Hello Guys.
I'm sorry! I know it has been months but My Dad was very ill and died a few months ago then I've had an accident and didn't have the well to write.
But I'm promise you I'm not leaving this story, I'm already writing the next chapter.
I have edited the first chapters and posted it again, I've changed somethings in it, I will leave you to read now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Detective Conan or Magic Kaito.
Chapter 9
" listen here, people!" Called out Sonoko, she was standing on her desk looking at her classmates, while Ran, Shinichi, Heiji and Kazuha were standing behind her, Ran was trying to shut Sonoko up and failing miserably while Shinichi was glowering at Sonoko." I have got good news for you all!" Said Sonoko.
" RAN AND SHINICHI-KUN ARE FINALLY DATING!" She said raising her hands up in the air, dramatically.
There were shouts of surprise and girls giggling and the boys were catcalling teasingly at Shinichi. One of their classmates put his arm around Shinichi's shoulders and he said.
" Congratulations, Kudo! So tell us, when did that happen?" But instead of Shinichi, Sonoko answered.
" they have been dating for months and didn't tell anyone, they said they needed some 'privacy' of course we know what that means!" she said smirking.
Shinichi gave her one of his glares, " so Kudo?" One of his classmates asked wiggling his eyebrows at him. " were you just kissing or did you go straight to the next level?" Shinichi's ears turned to a dark shade of pink, " this none of your damn business, Maroko!" He shouted at him irritably.
The truth is, Shinichi and Ran only kissed a few times, in the first few months they were trying to get used to their mental connection, they can hear each other's thoughts, so when they want some privacy for themselves to take a shower for example or to change their clothes they try to block the other, but of course, they couldn't control it for the first few months and it was horribly awkward, they couldn't meet each other's eyes without blushing.
" Oi!" Shouted Heiji at his classmate, "Give the guy some privacy!"
" Geez, no need to be such a spoilsport, Hatorri- kun, I was only teasing him!"
Shinichi gave Sonoko a dirty look, did she have to tell the entire class? He thought. After Sonoko calmed down she went to Shinichi's desk and sat beside him.
" what do you want Sonoko?" He asked her irritably, she crossed her arms over her chest and there was a series look on her face.
" I didn't have a chance to talk to you this summer so I need to talk to you, now." He looked strangely at her, " I thought you said everything you wanted to say." Shinichi said wryly to her, she rolled her at him and said…
" you have to listen to what I have to say to you."
He snorted. " I don't think I have a choice since you're sitting on my desk." He said dryly.
She ignored what he said: " we both know that you're a pretty good detective." He raised his eyebrows in surprise. " did you fell on your head on your way to school? Or are you actually praising me?"
Again she ignored him and he scowled at her in annoyance.
" but you are so dense in relationships, well, no surprise there…"
"Shouldn't have talked too fast" He muttered.
" what? It's true! Anyway, what I want to tell you is Ran is my best friend so if you hurt her Intentionally or unintentionally I will kill you! Do you understand?"
Shinichi closed his eyes and counted to ten then said sharply: " Suzuki! You know for a matter of fact that I will never hurt Ran, EVER! How can you even say something like that?"
She fidgeted in her seat and said. " well like I said, you're so dense in relationships and you don't know how to be a romantic and sometimes you're so insensitive that I want to punch you in the face!" Shinichi pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed patiently.
" Sonoko, I have never been insensitive to Ran before and I will never be, so do I have your approval?"
"fine! But I'm watching you, detective geek!"
"yeah, whatever."
.
.
.
"hey, you! come and look at this dinosaurs!" Ran said excitedly while looking through the binocular, when she didn't hear her boyfriend approaching her she turned around looking for Shinichi, but she didn't find him anywhere.
"moh! Where did he go?" she said irritably, Ran tried to find him through their connection. She could feel that he's close but still, she couldn't see him anywhere. She shrugged her shoulders and turned around and began to look through the binocular again.
Ran almost jumped out of her skin when she felt something cold touch her cheek out of a sudden, she turned around quickly and saw Shinichi grinning at her.
"here! Drink up!" said Shinichi giving her a cola.
" ah..thanks!" said quietly.
Shinichi looked at his watch then his eyes widen. "oh no! we have only three minutes!" he then took her hand in his and dragged her out of the castle.
" wait, Shinichi!" Ran tried to make him slow down but he ignored her call. He stopped suddenly and looked at his watch again, obviously waiting for something.
" good! We are on time."
Ran looked around puzzled. "why did we stop in this crowded place?"
" you will see." Was all Shinichi said, then he began to count backward.
"10!"
"9!"
"8!"
"7!"
"6!"
"5!"
"4!"
"3!"
"2!"
"1!"
Suddenly water burst out of the ground around them, then another circle of water erupted close to them then another one which was closer to them than the other two.
She looked around astonished. "It's so beautiful!" Ran said in amazement,
they were standing inside the fountain at The Tropical Land, Shinichi brought Ran there as an apology for ditching her at the match for some case.
"every two hours the water flows like that, did you like it?" said Shinichi smiling at her, she nodded her head.
" it's amazing!"
Shinichi looked at her tenderly and said. "it's my gift to you for winning the Karate Competition." Then he said rather arrogantly.
"you should be grateful!"
Ran was about to retort when she noticed something in the sky.
"rainbow!" she said excitedly
"let's celebrate this anniversary then!" said Shinichi while holding his cola.
They begin to walk around Tropical land buying stuffed animals and sweets mostly for Ran, Shinichi doesn't like sweets much.
They were sitting on a pinch talking while eating ice cream, they were talking about the day they met Heiji and Kazuha.
" I remember that you didn't like Heiji-kun that much the first time we met him, and you were behaving oddly, it's like you were jealous or something." She said the last part slyly.
