It's been awhile everyone. Sorry for the long wait. I've been sidetracked with many other stories. Then AOL decides to not work anymore, which ended up being canceled. And I'm still waiting for DSL to get activated so I have the internet again. Now It's suppose to be done on the 25th. Boo. Sigh... Anyways! I know you've all been waiting, and I thank you for your patience. Now lets see here, where did I leave off... Oh! Kohaku! That's right. Heh... almost forgot what I had planned. Well anyways, it's time to get the show on the road. Here's the long awaited chapter to 'Forever A Thief.'

Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha.

Kissed By A Drunk Guy

Last night's events stuck in many minds. Some wondered how someone managed to get passed the mansion's surveillance. Questions arose as many servants in the mansion passed on their own assumptions as to why Mr. Youhan's brother was chasing the trespasser. Some thought Inuyasha was chasing a thief, while some thought he was chasing one of the servants away. The first one being the more believable one.

The mornings 'talk' did little to ease Sango's pounding headache. Two dark half moons formed under her eyes, having not slept all night. The sight of her brother, and the question of how Inuyasha knows him, kept her up. She had waited all night in the room her and Inuyasha are sharing. She planned on getting some answers from him the moment he walked in. The only problem was, Inuyasha never showed up, and apparently, he hasn't been seen anywhere in or near the mansion.

Now the officer is left wandering aimlessly through the long halls of the mansion, lost in her thoughts. She's stuck with two options. She could leave and search for Inuyasha herself, or she can stay and pray he returns. The short time she has known him, tells her that the latter seems less likely to happen. She'll grow too impatient to wait by the time he decides to come back, if ever.

Sango was just thinking of calling a tax to come pick her up, considering she hadn't arrived in her own vehicle, when she walked into a strangely soft wall in the middle of the hallway. "Sorry, wasn't watching where I was walking." Sango muttered under her breath as she remained on the floor, trying to decide whether she should get up or just fall asleep in the middle of the hall.

"So I've noticed."

Sango raised her gaze up at the familiar voice, her gaze settling on Inuyasha's supposed brother Sesshomaru. "Has Inuyasha come back yet?" Sango asked tiredly, hoping that he had decided to return on his own. She scowled in annoyance upon seeing Sesshomaru shake his head 'No.' "If he doesn't come back soon I swear I'll go out to find him myself and shoot him in the ass."

"That would be a sight to be seen." Sesshomaru said, though any trace of amusement was nowhere found in his voice. "I would like to speak with you in private."

Sango raised an eyebrow at him before looking around the hallway, "Well, we're alone now so..."

"I do not wish to speak here."

"Why? It's as good as place as any." Sango said as she pushed herself to her feet.

"The walls have ears." Sango's brows shot up in surprise. Sesshomaru turned around and began walking away, "We shall speak in my office."

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"Well... are you going to sit there all day, or are you going to say something." Inuyasha could here the young priest from the other booth. "You obviously have something you want to say. So say it."

The thief crossed his arms and let out a breath to indicate his annoyance, "Aren't priests suppose to just sit there quietly and listen?"

"Ah... you see, the whole purpose of that would be that you're talking. I've been sitting here for twenty minutes listening to silence."

"... You remember how I said someone murdered my kid and his mother?" Inuyasha paused to get an answer.

"It's a very tragic loss. Perhaps they are in a place now that..."

"Yeah, yeah." Inuyasha cut him off, not wanting to listen to the young priest's preach. "Well I assumed that my son may have been alive at the time, his body was never found."

"Yes I recall you mentioning that."

"I know he's alive now."

"Do you now? How so?"

"There's someone out there who's been helping me. Evidently he knows my son is alive. If he says my son is alive, then I know he is. He hasn't given me a reason to doubt him yet." Inuyasha couldn't help but let a grin spread across his lips.

"..."

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow when Miroku remained silent. He expected more of an reaction than just plain silence, "uh.. Miroku? You still in there?"

"Uh yes. My apologies. I was thinking." Inuyasha just shuck his head at the priest. "So who's this person helping you?"

"I don't know. Heck I don't even know what he looks like." Inuyasha realized how foolish he must be by accepting the help someone he has no knowledge about. But something told him he can be trusted.

"You don't even have a first name?" Miroku asked.

"Nope."

"How about an alias? Does he use one of those?"

Inuyasha's brows furrow in annoyance at the priest's interrogations, "Look, I don't know anything about the guy, alright? Actually, for all I know, it could be a woman."

"Yes sorry about the questions. I was just curious."

"Hey Miroku, when is the head priest guy around this place? For the few times I've been here, I've never seen him around."

"... He has many matters to attend to. He hardly comes around anymore."

The two fell into silence, the conversation seeming to die right then and there. Having nothing more to say, Inuyasha stood from his seat and stepped out of the confessional booth. Miroku followed Inuyasha's example and stepped out of his own. "I need a drink." Inuyasha spoke more to himself than to Miroku.

The young priest turned to his companion and shot him a small smile, "So where will you be going now Inuyasha."

