Ambygs123: Thank you for the review! I can't wait to see how the rest of them react to Nikki.
Missjennifer54: Thank you for the review! I bet Kazuha and Ran were adorable when they were little, the same thing for Addy and Nikki.
10th Squad 3rd Seat: The last chapter was a little more mature. You were right, I should have said it was rated M. And yes, now there are five of them.
Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan, Gosho Aoyama does.
Ch 11 The Energizer Bunny
"Now Kazuha," Ai said, "you need to sleep. You may go into my lab and use the futon."
"I'm not trying to be rude, but I slept for 13 hours last night. Do I really need to sleep?" Kazuha asked.
"Yes, you do. Even though you may feel well rested, you need to sleep. It is recommended that you sleep within an hour of being drugged with the poison. If you do not, you will pass out and we will have to take you to the hospital."
"Where did this come from? I never had to do that." Shinichi said. Ai gave him a glare that was murderous. Shinichi gulped and took a step back.
"From what I heard from the doctor, Shinichi slept for 36 hours. Neither Ran nor the detective could wake him up." Ai said.
"Oh yeah, I remember that," Ran said as she looked at him. Shinichi gave her a questioning look, but Ran would not give a response.
"Okay, I'll be in the lab sleeping," Kazuha said as she opened the door and shut it. Everyone remained quiet as Kazuha's footsteps descended into the lab. When no more footsteps could be heard, everyone looked at Shinichi. Ai and Ran looked at him as if he asked to battle Ran in a karate match. Heiji's expression was a little more intense. His hands were in fists, and he held them in front of his chest. They were shaking, and Heiji's eyes were on fire.
"What did I do?" Shinichi asked.
"Kudo, are you stupid?" Heiji barked. His answer was like a whip. It was fast, and his words stung a little.
"Shinichi let me put it to you in a nice way. We know she doesn't need to sleep," Ran whispered loud enough for the three of them to hear, "We have to call her parents," Shinichi's mouth formed into an 'o' shape as realization dawned upon him. Boy, did he feel like a first-class dunce. He forgot that Kazuha's parents had to go into hiding now. Heiji had pulled out his cell phone and pressed a few buttons.
"Hey okasaan, this is Heiji," The three of them could hear his mother fire a lot of questions at him.
"Hey oka….oka….oka…. okasaan!" Heiji exclaimed softly as he talked in his childish voice.
"Kazuha is with us," Ai could hear his mother ask, 'Is she okay?' Heiji shook his head as he took in a deep breath. Shinichi put a hand on his shoulder, and he shook his head at him. He then went to the other side of the house, and sat in front of a cabinet. Another cabinet was placed to the right, and was blocking the others view of Heiji. The three shrunken teens looked at each other in confusion. They could not hear Heiji talking. Shinichi walked over to where Heiji was sitting. The reason why he could not hear anything come out of Heiji's mouth was obvious. Heiji was talking so softly that Shinichi believed that not even Shizuka-san could hear him. He hung up, and he stood up. He walked around the cabinet and looked at Shinichi. Shinichi then walked back with him towards the girls. Dr. Agasa walked toward them and asked,
"So, what's going to happen with the Toyamas?" Heiji looked at him and then looked at his feet. He was kicking his feet back and forth. This was a nervous habit he had as a child, and for some reason, he had continued it.
"My mom is making arrangements for her parents to fly to America. My mom is calling her dad to invite the Toyamas to come visit them, and to make sure that they are going to be safe. She is then going to call your mom, Kudo."
"Wait… why?" He asked curiously. He did not mind that his mom was going to help Kazuha's parents; he just wanted to know what his parents were going to do.
"Well, my parents are staying with yours," Heiji answered, "She was going to check to see if Kazuha's parents could come pronto."
"That's nice of her," Ran said.
"My okasaan figures it would be better to drop the bomb when they were face to face,"
"I think so too. If I found out my child was drugged and it shrunk her over the phone, I would freak out," Ai said.
"And I would be scared out of my mind if I was told that there were some people who wanted to kill my family, and I better hop a plane pronto," Shinichi said.
"How long is Kazuha supposed to be asleep?" Ran asked.
