Here it is, the chapter you've been waiting for: Meeting Yuugi (This was going to be the title of the chapter, but I changed it)

Chapter 5: Yuugi and the Incident

The next day Kogoro went out again to start his investigation with little expectation. He had so far gotten nowhere and couldn't really see any way to find a breakthrough on the case. Nevertheless, he left the hotel grumpily, leaving Ran and Conan to their own devices.

After breakfast, Ran and Conan walked around the town looking for something to do. As they were walking, Conan's mind was on hyper-drive. He was trying to figure out any type of starting point for the case, but could find none. He wished that Kogoro would have let him come with on the investigation. He probably could pick out small clues that Kogoro was notorious for missing. The one case he was needed the most and he was barred from all sides. What made matters worse was that his time with the Kaibas and what he learned there kept nagging in the back of his mind. He could have sworn he heard the name Yuugi before. It wasn't a very common name, but he knew he heard of it before. Also, he could shake the feeling that the case and this guy were somehow related. He had no proof or even any type of cause for suspicion, but he just felt that they were connected.

He was so focus in his thoughts that he walked into someone and fell over.

"Conan! Are you okay?" Ran asked, helping Conan back up. He nodded saying that he was fine.

"Jounouchi! Say you're sorry!" a girl ordered the boy who knocked Conan over.

Jounouchi made a face, "Alright, I'm sorry."

"That's a poor excuse for an apology, Jounouchi," said another boy, "As a member of the beautification club, I order that you give the child a proper apology!"

"Oh really, Honda," Jounouchi sneered, "What are you going to do? Tidy up my attitude?"

"Actually that's not a bad idea," Honda glared, coming closer to Jounouchi, ready for a fight.

The girl who earlier patronized Jounouchi split them apart, "Honestly, you two. Can't you go more than five minutes with picking a fight with one another?"

While the three of them were arguing, the other girl in the group walked over to Ran and Conan who were both watching the scene dumbfounded. It was one of the most ridiculous things they ever saw. The girl looked at Conan, smiled, and clapped loudly, "What a cute kid! He's so adorable!"

Unsure what to say, Conan and Ran replied cautiously, "Thanks?"

"Don't mind them. They are always acting like this," the small boy that was with the group said. They both stared at the boy. He looked no older than Conan and had the craziest hair style known to man. Also, he wore a large pyramid pendent around his neck that had a weird eye in the center. Conan didn't know why, but there was something off about the kid.

The other three finally calmed down and apologized for disturbing them.

"Don't worry about it," Ran said kindly.

"Are you guys lost?" the first girl asked.

Ran look slightly embarrassed, "Actually, yes. We're from out of town and don't know what to do."

"We could show you around!" the little boy piped up in excitement.

"Yuugi's right," Jounouchi said, "Let us show you around!"

"It's the least we could do after Jounouchi-kun nearly ran over your little brother," Honda added with Jounouchi glaring at him. The other girl nodded eagerly.

"Thank sounds great! Well Conan-kun, what do you think? Want to let them show us around?" Ran asked Conan.

Conan had to use all of his will power not to gap at the name Yuugi and who it belonged to. That little kid is the guy that the Kaibas are so worked up about? Granted he had a weird feeling about him, but still, this kid couldn't be the same person, could he? Glancing at the others he realized that he had seen the patronizing girl and Jounouchi before at the amusement park. If memory served him, he believed that the girl's name was Anzu and that Jounouchi had mentioned something about Yuugi then too, but he couldn't remember. At least he knew where he heard the name Yuugi before. Conan nodded in agreement, determined to find out more about this Yuugi kid.

After a brief introduction, Conan learned all of their new friends' names: Mazaki Anzu, Jonouchi Katsuya, Honda Hiroto, Nosaka Miho, and Mutou Yuugi. Conan's interest increase at the name; now there was no doubt that the kid and the guy the Kaibas were talking about was the same person how that was possible, he still didn't know.

