More humor in this chapter, and the storyline progresses!

Chapter Two

Conan woke up bright and early the next morning. Yukiko had called Ran in disguise as Conan's mother to tell Ran that Conan would be coming to live with her for a while. While Conan was getting dressed, Ran called his friends to tell them Conan was going to be leaving that day, but didn't tell Conan she called them.

Conan was heading for the door when the doorbell rang. He opened it and saw the three people he least wanted to see right now: Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta.

"Conan-kun!" shouted Ayumi. "Is it true you're leaving today?"

"Uh, yeah," said Conan, wondering just how the heck they'd found out.

"You planned to just LEAVE?" asked Genta menacingly. Conan involuntarily took a step back.

"I, uh, didn't want to worry you about my going away for the summer. I'll be back in a while, though, so I'll see you at the end of the summer!"

Ayumi just looked at him with the saddest smile on her face. It didn't fool Conan, and he knew she was up to something. "Well, Conan-kun, if you're really going away, will you promise to call us a lot?"

Conan brightened. "Of course I will. You three are my friends, aren't you?"

Mitsuhiko said, "Yeah! We're the Detective Boys, and we always keep in contact!"

"Yeah!" agreed Genta. "That's why our badges have built-in walkie-talkies!"

Ayumi hugged him. "Then have fun, Conan-kun!" she said tearfully, not noticing the death glares coming her way from behind her that were aimed at a suddenly nervous Conan. With that, Ayumi walked down the stairs, toting the other two behind her.

After Conan was sure they'd gone, he went out and walked to Agasa-hakase's. He soon arrived, and after dumping his bags of 'stuff' he'd packed (newspaper), he went into the back.

"Oh, you're here, Shinichi!" exclaimed Agasa when Conan came in. He and Ai were making modifications to the machine.

"Here," said Ai, handing Conan a towel. "Wrap this around yourself when you go in. When you come back out, you can put on the clothes Hakase brought from your house earlier." She indicated a set of clothes nearby.

"Thanks, Haibara! Thanks, Hakase! He went in the room to change, and a minute later, a set of kid clothes were deposited outside the door. "You all can start whenever you want. I'm ready now."

Agasa went to the control panel, but suddenly the doorbell rang. "Ai-kun," he said, "you handle this. I'll drive off whoever's at the door." He walked away to do so.

Ai started the machine. Soon, it was whirring, and the bright light started up again. Ai put on a pair of shades to shield it.

Suddenly, the door to the lab burst open, and three curious kids (guess who) burst in. Ai knew immediately they'd slipped in behind Hakase and had been attracted by all the noise.

Mitsuhiko spoke up, "Haibara-san, what is all this?"

Ai said, "It's a very delicate experiment. I'm handling it for Hakase since he went to the front door."

Ayumi said, "Oh, we were just wanting to see if you knew that Conan-kun was leaving or not."

"Of course I knew. I knew as well as you three did. Now please leave, before something bad happens."

Genta was having none of that. "Oi Haibara, what exactly are you doing?" He ran to the door to the separate room and heaved the door open before Ai could stop him. Then a sudden bright light blinded them all, and all four lost consciousness.

Now we're getting into the meat of the story! It'll take a few chapters for the kids to adjust to everything, but we'll get there eventually!

Oh, and please review and tell me how the story is! Many thanks!