The Investigator

Orino Morie, Juuzou read the name on the screen as he looked over her public record, it was completely clean not even a stupid parking ticket! Then again she could've easily created a new identity, or had her record wiped clean. He looked to the picture which sat beside her name, that smile of hers, he'd looked back at the DVD the Yoko had left for them, it was the same. Sure one was impish and another was normal, but Juuzou could tell that they were indeed the same. He leaned back in his chair a smirk playing on his lips, he would have to get close to her in order to get some hard proof.

"Orino!" Nishiki scolded sternly, "stop tripping over nothing! You're turning this place into a hazard zone!" Orino picked herself up from the floor, her hand on her nose and tears in the corner of her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She said as she sniffled, while rubbing at her eyes, she'd really hit the floor hard that time and she couldn't catch herself since she was holding a tray of drinks; that's why her nose took the weight of the fall, luckily she was a ghoul so if it was broken then it would heal quickly. A familiar giggle came and Orino looked past Nishiki, who turned, to find Juuzou standing behind him.

"Orino-chan's like a clumsy clown, it's so fun to watch you fall!" He exclaimed.

"Suzuya-kun that's mean!" She cried, Nishiki turned back to her.

"Go clean up already!" He ordered, "you've got dust on your face. Hinami, bring me the mop please!"

Orino sighed as she stood and went to the staff bathroom. She looked in the mirror only to find that she did indeed have dust on her face, which didn't speak well of her sweeping abilities. After splashing water on her face then drying it, she sighed while putting her hand over her nose, which had a dull throbbing sensation.

"That really did hurt…"

"You should be more careful!" Suddenly Juuzou appeared in the mirror just behind her, she yelped in surprise as she spun to him.

"S-S-S-SUZUYA-KUN?!" She cried, "w-wh-what are you doing in the staff bathroom?! This one's for girls only!" She cried in obvious discomfort. The restroom was no bigger than a closet how could he have gotten in without her noticing? He tilted his head to one side curiously.

"So? What's it matter?" He then smiled as he waved his hand vertically as a sign for her to calm down, "ah, don't worry I'm not gonna attack you or anything!" She was trapped in tiny space with an Investigator who, according to Wrath, was an out of the closet Psycho! Not good!

"Th-that's not something you say to someone who you're in a bathroom with them!" She turned to the door, placing a firm grip on its handle, when she pulled it open Juuzou leaned against the doors surface, causing it to close with a slam.

"Hold on a second!" He exclaimed and she snapped her head up to him. "I wanna ask you something before you go~" He sang.

"Couldn't you ask me when we're not in this awkward setting?!" He shook his head.

"Nu-huh, it's gotta be now otherwise you'll get distracted by work!" He explained with a grin, "or be busy with falling on your face!" he giggled and her shoulders slumped.

"That was such an unnecessary comment."

"Anyway, I was wondering if you'd go out on a date with me?" The question made her blink a few times, then his words finally sunk in.

"E-E-EEEEEH?!" She cried while pointing at herself, and Juuzou laughed heartily with a grin. "Y-Y-YOU'RE ASKING ME OUT?! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME! AND WE'RE IN A BATHROOM!"

"Huuh? What's it matter if I know you or not? Strangers go on dates all the time!" He exclaimed his grin still prominent, "so what do you say?" The shock left her body finally and she sighed a bit. A ghoul going on a date with an investigator was definitely not a good idea, then again, she did find him interesting and he really seemed like the type of person that she shouldn't miss out on knowing.

"Turn her down!" Wrath ordered.

"Do not go on a date with him!" Gluttony agreed.

"Erm, well. I'm fine with going out with you, but I'd rather not call it a date… That label makes me nervous."

"NOT CALLING IT A DATE DOESN'T MAKE IT OKAY!" Wrath shouted.

"Dear, oh dear, the Lambs turned rebellious."Gluttony sighed.

"Oookaaay~" Juuzou cheered, she could call it whatever she wanted to it didn't matter to him, either way he was getting a chance to become close with her to find proof of her being a ghoul, which he was sure to find once he made it into her house.

"Orino what're you doing in there?!" Nishiki shouted as he opened the door suddenly, shoving both Juuzou and Orino to the other side of the small space. Both of them stumbled and Juuzou caught himself by putting his hands on the wall, meanwhile Orino's back was rammed into the sink and she had to lean back to keep her face from running into Juuzou's.

