Loop 1

Shinichi wakes up to a familiar ceiling, one that he hasn't seen in a long time.

He isn't one to panic, so, when he remembers that just a couple of seconds ago he was screaming at Kaito to drop the stone that was supposed to be Pandora, he blinks.

He keeps blinking until it's obvious that nothing is going to change. Shinichi sits up-

Wait a second.

He looks down at his hands. They are not small.

He's back in his body.

How did it-

No, he doesn't want to know. Knowing his luck – and Kaito's – it probably involves magic. And Pandora.

On the nighttable his phone pings.

It's a text from an unknown number.

Unknown

shi

Relief floods him, because there's only one persone that calls him that. He's not alone in this – whatever this is.

Shinichi

kai

A moment later, the phone rings.

Loop 12

If there's a thing that scares Edoka's students more than a happy, giggling Kaito, it's a sulking Kaito.

What terryfies them, though, it's the "I'm bored" that leaves his lips in a sigh.

When the teacer comes in and announces a new student, he blinks in surprise.

The class watches in terror as a clone walks in and waves, giving them a very Kaito-like smile. They shudder.

Then Kaito is screeching and launcing himself to his twin. "SHI!"

Other-Kaito takes a step to the side and the magician ends up on the floor with a worrying thump.

Other-Kaito ignores him and bows. "Kudo Shinichi, please take care of me." And when Kaito whimpers something from the floor, Kudo just rolls his eyes and goes to take a seat. "Idiot."

Loop 39

"Do you ever wonder when all of this will stop?"

Shinichi pauses in his petting and the dove on his lap – Sora-kun, probably – peck his finger. "Not really."

Kaito, surrounded by so many birds that the only thing you can see is his nose, turns to him. "Why not?"

The detective shrugs. "After a while I stopped caring."

"Oh." A moment of silence, and then "Hey, wanna go scaring Hattori?"

"Sure."

And that's it.

Loop 105

A pink cloud of smoke engulfs the hall. Hakuba reaches to his left, grabbing Kuroba's arm. There's no way he'll be able to steal the jewel-

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

What.

Near him Kuroba squeals. "KID-SAMA!"

The detective turns to Kid, then to Kuroba, to Kid again.

The thief laughs, gracefully jumping on the floor. He smirks at him and Hakuba doesn't understand.

Kuroba is supposed to be Kid! How- what- why-

Kid winks and Kuroba squeals again, like the other fans.

When the heist ends, the detective is still in the same place.

Kid and Kuroba aren't the same person.

Loop 7

Kaito wakes up, blinks, look at his calendar and groans.

Not again!

Two hours later he's breaking in the Kudo Mansion, to find Shinichi with his head on the kitchen table, repeating "why why why why" over and over again.

"Hey"

The detective only grunts.

Kaito hums and hands him a cup of coffee. "I could tranfer to your school?"

And that's how Beika knew what real fear is.

(And that Prankster-Shinichi is way more terryfing than Detective-Shinichi glaring at you.)

Loop 68

Shinichi wakes up with a groan and a pair of little hands shaking him.

"Nii-san, Nii-san, wake up. We are going to be late for the heist!"

The young man rolls on his side, arms grabbing the small body near him and hugging it close. "Conan..."he mumbles"just a couple of minutes..."

His little brother grumbles a bit, before relaxing against him.

Shinichi sighs and hugs him tighter-

Wait what?!

He bolts upright, falling down of the bed. From over the covers a face looks at him with concerned blue eyes. "You okay, Nii-san?"

There's a mini-Shinichi staring at him.

After a moment of panic, Shinichi grins. Oh oh oh. There is a mini-Shinichi staring at him.

"Ne ne, Chibi" he says, the nickname flowing naturally off his tongue and causing the kid to wrinkle his nose and, wow, has he been so cute as Conan? "How do you feel about helping Nii-san with a little prank?"

Conan pouts and, no, there is no urge to hugs him. There isn't. "But you promised to catch Kid with me!" he whines.

"I know, but what if it was a prank on him?"

It takes only a couple of moments, but then the kid – his little brother, Conan, Chibi, Mini-him – is grinning back at him.

Yes, he thinks, finally indulging in his need to hug Conan, revenge is gonna be so sweet.

(In Edoka, Kaito wakes up shivering. Strange, the windows aren't even open. But then memories rush in his mind and he all but rans to finish the preparation for his heist.

He completely forgets about an angry Shinichi telling him to watch his back in the previous loop.)

Loop 53

Shinichi wonders why it's always him that gets in this situations.

Maybe he should really look for some curse – other than Pandora's, obviously.

Well, he growls, staring at his hands- paws, at his, black, furred, paws – maybe when he isn't a cat.

His ears twich – he can hear soft footspes aproacching the small alley he's in.

"Oh, hello there" says a familiar voice.

Shinichi looks up from the box he's sitting in, tail nervously curling around his paws. He stares at teal eyes and mews pathetically.

Hakuba never stood a chance to his puppy – kitten? – eyes.

Later, dozing on the coach beside the blond, his savior decides it's time to find a name for him.

"How about Kuro?"

Shinichi growls a bit. The british blinks at him, probably not expecting an answer.

"Uh, Neko?"

A glare. Seriously?

"Whiskers?"

A hiss.

They keep going like this for almost an hour, before Shinichi decides to get up and walking towards Hakuba's library. It's nothing like the one in the Kudo Mansion, but, as he reads the titles, it will serves its purpose. He jumps on the near table with the grace only a cat possesses and then leaps on one of the shelves.

The blond is probably gaping at him, but, hey, he should be used to weird things, right? He's the one in the same class with a witch (and Kaito), after all.

He swings to make a book fall down and then he proceeds to stare at Hakuba until the teenager takes it from the floor.

It's a french book and Shinichi thought it would be hilarious to see Kaito's face, so, when Hakuba reads aloud the title, he purrs loudly.

The blond groans. "Lupin, really?" Then, putting away the book, he grumbles "Why couldn't I pick a cat that was a Holmes fan?"

Shinichi – Lupin just goes back to napping on what is now his pillow.