Waiting For You: Chapter One
Hi peeps! It's Kaito Girl! My first DC fic. yeah! Well. sorry if it stinks, ok? Because I don't have all info on all characters. So KEEP UP!
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"Yo, Hayate! Phone for you. It's a girl. Should I cut the phone?"
Shinichi- no, Hayate- sighed. Ever since that close call he had with the Black Organization, he had escaped to America and had been living there for 7 goddamned years.
Haibara had sent him the cure about two years later after he fled to America. So now, he was back in his normal body.
But that didn't really matter.
Sure, he was popular and every girls man of her dreams. There was even a Hayate Kano- his fake name- fan club. They constantly followed him around, trying to get a date with him.
But truth to be told, he never went out with anyone.
Nope, there was only one girl who he ever really wanted to go out with- and that girl was out of reach. Infact, she was getting married soon.
When Shinichi had first heard from Agasa Hakase that Ran Mouri was getting married to some guy, he nearly fainted from shock of a broken heart. But then again, he also had caused Ran so much grief. At least she was happy.
"What's her name?" Shinichi called over his shoulder.
He heard his roommate, Max, mumble something and then, "Some chick named Ai! I haven't heard of her before, but she sounds cute."
Shinichi nearly fell off his chair.
"WHAT? OH, SHIT, YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING!"
He thundered down the stairs.
Max looked really surprised. "Even you swear?"
Shinichi ignored him and grabbed the phone out his hand. Max looked really shocked. This was -not- typical Hayate behavior.
"Haibara! YOU DID IT?"
He could hear Ai's smirk. "Yup. Blown the whole lot. At least, I think so. It's okay for you to come back. There's probably no danger."
Shinichi jumped a mile high. "THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!! YOU ARE A LIFE SAVIOR AI! I COULD KISS YOU!"
Max nearly fell over.
"Better not. In fact, I don't want you to. Anyway, I've booked tomorrows plane, at 13:35, gate 16, JAL. Faster the better." Ai said.
"Thank you! I'll never ever forget your kindness!" Shinichi cried.
"You're sounding like the crane. Well, bye."
Shinichi was now humming and skipping.
"Dude, what happened? Did you finally get a steady girlfriend?" Max asked curiously.
Shinichi shot him a dirty look. "No, I'm going to go back to Japan right now! You better go find a new roommate, I'm leaving tomorrow."
"WHAT? You can't just go! What'll I do without you?" Max cried.
He patted Max's shoulders. "Thanks Bro, for being a good friend and roommate. I'll send you some Japanese stuff and write letters to you when I go back. Thanks!"
With that, Shinichi bolted upstairs to pack his bag.
Max scratched his head. "What was that all about?"
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Shinichi was happily humming away as he packed his trunk with his stuff. He could finally see his parents, Agasa Hakase, Heiji, and-
Ran... she probably hate my guts now. The way I just dumped her... She's been crying for ages.
*Flash back*
Conan sadly picked up the phone. He had to do it. It was for Ran's safety. She'll die. You have to go away.
Conan gulped and slid the card into the slot and typed in Ran's phone number.
"Hello, Mouri-"
"Ran, it's me."
There was a brief silence. Then,
"Shinichi? Where are you? When will you be back?"
It broke his heart to even think about saying this. He took a deep breath. Ok, Kudo, get a grip. You want Ran to live long, right? Then tell her! Don't just sigh.
"It's- It's about that. I'm sorry Ran, but I'm never coming back. I'm in love with someone else. So please, just forget me. I'm sorry."
He heard a sob. He thought his heart would shatter... Wait, it was already shattered.
"Sh-Shinichi?"
"Good bye, Ran. And be happy."
He sadly set the phone back. There. He had done it. But it sure didn't feel very good.
*End of flashback*
He skulked. Maybe going back to Japan wasn't worth it... But he could see Hakase and Kuroba! Kuroba Kaito, THE Kaito Kid, had become good friends with Kudo Shinichi. Kuroba understood him and he understood him equally. They'd become the greatest friends. He had found out about the Conan accident, and they had also been communicating with airmail during the 7 years.
He shook his head. Better pack for tomorrow. Get a grip, Kudo!
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He gulped as he got off the train. He dragged his trunk towards the path to Agasa Hakase's house.
