The summer heat was smoldering in the downtown Beika city park. Heat waves could be seen rising from the sidewalks and the trees seemed to wilt in the sun. Despite this, the area was full of people. Children ran around excitedly, dogs barked from leashes, and street vendors tried to sell their wares.

At one particular stall, three girls oohed and awed at the simple wire necklaces laid out before them. A girl with short blonde hair delicately lifted a silver pendant and held it up to another's neck, "You should definitely go for this one."

The girl took the necklace and studied it more closely, "You think so?"

The blonde girl grinned, "Of course! It's suits you perfectly. I can take a picture of it and send it to Shinichi, tell him it was a gift from some guy at school. He'll be so jealous!"

The girl blushed furiously, "Sonoko!"

A third girl nudged her in the side, "Aw, I thinks its sweet, Ran. Besides it does look good on you."

Ran turned to her, "That's no fair, Kazuha. How come Sonoko never picks on you?" She dug in her purse and pulled out some money to pay for the trinket.

Sonoko laughed, "Oh, I just haven't had enough fun with you yet."

Kazuha grimaced and patted Ran's shoulder comfortingly. A few feet away, watching with identical expressions of boredom, two teenage boys stood. Well, one teenage boy and one formerly teenaged boy. They watched as the girls scuttled over to the next stall.

"Oi, do you think they've bought enough yet?" Heiji said lamely, crossing his arms.

"Do they ever?" His short companion answered just as lamely. Conan sighed and brought his watch into view. "We've only been here 4 hours. They've had just enough time to hit half the stores."

Heiji groaned, "Dear kami."

They followed the girls reluctantly, deciding to turn their attention to the crowd to try and escape the mundane blahness of shopping. Sonoko squeaked when she was shoved, Kazuha turned to reprimand the assailant but instead found herself chasing after the man who had snatched Sonoko's purse. Heiji and Conan were quick to pull ahead of her, after the other two girls screamed.

The man ran through the crowd recklessly, turning over trashcans and other objects to try and trip up his pursuers. The purse-snatcher yelled for people to move out of the way and growled when a lone figure detached itself from a corn dog cart to stand in the middle of the path.

The purse-snatcher pulled a knife from his pocket and charged forward. At the last second, as he raised his blade, the figure crouched, grabbed the mans wrist and flipped him over his head onto the pavement. The purse was wrestled from the struggling mans grip and a boot was placed on the assailants arms, that had been painfully bent behind his back.

Heiji and Conan skidded to a stop next to the pair, breathing hard. Heiji pulled out his cell phone and quickly informed the police. "They said they'd be here in about ten minutes." He said as he closed the phone and stuck it back in his pocket. Conan nodded in response and they turned to the person who had the man painfully pinned.

It was a teenage boy about their age. He had blonde hair sticking out from underneath an old baseball cap that had a fishhook pin clipped to the brim, coupled with an t-shirt, vest, blue jeans, and a pair of well worn cowboy boots. A tourist they assumed. Running feet approached them and they turned to greet the girls as they arrived on scene.

Ran looked in between Heiji and the downed man, "What happened?"

Conan looked up, "This guy over here took him down. Heiji-nii-san called the police already."

Sonoko growled and stomped over to the man, "Where's my purse you jerk." She muttered as she searched for it. She then turned to the blonde boy as Ran and Kazuha approached him.

"Thank you for capturing him. You didn't happen to find a purse on him did you? He stole it from my friend here." Ran said, motioning with her hands between the man and Sonoko.

The blonde grinned and shook his head, "Aw shucks, there's no problem Ma'am. So I assume this belongs to the little missus over here then?" He held out the purse to Sonoko.

Heiji and Conan felt their jaws drop open. Sonoko slowly took the purse from him and stifled a snort. Ran and Kazuha just smiled but glanced between each other disbelievingly. The boy scratched the back of his head and in a thick Texan drawl said, "I don't know why I always get that reaction everywhere I go around here."

Ran giggled, "Where are you from?"

The blonde grinned sheepishly, "Ain't it kinda obvious? I'm from the US. Texas to be exact."

Sonoko laughed, then grinning said, "Wow, so your like a cowboy right out of a western movie, huh? Rescue the damsel in distress? That's so cute."

The blonde shook his head, "Naw ain't nothing like that. I'm just doin' what anybody would of done."

Heiji and Conan shared an incredulous look, before Conan turned and childishly exclaimed, "You sure took down that bad man do you know karate?"

The blonde chuckled, "Nothing fancy like that, I've just been in my fair share of brawls."

"So what brings you to Beika?" Ran asked curiously. It wasn't every day they ran into people from the southern US states.

The blonde nodded, "Well, I just recently moved to Osaka and decided to get some sight seein' in today. Heard about this little fair and decided to pick something up for my sister."

"Osaka? Hey, that's where me 'n' Heiji live." Kazuha exclaimed brightly, motioning to Heiji.

The blonde glanced between them, "Really? Well ain't that something?"

Ran nodded, "Really, what a coincidence! My name is Mouri Ran, this is my friend Suzuki Sonoko. These are Toyama Kazuha, Hattori Heiji, and Edogawa Conan, who lives with me and my father."

The blonde grinned, "It's mighty nice to meet y'all." He reached out a hand, which Ran took, " The names Mic, Mic D, detective."

The group shared a startled look, "D-detective? How old are you?"

Mic quirked an eyebrow, "Seventeen, why?"

"Nothing it's just- We know a few detectives." Sonoko said quite startled.

Mic shrugged, looked like he was about to say something, then he frowned, "Hattori...where have I heard that name before..."

