Here is the next chapter to the story! Enjoy it, please!

Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own it.

Secrets

A few days passed by. Everything was normal. Kogoro had no cases because crimes rates have been lowered even more now. This caused Conan to think about the organization. Have they moved? Maybe they've been doing things so well that there was no proof of anyone killing another.

He turned on the TV and sighed.

Ran stepped out of the kitchen. "Hey Conan, can I ask you something?"

He looked up at her and turned off the TV. "What is it?"

Ran blushed slightly. "If you ran into some problems, would you tell your girlfriend?"

Why was she asking that? "Of course Ran-neechan, why would you ask that?"

"It's nothing, I just," she sighed and looked back at him as she sat down, "Never mind."

Ran…

"I'm sure everything is fine with Shinichi. He'll come back. He loves you, I can tell."

Ran gave him a smile, "Thank you Conan." She walked back into the kitchen.

Conan turned the TV back on to watch some news. There was nothing on crime and it was driving him crazy.

His cell phone started to ring. He looked at the caller ID and flipped it on.

"Hello?"

"Kudo! How are you doing?"

"I'm doing fine, what about you?"

"Doing great. Hey, wanna go to the beach or something? Kazuha wanted to talk to Ran about something. We can hang out or something,"

"When did you wanna go?" Conan asked.

"Let's do it now! We're on our way over to the apartment as we speak,"

"What!" Conan shouted.

"Heh, we're getting a bite to eat right now. We'll be there in a few minutes."

Conan sighed, "Alright, I'll let Ran know," He hung up the phone.

"Ran-neechan, Heiji-niichan is coming over with Kazuha-neechan soon," he said. Ran walked out of the kitchen.

"Ok, are they in Tokyo already?"

Conan nodded, "Yeah, they will be here in a few seconds he said." He looked up at Ran, "He said Kazuha-neechan wants to talk to you about something,"

Ran blushed and nodded slowly, "Yeah, I know. It was something that happened the other night," Conan blushed slightly.

Do all women talk about their sex life with one another? He thought. He sighed and waited for the two of them to come to the apartment.

After a few minutes, there was a knock at the door. Ran got up to get it. Kazuha and Heiji stepped in.

"So, ready for the beach?" Kazuha asked. Ran looked at her and nodded.

"Let me grab my bag," Ran said. She turned to Kazuha and gestured her to follow. Kazuha nodded and they stepped into Ran's room.

"What was that all about?" Heiji asked. Conan looked at him and blushed slightly.

"No idea," he lied. Heiji didn't catch the lie and he went to the door and eavesdropped on the conversation. "H-Hattori, what are you doing?"

Heiji turned to Conan, "Shhhh,"

"So what happened the other night?" Kazuha asked.

"Well, he took me to a restaurant where we ate spaghetti and then we went a boat cruise. After that we went back to a nice hotel,"

"And-,"

"And we, we-,"

"You had sex?"

"Yeah, yeah we did."

"And how was it?"

"It was great…until he left me alone. But that's ok. He said he'll be back,"

"Oh, I wish Heiji could be like that, but no he's to focused on other things,"

Heiji pulled away from the door and turned to Conan, who was drinking some tea at the table, facing the opposite direction.

"What was that all about? You guys had sex?" He asked. Conan's face was all red which caused Heiji to grin. "Ah, so you did."

Conan looked up at him, "Can we go to the beach now?" He asked trying to change the subject. Ran and Kazuha then stepped out.

"Ok, come on."

At the Beach

While Kazuha and Ran were swimming in the water, Heiji and Conan were lying on the beach.

"So, you've taken a recent antidote?" He asked. Conan sighed and sat up.

"Yeah, but it didn't last very long," he sighed and looked up at the sky. It was blue with a few puffy white clouds. Out in the distance was a gray cloud, filled with rain.

"Why was that?" He asked.

Conan blushed, "Well, Haibara believes it may have been the way my adrenaline had been flowing that night,"

Heiji looked down and grinned at him. "You know, that'll probably make sense,"

"Yeah, I suppose." He sighed again and turned to Heiji, "I feel bad for leaving her back at the hotel, but what could I have done?"

