AN: I shall slowly update this and my other fanfics but I have so many going at a time that I am not sure how long it will take to finish all of these. Seeing as I have at least 4 going at a time and others in my head that I want to write also.

"No, how could this happen?! Why did you leave me? Why'd it have to be you? How am I supposed to go on knowing you aren't going to be here anymore?" Conan shouted while pounding his fists on his bed.

Flashback

He was just solving another case. The wife of a big shot zaibatsu had been killed and he had found out the killer.

She had been in a locked room and there were three suspects: the husband, the business partner, and the cousin.

Conan set up for putting Kogoro to sleep to have him reveal the truth. As he was revealing the truth the murderer, the cousin, got desperate. He rushed to the nearest person and pulled a gun. That person happened to be Ran.

No one could get to her in time. All they could do was watch in horror as the cousin pulled the trigger.

The police caught him right after but no one could believe what had happened.

Soon everyone heard a loud thump and saw Conan on the floor behind Kogoro's chair. Kogoro still sat in the chair forgotten. When he woke up he saw Conan passed out and tried to wake him. After trying for about ten minutes and in different means (water, shaking, yelling, etc) he gave up.

He then went to look for Ran while carrying Conan and ignoring the blood stain in the room. That same blood stain that Conan kept seeing in his mind and that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

He asked many people about where Ran was but he never got an answer. At least not until he ran into Megure. His world turned upside down at that moment.

Megure took them to the hospital seeing as Conan hadn't woken up for almost a day. When the doctor checked on him he discovered that he was in a coma. Apparently the shock of Ran's death pushed him so his consciousness closed up and put him in a coma. Nothing but time could help him now.

The kids stopped by every day but Conan never woke up.

He was in a coma for two and a half years. Everyone had given up on him recovering but Ai and Agasa. They took him to Agasa's house to have him revocer there.

When he woke up he didn't remember anything at first but after a few weeks he did and he couldn't believe any of it. He faught everyone away and had to be sedated a few times.

In the end he accepted his fate but he still was mad that it had happened. He had been right there. Why hadn't he done anything? Why'd he let it happen?

End Flashback

No one knew what he had been dreaming about while in a coma but they all knew it had something to do with Ran.

Everyone decided that Conan could live with Agasa and Ai from now on. Even his parents agreed on that.

Now Conan was getting reintroduced to the real world after being away from it for so long.

He was to go take a test to see what grade he could go into as soon as he was stable enough to handle it. Normally this would not be allowed but as he had been ahead of the class before the tragedy everyone agreed that it should be allowed for him. Conan knew he would never be stable enough under their definition so he pretended to be alright around others. There were only a few who could tell that he was faking it. Those select few were Kaitou Kid (whenever he felt like checking up on his favorite rival after he heard he had gotten out of a coma), Hattori Heiji, his parents (whenever they rarely came over since they didn't want to see their son in torment), and Ai.

Conan took the test and passed with high enough of a score to go to middle school. He was put into class 1B. This class happened to be the same as the one the rest of the Shounen Tantei-dan were in. They were so happy to see him. They had thought that he had died from depression when he hadn't recovered for over two years. At least they would have their old friend back.

Ayumi had grown up into a taller and more confident version of herself from back when she was in elementary school. She had moved on from Conan after she saw how he reacted to Ran's death. There was no way she could win against Ran, even in death, for his love. Now her affections were turned on Genta.

Genta had gotten thinner and his hair started to grow more. He had started to take more advanced classes through tutoring from Ai. When he ate he didn't stuff his mouth so full anymore. It seemed like Ayumi and him made a great couple.

Mitsuhiko had changed a lot also. He now was even taller than Conan was at his highschool age. Mitsuhiko didn't spout out his knowledge unlesshe was asked to answer a question. No one could beat him in academics except for Conan and even then it was always a fight for who did the best. Ai and Mitsuhiko were now going out after she accepted his feelings a few months after Conan went into a coma.

Ai had probably changed the most. She had dropped the Ice Queen act and was now more sociable. Those who wanted to be tutored could be. The teachers weren't afraid of her anymore and they could actually have intelligent conversations with her without being afraid of what she would do to them. Her hair had grown out past her shoulders. She seemed happier and more lively than she had ever felt in her life.

Conan noticed all of these changes within his first day back at school. He was astounded that ll of this had happened while he had been in the world of dreams.

When it was break time he dragged Ai ouf ot class and asked her what had happened while he had been away that caused all of these changes.

"Well where should I start? Hmm… well about a year after you went in a coma the rest of the gang decided that they should change so they could fill the hole you had left in their lives. I couldn't do it at first but then we got a strange guest a week later.

This guest gave us information on the Blakc Organization. They told us where they were hiding, what they were truly after, and how to take them down. He wouldn't explain much else except he did say that we should meet him at your old house if we wanted to know more.

When we got there we saw that there was another guest staying at your house. As we got closer we noticed that it was Vermouth.

It was very surprising but we went with it. She had been trying to help us for awhile but once she heard about you she came the first chanve she got. We were greatful for her help.

A week after the meeting we made an attack on the Black Organization. It was surprisingly easy. That might have eben because their boss had already been killed. He was the one staying in your house originally but when we went to meet with Kid and Vermouth, Vermouth took care of him.

The battle was over within a few hours. We called the police soon after. They were shocked when they got there.

We didn't recover any APTX4869 though so we are stuck as children. I think this would be better for you though because of what… happened. At least we don't have to worry about the organization coming after us. You could go off to college or highschool if you wanted to be a kid genious. Not like you aren't one now.

I am not trying to tell you to get over what happened. Don't get me wrong. What I am trying to say is that you really should learn from this experience and grow. Even I am not fully over my sisters death and that was nearly five years ago.

Please at least make an attempt at getting on with your life?" Ai finished.

Conan stood there frozen in shock. Nothing seemed right in the world anymore. Ran was gone, the Black organization was taken down withough his help, there was no cure for APTX4869, and now Ai was trying to tell him to live a happier life. Wasn't he the one trying to say the same type of things to her in the past? She, out of everyon, should know that those type of words don't work.

The bell rang before Ai could try and get an answer from his so they both went to the classroom. Conan only thinking of how empty his life seems. The two things he loved most had failed him. Ran was dead and she had died because of detective work. How could he go back to detective work after that failure?

Unbeknownst to him Ai was plotting ways to get him back on his feet. These plots of hers, if Conan had known about them, would have scared him into acting on his own. Not that Ai would ever have believed it but at least no plots would have been enacted. All of Ai's plans so far had, had something to do with making some pill or using some other form of science so why shouldn't these be any different?