“Leave me alone!”
“No!”
“Grrargh!”
“Biting me won’t help!”
“Ran! Save me!”
“You can’t ask your wife for help! That’s cheating!”
“RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!”
“Cheater, cheater, pants on fire.”
“That’s wrong.”
“What?”
“It’s ‘Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater.’”
“Of course you’d know.”
“Grargh! I didn’t even get to eat breakfast yet!”
“Stop whining! We gotta go to Heiji’s house next!”
“Noooooooo!!!!”
“Struggling doesn’t help anything!”
“AOKO! YOUR HUSBAND IS TRYING TO MURDER ME!”
“Stop it, Shinichi. You’re causing a scene! See? Now all our neighbors can see you being dragged across the street. ”
“OH DEAR LORD. WHY? I WAS SO HAPPY BEFORE YOU MOVED HERE!”
“You make me feel like a bad person.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah. Now knock on Heiji’s door.”
“What? Why? You’re closer!”
“Fine. Lazy. I wonder how you stay in shape.”
“Oh, I don’t know, maybe chasing you across roof tops at night helps.”
“Ah, touché.”
“Yes?”
“Hi, Heiji!”
“Hey, Kaito! And is that Shinichi on the floor sobbing with a rope around his waist?”
“Sure is!”
“I wanna go home!”
“Uh, okay?”
“No okay! He has to help me go on a treasure hunt!”
“Treasure hunt?”
“Yup.”
“My house…….my boookssss………my BREAKFAST!”
“Uh, I don’t think Shinichi wants to go on a treasure hunt.”
“Yup, it seems that way, doesn’t it? But, I bet that deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, DEEEEEEEEEPPPPP down in his heart, he’s overjoyed that I dragged him out of his house to take him on a treasure hunt.”
“NO I’M NOT.”
“Hush, slave!”
“Did you just call him a slave?”
“No……”
“Right…….”
“Well? You gunna join me on my treasure hunt?”
“Are you saying that I have a choice?”
“No. What made you think that?”
“……”
“……”
“My lovely house!”
“Uh. Right. KAZUHA!…I’M GOING OUT FOR A BIT!…KAY. SEE YA.”
“Alright! Now to Hakuba’s!”
“Ugh, he’s coming too?”
“Of course! What fun would it be without our British friend?”
“Plenty.”
“I heard that.”
“ARGH! Stop popping out of nowhere, you-you-!”
“Hi Hakuba! What are you doing out here?”
“I was getting the newspaper. And no.”
“What? No to what?”
“You know what I’m saying no to.”
“HAKUBA! SAVE ME!”
“Ignore Shinichi for a moment.”
“He’s growing mushrooms on my lawn. I don’t think I can ignore that.”
“Yes you can! Just keep trying!”
“Kuroba, Hattori, Kudo please get off of my pro-”
“KEEP GROWIN’ THOSE MUSHROOMS, SHINICHI! YEAH! I’LL EVEN HELP YA!”
“So, Hakuba! You’re gunna help me with my treasure hunt, right? Right? Right? Okay!”
“I didn’t say yes to anything.”
“You just did! So let’s go!”
“What? No! I haven’t even read the newspaper yet!”
“Man, you sound just like Shinichi with your, ‘I haven’t done this yet!’ or ‘I haven’t done that yet!’ Geez, so whiny.”
“Kuroba, I demand that you lea- My lawn! They just turned half my lawn in to a mushroom garden!”
“Muahahahahahaha! How ya like that, Mr. I’m-British-So-I’m-Better-Than-You?”
“Hattori! Get off my lawn! Kudo! You too!”
“Make me, Hakuba!”
“I wanna go home!”
“What about my treasure hunt?!”
Saru*uraS
Ring. Ring.
“Hello? This is Kazuha speaking.”
“Um, yes. Your husband and Ran’s husband are both renovating my front lawn into a mushroom garden. Is there any reason why?”
“Oh, um, actually, I don’t know. He just told me he was going out for a few minutes.”
“I see. I shall try with Ran-chan then.”
“Okay. Good luck, I guess.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
Saru*uraS
Ring. Ring.
“Hello? Kudo residence.”
“Yes, it’s me. Your husband and Kazuha’s husband are both turning my perfect lawn into a mushroom garden. Not that it’s not wonderful and quick work but, my front lawn is for grass and my vegetable garden in the back.”
“What? Shinichi?”
“Yes, he seems quite depressed and sad though.”
“Well, he was dragged out of the house by Kuroba-kun. I’m not sure why though.”
“I see. Well, that is all.”
“Okay. Bye!”
“Yes. Bye bye.”
Saru*uraS
Ring. Ring.
“Hello? Kuroba Aoko here.”
“Yes, Aoko darling. Your husband has been running around gathering people for something and now he is on my lawn with Hattori-san and Kudo-san, who are turning my lawn into a mushroom garden. I wouldn’t mind it if they were growing mushrooms in my vegetable garden but, sadly, they are not.”
“What?”
“And your husband is saying something about a treasure hunt, I believe. I’m not too sure. My lip reading abilities are getting rusty.”
“Oh crud on a cracker. I knew it was a bad sign when Kaito was able to sit still for 30 minutes straight, even if it meant he was watching Treasure Hunters.”
“Yes. Um, is there anything you can do? To, well, save my lawn?”
“Oh, yes. I’ll be right on it.”
“Thank you.”
“Mhm. Bye.”
“Bye bye.”
Saru*uraS
“KKKAAAAIIIITTTOOOOOO!!!!!”
“Oh no! The man’s on to us!”
“Kuroba, that’s your wife.”
“So? Same difference!”
“Oh look. She’s holding a fish. A mackerel, even.”
“What? Argh! RRRUUUUNNNNNN!!!!”
“Kaito! Get back here! Oh, good morning Hakuba-kun, Hattori-kun, Kudo-kun.”
“Yes. ‘Good’ morning.”
“By the way, Hattori-kun, Kazuha-chan said something about cooking a hat for dinner if you didn’t get home soon. Anyway, see ya! Gotta punish Kaito.”
“UGH! MY FAVORITE HAT!”
"..."
“Does this mean I can go home now?”
“Yes, Kudo, please get off my property now.”
“Yes! Breakfast, here I come!”
“What was I thinking when I moved here?”
“You were thinking how happy I’d be if we moved here.”
“Ah, my dear, that is very true.”
“Yes, now come. Breakfast is ready.”
“Mhm.”
“And you are fixing the lawn later.”
“But-”
“Ahem.”
“Yes, dear, of course.”
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