"It's been thirty minutes now," Ai said as she looked at the circular clock above the sink. "Let's wait another thirty minutes. I don't want her to think that I'm a liar." Ai said. She got up and went inside of her laboratory. The door closed, and the room was in complete silence. Heiji was lying down on his side. His face was turned toward the couch. Ran and Shinichi could not tell if he was asleep or in deep thought. Ran and Shinichi were cuddling on the other side of the couch. Ran had her head on Shinichi's shoulder, and his arm wrapped around her shoulders. He would rub her shoulder a little bit, and then he looked toward the clock it read 1:37 in the afternoon. They would have another twenty minutes before they would wake up Kazuha. Shinichi noticed the weight on his shoulder was missing, but then felt it reappear in his lap. While he was thinking about what to do next, Ran decided to go to sleep, and his lap was her pillow. He ran his fingers through her hair and gave her a smile. Shinichi looked over at Heiji and noticed that he has not moved an inch for the last ten minutes. 'That makes a lot of sense,' Shinichi said as he rubbed his chin, 'he probably had fallen asleep. He did not sleep at all after Ai called us last night.
"And on second thought, neither did I," Shinichi whispered to himself. Heiji had gotten himself so worked up after he went to check up on Kazuha. Heiji claimed that he needed to go to the restroom, but Shinichi knew better. When he came back, however, he was very restless. He had kept Shinichi up because he would not stop talking. As much as he was agitated at Heiji for keeping him up, he knew he couldn't stay mad at him. 'If I was in the same situation, he would have stayed up with me without a complaint,' Shinichi thought to himself. His head hit the arm of the sofa and he nodded off to sleep.
Twenty minutes later Ai and Kazuha came up the stairs. Kazuha smiled as she saw Ran's head was in Shinichi's lap. Shinichi's arm was on her back, and his head lay there on the arm rest. His mouth was opened slightly, and there was a line of drool coming from the side of his mouth. She looked over to the other side of the living room. Heiji was turned away from them, his back facing them. She climbed onto the couch to get a better look at him. He was asleep. He looked peaceful as he laid there, a far cry from when he was trying to get to her earlier today. Kazuha blushed as she thought of this. She turned around and looked at Ai.
"Should we wake them up?" Kazuha whispered loud enough for Ai to hear.
"No, let them sleep. Let's go make a late lunch for everyone," Ai replied. Kazuha took a step toward the edge of the couch. Instead of making it off the couch, however, she had fallen right beside Heiji. 'Please don't wake up, please don't wake up!' Kazuha thought silently to herself. He did not move an inch, and Kazuha felt relieved. When she sat up, she was pulled back down onto the couch. In his sleep, Heiji had grabbed Kazuha, and was now spooning her. Kazuha tried to find a way to loosen his grip. When she was close to making his let go, he would wrap his arm tighter around her waist. She decided to give up, and just lay there beside them. Kazuha was blushing a tomato red, and looked up at where Ai was. She had a hand over her mouth, so Kazuha could not see her chuckling. Kazuha sent a glare her way, and Ai stopped laughing. She then took a step towards the couch. She put her hands behind her back as she leaned forward a little. She had a little smirk on her face.
"I guess since you're not… available to get up right now, I'll go make lunch." She gave a teasing look at Kazuha before she walked off. Kazuha just wished that she could wipe the grin off of Ai's face. She had fallen asleep once again. An hour and a half later, Ai was standing in between the two couches. She shook Shinichi's shoulder a few times, and Shinichi woke up. He stretched his arms out and looked down into his lap. Ran was still asleep. A smile made its way onto Shinichi's face as he shook her shoulder. She woke up as she looked at his face. She gave him a little peck on the lips as she sat up. Ai put a little finger on her lips, and gestured for them to follow her. They slowly walked towards the other couch. And Ran couldn't help but letting out a little, "aww!" Kazuha was lying on her side, and Heiji had his arm wrapped around his waist. Shinichi had a grin on his face. Ran recognized that grin. It was the one he wore when he felt like doing something mischievous.
"Don't even think about it Shinichi!" Ran whispered at him fiercely. Shinichi shook his head and then put his hand on Heiji's shoulder, and he started to shake him. Heiji removed his arm from around Kazuha's waist, threw Shinichi's hand off of his shoulder, and returned it to Kazuha's waist.
"Bakaro! Wake up!" Shinichi said as he shook his shoulders a little harder this time. This caused Heiji to wake up. He sat and glared at the miniature detective.
