"What are you doing up here Rye?"

"Thinking about something important"

"Oh?"

"Yes a mistake...one momentary slip up which cost me dearly later on for a while"

"Oh the mistake of letting your guard down for a moment which let Scotch kill himself with your gun and then you taking the blame by stating traitors were to be killed, thus making me hate you for a really, really long time and doing my best to uncover your identity while you were Okiya Subaru since Akai Shuichi was supposed to die at Reiha pass at the hands of Kir due to Edogawa Conan's, no, Kudo Shinichi's plans to allow you to get near Haibara Ai, aka Miyano Shiho, and eventually confirming it?"

"Indeed, by the way I wasn't happy with you trying to ascertain my apparent death by disguising as me, while it did lead Jodie and Camel to the truth it also hurt them emotionally, especially Jodie who had confirmed my death by fingerprints"

"So...you remember...Rye, no, Akai Shuichi"

"As do you...Bourbon, no, Furuya Rei"

"So...Scotch"

"Indeed, what should we do to try and save him this time?"

"Maybe come up here before he does and fake his death?"

"That might work, might not though"

"True, if he still dies by your hands at least I will know the truth"

"True enough, by the way Amuro Toru?"

"Have to do what I have to do"

"Understood"

"By the way, according to stories I heard later you and Kudo met first, try and ascertain when he remembers will you?"

"Sure"

Ultimately the two are unable to prevent Scotch from dying by his own hands with Akai's gun, Rei was delayed until the original time and Akai was distracted once more since while he knew it was most likely Bourbon coming up the stairs he couldn't know for sure until after the trigger was pulled

(Sighs) "I'm sorry Bourbon, I let him know who I was but got distracted"

"No, it's my fault for rushing up here without saying anything, it's natural for you to think about it possibly being another member"

"So...continue with the original timeline until Kudo?"

"Might as well"

"Yeah you're right, best not to make any major ripples, but still...be careful will you? I mean while we may plan on things going the same as last time..."

"I know, and being associated with Scotch isn't going to help our cases either initially"

"I forgot about that actually...oh man we're in for an interesting few months at the very least"

"No kidding"

"Try not to get caught until the right time?"

"Exactly"

And so the next few years are hard on the two (especially once Akai is ousted as an FBI agent making coordination even more complicated) but they let things play out and Akai quickly finds that Kudo Shinichi doesn't remember him at all making him wonder how long the memory delay would last

"So...the Boya doesn't remember me huh? I guess only time will tell if he ever regains his memories, but even if he doesn't hopefully we come up with the same plan as we originally did to get Kir back into the Organization and me watching Haibara from a distance, even if initially I stay at an apartment I know is going to be burned down"

Eventually Kir landed in the hospital and as far as he could tell Kudo still couldn't remember, however the day Kusada Rikumichi kills himself Edogawa Conan asked to speak with him in private

"What is it Boya?"

"Have you been in touch with Bourbon recently?"

"Ho, you remember now?"

"Just this morning, are we going with the original plan?"

"Yes, Bourbon and I have been doing our best to avoid making any major changes until you join the picture, minus one exception that we were unable to prevent. We don't make frequent contact due to the dangers involved but we've managed"

"I see, are you two still going to go by the original names?"

"Yes, that was one of the things we agreed to keep the same early on, that we would keep those names when the time came to become those people"

"Understood"

"So, what's the plan Boya?"

"Same as last time is the best we've got, do you know if Kir..."

"No, I think only the three of us remember everything"

"Actually there might be a fourth person who remembers everything"

"Oh?"

"Yeah, there's been some...weird developments recently at KID heists, explain to the two of you later, by the way is Bourbon going to do what he did last time?"

"Said we'll all talk after my apparent 'death' so that we know what we're doing from here on out"

"Got it"

And so Kir "kills" Akai right on schedule and once Akai knew it was safe he makes plans to contact three people starting with Kir with a simple text

*Here's my number, NOC rules apply*

The next person was James Black and he actually dialed his number

"...it's me James, letting you know my new number...I know but it's the only way...keep me posted"

Finally it was time to contact Bourbon, though Akai was actually a few days late with Bourbon due to the fact that after Akai had contacted James, Conan drugged Akai with fast acting sleeping pills (he told Akai that if he was going to stay up late then he would need coffee and snuck the sleeping pills into the drink, Akai was asleep within minutes) and then with his watch the next five days while Akai was getting used to his Okiya Subaru disguise. As such by the time Akai could call Bourbon Bourbon was wondering if this time things had gone wrong and Akai was truly dead, fortunately they had also thought about the possibility of delayed contact after reported death on either side since things could have changed with any of their actions and had a way of identifying themselves

"Amuro, Okiya here...it's really me Bourbon...blast it Bourbon I made it out...Furuya Rei of the PSB get it through your thick head that Akai Shuichi made it out alive, that Mizunashi Rena didn't fail in faking his death once more and that this time you don't hate me for Scotch's death since you found out the truth a few years into the future and while you weren't happy with what I did you could work with me, not to mention we tried to save Scotch this time but failed despite our best efforts...finally you're actually listening to me come over to the Kudo home tomorrow so that we can start making further plans...okay see you then I'll let the Boya know"

The next day and the three people who knew that they remembered the future met at the Kudo house

"Okay, so what's the plan anyways?"

"Well Akai works with the FBI, in secret while you work with the PSB Amuro so maybe the two of you could actually work together this time to take them down sooner"

"That's a thought, but it might not actually be possible, the bigger the ripples the bigger the consequences according to any story involving time travel"

"Yeah but..."

"No Kudo, we make as few changes as possible until we get a better handle on the full situation, Bourbon and I have been lucky so far and hopefully we keep that luck"

"Does that mean you're going to hurt Jodie and Camel emotionally again?"

"No choice Akai, I'm going to be ordered to ascertain if you're actually dead or not more than likely again and unfortunately that's the best way to do so"

(Sighs) "I know, unfortunately Jodie..."

"Look I'll do my best to keep the damage as minimal as possible I promise"

"Wait, according to Sera she also saw your imposter Akai"

"Oh...right, Bell Tree is where Vermouth knocked her out cold and where I got clued in to your actual survival, that really wasn't a smart move on your part Akai"

"An unfortunate necessity though since Sherry wasn't Sherry"

"Oh?"

"Yep, you heard of Kaitou Kid?"

"Yes why do you...you're joking"

"Nope he was there"

"I see so you did that to save him huh?"

"Yep"

"Well I think I'll do things differently this time since I know what Vermouth did last time, at least if she doesn't change her plans any when the time comes"

"Anyways, Akai needs to go to his apartment and then..."

"Then we make slow careful movements, but...I think we can start working together more Akai and this time I won't use your comrades against you since I already know the truth"

"Actually...we may want to do the same thing again only this time not with the actual goal of capturing them to ascertain the truth"

"But why would you...oh wait I get it, you want to reveal yourself to them again at the same point in time but with me knowing the truth already you don't need someone else acting as Okiya to keep suspicions off your back so I could just come here and wait to hear that you've revealed yourself to your comrades...wait what am I supposed to tell the group that's chasing them?"

"Make something up Furuya, but maybe this time I won't have to shoot at them with the same gun"

"No, that's going to be needed unfortunately"

"Furuya..."

"Oi, oi, hold on a minute and let me finish, they'll never take the gun from you if you don't shoot at them with said gun, it would be too suspicious in their minds as such you'll need to shoot at them, but don't worry I'll think of something without getting into the actual reason behind the chase"

"Hm..."

The three think about it and then Kudo speaks up