*approaches the microphone* "Urm..Ladies and Gentlemen, this is my first Detective Conan/Case closed fanfic. Reviews are welcome and so are critics. Please refrain from taking pictures and video cameras when the show is about to start." *random person taking pictures at the characters. Author takes out a card gun and shoots at the person's camera.

I don't own Detective Conan nor Magic Kaito, plus a quick note this idea is base on many new thiefs who challenges Kaito Kid.

Warning: Shinichi is slightly out of character

(Starts at Detective conan/ case closed first chapter)

Prologue

It was a beautiful day in Tropical Land; the temperature is nice the sky is clear of clouds. What else can go wrong? Shinichi's thought is most certainly thinking the same lines that are until some suspicious men wearing black caught his keen eye. Hey it's those guys again. Out of instinct he ran towards the direction where those men in black disappear.

"Sorry Ran, you can go on ahead of me!" Ran wiped a tear.

"Eh?" Shinichi smile as he ran off.

"I'll catch up with you right away!" he called. Ran watched her love interest's back running away from her. Why do I have this feeling? A very bad feeling, a feeling that I would never see Shinichi will never act same again…. Ran hesitated, and then ran after Shinichi. Even the Sherlock Holmes need backup.

The heisei Holmes follows discreetly the slightly larger men in black. He watches the exchange, hearing snatches of conversation from the two men.

"Here, it should be no problems right?" The larger man wearing a full cut suit, tie plus sunglasses to hide his identity. W-Whoa.. There gotta be at least 100 million yen in there..! The two men kept bargaining. Finally the men in black toss something to the other man. From this distance it looks like film from a camera. Oy, Oy is this serious? From the very beginning of the bargain Shinichi tape the whole thing on camera. What he had fail to notice another accomplice creek behind him, holding a branch in a high arc.

"Your detective game….is over!" A sudden impact hit Shinichi unexpectedly, his vision black out instantly.

Ran search frantically all over where Shinichi ran off to. Her train ears heard the sound of a metal pole hitting a soft 'thunk' of a human skull. Shinichi Long feminine hands reach for the depth of her purse. No wait there has to be a faster way. With no time to think she ran towards the nearest police officer.

"What's the matter miss?" asked the police guard.

"I…There's…Someone.. who.." Ran couldn't get her words straight. She knew Shinichi is endanger, her sixth sense is acting up.

"Excuse me, but please make it quick." The police guard is a tad annoyed by this tongue-tied girl teen.
"Please call the police! Shinichi is endanger!"

Back at the alleyway, a body of a sleuth lay crumbled on the grassy ground. A man with long blond hair grown pass his shoulders wearing a black suit calmly toss the metal pole aside. His cold eyes watch remorselessly at the fallen figure.

"This little brat was trailing us…" The larger man stood on the spot shaking slightly, still holding a suitcase full of money. The richer man who he had bargained with him is long gone.

"W-what should we do boss? Kill him?"

"Of course not your fool! Those so called sorry-excuse of the law is still wandering around here, because of him! Then a sudden thought came to the man, his sly smile told his partner that he has a plan. We'll use this.." he said taking one of the pills from a metal case. The new poison the organization developed. He grasped the boy's hair forcing his head up. The man laughed evilly as he thrust the pill into Shinchi's mouth.

"Natually we hadn't tested it on humans yet, so this'll be our little guinea pig…The best part is that you can't find any traces of poison on the body with this stuff." The man tipped a cup of water letting the water trickle down his throat delivering the pill down the boy's throat. The larger man waited for his boss to finish up the job.

"Aniki hurry up!" The taller man left Shinichi's side. Tipping his black hat and said.

"So long..Tantei!" The teen on the ground withered in pain, it felt his head is spitting into two. His mind started to shut down, a dark laughter is the last thing he heard, before sinking in to unconsciousness.

Sounds of soft voices, the continuous weeping sounds of a heart monitor. His eyes are still closed, but he kept his other senses alert. He strains ears to gather more information of his new surroundings. The soft voices which he identifies are a teen girl and a rough voice of a man who had just sober up. Ran and Mori-keibu. The thoughts from his last encounter flashed in his mind's eye. The men in black! They had force me to take something…Poison? He sat up immediately only to regret because a sudden splitting headache attacked his mind again. This time he hissed in pain. The curtains of his room dawn apart, to reveal Ran's head poking in.

"Ran!" he yelled surprised by his childhood friend's appearance. He drew the covers closer to his chest to see he was wearing hospital gowns. His face felt a little warmer than usual; thank goodness the room is dark.

"Shinichi? You're awake! I thought…Never mind. She came right up to the patient and punches the wall awfully close to his head. Shinichi's eyes widen as he stares at the wall then back at Ran who washed her hands on the nearby sink. She. Is. Scary.

"Don'..that." The smart mouth detective was about to say something, but closed his mouth. That comment could land him staying at the hospital longer. Ran turned around wiping newly formed tears threaten to fall.

"Ran…g..gome.…It's that…" Apparently his tongue refused to co-operate he couldn't say the words. Stupid pride, why do have so much? Ran dared to face Shinichi again this time a ghost of a smile appeared on her feminine face.

"Baka Shinichi..Just next time don't run off like that again. She drew her breath once more. And get well soon. It's already bad enough you messed a whole month in class in your last case."

"Aa, I make sure Ran." He said looking straight at her beautiful blue eyes. Wait did I say 'beautiful' to describe Ran in the same sentence? The girl he met in preschool is no longer a childish girl, but a well brought up women. Ran gave her last wave before closing the door of Shinichi's ward. The over worked detective started to closed his eyes, until something black zip passed his line of vision. He snapped back awake again, this time scanning the room like a crime scene. Was that someone?... The detective looked to his bedside table and noticed a letter address to him. It wasn't there before! He drew a pocket knife from his Swiss army knife, slowly drags the sharp bade straight across the seal envelope. Humph what kind of a person will do this practical joke? Inside was a single sheet of paper is the queerest letter from (possibility) a fan.

Dear Kudo Shinichi

?

Where the signature is suppose to be is a little doodle of a face with a top hat, he reckon that round circle is a monocle with a triangular charm, another black scalene triangle; hair, and a toothy smile. Question mark? What does it mean? After minutes later he decided to humor who ever sent him. Jotting down a piece of paper he wrote:

!

Kudo Shinichi

Next to the water jug is a cup of water with a ceramic cover, next to that one single white pill. Ah might as well get over it. He pops the pill in his month a drain the cup into his dry mouth. Once the medication settles into his stomach, almost immediately he felt drowsy. Another thing he missed from his suspicious radar is a pure white pigeon flew to the sleeping drug induced detective takes the letter and flew out the open window.

a/n: So how was it?