Ran's POV:
I'm sat here, waiting impatiently for conan kun to come home. After disappearing twice, without a word to me, the second time resulting in him in the hospital, I'm not happy to let him out of my sight. I've rung him, and he tells me he's on his way home, but I don't believe him. He's bringing a new friend home. Seriously? It's late, what does he think he's doing? He's eight! I'm glaring at the door, feeling like punching something, preferably a wall, but the one I usually punch is being re plastered after I punched it too hard...

..."tadaimas! Ran neechan, meet Kaito Niisan! He's friends with shinichi niichan!" Conan kun calls as he walks in. Kaito Niisan? Wait.... two people walk in. One is conan kun, smiling in his adorable little brother way. The other person is someone I've met only a few times before. He's got similar hair to shinichi, the same build, same eyes, but it's not shinichi, the differences are as great as the similarities. This was Kaitou KID, or as he's known, Kuroba kaito San, shinichi's boyfriend. I glare at him. The other teen takes a step back. Is he afraid of me?

"Ran San, shin~Chan told me to bring conan home, he thinks you're worried about the brat!" Conan kun glares at Kuroba San and kicks him in the shin. Kuroba kun jumps back, doing a backflip to avoid Conan kun's second kick.

"Ran neechan? Kaito Niisan....."

"Conan kun stop!" Kuroba SAN interrupts conan kun. "Ran San, the people after shin~chan did this to conan, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything. Conan kun has agreed, he wants to protect shin~chan too. Also, if he starts breathing funny again, call Subaru San, not an ambulance. Ok?" I narrow my eyes. What is he on about? Kuroba kun leaves, leaving me and conan kun alone. Otousan is asleep upstairs, drunk as usual. Conan smiles at me and hugs me, telling me what happened to him, not explaining why he'd ended up in a hospital. He even showed me the marks on his neck. I've seen those marks before, in the cases otousan and Shinichi dragged me into.

     Now I understand. I'm crying now, hugging Conan kun closely, thankful that irritating thief got to conan in time. Those marks. I can't believe someone tried to.... to..... I can't even think about it. My childhood friend vanishes, now I know he's on the run from a group of criminals, and somehow conan gets dragged into it, nearly getting him killed. Conan kun is struggling against me, complaint that I'm hurting him. I apologise, I didn't realise. Conan kun looks fine, apart from those marks, I'm glad he's safe. He starts talking about school, and Doyle kun falling asleep in the middle of class and falling off his chair again. If he'd been anyone else, I'd have thought they were hiding something, but conan was so open, though he didn't speak of his family often. It's like he's trying to forget them, and the times he sees his mother he acts nervous and shy around her. Could it be he wanted to stay here because it was safer?

Wolf's POV:
I can feel a soft touch, petting, smoothing my fur. It's nice, soothing, comforting. I can't hear properly, my eyes won't open, but the constant petting is nice. Did master Kaito get to conan kun in time? Did I do enough? I hoped so. I'm so tired, but I want to wake up, I want to find master Kaito, I need to make sure everyone is ok. The hand is petting my ears now, rubbing them in the way I like best, making me want to wag my tail. I hear faint voices, it's getting clearer. I try, I listen hard.

"Wolf chan, onegai? Arigato, he's safe, we're both safe, please, Arthur kun misses you..." I know that voice, it's soft, quiet, like it's far away, but it's definitely master Kaito. I want to move, to wake up and greet him like a puppy, but I can't. My body won't move the way I want it to. I whine, as I try wagging my tail. A rhythmic thumping tells me my tail is wagging, and a sharp gasp from someone I can't smell who isn't master kaito means they can see it.

"Wolf chan! That's it! Good girl." Master Kaito is beside me, he's safe, they're both safe. Thank the moon. I try and open my eyes, to look at the human who rescued me years ago. I can't, and I'm drifting off to sleep again. I'm scared, what if I can't wake up? What if I die here? I can't fail master Kaito, and Arthur is still a puppy, he needs to learn what to do on heists, I still need to teach my adopted puppy. It's no good, despite my efforts, I feel myself drifting off to sleep. I'm not giving up yet, master Kaito. You still need me............

Kaito's POV:
Everything is going back to normal for me and shin chan, or almost anyway. He still acts as conan, going to school with the other children he's friends with, and wolf chan is still in the vets, weak, but hanging on. I went to see the crazy, loyal, loving giant of a dog the other night,the day after dropping shin~chan off at the Mouri detective agency. She won't wake up, but she wagged her tail when I spoke to her, and she whined. I hope she gets better, it'd break my heart to put such a good friend down, and the malamute mix is so loyal, I can't believe she took bullets and a knife to protect shin~chan.