"Kudo! What are ya tryin' to do? Can't ya see I'm trying to sleep?" Heiji asked. He ran in hand through his hair in frustration.
"Oh, I thought you were trying to get close with Kazuha?" Shinichi grinned as he pointed behind him. What Heiji saw shocked him. Kazuha was sleeping behind him.
"Oh, I didn't know she was there," Heiji said as he looked at her thoughtfully.
"Well, in all honesty, she did not have a choice," Ai said as she looked at Heiji, "you held her hostage there."
"Wait… what?" Heiji asked. His voice held a confusing tone in it.
"She climbed onto the couch to see if you were asleep. She slipped, and tried to get up. But in your sleep, you wrapped your arm around her, and she didn't have a choice," Ai replied. She had noticed, to her pleasure, that Heiji was blushing a cherry red. Heiji quickly shook his head, and shook Kazuha's shoulder rather roughly.
"Wake up, aho!" He shouted. Kazuha sat up and gave him a glare. She hit his shoulder.
"What was that for, aho?" Kazuha shouted back.
"Because you were sleeping, aho!"
"I wouldn't have slept if you wouldn't have trapped me, aho!"
"You tripped, and fell next to me, aho!"
"Guys," Ai asked. But to no avail. No one was listening to her. She shook her head.
"Well, you were the one that wanted to sleep next to me aho!"
"No I didn't, you came to me aho!"
"I wouldn't have been if you weren't facing the couch aho!"
"Guys," Ai asked. This try did not work either. Ai shook her head at the couple. According to Ran, it was not unusual to find Kazuha and Heiji fighting like this.
"Well, maybe you shouldn't be so clumsy, aho!"
"GUYS!" Ai shouted. Everyone looked at her in shock. "Food's ready," she said as she pointed toward the table. "Oh," Heiji and Kazuha said at the same time. They blushed and took a step away from the other. They all sat down and had been served with sushi, onigiri, and domburi. Kazuha and Ran sat on one side, and Shinichi and Heiji sat on the other. As Kazuha grabbed an onigiri, she looked at Ran and asked, "So what's my story?" She asked.
"It can be anything you want it to be," Ran replied as she helped herself to some sushi. "You can get as creative as you wish, but don't go overboard,"
"Okay, I'll think about it later tonight," Kazuha said as she ate the rest of her onigiri.
"Oh, and Kazuha?" Ai asked.
"Yeah?"
"You're staying here," Kazuha nodded as the boys stood up. Ran and Shinichi had a little peck between them, while Heiji and Kazuha opted for a hug. After the boys left, Ai started to clean up. Ran and Kazuha helped wash and dry dishes while Ai put them away. When they were done, they sat on the couch. "So… anyone up for a game of mahjong?" Ran asked eagerly.
"No thanks, Ran," Kazuha replied, "you would win anyway,"
"Hey don't make fun of me because I'm lucky," Ran giggled. Kazuha smiled. She was glad that Ran did not take offense to that previous statement. She really wasn't in the mood to play anything. 'All I want is to be wrapped in Heiji's arms,' Kazuha thought dreamily, 'wait a minute… why would I think like that about that AHO!' Kazuha thought. She put her head in her hand as she sat there, deep in thought.
Meanwhile, back at the Detective Agency, Heiji and Shinichi were at a loss for words. When they had returned from Dr. Agasa's house after seeing the girls, they were met with the biggest surprise of their life. They were expecting to run into Kogoro, but not like this. When they had opened the door, they could hear the television blasting. There was music in the air, and it sounded a lot like an Okino Yoko song. They had stepped into the room, and they wished that they never did. Mouri Kogoro was not sitting in his desk like a normal person. He was standing on top of his desk, as drunk as a doornail, singing his lungs out and using his beer can as a makeshift microphone. Heiji let out a low whistle.
"Dang Kudo, he sings better than ya on a good day!" Heiji whispered.
"Rishou," Conan said, "shut up,"
"What! It's the truth!" Rishou explained before Conan gave him a punch to the head.
"Ow! That hurt!" Rishou let out when Conan started to drag him out of the room slowly. Suddenly, Kogoro stopped singing. "Maybe he passed out," Conan stated. They turned around and saw that Kogoro was still standing up on the desk. His eyes were wide, and there was a little bit of drool coming out of his mouth.
