"Do you know how hard it is to look someone up based on hair dye?" .
Raidou waved his hand dismissively and kept his eyes closed. Two days had passed since his questioning of the bartender and that still proved his best source of information. He was so used to going to into danger immediately that spending this long on investigation irritated him. The added pain of tutoring and school work ensured that he was busy, but left him with a feeling that nothing had been actually been accomplished.
"Didn't you say the guy you're tutoring has silver hair like that?"
"And I've been trying to investigate him, but it doesn't exactly come up naturally while discussing calculus." Raidou opened his eyes and cast a sidelong glance at Narumi-san or, more accurately, her computers. Raidou may have been the front and action of the detective agency, but Narumi-san, she was its heart, or maybe its brain.
"You could always find an excuse to go home with him. You're his tutor. That shouldn't be too hard." A keyboard clacked as Narumi-san typed something out.
"Go to his house?"
"You are a detective, you know," she chided.
"Devil Summoner," he corrected.
"And Raidou Kuzunoha is a detective."
He closed his eyes again. "Has Vincent been home?"
"Only when you've been at school. He's really busy right now and you really ticked him off."
"Thanks, Narumi-san," Raidou grumbled.
"Talk to Seta and get some information from him."
"You're really determined on this point."
"You have no leads except for the hair and occasionally wearing glasses. Whether he does or not, there's someone directly in front of you. You should have no difficulty scrutinizing him and he and fits the most basic aspects of the description. It won't take you long, so stop lounging around and do something."
Raidou sat up straight. "It's this or trail cheating husbands isn't it?"
For the first time Narumi-san glanced out from among her computers, high eyebrows smiling more than her thin mouth, her eyes sparkling with what Raidou could only describe as malicious intent.
Raidou stood, scooping up his bag. He looked over to Gouto, who stretched out on the couch as he stood. "You're not going to help me, are you?"
"Do you want to follow cheats, or find out more about a man you spend time with almost daily?" the cat responded.
"Right," Raidou responded. "When you put it that way the choice does seem obvious, doesn't it?" He headed towards the door, Gouto following.
"Raidou?"
"Yeah?"
Narumi-san paused for a moment, clearly selecting her next words before she settled on, "Be careful."
"I'm always careful," Raidou responded before opening the door and stepping into street. He could just hear Narumi-san's response as he closed the door.
"Like hell."
"Well, that was a vote of confidence," he remarked, sweeping his gaze over the crowd.
"She has a point."
"Do you really think Souji could be involved?"
"I don't know, but there's something strange about him either way."
With a nod Raidou headed down the steps and pulled out his phone, quickly flipping through the numbers. It didn't take long to find Souji Seta among the very few phone numbers he bothered to keep stored.
"Hello?" the young man answered almost immediately. His breath was heavy. Had he been running?
"Hello. This is Raidou Kuzunoha."
Souji let out a small gasp and began to breathe more normally. Was he relieved? "Oh, Raidou, is something wrong?" No, his tone didn't sound right for someone relieved.
"I was wondering if you wanted to meet somewhere today."
"On a Sunday?"
"Why not?"
"You always complain that we meet too often as it is."
"Actually, I wasn't thinking a tutoring session."
"Just a meeting?"
"Yeah."
Raidou could hear Souji fidget on the other end. Something definitely had him nervous. "Sure, where?"
"I don't know. How about Yoyogi Park?"
"Now?"
"Yeah, it won't take too long for me to get there." Raidou wrapped around the agency.
"Sure, I'll see you in a bit."
"See you later." Quickly, he hung up, putting his phone back and unlocking his motorcycle. No matter what else happened he was determined to make the day interesting.
Author's Note: Alright, I won't fight it. I've been avoiding scene breaks in this story and why start doing it now? Sorry this chapter is short, but I promise there's another one coming.
Thanks for reading this far, doubly so to the people who are following me and triply so those who review.
