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Hey I'm back with another one-shot!!! please don't mind the grammar mistakes. *peace*
IDENTITY
It was a saturday morning and chirping of birds can be heard. At a nearby cafe in Beika, two high-school girls were having their breakfast and at the same time having a nice time chatting until one of them stare off into the unknown , daydreaming.
"Ran-chan" her friend tried to get her friend's attention.
"Ran-chan" the girl with a neck-length ponytail called out again but still the person who goes by the name of Mouri Ran was still daydreaming.
"RAN-CHAN!" this time she couldn't take it anymore... she literally shouted at her daydreaming friend and her hand not too loud but enough for her friend to be brought back to earth.
That eventually got the Osakan girl some stares from other life forms in that cafe. Embarrassed by what she had done, she apologised for causing that little scene. Somehow her friend's daydream was cut off due to that.
"Huh? What is it Kazuha-chan." she blinked twice, still confuse as to what is happening.
"Geeezzzz Ran-chan what ya daydreamin' about? she added with an annoyed look on her face.
"Eh... I was just thinking about something." the other girl tried to hide the little blush that was somehow forming on her cheeks. After all she wasn't just thinking about something but actually about someone special to her.
"Ehehehe don't tell me ya thinkin' about ya boyfriend." her face drew closer to her friend with a 'I know it all' smirk on her face.
"Wha.., Whaat .. What are you talking about. I wasn't thinking about that dense idiot detective." her hand waving in front of her own face and her voice was a bit uneven, stammering and of course her face said otherwise.
Her friend noticed it so she decided to tease her a bit.
"Is that so? Then why ya blushin'?" she at her friend somehow mischievously with a liitle hint of tease in her voice.
"Ehhhhhh... is not what you're thinking... it's just the weather so I'm a bit hot." she herself knew it was a lie after all they were in a cafe with air conditioning in it. "Ah anyway what were you saying just now?" she quickly ask her friend to divert the topic.
"Ohhh well I was askin' have ya ever got suspicious of who Conan-kun is?" she sighed knowing that continuing to tease her friend won't get her anyway so she just answered her.
"I did before ... well who wouldn't after all he is extremely smart for his age. but why are suddenly asking me about this?" the daughter of the infamous Sleeping Kogorou was somehow a bit surprised as to why her friend would ask her something like that about her non blood related little brother.
"It was what Heiji said before we came here and it has been buggin' me a bit."
"Ehh? What did Hattori-kun said about Conan-kun?" her voice was filled with a little curiosity
"It was not exactly what he said ... it's ... " unable on how to explain it so she told her what happened.
Flashback
It was yesterday and two childhood friends were walking home from school.
"Kazuha... pack some clothes later, we will be goin' to Tokyo for the weekends." the dark-skinned boy suddenly said.
"For what Heiji? Is it another case?" the girl who is known as Toyama Kazuha asked her friend but deep inside she didn't mind what the reason was, after all she likes going here and there with him.
"Yeah it's somewhere in Gunma and before I want to ask Kudo to tag along."
"Kudo-kun? He's is Tokyo? You know where to find him? Heiji shouldn't ya tell Ran-chan about it? she was a little surprised by what her childhood friend said after all her friend Mouri Ran told her before that Kudo Shinichi was solving a case abroad.
"Kudo? Kazuha what ya talkin' about... I said Kunan ... you know the glasses-brat Conan-kun." somehow he realised his own tongue slipped and tried to cover it up.
He thought that he was save but it only got worse.
"Conan-kun? Why would you want to ask a kid to tag along with you to a case? If you need help with a case shouldn't ya be asking Uncle Kogorou, he is also a great detective right? her voice filled with curiosity and a confused looked on her face as to why Heiji would want to ask a kid to tag along instead of the father of her good friend who is also a detective.
Great detective? Heh not at all ... he is just a gambling old man. That what he said to himself in his thoughts ... he couldn't said it out as it will just cause his friend to be more suspicious so he just replied " Ah you see... Conan-kun told me before that he wants to be a detective when he grows up .. so I thought that this case will be good for him to train him to be a detective.. hehehehe." with a bit sheepishly and his hand scratching his not itchy head.
