Yusaku, Dai, Heiji, Conan, and Kaito were shocked, "Holy…"
"I knew it," Conan stated turning off the listening device, "I knew the Organization had to be connected to her somehow."
"How'd you know?" Yusaku asked.
"Because in our Universe," Heiji stated, "Miyano Shiho created the drug, but then used it on herself when the Organization killed her sister. She shrunk as well and became Haibara Ai. Which is why Ran-san called her Ai-chan when they first met."
"Okay…so what do we do?" Dai asked, "I can't exactly come out like this."
"No…but I could," Kaito said.
"No," everyone said in unison.
"Not as me!" Kaito yelled then smirked.
"What are you getting at?" Yusaku asked.
Kaito smirked, "I just need you to keep Aoko distracted tomorrow night," he said, "In our Universe, the Organization believes I'm dad when I become KID, but Aoko will easily see through that if she gets a good look at me."
"What the heck are you getting at Kuroba?" Conan asked.
Kaito smirked, "If KID suddenly reappears in this Universe then they may think the opposite of what they think in our Universe," he said.
"I'm not getting your logic…" Heiji stated.
"I think I get it," Yusaku said, "Our Kaito is a detective, but if he suddenly disappears and KID appears. They may assume that he just figured about Toichi and is trying to get vengeance the same way you are."
"Exactly," Kaito stated.
"But what if they don't think differently?" Conan asked.
"Then they'll think I'm a ghost," Kaito shrugged, "They know dad is dead. If they don't believe me to be the Kaito of this Universe than they'll think I'm the ghost of dad."
"But what about Mitsuhiko?" Dai asked, "Now that we know he knows about the Organization, is he really safe?"
"No," Heiji, Kaito, and Conan stated.
"Unlike in your Universe," Yusaku said, "The Organization knows Kaito isn't dead. I don't think showing up as KID is going to do much," Kaito sighed then groaned.
Heiji looked at Conan and saw that he was in his standard thinking pose, "Got something?" Heiji asked.
"…Maybe…" Conan said, "Just maybe…"
"What?" Yusaku asked.
Conan bit his lip, "There is a way for Dai to turn back to Kuroba Kaito," he said.
"Really?" Dai asked shocked.
"But it'll only work one time," Conan stated, "You have to be sick and the effects don't last very long…and you're practically in pain the whole time."
"Oh that…" Heiji and Kaito said.
"I thought you brought a prototype antidote with ya," Heiji stated.
Conan glared, "Haibara won't even let me near that stuff anymore without her permission first," he stated.
"Uh…what's the idea?" Dai asked.
Conan sighed, "Chinese Baijiu," he stated, "It temporarily changes you back to your regular form, but it only works once because then the body grows immune to it. You have to be sick though so your immune system is weak and busy doing other things."
"And…it works?" Yusaku asked.
Conan nodded, "It worked on both me and Haibara," he said, "But it doesn't last long at all."
"If we were to use this idea and change Kaito back for however long," Yusaku said, "What would the plan be?"
Conan sighed, "It…actually involves my parallel-self…" he said.
Dai and Yusaku raised an eyebrow. Conan sighed, "It's…risky," he said, "Shinichi, as well as Hattori, Hakuba, and Mitsuhiko, might figure out who Dai is."
"Having them figure it out or have Mitsuhiko killed…what's the idea?" Dai asked.
Conan released a slow breath, "We'll need to do three things," he said, "One: get the Baijiu. Two: get Dai sick. And three: try and do all this before the three days are up or Miyano-keibu figures out the side effects and chooses to save Mitsuhiko."
Everyone nodded and began to talk and plan until Yukiko came banging on the door telling Yusaku to come out of there and go to bed.
Shinichi came down the hall yawning the next morning, "Why am I up this early?" he muttered.
"…no," Shinichi froze in front of the cracked library door, "That will only put Mitsuhiko in even more danger," Shinichi's blood went cold and he quietly looked in the crack and saw Heiji, Kaito, Conan, Dai, and Yusaku in a semi-circle.
"Well, do you have a better plan, Kudou?" Heiji asked crossing his arms.
Shinichi narrowed his eyes. Conan took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes sighing, "I'm working on it, Hattori," he stated, "But we can't let Mitsuhiko get in deeper than he already is."
Shinichi was confused until he got a good look at Conan without his glasses on. His eyes widened. He look exactly like he did when he was seven! But that's…impossible… Dai yawned quickly and took his own glasses off, "Why don't we just send my parallel-self," he gestured his head to Kaito, "I mean, he is me."
Shinichi's eyes widened before narrowing, "That might me best, Tantei-kun," Kaito stated, "We aren't even certain we can get little me sick for the Beijiu to work."
"And I don't want Nii-san thrown into this," Dai stated.
Shinichi's blood froze Kur…oba? Conan sighed, "You don't understand," Conan said, "Obviously in my Universe I've had more run ins with the Organization. They will kill anyone they feel is a threat to them and right now, Inspector Miyano and Mitsuhiko are."
Dai and Yusaku sighed, "But what if we can't get Kaito-kun sick?" Yusaku asked, "Or Shinichi or anyone else in his band figure it out."
"Getting sick is easier than you think," Conan stated, "The poison that caused out bodies to shrink," Shinichi stiffened, "Was just as Sherry said, but we got the side effects; the shrinking. This means so long as we're like this, our immune system is weaker because it's keeping the side effects going. If it were to stop then the poison would kill us."
Shrinking? Shinichi looked at Dai and his breath caught in his throat. Dai sighed and rubbed his eyes, "I don't know…" he said, "The band has come close multiple time in figuring out who I am."
