Most of this story will be from Shinichi's Point of view, unless he isn't present in a scene, or it would be better from another perspective. ...If I owned it would I be writing fantasies about it on a fanfiction site...Of course not? I would be making it happen! Sadly I am stuck with just writing it on a fanfiction site...

Shinichi POV

The day started out just like every other day. Kogoro Oji-san was whining about breakfast while Ran was cooking. I tried to tune them out and finish my 'homework', god it was so easy…Later that night Oji-san got a call from Megure-keibu; naturally I was curious so Ran and myself tagged along. Once at the crime scene I started to regret coming.

"The victim is a young woman. She appears to have a web tattoo near her eye, other than that; we don't really know anything, Mouri-san."

I wasn't really listening to the theories thrown around by Megure-keibu and Kogoro Oji-san. I was too busy scouting the area trying to find evidence I knew didn't exist. Chianti was a sniper for them and it appeared to be suicide. They wouldn't be able to prove anything.

"Ran-neechan."

"What's wrong Conan-kun?"

"I don't wanna stay here anymore. I wanna go back home."

Time to turn up the kiddy charm. I would regret it later, because Ran would want to comfort me, but I needed to get out of here in case they left anyone behind to watch the investigation.

"Conan-kun…Are you feeling okay? I usually have to drag you away from the scene…"

"Oji-san can handle this one. I'm really tired, so can we go back?"

"Sure, I'll go tell dad so wait outside for me. We'll walk back so he doesn't have to come."

"Okay, see you in a minute then."

I stepped outside and froze. Someone was watching me, but I couldn't tell who or where they were watching from. Considering who the victim was inside, I was planning for the worst. I stepped around a corner into an alley trying to see who exactly it was that was watching me, bad idea. I felt a hand on my mouth when I tried to yell out and another one around my waist. The next thing I knew, I was on top of the building adjacent to the one I had just left, standing face to face (well face to knee in this case) with myself.

"What can I help you with thief-san? I thought jewels were your targets, Nakamori-keibu will be upset if he figures out that you tried to steal a kid."

"Well tantei-kun, I need your help. I assume you're here because of the case in that building?"

"Yes, that doesn't answer why you're here though."

"In a way I guess it does. That woman was killed because she failed to kill me."

I was only now taking in his appearance. He was panting and it looked like he was having some issues with his balance.

"Why would she be after you?"

"T-that is a long story…tantei-san. I will tell you, but not right now. I n-need your help. That is, if you are willing to help a thief, and I'm sure that you wouldn't want to miss out on this chance. It just might help with your 'little' problem."

"What exactly are you talking about?" He appeared to sway for a moment before standing completely upright.

"Later tantei-san, will you come with me?"

"I can't go running off with a thief, especially when I don't know why you are wanting me to come with you." Ran would kill me if I disappeared again without telling her.

"Perfectly reasonable reservations. I'm not fond of being a sitting target unless I'm toying with Nakamori-san, and based on what I have observed, dressing up like Kudo Shinichi is probably not the best idea when these people are after you, whoever these people are. I still don't know how you ended up in your position, but we can swap stories after we reach a safe place. If I can convince you to come with me."

I'm sure Kid didn't miss the look on my face. It was true. I hadn't even thought about him being dressed as me with the possibility of 'them' being here, no it was more than a possibility now. I still had reservations about taking off with a thief and was set on not going with him until I saw him sway again.

"Are you okay?" It was hard not to notice that Kid's face was unusually pale, but he could have just used the wrong make-up.

"Fine tantei-kun, I'm going to change. If you still haven't decided on whether or not you will come with me by the time I'm done I will place you back on the ground and be on my way."

He didn't wait for an answer; my curiosity had already taken over. Kid was asking me for help, he was somehow involved with "them", and he appeared to be hurt, but I couldn't determine where, or how bad. When I glanced up again, Kid was wearing his usual white suit and cape, only this time a part on the right upper side of the white jacket was stained crimson. I looked up at him curiously before he moved to cover his side from my line of sight.

"Are you sure you're…"

"Come on tantei-kun, I need your answer quickly. We appear to have visitors coming and I don't want to be here when they start the welcoming party."

I looked around and saw many people gathering at the foot of the building, as well as a man (dressed in black) on another one of the building in the area. I hurried over to Kid.

