A/N I've forgotten to do this till now but I don't own any of these characters thus far, I might through in my own later on as suspects or something also I'm gonna try a different approach at the POV thing

Chapter 3

Frank's POV

After informing Mother and Aunt (who don't know about ATAC) about their sudden exchange trip to Japan, the Joe and I got on a plane that was provided by ATAC. While he stared out the window, I did some research on this Kudo guy to know more about him

"Kudo," I heard Joe mutter, "I've heard that name before."

"I'm not surprised," I said, "according to this the whole family is famous. You have Kudo Yusaku who is a famous author of the Night Baron series, there's his wife Yukikowho is a famous actress and is also known as the Night Baroness, and their son Shinichi who appears to be the perfect son, ace detective, star soccer player, and certified genius. Also that girl Mouri Ran, she's not someone you want to hit on, due to the fact she's a black belt in karate. And her father Kogoro is a famous detective as well

Joe shot me a dirty look. "Jeez, at least wait till we land to start being an egg head,"

If there's one big difference between Joe and me it's that I like to plan ahead while he likes to improvise.

"Well you'll find this interesting," I continued, ignoring his remark. "Mouri Kogoro's rise in fame started about a year ago, around the same time that Shinichi went missing."

Joe's look of disgust shifted to amazement. "We haven't even gotten there and already you have a suspect?"

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Three long plane flights and a taxi ride later we found ourselves in found to a building with a sign in the windows saying Mouri Detective Agency in Japanese. I knew what it said because to get into ATAC you need to go through special training, one of the training courses is learning different languages, booth me and Joe were fluent in Japanese.

As we entered the agency we saw the girl from the video fussing over a man seated behind a desk surrounded by beer cans, another teenage girl with short brown hair was seated on a couch watching with an air of someone wishing the had a bowl of popcorn to go with the show.

"Tosan, if you don't stop drinking like that your liver will explode," shouted Ran.

The man didn't seem to hear her as he was passed out. Joe seemed to decide that it was time to make our presence known. "Excuse me," he said, "are you Ran Mouri."

She and her friend finally noticed us. "Yes, can I help you?" Ran replied politely. I could practically see hearts coming out of Joe's eyes, he's hopeless when it comes to girls

"Yes," he continued "I'm Joe and this is my brother Frank, we're from ATAC."

"Wow, you guys got here quick," Said the brown haired girl. "My name is Suzuki Sonoko, Deductive Queen. I'm the one who suggested Ran call you. Are you boys here to recruit me or to find out where Ran's husband is hiding?"

Joe looked put out while I felt my eyebrows raise "husband?"

Ran turned bright red, "SONOKO, he's not my husband, he's just a friend who I'm worried about." She turned back to us. "Sorry about her, I'm glad you came. Would you like something to drink?"

"No thanks," I said. I was unusually calm normally I trip all over myself when I talk to girls. "We'd like to ask that you keep that we're from ATAC a secret, no one is supposed to know."

"Don't worry," Ran reassured "I've only told Sonoko. And don't worry about my father, he won't hear anything when he's this drunk."

I sighed and we booth sat down on a couch across from Sonoko and said "Then let's get down to business, when was the first time Shinichi vanished?"

"About a year ago at Tropical Land, right after the rollercoaster murder case," She replied sitting down next to Sonoko. "He took me there as a reward for winning a karate championship and a woman murdered her ex-boyfriend on the rollercoaster. A little after he solved it he ran off after some guy, after awhile I got worried from not hearing from him so I went to his house, but his neighbor Agasa-hakase told me he was off on a case, and a few days later I got a phone call from him. Since then he occasionally calls and I know his cell-phone number but he never answers and I have to leave a message so he'll call me back. Also he's come back a few times but I'm afraid that I can't be sure whether or not that actually was him because twice another friend of mine Hattori Heiji pretended to be him and another time Shinichi showed up, Conan-kun insisted that it wasn't really Shinichi but an imposter, I found out later he was right. And another time we found a guy who claimed to be Shinichi with amnesia, but it turns out that it was someone trying to frame Shinichi for murder. Another thing that bothers me about is that I seem to be the only one who's worried. The police aren't worried because there's no evidence that he's in danger. His parents don't seem to be worried. And Heiji-kun (he's also a detective) claims to be Shinichi's best-friend and sees him every now and then but he won't tell me what's going on."

