The Return Of The Wild Card

Chapter 6 Probably Pointless

“Hey Ace. How you doing?” Naoto opened her eyes as Minato entered her room. “Your Grampa said I should come check on you.” She groaned as he approached her.

“I’m fine... Just tired... What time is it?” He smiled at her before responding;

“Promise you won’t get annoyed okay?”                            

“Why would I be annoyed? I promise.”

“Well... It’s five in the afternoon.” His worried expression just made her more annoyed then you should be.

“Really? What’s with that look?” She gazed up at him as she sat up.

“Yes. I’m just worried. That’s all. You should rest. A lot happened yesterday.” The response was given in a fatherly way as he smiled at her again.

“Hmmm... Maybe I should... What happened after I blacked out?” Her curious gaze was met with an uneasy one as she questioned him.

“Er... I’ll tell you later. Go back to sleep, okay?” With that he turned to leave.

“Okay...” Yawning she laid back down in her bed and within moments her consciousness faded away...

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“Hey, Naoto. You taking Tantei out?” Naoto looked up from Tantei to see her cousin approaching her.

“Would you like to join us?” She smiled at him as he scratched the young dog behind the ears.

“Sure. Why not?” He nodded calmly before the three of them left the building. “Don’t forget to take it easy for a while.” Tantei gently tugged the lead at his words so only Naoto noticed.

“I’m fine Minato. Don’t worry about me.” Her agitated expression was fixed on the pup.

“Hmph. You know I can’t do that. You would be worried for me.”

“I suppose your right.” She gaze Tantei a knowing look as he stared up at her with part of the lead in his mouth. “Okay.”

“Hmm? Okay, what?” Grinning, the young detective and her companion bolted towards the Samagawa flood plain, leaving Minato to chase after them in confusion. “Hey! Wait!” No.

“Come on Tantei.” She mumbled so only he could hear her as they sprinted side by side away from Minato.

As soon as they arrived Naoto unclipped the lead from his collar and watched as he doubled back and successfully knocked her cousin over. The blue haired teen burst out laughing as the pup assaulted his face with slobbery licks.

After a few moments he shoved the pup of him and quickly stood back up to swiftly join a rather smug looking Naoto.