Dream: Hello and welcome to the second chapter of When Good Dog Shows Go Fox! I was surprised (and very happy) when I found out about how many reviews chapter 1 got. I find it flattering that so many people like the story so far. I'll try to update as often as I can. (Most likely a lot since Winter and Eternal know where I live)

Zero: Refer back to chapter one for the disclaimer, I don't want to say it again.

Dream: My laziness must be contagious! Zero caught it too!

Zero: I'm not lazy; I just hate saying the disclaimer.

Dream: Hey, maybe all these things that you say that you hate doing is really you being too lazy to do them! GASP! I KNEW YOU LIKED TO DANCE BALLET IN A PINK LEOTARD WITH MATCHING TUTU!!!

Zero: WHAAAAAAT?!

Dream: You can't deny it, Zero! I know you dance ballet and now everyone else knows it too! ::dances around singing:: Zero dances ballet! Zero dances ballet!

Zero: GAH! STOP SAYING THAT!!!! ::chases Dream around:: I'm going to kill you!!!

Last time:

"But you two don't have a dog." Kurama pointed out.

Autumn and Flash looked at Kurama and smirked. He looked back and forth between them and gulped, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Now:

Café Murder Mystery, part 1:

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!" Kurama yelled at the two girls in front of him.

Autumn pouted, "Come on, Kura-chan! It'll be fun!"

"Then why don't you do it?!" Kurama snapped.

"Do you really want some strange judge man putting his hands all over Harmony?" Autumn asked.

Kurama growled and crossed his arms, "But why can't you just get a real dog? Surely someone you know has a dog!"

"Hmm..." Autumn and Flash zoned off into the realm of thought.

In Autumn's head:

A chibi Kurama in a panda costume was tap-dancing while holding a cane in one hand and a top hat in the other. Then a chibi Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Flash appeared, also in panda costumes with top hats and canes. All the chibi characters were tap dancing. Suddenly chibi Flash bashed chibi Kuwabara over the head with her cane. Chibi Kuwabara fell down with swirls for eyes. All the chibi panda characters stared at chibi Kuwabara. After a moment they all started tap dancing again.

In Flash's head:

Chibi Flash was sitting on a large pile of gold, wallets, money, and other valuables. She had little war hamster minions standing at the base of her treasure pile. In front of the treasure chibi versions of everyone she knew were groveling and holding out offerings. Flash looked at the offering that chibi Kuwabara had brought before pulling a rope that fell from the ceiling. Almost instantly chibi Kuwabara fell through a hole in the floor. His screams echoed up from the hole followed by a large splash and more screaming along with crunch noises. Chibi Flash started laughing insanely.

Back in the realm of reality:

Autumn and Flash were laughing evilly. Kurama snapped his fingers in front of their faces to wake them up. They both suddenly snapped out of it and shook their heads. Autumn blinked, "What was the question again?"

"Don't you know someone that has a dog you can use for the dog show?" Kurama asked.

Flash shook her head, "Nope, if we did it would ruin the plot of the story and we'd need a new title."

"Oh, well in that case, my answer is still no." Kurama stated sternly.

Yusuke, who had been watching quietly with Hiei and Kuwabara, whistled dramatically as he looked outside, "Wow, the rain's really coming down out there! I wouldn't be surprised if we wind up stuck here until morning."

"There's no way I'm spending an entire night stuck in this small building with you idiots." Hiei growled as he looked around at his friends.

Kurama sighed, "You'll just have to accept it Hiei. From the looks of things, you'll have no choice."

"It looks so cool out there! Such pretty lightning..." Autumn was kneeling on the couch with her face pressed against the window and her hands on either side of her face, blocking the caf's light so that she could see outside clearly.

Yusuke and Kuwabara stood next to the couch and mimicked Autumn so that they could also look outside. Flash rolled her eyes, "It's not like you guys haven't seen lightning before."

