Yuuta nodded in agreement.

"Valentino set up the casino using stolen funds." the police inspector informed. "All to earn even more money, of course. Burrowing underground, holding his breath, he fattens his own coffers."

"Wow, big bro, I have to admit that's a little descriptive." Chikane said.

"Creativeness must run in your family, I guess." Winslow commented from the young woman's arms.

"To think there's evil squirming around where we can't see." Kei said, feeling a bit uncomfortable. "I'm sure that goat would even shudder."

"Don't worry." Hiroshi said/whispered into the assistant's ear. "Can't speak for the cops, but you can trust Ogi. His tenacious hatred for evil-doers is a thing to behold. There's no escaping him once he's set his sights on you, heh"

"Yeah." Chikane agreed, joining the conversation. "My big brother will track you down, no matter where you try to hide."

Kei said nothing as he stared at the back of Ogi, thinking about what the two childhood friends said.

Soon the group of six found themselves standing in the middle of a large room. It had a black and white checkered floor with stone pillars. The Tajima Hall and a medieval castle were painted on the same wall. There were four stone statues. The first was of Don, the second was Lorenzo with his arms crossed, the third was Gabriella with her hands on her hips and foot on the head a person kneeling below her, the last one was of three girls, one younger than the other two and one older than the others, all holding an umbrella in their hands. But the most noticeable thing was a pyramid with the giant head of Don, it's mouth wide open and it's tongue represented a red carpet.

"This place sticks out like a sore thumb!" Kei exclaimed. He pointed at the red carpet-like entrance. "This is the entrance?! We have to go through this?!"

"Yup." Ogi replied calmly.

The black haired assistant turned toward the blonde assistant. "As one living in the seedy underbelly of society, what do you think of this entrance?"

"Why are you asking me how evil people think?" Yuuta asked innocently.

"He probably took inspiration from the sphinx at the pyramid-shaped hotel in Las Vegas." Ogi said.

"May the Pharaoh's wrath rain down upon that goat." Kei stated.

"Look at all of the graffiti!" Yuuta pointed to the collection of graffiti written on the side of the goat's head.

"He's got no dignity." Hiroshi commented.

"Hey, Winslow, do want to write something super insulting about the goat?" Chikane asked, taking out a pencil from her pants pocket.

"Yes, please!" the cat replied excitedly.

"Chikane-san please don't, or you and Winslow might be charged with vandalism." Kei said, trying to convince the woman and cat not to do it.

Then Hiroshi started to sniff. "Does something stink here?"

"Is your halitosis back?" Yuuta asked as he, Chikane, and Winslow followed the detective through the entrance.

'They seem to be having fun complaining.' Kei thought. "They sure did build a huge piece of junk using other people's money." he said aloud this time.

"I suppose this tongue was meant to imitate a red carpet." Ogi commented.

"I really don't need any further commentary."

"Well, shall we check it out?" Hiroshi asked as he and the others walked up to a door. "The goat's casino." he pushed the door open.

"Woah!" both Hiroshi and Chikane exclaimed when they saw the casino.

It was very impressive with roulette tables, poker tables, slot machines, and a bar. And there was a lot of people there.

"It doesn't look so bad." the red headed detective admitted.

"I have to admit, that goat has good taste." the blacked haired woman said.

"This undercover operation might be fun!" Hiroshi said. "Let's go, Yuuta!"

"Kay!" the blonde assistant replied as he and his boss ran off.

"Oi!" Ogi called out, but the two were already gone. The inspector crossed his arms over his chest. "Ugh, I can't believe him."

"Seems you have it rough, Ogi-san." Kei said.

Chikane giggled. "Knowing that this is Hiroshi we're talking about here, you really shouldn't be all that surprised Ogi."

"I guess." Ogi sighed. Then he looked at the woman and assistant. "Listen, we'll be able to catch Valentino red-handed, as he's supposed to be here today. Both of you take care not to get yourselves caught before then, okay? Don't do anything to stand out."

'You're the one who's standing out, Ogi-san!' Kei thought as some people turned to gawk at the police inspector, amazed at how tall he was.

Some people also turned to stare at Chikane, saying stuff like:

"Wow, what a beautiful woman!"

"Is she really a woman? She looks so young!"

"Look at her legs, she's so tall."

"She has such an amazing figure!"

"Is she a model?"

"I wonder if she has a boyfriend."