Memories, both bitter and sweet came back to him. But it was torture how memories of RAN kept coming at him.
He stopped in front of the Mouri Detective Agency and looked up. He'd been living there for such a long time...
Then his eyes wandered towards the phone booth. How many times had he called Ran with a voice disguised as Conan? He had always been watching Ran talking on the phone to him while he talked into the phone. Painful memories came swooping down on him.
Oh, how it hurt.
He was staring at the clear window, where Ran was happily babbling away on the phone, when she turned her head.
Their eyes met.
Ran's eyes became very wide.
Shinichi quickly looked away, kept his head down and ran towards Agasa Hakase's.
He didn't stop running until he got there.
Breathless, he rang the doorbell.
Almost immediately, Hakase came bursting out and embraced him in a tight hug.
"Shinichi! You've grown so much! How are you doing?"
Shinichi choked. "I'm fine! You're choking me!"
"Oh." he said and let go.
Suddenly, a girl about 13 walked out.
"Hello, Kudo-kun. How was America?" It was Ai.
"Jeez, you didn't take the pill?"
Ai shook her head. "No use. They would have arrested me at the spot if they found out I was Shiho Miyano. I'm marked as dead, but if I take the pill, I go bye-bye."
Shinichi nodded. "Oh. How is it around here, anyway?"
Hakase grinned. "The Detective Boys are getting quite grown up. Kogorou hasn't solved a single case since you left. He's been pretty forgotten, expect sometimes when some people still believe if that they feed him sleeping pills he'd be able to figure out any mystery."
Shinichi smirked and yawned. "I still have jet lag. I'll go unpack at my house and sleep."
He waved at them and left for his house.
But he didn't notice the two dark separate shadows following him.
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"Hello?" Kaito Kuroba answered the phone yawning.
"Is it you, Kuroba-kun?"
A girls voice... It sounded familiar but couldn't pinpoint it.
"Um, who is this?" he asked uncertainly.
"It's me, Ran Mouri! Remember we met at the cafe?"
"Oh! I remember. Daughter of sleeping Kogorou, ne?"
"Yes. Now do you remember?"
"So... what is it?"
"Is Shinichi back? I mean, I thought I saw him but he might have been anyone or my eyes could have been playing tricks on me..."
WHOOSH
"YOW!"
"Huh? Kuroba-kun? Are you okay? And what was that whooshing sound-"
WHOOSH
"GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW, YOU MOP WITCH!"
"Huh?"
Ran heard someone talking in the background.
"KAITO! Where- is- my- cake- I- baked- yesterday?"
She heard a gulping noise.
"Later, Mouri san! HELP!"
CLUNK
Ran frowned at the phone. "He hung up on me!"
She shook her head. Shinichi couldn't be here... He told me he would never come back. But why would she care anyway? He was probably doing well and happy with a nice wife and maybe a baby...
She felt tears rising up. She had Masahiro... Didn't she?
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RING RING
Kaito sighed and rubbed his sore foot he got from Aoko and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" he growled.
"Yo Kaito! Bad day with the little mop girl?"
"Kudo!" he exclaimed as he hopped and avoided the mop swung at him.
"Yup. You didn't already forget my voice, have you?"
"Nah. But are you really back here?"
"Yeah. How'd you know? Anyway, I wanted to ask you if we could meet at the usual cafe at 10 on Friday. Back to the old days, huh? And bring your magic stuff. I'm a bit rusty."
Kaito grinned. "Sure thing, Kudo. Mop girl is out for my blood now, so gotta go. Bye!"
"Bye!"
Kaito returned the phone. Kudo was back! The usual cafe was the place where they first met. They always met there on Fridays at 10, where he would teach Kudo magic and chat about some stuff. He remembered when Kudo brought Mouri san and he brought Aoko with them. Mouri san seemed to like Aoko a lot!
He smiled as he narrowly avoided the mop. Back to the old days!
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Friday---
Shinichi looked at his watch and ran through the mall. He was late! So much for picking Kuroba a little gift...
WHAM
He hit a woman and the woman dropped a load of shopping bags.
"Sorry, ma'am!" he said and hastily picked it up.
"Here ya go." he said, smiling and shoved the bag to the woman's hand.