"I'm not sure what you're involved in, but I know who the woman downstairs was. If you are involved with her in any way, there will be more people coming after you."

At that moment my phone rang. It was Ran.

"Ran-neechan, I ran into the detective boys outside of the building. They are on their way to Agasa-hakase's for a camping trip tomorrow. I was going to call you and tell you about it, but I got so wrapped up in the quiz that I forgot."

Ran had fallen for the lie pretty quickly, and after a few moments I was latched to the glider.I hadn't really paid much mind to where we were going, but after about ten minutes in the air we started to descend.

"Kid, are we close to our destination?" No answer. "Kid?"

"Yes t-tantei-kun, we are getting close. When we get there Jii-chan will be a bit wary of you. He doesn't know who you are, I will leave that up to you whether you decide to share that bit of information or not. For now, just let me concentrate on landing this thing."

"You've done it a million times; does it really take that much concentration?" I wonder though if he has ever landed it with two people on it.

"I'm sure you noticed earlier tantei-kun, I'm not in the best condition right now and I have a passenger. Jii-chan doesn't really like me dropping on the roof of his pool hall, but I think he will make an exception this time. If you wouldn't mind, I really need to concentrate."

"Sure thing, Kid." He really doesn't look good. From here I can't get a good look at his wound, but I know he's lost a lot of blood. His eyes didn't really look focused either. I had located the pool hall he was referring to, but instead of going directly to it, Kid circled around, most likely looking for anybody that would see him.

"Tantei-kun, I need your help."

"You already told me that, but you told me that you needed to concentrate on landing this thing first."

"No, I need your help landing it. I'm having a bit of trouble maneuvering the controls."

"You what?" What the hell was he thinking? I'd never landed a glider before!

"You've seen me land it before, right? Do you think you could?"

"Yes, I can use the controls, but my body isn't big enough to do any of the shifting we are going to need." I just hope that he can do that. If not, well, it was a good flight while it lasted.

"Don't worry tantei-kun, I can do that much. Just listen very carefully to what I say. This is going to be a rough landing anyway, I don't know if I will be able to support us both when we get down there. Once we get close enough, I'm going to unclip your belt, try not to land on your head or bite your tongue."

What the hell is he thinking? "What exactly are you going to do?"

"I'll follow right behind you tantei-kun. It might not be as smooth as usual, but it's not going to kill me. There's a hidden door near the corner of the roof. Jii-chan is used to me coming down it, he shouldn't overreact."

Okay that's great. I'm piloting a glider for the first time. I'm also going to be dropped off said glider, and then I'm going to be sneaking into a pool hall, with the Kaito Kid. And here I thought today was just going to be a normal day…Well as normal as it gets in my situation… "So, I am going to steer it down, once we get close enough you are going to drop me, and then you are going to land yourself, correct?"

"That's the plan, just remember what I said about biting your tongue when you land, let's go."

We are about 6 feet away from the building now. He should be getting ready to undo the latch.

"Alright tantei-kun, I'm about to undo it. Are you ready?"

"As ready as you can be seeing as how you are about to drop me." I wonder how bad his wounds really are. If they are too bad, he may not be able to land the glider by himself anyway, I've felt his breathing getting more and more ragged for the past few minutes…

"NOW!"

I felt the latch release and without the extra weight the glider snapped back up a few feet and then I slammed into the ground. I landed on my feet and fell into a roll before I finally caught my balance. I heard a crash behind me and when I turned around Kid was lying on the ground.

"Hey you okay?" Damn, I bit my tongue. "Kid! Are you okay?"

Damn, of course not, he was hurt god knows how badly earlier and he just crash landed a hang glider…That's why he told me where the door was. He knew he was going to crash. I need to go get Jii-san for him.

"Young Master? Is that you?" An old man, who I assumed to be Jii-san, cautiously stepped from the door Kid had mentioned earlier.

"Are you Jii-san?"

"I am," The old man replied, "and who are you exactly?"

"I'm Conan; this guy said something about needing help and then brought me here. He needs medical attention, he's hurt, but I don't know how badly." I still hadn't seen the extent of his wounds. Right as I was about to examine them, Jii-san moved in between me and Kid, took a quick look, and picked him up with seemingly no problem.

