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Chapter 7 Game Time

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For the rest of the day, Conan and Kagome were out playing with Mitch and George and Amy. They were all having a blast, except for Jimmy of course. They were playing one of his least favorite games: hide and seek. It was so easy to find everyone it wasn't even funny. Except for Kagome. He was having trouble finding the young miko. George had been easy to find once more because of his easy size, and Amy made sure never to hide in the trunk of a car ever again, so she was easy to find too, mostly because she giggled when he passed her, blowing her cover. Mitch at least put up a bit of a challenge, he had hid up in a tree, climbing it quietly so no one would hear him. When it was Conan's turn himself, he picked a different place than the last time (which had been behind a newspaper while an old man was reading it), he hid inside an empty garbage can he found. It was easy for him to fit in because it was just a bit bigger than he was.

When the fun and games ended, it was already sunset. Conan blinked. Had that much time really passed? They left shortly after lunch and after Jimmy reverted back to Conan once more. Amy, Mitch, and George had been so ecstatic and happy to see their best friend once more, and his new friend, that they had immediately dragged them both out to play for the day. Rachel couldn't even get the chance to say yes or no to them.

It was quiet. No one was out at the park except for the Junior Detective League plus Kagome, who were resting after a long day of playing games. Well, except for Conan. He had been so bored today it wasn't even funny. He had eventually found Kagome, hiding very well behind some bushes. He was surprised he hadn't seen her there earlier.

As everyone parted ways, Kagome and Conan headed towards Jimmy Kudo's house, or more specific, Dr. Agasa's. They needed some special devices for Kagome to use just incase she got into a spot of trouble, and from the past experiences that she had told him, she was most likey to get into a lot of trouble, even more so as a kid. Plus, they had to help her get a new identity, a new name, a new everything pretty much. She had already decided on the name Cherry Yoshino, so that was good. One less thing for them to do. She had thought up that name on the spot, like when Rachel pressed him for his name, he invented Conan Edogawa. He didn't know the reasons behind Kagome's name, he wondered if there even were any.

When they were done there, they headed for the apartment. Cherry's past was pretty much the same as Conan's, her parents headed overseas, and were friends with Conan's parents, so they went with them. So that's how Conan and Cherry knew one another, and were reunited at Rachel's place.

When they finally reached the apartment, their current home, they found a few police cars there. They looked at each other, worry clearly seen in each other's eyes as they ran up to the Moore's apartment. They found Meguire there with Richard, and some police officers, and... a little girl?

She had short black hair and blue eyes, so familiar blue eyes that Conan's own widened. When? How? Why?! Where was the Black Organization when he wanted them?!

"So, you say this little girl came to your home claiming to be Rachel?" Meguire asked Richard incredulously. It had been a long time since Rachel had been a little girl, but Richard knew the moment he saw her it was her. No mistaking that.

"Yes Inspector, and I ensure you, it's her," he told her, and Rachel was thankful that at least her father recognized her, even after all of this time.

"But that's incredible, who would do something like that to a teenage kid?" Meguire asked, to no one in particular.

"Rachel, do you remember?" Richard turned to look at the little girl, who slowly nodded.

"They were two men in black. I couldn't really see their faces...they wore glasses and hats too. One had long sort of blond hair, the other had short dark hair. They mentioned something about Jimmy before knocking me out...giving me the drug or whatever it was that made me like this. I woke up on a sidewalk about an hour later, and they were gone."

"What time was this, Rachel?" Meguire asked, writing down what she said on a notepad. Conan listened in carefully, still in shock that this even happened. Why are they targeting more people? Had they figured out I'm alive somehow? Had they heard of Conan and decided to investigate him, thinking he looked a lot like Jimmy Kudo?

"Um...I saw them around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and I woke up at just about 4 o'clock," she replied, nodding as if to confirm it to herself. Meguire nodded, writing down the times as well.

"Alright...did they by any chance mention anything else?" Meguire asked, and Rachel tried her hardest to remember, then it clicked.

"Something about Gin and Vodka," she told him. "Their names maybe?"

"What kind of names are Gin and Vokda?" Richard asked, to no one in particular.

"Code names maybe," Meguire replied. "Something like that. We'll get back to you if we find out any information on them- oh, hi, kids." He said in greeting, just having noticed Kagome (Cherry) and Conan in the doorway.

"Hello Inspector," they both smiled, though Conan's look was more serious "Have than Kagome's.

"Have you seen anything suspicious lately, kids?" Meguire asked. "Any weird looking guys running around?"

Both of them shook their heads. "We were playing games all afternoon in the park with Amy, Mitch and George. We both didn't see anything, but that doesn't mean they didn't," Kagome replied, and Meguire nodded.

"Right..I'll give them a call," Meguire said, standing up. "C'mon men, back to the station."

With that, they all left, leaving Rachel, Richard, Conan and Kagome alone together.

Both Conan and Kagome felt awkward now. Now that Rachel was a kid, they would have to really tell her the truth. They had a feeling she would be hurt, even when they explained why they couldn't tell. But even still that they knew this kid was Rachel, she needed protection now more than ever, now that the Black Organization had found out who Jimmy Kudo was most closest to.

They were all in danger now.

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TBC

A/N: Short, and with another twist! ^-^ I've only seen up to the first 80 episodes in English (81-85 in Japanese Dub) and the first two movies in English, so forgive me if my info is a little bit off. Review please! Oh, and please vote on my new poll! But look at the bottom of my profile first.