"Nothing, but apparently she forgives you." He grinned and looked back out on the ocean. "Wanna play the bathing suit game?"

"No, I don't wanna play that game."

"Fine, wanna head into the water?"

Conan sighed and stood up, "Come on. I suppose we can play volleyball or something,"

Heiji grabbed a ball and headed towards the water.

"Hey! You wanna play volleyball?' Heiji asked.

Thunder started roaring. They looked up at the sky.

"I think we should go back," Ran said. Kazuha nodded.

"Ok, then let's go!" Conan shouted. They all ran to grab their things and started heading away from the water.

"Wait, we have to use the bathroom," Ran said. Heiji and Conan sighed.

"Fine, go on we'll wait." Heiji said. It was a bathroom opened up to everyone, meaning anyone could enter it.

As soon as Ran and Kazuha stepped in, they screamed.

"What! What is it!" The boys ran in screaming.

They gasped when they saw a dead body. Heiji and Conan examined the body and checked his pulse.

Conan turned to Kazuha and Ran. "Call the police! This was murder!"

The two nodded and ran off to phone the police.

"Kudo, look at that," he pointed to two small holes located on the man's wrist.

Conan looked at them and noticed two more small holes located on his neck, Poisoned? But why in two places?

Kazuha then came back, unnoticed while Ran waited for the police.

"Hey Kudo, do you think he was poisoned?"

Conan looked up at him, "I'm not sure, why would the culprit poison him twice?"

Heiji and Conan continued to examine the body. The man's clothes were wet and so was his hair.

"I don't smell anything strange on him," Heiji said. He looked closer to see some blood on the man's lip. Could it be that he drowned?

Kazuha just watched the two at work. Heiji called Conan, "Kudo". What was that all about?

A few seconds later Ran came with the police.

"Hattori and Conan, why am I not surprised to see you here?" MeGuere asked while he stepped onto the crime scene.

"Inspector long time no see," Heiji said with a grin.

"What do we have here?"

"I looks like he was poisoned but he is also completely wet." Heiji explained. He looked at his watch, "I think the time of death was probably between 12:30PM and 12:45,"

MeGuere turned to Takagi, "Gather up suspects and ask them some questions."

The police were taking pictures and analyzing the body and around it.

Takagi came back to the scene. "Inspector, I have gathered five suspects,"

Conan and Heiji turned to all of them.

"Daisuke! No!" One of the suspects shouted. He ran to the body.

"Do you know this man?" MeGuere asked. The man looked up at him. He appeared to be a few years younger than the victim.

"Yes, he was my brother."

Takagi took out his notebook and gathered information, "Inspector, this man was Daisuke Kobayashi, he was a resident here in Beika. He was 28 years old and worked as an elementary school teacher,"

Conan looked down at him again, Hmm, he does look familiar…I think he was one of the teachers for fourth grade.

"He was born and raised in Kyoto, Uji district. He moved here to Tokyo when he turned eighteen to attend college."

MeGuere looked at the suspects, "Ok, I need each one of your names, occupations, your relationship to the victim, where you live and your ages. We also need to examine you so you'll need to be searched."

They nodded and gave their statements.

Conan and Heiji listened closely.

"My name is Hajime Kobayashi, I am 23 years old. I am a doctor at Kyoto Medical Center. I went to college at the age of sixteen due to some skills I had."

"My name is Sayo Sasaki, I am 26 years old and I am a cosmetics specialist. I live here in Tokyo, Beika District and as to my relationship to the victim, I barely even knew him. We went to school together but that was about it."

"I'm Kayoko Yamaguchi. I am 27 years old. I did work with Daisuke and I even went out with him for two years but we broke a few months ago. I still work as an elementary school teacher."

"I'm Seiji Yamamoto, I am 28 years old. I have been Daisuke's friend since childhood. I live here in Beika as well. Dai-chan and I lived in the same apartment complex. I am a veterinarian."

"And I am Kyo Matsumoto, I am 25 years old and I live here in Tokyo as well. I am a doctor at Tokyo Medical Center and I have known Daisuke for a few years, we went to the same college."

