Sorry, just have to explain Kaito's mum's name. I don't know what it is if she has one, so I kind of made one up. I happen to like it, so I'm keeping it fairly regular until proven otherwise. But in this she's refered to as Minaki.

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Also be aware that I actually know nothing of japanese language or naming proporties, so if this name is unrealistic, please go easy on me.

Also, everything I've learnt about Touichi is of course secondhand, so I'm mainly making my own assumptions on his personality and patterns, so try to constructive if you're going to critise.

And sorry this chapter is a tad longer than the last. I couldn't cut it off half way through where I wanted to.

Minaki Kuroba was in the kitchen preparing breakfast when Touichi swaggered in, carrying a weight almost hidden in a jacket. The weight started glaring at the Kurobas as soon as nobody else could see them.

Minaki had no idea why. 'Touichi, where were you last night? Where did you find this kid? And who is he?' The weight stopped glaring at her. And solely focused it's glare, with full 17 year old force on Touichi.

The weight's head popped out of the jacket. It was a familiar head, but it shouldn't have look like that anymore. It then pointed accusingly at Touichi.

'He practically kidnapped me, don't you dare laugh Tou-jichan, after he heard me screaming and came into my room, AFTER he broke and entered into my house to get my dad accused of stealing!' it yelled. Minaki glared at her husband, waiting for an explanation, she thought it was some random kid.

'It's Shinichi!' Touichi lamely defended.

'What's Shinichi?' another voice called. A 17 year old that looked almost identical to Shinichi, minus the unruly hair, was standing at the top of the staircase that lead to the bedrooms. Then he caught sight of mini-Shinichi. Not noticing that he was wearing boxer's as shorts and had his dad's jacket tied on to look half-normal. Or just not caring.

'Oh Tou-chan! Where'd you find him? He looks like a little angel.' He said, ruffling his hair. Shinichi didn't like that.

'#%$^ you, Kaito.' he said simply. Kaito gasped.

'Tou-chan, he's got such a potty mouth. You shouldn't know words like that when you're seven.' Kaito mock-scolded. He liked this kid. And he looked like Shinichi. Touichi and Shinichi yelled at him.

'He's/I'm not seven! He's/I'm seventeen!' they yelled respectively. 'You moron!' Shinichi added.

Kaito looked about the kid in new light. 'That's Shin-kun?' He asked then grinned. 'That's even better!' Then he paused for a second. 'But how?'

Shinichi glared.'No *%(, Sherlock(Or maybe Lupin, it depends on how accurate you want to be). How the hell would I know? I pretty much woke up like this!'

'When?' Kaito asked, thinking of the small frame as Shinichi, even if it looked like some kid.

'Around midnight. I was going to confront your dad and Vineyard-san about all that art junk they were dumping in my house. I'd told 'em I knew. Where was she anyway?' Shinichi answered, then explained the weird time.

Kaito looked at his dad. 'Dad, you went to Shin-kun's house and got caught! You taught me better!'

'Oi, I think it was a good thing he knew otherwise he would have screamed bloody murder, just because I was in his house!' Touichi defended. 'I don't know where she was when I found you, but she'd already been there and put some more ART in your house.'

'Well I slept most the day, because I didn't sleep last night, after hearing her. So I didn't do anything to cause this.' Shinichi pointed out, motioning to his body. 'What I could do to cause this, I have no idea. ... I remember almost chocking, in the late afternoon, I think. Maybe...'

'Well, nothing else happened. Vineyard-san is the only one who could have done something. What I have no idea.' Touichi said, trying not to link it with Pandora. The regression to youth could be part of the immortality associated in its legend. But Sharon wasn't part of them, was she?

'Unless she's part of them.' Kaito pointed out voicing Touichi's thoughts. 'You know its possible. I mean he thinks I'm you and he's you too. Sure I think he's lost it, but think about it. It's them.'

'Who's he?' Shinichi asked intrigued. There were only a few people that were thought to be their predecessors.

Sure, Shinichi could normally do his dad, but now that would be a problem and Kaito ,well, it depended on the outfit.

His build wasn't as broad as his father, the clothes needed to be supported for him to do it, like a suit. Shinichi though of what seemed to be familiar face behind a monocle, that he was 90% sure was a different face to the one 8 years ago, that had mysteriously stopped stealing for those 8 years aswell.

And the fact the sniper seemed spooked, when he'd seen Shinichi and the suited man, the first time, a voice was ringing in his head.

