This is it! This is the time when I now introduce the new characters by name.

Chapter 8

Samurai's stoic expression broke a grin as Fedora told him of the ordeal that happened yesterday between their leader and two unlucky goons.

"He said he didn't want to kill them at first because of that Edogawa kid," said Fedora as he lit a cigarette. "But when that bastard ripped his shirt and smacked him, he went off and kicked that guy and then threw a knife at the other."

"What about the boy?"

Fedora puffed as he stared at Samurai with the rear view mirror. "Funny thing. He didn't look scared at them. I think he was probably going to attack. He knew it too, so he stopped the boy. It looked like he knew Kiyone, though."

Samurai raised an eyebrow. "But you said Edogawa-kun and Kiyone just met."

"I wonder about that myself." Fedora tapped his fingers on the steering wheel. "So what did you find out about Hattori?"

"He is a highly skilled kendo student." Samurai looked up at the sky. "The best in his school." He closed his eyes and smiled. "It was hard for me to disguise myself as a kendo student. I had to make sure I let some of those kids win."

Fedora chuckled. "Skills in Kendo, skills in deduction, lethal combo."

"About Kudou and Edogawa…"

"Oh!" Fedora gave some papers to Samurai, who looked over each page. "Kudou is the only son of a famous mystery writer and a former actress. He learned all of his deduction skills from his dad, whom you can say can be a detective in his own right. Kudou's like a walking encyclopedia. He's a soccer whiz, the best in his school before he quit." Scratching his chin, he added, "As for Edogawa…"

"It says here that his parents are from America, and has been living in Japan for a while. But…"

"The information is false." Samurai glanced at his comrade.

Fedora nodded. "From what I gathered, Edogawa came into the scene about a year ago. Once I got through all the false info, there's pretty much nothing on him. But the kid is smart for his age. He's living with Kogoro Mouri and his daughter, Ran. Some of the people who know him state that the brat's a mini-Kogoro."

"What does he think?" Samurai fixed the papers, and placed them on the car floor.

"He said if anything, he thinks that Kogoro's a mini-Edogawa. And I don't think he's joking." Fedora chuckled but then stopped suddenly as well as the black car they were driving in. "Shit! She's here."

Samurai didn't need to ask to know who he was talking about. He turned to see a brown haired woman crossing the street, waiting for a white van to pass before walking to the car. She entered the back seat, sitting next to Samurai. The woman was wearing a red shirt and skirt with the same colored high heeled shoes. Samurai didn't really like this woman and Fedora most obviously didn't like her either. She was a demon in high heels, a woman who can make the most selfish, richest, hardened men fall for her. She could annihilate men with a smile and a wink, making them become pawns for her pleasure. Even their leader fell for her. Both men knew they had feelings for each other but many things stood in their way. One was her love for material gain and the other was that he was a playboy. They both thought it would probably never work out.

"What the hell do you want?" snarled Fedora, as he lit another cigarette. The clear as day look of annoyance of her was shown on his face. If it wasn't for the fact that sometimes they do need her charms for some of their heists, and extra hands, they would have had nothing to do with her.

The woman looked at the papers on the floor and picked them up. Quickly scanning each page, she muttered, "Kudou…Edogawa…." Placing the papers back on the floor, she said, completely ignoring Fedora's glare, "Welcome back to Tokyo! I'm sure that Osaka was a nice place!" Samurai only nodded.

"Well?"

The woman glared at Fedora. "He called me to say that we're going to meet up at a restaurant… and yes, it's Japanese." Samurai nodded in happiness. Because of his ethics, Samurai ate no other food but Japanese and drunk no other alcohol but sake. "He was going to call you but I noticed you across the street and I told him that I'll tell you. Does that answer your question?"

"Tch," was Fedora's only reply as he puffed on his cigarette. Samurai, as he tried to ignore the woman's and Fedora's argument, noticed that the white van that passed them had slowly stopped in front of them. The driver's door opened, showing a middle-aged man with combed back hair and a moustache. He wore a grey suit with a purple tie. The man strolled to their car, to where the woman was. Samurai also noticed the back window of the van, which showed four annoyed faces, one more so than the others.

The man fixed his moustache and gently grabbed the woman's hand. None of them in the car made a move; they all knew who this man was. "Hello my beautiful Lady," he said and kissed her hand. "I am the Famous Detective Kogoro Mor—" Before he could finish, a girl who held that most annoyed face grabbed the man by his collar. "Ran, no wait!" was Mouri-san's pleas before they were silenced by her penetrating stare. That girl must do some sort of martial art. Following her were one other girl and two boys; both boys Fedora and Samurai recognized.

"Hey! You're that samurai we say on the plane!" cried the black haired girl. Samurai believed her name was Kazuha-chan.

"What a small world we live in!" said the only teen boy, Heiji-kun.

"Hey, it's Samurai-san and Cigarette-san!" cried the little boy, Conan-kun.

