-Chapter 2-
The awakening.
"So Conan has been missing since yesterday?"
"Yes. Please is there anything you can do?" Ran pleaded. Her face was covered in tears.
"Hmmm..." Inspector Megure sank back in his chair and folded his arms. "You guys have been a big help to us in the past, now its our turn to help you. I want you to go home and leave the rest to us. Don't worry we will do anything in our power to find him."
"Yes. Thank you for all you help." Kogoro put a hand on Rans shoulder. "Come on Ran lets go home."
Ran was still not convinced. She trusted the police but something was still upsetting her. Something told her that this was only the beginning of a big change. She recalled the day that her and Shinichi went to Tropical Land together and that gut feeling the suddenly experienced when she thought Shinichi was going to disappear forever. She had that same gut feeling that she had then. The nice thing about Shinichi is he was just a phone call away.
"Wait a second? Just a phone call-? That's it!" Ran clapped her hand to her forehead. How could she be so stupid? She forgot Conan had a cell phone. She quickly dialed the number.
-X-
The sound of his ringtone had the detective springing up out of bed. Without even checking who it was from or even checking if the cell phone was Conan's or Shinichi's he answered the phone.
"Moshi mos-?"
What the-? He was surprised by his own voice. He had totally forgot that he had been given a dose of Apotoxin4869 antidote. He quickly ran to the mirror. His own face was back. His 17 year old face. He was so surprised to see it he had to feel his own face to make sure he was not dreaming. It also looked like Kaito had changed his clothes when he was asleep. It looked like they were some of Kaito's clothes too.
"Shinichi? Is that you? What are you doing with Conan-kun's phone?! Is Conan with you?"
Oh no. This was Conan's phone. The detective's heart raced. He had to come up with a lie otherwise Ran would figure out he was Conan.
"Yes. Hes with me now. haha. Do you want to speak to him?"
"Well obviously i want to speak to Conan-kun It's his phone. Why did you answer his phone? Actually why are you with him in the first place? Shinichi you have some explaining to do!" Ran screamed into the phone.
Shinichi pulled the phone away from his ear. Jeez. Why did she have to be so loud? It was obvious she would be upset but screaming into his ear was not going to help. Also he still had not come up for a good excuse for why he was there in the first place. He had to think of something and fast.
"Ow. That's my ear Ran. Why can't you talk a little quieter and don't freak out. I have the situation under control. Conan-kun will explain."
"It better be a good reason Shinichi. I can't hurt Conan-kun cause hes only a child...but I swear to god if something bad happened i will use my signature karate move and aim it for your skull." She threatened.
Whoa scary. Shinichi gulped. He didn't want to stick around for that. Whatever excuse he was going to make, it would have to be good. Shinichi picked up the bow tie and set it to his younger voice. Here goes nothing.
"Moshi Moshi. Rannee-chan?" Shinichi said.
"Conan-kun where were you? Do you know we have been worried sick?"
"Ah I'm sorry Rannee-chan, I got lost and Shinichi-nii san and his Parents found me. I was gonna call but our phones were out of service."
"No. Im glad your safe. That's all that matters. When are you coming home?"
"Actually Shinichi-nii san's mom wanted to take me to a relatives house. Can i go?" Shinichi begged Ran.
"Okay. As long as you don't cause them too much trouble. And Call me when you get there okay?" Ran replied.
"Yippie!" Shinichi forced his way out of that situation with ease. He was expecting all hell to break lose. "Okay I'm leaving now Ran-nee chan. I will give the phone back to Shinichi-nii chan."
"Okay Conan-kun. See you later."
Shinichi put the voice changer down. He liked his real true voice better anyways.
"Oh by the way Ran I will be coming to visit in a few days. I just gotta wrap up this case first."
Had she heard that right? After all this time He was actually coming to visit? She was so happy she hardly could speak.
"Okay see you then." Ran said happily.
"Okay see you later." The detective hung up.
"Are you forgetting something?" Said a voice from behind.
