'Where Everything Fell Apart'

|Cast by Detective Conan Characters|

|And Magic Kaito Characters|

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the DC/MK characters and the original series/story, but just this idea. Also this is a corss-over and a teamwork by two authors.

Summary: There is no cure for the APTX4869(Apoptoxin 4869), as expected Conan gets desperate, and told Ran to move on, who had a hard time doing so, Conan stayed with Ran to make sure she's safe, not knowing that there was someone jealous, even though he can't return to Ran, he still belongs to her, everything was going smooth, Ran was slowly forgetting Shinichi, Conan hoped he could do something but none, he can't do anything, but he just went along, wearing his poker face everyday, still lying that there was nothing wrong, Shinichi was slowly getting forgotten, inside everyone's mind, even Conan, he himself was also moving on, he told himself that it would be okay, until, that man came around, the man who stole his everything, his everything had been stolen once by the men-in-black, but now...it happened again...

Genre/s: Hurt/Comfort/Angst

Rated: T just to be safe

Characters; A: Shinichi K./Conan E. | B: Ai Haibara/Shiho M.

(A/N: this story follows the 'The Client that Brings Misfortune' though it is like an alternate universe, the actual continuation of the story of the 'Client that Brings Misfortune' is the 'Shinigami Island' and 'Curse Detective' though both happens at the same island and time, yet also different or alternate universe, sorry about this…but I hope you like this one)

|Chapter 1: Bad News|

It was 12 am, Conan and Kogorou sleeping(of course, who would be awake at such time), Ran was having a good sleep, Shinichi has just texted her telling her to not to worry, which made her relief, just then Conan's phone started vibrating, Conan slowly fluttered his eyes open,

'Who would call in the middle of night like this?!' Conan thought as he sat up, then he took his 'Conan' phone then look at the caller informant, 'Haibara Ai' it read, he picked it up,

"What?" he asked still sleepy,

"Sorry to interrupt your sleep, Kudo, but I've got something to tell you….." Haibara's voice entered,

"Hmm?"

"Come here at Hakase's then I'll tell you…" she continued,

"In the middle of the night?!" Conan asked almost yelling, now he was wide awake, "Are you nuts? Ran's gonna kill me if I'm gone,"

"It's not going to take long, just hurry up, or your too afraid to go out in the dark?" Haibara said with sarcasm, Conan blushed,

"No, I'm not afraid, but if someone sees me, their gonna think it's suspicious seeing a kid going out of the house in the middle of the night," Conan defended,

"Oh, right, but it's urgent so just hurry up," Haibara hissed, then the line went dead, Conan looked at the screen for a while then sighed then got up, he had to be quick, so he could be back before anyone knows it, he changed his clothes, he put on a winter jacket then put on his glasses, he sneakily went to the living room then grabbed his powered skate board, then put on his sneakers, he checked himself if everything was there, nodding approvingly he went downstairs, then he dropped the skate board to the ground then hopped on it then pressed the button then he took off with an incredible speed, the cool air brushing on his face, then he made his way to Hakase's, he got off the skate board, then knocked on the door, almost immediately Haibara opened it, then move aside to let him in, when he got inside she immediately shut the door, then Conan moved to the living room where Hakase was seated on the couch drinking coffee,

"Ah, Shi-er Conan-kun your finally here," Hakase greeted standing up, Conan raised a brow then looked around,

"Hakase is just us," he said,

"Edogawa-kun, we have some bad news…." Haibara said, Conan raised another brow, both were calling him by his alias, which was getting on his nerves,

"What's wrong? And can't you guys stop calling me my fake name? It's creepy you know," Conan retorted, Haibara looked at him seriously,

"Give up," she suddenly said, Conan raised a confused brow,

"Give up on what?" he asked,

"Give up on Mouri-san," now this took off his guard,

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you get it? You're not going back to being Kudo Shinichi anymore," Haibara said flatly, Conan's eye went wide,

'You've got to be kidding me!' he thought, "Come on stop fooling around Haibara, this isn't funny!" he said seemingly and hoping this was nothing but a big joke,

"I'm not kdding, you cannot return to Shinichi anymore, there is no cure,"Haibara said, now this was tearing Conan's heart,

"Oi, Haibara, then what about the temporary antidotes? Don't they work? Then how come you can't-"

"I can't find an antidote because the poison itself was a failure, meaning no matter how hard we try to get the antidote we will end up with the temporary ones, and if we keep using those temporary ones the APTX4869 will slowly do what it's supposed to do, and there is also a big risk on taking the temporary antidote, and you can't just keep drinking the temporary ones because it would more or less ruin your system and you are slowly being immune to it, and the effecting time of the temporary antidote will lessen and we won't know when, and if you always take some you would end up shrinking right in front of public! Face it there is no more antidote," Haibara said in a harsh tone and almost yelling yet she was always shadowing her eyes, all fell silent, Conan now stopped, his heart had sunk like to the bottom of the Earth, his glasses glinted, he can't, no, he couldn't go back to Ran anymore,

"Is that it?" he suddenly asked after the long silence, this caught Haibara's attention, "If it's that all you wanted to say, I'm going home," the two watched him leave in silence, then they heard him go away using his skateboard,

"Ai-kun, why?" Agasa asked,

"I can't…..no, just as I have said there is no antidote…" with that Haibara went down to the basement, then locked it, Agasa sighed,

'What's wrong with her…' he thought, but now he was worried about Shi- no Conan….