'Chikane-san is also getting a lot of attention.' Kei thought. 'And the amazing thing is, that most of those comments weren't from guys.' the six-teen year old picked up a small map of the casino. 'So there are six corners, huh? Where should I look for the goat first?' "Guess I'll go for the roulette area, since it's the closest." when he got to the roulette area he froze.

At one of the table sat Yuuta. He was wearing a crown on his head and a long leopard-print shawl was draped over his shoulders and he was holding a fancy glass cup in his hands. There was two large stacks of poker chips on each of his sides, two people were actually fanning him.

"What happened to roulette?" Ogi asked as Kei pushed him and Chikane away from the roulette area.

"Don't look!" the assistant exclaimed. "That worse than the goat!"

"Ho Ho Ho!" Yuuta laughed loudly.

"Slots!" Kei said when the he and the others got to the slot area. "I'll bet even I can handle this."

"Yup." Ogi said.

"You know, these machines were originally set up to entertain the women waiting for the men to finish at the tables." Chikane explained.

"Really?" Kei looked at the older woman, amazed by the interesting facts that she knew. He turned toward the police inspector. "Can I try?"

"Just once." Ogi replied.

Kei walked up to one of the slots and pulled down the lever. The three dials quickly spun around for awhile until they stopped. The first dial showed the face of Don, the one in the middle had a red heart on it, and the last one had Lorenzo on it. Then thousands of coins were pouring out of the machine.

"Looks like you hit the jackpot." Ogi said to the young assistant, who was walking away. "You don't want to stay?"

"No, I feel sick now." Kei replied grimly.

"Hey sis, where's your cat?" Ogi asked.

"Eh?" Chikane looked and just now noticed that she wasn't holding Winslow. She looked and saw the black cat rolling on top of the pile of coins, that were still coming out of the slot machine, meowing happily. She walked up to the cat and picked him up by his armpits. "Come on, you greedy little fur ball."

Winslow yowled, trying to escape his mistress's grasp. "No! Can you at least put some in your pockets?!" but the young woman was already walking away from the slots. The unhappy black cat meowed mournfully as anime tears fell from his green eyes.

"How about we check out the bar for the goat next?" Chikane suggested.

"Good idea." Ogi agreed with his sister.

"The bar, huh? Kei commented. "Does the goat even drink?"

When the four got to the bar, they immediately saw a familiar face.

"Chikane, Kei, you're late!" Hiroshi said as he scrubbed dishes at rapid pace, his sleeves rolled up and a black apron was tied around his waist. "Now both of you get back here and help me wash dishes to pay my debt!"

"No, you're just going too fast!" Kei exclaimed.

"So you've entered the ultimate loser's stage already, huh?" Chikane said simply. "Not surprising."

Hiroshi learned forward against the bar counter and grabbed both of the woman's hands in his. "Chikane, will you please be a dear and help me out?" he asked/begged.

"Forget it. I'm not going to help you this ti-" Chikane stopped her sentence and froze when she saw her childhood friend looking at her with wide puppy dog eyes, his wolf ears were down.

"Chikane-chan, will you pretty please help me?" Hiroshi asked again in a more innocent and somewhat pleading voice.

The two stared at each other for awhile, until Chikane pulled back her hands and grabbed Hiroshi's face and pulled him forward. She rubbed her cheek against his.

"Oh, your so darn cute Hiroshi, I'll help you with anything that you want!"

"Thank you so much Chikane!" the red headed man said, grinning widely, as his ears perked up.

"What the heck just happened?" Kei asked, very confused by the scene he just saw.

"My sister is a totally sucker whenever Hiroshi does that face to her." Ogi answered as he, the assistant, and cat watched the young woman jump over the bar counter, rolling up the sleeves of her shirt and trying an apron around her waist, and started to help wash the dishes.

"There's a staff room behind the bar, but no sign of the goat there." Hiroshi said as Ogi and Kei sat down on the stools, Winslow jumped up and sat on the counter. "No goat, but I did find something awesome." he held up a bottle of alcohol. "I found some one hundred ninety two proof alcohol!" he held out the bottle towards Ogi. "Have a sip, it's crazy!"

"Oh? What're you tryin' to get me drunk for?" Ogi asked as he waved off the bottle.

Hiroshi then held the bottle out toward his childhood friend. "Chikane?"

"No way, you know I'm terrible when it comes to tolerating alcohol. Don't you remember what happens if I even get a drop of it in my system?"

