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Akako had placed all four of their souls back and had already put Kazuha and Aoko under her spell which connected them to each other's hearts. The two of them were passed out in chairs next to their childhood friends

Ran sat herself down in the chair next to Conan's cot. He lay so peacefully she smiled a bit, "Don't worry Conan-kun, I'll bring you back-no matter what!" She spoke to him in a whispering tone hoping that he could really hear here.

Conan was more important to Ran that a lot of other people would think. He was like a replacement for Shinichi, but she still cared for him as his own person. She accepted they were two different people and lived waiting for Shinichi with her faux younger brother who she loved dearly.

"Mouri-san, are you ready?" Akako stood over her with her staff and book of incantations.

Ran nodded and grabbed Conan's hand as she closed her eyes. She had to admit deep down she was a bit frightened, but she had already built a towering wall of courage around that fear and she lay back only thinking about Conan and his safety.

Ran heard Akako speak strange words and she felt a presence in the air. Ran felt herself drifting far away from reality and in one single heartbeat, it felt like a thousand tons of air had crushed her and she was engulfed by darkness.

"Where am I?" She asked herself as she had all her 5 senses working too perfectly in what seemed to be only a dream.

Out of the mist of darkness a clearing appeared of a small study. One that seemed like it was used in the 1900's. Ran walked closer to the scene and when she entered every exit a sealed and she realized book floating in midair and many other common house objects. It was like she was in space, but she was the only one that gravity was holding down.

"Who's there?" Two familiar voices echoed from the behind her. Ran's reflexes made her quickly spin around to see someone she was not expecting.

"Shinichi?" She asked so quietly that even she couldn't hear herself, only the strong thoughts that poured from her mind, "Shinichi? Why is Shinichi here?" Ran asked herself as she stared dumbfounded by him.

His hair shaded over his eyes so she could not see his expression, but something about him standing there the way he was made Ran want to actually take a step back.

"Ran?" Two voices came from Shinichi and Ran blinked, but when she did Shinichi was no longer in front of her… Conan was.

"Conan-kun?" She had to ask blinking even more times with surprise, "W-What's going on?" She asked herself.

"Ran…" Conan backed himself up against a wall and his looked terrified even thought his glasses shone in a way so Ran could not see his eyes, "Why are you here? Oh god no-Stay AWAY!" Conan grasped his face and Ran shivered with a bit of fear.

"What's the mat-" Ran tried to ask.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Ran finally noticed the voices now. Whenever Conan opened his mouth she could hear Shinichi's voice along with his.

Ran's eyes bounced away from Conan for a moment as she tried to look to see if Shinichi was elsewhere, but when she looked back Shinichi was cowering in the same spot the Conan was.

"Shinichi," Ran said his name again, "I don't understand this what's going on?" She tried to take a couple steps forward, but Shinichi stopped her.

"STOP, Don't come near me!" He panicked and drove himself into another corner of the room.

"Why?" Ran asked scared, "Shinichi, WHAT'S WRONG?" She walked closer to him and he curled himself down into a position on the floor as he held the temples of his head tightly.

"I can't let you find out! I CAN'T LET YOU FIND OUT!" He muttered over and over again.

Ran stayed back for a moment, but she approached him and as she knelt down to him and reached out. Shinichi's image flickered to Conan's and back multiple times. Ran had to blink more unconsciously trying to process what she was seeing.

"I can't let you know," He mumbled in Conan's form, but Shinichi's voice still lingered, "I can't lose you to them. I can't-I can't-I CAN'T!"

Ran's mind was already coming up with strange meanings for the things that were happening, but she didn't like any so she decided to ask more questions until she found the truth, "Lose me to Who? What can't you let me know?" Ran reached out further to Conan's face and it flicked back to Shinichi.

"You'll be in danger. What if I can't protect you?" Shinichi and Conan's voices muttered seriously. Ran had enough of the gibberish and she just barely reached out to touch Shinichi's hand, but immediately when she did-Everything around her vanished including Shinichi.

She was alone and to her that was the worst feeling she could feel. Suddenly a terribly sinister laugh chuckled out of nowhere.

"Sorry, Ran! But could you start heading home without me?" Ran heard that oh-so-familiar line, but she turn herself around only to have all the darkness be replaced with that one memory.

