Winged Wolfie Chibi - Too bad they don't have that option here~

blue-eyed-blond227 - Well... I planned to write 30 chapters (I have a whole time line worked out too). I'm just a slow writer XD (but I'll get there... One day...)

Kaida-14Kage - He is~ And here is your update~ About TOM, there will be an update soon, but afterwards I plan to put it on a hold for a while. TOM contains a lot of spoilers for DLS, so I want to get a part of DLS finished before moving on.

LugiaObssesedKid - No Kaito death! I'm definately not planning to kill him (several other characters maybe, but killing Kaito doesn't fit in the DLS time line...)

Takato The Daydreamer - Be aware, more characters will be introduced. And thank you~

Kaddy 16 - Thank you~

Dannichigo - Don't you just love messing with Shinichi and the others? (There will be more messing~)

Miharu Tsubasa - You're welcome~

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Me: Whoa! Eight reviews! Arigatou~
Shinichi: Why do you support this? Is me being tortured nice to read?
Me: Everybody likes torturing you...
Shinichi: ... Why?
Me: Well people, sorry for making you wait for the next chapter... I'm a slow writer...
Shinichi: The torture lasts forever...
Me: Also, I'm planning a rewrite for the last match, and don't forget to vote on what I have to write next! The poll is on my account~
Now, off to my rp sessions~ *vanishes*
Masago: She doesn't own dc... yada... *walks away*


"So, how are you doing now?" Ran asked over the telephone, sounding worried, sad and broken at the same time. Shinichi bit his lip, remembering what had happened.

He had died, and not much longer she had lost a close friend of hers. He hadn't been to Aya's funeral, for several reasons, the most important one being he looked like 'Shinichi' again and not like 'Conan', like he had done before he broke his leg, but also because her death, or more the way she died, had effected him greatly; the red color had left marks on his eyes and the copper smell lingered in his nose, her voice still echoing in his ears.

"Fine, I guess. My leg is doing better, only a few days and the doctor allows me to go out again." He said, peeking out of the window, "Don't worry about me though, how are you and Sonoko?"

Ran fell silent, and it took several minutes for her to reply, "I'm ok, it's hard, but I'll be fine." She said, more trying to convince herself than Shinichi, who saw through her words immediately, "I think Sonoko is doing worse though, she keeps saying she saw Shinichi's ghost on the platform, and it seems he nodded at her..." She hid away a sob, but her voice had given away her tears.

Shinichi pinched the bridge of his nose, "She probably saw me, I had turned quite pale after... You know." He sighed, sitting down on his fathers favorite armchair, and leant back, closing his eyes.

"I thought so too, but she kept insisting it was him." She fall silent at the noise of falling cans, probably beer cans if ojisan had been drinking again, and someone's voice was heard in the background, "Sorry Conan-kun, my dad is being an ass again. I'll see you soon!" And with that she hang up.

Shinichi sighed as he placed the phone on it's holder, staring outside again.

He needed something to take his mind of what had happened, only what? Reading books wouldn't help and he had already finished his homework, besides, he didn't feel like playing the violin either.

His eyes fall on the tv, and after a while of staring at it he put it on.

It opened on a news channel that was reporting news on the KID heist planned for the evening.

"Yesterday evening the police department received his note, saying the following," A note appeared on the screen, the small icon in the right bottom making clear it was KID's.

"The second day in midst of night
When my critics and I shall arrive,
I'll take the queen with power,
KID~"

The screen flashed back to the female reporter, who was now holding her papers. "According to the police it means KID will steal the gem Jōo that is exhibited in the Royal Touto Museum this week.." Shinichi leant back, ignoring the rest as his mind went over the information he got. Visiting a heist would surely take his mind off things, but going to one while he still looked like himself...

The doorbell rang and Shinichi quickly glanced outside to see Agasa standing in front of the front gate, holding a bag as he stared at where the front door was.
Shinichi inwardly cursed, deciding he should answer, and started to look around for foundation to at least cover his missing skin tone, hoping the professor wouldn't notice the lack of other features. The bell rang a second time by the time he had finally found it and put it on, and he raced to the door, trying not to further strain his leg as he opened it, "Ah, Hakase."