Inuyasha considered his options for a moment. On one hand, he could return to the mansion where there's security to protect him, 'And a bitchy cop.' On the other hand he could head to a bar in the city, without anyone breathing down his back. However, that would also put him out there for an easy target for whomever is out to get him. The right choice is easy enough that Inuyasha knows what is best. "I'm heading to the nearest bar." He announced; sound a little to happy about the announcement.

Miroku shuck his head at the man, "Do you even have any money to purchase any alcoholic substance?"

Inuyasha smirked to himself and pulled out a wad of bills, "As a matter of fact I do. That shit head brother of mine left these laying around in his office dresser. Seeing how he didn't seem to need it, I took it."

Miroku decided not to even try to lecture him about taking the money. "Forever a thief, eh Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha laughed, "I consider it borrowing. Besides, he's rich enough where a few hundred dollars won't be missed." Inuyasha shoved the money back into his pocket and turned to leave, "I think I'll go get drunk now."

"Against my better judgment on the matter, I'll accompany you." Miroku announced, surprising the thief.

"What? Are priests allowed to drink?"

"Although consuming alcohol of any kind is a sin, I know that god will forgive me." Miroku pressed his hands together, closed his eyes, and bowed. As he straightened back up, he smiled, "And as for everyone else who may have a problem with it, it's like the old saying, 'What they don't know. Won't hurt them.' Right?"

Inuyasha shuck his head, "Whatever." And the two left the chapel in search of the nearest bar.

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Sango stared mindlessly at the wall in front of her, not moving from her spot on the bed. How long had she been sitting there, she doesn't know. She does know however that the sun had set and it is now the late evening. Despite that, she isn't the least bit tired. Her thoughts kept bringing her back to the conversation she had with Inuyasha's older brother.

Sesshomaru led the officer into his large office far in the west wing of the mansion. It looked like any normal business office Sango had seen before. Filing cabinets stood at the walls, though their purpose is unclear do to the fact it seemed all the files are stacked across the floor near the cabinets rather than in them. A large oak bookshelf stood on the other end of the office. In the back of the room, in front of a window that made up the entire wall, was his large desk. Two seat stood in front of the desk while Sesshomaru's stood behind the desk.

The multi-millionaire made his way around his desk and sat down. He held out his hand, beckoning Sango to take a seat in front of the desk. Although she'd rather remain standing, Sango took a seat. "Now... is there something you wished to ask me?" Sesshomaru asked immediately. Sango raised a brow at the question, "If not, then that's alright as well."

"You brought me to your office to see if I had a question?" Sango asked in irritation. She made a move to get up and leave when a thought crossed her mind. She does have a question she's been meaning to ask, "Actually, I do have a question."

Sesshomaru gave a short nod, "Than ask it."

"Why was it, you wished to have a police officer be a bodyguard for Inuyasha? You have surveillance here, and a security that rivals the Whitehouse's." It was something that had been really irking her for some time now.

The question brought a faint smile to Sesshomaru's lips. He turned and opened a drawer to his dresser. Once he grabbed a file he closed it once again. On a second thought, Sesshomaru reopened the drawer and glanced inside to see a turned envelope, it's contents missing; the money he had been keeping safe to give to one of his employees. Now it's missing. Since it wasn't that much to begin with, Sesshomaru decided to leave it alone for now.

"I see you observe your surroundings very well. As your file states." Sesshomaru says tossing the file onto the desk.

"My file?" Sango questioned, "How'd you get my file."

Sesshomaru looked nonchalant through the file, flipping pages and scanning its contents with a rather bored expression as if he had already read it several times. "I have my connections." He gave as a poor answer, "Your record is quite impressive officer. Seems you were to be promoted as your district's top detective. What happened to that?"

"I had more important things to worry about at the time." Sango replied, her voice sharp. She didn't like anyone who had no business with her, searching through her files. There are things that she'd rather keep in privacy, "Are you going to answer my first question or not? Why does he need a bodyguard when you have a capable security here already."

"Tell me, what do you know of my father?" Sesshomaru asked, seeming to ignore Sango's question, "Nothing I'd assume besides what you've heard about him. What did you hear about his death?"

Sango's brows furrowed in thought, "I heard he died from an illness."

Sesshomaru closed the file in his hand and tossed it back on the desk, "What illness did he die from?"

"Um..."

"The truth is, throughout my entire life, I've never seen my father sick. He rarely left the mansion and when he did, he'd be sure to have guards with him."

"Where are you going with.."

Sesshomaru held up his hand to signal her silence, "Let me finish. My father was a very healthy man. He exercised everyday and had a strict diet that he kept. A man such as he would have outlived many people. Then one day, father suddenly gets sick, two days later, he's dead. Now officer, let me ask you this, what sounds wrong about all of this?"

Sango remained silent, although she was very interested as to where this is going. The elder brother of the Youhan's nodded his head, seeing that Sango understood, even though she had not said anything, "A person doesn't die from an illness in just two days. And nor has the illness been given a name. I have my own theory on my father's 'illness.' I believe he was poisoned, in other words, murdered."

"But who would.."

