Rhythm and Rules
By AllietheEpic7
A Detective Conan/Rhythm Thief Crossover
Chapter 1
It was an hour until they landed in Paris and a screech of "He's dead!" resonated through first-class. Shinichi shot out of his seat, Tou-san close behind him. The stewardesses were understandably cautious. After all, two Japanese men—well, Shinichi was only 17, but that didn't matter—claiming to be able to solve the murder was suspicious to normal people. But Tou-san explained while Shinichi examined the corpse; as long as the plane was in the air, it was still American soil, but the moment it landed the case would be handed over to the French police and the murderer could escape in the confusion.
Shinichi gave Tou-san his observations and left his father to return to his seat. Kaa-san looked up from her magazine, one neatly plucked eyebrow raised. "Oh? You're not helping?"
"Tou-san has it covered," he answered. "As much as I'd like to solve it myself, I doubt I can do it in only an hour." Now both eyebrows were raised. "What's with that look?"
"Hmm? Nothing… You've just matured a lot in the past three years," she said, ruffling his hair. Shinichi jerked his head away. "In middle school, you would have insisted that you could do it."
He shrugged. "A murderer shouldn't have the chance to get away just because my ego is too big to let Tou-san work."
He didn't regret taking his parent's offer to travel the world with them. Sure, he couldn't see Ran in person, but they spent hours talking on Skype. And so what if he didn't have a big reputation as a teen detective? He had his entire life to make a name for himself! Because of his travels, Shinichi was tutored by the greatest minds in the world. He knew 4 languages—Japanese, English, French, and Korean. He was far more qualified than that Hattori Heiji bastard…
"So, honey…" Shinichi turned back to his mother. "I know you already play the violin, but since we're going to be staying in Paris for the next few weeks, I've set up a few tutors of the arts for you." He scowled; seriously? "Now, stop that. Now there are three tutors ready to teach you upon landing; you can choose any of them, or you can meet them first and then decide. Madam Laura Garnier can teach you how to sing, Madam Christelle Morin teaches painting, and Monsieur Raphael Laurent teaches dance."
Shinichi sighed, dismayed. He already knew he could neither sing nor paint from… past experiences in Japan. He suppressed a shudder at the memory. "I choose Laurent then." He relented.
Kaa-san squealed in the delight. "Oh, this is going to be wonderful! He's about your age, I think, so you'll be able to make two friends here instead of just one!"
"Yeah, that's right. Inspector Vergiar has a daughter too. Charlotte, right?"
She nodded. "Paul said that she's obsessed with becoming a detective. Maybe you both could start solving cases together with your father helps Paul with his thief problem."
"Maybe we could help…" Shinichi shrugged. He didn't really care about thieves, but he'd put up with them if Charlotte was willing… having another detective as a friend would be nice. Maybe she enjoyed Sherlock like Hakuba-kun and him! That would be incredible!
"You should ask when we land. Paul will be waiting for us."
"Okay Kaa-san."
A/N: Not the result of the Kaishin Drabbles poll. I just wanted a crossover between the two.