Catse: Okay, finally an update! Sorry this one took so long. I've kind of put my mind to putting up my Dance of Swords series. As an apology, I put up a really long chapter. And hopefully, I'll be able to put these up regularly, but that's hopefully. Please send reviews! They're loved, that they are!


Disclaimer: You know the disclaimer...It's chapter one's...


The next day ran normally for once, and he performed his duties as usual and watched Kagome from afar as well. That day, he was supposed to get his first check, and upon showing it to Mrs. Higurashi, she frowned and shook her head. "It's not enough Inu. I don't think you'll be able to make enough money in time for that bracelet." She had told him, but he was determined he would buy it.

So next day after that, he went back to work, determined he would clean more if he had to, if only to get more money for Kagome. That day, was the unusual one.

It was some sort of inspection day for a group of men in dark blue, with badges, and black spotted brown dogs called "Police Dogs", which were actually German Shepherds, came into the school. It was the janitors jobs, to open up all of the closed lockers and classrooms if the dogs smelled something suspicious, and Inu, not yet given his keys, found himself helpless and bored as he watched the well trained and curious dogs clatter off the floors he cleaned himself in search for anything that didn't belong in the school.

Several times, the dog would come to a locker and point at it, and when opened, there was nothing to be found within except for a couple of notebooks and a textbook here and there.

Finally, around the end of the day, the "Police" were to do and inspection of the students bags, and finally came across one with a strange white substance, the police called, "Cocaine".

"I have no idea how that got there!" The student exclaimed, a young boy with curly black hair over his eyes, and tiny beady brown eyes. Many of the students there called him Hakuchi, or something like that, and Inu wasn't very acquainted with him. The last and only time he met the guy, he had walked into the restroom at the time Inu was walking out.

Well, the Police decided that he was to have his drugs taken away and would have either a talk with his parents, or a night in jail, or something to that extent.

But there seemed to be something wrong with Hakuchi's eyes. Inu wasn't sure what it was, but Hakuchi seemed too confident in his eyes for a boy that had been caught with drugs. It was as if he was hiding something.

Inu crept in closer to get a better look at the boy, as many people crowded around him, some teacher's telling how disappointed they were in him, and some police, talking about what they would do with him.

As he closed in, his nose caught a familiar scent he had caught around the first time he had come to the school, and he trailed the scent to the tiny bag of powder in the police's hands. He knew that scent. It was disgusting as hell, but he knew that scent.

He walked away from the group to where he had last caught the smell, which just happened to be the boy's restroom he had been assigned to clean.

Inside, he trailed that same smell to the spot he had last found it, and with a new courage he knew he didn't have at this school before, he pulled the brick out of the wall. He was surprised to find a large cavity, almost like a cave. Filled to the brim inside, were several large bags of the same white "powder" the cops had.

He reached in, pulled out a heavy bag, and took it to the police. They're eyes bulged when they landed on it, and immediately they asked him where the rest of it was, as the boy looked at him in shock. Hakuchi didn't have the confidence he had before anymore. Now, he was stunned speechless.

Inu showed them the rest of the stock, and upon putting two and two together, decided that the boy was to go to jail for so many drugs in his possession.

One of the officers, a man with a clean shaved chin and a grey and white mustache, came to Inu, an old trench coat on instead of the dark blue uniforms.

"That was quite impressive young man. How did you find that stash?" He inquired in an old cracked voice.

Inu grinned and replied "I sniffed it out."

"You sniffed it? Come now…You couldn't have smelled it. Not behind all that brick anyway."

Inu's grin widened. "I did smell it! Are you saying my nose is weak?"

"No…but..that's incredible. No man I know alive today can sniff out a stash like that. What's your name young man?"

Inu never lost his smile when he replied. "It's Smith sir. Inu Smith."


Inu couldn't believe the news he had been given. They were asking him to be a Cop! Whatever that was, it sounded better than being a Janitor, and hopefully it paid better. But there was also the fact that his time was running short. He now only had four days left, and only a small amount of money for the bracelet.

'Oh well, if I have to I'll give it to her late.' He thought in partial defeat. Mrs. Higurashi was completely thrilled when he gave her his news.

