A/N:Time for the latest chapter of this story. I hope you all enjoy the story.

Chapter 11 Coming to terms

I sighed as I held my head in my hands, currently confused with what was happening to me. So, apparently I had someone's voice in my mind? This was something weird and I didn't know how to deal with it. My logical detective mind just couldn't accept these irrational notions.

'You are not delusional, Kudo Shinichi. You are my reincarnation. It's only natural that you don't know how to deal with your past life right away.' Lelouch's voice said from my mind-wait, what was I thinking, acting like I wasn't insane when I clearly was? There was no way in hell that this could be real.

'Of course it is real, you idiot.'

So, I had to force myself to believe that I wasn't alone in my mind? My logical detective mind resisted that sort of thinking right away, so for now I decided to ignore the voice in my mind, but at the same time, something told me I shouldn't ignore it. I had to listen to it, listen and learn from it. There were things this voice had to teach me, and I had to listen and stop being rebellious.

I blinked then as I came back to my senses. Okay, so now Ran thought I was a complete and total psycho. That was great, totally how I wanted her to think of me. No, the one girl I care about more than any other needed to know the truth; she had to. I couldn't lie to her; I had known her my entire life, and it's not like I could keep a secret from her for long.

I had often thought about what would happen if I had even done such a thing to begin with. Like, what if I had been reverted to the size of a small child?

'Kudo, those things don't happen,' Lelouch whispered. He had fallen silent in my mind for the most part, only commenting when he felt like it, which was good by my standards. I didn't mind a quiet mind as much as I did a noisy one.

My cell phone rang all of a sudden. I answered, knowing who it would be.

"R-Ran? Yeah, I am all right now. You really don't need to worry about me, all right? Your dad threw another fit? Well, he sorta needs to learn to respect me for what I do. I mean, I try my best but he doesn't exactly work hard at his cases. Eh, Ran, there's no need for you to come over here and pummel me into the wall. I'm absolutely certain that I'm fine, baarou."

I hung up then and turned to the side. I needed a good murder to take my mind off of things. Why was it when I least wanted people to talk to me, that they chose that moment to do so and why couldn't murders happen when I wanted them to?

'You used to kill, before.' Lelouch stated.

I frowned. "I've never killed anyone in my life, you baka. I'm a detective, for god's sake, not a murderer."

I decided it would be best for me to check up on Agasa, and maybe that would take my mind off things. What should I tell him, oh, hey there doc, I'm doing well except for the fact that I see things before my eyes and I now have a voice talking to me in my head that claims I killed people when I never have? Oh, he'd take that well.

'Idiot. You have killed-'

'Enough,' I thought, tired of arguing with him. I opened my door and stepped outside, locking it and then opening the gate. I shut it behind me and headed over to the Doctor's house, only to hear a huge explosion resound from inside it. I nearly fell over for a moment but managed to catch my balance.

'Here we go again with Hakase's stupid experiments,' I thought to myself. 'What on earth is he trying to do now?' I rang the doorbell, wondering what sort of crazy thing he was trying now.

Agasa was a lovable nutjob. Half of his stuff broke easily and he was prone to blowing up his experiments and messing things up.

I waited. No response. Irritated, I rang the doorbell again. Finally, Agasa opened, covered in soot from head to toe. "Oh, Shinichi, nice to see you. Are you doing better? No more dreams?"

I sighed. Obviously Ran had told him about the dreams. "No, I'm just fine, Hakase. You don't have to worry about me, rather I think it's you we should worry about. What if you kill yourself with these experiments of yours?"

"That's why I have Ai-kun helping me." He said pointedly.

I blinked for a long moment. "Huh?"

"Shinichi-kun, I'd like to introduce you to Ai Haibara-kun," He pointed to where a small blond girl was watching me with a bored look on her face.

Oh, boy, kids. This was going to be great. I was good at dealing with children; no, not really. The thing was I couldn't stand them. They probably remind me of how I acted when I was younger, and that's something I wish to forget. But I can't. Sorry, it's not like I could conveniently wind up with amnesia when I wished for it.

"Hello," She said icily. I shuddered then. What was wrong with this girl? Weren't kids supposed to be all happy and friendly?

"I'm Kudo Shinichi, ojousama. Nice to meet you-"

"No need to patronize me, meitantei-san," She said sarcastically.

I gaped. P-patronize? Where did she learn words like that? She talked like she was an adult or something, but that's clearly impossible. It seemed to me that always stuff happened to me that was unbelievable. What is with kids these days?

"Ai-kun, be nice," Agasa chided. "Well, I have to go clean up the experiment. Hang out with her for a bit, Shinichi-kun."

"W-Wait a second, Hakase!" I cried. I sighed as I sat down, away from the creepy kid, who was ignoring me. She was reading a science magazine. "Oi, kid...so how's the weather right now?"

She ignored me.

'Way to start a conversation, Kudo Shinichi. This is probably the first time I've spoken to a girl who has no romantic interest in me besides Sonoko,' I scolded myself mentally. Well, that was fine. I really didn't feel like talking at the moment, either.

I just looked away from her, studying the interesting books on the wall-not really, but more interesting than studying the creepy kid who looked at me too often and acted a bit too much like an adult. No, a creepy adult, to be more precise.

'Isn't that familiar?' Lelouch snarked.

'Be quiet,' I commanded in my mind.

"So, enjoying the silence, Kudo-kun?" She said airily, seeming to enjoy my discomfort.

"Yes," I said icily, preferring to ignore the annoying girl.

"Am I getting on your nerves, meitantei-san?" She said, clearly enjoying every moment of this like the annoying pain in the behind that she was.

I rolled my eyes and looked away.

"I'll take that as a yes. You're the high school detective, Kudo Shinichi who lives across the street, alone, since your parents moved overseas three days ago. You are an arrogant, egotistical idiot who thinks he's always right about everything," She smirked, "Am I right?"

I stared at her in disbelief. Gee, I knew there were people who hated me, but this took it to a new level. "...I'm not arrogant, you baka!"

"Sure you're not," She snarked.

'I hate you, Lelouch. You act so snooty about everything.'

I sighed. "That's wrong, you baarou. That's not how I am at all."

She smirked. "I'm good at reading people."

"Who are you? You're not an ordinary child. You're more than that, aren't you? How'd you know so much about me, huh? You've been researching me for a long time, haven't you?"

"Your mind doesn't miss much, does it?" She remarked. "Your deductive mind is quite scary."

I sighed. "Tell me, who are you?"