OKKKK I'm sorry for those of you who saw the 3rd chapter first! I must be out of my mind already! I didn't even realize it and went to do my homework! Well chapter 2 is here and ehhh I'll keep the chapter 3 posted anyway...

WOW! Thank you my dear readers for reading this and special thanks to the seven reviewers for just simply reviewing! Had me very motivated! Okay so here's the update!

Disclaimer: I'm new at this so I forgot to put disclaimer on the first one… hmmm Well I do not own anything!

Chapter 2: Raining

Ran sighed worriedly, pacing back and forth in the Mouri Agency. It's been 2 days since Conan last called her. She called the police immediately when she noticed he hadn't come home. But so far, nothing came up.

She jumped at the loud ringing of the phone. She quickly picked it up and answered, not bothering to hide her worry in her voice, "Megure-keibu?"

"N-no. It's me...Conan's mother."

Oh, no..."E-Edogawa-san? I'm terribly sorry...I-" Ran was close to tears now.

On the end of the phone, Shinichi held his voice-changer and spoke, wincing in guilt. "No! What's wrong? Oh, don't cry, Ran-chan... You are not making this easy for me. I'm sorry about taking Conan without calling you..." He trailed off and heard Ran gasp softly.

"Excuse me?"

"Conan's father died and it was kind of urgent..." Shinichi trailed off. He had the script all planned.

"Surely you had time to visit us or at least call us no matter how urgent!" Ran said in a relieved but still angry tone. "It had me worried for days!"

"I'm sorry, Ran-chan. But just to let you know, I saw my husband diein front of my eyes..." Shinichi thought hard for a second and continued, "...during the cross fire between the police and the robbers that happened in Yokohama. It was in the news..."

Ran's voice softened and filled in guilt and sympathy, "Oh...I'm sorry... Is Conan-kun okay?"

Shinichi smiled sourly and replied, "Yes, his in a bit of a shock but he would recover soon." Ran sighed in relief. Shinichi breathed deeply and through the phone, "I'm sorry again...but after losing my...husband, it made me learn something. I decided that I would take Conan to America with me."

There was only silence and Shinichi could just imagine Ran's shocked face.

"E-Edogawa-san, does Conan-kun agree to this?"

"Yes... He had missed me a lot and as a mother I would need to be near him often now."

"C-can...I...?" Ran asked her voice slightly cracking.

"Of course," Shinichi answered and expertly turned the dial of the voice-changer to Conan's voice.

"Ran-neechan..." It was a good thing that they were on a phone. He didn't want Ran to see his face drenched in guilt.

"Conan-kun, don't forget me, okay?" Ran said as cheerful as she could manage.

"How could I ever forget you, Ran-neechan?" Conan exclaimed in a childish way to his "neechan". But there was sadness in his voice too.

"I hate to break the news to the kids..." Ran murmured.

Shinichi flinched. "Ran-neechan, I'm...sorry..."

"Sorry for what, Conan-kun? You've done nothing wrong!"

Shinichi could only smile meekly. "Yeah..."

No, I lied to you for almost a year and I might leave you for good now. Plus I don't love you anymore. I've done everything wrong...

"Alright, bye Conan-kun." Ran said softly, silently choking back her tears.

"Bye, Ran-neechan..." Then Shinichi hung up. He placed Agase's phone back and slumped onto the couch.

"Kudo-kun, you cannot be serious..." Ai eyed him in disbelief.

"Well, it's true. Seeing is believing, ne? I need to move out for a while... A long while."

"Then where do you plan to go?" The mini-scientist asked.

"I won't tell you because sooner or later, it's going to reach everybody else's ear. Just tell them I'm fine, okay?" When Shinichi saw Ai nod, he said in a satisfied voice, "Good."

"Won't you need anything?" Ai asked.

"Hopefully not..."

Ai sighed, irritated. "Wait before you leave." Shinichi shrugged and watched the shrunken scientist leave the living room to her lab. It didn't take long for her to return with a black backpack. Shinichi's eyebrows rose and Ai explained, "It has some clothes in it and some cash. It should be useful. Oh, and the thingsyou asked for will be ready in a week. Come and get it later, alright?"

"Thanks, Haibara. It means a lot me..."