"Cops do pay better!" She announced. "And it fits you better too! Oh how cute you'll look in that uniform!" His eye twitched at that, and he found himself disappearing outside to the tree he liked to sit at outside of Kagome's room. He found the light in her room on this time, and upon balancing on the tree found Kagome working on her homework. Apparently, there was a project she had to turn in, and there was no excuse on it being late.

He watched her for a while, and then when she finished, she yawned and clambered into bed, not even noticing he was there the entire time.

When she was asleep, he crept into her little room through the window, and sat next to her bed.

'Kagome…' He thought silently. He hadn't had the guts to really talk to her since his fight with Hojo. Even though she didn't link him with it, he knew he had done it, and he lost most of his confidence to talk to her. Why, he didn't know. Hell, in the past he would just yell and scream and everything would calm down after a while. He was rarely ever left with the strong feeling of guilt that he felt now, and the fact that he couldn't lift the feeling off his chest worried him.

He figured he'd explain and apologize when he got her the bracelet, but for now, Mr. Smith was going to be a cop, and he'd do his best to get her that present, even if he had to attack a man to do it.

Then he got to thinking. What does a cop do? He had only seen them walk around opening lockers and leading dogs around, but what did they actually do, or was that their job.

Mrs. Higurashi sounded completely enthused about it, so maybe it wasn't that bad. Perhaps it was something like that Urameshi guy had said, about kicking demon's asses and stuff like that? Maybe? But in any case, he already had a plan that when he was done with everything he would call up those guys and ask if their place was still open. Hell, that Urameshi sounded like a guy he could get along with, so why not? It could be fun as hell right?

Inu sighed. Kagome's world was a strange display of fantasy gone wild. Not only to people drive around in growling contraptions they called cars, they lived two feet next to each other, let someone else cook for them all the time most of the time, watched boxes with flittering pictures across the glass, and worked crazy jobs just to get money to do all of those things and more. Oh well, maybe if he learned a little more he might fit in. Maybe.


The next morning was to be his first day as a cop. He waited for Kagome to head off to school, and took his time in putting on the uniform and the cap, and in dying his hair and putting on contacts. Then Mrs. Higurashi fixed the tie he had in the front and braided his hair same as every morning, and he left with specific instructions on where to go. Because of his job search earlier, he was beginning to understand the streets and buildings, and it didn't take him too long to find the Police Department. The building itself was short, just one story, with a row of the same colored cars in front that reminded him of very well patterned cows. Their sirens usually hurt his ears though, and the lights made him dizzy.

He entered the building and walked to the front desk, where the woman sat in the same uniform as him, filing her nails with a well sanded piece of wood.

"Who are you?" She asked somewhat rudely. Inu didn't mind.

"Smith. Inu Smith." He told her.

She popped a wad of gum in her mouth, in which Inu wondered why she had yet to swallow it if she was eating it, and began to type on something Inu had learned was called a computer.

"Ah yes, you're our new Dog right."

Inu's eye twitched at that. "What did you say?"

"I'm just askin' if you're our new Police Dog. Don't take it literally man, it's just that your nose is about as good as theirs. Call it a nick-name if you will, kay?"

His eye didn't stop twitching until the officer he had seen before re-appeared.

"Ah, Smith! Good to see you. Come on in to my office. I'll explain what the job is in there."

Inu followed him to an office that said "Imuzuki, Taiken." On the front with his number and other information below it.

He was apparently the leader of the Police.

"Nah." Imuzuki told Inu after he asked if he was the leader. "I ain't the leader. Our Chief of Police's name is Tudoku. He ain't here now, so I'm merely filling in for him. Have a seat."

Inu obliged and sat, eyeing a box of donuts on the cops desk. His nose, as good as ever, told him they were freshly made, whatever they were, and were very sweet.

"Go ahead. Have one. You look hungry."

Inu nodded and took one out, biting into it.

Yep, it was sweet.

"Well, let's get down to business, shall we?" Imuzuki said, sitting down. His desk was layered in stacks of paper, photos of family, and several paper weights. "You're to be the new partner of our Cop Nabuka, Siami. His name sounds girlish, but he's very masculine if you know what I mean."
"What do you do in this job?" Inu asked once he had finished his donut and licked his fingers clean. So what if he looked like a cat, he thought. It was annoying to roll your hand into a fist when sticky, and then get it stuck until only water could break it apart.

