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Challenge by Agurra of the Darkness

Co-written by: Masamune X23

Wow, it has been a super long time since I was doing this fic huh? But you guys have to remember it is just a side project, a very fun one, but still a side project. Your support is greatly appreciated though.

So we learn what Naruto's 'gut feeling' is, Yoko's charity event, and, dare I say it, Naruto's big moment!

Now, fair warning, this is an all OC chapter, this has never happened in canon. So please, as I get on my hands and knees, don't hate me if I didn't get the flow of the show into it or it sounds corny. As my fans, this is all I ask, please and thank you.

0

Naruto was dressed in his usual outfit, though his mother kept trying to get him to wear something more formal, but he blanched at the idea. It was not a pretty sight when Miwako tried forcing a bowtie on him which resulted in a violent wrestling match that ended when the bow tie was torn from the struggle.

Bowties were Conan's thing, not his!

"Are you ready Naruto-kun?" Miwako asked, just in case he wanted to back out.

She wouldn't blame him if he wanted to. After all this was a big event for him. He was going to be on national T.V. with the famous Okino Yoko.

Naruto nodded with slight excitement, he had told his friends to watch the charity show and said there was going to be a big surprise. He was so looking forward to seeing their reactions when he gets back.

Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko were really excited about the surprise, but Naruto thought that maybe Conan and Ai took a guess and figured it out.

They were smart like that.

Naruto and Miwako went to the car and drove to the station.

0 T.V. Station 0

They arrived in the parking lot of the studio and exited the car.

Naruto slammed the door shut and had a somewhat giddy look.

"Naruto-kun, take it easy with the door." Miwako scolded lightly since it could've been dented but she didn't really blame him for being a bit over excited.

"Sorry Kaa-san." Naruto said back quickly.

They headed to the back of the studio where they saw a giant burly man with a bold head that shined. He was wearing a black muscle shirt and jeans with black boots. He had a pair of black sunglasses on to. He had his arms crossed and was holding a clipboard.

"Name." The man grunted in an intimidating manner.

"Sato Miwako and Sato Naruto." Miwako grunted back with some edge. She scuffed in her mind as the man tried to look intimidating.

The man lifted his glasses to check the list and gave them a once over, "Your on the list." He said and opened the door for them to enter.

"Thank you." Miwako said as she walked in with her hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"Nice glasses." Naruto commented and the man just grunted back.

They walked through back stage and had to duck out of the way at times with all the stage hands running around getting everything ready.

"Naruto-kun, Sato-san~" a cheerful voice called out and they both turned to see Okino Yoko dressed in her pop idol outfit that consisted of a white dress with white gloves and boots that had yellow highlights. She had four kids behind her, two boys and two girls.

"Hey Yoko-san." Naruto said with a cheery wave and smile as he hid a small blush from seeing Yoko's outfit.

"Hello Okino-san." Miwako said with a slight bow.

"Please Sato-san just call me Yoko."

Sato nodded, "Ok then Yoko-san."

"Well since you're here, let's all get introduced, shall we?" Yoko stated gesturing to the kids behind her.

The first kid was one of the two boys. He had slick brown hair, sharp black eyes, and teeth that looked whitened as if he came from a dentist not too long ago. He was wearing a brown dress jacket, a grey bowtie, and white shorts with black shoes. In Naruto's opinion, he looked like a rat.

"I'm Houshu Takai, best remember that." He said with a sniff, like a spoiled brat. [Name: Houshu Takai, Age: 10]

The next one was the large boy; he had a crop of black hair with a round face. He had green eyes and was wearing a pair of black pants, a white long-sleeve shirt with a brown sweater vest and brown shoes. He currently had his hand in a bag of chips.

"Chijou Joushi." He said with food in his mouth. [Name: Chijou Joushi, Age: 9]

Naruto scrunched his nose in slight disgust from smelling his breath that stunk from mixed foods.

The next one was one of the two girls; she had a shy way about her as she was nervous. She had auburn hair in pigtails with a pair of violet eyes. She was wearing a white skirt with a yellow blouse and white shoes.

She gave a weak smile that actually made her look very cute, like a little puppy. "H-hi, I'm Nimaime Tsunagi, nice to meet." She stammered out with a bit of a lisp. [Name: Nimaime Tsunagi, Age: 7]

The last one was the final girl. She had a neutral look to her that sort of reminded Naruto of Haibara. She had short jagged purplish hair and golden brown eyes. She wore silver wireframe glasses, a white short-sleeve blouse, and a blue skirt, with blue knee high socks and light brown shoes. She was also holding a blue book under her arm.

"Nagato Yuki." She said in a monotone voice as she adjusted her glasses. (1) [Name: Nagato Yuki, Age: 8]

"Well, nice to meet you guys, I'm Sato Naruto and this is my Kaa-san." Naruto said as Sato waved at them.

Yoko clapped her hands, "Well, now that everyone is acquainted, we should give a small tour before the show starts. We have about," she said as she checked her watch, "Another 30 minutes before it starts. Come on everyone." She said cheerfully as she started to walk away while everyone proceeded to follow her.

They walked around a bit until they ran into the cameraman.

"Yo Okino-chan, how ya been?" he asked flirtatiously.

