Moshi moshi! Sapphire Nightshade here with another chapter! I'll post again tomorrow, since I already wrote the chapter, but I don't know when the next chapter after that will be out.

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Chapter 2: The Notice:

"So?" Heiji asked in Conan's room after they all got ready for bed, "What were those two talking about?"

"Sonoko suspects I'm not who I say I am, but not necessarily Kudou Shinichi," Conan replied.

"That's the 'Deduction Queen' for you," Heiji commented.

"She's only the Deduction Queen because Sleeping Kogoro wasn't available at the time," Conan retorted.

"Hai, hai."

Meanwhile, Ran was doing some deducing of her own. Sonoko's right, she thought, but if there's anyone he would be, it would have to be Shinichi, right? But that doesn't make sense. There's as much evidence against it as there is for it. And how could he become small, anyway? It's not like this is a manga or anything . . . But if he was, everything would make sense. I don't know what to think!

Ran shook her head; she just didn't get it. Well, she could think about it tomorrow. Time to sleep on it.

Heiji Hattori came out of the mall's movie theater giggling, "Hahaha! The first movie that ever existed that stumped the Great Detective of the Ea-" He noticed that Ran was staring at him closely. "Elementary School," Heiji barely covered up.

"Oi, oi," Conan replied, "You weren't able to solve it either."

Heiji's eyes became like dots. "S-so?" he asked.

"Well, since we're already here," Sonoko said, "why don't we go explore the mall?"

"Good idea!" Kazuha agreed.

"Fine," Heiji sighed.

After they walked for a few minutes, and while everyone else was in the restrooms, something caught Conan's eyes. "Eh?" he exclaimed, "There's a museum here?"

"A small one, but YES," a familiar voice replied, the last word said in English.

"Jodie-sensei?!" Conan asked, "What are you doing here?!"

"Hmph," the FBI agent pretended to pout, "What's wrong with going to a Japanese mall?"

"More importantly," Conan said, starting to whisper, "Did you get a few samples of it yet?"

"You mean the Apotoxin 4869?" Jodie whispered back. Conan nodded. "Yes, but why did you need it again?"

"Ah, some people ended up ingesting it," Conan whispered, thinking of himself and Haibara, "I was going to give them to Professor Agasa so he could find an antidote for those people."

"Naruhodo," Jodie replied. "But wasn't it supposed to be a lethal drug?"

"W-well, it didn't seem to kill them yet. But they're in a very bad condition."

"Well then, I'll give them to the Professor in a couple days. Okay, Conan-kun?"

"Hai! Arigatou, Jodie-sensei!" Conan called as the agent walked away.

"Eh? 'Jodie-sensei'?" Ran asked, coming up behind him with Sonoko and Kazuha. "Was Jodie-sensei here?"

"Y-yeah," Conan replied. "But she just left."

"Anyway," Sonoko interrupted, "Let's check out that museum. I heard it recently got an amazing new artwork a few months ago! It's going to be on display in a few days!"

Oi, oi, Conan thought as he saw a familiar face at the entrance of the mini museum, don't tell me . . .

"Inspector Nakamori!" Ran said, "What are you doing here?"

"Could it be," Sonoko added, "that my Kid-sama has left me a note to tell me where he will be waiting for me?"

What kind of twisted logic is that? Conan thought.

"W-well, sort of, not exactly," Takagi said behind Nakamori.

"Detective Takagi?" Conan asked, "What are you doing here?"

He said the exact same thing as Ran . . . Heiji thought.

"W-well," Takagi started.

"Because we came here to look around," Sato said behind Takagi. "However, right as we started to relax, there was a commotion and we found this." Sato held up a white card between her index and middle fingers.

"Ah le le," Conan said, "Is that-?"

"It is!" Sonoko interrupted, "It's an advance notice from my Kid-sama!"

Your Kid-sama? Heiji thought, not used to seeing this side of Sonoko.

"Can I see it, Sato-san?" Conan asked.

"Ah, sure," Sato replied, handing it to the small detective.

"'Where the water never stays still,'" Conan read aloud, subconsciously translating the middle part into Japanese for everyone else, "'I will arrive twice to obtain the heart of sadness at the exhibition. Kaito Kid.'"

"Eh?" Ran asked, "There's no specific time mentioned . . ."

"No," Conan replied, "We need to solve the code before the said time."

"Well, as far as the place," Nakamori interrupted, "'Where the water never stays still' refers to this small museum, the 'Oceanic Waves'."

Heh, who would name a museum that? Conan thought as he gave Sato the card back.

"Hey, Ran-nee-chan," Conan asked, "Can we come back when Kid comes? I usually do anyway . . ."

"Huh? S-sure," Ran replied, "But the police need to solve Kid's riddle first."

"Ah, okay! Maybe we should let Ojisan know about the riddle. Maybe he can solve it!" Of course, that was just said so that the police didn't suspect him if, no, when he solved it. He would go over it on the way home and try figuring it out. Well, maybe just at home, since going over it in front of Ran and Sonoko while they suspected him wasn't a very good idea.

"Sou desu ne, Conan-kun."

"Alright!" Sonoko said, "Let's head back and solve this thing fast so I can see Kid-sama!"

I just can't keep Kaito Kid out of my Detective Conan/Case Closed stories, can I? Not that I tried not to, or anything like that. What can I say, he's my favorite antagonist ^_^ Ja ne!