I don't own Detective Conan/Case Closed or else Kaito Kid would be mentioned more and I'd have more KatioxShinichi moments. AU. This is not completely like the manga/anime. Ok?

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"You're actually out early today," Ran remarked as Shinichi met her at the front gate of his house.

"Well I didn't want you to get mad at me again," Shinichi teased her. Ever since yesterday he had been in a slightly better mood.

"Hey!" Ran exclaimed pouting. Shinichi dodged as she tried to kick him in the head. He grinned at her teasingly all the while. She finally stopped trying to hit him though when she noticed what the time on her watch said. "We're going to be late if we don't hurry because of you!" Ran sighed. 'How is it my fault?' Shinichi thought as they began walking toward Teitan High School; however he didn't voice his thoughts on the matter.

As soon as they arrived at school Sonoko came running up to them, or well came running up to Ran, like usual shouting, "I finally found the perfect guy!" That was nothing new since Sonoko always claimed some guy was perfect and that they were meant to be. Shinichi found himself rolling his eyes at her.

"Who's the unlucky guy you've set your sights on?" he remarked casually which annoyed Sonoko. She crossed her arms and glared at him.

"Shinichi be nice!" Ran scolded lightly. Although she didn't sound that scolding because really Sonoko said it all the time, and if they weren't how she thought they would be she'd dump them or not bother.

"Humph I'm sure he'd fall for me at first site," Sonoko stated looking away from him stubbornly.

"So who is this perfect guy?" Ran asked politely. She had always been really kind to everyone no matter what.

"Kaitou Kid-sama!" Sonoko exclaimed happily. Pulling out a piece of newspaper she began to rant about how wonderful he was while Shinichi tuned her out. He didn't particularly care for thieves as he thought that murders were more important.

"Like he'd fall for you," Shinichi snorted interrupting Sonoko's rant.

"Ran tell your husband that he's being rude!" Sonoko exclaimed glaring at Shinichi.

"Sonoko! Geez, how many times do I have to tell you that he's not my husband!" Ran shouted blushing.

"We all know it's going to happen one day," Sonoko replied teasingly.

"Shouldn't we be heading in? I believe the warning bell will be ringing soon," Shinichi said breaking up Sonoko and Ran's teasing and embarrassment. Instead of making sure they acknowledged him he just started walking in to the school. A few minutes later Ran and Sonoko jogged to catch up to him.

"Talk about rude. You didn't even wait for us!" Sonoko said unhappily.

"I did say something but you were too busy teasing Ran to notice," Shinichi responded. Sonoko crossed her arms and huffed. They were just arriving into the school when the warning bell rang. Picking up their pace they headed towards homeroom quickly so they wouldn't be late. Instead of pulling out one of his many Sherlock Holmes books Shinichi decided to use a spare piece of notebook paper to sketch something. He wasn't bad at sketching but it wasn't something he did often, however today he couldn't help it. Shinichi just felt the urge to sketch something. He started by sketching a petal of a rose and continued from there. When the teacher called his name for roll call he barely heard it but managed to raise his hand before she would call his name again. By the time class had ended he had a rose drawn and shadowed. Carefully putting the sketch into his bag he headed off to his gym class. For once he actually didn't seem to mind exercising in the morning.

"Okay class, get into groups of six. Today we're going to start our volleyball unit today," the coach informed everyone. Ran was Shinichi's obvious choice for a teammate along with a few other people that he was acquaintances with. As soon as Ran was in position to serve the ball you could tell the other team pretty much lost any spirit they might have had. Ran was one of the best players of any sport so if you went against her, generally you knew you'd lose. As soon as she hit the ball it landed right in between two of the players of the other team. Scoring the first point Shinichi and Ran's team cheered and kept the rhythm. They continued to score points consecutively until they won the match.

Gym went by pretty fast with Shinichi and Ran's team winning pretty much every single match after that game. At the end they high fived Ran and congratulated her for helping them win the games. She blushed and told them it wasn't much. Ran had always been humble when it came to things like this. Shinichi relaxed as he pulled his uniform back on. It had been somewhat fun, although he would have preferred soccer or even kickball. He quickly walked to class with Ran and talked to her for awhile before the bell rang.

Half paying attention Shinichi only took notes when he felt it necessary but otherwise continued with his sketch. It had come along nicely. Around the rose he drew a top hat, clover, chocolate cake, and the cane Kaito had. Shinichi really wanted to give the picture to Kaito but he knew that he couldn't no matter how much he tried. It was lunch time when he had finished so he carefully put it away and took out his lunch. Since he had gone shopping he had decided to make himself a lunch containing a sandwich, apple juice, and some strawberries. Ran sat across from him and Sonoko joined them for lunch.

"Did you hear about the note for the latest Kid heist?" Sonoko asked Ran eyes sparkling. That was the first thing she said as she had entered their classroom.

"You mentioned it this morning didn't you?" Ran replied breaking her chopsticks apart.

"They haven't released the date of the heist yet but I can't wait! I'm going to dress up so when Kid looks over the crowd he'll notice me and whisk me off my feet," Sonoko told Ran dreamily. Shinichi rolled his eyes.

"The chances of that happening are slim to none," Shinichi pointed out.

"Kid-sama and I are meant to be so stay out of it!" Sonoko snapped. Shinichi didn't bother to say anything else since Sonoko wouldn't listen anyways and he wasn't interested in Kid and didn't want to hear a rant about the guy. In an instant she changed tones and asked, "What were you drawing anyways?" Shinichi gave her a questioning glance.

"You aren't in my class how would you know what if I was drawing? Unless Ran mentioned it, or one of our other classmates," Shinichi stated.