Shinichi rolled his eyes and said: " I wasn't jealous."
She smiled coyly at him and said: " We both know you were jealous so don't deny it! But I don't blame you though, because when Heiji-kun shouted ' I finally found you!' At me, he was acting like he found the love of his life, not his sister!" Giggled Ran.
Shinichi smiled at the memory finding it funny this time.
" I never asked you though, the next day you two were talking like you are best friends since forever but when we met them again, you begin to act oddly again, why is that?" Ran asked him
Shinichi groaned: " don't remind me."
" why? What happened?"
" I thought that Heiji is one of The Night Baroness fans." Ran frowned deep in thoughts.
" but you usually don't mind if some fans of your mother asked for an autograph?"
" well, I was uncomfortable, because he kept blushing every time he looked at my mother, a while back, I asked Kazuha-chan about it and she said that Heiji used to have a major crush on my mother since he was five years old and always say that she is hot." he said in disgust, Ran burst out laughing.
"Oi! it's not funny! I'm literally friends with a horny teenager boy! " Said Shinichi irritably.
" your face is priceless!" said Ran still laughing her head off. He huffed in annoyance but he was smiling from the inside, he was having a good time.
They spend the rest of their date talking, laughing and riding different types of rides.
.
The moment Shinichi and Ran went to ride a roller coaster Shinichi felt something is going to happen, he should have seen it, really, it was too good to be true, their date was too perfect to last for long, Shinichi and Ran were having a great time it was one of their best dates so far but it got ruin...
By a murder.
Again.
The victim has been beheaded and the sight was horrifying, to say the least, Shinichi solved the case in no time but since their date was ruined, they decided to go home.
Shinichi was trying to calm down his girlfriend, she was crying her eyes out terrified by what happened, Shinichi's mind was still with those men in black they look familiar, when he heard the long silver-haired guy talk to Meguri-keibu he felt a foreboding feeling in his gut and felt a shiver go down his spine.
Suddenly, he saw one of the black men, the shorter one running toward a dark alley and he was acting odd, Shinichi frowned he felt that foreboding feeling again.
" Ran, go home and I will catch up with you later, alright? Bye!" He said running toward the dark alley
"Wait! Shinichi!" Ran called out, she has the feeling that it will be the last time she sees him.
Ran gasped suddenly, Shinichi turned around to look at her in concern, he looked at the alley where the man in black disappeared to then looked again at Ran.
Ugh! Screw this! Thought Shinichi.
He ran toward his girlfriend. " Ran! Are you alright?"
" yes, my shoelace just broke that's all"
He sighed in relief he looked toward the dark alley again. He felt a tug in his hand he looked behind him at Ran.
" don't." Ran said apprehensively.
" what?"
She looked nervously at him. " don't go, whatever mystery you found interesting enough to go and investigate it, leave it, it's not worth it."
Shinichi frowned, he was surprised at his girlfriend behavior, it was clear that something is troubling Ran.
" what's wrong, Ran?"
She bites her lip, " well… I have a bad feeling about this… Ju-just" Ran sighed heavily.
" don't go, please." She tightens her hold on his hand.
With one look at her pleading eyes and his decision was made.
" alright, shall we go home then?" She nodded at him.
While they were riding on his bike on their way to the agency Ran was quiet and didn't talk much, on the other hand, His thoughts about those men in black were long forgotten. Shinichi was giving his girlfriend worrying glances every few minutes. He's concern, he has never seen Ran acting like this before.
Shinichi left Ran to her thoughts and didn't try reading her mind to know what's worrying her, if she want to, she will tell me on her own. He thought.
When they arrived at the agency and Ran got down from the bike, Shinichi asked her.
"are you ok?"
She nodded at him. " I will be fine after I get a good night of sleep, but promise me you won't go searching for trouble."
He grimaced." Fine! see ya tomorrow."
"Bye!"
While he's on his way to his own home he kept thinking about the two men in black, they look familiar but he couldn't for the life of him remember where did he see them before. He shook his head to clear his thought, it won't matter if he remembers them or not, he promised Ran that he won't go looking for trouble.
When he arrived in front of his house he went to his neighbor and family friend Agatha Hakase, he was looking after his brother Hiroyuki while he was on his date with his girlfriend.
Hiroyuki wanted to continue his education in Japan instead of America, when he told his parents about it Yukiko downright refused, it was bad enough that her older son is living alone in their big house. Even though his friend Heiji is living with him on school days but she didn't like it one bit.
Last time she left her kids home alone she lost her only daughter and aside from her unborn son she almost lost her eldest, she knows she won't be able to sleep peacefully at night if she left her two boys in Japan.
But Hiroyuki was insistent, he has to go to a new school every six months or so because his parents travel a lot and he wasn't comfortable with it, understanding his son's dilemma Yusaku agreed, but unfortunately, he spent the whole summer trying to convince his wife until she finally relented.
"Onii-san!" call Hiroyuki when he saw his brother at the front door.
" ah.. Shinichi-Kun!" said Hakase.
"sorry Hakase I came late, there was a murder at the Tropical land."
" it's fine Shinichi-Kun."
" have you two eaten dinner, yet?" asked Shinichi
Hiroyuki nodded and said. " we ate at the Café Columbo."
He winced at that, neither Ran nor his mother like it when they eat fast food and they always know when you eat it.
"let's not mention it to anybody. Anyway, do you know if Hattori came or not?" Shinichi asked.
" he came a few minutes before you." Said Hakase
"see you tomorrow then. Come Hiroyuki."
They entered the house while Hiro was talking excitedly about his school.
"Onii-san? Do you know Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta? I told you about them remember?"