"Oh, yeah." Hiroshi said finally remember. "You turn into a complete karate-style butt kicking machine."

"But that's only when she's agitated." Ogi stated. "When you're calm sis, you act like a spoiled child and you always flirt with Hiroshi."

Chikane's face went red. "I-I so do not!"

"But it's true. And you flirt with him in a sexual way too." her brother teased.

"Come on, Ogi, you shouldn't tease her so much." the detective said to the inspector.

"Thank you, Hiroshi." the young man's childhood friend said.

Suddenly, Chikane felt an arm wrap itself around her waist, and she was pulled back into a solid chest.

"It's not her fault she's so attracted to me." Hiroshi grinned, placing his chin on the woman's shoulder.

Chikane's face went completely red from anger and embarrassment. She stomped her foot hard on the detective's own foot and elbowed him in the stomach. The young man groaned in pain as he held his stomach.

"As if I'll ever be attracted to an idiotic and perverted hair otaku, like you!"

Chikane stormed off to the other side of the counter to take care of some customers.

"You know better then to tease her like that now." Ogi said to Hiroshi, who was still holding his stomach.

"Here's your drink." Chikane smiled as placed a glass cup in front of a male customer.

"Thanks, sweetheart." the man said, but his eyes were looking at the woman's large chest. Chikane didn't notice his staring, but it was noticed by four others.

"Where the hell does that guy think he's staring?" Ogi asked meancingly while Winslow hissed.

'Ogi-san's big brother instincts are surfacing.' Kei thought fearfully.

CRACK

The six-teen year old turned his head and saw his boss holding a glass cup in his hand, a single crack ran down the glass. Hiroshi was glaring at the man and an aura of jealously and anger seemed to surround him.

'Inaba-san has a dangerous aura of anger and jealously around him.' Kei was shaking a little now.

Then Chikane came back with money and a napkin in her hands. "That guy is a very generous tipper, he let me keep the change." she said, placing the money into the cash register. She held up the napkin. "But I wonder why he gave me his phone number."

CRACK

Everyone flinched as the glass in Hiroshi's hand shattered into a dozen pieces and fell to the floor. He grabbed a broom and dust pan and swept up the broken pieces.

"Hiroshi, are you okay?" Chikane asked, genuinely concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine." he replied, not looking at her. "Go on with what you were saying."

Chikane stared at him for a second longer, then continued. "As I was saying... I have no idea why that guy left me his phone number or why he wrote 'call me' on it."

"Chikane-san, how dense are you when it comes to stuff like this?!" Kei asked.

"So are you going to call him?" Ogi asked.

"Hell no. Why would I?" the young woman asked.

Hiroshi sighed in relief

Winslow also sighed a cat sigh of relief. 'Am I glad she's super naive when men show an interest in her.'

"Now what am I going to do with this?" Chikane gestured to the napkin.

Hiroshi snatched the napkin out of the woman's hand and tore it up, throwing the pieces into a garbage can.

"Well, that will do I guess." Chikane said, surprised by her childhood friend's actions.

"Uh, how about we go look for the goat?" Kei suggested, trying to get rid of the tense atmosphere.

"The dog fights are really... special." Hiroshi commented when he and the others left the bar and came to a large thick glass box.

"They have these at gaming casinos." Chikane informed. "Where BDSM 'pets' fight it out."

"So they fight inside a glass case?" Kei asked, walking closer to the glass. "Won't it shatter?"

Hiroshi tapped the glass. "Nah, probably not."

Suddenly, blood splattered on the glass. Chikane eeped in surprise and grabbed the detective's arm.

"Wha- When did it start?" Hiroshi asked.

Two boys were in the glass case fighting each other.

"Th-That 'Dog' is Gabriella's henchman!" Kei double sweatdropped. "So the 'Pets' are gonna fight?!" the assistant shuddered 'If she'd managed to catch me, I might be in there right now.' he felt someone pat his shoulder. Kei turned around and saw a grinning Gabriella behind him. "Gyaaa!"

"Kei?!"

"Kei-kun?!"

"Seems there's trouble." Lorenzo commented to Don, while playing poker, when he heard some commotion nearby in the casino.

"Just ignore it" the goat replied. "Enough about that. What kind of amazing hand do you have this time?" he nudged the bag man with his elbow. "You poker-faced rascal!"

