As I said, not planning much with this. However, I'd like to enjoy writing it for now. I'm thinking that a lot of the cases will be cut out. Like, Niki would be left at home because she's a cat. You can't take a cat to a restaurant or to a hospital and things like that. I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Also, if you didn't catch it before, when Niki speaks "Like this" it means she is meowing and no one can understand her. if it says "Mew!" that means she can speak Japanese but she isn't for fear of being discovered.

Oh, also, for my friend waitingfox22 who has never seen Detective Conan, I will provide a little detail. In this case, The butler explained that Akiko was playing outside when a man in black came into the garden, took the girl, and said "tell the master of this house that if he wants to see his daughter again, he'll close his company for a month!" Then Tani says later that the criminal also called him just then to demand 300 million yen as well. The maids said that aside from the butler shouting "Akiko was kidnapped!" they didn't hear anything.

As we arrive at the scene of the crime, Conan puts me down. I guess he's focusing on the case. In the mean time, I'll try to walk on these weird legs! I bet I'll be running in no time! I stand up on my wobbly limbs.

All right! I just have to take it slow. One foot in front of the other. Well, no, I guess cats use two feet at a time. Thinking about it wont get me anywhere, right? I'll just have to try it out myself.

I try walking, and now that I'm used to this little body, it's easy! It comes to me, like an instinct almost. Soon I was tearing across the lawn.

As I'm running, I'm having so much fun that I'm not looking where I'm going. A large Great Dane comes out of nowhere and barks at me!"

"KYAAAAAAHHHHH!" I scream.

"A scream?" someone says.

"That almost sounds like Kana-chan..." Ran observed.

"Niki!" shouted Conan.

I thought I was going to be eaten, but the dog just sits down and licks my fur.

"Meww!" I said as an afterthought. Hopefully my slip from before can be thought to be a cat's scream...

Conan picks me up, but the Great Dane is now licking his face. It seems quite friendly. The dog is mesmerized by the ball in Conan's other hand, spinning on one finger.

"How strange! Jumbo is usually only friendly to people within the household," said the house's owner. Conan turned to him.

"This dog will bark if it sees a stranger, right?"

"Right, because Jumbo is one of the best guard dogs around."

There was a pause and the butler who reported the kidnapping was trying to sneak away by the looks of it. Kogoro rounded on him and questioned him roughly.

"Where are you going, Aso-san? There are a lot of questionable points in what you've said. If the kidnapper came into the garden using the pine tree and took the girl, why didn't that dog bark at him?"

"Th-that's because..."

It went on like this, Kogoro grilling the butler. In the mean time, I was looking up at Conan trying to get his attention. I paw at his face and he looks down questioningly.

"Conan... I'm hungry," I whisper.

"Huh? What do you want from me? Cat food?"

"Conan! I will not be eating any cat food! Get me something good to eat! Tell them I have to eat human food! Anything works, just get me some real food!" I hushed.

"Alright, alright! I'll get you something good. Just wait until dinner."

"Mew!"

As Conan watches the scene unfold, however, his face changes. He looks serious. The butler said he had no partners, but some parts of the case just haven't fallen into place. I can't put my finger on it, but something's real fishy!

Owner Tani then gets a phone call. He seems surprised. I jump out of Conan's arms and, while Tani is busy, I climb up his back to listen in on the phone call.

"Do you have the 3 million dollars ready?" said the man on the other line.

"Who are you?!"

"Didn't I just call you? I'm the man who kidnapped your daughter!"

"That's impossible! The criminal has already..."

"Papa! Help me!" It's the voice of a little girl.

"Akiko!"

"My patience is running thin. If you don't provide the 3 million in time, who knows what might happen to your daughter?"

"Please! I'll get the money!" Tani fell to his knees. "Can you just let Akiko return home safely?" Kogoro leaned over his other shoulder.

"Keep talking to him. Try to make him tell us the location," Kogoro whispered.

"His location?"

"Who is there with you?" said the man on the phone. "It wouldn't be the police, would it?"

"N-no! He isn't with the police!"

"Papa, I'm in a school's storage room!" Akiko pipes up. "There's a big chimney outside the window- ngh!"

"I'll phone you in an hour! By that time, you'd better have the money!" Then the line drops dead. I jump off Tani's shoulder and head back to Conan. Good thing I didn't get caught!

"Conan!" I hissed quietly. "The little girl is being held in a school storage room. She says there's a big chimney outside the window."

"Tanks Niki," Conan said. I don't know where he got it, but he took a map out of his pocket. I climb up onto his shoulder.

"Ow! Thanks for clawing up my leg, Niki," he said sarcastically.