"they are your new friends, right?" Shinichi asked him.
"hmmm." Said Hiro.
"when I told them that you're my brother they were excited and want to meet you."
He grimaced."Oh? and why is that?" he asked, though ha have a good idea about why a bunch of six years kids want to meet him.
"they are fans actually, they want to be detectives like you, Onii-san!"
Yep, I was right, thought Shinichi. He knows those particular three they always get themselves in trouble trying to ' play' detective, he thanked the god that his little brother doesn't want to be a detective like him when he grows up, much to Shinichi's relief even though he's a Holmes fan like him.
Shinichi doesn't want his brother to be like him, he tries to protect Hiroyuki from the murder cases he encounters every day as much as he could.
Hiroyuki loves football but because of his condition he can't play that much like any other kid in his age, he was upset at first but the moment Shinichi introduce him to the world of music a year ago he was back to his old self, and Shinichi was happy to teach him how to play the violin and the guitar.
Shinichi also knows how to play the piano as good as his girlfriend thanks to his own mother, Yukiko who likes to make bets with her older son.
Ran sometimes comes to play the piano with Hiroyuki and teaches him how to play some of her favorite songs, Hiro is good at playing the piano and much to his parents and brother's relief he wants to be a musician.
"Oh? That's...interesting," he said slowly, he tried not to grimace in front of Hiro.
The next day
Shinichi woke up at 6 am, he wore his tracksuit and went running with Watson and Holmes.
After Shinichi ran for an hour around the neighborhood he went back to his mansion and took a shower, he then changed to his school uniform and on his way down to the kitchen, he went to his brother's room then Heiji's to wake them up.
While he was making breakfast he talked to Ran through their connection. " morning."
"morning," said Ran tiredly.
He frowned, "what's wrong? Why do you sound so tired?"
"I didn't get much sleep last night."
"why?"
"Otousan had a case last night, I will tell you about it when I see you."
"alright."
"Bye!"
Shinichi pinched his nose. What did that old man do this time? He thought.
After breakfast, with a cup of coffee in his hand Shinichi, Hiroyuki and Heiji went out and headed to the school, they didn't see the need to go to their school with their bikes.
"so." Said Heiji, " I heard there was a murder case at your date."
Wow! They are fast! Thought Shinichi.
"oh yeah! I forgot to tell you about that. It was the victim's ex who killed him to take revenge."
Heiji opened his mouth to ask him how was he killed but Shinichi gave a pointed look and mouthed 'later' then indicate to his brother with his head. Understanding him, Heiji closed his mouth and kept quiet.
Shinichi doesn't talk about his cases in details in front of his brother because most of them are gruesome and he wanted to spare his brother as much as he could.
"Hey guys!" said Kazuha
"Hey"
" Hello, Ran-nee-chan, Kazuha-nee-chan!" said Hiro
" Hello Hiroyuki-kun."
Ran kissed Shinichi's cheek. "hey"
"Hey, you look terrible," Shinichi said while looking at her. They began to walk again.
She was pale and there was a dark circle under her red and puffy eyes from the lack of sleep.
" geez, that's what's girls want to hear in the early morning and from their boyfriend no less." She said sarcastically.
Shinichi just grinned at her, " so what happened, yesterday?"
she sighed tiredly, " a little girl was kidnapped and her father came yesterday after you left asking for help."
Shinichi frowned he knows that the old man can't solve a case to save his life he was hoping against hope that Kogoro was able to find the girl and saved her.
" what did Ojisan do?" he asked her.
She bites her lip, " he went with the father and since I didn't want Otousan to go alone I went with him, it took us all night to find her."
" it was too late, she was already dead."
He pursed his lips tightly while Heiji who heard the entire conversation frowned slightly.
"Shinichi? Can you help Otousan? I hate seeing him disappointed like this."
He groaned inwardly, he doesn't want to be near that old man, in any case, the only thing Kogoro cares about is money, Ran, money, beers, money, woman and...did he mention money?
Till today Shinichi is still wondering how on earth a man like him has a daughter like Ran?
When he tries to solve a mystery either his deduction are loads of crap or downright ridiculous, but because he doesn't want to hurt Ran's feelings he agreed to help her father.
After they dropped of Hiroyuki to his school they went to theirs, meeting Sonoko on their way.
After school the six of them went to the agency to spend some time with the girls, while they were hanging around and talking Shinichi's phone rang...
"moshi, moshi."
"can I talk to Kudo Shinichi, please?"
" this is him, who am I talking to?"
" I'm Okino Yuko, I need your help."
Unfortunately, when Okino Yoko came to the agency after her call Kogoro was at the agency at the time, needless to say, Shinichi wished he said to her to come to his own house instead.
Yoko explains her recent trouble with a stalker, someone has been stalking her for a while and she was worried. Her manager, Yamagishi Eiichi, asks Shinichi to solve the case discreetly.
Before Shinichi began to assure him Kogoro interrupted them rather rudely.
"who are you?" he asked, Shinichi glared at him.
Yamagishi looked nervously at him then said." O-oh! Excuse me...I'm Yoko's manager Yamagishi." He gave Kogoro his card.
Shinichi opened his mouth to speak but Kogoro cut him off again.
"understood then! The investigation will be confidential!"
"thank you!" the manager sighed in relieve.
Kogoro went toward Yoko. " now if you'll just write down your phone number and address here and your signature here." Kogoro said giving her a paper, Kazuha, Sonoko, Heiji and Shinichi sweatdrop at that while ran were glaring at her father.
"and don't forget to write 'to Mouri Kogoro'..."
"huh?" said Yoko in bewilderment, Shinichi and Heiji put their hand on their faces embarrassed by Kogoro behavior.
