Yo! Here's another one. I had to rewrite the second half twice... T^T Because my computer hates me and doesn't like to save. Anyways, I've decided I'm going to try and get as maybe unconventional character in Conan to find out his identity. But still as a reminder: Don't expect regular updates! I guarantee it's not going to happen! :P

All things aside, I present, How Kobayashi Sumiko found out!

Kobayashi Sumiko always knew Conan was more intelligent than the other kids. She could see it in his eyes. But having a rather intelligent child was nothing to be alarmed at, even if Conan's level of intelligence is even above what one would consider a genius. What did alarm her, however, was Conan's wisdom.

Wisdom and intelligence are two different things. Wisdom is knowledge one accumulates over time, intelligence is basically just general smartness. A genius child would still be a child, no matter what, because their wisdom is that of a child's. But the problem was, Conan didn't seem like a child, at all. Sure he sometimes had childish fits, but they never seemed completely genuine. Conan felt more like a... twenty-year-old?

Especially when they ran into a murder. While the other shonen tantei-dan would seem occasionally horrified or would treat the murder more like a game they can try to solve, Conan treated the murder like a murder, but professionally. The other children didn't seem to completely understand the heaviness of death, the thought that someone was gone, forever, but that bespectacled boy did. His body would just sag a little, he would look just a little more tired, a little more distraught because another life has been ripped away in front of his eyes.

She could see how he wasn't just 'playing' a detective, he was being a detective and a rather good one at that.

That day the detective boys had another little project they were working on so Sumiko stayed with them to monitor the kids. Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta seemed rather enthusiastic but Conan and Haibara, on the other hand, looked rather annoyed.

What they didn't expect was, when the sun was setting and they were checking out an old abandoned warehouse, voices drifting from downstairs. Conan was the first to notice, suddenly freezing and hissing at everyone else to hush.

"I'm telling you, this place is perfect!" A gravelly voice was saying, "Abandoned, old, no one comes here!"

"Right, so unload the car," Another low voice replied curtly, emotionlessly. Their voices quieted as footstep echoes through the warehouse.

They could feel it, whatever was going on, wasn't legal.

"Call the cops," Conan whispered.

Haibara flipped open her phone, "There's no cell reception."

Conan cursed. Sumiko looked at him reprimandly. Conan shot her an annoyed look before it morphed into sheepishness when he realized who he was glaring at.

They had to get out, fast, and preferably call the police too. Maybe Shiratori would come.

That plan immediately flew out the window then Genta tripped over a rusted chair in the corner, sending it crashing to the ground with a loud clatter. The sound of people scuffling downstairs was hear followed by a scream of 'who's there?' and footsteps stamping up the stairs.

Conan and Haibara quickly usher everyone behind an old musty desk in the corner of the room just when the people would've entered their field of vision. Thye practically held their breath.

Conan took the risk to peek around the desk to see what's she dealing with. There was, unsurprisingly, two men. They were dressed head to toe in dark clothing with not a single bit of skin showing. Black sock masks and gloves to boot. In one of the kidnapper's hand was a handgun. With a bit of amusement, Conan noted at the safety was still on.

They were holding a teen that was bound in their hands and feet, gagged and blindfolded. What was weird was that Conan could tell she was conscious, but she didn't seem to be struggling or panicking. Either she's an accomplice-no, she knows struggling wouldn't do anything. Conan zoomed in with his glasses. She was minutely and slowing working on the knot that tied her hands together!

Conan quickly retreated before the men could see him.

Based on the precaution these men took to make sure the girl wouldn't see or know about their identity, Conan would safely assume that they didn't have an ounce of intent to kill her. Ransom maybe?

"Who's there? Show yourself!" The scratchy voice ordered, "We have a hostage!"

Maybe Conan can talk his way out of this. But he only had one chance at this and there's no guarantee they'll take elementary schoolers and a first-grade teacher seriously. He had no choice...

He slipped off this watch and put it on the ground and pulled out his bowtie from his pocket. He motioned for Haibara's watched as well and also positioned it on the ground.

