"Greetings, Ran-kun, Chibi-chan!" Sonoko cheered.

"Hi, Sonoko-chan!" Ran chirped back. Conan just grunted, ignoring the brown-haired girl.

Sonoko noticed. "Sheesh. What's up with him?"

Ran smiled. "He's just grumpy because our curses wore off."

"Ohhh..." Understanding dawned on the other girl's face. "The wings, huh?"

"Yeah." Ran turned red. After the incident with the bucket of water in English class, Jodie-sensei was never going to stop calling her 'Angel'.

"So what was your curse, Chibi-chan?" Sonoko grinned, peering down at the sullen boy. "You get turned into a lemur? Emu? Tankui? Or what about a ferret?!

Conan turned a bit red and growled softly, looking away from the 2 girls.

"He turned into a high-school age girl." Ran informed her best friend.

"A GIRL?!" Sonoko stopped, leaning over take a closer look at the mini-detective. "You wanted to be a girl?!"

"I was BIG." Conan protested.

"Really." Sonoko stretched the word out, a mischievous grin gracing her features. "Well then it's too bad that you didn't stay big."

The boy gave her a suspicious look. "Why?"

Sonoko put an arm around him and Ran. "Because then the 3 of could do the time honour ritual of female bonding!!!"

Conan looked uncomfortable, and not a little bit nervous. "Bonding?"

An un-holy gleam glowed in Sonoko's eyes. "Shopping!!!"

Both Conan and Ran sweatdropped. "Ano..."

"Actually..." Sonoko's grin grew larger. "We still could. Put Chibi-chan here in a dress, and who would know that he's not a girl?"

Conan panicked. "I really have to go! See you later, Ran-neechan!!!" The boy wiggled out of her grasp and was down the street in a heartbeat.

Ran sighed, shaking her head as Sonoko looked pleased with herself. "You really should give Conan-kun a break, Sonoko-chan. He's a good boy."

"Eh." Sonoko dismissed the idea. "He's almost as much fun to tease as Shin'ichi-kun. Now..." She grabbed Ran around the arm, dragging her down the street.

"...Tell me about flying."

Fin.

-And I think that's it for this story line.
Voices final conclusion: Only Kazuha and Hattori have permanent curses, all the others were temporary.
Think it's because they like the idea of Hattori doubling as a tracking hound. ^^;; After all, who's gonna suspect a cat or a dog being as smart as a human?

"Hei-chan... there's a cat on your head."

Heiji sweatdropped. "I know."

"...."


What? You think I have any clue about what I'm typing?! ~_^;;