Kogoro put his hand on Yoko's shoulder while laughing loudly, "now just leave matters to this great detective Mouri Kogoro, and everything will turn out fine! I won't let anyone hurt you, Okino-san!"
"great detective my ass!" mumbled Heiji annoyed, Kazuha poked him in his rips and he hissed in pain. Kazuha looked at him.
"language!" she hissed at him then looked at Hiroyuki, he huffed in annoyance.
"shall we go take a look at your house, Yoko-chan?" said Kogoro joyfully.
"over my dead body!" mumbled Ran angrily, no one heard her except Shinichi who almost felt sorry for Kogoro, almost.
"Shinichi, you better go with Otousan, or so help me_." Said Ran through their connection.
"don't worry, I wasn't going to let that idiot screw everything!" said Shinichi. He was surprised when Ran didn't scold him for talking about her father like that. Wow! She must be really angry! Thought Shinichi.
" wait, Otousan! Can we go too?" Shinichi raised his eyebrow at Ran.
"huh?" Kogoro looked at her confused.
"I want to see what an Idol's house looks like! Besides, Yoko-san was asking for Shinichi's help! Isn't it right?" Ran said the last part while looking at the manager.
The manager nodded confirming what she said, he was relieved that the famous Heisei Holmes is going to take their case and not that drunk man that reeks of alcohol.
Kogoro glare at Shinichi, Shinichi just rolled his eyes which made Kogoro more irritated and his eyebrow twitched in annoyance.
Shinichi, Ran and Heiji went with Yoko and Kogoro while Sonoko and Kazuha weren't interested and decide to go shopping instead and they agreed to take Hiroyuki to Hakase on their way.
Of course with their luck the moment they entered Yoko's house they saw a blooded man laying on the floor with a knife stabbed on his back.
"RAN CALL THE POLICE!" said Shinichi and Kogoro at the same time.
"no wait!" said Yamagishi holding Shinichi's arm. " we don't want a scandal. If the press knows about this..."
Shinichi, Kogoro and, Heiji stared at him blankly. " you're kidding, right?" said Heiji in disbelieve.
"we are talking about murder here and all you care about is your reputation?!" shouted Kogoro at him, while Shinichi shook his head exasperated and decided that the man is not worth it.
"Ran call the police!"
Megure-Keibu came after a few minutes while Shinichi and Heiji were inspecting the body.
Shinichi looked at the body with concentration, the victim was laying on his stomach and stabbed in the middle of his back with a big kitchen knife and there was a lot of blood on the floor around him, he narrowed his eyes, he noticed something in the victim's fist.
A hair.
Shinichi narrowed his eyes then he looked around him at the room with a frown on his face, all the windows are locked, thought Shinichi, and even if they were open we are on the 25th floor there's no way someone could enter the flat through one of the windows, that leaves the front door as the only way in and out.
Yoko was explaining to Megure that she came to the agency searching for Kudo Shinichi, she came for his help. she said that someone was stalking her and told him what happened when they entered the apartment.
"so you returned to your apartment with that private investigator?" asked Megure while praying that he's not who he thought he is.
Kogoro smiled widely. " it's me Mouri Kogoro, Megure-Keibu!"
Megure groaned inwardly.
"it's been a long time!" Kogoro continued, " all those cases we worked on together!"
Megure deadpanned at that. " with you working under me most cases went cold." He said through gritted teeth.
Shinichi and Heiji snorted at that then stopped when Ran glared at them.
" hey, Shinichi." Heiji called, Shinichi turned around and looked at him, He was kneeling on the floor near the body.
"There's a slight trace of water around the body." Said Heiji.
Shinichi was surprised at that, "also it's very_."
" hot? Yeah, I've noticed." Shinichi cut him off. "also there's something odd, this apartment looks like someone trashed it. most of the furniture are upside down except that chair near the body. It remains upright." finished Shinichi
" Yoko-san do you always turn the heat up so high like this?" asked Heiji.
" no not this high and I'm sure I turned it off when I left." That got Shinichi and Heiji's attention.
This is weird. Thought Shinichi, the trace of water, the trashed room, the chair near the body and the over-heated room. was this done in order to prevent accurate estimation of the time of death? No, he thought. if the murder wants to prevent it, it would be more effective if he put the body in the water...
"how's it going? Did you figure out the cause of death?" Megure asked the men who were inspecting the body.
Shinichi and Heiji raised their eyebrow at this, didn't he see that big knife that is stuck in the victim's back?
"the knife in the back, sir. He was killed instantly most likely."
"hmmm," said Megure. "that knife, is it yours?" he asked Yoko looking at her with suspicion.
Yoko bit her lip nervously. " ye-yes,"
"so it'd be only natural to find your prints on it?" he said narrowing his eyes at her.
"ye-yes," she said.
Yamagishi's eyes widen, "Megure Keibu, yo-you don't suspect Yoko, do you?"
"and who are you?" Megure with narrowed eyes.
"I'm Yamagishi Eiichi, Yoko's manager."
" Yoko-san, Yamagishi-san do either of you recognize the victim?" asked Shinichi cutting them off. Yoko looked at him, she was surprised by the question.
"actually..."
" We were so frightened, we haven't taken a look." Said the manager.
The three of them deadpanned at that.
" will you please take a look then," said Megure through greeted teeth.
They turned around to look at the victim then they gasped, Heiji looked at them in suspicious while Shinichi was curious.
"do you recognize him?" asked Megure.
"N-No, I have to take a closer look." Said the manager while moving toward the victim.
"AAAAHHHHH!"
He slipped and fell on the victim, Shinichi narrowed his eyes.
"don't touch the body!" one of the officers shouted at him.