Shinichi jumped. He had almost forgotten about KID. He remembered that the dammed thief kissed him last night and he looked down to the ground in embarrassment.
"No. I haven't forgotten my end of the promise. I will cosplay as you and trick Hakuba-kun from thinking your KID." The now fully grown detective responded avoiding the thief's gaze.
"Not that." Kaito rolled his eyes.
"Then what?" Shinichi asked.
"You need to eat something." Kaito responded. "May I remind you that children generally don't need as much nutrients as adults do and since you were a child not more than a day ago your body is probably lacking the nutrients that you need as an adult and that will cause some problems in the future."
The detectives face turned red. Why did the thief care so much about his nutrition? It was not KID's body. it was his.
"That's irrelevant." Said a stubborn Shinichi.
The thief slammed his fist on the table causing The detective to jump. Usually Kaito was a cheery prankster who felt his job was to make everyone smile. Trying to bring Kaito down is almost like trying to fall up. Its nearly impossible but if anybody managed to do it, it would be the ones who forced Shinichi to take Apotoxin4869. He had not been this pissed off at anybody since his own dad was killed by a mysterious organization much like the one Shinichi had dealt with. The Image of his detective in such pain made his stomach nauseous. It was all the Black Organizations fault!
"Go eat now." Kaito growled. Indigo eyes shot an angry glare into Shinichi's blue ones.
"Geez okay fine. Don't need to get all angry." Shinichi wondered what crawled up KIDS butt and died. Obviously he was pissed off at something and it definitely was not something as silly as what he chose to eat for breakfast. He figured that after breakfast he would leave the magician alone to calm down.
-X-
After breakfast Shinichi headed out. He was so happy to be back into his own body that he did not know what he wanted to do first. He thought for the time being he would make his way back to Tokyo and decide from there. He still had to be careful however whom he interacted with and Who would know about his return. He still was not sure how he would be able to trick Ran and the others for one whole year between switching back and fourth to Conan and Shinichi. Also He had to be careful about the Black Organization. If rumor got out that Shinichi was still alive it would be the worst possible outcome. The more he thought about this the less of a good idea the whole thing seemed to be plus he still had to deal with Haibara after all this. This time it was not his fault since KID forced the pill down his throat but next time would be different. The thought still embarrassed him. He shuddered. Mabie it would be better if Shinichi decided not to take the pill for a year. He still had to deal with Barbon who was working at patriot down below the detective agency and Masumi Sera might figure something out as well. She was already suspicious enough as it is. The other person he had to deal with was Subaru, although Shinichi had a pretty good idea about who Saburu was anyways. He thought he was trustworthy. Maybe this was a bad idea. Actually scratch that. This was the definition of a horrible idea. Why had he agreed to this? It's not too late. He decided that after he helps KID he would let him know that he changed his mind about the antidote. The part of him that really wanted this to happen was starting to feel disappointed but it was for the best. At least he could enjoy being himself if only for a little bit.
After the detective boarded a train on the way to Tokyo his blue eyes nervously scanned the area for anybody were two reasons for this. The first was he wanted to double check to see if anybody from the Black Organization was aboard the train. If somebody had seen Shinichi there than it would be all over. The second reason was mostly out of habit. Even if was a detective (and a brilliant one at that) who only believed in logic and deductive reasoning he still sometimes swore that he was cursed by lady luck (even if her brother Kuroba Kaito claimed he was madly in love with him.) Murder cases followed him wherever he went and while he is a detective at heart who loves solving mysteries, he wished people would just stop dying around him, especially today. Today he wanted a few days in his normal body without feeling the urge to wander off and solve some random mystery. He took a breath of relief when he finally unboarded the train that was murder free.
"Okay where to next?" The detective muttered to himself.
"Kudo?! Are mah eyes Deceiving me? What are ya doin here?"
The detective's head jerked around so fast that people passing by could of swore if he jerked his head any faster it would have went flying in the other direction. He recognized that Kasai-ben dialect anywhere.