"He's been shot. It's in is upper right shoulder and doesn't look like it did any arterial damage, but he has lost a lot of blood and combined with the flight back and the crash, he isn't in good condition. I don't know who you are. You appear to be a normal grade school kid, but if the Young Master is involving you, then I would say there is more to you than meets the eye. Am I right?"

"You are right, but I'm not exactly sure how I am involved with him yet. So, can you treat him here?"

"Of course, there is a reason the Young Master has not been caught in any hospitals. He is fully equipped here."

Fully equipped? It shouldn't surprise me, he is the Kaito Kid.

"You can stand up here all you want young man, but I am going to take the Young Master downstairs and treat him. I will leave the door unlocked for you."

As the old man walked away I heard him grumbling something about crazy phantoms and crash landing on his room. I almost chuckled at it before I followed the man inside. I didn't want to wait and see if the place was being watched. If Kid was shot, it meant that the people that were showing up on his heists were done playing around and decided to get serious, or they got lucky…

"That was a wise choice, young man."

"What exactly do you mean?"

"The Young Master has very few friends, but he has no shortage of enemies. If one had caught sight of you with Young Master, then they would very likely try to remove you."

"Who exactly is after him?"

Jii set Kid on what looked like a hospital bed and began setting up different monitors to him.

"Young Master will explain what you need to know when he wakes up. I'm not sure how much you know or how much you need to know. I don't want to risk giving away something that he may not have wanted me to."

"That's understandable. Will you answer me one thing though?" He must be the Kid's accomplice. He has been seen on a few of the heists, but I never would have guessed that he was an old man.

"That depends on what it is."

"What exactly is your relationship with Kid? Why would you put yourself in danger of being arrested for him? I know Kid isn't your normal everyday thief, but I don't know what his motive for stealing is either." I'd figured out a long time ago that he wasn't just stealing to prove he could. As if the people shooting at him weren't a big flashing light. "There had to be a reason behind all the flashiness."

"All I am going to say is, I know his reasons. Even if I don't fully agree with them; he means well and he is just trying to protect those around him, even if it means risking his life."

I wasn't exactly sure what the old man was talking about, but it gave me something to think about while he was working on the Kid. I'd seen enough to realize that this was obviously not the original Kid. He was too young, around my real age, if Jii calling him young master was any proof of that. That meant that something must have happened to the first one. He could possibly be a relative or a good friend. I glanced back at the old man. He was almost finished stitching the bullet wound and several other severe lacerations from his landing. He was quick. I then turned my attention to Kid. He still had his hat and monocle on to hide his features; the old man wasn't taking any chances. His eyes were beginning to move.

"Jii-san, he is waking up. Did you give him anything for the pain?"

"No, Young Master gets upset if I give him anything that will cloud his mind. I wish he would allow me to, he is good at masking his pain, but I can tell when he is hurt. At least I finished before he woke up completely, that would have been really difficult for him."

"Jii…chan? What happened?"

"That is what I would like to know. You crash landed your glider on my roof again. Only this time, I came out on the roof and found you unconscious with a hole in your shoulder, and a grade school child standing near you. You probably won't be able to use your right arm very well for awhile."

"Haha, that's right. This makes things a bit more complicated. As for what happened, they attempted to kill me tonight. It wasn't like the previous attempts, and Snake wasn't there, or at least I didn't see him. I'm not sure what the snipers name was this time, but they killed her because she failed to kill me…"

"Chianti…Her name was Chianti. Would you mind telling me how exactly you are involved with these people and why they are trying to kill you along with why you steal. Oh, and for the heck of it how many times you have crash landed on this pool hall?"

I can't say that I was really surprised, I had noticed people shooting at Kid on his past few heists and I had my suspicions on who they were, but I had no idea why. And the way Jii said 'again' when talking about Kid crash landing, well that had my curiosity peaked. Kid glanced at me as if he had just realized I was in the room.

"Ahh tantei-kun, you managed to bite your tongue didn't you?"

I looked at him astonished. How the hell did he know that? It wasn't bad, I was sure that it wasn't affecting my words or anything.

"You bit it hard enough to make it bleed, and wiped it on your shirt."

I glanced at the sleeve on my shirt, and there it was; a tiny red tinted smear.

