Authors Notes:
Hi, sorry for the wait, I've been very busy. Thanks again to Neyane for looking over the chapter and thank you trublueart for the lovely fanart! It's really well done and inspiring, I just haven't had as much free time as I'd like...

The Lycanthropy of a Shrunken Detective

Chapter Twenty-One

"The full moon is in about a week." Heiji sighed into his phone. "Ya've been hiding out for about as long… how are ya holding up?"

"Good." The bland response did not leave the young detective feeling reassured. Shinichi was never an especially expressive guy but the responses he'd been getting were blunt and emotionless. It left him feeling uneasy.

"Did ya hear about the heist?"

There was a low growl that filtered through the phone speakers before Shinichi let out a long breath. "I did. I need to talk to him as well…"

"Well, that isn't gonna happen. His heist is taking place on a full moon, ya know that."

"I do."

"On another note… ya told me ya found another wolf? Did ya ever talk to him?"

"Not yet." Heiji could here a trace of hesitance in his voice. "I know he might be able to help with this… but I don't know how much I can let him know about… everything else… and seeing as how transforming turns me into Shinichi…"

"Yer runnin' with yer tail between yer legs."

"NO!" Heiji smirked to himself at the response, it was the most emotion he'd gotten out of his friend in days. He frowned, realizing that it was the most emotion he'd gotten out of his friend in days…

"So I'm coming up that way a few days before the full moon to check on ya, and to get in on the Kid investigation."

"Heiji…" There was a low tone of warning in Kudo's voice.

"Don't worry. I'm not goin' to take yer thief. I just want ta talk ta him. He saved ya, he might have info on the bastard that bit ya."

There was a shuffling sound on the other end. "I can't stop you can I?"

"Nope!" Heiji grinned. "See you soon Kudo!"

Shinichi, or Conan, sat on the end of the hotel bed, the Tokyo tower visible outside the room's window. He let out a sigh as he dropped his phone to the side, falling back and putting his arm over his eyes. His fingers twitching slightly. The closer to the full moon it got the more agitated he became. He was trying so hard to suppress his emotions, but they grew faster than he could handle them. Not to mention the heightening of his senses had him on edge just in general.

His mother was also no help. She was trying to encourage him to look at all of this in a new light. He was sure she was just recycling some of her inspirational speeches from some of her acting roles. Whatever her thought process though, it just wasn't clicking.

He couldn't be happy anymore- he couldn't be angry or sad, or anything. Emotions were ruining him, threatening his very life. She didn't seem to get that.

A snarl left him and he felt his face scrunch up in irritation. Before he knew it the room was spinning as he was bombarded with every sound in a hundred foot radius. The world was roaring and… he was going to puke.

Shooting up he rushed to the bathroom stumbling slightly. As he leaned against the toilet trying not to think about the smell's invading his nostrils he let out a long sigh. The cool porcelain of the bowl felt nice against the clammy skin of his arms. That seemed to be enough to calm him down as the feeling of nausea subsided. Sitting back and brushing his bangs out of his face he sat against the wall of the bathroom, letting the cool tile of the floor chill him.

His head tilted to the side and icy blue blinked back at him, iris's too big. Fluffy ears poked through thicker hair and as he grimaced at his image fangs flashed. He let out a tired sigh. It seemed teen Shinichi would be making another appearance. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out the strange werewolf's card. He flipped it over and over as his mind played out the pros and cons of contacting the man. Surprisingly, Haibara seemed okay with him getting help from the man. Despite the fact that they knew nothing about him, despite the fact that Shinichi's secret would probably be exposed if he interacted with the stranger.

He dug a hand through his hair closing his eyes. Leaning his head back he looked up to the ceiling. Part of him wondered what she was thinking. He didn't really have to wonder though. If he didn't get this sorted out his secret would be out to more than just a strange wolfman. Pushing himself to his feet he made it back to his bed and his phone.

Turning the cellular device on he hesitated only a fraction of a second before he punched in the number. The phone rang twice before the man's mild voice answered. "Hallo, Ingolf speaking."

"Hello, this is…" Shinichi hesitated. "Kudo, I'm- I ran into you about a week ago… you said you could help me… with my, um, wolf… problem…"

Authors notes:
Hope you're still enjoying the story... hoping to get some action out of the Kid heist happing a few chapters from now. We'll see. ^-^
Thank you for reading!
(Words used 844. Date posted May 25th, 2018)