She was grown up again up a lot quicker before her own eyes and she could hardly believe herself just how much she had grown in the past year and a half.

Her hair had gone from the light golden brown it was an even dark brown and it looked it would sooner be getting dark, an almost raven black was what she was estimating by the shade of her eyebrows her hair was definitely getting darker. And the moment she had indefinitely changed back to Kudo Shinichi her hair was longer in length and thicker than she thought it would have been because she thought she had lost some of her hair just like she did as Christie due to stress.

And her height of 174 cm had stayed the exact same but she had a hunch that she was going to get taller because the remarkable react in height she had grown was astonishing compared to the size she was when she was Edowaga Christie/six years old. But this was probably due to her growth in hormones and the immediate change to her body her physical development.

Her athletic build as Shinichi had actually increased in mass and in muscle since she had been Edowaga Christie. This was because of all the physically activities of running around as a child casing criminals and the amount of soccer balls and other items she had to kick at in herself in self-defence because she only has the strength as young child and the physical form of one did not help. But using the gadgets given to her Professor Agasa such as the power enhancing kick shoes turned out to help strengthen her muscles as well. Her accurate signature had improved as well as her reflexes that had improved remarkably though that would also be to paranoia and the constantly looking over her shoulder.

In all in APTX 4869 had no side effects apart from her immune system being ever so slightly weaker and cause health risks. This would mean that she would be weakened to alcohol and poor nutrition which would mean she would have to consume less alcohol and have a well-balanced diet for the rest of her natural life. Skin, bone marrow, white blood cells, spleen, tonsils lymph nodes and endocrine system (hormones) were some of the main risks as well as others that she did not want to think she was sure with Ran and Haibara being in her life that there was no way that she would be affected by either of these. With Ran being the mother hen and over protective friend that she was there was no way that she would stop any time soon. And Haibara would not want her best experiment and specimen fail so easily and the potential that she ever wanted to go back to Shiho and not know the direct results and be a would be an insult to any scientist.

Everything would be fine, and she was hopeful that it would just more than fine.

Edowaga Christie Detective was no more.

She was, is Kudo Shinichi, High School Detective.

That dreaded part of her life of when she was forced into being a child was finally over. She was doing her best at putting it all behind her that was if her Mum would her that was always complaining that she did not get enough time to spend with her when she was shrunk, which was ridiculous.

But what she did complain about most was that she did not get the precious photos that she wanted of her. Ones that were already taken to her dismay and would only be a duplicate she didn't get when she was actual child and she was sure as hell that she would not the opportunity in the long run. Her Mum had already tricked her enough into getting those embarrassing photos and worse she even used children against her. Her Mum's pleas she could ignore and not feel guilty because she would not buy those crocodile tears of hers after all her Mum was an actress and she had even taught her how to do it.

Unfortunately when it came to the little rascals, it was a completely different story. Also a threatening nudge from Haibara who was also caught up in the moment of guilt and blackmail from three children that had pleading tears in their eyes and looked innocent as hell using their childish likeness. It got her right away and was a few things that to Haibara, she was a sucker from them and her Mum used it against her to get what she wanted.

They both played a good game, but it was over and she was feeling really smug about it. But also had to avoid her Mum for the next few days because she was all grown up and her Mum was convinced this was celebration for a whole new wardrobe. It was more like an excuse to go shopping and it was one excuse that she was buying and she was not going to be buying anything unless it was the latest detective novel that was out.

That chapter of her life was over and would be something that she did not want to because once was enough and it would just get repetitive if she went over it again and again.

Shrunken/de-aged when she was twelve years old by an evil organisation that ran from the shadows and underground.

It sounds absurd and something that someone at the age might say or rather much younger. But she was not a typical twelve year and to be honestly she was always more mature at a younger age. Or to put it "acted like she was an adult all the time" was the way Sonoko put it.

Those kids really tired her out.

Right now she was doing her best not to fall asleep in the backseat of the car. But this is something that is improbable to do when her Mum is the one that is driving the vehicle at hand. After all her Mum drove like a maniac and was the same person that also was legally teaching her how to drive a car and they were able to do in states in America such as Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota and of course South Dakota. Though there is required situations and circumstances due to the age but they were able to abide by them and help with the occasional case that she had to help and prove a theory to prove a murder or other case that would acquire her assistance. Also a theory for some of her Dad's novels to see if it would work and he also left safer in the car with her driving while he worked on his hypothesis.

