Not much to say in the prologue is there? Nope.. ... ... I never learn do I? Always starting a story in the middle of several others.. *mental slap*

Shinichi: Again? A new story?

Me: ... anyway *ignores* this story has no relation to the real manga what-so-ever and everything written here is based on my own silly little, yaoi-crazy mind :D So yeah, obviously KaiShin, with some extra fluff on the side lines *huggles Conan* ... and Ran.. of course.. I forgot about her a moment there.. well, *waves* hope you'll like the first chapter of Akusuzume (Red Sparrow) and remember to review okay? :D

Akusuzume.

Prologue.

Return For The Moment.

There was a stab of pain, not as strong as usual, so it was probably caused by the headache the renowned detective of the East, Kudou Shinichi was experiencing at the moment. The teen held back an annoyed sigh. He was waiting, and for once, he wasn't late. Shinichi had been begging Haibara for an antidote, even if it wasn't a permanent one. There was no way she would be able to create one so fast, at least not when she had to recreate the damn drug in the first place.

"Shinichi!" a voice called his attention, and Shinichi turned, his heart skipping a beat. The girl stopped in front, panting a bit.

"I'm sorry I'm late, dad was heading out drinking.." she said. Shinichi nodded, chuckling a bit as he knew how the old man could be. The two stood there for a while, just looking at nothing and at the same time, everything, but each other.

"Um.. Ran.." Shinichi began, then he sighed, scratched the back of his neck. How the hell was he supposed to tell her what he felt? Was there any way for him to convey his feelings without damaging his immense pride? Well, no, there didn't seem to be. Ran smiled.

"It's.. it's about what you said.. in London wasn't it?" Ran asked, blushing a bit. Shinichi nodded slowly, embarrassed.

"Y-yeah.. pretty much.." he answered. Why the hell was he acting like some shy boy trying to confess for the first time? It wasn't his first time saying the words, and he wasn't a shy boy, that's for sure.

"Can you wait for me?" Ran suddenly asked, catching Shinichi's attention.

"Is there.. something wrong?" Shinichi asked, a bit confused, having a deja-vu as if he felt he had heard the words before.

"Well, yeah.. dad.. you know.." Ran was smiling a bit shyly. Shinichi laughed.

"I understand." then he smiled sincerely, maybe shyly too.

"I'll wait for you Ran, no matter how long." he said and she smiled, however, Shinichi noticed how the smile seemed slightly forced.

"Thanks, that was great to hear.. so, how long are you staying this time?" she asked. Shinichi sighed.

"Just for a few hours.. I'm sorry, but I think the case is moving towards an end, but if not.. then.." he looked down, truly sorry. Ran nodded.

"I see.. then we can spend these hours together right?" she asked.

"Yes, that we can." he smiled brightly at her. However, as he joined her and went to tropical land, all the memories he had received there, the moment he was separated from Ran, the moment he was drugged and shrunk, the time when he had, as Conan dragged Ran across the whole play land to save her from a murderer with her as one of the only two witnesses. Shinichi couldn't help, but wonder what would have happened if he had never followed the men in black. Had he continued to live his life as Kudou Shinichi, the arrogant, know-it-all boy? Because Shinichi was very sure he had changed from then, given the perspective of a child and given a chance to see everything from a different view. Ran wasn't smiling, as she seemed to be thinking about something, so Shinichi bought her a plush bear just to clear her mind of the bad memories or whatever she was thinking about. But when she smiled, it was still forced, and no matter how much Shinichi thought about it, he couldn't figure out why she wasn't sincerely smiling like she used to. He had been in and out of her life for the last year. Now at the start of their last year at high school, there was no concrete answer as to him ever actually returning to himself for permanent, that he knew. Ran was obviously thinking something along the same thing.

"Ran? Are you okay?" he asked. Ran looked at him, then she nodded.

"Yes, of course, why are you asking?" She asked back.

"Well, cause you didn't look all that happy.." Shinichi said.

"Oh, well, I am." but she wasn't smiling.