With a quiet resigned sigh, he flicked on the flashlight function on his watch, casting a long shadow of him on the other wall.

The way the light was cast, he could see the reflection of the robbers on Haibara's watch. They quickly pointed the gun at the shadow but didn't pull the trigger nor try to investigate what's casting the shadow.

"Watashi-desu, it's me."

"Who-who are you?"

Conan steeled himself and cast a glance at his companions, "Kudou Shinichi, a high school detective."

"D-detective?"

"Sonotori, correct. You have that girl as a hostage or ransom, correct?"

"How did you know about that? I mean, show yourself or I'll shoot!"

"No you won't," Conan closed his eyes not wanting to be distracted by the looked the other's were giving him, "How do I know? The precautions you took to hide your identity from that girl shows you have to intention to kill her. You merely need money, no?"

"How-how?"

"Your clothing. Your gun. The way you're standing. All of they are screaming, 'I'm a normal person who has resorted to crime to pay off some sort of debt.' You shouldn't do this. You have family waiting at home right?"

They let out choked stutters.

"Your wallet has fallen to the floor." Indeed there was a wallet on the floor, of its contents, Conan could see the pictures. Pictures of a family. He could assume the people he's dealing with was the father and the old brother in the picture. "You're not experienced in this kind of things, which, I guess is a good thing. You shouldn't be experienced in committing crimes. In addition, the penalty for murder is greater than...this, you wouldn't kill."

"I-I just want Ame-chan to survive!" One man exclaimed, the father.

"I admire you're willing to do so much for your daughter, but crimes shouldn't be the way. Please, stop this and turn yourself it. Your hostage is escaping anyway."

As Conan has stated, the girl was no longer ties in her hands or legs. As distracted at the men were, she even managed to remove her gag and blindfold.

"As Kudou-san stated, you're not experienced in this. As the only daughter of a rather wealthy family, I'm no newbie to kidnapping situations. The knots you tied were plain double knots, easy to undo consider how thick the rope was," The girls stood up, dusting off her pants, "Honestly, I'll willing to let you guys off if you promise to never do anything like this ever again. I heard your conversation on the car. Your ten-year-old daughter, Ame, is in the hospital with cancer, but you don't have enough money for the treatment. I'll help you. I'll provide the money. All I ask for your word."

"Honto?! Really?!" The father looked to be on the brink of tears.

"Seriously," The girl smiled kindly, "I mean, if Kodou-san is also willing to let this go, he's also part of this, no?"

"Uh, oh! Yeah, that's fine," Conan stammered out, still quite shocked by this turn of events.

The man was crying now, even the brother seems to be wiping away tears.

The girl then led the two men away from Conan and the others, casting a fleeting look back, straight at Haibara's watch, almost as if she could see Conan in the shadows himself.

"Kudou Shinichi?" Sumiko stuttered.

"Nevermind about that, let's get out of here first," Haibara ordered, giving Sumiko a clear 'don't-you-dare-say-anything-else-about-that' face.

No one actually addressed it after the ordeal. But afterward, Kobayashi Sumiko did indeed started treating Conan, and maybe even Haibara, a little differently. More like adults, maybe even genius adults.

'Kudou Shinichi, huh,' Sumiko mused, glancing at the sleeping figure of Conan, 'Who knew I could teach the famous Kudou Shinichi. I guess I'll let him sleep. Maybe he had a hard case last night?' Afterall, children needed their rest.

Elsewhere, a girl names Toushi Kohaku convinced her father to fund for the radiation treatment of a young girl named Ame. The treatment was a success resulting in a teary and extremely thankful father and brother.

The girl smiled, as the next door neighbor of Kudou Shinichi, and a relative good acquaintance, she trusted that the sleuth will keep his word. Everything turned out pretty well, huh.

Dedication to Ciel-Scamander! Who requested Kobayashi Sumiko! Which I found as an amazing coincidence because I actually was planning on her next and had this doc started a little while before I saw their message! XD