Tsuki: -sob- Your reviews make me happy.

Kaiba: They do, she read them all over about a hundred times.

Tsuki: Shush you! Anyways, I realized that I forgot to answer to my reviewers! Ack, I'm so forgetful sometimes! But, I shall do that right now.

Rubisora18117 – First of all, thank you for being my first reviewer! And thank you, I hope it continues to be good throughout the rest of the story. To your second review: I can't tell you anything, as it would ruin the surprise! And thanks, I'll try that out and see if it works!

Slushie Blu – Thanks, I noticed there weren't very many fics out there for this sort of story. I hope I updated soon enough for you.

Silver Rose Fox – I'm glad you like it. I promise to keep it going. -nodnod-

FireieGurl – I thought it was a perfect Jou scene! As to your second review, yes Jou can come in handy. Oh yes he can.-nudgenudgewinkwink-

Alexander The God – Yes, I really enjoy cop stories too. It's too bad there aren't very many for Yu-Gi-Oh. tear To your second review: I try to make my stories have some humor in them, so I'm really glad I made at least one person laugh!

Bluebelle – What did I say it was? -goes to check- Oh, I said platinum blonde. Isn't that the same thing? I thought it was. Sorry if I'm wrong! I'll have to fix that. Just watch me forget to do it. -sweatdrop-

Someone – Of course, I'll give ya longer chapters. -rolls up sleeves-

Einld – Wow, what a nice long review! But…HOW DID YOU KNOW? -sob- No, I'm just kidding. If I told you whether you were close, that would break up the suspense, wouldn't it? I am hoping, however, that when the time comes to tell you who did it, it comes as a shock. I'm glad it's suspenseful though!

Tsuki: And for those of you who are wondering when we're going to get some fluffy Seto/Jou scenes…do not worry! They will come eventually, and I hope that I don't screw it up too badly. I've never written a kissing scene before! -feels so ashamed-

Kaiba: As you should be.

Tsuki: Anyway, enough of my babbling! On with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, or it's characters. They belong to Kazuki Takahashi! If they belonged to me…well…let's just say it wouldn't be airing on children's television channels! -smirk-

Murdering Passion

The door banged open loudly, causing Jou to whip around in surprise. "What-?" he started, but his voice died down as his eyes landed on the angry form of Seto Kaiba storming into the office. The look on his face was terrifying, and Jou scrambled to get out of his way.

Kaiba strode over to his desk, slamming yet another folder of paper onto it. Jou stood awkwardly to the side, rocking back and forth on his toes as Kaiba sat down on his leather chair and put his head in his hands. Jou waited for a moment or two, but when Kaiba didn't move from his position, he tentatively took a step forward.

"K-kaiba?" he asked, cursing himself for stuttering. He'd never seen the tall brunette this angry, not even when he first met him. True, it had been a week since then, but he was still being snarky with Jou and just as rude.

"Did something happen? Was there another murder?" he asked, slowly picking up the folder of papers. When Kaiba didn't lunge and attack him, he opened up the folder. Sure enough, it was a description of another murder victim. However…

"Oh no."

"That's right, he's bound to know something's up after this one. He'll know it's not just coincidental." A voice spoke, the hint of a smirk present in its tone. There was a pause as another voice spoke, its tone muffled as if the conversation was over the telephone.

"What do you mean, 'we should stop'?" the original voice snapped, an annoyed edge now taking the place of the smirk. "You think I'd waste my valuable time just to stop halfway through? I don't care if you think we'll get caught! If you don't like it, then I'll do the rest!" With that said, the telephone was hung up.

"Soon enough, Seto Kaiba, soon enough."

"Seto-"

"Get out."

"But, I think you need someone to be here with you now!"

"I said, get out."

"Iie (1). I will not leave you here. It's not your fault Seto! No one knows who's behind these murders, he wouldn't blame you for that!" Jou yelled, slamming the folder down on the desk again. The brunette must have been in bad shape if he was allowing Jou to call him Seto.

Kaiba was silent, his head still in his hands. Jou sighed, sitting down on the chair across from him.

