New fanfic! Yaaaay! I hope you all will like it! Please review after reading this story! As mentioned on the title above, you can clearly guess where this is going! I'm planning to make this a two-shot since it'll be too long if I make it a one-shot…hmmm… maybe also some chapters after that…Well, I don't know! ^^ I'll just go where my ideas lead me to! Now, I welcome you,
Heiji and Kazuha!
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"I'm gonna kill that Kudo, dammit!" A dark-skinned 7-year-old boy stamped his foot and wrung his small fingers around an imaginary neck of a certain detective.
Yep, you guessed it right. Heiji had turned into an elementary kid again. How did this happen, you wonder? Well, we'll have to turn the clock around.
-Few hours ago-
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Heiji was laughing on the floor of Kudo Shinichi's house with the detective of the east cradling his bruised cheek, glaring at his extremely annoying friend.
"Urusen Hattori!" He snapped at him, but Heiji kept on laughing.
"You-Neechan-slap-across the room-gwuahahahaha!"
"If you don't stop right now, I'm going to kick you out of this house!"
Finally, the hilarity subsided and Heiji began to calm down, a few chuckles coming out once in a while. "Okay, so tell me again, what happened?"
Shinichi said, "After we took down the BO, Haibara had finally found the cure for the APTX4869. When I went back to her house, it was quite difficult to tell to Ran what happened, but I managed. However…"
"However?"
"When I told her I was actually Conan, she slapped across the room and shouted, 'PERVERT!' then she kicked me out of the agency."
"GUAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Heiji! It's not funny!"
"Yeah, it's not funny; it's freakin' HILARIOUS!"
Heiji fell down on top of the couch and began to go crazy again. Irritation started building up around the eastern detective, and before Heiji could comprehend what was happening, a pill was shoved down his throat. He coughed and a burning feeling started to grow inside him.
"What the-ugh- what did you do, Kudo!" he was starting to sweat and his pulse and heart were beating irregularly. His vision was getting blurry and he was quickly losing consciousness.
"This is for revenge, Hattori." Shinichi smirked. "Don't worry; it'll wear off after 72 hours (3 days). Good luck surviving till then."
"Damn you…"
Then everything went black.
=.=
The next thing he knew, he was sitting in Neechan's living room, stark naked with only a towel around him and his hat, now too big, hanging down his head, his omamori hidden underneath. He groaned inwards. There would be a lot of explaining to do to Kazuha.
"Just wait okay, Hugo-san? I'm searching for Shin- Conan's stuff here…" Ran was fumbling around the closet, searching for clothes that were NOT a tie and a suit. After a while, she found a pair of jeans, underwear, a hoodie jacket, and white sneakers.
She gave them to Heiji and he went a changed in the bathroom. When he got out, he felt more normal and less awkward. Suddenly, his stomach growled loudly. Ran's eyebrows rose and she smiled. "Would you like something to eat?"
"Haai Ran-neechan." He said, changing his voice to sound more childish. He also made his eyes bigger to make him look like he was a happy curious kid. Damn, this is harder than I thought.
"You know, you look so much like Hattori-kun. Are you related to him in some way or…?" She turned to look at him with a critical eye from the kitchen. He fidgeted around. "Were you, just like Shinichi, turned into a child?"
His blood ran cold. He sweated and said with a no-no gesture, "Of course not Ran-neechan. Hattori-ojisan is just my uncle. As my parents always say, my skin color is similar to his so…ehehehe…"
Inside his head: Curse you, Kudo!
Ran finished cooking his food and served it to him, still doubtful. He cautiously picked up his chopsticks. "Even if you turned into a small child, it's your responsibility to tell it to Kazuha-chan."
He said nothing. "Itadakimasu."
As he was through with his meal, the door of the detective agency suddenly slammed open and a certain ponytailed, green-eyed girl rushed in the room.
"RAN-CHAAAN! Heiji disappeared!" Kazuha rushed in the room all panicked and wild-eyed. Ran went to her and calmed her down.
"Tell me what happened."
"I was going to his house but then I remembered that he visited Kudo-kun and so I came here to Tokyo to also drop by here. However, I remembered that Heiji had borrowed my phone and I needed it to call someone important so I went to a phone booth and called Kudo-kun's house. And guess what he said? Heijineverdroppedbyinthehouseandhesaidthatmaybehed isappearedsomewhereorisbusyinacaseandnowIcan'tfind himatall!" Kazuha kept tripping over her words because she was going too fast, but the shrunk detective got the message.
Kudo, I am going to beat you up! He swore to himself.
As Kazuha was wiping her tears, her eyes fell on the small detective and her face lit up. She went up to him and drew her face close to his. Smiling widely, she asked, "What's your name little boy?"
"Futsuki Hugo. Hattori-ojisan is my uncle." Heiji replied, trying to act all innocent. She looked critically at him, but then she brightened up. She picked him up and squeezed him tight onto her chest. He blushed deeply and he had to pinch his nose to stop it from bleeding.