"Kuroba," Conan said, "I know; trust me. Ran has almost figured it out a few times. I don't want her involved, but if I had to choose between her figuring it out and her dying; I'd tell her in a heartbeat. You have the same choice, Kuroba. Would you rather have my parallel-self figure it out or have him and possibly everyone in the band die," Shinichi paled.
Dai sighed, "You're right," he stated, "So, how are we going to get me sick?"
"Dunk you in water?" Kaito asked.
Heiji and Conan hit Kaito, "Ow!" he yelled, "What?!"
"If we did that then he'd be stuck with the flu," Conan said deadpanned, "We just need him to get a simple cold."
"What does it matter?" Kaito asked, "School's out."
Conan kicked Kaito's shin, "Ow!" he yelled, "Quit that!"
"Then quit being stupid!" Conan yelled.
Yusaku shushed them, "If you wake the house then we're never going to get this done in the now two day deadline," he hissed, "We have two days to pull this together or Mitsuhiko-kun is killed," Shinichi bit his tongue, "Or shrunk."
"Hopefully it's the latter if we fail," Heiji said, "But I know," he said to Conan when he went to say something, "We can't risk it."
Shinichi sneaked away and went downstairs. He leaned against the wall next to the stairs and held his head; shock clear in his eyes. But that only lasted a few seconds before his eyes darkened, "No one is touching my friends," he muttered before walking into the kitchen and fixing him a cup of coffee.
Heiji groaned as he turned over and his pale hand smacked his ringing alarm clock. He sat up and rubbed his eyes before getting out of bed. He made his way down the hall and into the kitchen. He grabbed the coffee pot and poured him a mug before putting it in the microwave for a minute to warm it up. He yawned and rubbed his head before taking out two pans. The microwave beeped, but Heiji was doing something. He pulled out eggs and bacon from the refrigerator and turned on the stove. As he waited for the two pans to heat up, he took out his coffee and drank some. After a few minutes, he set the mug down and put the bacon into one pan and the eggs in another. He scrambled the eggs and stirred the bacon easily. Suddenly, shrill crying sounded around the empty house. Heiji turned off the stove and moved the pans away before hurrying down the hall. He entered a room across from his and saw Sonoko rubbing her eyes, "I'm up…" she mumbled before yawning.
Heiji smiled at her before walking over to the crib where a small three month old baby girl was crying, "Hey…" Heiji said softly, gently lifting the baby, "Akako…" he said softly, "You woke your sister. There's no need for that."
Akako stopped crying as Heiji talked, "There we go," Heiji smiled then turned to Sonoko, "I made bacon and eggs," he said, "I'm going to go fix Akako a bottle. Do not get your food until I'm done."
"Yes, Nii-san," Sonoko said.
Heiji nodded and walked out of the room. Akako whimpered in Heiji's arms, "Yes, yes," Heiji said, "Nii-san is getting you a bottle," he yawned quickly.
He entered the kitchen and skillfully held Akako in one arm while finding and fixing the bottle. Sonoko came in rubbing his right eye and yawning. She sat at the table and waited, "Did you get your make-up exam yesterday?" Heiji asked.
"Hai," Sonoko said sleepily.
"Do you have to go back next week?" Heiji asked while still fixing the bottle and bouncing Akako.
"Nope!" Sonoko smiled, "I got a 93!"
Heiji smiled, "Good for you," he said.
"I think I failed the test the first time because I didn't have Princess Kazuha's magic charm that day!" Sonoko said.
"Oh?" Heiji took the spoon out of the bottle, "You think so?" he capped the bottle and began to feed the three month old in his arms.
"Yeah!" Sonoko said smiling, "Kazuha-hime-sama's magic brings luck!"
Heiji smiled and walked over to Sonoko, "Really?" he said, "Well I guess you won't be forgetting it anytime soon."
"Nope!" Sonoko giggled.
Heiji smiled, "Alright," he said and handed Akako to Sonoko, "Feed your sister while I finish our breakfast. Remember to hold her head."
"I know," Sonoko said and fed her little sister.
Heiji smiled and walked back over to the stove and turned it back on. He continued cooking until the bacon and eggs were finished. He turned the stove off again and fixed two plates. He set a plate in front of Sonoko and took Akako from her, "Eat," he said while placing Akako over his shoulder and patting her back gently.
"Thank you, Nii-san!" Sonoko said and began eating.
Akako burped softly, "Good girl," Heiji said to Akako before moving her back to his arm and sitting down.
Akako made small noises as Heiji and Sonoko ate. Suddenly, the phone started ringing, Heiji sighed, "Sonoko, clear the table," he said as he got up.
"Hai!" Sonoko said and started clearing the table.
Heiji answered the phone while holding Akako, "Hello?" he asked.
"We got your mortgage covered!" Ayumi said on the other end happily.
"Oh?" Heiji asked moving the phone to his shoulder and holding it to his ear as he switched Akako to his other arms, "And what's that?"
"A Summer Festival!" Genta yelled, "Two days from now."
"Hmm?" Heiji asked, "Doesn't sound like it'll pay much. How is this going to cover the mortgage?"
"They'll pay us 205,124 yen!" Ayumi yelled.
Heiji went wide eyed, "What? Why? It's just a Summer Festival?" he asked.
"Because they were desperate!" Genta laughed, "The band they had quit last minute and they needed a famous band!"
"But we're hardly famous," Heiji argued.
"You doubt out manager skills?" Ayumi sounded hurt.
"You make out all the time," Heiji said deadpanned, "How do you expect us to trust you when you give us no reason to? But I suppose this is making up for it," Heiji smiled, "Thanks guys."
"No problem!" Ayumi said, "Remember, two days from now!"
"I know, I know," Heiji said, "I'll let Satou-san know."
"Bye!" Ayumi and Genta said in unison.
Heiji hung up.
A/N And here's the next chapter! Hope everyone enjoyed! I own NOTHING! Please R&R! Thanks!