Satoshi: Finally! I can get my brain working!
Sakura: YOU CALLED MY SWORD EVIL! YOU GET BACK HERE!
Satoshi: No! Gotta RUN!
Conan: Fortunately, Satoshi is a star track runner. Thank Kami-sama for that.
SA: Maybe he could run circles around Kudo-san.
Conan: Maybe? HA!
Cold Case Blues Part II
By Sonic Angel
Disclaimer: Don't own Detective Conan, or its dubbed form, Case Closed.
I was still suffering from the concussion from that lamppost incident that I had, 'Whoa', I thought, 'that was embarrassing.' I thought to myself, 'I should've been watching where I was going. I was such a stupid IDIOT!'
I woke up to find that I was lying in a science table, and the first thing I found was a katana blade on my neck. I figured that Sakura brought me here. I said lightly, "I like my head. I use it sometimes. Please don't cut it off."
Sakura growled, "You called my sword evil. Why?"
I screamed, "IT SHAVED OFF MOST OF MY FRIGGIN' HAIR BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, SAKURA!" I calmed down and sighed, "Thanks to that, I now have a phobia of swords now, thank you very much!"
Sakura giggled, "Sorry about that, I was trying to have off the hair of my cheatin' ex boyfriend."
I sighed, "I've got some bad news and some good news about Daisuke."
Sakura snarled, "I know that he's a wanted criminal."
I smiled at Sakura, "Well, you'll be happy to know that I captured that sucker."
Sakura brightened, "Oh, thank you, thank you Satoshi kun!"
I asked, "Did… Did you just call me Satoshi kun?"
She smiled, "You've earned it."
Then, a voice called out, "Thank you for delivering him to me, Sakura chan."
I said, "Dr. Aggasa, I presume."
Dr. Aggasa smiled, "Yes, Satoshi. I've heard about you, Winter Sleuth."
I asked, "So, Dr. Aggasa, have you translated the formula that I've written down?"
Dr. Aggasa quipped, "I have. It's a poison, all right. But in Kudo's case, the pill he was forced to take must have made the poison backfire. In other words… He's been turned into a kid."
I turned to Conan Edogawa who was with us in Dr. Aggasa's laboratory. At once, I had a rare flash of insight.
I stammered, "Kudo san… Is… Is it really you?"
Conan couldn't hide it any longer. He sighed, "While I may hide it from Rachel, I couldn't hide this secret to a pair of detectives with a honed attention of detail. Yes, it's me, Satoshi san. Just keep it from Rachel, okay?"
Conan continued, "While you may have brought me relief of the fact that you have shut down most of their organization, it's their Japan criminal acts that have me worried."
I smiled, "Well, Kudo san, how about let's team up and take these suckers down! Once and for all!"
Conan got serious again. He said, "But where's their base of operations here?"
I sighed, "I don't know. I wish I did, though."
I asked, "Kudo san… Conan, could you please write a letter in Kudo san's hand writing and crumple it up?"
Conan said, "Yeah, sure!"
Sakura asked, "So how you've been doing?"
I answered, while Conan was writing the letter, "So-so. Solving cold cases around the world is very challenging, but it gets pretty boring, pretty quickly. When you've solved one of them, you've probably solved them all."
Conan snickered, "Do I hear a detective not being challenged?"
Dr. Aggasa stated, "I know of Kudo, the Detective of the East, Sakura Karou Takenouchi, Detective of the South, and you, Winter Sleuth, the Detective of the North." He asked, "I've heard that there's one more great detective in Japan. Is that right?"
I answered, "Yes, yes you're right, Dr. There is one more great detective in Japan. He's in Osaka."
Sakura asked, "His name's Hattori Heiji, right?"
I nodded. "Hattori Heiji. The teenage kendo practicing; Pro Osaka baseball, anti-Tokyo baseball Detective of the West. I take that you've heard of him."
