Chapter 1

Shinichi was cranky as usual when he got up in the morning, only he had to get up earlier than usual because he was going on a camping trip with Hattori, Toyama-san, and Ran. Apparently they were staying at some lodge that was at the camping site and they would be sharing it with some teens from Ekoda. Shinichi thought they had went last weekend, but apparently they booked the place for two weekends in a row or something. Anyways, Hattori, Toyama-san, and Ran had stayed over at his house Friday night, so that they could all leave together. They were taking a bus to the campsite, so they had to get up extra early to get all the last minute things figured out and get to the bus stop. It would take them at least an hour and a half to get there. Since Shinichi had finished getting caught up on his homework, he had been looking forward to this weekend and he finally got caught up on his sleep. His sleeping schedule was still a little wacky but he was determined to get it back to normal. And now that he had money, he bought groceries for the next two weeks yesterday after school, so he didn't have to worry about not having any food.

"Shinichi, the coffee's ready!" Ran called up after he had just finished getting dressed.

"Thanks!" He yelled back, appreciative. He was going to need it. Hattori had kept him up late last night, talking about what they were going to do once they got to the lodge. Shinichi didn't mind that Hattori was excited about it, but he would've liked to have gotten a few more hours of sleep. Shinichi joined the others in the kitchen once he had gotten dressed.

"It's about time, Kudo." Hattori said as Shinichi sat down at the table. Shinichi shrugged. He didn't care right now. He just wanted some coffee.

"Thank you," He said when Ran sat a cup of coffee in front of him.

"So, do we have everything ready?" Ran asked after everyone had settled down. Apparently they were going to have eggs and toast for breakfast. Shinichi was fine with that. That's what he usually ate, minus the eggs part.

"Yeah, but we're going to have a lot of luggage." Toyama-san said frowning.

"What are you talking about? I'm just taking a duffle bag of clothes and so is Kudo. We are going to a lodge." Hattori said frowning at his childhood friend.

"Well, I need to bring my hairdryer and stuff." Hattori rolled his eyes.

"Of course you do." Ran smiled.

"I think we'll be fine. Besides, I'm sure Shinichi and Heiji-kun won't mind helping us carry our bags, right?" Shinichi shrugged as Hattori started grumbling about what suspiciously sounded like girls taking too much stuff on trips. Shinichi agreed, but never said anything. The last time he said anything like that, he got the smack of a lifetime from his mother and then she decided to go further and humiliate him in front of everyone. Of course that was a story for another time.

"What was that, Heiji?" Toyama-san said glaring at Hattori.

"Nothing," Hattori said not looking at her. She huffed and then Ran started talking about getting the bags and stuff ready.

"Kazuha-chan and I have our things waiting by the door."

"I do too." Hattori said grinning.

"Oh, I left mine upstairs." Shinichi said shrugging.

"Shinichi!" Ran said scowling at him.

"What? It won't take me long." Shinichi said rolling his eyes and going back up to his room. Like he said, it didn't take him long to grab his bag and meet everyone at the front door. After locking the door, the group set off to the bus stop. It had been a long time since Shinichi hung out with everyone. He was just now getting used to living by himself again. He also found that he missed living with other people. It was weird. He enjoyed the privacy he got in his own home, but he also missed having others around. He felt secluded from everyone when he was by himself. He didn't like that feeling, but it couldn't be helped. Everyone had their own lives to deal with and so did Shinichi. He was always running into cases just about everywhere he goes or Megure-keibu would call him or something. Something always happened wherever he went and he was kind of wondering if going on this camping trip was still a good idea.

Of course he didn't really have much time to think about it as the bus finally pulled up. Shinichi was carrying three bags, including his own, and Hattori was in the same boat as him. Ran and Kazuha had one bag each. Shinichi wasn't too bothered by it, but his arms were getting tired. Finally, he got to rest them as they all sat down. It was going to be a bit of a long ride for them, so Shinichi tried to make himself as comfortable as possible. He was thinking he should've brought a book or something to keep himself occupied. By the time they arrived at the lodge, Toyama-san and Hattori were fighting again. Shinichi was glad to finally be able to stand again. He wasn't too excited about having to carry all those bags again, but it was better than being stuck sitting on a bus and listening to the two Osakans fight for almost an hour. Ran looked relieved too.

"It feels great to be standing after so long." Ran said stretching a little. Shinichi yawned.

