She was stuck being a child for almost a month now. And she did not think that it would to this long and thought that she would be back in her body by now. But sadly, the trail was cold and she had found nothing. No evidence and there was not even a breadcrumb trail leading to them or even back to them. And nothing of what had happened to her and they had tried to kill her and well in a way they did kill her because Kudo Shinichi did not exist anymore because she did not physically exist anymore. She had nothing on them and she knew nothing about them, and there was no way of actually finding them in the first place. And she did not know what she was actually going to do the moment that she would meet those two guys again or if there were others. And she had a suspiciously feeling that there was more to this than she first thought there was and that is why she kept her new identity from everyone.
And right now, she was fed up with not knowing anything and there were no challenges that were both physical and mental at the same time. And she had no idea why she was thinking of this even though she had recently been on a ton of cases and was exhausted mentally from them. And the other things that were in her life that were exhausting and far too exhausting for any one person to handle. And she was less than three feet tall while doing all this and it does make quite the strain.
She had made Ran`s father, Mouri Kogoro quite the becoming detective as she would dart him with a tranquilizer watch that was made for her and made by Agasa. And then she would use her puppet and head hand voice mimicker to pretend to be him using his voice and solving the case.
She was glad that she was still solving so many cases but the worse thing to come out of it was the way Mouri had become, he had become more arrogant and egotistical than ever. And the smoking and drinking it was all too much and sadly something that she was now used to. She hated this life that she had come accustomed to but at the same time she was loving it.
And the best part of all of all of it was that she could see again.
And she was shocked just how beautiful yet painful the world was and just how much had changed since the last time that she had seen it.
And when the first time she saw her dead body and blood she was shocked and horrified by how it actually looked. She was frightened and just shocked of how someone could do such a horrible thing of take a life or take their own life. And life is such a precious thing and something that she was not going to take advantage of anymore because every moment was precious and she wanted to experience every single moment of it. No matter how painful or embarrassing she would live in it without any regret of the small things. But of course, she was still learning to take hold of them and getting used to it all.
She was now back at the detective agency and she was not happy with what just happened.
She kicked her bag angrily across the bedroom floor.
And she was not happy when everything had scattered across the floor coming out of the bag as she did it. And the pencil case head somehow managed to just hit her on the head and was painful as hell.
" Argh " she clutched onto her head as it was the exact spot that she was hit by the creepy guy.
She was so going to kill Agasa for this because of his suggestion to change her appearance and some of the things that she liked so that people would not suspect that she was Shinichi. And now because of that her wardrobe was mostly made up of skirt, dress and she had hardly any trousers in there at all. And it was Ran and Sonoko that went shopping with or rather for her to buy the clothe making it her worst nightmare ever in life because she could not say " No! " to the clothes. And she of course had to act excited and happy for them and model them, every single one of them and match them for outfits to see what one was the best. And they liked every part of it and he had to pretend to with a smile on her face and she had to admit she was surprised of how good at acting she was but after to doing again and again. But because she had done it so much it was like rinse and repeat.
And speaking of hair she was wearing pigtails and she hated them so much, they had officially made her the hid that she was not. And she did not even want to think about the amount of pink that she was being made to wear every single day she was wearing it.
And the worst possible thing had happened today and she had to pretend to love every single moment of it. Ran had signed her up for Ballet classes and she was going to have to attend them every single week and she was going to have to wear pinker and a stupid tutu. She did not like ballet but she did have a great respect for the dancers who just put as much dedication and heart into what they do as she does and the effort, skills and time they put in is undeniable and honourable. But what it does to your bone structure and feet was painfully flinching especially when she though back to an advert that she saw. And she liked using her for kicking things, she loved soccer ball and she had not given that up either. And said that it was great for training for ballet and that Shinichi had got her into it and was great for balancing and it now thinking about it this was true. So, she would give it a try and it might even help with her soccer skills and improve them with some knew moves.
She was a girly girl in this identity and she wanted to be a Detective because she just could not take that part away from her identity. They all though that she wanted to be the world`s greatest detective and the most attractive looking one as well. Showing that you can do the detective work while looking great as well and not as a boring geek, and Sonoko was so to blame for this. But it was one hell of a good cover up because they would never believe that she would do something like this ever in her life and that she would rather die first than do it. And well...she was on the brink of death and they had thought that she had died. And she felt like a piece of herself had died and was missing, and Kudo Shinichi was gone from this world and it was likely that she was never coming back.
But why did it have to be pink, she would rather be pretending to be a boy than this and she had actually thought about doing it for just a second or two and she thought of pretending that she had a twin brother. But that plan was smashed apart when Agasa said that she was an only child. It was not like she had ever pretended to be a boy before and it was like he had thought of it before she did not know that she was going to do it.
'Weird' she thought now thinking about it more.
There was another side effect from the almost being killed and being poisoned resulting in being shrunk into a little child and she realized that was a mouthful to say, she was just calling it the 'Shrinking Incident' she thought. And the other side effect was not caused by the poison but rather the blow to the head and it was something rather bad she was missing a few pieces of her memory.