"Well, the usual. You round up criminals, sniff out possible drugs and the like. Since you never went to an academy for this, I would ask that you let Nabuka do the dirty work. You're only there to sniff out what he can't see. Got it?"

Inu nodded. Then they worked out how much he was to be paid, and once finished, where to find Nabuka.

"Come on, I'll introduce you." Imuzuki offered, and he lead Inu down a long hall to the back, where a few of the men sat around a table, chatting over coffee.

"Nabuka." He said, and a rather tall man stood up and nodded. His hair was long but kept in a short pigtail at the back, and his eyes looked innocent, yet his grin mean.

'He reminds me of Miroku.' Inu thought to himself as the man walked towards them.

"Yes sir?"

"This is to be your new partner. Smith, Inu. Inu, this is Nobuka, Siami." Imuzuki introduced.

They bowed to each other, in which Nobuka quickly told him that everyone called him by his last name instead of his first name.

'Why must people have last names?' Inu thought to himself. 'It's very confusing.'

"Well, I'll leave you to your assignments men. Inu, call me if you need anything."

Inu nodded and Imuzuki disappeared toward his office once more.

"So, you're my partner eh? How about a cup of coffee?"

Inuyasha blanched at that. "No thanks. I had that once before and I didn't like it." He remembered vividly the coffee drunk aliens from the Men in Black corporation that drove him half-way bonkers.

"Okay then. Come on, it's about time to start our shift anyways."

Nobuka lead him down another hallway, this one shorter and to the door. Outside, they came to another row of the black and white cars that screeched, and Nobuka hopped into the driver's side. Inu stood a while, looking around.

"Get in." Nobuka told him, pointing to the passenger side.

Inuyasha nodded and opened the door with great difficulty. When he had finished fighting with the handle and actually sat in the seat, he nearly jumped back out again when it began to growl at him.

"It's okay man. It's just the car. It's a couple of years old so she makes a lot of noise. Relax." Nobuka told him, looking at him weird.

Inu looked like he had never seen a car before. Well he had, but he had never ridden in one.

Then he remembered a little of what Nobuka said and he began to get confused.

"Wait a minute. This thing lives?" He said, pointing to the car's hood with a pointed finger. As if to answer his question, the car made a loud grinding noise that nearly made him jump out and attack it.

"No. What gave you that idea?"

"Well you called it a she, so I'd guess it was living." Inu answered, his brows furrowed in frustration.

"Oh, no no!" Nobuka said, laughing. "No. People refer to it as a she simply because it kind of makes it sound like a person. Hell, I know this car almost seems to have a mind of it's own, but it doesn't live! Haven't you ever ridden in a car before?"

Inu shook his head.

"Really?"

Inu nodded his head as if it were a stupid question to ask.

"What rock have you been living under?"

'Why does it seem every person I meet asks me that?' Inu thought in exasperation as Nobuka backed out and they drove unto the road. Inu was able to see things much more differently from the window of the car. Actually, it went about the same speed he did when in a frenzy, but this way he actually saw what raced past him. Before, when he ran he usually kept his eyes on what was in front of him. Here, he didn't because something else was running for him.

'I should get one of these and use it my era.' He thought to himself wryly. 'Then we'd see who got run over first. Me or Sesshomaru.'

"So, how old are you Inu?" Nobuka asked, as he got comfortable in the seat.

Inu thought.

'Well…let's see. I was seventeen before they pinned me to the goddamn tree! Then fifty years passed. Then one after Kagome freed me…"

"Fifty-Eight." Inu answered, not really thinking about how astonishing that was to a human.

"FIFTY-EIGHT! DUDE! You look AWESOME for that age! What do you do? What cream do you use? Who do you go to!"

Inu stared at him weird, and then sighed.

"Sorry. I got my age messed up with someone else's. I'm eighteen." He said as a cover up.

It didn't help much.

"How did you get your age confused with someone else's?" The man asked, looking at him weird.