He was a slick looking guy with long brown hair in a ponytail and was wearing a white tee-shirt with jeans and a black leather jacket. [Name: Yosome Sekkou, Age: 22]

"Hello Yosome-san." Yoko said with a smile.

"Hey after the show you want to go somewhere?" he said as he wiggled his eyebrows.

Yoko gave forced smile, "No thank you, I think I'll be tired after the show." She said as she led the group away.

"Well if you change your mind the offer still stands!" he shouted

Sato had a look of disgust on her face, "My, he was a forceful one." She comment and Yoko nodded, she disliked the playboy types and she still didn't feel like she was ready for another relationship after the incident where her ex-boyfriend committed suicide in her apartment and tired to make it look like she had murdered him, when the whole thing was really a tragic misunderstanding that resulted in him ending his life for nothing. True it had been a few months since the incident, but she still had trouble trying to get over it completely.

They continued walking when Yoko lit up and waved, "Rui-chan~" she said as she waved to a girl with her short black hair in a tight bun. She had a petite figure and was wearing a grey tank top along with camouflage shorts and brown boots. She also had on a pair of work gloves and was wielding a pair of pliers as she was fixing a stage light. [Name: Houjo Rui, Age: 24]

She turned around and gave a crooked smile, "Hey Yoko, nice outfit." She said as she admired the dress and looked behind the pop star, "Who're the munchkins?" she asked

Naruto gained a tick mark at being called that while MIwako giggled knowing how much Naruto had height issues and as such disliked being mocked from his shortness.

"Mou, Rui-chan you know that some kids are going on air with me. Stop playing around." Yoko said trying to sound angry and put her hands on her hips, but Rui just laughed at her.

"Please stop trying to act angry, it just makes you look adorable instead." The woman said barking with laughter.

Yoko just pouted while Naruto had to agree with the woman on that fact. Yoko did look adorable even when angry, it was like seeing a kitten trying to look meow angrily, it just made it look cuter to people.

"Keep 'em in line though. I don't need some kiddies messing with my stage." The stagehand said.

"Of course oh great Rui-sama." Yoko said with a mock bow and giggle. Rui just rolled her eyes and went back to work.

"That was my friend Rui, one of the best stagehands around, she can fix almost anything and is great with special effects." Yoko commented.

They walked into the dressing room next.

"And here is where some of the magic happens. I have some extra dresses to go through since the charity event has so many sponsors and some of them are fashion companies. So I'm going to be dressing up a lot tonight." Yoko said with a laugh.

"Nice rags Oinkino." A female voice said with a sneer.

The group turned to see a blonde haired girl with stormy grey eyes wearing, well wearing very little in fact. She had on a gold louse blouse that held very large breasts, black sophie shorts, and white high heels and a white fur coat. She also had way too much makeup and perfume on. [Name: Halley Holand, Age: 17]

"Halley, a pleasure to see you again." Yoko said with a very weak smile.

Halley walked right up to Yoko and pointed her in the chest, "Don't think just because you got this gig your special Oinkino, got it?" she said with a growl.

Yoko rolled her eyes, "Says the girl who couldn't cut it back home in the U.S. and hasn't gotten a job in months." Yoko shot back, she may be a nice girl, but she won't take anything from some prissy spoiled brat.

"What was that!" Halley shouted in fury.

"Halley!" the voice of a man shouted.

They turned to see a man in a brown business suit with brown hair brushed back that was fading to grey in the front along with a pair of blue eyes. [Name: Sutoikku Ko, Age: 34]

"Ah Sutoikku-san." Yoko said with a true smile.

The man turned to face her as his eyes flashed with sadness for a second before they went to happy, "Yoko-kun, a pleasure to see you again." He smiled

"Guys, let me introduce Sutoikku Ko-san, my first manager." She said as she looked at the man that helped her make it big when she first started her career.

"Who happens to be my manager now." Halley said in a haughty tone.

Ko glared at her slightly, "Must you really antagonize everyone you meet?" he questioned.

"Shut up, you should have gotten me this job, but you let Oinkino here get it ya bastard." She shouted at her manager.

"You said you hate working with, and I quote, 'Snot nose brats who can't even wipe themselves.' End quote, so how were you thinking you were getting this job?" he said with a snort.

"So what? I still should have gotten a chance to see if I wanted it." The blonde argued.

"Someone has a foul mouth." Miwako stated.

"And who are you huh?" Halley rounded on Sato since she had heard her comment.

"A police officer." Sato said with a grin.

Hearing that Halley backed off slightly and Ko grabbed her shoulder, "Come on, let's get you out of here before you cause even more of a scene." He said with a growl and pushed her out of the room.

As he passed Naruto, he felt a wave of nausea hit him. His knees felt weak as he started to stand wobbly and covered his mouth to keep the pile that was building up down (2).

'Wha…what was that?' he questioned in his mind as his mother grabbed his shoulder.

"Are you okay?" she whispered to him as she knelt down to his level, wondering what had made her son look so ill all of a sudden.

Naruto swallowed hard and took a deep breath, "Yeah, just felt a little anxious is all. Guess the excitement is getting to me." he told his mother as he leaned against the wall. He shook his head trying to get rid of the remainder of nausea, he'd figure out what that feeling was later.