That's when he caught a glimpse of the woman he just bumped into.
"R-Ran?"
"Shinichi?"
Silence.
Then, "Ran, do you know him?" asked a polite voice.
Shinichi turned around to see a brown haired man who was holding -Ran's- hand.
He gulped. His nightmare just begun... And he wasn't even asleep!
"Er... hi. It was nice seeing you, bye!" he said and ran as fast as he could towards the cafe.
Shinichi was breathless as he reached the cafe.
Panting, he waved to Kaito who was enjoying a cup of coffee and plopped down on the other chair.
"You look like you just ran away from a herd of trampling rhinos." Kaito commented.
"Close. It was a herd of a rampaging Ran," he said dryly.
Kaito grinned. "Met her? What'd she say? Did you kiss and make up?"
Shinichi glared. "She has a fiancée, for goodness sake. PLUS, she was with HIM. She looked... happy." he finished sadly.
Kaito fidgeted. He wasn't good with sad people. Anger, he could comply. Sadness? Er...no. "Hey, maybe she'll wake up and come to you confessing her undying love to you?" he joked.
Shinichi shot him a dirty look. "Be practical for once."
"Ahh... Well, let's start with the cards first."
They both began shuffling decks of cards and doing (trying in Shinichi's case) magic tricks with them.
"NO, Kudo, I told you, it's 16 times, not 18..."
While they were occupied with their magic tricks, Ran and her fiancée entered the cafe as well.
They didn't notice. Until they decided to move to a seat right next to theirs. They both didn't notice...
Until Kaito did an exclusive magic show. There was a small BANG and some smoke came out.
Shinichi yelped and fell back with his chair, bumping into Ran's back.
Ran stood up and stared in shock at Shinichi's disheveled appearance lying on the floor with an oh-this-sucks-man look on his face.
Shinichi's eyes widened.
"Er... hi?"
"Kudo sorry 'bout the surprise... Ran san?"
A trade of confusing glances...
Shinichi gulped. "Uh... May I be excused?"
Kaito quickly grabbed his arm and hissed, "STAY!"
He tugged a little harder. "Lemme go!"
"No!"
"LET- ME- GO!"
"No. You have to help me fix the table." Kaito said as a matter-of-factly.
That was when Shinichi noticed the burnt table and the waiters staring at the table with a horrified expression.
"Sheesh, Kuroba, you burnt out half the table... You're paying for the table, it's YOUR fault."
Kaito pouted. "Help me pay!"
Shinichi shook his head. "No way in hell!"
The manager came scurrying over and, with his hands on his hips, he growled, "Go sit over there or GET OUT! And you WILL pay for the table."
They both moved nervously towards the other table, plopped onto the seats and said, "Yes sir."
Ran just stared.
"Anything wrong?" Masahiro asked.
"N-Nothing!" Ran said and began chatting brightly.
The cafe was such a calm, cheerful place... And they were all doing happily away except for the tension in the air caused by ahem... you know whom.
But that cheerful atmosphere was broken by a gunshot.
There was a silence before Shinichi screamed, "Everyone, DUCK!"
Everyone was happy to comply.
A man dressed like Gin came out holding a gun.
He seemed to be looking for something. There was another bang as the bullet hit the unlucky target, which happened to be a mother protecting her 3-year- old child.
The child began wailing loudly, as her mama didn't move and a mysterious red liquid were pouring out of her.
Shinichi stared.
"NO!" he screamed as the man in black pointed his gun at the child.
Ran's fiancé Masahiro was close to the child. He could just jump and protect the child with less then a minor injury on him.
"OI, MASAHIRO! PROTECT THAT GIRL!" Shinichi screamed.
But he didn't move. Instead, he just gave a small cry and crawled underneath the table.
"ARGH! GET OUT AND PROTECT HER, YOU COWARD!"
Shinichi made a dash towards the girl but there was another bang and the little girl lay there lifeless in a pool of blood.
Ran made a scream and ducked.
Shinichi yelled at the intruder, "What do you want? Is it money?"
The man turned around and an evil grin appeared on his face. "Shinichi Kudo... The person I was just looking for. But don't worry, you won't die yet. You won't die until I kill the girl..."
He froze.
"NO! It's me you want, isn't it? Don't touch Ran!" he screamed.
