"Tantei-chan~" A teasing voice called out. A flustered girl, no older than seven, raced up the stairs faster. She needed to catch that thief, even if it would kill her.
She was struggling though. This damn body, she thought irritated. Pushing herself to the limit, the little girl finally made it to the top and opened the door that led to the roof. She was gasping for breathe. Her two pigtails were a mess. Her cheeks were red, stained with effort. Behind her glasses were two ocean blue orbs. They were the only feature that didn't keep up with the 'innocent girl' trend. They were sharp and fierce. They held wisdom.
And many lies.
Lies that would never be reveled, for the little girl had an excellent poker face. She was still completely out of breathe, but still managed to put one on for the man in front of her.
He was sitting at the edge of the roof, legs crossed, facing her. His top hat and monocle covered his face, making it almost impossible to tell who it was. A playful smirk danced on his face. He was clothed completely in white, which was an especially odd thing for a thief.
In his hand was a large gem. He tossed it up and down. Up and down.
The little girl regained her composure. She stared at the thief, her eyes borring into his like daggers. She spoke with much confidence. "What are you going to do now, Kid?" She asked skeptically.
The Phathom Thief Kid snickered. "What ever do you mean, Tantei-chan?" He countered, abusing the nickname he gave the little girl.
Before answering him, she reached down slowly and turned a knob on her sneakers. It made a small click, click, click sound and began to glow with an unnatural light. Kid's smirked widened. He stood up, completely alert, but stayed where he was.
"I mean," the girl said answering his question, "are you just going to give the jewel back. Say, 'It's not the gem I'm looking for,' then ride off into the night with your handglider?" She watched him like a hawk after it's prey. Her sharp gazed never left him.
"That would be too boring! I like to make all my heists interesting and fun! Especially for you." He pointed at her suddenly. "Are you having fun, Tantei-chan?"
The girl smirked. She had a hand on a button on her belt. "Not especially."
"Hmm? Why's that?" Kid asked.
The girl pressed the button on her belt, not even bothering to respond. A soccer ball popped out of the contraption. She winded up her glowing shoes and kicked the ball, sending it toward the white thief at lightning speed.
He saw it coming already, though. He dodged it easily, jumping away from the roof's edged. The little girl wasn't done just yet. She raised her watch toward the sprinting Kid. Aiming as carefully as possible, she released a flying needle from the end of her watch with the intent to knock Kid out.
Kid skillfully avoided the needle. Cursing softly, the little girl aimed again and shot over and over again. The thief laughed arrogantly as he evaded each needle.
She soon ran out of needles. Kid, knowing this, slowed down to a stop in front of the little girl. Tossing her the gem, he said dramatically, "This is not the gem I'm looking for. But, it was fun. Farewell, Tantei-chan~" He then turned around before the little girl had a chance to grab him and jumped off the roof.
The girl looked over the side, just to see a white handglider flying farther and farther away. "Damnit!" She swore, slamming her fist into the roof's edge.
Not too far away, a mischevious Kid flew farther and farther. His twisted grin returned as he looked back and saw how flustered Tantei-chan was.
The handglider got lower and lower until Kid found a good place to land. Once his feet were safely on the ground, he folded up his handglider and took out his phone. He dialed a number and waited for the person to pick up.
Once he did, Kid said, "No, it wasn't it. Can you come pick me up, Jii-chan?"
An older man's voice answered from the other line agreeing to come for him. A few minutes later, a car came. Kid quickly climbed in. In the car, there was a change of clothes. Kid happily changed back into his regular clothes, assuming the identity of Kuroba Kaito and no longer Kaitou Kid.
He yawned. Without Tantei-chan constantly threatening to put him behind bars, he was bored. Kaito sighed and began to drift off into sleep.
On the other side of the city, the little girl was grudgingly getting scolded by an older teenager. She had long brown hair and pretty blue eyes. She was also extremely intimidating.
"It was dangerous. You know that, Conan-chan."
Conan put her head down shamefully. Her voice was now almost sickingly high pitched as she apologized. The teenager's expression softened and she also apologize for being harsh.
"It's alright, Ran-nee-chan." Conan assured her in a childish voice, "It was my fault anyway."
Ran smiled at her. "You're such a good kid, Conan-chan."
Conan nodded, not looking Ran in the eyes. If only you knew, Ran, Conan thought as she took her hand and exited the building the heist took place in. If only you knew that I've been lying to you. That there is no Edogawa Conan. That I'm really your best friend who disappeared. That I'm Kudo Shinichi.
The Shinichi Kudo, the great Detective of the East, was drugged with a special poison meant to kill her. It happened when she witnesses an illegal transaction with some shady men. She aggressively refers to them as The Black Oraganization. Instead of ending her life, the poison backfired and reverted Shinchi's age. She went from an aspiring seventeen year old back to a little seven year old. Back to elementary school. Back to little kid clothes. And worst of all, back to not being listened to.
That was the worst for Shinichi. She was used to everyone wanting to hear her opinion. Now any adult shrugs her off like she doesn't know what she's talking about. To be completely fair, most seven year olds usually sputtered random nonsense.
After being poisoned, Shinichi raced back to house, now in little kid form. She lucky stumbled upon a family friend, Professor Hiroshi Agasa. He lived across the street from her and acted as a parental figure since her real parents were somewhere in America, probably partying and having the time of their lives.
She trusted Agasa. So when he told her it would be dangerous to tell anyone else, she complied and changed her identity. Of course, her childhood best friend Ran had to come over to her house when Shinichi was still deciding who she should be.
Scared that Ran would figure out that the little girl was actually her, Shinichi popped out the lenses of her dad's spare glasses and put them on. When Ran found her and asked for a name, she panicked, looked at her bookshelf, and combined the first two names she saw. Conan Doyle and Edgar Allen Poe, whose name roughly translated to 'Edogawa Rampo' in her mind.
"Edogawa Conan!" Is what Shinchi blurted out, not caring how boyish it sounded (especially because she already had a boyish name to begin with). It was such an odd name, but Ran accepted it without question.
'Conan' decided that it was best to live with Ran for a while. Her dad was a private detective so she thought it would be easier to track down the Black Organization using his expertise.
Well, that didn't work. Ran's dad, Mouri Kogorou, was a private detective, but a very inept one. Whether it was out of pity or she was just sick of seeing him fail each case, Conan decided to help him out. Though helping him out really meant secretly doing all the work herself and then make it seem like Kogorou did it himself by using a voice changing ribbon.
With Conan's help, Kogorou managed to become a renowned detective and also be known as the Sleeping Kogorou since Conan has to knock him out using her stun wrist watch to get him to solve the case. Unfortunately, Korogou did not help at all with finding the Black Organization.
After a few months, with no leads once so ever, a little girl was found by Agasa. Agasa later adopted her and renamed her Haibara Ai. This little girl, though was later discovered to be a former member of the Balck Organization. Her code name was Sherry and she was the one who created the drug that shrank both her and Conan, APTX 4869.
Conan was first disgusted that she used to work for the Black Organization, but after learning that she actually betrayed the organization after they killed her sister, she begins to form a bond with Ai. They both have a strong sense of understanding since they both are under the effects of APTX 4869 and both have intelligent minds hidden beneath their child-like appearance.
No matter how close they are, Conan seemingly has feelings for Ran, but refuses to admit it out of pur embarrassment. She especially touchy about the subject due to the fact that their both the same gender. She would do anything to protect Ran, even sacrifice herself.
Even with a shrunken body, her mind is still as brilliant as before!