There was a yawn, then a snap of a couple of fingers, making confetti appear out of nowhere. Cheerful, dark blue eyes always following his hands and the book in front instead of looking at the blackboard and the teacher trying her best to teach. Ekoda High School's nr. 1 joker and troublemaker, Kuroba Kaito, was trying out a new trick, which would lead to many bad things for the rest of the class, who Kaito had dubbed his 'guinea pigs', well, everyone except a girl with long, reddish, black hair. Kaito feared her as much as he feared fish, almost. After all, no matter how much magic tricks he did, nothing came close to her real magic. He hated having a witch in the class. The teen grinned, thinking of something funny. Because, this teen, was also known as the most wanted, famous and arrogant thief there would ever exist. Yours truly, Kaitou KID, and like the previously mentioned detective of the East, he had a second identity, although it consisted of stealing gems and other nice, and expensive things he fancied.

"Kuroba-kun, are you listening?" the teacher asked. Kaito looked up.

"Yes, of course I am, I always am." he said, smirking. Although, for once he wasn't listening, because he was thinking about said detective. There was something about that tiny boy-once a teenager, that unnerved the usually calm thief. Those ever-watchful blue eyes, that smirk when he solved one of KID's tricks or riddles. And those soccer kicks. Yes, you get the 8 year old brat angry and he'd break a tree with just one kick. It scared Kaito whenever he thought about how it would be if the kid, in full size would use those shoes. If a ball didn't cut stone, then the shoes weren't working. However, Kaito often found himself searching for the detective, just looking forward to the appearance of the shrunken teen. Nothing could compare to the feelings Kaito felt when almost cornered, but also cornering the child on a roof, wind messing with the smallest' hair and making everything so exiting. And that was why Kaito was unusually exited now, because in two days, there would be another heist, this time going after a red gem called Ember's Heart. It was rather pretty, and it was red, so Kaito wasn't about to let it slip past him, it could, after all, be the one he was searching for, Pandora.

"Pandora.. I'll find you.." he thought, looking out of the window. Oh yes, the next heist would be just as thrilling, but dangerous. Those men would without a doubt be there to shot him down if he caught the gem. So getting chased by the small detective out on to the roof was out of the question. He wouldn't endanger the child's life for the search of Pandora. After all, his pride was his non-violent rule. And then, there was Hakuba. The annoying detective sitting two seats behind him and always watching the magician. Kaito knew he had caught on to him being KID, but he had no proof so Kaito would always escape just in front of him, and he loved it. Kaito sighed, feeling the British detective's eyes in his neck and had been doing so ever since this day started. After another five minutes, Kaito had enough and slipped a smoke bomb, and during the panic, he colored the detective's hair bright purple just to take revenge.

"Take that stupid Tantei-san." Kaito thought as he settled down in his chair, but not before he had completely changed the teacher's outfit from casual clothes to a tight maid outfit. The teacher ran screaming out as most of the boys suffered from bleeding located from their nose. Everyone knew it was Kaito, but the teen just about never did something like that to the teachers, so something was off. Said magician was staring out of the window with a thoughtful look on his face, and that usually spelled trouble for the rest of the class. Then the magician's thoughts wandered over to Kudou Shinichi, the more grown up form of the detective that seemed to always figure out his tricks and escape routs. And then Kaito suddenly began smiling in a silly way when he pictured the teen detective in that maid outfit and with a blush even darker that the one his teacher wore before she ran out. Kaito smirked to himself before he started laughing manically, knowing he'd have a lot of fun with that, and even though he knew he'd never get away alive if he did it, it was very interesting and Kaito wanted to do it the more he knew he wouldn't be allowed to. The class eyed him with some worry, mostly for themselves. Kaito was in a good mood, a too good mood, and if they were right, he would let it out on them later. As another teacher came by and told them to have a self study, Kaito continued to cackle as his thoughts went to the detective being found by Hakuba, as well as that annoying Osakan detective and the task force. Oh the sight. Kaito knew that KID would officially be black listed by not only Kudou Shinichi, and probably all of the police in Tokyo, but Hattori Heiji too, yeah, the detective had too many friends on the right side of the law. But Kaito couldn't care less, it was actually so tempting that he did it to Aoko without knowing it, and he was still laughing his head off.

"Now I can't wait until Tantei-kun regains his body, I'm going to have so much fun!" he thought, and Kaito continued to laugh until his childhood friend Aoko slammed a map in his face.

... Kaito's 'guinea pigs' ... I like it.. XD

Pfft.. anyway *laughs* reviews are appreciated right now ;)