UNKNOW ECFFECT

Over the next few days, Shinichi began to feel better and soon, wanted to get up and go back to work... or so he thought. "Ren. It's Shinichi. I just wanted to thank you for dinner last night. You've been the best girlfriend lately. I mean, cooking, cleaning and taking care of me until those headaches went away. Thanks Ren. I'm off to go coach, talk to you tonight." and he hung up on her answering machine. "Well, off to coach." Shinichi gathered up his bag of soccer equipment and headed off to the school grounds.

"One. Two. Three. Four. FASTER! Come on you punks! Kick up the speed!" shouted a burley man from the soccer field sidelines, wearing a whistle around his neck with a clip board in hand.

'He must be my replacement for the week. Better go tell him that I'm back.' Shinichi thought as he walked closer to the field.

"Hey! Ain't that the famous detective Shinichi? What's he doing here? I wonder if coach is under investigation?" said one player to the other.

"Yeah! Check out his undercover soccer uniform. Too bad we all know it's him." laughed the other.

"Hi coach! Thanks for taking over for me this past week. Man was I out! But it's cool now, I'm back and I've never felt better. You can go now, take the rest of practice off..." Shinichi started.

"Waah? What are you talking about Shinichi?" Coach Gladstone looked at him strangely.

"I'm talking about you, being my substitute soccer coach for the boy's team this past week, while I was out sick. It's ok now. I'm feeing better and back to work." Shinichi repeated.

Coach Gladstone began to think Shinichi lost his mind. "Look Shinichi. You're a detective for Tokyo's finest. You're not a soccer coach here at school. Now what kind of joke is this?" asked the coach.

Shinichi's head began to spin and all of a sudden he heard, "Shinichi! What are you doing?" Ren came running from the other side of the field. "I just got your message!" She caught up to him and soon all the players stopped the game and their attention was focused on the situation at hand. "You ARE NOT a soccer coach! You're a detective! Damn Shinichi! How many times do we all have to tell you that!"

"Ren! Please. I know who I am and what I do! Don't try to run my life like a pesky girlfriend!" said Shinichi.

"Uhhh! That's another thing: I'm NOT your girlfriend!" Ren began to turn red.

"Wow! Did you hear that? They're not together! Ha, ha! Everyone always thought so!" said one of the players. Ren turned even redder.

Shinichi just stood there. Every bone is his body felt like it was frozen. "What? Ren... the soccer team?" Shinichi ran off the field and back towards the bus station.

"I'm sorry coach. Shinichi has been though a lot. The head trauma seems to have messed up part of his memory. Actually, it looks like the only thing he can't remember is what he does for a living." Ren explained.

"And the fact that you're not his girl." said a player as he winked at Ren. "I'm single."

"Say one more thing about that and I'll personally come over there and kick you harder than you can kick a soccer ball." Ren flared.

Later that afternoon, Shinichi headed over to Dr. Agasa's office, hoping to find some answers to his questions.

"Doc, what is going on? I know I had a hit to my head, and I may be forgetting certain things, but how do you explain my vivid memories of being a coach, and everyone else is telling me that I never was, and that I'm actually a detective? I need answers. Start from the beginning." Shinichi said.

Dr. Agasa began to explain everything to Shinichi over the next few hours, starting from the beginning when Shinichi first became a detective, up until the night he got hit. Dr. Agasa also gave some insight into why he thought Shinichi was having trouble remembering his past and also explained how his senses were heightened due to the trauma to his head. "The only other thing that could have happened is a chemical reaction. But I could find no evidence of poisoning. That my friend, you will have to remember on your own."

"Well, I don't even know how to begin to try and remember." said Shinichi.

"I have good news. I may have a machine that can help you to remember your past. I can't promise full recovery, and it can be painful." said Dr. Agasa.

"What exactly are we talking about Doc? If you think this machine will help me, I'm all for it."

"Sit down. I will go get it. It will deliver a small series of shock waves through your brain to try and inhibit stem cell regrowth." Dr. Agasa began to hook up the machine with electrodes connected to Shinichi's pulse points. "The shocks just may do the trick."

"Let's go for it. I have no other options left do I?" said Shinichi. Dr. Agasa fired up the machine and began the test.

Written By: Everett age: 14

Edited By: Kathleen age: 22

DISCLAIMER: We don't own Case Closed. But you knew that.

NOTES:

Everett Well, I'm sorry for the long wait for the update, Internet was dead for a couple of days... Please look at the website that my friend and I are running, for those who don't know how to simply get to the site, go to my profile and click on : website. Please review! (bows)