Detective Conan AU Curacao

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

"Hey look her eyes are moving!" A boys voice filtered through Curacao's mind as she slowly regained consciousness.

"Is she waking up?" A young girls voice, Ayumi-chan's voice she dimly realized, asked as something moved nearby. Strange she wasn't in as much pain as she thought she would be.

You'd think dying and being sent to hell for her countless sins would hurt a lot more.

"Do you think she can hear us?" Huh now that she thought about it, why was she hearing the kids voices? That was unmistakably Genta-kun's voice and he sounded close by.

Had she failed in saving the children? If she had then why were they here in hell with her? Surely they would be sent to heaven and finally be given the wings that she was sure they had hidden! There was no other way that those kids could be so pure and good as to help her when she had amnesia other than the fact that they had been angels in disguise.

"She's probably still in a lot of pain. They're starting to take her off of the medication now that she's out of the danger zone and stable. It's not a good idea to lean on the bed and risk jostling her wounds." That childish but mature voice…that was Sherry-chan wasn't it? Curacao wondered how she had reversed her age, how had she been turned into a child? She probably should have asked her that back at the Ferris Wheel when she had the chance, but it hadn't been on her list of concerns right then.

"She's probably disoriented as well or believes that she's dead and in the afterlife. She was badly injured when she passed out after all." That was Conan-kun's voice! But hadn't she saved him and held him in her own two arms before she died? How would he have died then? Unless…

Of course. She wasn't dead…that explained why she heard the childrens voices. They must have saved her again. Those kids really were angels, it seems like even Sherry-chan had helped save her. Heh. They were both traitors to the Black Organization after all. So at least it made sense for the shrunken scientist to help save her, but the others…

She was relieved that the children were alright and weren't really in hell. While she didn't care what happened to her, she didn't want anything to happen to them.

"Ah! She is awake! She's smiling!" Ayumi-chan's words had her noticing that her lips had moved upwards without her meaning to… but she didn't bother turning them back down. The kids liked seeing her smile after all.

"If you want to sleep some more nee-san, you can. You're doing a lot better now but you're still pretty hurt. We don't mind if you want to rest." Conan-kun's surprisingly calm and mature voice said and he sounded closer.

"Yeah if you're tired then just sleep! I do it all the time!" Genta-kun said and his voice was a bit louder than she would like, but she didn't mind. Even though it made her head pound a bit, she was happy to hear their voices.

"Yeah but you shouldn't do it in class so much Genta-kun." Mitsuhiko-kun said to the bigger boy, causing the two to bicker a bit.

"Knock it off before you get us kicked out. This is a hospital, you should keep your voices down." Sherry-chan scolded both boys who quickly quieted down. So she was in a hospital?

She was so relieved to hear that all of the kids were safe and close by, slowly peeling her eyes open to check and make sure they were okay for herself.

"Her eyes opened!" Ayumi was the first one that Curacao saw and even though there was a small bruise on her jaw that was fading, the girl looked perfectly fine.

"Ayumi-chan." Curacao said softly, her voice a bit scratchy but she didn't care as she slowly maneuvered her body to look for the other kids.

"Easy you shouldn't move too much." Mitsuhiko was by the left side of her hospital bed looking worriedly up at her.

"Mitsuhiko-kun." Curacao murmured as she noticed the small cast on his arm, wondering what happened and hoping it wasn't her fault. If someone had hurt the boy though… well while her primary talents were in infiltration and memorization, she was very good at assassination as well.

"Your stomach and chest are still kinda fresh! You don't want to bust a stitch!" Genta was next to Mitsuhiko as he looked at her worried as well but grinning.

"Genta-kun." Curacao sighed out, relieved that the large boy didn't have more than a few bruises on him.

"It took them a while to stitch you up properly. You don't want them to do it again." Sherry approached her right side, having lowered the blinds a bit to limit the light coming in from the sun. Judging by the position of the suns rays it must be about five in the afternoon if she had to guess.

"Sherry-chan." Curacao noticed a bruise on the girls temple but it wasn't a bad one, in fact it was mostly gone.

"Her name is Ai, nee-san. Here you must be thirsty." Conan was walking over to the right side of her bed as well from the sink, a glass of water in his left hand for her. His right arm was in a shoulder sling.

