A/N: This chapter might be long... I got an idea from one of my reviewers. Allin656 gave me the idea. Well enjoy I hope you like it...

In Today's Case: Looking out for Richard

Tess sat on her bed. She looked out the window. She sat up. She walked toward her window. She looked out when Conan opened the door. Tess turned around to look at Conan.

"Are you okay Tess?" Conan asked. Tess smiled. She nodded her head.

"Yeah." Conan shut the door. Rachel sitting on the couch watched. She looked at the door kind of funny. She then turned to the book she was reading. She then looked at Richard... who was always at his desk.

"Dad." Rachel called. Richard looked at his daughter. "Did you ever notice that ever since the case you did about Casey's case about her mother that Conan's been hanging around Tess a lot?" Rachel asked. Richard blinked a couple times.

"Conan likes to be around Tess. Tess has always had an impact on kids. You know that. Kids his age look up to someone like Tess." Richard answered. Rachel looked back at the door. She shrugged. She looked down at her book.

Tess walked over to the bed, she sat down. She then fell backward on her pillows. Conan walked over to her.

"What's wrong?" Conan asked. Tess looked at Conan.

"I answered that question already. I said I'm fine."

"I'm not asking if you're fine I want to know what's wrong... dang... you're about as dumb as Richard." Conan softly said. Tess' right eyebrow started to twitch. She sat up. She placed Conan into a headlock. She started to give Conan a nuggie.

"DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT?!" Tess yelled as she continued to rub her fist on Conan's head. Conan went to cover his head but Tess' nuggie was to fast for him to cover.

"AHHH!!! LET GO!!!" Conan yelled. Then Rachel opened the door. Tess stopped. She and Conan looked over at the door to see Rachel with a weird look on her face. Rachel raised an eyebrow as Conan lifted Tess' arm off his neck.

"What are you to doing?" Richard asked as he came up standing behind Rachel.

"I was giving him a nuggie... there's nothing wrong with that." Tess stated. Conan had his hands on his head. He rubbed his head as he glared at Tess.

'Oh yeah. When I get my real body back and when I ever see you again the first thing I'm going to do is give you a nuggie!' Conan thought to himself.

"Conan are you okay?" Rachel asked. Conan looked up at Rachel. All he could feel on his head a burning feeling. Conan smiled and nodded his head.

"Yeah I'm fine Rachel." Conan answered. Rachel nodded her head as she slowly closed the door with it squeaking. Conan turned around to look at Tess. Tess stood up. Conan's first reaction to Tess was covering his head. Tess smiled. She shook her head. She walked past him tapping his hands which were on his head.

"Jimmy, if you really want to know what's bugging me..." Tess turned around as she placed her hand on the door handle. "I just have one of my bad feelings." Tess added as she opened the door. She walked out shutting the door behind her. Conan's hands slipped off his head. He blinked a couple times in confusion.

'Bad? Feelings? I wonder what she's worried about. She know something I don't know.' Conan thought to himself. Conan opened the door to see Tess by the coat hanger grabbing her jacket but leaving her holster behind. Tess opened the door and walked out. Conan ran toward it. Rachel looked at Conan as she read the last page of the book.

"Conan where are you going?" Rachel asked. Conan looked at Rachel as he opened the door.

"I'm going to Amy's house." Conan answered as he left the office shutting the door behind him. Rachel sighed. She closed her book. She entered her room.

Conan ran down the street as he looked around for Tess. It wasn't hard to find a girl with jet black hair and wearing all black... is it? Conan search high and low for Tess. When he pasted a corner store there sat Tess. Conan ran right by her. Tess watched him.

"Looking for me?" Tess called. Conan stopped. He looked at Tess. He then turned around. He ran up toward her. "I knew that you were following me." Tess stated.

"That's nice. Now..."

"I know what you want to know." Tess stated. Conan looked at her funny. She stood up. "I told you. The only thing I can say is that I have a bad feeling about today. That's all." Tess added. Conan looked at her funny. "I'm not hiding anything."

"Then why didn't you bring your gun?"

"Because I didn't want to." Tess answered.

"But you said something bad is going to happen today right there tells me that you would bring your gun but you didn't. Why?"

"Because." Tess answered.

"Because why?"

