Chapter 21~!

Ok so the story will start to come together (possibly) in this chapter. Anyway, the story now takes place 8 years later…

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Time Well Spent

It was early morning and it was Friday. That meant the weekend was coming up. The weekend meant teen parties. Since, Akane, Haruki and Naoko were all sixteen, Shinichi had to watch out.

He sat at the kitchen island, drinking his coffee and reading the newspaper.

Ran sighed as she flipped the pancakes.

"What's wrong, dear?" Shinichi asked.

"Nothing, I just can't believe our kids are growing up. I feel really old."

Shinichi snickered. "We're barely there, Ran. You're only as old as you feel."

She turned to him and grinned. "Coming from the man who found a tiny silver hair this morning,"

He looked up. "That was from stress."

She laughed and turned back to the stove. "Right,"

"Good morning, mom and dad." Akane said in a cheerful mood. Shinichi snickered.

"No, Akane, you're not going to that party."

Akane turned to him. "Come on dad, all the popular kids are gonna be there. If I don't show up…"

"I don't care. You're not going and that's final."

She sighed and sat down.

Haruki entered the room and sat down. He was pretty quiet.

"Something wrong, Haru?" Ran asked as she set a pancake onto his plate.

He looked up. "No, nothing's wrong…I'm just tired."

Conan and Naoko walked in. "And the rest of the family," Shinichi said. He snickered. "Good morning,"

"Good morning, dad." Naoko said climbing into the chair.

Haruki looked at Shinichi and grinned. "Dad, you said that once Akane, Naoko and I are sixteen, you'd buy us a car…and we turned sixteen six weeks ago."

Shinichi snickered. "Alright, can you all decide on a car?"

"What!" Akane shouted. She looked at Shinichi. "Conan didn't have to share his car! We're rich,"

"I'm rich." Shinichi said.

"What ever, you have more than enough to buy us each a car."

"Not until you have your license."

"But dad,"

"Enough,"

Akane sighed, giving up. She didn't want to argue.

Ran looked at the clock, "Alright time to get ready for school."

They all stood up and grabbed what they needed.

Ran came out and kissed him. He smiled. "Be safe, ok?"

Shinichi turned to Conan, "Oi, can you bring them to school today?"

"But dad, I have to look into some schools today,"

Shinichi chuckled. "Oh come on. You can pick up college applications to good schools there, besides you're going to bring Sakura to school, aren't you?" Shinichi shuttered at the thought of Conan dating Sonoko's daughter.

Conan sighed. "Fine," He turned to his siblings. "Get in the car. All get in the back," He shut the door as he left the house.

Shinichi sighed and kissed Ran. "Well, I'm off to work."

She waved to him as he left. She shut the door and decided to do some cleaning.

Teitan High School

"Akane!" She turned around to see Kichiro Hattori running towards her.

"What is it?" She asked as she opened her locker.

"Are you going to that party tonight?" He asked. She laughed.

"My dad almost gave me a lecture this morning. I'll find a way to that party." She leaned to kiss him.

"I'll see you around then," Kichiro said. Akane smiled and waved to him.

"I see that look in your face." Kasumi said walking up to Akane.

She turned. "What?" She shut her locker with a smile.

"How are you going to that party tonight?"

"I don't know, dad might let me go if I trick him."

"But your dad might see right through it, afterall he is a detective."

"Are you going to the party?" Akane asked to Kasumi.

She shook her head. "No, my mom's taking me clothes shopping tonight."

"Hm, well have fun then." Akane walked off.

Haruki stepped by Kasumi. She turned to him. "Haru, are you going to that big party tonight?"

Haruki shrugged and continued to walk.

"Is everyone going to that party!'

Naoko walked over to Kasumi. "No, I'm not. Daddy said no."

"Well, then maybe you can go shopping with my mom and I."

"I'd like that." Naoko smiled.

Metropolitan Police Department

"Kudo, how's it going?" Heiji asked.

Shinichi looked up. "It's alright. Akane has been bugging me about a party that's happening tonight and Naoko, well she keeps wearing limited clothing. I'm gonna have to start watching after her more and more."

"Kichiro brought the party up too, we're not letting him go either…he says there will be chaperones but…I doubt it."

Shinichi nodded. "Heh, it would be funny to stop by and break up the party."

Heiji laughed, "We should go on patrol tonight." Shinichi nodded.

"Hai,"

Kudo (Second Generation) Residence…After school

"It's the weekend!" Haruki shouted as he entered the house.

Ran laughed. "Don't get too excited, Haru. You all have to do your homework still."

The three kids headed off into the kitchen to do it. Ran was so surprised they did it.

Shinichi then came home. She walked over to him and gave him a kiss.

"Oh yeah, you're parents are coming over for dinner," she said.

"Alright, what are we having?"