"Conan-kun. Thank you." Curacao nearly sagged in relief since all of the children were accounted for and the worst wounds seemed to be Mitsuhiko-kuns wrist and Conan-kun shoulder and it didn't look like either were breaks by the positioning. Fractures or sprains most likely.

"Thanks to you we're all okay, and so are most of the bystanders that had been at the park. The worst wound out of our group is Mitsuhiko's sprained wrist from when the Ferris Wheel was falling and my fractured shoulder blade and a few broken and cracked ribs from some falls and the explosion. You were a lot worse off." Conan noted making her eyes dart over the two boys again before she smiled.

"You had a bad concussion, several broken and cracked ribs, some internal bleeding, not to mention the damage to your liver from that piece of metal that had been lodged in you, and a badly sprained ankle from landing wrong when you rescued Conan. I believe you sustained more damage than anyone else at the park, well aside from the few deaths that is." Sherry, apparently Ai, explained causing Curacao to smile as she patted the bed, making Ayumi climb up first.

"Come here children." Curacao said opening her arms and beckoning all the children towards her, making Ai and Conan exchange looks but shrug and join in once the other three were in the hold. Although unlike the smaller four, Genta couldn't get on the bed but instead stood close and leaned over where Curacao pulled him into the hug.

"Thank you." Curacao said softly as she hugged all four children to her chest, being more mindful of their wounds than her own.

"Why thank us? You were the one that saved us and lots of other people?" Genta asked confused as Curacao smiled down at them all softly, resting her chin on top of their heads.

"Before I lost my memories… I wasn't a good person. I didn't think there was any innocence or anything good left in this world but then... then I lost my memories in that wreck and I was found by five brave and sweet kids. Kids who showed me that there was still good worth protecting in this world. You five… you five gave me a reason to change from being a bad person." Curacao said and she had some tears in her eyes as she hugged them a little tighter.

"You five gave me a good reason to live for at least a little longer. You five are a reason for my heart to beat now, not to be a bad person but to try and be… good like you five. Thank you… for giving me a reason to live!" Curacao said and her tears fell for a moment before Conan reached up and wiped them away.

"The reasons to kill people are plenty, but you don't need a reason to save someone." Conan said repeating the words he had said to another person a long time ago.

"It doesn't matter what you were like before. The old you died, she died in that Ferris Wheel or… maybe a little before then. Let the dead rest. You're a new person now so… be that person." Ai added in, speaking from experience on letting Shiho 'die' even if she was still trying to find a way to get her original body back.

"Yeah! It doesn't matter if nee-san used to be bad cause she's not bad anymore!" Mitsuhiko said grinning.

"Yeah a bad person wouldn't have a key ring like ours! Or save our lives!" Genta said grinning brightly as well up at Curacao.

"Sometimes people that everyone calls bad, have just gotten a bad hand in life. Conan-kun told me that once! You just had a bad hand but now it's better now! Nee-san doesn't have to be bad anymore cause now she has the Detective Boys on her side!" Ayumi said determinedly and causing the other two actual kids to cheer at that.

"Although since the old you is dead, that means you need a new name right? For the new you." Ai mentioned that making Curacao look at her surprised as she released the kids but they all stayed right where they were, none of them thinking anything of staying right there in her embrace. She certainly wasn't complaining. The kids, her kids, were safe and protected when she had them close by.

"That's right! We need to help Nee-san come up with a new name!" Genta said causing everyone to think hard at that for a moment aside from Conan.

"Kireina Kokoro." Everyone looked at Conan for a moment at that while he just shrugged. It made sense to him.

"Clean Heart?" Ai questioned raising an eyebrow but she didn't say anything against it.

"She nearly died trying to save us, and I'm 97% sure she knew she would die too. She has a big heart, and she's wiping her hands clean from her past so…" Conan trailed off making Curacao blush a bit but glance upward. It was true. She had expected to die but she hadn't cared. As long as the children were okay…she would have died smiling.

"Kireina Kokoro." Curacao tried it out on her tongue as the others looked at her to see if she liked it.

"Kireina…" Curacao tried out the first name alone as she tasted it to see what it felt like. It felt… natural.

The actual kids all let out a loud cheer while Conan and Ai just smiled as Curacao smiled brightly at them.

They all agreed with her request quite easily.

"Yes I like it. From now on… please call me Kireina…or rather…Kireina-nee-san if it's alright with you?"