" s-sorry! My foot... it slipped."
"that guy took something from the victim's hand" whispered Heiji. Shinichi nodded indicating that he saw it too.
" he took a hair from the body." Said Shinichi. But who is the owner of that hair? Thought Shinichi, and why the manager tried to hide it? Although their reaction...
"so do you recognize him?" asked Megure again.
"No, he's not anyone we know, right Yoko?" said the manager while smiling nervously.
"huh? Right." said Yoko without looking at them.
They know him! thought Shinichi, they know the victim! Their reaction when they saw the victim says it all but why are they denying it though? Could it be one of them is the murder? Or possibly both of them are..?
Suddenly they heard something fall on the ground. Everybody looked at Heiji who laughed and said...
CLUNK!
"Sorry, it's my watch." Shinichi raised his eyebrow at him already having an idea about what he's doing.
Heiji knelt to the ground and acted like he's picking up his watch, nobody noticed that he picked something else as well.
Heiji turned around and looked at Shinichi smirking slightly while holding a hair in his fist.
He shook his head at his friend's antics.
"well, no matter," said Shinichi. "things will clear up once the officers identify the victim and inspect the weapon." They didn't find any fingerprints on the knife except Yoko's which made Heiji and Shinichi feel weird.
As soon as the body was taken from the crime scene Shinichi noticed a weird mark on the floor, his eyes widen in shock then he began to look around the room again, suddenly the puzzle pieces begin to connect together.
The room was a mess when we enter it, the furniture was upside down except a chair it was the only thing remain upright which was near the body also the temperature of the room was too high and the watermarks on the floor around the body and the weird mark which was beneath the body.
He smirked, he figured it out how that man died, the only thing missing in this case, is the identity of the victim and his connection to Okino Yoko.
"no prints besides Yoko_san's were lifted from the weapon." Said Megure while thinking deeply." In other words, the murderer can only be you, Okino Yoko!"
"no! I would never kill anyone!" she shrieked in fright.
"C'mon, inspector," said Kogoro while standing beside Yoko, " Okino_san went to the trouble of hiring me."
Megure and Shinichi snorted, you mean hiring me, he thought wryly.
"There've been many cases where a criminal hires a detective." Said Heiji.
Kogoro scowled, detective brat. He Thought.
Shinichi frowned, No, he thought. Something is not right here, why did that man kill himself in the first place? He have the feeling that if he knows the connection between him and Okino Yoko he will know the reason, the problem is Okino_san and her Manager are hiding their cognition of the victim.
"Yoko_san? Where were you before you came to the agency?" asked Shinichi.
" I was at the TV station all day and if you want, you can ask the people there."
So if she was there all day as she said she couldn't be the murderer, thought Heiji. the manager might have sneaked off and gone to the apartment but the only way in is the front door and no one can enter except Yoko_san unless...
"Okino_san, don't people usually have a spare key?" asked Heiji.
Yoko looked apprehensively at her manager and said. "m-my manager, Yamagishi_san has a spare."
Hearing this, Kogoro smiled a big stupid smile.
"then that's it!" he shouted, " the murderer is you, Mr, Manager!"
"what?!" shouted Yamagishi.
"Yoko_san probably dumped you! And to get back at her, yo_"
Shinichi, Heiji, and Megure groaned at once.
"is there any evidence that proves Okinp_san isn't the murderer?" asked Megure annoyed.
"of course! A girl as lovely as Okino Yoko would never kill anybody." Said Kogoro putting his hands on Yoko's shoulders while she looked at him with uneasiness.
Megure deadpanned while Shinichi and Heiji facepalmed themselves, Ran who kept silent until now and kept away from the police way winced slightly at her father's idiocy.
"idiot."
"moron."
Heiji and Shinichi said together.
"I did have the spare key. But I lost it!" said the Manager, his voice was full of panic.
He lost it? Thought Shinichi. Maybe the victim stole the key from him? Okino_San said that someone is stalking her everywhere she goes to, it might have been him and he stole the spare key from The Manager to enter her apartment and scare her more.
"what!?" said Heiji shocked.
"it's true. I lost it five days ago, in the dressing room of the TV station."
Kogoro yanked the Manager from his collar and shouted at him.
"DON'T LIE TO ME!"
Yoko hurried and said. " he's telling the truth! People from the TV station even tried to help us look for it."
He scowled then released the Manager. " if you say so, Okino_san."
"after that, I got the feeling that someone was entering my home while I wasn't there," Yoko said to Shinichi, he nodded deep in thoughts. Just what I thought.
But why did he commit a suicide after wasting his time in stalking her wherever she goes? He groaned. I really need to know the identity of that man.
"does Okino_san have enemies?" asked Megure.
"No, Yoko's the last person to have enemies." Answered The Manager.
Suddenly Shinichi heard Heiji groan in annoyance besides him.
"what's wrong?" he asked Heiji.
"Something's wrong here," said Heiji, "There's Something missing, we are not seeing the bigger picture here."
While both of them were talking, Ran noticed something shiny under the couch, she knelt down to see what it was...
"pssst! Shinichi!"
Shinichi and Heiji looked at her.
"Hmm?"
"look at what I found!"
Shinichi looked under the couch then wore his glove and stretch his hand under the couch and grabbed what was under it then straighten again.
"who is the owner of this earring?" he asked.
"that's Yuko's!" said Yoko surprised.
"Yuko?" asked Heiji.
"Ikezawa Yuko, we debuted in the same year." Yoko continued. "I worked with her a lot so I've seen her wear that earring before."
"but what's Yuko's earring doing in my room?" she wondered out loud while in deep thought.
"come to think of it.." said The Manager slowly. "Ikezawa Yuko lost the lead role in a soap to Yoko. I heard that she has a grudge against her."
