Wolf chan's POV:
A man I'm not too familiar with comes to visit me. Arthur kun is with me, and as usual, he wags his tail and leaps up to lick the strangers face. It smells like the man called akai San, or as he was called by most people, Subaru San. He crouches down and offers me the back of his hand, not looking at me directly. He's very polite, and knows how to treat dogs like me and Arthur kun.

"Wolf chan, is it ok if I take you home to the Kudo mansion? I'm told you can understand, as a result of the organisation I helped to bring down." I wag my tail. I remember now. Shiho San came to speak to me after borrowing the memory stick in my necklace pouch. Rye, or the silver bullet, was her sister's boyfriend, but betrayed the organisation and as a result got her killed. Or at least, that was her version of events. I get up and walk over to him. I'm still a bit suprised at how light I feel, even as a tripod dog. The bullets in my left back leg mist have done some major damage to cause me to lose it.

Subaru San clips a blue and white lead onto Arthur kun, and pats his knee for me to follow. I do, walking along quite happily on three legs. I think I'm supposed to be surprised that I'm missing a leg, but I'm not. Arthur kun is bounding about, though he doesn't ever pull on the lead. Subaru San leads us to a dog friendly restaurant where three other people are waiting for him.

"Sorry I'm late, I'm looking after these two for conan kun" he tells them, before handing Arthur kuns lead to me. I wag my tail in greeting as I sit down and offer the three humans a polite paw. The blond woman with round glasses shakes it first, then the tall man, then the chunky looking one who obviously likes dogs, because he introduces himself to me. He's call camel San.

"Jodie, you called us because of that incident, right?" Akai SAN asks the woman, in fluent English. Arthur kun is gnawing on the table leg, bored. I growl and snap at the younger dog's nose. He stops chewing for a moment, then ignores me and reverts back to the table leg. Mou, I guess it's his way of enjoying being a normal dog. (Ex racing dog, turned lab experiment, never been treated like a family pet, no normal life, he was going to be a bit of a handful).

"Yes, it happened so close to where you're staying, it's gotten me worried, shuu. And though the police couldn't identify the body, we FBI all know him. It was Vodka. Gin's left hand was handed to the officers by a white dog too." The woman, Jodie San, looked at me, and commented on the likeness to the dog in the description the police gave her. Akai SAN confirms it, but assures I was only protecting my master. It hadn't been made public, the names of the victims from the shooting in that alley hadn't been made public, not even the FBI knew that it was master Kaito and Shinichi San.

"They were targeting two boys, who happen to look like Kudo kun. One was kaitou KID, the other was Conan kun. There been a string of murders and attempted murders on boys that fit similar descriptions to kudo shinichi. We believe its Gin and Boss behind them. It's doubtful vermouth is involved." Akai SAN tells them, camel San looks confused.

"Akai San, why would they target kudo shinichi? Wouldn't it make more sense for them to go after conan kun? He was the one to organise their takedown, despite being so young. And why wouldn't vermouth be involved?" I flatten my ears at this, what if akai San spills shinichi san's secret? That conan kun is really....

        "Camel kun, it may have been conan kuns idea, but Kudo kun took the credit for it when the Japanese police came asking questions. They kept both names out of the papers, but vermouth was still at large, she probably assumed it was all Kudo kun's doing." The older man replies, before akai San can say anything.

      "Camel kun, Jodi, James San, vermouth, she knows something about Kudo kun, something us FBI haven't figured out yet." He says this pointedly, whilst glaring at arthur kun. He's noticed the younger dog eating the table leg. "Arthur kun, enough!" He snaps, cuffing the greyhound round the ear. Of course, he's speaking in English, so Arthur doesn't understand, but he gets the gist of it, the cuff around the ear were words enough.

       The four humans order food, akai SAN asking for a bowl of water and something for us two dogs. I lay down quietly, wagging my tail. They're discussing the black org in hushed tones, but I can understand every word. The food arrives, the humans tucking in, and Arthur bolting a bowl of biscuits. I ignore the food. I only eat the meals master Kaito gives me, I don't want to be hurt again, like back then in those labs. Once they've finished, the older man, James black San, pays for the meal, and the humans all go their separate ways, akai San holding Arthur kuns lead, with me walking alongside him again. He leads us back to the Kudo mansion, which to me and Arthur, is kind of like a second home...

Shinichi's (Conan's) POV:
I'm dreaming again. Or at least, I hope I am. Gin is there, missing his left hand. He's cornered Kaito, Aoko San, Sonoko, and Ran. Kaito is shielding the other two, whilst the mysterious future behind me hold me and forces me to watch. To watch as they all die at the hands of Gin. Blood, their blood, is flowing out, onto the hard ground. I'm screaming, terrified and alone. Kai, Kai, no, No, NO! I feel the pain of a blade of some kind pierce me, the shadowy figure is stabbing me, over and over, never landing a fatal blow. Gin is laughing, he's enjoying watching my torture. I'm dreaming, I know I am. But the pain is real, and I'm not waking up.