Nishiki froze completely when he saw the two, Orino leaning back over the sink and trapped between Juuzou's arm, from his angle it appeared as though the two were kissing and trying to go further than just that.

"N-Nishiki-san!" Orino exclaimed as she craned her neck to look at him, Juuzou looked over his shoulder to the bespectacled waiter.

"Ah~ hello!" He greeted with a grin, Nishiki stood frozen for a long moment before the shock on his face turned to rage.

"OOOORRIIIIINOOOOOO!" He shouted at the top of his lungs, "TRYING TO GET BUSY DURING WORK HOURS IS TOTALLY INNAPROPRIATE!" She yelped and began to push on Juuzou's shoulder for him to back away but he couldn't go anywhere with Nishiki holding the door open, since it took up most of the room and its edge was already brushing against Juuzou's back.

"W-w-wait! Th-that's not the case! That's not what's happening!" She stuttered, and Nishiki put his hands on his hips.

"OH REALLY?! THEN WHAT AM I LOOKING AT HUH?!"

"A-a-an accident! I-its' your fault anyway!"

"HOW THE HELL'S IT-" Someone cleared their throat, and then the Manager came into view and Orino felt that she would literally die of embarrassment.

"Perhaps if you were to move out of the way, Nishiki-kun, then Orino-chan could explain to you what's happened in a less awkward way." He explained calmly, Nishiki only nodded as he stepped out of the way of the door, Juuzou moved and Orino darted past him to removed herself from the humiliating room. Once everything was explained to both the Manager and Nishiki the only question left was, why had Juuzou followed her into the bathroom in the first place? That was a question she refused to answer herself and so Juuzou answered it for her.

"I went in after her to ask her out!"

"Huh?" Both the Manager and Nishiki raised a brow at that.

"Orino-chan, meet me at Donut Meister at six tonightokaaay~" He exclaimed as he bounced off, leaving Orino with her boss and fellow employee, who gave her questioning looks to which she responded with a nervous smile along and a shrug.

What was she thinking? Agreeing to going out on a date with an investigator… So what if he seemed exactly like the type of person she'd want to have in her life, that didn't mean she should go get herself exposed over it! Sometimes she was so naïve… Wrath was the one who reminded her of that throughout the day, beating her down with harsh words, and Gluttony wasn't much help either. A new agreement was made between the three, for one single day Orino would have full control and consciousness, if the other two showed up then things would go sour fast. Gluttony and Wrath promised they wouldn't interrupt her outing with Juuzou, but she didn't trust their word much, if at all.

As she went to the popular sweets shop both Gluttony and Wrath were telling her what not to do, what not to say, how not to act, then they proceeded to give her advice she really didn't want.

"Wait a sec, I didn't know you swung that way Orino!" Wrath exclaimed, Orino kneaded her brows together as she whispered lowly.

"What do you mean?"

"Well you're going out on a date with a girl after all!"

"For the final time, Wrath, Suzuya-kun is a boy." Orino hissed.

"WHERE'S THE PROOF, I WANNA KNOW WHERE'S THE PROOF?!"

"As forward as ever, Wrath." Gluttony chimed.

"Would you two shut up!" She hissed again as she came upon Juuzou.

"Huh?" He questioned as he hardly caught what she said.

"Huh?" She echoed, then Wrath gave her a mental kick.

"He heard you!"Gluttony exclaimed.

"Say something stupid!"Wrath pushed, Orino shook her head.

"A-Ah I meant to say, good evening, Suzuya-kun!" She exclaimed quickly.

"Oh-ho! Good evening to you too!" Juuzou greeted happily as she approached him, she was having trouble focusing due to the two voices shouting their advice in her head. "Are you alright?" He questioned, "your eyes are all shifty you seem like your minds going to other places." He stated with a look of curiosity on his face, Orino was surprised at his perceptiveness as was Wrath.

"She's a witch! Push her down and run!" Wrath hissed.

"He's adorable! Tie him up and let me keep him!"Gluttony whispered.

"She!"

"He!"

"I'm fine," she said with a smile, "let's just go in already." She dreaded the idea of having to eat regular food.

"Dear, if you don't want to suffer through it just tell him you're watching you weight."Gluttony advised. "Afterwards I'll be sure to eat enough humans for the three of us!"The delight in her tone made Orino shiver.

"That's so wimpy, eat the damn donuts!" Wrath exclaimed.

"I told you once, I won't tell you again, shut up." Orino whispered lowly, as she stood near Juuzou.