"Sorry, sorry. Just wear long pants!"

"What are you doing, Conan-kun?" Ran came from behind.

"Eep!" I shrilled. Conan turned to her.

"It hasn't been long since the time of the kidnapping. I'm sure they must be somewhere nearby."

While Kogoro is musing about a possible school nearby, Conan hops up on Jumbo's back and Jumbo starts running.

"Mewwwwwww!" I cry, careful not to scream like last time. There should be an on/off switch on this thing! Then I could just turn it off when I'm not talking. Speaking of on/off switches, I haven't actually checked for one. I feel around on the collar for a switch. There it is! I turn off the translation collar.

"Can you hear me? No? Great!" I said to Conan from his shoulder. "This actually isn't so bad. It's kind of relaxing."

Conan rides Jumbo all around, but we can't seem to find the eight place. I kind of doubt that she was seeing exactly what she told us. We head around a tall building.

"That's it! Seeing it from the side, she mistook this building for a chimney!" Conan said happily.

"Huh. I guess you're right!" I agreed.

"Futatsubashi school!" Conan said, steering Jumbo away from the building. He has a habit of completing his thoughts aloud, just like always.

When we arrive at the school, the kidnapper is pulling a dagger out of it's sheath.

"Wait!" Conan calls.

"Who's there?!"

"Here!" Conan let's Jumbo loose on the kidnapper, who crashes into a ball holder. We approach Akiko and he pulls the tape off of her mouth.

"It's okay now."

"Who are you?"

"Kudo Shinichi-no, Edogawa Conan. I'm a detective."

"A detective?"

But soon, Jumbo's whimpering fills the room. He was chased off!

"You little devil!" The kidnapper raises a baseball bat above his head, so we scurry out of the way. Conan tries to kick him, but is blocked and thrown against some soccer balls.

I hurry up the man's clothes and do my best to scratch his face up.

"Don't you dare hurt him! I'll mess you up, son!" I scream, clawing at his eyes.

"Damn!" He grabs the scruff of my neck, and my body curls up.

"Shit... You bastard... That's cheating..." is all I can say before he threw me at Conan. Conan caught me before I could really get hurt, and sets me on the floor. Conan tries kicking a soccer ball at him, but the ball is caught. Not good!

The kidnapper rushes us with his bat raised, and swings right into Conan's stomach.

"The game is over! I'll kill you!"

"Stop!"

I switch my collar back on and scream as loud as I can.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" I shout. I hope it's good enough to draw attention. The kidnapper loos around, thinking someone else is in the room, but sees nothing. I can't hold notes for nearly as long as I could before! This is bad! I'm out of breath and I can't even scream now! The man starts to bring down the baseball bat, but he is stopped.

"Ran-chan!" I cry happily. Ran is here! She'll save Conan! Uh oh. Ran's here! I better turn my collar off.

Ran easily takes down the kidnapper with a flurry of punches and kicks. What a gal! She's way better than I've ever been at karate, so I'm glad it was me and not her who got turned into a cat. Once he was down, Ran untied Akiko.

"How did you know we were here?" Conan asked as I ran toward him.

"I followed you as far as I could, and then I saw Jumbo come out of this place," she replied.

"Meow! I'm so happy you found us! Shinichi is safe thanks to you! I mean Conan. Whatever!"

Jumbo came running back in with Kogoro in tow.

"Jumbo!" Akiko hugs and pets her dog. I try climbing onto Conan but this time, I jump onto his shorts so I don't hurt him with my claws.

"The criminal has been caught by me, the Great Detective, Mouri Kogoro!"

In the end, Akiko confessed that she had planned the first kidnapping. She wanted her father to close his company for a month so that he would have time to play with her. Then, with the case solved, we all headed back to Ran's house.

"So, Dad, about this child and his cat... Professor Agasa wants them to live with us. It's not okay? I knew it..."

"Okay, okay! While he was here, I got and solved this case easily! He might be my lucky charm! We'll see how things go, and I'll even take him as my son! Bahahahaha!" Kogoro does that weird laugh of his.

"I'm still hungry..."

Hey! So, I kind of doubt that I'll write anymore. I like this story, but it's just too much work along with two other stories. I want to get on and focus on WWYD before school starts and then get a move on with NYSM. Three stories is a little much, plus Detective Conan is like 800 episodes. No thanks! Haha, I had fun with it while it lasted, but I can tell I won't really be able to take this story to the heights it needs to go to. I'm not that dedicated! So, as of now, this story is up for adoption! Thanks to all who read this and liked it, and I'm sorry I couldn't take it farther.