For one instance, she was shocked to learn that Ran had a crush on her and she knew about it. And that she was even kissed by Ran and that she was at Tropical Land on a date with Ran that night and everyone knew. And what was worse they all thought that she had done a runner leaving Ran broken hearted and she did not even know but when she did she had no idea what to do. But of course, just pretend that she was just a little girl and nothing else and not Kudo Shinichi because Ran would so kill her for this.
She needed to get all of her memories back and the likely only way to do that would be to back as Kudo Shinichi so she could get a check up on her head wound that had basically healed over night. And she knew that it was so much more worse than it originally was and must have healed during her transformation or something like that, thinking that she might just be healing faster now ? It was a possibility, and there was a chance that if she changed back then the head wound would return and would be just as bad and she might end up with brain damage.
She was torn between going back to Shinichi or staying as Christie.
But the part that she felt like she was missing a part of her life was too painful and she wanted it back because she just felt like she had an empty void in her life and nothing could fill it, no matter what she did. And she wanted to know what that was and the only way that she would get that back was if she got all her memories back and she was doing the best that she could. But nothing would trigger a memory not a smell or sound, nothing at all and all she had to rely on was what she was told or the evidence that she could gather. But she was a detective so she kept a lot of stuff hidden and kept everything in her mind and memory place which was also getting a little bit fuzzy because she could no longer put it all together. So, she made a new one of Agasa`s place and when she had the chance her house which was giant and haunting place to look at. And it would be something that a detective would live in over a century ago and she liked it so much that it made her smile when she saw it for the first time in daylight.
But she also wanted to stay as Christie for the obvious reasons and for the first time in a long time, she felt happy really happy and it was happier than she had ever been in such a long time. She felt free and like a heavy weight or more like a burden had been lifted off her shoulders and she was no longer carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders and she loved this feeling. Her smile was genuine and she was not being treated like she was made of glass and would break at the slightest thing. And people would not look at her in case they thought they had said the wrong thing and hurt her feelings, which was more annoying than anything.
But the most annoying thing about being Christie was being treated as if she was just some dumb kid, although she was technically a kid she was not dumb and she did not like being treated like a child. She did not like being talked down to literally and figuratively it was and it was twenty-four seven and got worse the moment that she started school. Elementary School that is. And it came with three hyperactive and far too happy children that were now her stalkers and would drag her everywhere and make her do things that she did not want to do. And would end with a moment of you but then finding another dead body and if they were not children the police would think that they were on a killing spree and serial killers. But the police just found them irrupting and bad luck or good luck depends on who you ask and when you ask the moment of the case. And everyone is much happier once the case is solved anyway and irritated at the same time.
And looking in the mirror and seeing her own reflection that she was wearing a pink and frilly tutu this was one of her official nightmares.
And then she could hear the door opening downstairs and she quickly changed back into her regular clothes so that she would not be seen in these, because she knew that Ran would take another picture of her like this. And she was really getting fed up of all the pictures that were currently being taken of her because she felt like a Barbie right now and everyone just wanted to dress her up.
" Kaitou Kid! " said Sonoko loudly.
And it was loud so loud that she could hear it through the door and it was almost piercing. Whatever or who this person was knew instantly that Sonoko was a fan and a big one at that.
But the name it sounded eerily familiar and she wanted to know all about.
She was silent as she walked down the stairs focused on her mission to find out what was going on and she was thinking that this just might be a missing piece of her memory and a part of her somehow. And she wanted to know more and she was going to get this information from Sonoko her friend but a friend that she was not liking too much right now because of the way she was being treated.
" Brat you are here! " said Sonoko.
She just rolled her eyes back fed up with the insult nickname that she was getting from Sonoko.
Then she blinked innocently as Ran looked at her when she gave her an upsetting look.
" Sonoko leave her alone " said Ran.
Christie just smiled happily grinning widely as she walked away with her phone ringing showing that she was going to answer it.
" You always stick up for her. You know she just follows you about like a pet or a shadow " said Sonoko.
Ran quickly closed the door.
" You know that she might hear you and you will just upset her " said Ran.
" So, she should not be eavesdropping " said Sonoko.
" You Know that she just looks up to me and to you sometimes as well " said Ran.
" Of course, she does, she is three feet tall...and wait she looks up to me!" said Sonoko.
Her eyes now sparkling.
" Sonoko! " said Ran trying to get her attention.
But this was not happening because Sonoko was in her own fantasy world at this moment.
" I knew one day this day would come, the day that I became a role model for someone. Though I thought it would be ...maybe I have been too harsh on the Brat after all...and where is the Brat, I mean Christie anyway ? " said Sonoko.