"Yeah, my legs about fell asleep." It was too bad he couldn't fall asleep himself. Between Hattori pointing things out as they passed them and Hattori and Toyama-san arguing, there was no way that Shinichi could've slept on that bus. Plus the bus wasn't all that comfortable either. The four finally made it inside the building and got their reserved rooms. Ran and Toyama-san would be sharing a room and Shinichi would be sharing a room with Hattori. The only problem was that since the rooms had four single beds in them, they would be sharing with the Ekoda group. It looked like Ran and Toyama-san were lucky and only had to share their room with one person. But Hattori and Shinichi had to share their room with two people. And from what Shinichi saw, one of them looked to be Hakuba.

"Why do we have a share our room with a guy like that?" Hattori grumbled after they dropped the girls' bags off at their room. Shinichi chuckled.

"You only don't like him because he called you reckless."

"Whatever, you only like him because he likes Sherlock Holmes too." Shinichi shrugged.

"Yeah, but it's not like I enjoy getting into a quoting contest with him."

"That does seem a little annoying." Finally the two reached their room and found that the door was already open and their roommates were in there, arguing.

"What are you doing, Kuroba?" Hakuba asked, narrowing his eyes at what appeared to be Shinichi's doppelganger.

"I'm unpacking some of my things. What's it look like I'm doing?"

"Planning a prank of some sort on a poor unfortunate soul." Hakuba said gravely.

"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not." The other said vaguely. It really did look like the guy was going to prank someone.

"Ah, excuse us, but it looks like we're your new roommates for the weekend." Shinichi said since it was clear that Hattori wasn't going to say anything.

"Oh, I'm Hakuba Sugaru and this is my classmate, Kuroba Kaito. Oh, it's just you two." Hakuba said after realizing who it was.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" Hattori said getting defensive. Shinichi rolled his eyes.

"It's good to see you again, Hakuba-san."

"Yes, but I believe this is the first time we've officially met, Kudo-kun."

"Ah, I guess you're right. My bad." Shinichi said laughing nervously. He forgot that he met Hakuba as Conan.

"Oi, Hakuba, I can introduce myself you know." Kuroba said scowling at the half-Brit. Hattori was flat out glaring at Hakuba.

"Come on, Hattori. Pick your bed, so we can get unpacked. Didn't you say you had some things you wanted to do?" Shinichi said before Hattori could start a fight with Hakuba.

"Alright," Hattori grumbled, going to one of the last two beds and started putting some things away in the dresser he had. Shinichi shook his head before going to the last bed and started unpacking.

"So, Kudo-kun, run into any interesting cases recently?" Hakuba asked him as the four of them unpacked. Shinichi shrugged.

"Not really."

"What? You don't count a theft/murder/bombing case as interesting, Kudo?" Hattori asked him grinning.

"Well, besides all that, it was kind of boring. I mean, I'm glad that the people responsible for it all got caught, but it really wasn't all that interesting."

"I want to hear!" Kuroba said grinning. Shinichi shrugged and recounted the case he had last weekend. He left out the parts where he felt stressed and what not because he was sure they didn't want to hear that.

"Whoa, your friend sounds scary." Kuroba said wide-eyed.

"Well, she is the National Karate Champion." Shinichi said shrugging. Kuroba shuddered.

"Yeah, I don't want to get on the wrong side of her."

"It's definitely not fun." Shinichi grumbled. Hattori grinned.

"I'm so glad I don't have that issue with Kazuha."

"Do you really want to go there, Hattori?" Shinichi asked scowling at the Osakan. "I'm pretty sure I forgot to delete that." Hattori's demeanor changed completely.

"You, you said you would delete it!" Shinichi shrugged.

"You know how forgetful I can be." He said smirking slightly. Hattori glared at him. "But luckily for you, I don't have that phone with me."

"You better not, or I'll hit you." Shinichi wasn't afraid of that, but it did feel good to have the upper hand every once in a while. Usually he wouldn't have cared and just let it roll off his shoulders, but he was still a little irritated for having to get up so early. Shinichi shrugged and finally finished unpacking.

"Aw, I want to know what that is." Kuroba said grinning.

"No!" Hattori said just as Hakuba said,

"Absolutely not!" Shinichi pegged Kuroba for the kind of guy who would prank you in a heartbeat if he was just bored. And Shinichi figured if Kuroba had some kind of dirt on you, then you'd better watch out. Well, this trip was going to be interesting.