Hiya Everyone! (Warning: There is a chapter at the end of all my craziness)

Okay, first off, I'm having a lot of trouble right now, because my dog has taken to attacking the laptop as I type! Seriously, there is doggie spit everywhere! So if you see a random set of numbers or letters, that's me not noticing that he decided to add his two cents. Little terriers can be evil! Completely and utterly evil! Okay! On to the review responses for this chapter! Seriously this is me, being…me…it's just me being extremely ranting and happy! This is mostly for the participants in the Code Game that I've kind of set up in this story!

I want to thank everyone who tried and solved the puzzle! It made me so happy to see everyone participating! Plus, it made this chapter just that much rewarding to write. I put off putting this up for a day or so for everyone that had tried to get the puzzle, it was rather easy, so I didn't think it'd take everyone long, and I was right! Okay list of the participants!

The first person to figure out the puzzle was Splishims-san! You were completely right! I'm so glad that you enjoyed it! Last time, I think only one person had time to figure out the puzzle and that was the ever greatest Mystery-san! It was so awesome to see so many people participate this time! I'm so glad you were able to have fun and like the story! Thank you!

Next up is Mssr. Kaitou-san! It was so nice of you to pm the response! I thank you once again for playing along with me! You were of course completely right as well! I'm so glad you enjoyed the story so far and I hope to see you in future chapter if just to solve a code or two! It's always so much more fun to write when I know everyone likes what their reading and is having fun with it! Thank you!

In third is the ever-lovely Ren-chan! I got confused in between writing the code and getting Harley to stop eating the laptop. He likes the screen way too much! Then again, I am a little flaky and easily distracted! It was great! You solved the puzzle! I know I answered you already, but I felt like you belong up here too, so here it is! I just wish I could give everyone cookies or something, maybe lollipops? Oh! How about something special? Hm, maybe I'll put it in here then! Thank you!

Of course, SetoJonfan-san! It was kind of awesome how everyone PMed the answer to me! It was so much easier to figure out what it was about, my e-mail sucks when I'm checking it on the PS 3. It's all jumpy, but then again I'm probably not apposed to do that on the PS 3. heh. You got the note completely right! I'm so happy you've been enjoying the story as well! I'm actually seriously thinking of writing a story where Hattori starts getting all creepers on Shin-chan, I would love to write a story like that. Hmm, maybe after I'm done with this one, I don't want to get to overloaded, I'll start mixing them, I already almost did it to this one! Thank you!

Ginshi-chan! You really went out of your way just to find me! I'm so glad that you like the story enough to do that! Thank you for really telling me that mistake that I did with the code, like I said, I get easily distracted and once distracted I get off topic of what I was doing. My dog is evil, he likes to sit next to the laptop and eat it, or me…it counts. I don't really remember what distracted me at the time though…hm. Harley is actually sleeping now, must have gotten bored with eating me.

Mystery-san! It's always great to see you! You're always willing to participate in my games! It makes me want to put a code on each chapter, hehe, that'd be evil. You were correct in the code! You also caught my mistakes again! Not many mentioned them, but the ones that did were the ones to bother with the code. I should be evil and just have Co-chan respond to the note with out telling the other's the answer. Hm, maybe I will. That way other's can try and solve it. Trust me, Mr. Creepier is totally going to get double dose of Deserts! Unfortunately it's gonna happen after Co-chan runs into a little more trouble! It wouldn't do for him not to go out in a big bang! Thank you and enjoy!

Kasai-chan! I was actually thinking of not including Hattori at all, but then I was starting to miss the detective so here he is! You're the last person who's solved the code from the time that I started actually writing this chapter! Congrats! I'm glad it was interesting, I had put in about hour or two into it, so I was hoping for everyone to like it! Thank You!

For everyone above, it was awesome that you've solved it. I know it seems simple, I had wanted to include numbers and letters, but I confused myself with just the letters, and the note was longer in the beginning, but I ended up cutting it because I got confused at were I ended and I really didn't feel like rewriting a page of code. Now, for Lex-chan, I completely expect an answer from you! I'll wait for it in the next chapter!