"Never mind." Inu told him, using something he remembered Kagome using every time she was fed up with arguing, which came rather rarely, which was why he remembered it.

"Okay…You're a weird one Smith." The man said shaking his head. They were quiet for a while, and Nobuka spent his time concentrating on the road, looking for anything that could be amiss.

Then the radio began to talk and Inuyasha nearly leapt out of the seat again, heading for the nearest exit which happened to be the window right next to him.

Nobuka only just barely manage to snatch his pants and yank him back down, before refastening his seat belt securely, and answering the radio.

"Officer Nobuka here. Over. What is the trouble?"

The voice on the radio stopped to listen, and then continued. "Officer Nobuka. There is a two-nineteen occurring down Kiwasha road. Repeat. There is a two-nineteen down Kiwasha road. Over."

Nobuka thought a moment, and then nodded.

"We're on our way. Over."

"What was that?" Inu inquired, poking the radio as if it would attack him at any moment.

"What?"

"You talking to the box?" Inuyasha answered, clawing the seat next to him as the car sped up and took a wild turn.

"That's a radio and it gave us our next assignment. Apparently they pulled over a guy ahead that they think has drugs. You're going to figure out if he does. Kay?"

"Really, when did she say that?" He asked, referring to the female voice on the radio.

"You heard her. Two-nineteen."

"Two-nineteen? What, so you people speak in numbers?"

"I gather you've never watched TV either."

"Not really. Are those those boxes with the pictures that dance around in it?"
Nobuka slapped his forehead.

"You weren't living under a rock. You were living in the middle of nowhere!" He sighed. "Yes. That's a TV."

Inu nodded as they finally came to what he figured was Kiwasha road. There was another car, almost identical to the one he road in, and a man with his hands behind his back, held in metal.

Nobuka stopped the car and both he and Inu climbed out, walking over to the guy. Just as Imuzuki said, Inu let Nobuka do the dirty work with the guy, and when they received no answers that they were satisfied with, it was Inu's turn at him.

He didn't even have to step up to him to tell the guy was loaded.

And whatever it was, was in his mouth, all over his jeans, and when checked, all over the seat to…but only in smell. When Inu finally did do the thorough checking, he found that there was a hidden compartment under the drivers seat loaded with what looked like dried leaves. But their smell was very strong and he knew that they were the so called "drugs" they were looking for.

When he revealed the man's secret, and what else he could pick up, the police put him in the other car and thanked him and Nobuka for helping them out. But Inu was just very curious how a pack of dry leaves could be a drug.

"It's called Marijuana. Very powerful stuff. Most times the people smoke it, and it leaves them a little bit out of it, if you know what I mean." Nobuka explained as he drove off from the scene. "But at least it was a drug we could identify. I hate it when they have a substance we don't know."

"So these drugs. They make people act weird?" Inu asked as Nobuka turned down one road.

"Yeah, you can say that. Certainly doesn't leave them in their right mind."

Inu thought about that wrily. Imagine getting Sesshomaru or Kouga to take any of this stuff. Ha! Imagine them trying to attack him!

Sesshomaru wouldn't be able to tell up from down and Kouga would be so easy to knock into the ground he wouldn't have to worry about the shards in his legs.

Inu smiled brightly, as Nobuka began to wonder if he should even try asking what he was thinking about.

At the end of that day, Inu had managed to bag three druggies, and helped capture a runaway convict that had tried running, but had gotten his pants tangled with the fence. To say the least, it had been a pretty good day, and most of the people at the office immediately remarked on how well fitted Inu was to Nobuka when it came to tracking down crime.

With a smile on his face, Inu excused himself and left for the day, almost glad he had found a job that he could do! Yes! No crazy outfits that would let you in and not out! No more toilets to clean, or weirdoes in black trying to get you to become an agent. No more trouble!

And plus, Inu's hours allowed him to get home before Kagome, so it all worked out just perfectly.


Catse: There, that one is done. Also, as payment for how long it took me to update, I will put another chapter up on Friday. So, no worries. Unless I forget. Remember, I have a fish like mind, so every five seconds I must be reminded of everything. Okay, well, I'm gone. Please review!