"If you're sure." Miwako said in a worried tone.

Naruto smiled at her, he loved the fact that his mom worried about her. It showed just how much she really loved. It made him feel warm and safe like he never felt before.

"So he was your first manager?" Naruto asked

"Yes, Sutoikku-san has been in show biz since he was kid. He started as a stagehand." Yoko commented lightly, but Naruto was the only one to hear it as another voice shouted over her.

"Yoko-san, we need you and the kids for a mic check!" A stagehand said loudly.

Yoko turned to him, "Hai." She said cheerfully and turned to the group, "Let's get you guys set up for the show nee." she said with a wink and everyone followed her to get set up.

Rui started to hand out some clip-on mics to the kids, "Lose these and your toast munchkins, capuche?" she said in an intimidating way.

Everyone, but Naruto and Yuki nodded with fear while the other two just looked her straight in the eye and nodded calmly.

'Please, like she could be scarier then Kaa-san.' He thought with a scuff, his mother was absolutely frightening when she got angry at a poor sucker. He felt sorry for Yumi when she gained his mother ire most of the times.

They clipped them on and watched as Yuki did a few mic checks.

The director lined them all up to the seats behind Yoko.

Miwako was behind stage watching with a smile on her face.

"We are live in 3…2…1…" the director said.

The camera turned on and the show was now connected world-wide.

"Welcome! I'm Okino Yoko~" Yoko cheered loudly, "I welcome all of you to this amazing charity event. This event is one of the newest games being released, but there is a big twist, for every game sold, 30% of the funds will be sent to help the endangered species and establish new animal sanctuaries." She said as she raised her hand in the air and threw it back to point at the kids, "Today, I have a few lucky children to join me today on stage who have played this new game or have started to play this new game. It is an action packed adventure game called Final Conquest."

0 With the Detective Boys and company 0

The DB along with the Mouri's were at Professor Agasa's house to watch the Okino Yoko event on the Professors' big T.V.

"Naruto-kun's on T.V.!" Ayumi said in surprise.

"Ah, that was what the surprise was." Mitsuhiko said with a nod of understanding.

"Why didn't he get us to come too." Genta said in sadness.

"I knew it." Conan said with a sigh, Naruto already gave them the clues. Telling them to watch the show; he seemed overly happy, they hadn't heard from him all day, a big surprise, it all pointed to him getting on the show. 'Hee, guess even he can act like a kid at times.' Conan thought in amusement.

"Whiskers looks pretty happy." Ai pointed out as Naruto was grinning, but was also chatting with a girl wearing glasses who looked like she might be ignoring or listening to him.

"So that's your new friend Conan-kun? He looks so cute." Ran said while her father was cheering for Yoko like crazy as usual.

"Yep, Naruto-kun is great Ran-nee-san." Ayumi said before Conan could answer.

"Yes, he's really smart too." Mitsuhiko added

"And lots of girls like him too; he even has a new fan club in school." Genta said and everyone looked at him.

"A fan club when did that happen?" Conan said in slight shock, he knew Naruto was popular, but a fan club was something out of an anime!

Genta just shrugged.

"Ho, so he's a lady killer is he?" The male Mouri said as he looked at the blonde, "It's nice to see he's doing well." Kogoro commented to himself as he hid his jealousy from seeing Naruto with his dream idol VERY WELL, but the others heard him.

"Oji-san you know Naruto?" Conan asked in interest.

Kogoro scratch the back of his head, "It's not my place to say." He said

Conan just stared at him, the old man knew something, but just didn't want to say it.

0 Back to the show 0

"Let's start by meeting our guests~" Yoko said as she turned to the children.

"From left to right we have Houshu Takai, Chijou Joushi, Ninaime Tsunagi, Nagato Yuki and Sato Naruto." Yoko said gesturing to each kid as she named them.

"Now let's get to know our guests." Yoko said as she turned to Takai, "So Takai what are your likes, dislikes, dreams or goals?" she asked.

Takai smirked, "We'll I like money because it buys many things including fun, I dislike boredom and things not going my way, I don't have a dream cause I know it will be a reality which is to take over my father's company when he steps down as the president of the company."

Naruto rolled his eyes at hearing the answers, 'Jeez this guy needs an encyclopedia on humility and manners.'

Yuki was thinking something similar, 'This is what happens when you spoil a child and don't show him discipline.'

"So you want to take your fathers place and run the company when he retires?" Yoko asked not letting his answers bother her.

Takai nodded, "Yep and when I do I'll take it to a whole new level making more money and expanding it across the world." he said a bit arrogantly.

Naruto sweat dropped, 'I'm so not buying anything he's selling in stores.'

Joushi thought differently, 'I hope he'll open new restaurants with delicious meals.'

"Thank you for your words, now let's turn to our next guest Joushi." Yoko said as the spotlight turned switched to him.

"We'll my likes are delicious food and drinks, my dislikes are exercise and bad food, my dream for the future is to become a chef and to open my own large restaurant." Joushi said eagerly.

Naruto hid a laugh as he heard Joushi didn't like exercise; he was kind of like Genta that way. He hoped to that if he did open a restaurant it would have ramen.

