The next morning Saguru slumped into his chair in his classroom. He had almost no sleep the night before. After leaving the vet office, the detective had gone back the park. He searched for hours, but found nothing. The only thing he found was a simple circle that was etched into the walking path. Other then that there was nothing. He had trudged back to his place where he spent most of the night waiting to hear about the kitten's condition. When his alarm went off the next morning, he had only gotten about an hour of sleep.

No one really seemed to wonder where Kaito was. Aoko had asked but Saguru just shrugged his shoulders. In the third period, he felt his phone vibrate. He quickly read the text without his teacher noticing. It was from Mio.

He's Awake.

Quickly Saguru excused himself and ran to the clinic.

When Conan awoke his head hurt. Slowly he opened his eyes and saw the cold, dark metal cage he was inside. Fear crept down his spine as he looked around and saw nothing familiar. Despite the pain to his ribs he took a deep breath. He couldn't smell Kaito. All he could smell was the lemon sent of disinfectant. Conan fought back nausea as he slowly rose to his feet. The floor was cold and metallic against his paws. He tried to call out.

"Mrrooow." He called pitifully. The kitten hoped Kaito was somewhere nearby. He tried calling out again to the darkness. However, there was no answer. Carefully he made his way over to the back of the cage. He propped up against the solid wall.

Shinichi tried to concentrate on the last thing he remembered. He was in the park when he unexpectedly changed back into a kitten. After wondering out into the open, there a dog grabbed him. Luckily the owner saw in time and pried him out of the jaws. That's when she appeared. Claimed that she would look after him. Then she found Kaito. That's right! Kaito was trapped like he was a few nights ago. Then she started to crush him with her bare hand. It was so hard to breath. Conan snapped to attention. Then… this must be her place! She's captured us and has Kaito somewhere.

Suddenly there was a rustling sound at the front of the cage. Conan looked up to see a woman looking in . Her face blocking most of the view outside of the cage.

"Hello handsome." She called softly. "Glad to see you up." Every muscle in Conan's small body tensed. He squished himself to the back of the cage.

"Hisssssss." He spat. 'Where is Kaito bitch?!' He could feel every hair on his body stand on end.

The woman gave a bit of a sad look. "Not very friendly are you little one." Conan didn't back down. The woman sighed.

Saguru burst into the clinic and ran into the back. He put a hand on the operating table in the middle of the room and the other on his knee.

"You got here fast." Mio lightly teased. "Weren't you at school when I texted you?" Saguru nodded his head as he gasped for breath. "Here let me get you a drink." As Mio left the room Saguru's eyes locked on the cage where the young black kitten was. Hesitantly, Saguru walked forward.

"Conan… Is that really you?" The kitten shivered for a second, starring wide eyed at the tall teen. Saguru slowly opened the cage door. His eyes never leaving the small kitten. In answer to his movements, Conan plastered himself to the back wall and gave the loudest hiss he could manage.

"Whoa take it easy." Saguru called in a calming tone. "You have some ribs broken, and…" He never got to finish because Conan suddenly lunged forward. The kitten jumped out of the cage and leaped to Saguru's face. The teen yelped in surprise and fell backwards; pulling a chair down with him. The kitten scurried away and looked around for a few seconds.

Unsuccessful to find an escape route, Conan decided to slide underneath the cages. Just as he squeezed into the opening, the door opened and Mio ran back inside.

"Are you alright?" She asked as she helped Saguru to his feet.

"Yeah, nothing to worry about. Although Tentei Kun has now hidden himself from us. He looked over to where Conan had disappeared.

"Don't worry about him for a minute. Just sit there for a second and I'll stop the bleeding."

Mio gestured to another chair across the room. Saguru sat down in the chair slightly perturbed.

"Bleeding?" Saguru wiped the back of hand on one of his checks. The was a small smear of blood left behind.

"Guess the kitten got you pretty good." Mio chuckled.

"Y-yeah." Saguru replied.

After applying a band aid Mio helped Saguru to his feet. "What about Tentei Kun?" He wondered.

"He's fine there for right now." Mio looked down at her watch. "Look I've got to get some paperwork done. I suggest that you head home and leave Tentei Kun to me. Your not looking so hot."

Saguru shook his head. "I'm going to stay. I want to make sure that Tentei Kun is fine."

Mio shrugged her shoulders and walked towards the front desk.

As she left Saguru knelled down so he could peer under the cages. Conan had sat himself against the wall in the middle of the cages. The kitten's eyes were wide and weary. His fur was still standing strait up, making him appear larger.

"Stop it, I'm not going to hurt you." He slid his hand under the cages and got ready to grab the small animal. Conan barred his teeth. Saguru could see the cat's muscles start to coil under his fur, ready to spring.

Saguru quickly pulled his hand back and rearranged himself so he was now siting with his back leaning against the cages. They sat like that for what felt like forever.

"I'm sorry." Saguru mumbled in a low voice. "I feel personally responsible for your… condition." Saguru ran his fingers through his hair. The fatigue evident in his voice. "With everything that has happened this past month it feels like I'm losing my mind." Conan knew that feeling well.

"Listen Conan, about earlier. I had no idea of what happened to you. I just went to Kaito's to see if there were any clues to your whereabouts. If I knew Akako was responsible about this... Anyway, I want you to know that I will do everything in my power to help you."

Conan silently weighed is options. He didn't trust Saguru one bit. However, he was hurt, and the chance of running away was next to nothing. The teen in front of him might be his only way of getting back in contact with Kaito. He might be his only hope of getting back into his own body.