'I thought I would be a role model when I was older, like in my thirties when I am old but the little Brat must worship me or something. Wait! She could be Auntie that one time. Does that mean that she thinks that I am old or something ? That little Brat better not think of that because I am not old and I am still young and I am beautiful and younger than I look. Yikes I do look older than I look and last night my Mum found a grey hair and that means that I will get grey hair as well. I better make sure that Brat does not think I am a monster because she will something I just know it, that girl gives me the creeps and she is scary as hell. She acts all innocent but she is so not it is all an act or something even though I sound paranoid as hell and I am not. I swear that girl is a demon but there is something creepy about her and familiar...' thought Sonoko as she said this.
Shinichi/Christie was currently on her phone and she was still deciding what to call herself out of the both names. She was Shinichi, and she still is but she is now currently Christie and she was still getting used to being called by another name. And every time someone said "Shinichi " she almost responded to them and almost answered the thing that was being said about her.
She was only half paying attention to what Agasa was saying because he was only talking about his latest invention and he was asking her the same old questions again. They were all about her past and if there was anything that she remembered, anything at all even if it was small and if she wanted to talk about it. But NO! She was still missing pieces of her memory and she was beginning to get angry that he just kept asking her the same old questions as if he wanted her to remember something that she was forgetting.
'Or just maybe it is something he does not want me to remember ?' she thought as she put her hand on her chin.
" Brat!...I mean Christie " said Sonoko almost bursting her eardrum.
And then she heard Agasa fall to the ground off the spinning seat that he was currently sitting on and was now sitting flat on the ground in pain.
Christie just hung up when she heard the explosion go off, yet another experiment had failed and gone horribly wrong. And then she looked up at Sonoko to see what the hell she wanted and why she was calling her by her name of all things.
" Yes! " she said cheerfully.
" You want to know who Kaitou Kid is then you will find out when Ran`s Dad gets here and then we are ..." said Sonoko.
" Yippee! Thank You " said Christie then she hugged Sonoko and ran away cheerfully.
" Why the hell did I just do that ? " said Shinichi to herself.
'Oi!' she thought to herself as she leaned against the wall.
" Come Brat. I mean Christie! " said Sonoko as she pulled her away.
" What ? Where are you ..." said Christie.
" We are going shopping and I will tell you all about Kaitou Kid along the way " said Sonoko.
She so did not want to go shopping, she was sick and tired of it and it was her version of hell on earth and it was something that she had to pretend to love and this was really her version of hell come to life.
" But...I still have homework...and it is raining...and ..." said Christie.
But she was now being picked up by Ran.
Ran saw this the perfect chance to get her new sister and her best friend to finally get along and she was going to do all she could to get what she wanted.
" Kaitou Kid is a thief " said Sonoko.
'I would never have guessed' thought Shinichi dully.
They were currently outside walking the busy streets in the pouring rain standing under their umbrellas as Sonoko was telling them all about it.
" You still want to date him " said Ran disapproving.
Sonoko just nodded as she was given two disapproving looks.
" He is so mysterious and everyone just goes crazy for him. And he is perfect in every way " said Sonoko.
" Yeah until he goes to jail " said Ran.
" And that is why I need your Dad`s help " said Sonoko.
" So, your Father wants me to get my Dad to capture him " said Ran.
" Yes " said Sonoko.
" My Dad does not have the best experience with thieves and has no idea where to begin with. Maybe you could ask..." said Ran.
" At the museum, where my Dad will be displaying our family heirloom 'The Black Star' " said Sonoko.
At this point she did not even want to pay attention to what Sonoko was saying the boy crazed fool was now after a thief and was a fan of this guy. She really did not have the best taste in guys and now she was even making things much more worse. She was just talking about how cute she thought he would be and blah blah she would keep going for a little more while. Besides she knew how this would end the old man would say " Yes " and just maybe he could do the job himself this time.
But was she really going to let one of her best friends go and chase after a thief that could be potentially dangerous. Sonoko was a smart girl no doubt there was no denying that but when it came to guys she was a complete idiot and would just do the stupid thing and run in without thinking. And she could end up getting herself killed and there was no way that she was going to let that happen to Sonoko, even if she was mad at her right now.
She was going to have to help, eventually if got necessary then she would.
" SHINICHI! " said Ran.
She immediately looked up to Ran who said her name and was scared for a moment because she was about to watch her best friend get run over. Only to see her being pulled back my Sonoko.
" Are you crazy, you could have got yourself run over " said Sonoko.
" Shinichi! " said Ran shocked.
" What? " said Sonoko.
" I swear Sonoko I thought I just saw her, maybe she looked at bit different " said Ran.
'Yeah you did just see her and she does look different because she is standing right beside you. And not on the other side of the road where you could have gotten yourself killed' said Shinichi inside her head.
" It must have been someone that looked like her, maybe it was..." said Sonoko.
" Ran are you ok ? " said Christie.
She was now looking at a very pale white Ran.
" Come on let's go for something to eat " said Ran.
The other two just nodded at their friends near death experience and walked away talking about Kaitou Kid again.