"I was thinking of ordering pizza."

"Ok, yeah, we can do that. You need a break from the kitchen anyway. Do we have paper plates and cups?"

"Hai, I went shopping today,"

He leaned down and kissed her. After he pulled away he smiled. "I'm gonna go change out of these clothes now."

He headed upstairs.

Ran stepped into the kitchen and saw all the kids doing their homework.

"So, how was school?" She asked.

"It was fine…same as usual. Nothing changes, mom." Haruki said as he completed his math.

Conan stepped into the kitchen and grabbed the juice from the fridge.

Ran turned to him. "Did you apply to any schools?"

"Hai, mom, I applied to ten."

"Ten? That's great…what kind of schools?"

He paused. "Um…just regular universities…Tokyo Medical…and other science and technology schools,"

Ran smiled at him. "I'm glad you kids are taking after something other than the law enforcement…"

Conan smiled and nodded. He turned and left the room.

Haruki sighed and put everything back into his bag. He pulled out his iPod and 3DS. He headed to the den.

"Hey, Haru." Shinichi said. Haruki ignored him due to the music being so loud. "Ok,"

Shinichi walked into the kitchen. "Hi, dad." Naoko said. Shinichi smiled.

"How was school?" He asked.

"Same as everyday we learn stuff." Naoko said with a smile.

"Hm, ok…" Shinichi said. He looked at Akane. "How about you, how was school, Akane?"

"Fine." She answered, simply. The two girls stood up and headed upstairs to their rooms.

Two Hours Later

"Hello, everyone!" Yukiko shouted as she entered the house with Yusaku right behind her.

"Grandma! Grandpa!" Akane shouted running to hug them.

"Akane, how are you dear?" Yukiko asked.

"I'm doing great, still a straight "A+" student," she answered.

"Good for you. You keep up those grades and you will get into a really good university." Yusaku said. Akane smiled and skipped into the den. Shinichi stepped out. "Your kids are overachievers."

"Hai, we try." Shinichi said with a smirk.

"So, how's Conan?" Yukiko asked.

"He's doing great. He's been finding colleges and universities all week. He just applied to ten of them today."

"Really?" She asked turning to Conan who was sitting in the chair reading a book.

"The pizza will be here any minute." Ran said. Shinichi shrugged her off.

"I'll get it when it gets here." He told her. She sighed and sat on the couch.

Yukiko and Yusaku sat down on the couch.

The pizza arrived and they all ate.

"The other night when we went out…can you believe that the waiter didn't ask for my ID?" Yukiko asked.

Shinichi snickered. "Hai, I can believe it."

Yukiko slightly nudged him. "Shin-chan, that wasn't nice."

"Sorry mom, but face it, you're getting old."

"I am not!" Yusaku then snickered. She turned to him. "What's so funny? You're the one with the gray hair!"

Shinichi lifted and eye brow. He looked at her hair and face. Curse his keen eye for noticing small detail that someone would have to take the time to find. "Mom, you have a few strands of gray too." He snickered. "You also have small wrinkles."

"I do not!"

"You do grandma!" Haruki shouted with laughter. She glared at everyone laughing.

"Wait until you get old." She told them.

"Shinichi found a silver strand of hair this morning," Ran said, also laughing. He turned to her.

"Oi, how are we so sure it came from me? It could have come from you!" She looked at him with anger. "Oh! It's only funny when it's happening to someone else." He leaned in and kissed her. "I'm sorry, Ran. I love you."

She smirked and kissed him back. "I love you too."

The phone started ringing. Shinichi got up to answer it.

"Naoko, the phone's for you!"

Naoko got up and answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Naoko, its Kasumi. Do you want to spend the night?"

"Let me ask, hold on." She walked into the den. "Dad, can I spend the night at Kasumi's tonight?"

He looked at her and sighed. "Hai,"

"Thank you!" She hugged him and ran back to the phone. "Dad said yes!"

"Ok, how are you getting here?"

"How am I getting there?" She asked.

"I suppose I can drive you over there. Sakura and I are going to the movies." Conan said. He looked down at his watch. "About another hour we can leave."

"Thank you, Conan." Naoko said. He nodded.

Later (At 11:00PM)

Akane was careful and shut her door quietly. She turned to head down the stairs. She was startled as she saw Haruki.

He looked up. "What are you doing?" He asked. She looked at him.

"I can ask you the same." She crossed her arms.

He smirked. "Daddy's little princess…is sneaking out?" He asked.

She groaned. "Well, what are you doing?"

He looked down. "I'm going to that party."

She smirked. "So you had the same thought?"

"I'm your twin, of course I did." They had their shoes on and they headed outside, the back way.

Teen Party

The house was filled with a bunch of high school students off all classes.