"Cigarette-san?" asked Fedora, staring at his probably fifteenth smoke in the past couple of hours. Shrugging, he grinned. "It's nice to see you, too."

"You met them?" asked Ran-chan after letting go of her frightened father.

Heiji-kun nodded, but didn't really say anymore. Fedora and Samurai understood why. They met us after following us. The others didn't go any further, too much into Mouri-san trying to sweet talk the woman, who won't be manipulated easily.

The woman leaned to Samurai, whispering, "These three are the detectives?" Samurai nodded. Chuckling, she got out the car and suddenly hugged Mouri-san, putting everyone off guard except Fedora and Samurai. "You're the famous Sleeping Kogoro?" An act, no doubt. "Please, you must introduce me to your children!"

"CHILDREN!?" cried Mouri-san. This got chuckles from Heiji-kun and Conan-kun. But one look from the woman made Mouri-san regain his composure and said, "This is my daughter, Ran."

"Hello, ma'am," said the brown haired girl with a bow.

"This is Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama. They're from Osaka and are going to stay with me for awhile." The two bowed.

"…And this is the freeloader, Conan Edogawa," Mouri-san added as a semi-afterthought.

Conan-kun bowed stiffly with a cold glance to Mouri-san as Heiji-kun grinned. Smiling devilishly, Conan-kun walked up to the woman and said in an innocent child's voice, "Ojisan likes you because you have those big things—," he pointed at the woman's breasts. "He stopped the car because he screamed that you looked cuter than his wife but you're not as cute as Yoko Okino-chan! In fact, he said that she's way cuter than you'll ever be!"

A stunned expression appeared on the woman's face, while Fedora started laughing hysterically, crying between gasps, "Cuter than… oh that's hilarious!" The woman quickly shot Fedora a look which he noticed but continued laughing anyway. Samurai couldn't help but crack a smile. He knew that took her down a peg. And he knew that Conan-kun did this on purpose; the only people who saw Conan-kun's grin was himself and Fedora. Ran-chan immediately pulled Conan-kun back, chastising him. Heiji-kun frowned as he whispered to Kazuha-chan, "Who's Okino-chan?" Kazuha whispered, "That famous singer and actor with the blond hair!" Heiji-kun hit his fist in his hand, figuring it out. He then joined Fedora in laughter.

The speechless Mouri-san was torn between yelling at Conan-kun and pleading with the woman for forgiveness. Instead, he said, "To apologize for the brat, why don't I treat everyone for lunch?"

Stunned expressions now shifted to the kids. Heiji-kun muttered, louder than normal, "I hope you don't go anywhere cheap!"

"Shut it, Kansai brat!" Mouri-san growled.

The woman gave a quick forgiving smile. "There's a nice Japanese restaurant a few blocks from here. We're going to meet a friend there."

Pleased that the woman forgave him and giving Conan-kun a vengeful glance, Mouri-san raised his arm. The woman got out of the car and gratefully took it. Samurai gave a sad sigh, which Heiji-kun and Conan-kun noted. And another man falls for her evil charms.Before Mouri-san left, he turned to them and asked, "We never gotten your names."

The woman gently drew circles with her finger on Mouri-san's chest, which made him coo happily. Ran-chan gave an annoyed look but said nothing. The woman looked at the kids and said, "My name's Fujiko Mine."

Mouri-san became thoughtful. Eyes shining, he added, "Fujiko, indeed!" He stared yearningly at her chest.

Throughout all this, Fedora was still laughing, which was turning into a chuckle. Wiping the tears from his eyes and ignoring the glares Fujiko kept giving him, he said, "The name's Daisuke Jigen."

Samurai bowed while still seated. "My name is Goemon Ishikawa. It is nice to meet you."

Note:

–San, -Kun and –Chan are all suffixes that go after names. –San is a general suffix meaning roughly, Mr., Ms., Miss., Mrs. It's pretty much the default and respectful suffix for about all names. Takegi calls Satou, "Satou-san" as a term of respect. –Chan is a suffix usually used for girls and children, so Ran-chan and Kazuha-chan would fit here. –Kun is kind of complex but it is generally used for boys and men, a senior status person to a junior status person, and between men of about equal status. Conan-kun and Heiji-kun would work here. The reason why Agasa calls Haibara "Ai-kun," I think has something to do with the second option. Remember, they are working together and are both scientists with Agasa being the senior status (He is older and more experienced than Haibara) and Haibara being the junior status.

Ojisan means "uncle" but can be used also as a reference to "old man."

Kansai is a region of Japan that includes the city of Osaka, so in the anime and manga, you would hear Heiji be sometimes called Kansai-san or Kansai detective. It doesn't help that it can also be used as a derogatory name.

Some of you readers have already figured out who the unnamed characters were because you probably heard of them, and recognized them, given my little hints. Why they're here and what's going to happen next will come next chapter. See you soon!