Aside from character action's most of the story would be from ran's perspective and I would be inserting all the thoughts of other character except Conan's as it deserve a whole different perspective.

-kun, -san, -chan are is honorific used in polite conversation

-neechan, -nichan

-kebu – inspector

sodan-yoku - Advisor

Moshi – means hello

Okka-san – Mom

Oto-san - Father

Hakase – means Professor

(At home after some time: Ran is cleaning her father's liquor shelves)

'He still hasn't come back, maybe he will come as Shinichi, then i can interrogate him to my heart content, but still; why would he do this, it is not like he, is a...a...a...peeping tom?. What the hell am i thinking!, calm down ones Conan-kun comes we will see if i am correct, but what should i do if they both came together this time, how about making them interact in front of me, that would definitely prove if the other one is real or fake. Nope, that won't work either; but i better finish this cleaning or i won't be able to do the interrogation'. As she was about to finish

"Ran-neechan, i am home" said Conan-kun as he opened the door.

"Welcome home" Ran said holding a cloth in one hand.

"Um Conan-kun, could you bring that water bucket." Ran requested pointing towards the water bucket kept near the table.

"Hai" Conan said as he was lifting the bucket.

"So, why did you go to hakase's house?" Ran asked as Conan was bringing the bucket of water.

"I-I-I remembered that hakase had made a ga-game, so i wanted to try it." Lied Conan as he shuddered with the weight of bucket trying to balance himself properly.

"By the way is hakase still at home?" Ran asked as she helped Conan.

"No, h-he-he said he had so-some work so he will be going out." Conan said explaining in a hurried manner.

"An when will he come back?" Ran holding the back end of the Conan's collar, stopping him from escape.

"He didn't say anything." Conan said as he was trying to escape from Ran.

"mmhh...is Ai-chan home?" said Ran.

"She is...but why?" said confused Conan.

"Nothing, just wanted to know..." Ran said as she continued cleaning.

"Ohh" said Conan as he made his escape attempt successful.

'Perfect; now begins the second phase of the plan, first my chemistry book questions. Found it, these questions are perfect now to hakase's house'.

After cleaning the drawer Ran dressed up in a simple pink jacket on white t-shirt and blue jean pants making the Conan-kun who was sitting in the hall watching TV blush at her appurtenance.

"Conan-kun, I am going out, ummm…if…you get hungry, cake is in the fridge" said Ran 'it is hard to pretend not knowing'.

"Ran-neechan, where are you going?" said Conan tilting his head.

"Just shopping with Sonoko, do you need anything?" Ran said 'well that should do it'.

"No, be safe!" said Conan with a smile.

"Yes" Ran said as she walked away.

'Doesn't seems like he is suspecting me. Let's see what Ai-chan has to say about her education part' thought Ran as she walked away from the agency seemingly unaware that the Conan-kun is watching her from the agency window.

(At hakase house: Ran is knocking the door an calling Ai-chan)

"Ai-chan; Ai-chan, are there?" as Ran knocked the door. As she consider to come sometime else, but noticed the door is open.

'It doesn't seems to be locked means someone must be inside.'

"Come in, the door is open Ran-san" said a manly voice in a cool or relaxed manner.

'What is Subaru- san doing here!... He is cooking? in hakase's kitchen'. She got a bit surprised. "Subaru-san, what are you doing here?" asked Ran as she smelled the tasty curry while try to look for Haibara who was missing from the place.

"Ran-san, well my house stove was broken, so I asked hakase can I cook in their house so…" explained Subaru as he stirred the curry in the pot wearing an apron.

"Oh, Where is hakase?" asked Ran as she again looked around for haibara.

"He is out, he said he had some work so he won't be home till tomorrow" said Subaru as he lowered the flame of the stove.

"And, where is Ai-chan?" Ran asked watching Subaru work in fluid motion.

"She went to toilet when you were knocking" said Subaru as he kept the pot aside.

"Mind to give an opinion?" Subaru asked, pointing towards the pot of curry.

"Sure" Ran said as she went forward to take a sip.

(Taking some curry in a small saucer)

'Wow! , Subaru-san really is good at cooking; this has a taste close to the one on that battleship may be same recipe. I should probably take the recipe from Subaru-san, ones Conan-kun tastes…uhh'.

