Now, I know I just recently started two new fics, but this was at the top of my head and I wanted to do something on it. Also, every story I see about an exchange program always has TOO many characters being shoved in at once. So, I wanted to give it a try, but with my own spin. It won't just be the exchange program, but it'll also have the occasional murder and KID heist along with Kaito and Conan working together.

Also, just a small note. This is mostly focused on Kaito as he's pulled deeper into the whole BO problem that Shinichi/Conan has. It won't be Kaishin. It will only have brotherly moments between the two; however they'll start out as rivals like they usually are and then they'll gradually see each other as brothers. I like sibling relationships, so what. Couples won't be a big thing in this story; maybe something small every once in a while, but mainly it'll be story-driven and the characters development. It's my story; you don't like what I put in then don't read.

Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

Ekoda Exchange Program

~~~ 8:45am – Beika District – Teitan High School ~~~

It was a sunny, Monday morning in Beika of Japan. The sky was clear of any clouds; no signs of rain. The trees were blowing in the wind, causing many girls skirts to fly up and boys to stare with huge grins on their faces.

An average day in general.

Two girls in blue uniforms and green ties; one with short light brown hair and the other with long dark brown hair were just arriving at their school's gates - Teitan High.

The two were giggling to each other; most likely girl stuff as they walked into the hall, putting their shoes in their lockers before heading down the hall to their classroom. The two stopped in their tracks at seeing the large crowd gathered outside their classroom, blinking at the remarks many of the students were saying.

"Why are the desks on the ceiling?"

"What's that guy doing?"

"Who is he?"

The two girls headed over to the commotion and passed through the crowd to look through one of the open windows to see a male teenager in a different uniform to them; standing over by a bunch of cupboards and humming to himself. The desks in the classroom were, indeed, stuck to the ceiling like a sort of super-glue had them stuck them there yet nothing else looked out of place.

"Excuse me, Kuroba-kun!" A voice boomed through the room from behind the astonished students. They parted to allow their teacher through to talk with the now named mystery student. "Just what are you doing?"

Kuroba turned around with a large grin plastered on his face, causing one of the girl's to gasp and the other to whistle. "He looks like Shinichi-kun, doesn't he, Ran?" The girl beside her; Ran, nodded.

"I'm just setting up a little welcome party for myself." The teacher lifted a brow at the teen's cheerful demeanour. Kaito waved his arms about the room, still grinning. "It's not like anyone knew I was coming. I had to do it myself."

The teacher narrowed his eyes at the teen before him. "Put the room back the way it was, Kuroba. I've heard about your tricks. You may have gotten on the exchange program due to your grades, but I won't stand for foolhardy."

The teenager just stuck out his tongue at the teacher. "You adults always gotta ruin the fun."

The teacher only aimed a glare at the teen before leaving he said, "The room better be back to normal before the lesson starts!"

Kaito lowered his eyelids and tsked. "Sheesh. Who does he think I am? An amateur!" He snapped his fingers and the desks unstuck from their positions on the ceiling, safely landing beside the teenage magician. He quickly cleaned up the little bits and pieces of the trick before the students came in to bombard him with questions.

"How'd you do that?"

The teenage magician grinned to himself; used to the attention quite a bit. "I'm a magician. It's what I do," he said, laughing, good-naturedly which caused quite a few girls to sigh.

Ran and her friend entered the room; staring at the magician with surprised eyes. However Ran noticed her friend had a slightly dazed look on her face, but she couldn't exactly argue since the guy looked so much like her childhood friend. "He does look like Shinichi..."

"I know, right!"

A worried frown crossed Ran's face as she stared at the teen.

Who was he?

Why was he here?

Was he Shinichi, but with a different name?

If so ... then why?

All these questions swirled inside her head, causing her to become confused with this new student; who looked almost identical to her friend. "How about we go introduce ourselves, eh, Ran?" The girl elbowed her in the arm, causing Ran to look at her and blink back to reality.

"N...No, I don't think that's such a good idea, Sonoko!" Ran exclaimed, nervously, waving her hands in front of her face.

"Come on! It'll be fine! He looks like a nice enough guy!" Sonoko grinned at her friend, grabbing her arm and dragging her over to the magician. "Hey, magician-san!" The teen turned towards Sonoko and blinked when he noticed the two. "I'm Suzuki Sonoko and this here is my very shy, best friend; Mouri Ran!"

"S...Sonoko..." The timid voice of Ran sputtered out.

Kaito only grinned at the two and allowed two roses to appear from each of his hands. "Well, it's an honour to meet you both." Ran blinked as she stared at the rose she was given while Sonoko was screaming on the inside. "The daughter of the Great Mouri Kogoro and the daughter of the Suzuki Company. I'm surprised Ekoda sent me to the same school as you two."

Sonoko blushed, lightly at the comment while Ran frowned. She was getting a familiar feeling from Kaito. A feeling she felt about a familiar Phantom Thief that usually liked to dress up as Shinichi. "You're not hitting on us, are you?"

Kaito sputtered for moment; being caught off guard by the question. Then he realised he had most likely acted more like KID than himself; Kaito.

Mistake.

"Ah..." He turned his head away, thinking for a moment; turning his head back and looking the girls up and down. "...maybe..." He said with an even bigger grin.

"Pervert..." Ran growled out while Sonoko snickered it with a smirk.

Before the three could continue the teacher came back into the classroom; happy that Kaito had returned it to its rightful place. He gestured everyone to their seats as Kaito shoved his hands in his pockets and approached the front of the room, still holding a grin on his face.

"Now, we have an exchange student from Ekoda High as you are already aware of. He'll be staying with us for a month to see the different curricular we do compared to his school. I've been warned that he's a bit of a prankster, so watch out," the teacher explained to the students, also glaring at Kaito; who only shrugged. "Introduce yourself to the class."

"This isn't first grade, but whatever..." Kaito said, shrugging, earning him a few snickers and laughs in response. "Yo! I'm Kuroba Kaito and I'm a magician! I hope we can all get along or else I'll prank you!" His devious grin was enough to send shivers down everyone's spines.

Yep, short first chapter. I was planning to do more - possibly with Conan meeting Kaito, but I like where it ends here. I didn't really want EVERYTHING and EVERYONE to be introduced in the very first chapter, because then ... it feels forced and cluttered. I hate cluttered stories, because that's what they feel like. They feel like things have been shoved in at random times and you don't know what's happening anymore. I like to take my time with chapters and make them progress slowly with the story. It may take time, but at least the characters develope and so does the story ... none of that cluttered nonsense.

Anyways, enough of my rant. Hope you enjoyed!

LdR OUT!