A/N: New chapter!! And it involves a bar!! haha! Hibiki, love?

Hibiki: Yaziko does not own Fruits Basket or Cinema Bizarre, unfortunately. She does own me, though!!

I had an idea. I wasn't sure if I would actually need to break them up yet but the plan was there, forming, twisting around until all the pieces fell into place in the recesses of my mind. I still had to meet with Dustin…. That's how this went….

8:32 AM

February 9

I sat at my small table and stirred the bowl once again. The frosted flakes had turned into mush. 'Why do I eat this nasty American food when I dislike it?' I pushed the bowl away from me and studied the information on the file next to me. It wasn't the one I should have been looking at but instead the one I kept finding myself drawn to.

Why did I keep finding myself drawn to this particular case? I used to tell myself it was because it was my first. After I realized I'm too cynical for my first case to have sentimental value, I said it was for studying, for research for future cases. The real reason I will leave up to your imagination for now.

I sighed and shut the folder. I had yet to call the orange haired man that seemed to enter my thoughts at the most inconvenient of times. Maybe I would find a reason this time. Standing and placing the bowl in the sink, I considered today's plan. Dustin was known to hang out at a small bar in the Ebisu area. I would be going in undercover today. A girl like me could not be seen in a place like this. Why he would pick one of the ONLY sleazy bars in Ebisu to hang out at is beyond me but if it says anything of his character then I would have no problems breaking him up with the beautiful, young Kiro.

I walked into the bedroom/office and contemplated what to wear. This would be interesting.

It only took me a few minutes to decide. The shower and accomplishment of making it look like I wore this kind of thing all the time took a little longer. After several hours of primping and waiting, I convinced myself that it was now time to leave and strolled out of my office.

I tugged at the short skirt and took a deep breath. Ebisu was a quieter area, more prone to tourist than anything. That could possibly explain why it was here that Dustin had chosen as they weren't from Japan. I stared at the dirty bar. 'Why here?' I placed a smirk on my face and sauntered into the dimly lit place of business. I had seen a picture of the subject and so I knew what to look for. Finding him was even less difficult than I expected. He was surrounded by people and laughing loudly.

The subject was an attention seeker. The type that needed approval from many to fuel his low self esteem. I ran into this kind often.

I waltzed up to the bar and leaned over. The Barkeep quickly made his way over.

"I'll take a water for now." I said, flashing him my brightest smile. He nodded and filled a glass. I sniffed at it, knowing that sometimes they slipped something in to make the girls friendlier. It seemed fine.

I sipped at the tepid liquid as I watched for my opening.

I find it necessary to point out at this point that hanging around in dimly lit bars was not an activity that I participated in on a daily basis. As a matter of fact, other than what I had read or seen on television of places like this, I had no experience at all.

I leaned over on the bar and pretended not to be listening in.

"The idiot actually thinks he can break up with me! He's tried three times!"

This, of course, brought on several loud guffaws and I winced at the thought of poor Kiro having to deal with this brute. I still needed to speak to him.

At that moment, I was seriously reconsidering my rule of speaking to the client's "significant other" before going through with the break-up… but it was my rule… And I went through with it.

I studied the average height and brunette hair of the 'subject.' He was good looking in a non-famous kind of way. His beauty wasn't the kind to draw the attention of agents and producers, so he would never really make it in the music industry nor the movies.

I sighed. I needed to get a move on. I turned and ordered another drink. I pasted a sloppy smile on my face and wobbled over to the small crowd. Pushing my way past the two closest to him, I leaned enticingly close to the subject.

"Hey, shexy…" I slurred. He gave me the once over and I held back a shudder. His look of confusion faded and he winked at the crowd.

"Hello gorgeous."

I downed the drink in one swallow. "We should have some fun. Two beautiful people such as us…"

I trailed off and gave him a tipsy looking smile. He returned it and waved at the surrounding people.

"You heard the lady. Duty calls. See you guys later."

He wrapped a meaty arm around my waist and led me from the bar. I kept up the act as we walked down the sidewalk.

"My hotel is up here. We can have some fun there."

I nodded slowly and scanned the side of the road. There were no people out and the sun was just setting. My car was just around the corner.

"Do you have any…friends? Someone who might be interested in joining us?"

"Eh.. my boyfriend Kiro, but he's not usually into this. I just leave him out of my fun. He never has to find out."

That did it. This guy was cheating scum and Kiro deserved better. I just had to ditch him and break them up.

"Oh…oh I don't feel so well…"

The subject eyed me warily. "Are you gonna be sick?"

"Oh… oh I don't know… I… I.."

I began to gag a little and watched from the corner of my eye as he nearly freaked out and glanced around in all directions.

"I, um, just remembered something I have to do. I'll, uh, I'll catch you later."

I didn't have time to answer before the idiot scampered off toward his hotel. 'Well that went well…'

I must say that I'm not sure whether to be thrilled or disgusted that I played such a good drunk. But my 'meeting' with Dustin was over and I had successfully made a decision. I just had to call in a few reinforcements and discuss the solution with Kiro and my team.

A/N: So we've completed yet another chapter in this story! Hope you enjoyed it!

Hibiki: Please review! It makes Yaziko happy!