AN: Hey! Time for chapter 2! If you haven't noticed, there are probably going to be a lot of chapters (oh joy…) That fall in at either 13, 26, 39, or 52 (plus 2 joker chapters). Now this one is more to clear things up. I may just refer to people by their hair color if they are the only ones with that hair color for their gender. The way to tell is the way they do in French(that's my foreign language in school, and I'm sticking to that distinction). So…

Blond- male with blond hair

Blonde- female with blond hair

Brunet- male with dark hair

Brunette- female with dark hair

Not to hard, right? Also, some background on the Suojelija names. Mico means monkey in Catalan. I got this because his character reminds me of my new puppy, whose name is Keko, or monkey in Hawaiian. Suojelija means protector in Finish. I got the names by playing around on Google translate.

Conan's eyes widened as his mouth dropped slightly and his and Haibara locked in place. The girl continued squatting down to their eye level, smiling, similar to a child who just got a hard problem right. Around them, everyone looked between the three with confusion evident on all their faces. Jodie just raised an eyebrow while blond just blinked and looked at the blonde teen. Silence ran over the group.

"Hmm? Don't tell me I'm mistaken! But you look just like her, even the same age too! Plus, I'm so sure that she lives in this area!" The girl exclaimed, shock rolling over her face, though it was a flimsy mask. Thankful for the break of the tension, Conan shook his head.

"Sorry, onee-chan, but there is no one here named Sherry. My name is Edogawa Conan, and this here is Haibara Ai," Conan explained, smiling. The girl blinked at him, then smiled.

"Aww how cute! Though I think you fit more as a Kudo than a Hirai*, don't you agree?" Conan once again froze. Who is this girl and just how does she know about that?

"Excuse me," a voice asked from behind, drawing all attention to Ran, "but who are you and how do you know the Kudos?"

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Suojelija Rey, and that over there is my younger brother, Mico. We just moved here and are checking out the schools in the area. I'm pretty sure you all know Jodie-chan by now, though, seeing as she mentioned being a teacher at the nearby high school once," the girl stood up, gesturing to each person as she spoke. Turning back to Ran, she continued, "As for how I know the Kudos, I met the older two when they stopped by our house back in the States to ask a few questions about the case their son is working on."

"Eh? Why?" Conan called up to the two teens. They certainly didn't mention any of this to me!

"Well, my father works for the FBI, but they were asking me, seeing as I'm one of the witnesses for the case, much like my friend Sherry. We both lost our families because of it, and I want nothing more than to bring them to justice," the girl turned, her face downcast, as she said the last part. The whole group's eyes widened slightly at the revelation.

"I'm so sorry," Ran mumbled. The girl shook her head, a smile once again on her face.

"Nah, it's ok. Anyways, we probably shouldn't be holding you guys up, don't want to be late, ne?" She turned to the blond. "You ready, Mico? Remember, I gotta drop by some friends' places in Ekoda when we're done. It's been so long since I've seen Kai-chan and Sugu-kun. I wonder if Chikage still has that picture. Oh, before I forget, Conan-kun," the girl said, turning back, "Yukiko told me to give this to you if I saw you."

Conan reached out and grabbed a piece of paper. It was a simple little piece of paper, not that different than notes given from a certain white thief. On one side, was a simple little note, on the back, was a little phrase that automatically made Conan freeze again (this is happening a bit too much this morning).

Hisashiburi desu**, Kudo Shinichi, Miyano Shiho

~The aquatic eagle left by the crows

Haibara leaned over his shoulder to get a look at what could shock him still. Her eyes widened as she read the note. Her lips moved, though no one heard what she said, well, no one but the boy standing directly in front of her. Impossible.

They didn't notice the three foreigners leave, nor their own group giving the two pseudo children concerned looks. Ayumi tried to peer at the note over Conan's other shoulder while Mitsuhiko and Genta tried peering over his head. "What does it say, Conan-kun?"

This snapped Conan and Haibara out of their daze and brought them back to reality. "Ah, it's nothing," Conan chuckled nervously, tucking the note in his pocket. Turning back to the group, he gave them a nervous smile, "We better hurry. We don't want to be late!" He turned and took off onto the school campus, followed behind quickly by the rest of the Shounen Tantei.

AN: Hey guys, sorry, I wanted to make this longer, but currently I have a lot of work. The semester is ending, and finals are at the end of the month, so I have a lot of work, especially because I was out sick for a couple of days, so I couldn't work on this as much as I would like. Sorry! Anyways, any idea's on what Rey's letter means?

Just some references.

*This is a reference to Edogawa Rampo's real name, which is Hirai Tarō.

**Long time no see

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roxifoxi- As you can probably tell by now, the kids are not Jodie's kids, but they are related to another FBI agent working on the case, though he's unnamed.