Yours truly

Shi-chan (If anyone is curious, this was a page long in eight font, heh. Sorry for the rant of reviewer love(my love for the reviewers) Thank you! )

Chapter Sixteen

Conan had waited for Kogoro to drag Hattori away before kissing Kaito on the cheek. "It was a cute note. You really shouldn't bother Nakamori-san so much, you're going to give her worse blood pressure then her father." He smiled at the blushing teen. "I'm sorry if Hattori made you feel awkward, he rules at doing that. He really means well." Kaito shook his head and gave Conan a bright smile.

"No it was just so weird for you to talk like that. You talk one way to everyone else, but to Hattori-san it's completely different, you're doing it right now…" Conan blinked at Kaito, not quite understanding what the other teen was talking about. Kaito chuckled at Conan's clueless-ness, it seemed that the other didn't even notice. "forget it," Kaito waved his hand and leaned on Conan's bed. "So when you getting out of here?"

"Tomorrow, if I'm lucky, I've been so bored! I finished all of those puzzle books two, even with Hattori here. In fact, he wasn't helping…" Conan sighed motioning to the stack of used puzzle books. "He took it upon himself to steal one of them at lunchtime. He's just lucky I can't throw an eight-year old fit anymore…that reminds me, can you hand me the phone?" Kaito handed the phone over at Conan's evil smirk and watched the boy chat actively on the phone with someone.

Kaito started getting bored while Conan was on the phone with whoever…He let his eyes wonder on Conan, who was only dressed in an airy hospital dress, he leaned over a little, wondering if he could see anything while Co-chan was busy with the whoever on the phone. Conan shot him a glare from the side of his eye, making Kaito sit down in a perfect position, giving an 'innocent' smile to the other teen. Conan rolled his eyes and got off the phone with the older woman that he was talking too. "So, who did you call?" Kaito asked, giving into his boredom and started juggling several different colored balls. "The one that Hattori fears the most. I really don't like it when he thinks he can just bust through my problems. He's arranged a meeting with a hypnotist to cure that blood problem that I have."

"Oh the phobia." Kaito commented.

"It's not a phobia, I just can't stand being near it…" Conan denied.

"Right, that's totally a phobia." Kaito grinned, and Conan twitched at the word phobia. "Is that the reason that the detective isn't really detective-y anymore?"

"Somewhat. It's not that I've stopped completely; I just haven't been as active as I was ten or nine years ago, that's all." Conan answered. "I helped Otou-san with the Meric case the other day, and he brought in the Tilman's case to work on while watching me today; so when he falls asleep, I'll just twick the notes a little."

Kaito blinked, "Seriously? You can solve the cases just through the files?"

"Yeah, So?"

"You can look at blood in a photo, but you can't stand to see it front and center? I can't even think of those …things…" Kaito shuttered at the thought of finny things.

"I told you, it isn't a phobia! It's just…I don't know!" Conan sighed and ran a hand through his slightly ruffled hair. "I just can't stand the sight of it or feel or smell…especially the smell." Conan shuttered at the thought.

Kaito frowned; that wasn't really fair, he wished he could only freak out at the real things, then Aoko wouldn't take to chasing him with that stuffed devil she calls Snukie the …yeah. Kaito personally thought that Snukie should burn for how much trauma he had put him through. Snukie wasn't cute at all.

Conan smiled at the look of disgust that crossed Kaito's face, it was the one that was usually reserved for the mention of Fishy things. Conan sighed again and poked Kaito in the forehead. "If they gross you out, you shouldn't think about them. Oh! I know! Come with me to the hypnotist! We can suffer together!"

"Co-chan, I love you, but I don't think I like the idea of some nutcase doctor messing with my head." Kaito answered shivering at the thought of having to be forced to think of those finny things.

"Then, could you just come with me? It's scheduled for tomorrow at five." Conan asked, really wanting Kaito to be with him. "I promise the 'nutcase' won't get into your head. We'd never be able to find him again if we let him."

"Oi, that was mean, Co-chan!" Kaito whined, pawing at the other teen.

Hattori smiled at the pair in the hospital room, it was nice to see Kudou with someone, but it was strange to think that it was someone who was technically ten years younger then his friend. Kogoro shook his head and tilted it towards the set of chairs in the hallway. It was best to leave the obvious couple alone for a while. "Oji-san, do ya know how long they've been datin'?" Hattori asked sitting down next to the older man.