S…soft…
"You're soooo cute!" Kazuha squealed. She blew a raspberry on his cheek, causing his whole face to turn red. "Your uncle Heiji is off somewhere, probably to a case, so for now, would you like to come with me to Osaka?"
He nodded. "Uhn, Kazuha-neechan; I was going that way to visit Hattori-ojisan, anyway."
Kazuha waved at Ran. "Well, Ran-chan, I'm going to go now!"
"Take care!"
"I will! Come, Hugo-kun."
As Heiji looked back, he saw Ran smirking from behind the room and he knew that he'd been duped.
=.=
The train back to Osaka was long and Heiji felt really sleepy. Kazuha looked at his eyes that were threatening to fall and she chuckled to herself. It was no surprise since they had spent the afternoon buying clothes for him since he 'forgot' to bring his stuff. She picked him gently up and sat him on her lap. He woke in surprise.
"Kazuha-neechan?"
She looked gently down at him. "It's alright, go to sleep."
With his face blushing, he settled down and tried dozing off, but he was very aware of her breasts protruding him from the back and her warm arms wrapped around his chest, her sweet smell covering him whole. And in that moment, he finally realized that Kazuha was not only his childhood friend, but also very much, a girl.
She began humming a song and Heiji finally fell asleep in his best-friend's arms. It was a once in a lifetime chance and no way was going to let that chance slip away!
Turning back into a child seems to have its good points too.
=.=
"Hugo-kun, we're here." Kazuha shook him awake gently. He opened his bleary eyes and hopped down from her lap, yawning. "Ah, Hugo-kun, hold my hand. You might get swept up by the people."
Heiji blushed at the skin contact of his and Kazuha's warm hands. Before when they were escaping from the people in temple (movie 7), he had grabbed her hand. Back then, it had felt so small and smooth. Now it was his that was tiny. He sighed. He had wanted to tell Kazuha the truth but the image of her embarrassed and angry face scared the hell outta him. He didn't know what she would do to him.
Being small sucked.
They walked out and Heiji had to dodge here and there so as not to be stepped over by the sea of legs. It was really confusing at first, but he finally got the hang of it. Man, it was a long time since he was seven years old.
"Hugo-kun, where would you like to go before we go home?" Kazuha asked him as they finally escaped the sea of people coming out.
"The police station!" He blurted out without thinking. Kazuha looked at him in surprise. His eyes widened in shock in the realization of what he had just said. Oh dammit! She's going to find out for sure! " ! I mean-"
"That's an odd request, but okay! Let's go." Kazuha smiled at him lovingly. He stared at her in bewilderment. Back then, she always strongly refused to let him go there but now…
"U…uhn." He nodded as they walked towards the headquarters of the police. She's acting weird…
=.=
When they got there, Heiji saw a side of Kazuha that he never expected. She headed off to her father and asked permission to look over the cases that Heiji had solved for the past week. When she read them off, it was at an amazing speed.
"S…sugoi…" He looked at her behind the door for ten minutes, flabbergast. She was poring over the files in deep concentration, just like…
She was just like a detective!
"Kazuha-neechan."
Kazuha looked over the paper she was just reading. Hugo was looking at her in admiration. "What is it?"
"What's wrong? Are you looking for something?"
"Ah, no. It's nothing!" She reassured him as she lay the papers back down and put them at their original places. "Why?"
"It's just that… you're acting strange, as if you're searching for something… or someone. Are you worried about Heiji-ojisan?"
Kazuha smiled at him and took his hand. "You could say that. That idiotic detective left without telling me anything after all. I'm always worried if he'll get hurt or probably killed…"
Her voice faded softly away as she was lost in thought. He never calls her or tells her where he's going. She always has to be beside him so he won't run into trouble. That idiot!
Heiji looked at her, a strange feeling in his chest. He'd been having that strange feeling ever since he saw her hurt and frightened look as he and Shinichi headed into the lair of the BO. He always thought that he'd always be fine, but he never considered her feelings.
Kazuha caught his look and blushed. "Don't tell this to Heiji, okay? It's a secret between us!"
"Okay!" He nodded as he looked down so she wouldn't see his guilty expression.
"By the way, Hugo-kun, did you finish your exploration around the police station?"
"Hai." He lied.
"Then, do you want to go home now? You can stay with me in my house while waiting for Heiji. Besides, my dad won't mind since he's working on a case now."
"Hai!"
As they walked side by side to her house, Heiji asked Kazuha, "Ne, Kazuha-neechan…eto…w-what do you think about Heiji-ojisan?"
The girl looked at him, confused at what he's asking. "Pardon?"
"Ermm…What feelings do you have towards Heiji-ojisan? Do you l…like him?"
His face was totally red as he stuttered. He wasn't the type of guy that would occupy himself with the topics of love. He had no time for that. But now that the most interesting case that he had come across was already solved, there was nothing fun to do. And so with that, he decided to solve the most difficult case:
The case of Kazuha's heart.
"I'm not telling you." She said in reply. Heiji looked at her, his face in disbelief.
