Cased Closed/ Shaman King

Chapter 1

Rachel and Conan were sitting on a bench in the park, eating ice cream cones because it was a hot summer day.

"Isn't this fun Conan? The water park was really fun, especially the water slide. We should go there again later, with Serena. Wouldn't that be fun?" Rachel babbled excitedly to a tired Conan.

"Oh, yeah, it should be really fun. I can't wait." Conan mumbled sarcastically.

"Was someone talking about moi?"

Taken by surprise, both Rachel and Conan jumped and their ice cream fell to the ground in a loud splat.

"Serena! You startled us. Now our ice cream is on the ground. What have you been doing all day?" Rachel asked with anticipation.

"Oh, I've been stalk… I mean, following this really cute guy I saw at the mall. But he already has a girlfriend. But you know those types of men, they are so the best kind!" Serena squealed.

"So what brings you to us, might I ask?" inquired Conan.

"Well, I think that the guy at the mall was getting old, so I found an even hotter guy here. Where did he go?"

"Oh, you mean that married guy, Doctor Agasa. I don't think that he's your type. Anyway he's really old. Ancient- 65 to be precise." Conan declared.

"Dumb kid, not him, I'm talking about the other married guy who is probably 43 years younger!"

"Serena! Don't you think that's being a prostitute? That doesn't look good on the college entrance papers. Why don't you go to the beach to pick up guys?" Rachel scolded.

"Okay! There are lots of hotties there aren't there? Oh, sorry that I haven't been able to get some ice cream with you two. Hey, call me up some time and we could go see a movie with your boyfriend Jimmy, and what ever guy I have on that day. Okay! Bye!" Serena left them shocked and unable to do anything for half an hour.

When they got out of their surprise, they saw that it was really late so they decided to go home to have dinner. "Conan, what would you like to have for dinner tonight? We have the choice of fugu, sushi, or chicken soboro rice. I think that I want them all!"

"Well, I think that I will want the chicken soboro rice." Conan said, making a hungry face.

"Ok, then let's go and make that, and maybe we'll let Dad have some."

"Alright, sounds really good!"

They went into the kitchen to fix the pan up with mirin and chicken. When it was done, they ate the whole thing, and when Richard Moore came home from being "out on a business trip" (meaning getting drunk with his friends), he found the aroma delicious; but the chicken soboro rice was all gone. He was furious that they hadn't saved any for him, and got all huffy because of it. When Rachel told him that they had saved him something, he got all happy, but when they put a mess of gray stuff on his plate, he paled and bolted to the bathroom.

"I hope you liked what we saved for you Dad! It's guaranteed to get rid of your hangover." Rachel called after him, while Conan fell of his chair laughing so hard that he choked on his green tea and spilled it all over the carpet and himself.

"You'd better clean that up you…." Richard was interrupted by him retching into the toilet, which caused Conan to laugh even more.

"I hope you feel better Dad! You won't regret going out to drink again! Not with this proven method of getting rid of hangovers." Rachel choked out as she tried unsuccessfully to stifle her laughter.

I hope you enjoyed this first chapter! Please review and we'll try to update regularly.

Mirin is sweet rice wine.