He snickered. "You destroyed us... Now I shall destroy YOU."
"LEAVE RAN ALONE! KILL ME INSTEAD! RUN RAN!" he screamed hoarsely.
Ran trembled. He... He wanted to kill HER? She quickly made a run for the door.
But she froze as she sensed the gun pointing... at her.
Too late, she thought. She was going to die. She got ready for the pain.
Just as the man was about to pull the trigger, Shinichi placed himself in front of Ran, protecting her.
Her eyes widened. "No... NO! SHINICHI!" she screamed.
There was a bang and the bullet hit his chest.
He staggered and clutched at his wound. Blood was pouring freely out. He fell promptly to the floor.
The man smiled. "Missed, but it him someone anyway. I'll finish the girl off now."
He smirked and pointed the gun at Ran.
She closed her eyes, wishing this would all end.
There was a bang. But it didn't come.
She forced open her eyes and she faced the shock of her life. The man was holding his arm, where blood was pouring out.
The gun lay beside him.
She turned her head towards the entrance.
A blonde 13-year-old girl was standing there, pointing a gun at the man.
"A-Ai?" she whispered.
Where did she get a gun?
"H-Haibara? Why...?" Shinichi croaked.
She turned towards Shinichi. "I was late... I guess we forgot about Whiskey, the leader. But this should clear them all out. Or so I think."
Shinichi smiled. "Thank you, H-Haibara." he muttered and blacked out.
Ran shook his shoulders and cried, "SHINICHI! Wake up! Don't die!"
Ai headed their way and took his wrist.
"He just fainted. But we better get him to the hospital soon or-"
BANG. The door burst open and the police came swarming in.
Inspector Megure looked shocked. "Quick! Take Shinichi-kun to the hospital right now!"
Ai looked around. "Who called the police?"
"Me!" a voice came. It was Kaito. But when he spotted Shinichi his face became somber.
"I'm sorry the police didn't get here sooner... I tried."
"It's okay." Ai answered softly and watched as they took Shinichi away to the hospital.
Ran was holding Shinichi's hand tightly, and tears were pouring down her cheek.
"We better go check it out."
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Hi peeps! It's Kaito Girl! My first DC fic. yeah! Well. sorry if it stinks, ok? Because I don't have all info on all characters. So KEEP UP!
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"Yo, Hayate! Phone for you. It's a girl. Should I cut the phone?"
Shinichi- no, Hayate- sighed. Ever since that close call he had with the Black Organization, he had escaped to America and had been living there for 7 goddamned years.
Haibara had sent him the cure about two years later after he fled to America. So now, he was back in his normal body.
But that didn't really matter.
Sure, he was popular and every girls man of her dreams. There was even a Hayate Kano- his fake name- fan club. They constantly followed him around, trying to get a date with him.
But truth to be told, he never went out with anyone.
Nope, there was only one girl who he ever really wanted to go out with- and that girl was out of reach. Infact, she was getting married soon.
When Shinichi had first heard from Agasa Hakase that Ran Mouri was getting married to some guy, he nearly fainted from shock of a broken heart. But then again, he also had caused Ran so much grief. At least she was happy.
"What's her name?" Shinichi called over his shoulder.
He heard his roommate, Max, mumble something and then, "Some chick named Ai! I haven't heard of her before, but she sounds cute."
Shinichi nearly fell off his chair.
"WHAT? OH, SHIT, YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING!"
He thundered down the stairs.
Max looked really surprised. "Even you swear?"
Shinichi ignored him and grabbed the phone out his hand. Max looked really shocked. This was -not- typical Hayate behavior.
"Haibara! YOU DID IT?"
He could hear Ai's smirk. "Yup. Blown the whole lot. At least, I think so. It's okay for you to come back. There's probably no danger."
Shinichi jumped a mile high. "THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!! YOU ARE A LIFE SAVIOR AI! I COULD KISS YOU!"
Max nearly fell over.
"Better not. In fact, I don't want you to. Anyway, I've booked tomorrows plane, at 13:35, gate 16, JAL. Faster the better." Ai said.
"Thank you! I'll never ever forget your kindness!" Shinichi cried.
"You're sounding like the crane. Well, bye."
Shinichi was now humming and skipping.
