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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Shinichi woke up to his alarm clock and an explosion from next door. It had been awhile since he had woken up from his neighbor blowing something up. Opening the window in his bedroom he looked outside. There was rubble from where the explosion occurred and Shinichi could see Agasa coughing while trying to waft out the smoke. "You okay?" Shinichi called to him.
"Just fine! I was testing one of my new inventions," Agasa called back laughing. Shinichi sighed.
"Be careful next time," Shinichi told him closing his window. He made a quick breakfast of eggs and ReadyMade bacon. Eating breakfast at a relatively quick pace Shinichi finished and cleaned up. Doing the rest of his morning routine he lightly jogged outside noticing that Agasa was still cleaning up the rubble. "Expect me after school!" Shinichi called to him. Agasa waved to indicate he heard him as he continued to try to fix the hole in his wall and remove the rubble. He turned to face Ran.
"You plan to visit Agasa after school?" She inquired.
"Oh I promised to watch Ai-chan while he went out," Shinichi told her. Ran nodded her head. She'd gotten along well enough with Ai and knew that Shinichi sometimes went over to check on her, except Ran didn't know that it wasn't to babysit but to gather information. It surprised him when Ai asked him for help because he was a famous detective and she thought his intellect could be useful. At first he didn't want to believe Ai when she told him about the APTX 4869 but she seemed to mature to be a normal six year old. For awhile he had entertained the idea she was a genius child but no genius child at the age of six could know the horrors of the world like she did. Another thing that convinced him was that if he could live in two different worlds then it could be possible for people to shrink due to a drug.
"Aw! Tell her I say hi later!" Ran exclaimed happily.
"Don't worry I will," Shinichi assured her. "I'm sure she'll be glad to hear from you."
"She's so sweet! I love to talk to her," Ran chatted. Shinichi smiled but internally though, 'Sweet?' Ai was anything but sweet when he was concerned. She was sarcastic, loved to annoy him, intelligent and a lot of other things but sweet wasn't one of them.
"We better hurry or we'll be late," He reminded her.
"Sonoko will get mad if we don't get there soon!" Ran exclaimed wide eyed pulling Shinichi along. Not that he really minded. He had grown used to her dragging him places. Sonoko didn't seem as angry as Ran thought she would be as Sonoko went into her own world where 'Kid-sama' and her were happily together. Shinichi ignored her as usual and went to class with Ran. They chatted lightly over what they'd do for Halloween. Ran planned to hand out candy and Shinichi told her he'd bring Ai there since he had to take her trick-or-treating. Ai figured to appear 'normal' that she'd go trick-or-treating…actually Agasa had to convince her since she thought it was 'childish' which Shinichi then told her she was a child at the moment.
They met Sonoko at the front as usual and she began to talk about the Kid heist that had taken place last night even though Ran had gone with her. Shinichi tuned her out and went to school. Volleyball had gone well in gym with the same team they'd won most of the challenges. In math they had a small quiz, and a pop quiz in English. A lot of homework was assigned in history but thankfully Shinichi knew the stuff so he finished the work relatively quickly and worked on it during lunch so he wouldn't have to take it home. The other classes hadn't been much more exiting and all in all it had been a normal day for Shinichi. The end of school was welcomed by all the students especially Ran, Sonoko, and Shinichi.
"I can't wait for Halloween," Sonoko sighed happily. Despite his better judgment Shinichi had to ask why since she'd never taken any particular interest in Halloween as far as he'd known of. Rarely did she take part in any holidays unless she got gifts or it was about romance.
"Why are you so excited for Halloween?" he inquired.
"Didn't you hear?" Sonoko asked surprised.
"I've heard of a lot of things going on for Halloween, be specific," Shinichi replied.
"There's going to be a Halloween school dance!" Sonoko exclaimed. She sighed dreamily. "I can't wait to wear the new dress I bought. It comes with some great accessories and make-up for the Halloween season."
"There's a school dance? I thought they wouldn't let us have one after what happened last year…" Shinichi said mostly to himself. Last year the gym had gotten trashed, and unfortunately someone had played a prank which nearly cost someone's life. He had been sure that the school wouldn't allow any more Halloween dances.
"Apparently a lot of kids appeal to them and they decided to give it another chance but with police protection," Ran explained.
"So are you two going together then?" Sonoko asked happily.
"I'm not sure yet…" Shinichi replied. "I was going to take Ai out trick-or-treating…Other than that I didn't plan to go."
"I want to go but I don't have a costume," Ran told her. "Besides I'll probably have a lot of kids at my door and I told Shinichi I'd give some candy to Ai."
"You two are no fun," Sonoko pouted. "Who'd want to spend Halloween with a bunch of noisy kids? Sure they can be cute but I wouldn't want to waste the night on them."
"Well is the dance even on Halloween?" Shinichi asked.
"Yup Thursday night," Sonoko told him.
"What time does it start?" Shinichi asked.
"At nine o'clock," Sonoko replied.
"We could probably go then," Ran commented. "By 8:30 most houses stop giving out candy so no kids will really be out…we could change and then come."
"Great! I'll expect you two to be there since you two no longer have an excuse not to go!" Sonoko cheered.
"Don't worry we'll come," Ran assured her.
"I like how I had a say in this," Shinichi said sarcastically. "But I'll show up. It does sound fun and is way better than what I would have done."
"Now Ran let's get you a costume!" Sonoko said dragging Ran away before she could say anything. Shinichi stood there watching her being pulled away and felt bad that she had to deal with Sonoko's enthusiasm. Once Sonoko got an idea in her head she'd go through with it full steam ahead. He decided he might as well head to Agasa's house then to talk with Ai. Every once in awhile Shinichi would head over to see if they had any new information. By the time he arrived he noticed that the wall had been repaired and that Agasa had been waiting for him at the door.