"Oh it's nothing special, really." the paper bag man said a little shyly.

"You're quite a strange man." Don said. "There's a flame that blazes deep within your ice-like eyes. I never tire of staring at them."

"Don, with you watching me like that..." Lorenzo turned his cards so Don could see them. They was a ace of hearts, a ten of hearts, a jack of hearts, a queen of hearts, and a king of hearts. The jack, queen, and king cards had the goat's face on them. "All of my cards turned to hearts!"

"That's fricking gross!/ That's so gay!" Hiroshi and Chikane shouted at the same time as they both kicked the bag man in the face.

"Lorenzooooo!" Don wailed.

The two childhood friends started to pull on Lorenzo's button eyes, both had irritation marks on their heads. "Are these button's supposed to be his eyes?! We'll yank 'em off! Which one's the button you're supposed to give to the person you like?!" they both exclaimed in unison.

"What's the wolf and his girlfriend doing here?!" Don asked.

"Uh Oh, can't waste time." Hiroshi said as he placed Lorenzo in a choke-hold.

"Hey, streak lady!" Chikane pointed at the assassin, who was putting a spiked collar around a crying black haired assistant's neck. "Unhand Kei-kun! We've got Lorenzo hostage!"

Gabriella scoffed. "Foolish woman and mongrel. You shouldn't underestimate Lorenzo."

"Huh?"

Then Chikane saw the bag man grabbed the detective's wrist. She gasped.

"Hiroshi, look out!"

But it was to late. Lorenzo tossed young man over his shoulder, only to catch him in his arms. "Are you unhurt?" the paper bag man asked in a kind voice.

"How 'bout that?!" Don exclaimed. "Lorenzo's one-armed over-the shoulder gentlemanly toss! You think you're being tossed, only to find yourself wrapped in a warm, masculine embrace! You must be in a positive tizzy over how much of a gentleman he is!"

"Fricking gross!" Hiroshi smacked Lorenzo's cheek.

"So gay!" Chikane karate chopped the bag man's other cheek.

"How?!" the goat asked in disbelief. "A mutt and woman with no understanding of twitterpation. But I've got three hostages now!" he gestured toward the two childhood friends, who both had their arms twisted behind their backs by Lorenzo. Don smirked as he looked up at Ogi. "What now Inspector Ogino? I don't need three hostages, so maybe I'll kill the wolf and his girlfriend!" he laughed evilly while Hiroshi and Chikane gasped.

"Harm anyone of the hostages, and you die." Ogi said calmly the goat.

"You think you can kill me?"

"Try me." the inspector replied in a voice that made both the assassin and bag man shudder.

"Don, just go ahead and take him out." Gabriella said, still holding onto Kei

"Gabriella's right!" Lorenzo agreed with the assassin. "That man is dangerous!"

"You heard 'em Inspector." Don said as he held up a dice. "But this is a casino. Everyone has a chance here, they do!" he settled a gun on a table. "Ever hard of Russian Roulette? Roll the dice and pull the trigger. There's only six chambers, though. So try not to roll a six, 'kay? If you survive I'll free the hostages."

"You had better remember that." Ogi told him.

"Now, wolfie, you're gonna roll the dice, you are!" Don said as Lorenzo slammed Hiroshi onto the table, still keeping a tight hold on Chikane's arms. "Your partner's, and girlfriend's brother's, fate is in your own two paws!"

"Valentino, you bastard!" Hiroshi and Chikane said in unison, both glaring at the goat.

The goat stuck the dice between the young man's teeth. Hiroshi glanced up at Ogi.

"Do it." the inspector said.

Hiroshi, hesitating at first, spit out the dice. Everyone watched as the dice rolled on the table.

'Oh, no!' Kei thought, panicking. 'It's gonna stop on five! I've gotta do something! I'll kick the table!' he kicked his legs out toward the table, but he couldn't reach it. 'Nooo! My legs are too short! Someone do something please!'

Suddenly, a poker chip whirled by and hit the dice. The dice stood and spun on one of it's points, until it landed on six with a 'plop'.

'Plop?' Kei thought as he and Ogi both paled.

The blacked haired assistant turned to the person who threw the poker chip. "Yuuta-kun?"

The blonde cross-dresser didn't say anything at first, then gripped his fists and grinned widely. "I didn't do it on purpose!"

"No persuasive power whatsoever!"