Conan went home to the agency, he put his skateboard to where it was last put, then took off his sneakers, then he changed back to his pajamas, then lay down on his futon for a bit, thinking back, about everything, he picture out Haibara's face when she said those words, those words where everything fell apart,

"There is no cure…" the words echoed in his mind, just then the darkness swallowed him, then suddenly he felt someone shaking him, and calling his name, that voice, a familiar sweet voice, he slowly fluttered his eyes,

'Ran…' he thought, he then again remember what Haibara said, he felt a twisting pain and guilt in his gut, "Ran-neechan?" he greeted sheepishly,

"Daijoubu?" Ran asked in a worried tone, then she touched his forehead, usually Conan would blush, but then with guilt building up inside him, he just couldn't, "you're hot, wait, I'll go get the thermometer to check for your temperature…" with that Ran was out of sight,

"There is no cure…." the words echoed again, he squinted his eyes shut, not wanting to accept it,

"There is no cure…"

"There is no cure…"

"There is no cure…"

"There is no cure…"

"There is no cure…"

The words echoed and echoed, over and over again, he wanted to wake up from this stupid nightmare, then he sat up, he touched his forehead, he did have a slight fever, he looked at his watch, it was already afternoon, he stood up then quickly took a bath then change to his usual clothes, he looked in the Agency, Ran was still looking for the thermometer, while Kogorou was nowhere in sight, he sighed then run outside, only one destination in mind,

'Kudo's Residence' he arrived there panting, he couldn't take his skateboard since Ran was in the Agency, he touched his now sweating forehead, his temperature was raising, he wiped some of the sweat out of his face, then pressed the doorbell on the Kudo's Residence,

"Hai?" Subaru-san's voice went through,(Sorry guys got a habit of calling him that),

"Ah? Subaru-san? It's me, can I come in?" Conan asked using his innocent tone,

"Uh, sure…" Subaru-san hesitated but let him in, opening the gate and door for him, Conan thank him, then Conan went straight to the library, leaving a confused Subaru-san, Conan took out his 'Shinichi Phone' then his bowtie then adjusted the voice changer to Shinchi's voice, then dialed Ran's number, after three rings,

"H-Hello?" Ran picked up, her voice had a tone of panic, clearly she noticed him, no, Conan gone, and is now looking for him,

"Y-Yo, Ran…." Conan/Shinchi greeted, a tone of shame was mixed in his voice,

"Shinichi, um, can you call later? Conan-kun is not here, he went off somewhere without tellingme, and yet he has a fever," Ran said in a hurry,

"Ah, he's at me house reading some book, saying it would or might more or less, lessen his temperature," Shinichi cut in, 'Oh, great, you're a detective aren't you?! Can't you think of a better excuse?! Idiot!' he cursed himself for such dumb excuse, and what was he thinking, he's fever has just gotten worse,

"But still he didn't tell me, but then I'm glad he's okay, anyway why did you call?" Ran asked, Shinichi swallowed,

"I-I'm, ano sa Ran…." He stuttered, he didn't even mind Subaru-san peeking or spying on him, why should he care? Shinichi is no more anyway, "Sono…eto…"

"What is it Shinichi?" Ran asked with a worried tone, Conan's glasses glinted,

"Looks like this case is harder than I expected…..sorry, but I*gulp* can't go back…." He felt a twisting pain, shame and guilt inside of him, as Ran at the same time felt her heart sink, Subaru-san, who had been eavesdropping his rectangular glasses glinted,

"W-What do you mean?" Ran asked, in a tone begging him to stop this big joke, even he himself wanted to stop it once and for all, but it was reality,

"I can't, sorry, but would you, just forget about me?" Conan, or more like Shinichi pleaded,

"Just what is wrong with you!" Ran yelled, Conan felt his ears ringing from the yell but didn't mind to stretch his arm to defend his ear instead he just listen, he deserved it, he deserved to be yelled at, "First you ask me to wait for you, and now you ask me to forget you? Why don't you just disappear from the face of the Earth you stupid mystery-geek!" Ran yelled in her most feminine tone, clearly she was now crying, then the line went dead, Conan could imagine her crying, he felt another twisting pain in him, just then his Conan phone vibrated, he looked at the screen it was Naoko,

"Hello?" he picked it up,

"Ah, Doyle? I heard, are you sure?" Naoko asked fully understanding the situation,

"Yeah"

"Anyway, you didn't come to school earlier, also Haibara didn't you okay?"