"You know Conan, he rarely talks about anything, but he does talk a lot about Kuroba-kun during dinner and breakfast." Kogoro answered, smiling fondly. "Kuroba-kun isn't so bad once you get to know him. A little strange, but that's about it. Conan told me that his father was a famous magician or something like that."

Hattori nodded taking in all the information, Kudou never told him anything anymore since Nee-chan's accident and the funeral. Hattori figured he knew which magician Kudou was talking about at the mention of the other teen's last name. He still wasn't quite sure how Kudou knew the magician when he asked him to drop him off at the memorial service almost ten years ago. It was right around then that Kudou had stopped talking for a couple months or so. It was also around then that he stopped solving cases actively.

Hattori sighed and leaned back into his chair, he was really tired of the puzzle that surrounded Kudou twenty four-seven. He did enjoy the other's intelligent, and the two cent's that could be brought into a case, but Kudou seemed to not want anything to do with murderers or mysteries, until about three months ago. He had gotten a call from an old FBI agent that knew him from the take down ten years ago. What was her name again? Oh, right, Joidie something…oh well. She had told him that Kudou had called her informing her of some possible black links that might have strayed from getting caught. He found it weird for the other to be anywhere near something that could involve murder.

He had spent the last two weeks looking up local newspapers, and had only found Kid heists. The kid heists had left him a big tip off; Conan's name was all over them. He had started to worry once there were mentions of shootings; it wasn't until he heard from an old officer in Edoka, that he found out that Conan had actually been shot not once, but twice.

He couldn't believe the nerve of Kudou not giving him one lousy phone call! He hadn't even known that the other had moved from Beika until all this Kid business! He thought that Kudou had learned from the first time that he messed with Kaitou Kid; there was nothing but disappointment to be held when chasing the damned thief! There was no point in chasing a crazy thief that liked to dress in white, it was better to go after the ones that actually did damage, the murderers. It was even worse if there were people from that damned group gunning for the thief. Hattori was barely paying any attention to the ever doting father, that was going on and on about Conan's normal days.

He looked up at the white ceiling of the hospital and sighed, he really wished that Kudou could confide in him like he used too. He had always thought that they were good friends, even if the whole thing dealing with Nee-chan changed Kudou's view on life.

Maybe he had to remind the brat just that.

That they were friends regardless of physical age.

Wanatanaki grinned as he watched his target exit the building, he was currently across from the location, with sniper rifle in hand. His target probably wouldn't be showing up at Kid's heist for a while, so it was best for him to do it now. He hated to do this to his precious, but it was nessarry in the scheme of things. The Conan-kun that he remembered used to be able to sniff out criminals from a mile away. That was his attraction to the small boy eight years ago, and still was. Beautiful sky blue eyes looked towards him as he readied to make his hit. Below him; Conan, freshly out of the hospital, Kaito, Hattori, and Kogoro getting ready to go to the small Clinic that Hattori's hypnotist friend worked at.

Wanatanaki could see his cute little Conan-kun yawing as he talked to the annoying brat next to him, guess, his wonderful Conan-kun hadn't seen him after all. It was better this way, for it to end quick and painlessly. Annoying brat next to Conan-kun was currently getting in his way of his aim. He adjusted the scope and took aim once more.

He pulled the trigger.

To his surprise, instead of shooting a bullet, the entire rifle exploded in his arms in a colorful array of blues and pinks. He was also now covered head to toe in some kind of goo, that wouldn't let him move. He really didn't want to think of what else was covering him as he struggled against the goo. He couldn't believe this, what had happened? He noticed a little white piece of paper floating near by with the Kid logo on it. He could hear shouts from people coming up the stairs to the roof. On the ground level, his target had gotten away in the rental car that Mouri Kogoro had purchased for that afternoon.

How was he going to explain this to the police? He struggled against his prison of goo and confetti as the people surrounded him and started calling the police.

He looked longingly at the car that was driving away; his Conan-kun couldn't even see him getting taken away! This was so not fair!

That damn thief would pay for this!

-End of chapter Sixteen-

I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter! I'll see you next time.