strawbeby - To remind those people who are reading this because I updated it and they've already read the rest (I wish) Conan, Mitch, Amy, and George have are all watching the Edogawa Maximizer 2000 (the machine that Dr. Agasa invented to turn Conan back into Jimmy for a week or two).

What the Tide brings In – Chapter 3

By strawbeby

Conan's eyes saw red as the beam of the Edogawa Maximizer 2000 shot throughout the room that he, Mitch, George, and Amy were in. They were all mystified at its quickness and those beams was all that Conan could think about, and they left him forgotten about the three kids who opened the door of the glass room. Dr. Agasa was right. The beam shoots through me so many times but it doesn't hurt a bit. In fact it feels like being tickled in places you thought could never be ticklish. Teeth, hair, fingers, everywhere. But after a while it got old. I thought the Doc said that the process would only take a minute or two. It's been eight at least...

Finally, after about 15 minutes, the beam reflected back through the projector and it disappeared. Conan regain consciousness of what had happened. Him sitting there minding his own business just trying to look like himself again. Amy, Mitch, and George running in and George swinging the door open. That must mean... Conan looked around the room and he saw the three kids lying on the floor, looking very frightened. Then they must've gotten hit, too...

"No...no, no, no, no!" Conan mumbled to himself, realizing what will happen now. The rest of the Junior Detective League heard him, and figured that it must be over. George stood up from his belly position, Mitch got out of the tornado drill position (knees on the ground, below your belly, kneeling, with your hands protecting your head), and Amy looked up from her fetal position that she was sitting in. Amy, rushing ahead before the others regained their heads, asked, "What's the matter Conan?"

Conan brought a hand to his head, to help him think of what to do. Naturally he was put into a foul mood so he snappily replied, "You. Are Not. Supposed. To Be. Here. What. Are. You Doing. Here?

Mitch leapt up with a reply. "Rachel told us that you and Dr. Agasa are going camping. But we'd much rather know what that lazer thingy was. Are you guys going on a camping trip on the moon?"

"No," George said as if that was that was the most absurd thing in the world. "That's silly. He's obviously a top secret spy and we just saved him from a very painful death from an angry foe!"

"Silly boys." Amy spoke up, standing to try and raise herself to the rest of the group's level. "What we just saw was an amazing lazer show that Conan and Dr. Agasa are taking on tour with the circus."

"Quiet, you three!" Conan shouted. He was already frustrated with them for, as he was beginning to see, ruin his vacation. Them arguing over something stupid was enough to pull him over his head with frustration. "None of you really realize what you have just done, by opening the door. Could you be any more stupid?! You not only interrupted a scientific doing, but you've become part of it. Now I don't have any choice but to tell you of your idiocity, along with a secret that will surely get you killed for knowing."

With all of the hot air blown out of him, Conan looked over at the three kids, all of whom looked at the brink of tears for being persecuted for doing something that they had not known was wrong. And of course a pang of guilt shot through him. "Guys, I'm sorry for calling you stupid. But you still don't realize what you've really done by interrupting me. I guess what I can start with is the truth."

"You really are a spy?" Amy asked.

"No!" Conan said with the same ferocity as before. He quickly calmed down, though, then said, "I mean, no, I'm not a spy, but I do have a secret that will affect how you think about me." He paused for a moment then inhaled. "Guys, I'm not really seven year old, Conan Edogawa. I'm really Jimmy Kudo."

Conan was responded with a loud outburst from George. "Ha! Good one, Conan! Okay, If you get to be Jimmy Kudo, then I want to be Yaiba!" The kids had heard a bit about Jimmy, and had even met him once, while trying to sneak onto a roller coaster. He was an idol in their eyes until he disappeared from the media, and now the kids didn't even give him second thought. Conan must've though because Jimmy's a really good detective and Conan's a detective, too. Amy thought.

Conan just rolled his eyes, though and replied, "You can choose to believe me or you can choose not to believe me, George. The fact that still remains that in a out an hour we will all look like normal seventeen year old teenagers."

Their eyes bugged out with a loud yelp, "WHAT?!"

Conan looked at the ground and smiled. "It's really a complicated story. But I guess you are going to want an explanation of why you are going to turn into teenagers." When he looked back up his smile became less obvious as he began his explanation. "You all know that Jimmy Kudo is a world famous detective, right?" He was answered by the shuffle of nodding heads. "Well Jimmy, and now I'll refer to him as me, saw something suspicious when I was out with Rachel one night. As it happened I witnessed a crime take place and if I had told anyone then they were toast. So they killed me. Or at least they force fed me a poison that they thought would kill me. Instead, though, it took 10 years off of my life and made me unrecognizable except to those who knew me. I had been given a second chance, but I had soon realized that if I told anyone what I had seen and who I am then word would get out that I'm really Jimmy Kudo. Then those 'men in black' as I call them would come and kill me and anyone else that I held close. Do you got that?"

Conan was met with three of the blankest expressions that he had ever seen as they slowly realized that maybe they should be nodding their heads. So he gave them a rolling sigh then said, "I guess not. To put it in the simplest of terms, I really am Jimmy Kudo. That (he points to the Edogawa Maximizer) is a machine that puts 10 years on to a person's life. And you are going to become a teenager for a week or two."

This time the three showed more understanding, but still looked thoroughly confused. Conan spoke again, "I don't have time for a proper explanation. We only have about an hour, probably less, and with you guys coming along, we have a lot of things to get done. Firstly, your parents."

"What about my mom and dad, Conan?" Mitch asked, as if Conan was talking about killing them.

