This came from a plunnie that decided to attack me at eleven o'clock last night when I was lying in my bed and it just won't go away!

In this story, things are about ten years back.

Midori: Detective Conan belongs to Ruth-sama…no wait, it doesn't! Who changed the script?!

Me: *inches away carefully*

Childhood Times

Chapter 1

Takagi Wataru sat casually on one of the swings in the playground during break. Everything was good. The trees were green, the flowers were red (and yellow and purple and orange and blue…dang, back to the story), and the sky was blue.

That is, until something blocked his view to the big blue nothingness. Or rather, someone.

"Oi, Takagi! Don't you know that if you keep holding your head that way, you can sprain your neck?" That someone sneered. Wataru blanched. The boy that's in front of him is Kurosawa Shinto, the biggest bully in his class. No, scratch that. More like in the entire school.

"Wh-what do you want, Kurosawa-kun?" Wataru stammered. Lately, the bully had decided to visit him more often than he'd liked. And every time, it's never something good. Kurosawa snickered and snapped his fingers. The group of boys that always followed him suddenly appeared from seemingly out of no where. Wataru quickly looked for a way to escape, but one of the boys suddenly twisted his arm behind his back and forced him onto his knees. Wataru yelped.

Kurosawa smirked and leaned down so he was at an eye level with his squirming classmate. "Nothing much. I just want ten thousand yen, that's all."

"T-ten thousand yen?!" Wataru squeaked.

"Yes, ten thousand yen. I'm a little short on money these days. Of course, I immediately thought about you, who had helped me out so many times before." Kurosawa said with mock gratitude. "You will help me out, right?"

"B-but I don't have tha-" Wataru yelped again as the boy holding him twisted his arm even more. He could feel the tears threatening to roll down his cheek any second. No! I can't cry! Not now, especially not in front of HIM!Wataru said to himself.

"I'm sure you understand. If you refuse, we'll going to have a little…talkat our base." The larger kid said as he smacked his fist against the other hand when he said "talk". Wataru shuddered. He had been to their base before, and he still has some bruises to prove that "talk" is way too much of an understatement.

"So, what do you say?" Wataru was about to answer when another voice came out.

"Hey! Leave him alone!"

All the boys turned their heads to the source of the voice. Standing there was a boy much younger than them, wearing a Teitan Elementary sports uniform, and has a determined look on his face.

"What now, Takagi? Need a little baby to save your butt?" Kurosawa sneered, completely ignoring the boy. The boy, upon hearing this, crossed his arms, "I'm not a little baby. I'm in first grade!"

"Don't come here, boya! Get away from here!" Wataru yelled, fearing that the provoked Kurosawa will hurt the younger boy. But the boy took a step towards the group, "I heard what you were saying to that onii-san! Tou-san said that's called blackmailing! You can get arrested for this!" Kurosawa straightened from his stop in front of Wataru and walked over to the kid. "So what, kozo? Who's gonna arrest us?"

"Tou-san and I know people from the police! I'll tell Megure-keibu and you'll all get charged." The boy shot back with brimming confidence. Kurosawa's bully-image faltered for a moment when he realized that the younger boy was telling the truth. "Tch." He turned and snapped his fingers. The rest of the boys let go of Wataru and followed their leader. Wataru watched them walk away while holding his hurting shoulder.

"Ne, are you okay, onii-san?" The boy's voice sounded to his right. Wataru turned his head to look at his little savior. "Yeah, I'm alright. You were pretty brave back then."

"Tou-san said we should stop anything un-justice from happening." The boy replied with a smile. Wataru looked at him with amusement. This boy sure likes his tou-san. Wataru smiled.

"I'm Takagi Wataru from Grade 6 Class B, what about you?" Wataru asked. The boy beamed at him, "I'm Kudou Shinichi from Grade 1 Class A. Yoroshiku ne, Wataru-senpai!"

To be continued…

Well, should I continue? I have some pretty good ideas for this. The problem with me is that I can hardly finish any chapter stories. XD

Tell me what you think and if I should continue by leaving me a review!

~ruth~