Alter

Title: Alter
Rating: T
Fandom: Detective Conan
Summary: A teenage girl is thrown into the Detective Conan World. With knowledge of the series and interactions with characters, how much will the plot be affected?


Chapter 7: A Trip to Osaka

Daichi stayed at the hospital for a few days. When she was released, she was ordered to take it easy and to not strain herself. At Akai's house, the two rarely interacted except for meal times and when Akai would drop Daichi off at school. Ran and Sonoko expressed their concerns over Daichi's safety.

"That was very dangerous, Kaishi-san!" Ran scolded. "You could've gotten killed!"

"Trust me, I already got the lecture from Casval-san," Daichi chuckled. "But I couldn't just let them kidnap us without a fight. There was already a possibility of them killing us once it was revealed that Gramps wasn't Hawk-san,"

"The situation could've been resolved without you getting hurt," Ran pointed out.

"Yeah, yeah," Daichi sweat-dropped.

"By the way, Kaishi-san, Conan-kun is going to Osaka to watch a kendo tournament soon," Ran informed. "Kaihou Academy has their own high school detective, Hattori Heiji, so I thought you might want to meet him. Conan-kun, my dad, and I were invited to eat blowfish with him. I can give you his contact info,,"

Daichi reached into her pocket but then realized that her phone wasn't there. "Sorry Ran-san. I think I left my phone at home but I can right the number down," 'Hopefully I left it on silent in case somebody calls,'

XXX

Akai was shifting through files he had with him when he heard music suddenly start playing. He followed the sound to Daichi's room and picked up the cell phone from the desk. It was a call from Daichi's older brother. Akai answered it. "This is Akai Shuichi,"

"Akai-san? Where's Daichi? Why isn't she the one answering?"

"She's at school right now but I'll tell her to call you back once I pick her up,"

"How has she been behaving so far? Hopefully not too troublesome,"

"She got herself shot in the leg so she's grounded,"

"SHE WAS SHOT!?"

Akai winced as Skai had yelled. "She attempted to defeat two armed kidnappers that had mistaken James for Hawk Randy,"

"So she was trying to be a hero, huh. No wonder she disregarded her own safety. You know, she wants to be an FBI Agent when she grows up,"

"With the way she handled those kidnappers, I doubt she'd be qualified to be one if we were to go by the standards in this world,"

"Heh. She has no idea how hard being an FBI Agent really is. She just wants to be just like you,"

'Just like me?' Akai was surprised at that.

"You're her favorite Detective Conan character. When it was revealed in the anime that you were an FBI Agent, she declared her dream to become an FBI Agent. Our parents disapproved at the idea, wanting her to grow up to be a doctor or lawyer so that she'd earn a lot of money. I guess that since she knew that those two were criminals, she thought if she defeated them then she could prove that she had what it takes to be an FBI Agent.

Our parents are quite the dream crushers. They don't support Daichi's dream jobs whether it is to become an artist, FBI Agent, detective, or author. They only want her to be a doctor or lawyer. Growing up, we were always told that parents are supposed to support their kids' dreams so Daichi was hurt when our parents were unsupportive,"

"Why are you telling me this?"

"You are taking care of her so I thought that it'd be best if you knew some things about her,"

"Have you informed your parents about Daichi-kun's situation?"

"No, not yet. It seems that time flows faster in your world if it was already that case. It hasn't been too long since that first video call and it's not like our parents will notice right away anyway. They're too busy on business trips and all that crap. I should probably get going. Thanks for taking care of Daichi,"

XXX

"You left your phone at home," Akai passed the device to her.

"Thanks," Daichi took it and looked through her recent calls. "Skai called?"

"He was asking about how you were doing," Akai informed.

"I bet he freaked out when you told him I was shot," Daichi smiled slightly.

"He did yell into my ear," Akai said, causing Daichi to chuckle. There was a moment of awkward silence as Akai continued to drive home. "If you want to become an FBI Agent, you need to know what actions would result in a better outcome,"

"What are you talking about?" Daichi asked.

"You would have gotten the same result whether you were shot or not," Akai informed.

"You're right," Daichi sighed. "Can I go to Osaka with Ran-san and Conan-kun?"

Akai eyed her suspiciously. "What's in Osaka?"

"A kendo tournament," Daichi answered.

Akai waited for her to continue.

Daichi tried to remain silent but gave in. "Alright, there's another murder case at the tournament but Hattori Heiji is also a detective. If I go at the same time as Conan-kun and Ran-san, we'll arrive in the middle of his investigation,"

"I'll go with you," Akai said.

