Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Detective Conan. All characters belong to Gosho
Aoyama.
Chapter 2: A New Life
~the same night, at the airport~
"Shinichi-kun, over here!" Yukiko waved from her table. She and her husband, Yusaku, had arrived an hour ago just to make sure everything was just as they planned. They even had a special guest with them.
Conan, carrying just one small duffel bag, came over to the table. "Hey thanks, Mom." He smiled. "You too, Dad."
Shinichi's parents just smiled.
"You two shouldn't be so cheerful, you just lost your only son," he reminded them.
"Oh yes, I forgot." Yukiko grinned and then put on a real sad face. "That better?"
Conan raised an eyebrow and then said down at the table. He dropped the bag next to him and thought, Man, she almost looks real. Hehe, right. I forgot she WAS a very famous actress. "So, when's the plane, and what do I do?"
Before either of his parents could begin, a female voice said, "That is what I'm here for, Kudo-kun."
Conan turned to look and saw a young girl with long brown hair and sunglasses on. Her eyes were greenish blue and her hair was curled at the ends. She had a white blouse on with a light blue miniskirt. She was wearing boots and carrying a duffle bag just like Conan's, but many times bigger.
"Nice to meet you, Edogawa Conan." She stuck out her hand as she moved the sunglasses to the top of her head.
Conan shook her hand as he studied the girl. She looked familiar. That's when it hit him. "You're Takashiki-san, aren't you?" he asked as he shook her hand.
The girl smiled. "You sure have a good memory, Kudo-kun." She sat down at the table and dropped her bag by her feet. "It's been like what, 5 years?"
"Yeah, but more like, 4 years and 3 months." He grinned.
Takashiki chuckled. "Fine, whatever, Mr. Detective."
"So, you're going to help me get to America?"
"Sure am."
"So.what do I do?"
"First of all, my name is Takashiki Masako. You're Edogawa Conan and supposed to be my cousin. I'll be going to back America, so you'll come with me. I have a house in California, which is where you'll be staying. The registration for schools and all that, your parents and I will deal with. You're job," she leaned in closer to him, "is to act like a kid. There's really not much to it."
"Okay. Fine with me." He leaned back in his chair. "By the way, do you still play soccer? When I last saw you, you were still on the women's soccer team."
Masako smiled. "I knew you would ask. Don't worry, I'm still practicing. I'll teach you some new tricks I learned after we reach my home and get settled in."
Conan smiled. He looked at his watch. It was seven. "Are we going to eat dinner or what?"
Everyone smiled. "Why not?"
"Conan, over here!!!" a boy yelled waving his arms. Conan kicked the ball toward the kid. He got it and dribbled it to the front of the goalie box. He faked a pass and shot it into the goal. He scored.
"YES!!!!!!!!" the team cried. Conan just smiled. The game ended, twelve to nothing. I guess Takashiki was right. Being a kid again isn't so bad, that is, after you've gotten really used to it. Conan sighed. Well, better be getting home.
Conan was in tenth grade and almost sixteen. He was nearly the age he formally was when he was Kudo Shinichi. After all this years, he almost forgotten about his old identity, except when he solved cases and played soccer. They always reminded him of his past and of.Ran. He knew Ran thought he was dead, but he was alive. Conan pushed the thought away as he opened the front door to Masako's apartment. He stepped in, closed the door behind him and said, "I'm home."
As usual, he was greeted by silence. He wasn't surprised. Masako was twenty six now, she had a job, and a boyfriend. She had her life to live, even if she did care for Conan a lot.
Conan took off his shoes, walked to the living room, dropped his school stuff on the floor by the sofa, and sat down on the balcony. The apartment was near the beach and had a real nice view of it and the sunset. Conan stared at the sunset, remembering when he and Ran would watch the sunset together. Then he shook his head, got up and went back inside to finish his homework.
Two hours later, Masako came home. "Hey ya, Conan. What's up?" Conan looked up. "Not much, just finishing some homework."
"Are you serious? I thought you would finish it all in class. I mean, you've taken and learned all this stuff before," Masako grinned as she poured herself in a glass of water. "You want some?" She asked, offering him another cup.
"It's okay."
"Ok, then. I'll be in my office if you need me." Masako grabbed a piece of bread and walked into a small room down the hallway.
Conan watched his friend and "supposed" cousin walk away. He just nodded and sighed. I really am getting used to being Conan. It feels weird, but I guess having a new life was better than being dead. Conan smiled. Ran, wonder what she's doing now...I could call her...no, I haven't spoken to her since I left, even as Conan. Conan shook his head. Forget it, maybe some other time. Conan went back studying the different fonts of the textbook.
~in Tokyo~
"Ran, I've been thinking." Sonoko looked over at her friend, who was sitting next to her in the coffee shop, trying to draw a picture of some person.
"And when was the last time you did that?" Ran answered, teasingly.
"Ran!"
"Hey, I was just joking." Ran held up her hands. She was trying to finish a drawing of Shinichi. "So, what were you thinking?"
"Well, I thought we should take a break from work and go on vacation. We haven't done that in a long time, ne? Don't you think that would be cool?"
"But, Sonoko, I don't have time for that. I told you." Ran didn't look up from her drawing. "I have to work and take care of Dad, and-"
"Come on, Ran. You've been working to hard." Sonoko whined. "Come with me." Sonoko put on a sympathetic look.
After much persuading by Sonoko, Ran finally agreed to a two week vacation in California. The two teenage girls would leave in a week for California.