The professor smiled, opening the gate. "Hello, Conan-kun, how are you doing?"

Shinichi tried to smile. "It could be better, after all that happened. Life isn't exactly going easy on me..." He sighed, rubbing his forehead but being careful not to rub off his foundation as Agasa closed the gate behind him and walked over to him.

"Why don't you come in, I'll make something to drink." Shinichi had asked it before he could tell himself letting the professor in right now wasn't the smartest idea he'd had, but to his surprise and relieve the professor shook his head.

"No, I'm visiting an old friend of mine from elementary school. I just came to give you something." Agasa smirked and lifted the bag, "I made some more gadgets for you to try, since the bow tie was such a success. In here are some power enhancing shoes to make kicks more powerful, a soccer-ball blowing belt, a stun wristwatch and tracking glasses." He handed the bag to Shinichi and smiled. "The manuals on how to use them are also inside the bag. If there is anything you need just ask and I'll make it for you!"

Shinichi stared at the bag, then back at Agasa and nodded. "Thank you, I think these will be useful." 'If they work.' He smiled at the professor, who gave him a nod.

"Well, I'll see you another time!" with that Agasa walked away, humming a song while closing the iron gate behind him and turning to the left.

After a while, when he was sure the man was gone, Shinichi quickly removed the foundation, then stared at the contents of the bag.

There indeed were a pair of sneakers he remembered to have bought and lost recently (so Hakase had taken them? He should have known), an odd looking belt, a watch and a pair of glasses that looked an awful lot like his father's.

He observed them, then pulled out the pack of paper on how to use them which the professor had written with his small and nearly unreadable handwriting, but what included detailed descriptions and sketches, much to Shinichi's surprise.

"Hakase, you're really something..." Shinichi shook his head and chuckled, "Well, I guess I'll test these tonight then." He smiled, putting on the belt and the wristwatch and putting the glasses in his pocket.

He then turned on the tv again, hoping for more information on the KID heist, but instead he got a documentary on the rising criminality in Beika, so he quickly put it off again, dropping himself in the armchair once more. He had some planning to do for tonight.

And he had to look for a way to get into the place the heist was at without being found suspicious, that too...


The place KID had chosen for the heist was incredible. It was a large five star hotel owned by the Suzuki company, something that shouldn't have surprised him, which had a diamond exhibition on it's top floor, the 25th floor to be precise.

It wasn't the fact that the Suzukis owned it that made it incredible, but the richly engraved doors with swirly bronze doorknobs, the simple but elegant wallpaper, the expensive looking paintings and the realistic looking murals and not to forget, the luxurious furniture.

It again made Shinichi realize how rich Sonoko was. Of course he had had his own fortune, but that was nothing compared to what she had.

"You are lucky I had to let you in..." Nakamori muttered, half glaring at Shinichi, who sweatdropped, scratching the back of his head. "But I'm keeping my eye on you. It makes you even more suspicious now I'm not allowed to pull your cheek."

Shinichi nodded, "I understand, do what you think is necessary." Taking a deep breath, his eyes turned to where the Jōo diamond was kept, KID's target. Actually he preferred not to be stalked around by some police agent, he wanted to investigate, search for any tricks KID could have placed beforehand, even help the task force like that one time Megure-keibu had taken him to a heist in the headquarters helicopter. But then, being followed was way better then not getting in at all.

"Do you mind if I take a look at the target?"

Nakamori looked up raising an eyebrow, "You know there are only a few seconds left, right?" he turned to Shinichi, following after him as the boy walked up to the diamond that was put in a box which was surrounded by electric wires that gave off a certain voltage if you touched them and different types of sensors, though Shinichi somehow knew the white cladded thief would find a way to get through. "That's close enough!"

Shinichi froze and looked over his shoulder at Nakamori, who was nervously glancing at his watch, only to look at his as the man started to count off, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."

Smoke filled the room and as it started to clear, the famous thief in white came into view.

