Detective Conan everything screwed up
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"Here Conan-kun." Rias said smiling brightly as she met Conan at the school gates at the end of school and holding out a vest.
"Hello. Who may I ask are you?" Kobayashi asked looking confused and a bit alarmed when she saw the new woman at the school gates talking to one of her favorite students.
"Oh my name is Rias Sitri. I'm the new assistant/intern at the Mouri Detective Agency. It's a pleasure to meet you." Rias said smiling politely at the teacher before kneeling down and securing the bullet proof vest to Conan herself.
"I didn't know that you were actually going to buy me a bullet proof vest." Conan said in disbelief as he looked up at the silver haired woman who calmly put his suit vest back on him and rebuttoned the bottom two buttons with quick and easy movements to hide most of the vest.
"Of course I did. They put me in charge of you and your safety for the foreseeable future. Naturally I'm going to make sure you'll be as safe as possible without limiting your freedom too much." Rias said as if it were obvious while Ai was snickering like crazy behind Conan.
"So the Corpse Magnet now has a babysitter? Get used to seeing deaths and murders daily." Ai said smirking a bit darkly and creeping out Genta, Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, and Kobayashi.
"So I've noticed over the last few weeks. I'm sorry that you can't stay and play with your friends for a little while Conan-kun but Mouri-sensei is leaving to meet up with a client in less than an hour so we have to be back at the agency immediately." Rias said smiling brightly at the children and then apologetically as she realized that she was cutting into what looked to be their playtime considering that Genta was holding a football.
"It's alright. I wouldn't be able to play for long right now even if I wanted too." Conan said frowning at that since he missed playing football with the other kids for a while. Stupid gunshot wounds that required stitches and injured internal organs.
"We don't want to risk aggravating your injury by making you run back to the agency so here. I'll give you a piggy back ride…and I promise I'll play football with you as soon as we get a chance." Rias said making Conan brighten up happily at that, something that startled the others as he let Rias pull him onto her back.
"Hang on little one." Rias said smiling softly at Conan over her shoulder quickly before she nodded to the teacher and other children.
"Have a nice day." Rias said politely before she took off down the street with Conan on her back letting out a whoop at how fast she could run as she set a new record for the fastest on foot travel between the school and agency.
"Wow! Were you in track or…?" Conan asked his eyes wide, he knew that she had an athletic build like Ran's and that she had some callouses on her hands that spoke of martial arts as well as knife and gun usage…but he wasn't able to tell about someone being a track runner just by their hands callouses.
"Yep! Was one of the best on my school's team." Rias said grinning and near skidding to a stop in her heels as she almost dashed past the agency, Conan tightening his grip on her neck on reflex.
"Cool." Conan said as Rias jogged up the stairs towards the agency door. The lady wasn't even winded yet!
"That was fast." Kogoro said blinking surprised at just how fast Rias had gotten back when he had sent her to go grab Conan, he had been hoping that if she took too long then he could ditch the two of them and go solve the case on his own without either of them butting in.
"Rias-san was in Track in high-school and let me ride on her back." Conan said smiling at Kogoro who twitched a bit at that. He hadn't known that. If he had he would have sent her when it was very, very close to the deadline.
"Well we needed to get back in a hurry and I didn't want to risk him over exerting himself." Rias said as she gently deposited her small charge on the couch and then moved to fix him a glass of orange juice.
"You've taken to your role as baby sitter and care taker quite easily and with gutso." Kogoro said watching as Rias handed Conan the glass of orange juice and a snack to tide him over until supper.
"I love kids." Rias said softly before she shook herself a little bit and squatted down to be closer to Conan's eye level.
"Let's go ahead and get your homework done before we leave for the case. Do you need any help?" Rias asked smiling at Conan who shook his head and took out his homework, one of the apple slices halfway in his mouth.
"Nope it's easy." Conan said as he glanced over the sheet and quickly filled out the correct answers.
"Maybe we should see about getting you into some advanced courses." Rias said making Conan pull a face. The advanced lessons for seven year olds would still be boring for him.
"No thank you. If I did that I wouldn't be able to go on the cases with you and Uncle Kogoro." Conan said making Rias smile brightly and pull him into her arms.
"Little detective needs to get some experience." Rias agreed as she cuddles the boy for a second before letting him go when she realized that she was making him a little uncomfortable.
Inwardly she cursed herself. Right bad home life before Ran took him in. Of course he would be uncomfortable with physical affection.
/She was ignoring the part of her that demanded she hunt the bastards down and make them pay. How dare they hurt her boy?/
She gave herself a mental slap. He wasn't her boy. She wasn't his mother and he wasn't her son.
/If he sleeps in your bed curled up with you during a nightmare then he's your son./
No he already has a mother.
/One that let him be shot and those other scars you've glimpsed…/
Maybe that had been the father and the mother was deceased.
/Then he doesn't have a mother anymore./
She didn't want to take his mothers place.
/There's nothing to replace. You heard what Ran said. They've only visited once in almost an entire year. What kind of parents do that?/
"Rias-san?" Conan asked tugging Rias's shirt slightly when he noticed her seeming to be lost in her thoughts.
"Yes little one?" Rias asked immediately turning her attention to the small boy next to her.
"Can you help me get my bag down from the closet? I need to pack for the case since we'll be there for a few days." Conan asked causing Ran and Kogoro to look at him completely shocked while Rias just smiled slightly.
"Of course. You shouldn't try to get it anyways. It'll pull your wound." Rias said smiling and standing to get the bags from the closet in her room.
"Thank you." Conan said smiling brightly up at her and earning a gentle hand ruffling his hair in return.
"Anytime little one." Rias said with a gentle smile as she packed her bag…and then helped Conan pack his own.
"I can do it Rias-san!" Conan tried to protest this while Rias hummed a little as she packed the two cases.
"It's alright little one. I've got it." Rias said pausing to ruffle his hair gently again before she finished packing the cases and zipped them up.
/You're acting like his mom! Try and tell me you aren't pretty much his mom now!/
She…she wasn't his mom. She was just his caretaker. He was just another part of her mission.
/THAT'S BULLSHIT! You adore him too much for him to be just another part of the mission!/
No she didn't. It was just an assignment from master Rum. She was just doing her job.
/Fixing him snacks isn't part of your job! Getting him a bulletproof vest wasn't part of your job. LETTING HIM CRAWL INTO YOUR BED AND CURL UP TO YOU DURING A NIGHTMARE ISN'T PART OF THE FUCKING JOB!/
It was just a job. Just a part of the job. She wasn't able to care about anything else. The only thing she cared about was following Rum's orders after she had made that mistake and he saved her.
/Saved you? He turned you into a mindless machine! The one saving you is that little boy!/
No. Master Rum wouldn't do that…she wasn't just a tool.
/To him you are! To that boy you're pretty much his mother! You've picked him up from school for Goddesses sake!/
She had to pick him up to go to the case. She was just doing her job. Conan-kun was just another part of the assignment.
/NO HE'S NOT! HE'S YOUR BOY NOW!/
"Rias-san?" Conan asked looking up at the woman worriedly when he noticed how she was wincing and grabbing her head a bit.
"I'm fine little one. Just a headache." Rias said immediately smiling softly at the sweet little boy who was worried about her.
/See! You call him your little one! He's not a part of the mission! He's your boy!/
No…no he's not. She couldn't be the mother he deserved or needed.
/There's no one else! Just admit it already! Over the last month he's become your boy! You're the only decent mother he has./
No..he…he….he was just another part of the mission.
/NO HE'S NOT! HE'S OUR BOY! HE'S OUR BABY BOY!/