After watching episode 13 of the anime this idea came to mind, so why not write it?
Herochan1313 doesn't own persona 4 just plot.
It was the dead of night when Nanako was awoken to the sound of her father's voice.
"A fire! And right after she worked so hard…..damn bastards!
Apparently Dojima was on the phone and had been told that a bunch of hoodlums had set fire to the newly rebuilt shrine. He hadn't meant to awaken Nanako
with the news but soon she was tiptoeing towards her father with a confused look.
"Oh Nanako! Did I wake you?"
Dojima asked his daughter who didn't say anything at first, then asked her father.
"Did something happen to Mr. Fox's home?"
Dojima didn't know what to say but he couldn't lie to his daughter no matter what.
"Yes…. I'm afraid some bad people burned up the shrine."
Rather than cry or pout as any other child she asked her father one more question.
"Are you going there now? I'm going too!"
Dojima had to smile at the look his daughter was giving him, and he gave in to her demands as they left that moment.
"This is terrible! After Nana-chan's hard work!"
The rest of the team had also heard about the fire and had gathered together at what remained of their hard work. Kanji had nearly gone mad trying to find
the punks who had done this but thankfully Rise managed to subdue him. Moments later they heard a car pull up and saw Dojima and Nanako arrive. Nanako
took one look at the remains of the shrine before she started to sob, making it hard for everyone else not to do the same. She was forced to stop thought
when she heard a familiar yelp and she ran off to find the source of it. . She found it under a pile of rubble as she found the fox under said rubble with a lot of
wounds. Nanako gasped as she called the others to help and thanks to Kanji the animal was freed. However once they saw how badly hurt the fox was
Nanako began to sob. It hurt them all to see the normally cheerful girl in bad spirits but seeing as the fox was badly cut up and burnt. Not to mention one of
its hind legs were broken so it wasn't a pretty bad shape. Nanako went to help the creature and she asked her father something he'd never expect her to ask.
"Daddy…can we keep him?"
Dojima froze t the question and began to think on it. The animal may have been something of a friend/pet to his daughter but it was still a wild animal. Who
knows what it'd do while in his home, even if it was a bit tame. But he couldn't say no to his daughter once she gave him "the look" he had to agree.
"Ok… ask Tatsumi or Hanamura to help put him in the car. But this is only until he's healed understood?"
Nanako beamed and nodded rapidly as Kanji helped carefully bring the fox into Dojima's car. The others felt a bit better but Naoto was still concerned about
the shrine, was this entire incident a random act of violence? Or was it something far more sinister? Before the detective prince could investigate further
Nanako walked up to her and asked her.
"Naoto? Could you help me bandage Mr. Fox? Kanji said you know a lot about that!"
Naoto was caught off guard for a second by this and gave Kanji a death glare as she kindly followed Nanako to the waiting car to help tend to the fox's
wounds. Upon seeing the fox Naoto mind was made up, this wasn't a simple act of vandalism. The fox had been beaten and cut, showing that someone had
stuck around as the shrine burned to stop the defender AKA the fox. The animal was still alive but it was in bad shape meaning it had gotten hurt while
fighting something, as appose to harm from the environment. Naoto would have voiced this to Dojima but he seemed to be lost in his own thoughts at the
moment. Seeing as Nanako was helping the fox Naoto had to stop thinking on the case and help the young Dojima tend to her pet.
"I think that thing's staring at me again."
Dojima thought to himself a few days later. After investigating the scene with his new partner, a female rookie by the name of Ayumi Nasagi, Dojima had
arrived at the same conclusion as Naoto. Something had happened at the shrine but as of yet nothing concrete had shown up, so he'd been focusing on his
other problem: the fox. Nanako had tended to the animal well and had grown rather found of it. However it seemed that the fox stared at Dojima every time
he was in range, as if judging the man. He found himself silently wishing for the day it left his house to come sooner. He was currently working on a case
when the doorbell rang and he answered it find Ayumi. To be honest Dojima found her very attractive (he'd never admit that) as she was a bit shorter than
him, had a slender build, and had chestnut hair eerily similar to his deceased wife's. She was far too bubbly for his liking but compared to Adachi she was
good enough, that and the fact that she'd taken a liking to Nanako as if she was her own child.
"Hi Dojima-san sir! I came to tell you we've found some clues as to the perps on the shrine case!"
He nodded and would have set off then but Ayumi noticed Nanako playing with the fox and smiled.
"Hi there Nanako-chan! How's your patent doing?"
Nanako giggled at this and cheerfully replied.
"He's fine Miss Ayumi! Have fun on your date with dad!"
After the young girl said this both adults blushed and Dojima told his daughter.
"N-Nanako! Where'd you get such a ridiculous idea?"
The young girl, no noticing the awkward tension in the room, resumed petting the fox as she calmly answered.
"From you, I heard you tell one of your friends that you thought Miss Ayumi was cute!"
Ayumi began to blush at that and Dojima tried to deny it.
"Nanako! I said no such-"
Before it could leave his mouth Dojima and his partner were pushed out the door by the little girl who smiled as she told them.
"Don't stay out too late!"
And on that note chapter over! Review!