I'll Always be There for You

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Murdered

"Conan? Are you…dead?" Rachel's voice trembled in disbelief.

Conan nodded solemnly. "I tried to tell you in the easiest way possible…but I guess it was done for me." He sighed, even though he couldn't really breathe. "I'm sorry."

"Who did this to you!?"

"I can't tell…I have an idea of who did it, but I don't want to get you involved if it's not who I think it is." Conan's eyes were filled with concern. "Not only that, but once he's caught, I'll have to move on."

Rachel was speechless. Tears were streaming down her cheeks.

"Rachel…since I'm already dead, I guess it's time I told you the truth. I hoped I wouldn't have to tell you like this. In fact, I hoped I wouldn't have to tell you at all, but…" Conan couldn't find anymore words to express his apology. He took off his glasses slowly. Rachel gasped.

"J-Jimmy?" Conan nodded solemnly.

"I'm sorry—"

"Don't tell me you're sorry!" Rachel burst out. "Why did you do this!? Don't you know how much you've made me suffer?! "

"Rachel—" Conan began, but was quickly cut off by Rachel again.

"You saw me crying all those times, but you never said anything! Why do you enjoy watching me like this!?"

"Listen to me Rachel." Conan's voice was stern and cold. "Do you really think I would do that to you? You've been helping me a lot, by letting my stay here. I was so close to finding them…the ones who made me like this…" he clenched his fists. "Believe me, I was against the idea, but since your father is a detective, it would help me track them down so I could go back to my normal life. That syndicate…they've killed so many people…including Masami Hirota."

"You mean Masami Hirota, the lady who was part of the billion yen heist!?"

"Yeah…her real name is Akemi Miyano, Anita's sister."

Is that why Anita's always so cold? Rachel wondered how Anita reacted to the news of her sister's death.

"Anita helped me a great deal, as she was part of the syndicate, and it gave me one more reason to take down the syndicate. But I can't do anything now that I'm dead. Murdered."

The ghost looked at Rachel, his eyes shining from holding back tears.

"I…I wanted to keep it a secret for only one reason, and that was to protect you. If you knew, you would become a target. A lot of times I just wanted to tell you so badly, especially when you helped me in the hospital. It seemed like there was no other option." He looked away, unable to see Rachel's shocked face. A tear streaked down his cheek. "If…if something happened to you, I…I…" his voice failed him. Conan fell to his knees, tears streaming out of his eyes.

Rachel looked down. She couldn't find any words to comfort her late childhood friend. What could she do? Jimmy was the stronger of the two. If his emotional wall broke, how could she do anything to help?

The ghost detective rubbed his eyes. "The funeral is in a week. I hope you come…" slowly, his image began to fade.

"Jimmy, wait!" But it was too late. He was no longer there. Only the ghostly glasses that once made him Conan Edogawa remained.

***

News of Conan's death spread quickly throughout Beika. It seemed like not one person hadn't known Conan in some way, as the atmosphere was cold and dreary. Even Richard was upset. It was obvious that Rachel was affected the most out of everyone. Conan was like a little brother to her, even after finding out he was Jimmy.

Knowing the truth was hard, but wasn't it for the better? She now knew why Harley, Dr. Agasa, and Jimmy's parents had always acted so suspicious around him. But what about Anita? According to Conan, she was part of that mysterious syndicate he was talking about. But how could a child like her be one of them? She had seemed a lot more mature than she actually was. Rachel assumed that she was in the same situation as Jimmy was, for that seemed to be the most likely explanation. That must be why she was being attacked that one time. But…does that mean Sharon Vineyard is part of the syndicate too? She was the one who was aiming at Anita. Rachel shook her head. It was all too hard to put together right now. Maybe Jimmy will come back tonight. He said he wouldn't move on until someone caught the ones who killed him. Rachel decided to wait and see. She tried to carry out that day as normally as possible, but thoughts of seeing Jimmy again seemed to always be in her mind.