"Eh?" Daichi was still processing what he just said. "Wait, what? You don't have to come,"

"I'm going to make sure you don't end up doing something reckless again," Akai told her. "Besides, if you are hurt again someone might call a social worker and deem me unfit as your guardian,"

"Wasn't Kudo Shinichi living by himself while his parents were fleeing Yusaku's editors?" Daichi pointed out.

"Yes but Kudo Shinichi didn't get himself shot in the leg," Akai reminded.

'Hmm, time to drop some info about this world to Akai-san,' Daichi smirked. "No, but he did get poisoned by Gin and Vodka,"

Akai nearly hit the brakes but managed to remain composed. "What did you just say?"

"Kudo is a victim of the crows," Daichi said. "He witnessed some transaction between Vodka and some other guy. Gin snuck up behind him, hit him with what I think was a metal pipe, and then force-fed him Apoptoxin 4869,"

"Apoptoxin 4869…" Akai's eyes narrowed. "That's the drug the organization had Sherry working on. Why are you telling me this?"

"I'm bored," Daichi claimed. "The timeline hasn't changed too much. It's as if my presence isn't doing anything so I decided to drop an important detail to you and see what you'll do with the info,"

"APTX 4869 was designed to kill without leaving a trace," Akai recalled. "But judging by your tone, Kudo isn't dead,"

"That's all I'll say for now," Daichi grinned.

XXX

"Ran-san, Conan-kun, Mouri-san," Daichi greeted at the train station.

"Daichi-neechan and Casval-san are coming with us?" Conan asked. 'If those two are here, then I need to be careful. If I act too smart, they might figure my identity out. Hattori better not slip up my name again!'

"Since Hattori-kun is a high school detective like Kaishi-san, I thought that she'd like to meet him," Ran explained.

"My guardian thinks that I can't be trusted to go somewhere and not get hurt," Daichi told them. "That's why he decided to come along with me. I hope it's not a problem,"

"As long as you two are paying your own tickets and don't bother me, then it's fine by me," Kogoro said.

Ran stared at Akai for a moment. Even though he still wore his sunglasses and face mask, Ran still felt as if she had met him before. "Is there something on my face?" Akai asked, breaking Ran out of her thoughts.

"Sorry!" Ran apologized. "I thought that you looked like someone I've met before,"

"Maybe you met Papa when you were younger," Daichi suggested. "Papa travels a lot so if you were on a trip then it's possible you have seen him. But then again, there are a lot of people in the world with black hair,"

"You're right Kaishi-san," Ran agreed. 'But I'm sure that it's him who I've seen before,'

"Just call me Daichi," She said. "I call you Ran-san so you should just call me Daichi instead of my surname,"

After a couple more minutes, the train arrived and they all got seats near each other. Conan was doing his best to not act suspicious around the two. His phone rang and he excused himself to answer it. Daichi stared at the city as the train moved forward. Once they reached Osaka, they headed to the bus station.

"I could've driven us so we didn't have to buy train tickets," Akai said to Daichi.

"Yeah but it's better to travel with friends," Daichi replied.

"It looks like the buses are taking too long," Kogoro commented. "We mind as well take a taxi,"

"Is it going to fit everyone?" Ran asked. "There's five of us but only four available passenger seats,"

"Conan-kun can sit on Ran-san's lap," Daichi suggested. "He is a little kid,"

As the taxi drove to the place the tournament was being held, Conan was blushing. They exited the car and Ran saw Kazuha looking for Heiji. "Kazuha-chan!" Ran called. "We came to cheer you guys on,"

"Ran-chan!" Kazuha greeted. She noticed the two new people.

"This is Kaishi Daichi, a new student at Teitan High School," Ran introduced. "That man is her guardian…" Ran then realized she didn't know Akai's name.

"Casval Suisei," Akai nodded.

"Is Hattori-kun's team still in the tournament?" Ran asked.

"Actually, the finals are next but I can't find him anywhere," Kazuha said. "I think he might have gotten caught up in solving the murder that happened a little while ago,"

"Murder?" Daichi puffed her chest up. "Then it's a good thing I'm here. Give me all the details and I'll solve it. After all, I'm a detective,"

Akai gave a warning look to Daichi. 'Remember, the culprit is a murderer. Don't do anything stupid,'

XXX

"The question is who moved Tarumi-kun and how did they do it," Kogoro said once the group was given the details of the investigation.

