This is a pretty sad story compared to my others. I guess ' The Look on Her Face' spurred me on. Don't worry, The Teacher is still on its way and going. I just want to try this new story out. Please read and review.

CHAPTER 1

Shinichi woke up with a start.

Sweat was pouring down his face, unknown tears in his eyes. He wiped them away furiously; the sweat disappeared with difficulty, but his tears just seemed to flow on forever. He looked at the room around him, which he was already surprised enough that it had not been smeared with the blood of. . .

He shook himself.

No.

He was being stupid. Shiho would laugh at him if he told her, and SHE was the one who was always paranoid. It was already two years after the Black Organization had been fully captured; both Haibara and him already back in their normal bodies. But why was there this nagging feeling that something new was just about to start? He was sobbing before he knew it, and when he opened his eyes there was Ran, her face filled with concern.

" What's wrong, Shinichi?" his wife asked him. " What's wrong?"

He tried to wipe his eyes from all signs of crying, but it was impossible. It was like trying to stop a dam from flowing with just the force of a toothpick only. She had brought him into a hug, in which he hugged her back tightly. " I won't let anything happen to you, Ran." he whispered angrily. " Never."

Her eyes widened as she pulled away from him, tears almost in her eyes at the sight of his fear.

" What did you dream, Shinichi?" she asked. " What happened?"

He bit his lip, struggling to continue talking.

" I dreamt that you, me and Shiho were at the end of a cliff." he said. " Just the three of us. . .and it was at night, pitch dark. Suddenly you and her started to slip. . .and I was calling out your name." He paused after that, and Ran let him catch his breath long enough for him to continue. " When I managed to grab onto you, the two of us reached the other side of the ledge safely." He gulped for air. His mouth was screaming at him for water, but he just couldn't stop. The words spilled out of his mouth without his consent.

" When I turned to look at you," he whispered. " I found out that the one I had saved was Shiho."

Ran's eyes widened.

" It wasn't you."

Her mouth opened slightly, before smiling. " It was only a dream." she said, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder. " Pull yourself together."

But somehow he wasn't so sure.

Something was going to happen, and he didn't like it.

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Shinichi found himself at the door of Shiho's apartment the next day, in which she pooled all of her savings to buy. The professor at first agreed to buy it for her for her 25th birthday present, but she politely obliged. Taking in a deep breath, he knocked on the door, and a muffled grunt was his reply. " Come on," came her voice, and he stepped inside. Shiho was just a few steps away from the doorway, stuffing buttered toast into her mouth as she struggled into her lab coat, but a smile appeared on her face as soon as she saw him.

" Morning, Kudo." she said brightly.

" Yeah." he said gloomily, sitting himself down on the nearest chair he could find.

She raised her eyebrows. " Wow, something bad happened today." she said. " Care to share?"

" That's what I'm here for." he said.

" Okay. . ." she said slowly, clearly noting that this was something serious, and pushed the labcoat onto the ground and sat down next to him.

He licked his lips. " I keep having this dream." he started, but she didn't say anything. " Bit by bit it pieces up together to form into something real and long, and just today it was finished."

Her eyes bore concern. " Can you tell me what it is?"

He thought he would die if he had to say it twice.

So he just cut it short.

" Ran's going to die." he blurted out, eyes stinging with tears. You don't know how embarrasing it was to cry in front of two girls, one who always showed overly concern when he did, and another who mocked him whenever so.

But this time she didn't.

" Come on, Shinichi." she said soothingly. " But real with me. You were the one who always told me never to beleive in deja vu. Hell, whenever I mentioned it you would try to make sure that the direct opposite happened."

He glared at her, and she flinched.

" I don't want you to die either." he said.

Her expression softened. " Why?" she asked. " What exactly DID you dream of?"

He looked away.

They just stayed there in that strange position for a full five minutes when she stood up, a grim smile on her face. " Follow me." she said.

He looked at her, for the first time in the elapsed silence. " Where?" he asked, but she was already making her way to her kitchen.

Filled with curiosity, he followed her.

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Ran picked up her phone, answering it cheerfully. " Moshi moshi, Kudo household."

" Ah! Ran-kun!" came the voice of the professor, and her smile broadened.

" Morning, professor!" she said.

" I have four tickets to the East Side trip of the newest found mountain in Japan, do you want to come?"

Ran's eyes widened, filled with shock and fear.

" I dreamt that you, me and Shiho were at the end of a cliff."

" A mountain?" she asked. " As in. . .with a cliff?"

She could almost feel his eyebrows raising over the phone.

" Just the three of us. . .at it was at night, pitch dark."

" Yeah." she heard him say, after a pause. " But if you don't want to come. . ."

" Suddenly you and her started to slip. . .and I was calling out your name."

Ran's mouth was dry, as she shook her head into the phone, which was an extremely stupid thing to do, but she wasn't thinking about it much at the moment.