"Sha Sha Sha!" Don laughed. "That's your death sentence, that is!" he slid the gun over to the inspector. "Though I do still have three hostages here, if you kill one of them yourself, I wouldn't mind giving you more chance-"

BANG!

The goat was cut off when Ogi picked up the gun, held it to his head, and pulled the trigger.

"Ogi-san!" Kei yelled.

"It fired once." Ogi said. He had blood running down the side of his head where he fired, but he looked completely fine. "Is that satisfactory?"

No said anything as they stared at the inspector.

"He's made of iron!" Kei, Gabriella, and Lorenzo all exclaimed in shock.

Hiroshi, Chikane, and Winslow deadpanned, not really surprised.

"Hey, herbivore, don't you have any bigger guns?" Yuuta asked menacingly, while gripped the goat's shoulder.

"Why do you seem the most disappointed here?!" Don exclaimed.

"All right, release the hostages like you promised." Ogi said.

Lorenzo snapped out of his shock as he let go of Hiroshi and Chikane.

"You really should let us go!" Kei warned Gabriella as she released him. "No one can stop Ogi-san!"

The assassin looked at the assistant. "You.." then she softly blushed as she fiddled with her main fingers. "Are you worrying for my safety?"

'Wait, does she like me even MORE now?' Kei thought, worried.

"Now then." Ogi said as he, Hiroshi, and Chikane loomed over Don. "Give up, Valentino. Robbery, kidnapping, attempted murder and now you're in violation of gun laws. Not to mention you're suspected of running an illegal casino, too." the inspector snapped a pair of handcuffs onto the goat's hooves. "You're under arrest!"

"Woohoo!" the black and blonde assistants and black cat cheered, while Hiroshi and Chikane high-fived each other.

"Hey, Lorenzo and Gabriella are gone!" the red headed detective said, just now noticing the absents of the assassin and paper bag man.

"Once again demonstrating how their talents are completely wasted working as this goat's henchmen!" Kei commented while everyone looked around for the two henchmen.

"I've got units at the entrance and exits as well as covering the general area." Ogi said, holding a hand over his earpiece. "It's fine."

"Sha Sha Shaaa..." Don laughed.

"What's so funny goat?" Chikane glared at him, hearing his laughs.

"Those two would never be so stupid as to fall into a cop's trap." Don said. "They're the family's pillars. Ruthless they may be, nut they've got bold techniques. They'll stop at nothing to save me. Maybe a hijacking or blowing up the police station? I foresee many victims, I do! And it's all your fault for capturing me, hah! You'll regret this! I am he who will rain down upon you the worst ending in criminal history! I am Don Valenti-" the handcuffs slid off the goat and fell to the ground. "-no?"

Don looked at his now free hooves, and dashed away at quick speed.

"Get back here!" Hiroshi, Chikane, and Ogi shouted together, but the goat was already gone.

At a bar somewhere

"I wonder how many inspectors have ever hoof-cuffed someone before." Ogi said, his head now bandaged.

"I've never heard of any, but I'm sure they're out there." Hiroshi commented. "At least the casino's gone now."

"Hey, you sad sacks, cheer up!" a red faced Chikane said cheerful, holding a glass of alcohol in her hand, as she patted the two men on the back. "That stupid goat may have gotten away but there's always next time, right?!"

"It's amazing how cheerful someone can be after drinking one glass of alcohol." Winslow meowed.

The young woman set her mug down and then wrapped her arms around the red headed detective's neck, while purposely undoing the buttons of her shirt so some of her large cleavage was showing. "Oh, Hiroshi, you are so handsome you know that?" she said seductively, looking at him with a loving and lust-filled gaze.

Hiroshi was caught off guard and blushed heavily. "Ch-Chikane, don't do stuff like this in public!" he tried to pry his childhood friend's arms off of his neck.

"I'll do whatever I want!" Chikane whined childishly, tighting her grip on Hiroshi. She learned forward. "For example, I can kiss you right now!" her lips were just milliliters from the detective's until Hiroshi was able to push her back a bit, although her arms were still around his neck.

"No, Chikane! Believe me, I would love to kiss you, but let's do it while your more sober and more conscious of what you're doing!"

"She is going to have one hell of a hangover in the morning." Ogi and Winslow said in unison as they watched Hiroshi still trying to escape from Chikane's grasp.

And there is chapter three. I just want to sat thank you to Ryu Yuki for following my story. Until next chapter, please read and review.