To all my loyal readers, my apologies for keeping you all waiting. Whether you like this story, my writing style, or Conan or Family Guy in general, I am here to tell you that I am now back from the grave to continue my work. OK, the truth is that I've been working on an original novel of my own, and I only recently completed it. Then I graduated from high school and I've had to deal with all that stuff. Now I'm working on getting the book published. The good news is that all the writing and editing for the book is now done, so there shouldn't be any more problems with that. Now I'm writing again, I'm going to try my hardest to keep up with all the great ideas all my fans have come to enjoy, and this chapter is no exception. Neither is my Adventures of Minami Edogawa series; I've already got several ideas in the works for it.

OK, for chapter specific stuff, this chapter is beginning a new mechanic for the cutaways, in which I'm writing them more like a movie script instead of a traditional narrative. Let me know which way you guys like better. This chapter also highlights several important relations and suspicions, which I'll delve more into later. Enjoy!


Chapter Three

After Peter and Richard left, Rachel and Conan were stuck with nothing to do. They decided to look around the city and see what all there was. They passed a rundown deli, a pharmacy with no business, and a video store that sold DVDs. Eventually they made it to a mall. With nothing better to do, they walked inside and had a look around. It was Sunday afternoon, so the place was packed.

"Hold onto my hand, Conan," said Rachel, gripping Conan tightly as she weaved through the mass of people. Conan had a brief flashback of their trip to the mixed-bath at the Japanese style lodge.

Suddenly, a white dog with a large nose emerged from the crowd, walking on its hind legs. The dog had a baby boy in red overalls on his shoulders, with a head shaped like a football. The baby was peering through binoculars at something on the second floor.

"I don't see it, Brian!" he wailed, looking about in all directions.

"I'm not surprised," said Brian, the dog. "Looking for something in this crowd is worse than trying to find a needle in a haystack."

Cutaway

Needle: You can't find me, you can't find me! (Sings along with the words)

Brian: I know you're in there, needle. (Starts barking while digging the hay away)

Needle: You shouldn't do that you know (Sticks Brian in the foot)

Brian: Ah! That's it, no more mister nice guy! (Pulls a magnet out of nowhere) Huh? Huh? Yeah, you like that? Not so hidden now, eh? Well, I'm gonna get ya, you son of a gun!"

Brian begins jabbing the magnet into the haystack, before pulling out the needle and bending it beyond repair.

End Cutaway

"Gosh, I hate it when the cutaways take forever!" said Stewie. "I'm running out of photos to view on my phone."

Brian asked, "Is whatever we're looking for so important that we had to risk the mall on a Sunday? I should be at home sleeping and gnawing my favorite chew toy."

While all this was going on, Conan and Rachel were watching the two in shock. A talking baby and a talking dog wasn't something they generally saw a lot.

Then Brian caught sight of Rachel and his eyes lit up. Dropping Stewie on the ground, he approached her and said smoothly, "Well, hello there, ma'am. Might I help you and your brother find something?"

"Oh no, that's quite all right," said Rachel hurriedly. "We were just looking for a restaurant is all. We're getting a bit hungry."

"Well, just leave it to Brian!" said Brian, beckoning to Rachel and Conan to follow as he walked off. Stewie followed behind a ways, still grumbling.

Brian led them to an ice cream cart, and the four of them were soon seated nearby as they ate it.

"So where are you from?" asked Brian, chowing down on his cone.

"Beika, New York," said Conan loudly, glaring at Brian. Brian immediately became wary. He whispered something to Stewie, but Stewie shook his head and continued drawing on a piece of paper he'd brought along. Brian could vaguely that it was a map of Quahog.

"Conan!" Rachel exclaimed, chastising him, "That wasn't very polite. Apologize to Brian."

Conan stuck out his lip in a very childlike fashion, and Rachel just sighed in exasperation. "I'm sorry about that; I don't know what got into him."

"It's OK," said Brian patiently, happy to have found a woman that was actually taking the time to talk to him. "What did you say your name was?"

"Rachel, Rachel Moore. This here is the boy that's staying with us, Conan Edogawa."

"Brian Griffin," said Brian, offering his paw, and the two shook hands.

Rachel then proceeded to tell Brian all of what had happened to them.

"Your dad is the famous detective Richard Moore?" asked Brian in astonishment. "And he went off with Peter?"

"Looks like the fat man found himself a friend," Stewie muttered. "I bet Lois will be happy to hear about this."

Brian, who had overheard, said, "How about I take you two to our house? Knowing Peter, your dad will probably show up there eventually when he will invite him over for dinner."

"Sure," said Rachel cheerily. They paid for their food and left to the parking lot. Brian let them into his Prius and began to drive home. Being driven by a dog was an entirely new experience for both Rachel and Conan, but Conan was too distracted by Stewie to notice.

Stewie was clearly not your average infant. Conan had had to sit in the back next to Stewie, and he had a clear view of the baby's drawings. The large number of advanced mathematical formulas that he recognized for his high school calculus class told him that this baby was not to be taken lightly. Unfortunately, Conan's behavior earlier had clued Stewie in on him as well. They didn't say a word to each other on the way to the house, each engrossed in his own thoughts.


I know it's a bit short for a three month hiatus, but it seemed like a good place to cut off. Next up, Griffin family vs. the Moores, the reintro of Quagmire and maybe a case at Cleveland's? Stay tuned! :D

P.S. From now on, I don't think I need the English Japanese character name key, but if someone is confused, don't hesitate to ask.