"But it's really stormy out there! Maybe that guy was right...We're all DOOMED!!!" Autumn announced happily.

Kuwabara screamed, "WE'RE GOING TO DIE!!! We're going to be trapped here for who knows how long without any food or soda!!!"

Everyone sweat dropped and looked around them. Kurama sighed, "First of all Kuwabara, you should be more concerned about having water than having soda since it's quite possible to survive without soda..."

"No it's not." Yusuke and Kuwabara said at the same time.

"...Yes it is...Anyway, that's beside the point. If you take a look around you, Kuwabara, you will notice that we are in a café. This basically means that we'll have food and water until the rain lets up." Kurama nodded.

Autumn waved her arms, "But the rubber ducky man said that the rain won't stop until everyone dies!"

"The rubber ducky man...?" Kurama raised an eyebrow.

Flash took out a thick, black, book titled 'The Book of Autumn' and flipped through the pages. She stopped when she found the page she wanted and held it out to Kurama while pointing at a specific paragraph. He took it and read the paragraph aloud.

"Article XV: Any and all things that are yellow and float, whether they be floating on their own or with the use of boat and whether they be animal, human, demon, alien, spork, or inanimate, will henceforth be referred to as 'rubber ducky' since that is obviously what it must be. i.e.: Some random man in a yellow raincoat and yellow rain hat rowing around in a dinghy must obviously be a rubber ducky since he is yellow and floats. This man would then be called 'rubber ducky man'."

Autumn crossed her arms and nodded. Kurama handed the book back to Flash. Yusuke sweat dropped, "The Book of Autumn?"

"I thought she should come with an instruction manual." Flash shrugged.

"Anyway, as I was saying...According to the rubber ducky man the rain isn't going to stop until everyone on the face of the Earth is dead!" Autumn started waving her arms again.

"That's absurd." said a mysterious voice from behind a newspaper that was being held by someone sitting at a round table in the middle of the room. Everyone in the café turned to look at the table.

"Gasp! The newspaper is talking to us!" Autumn announced and pointed at the newspaper.

The newspaper was folded and put down on the table to reveal...a plain and ordinary looking man! He had combed and orderly black hair. He had plain looking glasses and looked to be in his mid-thirties. He was wearing a dark grey suit with a white shirt underneath and a black and white checkerboard tie. He was also wearing black office shoes.

"Hey, I know you!" Autumn said as she pointed at the man, "You're that guy that used to live next door!"

The man pushed his glasses up on his nose, "Why, yes, yes I am."

"Used to live next door? You mean he moved away?" Kuwabara asked.

Autumn nodded, "Yeah, he just randomly left one day without a word to anyone about where he was going."

"That's rude." Kurama said to the man.

"Not when your neighbor on one side of your house is a crazy teenager that kidnaps clowns and talks to foxes that have more than one tail and your neighbors on the other side of your house are out of control toddlers that hang their parents upside down from trees." The man responded.

"Yeah, I would probably leave without a word too." Yusuke nodded.

Autumn looked thoughtful, "I don't remember having a person on our block that kidnaps clowns...Unless, of course, you mean me...which would make sense since I lived in the house next to yours...but that's just too logical..."

"Well, my former neighbor's idiotic statement aside, I'd like to point out that this rain is supposed to end by noon tomorrow." The man rested his arms on the table and clasped his hands together in a sophisticated manner.

Autumn walked over and glared at her former neighbor with her hands on her hips as she leaned over the table slightly, "How can you question the unquestionable might and wisdom of the rubber ducky?! If the rubber ducky man says it's not going to stop raining until everyone is dead, then it's not going to stop raining until everyone is dead! Do not question the duck of rubber!"

The man turned to Yusuke, "This is exactly why I moved."

"What you need is a copy of....The Book of Autumn! It's full of important and informative information having to do with the crazy antics and nicknames that make Autumn so loveable! No one should be without this extremely useful guidebook! For a limited time only, you can get this essential book of facts for only $6,973!" Flash held out The Book of Autumn while grinning.