"I'M NOT THE ONE WHO NEEDS IT!" Tess yelled. Conan looked at her funny. When Tess finally noticed that she yelled. She looked down at Conan. Tess sighed. "I have a funny feeling that Richard needs it." Tess added.

"Why does he need it?" Conan asked. Conan's mouth soon dropped. "RACHEL'S IN TROUBLE!" Conan yelled. He turned around then he ran back toward the office. Tess reached out for him.

"CONAN! WAIT!" Tess yelled. Tess went to go run after when she heard someone behind her. She quickly turned around but saw nothing. She turned forward and ran after Conan. "Conan!" Tess yelled again. Then a shadow appeared in the alley next to the corner. It watched Tess and Conan run. He turned back into the alley and disappeared around the corner.

Conan ran back to the office. Tess followed him. "Conan! Wait!" Conan soon stopped. He turned around as Tess met face to face with him. "What do you know that I don't?!" Conan yelled. Tess bent down onto her knees.

"Jimmy..." Tess said softly. Conan stared at Tess giving her a dirty look. "There's a man that has been following Richard for awhile." Tess stated.

"How long have you known this?!" Conan yelled. Tess looked at Conan.

"Ever since I arrived here." Tess answered. Conan's eyes widened.

"Are you here on a case?" Conan asked. Tess sighed. She looked down.

"You can kind of say that."

"But... you told us that you were visiting." Conan stated. Tess nodded her head.

"My boss sent me here on a mission / visit thing." Tess stated.

"A mission? Who are you looking for?"

"Someone you probably don't know." Tess answered as she stood up. Tess turned around sticking her hands in her pockets. Conan ran toward her.

"Wait!" Conan yelled. Conan grabbed Tess' arm turning her around. Tess' hand came right out of her pocket. Conan looked at her. Tess blinked a couple times. "Tell me who you're looking for! If Rachel and Richard are danger then tell me!" Conan yelled. Tess placed her hand on his hand. She pulled it off.

"This man named Zachary Drainville, he's a serial killer." Tess answered. Conan's eyes widened.

"They sent you! You aren't even 16!" Conan yelled. Tess smiled.

"I'm turning 16 in a year."

"That's a year away! Do they really think that you're going to catch him with a gun that has rubber bullets?!" Conan yelled. Tess stopped smiling.

"Jimmy, it's my job." Tess stated. Then something in Tess' pocket started to buzz. She and Conan looked. She pulled it out showing a silver cell phone.

"SINCE WHEN DID YOU HAVE A CELL?!" Conan asked. Tess looked at Conan.

"I had it for awhile; I just never carried it around with me." Tess answered. She picked it up.

"Hello...? Rachel." Conan's eyes widened. "Yeah, yeah I'll be there... who's there? Some guy? Okay I'll be there in a hurry." Tess stated as she hung up the phone. She looked down at Conan. She grabbed Conan's hand throwing him onto her back. "You run to slow." Tess stated. Tess started to run. She bumped into people as she ran past them. People getting out of her way and giving her dirty looks. Conan nearly fell off. Conan wrapped his arms around Tess' neck keeping himself on her back.

'She was sent here an on mission? Why did she tell us? We probably could have helped her. Or maybe she didn't want us to get involve.' Conan thought. Conan looked at Tess as she ran up the stairs of the office. She swung the door open. Richard was sitting on one of the couches. The man that Rachel told her about was wearing a blue hat. He wore a black jacket with a white shirt. His pants were a dark blue color. The hat had covered his eyes. Tess bent down placing Conan on the ground. Tess hung up her jacket. She watched the man. The man turned around looking at Tess. She gave him a dirty look as she put on the holster to her gun. The holster rested on her right side as the other one was empty.

"You'll have to ignore her." Richard stated. The man turned around. He nodded his head.

"All right." The man said in a deep tone.

"Tess can kind of be tough when she isn't." Richard stated. Tess crossed her arms as she and Conan walked forward.

"I'm tougher then you." she said walking right behind the couch. She leaned forward as she rested her chin on her left hand keeping her right hand on the handle of her gun. Conan looked and watched her. The man the stood up. Tess jerked up gripping onto the handle of the gun. Tess looked down at Conan. She gave Conan a look. Conan near what she was trying to tell him. She wanted him to find Rachel. Conan walked away. The man reached into his pocket. Tess stood upright. Tess went to pull out her gun when the man pulled out a hand full of money. Tess stared at the money.