I'm screaming, twisting and fighting, to escape the pain. It's no use, I'm trapped. I am dreaming, I know this because Kaito is beside me, as kid, trying to stop the shadows from stabbing me. The pool of blood changes from red to black, to nothing, as an army of Gins spring up, all laughing as the shadow stabs me repeatedly. I can't wake up, I'm trapped in this terrible nightmare, the pain is getting worse. I can't breathe, I can't......

Kaito's POV:
Shin~chan is asleep, and so am I, until he begins to scream as he dreams. I wake with a start, pulling shin~chan closer to me, holding him, telling him I'm there, even though he's fast asleep and can't hear me. I run my hand through his soft hair in a soothing way, trying to calm his nightmare without waking him, but his breathing quickens, short, sharp gasps for air, nothing like his slow steady rhythmic breathing. I check his pulse with one hand, to make sure he's just having a nightmare and not actually sick, but it's weak, normal for shin chan, at least. He's screaming louder now, moving in a panicked way as he sleeps. His pained screams must have woken Subaru San, because he's knocking on our bedroom door, asking if we're alright. It's two am in the morning.

"Subaru San, come in, he's not alright, he's....." I trail off as shin chan's breathing slows dramatically. "Subaru San, come here, hurry!" I call out, as shin chan's thrashing around stop suddenly and his breathing slows even more. He's hardly breathing at all. Subaru San opens the door and turns on the light, and I see shin~chan's face. He's pale, too pale, his thin body and almost white skin making him look almost like a ghost. He's shaking, with fear I think, and he's screaming again, telling everyone to run for it. Subaru San is at his side, the other side to me, checking his pulse and breathing.

"This isn't right, but it's too risky, calling an ambulance, he might change into conan kun again." He states calmly. I know, but who... wait. I leap out of the bed, ignoring the fact I'm in just boxers, and snatch my phone up. I dial a number, hoping the other person would pick up.

"Moshi moshi? Ariade sensei? It's me, KID. Come to the Kudo mansion, at once! Something's wrong..." I whisper yell hurriedly, as shin chan stops breathing altogether. Again? What's made him so sick? Ariade sensei promises to be right over, as I hang up and try to get shin~chan breathing again. Subaru San gets the tank of oxygen ariade sensei left behind on his last visit and sets it up, putting the mask on the stricken detectives face when he finally starts breathing again.

Ariade sensei is slow, but he arrives eventually. After checking shin~chan over thoroughly, he frown and shoo's subaru San out of the room. By this time, I've realised I'm not wearing a disguise, but ariade doesn't question it.

"Kid, I don't care if that's your face or not, what's important is Kudo-kun. Whatever caused him to shrink has affected his health, the antidote or whatever has made his condition less stable. I don't fully understand what's going on myself, but he should recover if you can keep him breathing properly. He's sick, so keep him quiet." He orders me, and I frown. What we had planned for this weekend was hardly this doctors idea of quiet.

     "His body seems to be reacting badly to whatever's made him able to change back and forth, but from what I gather, it's an extremely belated reaction. Is there any way to reverse it? It would help ease the pain he's in. And kid? If he doesn't wake up before noon, or he gets worse in any way, call an ambulance, no matter how risky you think it is." Ariade sensei is making perfect sense, but I didn't want to wake the devil girl in the middle of the night, and anyway, wasn't she camping with the detective boys?

    Shin~chan screams again, muffled by sleep. Wolf chan is in the room suddenly, Ive no idea how she got in, but I'm grateful. The big dog curls up on the bed, leaning her wide back against shin~chan's, licking his shoulders by twisting her head at a strange angle. Ariade sensei bid me and Subaru San good night, or rather, good morning, and leaves. Subaru San walks downstairs to makes some cool drinks, and I get beach into bed with shin~chan. He's cold to the touch, but not anymore than usual. God, I love him so much, please let him be ok.

      How I managed to keep my poker face intact through that night, I don't know, but by dawn, shin~chan was looking and sounding much better, though he was still asleep. Subaru San had stayed up, sitting in a chair by the door of our room, in case he was needed. I wouldn't have believed anyone if they'd told me akai shuuichi cared for shin~chan like a brother, until that night. (Disguised as Subaru San, as always.) I'm glad he was there, it meant if I dropped off to sleep, he would still be there just in case. Wolf chan gets of the bed around four thirty, shaking herself and letting herself out of the room.