Joe and I exchanged glances. "Sounds messed up," said Joe. "So who's Conan?"

"Oh Conan is this sweet little boy my father and I take care of. He's a distant relative of booth Shinichi and Agasa-hakase. His family asked us to take care of him while they where overseas, we've all but adopted him."

"Yeah," Sonoko put in. "She's real fond of that brat because he's a detective geek like Shinichi."

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At Beika Park

"Aah-choo!"

"Hey Conan you better not be getting a cold. The Shonen Tantei need to always be in top physical condition," said Genta.

Conan scowled "I'm not sick someone must be talking bad about me."

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"Detective Geek?" I asked.

"Yeah," continued Ran. "He and his friends have this little detective club the Shonen Tantei, believe it or not but they've actually solved a number of cases that had even the police and my Dad stumped. We consider him to be a good luck because business has picked up since he came here."

"If Conan is related to Shinichi, shouldn't he have some idea where he is?" I asked.

"I'm not sure, if he does he certainly hasn't told me," replied Ran.

Joe stood up, "thank you for your time ladies we'll get right to work on this case.

The door suddenly opened and a young boy around seven or eight with glasses way to big for him entered the room. "Case?" He asked, "What case?"

Shinichi's POV

I opened the door just in time to hear the word 'Case', stated with an American accent. I glanced inside to see two boys around my real age in there one was blond and standing near one of the couches, the other had dark hair and was sitting on said couch.

"Case?" I asked, "What case?" it can't have been one for Occhan since he was passed out again, and I couldn't see any one coming to Sonoko or Ran with cases.

"Oh Conan-kun," said Ran nervously. "What are you doing back from the park so soon?"

'Why is she trying to dodge my question' Shinichi wondered but I said with my best Conan voice "I sneezed so, Ayumi was worried that I might be getting sick, so it was either I come home or I let them play doctor on me." I couldn't help but shudder at the thought. "But anyway what's this case you're talking about, Ran-neechan?"

"Oh, just a case for Tosan, I'll fill him in when he comes to. In the mean time I'll make us all some tea." With that Ran hurried out of the room.

"I'll help," said Sonoko following her. "Oi chibi-chan you be a good host to the guests, got it.

"Hai!"

There was an awkward silence that followed and I got a good look at our two 'clients'. "Sooo, you two are brothers right, from America?" I said finally, not able to take the silence

The blond one sat down blinking in surprise. "Yes, I'm uh Hardy Joe and this is my brother Frank. We're exchange students. How'd you know?"

'You have numerous genetic similarities and your body language towards each other practically screams it. Also anyone could tell that that's an American accent' I thought, but of coarse I couldn't say that out loud "Lucky guess," I said instead. "Also you're not really here with a case for Occhan, are you. Most people would turn around and leave the second they saw him drunk like that, since it's not professional behavior." As if to add to that fact Kogoro let out a loud snort then once again there was silence as the brothers stared at me in shock.

'Uh-oh I didn't give my self away did I they look kind of freaked' I thought. 'Why ARE they here anyway? They don't look like bad people. There must be something I'm missing unless… they had better not be here to ask Ran out, I won't let that happen. Hopefully I'm just missing some thing.

"Hey, are you okay kid?"

I was snapped out of my reverie by the dark haired one, Frank, and realized that I had had on my thinking face again, not very child like behavior. "Oh Gomennasai, I was just thinking," I said quickly while trying to think of some way to get them to think I was actually a child when…

Rrrriiiinnnnggg….

The phone rang.

Occhan answered the phone and said in a slurred voice "Hello… Megure-keibu… WHAT!!! yes… yes… Alright I'll bring him." He turned to me "Come on brat apparently you were in the area when a murder happened a half hour ago and the police want your statement." He then noticed our guests as Ran and Sonoko returned with the tea. "And who the heck are you?"

"Oh they're friends of ours," said Ran.

"Well come on, that murder won't solve it's self"

As I followed Occhan I noticed Ran, Sonoko, and our 'clients following us, oh well I'll figure them out after I solve this case.

End Chapter 3

A/N okay I am much more satisfied with this chapter them the 2 previous, I think I'll keep doing it like this, again comments, questions and advise are welcome