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Chapter Two
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That was a month ago.
Ivy woke up feeling like she just had the best nap of her life. That is, until she realized that she literally almost slept her whole life away.
To make up for that slight drawback, she began examining her situation with a sort of detached perspective.
For one thing, she currently has a toddler's body. Realizing it for the first time had made her freak out but now, she oddly felt okay with it. Probably because she isn't panicking anymore and is now looking at it with a rational mind but who knows? The one thing she does hate though, is her complete lack of control over her body. It was hard to do anything and frankly, all her attempts at moving just made her look like a dying eel, so she stopped. Secondly, she has a new name: 'Kagami', which is obviously a Japanese name. It is a bit odd that she was reborn as a Japanese since it has always been a dream of hers to be one ever since she discovered animes, but she wasn't about to complain. And lastly, she knows that Toichi and Chikage are the names of her 'new' parents, and it doesn't take a genius to realize that the only ones she knew that have those names are the Kuroba family from Detective Conan. It hardly seems a coincidence for those particular names to conveniently pop up together and so she has to assume that their surnames really are 'Kuroba'. Which finally made her realize the most likely and obvious conclusion...
Detective Conan. That's where she is right now.
Strangely, instead of feeling panicked, she felt oddly calm about it. After all, isn't this what she wanted? A whole new life far away from her abusive dad. And where better than in the world of Detective Conan?
Someone up there gave her a second chance. It's clear now and she realizes that. But why her and why here of all things...?
Is there something she is supposed to do?
She can't deny that the thought of living in this world, instead of feeling incredibly happy like what other people might think, she felt a bit scared. This is a world where everyone dies or gets hurt one way or another. People drop dead every day and there are serial killers and bad people everywhere, and only a handful of detectives and police who actually has the sense of justice to do the right thing.
There's also that issue with the Black Organization. If she ever stumbles on one of them accidentally, she knows she won't have the same luck as Conan. She'll be dead before she could say 'shrink'.
Is it expected of her to help Conan achieve his goal? Maybe even the Kaitou KID? Or can she just live quietly in the sidelines, making the most out of her second life and hope she doesn't get entangled in those characters' complicated lives?
No, of course not, she realized. Her fate had been carved into stone the moment she was born as Toichi and Chikage's daughter. She'll be involved, whether she wants to or not. And even if she wasn't, she can't just ignore their predicament when she knew exactly what will happen-
A huge yawn suddenly cut off her thoughts, and her already blurry vision suddenly looked even more hazy, like she was in the middle of a dream. She wa just coherent enough to register that she easily gets more tired now that she's a baby before her eyelids shuts completely.
She just hopes she wouldn't sleep a month off of her life again, no matter how enjoyable it may sound right now...
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