Three days. Exactly three days since she had decided that she wanted to be a detective after meeting the son of her favourite author in a bookstore and she was currently going through the biggest adventure of her life.

No, she did not enjoy this adventure. Yes, this adventure would probably end up killing her, since the main source of the excitement came from a guy with a knife chasing them into an all-too convenient and clichéd cave at the side of the beach. Turned out that the girl nearly drowning had been a crime with full intentions to kill and the man with the intentions had overheard Ran asking about a crime.

He hadn't even heard Shinichi claiming it was just an accident. Nope, hadn't heard that part at all. The guy had only paid attention to the little girl wondering aloud if this could have been a crime. That was, after all, what every naïve person who watched television would wonder, if real life had drama to that extent. Everyone except him, because he was one hundred percent guilty and couldn't leave any loose strands behind. Even if they happened to be kids that no one would believe.

(Except maybe Kudo-san and her brother, but they were special people.)

Masumi could sum this guy up in two words; Paranoid freak.

Despite all the brave thoughts she was trying to think, Masumi was scared. Very, very scared. Her palms were sweating fiercely and she wished that Shuu-nii was here to be like one of those FBI guys he was always reading about. She wished that the man would trip and end up stabbing himself. She wished that she was big and strong and knew Jeet Kune Do really well like her big brother, not just enough to have the teacher praise her.

While the man went wandering down the far side of the room, Shinichi leaned in to speak into both of their ears. His mouth brushed slightly against her ear and it tickled. Masumi resisted the urge to smack his head and tell him to be careful because that would have been, as her brother called it, suicide. "I'll distract him," he said in a voice so light and soft she struggled to hear it. "You two run."

Ran hissed almost involuntarily and at that moment the man turned to the direction of their flimsy cover, eyes almost wild with paranoia.

Masumi wasn't sure if it had been because of Ran's accidental response or if he was just trying to be thorough. What she did know for sure was that he had seen them. "Run!"

All three of them scattered, each weaving across the rocky, dark floor like mad cockroaches. From behind her a rock the size of her fist flew and directly hit the man on his eye. He dropped his knife and howled in pain.

The three of them ran towards the light at the opening and Masumi could hear the waves splashing against the rocks.

When I saw that pregnant lady in 851, my first reaction was to wail, because I thought she was Masumi's mom.

Then it turned out that it was just Vermouth and Bourbon at the side, so all is well. Sort of. My head canon that Shuichi is Masumi's half-brother still stands and that's what matters.

Then I saw Yumi's love interest, and Haibara's guess on the seven he was collecting. The Seven Deadly Sins.

COLLECTING all seven deadly sins. Just like Mothy's series is all about. And the fact that Ai's personality is similar to Elluka Clockworker's . . . Hello, crossover idea.