Sakura nodded. "According to Detectives Monthly magazine, he's said to be one of the Top 3 Cutest male hottie detectives in Japan. He's #3. #2 is Jimmy Kudo. #1 just so happens to be you, Satoshi." Then, she smiled, "And, I would have to agree with that." And with one smile, I fainted.
And suddenly, I woke up, with my face all soaked as if I was stuck in a 3 day endless rainstorm with my tux on, without a raincoat or an umbrella. I sighed, "Sakura! SHEESH! Why do you have to get me all wet most of the time?"
Sakura laughed, "You look kind of funny."
I grimaced, "Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny, I'm laughing and my gut is about to burst."
Sakura waved her finger at me. She quipped quite curtly, "Are you being sarcastic with me?"
Conan announced, "Done."
He handed over the crumpled up letter to Satoshi and went to the phone and dialed the number to Rachel's home.
The voice on the other line answered, "Hello, Moore residence. Rachel speaking."
Satoshi smiled, "Yo, Rach! Wazzup!"
Rachel answered, "I'm fine. So, do you have any new clues lately?"
Satoshi answered, "Yeah, in fact, I do. I just found a letter in a trash can."
Rachel asked, "Can you read it to me?"
Satoshi replied, "Of course, madam."
The letter read:
To Rachel Moore:
I know you're worried about me and you'd like to see me again. The reason that I keep running away is not that I care about you, but the fact is, is that I'm working on a case right now. My whereabouts… I really can't tell you, right now. Some people would love to kill the second cutest teenage detective in all of Detective Monthly magazine. I will keep in touch, so, don't worry, I will come back.
Sincerely yours,
Jimmy Kudo.
Satoshi quipped, "That's the letter."
Rachel, on the other line, sounded as if she was crying, she nearly sobbed, "That, that cute detective jerk! Of course I'm worried about him!"
Satoshi smiled, "At least he's safe."
Rachel smiled, through all the tears she shed. "Thank you… Satoshi."
Satoshi replied, "I'm you're friend, Rachel. If ever you need a shoulder to lean on, you can count on me."
Both people hung up. At that same instant, Satoshi's police crime beeper alarmed.
Satoshi said, "Looks like there's a murder that happened. Let's roll!"
At the crime scene in the mall, at a clothing store, the police, Inspector Maguire, Richard, Rachel, Conan, Sakura and Satoshi were staring at the dead body. Satoshi's eyes narrowed. He announced, "Whoever did must either be extremely crazy or extremely brave. There were video cameras in the store!"
Inspector Maguire nodded. "I agree, Satoshi."
Satoshi asked, "Inspector. Have your men check if the video cameras were in any way tampered with. I'll check the body and find the cause of death."
While the inspector's men were examining the video tape, Satoshi turned over the body and he found it was a female. He immediately found a gunshot wound.
Rachel pointed at the cash register and said, "Look! It's open!"
Satoshi said, "You're right, Rachel. The cash register is open. Looks like we've got more than just a murder case."
Sakura's eyes began to narrow as well. She snarled, "Looks like it's a case of robbery and murder."
Rachel asked, "But, the question is, who did it?"
Satoshi smiled, "You found another clue, Rach. Maybe, just maybe, you possess the intellect to match with Jimmy Kudo."
Conan thought, 'Maybe. She needs more cases to challenge her, though, if she wants to play on my level.'
Inspector Maguire and his men came back. He asked, "Have you found the cause of murder, Satoshi?"
Satoshi nodded. "Gunshot wound."
Rachel added, "The cash register was open."
Inspector Maguire pondered, "Robbery and murder. This case is getting pretty deadly."
Satoshi asked, "Was there any tampering with the video cameras?"
"No," was Inspector Magurie's reply.
Conan said, "Look! A bunch of keys are missing from the register!"
Richard yelled, "Hey, hey! Private detective investigations here, kid!"
Satoshi grinned, "I think Conan's on to something."
Sonic Angel: On to something INDEED!
Satoshi: Next Cold Case Blues hint! 'Video Image'.
Sakura: Next time, "Cold Case Blues
Part III! Case closed!"