"H-Hattori?!" Shinichi Studdered.
"Ya guessed it! Ah man! how did ya get cha own body back? Was it that little girl Ai-somthing?" The Osakan detective mused "And what are ya doin here in Osaka?"
"O-Osaka?! You mean to tell me i boarded the wrong train?!" The detective Stepped back a bit. This was rare. Shinichi is always observant. He would not make such a big mistake as boarding the wrong train. And he could have swore he took the right one. No, matter of fact he remembered that he had specifically double checked to make sure it was the right train today. He had never been taken a train before from Ekoda to Tokyo so he wanted to make sure he was boarding the right one. He even recalled asking the front desk witch train was the right one and even when he looked at the Front sticker On the train it specifically said 'towards Tokyo.' The surprised detective looked back at the train and saw the sticker now read 'towards Osaka.'
"Hattori there is something suspicious going on here. Be right back i am going to check something." He ran towards the train.
"Oi! Kudo! What's gotten into ya?! Argh. Hold on i will follow ya." The Osakan detective followed. "Is there somthin wrong with the train?"
"Yes. When i boarded this train, I specifically looked at this trains sticker. It read 'Towards Tokyo.'" The detective said as he examined the sticker.
"Are ya absolutely positive Kudo? Are ya sure ya didn't make a mistake?"
"I was not positive before but now for certain i can say i am. There is tape residue on the corners and all along the edges of this sticker. Somebody put something over this sticker. I have been playing into somebodys trap this whole time." The detective jumped down from the train. "I assume somebody is trying to keep me out of Tokyo."
Hattori stood there for a bit in thought. Then his face lit up.
"Okay. Well the next train doesn't leave for about two hours. Why don't we head back to mah place. Ya can explain to me what happened and then we can both leave on the train together." Hattori Suggested.
"Together? What do you mean together?" Shinichi tilted his head to the side.
"Well we did meet at a train station. What did ya think i was doin there? Takin pictures of trains?" Hattori Laughed. "I have business in Tokyo so this works out perfectly."
Shinichi's eyebrow twitched as he gave a sarcastic laugh. Of all the people he could have ran into it had to be Hattori Heiji. They were best friends who had a lot in common. They were often called the great detective of the East and the West when compared to each other. Hattori also always had Shinichi's back when It came to his alter ego: Conan Edogawa (even if he did have a slip of the tongue every now and then) however even though Shinichi considered Hattori to be one of the best friends he could ever care to have, Shinichi sometimes found Hattori to be somewhat annoying at other times. Truthfully Hattori and Shinichi almost had too much in common. Shinichi had recalled before he became Conan He would always help Inspector Megure with Cases. This had happened so often that people had started noticing Shinichi's Achievements and eventually lead to his fame. He had appeared in newspapers and television all the time and eventually people began labeling him as the 'Sherlock Holmes of modern times.' Despite the fame he had gained for his hard work he did not have many friends (much to Ran's annoyance) matter of fact it was because of his fame that a lot of the people in Teitan High School found it hard to approach him. He often came out as rather arrogant due to his fame. Whenever he would hear his name on television or see his name in the papers he would get what Ran would call a 'stupid looking grin.' This did not help his situation at school any. The only person at the time who stuck around him through thick and thin was his childhood friend Ran. It wasn't that he had not made any other friends at all, but according to Ran they were more like perverted classmates than actual friends. This all changed when he became Conan. He had a lot more friends as Conan than he ever did as Shinichi. The reason Hattori and him are so similar Is because Hattori grew up the same way. Hattori's arrogance caused him to be sort of a social outcast at school even if he was a celebrity everywhere else. Often Hattori doesn't just tend to be arrogant but often hot blooded as well. That is probably the only difference between the two detectives. Ever since Shinichi became Conan and had to hide his identity everyone around him either thought he was dead or forgot he existed (aside from a few people) and although he is upset about having to pretend he doesn't exist he knows he can't afford to be arrogant any longer. It's less about the fame and more about saving lives. It would not be a complete lie to say that the Tokyo detective is just a annoyed at the Osakan detective who likes to tease Shinichi occasionally for the state he is in. The last person he would want to know about what KID did to him would be Hattori. He would never let him live it down. He decided he would let Hattori only know what he needs to know instead of the whole story.
