Now We're Even

Disclaimer: These entries are taking me to some of my fav Coai moments back in the day, aaahhhh. Ai/Shiho is such a lovely character to write! She is Gosho's though, I'm just like smashing some of my fav moments together. Plot? What is plot? Ahahah.

Prompt: Protect

Setting: DC Movie 6, The Phantom of Baker Street and Canon, Volume 29 [Case File #289 – The Bus Hijacking Case]

Summary: Conan is always the one doing the protecting that the favour's gotta be returned somehow.


He is always protecting everyone.

"Everyone, get hiding under here!" she could hear him shouting, yet one can tell from his gentle but firm hold that he just wants everyone safe.

He is always the first to find people cover.

"Haibara, you too!"

And he is always looking out for her too. Seeing him like this reminded her of that time when they met the hijackers on the bus…

She had stayed there. It was better this way for everyone involved… Genta, Mitsuhiko, Ayumi… and him. She should have done this from the start the moment she had left the BO.

Then suddenly things happened quickly. The back window of the bus shattered. Someone grabbed her arm that had her practically flying from her seat, and they leapt out of the bus that exploded behind them.

She knew who it was the moment he tightened his hold around her as he took her in his arms, shielding her from the glass shards and smoke. His warmth and familiar scent of fresh grass made her feel safe. Yet the warmth was often so hot it burns.

He told her not to run away.

His idiotic act of heroism got him hurt, and it's no different this time… He's too preoccupied seeing that she is also safe that he didn't notice the falling pillar that will crush him.

So she ran, pushing him out of the way.

"Wha – Haibara!"

"If there is no Sherlock Holmes to save us, then you are our Holmes" Her head was whoozy and she has no idea why she's telling him all of this now.

"What? Haibara…"

She continued, ignoring his confusion, "…because there's no mystery that Sherlock Holmes can't solve, right?" She smiled at him, looking at him in the eye. His flair for the dramatics brushed off on her too. Granted, she doesn't pull this trick as often as he does.

"Haibara!"

He acts as if she is actually dying. Baka. She knows this is just a video game. They will still be alive. She appreciates the sentiment for what it is though, and smiles at him one last time before she vanishes.

Now, they're even.


A/N: We often see Conan protecting Ai, but in Movie 6 it was the other way around a bit, haha. I built up the drabble kind of around that, with the manga moments as flashback… As always, how was the drabble? Too short? Just right? Hated? Loved it? Let me know your thoughts! ^^