Hmm, what to do now...I don't know let's just wrap this up and get to the funny part...

It was the next day. Conan and Heiji had stayed up almost the entire night thinking over the crime and crime scene, trying to figure out who did it and how to stop the next murder. Shawn and Gus claimed that they were going to solve the mystery and catch the murderer because they were sent a letter from the murderer. Heiji, at that point, offered a challenge.

"Let's see who can solve this case first," he said. "Winner can be declared the word's best detective."

Shawn laughed. "A teenager and a little boy against a psychic? You don't even know California that well."

"It doesn't matter where we are..." Heiji began.

"We can solve a case anywhere!" Conan finished.

With this conversation in mind, Heiji and Conan returned to the scene of the last crime. It was obvious that the caller wouldn't give them any more information besides the two calls and the letter, so they were on their own. Conan looked around then pulled out his phone. He had taken a picture of the scene to recall any information. He looked closely at the picture...the arrangement of the items..."Hattori, I think there might be a message here. But I don't think it was left by the victim."

"What do ya mean?"

"Well the victim had an immediate death, but the pattern with which the contents of the purse are laid out, it almost looks like a name..."

Heiji took Conan's phone and also looked at it. "Yeah, if ya turn it it looks like it spells out..."

"The Spanish name Sur. Let's see the map..." Conan looked all over the map of California and found a small area called Point Sur. "Here. But that's a ways away and we don't know if something is actually going to happen there or not."

"Here's an idea, Kudo. I'll go up there and if something happens I'll call you and you can catch a cab." Conan nodded. Then Heiji caught a taxi and made his way up to Pt. Sur.

-Meanwhile-

Shawn and Gus had gotten some leads from the Santa Barbara police and they also went up to Pt. Sur. At that time there was a jewel exhibit featuring a giant emerald called "Forest's Eye." They figured that at that point the next crime was going to be a theft. But if the thief murdered someone before, what was stopping him from hurting or killing another? Shawns phone rang as he entered the exhibit.

"Hey, Jules, what's up?"

"Shawn we just got a letter about a theft. It says here that someone named Kaito Kid is going to make an attempt at stealing the "Forest's Eye" at 5 o'clock this evening."

"Kaito Kid? Who's that?"

"I did a little research and apparently he's a very popular thief in Japan who is known for their magic tricks and ability to evade police capture."

"Then why is he in California?"

"Like I said, he wants the giant emerald at the exhibit in Pt. Sur. But there's another thing you should know about him. He always returns the things he steals."

"Sounds like he's a pretty bad thief."

"Shawn this is serious. He may be the one we're after who killed that woman earlier. Although it also says that he has never hurt anybody beyond the extent of shocking a child with a stun gun. And even then it is said that this child is his only match."

"Okay Jules, we're heading over to the exhibit now. Bye." Shawn hung up the phone. "so we need to catch this Kaito guy and send him back to Japan," he informed his partner.

"Kaito Kid? I thought that guy disappeared like twenty years ago," Gus wondered.

"Well he's here and apparently we need to stop him from stealing that emerald."

-Back at Conan's end of things-

Conan had almost worked out the last set of details to this murder and only needed a name to the murderer who was actually in the crowd at the time. He had made a visit to his house and had procured evidence against him and just as he was about to call Heiji his phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Conan, it's me."

"Anything happen up there?"

"Yeah, apparently our little friend Kaito is here too."

"Really?"

"Yep. He sent a notice to the Santa Barbara police department too. Though I think that's out of their jurisdiction. Anyway, I haven't found anything else about the case yet."

"I have. Now I just need a name to the face. He was in the crowd when the murder happened and he hid amongst the people." Conan paused. Wait, Kaito is here too and he is planning a theft right after a murder. Kid's been set-up..."Hattori, I'm on my way up."

"Why? I told you there wasn't anything about the case up here."

"There certainly is. The murderer set Kid up to make him seem like the thief and murderer. We have to go arrest the person in question first then catch Kid before he gets at the jewel."

"But if he's all the way down in Santa Barbara how is he..."

"Going to be arrested? I have that set up. I wrote a letter and left it at his house when I went over there-"

"You went over to his house?"

"Yeah, but frankly people here aren't as willing to let a small child into their house to ask them questions as they are in Japan."

Heiji laughed. "Right, well see ya up here in a little while, Conan. Oh, by the way the police said the theft was going to be at 5 o'clock."

"I'll be there." Conan clicked his phone shut then grinned, two cases in one day? Oh, well. Conan called a taxi and directed him to go the Pt. Sur.

-Back with Shawn and Gus-

"What do you mean you don't think Kid is the murderer?" Gus yelled.

"Just what I'm saying. He's not the killer of that woman. Think about it, he's never killed anyone before and always returns items he steals. I think someone framed him."

"Who cares, if we catch him anyway we've still caught a criminal!"

"We need to find the real murdered. And I think I might know who that is. We need to go back to the ice cream shop."

"You just really want some more ice cream, don't you?"

"Yes, that too."

The two climbed back into the Blueberry and made their way back to their home city.

-4:30 that evening-

"Finally we're going to catch that international thief and murderer," Lassie smiled.

"We have to be really careful," Juliet added. "He's escaped that Japanese police so many times, he has a lot of experience with escaping."

"Well he's never met the Santa Barbara police before!"

"Wait, officer!" Heiji called as he ran up with Conan at his side. "This kid and I know who the real murderer is, and he should be arrive at any minute."