"Seto, do you think he would want you sitting here moping? I've only met him once, but I get the feeling he'd want you to be out there, finding his killer. This guy can't keep doing this Seto. We'll find him." Jou promised, standing up. He walked over to the door and paused, looking back at the brunette. "I'm sure Honda put up a good fight." With that, he closed the door quietly behind him.

Kaiba hadn't even moved.

"Is he still sulking?" Yugi asked quietly, sipping some steaming hot chocolate.

"Yeah. He must have been good friends with Honda." Jou sighed, resting his head on his hand. "I wish he'd get that close with me." He muttered before he could stop himself. His new friend gave him a strange look, but didn't go any further.

"Well, I think what you said to him the other day really worked, he doesn't seem so angry any more. I suppose he has the right to be sad though, Honda was his friend."

"Yeah, I know that. I'll let him continue to brood, I've been doing some research of my own, but I can't seem to find anything." Jou sighed, switching his head to his other arm.

"Just make sure you get some sleep, hm?" Yugi said, patting him on the back as he stood up. "I'd better go, Yami and I have a new case to work on."

"See ya." Jou said, waving to him slightly before standing up and making his way back to the office he shared with Kaiba. 'I'll cheer him up, if it's the last thing I do.'

Kaiba was sitting at his desk, as usual, looking over the papers with unseeing eyes. Jou marched up to the front of the desk. "Seto, we're going out." He demanded, taking a battle ready stance.

Kaiba looked up at him, his glazed eyes finally turning back to normal. "Are you asking me out on a date, puppy?"

Jou blushed fervently, grabbing his arm. "Of course not, ya freak! You need to lighten up and have some fun! We're going for a walk through the park!" he announced.

Kaiba glared at the blonde. "That's nice, but some of us have work to do. This case isn't going to solve itself."

Jou tugged on his arm, not willing to give up. "And this case isn't going to solve itself with you staring off into space. Let's go!" He then proceeded to drag the unwilling brunette out of the room and down the hall, every other PI watching them with open mouths as Jou caused Kaiba's head to bang into the elevator door.

"Oops, sorry Seto!" he grinned, as the doors closed behind them.

"Puppy, you do realize there's a murderer on the loose? And he's after PI's, which we happen to be?" Kaiba stated bluntly, glaring at the happy couples and playful children prancing around in the park.

"I'm not staying cooped up in that office, no matter what!" Jou beamed, prancing around as much as the little children.

The brunette sighed, shoving his hands in his coat pocket. The weather was getting cooler as they neared winter, and that blond idiot wasn't even wearing a jacket.

"You're going to get a cold." He growled, glaring at the golden-eyed Jou.

Jou stopped in mid-skip, his eyes widening. "What's this? Is that a note of concern I hear in the Seto Kaiba's voice?" he gasped in mock shock, his hand flying to cover his mouth.

"Of course not, stop being an idiot." Kaiba said, shoving Jou out of his way as he continued down the path through the park. Jou pouted behind him before running after the brunette, his face determined.

"Listen Seto-"

"Don't call me that." Kaiba interrupted rudely.

"I've been calling you that for the past half hour!" Jou whined loudly, secretly happy that Kaiba was getting back to his old self.

"Humph." Seto grunted, deciding that it was easier to ignore the blonde.

"Seto-kuuuuuuuuun!" Jou said, drawing out the 'u'.

"Don't make me hurt you, puppy." Kaiba snarled, forgetting his decision to ignore the blonde.

"Demo (2)-" Jou began; however, he was cut off by the sound of a loud bang. His golden eyes searched around as people screamed, running for cover. They landed on a tall building not far away with a person on its roof, a sniper rifle in their hands.

"Get down!" Kaiba roared, tackling the blonde to the ground just as the sniper shot at them.

Jou landed on the ground hard, his head hitting the pavement fiercely. Stars swam in his vision as someone grabbed his arm, dragging him into a standing position before pulling him down the path and behind a large statue.

"Itai (3)…" he groaned, finally managing to bring a hand to his head.

"Shut up." Kaiba said, pulling out his cell phone and dialing up the police. Jou watched fearfully as a chip was shot off the statue, the sniper obviously not willing to let them go.

"Seto, are you okay?" he asked quietly, looking the brunette over.

"I'm fine." Kaiba said coldly, narrowing his ice blue eyes as another shot rang through the silence, chipping the statue even more. "The police are on their way."