" When I managed to grab onto you, the two of us reached the other side of the ledge safely."

" No." she said firmly. " We'll be going."

" When I turned to look at you,"

" Lovely," the professor said. " Me and Ai-kun, I don't care if she's called Shiho now, would meet you two at my house."

" I found out that the one I had saved was Shiho."

" Great." Ran said, and put down the phone. She was confident of her luck. Shr would prove that she would not die, and that his dream was just some twisted joke that God was playing on him.

She took in a deep breath, and got ready.

" It wasn't you."

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" Coffee?" he asked, puzzled.

Shiho smiled at him, pushing the cup towards him lightly. " My sister used to always make it for me whenever I was in a bad mood. . .come to think of it, it was everyday. . .but no matter. Just drink up, you'll feel better."

He smiled at her, then stopped. " Why are you so nice to me?"

She looked hurt by his words.

" Am I always mean to you?" she asked, and a blush appeared on his face.

" No!" he spluttered. " I just. . ."

Then he noticed her laughing.

" Haibara. . ." he groaned.

" It's Shiho now." she corrected him, still giggling slightly. " I can't beleive that you're still so horribly bad at communicating with women. Now drink up, come on."

He grinned sheepishly at her, and was just about to when his phone rang.

The two of them raised their eyebrows at each other until he picked it up. " Hello?" he said.

It was amusing for Shiho as she watched his expression turn more and more shocked by teh second.

" WHHHHHAAAAATTTTTTT?" he yelled, and Shiho winced.

" Oh, stop making such a big deal out of it, Shinichi." Ran said, holding the phone in her hands a metre away from her ear to prevent herself from eternal brain damage. " The professor's going too, so it'll be the four of us, and not three. See? Your dream was just hicky."

" What's hicky?" Shinichi asked, eyebrows raised.

" At any cost, I want us to go." she said. " Come on, what could happen?"

Shinichi bit his lip. Indeed his dream sounded stupid, and now he knew how Haibara, sorry, Shiho, felt whenever she had bad dreams. " Oh, I don't know Ran." he said. " I couldn't stand the thought. . ."

" I won't stand on the edge of cliffs." she insisted. " Shiho and I wouldn't stand at the same places. In all ways, we'll try to fight your dream, how about that?"

He sweatdropped. " You certainly thought deep into this speech." he said wearily.

" Yep, I have it all on my palm here." she said proudly.

He smiled softly.

" But Ran, if you die. . ."

" I won't." she said firmly. " If we don't go today, what do you want me to do? Just stay away from cliffs for the rest of my life?"

" That sounds good." he said.

He could hear he whine into the receiver.

" Shin. . .chan." she said.

Damn, she always won him over with that.

" Fine." he snapped, and he could almost feel her smile through the phone. Years of marrige would do that to you.

" Great." she said. " We'll meet at the professor's, okay?"

" Fine." he said again, and put down the phone.

He turned at Shiho, who was just sitting there, turning the spoon in her tea, smirking at him.

" What?" he asked wearily.

" You and Ran are really cute together." she said, and he blushed.

" Shin. . .chan. . ." she imitated perfectly.

" Oh, shut up." he said, flushing. " Let's go."

She just sat there, emotionless.

" Haiba---------"

" It's Shiho." she cut in. " And I know. I heard the whole conversation. Ran is an unnaturally strong individual."

" I know," he said feverishly. " I mean, one night we were in bed right? She had this nightmare, so she just kicked me in the shin right? And boy did it. . ."

" Not THAT strong." she snapped. " I mean emotionally."

He stopped, and smiled. " Yeah she is."

Shiho smiled as she sat up. " Let's go." she said.

He grinned.

" Yeah."

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All in all, Kudo Shinichi tried to enjoy himself.

Actually, he didn't need to try at all. The air was refreshing, the food that the professor was delicious, and the scenery was majestic. In fact, he was almost forgetting about his dream until Ran reminded him, a huge grin on her face. " See, what did I tell you?" she said. " Your dream didn't come true after all."

But even if Shinichi wasn't, Shiho was still on the alert.

" But be careful, Ran-san." she said. " Just keep the lookout."

Ran smiled at her and nodded. " I understand." she said. " But still, the two of you are being so paranoid. . .I'm almost frightened."

Shiho bit her lip and said nothing as she helped the professor pack up the thing and get ready to leave. She didn't know what she would do if she lost her sister twice in a row. She knew that it was stupid of her to compare Ran with Akemi, but she just couldn't help it. The way Ran had smiled at her when she and Conan told her the truth was exactly the same as when. . .

She shut her eyes.

No.

Quit remembering up useless things from the past.

Shinichi looked at her. " What's wrong?" he asked.

She shook her head. " Nothing." she muttered. " Nothing."

The professor walked up to the rest of them looking extremely worried. The three raised their eyebrows at him. " What's wrong?" Ran asked, beating the other two to the question. " Is something wrong?"