"Sort of, just a fever," now what was he saying? Of course he's not okay, but judging by Naoko's tone and voice she knew, she knows how he feels,

"And what did Mouri-san say?" she asked,

"Heh! She said; 'Why don't you just disappear from the face of the Earth you stupid mystery-geek!'" Conan said also copying Ran's tone, he made it sound like it didn't affect him, "If only Conan never existed…" he muttered, in Naoko's side her eyes went wide also thinking,

'If you weren't there….' She thought then shove it off, "What are you saying, if you didn't become like this you could never had met the Shounen Tantei Dan, Haibara, the RED, you couldn't help the victims during the kidnapping, you couldn't have met….me…" Naoko yelled, this was unheard of her, but still she is a girl,

"What do you understand, almost losing everything, I didn't ask for this!" Conan fought back,

"Then maybe you shouldn't have followed them, then you could have live in peace! It's you who don't understand! You only think of that Mouri-girl, not thinking of who could be in danger around you! You only think of her, If only you didn't become like that then you could have just leave them alone! I completely understand what it feels like to lose something, because I have experienced it! And what about you? You're still inexperienced of it! How could say that!" Naoko yelled, which was unusual for her, but then what she just said was a fact, he didn't understand what it actually feels like to lose someone, he also just always think about Ran, not even thinking of what danger it brings, Naoko has lost her mother, and now her sister is missing right after the incident, her father's whereabouts is still unknown,

"S-sorry, I just….." Conan tried to fix it but it was too late,

"You know what? You're such a big jerk! Even though I was trying to help you, you turn them down, you think you can survive this on your own don't you?! Then leave me alone! So I'll leave you alone!" then the line went dead, Conan sighed, he knew that she was just trying to comfort him, yet he crossed the line, he just did what she just said, he wanted to apologize right now then he started to dial her number but it kept being rejected, he sighed then stood up, but then his fever was just worsening any minute he fell to the floor with a loud thump, his head was throbbing, he could hear a faint voice from Subaru-san calling his name and running towards him, but his vision went blurry, then he lost conscious, all he last heard was,

"Hang in there, the ambulance are coming soon…" before the darkness consumed him.

(At Agasa's place, Basement where Haibara locked herself)

Haibara just told Naoko about the antidote, and Naoko herself should stop, at first Naoko denied, but Haibar reasoned with her so she finally agreed, and Haibara asked if she could comfort Ku-er Conan, knowing the outcome she agreed, she called Naoko a few minutes later but all she got was a yell and tantrum,

"Shut it! I tried to help him, but guess what? His just a big idiot who won't accept the truth!" Haibara recalled the words of what Naoko said, she sounded pretty much angry, after that line she already hang up, not giving Haibara a chance to speak, Naoko didn't sound like herself anymore, Rena did mention about Naoko thinking too mature but that would be because of what happened to her when she was still four she had some sickness that they had to stop her heart from beating which made her body stuck like that, and after 7 years she was revive after finding the cure, she was thought everything and after three years, her body was already seven while her age was 14, everything started to fall apart, Haibara now realized that Naoko has experienced more pain than both of them did, though Conan who didn't know just dropped the weight on her, her thoughts of other's painful past gathered up, then it was cut off by a familiar sound, a siren of ambulance coming, it was near, she got out of the basement then outside just in time to see Conan on a stretcher and being taken away to the hospital, just as she had said, the APTX4869 real purpose has begun, but it will only happen once, if he will stop taking the antidote, but then she was hiding something, not just her feelings towards Conan, but the truth, the truth about the…..

CURE.

|End of Chapter 1|

(A/N: I know, I know there is still some stories I need to follow up, and this one is pretty much short counting the number of words, it doesn't compare to the other 3k+ chapter words, but was it a good cliffhanger? I'm not even sure if this actually is a cliff hanger, but I just post this because it just won't leave me, and I only get a small chance to type my work, and this keeps getting in the way whenever I'm trying to make a new chap of the Client that Brings Misfortune, but here it is! and I can't help myself, don't kill me! Now how was that? Any suggestions? Though I pretty much planned things up ahead, and anyway, this is a cross-over of DC and MK, though the MK characters are going to appear later on, so I'm just going to put it on a normal one and not yet gonna mention them, but as I have said this one is an alternate story, some are, go to my profile to see the whole series list, though I haven't much updated it yet, anyway this is a co-operation between two authors, I would like to know what you guys think, so you know what they say! REVIEW AND REVIEW AND REVIEW! CHAO~! SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEXT CHAP!)

Next time: Chapter 2: Unknown Sickness

Next onepieceanime4869; Conan's HINT!:

Undetectable Poison!

(S.F.C)

Me: though it's pretty much obvious…..

Conan: she's gonna kill me this time…..

Me: not you just Kudo…..

(End of S.F.C)