Author's Note: Eck! I did it again! But it's summer, so I'm back! I'll work on more chapters as soon as possible. I've even put out a new fanfic! I am determened to wrap all my previous fanfics up as well! You might even see a sequal to Kingdom Farts if I get to it! ...Although I don't know how many potty jokes I have left in me.

Chapter 3: Big Brother

Conan and Light continued playing their little game of poker.

'What's up with him?' Conan wondered. 'He's acting like it's this intense moment between us and we're in a life or death situation… a sure sign that he's hiding something'

'But this kid can't be L… this young? I suppose it's possible… but there's no way this kid is normal.' Light thought as he lost another hand.

Just then Rachel walked into the room. Then she saw Light and Conan playing poker. "What's going on here?!"

Conan put on an innocent face. "Light's teaching me a fun new game… he says it's especially fun when there's girls playing and that way they bet clothes instead of mon-"

"What horrors have you been teaching this kid?!" Rachel said holding Conan close to her as if she was his mother. "Teaching him to play poker?!"

Light looked at the kid confused… did he just blame me for his game? And say I taught him that strip poker was fun?

Ryuk was rolling on the floor laughing hearing this. "He got you again! Man, that human has defiantly found interest in humiliating you. This is even more interesting then usual!"

Light was really tempted to shout at Ryuk, but that would just make him look insane. He had to come up with a solution. He had to turn the tables on this kid. "Actually, he was the one that pulled out the cards and demanded we play…"

"Do you think I'm going to believe Conan knew this before? He's just a kid!" Rachel shouted.

'Being cute does come in handy!' Conan thought to himself.

"Well you can check for yourself, look at the betting table." Light said pointing to how Conan had a bunch of chips. "Personally, I don't gamble, but only played for the kid's sake. If you ask me, he is a master at this game."

"Conan? Is this true?" Rachel asked turning to him.

Conan tried to put on a cute face. "Well… I read a few books on it, and I saw something about it on TV… and I did see Richard playing it with a lot of girls! He looked like he was having fun so I wanted to-"

"Dad?!" Rachel exclaimed. She started running out of the room. "He's going to get it! How many times have I told him not to do these things, and in front of poor innocent Conan!"

Light stared at Conan. He just got rid of her with a few words… he knew this kid was either pure evil, or a lot smarter then he looks… or both. "So why were you trying to throw me under the bus?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Conan said acting all innocent. "There's no bus around, and you're way too heavy to throw."

"Don't bother playing dumb kid. I know you're smarter then you look." Light stated.

"Most people are surprised to know that! I just read a lot of books and watch the discovery channel." Conan said continuing with the innocent.

'This kid is toying with me?! But he's only 8!' Light thought. "For some reason, I don't believe that."

"Well, I am part of the Jr. Detective League. See!" Conan said holding out his little Jr. Detective League badge.

Light rolled his eyes. More toying. He was thinking about maybe using the deathnote, but he'd have to save that if things got really bad. Perhaps he was just being paranoid. "Are you trying to follow in Richard's footsteps or something?"

Conan nodded… though he always pretended to look up to Richard to use as a excuse to stay around him during detective work. "Yup! I'm going to be a private eye when I grow up." To anyone, it would appear as if he really was cute kid… though why wasn't it working on Light? Perhaps like his dad, Light was also a detective.

"Well there's no mysteries around so why don't you just go play." Light said getting irritated.

"I am playing." Conan asked. "With my new big brother!"

"Why don't you play with your big sister then?" Light asked.

"I can do that any time! I've never had a big brother." Conan responded continuing to be cute. He did wonder why he was continuing to irritate Light… no chance he was going to get together with Rachel after the poker thing. Maybe it was because of the fact that he seemed kind of suspicious for some reason.

"What about Richard?" Light asked. "Isn't he like a father to you?"

"Not really… he's not much fun when he's not solving mysteries." Conan said. 'Ha! Richard a father figure! That's like saying Rachel is a defenseless little bunny!' Conan thought.

"Fine, I'll just continue with my school work then." Light said going to his books. If he really was a kid, he'd have to get bored of his studies very quickly.

"I'll just play around then." Conan said taking out a game boy out of his pocket. He had been playing it on the taxi ride here. Though he couldn't help wondering about why Richard wanted them to stay here. Business perhaps? But then why didn't he tell them. He had read in the newspapers about a murderer who could kill people through heart attacks… maybe that's why Richard was here. He was kind of interested in finding out who Kira was himself. Sure, criminals were bad, but some of them had been only sentenced to a certain number of years of time in jail, not death.

Ratio continued to work on his studies. He didn't risk taking out the deathnote with this little kid watching. Conan would have to fall asleep sometime.

But Conan did not just get bored… while Jimmy was in the body of a 8 year old, that didn't mean he had the attention span of one. He put the game boy away after an hour and came up with something else to do. He took out some maps of the surrounding area, and tried to see if there was a pattern between the people who were dieing… besides the fact that they were all criminals, nothing.

Light glanced over at what Conan was doing. He saw maps out and there were dots all over it. "What are you doing?" He asked.

"Nothing…" Conan said putting the maps away. It wasn't exactly normal for a kid to be trying to figure out this kind of stuff.

Light didn't think he should interfere, but something seemed strange about what this kid was doing. He took a closer look at one of the maps and realized something. "You're not going to get anywhere if you try figuring out a pattern of the deaths. Don't you think people have tried that. Besides, you're just a kid. You shouldn't worry about these kind of things. Kira will be caught eventually." He said putting on a smile and a fake act.

"Maybe, but no harm in trying." He said giving back the same smile. 'Why has he completely changed how he acts? So what if I try? It gives me something to do… something tells me he knows something.'

'This could mean he really is L… but why would he show up in front of me? Could that mean I'm a suspect and he's decided to watch me personally? Whatever it is, he can do as he likes. He won't find anything suspicious about me.

Ryuuku continued to watch the situation. He glanced over at the little kid's book bag. Like most kids, Conan had his name on the tag of his book bag, due to Rachel thinking he'd lose it. "Conan Edogawa…" Ryuuku read confused. But his eyes said differently. His shinigami eyes were telling him this kid's name was actually Jimmy Kudo, and his eyes were never wrong. He gave a chuckle. "Humans really are interesting."