Four of the suspects have access to poisonous chemicals. A teacher can also get their hands on chemicals too by accessing the nurses office or even chemicals used as cleaning supplies or something, Conan thought.

He looked up at Heiji as the suspects were taken in for further questioning. "Do you have any thoughts yet?"

Heiji looked down at Conan, "Well if only we knew their alibis, we'd be able to go further. As far as occupations go, I would say the culprit is one of the doctors."

Conan looked down at the body to examine it closer.

"Hey! No kids should be around a crime scene," An officer said. He picked up Conan and carried him over to Ran and Kazuha, "Here watch him,"

"Conan, you shouldn't be into this right now," Ran said. Kazuha just stared at him.

Ran doesn't appear to know…but if he is Kudo, then how did he become Conan?

Once MeGuere was done questioning the suspects, he stepped out with all of them.

MeGuere turned to Heiji, "Hattori, do you wanna ask the questions?" Heiji nodded and turned to Conan.

"Come on Conan, you can help," he said with a grin.

Conan leaped out of Ran's arms and ran to Heiji. They walked into a private room in the shack and asked each one individually.

"Well, if your alibi doesn't match the one you gave MeGuere, there might be a problem,"

Hajime looked at them and gulped. Conan watched his every move, the way he sweated, the emotion on his face.

"Well, I was sitting in the shack with my brother and the small group of us,"

"You are all part of a group? So you were here together,"

Conan then remembered something. But Sayo claims she didn't know him very well. Does she know him more than a classmate?

"Anyways, we were at the shack, drinking and eating lunch…at 12:00PM. I remember because that was the time my brother got up and left to go swimming,"

"And, did anyone else go with him?" Heiji asked.

Hajime shook his head, "No, not at the time. I think Kayoko left the shack ten minutes afterwards though. If you ask the server at the shack, I was there from 11:55AM until the police showed up."

"Thank you, you may leave." Heiji looked down at Conan. '

"They claim they were in a group together, but how can that be if Sayo only knew him a classmate, she said herself she didn't know him,"

"You're right, but who should we interview next, Sayo or Kayoko?"

"We should interview Sayo and then Kayoko."

Heiji walked out and called for Sayo.

"Where were you at the time of death?"

"At 12 we were all eating lunch,"

"Stop right there. Earlier when you were stating your information, you claimed that you barely knew Daisuke. What was your relationship with him exactly?" Heiji asked. Sayo looked down.

"Well, I, ok. I knew him more than a classmate. We dated, but he cheated on me with Kayoko. We broke up and we still remained friends,"

"Anyways tell us when was the last time you saw Daisuke today was?" Heiji asked.

"It must have been before he went for a swim around 12:00. I saw Kayoko get up and walk towards the beach about ten minutes later. And then about fifteen minutes after that, Seiji came over to us and said he'd join us after a quick dip in the water. He came back, but around 12:55, the time the police came."

"Ok, thank you," Heiji said, escorting her out.

Kayoko then came into the room.

"Kayoko, would you like to tell us where you were at the time of murder?"

"I was eating lunch around 12:00 with everyone. We are here as a group. Believe it or not, Daisuke and I were still friends after we broke up, and so was Sayo. Anyway at 12, Daisuke wanted to go swimming so he did. I followed after him about ten minutes later. He played a little bit of volley ball with a few people. I was getting thirsty so I went back to the shack to get some water, I passed Seiji on the way back. Seiji eventually came back, around 12:55, the time the police arrive."

"Hmm, so Seiji was most likely the last person to see Daisuke, alive," Heiji looked up and then to Conan. Conan nodded and Heiji turned back to Kayoko, "Can you let Seiji in?" Kayoko nodded and headed out.

Seiji walked in. "Are you really a detective?" He asked. Heiji looked at him and nodded.

"Yeah, I am. I am also the son of a police chief in Osaka, so I know what I'm doing. I also know kendo and if you lie, I can whip your ass."

Seiji laughed, "Ok, ok. So, my alibi, I arrived here about 12:25 and I caught up with Hajime, Sayo and Kyo. They informed me that Kayoko and Daisuke were down on the beach. I told them that I would come back to join them after I take a quick dip in the water." He sighed and leaned back, "So I passed Kayoko on the way to the water and we said our greetings. I then stepped into the water with Daisuke. After about ten minutes of swimming, he said that he was gonna head to the bathroom. I headed back to the shack, and ate lunch,"

"Really, what time was that? When did you eat lunch?"

