A/N: Hopefully this is a little bit longer than the last...hey, a little bit longer! :P Sorry for non-Jonas fans reading this... I /am/ a fan. :D Haha, enough of my rambling... yeah, I hope you like this chapter!

Disclaimer: Detective Conan doesn't belong to me. I just wrote this at work.

One Of Us

Chapter 2 - Dead But Not Gone

"Nani?"

Ran looked up from making her dad and Conan pancakes for breakfast. Conan had just yelled into the phone, and his face had gone awfully white. Even her dad had looked up from his desk to see what was wrong.

"Are you sure, Hakase? Haibara didn't come home at all last night?"

She frowned. That not so talkative little girl that always hung around Conan and the kids. The one who seemed to know as much as Conan about things a child their age should not. She was missing, and Conan seemed worried. Why did that make her heart feel a twinge of jealousy?

"I'm sure, my boy. When did she leave the agency?"

"She left at around ten o' clock. Surely it wouldn't take her that long to get home, unless ... you don't think they..." he stopped before he'd say anything more that he'd regret in front of the old man and Ran.

They couldn't know.

Not about them.

"It's highly possible," said Agasa over the phone. "But for now, don't call the police. You search for her on your own. It wouldn't be good to get the police involved, especially if there's a high chance that it could be thsoe figures dressed in black."

"Right," Ran heard Conan say into the phone. "I'm on it, Hakase!"

Immediately he'd hung up the phone and hopped off the couch, turning to look at Ran whom he could see in the kitchen. "Ran nee-chan, I'm going to look for Haibara-san! I'll have some breakfast later, okay?"

"Ah, wait, Conan-kun!" But before she could get a word in, even a 'be careful', he was out the door.

"Kid must have a little girlfriend," Kogoro said from his chair, not taking his eyes off the now turned on television. Ran paused.

"But they don't look like they're dating. Conan just tries his best to keep everyone safe, otou-san."

"Tch, a brat his age shouldn't be worrying about keeping people safe! That's police business!"

Ran sighed, and went back to making breakfast.

"Haibara..." Conan whispered as he looked around. He hadn't found much, but near a street lamp on a cold, deserted street in the morning, he'd found a few drops of dried blood. Whether it was Haibara's or not, he had no idea, but it was the only thing he had to go on at this point. Maybe she hadn't even gotten that far from the agency when she was attacked. But how had the black cloathed figures known she was still alive? They'd been so careful to hide their identities, especially her...

"Don't worry, I'll find you..." Conan said quietly to himself as he looked around. A familiar voice startled him.

"Find who, Conan-kun?"

"A-Ayumi-chan!" he sweatdropped, turning around to face her. She looked around, and her eyes widened at spotting the blood on the ground. "Conan-kun! What happened? Are you hurt?"

"Iie, it's not mine," he shook his head. "It's just... I'm not sure who's it is, Ayumi-chan. But please, this might be dangerous. For once could you please listen to me and head on home?"

Conan usually only asked her once, and they never listened. But he sounded like he was nearly begging now, and that look in his eyes, he was worried about something.

"Did something happen to Ran nee-chan, Conan-kun?" Ayumi asked, figuring with that look on his face, it would be her.

"Ah...no, she's fine."

"Then...Genta-kun or Mitsuhiko-kun?"

"Don't tell me it's Haibara-san?" she whispered.

"Ayumi-chan, please, this is dangerous. You could really get hurt, and I don't want that," she blushed a little as he said that. "Please just go home alright? I'll call you when everything's alright."

She couldn't say no to him now. "Alright, Conan-kun," she said softly. "I won't even tell Mitsuhiko-kun or Genta-kun."

Conan smiled slightly at her. "Thank you, Ayumi-chan. Bye!" he said, running off to, well where, she wasn't quite sure.

But she felt as though she might not see him for a long time now.


"Haibara!" he called, looking around. There were no traces of her anywhere, and the only supposed clue he had was the blood on the ground by the street lamp. He wasn't getting anywhere, and she wasn't responding, which meant it was possible she was either far away now, or in a place nearby where she couldn't hear him...

...or she was unable to respond.

He shook his head. 'Stop it, Kudo. She's not dead. She's not dead.' He thought as he continued running around, though he had no idea where at this point, he was just looking everywhere. He hadn't run into anyone else since Ayumi, and nearly half-an-hour had passed since that encounter. It looked like she actually listened for once.

"Little boy, are you looking for something you lost?"

Conan blinked, and turned around. His eyes widened slightly when he thought it was Ran standing in front of him, but she didn't call him 'little boy'. No, she just looked a bit like her.

"Not something...someone..." he panted slightly, and she thought he might have been running around aimlessly for quite some time.

"Hmm, well I might have what your looking for," she smiled down at the boy, but his eyes only narrowed. How would she know what he was looking for if he hasn't even told her yet?

She chuckled a little bit. "Just follow me...Kudo-kun."

The boy's face went white, and her smile turned into a small smirk. Now he was determined to find out how this girl knew everything, and so he stuffed his hands into his pockets and he followed her as she said to.


"Haibara!" Conan exclaimed when they entered a dark room. He couldn't see much but a light from the lamp on a desk beside a bed with white sheets illuminating a sleeping Haibara Ai. He immediately rushed over, and felt for a pulse.

His heart nearly stopped when he didn't find one.

"No..." He was too late, and he was with her killer! He turned to face her with a glare, only to find her smiling?

"She's fine, Kudo-kun. Look, she's waking up."

"Eh?" he blinked, turning to look at Haibara who was still resting in bed. Her eyes were slowly starting to open up, and she immediately sat upright in bed when she remembered what happened, but then winced in pain.

"Haibara!" Conan was quickly at her side again, and her eyes widened slightly as she looked up at him.

"E-Edogawa-kun?" she asked tiredly, blinking a few times so that her gaze would come into focus. "How...?"

"Hakase told me you didn't come home last night," he said quietly. "I thought it might be..."

She nodded and looked around until her eyes fell on the girl, and she tensed, moving closer to Conan. It didn't feel like she was with the Black Organization, but she still felt dangerous, and powerful.

"I am sorry for bringing two children into this," the woman said as she gave a small bow, a frown gracing her features. "I couldn't control myself last night, Haibara-san. Please forgive me."

Conan's eyes narrowed. "How do you know our names? Did Haibara tell them to you?"

She shook her head. "Iie. She did not. I know most things, I know that right now you're thinking I might be with the men cloathed in black, while your friend is sure I'm not." He glanced over at Haibara, who wasn't looking directly at him at the moment, but at her.

"Start from the beginning, please," she said quietly. "I'd like a name first, then explanation on what happened last night."

"Certainly," the woman said, as she took a seat in a chair near the bed. Conan sat on the edge of it, near her. "Well, to introduce myself... my name is Akiko, and I am a vampire."

A/N: Was that a little rushed? Sorry if it seemed that way and since the vampires have gifts, can you guess Aikiko's now, and what Haibara's might be?

I'll make something clear here now, though: No Shinyness of the vampires in this fic, they're the normal die by stake to the heart or turn to dust type of vampire. I like the gift idea, and I usually include that in a vampire story. That's the only thing Twilightish about it.

Also, before I go too far into this story with chapters and not asking... would anyone like to beta read this fic for me? I'll PM you my e-mail if you are interested. :D

Look for the next chapter soon!