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Ch 3 Their First Big Case

Heiji was dreading it, now more than ever. He had to go to elementary school…again. He had thought that he had started a new chapter and left this part of his life behind…but no, he had to face it again. Heiji really was not looking forward to learning everything he had already learned. But alas, fate had different plans. He woke up, and realized that Shinichi was already up. He went into the bathroom and took a shower for 20 minutes, and then he went down to breakfast. Shinichi was already there. Ran looked over from her spot in the kitchen and said, "Oh hi Rishou! I hope you slept well last night. Breakfast will be ready real soon." Rishou nodded and sat at the table with Shinichi. He said in a low voice, "Ku-Conan," which earned Ran looking at them very strangely, but then shrugged. "Do we have to go to school today? I mean, we already learned everything that we could possibly know and-" before Heiji could finish his sentence he was interrupted, "Because Rishou, education is the foundation upon which you must obtain in order to get somewhere in life." Ran said, as she put the breakfast in the middle of the table. She smiled and said, "Does that answer your question?"

"Yes Ran, thank you." Rishou said as Conan chucked to himself, earning him a glare from Heiji. Conan, Ran, and Heiji had started to eat their meal. "Hey Ran, where's the old man?"

"Oh, he is having a hangover after last night."

"You mean after he was finished saving Yoko from the flying ape man?" Conan said.

"Yes Conan. I wish he would stop drinking, but he won't." Conan, not wanting to get caught in this awkward conversation said, "Oh, look at the time. Rishou, we better head out. Bye Ran!" Ran waved, then she herself headed out to school.

After the duo met up with Ai, they then went to the school, where they met up with Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi. They walked up to Conan and Ai and Mitsuhiko said, "Hey Ai, Conan. Who is this?"

"This is Rishou Fukazawa. His parents are getting a huge divorce, so he's staying with me."

"Okay. I guess he'll be a part of the Junior Detective League."

"Hey, I'm the leader, so I call the shots!" Genta spoke up. Ai, Conan, and Rishou all sweatdropped. "And he has to pass a little test." Conan looked up quizzically, he never had to go through anything like that, not even Ai. So why is Rishou all of a sudden getting this treatment? "What are you talking about Genta, there isn't a test."

"Well, he isn't going to stay here very long… okay Rishou, you're in."

"Yes!" Rishou said as he did his victory dance. Conan was about to fall over, but he controlled himself. He whispered in Ai's ear, "Don't you think he's overdoing it?"

"It's working though, he's got to do what it takes to make sure these kids don't think that he's seventeen."

"True that." Conan concluded. The bell had rung and the students all went into their respective classes. Conan and Rishou sat down. The teacher entered the class, and said, "Students, we all have a new student in the class. Please welcome Fukazawa Rishou." Rishou stood up and waved to everyone. "Rishou is from Nagasaki, and he will be with us." The teacher then went and taught them how to divide large numbers. Rishou was doodling on his paper, man, this was boring!! He couldn't wait to get out of this place once and for all. During recess, the group stayed in the classroom. They had to wait in case potential cases came their way. One girl went to them sobbing. She then told them her story, "My little sister has been kidnapped, and we can't tell the police. Can you please help us with this case?" The Junior Detective League then decided to deliberate for a second, "You guys," Mitsuhiko said, "this could be our big break as detectives."

"Yeah, I agree. We should take it."

"I don't know, I think it's best to leave it up to the authorities." Conan said, trying to be rational. "I agree with Conan, what if these guys are extremely dangerous?" Ai said.

"Come on guys, we should. This will help us get good publicity." Rishou said. Conan then decided to take him to the side to talk, "Rishou, there's a time and place to act like a child, now is not the time."

"But Conan, what if they think that we are not kids after this. I mean, this is their, excuse me 'our' big break. It would be foolish to not take it."

"I really think that we should let Inspector Megure handle this." Conan said in a serious tone.

"But we can, we have to act as though we are not. We'll get into the case narrowly, show our findings to Inspector Megure, then it's off our shoulders."

"Oh, so that's your plan."

"Of course Kud-Conan. You think I have a plan without thinking through with it first." Conan put on his thnking face for a moment and then said, "After everything that's happened…" This earned Conan a glare from Rishou. "Oh, what the hell?" They then went to rejoin the group. "Rishou and I talked, and we think we should take the case." "Yeah!!" Ayumi said. Ai was just staring off into the distance. After the school bell rang, they went out to start the case. The girl, Mikiko, gave her a picture of her little sister, and then told them the details. "The last time we saw her was at the movie theatre on Saturday. She had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the movie, and never came back. We thought she was at the arcade in the theatre, so we searched there, but could never find her. Then one of the clerks at the movie theatre gave us an envelope, which I have right here." She handed it to Conan and he read, "Dear Okada family, I have kidnapped your daughter. If you want to have her back, give us 30,000 yen at the bus depot on Dojo Street at 17:30 on Monday. If you do not have the money, then please kiss your daughter, goodbye, forever. From the Kidnapper. P.S. Tell the police she's dead."