"Ran-san, Is it okay?" Subaru-san asked as Ran spaced out.

"This is delicious, needs a bit spice but still tastes great" said Ran with a smile.

"Thought so, By the way what work did you have with hakase?" Subaru asked as he carefully added the spices.

"Umm I had some chemistry questions that I needed help with, so I thought maybe hakase could help since the questions are hard" Ran said taking out her chemistry book.

"Oh" said Subaru as he filled his share in a small pot he had brought from home.

As Ran didn't hear 'her' voice she looked around the house 'Where is Ai-chan, my plan won't work if she doesn't show up, No Ran you got to do it, Subarus-san is an undergraduate engineering student right, why not ask him maybe he can help and sometime could be passed' thought Ran as she looked at Subaru-san.

"Ahh I know, Subaru-san you are Engineering student right?" asked Ran in an excited manner.

"Y-ye-yes" said Subaru in a humble voice perfectly aware; what is coming next 'Could it be. This is bad, if she asks…' .

"Then, could you help me with it?" asked Ran as she moved closer to Subaru-san.

"Ahh, Su-sure" said Subaru in a troubled tone 'Dammit, although I had chemistry but that was quite a while ago… what should I do, what should I do'.

"Ran-san, Welcome" said Haibara in a neutral tone as she enter the hall.

"Okiya-san hakase wants to talk" said Haibara as she motioned toward the phone in the basement.

"Oh, if its hakase then; Excuse me Ran-san" said Subaru in relief 'This is my chance' as he went to basement.

As Subaru was out of site "So, why did you came?" said Haibara as she focused on Ran.

"huh, what the 'why' for?, I came because I needed hakase's help in solving the chemistry question" Ran said as she started the recorder.

"You really expect me to believe that?" said haibara in a questioning tone.

"uhh; okay, do you remember kazuha-chan ?"

"Tomoya-san?" raising one eyebrow 'uhh, should have expected'.

"hmmm, i…heard from kazuha-chan that y..you are a scientist…and I wanted to know…so" said Ran mumbling with a sheep-ish grin as she felt the sharp ominous stare of haibara adding "I was thinking, is that the reason Conan likes you" loud enough to take haibara off guard. Her expression changed slowly from surprise to annoyance.

"And that's why you came here taking this simple chemistry question; to ask me instead of hakase, I am certain you must have asked Edogawa-kun about hakase's whereabouts, after knowing that hakase is not here you came here to check if I am a scientist or not by yourself, and now you are saying me you came to conform my and Edogawa-kun's relationship?" said haibara in a flat exploratory tone, crossing her arms, occasionally looking at Ran making her sweat.

"Well the questions are not simple, I can hardly solve it I was going to borrow answer book for it, and I really was curious if Conan-kun has a crush on you so…" said Ran pouting.

"Really? Do you seriously expect me to believe that?" said Haibara with a frown and thought 'besides you could have asked the teacher; what are you planning… '.

'Gotcha Ai-chan' "Mo, see for yourself!" said Ran as she showed the list of chemistry question's.

"They aren't hard, just tricky" said Haibara after taking a quick glance at questions 'or it just be me… well there is no point in hiding the fact that I am a scientist, but why does she want a conformation, maybe she is gathering evidence as Kudo-kun suggested…'

"They are hard, for me. Why don't you help me…" said Ran in a convincing tone 'Come on Ai-chan give me something'.

"Eh" Haibara stared hard at Ran's face.

"Wh-wh-what is i..it?" Ran said with discomfort from Haibara's stare.

"huh, asking a 10 year old to solve high school problem ?" said Haibara with a smirk.

"Ahh Please, by the way didn't you just said 'they are not hard just tricky'" said Ran pouting after seeing Haibara's face.

"hmmm, Okay" Haibara said while looking at the list of chemistry questions that was set aside.

"Aside from that can I ask a question" said Ran with a bit hesitation watching Haibara solve chemistry questions.

"No, My mother and father were Mad Scientist so I learned from them satisfied" said Haibara bluntly easily deducing next question while quickly solving chemistry question one after another easily.

"oh" said Ran with troubled expression being figured out by a kid.

"mmm, then why are you still learning in elementary ?"Asked Ran after bit pondering.