"Dude, what happened? Did you finally get a steady girlfriend?" Max asked curiously.
Shinichi shot him a dirty look. "No, I'm going to go back to Japan right now! You better go find a new roommate, I'm leaving tomorrow."
"WHAT? You can't just go! What'll I do without you?" Max cried.
He patted Max's shoulders. "Thanks Bro, for being a good friend and roommate. I'll send you some Japanese stuff and write letters to you when I go back. Thanks!"
With that, Shinichi bolted upstairs to pack his bag.
Max scratched his head. "What was that all about?"
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Shinichi was happily humming away as he packed his trunk with his stuff. He could finally see his parents, Agasa Hakase, Heiji, and-
Ran... she probably hate my guts now. The way I just dumped her... She's been crying for ages.
*Flash back*
Conan sadly picked up the phone. He had to do it. It was for Ran's safety. She'll die. You have to go away.
Conan gulped and slid the card into the slot and typed in Ran's phone number.
"Hello, Mouri-"
"Ran, it's me."
There was a brief silence. Then,
"Shinichi? Where are you? When will you be back?"
It broke his heart to even think about saying this. He took a deep breath. Ok, Kudo, get a grip. You want Ran to live long, right? Then tell her! Don't just sigh.
"It's- It's about that. I'm sorry Ran, but I'm never coming back. I'm in love with someone else. So please, just forget me. I'm sorry."
He heard a sob. He thought his heart would shatter... Wait, it was already shattered.
"Sh-Shinichi?"
"Good bye, Ran. And be happy."
He sadly set the phone back. There. He had done it. But it sure didn't feel very good.
*End of flashback*
He skulked. Maybe going back to Japan wasn't worth it... But he could see Hakase and Kuroba! Kuroba Kaito, THE Kaito Kid, had become good friends with Kudo Shinichi. Kuroba understood him and he understood him equally. They'd become the greatest friends. He had found out about the Conan accident, and they had also been communicating with airmail during the 7 years.
He shook his head. Better pack for tomorrow. Get a grip, Kudo!
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He gulped as he got off the train. He dragged his trunk towards the path to Agasa Hakase's house.
Memories, both bitter and sweet came back to him. But it was torture how memories of RAN kept coming at him.
He stopped in front of the Mouri Detective Agency and looked up. He'd been living there for such a long time...
Then his eyes wandered towards the phone booth. How many times had he called Ran with a voice disguised as Conan? He had always been watching Ran talking on the phone to him while he talked into the phone. Painful memories came swooping down on him.
Oh, how it hurt.
He was staring at the clear window, where Ran was happily babbling away on the phone, when she turned her head.
Their eyes met.
Ran's eyes became very wide.
Shinichi quickly looked away, kept his head down and ran towards Agasa Hakase's.
He didn't stop running until he got there.
Breathless, he rang the doorbell.
Almost immediately, Hakase came bursting out and embraced him in a tight hug.
"Shinichi! You've grown so much! How are you doing?"
Shinichi choked. "I'm fine! You're choking me!"
"Oh." he said and let go.
Suddenly, a girl about 13 walked out.
"Hello, Kudo-kun. How was America?" It was Ai.
"Jeez, you didn't take the pill?"
Ai shook her head. "No use. They would have arrested me at the spot if they found out I was Shiho Miyano. I'm marked as dead, but if I take the pill, I go bye-bye."
Shinichi nodded. "Oh. How is it around here, anyway?"
Hakase grinned. "The Detective Boys are getting quite grown up. Kogorou hasn't solved a single case since you left. He's been pretty forgotten, expect sometimes when some people still believe if that they feed him sleeping pills he'd be able to figure out any mystery."
Shinichi smirked and yawned. "I still have jet lag. I'll go unpack at my house and sleep."
He waved at them and left for his house.
But he didn't notice the two dark separate shadows following him.
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"Hello?" Kaito Kuroba answered the phone yawning.
"Is it you, Kuroba-kun?"
A girls voice... It sounded familiar but couldn't pinpoint it.
"Um, who is this?" he asked uncertainly.
"It's me, Ran Mouri! Remember we met at the cafe?"
"Oh! I remember. Daughter of sleeping Kogorou, ne?"
"Yes. Now do you remember?"