The man shook his head, "That's a ridiculous price for a book."

"Well, what if I throw in..." Flash looked around for something, snatched the fork off of some random plate that still had food on it and held it out, "...this vintage fork!"

"It's old and used." Yusuke pointed out.

"It's vintage, you uneducated pig-dog!" Flash yelled and hit Yusuke on the head with The Book of Autumn.

Kurama sighed and said to the man, "Please forgive Flash, she's trying to raise money in order to buy something she really wants. Perhaps we should introduce ourselves? I'm sure you already know Autumn. I'm Shuichi, that's Flash, the boy she hit on the head with the book is Yusuke, the boy with orange hair is Kuwabara, and the little one over there is Hiei."

"Kurama..." growled Hiei.

"Kurama?" The man asked.

Kurama laughed nervously, "People call me that sometimes."

"Ah. Well, my name is Norman Smith." The man said as he stood up and bowed to them. He then sat down again.

"Norman Smith? That's a stu..." Autumn's statement was interrupted by Kurama putting his hand over her mouth.

The waitress girl walked over and refilled Flash's coffee. She was a girl with mousy brown hair and large brown eyes behind round glasses. She was wearing a dark green dress with a matching apron that had the café logo on it. She was just about Kurama's height. She seemed to be in her late teens. The white nametag that was pinned to her apron said 'Pip'.

Pip looked around at all of the customers in the café. There were the regulars, Flash and Autumn along with their Japanese friends that seemed to be around a lot. Then there were those that only came every once in a while, such as Mr. Smith and a man in his early twenties that she had never known the name of.

He was always dressed in a crimson, gentlemanly suit with matching crimson shoes. He also had a crimson cape draped around his shoulders and a crimson top hat, resembling that of a magician, resting on the table next to his coffee. Underneath the crimson jacket was a white shirt and he had a black bowtie. His hair was short, messy, and light fawn-colored. His grey eyes were regarding the other customers with curiosity.

"So, where do you live now, Random Neighbor Man?" Autumn asked her former neighbor.

The man sighed, "One, I am no longer your neighbor. Two, I told you my name is Norman Smith. Three, I moved to get away from you, so I'm not going to tell you where I live now."

"New Jersey? Ok, got it. I'll send you a postcard sometime, Random Neighbor Man." Autumn wrote it down on a napkin and then stuffed it in her pocket.

Everyone sweat dropped. Autumn looked around, "What?"

The man in the crimson suit started laughing. He put on his top hat and walked up to Autumn, "You know kid, I like your spirit. You're one of those people that don't let anything get them down. The world needs more people like you."

"Eh...?" Autumn blinked as he made a light blue colored rose appear in his hand and handed it to her.

Kurama frowned and glared at the man. He moved to stand behind Autumn and put a hand on her shoulder as he glared, "Who are you?"

"Kurama's jealous." snickered Yusuke.

"Call me Loki." The man took the hat off his head and held it behind him as he bowed. Three pure white doves flew out from behind him.

Autumn smiled as she watched the doves, "Oh! Like the Norse god of discord and mischief?"

"Why yes. My mother always said that from the moment I was born she knew I'd be a master trickster." Loki smirked and snapped his fingers. The doves vanished in a puff of smoke. Some feathers floated to the ground. Once they landed they were white flower petals.

"Whoa, how did you do that?" Kuwabara asked as he and the others stared at the flower petals.

Random Neighbor Man pushed the glasses up on his nose, "I should've guessed that someone with such a showy getup was an illusionist."

"Yeah, seriously, who in their right mind wears a red suit?" Yusuke rolled his eyes.

"It's crimson, you dolt!" Loki yelled as he pointed at Yusuke. A second later Yusuke turned into a little gray mouse.

