AN: Sorry about the delay I have been very busy and have just managed to finish this chapter which I hope you all enjoy. Now for the response to your reviews.
Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan or case closed.
princessangelina: No prob.
FragMenteDmind: Thanks!
Sakura no Umi: Yeah Gin is hard to put into character, mostly it's a shot in the dark for me. I really enjoyed writing Ai's end of the phone conversation, it just seemed like something she would do. And Conan nearly shooting Vodka...well that was just fun as well.
IronKnight: Yay! I'm glad you liked that one better.
Solera: Oh the tree inches bit was great and fun to write. As for your question Kaito will be in this fic and playing a major role later but you'll have to wait to find out what.
Dragon Flute Witch: Thank you and I loved the idea!
Crystale no otaku: Ah but of course their expression would have been great (Looks for someone who can draw to draw them) as for Conan he is hiding his nerves and Gin does not really have any. But thank you for the review.
TopazledHannah-kun: Yes you who cause me so much troublw (Sighs) oh well I'm glad you enjoyed it.
BluFox15: Thank you and I will look for your fanfic when I get the chance.
Now on to the story!
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Gin awoke in the morning before anyone, but stayed in the sleeping bag thinking and plotting. He looked over at Conan's sleeping bag and saw the only thing visible of him was a small tuft of dark brown hair.
Gin yawned, got out of his sleeping bag, rolled it up, and laid it in a convenient spot. He walked over to Vodka and could see that he was still asleep as well. "Wake up" Gin growled annoyed.
Vodka muttered something that sounded like "Five more minutes" and rolled away from Gin.
Gin glared at him and kicked him hard enough to cause him to sputter and suddenly sit up, "Go get me a newspaper and a pack of cigarettes" he said showing Vodka and empty packet.
Vodka got up "Why?" he asked rolling up his sleeping bag and laying it next to Gin's. Gin glowered at him and suddenly smirked.
"I guess you don't have to" he paused his smirk widening to a full blown evil grin, "If you want to volunteer to be the target for shooting practice today" he finished with a pointed glance at him.
Vodka blanched and said "I'll be back."
Gin smirked as Vodka left in quite a hurry that it was almost comical to watch. Gin walked over to Conan as he heard the door slam. He poked Conan's head and said, "Hey get up." Sapphire blue eyes cracked open blearily and seemed out of focus.
Conan sat up fixing his slightly askew glasses (he had kept them on all night) and yawned. Gin said, "Okay lets start practicing" Conan nodded and stood up. Gin pointed to the same spot and handed Conan the gun.
Conan took his stance and vaguely wondered if anyone had noticed he was missing. He then began to shoot still allowing the kick to affect the shots. Gin sighed slightly annoyed and didn't notice Conan's smirk.
Gin said, "Hold the gun tighter and resist the kick."
Conan beamed up childishly and said "Okay" the smile vanished as soon as he turned from Gin. Conan took aim and fired resisting the kick a little bit. The bullet hit the outer ring of the bulls eye.
Gin nodded looking pleased "Better" he said. Gin then said "Keep trying" Conan sighed mentally and shot again, listening to Gin's unneeded instructions.
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Ai and Agasa stood near the ravine waiting for the police to come. Agasa had called Inspector Meguire fifteen minutes ago. They stayed as far from the edge of the ravine as possible. Five minutes later, red and blue lights bathed the park in their eerie glow.
Inspector Meguire walked over to them and asked "What seems to be the problem?"
Agasa began "Well you see..." he said leading Meguire to the edge of the ravine.. A few rookies followed them. Meguire and his men peeked over the edge.
Meguire paled and looked closer. All of the rookies turned green and one of them covered their mouth and stumbled into the bushes. The other two watched their comprade vanish and uneasily followed him. Only Meguire remained, anger etching itself plainly on his face.
"Don't worry" he said turning to Agasa "We'll catch those monsters."
"Actually there's more" Agasa said and paused "Conan was with them yesterday but he is not there."
Meguire's eyes widened and he looked again. "You're right" he said quietly. "But why?" he asked. Agasa and Ai did not answer him as if they had no idea.