"So... what is it?"
"Is Shinichi back? I mean, I thought I saw him but he might have been anyone or my eyes could have been playing tricks on me..."
WHOOSH
"YOW!"
"Huh? Kuroba-kun? Are you okay? And what was that whooshing sound-"
WHOOSH
"GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW, YOU MOP WITCH!"
"Huh?"
Ran heard someone talking in the background.
"KAITO! Where- is- my- cake- I- baked- yesterday?"
She heard a gulping noise.
"Later, Mouri san! HELP!"
CLUNK
Ran frowned at the phone. "He hung up on me!"
She shook her head. Shinichi couldn't be here... He told me he would never come back. But why would she care anyway? He was probably doing well and happy with a nice wife and maybe a baby...
She felt tears rising up. She had Masahiro... Didn't she?
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RING RING
Kaito sighed and rubbed his sore foot he got from Aoko and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" he growled.
"Yo Kaito! Bad day with the little mop girl?"
"Kudo!" he exclaimed as he hopped and avoided the mop swung at him.
"Yup. You didn't already forget my voice, have you?"
"Nah. But are you really back here?"
"Yeah. How'd you know? Anyway, I wanted to ask you if we could meet at the usual cafe at 10 on Friday. Back to the old days, huh? And bring your magic stuff. I'm a bit rusty."
Kaito grinned. "Sure thing, Kudo. Mop girl is out for my blood now, so gotta go. Bye!"
"Bye!"
Kaito returned the phone. Kudo was back! The usual cafe was the place where they first met. They always met there on Fridays at 10, where he would teach Kudo magic and chat about some stuff. He remembered when Kudo brought Mouri san and he brought Aoko with them. Mouri san seemed to like Aoko a lot!
He smiled as he narrowly avoided the mop. Back to the old days!
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Friday---
Shinichi looked at his watch and ran through the mall. He was late! So much for picking Kuroba a little gift...
WHAM
He hit a woman and the woman dropped a load of shopping bags.
"Sorry, ma'am!" he said and hastily picked it up.
"Here ya go." he said, smiling and shoved the bag to the woman's hand.
That's when he caught a glimpse of the woman he just bumped into.
"R-Ran?"
"Shinichi?"
Silence.
Then, "Ran, do you know him?" asked a polite voice.
Shinichi turned around to see a brown haired man who was holding -Ran's- hand.
He gulped. His nightmare just begun... And he wasn't even asleep!
"Er... hi. It was nice seeing you, bye!" he said and ran as fast as he could towards the cafe.
Shinichi was breathless as he reached the cafe.
Panting, he waved to Kaito who was enjoying a cup of coffee and plopped down on the other chair.
"You look like you just ran away from a herd of trampling rhinos." Kaito commented.
"Close. It was a herd of a rampaging Ran," he said dryly.
Kaito grinned. "Met her? What'd she say? Did you kiss and make up?"
Shinichi glared. "She has a fiancée, for goodness sake. PLUS, she was with HIM. She looked... happy." he finished sadly.
Kaito fidgeted. He wasn't good with sad people. Anger, he could comply. Sadness? Er...no. "Hey, maybe she'll wake up and come to you confessing her undying love to you?" he joked.
Shinichi shot him a dirty look. "Be practical for once."
"Ahh... Well, let's start with the cards first."
They both began shuffling decks of cards and doing (trying in Shinichi's case) magic tricks with them.
"NO, Kudo, I told you, it's 16 times, not 18..."
While they were occupied with their magic tricks, Ran and her fiancée entered the cafe as well.
They didn't notice. Until they decided to move to a seat right next to theirs. They both didn't notice...
Until Kaito did an exclusive magic show. There was a small BANG and some smoke came out.
Shinichi yelped and fell back with his chair, bumping into Ran's back.
Ran stood up and stared in shock at Shinichi's disheveled appearance lying on the floor with an oh-this-sucks-man look on his face.
Shinichi's eyes widened.
"Er... hi?"
"Kudo sorry 'bout the surprise... Ran san?"
A trade of confusing glances...
Shinichi gulped. "Uh... May I be excused?"
Kaito quickly grabbed his arm and hissed, "STAY!"
He tugged a little harder. "Lemme go!"
"No!"
"LET- ME- GO!"
