Chapter 1: "Another Shrunken Detective" (Jimmy)
Note: this story will be written with the English names for characters rather than the original Japanese names, if you want to know the original Japanese names for the characters, google them… Also: POV will alternate between characters each chapter..
It had been only eight months since I had been shrunk by the men in black, and I still had not yet caught anyone from the mysterious organization composed of men in black.
I was walking Vi, who had left the organization, back to Dr. Agasa's house when I saw a boy running up to me, and as he got closer he seemed to look more and more like Harley Hartwell, a detective who had similar skill to me, and lived to the East.
"Kudo," he said quietly as he approached me, I noticed then that his clothes were much too big, and that the bottoms of his pant legs were covered in mud,"I was chasing who I was sure to be one of the men in black that you told me about.."
"Which one?" I asked, my suspicions had been confirmed.
"The blonde one, tall and blonde."
"How did you know it was him?"
"He wore all black, and he had this box of red and white pills, he planned on feeding one of them to a person that he, and apparently his partner was following."
"Gin and Vodka are inseparable," mumbled Vi.
"You need to create a new identity for yourself," I told Harley.
"Sure," he replied,"But remind me, why the charade?"
"Because," answered Vi,"If they find out our true identities, they will kill us."
"They," Harley began,"The men in black?"
"Yes," I answered.
Harley chuckled sadly,"I shouldn't have just pursued them, I should have called you."
"No," I replied,"You should have remembered that I told you that Gin and Vodka do their jobs together."
"I pursued him hoping that I could bring a sample of the drug back to you guys, and you would get an antidote."
"Anyway," Vi started,"Where will Harley stay?"
"Maybe with Kudo?" he asked.
"Richard probably won't take another one of us in, and besides, Rachel would notice who we are if we both were there soon enough, but if we were separate she might take a little longer to figure out.
"Agasa may take him in?" asked Vi.
"It could work, but then I wouldn't go on cases." Harley answered.
"Good point," I replied,"We should see if Richard will allow him to stay with Rachel and I."
"It's too risky," said Vi.
"Richard is too stupid to notice, and Rachel is easy to trick, I've tricked her countless of times."
"I'm gonna go with Kudo," said Harley.
"You just won't be able to call me Kudo all the time," I replied.
"I'll figure it out soon enough."
"Before we go," I mumbled,"You need a disguise of some sort so that people won't so easily recognise your face."
"I'm not wearing any stupid glasses!"
"Then you'll risk our discovery!"
"What about a hat!"
"You always wear a hat."
"Well you always wear a damn bowtie!"
"It's based around a gadget."
"I'm not stupid, it and your wristwatch is how you do your job undercover."
"Look, why don't we get you a pair of sunglasses so you don't look nerdy, how would that be?"
"I wouldn't wear sunglasses in the middle of the night, stupid!"
"Right," I scratched the back of my head at the obvious statement,"Then regular glasses it is."
"Fine," he muttered.
With that, Vi went into Agasa's house with Harley while I ran out and got new clothes, and a pair of glasses with non-perscription lenses for Harley. After that, Harley and I went over to Rachel's house where she met us annoyed.
"Conan," she said angrily,"It's past midnight, where have you been!"
"I found him," I pointed at Harley,"While Vi, George, Mitch, Amy, and I were on a case, it was half way across the city so it took a while to get home because we walked from Amy's house." I lied.
"Oh, what's your name?" she asked Harley.
"Jim," Harley answered,"Jim Harrison."
"That's a nice name she said, do you have somewhere to stay, Jim?" Rachel replied.
"No," he mumbled,"My parents both died in a car accident, and I ran away from my abusive aunt, please don't turn me in."
"I'll see if it's ok with my dad to take you in," she said confused,"But I don't know why it wouldn't be."
"Good, I thought, Rachel accepts him, and Richard is probably drunk, so maybe Richard will be out of it and let him stay, at least for a while."
Richard stepped out,"Who's this kid," he said annoyed,"He looks like Conan's annoying friend Harley Hartwell but really young."