"Is there a problem with that?. And don't dare to tell anyone that I am a scientist" asked Haibara in a straight forward tone last part a bit ominously.

'Dam did I get to her bad side, nope, not yet better not proceed anymore or else I am done' Ran thought as she felt cold sweat inside. "But doesn't Conan-kun know… "

"Ano Hakase said something about forgetting to take the correct Schematics so can you tell me where it is? " came Subaru's voice in a fluid tone interrupting Ran midsentence and taking her by surprise.

"Wait here" said Haibara as she gave the completely solved chemistry question paper to Ran and headed towards Hakase's lab to look for schematics.

"Umm, Ai-chan I am going Home, bye!" said Ran as she hurried out of the door while switching off the recorder without waiting for reply.

(Inside)

"Did something happen?" asked Subaru in a confused tone while looking at door although feeling glad but also confused.

"No Idea" as Haibara went into the lab.

(Outside)

'That was surprisingly dangerous a little later and I would have been out of options' thought Ran as she walked through the streets towards the Detective agency. 'Wow she really is something, solving this problems flawlessly in such small amount of time, although Shinchi would something like 'This does not proves that she is scientist' but still this much is convincing for me' thought as she was walking on footpath with admiration while looking at the answer and explanation that Haibara wrote down in elegant handwriting.

'Huh, seems like father has a new case' Ran considered as she saw a police car in front of detective agency, but then a familiar police came out of the agency so she quickly approached…"Nakamori-kebu, What happen ?" asked Ran as she got closer.

"Ah, Mori's daughter, Kid's puzzle came in today, so I came here on behalf of Suzuki sodan-yaku" said the inspector making a tired face.

"Ah, then is Conan-kun going?" asked Ran in all seriousness.

"That old man made sure I invite Kid-killer" said Nakamori with a face that seems to have gone through a lot.

"Thank you for your hard work!" said Ran as she went to the office of the detective agency. As the door to the detective agency was open she saw a usual scene with unusual thinking 'How did I miss this, a kid trying to solve a puzzle which the whole police hasn't able to solve; While an adult is watching horse racing like it is Saturday night!. Maybe because I wasn't aware that Conan might be Shinichi. Huh, could it be I am starting to be like father doing things unconsciously bu-' after finally being noticed by the little boy with glasses who was staring up to her face with a smile.

"Welcome home Ran-neechan" said Conan with a child-ish face.

"Oh Ran, you are back, by the way don't make dinner for me, I have meeting with a client, so I will be eating outside" said kogoro without looking away from the television.

"Okay, so what are you doing Conan-kun?" said Ran while thinking 'Let's see what do you answer to that brat' with ominous smile and devilish tone on every word to Conan-kun. The copy of the puzzle that he had sneaked fell on the floor as he started to have cold sweat while backing away.

"NO-NOT-NOTHING, Su-su-suzuki oji-chan asked to come to the heist so I-i-I …" the last part was stopped by watching Ran break a pen with one hand. {RIP pen}

"Ara is…that…so, Hmm well I am going up stairs to cook" said Ran as she walked out of door with broken pen and ink on her hand. While kogoro totally oblivious of the current situation started thinking 'is it that time of month already; better be at best behavior' while Conan well…

'Damit!, he just won't budge, but confronting him with just that copy of puzzle and now won't do any good, uhh, what the hell am I supposed to do; no wait, Ran, you have to calm down you can't stop, you are born to run, your opponent maybe Shinichi, but a fight is something you don't lose. But still what should I do, anyway better prepare dinner' thought Ran as she started selecting and cutting vegetables and then the phone rang seeing her hands were full, So she decided to call Conan "Conan-kun!, Conan-kun can you pick up the phone!" apparently it still carried hit of anger yet it was controlled as the response came in "Okay…."'Conan-kun sure has good ears' Ran thought as she continued her work. "Ran-neechan, The call came from oba-san she wants to talk to you" Conan-kun said apparently something happen considering as he seems to be troubled "Ah, Thanks Conan-kun ,Moshi Moshi okka-san" it was hard not to display the anger, but it dispelled as a women's voice came in

"Ran, How are you?" said Kisaki(Eri).

"I am fine, what about Okka-san?" said Ran with smile as she heard her mother.