Yuki wasn't surprised hearing his since she figured a chubby person who disliked exercise would have goals involving food in some way.

Takai meanwhile though differently, 'With his size I wouldn't be surprised if he weighed over 100 pounds in one year.' he thought with annoyance.

0 Back at Agasa place 0

"Cool I bet he could open an awesome restaurant with eel on rice." Genta said as he heard Joushi's dream.

"You always think about eel Genta-kun." Mitsuhiko said with a sigh.

"You got a problem with grilled eel!?" Genta said angrily as he grabbed Mitsuhiko by the collar.

"Guys don't fight!" Ayumi said as she moved to break it up with Ran joining to help.

"That Joushi kid seems to have a modest dream." Mouri said to himself but Conan and Haibara heard him.

"Unlike that Takai kid." Haibara said softly so only Conan would hear.

"No kidding, that kid could use an adjustment for his arrogance and cockiness." Conan said with his head resting on his raised hand as he saw Yoko continue talking to Joushi.

"We'll this is what usually happens to children who always get what they want with no work." Agasa said to them.

"My parents are kind of wealthy and yet you don't see me acting like him." Conan said softly to Haibara and Agasa.

"That's because you're more modest and have a good head on your shoulders unlike certain people I know." Haibara actually complimented as she looked to Mouri.

Conan saw who she was referring to, "He's not that bad." He said as Haibara just stared at him emotionlessly, "Okay he is that bad but he does sometimes show some skills as a detective."

"Only like a 1 in 50 chance does he ever show it. From what you've said he only ever gets a brain when Ran's mom is involved or one of his old friends." Haibara said dully.

Conan sighed, "Yep that's pretty much the only time he shows a brain. I swear sometimes I just want to bash my head when he behaves stupidly and gets so dam cocky with his false fame." he said while rubbing his head trying not to think about all the times Mouri laughed like an idiot or messed things up. He sometimes wished he had just stayed as a cop since he was better at apprehending than finding the culprit.

0 Back on the Show 0

Yoko had finished talking to Joushi and turned to Tsunagi asking her to speak up.

Tsunagi was a bit nervous seeing the camera turn to her. She was having trouble getting her words together.

Seeing this Yuki placed her hand on her shoulder in a reassuring gesture that surprised Naruto a bit, "It's okay just take a deep breath." Yuki said to her.

Tsunagi gave her a thankful look before she took her advice and took a deep breath before answering. "Well my likes are flowers and animals, I dislike bullies who pick on people for no reason and violence, my dreams for the future is to become a famous and confident idol like you Yoko-san because you've been my inspiration since I first saw you."

"Aww thank you Tsunagi-chan, you're so sweet and I wish you luck in making your dream come true maybe when you get older I can help you start a career." Yoko said happily after hearing Tsunagi's dream.

Tsunagi now had a happy look on her face as her hands were clapped together in joy, "Really, you mean that?"

Yoko nodded with a smile, "Uh huh and maybe one day we'll work together on an album or something."

Tsunagi was looking happier, "Thank you Yoko-san." she said in gratitude feeling better now.

"You're welcome, now then let's turn to our fourth guest Nagato Yuki." at the sound of her name the spotlight was on her now.

"So Yuki why don't you tell us about yourself." Yoko asked.

"I like books; my dislikes are extremely loud noises and time travelers…"

"Wait time travelers?" Yoko interrupted the unusual mention of her dislike, "Why would you hate something that doesn't exist?" she questioned in surprise while Naruto and the others also got their attention captured.

"That's classified information." Yuki said with a barely seen tiny smile.

Everyone face faulted at that.

Naruto on the other hand laughed.

0 Back at Agasa house 0

Conan had a tired look to his face, "You know that girl is starting to remind me of you Haibara." he said as he turned to her.

Haibara had an emotionless look, "I don't act like that." she said with a tint of annoyance.

'Yeah you do.' Conan thought knowing they seemed similar.

"She's kind of weird." Genta said as he rubbed his head.

Ayumi gave a straining laugh to that.

"Well I liked that Tsunagi girl; she's cute and wants to be an idol like Yoko-san." Mitsuhiko said with a blush from seeing her talk on TV. She looked so cute when she smiled.

"Yeah she was cute." Genta said almost dreamily.

"Hmp." Ayuma said with puffed cheeks at seeing them go gaga.

0 Back at the studio 0

Yoko had finished interviewing Yuki who told them about her dislikes of time travelers. She then told them about her dream of wanting to travel the world.

"Okay, thank you Yuki for your words now then let's turn to our final guest, Sato Naruto." Yoko said as she turned to her last minute entry and new friend.

"Hi there my names Naruto and my likes are ramen, my friends, my Kaa-san having fun and solving crimes."

"You solve crimes?" Yoko interrupted as the other kids were also interested in hearing now.

"Well not just me I solve them with my friends in the Detective Boys."

"Oh so you're a new member in their group?" Yoko asked as she was familiar with that group having seen them in the papers occasionally. The other kids had also heard about that group and were surprised Naruto was in it.

"Yeah I am, I just joined a few days ago."

"Interesting, so what do you dislike and what are your goals." Yoko asked getting back on topic.

"We'll I have more of a hatred rather dislike towards bullies, punks, and murderers." Naruto said with a serious expression that surprised the others.