"No. You have to help me fix the table." Kaito said as a matter-of-factly.
That was when Shinichi noticed the burnt table and the waiters staring at the table with a horrified expression.
"Sheesh, Kuroba, you burnt out half the table... You're paying for the table, it's YOUR fault."
Kaito pouted. "Help me pay!"
Shinichi shook his head. "No way in hell!"
The manager came scurrying over and, with his hands on his hips, he growled, "Go sit over there or GET OUT! And you WILL pay for the table."
They both moved nervously towards the other table, plopped onto the seats and said, "Yes sir."
Ran just stared.
"Anything wrong?" Masahiro asked.
"N-Nothing!" Ran said and began chatting brightly.
The cafe was such a calm, cheerful place... And they were all doing happily away except for the tension in the air caused by ahem... you know whom.
But that cheerful atmosphere was broken by a gunshot.
There was a silence before Shinichi screamed, "Everyone, DUCK!"
Everyone was happy to comply.
A man dressed like Gin came out holding a gun.
He seemed to be looking for something. There was another bang as the bullet hit the unlucky target, which happened to be a mother protecting her 3-year- old child.
The child began wailing loudly, as her mama didn't move and a mysterious red liquid were pouring out of her.
Shinichi stared.
"NO!" he screamed as the man in black pointed his gun at the child.
Ran's fiancé Masahiro was close to the child. He could just jump and protect the child with less then a minor injury on him.
"OI, MASAHIRO! PROTECT THAT GIRL!" Shinichi screamed.
But he didn't move. Instead, he just gave a small cry and crawled underneath the table.
"ARGH! GET OUT AND PROTECT HER, YOU COWARD!"
Shinichi made a dash towards the girl but there was another bang and the little girl lay there lifeless in a pool of blood.
Ran made a scream and ducked.
Shinichi yelled at the intruder, "What do you want? Is it money?"
The man turned around and an evil grin appeared on his face. "Shinichi Kudo... The person I was just looking for. But don't worry, you won't die yet. You won't die until I kill the girl..."
He froze.
"NO! It's me you want, isn't it? Don't touch Ran!" he screamed.
He snickered. "You destroyed us... Now I shall destroy YOU."
"LEAVE RAN ALONE! KILL ME INSTEAD! RUN RAN!" he screamed hoarsely.
Ran trembled. He... He wanted to kill HER? She quickly made a run for the door.
But she froze as she sensed the gun pointing... at her.
Too late, she thought. She was going to die. She got ready for the pain.
Just as the man was about to pull the trigger, Shinichi placed himself in front of Ran, protecting her.
Her eyes widened. "No... NO! SHINICHI!" she screamed.
There was a bang and the bullet hit his chest.
He staggered and clutched at his wound. Blood was pouring freely out. He fell promptly to the floor.
The man smiled. "Missed, but it him someone anyway. I'll finish the girl off now."
He smirked and pointed the gun at Ran.
She closed her eyes, wishing this would all end.
There was a bang. But it didn't come.
She forced open her eyes and she faced the shock of her life. The man was holding his arm, where blood was pouring out.
The gun lay beside him.
She turned her head towards the entrance.
A blonde 13-year-old girl was standing there, pointing a gun at the man.
"A-Ai?" she whispered.
Where did she get a gun?
"H-Haibara? Why...?" Shinichi croaked.
She turned towards Shinichi. "I was late... I guess we forgot about Whiskey, the leader. But this should clear them all out. Or so I think."
Shinichi smiled. "Thank you, H-Haibara." he muttered and blacked out.
Ran shook his shoulders and cried, "SHINICHI! Wake up! Don't die!"
Ai headed their way and took his wrist.
"He just fainted. But we better get him to the hospital soon or-"
BANG. The door burst open and the police came swarming in.
Inspector Megure looked shocked. "Quick! Take Shinichi-kun to the hospital right now!"
Ai looked around. "Who called the police?"
"Me!" a voice came. It was Kaito. But when he spotted Shinichi his face became somber.
"I'm sorry the police didn't get here sooner... I tried."
"It's okay." Ai answered softly and watched as they took Shinichi away to the hospital.
Ran was holding Shinichi's hand tightly, and tears were pouring down her cheek.
"We better go check it out."
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