A/N: Yet another chapter! I'm on a roll with updates for this one after a long hiatus! Sorry if any mistakes are made in spelling/grammar or detail wise at all, I'm kinda tired, but also bored! Some humor in this chapter, cause I thought it was time for some! Wouldn't you agree? I'd call this a filler chapter, but I'm out of ideas, so meh.

Disclaimer: Case Closed and Inuyasha aren't mine. They are however, two awesome anime!

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Chapter 13: Haunted House Part 1

The next morning, everyone acted like it was a normal day. Rachel made breakfast for Kagome, Conan and her father like she normally would. To say Richard was surprised that his daughter was back to her normal age was an understatement, but for some reason he didn't ask questions, at least not to Kagome or Conan anyway. Conan highly doubted he'd be that stupid not to ask Rachel a thing or two at least.

It was around eleven o' clock. School was closed for at least a week because of what happened to Serena Sebastian, and if the killer wasn't found and more victims were, they'd end up canceling school until a longer date, at least until they found Serena's killers and brought them to justice.

Of course, only three people knew who really did it, but they couldn't tell anyone without putting anyone else in danger. It was killing Rachel, not being able to avenge her best friend, but she had no choice.

After a few moments of silence, a knock at the door could be heard. Richard went to answer it, and groaned when he realized it was only Amy, Mitch and George.

"Hey Conan! Wanna come play soccer with us in the park?" Amy asked, smiling at him. Conan sweat dropped.

"You can come too, Cherry!" Mitch said, blushing lightly as he looked over at Kagome, who also sweat dropped.

'Oh no... he doesn't have a crush on me, does he?' she thought to herself. 'Well...it is kind of flattering...'

"Sure, that sounds fun, right Conan?" Cherry asked, looking over at him. He actually looked like he didn't want to, but at the thought of getting to spend time with Kagome--Cherry--possibly alone, he couldn't pass up the chance. And hey, he was great at soccer, why not?

"Sure, why not?"

The three kids cheered and Richard sighed. 'Brats....'

Amy took Conan's hand and dragged him out, making Cherry giggle slightly. She followed them all outside, hearing Rachel call that lunch would be ready around 12:30. She made a mental note to remember that before following them again.

Even though she thought for sure Mitch had even a small crush on her, as she walked next to him she didn't seem to mind. After all, he was just a kid, and it was probably just that- a simple crush. He was too young to understand what love meant....right?

She would have no idea what to do should his crush on her progress. But she'd let things be...for now.

"Hey Cherry, are you alright?" Amy asked, blinking as she looked over at her.

''Eh...?" Kagome blinked a few times as she realized everyone was staring at her. Had she zoned out again?

'Oh, how embarassing! I've done this enough times as a teenager, I don't need to do it now too!' she thought to herself, her face going red.

"U-Um, I'm fine, Amy!" Kagome said with a forced smile. "Just thinking about this and that."

Amy looked skeptical, and Conan looked worried. But after a few minutes, everyone started walking again and she sighed.

'Phew...' she thought to herself.

Mitch watched Kagome curiously. There was somethin off about her, just like there was about Conan. He was smarter than Amy and George- that much he knew. Of course they noticed that both Cherry and Conan were smart, but they were...too smart, as if they were reliving their childhood or....something.

He shook his head. Na. Impossible.

Or was it?

'You're paranoid,' he told himself. 'There is a such thing as kid geniuses, you know.'

Hey, he did have a point. Maybe that's just what they were.

But his instincts were telling him something was off with them....

He was always one to trust his instincts.

When they arrived at the park, George took out the soccer ball. It was kind of old and worn out, but good enough for them to kick around for a while.

Everyone seemed to have something on their mind that day while playing, so it was no surprise when people tripped and fell while kicking the ball, or when they're clothes got torn slightly when they fell. Even Conan's game was a little off, which surprised himself, but he had been too busy thinking of Kagome lately.

He just had to get some time alone with her. That was all there was to it.

After about thirty minutes of playing soccer and not really getting any better, they all decided to take a break for a while.

People walked by and noticed the kids sitting all around the bench, alone, with no adult supervision, and got nervous. Especially around times like these, when people were disappearing. It wasn't a good thing for kids 'their age' to be out, even at this hour.

Whenever someone said something like this to them, they would nod and smile, saying they would be going home soon for lunch anyway. The adult would just smile and nod, walking off.

"We really should get going," Cherry said, looking at her watch. "Rachel said dinner'd be ready at 12:30."

"That means, we only have 30 minutes to get home," Mitch said.

"It's not that far, we still have some time to kill here," Conan said, and they all nodded.

"Hey, guys? Wanna go investigate a haunted house tonight?" Amy asked after a moment or two of silence, and they al groaned. All except Kagome, of course.

"Where's it at, Amy?" she asked, interested. 'Usually people think houses are haunted in this time, but they turn out to be something totally different.'

"It's about two blocks down from Mr. Moore's house!" Amy exclaimed excitedly. "I heard they rebuilt it because some one died in a fire, that was supposedly an accident, and they say you can still hear his screams at night whenever you walk past the house. Isn't it exciting?''

They all laughed slightly and Amy smiled.

"We should go check it out tonight!" she said happily. "Who wants to go with me?"

"I'll go!" Kagome said with a smile, and everyone turned to look at her, blinking.

Kagome shrugged. "What? I've always had a thing for haunted houses."

"Yay! So, Cherry's coming, who else? Conan, are you coming?" Amy asked, looking over at him.

'This might be my chance to get some alone time with Kagome, even if it is in a supposedly haunted house,' he thought to himself before nodding to Amy.

"Yeah, I'm in."

Amy cheered again. "Mitch, George?" she turned to them. Mitch was the first one to nod.

"Count me in!" Mitch was only going so he could be with Kagome.

"George, what about you?" Amy asked, looking over at him. George rubbed the back of his head.

"Aw, I don't wanna be the only one left out. I'll go too!"

Then it was settled. Everyone was going.

"How about tonight at 11 o'clock?" Kagome asked. "Everyone's parents should be asleep by then. They wouldn't let us go anywhere at that hour."

She had a point, so they nodded. "11 o'clock it is!"

Conan and Kagome looked at each other.

Just what had they gotten themselves into this time?

TBC

A/N: Haha, more humor next chapter obviously. :3 And wow, longer chapter today! I'm proud of myself. :P

Thank you for the reviews, and please continue to do so. Any ideas about what could happen while they're in the haunted house, and maybe should it actually be haunted, for once?

All ideas are welcomed!