Here's Chapter 9! I have to apologise cos this Chapter is a bit confusing... only towards the ending part... ok, perhaps a little confusing at the start and middle as well... ^^ll More suspense coming your way! ^^ And sorry for the delay... I am busy at the moment since I would be sitting for a very important paper this year. Bear with me everyone! Thanks a lot! Domo arigato!

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A Shinichian Conan
Chapter 9: The search for Conan
A Detective Conan Fanfic

"Jurisdiction 3D?" repeated Conan.

"The very three targets." said Souji.

"Targets?"

"DETECT, DESTROY and DETOUR." begun Kyougoku. "We're basically secret agents working towards these three targets. DETECT the Black Organization, DESTROY their networks and DETOUR all the damages the Organization has done, which is basically to help all the fallen preys in the best way possible."

"We've been working on you for months right after Mr and Mrs Kudo had reported your situation to the Secret Service." Souji continued while polishing his *bokutou*.

"Those folks..." muttered Conan with half-shut eyes that seemed to call out the word "DUH".

"We would be needing your help to exterminate the Organization. And don't worry about the safety of your friends and close ones. We have the cooperation of the local police." claimed Souji.

"I guess I don't have a choice, huh? But I'm afraid that I can't do much in this body." Conan rejected pessimistically.

"Not to worry, Mr Kudo. You won't be in this body for long." reassured Kyougoku.

"You mean you've found a cure?" Conan asked in surprise as he brightened up a little.

"No, but we have had received news that you had the pleasure of befriending the maker of the APTX 4869 drug, Shiho Miyano." Souji replied in response to Conan's question.

"Haha... sort of..." Conan replied uneasily with a few big sweat drops hanging on his head.

"We understand that she has also landed herself in a situation similar to yours but we have confidence that we could come up with a cure and Ms Miyano is our key character." stressed Kyougoku.

"I'll... tr...y... my... my... best... th..." Conan trailed off as he tried to steady himself. However, his body was not able to restrain itself from the strain any further and it finally succumbed to exhaustion. And everything around Conan......

Blacked out.

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The morning rays forced their way into the rooms which gladly welcomed them.

Everyone was all set for the big search... well almost everyone, except......

"Hajime Kindaichi! You lazy pig! Get UP!!" roared a voice that shook the entire neighborhood.

"Yawn... mm... I'm not in, come back later." came the sleepy reply as Hajime continued his "beauty sleep".

Horns popped out of Miyuki's head and fangs slid out into sight. Look like things are going to heat up a bit...

"I said... GEET UPP!!" roared Miyuki again as she reached for Hajime's left ear and gave it a hard tug.

"Ouch, ouch, ow! Ok, I'm up! I'm up!" Hajime gave in as he sat straight up in bed, fanning at his aching ear.

"We're supposed to help the Professor search for the missing kid, remember?"

"Oh yeah." 'Darn! I was just having such a nice dream on bikini babes!' Hajime thought to himself grumpily as Miyuki dragged him out of the bed.

Everyone was waiting impatiently for Hajime at the living room as they "tap-danced" away. Finally, after what seemed like a million cobwebs, Hajime was finally ready to go.

'Woah, that's fast. He's so fast that even LIGHT has to bow down to his speed.' snickered Heiji in his own thoughts.

"Ok, the four of you shall go in pairs while I wait at home with little Ai, just in case there's any news on Conan." the Professor instructed the four teenagers as he led them to the gates. "And remember to be back before dinner!"

"OK!" answered the four teenagers in one voice.

"Ring! Ring!"

"I'll get it." said Ai as she went inside to get the phone.

"Hello... Kudo?"

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"I heard that there's an abandoned warehouse down the road, situated at the deserted area, perhaps we should check it out." suggested Hajime.

"Abandoned warehouse? Do you supposed there would be gh... gh..."

"Ghosts? ......nah!" said Hajime as he dismissed the thought of investigating a haunted warehouse.

The pair was nearing the abandoned warehouse when Miyuki suddenly tugged at Hajime's sleeves, saying, "Hey, those two guys outside the warehouse are acting kind of suspicious."

Hajime nodded in agreement as he pulled Miyuki behind a wall. He waited for the two guys to enter the warehouse before going in for a closer look.

"Psst... over here Miyuki. We should be able to take a good look here."

Miyuki stepped onto the crate next to Hajime's and peered in through the window. He was right, it's indeed bird's eye view from here.

It could be seen that one of the black suited man was standing next to a person who's tied to a chair. Slowly approaching was another black clad fellow with extremely long hair. His lips moved, but no words could be caught by the two teenagers' ears. The figure standing next to the chair smirked while the poor man struggled to free himself from the ropes.

When the long haired man was finally close enough, he gave a slight nod and his companion immediately closed in on their victim and grabbed hold of his mouth. Once this was done, the fellow with the long flowing hair forced a pill down the man's throat and stood back marveling at the sight in front of him.

The victim struggled in pain the moment he swallowed the pill.

"Oh my god..." Miyuki gasped as she took a step backwards. "The man... he... he disappeared!"

Hajime gasped in surprise as well. He turned around to face Miyuki as he pondered over the scene. All that was left of the man were the clothes that he had worn a minute ago. It seemed like he had practically disintegrated into thin air.

Hajime turned back to the window and tried to hunt for the two men, but they were nowhere in sight.

"Are you looking for us?" came a cold voice behind the duo's back.

"Huh?" the duo cried out in surprise as they tried to turn around to see who was behind them. Unfortunately, before they could even turn their heads around, a heavy blow landed on the duo. It first landed Hajime into unconsciousness before dragging Miyuki along with him......

(*bokutou* = Kendo sword)