"Okino Yoko… in my own house… this must be a dream!" The boys looked at each other wide-eyed as they both made a run for it. When they made it up to the kitchen, they did not hear any footsteps chasing after them. Conan looked behind them and noticed he was not up stairs either. They cautiously went downstairs and noticed that he had not made it passed the desk. His lower body was on the desk, while his head was on the floor. Heiji pulled the stick out of his backpack and made it bigger. Conan raised an eyebrow.
"Is that really necessary?"
"Hey, I really do not want Kogoro thinking that I am Yoko and trying to snuggle with me," Rishou said as he grimaced. He took the stick and poked his back. Kogoro stirred, and Conan and Rishou jumped back a few feet. Kogoro stretched his arms, and then continued to sleep. The two detectives released a breath that they did not realize that they were holding. They went up to their room, and closed the door. Both of them sat against the wall, and began talking about everything that had happened.
"So, are you and Ran in a relationship now?" Heiji said as he looked at his watch. It was around 10:00 and the girls were about to call any minute now.
"Yeah, I never imagined it… my relationship with Ran, I mean… to have started like this," Shinichi said as he put his hands behind his head. He let out a sigh. Being with Ran was something he had wanted to do for years. And now that they were together, he thought about her more than ever. He always thought that people act weird when they first started relationships. He could now see why.
"Yeah, I am confused about Kazuha and myself," Heiji said as he looked at his hands. 'What are we?' Heiji thought to himself as he stretched his legs out, 'At first we were just friends, but now I'm not sure.'
"Well you two looked mighty comfy cuddling together on the couch earlier today," Shinichi teased. He had a smirk from ear to ear. Shinichi started to laugh at Heiji. Heiji, who was embarrassed, started to blush.
"Baka! That has nothing to do with nothing!" Heiji said as he turned away from Shinichi.
"From what I heard, you're the one that trapped Kazuha there. I think there's something else going on besides friendship with you two," Shinichi answered honestly.
"And by the way Kazuha is acting, I believe the feeling is mutual," Shinichi said as he looked at his watch. "Wasn't Ran supposed to have called him by now?' Shinichi thought.
"You really think Kazuha feels the way that I do?" Heiji asked as he twiddled his thumbs. 'I don't know what Kazuha thinks about me, I need to wait while she adjusts to this situation," Heiji thought as he brushed a hair from his eyes. When Shinichi opened his mouth to answer, a noise interrupted him. Shinichi pulled out the phone and gave a questioning look.
"Wait, this isn't Ran. Why is Haibara calling me?" Shinichi asked himself as he answered his phone.
"Moshi moshi!" Shinichi answered.
"Your girlfriends are out of control!" Haibara exclaimed as she let out a sigh. She rubbed her hair in frustration as she looked at Ran and Kazuha.
"What's wrong?" Heiji and Shinichi asked at the same time. They hoped nothing was wrong with the girls.
"Well Ran decided she wanted to play mahjong. Kazuha didn't want to play because of Ran's lucky streak. So they searched the house for something to do. They found Dr. Agasa's candy stash underneath the sink in his lab. They decided to play poker and bet the candy. Ran won,"
"Of course," Shinichi said with a smile. 'Ran could bankrupt a casino,' Shinichi thought to himself.
"Ran shared her candy with Kazuha. They are now as hyper as hell. I thought that they would stop after an hour, but they are still hyper as ever. They are just like the energizer bunny, except their batteries never die," Ai said. She looked at the scene before her. Ran and Kazuha were jumping up and down on the sofa, hitting each other with sofa cushions. 'How old are they, seventeen or five?' She thought to herself.'
"Hey, can you get them on the phone for us?" Heiji asked. Haibara sighed as she walked over to the girls. She handed the phone to Kazuha, and then went into her lab. She closed the door, and started to research on the antidote.
"Hey Heiji!" Kazuha squealed. Heiji could hear sounds of something being hit over and over again.
"Are you okay?" Heiji asked.
"Yeah, Ran and I are having a pillow fight. And we're jumping on the couch," Kazuha said. "Ran I'm on the phone, stop the pillow fight!" Kazuha said. Heiji could hear Ran complaining in the background. Her words were muffled because she was not close to Kazuha. He could then hear Kazuha struggling with the phone.