Yoko's eyes widen in surprise." she's angry with me?"
Kogoro crossed his arms over his chest. " I've got it figured out this time for sure!"
Shinichi groaned, not again! He thought.
"the murder is Ikezawa Yuko! Go find her!" Kogoro shouted at the officers.
It's going to be a long day...
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"Oi, Kudo! I don't think Yoko_san is the murderer. " Heiji frowned deep in thoughts. " and don't ya think tat there's something odd about tat manager?"
Shinichi looked at him. " you mean the fact that he's worried about their reputation more than the murder that occurred? Will it's not that odd, anyone in his position will act like this. It doesn't mean he is the one who killed the victim."
Shinichi continued. "and I know she didn't kill anyone, if she did, she won't have said that her ex were trying to get back to her, it's too easy, if Yoko_san is really the murderer, she wouldn't have used her kitchen knife or at least she would try to wipe out her fingerprints, that is too obvious. besides that man commit suicide"
"what!?" Heiji exclaimed loudly.
"Uh Huh, look at this." Said Shinichi indicating to the mark on the floor. After a few minutes, Heiji's eyes widen slightly.
However, Shinichi continued in his thoughts. There is something odd about Yuko_san's behavior, she seems to know her way around the apartment even though she said that she hasn't seen it before.
Everybody thought that the mini statue of liberty that was on the table was just that a statue but it turns out it was a lighter. The only one knew about it aside from Okino Yoko was Yuko. Also, she seems to know where the bathroom is without asking Yoko.
The moment Megure and Kogoro noticed her weird behavior they began to push her until she confessed. It turns out she was the one who kept stalking Yoko and when she stole the spare key and entered Yoko's apartment someone enters after her.
it was the victim.
he attacked her but she managed to escape in time.
"Megure-Keibu!" called out an officer. "we've identified the victim!"
"very good! And he is...?" said Megure.
" Fujie Akiyoshi. Sir! He's 22 years old, graduated from Konan high school, worked for Kakubeni company."
"wait! KONAN HIGH SCHOOL!?" shouted Megure and Kogoro together. Kogoro turned around and looked at Yoko.
"didn't you go to Konan high school, Okino_San?"
Yoko's guilty face said enough.
Fujie Akiyoshi was Yoko's ex, he broke up with her in high school then he came to her because he wanted to get back together but Yoko refused.
It turns out that the Manager forced Fujie Akiyoshi to break up with Yoko, unable to forget her Fujie Akiyoshi went to her to get back together not caring it might be the end of Yoko's career.
Apparently when Fujie Akiyoshi came to Okino Yoko's apartment at same time Ikezawa Yuko was there and he thought she's Yoko because they look alike he begun to talk to her, but since Yuko doesn't know who he is she freaked out thinking he's going to attack her and fled, feeling depressed when he saw his love afraid of him then hatred he decides to commit suicide.
He made sure that the suicide looks like a murder and all the evidence are pointing at Okino Yoko.
After a few weeks.
A week ago, Kogoro has received a strange letter from someone called Asoh Keiji asking him to investigate a mystery on Tsukikage Island, having never been to the Island before Heiji went with them instead of visiting his parents.
It turns out, Asoh Keiji who sent the strange letter has been dead for 12 years. He was a world-renowned pianist who suddenly killed his family, set his house on fire, and played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as his house burnt around him.
The five of them Kogoro, Shinichi, Ran, Kazuha, and Heiji went to the Island and spent a few days there, Hiroyuki was in America spending the holiday with his parents. There were three murders happen in the days they were there.
Of course, Shinichi and Heiji solved the case in the end, it was Asoh Keiji's son Asoh Seiji who was the murderer and he tried to commit suicide by killing himself the same way his father did afterward, he burned down the house while he was inside playing the piano. Shinichi found out about his plan and saved him.
Heiji was growling, with one look at his face and Shinichi is sure that he is going to kill Kogoro any minute and he's not blaming him really, Shinichi wants to kill him too, while Ran was giving her father one of her famous death glares and Kazuha was looking at him with narrowed eyes.
The old man has the audacity to talk to the press, who learned about the case and came to talk to the Heisei Holmes and the detective of the west and take credit for what they have done on the Island, while in fact, he hasn't done a thing all those days, well if you count drinking until passing out was something.
Ran, Kazuha, Heiji, and Kogoro were setting around Shinichi's bed in the hospital, Shinichi injured his back and burned his torso and his arm while trying to save the murderer, Shinichi tried to get out of the burning building while holding Seiji's unconscious body , he jumped from the window breaking it with his back so there were fragment of glasses stuck on his back. his arm and torso suffered first and second degree burns but thankfully it won't leave scars.
Ran was angry at her father for what he had done or rather he hasn't done, but most of all, she's worried about Shinichi, when he found out about Seiji's suicide plan he that look in his eyes, a familiar look at that.
It was the same look she saw on his face every time he's thinking about Shira, the last time she saw that look was when Heiji and Kazuha came to the Kudo mansion for the first time and saw pictures of Shinichi's sister and asked him about who she is.
Flash Back
A few months ago.
Heiji and Kazuha were standing on their spot with jaws on the floor and gaping at the mansion that was towering over them in shock, Shinichi was looking at them in amusement while Ran was giggling slightly.
"WOW!" said Heiji in amazement, that mansion is bigger than mine! He thought.
The iron gate was made of shiny black stone and the fence made of unique gray stone which kept the mansion enclosed, there was a neatly trimmed hedges surrounding it.
When they entered the gate they stepped onto pea shingle path that leads to an oak double door, then theynoticed a marble fountain sitting on the left side of the lawn in the front yard and there were a lot of trees and bushes of flowers surrounding the house.
