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It was a typical Friday afternoon and school at Teitan Elementary had just gotten out for the day.
"Come on, guys! Let's go to the park! We can play baseball again," an excited Ayumi said, alongside her four companions, "Maybe this time, Genta won't hit the ball over the fence!"
"NOT MY FAULT!" Genta yelled indignantly, "Mitsuhiko threw it too hard!"
"DID NOT!" Mitsuhiko yelled back at his friend, " and it's supposed to storm tonight really bad so I don't think we should go play baseball now the sky looks like it's going to release the rain any minute now."
"Mitsuhiko is right," Conan said wisely, "we should all just head home."
He turned to Haibara.
"I'll come over to the professor's tonight. He said something about my parents coming to visit."
That alarmed the kids.
"REALLY!" they yelled in unison.
"Yes," Conan said, sighing in the process, "now, let's go, Haibara-san. Hakase would want you to come home too."
"I'm not a kid anymore!" Haibara hissed Conan's ear without the others hearing it.
"You are for them," Conan whispered back, "now, let's go."
As they split from each other, each heading their own way home, Mitsuhiko stopped and looked after Haibara and Conan.
"Come on, Mitsuhiko!" he distantly heard Genta yelling.
"It's gonna rain soon!" Ayumi added.
"You said it yourself!" Genta finished the arguments why he should hurry. He turned around and yelled at them across the street:
"No, you guys go ahead. I'm going over to my uncle's house. Oka-san won't mind if I call her!"
Genta and Ayumi just nodded and walked on, while Mitsuhiko turned around once again and started to follow Haibara and Conan. Every once in a while, he'd hide behind walls or posts to sneak by, like children do when they're trailing someone. When they finally reached Agasa Hakase's house and the two ran in, Mitsuhiko started wondering if he should wait or just head home but as he was standing there, it started to drizzle. He looked up at the sky and muttered:
"Oh, man! Why'd it start raining NOW!"
He looked around and saw a small window that was opened, situated close to the ground. He crawled into the opening and let himself fall to the ground. He was in! It was pitch dark, except for the small amount of light coming in through the window behind him. He noticed footsteps coming closer.
"Oh, no," he muttered under his breath as he hid in the nearest place he could find: a closet. This at least proved this wasn't the bathroom. Man, that would've been embarrassing! There were only oversized clothes hanging in the closet. He looked through the accordion door as his eyes started to recognize more and more in the room. It was a sort of basement. On a table were all kinds of glass bottles and the like. He also saw a girl coming down from the stairs, walking at the computer
"Haibara-san," he said under his breath.
As she sat down on the chair in front of the computer, a voice called from above:
"Oi, Haibara! Hakase needs help with the food again!"
Haibara sighed and walked over to the stairs, bumping the table along the way! A bottle knocked over and its contents spilled on the floor.
"AH!"
Haibara turned around to pick it up.
"Leave it," the voice said again. Mitsuhiko recognized the voice as Conan's. He heard him walking down too," if we don't hurry, he'll burn the place down! He doesn't know how to use the stove! Besides, it's not like anyone will take it if there are people here. My parents really ARE visiting and that's bad enough!"
Conan sighed, turning back to the stairs.
"Awwww, come on, Kudo-kun," Haibara said in a teasing tone, while she followed him up the stairs, " they can't be that bad? Also, I heard Ran's coming too."
Conan blushed as he turned around.
"H-hush you!" he said opening the door and walking out of the basement. With a smirk on her face, Haibara did the same and closed the door.
Mitsuhiko sighed from relief that he wasn't discovered. He silently opened the closet and got out. The curious kid he was, he walked over to the table to see what had spilled on the ground. He picked something up from the ground something quite small he turned on his watchlight.
"Candy?" he said surprised, upon seeing what he was holding, "It's just candy? Heh dirt won't hurt anyone."
He popped the thing in his mouth and swallowed it almost immediately for the taste was awful. Three minutes later, a scream echoed through the house!