So I started to rewatch season 0 of Yugioh and a lot of elements from it for some reason keep on reminding me of Detective Conan. Why I don't know, but it gave me the idea for this fanfic and since I'm in a writer's block for my other ones, I might as well write this. So, this takes place during season 0 of Yugioh and I'm basically just going off of that with Detective Conan being before Ai shows up. Also, I'm going to use some artistic licensing with this so if anything's off, chances are that it's meant to. This starts with episode 14 of yugioh, the date with Anzu and Yuugi.

Disclaimer – I don't own either shows

Enjoy!

Chapter 1: The Strange Case

It was a strangely quiet morning at the Detective Mouri Agency. Ran and Conan were watching TV as they waited for Kogoro to show up. He had been sent for by the Domino City police force to deal with a strange bomber case that was getting out of hand. Conan tried to tag along, but much to his carnage, he was forced to stay home by Ran, who said that he was to go to school. He even tried to sneak his way into the car, but Kogoro found him, gave him a swift hit to the head, and gave him to Ran for supervision. Hence the reason why he was being constantly watched by his old friend. He wasn't even allowed to play with his elementary friends without her presence. Now I know how Kogoro feels, he thought bitterly to himself several times.

Despite the punishment he received, Conan was still anxious about the case. He tried to follow it through the news, ready to intervene as Shinchi if need be. About two days after Kogoro left, there seemed to be no progress on the case and he was getting worried. If let alone, this bomber could cause even more trouble. He was about to call Professor Asaga to look into it for him so he could help when the next day, he saw in the news that the culprit had been caught at a n amusement park and was sent to jail, however, the details to his arrest were left out. He couldn't believe that the old man figured it out. Either someone else did it, or it was a miraculous stroke of luck, he thought.

It wasn't until well after noon that Kogoro finally came in. He looked tired and strangely serious. He didn't even acknowledge the two of them as he slowly made his way to his desk. After promptly slumping down on his chair, he gave a great sigh.

"Dad, what's wrong? You caught the culprit, didn't you?" Ran asked.

Without looking up, Kogoro replied, "Yeah, we did, but the amount of damage he did was so much that they had me do some of the paper work."

Figures, Conan thought ruefully.

Annoyed, Ran patronized him, "You stopped a crazy criminal and saved a bunch of people's lives, and you are complaining about paperwork?! Unbelievable!"

Not that unbelievable, Conan commented to himself, again.

"I know, Ran, but it's been a long two days for me," Kogoro whined, "The case was completely crazy and we weren't even the ones to stop him."

I knew it, Conan thought.

"What do you mean, dad?" Ran asked. Conan, also, wanted to know more.

Kogoro sighed, and a serious glint appeared in his eyes, "Well, when I got there, the bomber had just called saying that he had placed a bomb in the Domino Department Store. I was pushed into the car with the Domino Inspector and drove to the store. When we got there, the Inspector had just barely given orders to evacuate the building and to bring in a bomb squad, when the bomber called again. He said that he was giving a quiz that the Inspector had to win or the bomb would go off. It was a stupid quiz, just guessing the location of the bomb: above the 7th floor or below the 6th floor. He had to say big or small and was given only seconds to decide. He said small, but it turned out it was on the 9th floor as he blew it up." At this Conan paled and Ran tried to hold back a gasp. Kogoro continued, "Lucky, there weren't many serious injuries, but we still weren't anywhere closer to stopping the guy. The next morning, the bomber called again and gave another quiz, this time guessing the temperature for the day: higher or lower. Thankfully, he guessed right, higher, and he gave us a clue to the next bomb site, which turned out to be the Domino City Amusement Park. We got there and he told us that the stage was the Ferris wheel and that we needed colored balloons. Soon afterwards, the Ferris wheel stopped moving with three of the gondolas holding people inside. We evacuated the rest of the park, though there was a little kid with crazy hair by us cause he was worried about his friend, the bomber said he'd blow up the Ferris wheel if we didn't play his game. We released the white balloon, and the first gondola exploded which was empty. By using the balloons we were to guess the color that would blow up the third gondola and we had fifteen minutes to figure it out. The Inspector lost his nerve and asked if anyone was good at games because he had no confidence in himself. I was going to try when this kid show up from nowhere and said he'd do it."

"You let a kid play a game with a bomber?" Conan asked, completely surprised.

Kogoro scowled at Conan and practically scream, "No one asked for your commentary!"

"But you really let a random kid play that game with him? Even with those people at risk?" Ran asked concern.

"Well, despite the fact he was pretty short, he actually was probably your age, Ran," Kogoro tried to defend himself as he continued, "Also, there was something weird about him. He was so serious and confident, like some type of world class gambler or something. He first asked a staff member if there was anything about the gondolas that set them apart, but there were none. He assumed that the bomber was trying to enjoy his game, so he listened to the bomber's advice and let go of the yellow balloon which gondola ten was destroyed, but had no one inside. As the kid tried to figure it out, he didn't say a word, just stood still like a statue, occasionally checking his watch. The bomber told him to release the pink balloon which he did, still assuming that the bomber was trying to enjoy his game. The fourth gondola was destroyed. We were running out of time, but the kid still didn't have much expression as he tried to figure it out. Suddenly, he asked if there was a flower clock in the amusement park, which there was, but the staff worker didn't know the colors on the top of his head and it was a two minute run from where we were. He looked around and told us to put him on one of the rides as he ran. He got on before any of us could ask him what he was doing, but he must have guessed correctly because the bomb in three didn't go off."

Conan thought to himself, I see, the numbers of the gondolas corresponded with the clock and the colored balloons with color of the numbers. Amazing, he was able to figure that out with so little time and under that kind of pressure. Then he used the ride in order to see which color was three. What a simple solution! I wonder if he is a high school detective, too.

Conan was so lost in his thoughts that he almost missed what Kogoro said next, "A minute or two later the man in gondola thirteen screamed and jumped out of the gondola, but it was close to the ground so he wasn't hurt badly. As the police men tried to help him, the kid told us that he was the culprit and ran off again. After we handcuffed the bomber we looked for the kid to thank him and ask him how he solved it, but the kid disappeared. The little boy was still there waiting for his friend to come down but the older kid wasn't. Though the little kid looked a lot like that other one, so maybe they're brothers or something."

Conan mused as Kogoro finished. Judging by what he said, the guy must have correctly guessed that the culprit was in the last gondola since it wasn't in danger of getting blown up by his clock scheme. What bothered him was that the guy jumped out of the gondola. If it was to escape, then it wasn't a big deal. Criminals usually go through last resorts to escape… a certain white-clad arrogant pain in the neck was proof of that. But Kogoro said that he had screamed, so he was obviously scared of something in the gondola more so than the police, but what was that? And what was with the kid disappearing? If what Kogoro said was true, than he must have been worried about his friend and his brother if that's what they were. Why would he just leave like that?

His thoughts were broken by shouts coming from the street. "Conan! We've haven't played in two days! Let's go!"

He smiled to himself ruefully, if one thing was good about being under house arrest it was that he didn't get dragged into those kids' crazy plans.

Ran smiled, "Go on, Conan! Your punishment has been lifted."

"Thanks, Ran-chan!" Of course.

Hope you enjoyed! Please review!

Later~