Ran saw herself as she stood to the side, "Eh? Wait!" Her other self tried to call, but her shoelace had prevented her.

Shinichi still Ran off, "I'll be quick and catch up to you!" He called and Ran watched with herself as Shinichi took off again. Except something was different this time…

This is the night Shinichi went off on the case all of a sudden, She thought. The one that he can't come back for… Ran took a glimpse of herself as she saw she crying and worried face that stood completely still like she was frozen.

But Ran wasn't frozen this time as she watched Shinichi go, only curious and determined. And without really thinking it through she raced after him. She raced after him into the dark of the alley he disappeared behind and she trailed him determined to know what had happened.

"Shinichi," Ran whispered out loud next to him as he peeked around the back side of a buildings wall, "Hey, Shinichi!" She whispered again, but he ignored her like she wasn't there. Ran tried to touch his should, but she passed right through him like a ghost.

Ran stood dumbfounded as she stared at her hand like she had died, "What does this mean?" She asked herself. Am I only here to watch Shinichi's memories? She asked herself and peeked around the corner to see a smuggling act.

Ran gasped and stepped back out a view as a reflex she covered her mouth in shock. So this is what Shinichi must have seen that night. She thought her herself.

Suddenly loud footsteps came pounding in Ran's ears and she glanced her head behind Shinichi to see a tall man covered in black and long blonde hair raise a baseball bat.

"OH NO, SHINICHI!" Ran shouted, but Shinichi wasn't in time himself as the large baseball bat collided with his head. He crashed to the ground with blood flowing down his temple and a blank expression on his face.

"Shinichi!" Ran rushed to his side and fell to her knees as she tried to touch him, but couldn't, 'Oh, Shinichi. Get up! Please get up!" Ran was at the brink of tears and she tried to huddle over him as she realized the two men in black standing over Shinichi's body while talking.

"Let's kill him!" The shorter one with black sunglasses called rashly while pulling a gun from the inside of his suit.

"Wait! The police are still nearby," A smile crossed over the tall one's face and he pulled out a small silver box from his coat, "We'll use this; it's a new poisonous drug from the organization." He clicked open the box and pulled out a small tablet.

Poisonous drug? Ran thought; Organization?

"Once the poison is consumed, there is no way it can be detected on the corpse." The man lifted Shinichi's head and Ran tried to smack him away, but she passed through him each time like a transparent piece of nothing. She felt so infuriated with herself as he slid the poison down his throat with a water capsule. "We haven't tested it on human beings… Let's experiment on him."

Ran wanted to use her karate so bad as the man stood and tipped his hat, "Goodbye, Great Detective," He said sarcastically and the two men in black fled and vanished into the night.

Ran glared at them until she suddenly heard groaning and a choking sound. Her hands started to shake furiously as she sat there helplessly looking down at her childhood friend.

Shinichi was gripping the grass so hard that he pulled hundreds of pieces out as he gritted his teeth with pain, "Shinichi!" Ran called with tears in her eyes, "Don't die, Shinichi!" She cried as she stared at his face through blurry eyes.

All of a sudden, steam arose from Shinichi's body as sweat beads rolled down his face, "Shinichi," Ran kept calling his name as she watched him, but then she had to stop herself from even breathing as she watched what happened in front of her next.

Shinichi's hands disappeared into his sleeves and his body grew smaller and smaller and Ran felt like her own mind was being toyed with as she cleared her teary eyes with her sleeves and watched how all the steam engulfed Shinichi until Ran couldn't see him.

"No," She whispered to herself rejecting the thought of him dying, "Shinichi," She stopped her hand mid-way as the steam cleared and a small child replaced Shinichi.

"Conan…kun," She stated to herself in utter shock, "So it really was you," her hand dropped to her side and she continued, "You were Conan all along… And I'm the one that let this happen to you." Ran's eyes filled with tears again, "I should've stopped you from running off that night then none of this would have happened to you and you'd still be Shinichi right now!" She called.

"Hey! There's a dead body over here!" A flashlight blinded Ran's eyes so that she had to shield them with her arm. She carefully lowered her wrist a bit, but when she opened her eyes she wasn't next to Shinichi anymore. In fact she wasn't anywhere; she was just consumed with darkness again.