"Eeeehhh?! Whyyy? Tell me please!" He pleaded, showing puppy eyes. She laughed as she looked straight ahead.
"I'm not telling! That look won't work at me, Hugo-kun. Heiji does it many times so I'm used to it."
"Then you have feelings for him?"
"I don't know~"
"Do you like him?"
"I'm not telling~"
"What if he likes you? Will you like him back?"
Kazuha stopped in her tracks and Heiji smirked. Caught her! She leaned down and flicked his forehead. "Now now! Enough questions coming from you, especially the impossible."
"Itai…" He rubbed his temple as he gazed up at her. "What do you mean, impossible?"
"It's just like what I said, it's impossible." She stood up straight and shrugged. "Heiji has no time for love and if he did have time, it wouldn't be me. It would be some other pretty girl like Shinada-chan, the idol in our class."
"That's not true! I would never like someone like her!"
She looked sharply down at him. "I?"
"I…I mean that I think that Heiji-ojisan would never like someone based on their outer appearance…ehehehe…" Heiji sweat dropped as he tried to cover his mistake. Kazuha eyed him for a moment, but then decided that it was probably her hearing things.
"You're probably right. But then, Shinada-chan isn't just the class' idol. She's the rep and she's always kind and considerate of someone, unlike me, who is just a childhood friend and a 'little follower', as Heiji likes to call it."
"But that's not true at all!" Heiji protested as he tried to cheer her up. "Heiji-ojisan always talks about you when he has no cases of interest."
She scoffed as she continued walking. "The day he talks about me would be the day the world ends. But thank you, Hugo-kun, for cheering me up."
"Ah, uhn…" He nodded as he followed her, frowning. He kept glancing at her direction. She was putting on a smile, but when he had no cases to distract him, he could see another layer of emotion beneath. How come I never saw that before?
He shook his head. I'm becoming delusional. It must be a side-effect of the drug.
With that in mind, they walked towards Kazuha's house.
=.=
"Hugo-kun, what would you like for dinner?" Kazuha asked him as he sat down on the living room's sofa, sipping orange juice.
"Curry!" He called out to her. She replied an okay from the kitchen as she began to cook. He gazed at her from where he was sitting, totally bored. He was entranced on how she would chop up the vegetables as the contents of the pot was simmering, and then adding the ingredients together, sending out a waft of the spiciness of the food. He always thought that her hands were magic.
She saw his look and smiled at him. He jolted in surprised of being caught staring and blushed as he glared at the wall, as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. He peeked at her again and an image appeared in his head. He imagined her in her mid-twenties, cooking while tiny dark-skinned children ran around her and a man that looked dashingly handsome (and looked suspiciously like himself) grinned at her as he tested out her cooking while she wasn't looking.
ARGH! What am I thinking?! He slapped his cheeks, trying to dispel what had appeared in his head. I'm still too young to think about marriage, much less, kids! Ack, I hate this drug, giving me these weird illusions.
He looked over at his childhood friend again, the strange feeling coming up. "But if it's with Kazuha… it wouldn't be so bad, right? I mean, she's been with me throughout my whole life, so it wouldn't hurt for her to be there beside a little longer, maybe forever…What am I thinking?"
He face-palmed himself, as he shook his head. "I'm too selfish. I have to consider her feelings too."
"Consider whose feelings?"
Heiji jumped at the other end of the sofa, as if he was struck by lightning. Kazuha had appeared out of nowhere and was staring at him questioningly. "K…Kazuha-neechan? Since when did you stand there?"
"When you said that you have to consider her feelings." She leaned in, a smirk forming on her lips. "Who is 'her'? Is she a girl you like?"
His whole face turned red as he looked away. "It's none of your business." He muttered.
She laughed as she turned around and walked towards the table. "Alright, I won't pry. By the way, the food is ready. Let's eat."
He got down from the sofa and went to the table, sitting in the chair opposite of Kazuha. The curry looked and smelled just right. "ITADAKIMASU!"
He dug right in, Kazuha looking at him in delight. Halfway through his meal, she took out a napkin and wiped his face off of rice. "Look, you have rice stuck on your face. Slow down when you eat, there's still more."
He grinned. "But your curry is the best!"
She smiled at him. "Thank you, Hugo-kun."
He nodded as he proceeded eating with her. Another image of Kazuha and the little kids sitting around the table surfaced and he forced it away.
He didn't know it now, but at the back of his head, he would make it possible.
=.=
YOSH! And that is where I shall stop for a while as I think up of more scenarios on how to make the detective of the west suffer! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Okay, I admit it, I am a sadist, but ONLY a little bit! I'm not that evil (I think…)! Anyway, please make sure to review this story *points at the box below* and please wait patiently for the next chapter(s)!
A little side note for those who read my 'Life or Death?' fanfic, please help me out, will ya? I am currently in the middle of a writer's block for that story right now! -.- And multitasking is definitely not my forte…OH WELL!
Thanks again for reading (and reviewing)! Look forward to the next chapter!
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