He called back the three rookies and told them to search the area. They all nodded somewhat uneasily and trotted off. Meguire said nothing; he was waiting for the inevitable...Conan's body would be found elsewhere.
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Kaito Kuroba whistled happily as he made his way home from school. Earlier that day, he had delivered his heist notes to all the important people. Nakamori, The entire police force, and of course the Mouri detective agency.
He smirked knowing that little annoyance Conan would be there to try and bust him again. Which would be as fun as always. A quick taunting, dodge a soccer ball, fire a few cards, another quick taunting and then leap off the building, leaving a very angry tantei-kun.
He smiled in anticipation and actually skipped his merry way the rest of the way home, still whistling.
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The police had searched for two hours but there had been no sigh of Conan's body. "Damnit" Meguire cursed seeming beyond frustrated.
"Maybe someone took him" Ai said quietly startling both Agasa and Meguire in surprise. She had not talked since the police had arrived.
"It's possible" Meguire murmured thinking through the possibility in his head. "In that case we might want to start a search and...we must inform the other parents and Mouri" Meguire said. He called the rookies back in.
"We'll starting looking" he said and led them back to the cars, then drove off.
Agasa looked at Ai and realized she was on the phone " Yeah we called the police...okay see you soon" she hung up and turned to Agasa. "Heiji's on his way, he'll be here in an hour."
Agasa said "What do we do now?"
Ai looked at him somewhat sadly "We wait" she said headed back to the car, Agasa close behind her.
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Meguire drove to the Mouri detective agency with a heavy heart. He had informed the other parents and had felt each individual heart break. He quietly walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. Ran answered the door looking pale and haggard.
"Meguire-keibu" she said with some surprise "What are you doing here?" her father had been hold up all day trying to deduce what the Kaitou Kid was going to steal.
"I have some bad news Ran-chan" Meguire said sadly.
Ran could feel her heart drop as he said those words "Dad get in here!" she shouted for him. Kogoro lurched out seeming tired and worn as well.
When he was Inspector Meguire he straightened up and said "Inspector what brings you here?"
"I have to come to tell you that Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko were found dead this morning. Ran gasped dropping a glass she had been carrying to the ground. Kogoro paled as well and looked at the ground, deeply troubled.
"What about Conan?" Ran said quietly expecting the same news and dreading it.
"He's missing but he may be dead as well" Meguire looked up to them and his eyes looked almost lifeless.
Ran felt tears prick at her eyes but stood up firmly "Then we will try to find him" she stated firmly.
Meguire said "Ran-chan I don't think there is any chance..." he was interrupted by Ran.
"But there is still a chance isn't there?" she nearly shouted, tears coursing their ways down her cheeks.
Meguire looked very uncomfortable as Ran began to sob openly covering her face. Kogoro moved to sooth his daughter but he did not know how.
"I'll let you know if anything else comes to our attention" and with that he vanished back out the door.
Ran collapsed to the ground, alone in her grief but a determined plot beginning to form in her mind.
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Conan had allowed his shooting to get progressively better and once even hit the bulls eye dead center. Gin watched in silence nodding once in a while but otherwise silent. A knock startled them both and Conan sighed as he relaxed. He had been standing rigid all day.
Vodka came in with a pack of cigarettes which he handed to Gin and the newspaper which was also taken by him. Gin studied the paper in silence and suddenly smirked "Perfect" he muttered showing Conan the ad he said "You know this thief kid?"
Conan looked at the article which stated that the Kaitou Kid would be stealing the rare Devil's eye ring. A beautiful garnet stone inlaid in a diamond encrusted ring. "Not personally...I heard he steals stuff" Conan said carefully.
"Good because you are going to practice your shooting prowess tonight" Conan felt dread rise in his heart as he realized what Gin was implicating. "Tonight we rid the world of a pesky thief" Gin said laughing
Conan thought to himself as he realized that he would have to be the one to put a bullet through Kid's heart 'Oh crap anything but that.'
AN: MUAHAHAHA Oh no Conan what are you going to do now? Anyways continued reviews are love to an authoress an will make this all worth her while so please continue reviewing I really appreciate it.