'Where did he get that? That seems to be a lot of money for a man of his style.' Tess thought. He handed to toward Richard. Richard quickly stood up and grabbed the money.

"Sure I'll do it!" Richard yelled. Tess raised an eyebrow. The man smiled.

"Thanks." He said. He walked out of the room. Tess let go of her gun's handle.

"Who was that?" Tess asked.

"You know... I never got his name..." Richard stated. Tess smacked her hand on her head. Then she heard a ticking noise. She looked around the room but it was to loud to be a clock. She pin pointed it at the pile of money in Richard's hand.

"GIVE ME THAT!!" Tess yelled. Tess grabbed onto the money. Richard started to get angry.

"HEY!!" Richard yelled back. Then Conan and Rachel walked into the room. Tess was running toward the windows with a pile of ticking money. She threw it out the window. The money was so heavy that it broke the window. Richard walked up to her. Tess turned around. She then jumped on Richard.

"GET DOWN!!!" Tess yelled. Then the money exploded in midair. Conan and Rachel ducked in between the couches as Tess and Richard hit the ground. Tess covered her head as the explosion made the windows break. Tess uncovered her head. She shook her head. She shook all the broken glass out of her hair. She rolled right off of Richard. Richard sat up. Richard blinked all confused. He looked at Tess. Tess smiled. "See. I told you I'm tougher then you." she said as she stood up. She walked toward Rachel and Conan as the sound of broken glass breaking underneath her feet followed her over. She bent down to look at Rachel. Rachel sat up. "Are you okay?" she asked. Rachel nodded her head. She looked over at Conan.

"Yeah I'm fine too." Conan stated standing up. Tess stood up as she helped up Rachel. Richard stared out the window.

"A... money bomb?" Richard said softly. Tess rolled her eyes.

"Well, didn't it click into your mind that he had a lot of money?" Tess asked. Richard nodded his head.

"Yeah. I wanted that too." Richard stated. Tess rolled her eyes.

"Come on, it's not safe here. Lets go to a hotel." Tess stated. Richard got up as they walked right out the office.

They were next in their hotel. Richard and Conan shared one bed as Rachel and Tess shared the other. Tess was standing out on the balcony. It was now dark out. Rachel, Conan, and Richard were inside talking to Inspector Maguire about what had happen.

"So, all of a sudden Tess just grabbed the money right out of my hands and threw it out the window. Then it exploded." Richard stated. Inspector Maguire placed is hand on his chin.

"Well, Richard. You're very lucky." Conan looked over out toward the balcony. "If Tess didn't grab that money you all would have been dead." Inspector Maguire finished. Conan watched Tess as she looked out into space.

'I wonder if I should tell someone.' Conan thought to himself. After Inspector Maguire left, they were all soon in bed. Conan laid on his bed with his hands behind his head. He stared at the ceiling. 'I don't know if she's not suppose to tell anyone. Man, if I was her I wouldn't do it. I wonder why she decided to take this job.' Conan thought as he looked over at Tess.

Late at night someone had gotten into their hotel room by the balcony. They slowly opened the door. They stepped into the room. They quietly walked past Rachel and Tess' bed. They were now standing next to Richard. Then Conan felt a cold breeze. He pulled the blankets up toward his face. But he soon woke up. He rolled over to see someone in the room. Conan stared at the person as they watched Conan quietly not knowing that he was already awake. Conan pretended to yawn. He rolled back over. When the man could no longer see his face he started to pull something out of his jacket. Conan slowly moved his hand toward Tess' gun that was on the night stand in between the tow beds. Conan grabbed it and pulled it back under the covers. When he heard the click of the man's gun getting ready to shot. Conan flipped off the covers. He aimed and fired. Richard, Tess, and Rachel shot their eyes open. Tess quickly rolled over to see Conan standing on his bed holding her gun. Tess stood up as she pulled her gun out of Conan's hands.

"What are you doing?!" Tess yelled. Conan turned toward Tess. Richard looked over his bed. When he saw the man groaning on the floor he stood up on his bed. He ran over and hide on the other side of Rachel's bed.

"But Tess..."