Everyone stared at the Yusuke mouse. Flash grinned and looked at Hiei while pointing at Loki with her thumb, "I like this guy. Can we keep him?"

"Please, no turning people into animals in my grandmother's café..." Pip pointed at the mouse.

Loki bowed in apology and snapped his fingers. Yusuke became a person again. He shivered, "I never want to do that again...I had this constant fear that Autumn, Flash, and Kurama were going to eat me and I had a really strong craving for cheese. In fact...I still do...Where's the cheese?"

"Oh...We don't have cheese right now. We should be getting some tomorrow morning." Pip responded.

Yusuke twitched, "No ...cheese?! What kind of world is this where a guy that just got turned into a mouse for a minute can't get even one freaking piece of cheese?! You will hear from my lawyer!"

"You have a lawyer?" Autumn raised an eyebrow.

Yusuke looked at Flash. Flash shrugged, "I convinced Yusuke and Kuwabara to sign legal documents naming me as their official lawyer. Of course, neither of them read the fine print that states that I have the right to take 99.9% of the winnings and the right to change their wills at anytime to benefit myself."

"Oh...You're a lawyer?" Autumn asked.

Flash shrugged again, "The official certificate of lawyer-ness that I earned online by answering simple non-law related questions says I am."

Random Neighbor Man shook his head, "Kids these days. When I was a teenager, I had to work three jobs in order to support my seven siblings. I never once considered conning someone out of their hard-earned money."

"But Yusuke's money is probably stolen anyway..." Autumn pointed out.

"Yeah, that's true." Yusuke shrugged.

Kurama looked at Yusuke with wide eyes, "Yusuke! I'm disappointed in you! You should no better than to..."

Kurama's speech was interrupted by the lights going out. Everyone's attention was drawn to the door as they heard it open. Lightning flashed in the background. Against the bright light from the lightning a figure was seen. The figure had one hand holding the door open and in his other hand there was some sort of weapon.

Autumn screamed, "The man in the moon has come to get revenge on me for stealing all his cheese!!!"

The lights turned back on to reveal a soaked and sandy Hinote standing in the doorway holding a shovel. Everyone let out the breath they hadn't realized they were holding. Hinote was panting as if he'd run the entire way there. He was glaring at everyone with his normally hazel eyes that were currently flecked with gold. Now, if any of them had been paying attention to his eyes they would have realized that Hinote was being controlled by his vampire counterpart, Vladimir, but that would ruin the plot of the chapter, so nobody noticed.

"Hinote? What were you doing outside in this weather?" Kurama asked.

Hiei scoffed, "And here I thought you were smart, Kurama. We left him back at the beach buried in the sand."

"What?! Why didn't you say something earlier?" Kurama yelled.

Hiei shrugged, "I wanted to see how long it would take for someone to realize it."

"Hey Hinote, you missed all the food." Kuwabara announced.

The lights turned out briefly. There was a shuffling sound and the door closed. There was then a clunk, thud, and more shuffling. The lights then turned back on. Everyone's attention was drawn to Kuwabara. He was lying on the floor with a shovel bent over his head. Kurama gasped and kneeled down to tend to Kuwabara.

"What happened?!" Pip gasped.

Autumn pointed at the shovel, "Hey! Maybe that shovel that looks suspiciously like the one that Hinote was holding before the lights went out and doesn't seem to be holding anymore is a clue!"

Hiei stared at Autumn as if she was the stupidest person in the world. Hinote, or rather Vlad, was standing by the door again whistling innocently. Kurama felt Kuwabara's pulse.

"Don't worry everyone, Kuwabara's not dead." Kurama announced.

The lights turned out again. When they turned on again, there was a knife in Kuwabara's back. Vlad leaned over from his spot by the door, "How about now?"

"No, he's still alive." Kurama responded after a moment.