"Ahh is that so? Okay .. so when will we be going there." she knew that she didn't misheard what her love interest said after all she was sure about her hearing having participated before in a karuta competition which she somehow got to the finals even when it was her first time in a competition but decided to just brush it off.
"Later today." a hint of satisfaction in his voice that he was able to escape his friend's curiosity.
End of flashback
".. You sure you didn't misheard what Hattori-kun said?"
"Definitely no and I'm confident that Heiji said Kudo and not Konan." she replied with confidence in herself.
"Hmmm if Hattori-kun said he came here to ask Shinichi to help him in a case then it's weird after all Shinichi told me before he is somewhere far solving a difficult case." her right hand's thumb and index finger cup her chin with a thinking look on her face.
"That's not all Ran-chan ... haven't you realised Heiji always accidentally calls Conan-kun as Kudo?"
"Hmmm come to think of it... I did remember a few times that he calls Conan-kun, Kudo. Hmmm I wonder why?" added with a 'I'm really confused' look on her face
"That's it... and sometimes it looks to me that Heiji treat Conan-kun like he's an equal to him and not a student-master relationship when there's a case. the girl with Kansai accent added
"Wait a minute ... Kazuha-chan don't tell me you suspect that Conan-kun and Shinichi are the same person?
The girl sitting infront of her just nodded in response. Seeing this the Tokyo girl added .. "I thought so before but somehow it just doesn't make sense after all I saw before the both of them together at the same time."
"Ehh is that so? If that's it I'm just overthinkin' right.. hahahaha. Anyway it's impossible isn't it that people can shrink and grow back." replied her friend added with a little laugh at the end
Istead of getting any reply from her friend... she noticed that her friend was deep in her thoughts... her head slightly looking down. Soon before she called out to her friend, Ran looked at her breakfast companion before opening her mouth "I know that's most likely an impossible thing but thinking back to the day that I saw both Shinichi and Conan-kun together and somehow I felt something was not right."
"Huh? Not right... what do ya mean?" she's indeed curious
"It's just that whenever I see the two of them at the same place.. One of them will act a bit differently than how I know them"
"Differently ? I don't understand Ran-chan.. " she was still confuse
Can't blame her she wasn't there when Ran saw both Conan and Shinichi at the same time. To add on she doesn't even know Kudo Shinichi that much unlike her first Tokyo friend. Not only that she haven't even had a conversation before with him.
"You see there was once Shinichi was back for a school stage-play a few months ago and Conan-kun was around too but somehow Conan-kun was a bit quite unlike how he use to be." she tried remembering that time.
"Ya sure that it's not because he doesn't want to interrupt you and Kudo-kun?"
"That what I though at first... but somehow to think back he was quite even when tried to strike up a conversation with him." she replied .. still a bit bothered up
"Hmmm that's weird... Conan-kun that we know isn't like that. Is there anything else?"
"Anything else? Let me think . hmmmm ..." she went into her thinking mode ... then continued "Ah! I remember there was also once at place where Kaito Kid was supposed to appear to steal a jewel. I saw both Conan-kun and Shinichi there but that time Shinichi was the one acting differently."
"Like how?" she asked her friend
"Shinichi was a bit flirtatious at that time ... "
Before she was able to continue, her companion interrupted her with teasing smirk on her face.
"You sure he didn't act like that just because he misses you."
"What are you talking about about Kazuha-chan.. of course it isn't like that and Shinichi wouldn't act like that... " she paused then added on "Come to think of it, Conan-kun was extra protective of me that time ... and even not wanting me to be alone with Shinichi, like how a ... " she was eventually cut off by her friend
"... jealous boyfriend would act?"
"You're right... and don't you think it's weird as to why Conan-kun would act like that?" the other girl agreed before adding on. She tried to get an answer as to why Conan would behave like that
"Hmmm that's indeed weird... " she herself tried to think and somehow managed to get an idea... "Ran-chan when was the first time ya met Conan-kun?
"Ehh let me think ... ..." she paused for awhile before continuing "... it was during the same day Shinichi suddenly disappeared after leaving me at Tropical Land."
"WAIT WHATTTTT? He appeared during the same day Kudo-kun disappeared?... Oi Ran-chan where did you first met him?"
"What happened to you suddenly Kazuha-chan? You're acting like a detective with all this questions?" the girl pouted a little amuse in her friend sudden change of character.