"Yeah, I guess I did. Are you going to answer my question, or do I just need to head back home?"

I really had no intention of leaving, now that I knew that he was involved with the organization. I was just getting impatient.

"I'll tell you my story, as long as you promise that you will explain yours. If you don't want Jii-chan to know, he will leave the room, but I'm sure he is quite curious as to why I would ask a grade school kid for help against these people."

I eyed Kid and the man for a moment longer and decided that if they were in a situation with these men already, then it probably wouldn't endanger them anymore to know a little bit more.

"I'll tell you, but only after I know why you 'kidnapped' me."

"Tsk, tsk now, tantei-kun. I didn't kidnap you, as I recall you even gave Ran-san an excuse so you could go with me."

I guess kidnapped wasn't really the right word, but after the thief had said he needed help, there was going to be no way that he was going to ignore him.

"I guess you're right. Will you tell me your side of the story now?"

I was completely astonished at how much Kid actually told me. Of course he had left out his name, but he given me enough information that I could probably find out if I looked hard enough. I probably wouldn't, but I wasn't going to tell him that.

"So this gem, Pandora, is supposed to grant immortality? I guess that may explain the little predicament that I am experiencing."

"What exactly is your little predicament? I know that you aren't your 'regular' size, but why not?" Kid asked.

As I dove into the story about how Conan Edogawa came into being, Kid's eyes began to close slowly, but he would open them quickly determined not to miss a word I was saying. Jii stood in a corner shifting his glance between me and Kid; watching me out of curiosity and Kid out of concern. Jii had been against Kid sitting up, but after insisting the man finally gave in and told him that he would only allow Kid to sit up if he would at least support himself against the wall. Kid wasn't pleased with this idea, but decided it was better than lying down and not being able to see me.

"Really, that's what happened? I knew that you were Kudo, but I guess I never really expected all that."

"Young Master?"

"What's wrong Jii-chan?"

"I'm not really used to the idea of teenage boys shrinking and all, so if you don't mind I'm going to wait in the next room. So help me if you try to move from that bed…"

"No worries Jii-chan, I wouldn't want tantei-kun to use his super shoes against me."

I had left the gadgets that Agasa had made me out of my explanation, so I received a very confused look from the old man. I just smiled and brushed it off.

"Don't worry Jii-san I will make sure that he stays put."

"It still sounds weird coming out of a kid's mouth, but I will eventually get used to it."

Jii-san left the room and we could hear running water in the next room.

"Jii-chan is probably making himself some coffee, what time is it?"

"It's just about 11 at night."

I sighed. It was too late to call the professor and tell him that I would be 'camping' with him and the detective boys. He was actually taking the kids camping, but I was going to stay out on this one. I would send him a message later so he would make up a cover for me if Ran called.

"That late? Poor Jii-chan, the man runs this pool hall all day, and then I swoop in here at night and get in the way of his rest."

"I'm sure he understands, but you still haven't told me what exactly you need my help for. Just keep in mind that if you ask me to help you steal something, I'm going to walk out and pretend that this never happened."

"Harsh tantei-kun; I need your help because I recently found Pandora. I'm going to use the stone to lure our friends in black out. That is where you come in. I noticed that you have a few contacts FBI and I was wondering if you would mind asking them to help us corner the members."

I should have been at least a little surprised by the fact that Kid knew that I had contacts, and he probably knew they were FBI, but it was Kid.

"That is what they have been trying to help me do for the past two years; they even managed to get an agent into the organization. I will contact Jodie and we can begin there. I also have a few more contacts through my dad if we need the extra help."

"Going against these guys, I think we are going to need all the help we can get. Seeing as how we can't move immediately due to the fact that we don't have a full plan, and Chianti tried to turn me into Swiss cheese, would you mind posing as my little cousin for the next week or so?"

"You realize that would mean that you would be giving away your identity to me, a detective right?"

"I also realize that there is enough information in my story earlier to allow you to figure out who I am anyway."

"Hmm, good point." As if I hadn't already known that. Besides I'm kind of curious to see how the Kaito Kid is when he's not running around roof tops stealing things.

"That's true. There is just one thing I need to know before I pretend to be you cousin."

"What is that tantei-kun?"

"Your name…"