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See chapter one for Disclaimers.

Detective Conan/Case Closed character name changes I know of and that you'll need to know for this chapter (for those who aren't lucky and don't get to know the original names):

Kaito Kuroba = main character from Magic Kaito (aka Kid :cp)

Conan/Shinichi=Conan/Jimmy Ayumi/Genta/Mitsuhiko=Amy/George/Mitch

Ran=Rachel Agasa=Agasa

Ai Haibara= yet to appear (but if they feel the need to change her name I really think they'd be weird to call her anything else than Vic Gray). %-Dagron encourages people to read PD James and Sara Paretsky -%

If you don't know the Zelda characters I suggest a trip to a Zelda "Ocarina of Time" website.

Oh and thanks for the reviews Anica106 and Louna[merci pour le review en franglais lol;)]

By what I see so far not many critics on the way I write which kind of makes me feel good, but hey, I'm only starting on this fic;;;;.

Anica- double thanks for the names I did kind of spot them looking around the net, but it's nice to get an answer But Booker sounds like a real weird name to me (my sis' even corrects the way I pronounce it -.-), in which area is it used? (If you know)

Dagron is now facing the problem that she doesn't actual see if this chapter is funny or not... She feels like she's swerving to something more like er... nah, suspense might not be the right word. 9.9

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The Lion's Ruby

By Dagron

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Chapter 3: Follower...

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The shadow jerked back into hiding as the group of people came out of the park. It was an unusually big group to have been hanging around the park this early in the morning. The lurking shadow half guessed as to why half the group had been there.

Curses! So it wasn't a dream... he thought to himself, as he tried not to stare too hard at what looked like a kid masterly disguised as a rock. The teen shook his unruly mop of hair, looking disbelievingly at the strangers and not so strangers in front of him.

I sure wish that annoying kid the best of luck in understanding this lot. He added mentally, before starting to follow them, discreetly, of course.

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"Hummm..." In an obvious attempt to ignore how weird the buildings were, which had unknowingly surrounded what he had thought, till shortly before, was some forest and a clearing, Oh, and also those weird moving things that the locals had called a "car"; Link was trying hard to think out all that he had understood from what the girl, Ran was it? and her friends had said.

'Beika district Park? What's a district?' 'Er... Beika district is a part of Tokyo...' one of the kids had explained. 'Tokyo? Is that a big village?' Collective sweatdrops from the locals. 'Do you know where Japan is?' asked the boy with glasses. A big collective 'Nope!' came from the newcomers, more sweatdrops from the locals. 'Er, you really aren't all cosplaying some video game characters, are you?' Ran said tentatively... 'Cosplay?' 'As in disguising yourselves, wearing costumes?' Stares and glares answered that query. 'Riiiight... I guess we'd better all go to the professor's house right now and sort this out. Fast.' Ran didn't want to think of what could happen if any one saw these guys, and if they were thinking they were being funny, which she doubted, they would have to answer to her karate.

Right, if I got this straight, that magic rupee teleported us all to this 'Beika' place in a country called Japan. In Japan they probably don't see much Zoras or Gorons, judging by how they've been looking funny at Ruthan and Goron-Link. Same for Hylians I guess. It would explain how come we've never heard of these 'Japanese' either. It must be a pretty far away country. I wonder if Ganondorf is here? and with these thoughts, his face became sombre. No way... he swore mentally. am I going to let Ganondorf harm this place.

He felt, more than noticed, Zelda's hands grip his arm. Just by glancing at her eyes, he knew she had been thinking along the same lines too. They were definitely going to do a lot of talking once they were at 'the professor's house'.

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Conan looked warily around, hoping no body would pop out of their homes and question this group of fancy-dressed weirdos. Although he knew they weren't fancy-dressed. He'd seen both Genta and Mitsuhiko avenging his own ear-pulling by returning the favour, and it definitely looked like they weren't props. How that could be, he had no clue. He stuck close to Ran while observing these newcomers.

The two teenage blonds looked kind of like a couple. Although more like the Sato-Takagi couple than the image Sonoko was so prompt to display in her voiced daydreaming. Although the boy did look really dodgy in tights, he walked with a demeanour that spoke of intelligence and an acute awareness to surroundings. His hands looked rough and well used. The girl's appearance was softer, but she held herself something not far off from princess. She spoke with authority, but seemed to like to think things out first.

Conan turned his eyes towards the elderly man, with the wide girth. He stood to the side, and looked the perfect figure for authority. Perhaps a priest? His gown did seem to hint at that.

Conan turned a very wary face towards the second woman in the group. The one with red eyes. Contact lenses or something? He couldn't fathom how Haibara managed to talk calmly with her, especially since he'd seen some weird marks on the lady's hands. Blade marks? Needles? he really felt weird about that lady. He garb reminded him vaguely of some ninja

Stories. He hoped she was only some kind of body-guard or security officer, and not a trained murderer.

Lastly he turned his eyes to the three smaller members of the foreign group. And then he wished he hadn't. He blinked, rubbed his eyes, and stared as the lump of rock, who was walking with his friends and the three Detective Boys in tow, picked up a stone by the side of the path, and took a bite. His thought processes froze on him as he heard the stone-boy say "Miaam! Nice rock."

Right... It's best not to try and understand that one. He noted to himself.

He rapidly noted that the skinny blue kid talked kind of like Mitsuhiko did: looking superior with his knowledge but still behaving like any normal 7 to 10 year old. Conan definitely did Not want to analyse the flipper looking things. He gladly whisked his eyes towards the more Human looking of the three short and mysterious. Green hair and pointy ears aside, she looked like a very normal and pretty 10 year old girl. Her giggles were melodious, and she seemed to sing as she spoke. He did note however that she did seem to be much more patient than the other two and his three young friends put together.

He let out a sigh as relief when Ayumi joyfully ran up to the gate of Agasa's home, shouting loud welcome to her new made, although queer, friends.

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"Okay people, let's get in." said Ran. "I'm sure the professor won't mind if we sit in his lounge."

"Ah, wait a minute, Ran." Conan chirped. "I think there's some one else we need to talk to first." Ran looked a question at Conan.

"Come on out Mister Lurker." He said resuming for the first time since the park incident his confident smile and 'I've caught you' face.

A yelp was heard, and suddenly a teenage boy with messy hair was noticed. Most of the group looked startled too. He approached while asking the young boy: "Hey, how come you noticed me?"

"You walk too quietly."

Sure, that answers it. Thought Kaito sarcastically. The young magician wasn't happy either at noticing that both the funny guy in tights and the weird woman with red eyes didn't seem to be surprised by his appearance. So much for shadowing... Ah well, I'm more of a show off any way.

"So, what do you want?" Conan asked.

Kaito shrugged. "I just thought I might be able to help these guys out. I kinda saw them arrive in the park." He invented quickly. He wasn't really going to admit that these guys had given him a fright the night before, that they probably had the jewel he was wanting to return to Nakamouri, and that he had followed them thinking they might actually be harmful in some way he would have wanted to avoid. Oh, and also the fact he was really really curious about the apparition thing. Seeing that they were all looking at him suspiciously, he added quickly:

"Ah, and the name's Kuroba, Kaito Kuroba."

Conan was still looking suspiciously at him, but one of the newcomers, the girl with long hair, spoke to him.

"Ah yes, if you did see us 'arrive', I guess we would appreciate your help, mister Kuroba. Is it okay?" She asked Ran, motioning as in for them all to go in to talk.

Ran looked at Haibara, considering she actually lived with Agasa, and at the young girl's shrug, she nodded.

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