"Ran was telling me how you barely paid attention in class which isn't unusual but you were sketching something for once," Sonoko replied. 'Leave it to Ran to notice I'm sketching in class. Seriously it's not that big of a deal…' Shinichi thought only slightly annoyed.

"Why should I tell you what I was drawing?" Shinichi drawled out. Sonoko glared at him.

"Because you don't want you lunch to end up on your head," Sonoko threatened. Giving a light sigh Shinichi leaned back in his chair.

"If you must know I was drawing something I noticed yesterday while walking," Shinichi told her.

"So you were doing a landscape?" Ran asked curiously.

"Something like that," Shinichi replied. Ran smiled and politely asked, "May we see what you drew?" Shinichi shook his head no.

"I'd prefer not to show you guys…" Shinichi told them.

"Oh come on just show us! Unless you think it's horrible looking," Sonoko said smirking. Luckily the warning bell announcing lunch was over rang so he didn't have to.

"Well as much as I'd like to prove you wrong I'm sure you have to go back to class now or face getting a tardy on your perfect record," Shinichi told her. Huffing she left to go back to her class. 'It's not like it was her business anyways,' Shinichi thought when the second bell announcing class was officially starting again rang. Considering he had finished the picture Shinichi really didn't want to draw anymore so he pulled out his ever present Sherlock Holmes books. Classes seemed to drag on after that. Nothing really important happened and what they taught was boring and Shinichi had finished each assignment near the start of class. Shinichi was all too grateful when the final bell rang and he could leave the school. Sonoko had forgotten about the sketch so he didn't have her bugging him about it.

"You want to walk home together?" Ran asked Shinichi when Sonoko split ways with them.

"I need to get a few things from the store," Shinichi replied.

"Didn't you go to the convenience store yesterday though?" Ran inquired.

"Yes but I didn't realize I was low on a few other items. I need to get some honey, a few spices, and sugar," Shinichi explained.

"You can be so forgetful sometimes," Ran chuckled. "Okay see you tomorrow!" she called waving goodbye. Shinichi gave a short wave and made his way to the store. He was planning to use the ingredients to make some treats for the kids that came to his house, along with a bag of candy for those who came after those ran out. Looking around he noticed some Halloween costumes. Shinichi couldn't help but buy one when he saw what it was. 'Oh how ironic' he thought when he picked it up. Paying for everything he left the store.

The weather had been decent but there was still a chill in the air as the leaves fell to the ground. Walking down the street through the shopping district Shinichi noticed something out of the corner of his eye. It was a decent but mysterious looking magic shop. From what the sign read it sold things from small pranks to the biggest of magic tricks. Thinking back to yesterday Shinichi decided to check it out due to his curiosity. Walking into the shop he saw a whole bunch of different tricks and jokes. Looking at one which involved a rocket that went off with the press of a button Shinichi chuckled. He thought Kaito might like it since from what he knew about the guy the person loved to be the center of attention and cause mayhem…'To bad I can't give this to him…' Shinichi thought pessimistically. 'He lives in Reika…the other world that's so like this one…I wonder if this shop is in the other world…They don't have everything that Beika has but I could check it out….' Shinichi mused picking up the item.

He set it back down though since he couldn't give it to Kaito in this world and as far as he knew no one else knew about the other world. Shinichi when he first woke up had been confused by the second world, or he supposed first. It was hard to tell when I was so long ago when he realized that he kept transferring between the two worlds and it just seemed normal to him. After awhile Shinichi got used to it and didn't mix up the worlds except on rare occasion; however no matter how many times he's switched worlds no one has ever been to the other world and vice versa.

Walking home he grabbed the daily newspaper and briefly looked at the headlines. 'This must have been what Sonoko was ranting about this morning' Shinichi mused as he read. KID LEFT ANOTHER HEIST NOTE! POLICE HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET! Then below that it gave details and showed what the note was:

When shadows creep over light,

I shall take flight.

I'll take the princess's blush,

And watch everyone rush.

The jewel I take will not be a fake,

So don't try to hide it from sight!

~Kid~

The note amused Shinichi and the fact that the police couldn't completely figure out the note made him want to laugh. Just by glancing at it he understood most of it but just one thing confused him. When it said princess's blush it could refer to two of the jewels that the Beika museum. One could be the Pink Pearl which really was a pink diamond jewel but someone just thought it sounded better and it supposedly matched the color of the princess's cheeks when she blushed. The other could be the Royal Jewel which was given to another princess for her hand in marriage and she blushed so hard her whole face was red but she accepted it anyways.

The note sparked his curiosity and despite his belief that murders were more important something pulled at him to go. He knew the date for the heist already since the note clearly told him. 'When shadows creep over light' most people would think that it would be at sunset or when the sun went down but Shinichi knew another reason. A solar eclipse was set to happen in around a week and the moon would be blocked as the planets aligned. It was a once in a five year spectacle and many people were looking forward to it.

Folding up the newspaper Shinichi thought it might be interesting to go and see if he could catch the elusive thief. Besides he didn't have any cases planned and he was hoping he wouldn't get another one soon. 'Well we'll see what happens' he thought as he headed to his house. He had plans to make if he was going to go.

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TBC!

Yeah I'm not sure if this chap is any good but here it is! Oh and I drew a general (not exact) sketch of what Shinichi was drawing. Here's the link just remove the spaces http: /yuuki-neko. deviantart. com/ art/ 2-Lives-ch3-Shinichi-s-Sketch-138257368 I was that bored. Well please R&R and I hope this story finally makes sense!