A/N: Arigato for all your reviews! You guys really cheer me up! I'm REALLY SORRY I haven't updated lately. Exams are coming up and I have to study for like... every subject except French. -.- One day, I'm gonna definitely go to Japan and live there for like I don't know how many years. Ah... I wish.. I wish...

CHAPTER 11: TIME TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER

Takagi stood up and thought as he stared at the shards on the floor. Why did Conan know so much? Just what was up with that kid? And the elevator incident...

"I'll tell you.. in the next world."

Takagi knew what that meant. Conan wasn't Conan. He really was someone else. But who could it be? A really smart kid pops out of nowhere and at the same time Mouri Kogoro becomes famous. He just couldn't put his finger on it but he felt like he knew that kid before. He just didn't know how or when.

Why doesn't he want me to know?

"Hey Takagi,"

Takagi turned around around to find Sato staring at him. "What's up, you look deep in thought?"

"It's just that kid..." he mumbled.

"You mean, Conan-kun? Yeah, I know, he's somehow really smart. Sometimes I get the feeling he's pretending to be a kid because he talks and acts so much like an adult, like he's just an adult that shrunk or something. But that can't happen, can it?" she blinked. "That would be ridiculous. Conan-kun is just a kid that knows so much about stuff that he shouldn't know. I'm sure he would be a great detective when he grows up. Don't you think?"

"Yeah.." Takagi said absent-mindedly.

"Well come on. If Megure-keibu sees you standing here, he'll start yelling at you."

"I'm coming."

Great detective... shrunk... Mouri Ran..Hattori Heiji... school play.. Could it be?

...But how?

"Conan-kun, why are you always getting into trouble? The police needs to investigate, you know?"

"But Ran-neechan, sometimes they don't see things, I'm just showing them."

Ran sighed. "Conan-kun, I know you like being a detective but you're a kid and you shouldn't get into these types of things. You know what happened 3 weeks ago, don't you? We don't want that to happen, do we? I mean, you're still just a kid..."

Conan didn't respond.

Instead he pointed to the ferris wheel in front of them bearing the sign Tropical Land and let go of Ran's hand.

"Come on Ran-neechan! I want to go on it! Please please please!"

"Fine then, let's go."

There weren't much people in the line and it was their turn in just a few minutes.

"Please come forward."

Ran and Conan went into the first compartment (A/N: I didn't know what to call it.) and sat down on the bunks. Just when the ride was about to start, Conan jumped from his seat and ran out the door.

"I forgot my cap at the Mystery Coaster! Gomenasai!"

"Hey Conan-kun!"

The ride started.

Conan ran and mixed into the crowd, away from Ran's sight. Ran sighed and smiled as her compartment rised up.

Fine Shinichi, you mystery freak.. Go and solve the case. Just make sure you stay away from the police's sight.

"Hehehe.."

Conan quietly walked behind the Mirror House and no one noticed him since it was pretty crowded. He walked toward the ladder and started climbing upwards. Fortunetely, the air duct's cover was easy to open and not that heavy. And with his small form, he dived in and slowly made his way to the room.

When he finally got there, he looked in through the small opening and saw the police still investigating around the corpse and asking questions to Isamu, Robert and Akane.

"I didn't have any grudge against her. She didn't talk much to me and I don't think she liked me very much. I don't know why. I only met her at a party I went with Isamu. I liked her. I was talking with Isamu far that way," she pointed to another mirror. "then suddenly a mirror broke, the lights went out and.. when they came back on... Why? Who did it, I don't know! But this is horrible!" Akane managed through her sobs.

Next was Robert. He was sitting on the floor, leaning on the wall with a blank expression on his face. His hands seemed to be shaking but his right hand was in his pocket. He hadn't uttered a single tear.

"I was with her. We were walking together. Then the light went out and a mirror broke at the same time. I called for her and she didn't respond. And then... and then something fell on the floor with a thud and a few seconds later, the lights came on. And I saw... I saw Kaori on the floor.. She was just.. dead. Gone... I.. This wasn't supposed to happen.." he kept pausing between the words.

What wasn't supposed to happen?

And the last person was Isamu.

"We were great friends since high school. Nothing ever happened between us. I respected her as a friend. So I called her and asked her if she wanted to come to Tropical Land with us. She said yes and we met her here along with Robert-san. I heard that the Mirror House was just opened and we decided to go in. There wasn't anyone else except we invited that girl, Mouri Ran and that kid Conan-kun. Ran-san left to buy a smoothie I heard and so me and Akane walked in front and Robert and Kaori came after us. As I was walking on the front with Akane, I heard a mirror break in the back. Then suddenly the lights went out. After a few minutes, the technician guy came in and he did something so the lights came back on. And then we heard a scream and you know the rest..."

He's the most suspicious. Him. It's probably him but where's the evidence? They found a pair of gloves so no fingerprints...

"Megure-keibu, we found this in the victim's boots." The police officer held up a plastic bag with a small hammer inside.

Well.. this just got interesting.

"And we also found this." He held up a photo.

Conan clicked on his glasses and maximized the distance. On the photo, he saw a picture of Kaori sitting next to a girl who's face had been scribbled. Akane suddenly froze.

"That's.. that's the picture we took together at the party! Why did she? She hated me... Why?"

Oh.. I see..

"Perhaps, you were the victim Miss, but she's the one that ended up dying."

Akane started crying all over again.

Conan looked away and saw Sato staring at the mirrors and watching her distorted pose. Just then, Takagi turned the corner, endind up behind Sato.

When Sato saw another distorted figure pop up behind her, she screamed and turned around. She bumped into Sato and their lips brushed. Both blushed immediately.

Conan's eyes widened as realization hit him.

"Ehehehe..gomen, I just got scared.."

"It's okay."

"Hey! What was that screaming for? Megure yelled.

"Nothing, we were just fooling around.." Sato responded.

"GET BACK TO WORK!"

I see.. But that's just sad. I know who the killer is now. I just don't know the motive.

I just need to call Takagi-keibu now and tell him that "the-kid-with-the-glasses" told him everything and he solved the case.

A/N: Yeah... I'm pretty sure the killer's obvious. If there were more suspects then it would probably not be but OH WELL. At least you don't know how it happened... You could GUESS, but I doubt it. I put a small hint but it might go unnoticed. I hope you liked that little TakagixSato there.. Ehehee.. PLEASE REVIEW AND I'LL UPDATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! LOVE YOU!