Author's Notes: I decided to place "Start in my life" on hiatus, and started with a new story! It's much more than it looks like, and I hope you guys like it. D please read and review! Plus, as always, I'm open to suggestions. Send them in on reviews, or just e-mail me.

Chapter 1

She layed there on that hospital bed. Sweat dropped from her brows as she breathed in heavily. Her heart hurted, and her limbs felt numb. Not to mention the hot sensation from her fever. Nobody knew why she turned out this way, but it was without a doubt that Ran was seriously sick.

It all started when Ran and Conan were walking back home from school. It had been raining for a week now. The air was gray and cold. The pavements and streets were filled with water as it continued to fall from the sky. Conan and Ran prayed that it would get nicer soon, actually, that's what they were talking about until...

She blinked, placing her hand over her head. "..Huh?"

"What's wrong Ran-nee-chan?" Conan blinked, looking up with concern.

She breathed in a bit, and then glanced over to him. 'S-Shinichi..' She then fell towards the ground, her eyelids closing.

"Ran!"

She couldn't hear anything. Kogoro, Conan, Eri and Sonoko watched anxiously while the doctor began checking up on her. It took about a few good minutes before the doctor approached the group. He took out a tissue and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"So, how is she?!" Kogoro asked the doctor impatiently.

"Well, all I can say at the moment is that she has a very high fever, and if this little kid didn't call the ambulance in time, then she wouldn't have a chance right now." He sighed. "However..there is a problem. We, We don't know exactly what's wrong with her. I think she's going to have to stay here for a few days, possibly even a week.."

Kogoro clenched his fist, looking the other way with a most painful facial expression. Eri sighed, almost on the verge of tears. Sonoko as well. Conan glanced up at the doctor, and then towards the room where Ran was.

Ran....

Meanwhile..

Her eyes would open for a little while, as she clenched the covers of the bed with her hands. The pain was unbearable, and this fever, it was killing her. She continued breathing heavily. The hospital room didn't make her feel any better either. The air was cold due to the Air conditioner, and the curtains were closed. Everything seemed dark to her at the moment. It was like if she had already died and had been plunged into a pit of darkness. The only light that came to her room was from the door that stood adjacently ajar, coming from the hallway where she could hear the doctor explain her condition to her friends and family.

Then, she started thinking about the un-thinkable.

What if the doctor's never find out what's wrong with her? What if..What if she was going to die? A few tears began to stroll down her cheeks. If she was going to die..then that would mean, leaving Shinichi and everyone behind. It especially hurted her knowing that Shinichi wasn't around. If he was, she probably would've felt even better, but he wasn't.

Shinichi..where are you?

.....I wish, it could be like...

like old times.

Her eyelids would close once more. Everything was dark, just like the hospital room. But for some odd reason, all she could feel was..nothing. She couldn't feel anything, her body didn't even fell as numb as it used to. In fact, she felt like she was floating. Had she really died and gone to heaven? Or was this just a figment of her hallucinations? She wasn't imagining it. She could slowly hear her heart beat slower, and slower. Perhaps she was dying, and this was a way to reach her final destination. She was so sure about it until she heard someone call for her..

"Ran, hey Ran!"

She blinked. Did I just..

"Ran, hey Ran!!"

She wasn't hallucinating, she did hear someone talk to her. But..does that mean that..?

"Ran, stop sleeping, c'mon wake up!"

She glanced up. She rubbed her eyes a bit, before fully opening them. She was shocked to find out that she wasn't in that dark hospital room. Instead, she found herself sitting on a chair. Before she had time to realize it, she was in her classroom. The classroom was quite big, holding as much as 5 rows of desks. The windows were quite huge, the sun penetrating through them. The atmosphere of the classroom was that of happiness, the exact opposite of her hospital room. Perhaps she had landed herself in heaven?

She glanced at the person speaking to her. At first, she couldn't figure out who it was, because the sun was getting in the way. The figure seemed dark, until she rubbed her eyes some more. The image began to become clear.

A masculine figure...

blue eyes...

That smirk on his face...

Shinichi blinked, leaning towards Ran's face. "Oy, Ran are you alright?"

She gasped. "..Whaaat? Wait a second, Shinichi what are you-- what am I--?"

"Did you get enough sleep?" He glanced over at the clock. "I think you can sleep for a few more minutes before the teacher comes in.." He smiled, patting her head. "I'll watch out for you"

But, how could this be? Before she was laying in some hospital bed and now, she's in her classroom! She was most likely hallucinating. Either that..or she was dreaming all about her sickness. All about Conan-kun, and those people...

Was I..really dreaming?

She shook her head. "Eh, it's okay Shinichi..I'm wide-awake now.."

"Oh, okay that's good." He sat on his chair, and then loomed over towards the teacher. "Besides, he's here anyways.." He sighed, and then placed both elbows on his desk, getting ready for yet another boring day of school.

She smiled, as she too, sat down on her chair. She blushed a bit. She had to admit it, hallucination or not, at least she could be near Shinichi again. Even if he was just a figment of her imagination.

Just like..old times eh?

She glanced over towards the board, hearing the teacher speak. "Now students, please turn to page 261 in your math textbook.."

She then thought about it, and sweatdropped. Maybe I'm in hell..

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A/N: This isn't the end of the story. I'm actually going to see if I can stall it along. Like I said earlier, it's much more than it looks. So hopefully I'll try and update the next chapter sometime soon!