Disclaimer: As everyone here, I do not own any of these characters, because if I didn't this wouldn't be a fanfic.

Hello everyone, welcome to my first attempt of writing a multiple chapter story, the idea is from one of my oneshots (I will not tell you which one because I don't want to spoil the plot). I planned already three chapters (still in my mind but the story is there) at the least. You're welcome to read it and review it, thanks anyway for taking the time to read this.

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Mistake

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Everything felt special, although maybe the cold and obscure night wasn't a reflection of how he felt, but inside him the ideas were as clear as water.

-Shinichi?...

-Ran, there's something I need to tell you… the truth is…that you, well…

OK, this was it, Shinichi thought to himself, he didn't care of the numerous warnings and what ifs that Haibara kept repeating to the stubborn detective, this was the right thing to do for him and for her, Ran was waiting at the other side of the line and he finally had gathered the guts to be open with the girl about his feelings. The issue couldn't be dragged for ever since she wasn't stupid at all, he knew that the excuse of the never ending case had its days counted, it was time to choose between keep hiding everything, at the risk that Ran might get tired of waiting, or letting her know just enough to make her agree to wait for him a reasonable period of time, inside the teenage detective the answer was clear. As for the timing, the night was as perfect as any other, well not perfect considering he was in the street outside the agency and the undeniable fact that the most important declaration of his life was going to be said through a stupid red bow tie, but hey, life isn't perfect and maintaining the lies was something he couldn't bear any longer. Anticipation could be heard at the other end. A deep breath and then...

-…Ran, I lov -- his heart stopped and so did everything else, a hand rubbed the shocked eyes just to be sure, is it possible…? Disbelieve making an appearance due to the unlikely scene he had just seen, then pure joy overwhelming his body. Thoughts running as fast as the speed of light, everything that may have occupied his mind a second ago was quickly put aside as if the crucial statement of open love had never crossed his mind – Gomen Ran, gotta go, seems new evidence has arrived. Call you later.

-Wait, Shini -- But the line went dead, Conan closed the cell phone immediately, talking about timing, jeez! A second ago was ready to declare and now all that filled his mind was a black clad figure walking beside the dark street. Damn it! It took only a blink of the eye for the dark coat to blend into the night and hide among the mass of people that walked freely trough the sidewalk. At this point the implications of the possible encounter swamping his brain, evolving into different scenarios, it was too much to process in only an instant... after such a long time finally seeing a man dressed in black, and not just any black, he could tell that this wasn't an ordinary man... but in this night and in such an usual place, no, it was way too strange, he needed to follow him if he wanted to have the smallest chance of advance in the solution to his little problem. So he did.

Now he was running like a cat chases a mouse (though for a reason he felt like the mouse in the situation), how he hated this body, it was useless when it came to pursue possible deadly men and have a chance of actually locate them considering all he could see was from the waist down, he smiled to himself, thanks Haibara, got you're point now, not a chance in the world of opening up to Ran in this state… it's ridiculous, the great Kudo Shinichi running among legs, how pathetic. How insufferable that scientist girl could be when she was right, especially after imaging that obnoxious smile of hers when she did, it made him feel like a real eight year old boy.

Avoid bumping against every pair of legs was almost impossible, and thinking about it, how long this guy's legs were? clearly the former gifted soccer player was out of training, Not so fast please…Then, a flash of black fabric turning into an alley. Maybe he wasn't that fast.

-Ouch! – the shrunken teen had crushed into an enormous mass of fat, apparently this man torso kept him from looking down to a potentially hysteric kid in the middle of a life threatening chase. Conan cursed to himself, to have lost such precious moments because he wasn't able to make himself notice among the full grown people...but at this time complaining was out of the picture, didn't matter now, all there was to do was getting up immediately and regain his race, but now certain of one thing, before the fall he saw the spot were the man was walking and was sure that the dark figure had turned into a small street in the next corner, but considering the height difference and the wasted seconds, could he still be able to catch him? Using all the power that his now short legs permitted and reciting all the prays he knew finally made it to the exact same place where the black fabric had been spotted. The narrow alley was completely deserted.

His heart pounding against his chest, uneven breathing trying to calm itself gasping for air, every cell of his body screaming for a rest, but the time wasn't for it, not yet, you can't give up now meitantei…think! A man can't vanish into the night.

Blue eyes searched each side of the narrow place, the alley shouldn't be wider than 7 feet he calculated, clearly was the space between two buildings and no one took the slightest effort to clean it, he could swear it had been used as a public bathroom. As his gaze inspected the scene he slowly started to go deep into the deserted site, sharpening his sight and hearing in the look for any hint of movement, the sound of the street had been muttered by the distance only to be replaced by the sound of Conan's steps and breathing. The dim light showed that the floor was covered with garbage, concrete dust and old syringes; clearly this wasn't a safe place for a small kid..but I'm not a real kid he thought. A sudden noise broke the silence. Got you.

As calm as the situation allowed, considering that maybe still existed a little chance of finding the man who could lead him to the solution of all his problems, the eight year old boy covered the distance between him and the source of the noise, anticipation overtaking him as an unsoothing feeling kept growing inside him, when had they gotten so careless? Something was wrong, to cause such a loud noise wasn't something they permitted during their missions, they knew better, the members of the BO were the criminal's elite, not that he was complaining, it made his job easier. He turned another corner.

Suddenly, for the second time in the night his chest went cold. A pair of scared and unfocused dark eyes met his. A gunshot pierced the air.

All that crossed Conan's mind as he fell was the image of Ran waiting at the other side of the line for the declaration that never saw the light.

Rain started to fall.

A.N: So this is it, the first chapter, I hope to have done a decent job but I'm open to any suggestion as how to improve my way of writing or grammar corrections (spanish is my first language) , as for the plot itself I already have it set, but you never know if a new idea might help. Sorry for any error, it's late and my head is thinking in resting on a pillow.

Thanks again for taking the time, hoping to update within a week.

So, please review, is the only way I have to know how my work is and of course to actually give me the energy to keep making more chapters.

I edited the chapter after a few hours of deserved sleep, already correct some of the mistakes and add a few amount of words to make it easily to read and improved some descriptions...