She nodded and Shinichi walked out of Agase's house. When she was sure Shinichi was far away enough, she let out a laughter that she had been holding ever since Shinichi arrived to hakase's.

Although what happened to the detective is illogical and impossible, so is de-aging ten years right? Well, except it can be proven that
it was caused by APTX 4869...

Ai had one last laugh and turned on the news. Things are about to get interesting.

~.~.~.~

Shinichi first dropped by his house and packed a few of his favorite Sherlock Holmes book and some cash lying around. It's still a surprise that his house wasn't robbed yet. Well, who would dare to raid the famous detective's house after all?

Some time flew past and he heard the soft sound of rain drumming against the window. As he started to leave, he grabbed an umbrella and walked out, wondering where to go.

"Take a train..."The voice said to the detective.

Shinichi just sighed and said to the voice, "Seriously, I think I know how to think for myself!"

"Trust me, I've read all your thought and none of them is good."That made Shinichi scowl.

He sighed and grumbled, "Yeah, yeah... Take a train to..?"

"Anywhere," the voice inside his head smirked.

~.~.~.~

Aoko sighed as she glared at the sky and the pouring rain. If she glared any longer there would surely be a hole in the sky.

"Need an umbrella?" Aoko turned at the voice. There was a girl about her age standing, smiling. She was tall like a model with slender figure and a smooth, white skin that every girl would dream of. She had a straight light brown hair resting comfortably on her shoulder and sharp gray eyes that seemed to penetrate everything.

"Umm, yeah, but I waited for this long. I think I could wait a little longer. Plus I already called my friend." Aoko replied.

"Hmm, then I'll wait with you."

"Ah, you don't need to..."

"No, it's alright. I want to. I have nowhere to go now. Just going where life takes me..."

"You are really a care-free person," Aoko commented and the girl chuckled.

"I'm not usually like this. Going along with my life only means trouble."

Aoko tilted her head in confusion and the girl would only laugh.

"Anyway, my name is Nakamori Aoko. And yours?"

The girl paused, as if she never expected her to ask. "Uh...It's Yaksokura Hinami." That started the talk about random things then after a while Hinami glanced at the wrist watch and saw her eyes widen. "We've been waiting for over 30 minutes! Are you sure your friend is coming?"

"Well, he didn't pick up his phone so I texted him..." Aoko replied sheepishly.

"Well, I don't think the rain is going to stop anytime soon," Hinami said to Aoko, frowning. "Come on, I'll take you home."

"You don't need to! I'm pretty sure my idiotic friend is nearby now," Aoko said nervously.

"Well, okay... But really, if you think I'm some kind of kidnapper, you are just being ridiculous." Aoko blushed for she didthink that...

"Better safe than sorry!" Aoko huffed.

Hinami paused at Aoko's action and started to laugh. Aoko's face became red with embarrassment.

"Sorry, it's just that...HA HA! It's...really surprising...HA HA HA!"

"You..."

"If it makes you feel any better you could have the phone ready to call the police if you think I'm up to something. Alright?"

"Why do you insist of taking me home?" Aoko asked.

"Just didn't want to be alone after that. And also..." Hinami looked up at the building with her gray eyes sharpening.

"Also...?"

Hinami shook her head and smiled, "No, it's nothing. Let's go."

~.~.~.~

Aoko sighed. She couldn't believe she would show a stranger where her house is. In return, she had someone to talk to in this gloomy weather. They talked and talked and were becoming fast friends. Hinami wasn't a social type; that was obvious from the start when Aoko noticed her discomfort. But why the girl insisted on staying by her, she didn't know. Not that she minded though. She felt somehow safer...protected.

"Aoko!" Aoko's head snapped up when hearing a familiar voice.

"BAKAITO!" Aoko yelled, "You are late!"

"Gomen!" Kaito stopped abruptly and frowned at the girl next to his best friend. "Who is this?"

"Oh, this Yaksokura Hinami-san. I met her at the train station." Then she introduced, "Hinami-san, this is Kuroba Kaito, my best friend."

"Nice to meet you, Yaksokura-san."