"Welcome Shinichi!" Agasa greeted cheerfully smiling.
"Thank you for having me over," Shinichi said bowing his head slightly.
"Don't worry you're always welcome here," Agasa told him. Shinichi smiled at him. "Ai's downstairs in the lab if you want to see her."
"Thank you," Shinichi said. He went to the lab to see Ai on the computer working on another experiment. "How's it going?" he asked sitting in a nearby chair.
"I don't know how to make an antidote but that's not top on my priorities list yet, and my other tests haven't been going too good," Ai replied stoically.
"Any new information about the organization?" Shinichi asked. Ai had come to him for help after her sister had died and she had changed into a little girl. She had told him a lot about the Black Organization, along with the fact he had seen part of what they were doing before escaping due to her warnings. He was determined to take down the organization.
"Nothing as of late," Ai replied. Shinichi sighed. Lately they haven't had much luck with tracking down the Black Org. Every now and then they'd catch a glimpse of the elusive group to have it turn out with little to no results or plans.
"I better go then. Oh and Ran says hi and expects us on Halloween," Shinichi told her standing up from the chair he was sitting on. "Take care of yourself."
"Like you have room to talk," Ai replied. Shinichi smiled, he had been known to get into trouble as he got involved in his cases.
"I'll take care," He told her heading out. Agasa was making some tea in the kitchen when Shinichi came upstairs.
"Will you be staying for tea?" Agasa asked.
"No I think I'll just take a walk to clear out some thoughts," Shinichi told him. Agasa nodded he understood. Normally Shinichi would go to his house or the closest park nearby to clear his head; however he wanted to go to the park that he met Kaito at in Reika or at least it looked similar. The park had a different name but had a similar layout and had the most trees, but was on the other side of town. He had time and decided he might as well and maybe go by a café or something close to the park for dinner. Having a destination in mind he boarded the subway and crossed town quickly avoiding the traffic and most of the crowds.
Shinichi made his way to the park enjoying the chill from the wind, and the splendor of the changing leaves as they drifted to the Earth. It was another great day to be outside even if at times the wind chilled you to the point of needing a light jacket. The sounds of the world seemed to slow down as he sat on a bench and relax. Organizing his thoughts he began to sort out what had been happening lately like the Kid heist with Kaitou Kid looking like Kaito Kuroba, meeting Kaito in Reika, the Black Org, and where his life was heading. A magician practiced magic tricks in the street and Shinichi had a sense of Déjà vu when the person said, "It's a nice day you shouldn't be moping and looking so depressed." Looking up Shinichi went wide eyed for a minute before calming down. The person looked exactly like Kaito from Reika, except for the lack of recognition and this guy had a different air about him.
"Who says I'm depressed?" Shinichi muttered.
"You look depressed to me," the guy told him.
"A lot of people have been telling me that lately…" Shinichi muttered. "I'm not depressed just stressed."
"If you say so," he said.
"Oh and who are you to say I'm depressed?" Shinichi asked.
"Kaito Kuroba at your service," Kaito replied grinning mischievously. "And you?"
"Shinichi Kudo," Shinichi replied. Kaito snapped his fingers and confetti flew everywhere and little pumpkin shapes.
"Nice to meet you Shinichi!" Kaito told him cheerfully. When Shinichi looked down he noticed he had a sash that said 'I'm Shinichi Kudo' on it.
"Thanks…" Shinichi responded. This reminded him extremely of how he met Kaito in Reika and the mannerisms of the two where similar. Out of the corner of his eyes he saw a newspaper in Kaito's coat that had the Kid heist highlighted and circled. "So are you a Kaito Kid fan?"
"Yes! He's awesome! I respect him as a fellow magician," Kaito exclaimed enthusiastically. "What about you? Are you a fan of him?" Shinichi gave a small shrug.
"Considering I'm a detective I can't say I admire his thievery," Shinichi replied. "However he is talented I have to admit, and he has a nobody gets hurt policy which is respectable."
"You're a detective?" Kaito inquired.
"Yes…I'm a high school detective," Shinichi replied. Kaito tapped his chin for a minute.
"Kudo…Kudo…Aren't you the Detective of the East and savior of the police force?" Kaito asked after awhile.
"I prefer to go by Shinichi but yes that would be me," Shinichi replied.
"You were mentioned in the article briefly," Kaito told him taking out the newspaper. Shinichi glanced over the article. "It said you came close to catching Kid! So you actually got to meet him then?"
"Yeah I saw him, but not really since he had his ever present monocle and top hat on," Shinichi replied. They began to talk a bit about Kaitou Kid and magic which Shinichi had learned a bit about from Kaito in Reika. At times he'd want to say something he remembered Kaito doing until he realized he was in Beika. He normally didn't have this kind of trouble but both Kaitos where similar with the only difference being that Beika Kaito seemed darker? Had a sharper edge? Shinichi didn't know. All he knew was that Beika Kaito was different from Reika Kaito. As night neared Shinichi broke off the conversation. "I better go now if I want to catch the subway," he told Kaito as he got up to leave.
"Have a good day and don't sit in parks looking depressed again," Kaito told him as he left. Shinichi gave a short wave. Getting on the train he felt even more confused than when he woke up. He spent the whole way back to his house trying to sort out his thoughts. When he arrived home he changed into a pair of his pajamas and collapsed on the bed tired. He felt exhausted and his weary mind caught up and let him drift into sleep in Beika and as he woke up in Reika.
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TBC!
Ah~ So tired but I'm proud of this ^^ I actually have the next chapter planned but I'm not sure how it'll turn out…Well please R&R!