The mansion stood beyond the sidewalk, it was white in color and the roof was dark gray, the front side of its roof was peaked and has a big window and a large balcony in the upper floors and the two sides of the mansion were square in shape and has two windows in each floor.
As they walked toward the white stone porch to the front door the two teenagers from Osaka noticed a small table with four chairs on each side of the porch
When they entered the house and stepped into the genkan area Heiji whistle loudly and Kazuha stood in a daze.
"Wow! Kudo-Kun your house is amazing!" said Kazuha.
On their left side there was a grand staircase and on their right side was two doors, they were closed so they couldn't see what was inside.
Shinichi shook his head at their expression and said
"Kasan has been in a weird state a few years ago, she was redecorating the house every few months. She loves doing that kind of things but thankfully she stopped this craziness when she went to America."
Heiji snorted at that. "no wonder our mothers became friends in no time."
" come, I will show you the rest of the house."
They entered the entrance hall and stepped onto a red carpet which was covering the shiny wooden floor and entered one of the two closed doors which leads to a large living room, the walls were beige and brown in color, in the middle of the room there was a big plush beige with a brown vine patterned rug and a sofa, a two loveseats and an armchair, the sofa and the two love seats were a navy blue color with brown and beige pillows and a big coffee table, and two end tables with blue lambs were on each side of the sofa and the armchair was beige with brown vine pattern and a simple blue pillow.
Pushed up against the wall was a big flat screen TV cabinet and at the opposite wall behind the sofa was a glass display cabinet and from each side of the cabinet at the corners, there were two-floor lamps. at another wall there were a two large windows with navy blue curtains swinging slightly by the wind and in between there was a small table with a crystal vase and two chairs beige in color with brown vine pattern and there was above the table a bookshelf with small plant containers on it, at the opposite wall hanging a big artwork painting.
When they entered the other room it was an office with a meeting area, behind the desk there was a bookcase full of books and in the meeting area, there was a long glass table with eight black chairs.
Beyond the staircase on the front side were double doors and on the left side was a small hall on the left side of the hall were a door leads to a grand kitchen and opposite from it on the right side of the hall were three small bathrooms and down the hall another door that leads to a dining room.
on their right side beyond the staircase was a long hallway, a door leads to a small empty guest room and down the hall there was a sliding double door leads to washitsu room which has a sliding door that leads to the backyard.
In the dining room, the walls were a cloud grey color, a beautiful rectangular crystal chandelier was hanging from the ceiling above the dining table, there were a two large windows with curtains cream in color and between them there was a big mirror hanging on the wall, a credenza with candleholders was pushed up against the wall and opposite from it there was a large artwork painting, the long mahogany dining table was in the center of the room with chairs cream in color, a few plants were scattered at the corners of the room.
Heiji stood at the large hall in front of the double door while looking around him. "hey Shinichi, can I ask ya something?" said Heiji.
"sure."
"how da hell can ya live in dis maze!?"
Shinichi's mouth twitched, fighting a smile he said. " you're saying this and we haven't even finished the ground floor yet."
" he's right, you know, it's like a maze, I will probably get lost if you left me here." Said Kazuha while still looking around her.
"I got lost once, actually." Said Ran standing beside Kazuha.
" really?" said Kazuha surprised.
She nodded. " Shinichi and his father found me in one the guest rooms."
Shinichi frowned trying to remember that day. "oh! You were what? three at the time?"
"ah huh! I remember that I accidentally closed the door and couldn't open it because I was too short to reach the handle."
Shinichi smirked slightly and said in a teasing tone. " you were bawling your eyes out by the time we found you! and felt embarrassed when Tousan saw you like this. "
She glared at him and put her hands on her waist, " I wasn't crying!"
"uh huh."
She narrowed her eyes at him and suddenly he felt scared by glares. " ah, shall we continue?", Heiji snickered at him, Shinichi shot him a look to shut him up.
They walked toward the double door which leads to large two stories circular library, the wooden floor was covered by a large red carpet, row after row of cherry wood bookcases full to the brim from floor to ceiling with books with spines facing outward and has a desk and a chair in one corner, when Heiji saw it he was gobsmacked and his jaw almost hit the floor.
"Kudo, it's official this will be my bedroom!"
Ran groaned loudly." Not you too, Hattori-Kun!"
"what?" said Heiji while giving her a questioning look.
"I have to push Shinichi out of the library more time than I care to count! I don't need another one!"
Kazuha giggled slightly. " don't worry, Ran_Chan, Heiji is more outgoing than Kudo_Kun, he won't be able to shut himself with books for long."
After they got out of the library, they went up the stairs to the second floor, there was a large window, the largest in the house that overlooks their street, the second floor consists of five bedrooms, two guest rooms, Shinichi's parents room, a music room and a family room plus a door leading to the second floor of the library.
The family room was less formal than the living room and brighter, the walls were a light lemon color and there was a sofa pushed against the wall and facing two armchairs and a chaise lounge sofa all of them were cloud gray color with light lemon and white pillows, forming a semi-circle and in the middle were a white and gray plush rug and a coffee table with a crystal vase which holds white and yellow flowers, they were facing toward a big built-in bookcase which has a fireplace and a flat screen TV hanging on the wall above the mantel and the shelves were full of CDs, DVDs, small plant containers and few pictures of the Kudos family.
at the opposite wall, there was a mini kitchen, it has a mini-fridge for snacks. above the sofa there were landscape pictures and at the opposite wall were three all-glass floor-to-ceiling windows with white curtains.
The third floor has five rooms, a guest room, a gym room, Hiroyuki's room, Shinichi's room and Shirayuki's room.