Kazuha jumped up eagerly, "I know! You see Heiji's a famous high school detective in Osaka. That's probably where you recognize his name."

Mic glanced up in surprise, "Detective, huh? Yeah, yeah I think I read about you in the paper once, but that's not why I recognize him. Your father is Hattori Heizo, right?"

Heiji nodded, "Yeah he's the chief commissioner of police, why?"

Mic slapped a fist into one hand, "That's it! That's where I recognized ya from. Old man Hattori, he and my dad were friends."

Heiji studied Mic, something about him seemed off. Their eyes met and Heiji was startled by a piercing gold gaze. Heiji scratched the back of his head, "Sorry, I don't recognize you."

Mic shook his head, never losing his easy smile, "I don't doubt that. I never met the man in person. Just heard about him from my old man."

Ran tilted her head to the side, "So was your father in the police force?"

Mic shook his head, "Nah, not that I know of. He was an FBI agent in America, a member of the BAU."

"Was?" Heiji caught.

Mic shrugged, "He and my mom died a long time ago."

Sonoko frowned, "What's BAU?"

"It stands for Behavioral Analysis Unit. They are a branch of the FBI that profile terrorists and killers by studying the way their mind works." Conan answered, then sheepishly scratched the back of his head, "I mean at least that's what I heard on the TV."

Ran smiled, "Well, how about we get out of the heat and go find some where to sit down and chat. I've heard about this little restaurant near by. People say it's nice."

Mic nodded, "Sure thing. But I wouldn't exactly call this heat."

The others gave him an unbelieving look to which he just shrugged, "I'm from Texas, the bipolar state. Believe me I've seen worse. But hey, how bout you ladies go ahead and save us some seat's while me and the guys wait here till the police come pick this piece of crap up off the sidewalk."

The girls started, realizing they had forgotten the purse-snatcher. They nodded and left to go reserve some seats. Mic turned to Heiji, "So I'm guessing you two got dragged along to carry the girls 'purchases'?"

Heiji laughed, running a hand through his hair, "That obvious?"

Mic shook his head, "Ha, once you've been through it, it's easier to see the signs. Y'all are lucky, you don't know her."

Heiji and Conan nodded knowingly, "So where's the one that dragged you here?"

Mic shrugged, "Probably doin' something illegal. So honestly I don't want to know."

"Conan-kun! I should have known you would be here." A woman's voice called out.

The three turned towards the voice, "Officer Satou, Officer Takagi!" Conan greeted them.

"So is this the thief you called about?" Takagi motioned towards the man still captured under Mic's boot.

Heiji nodded, "The one and only. Stole nee-san's purse earlier."

They nodded and pulled the man to his feet as Mic backed off. They handcuffed him and Satou turned to Heiji, "Your the one who called it in right? We're going to need you to file a report."

Conan frowned, "Ran-nee-chan and the others are waiting for us, they left to reserve some seats."

The officers nodded, Satou pulled the man over to a police car and stuffed him in the back. "That's ok, we'll drive you to where ever they are and we can file it out there. Um, and you are?" She asked referring to Mic.

Mic, flustered, reached out and shook both officers hands before tipping his hat towards Satou, "Mic D, Ma'am. I'm a high school detective like this here fella from Osaka."

Takagi laughed lightly, and Satou elbowed him in the ribs, "Another one? You kids just keep coming out of the woodwork everywhere don't you?"

Mic nodded, "I don't rightly know, Heiji is the first one I myself have met. How many high school aged detectives could there be?"

Takagi shrugged, "Well, there's Kudo Shinichi, he's pretty famous in the east. Though we haven't heard from him in a while."

Satou nodded and waved as the police car pulled off, "And of course Hattori-kun here is famous in the west. I've also heard rumors about a high school detective from England, Um...Hakuba- something or other."

"Hakuba Saguru." Conan offered.

Mic nodded, "Hmm. Well, then. I'll just have to call up Sheriff Edwards and tell him I ain't his call boy anymore. There's three more he can work like dogs." At that he laughed. "I's just kiddin'. He wouldn't believe me anyways."

Satou motioned to a red car parked nearby. "We'll take my car."

The group quickly moved over and climbed inside. Satou turned in her seat, "So where are we meeting Ran-chan?"

There was a short moment of silence, Heiji hit his forehead, "Shoot, nee-san didn't tell us the name of the place they were going."

Conan sighed and pulled out his phone, "I'll call her right quick and find out."

Conan dialed the number quickly, on the third ring the phone picked up. "Conan-kun?" Ran's voice came through.

"Ran-nee-chan, Officer Satou is driving us to the restaurant, but we don't know what restaurant we are supposed to meet you at in the first place."

Ran laughed, "Oh, right, how forgetful of me. Yeah, we're at-"

A shrill scream cut her off, Conan jumped, "Ran-nee-chan!"

Ran laughed, "I'm sorry Conan! A bee flew into Sonoko's hair. We're at the Tuesday's Pastry Shop three blocks over. We're sitting right out front-"

A man's scream cut through the phone this time, "Nanoe! What happened! Someone help!"

Kazuha's voice called out for an ambulance. Conan stiffened, "Ran-nee-chan, what's happening!"

The phone was a buzz of commotion, then suddenly Ran's voice reappeared, "Conan-kun...did you say that Officer Satou was with you? Someone was just killed."

AN: First off, I couldn't go without mentioning the BAU, from Criminal Minds. It's one of my favorite shows. Arron Hotchner and co will be playing a smallish part in the story later on.

Sheriff Ethan Edwards is a reference to the character John Wayne plays in 'The Searchers'.

So what do you people think? Any ideas for future cases, cause I'm really not that good at murder cases.