AN: Abject apolgizing on my part for the obscene lateness. Again this is a Guestfic by Yutaya, not me.

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The teenaged boy floated –yes, floated- into the room through a heavily bricked up wall. The young man already there tossed him a soda can. The boy sighed and sat down, absently pushing the can around on the table.

"So I take it you've had some luck on your clown suit?"

"Not really."

"Not really?"

The boy sighed, and ran his fingers through impossibly pale white hair.

"This time Ran figured that if making me change clothes didn't work, she'd just alter the ones that're always there. So she took a pair of scissors and a needle to my 'outfit'. …And stop giving me that look; it's not like anything indecent happened."

"So…it worked?"

Shinichi sighed again.

"It'll probably return to its normal state if I return to normal and then go ghost again. Not to mention that the jeans are just plain changed, so that'll do the same as always and revert. Apparently Ran is still trying to figure out how to make slacks go well with this horrendous jacket. I'm just trying to wear this as long as possible until next time when it'll be back to its normal eyesore-ness."

"Ah."

"You have any luck on yours?"

A sigh, followed by a gulp as the other took a swig of his 7up.

"Well, I managed to talk her out of the cape-"

"Good for you."

"-But Sato-san's refusing to let up on anything else. At least we're still at a standstill about the silly mask and wand."

"Ouch."

"Yeah. At least she agrees that a top hat would be too Kaitou Kid-like, and Sato-san isn't very partial to roses. Too cliché."

Shinichi raised a ghostly eyebrow. "And the rest of it isn't?"

"Yes, well…" Takagi-keji trailed off. "Anyway, I'm still trying to stop her from forcing sakura blossoms on me. Apparently it'd be 'dramatic' if they fell around the air in swirls every time I show up to 'put a halt to the dastardly doings of evil doers.'"

"…………Ouch."

"Yes."

And they both hung their heads.

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Wait till you hear WHY she gave up on the cape #snickers#

YumeTakato: Yay for liking it! I hardly ever write romance, so I was really unsure about this chapter.

Terra89: I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on this. Danny IS witty, and very talented at banter, he's just not geared for being scary.

Firefly4000: More, you want MORE…..Okay!

candidus-lupusFull Moon: I need to do more fluff pieces. Sadly I'm extremely bad at it.

NarutoChaos: There actually is an explanation for that, I'm just working on how to introduce it in the story

ChibiMoonPhantom: Again, sorry for the slow update

Sasia: I go by the Ron Stoppable philosophy: Never be Normal!