" No, nothing serious." the professor said hastily. " It just so happens that the driver of the car we booked has just gotten into an accident."

Shinichi's eyes widened.

" Is he alright?" he asked.

" Yes, nothing serious. Just a few broken bones. . ." the professor said, pausing for a moment. " But we won't have a car or driver. . .so we either stay the night or take the spare helicopter they agreed to let us ride."

Shinichi snapped back alert. " No." he said forcefully. " We shall stay the night."

" Oh, for Pete's sake." Ran said impatiently. " You're acting like a baby."

" A baby who's on full alert." he finished, but only then found out how stupid that sounded.

" I have a three competitions tomorrow." Ran said, biting her lip.

" I have a deadline." the professor said.

Shinichi looked at Shiho, almost desperately.

" I. . .might have some labwork to do." she said, sounding slightly apologetic.

He would have thrown her off the cliff, if it was not for Ran speaking up.

" Come on, Shinichi." she said. " Everything's going to be fine."

He bit his lip.

" Don't you trust me?" she asked.

There was a full minutes pause, before he sighed.

" Yes." he said. " Yes I do."

Shiho grinned.

" She owned you on that one," she said, hands on her hips.

" Yeah." he said feverishly. " I wonder how she does it."

They stayed there for another fifteen minutes until a helicopter appeared at the side of the ledge. Shinichi took in several gulps of air as he walked to the side, looking around. It was exactly like what he had dreamed. The area was exactly the same. " Shiho!" he called out, stopping her before she walked to the same spot where he and Ran were. " Stay there."

Shiho didn't say anything, but obeyed.

" We're trying to trick death, aren't we?" she asked.

" Yes we are." he said curtly, turning around, ready to ask the professor to let Ran go first when he noticed him already making his way down the ledge.

He felt a cold chill go down his spine at the sight.

Everything was coming true.

They were the only three on the end of the cliff.

" Professor!" he called out, hoping to ask him to get back up, and let Ran go first. But apparently he had taken the professor off surprise, and he gasped, slipping off the ledge.

" Hakase!" Shiho gasped, rushing to his aid.

The ground was too soft.

Shinichi watched the two of them fall in his mind over and over again.

" RAN!" he yelled, ready to leap off, when something inside him stopped him.

SHIHO MIYANO

RAN MOURI

SHIHO MIYANO

RAN MOURI

SHIHO MIYANO

RAN MOURI

The names replayed again and again before him, pounding into his head.

RAN MOURI

SHIHO MIYANO

RAN MOURI

SHIHO MIYANO

SHIHO MIYANO

SHIHO MIYANO

SHIHO MIYANO

SHIHO MIYANO

He snapped.

He knew who he had saved.

He knew who he had gotten on hold with.

And it was not Ran.

The professor was safely on one side of the helicopter. . .

He was yelling out something. . .

Shinichi looked down, and it was Shiho in his arms.

Time stopped then as he wrenched away from her, ignoring her gasp in pain as her body cut against the rocks below her.

His heart was thumping against his chest, air seeming not enough for him to breathe.

" RANNNNN!" he yelled.

He watched her fall, her eyes never leaving his. There was a grim smile on her face. . .and there was something else. Was that jealousy? Hate? Anger?

Betrayal?

" I love you," he could see her mouth out. " Shinichi."

" I LOVE YOU, RAN!" he yelled, tears stinging in his eyes.

She disappeared behind the rocks, and as he felt his body slowly turn to Shiho, Ran's words fell back into his mind.

" Don't you trust me?" she had asked.

Yes he did.

But he didn't trust himself.

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Shiho was tearful.

She had lost her sister.

Twice.

But her pain was nothing compared to Shinichi, and she bit her lip as a murderous Shinichi was staring right at her.

" Kudo. . ." she whispered, trying to give him a hug but he pushed her back. There was nothing but hate in his eyes, and by the look on his face, it seemed like he would give nothing but to strangle the woman before him.

" I HATE YOU!" he yelled, tears in his eyes. It was not her fault. He knew that.

But there had to be someone he could blame besides himself.

" Ku. . ."

" I HATE YOU!" he yelled again, his hands on her shoulders, gripping at her arms ferociously, ignoring the tears of pain and hurt in her eyes, ignoring her wince at his grasp. " WHY DID I SAVE YOU? WHY DIDN'T I SAVE HER? WHY DIDN'T I LET YOU DIE?"

He pushed her down, and she fell once more, not even bothering to pick herself up.

She had broken down, sobbing like never before.

" Ran!" he yelled, crying her heart out, hitting his fists against the rocks before him, ignoring the pain and the blood that was soon to come.

The professor bit his lip to hide the tears, not even noticing the driver looking at him uncertainly.

" WHY?" Shinichi yelled again.

And by the looks on the others' faces, anyone could tell that they didn't know either.

END OF CHAPTER 1

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