A/n: My first Detective Conan fanfic! -Proud. - Its AU, just a bit. I got an idea and just had to do it, with some encouraging. –Points to Crimson.- I know there is a fic out there with this sort of thing, but I always wanted to do something like this before so.. –Stick out tongue. - If you have a problem, do not read it. However, if you like it, Review!

Dedication: Crimson and Nipper. You know who you are!

Disclaimer: I do not. As much as I wish I did, own Detective Conan, but I do own this fic.

A Tale of Fangs and Fur

Chapter one: The Monster.

By Kat-chan!

It was a normal weekend. Just like any other, really the only difference was he was camping with Kogoro and Ran instead of his minuscule friends, Haibara, and the professor. The leafy, green treetops loamed above, the day light long sense faded into night. The forest taken over by shadows enough to scare most children, not Conan, though; He wasn't a normal child after all.

The flame licked at the wood placed into the small, rock lined pit. At least the fire kept the gloom and cold away. Kogoro, the so called great detective, reached, albeit blindly, down to the wood pile aiming to chuck another piece of lumber to the hungry flames, He found nothing. The firewood pile was all used up. "Hey brat, go get some more wood!" The man hissed to the small not-really-six-year-old.

"Ack, Dad! Conan-kun is a child; he'll get scared if he wonders off into the dark!" Ran scolded, a look strong enough to bring terror to the old man showing strong in her eyes.

"Its okay, Ran-neechan, I'm not scared." The boy assured her, smiling up at her.

"But Conan-kun!" In reality, Ran knew how brave Conan was; it was her that was scared. Sonoko filled her head with more horror stories then she could handle the day before the camping trip. Really, why did I ever let her talk me into sleeping over, with her knowing about this trip, the night before we left?

"I'll be right back!" The words pulled her out of her thoughts. She could only watch with dread as he grabbed a flashlight and disappeared into the darkness. A chill ran down her spin, though not because of the cold, no she was rather warm near the fire. This chill and the fear… She knew something was about to happen, something really bad.

"Be careful!" She nearly screamed out, but already he was too far to hear her.

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"Damn that old man, making me get the firewood," Conan grumbled to himself, swatting at the seventeenth mosquito that had bitten him. His arms were covered with those itchy, little bites. He wanted to scratch them, but that only would make the itching worse. He cursed Kogoro under his breath, stumping through the forest.

Did it have to be so cold too? Maybe he should have worn a sweater before trudging into the woods. It didn't matter now; he was already too far into the forest to turn back.

SNAP!

What was that sound? A twig snapping… No, the sounds were different; it was more like a branch snapping. There was no crash, though. If a branch had broken off a tree, it should have crashed against the ground or hit some other branches on the tree it fell from. There was no crash.

That meant one thing; something must have broken a branch or something that was already on the ground… Unless it was other camper, which he was sure it wasn't, it had to be something big. A bear, maybe? That was odd; he didn't expect there would be bears here. This was a forest; however, bears like these sorts of places. It was highly possible.

Just to be on the safe side, Conan shone his flashlight around, slowly turning around in a circle. Two mini, red moons glared at him as his flashlight shone into some beast's eyes. It snarled.

This is not a bear!

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

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"That was Conan-kun!" Ran shrieked as the scream torn through the forest. Without a second though, Ran ripped from her seat and ran off into the forests' depths. Her feet pounded into the leaf-littered ground, until a splash of something warm hit her legs. That was when she looks down and saw a flashlight. His flashlight.

Her body grew numb when she realized that the warm substance that had splashed onto her leg was blood. "No…" She whispered. It was like a sick horror movie…

"CONAN-KUN! WHERE ARE YOU?!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. Her heart was pounding in her chest, her lung a blaze with exhaustion.

"R-… Ra… Ran-N- N- Neechan…"

"CONAN!!" The voice was barely a whisper, but Ran heard it. She snatched up the flashlight lying on the ground and shone it toward where she heard the voice. Clenched between the jaws of some... Some… Some monster was her precious Conan-kun. He was covered in blood and his eyes were glazed over with pain. His tiny arm reaching towards her...

A fierce rage built up inside her, her eyes blazing with pure hatred for this beast. She was still afraid, but saving the life of her dear little Conan-kun seemed more important then being afraid! "LET GO OF HIM!!" Her voice came out between her teeth, clenched in anger.

The beast dropped the child, finding this new comer to be more of a meal. In one quick movement it lunged at her, but Ran was faster. The heel of her foot slammed into the creatures skulled, impaling its head into the ground. It didn't seem to like a meal that fought back, slipping from under her foot and running off whimpering.

Anger gone, Ran raced over to Conan's side, dropping the flashlight, and scooping up the child. She held his limp form close to her. "Conan-kun, just hold on… We'll get you to a hospital, just hold on." She whispered, tears streaming down her cheeks.

She had spoken these words over and over again as she ran, as carefully as she could, back to their camp… Not once did Ran noticed that tonight, a beautiful, full moon floated high in the glittering sky.