Discalimer: Gosho-sensei's

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Chapter nine:

Important Person

Conan was having a nice day, not including the whole Ran part; though the magician really helped him take his mind off of his childhood friend.

However, that peaceful feeling couldn't last because Conan saw a little girl in the park they just passed.

Now, that wouldn't be strange if it wasn't for the fact that the girl is a ghost.

She is a tiny thing, around four years old. She has on a pure white dress that reaches her ankles, and light brown hair that falls to her shoulders in gentle waves. She seems like a living person, except for the fact that she is slightly transparent and deathly pale.

Conan looked at her for a moment with sad eyes. Why did her life have to end so soon?

He carefully made his way over to the tree she seemed to be leaning against and sat down.

She looked up at him, curious as to why the other boy felt different to her then everyone else. He made her feel safer, and less lost.

Conan looked to his right, and said softly "Hey, are you lonely? Want to play a game?"

The girl was startled at the question; no one else has talked to her before. Slowly, she started to nod her head.

"Okay, do you have anything in mind?" Conan asked and gave a small grin at her.

Immediately the girl brightened up. Standing she moved to grab his hand to drag him somewhere. When her hand passed right through his her smile dropped in disappointment.

Conan chuckled a bit, "Why don't you just start walking and I'll follow?"

The little girl brightened once again and started towards some destination.

Getting up, Conan was about to follow; when a voice stopped him.

"Shinichi? Where are you going? Who are you talking to?" Kaito asked in confusion.

Conan looked at the other, he had forgotten about him, however what really surprised him was… "Since when did you start calling me by my first name?"

Kaito blinked, he wasn't sure; why was he calling the detective in such a casual manor? It wasn't like they knew each other… "Ermm…I don't know?"

The shrunken detective gave the other a disbelieving look. He was about to respond, when he remembered the girl; looking in the direction she was headed, he sighed in relief when he saw her waiting for him. Starting to jog to catch up, Conan threw a wave over his shoulder, "Hey, sorry but I'm heading off now."

"Oi, wait!" Kaito ran up to the detective and stood in his path, path to where Kaito had no clue. "…What just happened?"

"Nothing you need to worry about." Conan dismissed, the ghost was getting impatient, and Conan did not want to deal with an upset four year old ghost.

Kaito raised an eyebrow, "Well this interrupted our day together, so I should know what it is."

Conan rolled his eyes but answered anyways, "I just saw a ghost. And now she wants me to follow her."

"Where?" Kaito asked, following the detective as he followed the ghost.

"I don't know." Conan answered simply.

Kaito stared incredulously at the boy, "What? So you just go around following random ghosts? Where is your common sense?"

Conan thought about that; okay, so getting asked that by Kaitou KID probably isn't the best sign…Oh well he won't change his ways now. Besides what else can he do when a ghost needs to show him something? "What else can I do?" he inquired aloud.

With that, Conan ran to catch up to the little ghost, who was waving for him to hurry up with a bright, excited smile on her face.

Kaito stood there for a moment, should he go back home?

But something was on the edge of his mind. Sure Kaito couldn't see ghosts, but he was told he could sense them right?

And well, Kaito had an unpleasant feeling coming from the ghost. Like a bad omen.

And as Conan got farther and farther away, the ghastly feeling faded. Strangely, that frightened Kaito. Something was going to happen. And he needed to be there when it did. The detective didn't seem to notice. So it was up to Kaito to make sure things went smoothly.

And that was just what he was going to do.

Conan followed the ghost to a cliff a few miles from Ekoda. Luckily, Ran wasn't expecting him home till morning. It was already getting dark out.

'Ran isn't worried, but I guess someone else is.' Conan mused as he felt the eyes on his back. What was the thief doing following him all the way out here? It wasn't like he couldn't take care of himself.

"So is this where you died?" Conan asked the little ghost.

She looked over the cliff sadly, and nodded.

"What happened?" Conan questioned. This was a routine he was used to, the ghosts would try to tell him about their deaths as best they could remember and Conan would try to see what exactly happened.

The girl went right to the edge and started to pretend to loose her balance, and then fell right off the side. Seconds later she floated back up and landed at Conan's side.

"So you fell?" The ghost nodded.

"Where you pushed?" The ghost shook her head.

"Then what do you want me to do?" Conan asked. If it wasn't a murder then the girl probably had something else she wanted to see done.

The ghost pointed at Conan, then the cliff.

Ah, he thought that might be the case.

Smiling softly and speaking in a gentle voice Conan said, "I'm sorry, but I can not do that."