"Ladies..." KID spread his arms, grinning, "And gentleman!" he bowed as deep as possible without his white top hat falling off, then straightened and clicked his fingers and a large diamond, that was probably fake, appeared in his hand. "I'm afraid I'll take an early leave." He winked at Nakamori, who's face was turning scarlet. "Ja ne, Keibu-San." with that he jumped up, hopping over, or rather on, the heads of the task force members towards the window, leaving a trail of rose petals and confetti on his way.

Before he could leave though, Shinichi activated his soccer belt and powered up sneakers and kicked a soccer ball into KID's direction with such force he had to take a few steps backwards so he wouldn't fall down himself.

The soccer ball only missed the thief with an inch, but KID froze and turned around, a grin still plastered on his face. "That was dangerous, Tantei-kun. You shouldn't play with balls in such a crowded room." he jumped backwards, landing on a case that held a blue diamond.

Shinichi grinned, activating his sneakers again. "Not if I have a perfect aim." This time he was prepared, he knew the strength of the shoes and he could use them properly. He smirked as another ball popped out how his soccer ball blowing let and kicked it towards KID's face. This time he wouldn't miss.

And indeed he wouldn't have missed, but before the ball could make contact KID clicked with his fingers, making the ball explode into a cloud of smoke that filled the room and, once it had cleared, KID was nowhere to be seen. Shinichi inwardly cursed as he stared at where the thief had been, and Nakamori yelled: "Nani?" Before running towards the case to check for any tricks or hidden passages KID could have used.

Shinichi looked after the man, only then noticing the task force member closest to the police detective, and a grin spread on his face. How obvious.

As Nakamori finally approached the case KID has stood on not long ago another smoke bomb went off, surrounding only him with smoke, much to the task force's alarm.
"Keibu-san!" a task force member yelled as he ran over to the cloud of smoke. At the same time a coughing KID stepped out of it, leaning on a nearby vitrine.

The task force member froze, not sure what to do as another task force member nailed KID to the ground, who yelped and then growled.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? Get off me you idiot!" He yelled pushing him off then noticing his outfit, "Nani? When did he?" angrily he pulled of the top hat and monocle, revealing himself as Nakamori. "Don't just stand there you idiots, he's long gone by now!"

The task force stared at him, stunned and surprised, then most nodded and ran off while others stayed where they are, reluctant to leave Nakamori behind.

Nakamori himself jumped up and ran off with the rest as soon as he had thrown off another task force member who was lying on top of him, making the rest, except for the member that had pinned him to the ground, follow.

Shinichi, who had hidden himself behind a large pillar, stared at the man with an amused smirk. Surely the task force was stupid and never seemed to learn from KID's childish tricks.

As he thought that the member picked up the monocle and top hat and quickly put them on after removing his mask while he slowly walked over to where Jōo was still kept.

"They haven't learned." he sang, slipping on a rubber glove after having put off the alarm, and started to cut the wires with a big grin.

Shinichi smiled, stepping away from the pillar. "I think it will take a while before they do."

KID froze and looked up, his hand inches away from the diamond. Then he smiled and took it, turning around and walking towards the window, holding up the gem towards the moonlight and studying it, "You think of them too highly, Tantei-kun."

Shinichi frowned, "Do I? Maybe it's the other way around. Ever think you could underestimate them?"

KID lowered the gem, looking over his shoulder, "I did once, but at that time they were helped by a now deceased meitantei." he turned around and tossed the gem at Shinichi, who caught it and pulled an eyebrow at the thief who was still wearing the task forces uniform.

KID grinned at his confusion, "It's not quite the gem I'm looking for, so you can have it." He turned to the window again, pulling off the uniform to reveal the usual KID outfit.

"I'm looking forward to seeing you on my next heist, Tantei-kun." with that he jumped out the window.

Shinichi cursed inwardly and ran over to where the thief had been just a few seconds ago, seeing him fly off into the dark night.

"Next time huh?" Shinichi grinned, "I'll be there."