I'm back at school now, thankful that Aoko hasn't asked me too many questions. Hakuba wants to tell Aoko about my night job, I can see it in his eyes, but he hasn't yet. I've told him there's more to the story than just kaitou kid being Kuroba kaito, and KID working with the KID killer, but I refuse to explain, it's up to shin chan who he tells when, and I think he want a bit of 'normal' before he does tell anyone. I'm missing shin~chan during the week, but at least I can see him at the weekend, because he stays round Agasa hakase's house. The man living in his house, okiya Subaru San, is quite accommodating too, often leaving to 'meet a friend' when he sees shin~chan and me together, regardless of what age he looks.

"BAKAITO!" Aoko screams at me, as I wind her up yet again. It's early morning, and a Friday to boot. I can't wait to see shin~chan, and it's summer break soon. I haven't told him about wolf chan yet, I haven't the heart to. It's weird, his minor injuries heal completely when he changes between Conan and shin~chan, but deep wounds, like the marks on his neck, heal normally. He hides his neck behind a scarf or turtle neck, it's cute the way he looks, but sad he has to hide like that.

I duck down, avoiding Aoko's well aimed mop. It's hilarious, Hakuba dressed as kaitou KID and Aoko is dressed as her annoying otousan. Hakuba kun, understanding the joke, but not finding it funny at all, is glaring at me. Akako is watching, and I see the small doll in her hands. I shoot a playing card at her, making the creepy doll fall from her grasp, and pick it up whilst back flipping away from Aoko, who nearly hits me this time. Cards stuck to the ceiling announce sensei is wearing navy blue panties again, and Aoko is a monster. (She's wearing f-f-fish print panties again, how mean!)

Class is boring, as usual, so I throw in some random tricks, like making doves appear when I tear up my workbook, and turning the doves back into my workbook when they land all around me, setting up a few trip wires for sensei so she gets smothered by a feather bomb, and hakuba got a nice polka dot hair colour. (Blue and white). Of course, I still hand in all my work at the end of each lesson, I may have a talent for messing around and raising a laugh, but I still took my schoolwork seriously. If Sensei could make it actually challenging though, I'd be less inclined to do magic tricks in the middle of the class if I had to think about the answers.

   At lunch, Hakuba pulls me to one side and asks how I managed to rescue conan kun. I grin at him, a false, poker face grin. I'm worried about shin~chan. What if I hadn't got to him in time? What would I have done then? No point worrying, I'm just glad he's alive.

     "KID, how's the kid killer. I don't understand why, but you were the one to rescue him." Hakuba is glaring at me, like he thinks I was the one to kidnap him in the first place. His voice is quiet, not quite like his usual sickly sweet tones. Had Hakuba noticed the marks on Conan's neck?

     "I know it wasn't you who kidnapped him, it's not your style, but those strangulation marks disturb me. What exactly happened, and where's your boyfriend?" Oh, crap, so he's noticed my behaviour around shin~chan, but it's a relief to know he doesn't blame kaitou KID for Conan's injuries. I shake my head at him, and grin a trademark KID grin.

    "Hakuba, it's not for me to say, if you want answers, why not ask Conan kun himself? He wants to tell you everything I think. He says he doesn't trust 'shinichi niichan' not to get him into trouble again." Hakuba is watching my face skepticlly, but I'm not a phantom thief for nothing, I'm an excellent actor, though what I was saying was partially the truth. The end of lunch comes, and I leave Hakuba standing in the corridor like a blond idiot (which he was really) and rush back to class. I sit quietly at my desk for the fist half of the afternoon. Sitting quietly is a tough thing to do, behaving is even worse. (For me). It makes the class nervous, and I think that's the funniest bit. I have to use all my will power not to laugh at how jumpy they can be if another student makes a sudden noise, I love building up tension before a grand trick, it makes the Audience enjoy the magic twice as much.

     Sensei is nervous, she keeps glancing back at me, waiting. Everyone is waiting for it, my next trick. I'm waiting too. I don't want to stay here in class, but I want to do one final trick before I leave. (I've even placed a few hidden cameras around, to catch the faces of my classmates, this is going to be hilarious!). I'm waiting, for the bell to signal the end of the penultimate lesson of the week. The whole class is holding their breath, even Aoko and hakuba. Three... two... one.

  The bell goes, just as a flash of green smoke rises from my seat, leaving the whole class speechless. I'd snuck out of the window, watching their reactions. When the smoke finally cleared, all you could see was a letter addressed to Hakuba, and a flock of pastel coloured doves (perfectly safe for them, and I've trained them to choose, they didn't have to...) some of my doves were still white, cooing with excitement (I hope). I wonder whether Hakuba would follow instructions set by me. I hoped so, because it'd be easier for shin~chan to explain just once rather than twice. (He'd arranged everything, subaru San was going to be upstairs on standby and Tagaki keiji would be there too. I wonder, was shin~chan really going to tell them? I dont think he should, but it is his choice.