"Hey, we're on this date too! Even if it's with a girl…"Wrath stated.

"You're making it difficult."

"Fine, fine we'll back off for now, but if we see things going awry we're going to speak up!" Gluttony conceded, and they both went silent causing Orino to sigh in relief, juggling a mental conversation with two separate personalities and a real conversation as well was tiring.

"Orino-chan~" Juuzou waved a hand in front of her face, she looked up to him as she snapped back to herself.

"Sorry, just a little tired is all." Juuzou gave her a strange smirk before they took their seats.

There was definitely something up with that girl, but he guessed he would find out soon enough. He had sat them near the back of the restaurant, making sure that Orino took the seat which had her facing away from the window, and as Juuzou took his seat he looked past her and out the far off window the snow had picked up more than it had when she'd met him in front of the restaurant, he knew for a fact that she'd been too distracted with herself to notice the weather on her way there. He could only hope that she hadn't watched the weather the night before, which had blatantly stated that a white out snow storm would be hitting the city that day.

She had forced herself to eat three donuts, it was beyond horrible, and Juuzou was pushing for her to eat a fourth which she'd denied politely, she'd proven her point already she shouldn't have to eat any more than that.

"Hey, I know I'm supposed to stay quiet during all this, but remember Orino, this girl's an Investigator you've got to be at least a little suspicious about her, you've had your guard down for too long." Wrath warned sternly before going quiet again, Orino felt her lips curl in at her other personalities words. Wrath was right, Orino had been so caught up in pretending to be human she'd forgotten to remain suspicious of Doves, she'd actually begun to believe she was human and the realization that she was only fooling herself just caused her self-loathing to increase.

"Um, Suzuya-kun." Orino stood as she watched him devour another donut, "I've had a wonderful time with you, but I'm feeling kinda tired, I think I'll head home now." Juuzou jumped up.

"I'll walk you there!" He exclaimed, then he glanced up and did a sort of double take, "woah check it out!" He said as he pointed behind her, when she turned she saw snow coming down hard and heavy. "You'll really need someone to walk you home if it's snowing like that, it's dangerous ya know."

Soon the two teens were moving along quickly as the snow continued to pick up, luckily Orino didn't live too far from Donut Meister, but with the storm slowing them down it ended up taking them around fifteen minutes to make it to her home.

Orino opened the front door widely as she and Juuzou stepped inside, she was quick to close the door behind them.

"Uwah! It was so cold!" Juuzou exclaimed, and Orino nodded while telling him to make himself comfortable, he could wait out the storm there; when she'd said that another strange smirk crossed his lips before he took a seat on her couch. Orino made her way to the kitchen to make some coffee.

"Orino, kick her out."Wrath ordered suddenly, causing Orino to look up and shake her head in confusion.

"Yes, you should get rid of him quickly." Gluttony agreed, Orino turned on the sink as she responded.

"What's with you two?"

"He's got something planned and you're trapped here with him." Gluttony explained, "we saw the look on his face, it's not safe. Bear in mind if you go down we all go down, so get him out."

"Or at least agree to let me fight her if she decides to attack you." Wrath said, Orino sighed, the Pig and the Fox were two murderous sins who wanted to watch humanity suffer for the sake of vengeance, but Orino knew that they wouldn't tell her something like that if it weren't true. They may have wanted to wreak havoc on humanity but their main goal in life was to keep Orino safe, or at the very least still breathing.

"I give you permission." Orino whispered.

"Permission for what?" She turned to find Juuzou sitting on her counter top, kicking his legs back and forth lazily.
"U-uh, permission to, help yourself to anything in the fridge!" She said quickly, luckily she always kept her fridge stocked up with human food… But that was for the scrappers Gluttony kept in a location not far from their home.

"Alrightie~" He sang happily as he opened the fridge, "UWAH! How come you have so many sweets?!" He questioned as he looked on the multiple cakes and pastry's within the fridge.

The two settled down, Juuzou eating some strawberry short cake he'd found in the fridge and Orino drinking coffee in an attempt to calm her stomach, as she told herself not to throw up and over and over again.

"How come you've got such a big house?" Juuzou questioned and Orino looked from the TV to him, "you look around my age, most people this young live in crappy apartments and with you working as a waitress there's no way you'd be able to afford living her on just that salary."

"Ah, well, I come from money." She explained, "Told my parents I would be fine living in an apartment, but they refused because they wanted me to live the high life even away from home."

