Now to find out who Akemi really is! This chapter is in her POV, and briefly recaps the last chapter before progressing the story a little.

Chapter Four

Akemi, truthfully, was scared. She'd woken up in a house she'd been in many times in her life, but she'd never seen it looking so…clean. And then the voice had spoken up, and when Akemi looked over, she saw something she never thought she'd see.

It was Miyano Shiho, or Haibara Ai, which she'd been as ten years before when she'd taken that pill to get out of the evil Organization. Akemi knew so from all the tales that her father had told her about them, and all his adventures in trying to destroy them. After their defeat, she'd made that antidote and she and her Dad had come back to themselves.

After hearing Ai's name, Akemi had quickly processed all of this, and realized what must have happened. So she asked the date, and her suspicions were confirmed. She'd gone into the past ten years, at least. It explained why everything looked different, and why her phone didn't work. She knew no one would find them suspicious unless they did research, and she planned to not let that happen.

After hearing her stuff was still there, Ai had asked her about herself, and Akemi had had to do some quick thinking. She knew she couldn't tell her real name, or it would've been found out that she was the daughter of Kudo Shinichi, the famous police detective. So she used a name she'd heard her mother use sometimes. It was all she could think of on the spur of the moment.

For her surname, she couldn't say Kudo, so she used her grandma's maiden name: Fujimine. Then Ai had asked where she lived, where her guardians were, and other stuff and Akemi had panicked internally. If she told the truth, she wouldn't be believed, so she said she had no one. However, she'd always had everything, including a place to stay, and she really didn't want to go back on the streets, and was hoping to stay there.

Her opportunity came when she saw Agasa-hakase, looking much less bald then she remembered, approaching. So she made a show about how she was going to leave, hoping that Agasa would insist she stay, which he had. She'd slipped up, though, by addressing him as Hakase, when he hadn't even introduced himself yet, so she quickly excused herself. And now she was listening to the other two talk, using the eavesdropping skills her dad had taught her.

"She seems very lively!" said Agasa. "She's very cute, and rather intelligent, too."

"She's lying," said Ai flatly.

"Lying?" asked Agasa in disbelief. "How do you know?"

"She claimed to be an orphan, but orphans wandering the streets wouldn't be so well-mannered, nor as well fed as she is. My guess is she ran away from home, and doesn't want to be found. She paused several times during my questioning of her, indicating she was uncomfortable, and supplied us with fake information, probably including her name."

"So what do we do?"

"We call the police and ask them to put out a bulletin to report a runaway. That way, her parents should be able to find her and take her home. Though we'll have to alert many nearby prefectures as well. She had a ton of money on her, and she probably came from somewhere far, unless you think a little girl stuck up a bank."

"You may be right, Ai-kun. I'll call the police outside on my cell. You find Akemi-kun and keep her occupied."

Akemi, listening, grinned. They'd never find her parents because they didn't know they even had a daughter.

"Fine. I just hope she isn't as lively as Ayumi-chan." Agasa got up and left and Ai got up to look for Akemi. Akemi acted like she'd just come back from exploring, and since she'd been in the house before, she knew its layout.

"Haibara-san!" shouted Akemi, walking into the living room. "This house is so big! And there's a ton of cool stuff in the back! It's like a mad scientist's laboratory!"

Ai just smirked and said, "I see you found Hakase's lab. He is a bit on the crazy side sometimes."

Akemi saw Ai's computer and pointed to it. "Do you do research, too?"

"I do some basic chemistry stuff, I guess. I try to help him out sometimes."

"Can I see it, then?" Akemi asked. She ran over and picked up the laptop, before opening it. Ai let her, since it was password protected and she knew the little girl couldn't get through it.

Ai watched the girl while she typed out passwords, trying to get in. The girl stopped for a minute, and then clicked on something and started typing again. Then she said, "Haibara-san, what is 'Apoptosis'?"

Hah! A lot of mysteries were just cleared up, but more are on the way! Akemi is obviously the daughter of Shinichi, which explains her intelligence. She lives next door with her mom and dad. As to who her mom is, I'm purposely not saying anything until the end, nor am I going to tell you Akemi's real name until the end, and that's because it'll blow the ending. I've been dropping clues as to who her mom is, though, so you'll have to pick up on it. Here's a hint though: it's either Ran or Shiho.

Anyways, if you're reading this, please review, and many thanks to those who have gotten around to it already! Next up, Conan bails out of school and meets Akemi! Will her cover be blown?