"Don't worry. We are just going to feed them an excuse so that they won't worry about their kids coming home for two weeks. I still like the camping idea, but they'll question about the different things that you would need, like clothing. But we don't have time to go, ask your parents, then pretend to pack, so we'll just have to hope beyond hope that they'll enjoy the time away from their kids, and trust Dr. Agasa to do the rest,"

His own words brought a realization to himself. "Oh, no! Dr. Agasa! What's happened to him?" Conan ran to the room next door, where Dr. Agasa had earlier said that would be where he was, and discovered the Doc unconscious on the floor. Heart beating wildly, for fear that when the lazer took longer than it should have it malfunctioned and ended up killing the Doctor, Conan ran to his side to feel the Doc's pulse on the wrist. Thank the heavens. His heart's beating, and I can see his chest moving up and down, so I know that he's breathing now. He should be fine. But I have a lot to do before we can change...

The three came into the room at that time, but before they could work up a good scare about Dr. Agasa's well being, Conan reassured them otherwise. "Don't worry. He's a tough cookie. But we really do need to let your parents know about the trip. I was planning on having Dr. Agasa calling while we changed, but he can't very well now that he's passed out."

"Well, what are you going to do then, Conan," George impatiently asked.

Conan smiled at his next idea and then took off his bow tie. He flipped a few switches then in Dr. Agasa's voice he replied, "Well we are just going to handle this ourselves, aren't we?"

The next half of an hour was a frenzy of phone calls. Most parents were hard to convince that they wouldn't need any clothes or necessities like that, but eventually they were convinced that they were being given a well earned break from their children. "And I'll have Rachel with me," Conan told them in the Dr. Agasa voice. "She's a black belt judoist, you know. And I've given you my cell phone number for emergencies and a promise that your children will call you every other night or so. (Many thank yous to the real Doc for making the voice immolator)" Finally even Amy's parents, who were definitely the toughest of all to convince ("All she'll have are those nasty boys," ; "But the girl needs her clothes and underpants,") allowed their children to go.

Hurrying all of the way, Conan decided that the next order should be to get the kids changed into clothes that would fit the teenage them. For George, Conan ran into Dr. Agasa's room to find some casual clothes and just grabbed what he first saw. "Here," he said, then thrust the clothes at George.

"But Conan," George complained. "These aren't my size. These are way too big."

Again Conan rolled his eyes, then said, "Whatever George. We just need to leave for my house and soon. You won't have to change there. You can just rip out of the clothes that you are wearing, and let us see your great naked self."

George's eyes, and after a quick, "I'll wear them," the foursome left for Jimmy's house. On the way there Conan thought about what the other two were going to wear. Fortunately Mitch will probably be my size. Amy though....wait a second? Didn't Rachel accidentally leave some clothes at my house once, when we were dressing up in old costumes in my attic? I think that should do her just fine.

They arrived at the house, and Conan hurriedly pointed George to a spare room just off of the foyer. Then Conan led the other two up to his room, where he thought he could dress them. Conan picked up the clothes he had set on his bed earlier for himself and gave them to Mitch. "Take these, Mitch and go into the room next door, then change. When you are finished please go get George and show him the way to my room."

Mitch left, then Conan turned to Amy. "Fortunately for you I remembered that Rachel had left some clothes here a year or two ago when we were showing off some costumes that I had found in my attic." He retrieved the clothes from the spot that he had put them, under his bed, then laid them in Amy's hands. "There's a bathroom through that door. You can change there then come back in here. Please knock though. I'm going to be changing into my clothes to." She obeyed him and Conan was left to himself.

Conan got out clothes for himself then changed into them. As he was changing he thought about how much things were really going to be changed having those three along. But maybe I can still... He zipped up his pants to finish him dressing himself then looked around the room. Found it. He put the tiny, cardboard box into his duffel bag then turned around to walk to the middle of the room to wait for the transformation to happen.

As soon as he reached the middle of his room he felt a tingling feeling all throughout his body. Like knowing you're in love, or drinking in a deliciously warm drink on a cold evening. Then, all at once, he grew. It was in a continuous motion and it began and stopped without warning. The feeling, to Conan was hard to explain. It was like being in a small space, but never knowing that it was small, then the place quickly opening and becoming larger. That's really the only easy way to put it into words. But whatever it feels like, it feels great. Conan stepped in front of the mirror that was on his door, took off his glasses that he had absentmindedly left on, then Jimmy admired his own reflection. He didn't get to relish in it long though, because after a moment of it, two of doors to his room swung open, revealing a teenage Amy, a teenage Mitch, and a teenage George.

strawbeby – Some of the other notes that you all need: Whenever Jimmy looks like Conan, I call him Conan. Whenever Jimmy looks normal, I call him Jimmy. But with Amy, Mitch, and George, I will always call them Amy, Mitch, and George, no matter how they look like. Also I have my story like worked out with their a hem growing bodies. All of them will experience hormones, though their state of mind and knowledge will stay the same unless they learn something. But the younger ones will not experience the same bodily functions as normal teenagers. Sakinu thought it would be funny to have Amy going through her period and a really horny George, but to me that's kind of sick. I also wanted to say that I don't own Case Closed/Detective Conan. I'm just using the curator's idea, show, characters, etc., etc. Ryan (Serena's cousin) is mine, though because there has never been a perfect cousin of Serena's named Ryan on the show.

P.s. please review. I don't care if you think my story is absolute crap. Please tell me and tell me what to improve. I'd also love to hear any idea's you think would go good in the story. I basically have the plot down but I'm always welcome to another's clever idea to add, and I'll give you full credit for it. But most of all tell me what you think of my story.