0 Back at the Agasa House 0

The others including Conan and Haibara were stunned by what they heard.

'He hasn't forgotten what happened to him when we found him.' Mouri thought to himself as he saw the hatred in Naruto's eyes when he said he hated those types of people.

Conan was in a similar thought except that he was wondering why Naruto seemed to have hatred towards those kinds of people. He looked to see Mouri looking with a serious expression which was always rare for him. Seeing him looking like that and the fact that he knew something about Naruto that he didn't reveal to them made him wonder if something happened to him which might've had something to do with Sato-san adopting him.

Haibara meanwhile was in her own thoughts as she saw something dark in Naruto's eyes when he was speaking. The kind of thing that shouldn't really be in his eyes or in one so young, she was a little worried.

0 Back at the Studio 0

Miwako was looking sad and worried at her sons' expression and the way he spoke about those he hated. Would he carry that hate for the rest of his life? She would have to sit him down and talk to him about it before it gets out of hand.

"Well…that's…surprising to hear. Is there a specific reason why you hate those kinds of people?" Yoko asked

Naruto looked down as his hair shadowed his eyes, "I rather not talk about it if you don't mind." he said lowly but just loud enough for her to hear.

Yuki's eyes took a softer look as she kept looking at Naruto, 'Something happened to him.' she thought to herself as she wondered why Naruto seemed to have hatred towards someone.

"No that's okay you don't have to answer if you don't want to. So what are your dreams if you don't mind answering?" Yoko asked him.

Now Naruto had one of his cheerful smiles again, "My dream is to one day become a great police officer like my Kaa-san and to become a great detective." he said proudly.

"Oh so you want to be like your mother, well that's nice to hear, I bet she'd be proud to see you join the force." Yoko said cheerfully.

"I can't wait for when I actually do." Naruto said with a grin.

"And there you have it ladies and gentlemen. You've heard it all from our guest now before we take our calls allow me to take this chance to sing one of my songs while we give the children a short break." Yoko said as she took a microphone that was on her table and took the center stage to sing.

-Play: Yukidoke no Ano Kawa no Nagare no you ni-

Naruto had his eyes shut as he enjoyed listening to the beautiful voice Yoko had as she sang her song. It made him feel warm and enveloped in its lyrics as he felt like he was entering a dream. Yuki meanwhile was impressed to a slight degree at the idols voice live instead of hearing it on the radio or something. The other kids were just enjoying the music as they stayed quiet.

Yoko finished her song and was breathing a little bit hard, but as an idol she was use to it.

"Now then let's-" Yoko continued, but was cut off as something fell from the top of the stage and landed right in front of her.

Yoko's eyes widened in fear as she screamed.

"Cut, turn off those dam cameras now!" the director said in a panic.

"Got it boss man." Sekkou said in a hurry.

The kids, minus Yuki and Naruto, screamed in fear at what was hanging before them. Naruto had narrowed eyes while Yuki had startled eyes, but kept herself collected.

The dead body of Halley Holand with a noose around her neck.

Miwako ran up to the body and looked up to see anything from the rafters, but she saw nothing at all. She whipped out her cell phone and called her boss…it was going to be one of those days.

"Inspector Megure, we have a case." Sato said and nodded to the call and told them the location. She closed her phone and pulled out her badge, "I'm Detective Sato Miwako; this is now a crime scene! I want everyone to calm down and Stay…Right…Here." She stated while keeping eyes on all of them. Each and everyone here was a suspect until they proved it was a suicide.

Naruto walked up to his mom, "Hey Kaa-san think I caught what Conan has." He said plainly, not affected by the dead body at all.

"And what's that?" Sato asked with a sigh.

"The Conan Effect." The blonde said with a crooked grin.

Sato face palmed at her sons reaction. She didn't know whether it was a good or bad thing that he wasn't frightened by the incident that's just happened.

0

Megure along with Takagi came in with the rest of the forensics' team to sweep the building.

It had been about 30 minutes till they had secured the building, the crime scene, and everyone else in the building, who were still panicking over the idols' death. They took another hour to ask many questions to see the victims state of mind and if some things were out of place.

"So we either have a suicide or an elaborate murder?" Megure asked Sato since she was first on the scene or right there when it happened.

Miwako nodded, but was also berating herself for letting this happen on her watch, even if she was off duty. The girl didn't seem suicidal, but she did have a lot of enemies. Her attitude supported that, "The girl had some (Read as: a lot) of enemies. She was not very well like by…well everyone from when I asked around before the show started." The female detective said.

"Wonderful so everyone has a motive." Megure said as he rubbed his temple.

An officer walked up to Megure, "Sir, the autopsy came back."

"Thank god, I could kiss Toushi for getting me the results without dealing the paperwork. We already have the press on our backs." Megure muttered

"He said that he that you owe him big time and he would deal with the paperwork. Cause of death was a snapped neck from the noose. Her Blood Alcohol Count was 0.6 sir." The officer started.

"And she's only 17; damn idols think they can do whatever they wanted." Megure snorted, but if she was almost drunk, then how would she kill herself.

"She also had a drug in her system." The officer added further.