Shinichi's POV:
        The nightmare, it's gone. The pain is still there though, very real pain that reminds me of the times I've been shot at as conan. I blink, I'm finally awake, but I check the the clock to see I've only been asleep for a few hours. It's five in the morning, Kai is fast asleep beside me, hands wound in my hair, snoring quietly. I don't fail to notice akai SAN sitting in the chair by the door, awake, watching us, and the oxygen mask on my face. Had I stopped breathing again? Akai San nods to me, but doesn't say a word. Why does my chest feel so heavy? It feels like the time wolf chan sat on me when I was Conan. I move slightly, so I'm facing Kaito and I wrap my arms around his waist. I don't know why, but I have a feeling I should be grateful to the infamous thief.

      I drift off to sleep again, feeling safe in the magicians arms, not dreaming at all, which was a relief. I was beginning to dread sleep, afraid of what nightmare would be waiting.

      "...an, oi, shin~chan. Wake up, shin~chan" Kai is shaking my shoulder, waking me up, I stretch, yawn and sit up. Kaito is already sat up, unable to get out of bed because my arms are wrapped around him. "You gave me such a scare last night, shin~chan, you couldn't breathe again. I had to call ariade sensei, he believes it's something to do with changing back and forth between conan and you. He's worried, whatever made you change was making you sick, and now it's getting worse. We don't know why, and haibara chan isn't here to run the tests only the creator of the drug could." I knew that, I knew the risk. Haibara had warned me there could be side affects to... all this, but I hadn't listened.

    "Kaito, I knew, when Haibara checked me over at school yesterday morning, that something was wrong. She's never done that before. Anyway, when is Hakuba kun and Tagaki keiji arriving again? Don't we need to look presentable?" I ask him, as I take the cumbersome oxygen mask off my face and wrap my arms around him, pulling him into a kiss. He's surprised at first, but melts into it, kissing back warmly. Akai San clears his thorat, reminding us he's there.

     "If you don't mind, I'd like to make some coffe and then go to bed, it's been a long night, and I haven't slept. I've fed the two dogs, and for some reason, there's a flock of doves in the library." Kaito curses and announces that is okaasan must be home. None of the doves liked her apparently. He leaves us sat on the bed together, and I can hear the sound of him making hot drinks, even from up in my room. (Sharp hearing, not sure if it was a blessing or a curse).

      Kai gets out of bed and dresses in his usual navy shirt and trousers and hands me my casual white shirt and a pair of clean navy trousers. (Apparently Arthur kun had chewed my trousers, so Kai was lending me a set of his.) once dressed, we head downstairs, Kai insists on helping me, but I don't think I need it, until I slip and nearly fall down the stairs. For some reason, I'm feeling dizzy, but why I don't know.

Kaito's POV:
        Shin~chan looks a lot better, now he's up, but I still insist on helping him down the stairs. He slips, pulling me along with him, but I grab the rail and steady us both, holding him round the waist to support him. (I may or may not have pinched his butt when I put my hand round his waist.) we sit down together at the table, subaru SAN offering shin~chan a cup of black coffee and handing me a cup of hot chocolate. Shin chan looks better after his fourth cup of coffee (no idea how he can stomach it either), and gets up, pulling me along with him. We enter the library, only to be greeted by a flock of white doves. Shin chan ignores them, pushing me against the wall, kissing me. He such an amazing kisser, I can't help but melt into it, gripping his hair as he presses himself into me pinning me against the wall. Such a shame we have visitors arriving soon. And Subaru San probably wouldn't appreciate us making such a noise whilst he was trying to sleep.

      Wolf chan barks, followed shortly by a sharp knock on the door. Shin~chan peels himself from me, heading towards the door. He doesn't open it, wolf chan already has, and the police officer is looking at the big malamute with a stunned expression. I flinch as Tagaki keiji walks past, but he doesn't look at me. Hopefully he hasn't noticed me. Shin chan leads him into the living room, where the police officer sits down. I wait until shin~chan calls me, I don't know whether I can trust this dark haired keiji San, but shin~chan seems to.

     "Tagaki keiji, I know conan wanted to tell you something, but first, I'd like you to meet a good friend of mine. I warn you though, call Megure keibu or Nakamori keibu, and conan has agreed not to tell you the truth." Shin chan tells the other man firmly. I'm watching from the edge of the room. I throw down a smoke pellet, and appear in the middle of the room, wearing my full KID outfit.

     "K...k....kaitou KID!" Tagaki keiji exclaims as he notices me stood there. I give him one of my classic smirks, and sit down beside shin~chan, putting one arm around him protectively.

