A lopsided grin unconsciously found its way on Edogawa Conan— soon to be Kudo Shinichi, The Heisei Holmes' face as he opened a desk drawer. He took out a small black box and carefully opened it, eyeing the small pill sitting in the middle of the box. He took the antidote into his hand, popped it into his mouth, before swallowing it whole.
Everything was finally coming to an end. He had spent roughly a year being a child for the second time. Sure, it had been a dangerous and exhausting ride, with a few close calls, but through this case he had met the best people and solved the most intriguing cases. It had been undeniably, the most exciting period over the past seventeen years of his life. So, for the most part, it was fun while it lasted.
A few seconds later, he felt the drug talking it's effect. His insides were tingling, churning, his body heating up as if he had caught on fire. He could hear the loud palpitation of his heart. With a distressed scream he collapsed onto the floor, writhing in pain. Gradually, his vision started to grow dark and he felt his consciousness slipping away.
The Shōnen Tanteidan was devastated when they heard about the bad news from Conan. Apparently, their little detective friend will be moving back to his hometown where he could live with his parents. To think that it had only been three days since Haibara Ai's sudden disappearance. It was sad how they couldn't even give her a proper farewell party. Professor Agasa had to explain to the kids that Ai had to move back to America where she was originally from and that tearful goodbye's were not really her style. Thus, she had decided to keep it a secret from them. "Ai-kun wanted to tell you guys that she would definitely write letters." The professor added.
"Shōnen Tanteidan will never be the same without Conan and Ai-chan!" Yoshida Ayumi had exclaimed, with a sniff on the day of Conan's departure. She surprised him by giving him a quick peck on his cheeks "That kiss is a charm that will keep you safe!" she had explained. This earned him a glare filled with jealousy from the two other members of the detective club and a "Bastard! How dare you make Ayumi-chan cry!" from Genta who was trying to hold his own tears back.
Saying goodbye to Ran had also proved to be a difficult task. She had dragged him to Tropical Land together with the three kids a day before to make fun memories before he could leave. Fortunately, this time around there weren't any murder cases. Conan figured that it was not yet the right moment to tell Ran about the syndicate. He had decided that he would explain everything to her with Kudo Shinichi's body.
"I will really miss you, Conan-kun!" Mouri Ran exclaimed, her eyes starting to tear up. She gave him one final hug as the train came into sight. For some reason, she felt that it would be the last time she'd see the kid she had become attached to, the kid that she had started to think of as her own little brother.
A beeping sound echoed throughout the station, signifying that the doors were about to shut.
"Conan-kun!"
"Visit us once in a while!" He heard Mitsuhiko shout just as the automatic doors came to a close.
With one last glance through the glass windows of the train, he saw Genta, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko waving their hands, crying hard and Ran wiping her eyes with a handkerchief.
Kudo Shinichi slowly drifted back into consciousness. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and sat up, feeling oddly light. Strange. It was like he wasn't used to this body. Is this the effect of being stuck as a child for about a year? He thought. His eyes scanned the familiar place. The ceiling which had become unusually higher, the furniture a lot larger than he could remember.
Oi, oi, What the hell is going on?
He ran to the comfort room, abnormally faster than he could have. He noticed how the room seemed to expand akin to his bedroom. The mirror fixed to the wall in front of the sink was too high. Abstractedly, he leaped onto the bath tub and to the sink.
Kudo Shinichi's eyes went wide as he saw the reflection in the mirror. He raised his right arm, left arm, and shook his head back and forth, his reflection all following the movements.
"You've got to be kidding me" Was what he clearly said, but instead, an inaudible "meow" came out of his lips.