"Which one?" Sato asked

"From what we tested, it was a benzodiazepine called Bromazepam, it's normally used for GAD, General Anxiety Disorder. It seems she mixed it with her alcohol too. Sir the drug also has been used in Suicide attempts." The officer added.

"In an overdose maybe, but I don't think in a self hanging." Sato commented in suspicion.

"True." The officer said.

"A benzodiazepine has muscle relaxant qualities right?" Megure asked and got a nod, "Is she prescribed to it?" he asked further and the officer flipped through the papers in his hand and nodded, "So someone who knew she was taking it could have caught her off guard and killed her." The Inspector surmised.

"It is plausible; she was pretty much out of it to even fight back with the drug and alcohol in her system." Sato said as she looked threw her notes from the interviews she took; "Now we just need to know who knew she was taking it."

"I'll start asking those who were close to her." Takagi volunteered

"Start with her manager, I saw them arguing before." Sato said

"Do you um want to come along to help?" Takagi asked with a bit of hope in his voice that Sato didn't notice.

Miwako shook her head, "I should check on Naruto-kun and the other kids." She said and head off.

Takagi let his head hang in depression and went to talk to Halley's manager.

0 With the kids 0

"I can't believe this, some dumb lady had to go and kill herself just before I could finish appearing on T.V, wait till my Otou-sama hears about this!" Takai said in anger.

"Dude, someone just died and that's all you care about?" Naruto asked in shock at such clear disregard for life.

"Why should I? It wasn't me or anyone I knew." he said uncaringly.

"Tsk and this is why I hate spoiled little brats." Naruto said with a snort, he reminded him of that duck butt kid back in his world.

"What was that!" Takai said in rage.

"I...Hate…Spoiled…Brats." Naruto said as he slowly stated each word.

Takai walked up to him and looked down at the blonde since the jerk of a boy was a bit taller, "Maybe I should teach you some manners?" he said menacingly.

Naruto just gave him a hard blink, "You really think you're scary?" Naruto asked as he poked the older kid's chest, "A little baby like you, who needs daddy to do everything for him, couldn't even come close to scaring me. So back off, before I break your face and reconstruct it into something useful like a stop sign." Naruto said with a growl and Takai, like the little baby he was, backed off with freight of the younger boy.

Yuki raised an eyebrow in amusement from hearing his descriptive threat.

"Wh-what do we do now?" Tsunagi asked with a stutter.

"Most likely go home after the police ask us some question. Some common ones would be if we saw anything strange, out of place, or someone acting strangely." Yuki stated as she read her book.

"Why ask us? It was a suicide?" Joushi said as he munched on some chips.

Naruto snorted, "You would find it funny at how many times someone tries to make a murder look like a suicide." The blonde said as he crossed his arms.

"We think the same thing Naruto-kun." Sato said as she walked up to the kids.

"Hey Kaa-san, so what's the verdict?" Naruto asked in curiosity since his mom or the other officers seem to think the same thing as him.

"Can't really tell you much, but you kids will be here for a bit till we shed some more light on this. So sit tight till then." Sato ordered, "That goes for you too Naruto-kun." She said sternly since her son was bound to get involved somehow.

Naruto raised his hands in a defensive manner, "Okay okay." The blonde said assuring his mother that he was not going to get involved. He was of course not going to listen to her because after all he wouldn't be a member of the Detective Boys if he didn't try to solve the crime.

Naruto started walking away when Takai noticed him leaving, "That detective said to stay." The brat said.

"Bathroom." Naruto said as he waved him off.

Of course he wasn't going to the bathroom thought. He saw a familiar figure and approached him.

"Yo detective Takagi." The said as he waved happily.

Takagi turned to him and jump slightly at his presence, "Naruto-kun, hi." He said with a nervous strained smile and moved his hand near the front of his jewels just in case. He still felt some pain there from last time.

Naruto smiled at him, he was learning, "Hey, what are you doing now?" the boy asked curiously.

Takagi sighed in relief, the blonde was going to be civil, "Just taking some statements and seeing who knew if Holand-san was taking any kind of medication." The detective said.

"Hee, sounds interesting. Mind if I tag along?" our protagonist asked.

Takagi started to sweat, "I-I don't I could, it would make Sato-san angry?" well more likely at him.

'More likely angry at him.' Naruto thought with a grin, "Still, having me around could help find some of the small things. You know, like what Conan does." The blonde pressed, since he had heard that Conan had Takagi's trust.

Takagi lit up at that. Conan was good at finding the small little details, "Sure." He said with nod and then jumped seeing the little purple haired girl behind Naruto. Naruto, wondering why he jumped, turned to see Yuki with curiosity in her eyes.

"Hey Yuki-san." Naruto said, "What are you doing here?" he asked

"'Bathroom'" she said with finger quotes and she wanted to explore too, "What you are doing sounds more interesting." She said in her usual monotone voice.

"Agreed, staying with those other kids would drive the patients of a saint." Naruto joked and Yuki nodded to that. She found Tsunagi to be alright but the others to be annoying.

"Alright Detective Takagi, we got one more for this little walk." Naruto joked and Takagi nodded.

They first interviewed Halley's manager Sutoikko Ko.

Naruto felt that nauseas feeling again.