"Stop it Ran!" Kazuha complained as she swatted Ran on the shoulder.
"What's going on over there?" Shinichi asked. Heiji took the phone from his ear and shrugged. He was just as clueless as Shinichi was. Girls could be so confusing!
"What is going on over there?" Heiji asked as he put the phone back to his ear.
"Ran keeps complaining! I wanna talk to Shinichi! I wanna talk to Shinichi!" Kazuha complained as she let out a sigh. 'Ran can wait for another two minutes,' Kazuha thought. Ran grabbed the phone out of Kazuha's hand. Ran ran to the other corner of the room.
"Hi Shinichi!" Ran shouted cheerfully.
"Hey babe, how are you?" Shinichi asked.
"I'm really, really hyper!" Ran shouted cheerfully. She then let out a little giggle.
"I figured since Ai complained about you guys being, like the energizer bunny except that their batteries never die!" Shinichi said, mimicking Ai's voice. This caused Ran to giggle. A smile crept its way onto Shinichi's face. He always loved to see her happy. Well, in this case, hear her be happy. He would rather deal with a happy, hyper Ran than an I'm-so-angry-I-could-use-my-Karate-on-your-butt Ran. But the one side of Ran he could never deal with would be a sad Ran. Every time she cried his heart would break.
"So Shinichi… wanna go on a date?" Ran asked excitedly. Shinichi just blushed. Did Ran ask him out on a date? He rubbed the back of his head and let out a little chuckle. 'Yes, she just did,' Shinichi thought to himself.
"Sure Ran, I would love to go," Shinichi said with a smile. He looked over at Heiji who was looking at his watch.
"Ten, nine, eight," Heiji counted.
"You wanna go the park?" Ran asked.
"Seven six, five," Heiji continued on with his countdown.
"I would love to; you want to go to the Happiraisu?" Shinichi asked.
"Four, three, two,"
"Of course I would," Ran chirped.
"One, zero," Heiji finished. Shinichi looked over at Heiji with a confused expression. Heiji smirked devilishly. Shinichi shook his head at him.
"Tomorrow at seven?" Shinichi asked. No reply awaited him.
"Ran! Ran! Are you okay Ran?" Shinichi shouted into the phone. Heiji grabbed the phone away from him. Heiji put it up to his ear. He started to laugh.
"Hey Haibara!" Heiji said as he put his hand on his ear.
"Yeah, that was Kudo. It freaked him out," Heiji replied to whatever Ai had said.
"Figures. I was expecting it to happen,"
"Okay, bye," Heiji hung up Shinichi's cell phone and gave it to him. Shinichi put it in his pocket.
"So what happened with Ran?" Shinichi asked.
"She crashed, and so did Kazuha," Heiji said.
"I was wondering when they were going to crash, it was just so unexpected," Shinichi replied. He rested his head onto the futon.
"Well Kudo, I'm beat. I'll see you in the morning," Heiji replied as he turned away from Kudo. He wanted to know how Kazuha felt about him. Shinichi was about to answer his question when the girls had called. It was nice talking to Kazuha. He just wished he knew. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Shinichi was smiling. He felt so giddy after Ran asked him out on a date. He was not expecting anything to happen while they were pint-sized, but he was proven wrong. 'I can't wait to find out what is going to happen tomorrow,' He fell asleep after that thought.
The two woke up from their sleep. It was six-thirty in the morning when they woke up. Shinichi put on his usual white dress shirt, blazer, and shorts. Heiji opted for an orange and yellow t-shirt, and blue-jeans. He also was wearing a smaller version of his sox hat. They walked down the stairs and noticed that Kogoro was sitting at his desk. He was rubbing his head, and was casting a few groans. 'It must be a hangover,' Shinichi thought to himself.
"Good morning detective!" Rishou shouted. This resulted in a glare from Kogoro.
"My head hurts you moron!" Rishou did not say another word as Shinichi tried to suppress a few snickers. They decided to have a little toast with some blackberry jam. They also had some coffee. After the two of them finished, they walked outside. They could not wait to meet the girls. Nikki was having her first day of school, and Conan and Addy were going on their first date. Nothing could stand in their way today.
Please R&R. No flames please, but constructive criticism welcomed.