A Second Chance.
Introduction.
In "No Immunity for the Diplomat" Parts I & II, Conan has a cold. Harley, after visiting the Moore Detective Agency, gives Conan a sip of alcohol to help cure him. Midway during the case, just as Conan figures it out, he faints. The doctors that Rachel calls over come to find that he's not there. After frantically searching for the boy, Rachel returns to the crime scene, only to find that her beloved Jimmy has returned! He cracks the case, which beats Harley by a long shot and before he has time to tell Rachel anything, he is turned back to Conan!
I thought that this episode was great, only, I really want Jimmy to return, or at the very least, tell Rachel the truth. This story will start right after Jimmy solves the case.
Please excuse any mistakes I make, it's more difficult to proofread when I'm not printing it out. I have to retype it twice because the computer it's originally on has a different word processing thing.
Disclaimer: I do not own Case Closed, however, I would be very proud of myself if I did.
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Chapter One: Jimmy's Back!
"Good work, Jimmy! Haven't seen much of you, lately. We've missed you!" Inspector Meguire pet Jimmy roughly on the back, like he used to when Jimmy was in his normal state.
"Glad to hear it, Inspector." Jimmy replied, eyeing the confused, relieved and angry Rachel.
Everyone gradually filed out of the out of the room, leaving only JImmy and Rachel. Rachel stood there and glared at Jimmy. 'Is it really him? Of course it is, but where could he have been?'
After awkward silence, Jimmy began to fidget and play with his bow tie. 'Conan has one exactly like it. And come to think of it, he has the same outfitâ€Wait! Where is Conan?!?' She shook her head. 'I'm sure he's fine. But now'
Jimmy looked up slightly, to find Rachel walking towards him. He looked down again, enlightened by the fact that his feet were much farther away than before. He shook those thoughts away and his mind began racing. 'What do I say? How should I explain this?'
Rachel took one more deep breath and, without holding back any longer, burst out, "Where have you been?!?"
Shocked by the sudden outburst, Jimmy shot his head up and scratched the back of his head, "Oh, you know, Rachel. Cases. I've had a truckload. I've tried to call you here and there, but it's not that easy. You understand, right?"
"Oh, of course, I do, Jimmy. With all your cases and whatnot." Rachel's face calmed, and she smirked. "I'd love to hear about some of your tough cases."
'Errk! I hadn't thought of that!' "Oh, there were plenty!" 'Think, Jimmy, THINK!' "In one of the more recent ones, there was this, uh, clerk, who had, uh, this daughter and she had-"
Rachel placed one of her fingers over his mouth, "It's okay, I'm sure with all those cases that you'd get them confused." She began to walk out the door, but paused before she completely left. "How exactly did you get here? I don't see your car anywhere."
Jimmy, at first saw this as a threat to his cover, but then he said, as if it were completely obvious, "I got a cab, Rachel."
"Right. Oh, and could you help me find Conan? He's this little elementary school kid. About 3 feet tall. He's sick and when the doctors were coming, he disappeared. I can't find him anywhere, but he couldn't have gone far." Rachel waited for him to reply.
"Oh, with the glasses? Yeah, uh, he told me that he called Dr. Agasa and he picked him up. He wanted me to tell you that, but I got wrapped up in the case. Sorry about that. Heh, heh."
Rachel eyed him suspiciously as he grinned stupidly. Saving the moment, Jimmy slipped in, "I didn't know that Dr. Agasa had any young relatives like that."
"Neither did I. Now, did he say anything else?" Rachel waited for him to reply.
"Nothing else except that he wanted me to thank you for everything, and, uh, that if he ever needs anything, he'll reach you." Jimmy thought, 'Just in case I ever turn back!'
Then Jimmy remembered the bow tie. 'I'll just use that if I ever need it againâ€I wonder where I left it?'
"Okay, thank you, Jimmy. We should go home now." Rachel added, after hearing her father call for her. "Would you like a ride home?" Without giving Jimmy a chance to answer, she continued, "Oh, I don't care whether you want one or not-you're coming." Her voice softened. "Listen, Jimmy, I've missed you. A lot. Come on."
Rachel grabbed his wrist as he simultaneously replied, "Yeah, of course I'll come. I've missed you, too, Rachel."
Rachel paused in her tracks, "You did?"
Jimmy smiled. "Yeah."
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Chapter Two: It finally occurs to Jimmy that now that he's back, and solving cases, he name will be back on the news! What if the men in black find him again? And Rachel finally notices how his name wasn't on the news! How will this turn out? All this and more in Chapter Two. Note: The story does get more exciting after the first chapter.
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