"We found out how they did it," Inspector Otaki informed. "One of my officers questions a student at the entrance. He said he saw a man in a face mask carrying a bag leave the side building,"

"I see!" Kogoro said. "He put Tarumi-san's body in the bag and hid his identity using the face guard!"

"I'm gonna go look around for more clues you guys might've missed," Daichi said, dragging Akai with her.

"You're going to confront the killer," Akai deduced.

"Well, yeah," Daichi nodded. "If I want to prove that I'm a high school detective I need to solve a case,"

"The organization will see your face on the newspaper," Akai reminded.

"They see Hattori's face whenever he solves a case but he wasn't kidnapped by the crows," Daichi pointed out. "I'll be fine. Now let's go to the storage room. Kotegawa Takashi will be making it look like Tarumi was killed there,"

As they reached the storage room, they heard Heiji's voice. "That's right, this isn't the place where Tarumi was murdered. That happened in the pool locker room. After Omotani-san and Douguchi-san saw the bloody body and left, you came back and told him to go to the locker room, where he died. Am I wrong?"

"Fool," Kotegawa said, standing up. "It was only by chance that everyone left. If anyone came back, that wouldn't work, would it?"

"No, it wasn't by chance," Daichi spoke up before Heiji could.

"Eh? Who the hell are you two?" Heiji asked.

"The name's Kaishi Daichi, a detective," Daichi introduced. "I got all the information from Otaki-keibu and came to the same conclusion as you," She turned towards Kotegawa. "If you told Omotani-san to go get the police, that'll make sure no one else stayed behind. With Douguchi-san panicking, you knew he'd run straight to Hakamada-san,"

'Who the hell is this kid!?' Heiji mentally exclaimed. 'Is she a shrunken teen like Kudo? But she looks older that his child form,'

"You put a sedative in Tarumi's liquor and put him to sleep," Daichi continued. "The blood that the others saw was actually red paint. To avoid drawing too much attention, he dressed in kendo armor,"

Heiji pushed the top layer of the pyramid off, revealing a bloodied mannequin wearing kendo armor and covered in paint. "You convinced him that he killed someone. You put the sword in his hands, woke him up, and showed him this dummy you'd dressed up earlier and accused him of murder. He hated Hakamada-san and seeing the name plate on the armor, he thought he had murdered him,"

"You should've just brought the police here," Akai told Daichi and Heiji.

"You can go get them then," Daichi grinned. "I'll continue explaining the murder. Kotegawa, you told Tarumi to head to the shower room before the police came. The mannequin's bloody armor was put into the bag you had prepared earlier. You arrived at the shower room before Tarumi and then killed him. You turned on the shower to wash the fake blood off, put the armor in the bag, and hid it somewhere while you went to the police box. You came to retrieve the CPR dummy and smear blood to make it look like the murder happened here. That towel proves you're the culprit,"

"If you figured all that out, you probably know the motive too," Kotegawa said.

"No, I completely forgot about that," Daichi admitted.

"Then allow me to explain," Heiji said. "Last year, one of the new members in the kendo club lost consciousness and died in the middle of practice. The school said it was an accident, but the truth was…"

"Yeah," Kotegawa interrupted. "While we were breaking in the freshmen with a little hazing, Tarumi went too far and he died. Hakamada, the coolheaded one, happened to be absent that day and wasn't there to stop him. Do you know what Tarumi said? 'I may have been the one who did it, but you all are just as guilty as I am. Even the manager. We're all in this together!'"

"And you were afraid that if this got out, it'd ruin your bright new career so you shut him up," Heiji revealed.

"Looks like you got it all figured out," Kotegawa started to walk towards the bag and sword. "But since you didn't bring a weapon, there's one thing you forgot. At the iadou demonstration, there were two combatants. So when I went to the iadou teacher's room to steal the katana…" He looked to Daichi since she was smaller and looked weaker than the two males. "Instead of one sword, I took two!"

Daichi barely managed to dodge, the sword cutting the sleeve of her shirt. "Damn it!"

"Get out of here!" Heiji shouted, looking for some sort of weapon.

Kotegawa swung once more but this time Akai managed to intervene. He grabbed Kotegawa's wrist and slammed Kotegawa's stomach against his knee, causing Kotegawa to drop the sword and sheath. Kotegawa attempted to throw Akai off balance by latching onto his leg but Akai pivoted and slammed Kotegawa to the doorway. Kotegawa released his hold and fell to the floor, unconscious.

