The New Students

by The Flying Mint Bunny

There are two new transfer students. One is the somewhat quiet Hashiba Akiko who has just transferred into Kuroba Kaito's high school class. The second is Fern Northwood who has just moved from America, straight into the classroom of Edogawa Conan. Both are unusual students with peculiar histories that attract both the world's greatest thief and one of the most famous detectives.

11. Chapter 11 - Capture

• Chapter 11 •

Capture

Damn it, Hakuba! thought Kaito as he fell into the hole. This was definitely not part of his plan and now he had to think of a way out.

"Oh! Shinichi left again!" said Ran.

"How can you be so naive?" asked Conan and Kaito, at practically the same time.

"I can't believe it!" said Inspector Nakamori, "The game you've been playing is over, Kaito Kid."

"And it looks like the police have won it," added Hakuba.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" asked Conan.

"My name is Saguru Hakuba and I was just taking a walk not far from here," he replied.

"And how is it that Kid is in the trap?"

"Apparently Kid drugged all of these dogs before he came here. He probably disguised himself as a kennel worker and drugged their food. Just as he was making his escape with the jewel, we were walking up that path and Mori here ran up and grabbed the bottom of his pants and pulled him down. And apparently he was right above the spot with the trap," Hakuba explained as he petted the collie that had sat down next to him.

"Mori? Like Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes?" asked Conan.

"Yes, that's exactly right," replied Hakuba, as he walked over to the trap, "Well, it looks like everything is over for you, Kaito. Let's see if my suspicions were true."

Mori? Really? Detectives and their obsession with Sherlock Holmes, thought Kaito, Eh? Great. Now he's going to reveal my real identity. I need to think of something fast…

Just as these thoughts passed through the mind of the Magician Under the Moonlight, he heard somebody yell, "Look!"

"I wonder what that could be?" he asked himself.

Conan turned around to see the copy of Kid he had seen the previous month, gliding through the night sky on a paraglider. Damn it! I knew it. That must be his accomplice!

The paraglider came closer and closer and then something dropped to the ground.

"What in the world could that be?" asked Inspector Nakamori.

Conan ran up to the strange objects and saw that they were small metal balls. "Uh oh," he said, "Get away from here!" He was almost too late as the balls had opened up and released a mucky white smoke. Conan took in a good mouthful, but soon realized that it wasn't sleeping gas. He couldn't see a single meter in any direction for a few minutes and when the smoke cleared, Kaito Kid was gone.