The house was like a mansion therefore there was a lot of space and several teens headed upstairs to do what ever.

It was getting out of control.

"Come on, Kichiro!" Akane shouted grabbing his wrist and taking him upstairs.

Haruki watched the two. "Haru? What's wrong?" Shouta asked. He looked at him.

"My sister and Hattori just went upstairs."

"Hey! Watch what I can do." Shouta said, ignoring him. Haruki sighed and watched him perform his magic trick. "Dad taught me how to do this."

"What are you trying to do?"

Shouta looked at him, "Trying to make the cup turn into a bouquet of flowers."

"Kuroba! What did you do to the cake!"

Haruki and Shouta turned to the screaming boy.

"Oi, Ariade, what happened to you?" Haruki laughed.

"It's not funny! It exploded all over my mom's white carpet!"

"Sorry, Araide, I will fix the problem." Shouta said. He grabbed a blanket.

"Not the-," The boy covered his eyes. "My parents are gonna kill me," he said. Haruki snickered.

Upstairs…

"I've never done this before." Kichiro said. Akane looked at him and blushed.

"Neither have I."

"We don't have to do anything…we can just skip out." Kichiro said.

Akane shook her head and kissed him. "No, I want to…it's just I heard it hurts for the first time."

"We can stop anytime…right?" Kichiro asked. Akane nodded.

Downstairs (at the party)

"What! What happened to the stain?" Karou Araide asked. Shouta shrugged.

"A magician never reveals his secrets!"

Haruki shrugged off and walked over to another bunch of teens and started to dance with them.

Before they knew it…it was almost 2AM.

Outside…

Shinichi and Heiji decided to do some patrolling and drove by the house. Of course, if they looked out the window, they would just assume it was someone passing by because they weren't driving in police car.

"Is that alcohol?" Heiji asked. Shinichi turned to him and nodded.

"Looks like it," he said. They continued to watch.

"Um, Kudo, look." Heiji pointed into the window. Shinichi's eyes widened.

"Haruki!" He shook his head.

"Damn it…Kichiro's there too!"

Shinichi then saw Akane. "They are grounded." Heiji nodded.

"I don't see Naoko or Kasumi in there," he said. He turned to Shinichi. "Do we break up the party?"

"Hm, we can go in there and embarrass them…or we can just wait until they get home and surprise them. They think we're sleeping." Shinichi grabbed his phone and took pictures for evidence when they deny. Heiji did the same.

"I'm calling Kazuha,"

Shinichi nodded. "I'll call Ran too."

Kudo (Second Generation) Residence

"I can't believe they would sneak out like that." Ran said. Shinichi turned to her.

"I thought they were gonna do something to get to the party…but I thought they'd be a bit smarter than to sneak out. I thought they would trick us into letting them go."

They were waiting in the dark kitchen. There was no way the kids would risk entering or exiting the front or side door…because they weren't sliding doors.

A few minutes later…

"Haruki…be quiet." Akane whispered.

The two stepped into the kitchen and shut the door, not noticing their parents sitting at the kitchen island. The light above the stove, which was used to see in the dark if they were thirsty or what ever had blown.

"I can't see, turn on the light." Haruki whispered. Akane flicked the light and they jumped.

Shinichi and Ran weren't happy.

"Where were you just now?" Shinichi asked.

The two looked at each other. "Um…we were just out getting fresh air."

"In those outfits? And wearing that make-up?"

"Well we certainly didn't wanna wear our pajama's out there and get them all dirty." Haruki said.

Ran nodded. "Oh, ok." Of course Ran was joking but it fooled the kids.

"It's a good thing I can trust my kids. They won't misbehave or disobey their parents."

"Right…so good night." Haruki said. The two started walking towards the stairs.

"Hattori called me and said he saw you through the window. I told him it couldn't have been my kids because they were asleep in their beds." Shinichi said. Akane and Haruki looked down.

"Oh, Shinichi, maybe you should tell them about the undercover officer, that was there and how he has picture of everyone."

Shinichi nodded. "Oh yes. An officer, specializing in undercover work…was hiding in the closet getting pictures. He has everyone that was there. He's also taking them to jail into holding cells."

"It's just a good thing that you were here the whole time." Ran said.

Akane was about to open her mouth but Haruki stopped her. "Akane, they are trying to get us to claim we were there…which we weren't," he said. Shinichi and Ran sighed.

"I am tired so I am done. You two are grounded." Ran said. Shinichi nodded.

"Go upstairs to your rooms. You are not leaving this house again except for school."

The two nodded and headed upstairs.

Ran turned to Shinichi. "The lying came from you."

He sighed. They both headed upstairs to go to bed as well.

~End of Chapter

Ok, so I may also mention now that his is indeed the generation after Shinichi and Ran but it still focus's around Shinichi, especially after the next chapter.

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