Hinami smiled and nodded. "Nice to meet you too." Kaito suddenly felt uneasy and began to look around. He thought he saw something when Hinami suddenly clasped her hands together and announced, "Well, I guess I have to go now." Suddenly she stiffened and exclaimed out loud, "Be careful..." She said, as she grinned an enigmatic smile, "Who knows when and where the crowsare going to appear?"

Kaito froze at the word. But he expertly kept his mask on and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
...

"We have three people. Two girls and a boy around the same age as the other. What should I do?" The man asked, his fingers itching to pull the gun trigger.

The reply came shortly after in his ear piece. "Shoot the boy..."

"Okay," the man answered and trained his gun toward the messy haired teen.

Then he stopped when he heard the girl with light colored hair saying, "Who knows when and where the crowsare going to appear?"

The assassin spoke into the tiny mic near his throat, "The girl knows about us. I think I'm going to go for her."

"Fine. Do not miss."

The man grunted and began to slowly squeeze the trigger, his attention solely on the girl with a light brown hair.

...

Gunshot was heard. As if she had expected it Hinami twisted her body to dodge the bullets, but let out a small cry as she felt an incredible pain on her left shoulder that is continuing to spread. Her vision was swimming and shortly after that there was a loud scream and people's attention on her.

She had expected it but panic was rising inside. She gritted her teeth and when she caught a glimpse of the sniper on the roof, she fell forward and stayed still. From the tiny corner of her right eye, she saw the smirk that the sniper held and leave. He was too arrogant. He thought he had hit her.

Once Hinami was sure the sniper was gone, she began to move her body slowly. She clutched her injured shoulder, trying to stop the bleeding and breathed heavily, wincing in pain before covering it,

"We need ambulance!" Aoko yelled in a slightly panicked voice. Hinami reached for the girl's hand and shook her head.

"No...Hospital won't be necessary. It only grazed me." Hinami lied expertly. The bullet had pierced her, busting her left shoulder. But she should be grateful that the bullet made it through. Taking out a bullet would've hurt more and let's not forget dangerous.

Aoko was close to tears and Kaito watched her with a blank face but she knew all too well that it was a mask for she used so many herself.

"Don't lie," the boy said to the injured girl. "That bullet wound is through and through."

Hinami hid an inner flinch and just smirked. "It'll heal."

"Not if you don't get a proper medical care!" He protested.

"Not the hospital..." Hinami said worriedly.

"Why? Don't tell me you are scared of the hospital!" Kaito teased.

Hinami shot him an annoyed glared and was suddenly aware of the people watching.

She guessed since the gun was silenced and no one heard the gun going off or saw the man in black with a riffle on the roof; they didn't know somebody was shot. Unless somebody found the bullet...Her eyes widened as she spotted a bullet pinned into the cracks of the sidewalk. Good, no one noticed or was near it.

"Nothing to see here! I just fell!" Hinami announced to the gathering crowd, doing her best to hide the blood flowing from her shoulder. The crowd murmured to themselves and moved on.

"Why did you do that?" Aoko growled. "You are the most idiotic person I've ever seen next to Kaitou Kid and BaKaito!"

"Tired..." Hinami mumbled.

"Oi, oi! You can't fall asleep now! You have to tell us where your house is!" Kaito exclaimed but the girl went limp, her chest rising and falling slowly. Kaito groaned and began to look through the girl's bag.

"Kaito, what are you doing?" Aoko scolded him and tried to stop the magician.

"I'm trying to look for anything that we can find to identify her! But..."

"But what?"

"All she has is some clothes and a wad of cash. She looks like she ran away from home..."

Aoko wasn't listening anymore. She grimaced as she eyed the stick red substance running down the other girl's black t-shirt.

"I'll get her to my place," Kaito said to Aoko.

"But Kaito, she is-"

"I know she's hurt but for some reason, she doesn't want to go to the hospital. And plus, it isn't as bad as you think so with some stitching, she should be fine..." The magician lifted the unconscious girl bridal style and started walking while Aoko held the umbrella. They walked silently, just listening to the soft rain drizzling.

Hmm… not my favorite kind of ending…

It's kind of obvious how this story is going to turn out…SO FAR! But I still got tons of idea to put into this story! Please tell me if you liked it or hate it! R&R PLEASE!