Case Closed

Chapter 5: Chibi Kagome

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Jimmy ran over to make sure she was okay. Rachel however, was shocked still. Because of the familiar clothes on the girl, she had to assume that this little girl was really Kagome Higurashi. But then, that also got her thinking. Right after Jimmy appeared again, Conan disappeared. Could it really be possible that Conan and Jimmy were the same ... ? She would've thought that impossible two weeks ago, but now ...

"Kagome, is that you?" Jimmy whispered to her worriedly. A teary-eyed little Kagome looked up at him, slowly nodding. "Was it the same guys?"

"Yeah ... they were dressed in black, but there was only two," Kagome sniffed, and Jimmy picked her up.

"Come on, let's get you back home, maybe Rachel has some clothes from her childhood left over for you to wear," he told her, and she nodded, now only curled up in her two sizes too big clothes.

Rachel didn't move. She was too still, watching Jimmy and the girl who she thought was Kaogme. It was impossible right? It was impossible for an adult to be turned into a kid.

Why wasn't anyone telling her she was right?

She sighed and followed Jimmy. If he really had been Conan all this time, why did he lie to her? She had pretty much told him everything she felt about Jimmy Kudo! And he had probably laughed behind her back or something worse.

They arrived at her home, and Jimmy carried Kagome into Rachel's room to look for some clothing. He sat her on the bed, and he eventually found a small pair of jeans and a shirt for her to wear that would fit. She smiled greatfully and sat down on the bed next to Jimmy while Rachel was outside in the kitchen.

Jimmy looked over at Kagome, who looked back up at him. She looked even cuter as a child, in his eyes at least. Cuter than Amy. Waaay cuter. "Hey, Kagome? How did you come across them anyway? I've been trying to find them for months!"

She thought for a moment, remembering her day. "Well, I took a walk to try and find my way around town while you were with Rachel, and I stumbled upon them. I hid so they wouldn't see me, but then I heard them talking about you and I gasped, just blowing my cover. They seemed scared of me because I was the girl who survived the burning car, so they used the same drug on me that they used on you."

Jimmy blinked. They had been talking about him? He nodded in uderstanding. "What did they say about me?" he asked curiously.

"They said that you were still alive...that the poison didn't work...that was all I managed to hear though," Kagome told him. "They were dressed in all black, even wore black hats like you described. One kind of hand long dirty blonde hair but the other I could't really tell."

Jimmy nodded. "That's them alright. Damn, I wish I could've been there."

Kagome smiled weakly. "It's alright, Jimmy. Hopefully I can just find enough potion ingredients again to make one for myself."

"Hopefully," Jimmy agreed.

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"WHAT?! No way!" Kagome sighed as she looked around at the herbs in the shop. Apparantely, one of the herbs they had here that she had used for the potion was quite rare and hard to find. It had been the last one in the shop, meaning Kagome would be stuck as a kid for a while.

Her head fell and she gave a sad sigh, walking out of the shop, closing the door behind her, sulking. She kicked a rock all the way back to Rachel's place, and walked inside. Jimmy was there again and she inwardly smiled. At least Rachel and Jimmy were happy. No one seemed to care about her happiness, but she didn't care. She was always one to put others happiness before her own.

She walked into the room she shared with Rachel and sighed, sitting on the bed as she looked out the window. She was starting to lose hope...in everything. So many bad things were happening to her, maybe she was doomed to be alone for the rest of her life? Her first and only love had been taken away from her, then her friends when she had to seal the well. Then her family had been killed in a car accident that only she so happened to survive. She sighed. Yes. She was doomed to be alone forever.

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Rachel walked into her room after Jimmy had gone home and frowned. Kagome was sitting on her bed, with her arms wrapped around her knees with them drawn up to her chest, her face buried in them. Everything was quiet, but Rachel knew she was crying.

"Um...excuse me..." Kagome lifted up her face and wiped her eyes when she noticed Rachel. "O-Oh, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to-"

"No, no, it's no trouble at all, but..." Rachel locked the door and Kagome raised an eyebrow, looking over at her. She went to sit next to her. "Tell me...you're Kagome, aren't you?"

Kagome blinked, her teary eyes looking up at Rachel. "N-No, you must have me mistaken for someone else. I'm...Cherry. Cherry Yoshino." Kagome sweatdropped. Okay, not the best name in the world, but it was better than nothing.

Rachel sighed and shook her head. "You don't have to pretend with me. You look exactly like her but you're a child. Explain that because Meguire said she had no other living relatives."

"I...uh..." Kagome sweatdropped and was about to say something, when Jimmy interrupted.

"Rachel, why don't I take you out to dinner?"

Kagome sighed and was relieved. 'Now I have to thank him,' she sweatdropped. 'Oh well...'

She was relieved, because a blush immediately crossed Rachel's face and she went out to join Jimmy. But not before looking back over at Kagome, giving her a stern look that clearly said 'I-will-not-be-forgetting-about-this-little-conversation-and-I-will-talk-to-you-later' look. Kagome sweatdropped and laughed nervously, then sighed again as Rachel opened the room and left the house with Jimmy, living her alone with Richard, who had come home a few moments earlier and was probably drunk.

'Inuyasha...' Kagome thought to herself and looked out the window, tears stinging in her eyes. She missed him so. She sighed and shook her head. 'Get over him, Kagome. He left you for Kikyo. He loves her. Get over it.'

But she couldn't.

Her heart hurt too much.

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A/N: I have some evil plots but I won't go with them...too graphic. :P Anyway, sorry it's kinda short. I've been distracted lately by finishing the english dubbed series of Case Closed and the Christmas holidays~! ^___^ R&R!