"Are ya comin or not?" Yelled the dark skinned detective from the stairs.
"Yeah, Im coming." The brown haired detective said as he walked up the flight of stairs looking back at the train.
As they left the station a mysterious figure watched them leave until it was only them in the cold dark tunnel hidden from the daylight.
-X-
Back in Tokyo Yoshida Ayumi,Kojima Genta and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko were all sitting at their desks at Teitan Elementary. Ayumi looked around. She saw no sign of Haibara and Conan anywhere.
"Hey I'm a bit worried about Conan-kun and Ai-chan" She said slightly tearing up. "Do you where do you think they went?"
"Hey you don't think they ditched class to go eat some fried eel have they?" Genta said suspiciously.
"No way Genta-kun they are not you!" Mitsuhiko yelled at the odd ball comment. All genta thought about was food, food , food. Didn't he have anything else on his mind?
"Oh. Thats true." Genta laughed. "Then where do you think they went?"
"Hmm…" Mitsuhiko put his hand to his chin. ""Maybe after school we should go by their houses and ask."
"Ask about what?" A voice said from behind.
The young detective group looked behind them. It was Haibara.
"H-Haibara San!" Mitsuhiko and Genta yelled almost simutamulessly.
"Ai-Chan!" Cried Ayumi. "Where did you go?"
Haibara yawned. She looked like she had been up all night.
"I had some late night homework last night and i needed some time to sleep in a little bit" She lied. "Don't tell me you forgot about your guy's homework?"
"N-No I didn't forget!" Yelled Genta as his eyes rolled around the room nervously.
Haibara looked at him for a bit and finally said. "Well don't come crying to me when your dad grounds you. Anyways whats all this fuss about?" She asked curiously.
"Conan-kun has not been here since yesterday. I'm worried about him. What if something bad happened to him?" Ayumi looked down at her feet.
"Yeah so we were planning on visiting the Mouri Detective Agency after school to see what he has been doing." Mitsuhiko explained.
Haibara nodded. She figured maybe if she went to visit him she could explain to him about the pills that Kaito Kid stole.
"Okay, lets go there after school." She agreed.
-X-
"What!? Kaito KID kidnapped ya an force fed ya the antidote while ya were sleeping?!" Hattori Yelled in surprise.
"Shhhh! You idiot. not so loud! Do you want the whole world to hear?" Shinichi covered Heiji's mouth. Shinichi's Face turned bright red. He told the osakan detective that he force fed Shinichi but he never mentioned anything about how it was done. If Hattori knew that it was through a kiss then he would be made fun of for the rest of his life.
"Calm down Kudo. No one else is here. This is mah house remember? An Why are ya turnin red? It's not like i was gonna tell anyone ya were a elementary student." He snickered.
Shinichi threw a book at Hattori's head.
"Shut up Hattori. That enough." That was not the issue here but Shinichi could not tell the other detective that.
"So? What did KID KID-nap ya for anyways? What did he need ya to be an adult for anyways?" Hattori asked curiously.
"Okay this is going to sound crazy…but KID revealed his face to me last night."
"What he did? Why?"
"Because he is getting desperate to hide his identity"
"Hah?! Oi kudo. Whatcha sayin makes no sense. If somebody was trying to hide his identity than to reveal it would make the effort useless. That logic is crazy. Ya we're not kiddin. Mind explainin it to me?" The Osakan detective could not make sense of what he had just heard.
"On normal circumstances I would be inclined to agree...but this circumstance is far beyond the normal one. Actually when i tell you why you will probably see that this is actually see why this is brilliant on the thieves part. Even i was surprised." Shinichi explained.