Jou nodded, though that turned out to be a bad idea as his vision swam once more and his head throbbed painfully.

It didn't take long for the police to arrive, but by then the sniper had already made a run for it. Police started questioning witnesses, though without much success. The sniper had been too far away to see anything. Jou let out a breath, looking over at Kaiba. 'That was too close.'

"Oh my God, are you two okay?" Yugi shouted, running towards them as they entered the office.

"Oh I'm so glad you're okay, Seto-kun?" the high-pitched voice of the receptionist squealed, nearly shoving little Yugi to the floor in her haste to get to the brunette.

"We're fine, Yugi." Jou said, sending a glare at Kotomi before heading into the rows of cubicles occupied by various PI's.

"Yamato-san wants to talk to you and Kaiba, Jou." Yugi piped, pointing to the elevator that led to the chief's office. Jou nodded and grabbed Kaiba's arm, dragging him once more to the elevator and saving him from Kotomi's death grip.

"They never found the sniper."

"Well, duh, he was long gone before the police got there." Jou said, leaning back on his chair in front of the chief's desk.

"Yes, well, it's not like they didn't try." Yamato said, sniffing indignantly at the blonde's tone.

"Enough of this." Kaiba said, interrupting the two of them. "Did you find the guy who bought the paint?"

"Uh, yes, that's another reason I called you two here. They've got him at the station. But-" Yamato stopped, holding up his hand as Jou started to stand up. "I do not think it wise for you two to go out again. I will go and ask the necessary questions."

"But-" Jou started, except the chief cut him off with a curt look.

"I do not need any more of my subordinates getting killed."

"What if they kill you?" Kaiba asked quietly, turning his icy gaze on the chief.

"I'll have a guard to protect me." The chief said, waving away Kaiba's uneasiness.

"What if they kill the guards too?" Jou asked frantically, feeling as if it would be partly his responsibility if the chief were to be killed too.

"I don't care what you two think, do not interfere. That's an order." Yamato stated, his voice brooking no argument and his tone clearly told them it was time to leave.

They did so with uneasy foreboding.

"Where's Kaiba, Jou?" Yami asked, his crimson eyes following the blonde as he sat down at the table with him and Yugi.

"He fell asleep at the desk again." Jou shrugged, cushioning his head in his arms as he looked at the two lovers. "But enough about that freak." He grinned, sitting up straighter and placing a thick folder on the table. "I was wondering if you two could tell me a bit about the previous victims?" he asked, looking up at them.

"Sure thing!" Yugi chirped, picking up the folder and opening it up. Inside, there were pictures and information on the victims of the killer, as well as their time of death and anyone who might be their enemy.

"Thanks. So the first one to snuff it was a woman, Anzu Mazaki." Jou said, pointed out the picture of the auburn haired woman with a strangely annoying smile.

"Her." Yugi said darkly, which surprised the blonde. Yugi seemed to like just about everybody. Heck, he liked Kaiba for heaven's sake!

"I take it you don't like her." He pointed out, his facial expression confused.

"Yugi doesn't like her because she flirted with me a lot." Yami mused, clearing up the confusion. "She'd flirt with all the guys in the building. Mazaki was worse than Kotomi."

Jou doubted that was possible, but he nodded anyway.

"She had her favorites." Yugi added, glaring at the woman's picture. "Mostly Yami, Kaiba, Otogi, and Bakura. But she did flirt with everyone."

"I see. Okay then, let's move on." Jou said, quickly changing the subject. "Oh, Ryuugi Otogi was the second victim?" He asked, looking at the picture of the black haired, handsome man with dice for earrings.

"Otogi was Mazaki's partner. We all felt terribly sorry for him. They made a good team though. He flirted with everybody; women and men." Yugi nodded, smiling slightly at the picture. "He did it in an amusing fashion, though. He'd fight with Honda all the time, whenever they met over a case."

"Seems like a funny guy." Jou mused, flipping to the next victim.

"Oh, that was the first officer to be killed. His name was Pegasus J. Crawford. He's from America." Yugi nodded, pointing out the silver haired man's birthplace. "He was…weird. But, he did teach Kaiba all that he knew."