Ran spun herself around looking for answers, but to her dismay there was nothing. She wanted to know what that memory meant. She had so many questions, but she didn't have time to think about that when she saw the man dressed in black with long blonde hair standing in front of her. Ran froze as she felt a terribly sickening feeling creeping churning her stomach.

Ran stood and took a step back afraid, she looked into his eyes and all she was blood. She could hear people screaming and it scared her so much her legs started to shake and she couldn't move.

I feel like I'm going to die, Ran thought. Before she even processed what was really happening the man pulled a gun from nowhere and shot right through Ran, but nothing hit her.

She still stood with no pain, but just as much fear. She turned around behind her saw something that took her breath away and made her shocked beyond disbelief.

Herself. She was looking at herself sprawled across the floor with a gaping bullet wound through the heart. Her face was as pale as the color white and her eyes filled with fear. Ran's hands shook and her whole body trembled.

"RAN!" Conan's voice cut through her speechless state and she turned to see her childhood friend lying beaten on the ground with tears rushing down his face, "NO! RAN!" He tried to move, but the other man is black with sunglasses smashed his foot down onto his back.

"Shut up!" He yelled and Conan whined as the pain shot through his back.

"No, Shinichi!" she called still invisible to everyone around her. Ran was so angry her fist balled up and she shook with such fury that a large wave of hate came pouring out of her very being.

"Let him go," She whispered through gritted teeth. Suddenly the whole room seemed to stop and everyone turned to her.

"But, that's impossible. Aniki, you just shot her!" The shorter one called out.

Ran glanced up to the taller one and they both had unwavering eyes, "Hm, This will be interesting," In a flash his gun was up and he pulled the trigger without a second to waste.

Ran dodged it in the exact same instant and she made her way over to the man as she leaned under his range of vision and attacked with a classic Karate move which hit his chest with her foot as she kicked up.

Ran felt invincible, not for the reason she was strong, but for her will in protecting Shinichi. As she thought these distractions clouded her mind and she missed the man coming back with a large forceful punch.

Ran was knocked onto her back and slid next to Shinichi, "Ran!" Shinichi called in front of her.

"It's okay, Shinichi. I'll protect you. I'm strong too, even though you might now think so. But I'll always be here for you." Ran smiled as she turned her bruised body over to face him as she lay beaten too.

"Ran, you-" The taller one pounded his foot down onto Ran's stupid and she cried out in pain as the tip of the gun as shoved into her face.

"I'll make sure you die this time!" He growled down at her with cold eyes.

Ran felt numb from her stomach to her legs and she had to realize her own position as she lay in the place she was soon to die. She turned her head to Shinichi, ignoring the man and her eyes stared into his gently as he looked back with pain and worry.

"I can't lose you again!" He whispered.

"But even if I die now, I'll always be with you," She tried to turn her head to look more directly at him, but she could only move so far with the man's heel digging into her stomach, "I love you, Shinichi,"

A gun shot went off, but brightness was suddenly stinging Ran's eyes as she felt like a feather floating down from the sky. A warm pair of arms pulled her into a tight embrace and she felt warm tears of happiness pour down her face.

"Thank you, Ran," Shinichi's came from the one hugging her and her eyes drifted closed as she wrapped her own arms back around him. The white of the room was like a cool summer day to her skin, but her face felt hot from the blood that rushed to her cheeks.

Shinichi pulled her back to stare into her eyes, "I've loved you all this time too, Ran," More blood rushed to her cheeks and she could see some redness across Shinichi's face too as he pulled her closer and they both titled their heads as they knew what the other was thinking.

Ran closed her eyes and felt his warm lips gently wrap themselves around her own and she prayed to god that she would never wake up from this kiss. That she would always be by Shinichi's side no matter what.

How's that for ShinRan! *phew*

Goodness that took a lot longer than I thought since it's usually 5 pages per chapter and this is a good 8… but I still hope everyone liked and understood what was happening throughout the entire thing or else I'll feel really stupid…

It takes so long to write something that you can perfectly imagine, but still leave enough creativity for the reader to make up their own interpretation of the story.

Fun Fact: In total this story is an amazing amount of 51 pages in font 12 in my word file… That's one hell of an accomplishment for me! XD

P.S. This isn't the end!

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Quote: I will also Show you a sweet dream next night. -Vampire knight