A/N: Me having a sort of breakdown and adrenaline high day. XD The fits of laughter happen to me all the time. Seriously, I don't even know, sometimes, what I'm laughing about. XD Oh! I wrote up this chapter when I was in Kansas – again – and that's why it's kind of all over the place. Lol! It was fun; I went to a meeting and ate at a fast food place I've never been to before. Anyone been to Freddy's? Their fries are delicious! I had the chili cheese dog, but the fries were definitely the best – no competition. …*Cough*…Anyways, enjoy? ^^ Oh! And I'm using 'ojou-chan' instead of 'little lady' because 'little lady' sounds kind of funny to me. XD Oh! And I personally thank Kudou Shinichi Tanteisan for informing me that it is Apotoxin, not Apoptoxin like I previously thought. XD
Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan or Magic Kaito in any way or form.
Chapter Five
I rounded corner after corner after corner before finally willing myself to stop. My breath heaved through my lungs heavily as I tried to recover from my over-assertion. I choked out a laugh and hunched to the floor, trying to get control over my breath before I hyperventilated. What a way to wake up, I thought wryly as I dropped my bag on my small lap and leaned my head on the wall behind me.
"Well," I started with another giggle. "I guess I am in the Detective Conan world, after all." Another manic cackle started to bubble in my throat but I swallowed it, trying to keep in check. No need to get too excited and then make a mistake; like accidently walking into another shady deal. I guess I've already made my mistake of the week, though. What tops being shrunk– I stopped my thoughts right there; I may jinx myself if I'm not careful. My eyes travelled down to my bag and I pondered for a moment before looking up at the sky.
It was mid-day, I think. The sun was high and the blue sky was cloudless; a pretty normal day, if you asked me. My attention snapped to the side as a noise caught my attention. A cat walked out from its hiding spot and I blinked. A grin spread across my face and I made a 'come hither' motion with my fingers, quietly content with associating with the kitty. The cat seemed to give me a bored expression before turning its head with definite indignation and walking away, its tail swaying in the air like a queen. Well then, I pouted before standing up and stretching.
I shouldered my bag, combing my fingers through my hair as I got out a ponytail to put my hair in – only a small ponytail due to my short, messy hair. I started heading out of the maze of alleyways that I had run myself into, silently hoping that I wouldn't get lost on my way out; after all, I didn't exactly want to sleep in the dark alley when night hits. It would be plain creepy. I mean, these alleys were even creepy during that day – now that I pay attention. My steps sped up as I realized this and I smiled at myself for being a coward. I blinked as the opening came into my view. Well, that was quicker than I thought.
A few people looked over to me when I stepped out into the blinding light, wincing when my eyes dilated, trying to get used to the sudden brightness. My hands started to instinctively dig for my sunglasses before I remembered that they probably wouldn't fit my now-smaller face. I squinted with a sigh and continued to walk out into the horrid sun, inwardly cursing that I didn't bring my toy sunglasses. I bet they would fit me now. I sucked it up and started following the flow of people, quietly wondering where the train station would be.
Staying in Osaka would be a terrible idea, after all. Heiji-san, Otaki-san, and that official lady all knew what I looked like and thought I was a normal three year old. I internally wondered why I suddenly started adding the Japanese honorifics to the names; my mind didn't bother providing me an answer as the sign of the train station appeared in my peripheral vision. Bingo! A giddy grin made its way to my face as I practically skipped over, snickering to myself when I only had to slip under the bars that kept people from getting on board without a ticket – no one even noticed my tiny figure making its way through the flood of adults onto the train and then sitting myself on a seat in the corner. My eyes locked with my fingers as they entwined with each other and then squeezed with an almost crushing grip. I really hope that the custodian doesn't do his rounds right now…
The train shot off with a jolt and I relaxed my hands. The train was heading to Ekoda, the first place I had recognized – I had jumped at it, hoping for somewhere familiar. Although, now that I thought about it, that was a stupid idea. I was much more familiar with Beika. Osaka, no. Ekoda, no. Beika, kind of. Gosh, I'm not familiar with most of Japan, but at least I had an inkling of where I am exactly. Could be worse. I shuddered at the thought of ending up in, much to the horror of my thoughts, a real-life Wonderland. Think I'd rather take the world with endless murders – at least they get solved. If anyone died in Wonderland, no one would even care, unless, of course, it was Alice. Still. Too freaky for my taste, thank you very much.
