Second Chance

MagicConan14 here with another fanfic! The inspiration for this fanfic was actually a place in Sydney I visited on Christmas Day, which will be the setting of the first scene. There's going to be a lot of new characters appearing, but most of them are simply supporting characters. There's a lot of death in this story, so this one isn't for the light hearted! There's also going to be a running gag of Truth or Dare going right through the story!

To make this clear, the four of them have been made friends in this story. Their pasts for this fanfic will be made clear as it comes along.

Disclaimer: I have never been to Japan, and DC is Japanese. That should be enough evidence for you. I own Colton and the Council, and there are at least three other characters to be introduced which I own.

Chapter 1~Afterlife and Death

Shinichi looked out to the wide expanse of ocean stretching out for as far as he could see and beyond. He was standing on a cliff with a forest behind it and he had trekked right up the steep hillside just to see this view. There was shuffling behind him. He turned his head towards the noise, but it was too late. He had been pushed off the edge of the cliff into the water. Finally, he slammed into the water and the points of the jagged rocks which had been lurking below the surface. Red blurred his vision before he gave in to unconsciousness.

There was a blinding white light, and then a face came into view. It was a jet black haired guy with glittering hazel eyes staring at him. Shinichi jumped to his feet and stared back. The boy was the same age as he was and was wearing a black cape and suit. "Hi, haven't seen anyone fall from the sky lately. I'm Colton Aomura."

"What do you mean, haven't seen anyone fall from the sky lately? That doesn't happen unless someone is rigged to fall…or they're pushed."

"Yep, I know all about your death just then. That's why the Council and I are here."

"The Council?"

Three people, all in old fashioned clothes from different places and different time periods, stepped in from somewhere behind Colton. Colton pointed to them and introduced them as Rosaria, Frederick and William. Rosaria, who wore long white gloves and a black ball gown adorned with roses, continued, "Colton said he wanted a friend but I don't want to let Colton go back to the world of the living. Maybe you should instead."

William, who was wearing an old fashioned suit, added after a brief pause, "As water saved your life once, it will save your life again. Since you have shown how fragile life can be, you will have the power of ice. As you are technically meant to be dead, you will have the ability to have contact with dead souls and the ability to fly."

While he talked, the white light swallowed them up and Shinichi went back to being unconscious.

Chapter 2~Revelation at Café Poirot

When Shinichi woke, he saw Ran crying above him, her tears slowly making their way down his face. He had a few deep wounds in his torso, he noticed. She peered down and started sobbing again, this time in happiness. "Shinichi! I thought you were gone forever; you almost got devoured by sharks!"

"What do you mean; I almost got devoured by sharks?" Shinichi yelped.

"You were bleeding pretty badly just then and a bunch of sharks came in, looking for a meal!"

"Just don't worry anymore, I'm alive now and that's all that matters." Shinichi weakly picked himself up again and Ran helped him get to the Mouri Detective Agency, where she took care of his wounds. After that, they strolled to his house in the light of the setting sun.

The next day, Shinichi was with Heiji, Kaito and Hakuba at the Café Poirot, telling them what happened on the cliff. Heiji was trying to suppress a laugh, as the part Shinichi was talking about at the moment didn't seem believable.

Kaito asked the other two, "Should we tell him?"

"I guess so," Hakuba replied, "it seems like what happened to him is the same as what happened to us."

"What's going on?" Shinichi interjected, suddenly becoming suspicious of them.

"Okay, Kudo," Heiji told Shinichi, "we wanna tell ya this: we're meant ta be dead."

Colton means coal town, and the significance of that comes in later. The Council's names were just random names which sounded old fashioned.

In the original, Colton tells Shinichi everything, but I decided to put the Council in earlier so there would be a bigger part for them. Shinichi also points out in the original that this happening (him going to the afterlife) is illogical and Colton explains that, if there is life, why shouldn't there be an afterlife? Since the part with the Council was added, I threw out that part.

Next time preview: "COLTON!" Shinichi yelled at the boy who had just appeared out of nowhere.