***

Rachel couldn't find her late friend at her own house, so she decided to try his house. It would make sense. It's his house! Of course, how she was going to find him alone was going to be a problem. Anita and Dr. Agasa were nearby, so they'd wonder why she was coming by. Maybe I could say I wanted to clean up his house one last time. She shook her head. I just cleaned it three days ago. Should I tell them about Jimmy's ghost? I highly doubt someone like Dr. Agasa would believe me…but what about Anita? She seemed to care about him too.

When she arrived at the location, she headed over to Dr. Agasa's the get the key to Jimmy's house. She rang the doorbell. Moments later, the familiar doctor came out.

"Rachel? What brings you here?"

"Ah…I just wanted to borrow the keys to Jimmy's house. I'm probably never going to be there again, so I just wanted to get one last look." It was partly true. There was no particular reason to go back to Jimmy's house since he was dead. Wait a second—

"But…Jimmy isn't dead…" Dr. Agasa looked confused.

Might as well tell him since I already blew it. "Jimmy told me everything. I know about who Conan really is."

"E-eh?"

She sighed as she repeated what had happened the previous day. "And no, I wasn't dreaming. His glasses were still there." She held up the ghostly glasses that were left by Jimmy the previous day. Perhaps he knew she was going to try to look for him and left them there for her.

Of course, Dr. Agasa didn't believe her.

After many more moments of persistence, a certain spirit got bored and tired of waiting.

"Sheesh, Doc. Why do you have to be so difficult?" The familiar voice rang out.

"Jimmy?" Rachel looked towards the gate of Jimmy's house and spotted the familiar figure.

"Yo." Conan—Jimmy—Waved a greeting at the two. Rachel looked relieved to see him while Dr. Agasa looked completely baffled. Jimmy laughed. "That's a priceless look on your face, Doc." He walked over towards them.

"Jimmy!" Rachel would have hugged him if he weren't a ghost. She almost forgot she was afraid of ghosts.

"But—How—I thought—What—" Dr. Agasa couldn't make out any sentences.

"Let's just say I'm a ghost. Enough said."

"Jimmy…I've been wanting to talk to you again." Rachel said.

"Yeah, I assume I've left too many unanswered questions on your end." Jimmy put his hands behind his head in a relaxed way. "So, are you going to give her the key or what? I can't pick anything up."

"Oh, right."

***

"Good thing you got there, Jimmy." Rachel sighed in relief. "I could have been there all night."

"That's Doc for you." Jimmy floated in the air. "I could get used to this…I wonder if ghosts can do any of that other stereotypical stuff…like possess stuff." He looked at Rachel.

"You're not possessing me you pervert!" She glared at him.

"No way! I wouldn't do that in a million years, believe me!" He became flustered and tried to change the topic. "Okay, so…"

***

"…And now we're at this point." Jimmy finished his story.

"I still don't understand why Dr. Agasa didn't let me go the the police during the first week!" Rachel was a bit frustrated by that. Then she glared again. "Why did you make me embarrass myself by telling you all that stuff?"

"I do admit I was a bit full of myself back then, and I wanted to tease you a bit. But I assure you I've gotten used to not being the center of attention." Jimmy blushed.

"And now that I think about it, you tried to save me a lot…why was that?" Rachel had a look on her face that Jimmy did not like.

"Umm…err…that's because…" The spirit was very flustered by now and decided to leave. "See you at the funeral!"

"Hey!! I demand an explanation!" Rachel was annoyed that he got away again, but she couldn't blame him. She did the same thing whenever it was brought up against her too.

Author's Note: A loooooooong chapter! :D Yayz. I found this chapter quite fun to type. Next chapter is going to be REALLY fun, Conan/Jimmy gets his own version of Joey's BROOKLYN RAGE!!! Because of something Harley did to Rachel by accident. XDDD Ask mangaluva if you want to know.

By the way, Joey is a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! And LittleKuriboh(from YT) made this abridged series, so that's why I mention Joey's BROOKLYN RAGE!!!. It's quite funny really.

Place ya bets! What will Conan do to Harley once Conan gets into his own version of BROOKLYN RAGE!!!?

A. Possess Harley

B. Haunt his dreams forever

C. Embarrass him in front of Kazuha

D. All of the above

E. A and B

F. None of the above

Put your choice in your review. Read and Review please.