A Chance Return
Prologue
Disclaimer!! I do not nor will I ever own Detective Conan or Magi Kaitou, much to my discontent. I do, however, own just about every original character in here. The ones I do not own belong to my very best of friends. And what are you talking about!? Charries in my closet? Bah, you must be hallucinating.
At one point in time, the front pages of newspapers praised the 'Saviour of the Police' and the 'Holmes of the Heisei Era'. One Individual. . .one Highschooler. Shin'ichi Kudo. Then one day, he pulled a stunt that baffled everyone. He vanished. No one had seen the Lad for some time. Not his friends, or his parents, or even his neighbor. They only saw a small child, bearing a striking resemblance to said Shin'ichi. The young boy, a first grader, had a mind as quick as a whip and as sharp as a blade. Conan Edogawa. Of course, no one would expect the mysterious child to hold such intriguing secrets. And no one expected his name to be a simple alias. Young Conan was, in reality, a Highschooler. And not just any highschooler. Conan Edogawa, the innocent and sweet child, was Shin'ichi Kudo. It's not like Shin'ichi wanted to be Conan. 'Conan' was the result of an awry drug, designed to kill its victim without leaving any trace of its presence. Now, Shin'ichi didn't want the drug, either. While visiting a popular Amusement park with his childhood friend, Ran Mouri, he had seen one very suspicious man. Having the Detective instincts he does, he followed said man without a second thought, only to witness a very interesting -and very illegal- transaction. Shin'ichi ended up being caught from behind by the culprit's partner, where he was fed the drug. Which leads up to the 'birth' of Conan. The actual name choosen as his alias was completely random, parts of names from actual authors.
Only a few chosen people actually know Shin'ichi's secret. Some of them weren't even supposed to know at all. The first person happened to be his one and only neighbor, Professor Agasa Hiroshi. Happy to help, Professor Agasa has made many inventions to aid the shrunken Shin'ichi. The boy's parents also knew his little secret. They had even offered him an antidote, but he refused it. It's not that he didn't want his body back, he just wanted to have the pleasure of destroying the Black Organization, the ones who did this to him, in the process. The kansai-ben speaking Detective from Osaka also knew. Heiji Hattori was much like Shin'ichi, only not shrunken. People always use to compare the two, saying 'Kudo of the East and Hattori of the West.' Now, Hattori wasn't told up front, rather he figured it out for himself. Another Highschooler who knew Conan's secret identity was the illustrious and intelligent thief, Kaito KID, though KID's identity wasn't known. He was uncatchable, even with the minds of Shin'ichi and Hattori combined. They did stop him every now and then, though. Lastly, their was the elementary student Ai Haibara. But as Conan proved, appearances can be devieving. Haibara was also not who she appeared to be. The girl was an eighteen year old scientist, who had once worked for the Black Organization. She was the creator of the drug that had shrunk them, APTX 4869. When she took the drug, it was not forced upon her. It was her own attempt at suicide. There had been others as well, but their roles weren't as crucial.
Conan and Ai remained more than aliases for a long time. Until acase that went deeper than most surfaced. The CIA Agent Hidemi Hondou, who was undercover in the Black Organization as Rina Mizunashi, found the key to it destruction. Of course, this information was related back to theCIA. They in turn related it back to the FBI. That was how it all went back to Conan, who was lucky enough to have connections with them. The situation was quickly assesed by the Americans, and the Organization crumbled. The resluting actions led to a happy ending, the two destressed teens regaining their original bodies and lead regular lives from then on. Of course, Conan and Ai simply disappeared, though everyone who knew them were told that they simply went back to America, back to their families. Shin'ichi eventually ended up telling Ran the truth behind his absence, certain it was safe.
What they didn't know was that the Black Organization was like a pheonix. From the ashes of the previous organization rose an even bigger, stronger one. Much like its predecessor, this organization was nothing but a symbol of evil. They were stronger than before, more determined than before. Mysterious and secretive, they left nothing at their crime scenes that could be traced back to them. No one knew they existed. And they would leave no witnesses.
The Events of the Past loomed over the happy people for quite some time. Eventually, they began to repeat. No one had really expected this at all. But then again, no one ever does. This was never the path anyone would choose, or dare to tread. But it happened. But like many cases, this was no 'accident'.