"Just answer me."
"Alright... alright I will tell you ... It was at Shinichi's house." she sighed.
"... and ya straight away brought Conan-kun to stay with you?" one of yer eyebrows raised
"Nope ... in fact it was Hakase who told to do so."
"Hakase? What's the professor's relation with that kid?"
"He said that Conan-kun is his distant relative's son and he asked me to take care of Conan-kun due to him unable to do so."
"Ahh I see .. so Conan-kun is the professor's relative ... but speaking of unable to take care of a child... " .."isn't Hakase taking care of that little quiet girl..." she tried to think of that certain little girl's name.
"You mean Ai-chan?" the other girl replied which got a nod from her friend. "Well it's different... after all Ai-chan is really mature for her age.. so I don't think Agasa-hakase really needs to take care of her."
"... but Conan-kun is matured too right?"
"Indeed you're right... I wonder too why Hakase can't take care of Conan-kun ... and speaking of relatives... I remember once that Shinichi's mom said that Conan-kun is also her relative."
"Wait... so that means ... the professor, Kudo-kun and Conan-kun are relatives?" she asked the obvious
"Yes ... and somehow it shocked me a bit."
"What do ya mean by that Ran-chan?" her voice was eagerness to know why and a bit of a confuse look
"I have known both Shinichi and Hakase since childhood and they never mentioned anything before about being relatives."
"Heh... something seems fishy here... don't ya think so?" her question just a nod from the other girl
With their breakfast long forgotten... the two girls tried to think why ... until one of them broke the silence.
"Ran-chan..."
"Huh? What?"
"Does Conan-kun and Kudo-kun share any similarities? ... I mean in what they like and so on." the Osakan girl questioned friend
"Similarities... similarities... hmmm both of them like detective work, both have interest in mysteries, both are holmes fan, both are good at soccer, and both are actually tone deaf."
"Oi .. oi ... Ran-chan don't you think that's too much of a coincidence?"
"Indeed it is but Conan-kun told me that's because he looks up to Shinichi." she answered
"It can't be because of that. Even how much ya look up to someone, ya won't end up having having so many similarities and even identical twins don't have so many similarities." the girl with the neck-lenght ponytail tried to reason with her friend.
"You're not wrong but I can't find any solid proof that the both of them are indeed the same person." a liitle disappointment in her voice can be sketch
"Proof ... ahh of course without any proof... all those claims will just be baseless."
The two of them tried to think of something... that will be proof that Conan and Shinchi are the same person. A proof that he won't be able to deny. A few minutes past filled with silence among the two high school girls. Suddenly could say that luck was on their side when someone a few tables away from where they were sitting said something about fingerprints.
"I'm sure it's that person ... his fingerprint was found at that place." said a certain fat-man who is muching on his burger at the same time
Straight after that ... the two girls look at each other ... both with a 'I got it' look on their face.
"Fingerprints.. that's it. Ran-chan with that Kudo-kun won't be able to deny it anymore."
Ran just kept quiet not replying anything else other than a nod .. A face filled with determination to find out the truth. Shinichi you're so dead if you're actually Conan-kun. A liitle anger added.
"but what if it doesn't match?" she was still not too confident so asked the other possibility
"than it just meant that we were thinkin' too much. Don't ya agree?"
"Haha true .."
And the both of them started to laugh.
Somewhere else
Achooooo
Achooo
Achooo
"Oi Kudo... don't tell me you caught a cold? a young teen with a heavy Kansai accent asked his physically 7year old friend
"Ah maybe.., "
Achooo...,
END
A/N: the Conan , Kunan and Konan is not a typing error ... it's just for the flow of it
The incident where Ran said that Conan was quiet is from the desperate revival arc where that time the Conan is actually Haibara in disguise.
Kazuha participated in a karuta match and went to the finals in the Movie21: The Crimson Love Letter.
The Shinichi that was a bit flirtatious to Ran according to her is from Movie8: Magician In The Silver Sky .., where that time it was Kaito Kid disguising as Shinichi.
That's it another one-shot from me after such a long time. Did I make them go OOC? Where the two girls too smart compared to how they are in the manga? Whatever it is don't forget to review. Till then bye ...Have a nice day. *peace*