When they went to the third floor there was a small table pushed against the wall, it has a lot of framed pictures of the Kudos family and above them hanging on the wall a large photo of the Kudo and Kuroba's families.
Heiji and Kazuha stood in front of the pictures and squint at them. "hey Shinichi_Kun, who is that?" asked Kazuha pointing at the large photo, Shinichi looked at them then at the photo.
"my cousin."
Heiji whistle loudly, " he looks just like you! How come we never heard of him?"
" because we haven't seen him in years." Answered Shinichi quietly. Heiji opened his mouth to ask him, why, but noticed his tone of voice and closed it, he could have sworn that he saw a sadness in Shinichi's eyes before he turned around but he wasn't sure.
when they walked towards Shinichi's room, Heiji noticed another door across from Shinichi's, he saw a name was written on the closed door.
"Shirayuki." Read Heiji.
"huh?" said Kazuha looking at him. ignoring her he asked Shinichi.
"hey, Shinichi! Who is this Shirayuki?"
Ran bite her lip nervously, they haven't talked about Shirayuki for years, it's still a touchy subject to the Kudos especially Shinichi. Shinichi looked at Heiji he kept quiet for a while then said...
" my twin sister."
Heiji and Kazuha looked at him in shock.
"YOU HAVE A SISTER!?" they shouted at the same time. He nodded quietly.
"Oh! Was she the one that in the photos?" asked Kazuha,
"yes."
Heiji noticed something is off about Shinichi's expression then noticed Ran shaking her head at him behind Shinichi's back, he understood then that Shinichi doesn't want to talk about it.
"then why haven't we seen or heard of her before?" asked Kazuha before Heiji could stop her. Shinichi turned around hiding his face with his bangs and said with an emotionless voice.
" she's dead."
There was a shock silence after that.
End of Flashback.
Ran shook her head slightly, she found that Kogoro was still bragging about the case and she couldn't hold herself any longer.
"what?" Korogo asked Ran and Kazuha when he noticed them glaring at him. " what the hell is wrong with you?!" Kazuha shouted at him angrily before Ran could say anything, the two girls were standing up in front of him with their hands on their waist in fury, Kogoro looked in confusion at them.
"what did you think you were doing talking to the press and taking all the credits like that!? You didn't do anything! Both of them solved the case and Shinichi got hurt in the processes WHILE YOU WERE DROWNING IN YOUR DRINKS!" Ran bellowed at him. Heiji grinned in triumph while Shinichi smirked slightly.
The detective of the east kept watching the three of them bickering with each while the detective of the west was lost in this thoughts, unknown to Ran, Heiji was remembering the same day and thinking about Shinichi's expression when he found out about Seiji's plan.
Shinichi got out of the hospital after a few days and stayed in his house after he completely healed.
They came across a lot of cases after that and of course, Kogoro almost always takes the credit when Shinichi and Heiji if he is with them solve the cases, and that's how the next few weeks went, solving cases almost every day.
While the police force knows that the detectives of the east and the west are the ones who solve the cases but Kogoro takes the credit most of the time and that leads him to be famous more and more, The two teens were getting agitated by it and Ran was faring no better.
"Kaito 1412?" asked Shinichi one day, they were at the agency once again, Hiroyuki was doing his homework on the couch beside Shinichi.
Sonoko has just came asking or more like ordering Shinichi to solve a mystery.
Heiji and Kazuha weren't in Tokyo. they went to Osaka to visit their parents, they always went there on the weekends every two weeks.
" and who is this Kaito 1412, may I ask?"
Sonoko looked at him in astonishment, " haaa! you don't him!?"
He rolled his eyes at her, "if I know I wouldn't have asked."
Sonoko smiled and she has that dreamy look on her face Shinichi didn't like one bit.
"he's a thief, he steals jewels, he's the most amazing magician I have ever seen! and he's the best as well!"
Shinichi blinked and stared at her, he has been a detective since he was thirteen and he has seen and heard a lot of bizarre things but hearing 'amazing', 'magician' and 'the best' with 'thief' in one sentence was a first.
"what?" he asked her in bewilderment.
"he sent a not for the next heist to the police, he has always been like this, sending notes before he steals anything.
He raised his eyebrows, this is getting more interesting by the minute, he thought, Sending warnings before stealing? Seriously? And he hasn't been caught yet?! He's mocking the police by the looks of it or Sonoko is exaggerating like always.
He believes the latter.
"so are you going or what?" Sonoko asked impatiently.
"going where exactly?"
"to the heist of course!" she huffed.
"no," he said bluntly.
Sonoko's jaw dropped to the floor.
"WHAT?!" she screeched at him.
"You heard me, I'm not interested."
That was the truth. Shinichi is more interest in murderers than thieves.
"maybe you should go Shinichi, just this time." Said Ran.
She wants her boyfriend to go because this way she won't be worried that much about him if he chased that thief. She has heard that Kaito 1412's famous rule is that no one gets hurt in his heist, well except their pride that is.
"don't worry Ran that detective geek will go."
Shinichi glared at her and crossed his arms over his chest and said...
"says who?"
"me!" Sonoko said through clenched teeth then she pushed the note to his hand none too gently.
"I will only solve that puzzle and no more than that, Suzuki!"
She rolled her eyes and mumbled, " we will see."
He looked at the note and was surprised by what was written.
APRIL FOOLS
WHEN THE MOON SPLITS IN HALF,
I WILL COME TO VISIT THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF THE BLAcK STAR
AT THE CALLING OF THE WAVES.
PHANTOM THIEF.
That got his attention, he got to admit that the note interested a little maybe if he went this time the devil herself will leave him alone.
How wrong he was.
This my first time describing a house so please don't be too harsh.
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