𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐌𝐁!

“Maybe… I got an extra pair of heels in my car,” she joked back, the banter coming easily and surprising her. Now was definitely not the time to be talking shit. Blue eyes shifted to the man that approached and his comment earned him a roll of her eyes. She was about to say something in response to his crude joke, but never got the chance.

“Shit!”

Melody was behind Yusuke now, heart racing and eyes wide. What the fuck had she gotten herself mixed up in?! “You said you wanted to talk to them! Not start a bar fight!” she hissed, eyes darting to the alpha when he called her out by name. God dammit. She flashed him a weak smile, hand grabbing the back of Yusuke’s shirt for a second as if she intended to hold him back.

She didn’t like this and was now regretting making a deal with him at all! Had he reacted so aggressively because of her warning or had that been his plan all along? Fuck. Blue eyes darted to the alpha again when she felt his gaze on her and she frowned, color rushing ot her cheeks. Why was he staring at her like that?

“None of ‘em are dead..this is me talkin’.” He turned to face her with a confident smirk on his face as he then turned to face the pack, aiming their firearms towards him. “I’d really appreciate ya don’t hit my guest here. So why don’t we put down the-” Yusuke’s voice was interrupted.

“Sooo like I said I got a few questions that I need the answers to. Am I gonna have t’ make more examples??” Yusuke asked as he kept his hands in the pocket of his pants as the alpha who at this point had sighed and signaled his men to stand down. “Good boy.” Now Yusuke’s tone was a little condescending but at the very least no one had to die and that’s a good night for him. “So about a week ago, a family came around here. Werewolves just like you, Mother’s a local, but his dad’s from overseas. Considerin’ what Melody told me I have a feeling you mutts might know more about this story.” Yusuke spoke with a calm tone.

“Yur talkin’ about Debbie’s (Deborah) kid. Look I’ll be the first tuh admit I wasn’t too keen on her mixin’ with the asian fellur. Us wolves we need to stay pure..but it wasn’t any of us who did him in. If you really wanna know what happened to the kid, I suggest you go find Jesse. He has a club not too far from here, what say get you a map and then you’d be on yur way?” The alpha asked, this could be a ploy to grab an extra weapon but..he’ll let it slide.

“Sure, you do that we’ll be here.” Yusuke turned to face her for the moment..hoping she was known who this Jesse is.

"Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Some people are stronger than others. While others can outrun a speeding bullet...... And in your case you're smarter than the average adult. Or you will be, I can already see those little gears in that head of yours working a mile a minute.... It's not your fault for being born different... It's his for not seeing how special you are." Yuu spoke gently as she wipes away the tears welling in his eyes.

"It's up to mommy and daddy to be able to work things out." Cheating was completely awful but.... She has seen couples recover before. It wouldn't be perfect but if Otonari really loved his wife and child he would do everything to make it right.

“O-Oh my I’m sorry.” Her voice was still distraught as she tried her best to wipe her tears away..but the more she wiped the more fell, even her face was flushed at this point as she slowly pulls away from the man. "You usually charge by the hour..and you've been gone all night.Deduct from the initial hiring fee, how much do I owe you?" Tsubaki asked.

OOH that's right all night, ha that was usually spent humping his rabbit all across the city. "Well, instead of the usual 980,000Y I'll charge you 320,000Y instead. I made my confirmation pretty early, everything after that was jus' me doin' independent stake outs. Keep my number on you, though cause I also dabble in security work, which is so much cheaper." He spoke softly.

The woman then left for her checkbook in the other room giving Yusuke enough time to explore the upstairs to see that the bunny had bonded with this little predator in the making.

"Don't hold her too tight, kiddo, otherwise yer gonna make me jealous." He spoke up as he had gotten upstairs. Both his hands in his pockets while flashing a toothy smirk.

The child was upset to have heard his mother crying soo he had reached out for his senpai, but then came the other one. The man his mother hired. He was tall, but nowhere near as tall and big as his papa.. "You were the one mama hired..." He spoke before he'd take his inhaler and took a shot of it, the emotion and mood of it all was really one way to trigger a slight flare-up. "I'm happy mama was able to hire someome...I jus' hope papa doesn't find you. I've seen him destroy furniture before..papa is strong...too strong, I wouldn't be able to defend Mama if he came back.." That's when the boy was shaking, he might have been a predator species, one of the most physically dense ones too, but he's still just a child, it seems.

Well, for one thing Yusuke couldn't exactly explain in detail about how he felt with his father..and considering Hiko's scent was the only predator scent he had caught, it MUST MEAN the man took his warning seriously..but just in case- "Take this." Yusuke said as he draped his green jacket over the little boy's shoulders, which fit him like an oversized cape. "This'll make you brave enough t' stand up to that bully if he does show up." Said Yusuke.

"But this??" He'd make a sniffle, wiping his eyes once. "This is just a jacket, I'm not sure I contripend(comprehend) how this is going to help me protect mama." Said Hiko.

