"WHERE AM I NOW?!" Conan blinked as a young man with a large travelling pack and red umbrella yelled, waving a map in the air.
"Ano..." Ran blinked, taken back by the sudden loud outburst. "You're in Tokyo."
"Oh." The boy looked rather ashamed, nervously scratching the back of his head with a hand. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Ran said cheerfully.
Conan studied the traveller carefully. He could have sworn he'd seen him before, wandering around.
"Are you looking for someplace specific?" Ran offered helpfully.
"Ur, yeah." Now that his initial rage of being lost had passed, the boy seemed rather shy. "The Tendou Dojo, in Nerima."
"Nerima?" Both Conan and Ran blinked, for completely different reasons.
"You're a bit away from Nerima." Ran said, pointing to the map. "Probably the fastest way for you to get there would be the subway."
"Subway?"
Ran pointed to the nearest subway station, which was right across the street. "Oh! Thank you!" The boy grinned and trotted off.
In the wrong direction.
Ran didn't seem to notice as she shrugged and continued walking. Conan followed her, dismissing the lost boy from his mind for the moment.
"Don't use that watering can!" A voice from above snapped. "The handle's broken!"
"It works just fine! See? .... Oops!"
Conan glanced back just in time to see the boy they had just been talking to get splashed by the falling watering can.
To his surprise, the boy vanished, his wet clothes and backpack falling to the ground with a 'thud!'. A few seconds later, a tiny black pig, wearing the a bandana the same as the boys, came wiggling out of the clothing.
"Conan-kun?" He glanced up to realise that he had stopped without realising it. "Is everything okay?"
He pointed. "The Lost Boy just changed into a pig!"
Ran looked at the piglet, who was starting to pull the clothing and the backpack towards a nearby alley. "People can't change into pigs, Conan-kun." She admonished gently, taking his hand.
"I know that!" It was about as impossible as him being splashed with water and changing back into Shin'ichi. He glanced back as she tugged him along, muttering about children's imaginations.
Both the pig, the clothing and the backpack were gone, as if they had never existed. He blinked. They shouldn't have been able to disappear that quickly!
Conan scratched his head, gave up and let Ran lead him home.
He was going to have to make a point of it to avoid Nerima from now on...
Fin.
"Ano..." Ran blinked, taken back by the sudden loud outburst. "You're in Tokyo."
"Oh." The boy looked rather ashamed, nervously scratching the back of his head with a hand. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Ran said cheerfully.
Conan studied the traveller carefully. He could have sworn he'd seen him before, wandering around.
"Are you looking for someplace specific?" Ran offered helpfully.
"Ur, yeah." Now that his initial rage of being lost had passed, the boy seemed rather shy. "The Tendou Dojo, in Nerima."
"Nerima?" Both Conan and Ran blinked, for completely different reasons.
"You're a bit away from Nerima." Ran said, pointing to the map. "Probably the fastest way for you to get there would be the subway."
"Subway?"
Ran pointed to the nearest subway station, which was right across the street. "Oh! Thank you!" The boy grinned and trotted off.
In the wrong direction.
Ran didn't seem to notice as she shrugged and continued walking. Conan followed her, dismissing the lost boy from his mind for the moment.
"Don't use that watering can!" A voice from above snapped. "The handle's broken!"
"It works just fine! See? .... Oops!"
Conan glanced back just in time to see the boy they had just been talking to get splashed by the falling watering can.
To his surprise, the boy vanished, his wet clothes and backpack falling to the ground with a 'thud!'. A few seconds later, a tiny black pig, wearing the a bandana the same as the boys, came wiggling out of the clothing.
"Conan-kun?" He glanced up to realise that he had stopped without realising it. "Is everything okay?"
He pointed. "The Lost Boy just changed into a pig!"
Ran looked at the piglet, who was starting to pull the clothing and the backpack towards a nearby alley. "People can't change into pigs, Conan-kun." She admonished gently, taking his hand.
"I know that!" It was about as impossible as him being splashed with water and changing back into Shin'ichi. He glanced back as she tugged him along, muttering about children's imaginations.
Both the pig, the clothing and the backpack were gone, as if they had never existed. He blinked. They shouldn't have been able to disappear that quickly!
Conan scratched his head, gave up and let Ran lead him home.
He was going to have to make a point of it to avoid Nerima from now on...
Fin.