Alter

Title: Alter
Rating: T
Fandom: Detective Conan
Summary: A teenage girl is thrown into the Detective Conan World. With knowledge of the series and interactions with characters, how much will the plot be affected?

Chapter 1: Bombs and Buses

A young girl with long bubblegum pink hair and sapphire blue eyes stood at a bus stop, eyes focused on a manga book she was reading. There were other people around her, waiting for the bus too, but she didn't bother to converse with the strangers. The bus eventually arrived as they all got on. The girl only glanced up from her book to quickly take a seat in the back.

Two men dressed up in full ski gear entered the bus, each holding a large bag. They both drew a handgun and shouted, "EVERYONE STOP! No one move!"

The girl looked up from her book and her eyes widened. "A bus-jacking?" She whispered. 'They look exactly like the ones from Detective Conan Episode 230-231. But there's no way they can be the same people. Detective Conan is an anime and manga. This is real life. It's probably just a coincidence,'

"Everyone stay just like this," The first man ordered. He fired a shot to the roof of the bus, causing a woman to scream. "Everyone keep quiet! Do as I say!"

The second man pointed his gun at the bus driver. "Alright, close the door and flip the 'no service' sign,"

"Y-Yes," The bus driver obeyed.

"Now drive the bus around. But stay in the area!"

'This is exactly like in the anime! But traveling into the anime world should be impossible!' She looked to the man who was beside her. "Akai Shuichi…"

Though she had whispered it very softly, the FBI Agent was barely able to hear her. He glanced down to her with a suspicious gaze. However, he didn't dare to speak as he didn't want to risk drawing the attention of the hijackers.

"Now, everyone with a cell phone," The first hijacker commanded. "Be sure to pass it up to me. Don't hide it or you'll never make another call again,"

People began to give up their phones as the bus stopped at a red light. The bus driver reached for the radio. "T-This is Kobayashi. This is Kobayashi. Currently, we are—"

The hijacker took the radio from him. "We've taken control of this bus. Our only demand: the prisoner Yashima Kunio must be released immediately. If you do not have our demand met, you can tell the police we'll kill one hostage every hour. We'll contact you again in twenty minutes,"

The first hijacker approached the people sitting in the back seat. "Hey, hand over your cell phones!"

"Oh, excuse me," Akai coughed into his mask. "I don't have a cell phone,"

"What about you, kid?" The hijacker turned to the girl.

The girl bit her lip to stop herself from saying something stupid that would get her killed. She reached into her backpack and took out her smartphone. The phone case caught Akai's attention. The design were two half-faces. The right half was of a man with a fluffy spotted hat, dark shadows under his eyes, sideburns, and a goatee. But Akai recognized the left half as his own face.

The hijacker then turned his attention to the old man and woman beside them. The girl narrowed her eyes at the sight of Tomino Miharu. 'That bitch is the informant! I want to help stop these guys, but they're armed and I can't risk the passengers' safety. Damn it!' She smirked as Jodie tripped the hijacker.

Conan attempted to call Inspector Megure using the earring phone, but was quickly caught and thrown to the floor. The girl rushed to Conan's side. "Co—are you alright?" She glared at the hijackers. "It's just a toy! What could a child be possibly doing wrong!?"

"Huh? Are you talking back to me?" The hijacker pointed his gun to the girl.

'Shit! Why did I try to be a hero? I should've let the case play out like in the episodes!' The girl mentally cursed. "Sorry! He's my little brother!"

"Tch, if anyone tries anything else, you won't be forgiven!" The hijacker shouted to all the passengers. He took the earring phone away.

The girl helped Conan up, placing a stick of gum in his hand as she returned to her seat. 'That's all I can do to help you right now, but I know that you'll piece it together quickly,'

'Gum?' Conan thought. 'No, I need to focus on the situation right now. That man couldn't have seen me since the seat was blocking his view,' He glanced to the people in the back. 'One of those three are most likely the accomplice,' He sat down and looked at the gum that the girl had given him. 'Wait, one of the people in the back is chewing gum! Is that woman the one helping the hijackers?'

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"I must have hit the switch when the driver stopped the bus!" Miharu screamed, struggling in Araide's arms. "The bombs are gonna blow!"

Everyone began to rush out the bus in a panic. The girl waited for all the others to leave before she stopped by Haibara's seat and pulled her arm. "Let's go," She dragged Haibara off the bus and away from it as it exploded.

"Haibara-san!" The Detective Boys and Professor Agasa rushed to her. "Are you alright?"

"Y-Yeah," Haibara nodded. She noticed that the girl that had saved her was walking away. 'She waited on the bus as if she knew I was going to stay behind. Something's not right about her,'

Conan requested Takagi to bring Haibara to the hospital, using the guise that since she was the nearest to the explosion she might've gotten hurt. In reality, he wanted to get Haibara away from the scene since she had sensed an Organization member on the bus. The rest of the Detective Boys went with her for comfort.

After giving her statement to the police, the girl walked over to Akai. "We should go somewhere private. Talking about such things in public might draw the attention of unwanted birds. Perhaps Starling-san would also like to hear the things I'm going to say?"

'She knows that Jodie's surname is Starling, not Saintemillion,' Akai noted. 'Just who is this girl? Is she working for the Organization?'

This is a rewrite of my 2015 Detective Conan fanfic, Trapped in the DC World.