"I am fine as always; what is that drunken old man doing?" said Eri.

"He went out to client to meet a client" said Ran she felt something was off but quickly dispelled that thought.

"huh, but didn't KIDs puzzle came in today?" said Eri.

"Ah, yes; but he still went to client" said Ran as she considered other possibility which quickly became reality.

"Are you sure he didn't went to some bar" said Eri in an annoyed tone.

As she was talking she finally noticed something; the boy that had handed her phone early hasn't left yet which is weird considering during heist and cases he barely stays in her field of vision 'Seems the Conan-kun is suspecting me, Prepare as much as you like I will hunt you true identity, you can't fool me forever'.

"Ah, Maybe" said Ran with anger of her own; response to that from other party was falling of phone and call end tone.

"That is new" said Ran to herself as she dialed her mother's mobile number.

"Moshi Moshi" said Ran with a worried tone.

"Ah Ran-san, what is it" answered a light tone, Ran quickly understood who it was.

"Kuriyama-san, is Mom their? She is not picking up my phone" said Ran but a question popped in her head.

"Well Kisaki-sensei is in court meeting, didn't I told an hour ago" sad Kuriyama-san, the secretory.

"Meeting!?" said Ran surprised by reply.

"yes, she is in the meeting room for few hour now, actually the thing is, this case is very hard one so, she is discussing everything about it with the client, that's also the reason I have her phone" said Kuriyama with a surprised tone.

"I see, so can you tell okka-san, 'that I called', when meetings is finished" said Ran with a thoughtful expression.

"Of course" said Kuriyama as she hung up the phone.

'If mom didn't call, then who was it?, and how did it sounded like okka-san, could it be…' her expression finally got aware of surrounding as she notice Conan-kun peeking into kitchen wearing the creamy pink night dress with bunny patterns and hoodie; an then came the noise of stomach growling "Go sit on the table, dinner would be ready in bit".

"Okay, Ran-neechan" said Conan-kun in low tone, making Ran question her reply, it was quickly interrupted by the buzzer on the rice cooker indicating the food is prepared.

'What is wrong with Conan-kun, he is acting weird, could it be…, Conan-kun found out that I am suspecting his identity; or…or…or maybe he is just afraid of my behavior change' she thought as she took out the crockery "Conan-kun"

"What is it Ran-neechan?" asked Conan-kun watching Ran remove her pink apron.

"Take that to the table" said Ran as she kept her apron aside and pointed at the bowls and chopstick.

"Okay" said Conan-kun as he cutely took the two bowls and pairs of chopsticks cupping his hand making sure not to drop it.

'KAWAAI, he is so cute' as she moved forward to give him a surprise hug a red warning came to her mind 'RAN; control yourself, he might be shinichi; but shinichi is not this cute, come to think of it, Conan-kun hates wearing this night dress, then why, today?' she thought as she placed the food on table.

As they ate quietly for few minutes both not talking to each other. Then suddenly the phone rang again they stopped chewing awkwardly and looked at each other after looking at each other for a one full sec Conan got up to pick up the phone.

"Moshi moshi, Mouri Detective agency"

"hello, oba-san… yes she is" said Conan into the phone as he continue in childish voice looking at Ran and finally "Ran-neechan oba-san wants to talk to you"

"Okka-san" said Ran in a question tone.

"Yeah Ran, What is it? Kuriyama said you called in a hurry" said a stern voice, Eri.

"Well, didn't you called before?" said Ran in questioning tone.

"Ahh, No I was in the meeting, why do you think I called?" asked Eri in puzzled tone.

"Umm, actually someone called as you-" as Ran spoke she was quickly cut off mid-sentence.

"So has anything suspicious happened recently" asked Eri; apparently her personality as lawyer and wife of detective with being a mother has kicked in which made Ran…

'uhh, okka-san's Detective mode is activated' thought Ran as she smiled wryly.

"None, so far" said Ran

"Is anyone following you?" asked Eri in a sharp tone.

"I don't think so…" said Ran with uncertainty.

"Is Conan-kun there?" asked Eri sounding a bit angry?.