"Oh my goodness, how cruel!" Ayumi exclaimed.

"Yeah, we'll solve the case Mikiko." Said Mitsuhiko.

"And kick those bad guys' butts!" Genta said.

"You need to stay with us Mikiko, so you can show us what theatre it was at." Conan said.

"Has he contacted your family besides the note here?" Heiji asked.

"No, not yet" But it's after 1500, and my parents have the money prepared."

"Well, let's go to your house and talk to your parents." Conan said.

"We can't. My parents are very scared that anyone else besides the family might be the criminal, so I can't invite any friends over."

"Okay, I understand. Let's go to Dr. Agasa's house, he has a lot of cool gadgets, maybe something there might help us find your sister."

"Okay, I'm happy with that." So they went into the Professor's house, where they greeted him. They all sat down and Dr. Agasa decided to give them, yet, another difficult riddle. "A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?" The three junior detective league children were at a loss. They could not figure out the answer. Mikiko sat there awkwardly, then Rishou said, "You'll sentence me to six years in prison." Earning a nod from the professor.

"Wait that doesn't make any sense!" Genta exclaimed.

"Because if the answer was true, he would make it false by saying it was 4 years, and it would be a lie. So they had to let him go."

"Oh, that makes a lot of sense." Ayumi said.

"So, what is the Junior Detective League up to today?"

"We're trying to find a kidnapper."

"By yourselves?"

"Yes. Doctor, we are." Mitsuhiko said.

"You guys cannot do that. You need to leave it to the police, it's too dangerous."

"But Conan and Ai said it would be alright." Mitsuhiko said, placing the blame on them. "May I see you two for a moment?" They both went with him into a private room, when he said. "Was this your plan Shinichi?"

"What do you mean?"

"To bring them over to my house, knowing that if I knew, I would have to call the police?"

"Yes, Doc. Mikiko said her parents cannot call the police. And as a detective, I'm obligated to tell them, but I'm in this body. Heiji made up the plan in order to a) make the three of them happy, b) to not upset Mikiko, and c) to tell the police."

"You two have really thought this through." Ai commented.

"I know, two heads are better than one." Conan said, reciting a cliché. While Dr. Agasa was secretly calling the police, the other 4, or must I say, 5 children were all playing video games. Dr. Agasa came back and said, "It's time for Mikiko to meet up with her parents and give the kidnapper the ransom money." They nodded, and they all left to meet up with her parents at the bus stop. Her parents were there, clinching the other's hand, hoping that they could get their precious daughter back. They waited patiently for the kidnapper to show up. Unknowing to the children and parents, the police were behind them, ready to foil the kidnapper's plot of obtaining the yen. At 1730 on the dot, they heard someone say, "Throw the money over here." They looked and saw a man in a ski mask. They were about to throw the suitcase when Sato and Takagi came out of their hiding area and jumped the kidnapper and handcuffed him. They pulled off his mask and realized it was Yakahashi Takumi, someone that Okada-san knew. Apparently, Okada-san and Yakahashi-kun had an affair, and little Nanako was the product of that affair. He was in pain of never seeing his child, and the yen was for the child support, so they wouldn't make a big deal out of it. Little Nanako was returned to her mother, and the married couple had problems dealing with their now present situation. The Junior Detective League were taken for an interview. After that, everyone went to their respective houses. Conan then decided that he should call Ran so that she wouldn't be so worried. The phone rang 3 times, and then an answer came through. "Conan?"

"Second Guess?" Shinichi said.

"Shinichi, I was so worried about you. How's Nagasaki?"

"I'm not in Nagasaki."

"That's weird, because you're gone, Heiji's gone. So I thought you went to the same place."

"Oh no, I'm not. Why would you think something as silly as that?"

"Kazuha told me that Heiji was there."

"Oh, so how are you?"

"Father's a drunken mess, as usual. I'm fine. I'm just waiting for Conan, I'm worried sick about that kid."

"Oh, I wouldn't want to take up the line if he needs to talk to you, so bye!"

"Bye Shinichi, will you call again soon?"

"Of course, bye." He hung up, and put his bowtie around his neck. "I hate lying to her, but it's something I have to do. They returned home, and Ran was standing in front of the door waiting. "So, where did you two go?"

"We were hanging with the Junior Detective League."

"And you didn't think that you should call me, do you know what time it is?" He looked over, and noticed it was 2300. "Oh, we were out that late? Well, time flies when you're having fun. Let's go Rishou."

"Yeah Conan, Let's go hit the sack." Ran noticed that something was bugging her about Rishou, but she let it slide. He was just a little kid, right? There wasn't anything weird about him. Conan and Rishou were too tired to talk, so they pulled out their futons and went straight to bed.

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