Chapter 4: A Shocking Discovery

Princess Sango

Cali and Conan opened the door to the house exhausted. "At least we have enough for weeks."

Cali shook her head, "Not if my dad gets hungry, you should see him. He'll eat the whole half gallon of ice cream we just bought!"

Conan laughed, "Well let's make dinner and we'll watch some television and then we'll go to bed."

"Since when did you become in control?"

Conan rolled his eyes, "I don't know. Okay what do you want to do?"

Cali laughed, "What you said was fine."

"What! Then why did you?"

Cali held her hands out in the air, "Just for the heck of it." She kissed his cheek and grabbed the groceries from him and added it to her own as she walked into the kitchen.

Conan just stood there thinking, "She kissed me again, but we're not safe outside that room we share! Richard could come in at any time and find us out!" He smiled to himself, "But that's Rachel for you, always doing something wild, including kicking down doors to get to me." He smiled and walked into the kitchen.

"What are you cooking?" asked Conan.

Cali smiled, "Oden and ramen, the better of the two. It's a recipe I made up."

Cali smiled and continued adding things to the enormous pot. "My dad liked it too, so don't be surprised if he comes in." Conan nodded and asked her if she needed any help.

"No, you can just go watch television or something."

"Oh come on Cali, there's got to be something you need help with!"

Cali shook her head, "Nope, but you can put the groceries away for me."

She looked back and smiled at him. "Okay..."

Conan started packing away the groceries as Richard walked in. "Conan, Cali, there's someone at the door to see you. Also..." Richard sniffed around."Oh, you're cooking dinner; I'll have them come in then." He smiled and exited the kitchen.

"I wonder who it could be at eight." They're answer came as Amy and Mitch came inside to greet them.

"Hi you two, what are you up to?"

"Dinner," they both answered together.

"Well we were wondering if we could spend the night here."

Conan looked at them, "Why?"

"Well, we are in bind and wandered...?"

Conan nodded, "Okay, you can stay but that'll mean four people in one room."

Amy looked at Conan and Cali, "You share a room?"

Cali nodded, "Yes we do, and it's the only room in the house that's for a guest since Rachel is gone with Jimmy." Cali looked over to Conan and winked. Conan tried hard not to blush and succeeded in doing so.

"So can we stay?" asked Amy hopefully.

Conan nodded, "Of course, if you're in such a bind we'll help you."

They nodded and Cali announced that dinner's ready. "I hope you came hungry."

Amy and Mitch nodded, "Arigatou!"

In came Richard as they started to set the table. "You're staying for dinner?" he asked Amy and Mitch.

Conan intercepted the answer, "My friends are in a bind, they need a place to stay. Is that okay Richard?"

Richard nodded to them, "Okay but they'll be staying in your room too. Conan get me that Chinese drink please. Water or soda for the rest of you."

Conan nodded, "Anyone else?" Mitch and Amy just wanted water and so did Cali. So Conan poured everything into the glasses while Cali placed the hot pot of Oden and ramen on to the table.

Conan set the glasses around the table and they started to eat. When Amy and Mitch took a sip of water they didn't say anything but they're faces had an unusual look to them. Amy stood up, "Where's the bathroom?" Conan took her hand and Mitch followed in suit. As soon as they both rushed into the bathroom you could see Amy sweating and Mitch had the same look.

Soon you couldn't see Amy and Mitch, but only taller and more mature versions. "Conan, why are you staring at us like that?"

Then Amy looked out at the mirror and almost screamed, "I'm tall again!" She looked atConan sadly, "Sorry Conan..."

Mitch stared at Conan, "I was only taller than you but well..."

Conan laughed, "Oh my..., you've gotten the pill too!"

Mitch and Amy looked at him puzzled, "Huh?"

"You got a pill that made you shrink didn't you?"

They both nodded, "Yeah we did."

"So how old are you really?"

"Well, I'm eighteen this year and Mitch is nineteen this year. We were shrunk two years ago," Amy informed him.

"I've had the pill to; you may have seen me on television before. My real name is Jimmy Kudo."

Amy gasped, "Are you serious? Jimmy Kudo, so Cali can't be your real sister!"

Conan nodded, "Yes, that's Rachel Moore. She was shrunk too." Mitch just sat they're quietly but then they both felt that pain and shrunk again.

"No, I hate being so small." Mitch complained.

"Let's eat and we'll talk later about this."

They went and joined Cali who was cleaning up. "What took you so long? Richard already left to watch television."

"We'll talk about that later." Conan smiled at her and they started to eat what was left and then after they cleaned up they all went into Conan's room.

"One futon, four pillows, and blankets, we'll have to do for tonight," said Cali to them.

Conan closed the door and locked it once they were all in. "Okay, Amy, Mitch, Rachel, we're safe to talk in this room freely."

Cali looked up at Conan confused, "They're older than us, Rachel. Amy and Mitch are under the same predicament that we were in."

TBC...