The group took them to a fast-food place called Burger World, though all of them seem to come to the place with some form of nostalgia, particularly Anzu. The food was great and Conan had to admit that they were the best burgers he ever eaten. As they ate, they started to learn about each other. They were all students at Domino High School, even Yuugi: apparently he was sixteen, the same age as himself. If anything, it just made it more confusing for Conan, though he felt pity for him. At least I am technically a child, he just looks like one. Through their conversation, he did notice the game obsession that Yuugi had. He really was like a kid, despite his true age.

After lunch they took them to one of Domino's famous game centers. There they play all sorts of games and despite himself, Conan was having fun. Maybe it was because he was in the presence of kids his real age that playing games was more enjoyable than when he was playing with his elementary friends. Whatever it was, he had fun.

After a while Ran began to panic a little.

"What's wrong, Ran-neechan?" Conan asked.

"My purse," Ran said, worriedly, "It's gone!"

The others split up and began looking for it at once. As he was looking, Conan remembered seeing some shady character that had earlier bothered Ran in the game center. He looked around for the guy, but he wasn't to be seen. Must have run off already, Conan thought, not that he couldn't find any clues as to where he went. He saw that the back door of the store was opened and decided to look there. While he split away, he couldn't help but notice that Yuugi had disappeared as well. Where did he go? Shrugging it off, he went through the door.

The back area of the store was almost like a maze and Conan tried his best to navigate his way through. After a while though he seemed to get lost. He looked around for where to go when he heard footsteps coming towards him. Turning towards the steps a figure approached out of the shadows carrying something. At first glance, Conan could have sworn that it was Yuugi, but as he came closer, he wasn't so sure. The guy looked remarkably like Yuugi, and even had the same hair style and large pendant. After that, though, the changes were vastly different. Where Yuugi had the feeling of a small child around him, this guy had a dangerous air around him. He seemed to radiate confidence, something he definitely did not get from Yuugi and have never seen before. Also, he could have sworn that the guy was a little taller; still short, but you definitely wouldn't mistake HIM for an elementary student. In his right hand was Ran's purse.

"Neechan's purse!" Conan said very childlike.

Looking at the purse and then to Conan, the mysterious boy asked, "Is this yours?" The voice was different than Yuugi's as well. It was slightly deeper and the same over-brimming confidence that was in the air around him was in his voice.

"Yeah it's Neechan's. Where did you get it?" Conan asked innocently.

The kid pointed back where he came from, "I found it back there in a room. I thought someone misplaced it." He gave the purse to Conan, "You should probably give this back to your friend."

Conan took the purse and bowed, "Thank you, Oniisan!" While he wanted to look at the room, the kid found the purse, but he thought better of it. Besides, Ran would want her purse back. He thanked the strange boy again and ran back to the others.

When Conan gave back the purse, Ran thanked over and over. When asked about how he found it, he said he found it in the back area, but failed to mention the strange boy. He didn't know why he didn't tell them, but he felt it would be better not to say anything about it. A few moments later, Yuugi showed up again, his face slightly bruised. When asked what happened to him, he said he was looking for the purse, but tripped and fell down some stairs. It was a valid explanation, but Conan thought that there was something he wasn't telling the others.

Glad that the crisis was over, the group left the game center in search of something else to do. As they debated where to go, Conan remembered what Kogoro had said about his previous case in Domino, "The little boy was still there waiting for his friend to come down but the older kid wasn't. Though the little kid looked a lot like that other one, so maybe they're brothers or something." Could they be brothers? Yuugi hadn't made any mention of siblings, though he talked nonstop about his grandfather. The two boys were connected somehow, and Conan was going to figure out how.

So finally Conan and Ran meet Yuugi and the gang. Hurray! Also, Conan runs into the mysterious Yuugi look-alike. So many questions, so few answers. Needless to say, Conan is going to have to rack his brain to figure this one out.

Interesting thing I've began to notice about some mangas and animes. A lot of them seem to be based off of some type of classical literature. Detective Conan – Sherlock Holmes, duh. The early spinoff, Magic Kaito – Arsene Lupin, original Yugioh, the first seven volumes and season 0 – The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (hence the name of my story). I could go on, but these are some obvious ones. Just an interesting fun fact.

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Disclaimer – I don't own Yugioh or Detective Conan.