The girl pouted and pointed more forcefully at the cliff.

"I can't." Well, he supposed he could; but he would really rather not. "I mean I still have things to do here." the detective amended.

The girl moved forward to try and push Conan; instead she ended up going right through him.

Turning around to face the girl Conan tried to reason. "It isn't my time yet. I still have things to finish and people to catch. Don't worry. You will be happier there." Or at least that was what Conan thought, the ghosts seemed happy whenever they moved on anyways.

The girl shook her head and stomped her foot.

Conan sighed; he wished he wouldn't have to deal with this type of problem.

Some ghosts, especially the ones that die young, are afraid to pass on alone so they try to get someone to go with them. Conan almost did join a few ghosts before; luckily he managed to save himself just in time.

The thing that really upset him was that he couldn't do anything. He wasn't going to die and he couldn't let another person die. The only thing he could do was try and convince the ghost that it would be alright. Though that has never been successful before; the only thing that would happen whenever he tried would be him almost dying. Something he wouldn't want happening again.

Stepping a bit farther from the cliff, Conan spoke to the girl again. "You'll have to go. You won't be happy if you stay here." Which was true, Conan has seen many ghosts become depressed when stuck on earth without a real purpose.

The girl pointed once more at the cliff. Conan shook his head; that seemed to be the last draw.

Suddenly, something knocked him off the cliff; …was that a tree?

Conan underestimated the ghost; he thought she was recently dead, however she had to have been dead for a long time to have that much power.

Looks like another failure for him; why can't he manage to help ghosts like her?

With a sigh Conan started to look for something to grab hold of; however before he could, something seized him and suddenly he was gliding.

To say Kaito was shocked at the random flying tree was an understatement; however all he could focus on was that Shinichi was falling over the side of a cliff.

Acting on instinct, Kaito caught the detective and activated his hand glider; keeping his KID suit on him all the time really was helpful.

"Why are you still here?" Conan asked in the thief's arms.

Kaito shot the detective a look, "Why did you follow her?"

"…Huh?" was Conan's intelligent response.

"Don't try to pretend you didn't know. You knew she wanted to kill you didn't you? That was what it sounded like." Kaito was having a hard time keeping himself calm. "Really, do you have a death wish?"

"Of course not. But I had to try and help her somehow. Besides, I wasn't certain what her motive was until she told me." Conan said, like that made a difference.

"You knew it was highly possible. And even when you knew for certain you still stayed." The thief countered.

"Like I said, I had to help her somehow, I couldn't just not try. It isn't fair to them." The detective said like it was common knowledge.

"What about you?" Kaito accused, "Why do you try so hard for people you don't know? For ghosts that what to kill you?"

"Not all ghosts want to kill me." Reminded Conan.

The magician narrowed his eyes, "You are avoiding the real question. Why are you trying so hard?"

"They need someone to help them; and if I can give them that why wouldn't I?" Was the immediate reply.

Kaito looked hard at the small detective; seeing nothing but true earnest in those blue, blue eyes, Kaito sighed, "…That kindness is going to be the death of you."

"Hn. Not likely, besides I'm only doing my job as a detective."

"Not likely? Didn't you almost die just now?" Kaito exclaimed, "And what do you mean your job? Most detectives don't believe in ghosts, let alone aid them."

"It's a detective's job to help people, and ghosts are people too, just dead people." The detective explained.

Kaito shook his head, "The death of you." He repeated.

Conan just snorted.

There was no way it would be. He wouldn't allow it.

Kaito looked down at the sleeping detective.

Conan had to sleep on a futon in his room since the other rooms were being redecorated.

Really, what type of person is the detective?

Does he even realize the danger he puts himself in?

Kaito rolled over in his bed and started at the ceiling. 'I knew that Shinichi was reckless; but who would have thought he would throw himself into dangerous situations so often?'

Well, if the other was going to continue being so careless, Kaito is just going to have to make sure to be there to save him.

He cares for the detective, despite the fact that they do not know each other well.

Kaito didn't know how it happened, but he was afraid of losing the other. The raw fear he felt when the other fell was proof.

He didn't want Shinichi to get hurt. Shinichi, who holds so little regard for himself; yet cares so much for others.

Kaito won't lose another person who is important to him; and Kudou Shinichi, intentional or not, is one of those people.

Author's Note:

How was it?

I feel like this chapter was boring...but i really wanted to add these scenes.

Well you guys will get Saguru and Heiji again in the next chapter!

But now I'm tired because it's midnight where I live...good night.

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