Prologue

Shinichi felt that his life was going toward the better. An antidote for the APTX 4869 was made two years previously, so he no longer had to worry about "Edogawa Conan." As for the Black Organization, Ai was able to disband it…well, more like lure members out one at a time and kill them. The Boss, realizing that all of the members died, disbanded it and disappeared.

He knew his friend Heiji had it even better. He had proposed to Kazuha a year ago and quickly married. They now have a newborn girl named Akemi and happily reside in Osaka.

However, he found it odd that Ai did not take the antidote when he did. He asked her countless times, but she would only smile and give a vague answer. This was one of the reasons why he was going across the street to Professor Agasa's house. The main reason was because it was May 4th; he knew that much but could not place what was special about it.

"Tou-san! Kaa-san!" Shinichi called out to his parents that he decided to stay with, but there was no response. He shook his head, figuring they left for America again, and left the house while whistling a cheerful tune.

When he arrived at the professor's house, he couldn't help but notice how lively it was. He felt a smile tugging at his lips when he opened the door.

"Happy birthday!" Out popped Professor Agasa, Yusaku and Yukiko Kudou, and even the Hattori family, all with grins on their faces.

Shinichi sighed. "I forgot again, didn't I?"

Yukiko tightly hugged her son. "I hated keeping it a secret; I had to use all of my acting skills!"

Shinichi looked around, noticing someone was missing. "Oi…where is Haibara?"

Heiji laughed and wrapped an arm around his fellow detective. "She's in here with yer other surprise. Introducin' yer god brother…the mediocre magician Kuroba Kaito!" The door opened on its own, where there was a single yellow rose as large as a person. Suddenly, it started to bloom, and out popped a young man with wild hair and shining indigo eyes.

"It is nice to meet you, Tantei-kun." He snapped his fingers, and the giant rose disappeared. He extended his hand, which held a normal-sized yellow rose. "I'm Kaito, son of the great magician Kuroba Toichi, and I am almost as good as him!"

Shinichi felt a familiar shiver down his spine. I know that voice…but where and when was it? He chose to ignore it as he shook hands with the magician. "I'm curious, Kaito…why didn't you show up until now?"

Kaito gave a huge grin. "Well, today's the day you're an official adult, after all! I had Jii-chan find out about this party, and after that was a piece of cake…literally!" He snapped his fingers again, and a piece of strawberry cake appeared in his hands. "I hope you like it."

Shinichi smiled. "Thanks! To be honest, I'm not much of a chocoholic…" He gladly took the cake and ate it.

Heiji rubbed his eyes and yawned. "Well, I should be goin'… Kazuha wanted me to help with clothes shoppin' fer Akemi tomorrow at the crack o' dawn." He said goodbyes to Shinichi and Kaito before leaving.

"Oi…where's Haibara?" Shinichi asked. "Hattori said she was in here!"

Kaito snickered. "That is not what's important…" His voice had dropped, and his eyes sparkled seductively. "How about you come with me?" He opened the back door and gestured outside.

Shinichi started to protest. After all, he was a death magnet, attracting at least 4 cases a week. It would sometimes tire him, but he luckily was on break from his college courses so he could rest. However, he had just dealt with two murders before the party, so he wanted to quickly finish the party and sleep for a while.

Unbeknownst to Shinichi, Kaito was already full aware of this. That was because he had spoken with Shinichi's parents earlier about setting up his surprise.

"You'd best be careful," Yusaku told him. "My son had two cases today and is really tired; he's asleep now, I believe."

"So please not too flashy!" Yukiko added with a smile. "I've seen some of your heists on TV, so I know you are definitely the son of your parents…" She chuckled and ruffled his hair. "So do you have an idea?"

Kaito grinned. "How about this?" He explained his idea, and both parents gave their consent.

Now, Kaito was dragging Shinichi outside, barely keeping a poker face.

"W-where are we going?" Shinichi exclaimed in surprise.

"A magician never reveals his tricks…" He put a finger to his lips. "Now tell me; do you enjoy stargazing?"