Again, the lights turned out, and when they turned on there was a cactus in Kuwabara's back near the knife. Vlad was leaning against the wall by the door. Autumn thought for a moment, "You know, it seems like every time the lights go out, whoever's trying to kill Kuwabara stabs him with something."

"So all we have to do is find a light switch and we'll know that the person near it is responsible for the crime!" Flash announced.

Vlad looked to his right at the light switch next to him. He looked around with shifty eyes before taking a step to the right so that he was blocking the switch from view. Kurama was feeling for a pulse, "Good news! Kuwabara's still alive!"

The lights once again turned out and when they turned back on there was a Spork in Kuwabara's back. Vlad tapped his foot and asked impatiently, "Is he dead yet?"

"Hmm...Nope, he's still alive." Kurama answered.

"Oh for crying out loud! How many times do I have to stab that idiot before he dies?!" Vlad yelled angrily.

Everyone turned to stare at him. Vlad laughed nervously and looked around, "Err...That's what I would be saying...if I was the one trying to kill him...which I'm not..."

"Ah ha!" Autumn pointed at Vlad, "Good thinking, Watson! In order to catch this criminal we must think like a criminal. Now then, this is obviously someone that has had access to a light switch this entire time. It's also obvious that this person at one point had a shovel. This person also has to be able to sneak by us without being noticed. It's also true that it must be someone in this very room, perhaps someone that is looking around nervously hoping that nobody realizes it's him. And upon further inspection of the body, you'll notice wet sand on the body which means that this person was probably at the beach, possibly buried...!"

Before Autumn could finish her statement, the lights turned off. A few moments later they were turned on by Pip. Everyone noticed Vlad sneaking past Loki with an unconscious Autumn. He looked around a bit before giving Autumn to Loki and pointing at him, "It was you! You bastard! What have you done to Autumn?"

Kurama glared at Loki, "I knew there was something suspicious about you!"

"What the...? But all of you saw him holding her!" Loki protested.

Vlad hissed, "I would never hurt Autumn!"

"What if I paid you?" Yusuke asked.

"That depends, how much money are we talking about?" Vlad asked.

Yusuke thought, "How about $40?"

"Make it $45 and provide me with an alibi." Vlad said.

"Deal." Yusuke and Vlad shook hands.

Kurama looked at them in horror, "You're kidding, right?"

"No." Vlad and Yusuke stated simply.

The lights turned off again. Kurama called over to Pip, "Turn the lights back on!"

"I can't! The power's out!" Pip called back after an unsuccessful attempt at turning the lights on.

A muffled sound of protest was heard from where Loki was standing, followed by the sound of some chairs being pushed out of place and a thud. Kurama was trying to see in the dark and wound up tripping over Kuwabara and falling face first on the ground. Yusuke was trying to feel his way around and wound up falling. As he was looking for something to lean on while standing up, he knocked over a cup of steaming hot coffee and it spilled all over him.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! KUSO! IT BURNS!!!!!" Yusuke screamed.

Flash and Hiei, being smart, decided to stay still until the lights turned on. Random Neighbor Man hadn't moved out of his seat. Pip was still trying to turn the lights on. She suddenly succeeded, temporarily blinding everyone. When they adjusted, they saw Yusuke rolling on the floor screaming in pain because of the coffee. They then noticed Kurama being helped to his feet by Vlad. Last, but certainly most important, they noticed Loki unconscious on the floor.

"Where's Autumn?!" Kurama asked, looking around frantically.

Dream: Well, I had originally planned on writing more, but then I decided to be evil and leave you with a cliffhanger. Actually, it's really because I'm being forced to go to bed early and I wanted to have the chapter posted for you guys, but the evilness was still a part of it.

Zero: Well, leave a review and Dream will feel loved and happy. This will probably lead to quicker updates.

Dream: Oh, and I love to hear from you people. If you ever want to talk to me, you can email me (check my profile) or IM me on AIM. My screen name is SenritsuNoTsuki. Hope to hear from you!