Hello! Sorry it's been awhile. I was just going through personal issue but it's ok now and I'll continue to update once a week (on Fridays). Happy summer! Anyway try to enjoy!

Shinichi changed his clothes after Kid had escaped. It was another wasted night where he didn't catch Kaito. He went outside, to see Shiho waiting for him, near one of the police cars. He looked around, before speaking, "Ran's not with you?"

She shook her head, "I've been alone this whole time," she paused, "She's not with you?"

"I-I'll try looking for her inside."

-With Kaito

Jii was driving Kaito back home with Ran. He still had the face and hair of Shinichi just so she wouldn't know his real identity. He even tried to convince her that Shinichi and Kaito Kid were the same person, but she wasn't believing that. "You might as well just take it off. Odds are I won't know you anyway. All I know is that you aren't Shinichi."

"How would you know that?" he asked, hiding his white suit in a secret compartment in the car.

"I came there with him," she paused and looked out the window, feeling awkward that he was changing in front of her, "He's probably looking for me right now. Can you just take me back?"

His hand went flat, and with the twisting of his wrist, revealed a white flower. "I'm a magician, I can't just go back to the police, and give the gem to them. I have to do it in a mysterious way that will catch people off guard. And unless I want to be put in prison, I can't go back to a group of police guards who are looking for me."

Ran smiled and took the flower from him, "I love magic. It's so much fun to watch, but Shinichi would always be a buzz kill and explain every single trick to me."

He knew exactly what she meant. There have been multiple times where Kaito has done a trick that Conan would reveal. He looked down at her, "You know, I don't even remember him having a little sister."

"Oh," the observation took her by surprise, "I'm just a friend of his, not his sister."

He had suspicions, but now he's for sure on what exactly is going on. He decides to have fun with his knowledge, "Little girl, do you know who Conan Edogawa is?"

"What?" she looks around, "N-no."

He smirks, "How about Ran Mouri? Do you know her?"

"I-I don't," she lied, and realized what he was doing, "Are you toying with me?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," he said, playing dumb.

"Kaito-"

"I'm Shinichi Kudo, detective," he interrupted.

Ran sighed, "He doesn't always say that when addressing himself."

"Yes I do," he defended, suddenly having a puzzled look on his face, "Since that Mouri girl is my girlfriend, I think it's mandatory that I should know her bust size. Do you know where I can get this information?"

She turned away, hiding her red face, "Why would I?"

"I wonder if her friend would tell me what I need to know," he said, leaning back, with a smile sprawled across his face.

"Sonoko?"

His behavior suddenly became clueless, "Hey, how did you know Ran's friend's name if you don't even know who she is?"

"Don't say my name as if you're friends with me," she complained.

He held out a deck of cards, awaiting for her to choose some, "Pick three," he instructed.

She was hesitant, but she chose three cards. They each contained a word. The sentence said, 'I know everything.' She looked up at him, and saw his glowing face. She stared at him, not amused, "Do you ever have normal conversations with people?"

He laughed and held out the deck, "Do you want to answer that with another card?"

-With Shinichi

He came out back to Sherry. He was puffing his shirt and breathing deeply to keep cool, "I-I can't find her anywhere. She's completely gone. What could have happened? She couldn't have been easily stolen, there are police everywhere." He started pacing, and just before he can talk some more, his phone rang. The number was private, but he answered it, "Hello?"

"Hi, Shinichi!" Ran yelled into the phone.

He exhaled in relief, "Ran, where are you? I've been looking, and-and getting worried," he looked at the number she was calling from, but it was on private, "Which phone are you using?"

"I'm fine. I just- I may have grabbed onto Kaito and then he flew away with me. I'm using his phone."

"W-Why would you do such a reckless thing? I'm still shaking from panic," he sighed slowly to remain calm, "Where are you, so I can go get you?"

"Well, Kaito Kid won't take me back over there for obvious reasons, and he doesn't want you knowing his location for more obvious reasons. He said that he'll drop me off in front of my dad's detective agency. Since I'm not there, he'll probably be out drinking, so he won't see me," she suggested, "Since It's late, I'm staying with him for the night, and-"

"No!" he demanded, "I won't allow that. I need you here now," suddenly his tone got softer, "I-I need you here."

"Don't worry, Tantei-kun. I'll take good care of her!" Kaito yelled into the phone.

Shinichi looked at it suspiciously, "Am I on speaker?"

"Yeah. Kaito kid wanted to make sure you and I weren't planning anything."

"But it's strange hearing Tantei-kun say such sweet words to a small girl," he snickered.

Shinichi turned red, but he changed the subject, "When do I meet you?"

"At noon," Kaito took the phone away and hung up. "I wasn't finished talking to him."

"Yes, you were. You told him the information needed, so no more." Ran and Kaito eventually reached their destination, while Sherry and Shinichi went home and slept until morning.

An hour before noon, Ran combed through her hair and put on her shoes to meet with Shinichi. Kaito, looking like Shinichi, watched as she got ready to leave. When she finished, they headed out. They walked side by side, passing small stores and shops. Ran saw someone familiar in the distance. It was Masaya. He was talking to his brother and walking down the same sidewalk towards Ran and Kaito. Ran pulled on Kaito's shirt, "Isn't there another route we can take?"
He looked at her suspiciously and then glanced back at the two guys walking their direction. "Do you know them?"
"Ran does, and so does Shinichi."
Kaito smiled and began to walk faster towards them. Kazukiyo, Masaya's brother, went inside a store while Masaya waited outside. He saw Kaito, who was disguised as Shinichi, and sighed with frustration. "I was expecting your last visit to be the last time we ever saw each other."
"Why? What was so bad about my last visit?"
"You told me my girlfriend and her sister were dead."
"Whoa, sorry about your loss."
"Don't mock me, Kudo," Masaya looked down, seeing the little girl and laughed, "Ran?"
"Y-yes?"
Masaya laughed even harder, "This is great. I missed quite a bit didn't I? We have catching up to do. Where are you headed?"
"I was going to drop her off at home," Kaito said, "You want to take her there instead?"
He was confused, "Seriously? That's unlike you."
"Is it? Maybe I'm in a good mood."
"No, not that. Usually you're more of the jealous type," Masaya walked closer and looked at Kaito closely.
"She's only 8 years old. It's not like you'll have sex with her," he faced Ran, who was red, "See you later, Mouri-san."
Masaya took her hand, "We're going to ditch my brother. He's taking too long anyway," they were walking along the side walk, "Are you and Kudo fighting?"
"No, why would you think that?"
"Well it's strange for him to call you by your last name. It's even stranger that he had the idea for me to take you home."
"He'll think about what he did, and end up being there before us. Probably in different clothes, too."
Masaya smirked, "Are you sure about that? Follow me, I know a short cut." Little did Ran know, he was actually taking her in the opposite direction.

I spilled soda on the keyboard so a few keys don't work. The goal is to not type a lot. Unfortunately I won't be able to do responses this week but I'll be on a different cp soon so I'll do the responses next week. Thank you for reading!