It was at that moment that Conan and Kazuha arrived. "Yo," Daichi greeted.

XXX

"Seriously, who are those two?" Heiji asked Kazuha and pointed at Daichi and Akai.

"Ran-chan said that the girl is Kaishi Daichi, a detective at Teitan High School. The man is her guardian Casval Suisei,"

"Eh!?" Heiji exclaimed. "That kid is a high schooler!?"

Daichi slowly turned to Heiji and lunged at him. "I'M NOT A KID!"

Akai sighed and pulled Daichi off. "Daichi, next time instead of going straight to confronting the culprit contact the police,"

"I didn't know he took both swords!" Daichi pointed out. "I thought he was unarmed!"

XXX

High School Detectives Hattori Heiji and Kaishi Daichi Solves Kendo Tournament Murder!

At Naniwa Gymnasium, a kendo tournament was held. Unbeknownst to the rest of the competitors as well as the audience, a murder had occurred.

Tarumi Atsushi, age twenty, was found dead. The victim was the Senpo (First Up) of Shinnai University's kendo team.

The culprit is none other than Kotegawa Takashi, the Fukusho (Fourth Up) and Vice-Captain of the kendo team.

The Osaka Police have yet to release any more details.

"Wow, that news article came out quick," Daichi commented as she saved the article on her phone.

Akai quickly snatched Daichi phone and inspected the photo closely. "Good, I'm not in it,"

"What, you wanted some of the limelight too?" Daichi grinned.

"The opposite," Akai replied. "I don't want the organization seeing me in the news. I hate attention,"

"Is that why you avoided using your gun when Kotegawa attacked?" Daichi asked.

"The police would question why I have a firearm and I would rather avoid revealing that I'm an FBI Agent," Akai told her. "I'm actually surprised that you didn't join your friends for dinner,"

"I can't eat seafood," Daichi shrugged. "It would've been awkward if I was there since they were invited to eat pufferfish. Anyway, we'll see them tomorrow since Hattori-kun and Kazuha-san are gonna show the group around town. Let's get some food and then head to a lodge,"

XXX

"What are you watching?" Akai asked as they ate in their room they had rented for the night.

"We're still in Episode 263," Daichi said through a mouthful of fries. "That kendo tournament case was one third of it. I only could remember Heiji's deduction which is why I didn't realize he had a sword,"

"I have a feeling that this isn't the last time someone is going to try kill you," Akai sighed.

"If I got to the Detective Conan World wiki page, there will be two deaths and two attempted murders in this episode," Daichi informed.

"And you're going to prevent those two deaths?" Akai inquired.

Daichi looked at him. "I never thought of that. Since there is practically someone dying every single episode, these deaths didn't matter to me. But in this world, they might have a background that Aoyama Gosho didn't mention,"

"Aoyama Gosho?" Akai questioned.

"The creator of Detective Conan," Daichi explained. "I guess you could say he's kind of like your guys' god? If it wasn't for him, you guys would've never existed. Back to preventing the deaths: I don't think that's a good idea. I can't predict how the episode will be altered. I'd rather interfere at around Episode 491,"

"Episode 491?"

"It's the start of the arc Clash of the Red and Black," Daichi told him before realizing that she was giving information about the future. "Nope, nope, nice try Akai Shuichi but I ain't telling you future events,"

"Judging by the title, it'll involves me, the FBI, and the organization," Akai deduced. "Since you said that the series is called Detective Conan, then Conan-kun will also be involved. You also told me that Kudo Shinichi was drugged by Gin yet is still alive. You also confirmed that Haibara Ai is Miyano Shiho meaning that shrinking to the form of a child is possible. Edogawa Conan is Kudo Shinichi,"

"Bingo," Daichi nodded. "Now watch Episode 263 with me so that you can help me remember important parts for the rest of this trip,"


I decided that this story will follow the anime storyline so some movies may be included in future chapters.

Tsuki:
Yep, poor Daichi. Though, Shuu is right when he said Daichi was reckless. And he's in denial because he's afraid that if he develops an emotional attachment to Daichi, she'll be killed like Akemi. Thanks for reading.

Ederisu:
Thank you and here's the update. I usually upload the story as I finish a chapter so there isn't a set schedule. Thanks for reading.

tanithlipsky:
Thanks for reading.

Tweetzuno:
I have an idea for when it reaches that point, but it may change as I write the story.