"You were the last to see the victim; could you tell me what she was last doing and also what you were doing?" Takagi asked with his pen and pad out.

"I left about half an hour to talk to the director." Ko said smoothly, "I left her to her own devices."

"From what I saw that was kind of reckless." Naruto commented and Ko just narrowed his eyes.

"I didn't know children asked questions for the police?" Ko shot back.

"But it is a valid question." Takagi said as he ran through his notes, "From what my colleague told me, leaving her alone would only let her cause more trouble."

"True, but I made sure she took her medication, without it she would have been a wreck." Ko said honestly.

"So you knew she was taking medication?" Takagi asked for confirmation.

Ko snorted, "Over half the people here know that." He said and Takagi sighed.

"Why would someone kill her though? Sure she was a mean person, but who would want to kill her?" Naruto said out loud with childish curiosity.

"I know someone who has a major grudge against her." Ko said

"Who?" Takagi asked

"The stagehand, Rui. Halley spread some bad rumors on the internet about her and she lost a lot of her credibility in her field."

"Thank you for your time. We may have some new questions later on, so we'll stay in touch." Takagi said

Takagi, Naruto, and Yuki started to walk away.

"What do you think of him Yuki-san?" Naruto asked

"Snappish." She calm girl said.

"Agreed." Naruto said with a nod.

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"I'm not sorry that that bitch is gone." Rui said as she crossed her arms.

"Can you tell me about those rumors that Holand-san spread about you?" Takagi asked carefully.

Ru growled as she stomped the ground, "That little slut spread word that I was a lesbian and I had my way with her!" she said as she threw her hands in the air.

"Um, are you, um you know…" Takagi trailed off with a bit of a blush.

"Of course not you freaking idiot, besides, if I was I would never touch that little skank." She said with a shiver at the thought, "Any idea who did that to her?" she asked with curiosity.

"Were looking into it." Takagi answered while Naruto observed her. So far, only Ko had given him that uncomfortable feeling. Maybe some of the others may give it too.

"I'd look into Sekkou, he had a few 'run-ins' with the slut." She said while quoting with her fingers.

"He did seem like the player type." Naruto commented and Yuki nodded.

Rui got a good look at Naruto and noticed something.

"Are those things real?" she asked as she pointed at Naruto's whisker marks.

Yuki was also wondering about that, but kept it to herself.

"Um, yes." Naruto said hesitantly.

Seriously, what was with girls and his whisker marks?!

"Can I touch them?" Rui asked innocently.

"Sure?" Naruto answered questioningly.

Rui rubbed her fingers over them and gasped when he purred.

"Kawaii~" Rui said as she hugged him.

'Why?' Naruto shouted in his mind.

Yuki walked over and felt them too.

"Hey, sto-" Naruto tried to say but he just purred again.

"Kitty." Yuki said with slight interest.

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After the petting ended, they headed to the next suspect.

Sekkou was blowing his nose, "Man, I can't believe HH kicked the bucket." He said with a sniffle.

"HH?" Takagi asked

Sekkou gave him a strange look, "Dude, you gay? Have you not seen those knockers she had? She was called HH for a reason." He said in a condescending voice.

"Ah, well, I'm uh, looking into someone el-" he tried to say, but Naruto stepped on his foot by accident and gave him a glare.

Takagi just gave an awkward laugh while Yuki looked intrigued at the whole thing.

'He's an interesting boy.' Yuki thought to herself.

'I don't feel it around him either.' Naruto thought, "Hey, Halley and her manager were arguing earlier, are they always like that?" Naruto asked innocently.

Sekkou looked at Naruto and nodded, Yeah, they were. In fact, for some reason he just renewed her contract, when it was obvious that he wanted to get away from her." The camera man said.

Naruto nodded and Takagi looked at him strangely, wondering why he would ask that. They started to walk away when Yuki started to talk.

"You have an idea." Yuki commented when she saw a thinking look on the blonde's face.

"I do, hey Detective Takagi, can I see the autopsy report?" Naruto asked innocently.

Takagi looked at Naruto in surprise, "Why would you want to see that?"

"Just a little curious, I may find something someone missed." The blonde said.

Takagi shrugged and pulled out the copy of the report he got and handed it to Naruto.

"Did they run a rape kit?" Naruto asked seriously as he looked over the report.

Takagi blinked at him, how would he know about something like that?

"Um yeah, they did." The detective said with a nod.

Naruto grinned openly, "I got it." He said

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"Sir, we found what was used to kill Holand-san." An officer said.

"What is it?" Megure asked

"It was a movable machine part from the stage's rafters. A remote button could easily be connected to it." The officer said

"The stagehand Rui was said to be very skilled." Sato commented, as she remembered Yoko's statement from earlier.

"I see." Megure said

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Everyone gathered around.

Megure approached Rui, "Houjo-san, can we asked you a few more questions?" Megure asked

"Like what?" Rui asked in worry.

"You have the most experience for using the stage equipment right?" Megure asked.

"Yeah, so?" Rui asked as she waved her hand for him to get to the point, she had a stage to clear out.

"Then you would be glad to know that a remote was used to have Holand-san fall and hang to her death." Megure commented.

Rui gasped seeing where this was going, "I had nothing to do with it." She confessed in haste.