"There's someone in our room!" Richard yelled. Rachel turned on the light that was sitting on the night stand. Then the man that was in the office stood up. Tess' eyes widened. He pointed his gun at Conan. Tess pushed Conan up against the wall. She shot her gun three times. She missed twice and she shot the gun out of his hand. The man ran right past the shooting Tess and off the balcony. Tess ran out. Looked around to see a rope hanging off of the balcony leading down toward the room underneath them. Tess ran back inside.

"Where are you going?!" Richard yelled as she reached out toward Tess.

"I'm off to find our killer!" Tess answered as she disappeared. Richard and Conan followed her. Tess pressed the down button on the elevator. But it was to slow. She pushed open the stairs door. Richard saw the elevator doors open but now Tess. So he got in. Conan got there as the elevator doors closed. Conan looked around as Rachel appeared behind him. Conan looked at the stairs door as he noticed that they were pushed open. Conan ran right down the stairs.

"Conan!" Rachel yelled. Conan ran down a flight of stairs when he heard a door shut. He opened that very same door. Conan looked around. Then he heard a few shot all around the place. Conan looked down the hall way to see Richard running down with Tess behind him. Tess was looking back with her gun pointed and shooting. Conan looked to see the elevator/ he pressed the down button. Conan ran back and stood in front of the hallway.

"COME ON!!" Conan yelled. Richard and Tess turned the corner. Rachel ran into the elevator. Then Tess pushed Conan into the elevator. She pressed the up button the doors began to close.

"TESS!!" Rachel yelled. Tess looked at Rachel.

"I'll be fine!" Tess yelled. Tess looked over. She aimed and shot her gun. Then the elevator doors were closed. Conan knew that they were on the 4th floor. Conan slammed his hand onto the 5th floor. The elevator door opened.

"Conan! Where are you going?!" Rachel yelled. Richard stepped out of the elevator.

"Stay here Rachel!" Richard yelled as they took off running down the stairs. Rachel exited the elevator.

Tess was pulling the tiger to her gun over and over again till it just clicked and didn't shoot anything. Tess looked at her gun. She tossed her gun to the side. Tess looked at the man who was pointing the gun at Tess. Tess stood there.

"TESS!!! LOOK OUT!!!" Conan yelled as he exited the stairway. He ran out in front of Tess. Conan bent down and pressed the button on his shoe. He then kicked Tess' gun flinging it at the shooter's hand. The shooter's gun went off. Tess and Conan knew they didn't get shot. They turned around to see Richard standing behind them. His eyes were wide open. Tess and Conan's eyes widened. Richard then was falling to the ground. Tess looked at the shooter. Tess clinched her fists. She ran right toward the shooter. She slammed her shoulder into their chest. But, Conan noticed the hat. The hat came from the man that tried to blow them up. When Tess' shoulder slammed into the man's chest the hat came off relieving the shooter... the shooter was Bryan. Casey's brother from a while ago when Tess just here in Japan. Tess' eyes widened.

"Bryan...?"

"Yes it's me!"

"Why?"

"Because he put my father in jail!!!" Tess shook her head as she dropped kicked Bryan. Bryan fell onto the ground. Tess grabbed Bryan's hat that was lying on the floor. She ran over to Richard. She lifted up his shirt to see a bullet hole in his right shoulder. Tess decided to use the hat. She pressed it hard onto the bullet wound. She looked over at Conan.

"Conan! Go to the front desk and call for help!" Tess yelled. Conan nodded his head as he ran for the stair case.

Then they were at the hospital. Richard was going to be fine. Tess, Rachel, and Conan sat in the waiting room for Richard. Inspector Maguire came in after he arrest Bryan.

"How's Richard?" He asked.

"They said he's going to be fine." Rachel answered. Inspector Maguire nodded his head as he left the waiting room. Conan was fast asleep on the chair next to Tess. Tess looked over at him and smiled.

"Tess." Rachel called. Tess looked over at Rachel.

"Are you hiding something?" Rachel asked. Tess looked at her funny. She then shook her head.

"No... why do you ask?"

"Because ever since the case with Casey's mother Conan has grown attached to you." Rachel answered. Tess gave Rachel a nervous look.

"Um... you know how kids are with me... heh." Tess stated. Rachel nodded her head.

Next Time on Case Closed: "What?" Tess' chief calls Richard's office! Has she been giving a new mission or is it a trick? Jimmy thinks it's a trick so he sets out to figure it out. Will he?

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