Epilogue: Conan

"Really, Shinichi. You shouldn't have been so reckless." "It's nothing, hakase. I'm still alive, am I? Besides the bullets just grazed me and my leg isn't broken that badly."

"But you could've been killed this night." "If that were to happen, I knew you would tell Ran the truth about everything, right?" "Well, of course, but.." "Then there was nothing to worry about. Besides if I didn't go, there still would 've been some BO members on the loose."

The two are in Conan's hospital room. Shinichi just got his leg plastered and his wounds from Gin's bullets were all patched up.

"So it's finally over, huh?" "Yep, the police arrested them all. The only one still not in prison are Hondou-san and Vermouth." "Eh? Vermouth? Why?" "She got hit with a bullet meant for me, so she's staying in this hospital too. She saved my life… I hope she won't be punished badly. I mean, she did help us and all in the end." It is silent for a while.

"So, does the police know about you?" "No, didn't tell them yet." "Then how did you get them to help you?" "I contacted them as Shinichi through the phone and once met up with them using a temporary antidote. When I came as Conan tonight, it was too late to send me back and they were forced to leave me there. Well, of course, Akai-san and the FBI helped persuade them too." "Ah, I see.. Wait a minute! Akai-kun? That's impossible!" "Bet you didn't expect that." Shinichi smirked.

"And yet, you've met him a couple of times after the accident. He was even your neighbor for some time." Shinichi enjoyed waiting for Agasa to catch up.

"Neighbor, neighbor... The only neighbor I have is you, but you...Ah! Subaru-kun! He was Akai-kun?" "Yep, I figured it out immediately, so I invited him to live at my place." "But Ai-kun's sixth sense? She felt the Dark aura." "She didn't feel it all the time, did she? It's obvious he would possess that aura since he worked undercover there for some time." "Ah, I guess that makes sense."

The room went silent once again.

"How was Haibara? Did you tell her anything?" "She was still sleeping so I let her. She was apparently having a nightmare. I left a note on her door explaining everything." "Ah, she won't be happy with that. Looks like I'll be killed by the BO anyway." Shinichi let out a small laugh.

"What about Ran-kun?" "I left a note on the kitchen table, so she'll see it when preparing breakfast. I just couldn't wake her up. She was calling for me in her sleep."

He takes a look at his watch. "They'll probably be here by now." "They?" "Ran, occhan and Haibara." "How come?"

"My note said to call you if I didn't return in the morning. Like I said, when preparing breakfast she must have seen the note and call your house where Haibara will take the phone and tell her what she knows. I presume you wrote that you went to the hospital for me?" Agasa nods.

"Ran will probaly tell Haibara about the note and she'll ask to be taken to the hospital with them. Ran won't wait until after school, so all they have to do is, call a taxi. You'd better go down and show them where my room is." "Okay, I'll be right back."

Agasa leaves the room and Shinichi plops down on the bed.

"Finally, no more secrets."

Meanwhile Agasa descends the stairs and just as he comes to the ground floor, the Mouris and Ai enter the hospital.

"That's Shinichi for you." he mumbles and then he yells out to them. "Oi, Ran-kun, Mouri-kun, Ai-kun! Over here!"

"Agasa-hakase!" Ran sees the professor and runs over to him.

"Where's Conan-kun? How is he? What happened?" "Oi, hakase, what did the bozu do now?" "Calm down, Ran-kun, Mouri-kun. I'll bring you right over to his room." Ai just sends a look to Agasa which he replies by nodding. "Honestly...that baka." she mutters, shaking her head.

"Now let's go." "Hakase, what happened? How is he?" Ran asks while walking. "He's all right now, Ran-kun." Agasa answers, ignoring the first question. "He's all patched up now. He'll only need time to heal his broken leg." "His leg is broken? How? Where did he go tonight?" "I believe he's the one who should tell you that."

They're almost there, when towards them they see the police approaching the same room.

"Takagi-keiji, Sato-keiji, Chiba-keiji, Megure-keibu . What are you doing here?" Ran asks, surprised to see the police here, getting a weird feeling to why they were here.

"Ah, Ran-chan and Mouri-san." Takagi says. "And Ai-chan and Agasa-hakase too." Chiba adds. "You came to visit Conan-kun?" Sato asks. "Yes, we are. Sato-kun, would you let Ran talk to him before the questioning?" "Questioning? What questioning?" Ran asks alarmed, seeing as her gut feeling was right. "Like I said, Ran-kun, he'll explain it to you. Well keiji, keibu?"

"Well, I guess we could wait a bit, ne keibu?" "Yeah, we don't have to question him right away." "Alright, go ahead, Ran-kun. Not you Ai-kun."

Agasa stops the little scientist from entering. "Let them have a talk alone." She sighs. "Looks like there's nothing I can do about it."

Ran doesn't understand a thing, but does as Agasa says and enters the room alone.

Before she closes the door, she hears her dad say: "Oi, hakase, tell us already: what did the bozu do?"

She turns around to see the little boy sitting in the bed looking out the window. She gasps a little as she sees the bandages on his head and arms. Conan turns away from the window as he hears her and smiles at her. "Ohayo, Ran."

As she rushes to the bed, she fails to notice the lack of honorifics. "Conan-kun, where were you? What have you been doing in the middle of the night? I was worried sick!" She sets herself down on a chair next to him.

"Gomen, Ran, I didn't want to bring you in danger." She finally notices how he talks. "Just like Shinichi... No, can't be." she tells herself as she shakes it off.

"Danger, what danger? And didn't I tell you already, I'm Ran-neechan."

"No, you're not!" he bursts out.

Ran is a bit taken aback. "Conan-kun..." "And my name isn't Conan."

He takes a deep breath before continuing.

"I'm Shinichi, Kudou Shinichi. I'm sorry for keeping it from you, Ran."

So, how did you like that? I left a horrible cliffy, didn't I? But I figured it's an appropriate one.

I've got the next chapter all figured out, so all I have to do is type it out.

Next I would like to apologize for my late entry, but I didn't have time to type it out. I'm more of a handwriter instead of a typer. I promise the next one will be faster. ^^

Then I would like to assk this question again: Shall I or shall I not, include Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba in the final battle? I really have no clue, but I really have to know, so I'm asking my reader's help. If it's decided that he shall be included, he will make an appearance in chapter 5, where several people from the DC universe such as Hattori and Sonoko will make an appearance. I'll make a poll to decide this question, so please vote! I thank you all.

*bows and dissapears in a cloud of doves*