"I would still like to ask you some questions down at the station." Megure said

'No, it's not her. She may have hated her, but she didn't do it.' Naruto thought as he felt that feeling again, every time he was near Ko, he got that sick feeling that just told him something was up with him.

"Doesn't Sutoikku-san have stagehand experience too?" Naruto questioned out loudly all of a sudden.

"He's right." Yoko said with a gasp as she just remembered.

"Back in the day yes, but nothing to do with new technological stuff." Ko stated gruffly.

"No, I remember you asking around some of the little stagehands." Sekkou said as he stood by the camera and leaned on the on button, turning the camera on.

"So? I couldn't be curious about what they had replaced with what I once knew?" Ko asked further.

"Why did you hate Halley?" Naruto asked suddenly.

Ko jumped a little, "Child, I didn't hate her." He said

"Then way did you look at her with so much hate when she mentioned that you were her manager?" Naruto asked further.

"Because I thought she would be a hit, so I left Yoko-kun. It turns out that I made the wrong decision." Ko reasoned

"Was she blackmailing you?" Naruto asked, surprising everyone with that.

"What? Why would she?" Ko said with a sweat.

"She was pregnant right?" Naruto stated and Ko looked surprised.

"Ho-how, did you?" he said shakily.

"The autopsy report. From what I heard she had virginal scaring and a bit of an infection." Naruto said calmly, "From what I heard as rumors she had slept around a lot too. So she had an abortion most likely." The blonde said as he started to pace himself, "Your contract with her was done last year, right? But for some reason you renewed it even though she was going downhill. So this begs the question why you agreed to the renewed contract?"

"I-I…"

"Because she blackmailed you right?" Naruto pressed

"Y-yes." Ko said, "I told her how happy I was to finally have the contract over with. So she wanted to part with a drink. She drugged it with a rufie and slept with me." he said with tears, "I wanted to stay away from her, but she took pictures and she would make them public if I didn't renew the contract…I have a wife, if she found out, even if it was a rape…she would have left me." he whispered in fear.

"So you used your knowledge of her medication, drink habits and your stage knowledge to kill her, right?" Naruto said softly.

"Yes, she said she got pregnant and said she was going to keep it to taunt me. I-I didn't even know she had an abortion. I, I couldn't take it anymore!" Ko said in tears.

"It wasn't a good one since she gained an infection. So she might have done it quietly." Naruto said

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Ko said, he was nothing more than a shell of a man.

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"I can't believe cute little Naruto-kun went all detective on live T.V.!" Yumi said at the Miwako breakfast table as she hugged Naruto.

Miwako was a bit miffed that Takagi let Naruto in on the case, but he proved invaluable to it in the end of it.

Yumi pulled out the paper that had Naruto's face on the cover labeled 'Detective Ouji-sama', "My mystery sleuth prince, please sign this mere commoners paper." Yumi said while batting eyelashes in an attractive way.

Naruto grunted at her and turned his head with a blush on his face.

"Also, Naruto-kun seems to have gotten a new fan last night." Miwako teased

Naruto turned an even brighter shade of red from remembering what happened. Yuki had given him her cell phone number on a spare bookmark and said he was interesting.

"Leave me alone!" Naruto pleaded

"By your command Ouji-sama." Both adults said in creep synchronization with matching grins.

Naruto just slammed his head on the table with tears coming out of his eyes.

'Why me?' He thought to himself out loud.

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Meanwhile Conan was wondering about how Naruto managed to solve the case.

This was a regular complicated case that took someone with great deduction and analytical skills to solve and yet Naruto managed to do it on his own.

The Detective Boys couldn't solve the cases without him and Mouri would just be lucky find a clue to try and piece it together.

Naruto figured it out on his own and revealed the culprit as if he already knew it was him.

'Who are you Naruto?'

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(1)- This is a homage to Yuki Nagato from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Yuki just kicks ass!

(2)- Okay, his gut feeling is actually made up of three parts. Part one, from chapter two was his knowledge of body language or better yet just plain psychology. Part 2 from chapter three is his instincts, the way he noticed the time lapse between taps from Ayumi. In this chapter the final part is known, his NES or Negative Emotion Sensing for things like killing intent. He hasn't noticed it before, but a strong killing intent makes he feel nauseous. During the transfer between dimensions, Naruto gained this ability.

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Tim the Bouncers' excellent adventure~

Tim looked at his trusty list and back to the kid in glasses and a bowtie, "You are not on the list." He said

"What do you mean I'm not on the list? I'm on the main character!" Conan shouted in anger.

"No you're not." Tim said with crossed arms.

"What do you mean? My name is in the title!" Conan said as he pulled down the title 'Detective Conan'

"I thought your name was Jimmy?" Tim stated

"No, that's the Americanization of my name." Conan said, "It's actually Shinichi." He said with a shrug.

"I see." Tim said nodding, "But this is fanfiction, there for," he said as he pulled down the fic title 'Every Detective Has Their Shadow', "As you can see, your name is nowhere in sight." Tim said as he grabbed Conan's collar, "Now, scram!" he shouted as he threw Conan away.

Conan dusted himself off grumbling, "Damn upstarts." He said as he kicked a rock.