His head went over the heist as Shinichi entered the large mansion he called his home, walking over to the bathroom to wash the foundation off his face. He'd have to ask Agasa to make more gadgets for him if he wanted to catch up with KID next time, maybe something like a gas ask scarf would help.

After drying his face he went downstairs and walked into the library, "Maybe dad has some files on KID..." he muttered, going through the shelves for possible documents his father could have stored. Quickly his eyes spotted a thick looking book that said case files and pulled it out.

There was a loud click as part of the wall of books swung aside, revealing a small room Shinichi couldn't remember having seen before.

"When was this made?" he wondered, entering and spotting even more shelves, only these were filled with case files. There also was a large computer screen on his left, and a large desktop with a crystal bowl on top and a comfortable looking chair next to it.

With another click the wall, or new found door, closed behind him and the lights popped on, along with the screen that showed parts of the garden and front yard along with several police channels. Shinichi stared at it for a while, then turned to the bookshelves with casefiles, looking for files on KID.

He soon found one, but that didn't give him the information he needed, so he put it back where he'd take it from and dropped himself on the chair, staring at the screen again.

After like half an hour he stood up, opening the door towards the library only to fall down as someone fall on top of him.

"Wa' da'..." His eyes widened as he heard the voice and his eyes met the green ones he had gotten familiar with.

"Err... Hi." he muttered as Hattori's eyes widened and his mouth fall open.

"Yer da' Kudou guy! But yer supposed ta be..." his eyes went even wider as he stared at Shinichi, who was feeling very uncomfortable. "Yer skin's... Darknin..."

This time Shinichi cursed, pushing Hattori off him and standing up, trying to walk away, but Hattori grabbed his leg before he could move.

"Wait..." Hattori narrowed his eyes at Shinichi, who was panicking now, not knowing what to do next. "Yer Edogawa too aren't yah?"

Shinichi looked over his shoulder, their eyes meeting again. There was no use denying it, Hattori had just seen him change back, "I am..." He sighed, beckoning Hattori to sit down on the couch.

"Den how?" Hattori asked as he stood up and the two of them walked over to the couch. "How do yah change skin tone like da?"

Shinichi sighed, dropping himself on the soft pillows, "I can control it if that's what you think." He answered, pulling a hand through his hair, "Actually the whole story is a bit complicated."

Hattori looked at him, sitting down next to him, "Den start talkin, cause I'd love ta head dey explanation."

"Well..." Shinichi sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose, "I'm not sure what to say because I still can't believe it myself."

"Den start with yer 'death'."

Shinichi looked up at Hattori who stared at him with narrowed eyes and sighed again, "Yeah, well, I was poisoned by two men in black who then blew up my body to erase evidence." He rubbed his forehead, "Even though the blonde one was so burned on being careful because the cops where still around, I think it's rather careless."

Hattori raised an eyebrow, "So yer sayin yer still dead? Don' look like a zombie ta mey."

This made Shinichi chuckle, "I am, but I'm not a zombie..." he then frowned, "I'm a grim reaper..."

"Grim Reapah?" Hattori blinked, "Yer kiddin righ'?"

Shinichi looked up at him, "Do I look like I am?" His voice was filled with bitterness and his eyes narrowed at the Osakan detective, "I don't enjoy it, if that's what you think!"

Hattori raised his hands in defense. "Oi, I'm still a detective, would yah have believed yahself if yah had told yahself yah were one?"

Shinichi looked down, "You're right, I still can't believe it even now..." He stood up, putting his hands in his pockets, "Follow me, I'll give you some evidence." He then walked towards the kitchen, quickly followed by Hattori, and entered it, pulling a sharp knife from a drawer an turning around, holding it to his wrist.

Hattori stared at him. "Yer kiddin' righ'?"

Shinichi smiled, shaking his head then cutting his wrist and holding it up for Hattori to see it.

"Dude, yer..." But Hattori soon fall silent as it healed and didn't even leave a scar behind. "Okay... I believe yah, jus' promise yah'll nevah do da again..."

Shinichi nodded as he threw the knife into the sink. "I won't."


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