      "Tagaki keiji, not a word about this, and I remember you asked conan who he was really when he defused that bomb, ne? You're going to have to wait for our other guest for that, I'm afraid. He wants to tell him too. Shin~chan, daijoubu?" I tell the keiji San, asking shin chan the question at the end because he's gone pale again. Shin~chan leans closer to me, leaning on my shoulder like he needs the support. Tagaki keiji is watching our behaviour with interest.

     "Ne, Kudo kun? Do you maybe.... could you possibly be...." he asks us, getting cut off by Hakuba who's just let himself in. Or was it wolf chan who let him in?

      "I believe you're going to ask those two if they are possibly a couple?" Tagaki keiji jumps, surprised to see the blond half Brit.

    "Hakuba kun? Glad to see you." Shin~chan greets him, confirming Tagaki keiji suspicion when he kisses me playfully on the cheek, though he's still frighteningly pale. I want to throw a few pranks, some of my magic tricks, to lighten things up, but I don't know if shin~chan would like that.

    "What did you want, KID San?" He asks me, ignoring the others for a moment. "Nice to meet you, keiji San, and glad to see your ok, the both of you." Hakuba says, before taking a seat. Shin~chan takes a deep breath. Was he going to change in front of them? Or was he going to explain first?

      "Tagaki keiji, Hakuba kun, this, its about edogawa Conan kun. Don't worry, he's fine, but well, here, just watch. It's easier to explain." Shin~chan explains, focusing and changing to conan smoothly. Hakuba is staring wide eyed, and Tagaki keiji is spluttering in shock. I'm holding my breath. Conan is fine, is it just his teen form that was affected then?

    "I am edogawa Conan, or rather, I'm kudo shinichi, a victim of the black organisation, which was taken down half a year ago. There's still some members on the loose, that's why Kaito was attacked in that alley, and why he still does his heists. I saw a suspicious deal at tropical land, nearly a year and a half ago, and when I investigated I was hit on the head and forced to swallow a poison. It's designed to kill leaving no trace of poison in the system, but I was fortunately one of the four known survivors, all of us were affected by a rare aid affect, turning our adult bodies back to elementary schoolers." Shin chan watches their reactions carefully, Hakuba seems to understand, but Tagaki keiji, he's having a hard time swallowing the truth.

    Shin chan opens a small pill box and swallows it, explaining a bit more about his predicament. Hakuba was all for getting him checked over at the hospital when he learnt about shin~chan's heart problems, but shin~chan, by this time aware of hakuba's admiration of him, politely refused. If he took the antidote to change into shinichi, he'd be fine, but changing into conan was just a matter of thinking about it. Tagaki keiji, still skeptical, wanted to see the act in reverse, as proof, and hakuba was watching intently, a look on his face I've come to hate. It's his this better not be a trick face.

       The antidote begins to take affect, conan clutching his chest as the first spasm hits him. I pick him up and hold him close, as the second spasm of pain races through him, making him cry out. Tagaki keiji looks worried, but Hakuba is more curious. A third spasm, and he cries out, almost screaming. He's clinging to me tightly, fingernails digging into my arms.

    "Ne, kid, is it always like this for him?" Tagaki keiji asks me. I nod, as shin~chan is suddenly a teen again, breathing heavily. He catches his breath, and smiles at them.

      "I hate changing back to shinichi, its agony, but I'd rather be a teen than a kid, though being conan is kind of fun, until Sonoko and ran start trying to pair 'conan' off with ayumi chan or Haibara San." He laughs, joking about his other identity. "Unlike a certain thief here, I'd rather stick to my own age group." He tells them slyly, implying I'd fallen for conan, not shin~chan. I hold my poker face intact. They ask so many questions, too many, with shin~chan and I answering them best we could. Eventually, around four in the afternoon, they seem satisfied, and leave. Wolf chan had wandered off around noon and returned with four bento, three with fish, mine without. We'd eaten lunch together, whilst discussing everything that happened to shin~chan. Of course, the keiji San was a bit too nosey, wondering who I was really, I had to reply, but shin~chan got there first.

    "He's the son of the phantom lady, and the first kaitou KID. He's from a family of jewel thieves."

Alone at last, shin~chan pushes me into the sofa, kissing me violently. Oh great, what is Subaru SAN going to say if he sees us? What with being in the same house as an internationally wanted jewel thief with a love of magic, and a horny high school detective? He's wrapping his thin strong arms around me, pulling me close. I want him too, but now, with Subaru San nearby, was it really that wise? Then a voice is heard, followed by a fierce barking from both Arthur chan and wolf chan.

    "Oi, shin~chan? Why do you still have that mean dog?" The detective groans, cursing the woman.