"Well get on with it then. This is interesting. I'm rather curious to know how this is brilliant."
"What if I told you...that by some crazy chance the thief looks like my identical twin and if me and him were put side by side nobody would be able to tell us apart except for our hair and personalities. and also our voices are pretty much identical as well."
Heiji raised an eyebrow. He could not believe what he was hearing. That was one hell of a crazy chance but the more he thought about it the pieces started clicking into place.
"Ah Man thats one hell of a circumstance! So ya mean to tell me he wants ya to parade around as him for a day? Kudo! Why did ya agree to this?"
"Because he blackmailed me. He told me if I reveal his identity to the world or don't agree to his terms then he in turn will reveal mine and he said that he would make it huge deal. Thats what makes his plan full proof." Shinichi said flatly. "Looks like I have no choice."
"Looks like it." The Osakan detective laughed. "Are ya sure you're not cursed?"
"Ha ha very funny! Sometimes even I wonder that. But lets be real there is no such thing as a curse." Shinichi laughed sarcastically. "Speaking of curses you should have heard what KID said about the pill."
The Osakan detective sat back in his chair. Ever since he got here all Shinichi was talking about was KID this and KID that. They never got to talk about the Train mix up. Hattori was slightly amused at this. He never heard Shinichi get so excited about Kid the Phantom thief before. Mabie something happened?
"KID said something like a witch was behind the making of the pill! Even a fool would not believe something that stupid."
"Ya, Pretty stupid. I agree." Hattori replied. "Um, Kudo all we talked about since we got here was KID the Phantom Thief. We still have not covered the train issue yet."
Shinichi's face turned red again. Hattori was right! He had not realised it but before he knew it he had been talking non stop about KID! He wondered what had gotten into him. Before he knew it all he could think about was KID the thief. He figured he better change the subject, he did not want to accidentally say something about the kiss…. Wait a second. The kiss? Him revealing the kiss was not the issue here. The issue was that his mind distracted by Kaito. Why was he thinking of Kaito at that time?
"Anyway's I wonder who would be trying to keep ya away from Tokyo?"
"You're right. The only person who should know about me turning back to Shinichi should be KID. I have not told anybody else besides you and obviously it was not you." Shinichi sighed.
"Well what ever plan they may have had, it wont work as long as I am here." Hattori pointed to himself.
"Pftt haha I feel better already! Thanks Hattori!" Shinichi joked with obvious sarcasm.
"OI! what choo say punk!? Ya pickin a fight?" Hattori threatened.
"Haha. Maybe." Shinichi laughed.
"Well whatever." Hattori ran his hand through his own hair and sighed. "So do ya have a good plan in case ya turn back to Conan randomly?
"I-" He stopped in mid sentence. To be honest he actually had not thought of that. The drug's range never lasted more than 24 hours and even if the pill that the thief gave him would prevent the range from becoming shorter He still had no idea what time he would turn back into Conan.
"Ya don have a clue do ya?" Hattori sighed. "Good thing I'm comin with ya then. I can make an excuse. I gotcha back. Why do ya think going to Tokyo would be a good idea anyways? What if somebody sees ya there? Like say for instance...the man with the code name bourbon? Don't you think going to Tokyo would be a bad idea?"
"I promised Ran without thinking. And I am only planning on going to Teitan High School for a day then visit Ran for a few days. And then go Back to Ekoda to help KID. After that I will probably run out of the Antidote."
"Ya might end up regretting this." Hattori warned.
"You might be right. But i guess I will have to take a huge chance."
"Well we should get going then. The Train will be here in about a half an hour. We don't want to miss it." Hattori said as he put his shoes back on and began walking out the door.
"Your right. We should get going." Shinichi stood up and began to walk outside.
As Shinichi and Hattori left the building a white dove that was sitting on the window sill flew away. The dove Flew to Tokyo and landed on KIDS finger.
"I won't let you get hurt again Shinichi." KID whispered softly.