At that same moment, Shawn and Gus pulled. "Jules, Lassie! We know who the real murderer is!"

"We just said that," Heiji argued.

"What's this all about?" Lassie turned, with an irritated look.

"Kaito Kid is just a thief," Conan explained. "Not a murderer. The real killer is-" a gold Saturn pulled up and a man dressed in a pair of shorts and a yellow shirt stepped out. "that man over there." Conan pointed to the man.

"Do you have any proof? And why are you telling us this? You're not on the police force."

"We're Japanese detectives!" Heiji exclaimed. "this man actually called us all the way from Japan to see if we could solve a mystery away from our own soil. Well sir, do you have your answer?" the man approached and looked at the two.

"Who are you talking about?" the man said looking totally oblivious. "I never called you."

"Of course you did, I have your phone number in my cell phone. I also have your e-mail, and it's near impossible to cover your e-mail address."

"Well I must say that I am not a murderer. I've never touched a weapon in my life!"

"I think you have touched a gun," Shawn took up the conversation. "you may have worn gloves to cover your finger prints but you still probably have clothing that has blood on it. Or even DNA from the victim since you took her purse from her hands!"

"I'd never..."

"That's what they always say," Heiji agreed.

"However, you can't cheat solid evidence," Conan added.

"And for inviting us all the way from Japan to solve a case, it should have been a harder one than this!"

"I...I..." the man shook his head. "you're right I did it. I just wanted to see who would solve the case first, our own American, Shawn or a foreign teen detective, Heiji Hattori. I tried finding Shinchi Kudo, but it appears he's been gone for a while..."

"If you wanted to find out you didn't have to take another person's life," Conan replied solemnly. "It is never justified, especially in competition."

The man was soon put in handcuffs and placed in a police car. He was taken back down to the station where they examined the evidence and found him guilty. But for now there was another problem to solve. Kaito Kid.

Lassie told various groups to go certain places to guard while Juliet talked to Heiji and Conan. "You two are from Japan, right? Do you know anything about this thief?"

"Oh, yeah! And this little brat is said to be Kid's worst enemy." Heiji rubbed Conan's head once again. "But that guy is pretty sly. I know! Why don't you let us help keep the emerald away from that thief! He's really good at disguising himself but Ku-, I mean Conan and I know each other so well that we could tell in an instant!" Conan nodded enthusiastically.

"Okay, since you solved the case at the same time as Shawn, I think you know what you're doing. The jewel is in the middle of the exhibit, you guys can guard in there," Juliet said.

"Also," Conan added. "Kid also uses a lot of people as his cover so you should have a lot of people on the outside but only two guarding close to the gem, Heiji and I can do that."

"Whatever's best, I suppose."

Heiji and Conan nodded and made their way inside and gave instructions on how to catch Kid. Once everyone was in position they waited. 4:55...4:56...4:57...

"I'll go check on the up stairs exhibits to see in he's hiding in there..." Heiji said.

"No, you'll stay safely with me...Kaito Kid," Conan turned and gave his companion a devious smile.

"What are you talking about?" Heiji laughed. "I'm not Kid."

"How many times do we have to go through this?" Conan replied twisting the knob on his sneakers to power them up. Heiji stepped back in a bit of a nervous manner.

"Fine, fine. Don't you think I did a good job disguising myself as your friend from Osaka?" the voice changed from Heiji's Osaka accent to Kaito's more Tokyo-sounding one.

"Yes, you did a good job with the accent," Conan agreed readying his belt.

"Then how did you tell it was me?"

"You called me Conan instead of by my last name as Hattori does. Also you were right when you said Hattori and I can tell each other apart from a fake one instantly. I also have a question. You never leave Japan to complete a theft, why this time?"

"I received a letter from the same sender that you received from. He told me of a large jewel and that he would pay for my trip. I thought it was odd but I decided to take the risk." Kid laughed and gave a grin."Well I shall be taking this gem now...and you can't stop me even with your evil soccer ball." Kaito lifted the glass box and set of the alarm even as Conan kicked his soccer ball as hard as he could at him. The thief dodged the ball then set off one of his smoke bombs. Kaito's hat disappeared into the smoke just as hundreds of American policemen stormed in. Even Kid can't escape and weave through this many people without looking suspicious. I have also attached that criminal tracker to his hat when my soccer ball hit it. Conan programed his glasses and followed the red light out of the building then the tracker stood still. What? Oh, great, he found it. Conan approached the area where the tracker was and found it attached to the "Forest's Eye". "Thanks for another interesting case, Little Detective, this wasn't what I was looking for, so I return it to the keeper," read a little card that was attacked to it. Conan took the stone and returned it to the police.

Later that evening he returned to the hotel room and still couldn't find Heiji. He asked Kazuha about Heiji and replied that she thought he was on a case with him. Conan looked around a while then finally found him tied up in a closet. Heiji explained that before he went up to Pt. Sur he came back to the hotel to get something and that when Kid knocked him out and tied him up in the closet. Heiji was quite angry that he didn't solve the case and was locked up in a closet the entire day while Kid and Conan go the credit for solving the it. For the rest of the week they wandered around California, had a good time and ran into a few small cases which were solved in an afternoon. In the end Conan concluded that this was the most relaxing vacation he had had in a long time. They returned home and were greeted with many 'welcome backs' and 'how was the trips?' in which Conan said he had a good time and avoided questions with talk about the case with Heiji.

And here is where this ends. I'm done. leave a comment if you'd like.