A Case Of Identity

New Arrivals

I'd like to include a time line so people don't get confused -

Half way through First year of High School (age 16) - Kaitou Kid makes his re-appearance and Clock Tower Heist takes place.

Beginning of Second year (age 17) - Shinichi turns into Conan

Before Second year ends (age 17) - KID and Conan start working together.

A few months before Third year ends (age 18) - BO is down. KID disappears. Conan disappears.

Half way through First year of college (age 19) - Shinichi and Kaito meet for the first time as themselves. (Mostly spring, remember the sakura blossoms?)

Spring break - March 25th to April 5th (Mostly ignored and fast forwarded)

Summer break - July 20th to August 31st (Current time line)

Winter break - Decomber 26th to January 6th

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Hope that made things clear!

Now, onwards with the story...

Enjoy~

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Shinichi may not have his mother's propensity for reckless driving, but he did adore cars. Specifically fast cars. Or any kind of vintage cars, really. So, the moment he turned eighteen (Legal driving age in Japan), he got his license. His parents had bought and kept a car ready for this particular moment since years. Really.

And having already learnt driving in Hawaii (From his mother; she insisted, claiming Yusaku didn't know the right way to do so); he had had no bumps in the road, much to the envy of his college mates. Learning to drive amidst the Tokyo traffic (Though Kyoto was slightly more manageable) was no easy feat.

So, on Thursday, at 11:00 pm, Shinichi pulled his car into the parking lot at Narita Airport. The flight had no delays and fifteen minutes later, Eisuke stumbled out of the exit, two suitcases in hand.

"Shinichi-san!" Eisuke waved, nearly knocking himself over as he tripped on an untied shoe lace.

Shinichi face palmed, walking towards him and claiming the bags for himself – they would only be liable to make him stumble more – and nodded towards his car.

"I've brought my car," Shinichi said, leading him towards it and placing his suitcases in the boot.

"A blue Mazda RX-7?" Eisuke let out a low whistle, admiring the beauty, "I though it stopped production four years ago!"

Shinichi, glad to have found a fellow car enthusiast (Because Heiji and Masumi only ever liked to talk bikes, KID loved his hang-glider too much to even consider cars even though he knew driving and Ran was indifferent to it) started gushing almost immediately, "It's a sports car! With a twin-sequential turbo rotatory engine and 255-hp! Real smooth driving, excellent steering and fast! Mainly fast..."

Eisuke grinned at Shinichi's exuberant expression as he talked about cars passionately. Conversing with the actual Kudo Shinichi instead of his shrunken version was different, certainly.

"Kaa-san fell in love with it when it first came out and she decreed that it was to be my coming of age car." Shinichi laughed, "And after giving it a go, I have to say I completely agree!"

Eisuke chuckled, managing to get into the car without any mishaps, "So she bought one in advance?"

"Yes," Shinichi grinned, sliding into the driver's seat, "The Mazda RX-8 was good, but she liked this one better. And since we Kudo's drive nothing but the best sport cars..."