"I think it was around, 12:50," Seiji answered.

Conan looked at Heiji and they grinned.

"12:50 you say?" Heiji asked. He stood up, "I think your timing is screwed up. Because taken from the alibis said by Sayo and Kayoko, you came back around 12:55, the time the police came."

Seiji looked at them, "So, what? My timing is a bit off. There's no proof that I killed him,"

Heiji smirked, "No, but if we ask about your timing, you're screwed." Seiji sighed and stood up.

Kyo entered the room.

"Where were you at the time of death?"

"I was with Hajime the whole time. I swear. At 12:00PM we had lunch and Daisuke wanted to go swimming. After about ten minutes, Kayoko headed down to the beach. Fifteen minutes later Seiji came over to us and said he would join us after swimming for a bit. Seiji came back around 12:55. He was at the beach for about twenty-five minutes. You can ask the server, they keep close eyes on everyone."

Heiji nodded, "Thank you," Kyo nodded and left the room. Conan stepped out and got the server.

"Here he is Heiji-niichan," he said. The server sat down.

"What time did Seiji Yamamoto, return back?" Heiji asked.

"I believe it was the time when the police arrive. The last time I saw Daisuke was running into the bathroom, with Seiji around 12:50, I think it was. I'm almost positive. Seiji came back out and said something back into the bathroom. I thought he was talking to Daisuke, so I assumed everything was ok."

"We understand, would there be any chance of a security camera being inside the bathroom?"

"There is actually one, right outside the stalls. It captures anything and everything that can possibly go on inside. It's very well hidden though,"

"That's our evidence!" Conan shouted. The server took them into the bathroom and showed them the camera. He grabbed it and the police examined it.

At first the video was showing a lot of people entering and exiting, until something caught their eye.

"There!" Conan shouted.

They all looked to see that he was indeed the culprit.

They all gathered the suspects into the room.

Heiji and Conan smirked.

"Did you find out who killed my brother?" Hajime asked.

Heiji turned to him and nodded, "Yeah, we did. Listening to the alibi's helped a lot with it. We can prove that Daisuke was poisoned in the bathroom."

"First the culprit arrived late on the scene, he was probably getting the poison from work or something," Conan started to explain.

"And when he arrived he said he was going for a short swim and stayed longer than expected. He took Daisuke into the bathroom to have a 'talk' and from there the culprit poisoned him. It was too close to tell if he drowned or was poisoned, but the deduction was that he was indeed poisoned,"

"And the last person to be seen with the victim before he died,"

"Was the one who arrived back to eat around the time the police arrived,"

"Seiji Yamamoto," Heiji and Conan both said equally.

Seiji looked down. "Yes, I did it. I did it because he changed. He let my brother die. It happened fifteen years ago. Daisuke, Hajime and my little brother Taichi were in the woods. I would have gone too but, I was with my father for the weekend. The three of them were playing over a river, swinging on ropes. The rope snapped when Taichi was on it and he fell into the river. Instead of helping him, Daisuke and Hajime ran off. Taichi's body showed up a few days later down the river," He was crying at this point.

MeGuere took out some handcuffs, "Seiji Yamamoto, you are under arrest for the succeeded murder of Daisuke Kobayashi," The police escorted them out. MeGuere turned to Heiji and Conan, "You boys did a great job," he looked down at Conan, "And you, you've been hanging around Kogoro for too long,"

"Yeah," Well yeah but I'm also a great detective. MeGuere got into the police car and drove off.

Heiji, Kazuha, Ran and Conan all watched as the police drove off with the culprit.

They were ready to leave until Ran and Kazuha stopped.

"We still have to use the bathroom," Ran said.

Heiji and Conan sighed and waited patiently for the girls.

Conan leaned against the side of the wall and sighed, "That was the first case in a few weeks,"

Heiji looked down at him. "What do you mean?"

