Probably the hardest chapter to write yet... why did I decide to make it so hard on myself! 'It'll be interesting if there's three of him at once' I said... 'Oh, no one would ever suspect that to happen' I said... geez I may end up writing myself into a corner... well it's worth it if you random strangers enjoy it.

This chapter is different from all the others so far, It shouldn't take you too long to notice. Oh and this time I didn't use refferences for the dialouge from 'that event'... but it's still probably somewhat accurate...

you probably already noticed but to make it easy on everyone the one from the future is 'Shinichi' the one that has already been shrunk is Conan and the one from the time period they're currently in is Shinichi. I know that with three Shinichi Kudo's this paradox is bound to get a bit confusing but I'll try to keep it reader friendly as possible so you can tell what's happening.

I hope you enjoy and please review (it'll help me find proper motivation).

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8. Plan B, Side B

We had just arrived in the past, the time was just after noon. There's plenty of time to spare until that time...

My companion (Conan, or the younger me) was still unconci- no let's just say he was still sleeping. Even if I had nothing better to do than wait around for him to wake up, it would have only made me anxious, there would really be no point in it. I left a note where he would be able to find it so that he wouldn't be too confused when he woke up.

The first thing I did was change into a pair of clothes that was identical to what I had been wearing here in this time, I had stored the outfit in the time machine just in case Plan B became necessary. I left Heiji's clothes that I had been wearing until then in a children's backpack along with an improved antidote to Apotoxin 4869 for Conan to use if things didn't quite go as planned, though I wasn't worried that it would be necessary.

I myself had very little to do, I would have distracted the me of this time period myself rather than do what I was going to be doing but the problem is he would have recognized me and questioned it to much. 'Conan' on the other hand he won't recognize because he doesn't know that he is going to shrink and have to live his life as a child for quite some time. Really the biggest reason that I had to be here for Plan B to work was that I was the only one who knew how to operate the time machine, other than that I really had nothing I had to do.

That doesn't mean I didn't intend to do anything. Gin and Vodka were both here at a time when they wouldn't yet expect me to be a significant threat, not only that but I knew where they would be and when while they were here, I couldn't still call myself a detective if I let an opportunity like this pass by.

I would have to try to use this to my advantage. Maybe I could get them to be caught by the police that are still around because of the murder that happened today...

I tried to make an appropriate plan while I waited for that time to come, but there really wasn't much to do besides witness the event and while witnessing take pictures as proof to show the police (or perhaps FBI) later. Sure I could have found Megure-keibu and told him that I 'overheard' the men in black from the roller coaster say something that led me to beileve that they would do something in that area at that time, but that plan would easily be ruined if Megure-keibu ran into the me of this time period and tried to talk to him about what I had overheard.

So as the time for me to act drew closer I simply waited without telling anyone my intentions.

By the time that 'that time' arrived I was ready.

When I saw Vodka run around the corner I followed him silently, not having to worry about telling Ran to go home this time. I was in the same position I had been last time (yeah not my best move) but I was prepared for Gin to attack if that occured again. I was confident that things wouldn't go as they had last time because I had gained more experience since then.

But there was one thing I wasn't expecting, one slight miscalculation.

"I came alone! Just like you guys said! Now give me the film!" said the nervous guy that the black organization had been blackmailing.

Ugh... What's this feeling... Oh no it's... Crap, crap, crap!

"hold your horses, you'll get it. Give me the money first," Vodka replied. Hesitantly the nervous man handed Vodka the briefcase.

This is the same feeling I had at 'that' time... Paradox Syndrome... Darn it! ... I'm going to forget again, huh?

The man in black opened the briefcase and looked carefully at the money inside, after a short moment he said, "Alright, looks legit. Here you go, the film of your company's weapon smuggling. You shouldn't be so naughty."

'gun smuggling'... 'film'... This is blackmail! These guys are involved in some pretty sketchy business...

"Shut up! Compared to what you guys do, this is..."

'Compared to what you guys do' eh? Seems like I was right to think that those two guys in black were suspicious earlier... Just who are they?

"I wouldn't say any more, for your sake..."

It was at that time that the second man in black came up from behind me an hit me over the head.

"Your detective game... is over!"

I was still conscious, barely, but my body wouldn't move.

I could barely make out what those two men in black were saying, something about an untested poison that couldn't be traced...

This is it huh? I'm really going to die.

This is the end of meitantei Shinichi Kudo.

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The Shinichi of this time period next to me tensed, he didn't seem to have even noticed that the guy they were about to poison looked just like him nor did he seem to be listening when they called the doppelganger in question a detective brat, he probably intended to stop Gin and Vodka. Of course I wanted to help him to, but because I was more aware of what was really going on I knew better, I knew there was no way that a confused past me and I rushing in with no plan would be able to handle Gin and Vodka.

I whispered to him quietly enough that even Gin wouldn't have heard, not bothering to keep up my childish facade, "Don't. Those two are dangerous, if they notice you you'll be killed, Shinichi."

Shinichi seemed startled by my sudden mature tone. He opened his mouth to reply to me but couldn't seem to find the right wording for what he wanted to say.

"I'll explain later. For now we have to stay hidden," I said not quite sure what he would have asked. Hesitantly I added, "don't worry he won't die from that."

The Shinichi beside me despite his confusion did as I asked and remained somewhat calm, he watched as the situation unfolded with a gaze that made it clear he didn't quite trust me, but that was to be expected.

I wondered how I managed to make myself sound so confident when in reality I was worried for 'Shinichi', sure he'd taken Apotoxin 4869 and survived once and that was twelve years ago for him, by now his body had definitely become used to the poison... but could he survive a second dosage? I wasn't so sure. Even if he did survive would he shrink? What will happen to the future because of this...?

Why did 'Shinichi' let himself get poisoned in the first place? He should have known what was about to happen... unless... Paradox Syndrome? Did he forget everything that happens after Tropical land?

Crap. He was the only one that knew how to work the time machine.