'You, you're dead! You DO have Pandora!' he'd yelled at Shinichi, then turned to the suited man, 'You're him!'he yelled pointing from him to Shinichi.

Shinichi was offended.'Oi, I'm not KID!' The monocled, suit clad man grinned in a toothy grin that was well known to all. It was also known as a poker face, when things were going wrong for certain Kuroba's. Hmm, suspicious much?

What was that guy's name? Snake or something?

'Is he Snake?' Shinichi asked sweetly. Although normally, he would have looked only half-innocent, now on a seven year old face, it looked completely innocent. Even though they knew it wasn't.

Touichi wasn't concerned about Shinichi's real, or not, innocence. 'KAITO! You told him about Snake!' He quietly roared at his son.

'And you just dropped your poker face.' Shinichi pointed out to both of the male Kurobas. 'If you put '-chan' on that nickname, Kaito-kun, and I will use one of Agasa-hakase's experiments on you.' Shinichi was going to have to get Agasa to believe him first. But that was easy enough, he always did something random that Shinichi could tell that nobody else could.

Kaito coughed, to cover that he'd been going to say it. 'Well, Shin-kun. If she is part of them, she probably tried to poison you, but it screwed up. Or its got to do with Pandora.'

'Who are they?' Shinichi asked. It was kind of vague.

'A large organisation that, aside from trying to shot down KID for a stupid legend, every time he gets a jewel.' Touichi began.

'And have their hands dipped in every illegal activity, YOU can think of,' Kaito continued, directing it at Shinichi, 'and then some.' And you can think of alot...

Shinichi recalled a pair of men dressed in black, that he'd tailed one day and witnessed, very luckly under a lot of cover, a blackmailing job, the two had been involved in, at a theme park no less. It'd been after he'd thought they were suspicious being on a roller coaster, but obviously not being there for relaxation.

The stocky, and stupider, one had been named by the taller blond one as Vodka. The blond had been called Gin, then had glared at his partner for saying it. They hadn't actually shot a single bullet, but Gin had had a rather obviously trained aim on the blackmailed's head.

Now if he'd been able to record it, he'd immediately would have gone to the police, but there wasn't any proof if Shinichi was right. The blackmailed wouldn't say anything in fear and there was a fair chance the guys would walk, because although Shinichi's word was trusted, it wouldn't hold in court.

'I wonder if Gin and Vodka are in it...' Shinichi said aloud, 'Their group's codenames were alcoholic though. Gin, Vokda, Bourbon, Vermoth.'

'Well, Snake could actually be 'Snakebite', that's alcoholic. And your problem, although unlikely, seems related to their Pandora myth. It's about immortality.' Kaito offered. It was kind of up in the air, but no proof, so nothing else to go by.

'Either way, Shinichi-kun,' Touichi said, crouching to be closer to Shinichi's eye-level. 'You can't go home. We can go back to pick some essentials for you but you can't stay. We can probably tell Agasa-hakase, if only to keep people from looking for you, but you'll have to stay somewhere else.'

'Why doesn't he stay here?' Kaito quickly asked. 'We can say he's my little brother.' It was passable, they did look alike. It had been asked before if Shinichi and Kaito were twins.

"I'm not calling you Nii-san. And if you call me Itouto-chan, I swear I will figure out a way to strangle you with these stupidly tiny hands!' Shinichi threatened, fully meaning it, even if it seemed impossible.

Kaito was honestly scared of that. 'How about we just call each other by our names? It'd just sound like we were close.' he tried weakly. Shinichi nodded.

'I'm still doing detective work.' Shinichi said firmly. Touichi sighed.

'You probably will, you've always been a magnet for trouble. But if you're going to do that, you can't do it as Shinichi. If she is one of them, they will kill you.' Shinichi knew it was true.

'I'll be Conan.' Shinichi said. 'Because I have to change the names if I pick the name I want.' Kaito's face perked up.

'If I get stuck like that, I'm Lupin!' he cried out happily. Touichi then scolded him. Getting shrunk was not a good move. Especially if it then meant Touichi and Minaki suddenly had seven year old twins and no seventeen year old son.

One seven year old could be explained with a distant relative, Two? Not so much.

'Can he still come to KID heists? I don't want to lose Tantei-kun as an audience. Even if he has to be snuck in, can you bring him?' Kaito pleaded to his dad. Who had smirked.

'I'll make a comprimise. Shinichi can go, if he figures out the riddles. If he doesn't he can't go. If he does, he's allowed free reign as soon as he gets inside.'