"Yes"

"Give the phone to him" said Eri. Understanding her mother's intension she gave him the phone 'Let's see how do react to my mom's interrogation. Shinichi used to hate it a lot; and if you are him… ' her eyes started glowing evil as the thought occurred. The boy did react franticly but only on face making Ran think 'I must get my eyes checked, how come in so long I never noticed his expression…' as she stare at the Conan-kun holding the phone in his two hands. The little detective shoot a questioning look towards Ran to which he received an angry stare.

"moshi moshi Oba-chan…no, no one was following…yes…Okay understood" as Conan-kun continue to listen occasionally nodding his head.

'Great, even my mom doesn't see it. Wait, on second thought who would impersonate Okka-san…' thought Ran as she finished eating; then, it hit her 'could it be kaito-kid. But why would he impersonate mom. Maybe he was preparing for his next heist. WAIT! This is perfect opportunity for getting kaito-kid's help. No wait, that guy has 'kid' in his name. There is no way he is going to help me; but he is been confronted by Conan-kun a lot, which means, he must know something. So if I can catch him, I can make him talk' as the thought passed in Ran's brain she was glowing with brimming determination on her face as she started quickly clean her plates, since Conan-kun was busy in phone 'What is are they talking about for so long?. Anyway just have to wait until Conan-kun is done' thinking that she has no other choice but to wait.

Not long after "Okay, got it next time I will look out for those things…She is sitting here….Okay, Ran-neechan oba-chan wants to talk to you" said Conan-kun as he handed the telephone to Ran.

"Moshi moshi Okka-san what is it?" asked Ran with a bit annoyance.

"Sorry, Ran couldn't talk to longer" asked Eri in apologetic tone after sensing a bit anger tone of her daughter.

"Is that so, Okay bye" said Ran in a heist tone.

"b-bye" said Eri before hanging up.

As she kept the receiver back to its place, she noticed Conan-kun trying to escape. "Conan-kun!" Ran called out arm crossed making Conan-kun stiff.

"What is it Ran-neechan?" asked Conan-kun as he slowly turned around with a troubled expression.

"What did mom said when she called the first time, while I was cooking?" asked Ran with a face as if fighting an opponent.

"Nothing, She just asked what you were doing, and to give you the phone" said Conan-kun as if he was expecting something different.

"Anything else?" asked Ran deep in thought.

"Nothing" said Conan-kun with now confused look "What is it Ran-neechan?".

"What is Kaito-kids normal pattern in heist?" asked Ran completely ignoring the question. Something warned Conan-kun, not to mess with her now if he values his life.

"H-he disguise as someone and enters the heist, steals the target, makes an escape" said Conan-kun as something clicked in his head

"And" said Ran as she made her graze sharper promoting Conan-kun to provide more info on the thief.

"Usually, disg-disguise into the people that would be easier to hold" said Conan-kun as he feared his life and felt pity for the thief.

"That's all?" asked Ran apparently not satisfied with the amount of info.

"y-ye-yes Ran-neechan" said Conan-kun trying his best to hide his panic.

"Okay, It is late, brush your teeth's and go to sleep" said Ran as she pointed her finger towards bathroom.

"Okay, Ran-neechan" said Conan-kun as he went to the bathroom.

'Well so far so good, though he did not provide me with much info, but still, now second problem, how should I catch a thief which the whole police force is incapable of catching, on second thought Conan-kun does ends up confronting him most of the time' as Ran kept on thinking completely oblivious to the fact that Conan-kun is looking at her from the bathroom's slightly open door. Yet another idea stuck Ran 'The reason kaito-kid search for target's, is so he could disguise himself and by pass the security, and that also helps him from being found and capture, so what if I provide him the target, then I wouldn't have to look for him, if so then who should be the target' as Ran's thought kept on going; then a single name on her phone gave her the perfect scrape goat 'Shinichi'. Ran's plan was complete

She called the number that the thief used to call her as Eri, and as she expected it was turned off, but since voicemail was active Ran felt relive that the plan may work. As a systemic tone indicated the start of the recording, Ran said "Shinichi, Conan-kun is behaving weird for few days, and since kaito-kid has send a notice, I am a bit worried about him, although it maybe too much to ask, but can you come to the heist, Please-" another systemic tone indicated the voicemail has reached its limit.

'Perfectly done' thought Ran happily as she prepared the trap for the thief.

Sorry for uploading late, and Conan deserves a whole new chapter