"There haven't been any cases in awhile,"

"Hm, possibly crime rate has gone down,"

"And that actually kind of scares me, I mean what if the organization knows about me and they're waiting to strike?"

"Don't worry, Kudo, you'll be fine,"

Conan looked up at his friend and rival, "I just don't know what to do, Hattori."

"Ok, now we can go," Ran said as the two girls stepped out of the bathroom.

They headed back to the apartment as it started raining, finally.

"I'm gonna change my clothes," Ran said. She headed into her room.

Kazuha turned to Conan and Heiji, "Hey, back at the beach, why did you call Conan "Kudo", and why did you respond to it?" She asked looking at them.

Conan looked up, shocked, "W-what are you talking about?" Heiji asked.

"Don't play dumb with me. Tell me, is Conan, "Kudo?" She asked.

Heiji shook his head, "No,"

"Don't lie to me! You do realize that the camera could have caught that. I could just go back and ask if I can see it,"

Conan looked up at Heiji, "The tape,"

Heiji looked down at him.

"Oh shit."

"So, what is it?" Kazuha asked. Heiji knew she wouldn't give up on it until she had an answer, proof that is.

Conan sighed. Heiji and him stepped out for a second.

"She won't give up," Heiji said.

Conan sighed and looked up at him, "Well, she won't take no as answer,"

"Should we tell her? She'll keep it a secret."

"I don't know, Heiji. I mean I suppose I can trust her, but is it a smart thing to do? She'll be another person involved,"

"I think we should tell her, that way, she can distract Ran whenever something happens, it'll loosen suspicions."

"You're right, I guess." He sighed and they stepped in.

"Kazuha, we will tell you, but you have to keep it a secret. No one can find out. Not even Ran. Do you understand?" Heiji asked. Kazuha nodded.

Conan sighed, "I am Shinichi Kudo. It's true. One day at Tropical Land, I followed a dangerous man. I was eavesdropping on a blackmail case and I didn't notice an accomplice come up behind me so he hit me. I fell to the ground and as I was blacking out, they forced me a poison, in an attempt to kill me. Instead, it shrunk me. So I had to use an alias and hide myself to protect everyone I care about. The only ones who know are, Agasa, Hattori, my parents, Haibara and now you. You can't tell anyone!" Conan explained.

Kazuha nodded, "So is Ai like you?"

Conan nodded, "Yeah, how'd you know?"

"Just wondering because none of the other kids know, so I figured. Hey! I am the daughter of a detective, so don't underestimate me."

"But the tape, what if they caught it?" Heiji asked.

"The video doesn't record sound, I don't think." Conan said. He looked up, "There was no sound coming from the tape when we were looking for evidence."

"True, I guess we're safe, for now."

Ran then stepped out. "So anyone want dinner?" She asked.

"Sure," Kazuha said. She walked into the kitchen to help Ran.

Heiji and Conan sat in the living room at the table.

"Heiji? If do you think I'll ever get the antidote?" Conan asked. Heiji looked at him.

"I have doubts but getting the permanent antidote is not one of them. I think you will get it. But the timing may be anytime. From a day to years,"

Conan looked down. "I understand, but I just wish the time would be soon."

Everything was silent except for the sounds coming from the kitchen.

Kogoro walked into the apartment, "What are you doing here, Osaka boy?"

Heiji turned to him, "Yo! I'm just visiting with Kazuha that's all."

Kogoro groaned and sat down. "Ran, get me beer!" He shouted.

Ran sighed and stepped out. "Here!" She chucked it to him.

He caught it so he wasn't hurt by it. Ran then walked back into the kitchen and came back out with the food.

"Thank you, Ran and Kazuha." Heiji said. He leaned to whisper in Conan's ear, "You're a lucky guy to have a nice home-cooked meal every night, by your wife," he joked. Conan blushed.

He looked up and smiled at Ran.

"Thank you, Ran-neechan." Conan said. He turned to Kazuha, "You too."

They all ate and talked. Conan couldn't help but smile. Everything was gonna turn out ok. It was all fine. But for some reason, Conan felt some strange tension and it wasn't good. What could it possibly be?

End of chapter two!

What could this feeling be? Maybe we'll find out in the next chapter…

Coming Soon!