"Uwah, so you don't even need a job then! You could just leach off your parents!" He exclaimed, "think of all the cakes you could buy!" Then he gasped, "that's why your fridge is filled with cakes isn't it!" She chuckled at that.

"You caught me! But I like having a job, and I really don't like the idea of my parents sending me money for no reason…"

The electricity went out and Orino gasped, that wasn't good. Whenever the power went out it meant there was nothing to distract her, or the two sins inside her, which meant the two would grow restless, it always happened whenever things were quiet and it was always so painful because each of them wanted control at the same time, an internal fight always ensued making Orino feel like she was being ripped apart from the inside. Even thinking about it caused her great anxiety which projected through her breathing.

"Ne, ne, what's wrong with you? You're breathing all heavy." Juuzou stated as he finished off the last of the cake. "Afraid of the dark?"

"Y-yeah, you could say that I guess…" She could feel Gluttony feeding on her anxiety, Wrath beginning to shout at the other, and the two immediately began to struggle for control.

"Or are you hungry?" The question caused her to hesitate, what did he mean by hungry? She let out a strained laugh.

"Why would I be hungry? I ate three whole donuts before we came here." Juuzou smirked at that.

"Because ghouls don't eat donuts." She wanted to deny him, but when he said that Wrath and Gluttony went crazy and Orino lost control. Her flaming dual ukaku exploded from her back and she pounced on him quickly.

"Hello, again Little Girl!" Wrath cooed, then something stung her stomach, she looked down to find a small quinque knife lodged into her stomach, Wrath distanced herself immediately as she scolded herself for assuming he was unarmed, she removed the knife from her stomach and threw it on the floor.

"I knew you were the Yoko!" He chuckled as he stood with a grin.

"You don't know anything!" Wrath exclaimed, "but I know that you'll be fun to kill!"

"No!" Orino's inner cry was actually strong enough to come out of her mouth, Juuzou was taken aback at her sudden change in tone. "Leave him alone!"

"Shut up, Orino! Your inner anger's the reason I took control instead of Gluttony!" Wrath charged him, he was only barely able to avoid her attacks with how fast she was, but he held off on attacks of his own to see if she'd say anything else like she did before.

"Wrath, Orino's right you shouldn't kill him! Big Madam says he's an excellent scrapper let's keep him!" Her voice had changed again, and at the mention of his Mama Juuzou had hesitated in his movements. "Stay out of this Gluttony!" Wrath growled as she released a spray of shards on him, he took cover behind the kitchen counter.

"Fine then, if you won't listen to me then I'm taking over!"

"No please! Just stop!" Orino shouted, "if you two hadn't shown up we wouldn't have to fight him now!" He heard her cry, then when he looked out from behind the counter he seemed to be looking at a different ghoul from the two he'd seen before, her body language and general atmosphere had shifted in a totally different direction from earlier.

"Why hello there, Dear." She greeted delicately, "don't be shy, come out where I can see you." Her tone, the way she looked at him, it was just like how Big Madam used to… Something inside him was straining. "Don't you want to see your Mama again?" She questioned, he stood from behind the counter trying to shake himself out of his initial shock. "Or are you in the market for a new Mama?" She was suddenly right in front of him, her hand resting gently on his cheek, "I'd be happy to fill that position for you." A knife nearly lodged itself into her eye, luckily she was quick enough to avoid it and dart to the other side of the room.

"Rei-chan," he said lowly, "this ghoul isn't just the Yoko is she? She's more than that, she's a gourmet too."

"Oh, Sweetie, I'm not Yoko at all!" She exclaimed, "that would be Wrath, she's the one who pounced on you at the beginning, the Lamb was getting in both of our ways though." She took the lamb pendant from her hair and threw it on the ground, "but I won't let her interrupt us, no matter how much she cries about it."

She was gone, a snicker from behind he turned only to be knocked off his feet, hitting the wall with a loud thud he sprung to his feet and charged her his knives at the ready, Gluttony dodged him gracefully as though she were dancing.

"Hm, you really would be a good scrapper huh?"

"That's what Mama always said!" He exclaimed with a smile as he thrust a knife into her chest, she took the opportunity to grab his arm and spin him around so that his back was to her.

"Time to sleep," she said as she pressed her thumb against a certain pressure point in his neck, causing him to lose consciousness instantly.

Gluttony smiled wickedly, at last she finally had a scrapper that was actually worth something, and that time Orino wouldn't get away with freeing him, because if she tried then Gluttony would hunt him down and kill him as punishment.