"Who indeed." Sesshomaru cuts in, "Who has to gain from killing my father off? Perhaps it was a leading company thinking they could get the upper hand on the business with father's death. But that idea has many thoughts. For instance, my father hadn't left the mansion for quite some time. And no new associates came into the mansion. Which would mean that the person who poisoned my father works here."

"But than why would someone do that? And where does your brother fit into all of this?"

Sesshomaru smirked at the mention of his brother, "Inuyasha is more or less a distraction."

"A distraction?"

"Yes. Father and I had known for a long time now where Inuyasha has been. He was easy to track down. We chose to leave him on the streets. His presence in the mansion or anywhere in the company could have hurt it more than helped it."

"Than why would your father have a will stating that the company will be shared between the two brothers?" Sango questioned, having a hard time believing that they had left Inuyasha on the street.

"That's where things become complicated." Sesshomaru began, "My father never planned dying at such a young age. So he never got around to making a Will. The will is a fake. I was merely testing my theory."

"Testing your theory?"

"Yes, the theory of my father's death. I have a few guesses as to who the killer might be. You see, with the announcement of having a brother, and having a new business owner, everything would turn back to normal, nothing would really change. But Inuyasha has been targeted. Someone out there wants to kill him. I've known this since the very first attempt. I have many connections outside this mansion. So my theory has been proven. So to make things easier for me, I took my dear little brother in."

Sango remained silent for a moment as she thought things through. From what Sesshomaru has told her, it does point out that his father was murdered, and the things he did to figure out, Sango could arrest him for it. However, she doesn't know who the person trying to take out the Youhans are. "Who do you think the killer is?"

Sesshomaru remained silent for a moment, as if debating to tell her or not. Sango believes that he's just trying her patience, "Did you know my executive Naraku, was to take my position in this business while I took my father's? But since Inuyasha is here and now is said to be the co-owner of this company, Naraku remains in his place." Sesshomaru smirked for a moment before adding, "Below me, where he belongs."

Sango still can't believe the mess she's gotten herself into. She's beginning to wonder if she would have been better off leaving Inuyasha on the street instead of taking him home when she ran him over. If she'd down that, she'd never be here now, she'd have a guilty conscience, but at least she wouldn't be where she is now. She's not some detective, true she was suppose to be one, up until the point she ran off in search of Kohaku, but she's still not a real one.

Sango's breath caught in her throat as she heard the doorknob begin to turn. She placed her hand over her gun that's resting on the nightstand and waited. Slowly the door began to open and Sango quickly found her voice again, "Where the hell have you been?" She screamed as high as she could in a whisper at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha just gave a lopsided smile and said, "Drinking."

Sango felt her eye twitching, "Alright I want answers now. How do you know my brother Kohaku? How long have you known him? And where is he?" She asked all of this while practically lifting Inuyasha off his own feet by his collar as she glared at him.

Confusion swept across Inuyasha's face, "Whoa.. too fast... I not know uh... Hakoku, so I uh.. I've known him for uh... none... and he's wherever he is." Inuyasha chuckled.

"The boy from last night! The one you were chasing!" Sango could wring Inuyasha's neck if she wasn't so afraid of missing her chance to finding Kohaku.

"Oh.. OH! Yeah.. uh... He's some... person who's been helping me... What was it I'm doing?...Finding son... Shippo. He's helping me find Shippo."

Sango had trouble understanding him through his slurred speech but she managed to get the important facts. Kohaku, for whatever reason he has, is helping Inuyasha find his son. And apparently, but the looks of things, Inuyasha has no idea who's helping him. So he wouldn't know where she could find Kohaku.

Sango's brows furrow in anger, she tightened her hold on Inuyasha's collar and glared at him, "You better not be lying to me."

Inuyasha lobbed his head from shoulder to shoulder and gave a grin, "Hey... you know... you're pretty cute when you get angry." Inuyasha gave a short laugh when Sango's face began to turn a few shades darker. Inuyasha poked her face with his finger and gave a satisfied smile, "Blushing. That means you're embarrassed right... Hmm... If that's embarrassing for you, I can't imagine how much this will be."

Before Sango could even think about the meaning of Inuyasha's comment, his lips were on her own. Sango immediately froze up and stood completely still, half confused, and half afraid. She can smell and taste the alcohol he had been drinking, a taste she hasn't completely forgotten. She was vaguely aware of the fact that Inuyasha had begun pulling her towards the bed.

She barely registered the fact that he had brought them down on the bed, never pulling his lips away from her own. Through all of it, Sango remained still, she didn't return it but nor did she push him away, her mind went completely blank so it couldn't tell her body to do anything. She couldn't even bring herself to stop Inuyasha from slipping his rough hand into her shirt where he began tracing large circles across her stomach with his thumb.

Finally Inuyasha pulled away, looked down into her seemingly blank eyes and said, "Night." With his hand wrapped around her waist and his head rested on her chest, Inuyasha quickly fell asleep. And Sango remained awake the entire night, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Well... (Cough, Cough) Um... No comment. Heeheehee!