The roads and streets were littered with KID fans going to see their favourite magician thief in show. The chanting of his name was not helping. But with her Mum driving the car the way that she drove they would be home in no time at all and record speed by the way she was driving/enjoying every moment of it. She was just hoping that no one would get hurt trying to do avoid the 4079-pounds car that was heading their way on the roads and in the streets as well.

Sadly she was not going to the Kaitou Kid Heist as Kudo Shinichi was not invited or rather dis-invited having KID finding her troublesome and as the enemy because of her reappearance and the immediate disappearance of Edowaga Christie. Though her Dad wanted to see the Heist to see how it compared to other ones that were more than a decade ago "back in his days of being the expert of Kaitou 1412" and her Mum wanting to see it with the inner child that was always in her. But they were not going for her sake and she was more than grateful.

Even though her Mum did suggest that they wear some disguises to blend into the crowd, even though Shinichi would really be the only one that needed to wear the disguise and she was talking in a third person yet again, another thing that she needed to stop doing. Something tells her that wearing a disguise at a Kaitou Kid Heist was not the best idea, not with Nakamori and the KID taskforce would dog pile on them and go berserk with suspicion and anger without thinking they would charge and there would be bruises for several weeks. Not to mention that KID was an expert on disguises and could potentially tell if she was in disguise or not. Hattori was still sporting a bruise from the last event when he almost lost his hat to the dog pile that he should not have entered so angrily and stupidly.

Right now she needed everything to back to normal, and the last thing that she needed was to be under a magnifying glass. She did not need another Detective finding out her secret and she did not want that detective to Hakuba Saguru because she could just not trust him the way that she trusted Hattori with her secret.

Ran was the most suspicious of her the most when she came back having unanswered questions and answers that she needed to answer but she would not and just makes some excuse.

Sonoko was just annoyed at her and not speaking to her very much because she was keeping secrets and had been away for a long time. But mostly because she had hurt Ran and she was looking out for her and could tell that she was lying. But also because she did not bring her back anything and did not bring back any juicy stories or never got a boyfriend.

She knew that she would eventually have to tell her friends the truth because the guilty was getting to her and she could not keep this secret forever. She would either tell the truth under duress of Ran or far more likely Hattori would let something slip and Ran would eventually put the pieces together and she would be dead woman walking for not telling Ran the truth then and now.

Ran was missing Christie and crying sometimes because she was no longer in contact after the emails, phone calls and texting had stopped due to the cases that Shinichi had to work and the school work that she had to catch up with. She had no more time for a double life and as bad as it she had to cut the thread and pretend that Christie was going travelling around the world with her parents and did not have the time to keep in contact all the time.

There was also the Junior Detective League that was missing the fearless leader that they had just appointed before she had told them that she was leaving and leaving for good. She knew that she could not tell them the truth because she would be taking a true friendship away from them and in a way it would be like a child finding out Santa Claus in not real and was something she did not want them to find out. Their hearts would break, and that was something that she simply could not have happened to them. It would be better that they had just simply lost contact with each other because that is what happens with friends when they move and when you grew up.

Megure seemed that happiest that she was back but still had some much needed answers to where she had been and what she had been doing for the time that she was missing. But she did not have any answers to give him expect that she was busy and that what she had done been complete and she was finished.

She did not want to leave Beika any time soon and she just wanted to stay home being a normal High School Detective like the others. She was willing to face the consequences of the lies and somewhat betrayal she had to do to what she needed and does the right thing.

And with this thought over and mindlessly staring out at the lights on the cars and on the lampposts she soon began to fall asleep counting all the lights that she could see until she could not anymore.

And the last thing she saw before she fell asleep was the excited expression her Mum's face as she pulled to a stop with the car soundlessly falling back on all fours. And her Dad expression that he was thinking of something and was relieved that maniac driving was almost because they were nearly home.

But sadly the three of them would not make it home and this was the last time that she would be the last memory that she had of them alive.