And here is chapter two! :D

Yep, already. I managed to almost finish the chapter I was working on right now (which is chapter 6 or 7 I think) so I decided to upload this one :)

I think I'll work like this from now on. Each time I finish a chapter I publish another one, that way I'll always have a headstart if ever needed and I'll havr to stay motivated to keep my headstart! ;)

Anyways, hope you enjoy!

Kogoro had barely begun changing himself when the bell rang and Conan opened the door to a known face.

"Hi Heiji!" The tanned young man started looking around and acted as if he didn't see the boy standing in front of him. "Anybody home?" Did he only have time to say before the young boy kicked him in the shin and made him yelp.

"It's not funny at all…" Said Conan with a completely indifferent face, his arms crossed his chest.

"Aw come on! It is for me." Replied the teenager while he jumped on one leg to enter the room. "Oh come on…" He added seeing as Conan hadn't uncrossed his arms. "Don't be so sulky… It was a joke, a joke!" He hit the child's head lightly with his fist as he said that. It earned him another hit in the shin but then the boy smiled as he declared they were even now.

"So, how was your trip?"

"Well, I'm glad to be here at last" confessed Heiji, granting Conan the last word this time. "You can't imagine how crowded it was the whole way here… There were people everywhere."

"It doesn't seem strange, today's a holiday after all…" Replied Conan in a neutral tone.

"Yes of course Mr. KnowItAll…" Teased the tanned teen. "So anyways, how are you doing ? Still as tiny as ever I see."

They sat down at the table and started discussing about their latest cases. It wasn't long before they heard the sound of snoring coming from the great detective's bedroom. They both started laughing at that. The boy stood up and went to close it to lessen the noise and spare their ears the pain it was causing.

Heiji described to Conan how he had closed a case in less than an hour, a husband had killed his wife and had made it as if she the neighbor, who was having an affair with her, did it. But, in a spark of genius, the young man unmasked him with a simple and innocent, although quite deadly, question. He had asked why the wife was wearing her slippers and not her shoes if she was just passing by. The husband had frozen and then his act had crumbled as he couldn't find an answer to that, he surrendered to the police and confessed everything.

Conan conceded the fact that it was impressively accurate and efficient but objected to giving Heiji the case solving speed record since he had done about the same time on an anterior case. They argued about the fact that each was better than the other, bragging about their intelligence and the others deductive flaws, almost coming to the point of brawling. It was a much louder snore that calmed them down as they looked at each other for a few seconds, wondering where the strange sound had come from.

When they finally understood it was the great sleeping Kogoro in all his mightiness they started laughing again, forgetting about any tension.

"So…um…" Heiji had a hard time keeping a serious face. "Um… What about Ran ?" Conan shot him a suspicious look. "No, relax, I'm not here to tease you. I mean, shouldn't she be here today ?"

"Oh, yeah !" The boy replaced his suspicious look by a melancholic one. Heiji didn't miss it but decided that he should wait before mentioning it if he didn't want to get killed.

"No, she went on a hiking/camping trip with Sonoko the day before yesterday. She won't be back for another two days."

"Ah yes, that's what Kazuha was talking about last week. She was getting all hysterical and angry at me because I was the reason she couldn't go."

"How so ?" Conan looked puzzled.

"Well she really wanted to go with Ran and Sonoko but she came with me on a case and caught a bad cold so she had to cancel her trip at the last minute. So she started yelling at me that I was an idiot and stuff. I don't understand, it was not my even my fault that she caught that cold. She didn't have to come with me on that case !"

As he said that the young boy was giving him a blasé look.

"You know nothing to women…"

"Well neither do you apparently, remember the black dress ?" Retorted Heiji, a mischievous smile growing on his face as Conan went through all the possible shades of red.

"Who… ?!" He interrupted his sentence realizing that Kazuha was also one of Ran's good friends. "Nevermind that, why exactly are you in Tokyo ?"

"Ah that ! Well a friend of my father's called him for a favor. I'll explain to you on the way…"

As he explained the situation to Conan they both put on their coats and left the apartment, telling the sleeping detective that they were going. The only response they received was a muffled groan coming from the bedroom.

"I don't believe it, he went back to sleep. That old man is beyond saving…" Conan laughed at Heiji's comment.

They closed the door and walked down the stairs and then on the street as Heiji resumed explaining the details of the investigation he had been charged of.

"You see the old man was found lying on the floor, he had been stabbed thirteen times in his back. He surprisedly agonized for a few minutes before drawing his last breath and had the time to leave a message in his own blood. It simply said "He did it". The murder weapon, a hunting knife, was found near him but no prints and no DNA were left on it. It happened three days ago so we will have to work with pictures and testimonies." The teenager looked at the child that was walking beside him, waiting for his reaction.

It always seemed weird to Heiji to see a little child but to talk to someone his age, he had never really gotten used to it and it still seemed extremely weird. Conan thought about what his friend had said for a few seconds before smiling.

"This is interesting. Why use your last moments to write a message and not name the killer, who apparently left quickly from the position of the knife you described to me. Do the police have a suspect ?"

"Yes they do. The son had a grudge against his father for years and had no alibi for that day. But as you are thinking now, at least I presume, they got the wrong person."

"Exactly, they never think out of the box. But really, it's obvious, isn't it ?"

Heiji returned the broad smile on Conan's face as they arrived in front of the client's house.

"Indeed, it's quite obvious."

Kameo1 : Yup, it's a bit vague, but it's written to be, I wanted to give details about the story (some being important) in a non evident way :P

Great : Thanks! :) I sure will do everything to the best of my ability to finish it this time! And I conccur, what a day it will be... x)

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