"When they found his body, the other officers tried to lift him up after they'd run all their tests and a hidden bomb exploded, killing five more officers." Yami said sadly, shaking his head.

Jou wrinkled his face in disgust, but flipped the page nevertheless. "Tomoko Kujikura." He paused, looking at the girl's face. "She was unrecognizable when I saw her."

"You basically know about everyone else, ne(4)?" Yugi asked, looking up at the blonde.

"Yeah, I was here when these happened." He glanced at his watch. "Well, I'd better go and wake Kaiba, the chief should be back soon." He stood up, thanking the two as he headed back to the office he shared with Kaiba.

As he walked, his thoughts raced with the images of the victims and the information he had received from the two tri color haired twins. They've all got a connection to Seto. He must have realized that. He thought, nearly running into a wall because he wasn't paying attention. But who would kill people who knew Kaiba? They must have a serious grudge against him. He sighed, opening the door to the office.

Kaiba looked as if he had just woken up. The blinds behind him were open and the breeze was drifting into the room lazily.

"Where were you?" he demanded, sitting up in his chair.

"Why do you care?" Jou muttered irritably, drooping down onto the vacant chair.

"I don't."

Jou looked at the brunette suspiciously. He opened his mouth to retort, when he heard the office door open again. The blonde gave Kaiba a look before turning around and smiling at the chief.

"Looks like you made it in one piece, Yamato-san." Jou grinned, getting up from his chair and offering it to the elder man.

"Oh, arigatou gozaimasu (5), Jounou-" Yamato was cut off at a loud banging sound. His eyes widened in shock as a 9mm bullet pierced his chest, a small spray of blood spurting from the wound.

Jou stood in immobile surprise, staring at the chief as another shot rang out, an additional bullet piercing Yamato's forehead. By then, the chief was dead, and yet, he was still standing, and his eyes, even now, were wide in astonishment, and blood trickled down his face.

"Oh God." Jou whispered before finally finding his mobility and ducking to the floor. No more shots rang through the silence, and Jou looked around for his partner. Seto…Oh God, oh God, oh God. He thought frantically, crawling around the desk and poking his head around it, afraid of what he might see.

"You baka (6), crawl for the door." A voice hissed, and Jou felt genuinely relieved that the brunette was safe.

Jou held back his retort, motioning for Seto to follow him as they crawled towards the door. Still, the silence reigned as they passed the chief's fallen corpse, the stench of blood steadily permeating the room with its rusty smell.

They made it to the door, and Jou rolled across the threshold and behind a wall as the sound of police sirens echoed through the window in the office. Kaiba followed closely behind him, rolling with more style than the blonde.

Jou gasped when he noticed the blood soaking through the brunette's suit, staining his left arm red.

"You're injured!" He yelled, pointing at Kaiba's arm.

"I realize that, puppy." Kaiba said coldly, resisting the urge to roll his eyes. "It pierce my arm before hitting the chief."

Jou's mouth opened and closed like a gaping fish, which amused the brunette to no end.

"Close your mouth, you could catch flies with that."

"Why you-"

"Hey, what happened?" a voice yelled and Jou could feel the floor bouncing with the person's running feet.

"Ryou! We were shot at from the window! They got the chief!" Jou called, standing up and holding out his hand to help Kaiba. The brunette shoved his hand away and stood by himself. "Uh, they got Seto too."

"Don't call me that."

Iie – No

Demo – But

Itai – Ow

Ne – Right

Arigatou Gozaimasu – Thank You

Baka – Idiot/Stupid

Tsuki: -sigh- Whew! This chapter took way too long! I kept writing something then deleting it cause it didn't work right. Also, at the time that I started writing this story, the teachers over here were on strike…for two weeks! But, now we're back and the homework is piling on. -sob- So, the updates will be slower, but please bear with me! T.T

I hope you all aren't too mad at me for killing off some Yu-Gi-Oh characters, and making Anzu out to be an idiot. I really don't like her much, but there won't be much mention of her anymore so it doesn't really matter.

And…this chapter isn't as long as I would have liked. I'll try and make them longer in the future! -bows- In the next chapter, there's going to be another shocker (I think, I might not put it in the next chapter, we'll see) and some looks into Kaiba's mysterious past! Yay! Okay, please review!