"Not good," I thought,"If they figure out that he is Harley, I'm next."
"It's just like how Conan looks like a young version of Jimmy," chuckled Rachel,"What a cute coincidence!"
"Well," began Richard,"Conan was a good luck charm so maybe this Jim Harrison kid will be as well! Come on in!" as the drunk detective finished his sentence Rachel walked Harley and I inside and lead us to our bedroom, and as Rachel closed to door to go to our own room I looked back at Harley.
"Jim Harrison," I chuckled,"It's the beginning of my first name then part of your last name and, where did the rest of Harrison come from?"
"It sounds most natural for all last names that begin with Har and follow Jim."
"It's so obvious to figure out where it comes from though."
"Oh, and you didn't name yourself after mystery authors."
I grumbled as we went to sleep.
"CONAN! JIM!" Rachel's voice slammed through the door to our room waking me up.
"Yeah,"grumbled Harley,"Why are you waking us up?"
"It's time to go to school!" Rachel answered annoyed,"Come on!"
"Like high school right?" Harley whispered to me suddenly worried.
"Oh," I chuckled,"Do we look like high schoolers to you?"
"No, but we are…"
"We also need to keep our cover," I whispered in an annoyed manner that finished the conversation.
Harley opened the door,"Alright," he chuckled obviously annoyed,"Let's go then."
Quickly, Harley and I ran to school together and the presence of Harley surprised our teacher.
"Alright," she said excited,"Everyone, please welcome Jim Harrison to our class."
George, Mitch, and Amy exploded happily,"Come sit with us Jim!" Vi was not nearly as excited, and had her usual robotic feel about her.
I lead Harley back to the seat where Vi and I sat being that there was one open chair next to us.
"You probably shouldn't sit with Conan and Vi, Jim," chuckled George,"They'll make you look dumb!"
"It's kind of creepy," muttered another nearby kid,"They act like adults, and are smarter than all of us."
"They're onto us," I joked quietly into Vi's ear.
"Not funny," she muttered,"If they spread the word it's only a matter of time before people find out, and the people close to us die along with us."
With that, class began and continued for a couple hours before we were released to a twenty minute recess period, which started as I lead Harley out to a dark part of the campus where people usually didn't go, Vi met us there.
"So I reckon that you want Agasa to make gadgets for you as well, right Harley," Vi said.
"Of course, but I specialize in kendo, not soccer."
"Already accounted for, and remember, keeping our identities secret is as important as our…"
"Are you guys having a Junior Detective League meeting without us!" I heard Amy yell over Vi's sentence angrily.
"Why do you guys always meet without us!"
"I was just planning to introduce you guys to Jim!"
"Oh, and what's the whole secret identity thing you guys were talking about? It sounds like a fun game." Mitch said.
"It's not a…"
"Of course it's a fun game," I laughed cutting Harley off before he would have ruined everything,"You guys wanna play!"
"Yeah!" They all said in unison,"How do you play?"
"You pick someone famous, or not so famous, then pretend that they were turned into you while you try to get your old body back," Vi chuckled,"It's the worst of all the games I've played."
"I'll be the famous detective Jimmy Kudo!" smiled Mitch.
Harley looked at me and snickered.
"Then I'll be the famous detective Harley Hartwell!" George said gleefully.
I looked back at Harley.
"You're all nothing compared to me, the famous, Richard Moore, The Sleeping Sleuth!" Amy said happily.
"Yeah, he's so special," I chuckled quietly into Harley's ear.
"If you're Richard Moore, Amy," said Harley,"Then Mitch, being Jimmy Kudo, would solve all of your cases for you!"
"I've seen him solve a lot of cases on his own," smiled Amy,"Obviously you know nothing about the great Sleeping Sleuth!"
The three actual kids ran off.
"That was rash," I said to Harley,"She's seen me on cases with Richard before."
"If you give us up," said Vi,"I'll kill you, just leave it with that."
"Sorry," chuckled Harley.