"When someone dies with a lot of regrets they tend to cling to the place they died at..... And yet she's nowhere to be found." She taps out the ashes of her cigarette onto the ground. "This'll make figuring out who off'd her pretty difficult. Maybe we can find something in her old classroom.

I've got a few theories... Either its a wrong place wrong time..... The bullying from the students got out of hand or.... It was a crime of passion." They could rule out serial killers, they tend to leave their mark in some way. So those three were her options.

Those were...pretty good theories to go off of too. A crime of passion or bullying students. He's seen her too, for a teacher she was definitely a looker soo either of those could be right. "Tch a nurse...with deduction skills like that the police need your ass."

He spoke as he looks through the bars of the gate to get a glimpse at the bottom. From what he gathered from sneaking onto crime scenes as well is police don't exactly get rid of the evidence while the area is barricaded which means...there were definitly no blood trail which also supports the idea that she wasn't killed here.

"Come in.." He spoke up hearing a knock at his door. Yusuke remained shirtless upon his couch, his body wrapped in bandages from a rough night before. "Oh..Yuki. What's up buddy, I haven't seen you in awhile. Did ya wanted t' hire me for something?"

"Yo' just me." Yuki said before entering, then blinked at the banadges before shakig his head. Going right back to his usual casual self. "Not much, went to Russia with Sergei and the twins to visit his parents for a lil bit. " It was important to make sure Yuri and Ema had ties with both parts of their heritage.

HE'd find one of his idle shirts neatly folded over his couch's frame and place it on, slowly trying to avoid the wounds he had endured. "Yokai with blessed weapons..the spirit world really needs t' keep their shit on a better lockdown. Buuuut it sounds like you had fun crossin' the border."

"Me? Pretty?" Not that he'd deny it, because Julius knew he was an attractive man: There was not a day someone didn't try to flirt with him or ask for his attention.

Not to mention the fanpages for him back in the day when he still was active in the paranormal scene between his job for the church.

"It's not as if any of them are not biting, but I haven't really been open to dating in quite the long time. After I killed Dracula I went into a coma. The attack I used, Grand Cross, it takes it from you. It's literally a last ditch effort attack and you can only hope it works. It did. I channeled it through the whip, but i burned through my own life to fuel it. Summoning the powers of the heavens to channel them through you is...difficult as it is. I'm proficent with holy magic, there isn't a Belmont alive or dead who wasn't, perhaps of course a few ancestors here and there. Leon notably was not able to use holy magic, but his kids were."

"The nurse who took care of me for two years also spent the year I finally awoke with helping do physical therapy. You can understand being out like that would weaken the body, and she was....everything. When I was deemed healthy enough I wanted to ask her to marry me. she talked to me every night when i was in a coma and she was perfect. Sadly she got killed in a hit and run. I didn't exactly pursue dating. I was a very distraught 20 something year old at the time and well. Years later I dated of course. Was the third person in a married couple's little polycule. Never felt so loved as I did then, but I couldn't risk bringing them into danger and the church would certainly not let me have anything nice. Besides around that time I was being tasked with more missions to kill monsters or hunt down relics."

The old man was spilling his guts here, but Yusuke listened..all of this by the time the man was twenty-something..huh Yusuke’s twenty-one..what the hell is waiting for him in the years to come if this man’s been through the ringer. “Heh, for one thing, ya make it sound like yer family’s only good for one thing and that’s fightin’. As if I’d hinge my name on a monster like that. Don’t be stupid, Old man,that’s my job.”

Yusuke spoke out, mostly because he also wanted to see that this man was happy..the happiest he could ever be. I understand wantin’ t’ walk away from innocent people because of yer life. But I mean look what happened t’ your first lover. I’m sorry it even happened in the first place but she was stolen from ya by a hit n’ run. Unless Dracula or his henchmen were on the wheel, it should tell ya that we..our lives are dangerous whether we’re hunters or farmers. And that right there is the reason we need a life partner…I’d rip my own damn head off my shoulders had it not been for Usagi.”

"It's not sudden it's just.... With everything going on it gives me a better sense of perspective... I know you say things will be fine but.... I can't help but wonder if they're not. What if something happens tomorrow? Planning's all well and good but... There's no telling what the future holds.... So I thought—maybe take a page out of your book and just try living in the moment." It wasn't entirely a lie. After encountering Sensui it's given her a more broad perspective. She was so focused on the future she never stopped to think if she will even make it to the said future she initially intended.

All made sense but hey they've pretty much battled their way through everything. After all Toguro was a human made into an alpha beast man, he had been the strongest opponent they've faced yet and here they all stood victorious. Whoever this sensui guy is he's going to be a walk in the park.

Once she gave her own two yen about what he should do once they find him he'd nod his head confidently with a smirk on his face. "You know it." Then just like that their ride continue moving down.