Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha!

'Creep… two… three… four…' Inuyasha counted out the paces he took as he scuttled on his hands and knees across the floor.

Other detectives in his department looked upon the ridiculous sight and laughed quietly, talking amongst themselves at the not-so-unusual behavior of their fellow detective.

"Shut up," he muttered as he stealthily made his way to his little office… and to the evil female that should be on her coffee break if his watch was right.

"… two… three… four…"

Finally he'd made it to the door and, after peeking into the bullet proof glass that was the door's window, found that no one was there.

"Thank God," he breathed as he stood up. Or at least attempted to. Something was pressing down on the edge of his slightly baggy pants. Slowly and with more fear than hope in his heart, he looked around.

An elderly woman, dressed in a brown tweed suit that almost matched the color of her single visible eye while the other lay behind an eye patch, had her low black heel driven firmly into the excess material of his khakis.

"Hello, Detective Jidai," she said in a manner that was far too calm for Inuyasha's comfort.

"H-Hey, Kaede. What's up?"

"Not you obviously. Mind explaining why you're on the floor?" she asked, crossing her arms impatiently.

"Looking for a penny?" he searched for an answer pathetically.

"Really? You know that you're a half hour late don't you?" she asked, still not letting her anger seep into the coolness of her aged voice.

"You sure? I'm getting more like," he checked the watch on his wrist, "twenty seven minutes and fifty two seconds." He laughed nervously, tugging hopelessly at his pant leg.

"Now is no time to be smart," Kaede chastised, a small and unwanted smile creeping onto her aged face. "You do things like this all the time, Inuyasha."

She slowly lifted her foot. "I don't know what to do with you anymore."

Inuyasha jumped up when he was freed and quickly disappeared into his office.

"Inuyasha, I wasn't done talking to you," Kaede said calmly as she pushed open his door and entered the somewhat messy place. Okay… maybe somewhat was too nice a word for it…

Papers were scattered across the floor, mostly in messy piles all around Inuyasha's desk which portrayed dents and nicks in its dark veneer. Books were lying dusty and on their sides on the small bookshelf against the lightly colored wall behind the scarred desk.

"How do you work in this… pig sty?" Kaede asked as she stepped over a half-eaten banana.

Inuyasha plopped down in his well worn desk chair and looked around at his humble abode.

"I like it," he finally decided.

"It's really… hard to imagine being in here and working..."

"It's broken in."

Kaede rubbed her forehead. "When are you going to be responsible?"

Inuyasha smirked and placed his hands behind his head, leaning back in a relaxed position in his chair. "Never in a million years."

The old woman sighed, running her fingers through the top of her white hair which had been pulled back into a ponytail.

"I'm getting too old for this… Oh, and your intern will be here soon so you should really consider freshening up this place. You want to make a good first impression and-"

Inuyasha stood up straight, suddenly alert.

"Intern?" he asked, his dark eyes wide in confusion.

Kaede nodded. "Aye, don't you remember?"

Inuyasha's blank stare told her that indeed he hadn't.

"Lt. Kagen said he told you she was coming in," Kaede said, giving the boy that she considered one of her own grandchildren a sympathetic look. "He didn't tell you?"

"NO!" Inuyasha slumped in his chair. "I can't believe he'd go this low…" In his mind, Inuyasha began to think of all the things that Kagen had done to him. He sunk lower into his chair, his eyes beginning to flick with a dangerous golden brown color. "Never mind… Yes I can…"

"Inuyasha, I'm sure he had the best of intentions," Kaede said, refusing to believe that, though he was cold and a bit distant Lt. Kagen would purposefully make Inuyasha miserable.

"No way." How was he going to get out of this one?

Kaede sighed and turned back to the door before opening it. "Inuyasha she'll be here later. I'll talk to Lt. Kagen so don't get angry and do anything rash."

"Whatever…" his eyes continued to flicker.

'Sesshomaru, I'll get you back for this...'

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