I bit my tongue to keep from laughing again. Seriously, what was I thinking about? Real-life Wonderlands, being in a different world, surviving in a different world, and knowing an anime but not knowing the world completely; people would think I was nuts if they could read my mind. Heck, I think I'm nuts, too; maybe this is all just a very descriptive dream. Probably. My mind made up, I looked out the window. The view was interesting. Nothing I'd ever seen before, certainly. It was interesting and scary.
My eyelids slid shut as I tried to block out the world around me – tried to wake up. It obviously didn't succeed as the drone of talking and footsteps shuffling continued despite my 'tuning out'. A sigh escaped me and I reopened my brown eyes with a sour spirit. Why wasn't it working? Why did it have to be me that was transported here? Fate could have at least found someone more capable and more intelligent than me. Someone more grown up and ready for this – well, as prepared as anyone can get for being transported to this world; murder and mysterious organizations weren't exactly on a person's normal agenda. Not what I was used to, anyways. If someone like Shinichi – a human shinigami – existed in the world I come from, it would be all over the news. The person would be famous for a lot more than his detective skills and would even be called a bringer of bad luck; people would avoid him like the plague. Not unreasonable, though; I probably would, too.
Other than all the crimes, though, this world was normal. Sitting on the train with normal, non-characters of Detective Conan was relieving. My feet start to sway childishly and I grinned. It was a good thing that I had kept that habit through my whole life despite my legs growing long enough to plant my feet firmly on the ground. A lot of people had looked at me funnily, but I'm glad I hadn't let them deter me; now I just looked like any other child – ignorant, full of glee, playful, not wanted to stay still for long. I blinked out of my thoughts when the train came to a halt, the announcer, well, announcing, "Ekoda-cho, Ekoda-cho," loudly. I winced at the noise. It was as easy as eating pie when I weaved through the flood of people coming out and I had to bite my lip from snickering like a criminal who just got pleaded innocent. Geez, I felt like laughing a lot today for some reason. Hope this wasn't going to become a habit….
I was herded out of the station and I quickly slipped away before someone noticed me without a parental figure. A shiver ran down my spine as I thought of what could happen to me in this tiny body; I would be completely and utterly defenseless if someone decided to try something. Let's hope I don't run into a pedophile, I wished and scurried down the road and into a neighborhood, starting to look for a familiar name.
ooOOoo
I panted and rubbed some sweat off my forehead as I looked up at the suburban household. Looks like this was the place, if the name on the gate was any indication. I hesitantly walked up to the gate, looking for the buzzer, and when I did I then noticed my other dilemma. My glare was directed towards the buzzer, much higher than I could hope to reach. Blah. Now I had to figure out a way to get to it, and I didn't feel like using my brain power right now. It was hot, the sun was too freakin' bright, and I'm still adjusting to my new body; why couldn't I just die and be done with it, I thought cynically, frowning in concentration.
I squeaked when a voice spoke up from behind me, "Can I help you, ojou-chan?" The carefree voice was very recognizable and I turned slowly to look up at an extremely tall Kuroba Kaito grinning down at me. I sucked in a breath as I was once again was taken by surprise despite knowing that this was the person I had been going to meet. I plastered on a polite smile, hiding my inner turmoil, and laughed childishly as he crouched down to look at me face to face.
"I just want your help with something, oniichan." I started off, cackling at the little kid act I was pulling in my mind; how Shinichi didn't enjoy this was a mystery to me, I think it's fun! Kaito gave me a curious look and started talking. "You want my help?" At my excited nod, he continued on. "So, what can I help you with?" At that point, my face turned deadly serious and he blinked at the sudden change in demeanor. My memories of the day I had 'disappeared' from my world came flooding back and my eyes locked with his indigo ones.
"I need a place to stay; can I crash at your place for the night?" My voice wavered and the serious expression washed off my face. I face palmed internally as I laughed nervously, thinking of how I had chickened out of my real question. Oh well, there's always next time, I guess.
He gave me a slightly confused okay and we headed into his house, introducing ourselves to one another. I bit my lip as I fought of the urge to laugh yet again. I was going to be living with the Kaitou KID.
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To: Kudou Shinichi Tanteisan - *imagines picture* XDD And really? *face palm* Darn it, I've been writing it wrong the whole time. XDD Oh well... *Shrugs* Thank you, though! Now I can go fix it! 8D
-Edit: Not too many typos here, either… XDD