"Yeah, but…" Shinichi was cut off when Kaito picked him up in a princess-carry and jumped up…he literally flew. "OI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Taking you to your surprise!" That was all he said, even with Shinichi's questioning.

Eventually, Kaito spoke. "Look over there, Tantei-kun!" He pointed in front of him and smiled. Shinichi reluctantly looked away from Kaito and gasped. They were high above Beika; so high that you could see all of the lights without all of the noise. It was breathtaking.

"Kaito…" He turned to the magician with a sad smile. "Thank you—for all of this. It must have taken a while to set this up."

Kaito rolled his eyes and chuckled. "Yeah right! Like I said, it was a piece of cake!" He looked down to the detective and laughed quietly. Shinichi had—without wanting to—fallen asleep, leaning his head to Kaito's chest and snoring softly. To Kaito, there was something almost childlike about Shinichi's face when he slept.

Hm…so you are my little tantei-kun! It sounded weird when that little scientist told me, but I guess that whole organization was weird! He smirked as he landed outside of Shinichi's bedroom window. Since he knew it was unlocked, he propped it open and carefully placed Shinichi in bed. Adjusting the covers, Kaito couldn't help but notice how tired the detective looked.

I know! I can take him on a trip tomorrow!

X

Shinichi heard someone moving around his room. He knew it wasn't his mom since she would have pounced right away. The someone carefully sat on the edge of the bed. It wasn't his dad since he would have said something by now. Which left…Ran? No, that didn't seem right; she had gone to America for college. He groggily turned over and chose to ignore it.

Luckily for him, the person got up and left after a few minutes. Shinichi was too tired to think anymore, so he covered his face with the blanket and fell asleep.

The "someone" quietly closed the door after hearing the detective's snoring. "He must be exhausted; it's already 8:00!" The person chuckled and headed downstairs to the kitchen. Surprisingly, Yukiko was the only one up.

"Ah, Kai-chan! How did you sleep last night? I hope Yu-chan didn't keep you up…" She smiled and tightly hugged him.

"Where is your husband anyway? I figured he would be up by now…" Kaito squirmed out of the embrace and walked over to the refrigerator to find something for breakfast.

Yukiko chuckled. "He was up all night writing again, so he'll be in bed most of the day… What are you doing, Kai-chan?" She watched Kaito as he began to take ingredients out of the refrigerator.

"I'm making breakfast for everyone! This will help pay back for me staying the night…" He was cut off when Yukiko hugged him again.

"Oh, you're so sweet! But you know what little Ai-chan requested, right?"

Kaito sighed. "Yeah…" How could he forget? The little scientist had taken him out of class for an 'urgent request.'

"Who are you?" Kaito had asked. "Why does a little girl like you need me?"

Ai sighed and shook her head. "I guess I'll have to explain everything…but you may not believe me." She quietly explained the poison, the organization, and Shinichi.

Kaito gaped at her, completely forgetting his poker face. "So you're trying to say that the son of my godfather was shrunk by a poison and had to be Edogawa Conan for two years before an antidote was made? And that a secret organization with members dressed in black was behind it until it was disbanded?" He knew the organization already, but Shinichi was his Tantei-kun? Now that was hard to believe. "How do you know all of this?!"

Ai smirked. "You're rather perceptive…but you do bring up a good point. I am actually Miyano Shiho, aka Sherry, the one who made the poison. I took the pill in a cell expecting to die, but I was shrunk and managed to escape to a certain professor's."

Kaito pinched the bridge of his nose. "And why do I need to know this?"

Ai looked up to the magician with a serious expression. "Well, ever since he took that antidote, Kudou-kun has the occasional immune crash from solving so many cases a week. I want to move with the professor somewhere else, so…"

"You want me to watch over Tantei-kun?" Kaito smiled and ruffled her hair. "You bet I'll help!"

Ai sighed in relief. "Alright, here are your instructions…"

"Kai-chan, don't go spacing out on me!"

Kaito blushed a little in embarrassment. "Sorry…um, how does everyone want their eggs?"