~to be continued~ So, you can kind of tell where this is going, can you? Well, anyways, I've been real busy lately, so please bear with me. I hope you'll like it. ^^
Chapter 2: A New Life
~the same night, at the airport~
"Shinichi-kun, over here!" Yukiko waved from her table. She and her husband, Yusaku, had arrived an hour ago just to make sure everything was just as they planned. They even had a special guest with them.
Conan, carrying just one small duffel bag, came over to the table. "Hey thanks, Mom." He smiled. "You too, Dad."
Shinichi's parents just smiled.
"You two shouldn't be so cheerful, you just lost your only son," he reminded them.
"Oh yes, I forgot." Yukiko grinned and then put on a real sad face. "That better?"
Conan raised an eyebrow and then said down at the table. He dropped the bag next to him and thought, Man, she almost looks real. Hehe, right. I forgot she WAS a very famous actress. "So, when's the plane, and what do I do?"
Before either of his parents could begin, a female voice said, "That is what I'm here for, Kudo-kun."
Conan turned to look and saw a young girl with long brown hair and sunglasses on. Her eyes were greenish blue and her hair was curled at the ends. She had a white blouse on with a light blue miniskirt. She was wearing boots and carrying a duffle bag just like Conan's, but many times bigger.
"Nice to meet you, Edogawa Conan." She stuck out her hand as she moved the sunglasses to the top of her head.
Conan shook her hand as he studied the girl. She looked familiar. That's when it hit him. "You're Takashiki-san, aren't you?" he asked as he shook her hand.
The girl smiled. "You sure have a good memory, Kudo-kun." She sat down at the table and dropped her bag by her feet. "It's been like what, 5 years?"
"Yeah, but more like, 4 years and 3 months." He grinned.
Takashiki chuckled. "Fine, whatever, Mr. Detective."
"So, you're going to help me get to America?"
"Sure am."
"So.what do I do?"
"First of all, my name is Takashiki Masako. You're Edogawa Conan and supposed to be my cousin. I'll be going to back America, so you'll come with me. I have a house in California, which is where you'll be staying. The registration for schools and all that, your parents and I will deal with. You're job," she leaned in closer to him, "is to act like a kid. There's really not much to it."
"Okay. Fine with me." He leaned back in his chair. "By the way, do you still play soccer? When I last saw you, you were still on the women's soccer team."
Masako smiled. "I knew you would ask. Don't worry, I'm still practicing. I'll teach you some new tricks I learned after we reach my home and get settled in."
Conan smiled. He looked at his watch. It was seven. "Are we going to eat dinner or what?"
Everyone smiled. "Why not?"
"Conan, over here!!!" a boy yelled waving his arms. Conan kicked the ball toward the kid. He got it and dribbled it to the front of the goalie box. He faked a pass and shot it into the goal. He scored.
"YES!!!!!!!!" the team cried. Conan just smiled. The game ended, twelve to nothing. I guess Takashiki was right. Being a kid again isn't so bad, that is, after you've gotten really used to it. Conan sighed. Well, better be getting home.
Conan was in tenth grade and almost sixteen. He was nearly the age he formally was when he was Kudo Shinichi. After all this years, he almost forgotten about his old identity, except when he solved cases and played soccer. They always reminded him of his past and of.Ran. He knew Ran thought he was dead, but he was alive. Conan pushed the thought away as he opened the front door to Masako's apartment. He stepped in, closed the door behind him and said, "I'm home."
As usual, he was greeted by silence. He wasn't surprised. Masako was twenty six now, she had a job, and a boyfriend. She had her life to live, even if she did care for Conan a lot.
Conan took off his shoes, walked to the living room, dropped his school stuff on the floor by the sofa, and sat down on the balcony. The apartment was near the beach and had a real nice view of it and the sunset. Conan stared at the sunset, remembering when he and Ran would watch the sunset together. Then he shook his head, got up and went back inside to finish his homework.
Two hours later, Masako came home. "Hey ya, Conan. What's up?" Conan looked up. "Not much, just finishing some homework."
"Are you serious? I thought you would finish it all in class. I mean, you've taken and learned all this stuff before," Masako grinned as she poured herself in a glass of water. "You want some?" She asked, offering him another cup.
"It's okay."
"Ok, then. I'll be in my office if you need me." Masako grabbed a piece of bread and walked into a small room down the hallway.
Conan watched his friend and "supposed" cousin walk away. He just nodded and sighed. I really am getting used to being Conan. It feels weird, but I guess having a new life was better than being dead. Conan smiled. Ran, wonder what she's doing now...I could call her...no, I haven't spoken to her since I left, even as Conan. Conan shook his head. Forget it, maybe some other time. Conan went back studying the different fonts of the textbook.
~in Tokyo~
"Ran, I've been thinking." Sonoko looked over at her friend, who was sitting next to her in the coffee shop, trying to draw a picture of some person.
"And when was the last time you did that?" Ran answered, teasingly.
"Ran!"
"Hey, I was just joking." Ran held up her hands. She was trying to finish a drawing of Shinichi. "So, what were you thinking?"
"Well, I thought we should take a break from work and go on vacation. We haven't done that in a long time, ne? Don't you think that would be cool?"
"But, Sonoko, I don't have time for that. I told you." Ran didn't look up from her drawing. "I have to work and take care of Dad, and-"
"Come on, Ran. You've been working to hard." Sonoko whined. "Come with me." Sonoko put on a sympathetic look.
After much persuading by Sonoko, Ran finally agreed to a two week vacation in California. The two teenage girls would leave in a week for California.
~to be continued~ So, you can kind of tell where this is going, can you? Well, anyways, I've been real busy lately, so please bear with me. I hope you'll like it. ^^