Yukiko giggled. "I'll have fried, Yu-chan will want poached, and Shin-chan likes scrambled…can you make all that?"

Kaito grinned. "Course I can! My mom ensured that I could cook a large number of things, after all."

Yukiko knew his mother, so she merely watched the magician while he cooked the breakfast.

"Yukiko-neesan, could you wake up Shinichi?" Kaito inquired after a few minutes of silence. "The little scientist insisted that he eats all of his meals."

Yukiko frowned. "I don't think we should…He'd probably be cranky and worn out all day!"

Kaito hummed thoughtfully. "How about I bring him breakfast in bed?" he offered. "Do you have a tray I could use?"

Yukiko pouted a little as she pulled out the tray. "He sure is lucky; Yu-chan never does that anymore!" She ruffled Kaito's hair while he placed Shinichi's breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon on the tray. He carefully carried the tray of food upstairs and opened the door to Shinichi's room.

The second time his door opened, Shinichi was deeply asleep and snoring. He didn't hear the door or smell the food. He didn't even hear it when the tray was set on the nightstand. What finally woke him was when Kaito sat on the edge of the bed and shook him. He sleepily sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Who's there…?" He opened his eyes and gasped when he saw the grinning magician. "W-what are you doing here?!"

Kaito faked a hurt expression. "I thought the little scientist told you, Tantei-kun! She will be moving with the professor and asked me to keep an eye on you." He gestured to the tray. "She told me that you need a lot to eat, so this should be enough…"

Shinichi sighed. "Right…I remember Agasa-hakase mentioning that a few days ago, but I didn't think that Haibara was going with him!" He started to eat but quickly noticed that he had quite the struggle (he was trembling). He knew that was bad, but he also knew that he had to eat something.

Kaito noticed this. "Hey, are you okay?" He allowed himself to show a hint of concern.

Shinichi tried to keep his expression blank, but he did look a little paler. "I think I'm still tired…" Even if he was struggling, he managed to eat everything on the tray.

"Ah! Here's this since I'm so nice…" Kaito pulled a thermos of black coffee from nothingness and handed it to Shinichi, who gratefully grabbed it and started chugging.

About halfway through the thermos, Shinichi wiped his mouth and put it on the nightstand.

Kaito gave him a questioning look. "What's up? Your mom said you always drink coffee…"

Shinichi moaned and turned over away from the magician. "I just need to sleep for a while…"

Kaito looked at the detective sadly. "Will you be okay? I was hoping we could do something later."

Shinichi chuckled quietly. "I'm just drained; I'll do whatever you had planned later today. There's no need to worry either since I'm fine once I wake up on my own!" There was a small period of silence before quiet snores came from his mouth.

Kaito snickered and ruffled Shinichi's hair. "Sleep well, Tantei-kun…"

X

When Kaito returned to the kitchen with the tray and thermos, Yusaku was sitting beside his wife and sipping a mug of coffee.

"Ah, good morning, Kaito!" Yusaku gave a half-tired smile. "Tell me; where's the Chiisana Tantei?"

Kaito, feeling himself start to blush, turned toward the sink and started to wash the dishes. "He's still in his room. I got him to eat everything and drink half of this thermos before he went back to sleep. Oh!" He turned to the Kudous with a grin on his face. "I have a plan for today with Shinichi, but I'll need your approval…" He explained his plan, which was surprisingly simple.

Yusaku pursed his lips. "I don't know…" he whispered, a hand at his chin. "Lately, he doesn't want to go out since the cases seem to follow him everywhere."

Yukiko nodded in agreement. "But wouldn't it be nice? It's sad that Shin-chan is always at home or solving a case…besides, yesterday was his birthday!" She pouted to her husband until he finally gave in.

"Alright…you have our consent." He looked Kaito in the eye with a serious expression. "Please make sure to keep an eye on our son; he tends to forget about his health and safety."

Kaito felt a smile tug at his lips. "No problem, I'll make sure he enjoys himself and has no cases!"