I would just like to remind you all that I'm not a ShinRan or CoAi shipper. I will try to make it so that Ran is close to Conan, but I really will probably just take her out of the main part of the story after this arc. I'm not a CoAi shipper partly because I think what Haibara needs right now is a family, not all the complications that come with having a boyfriend. At most there might be accidental implications of romantic relationships between these characters but nothing concrete. I will also be making up medical stuff for this because I went to sleep really late last night and don't have the energy to research what would really happen.


"Edogawa-kun." Haibara called out to him on their way home from school, making sure to keep her voice low enough that the excited kids running in front of them would not be curious. "What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Right, so you know I faked my death-"

"Thanks, I really appreciate you telling me about that before you decided to go and fake your death."

"You don't have to be so sarcastic… anyways, I faked my death. The loyal members to the organization completely believe my death with the exception of Vermouth." Haibara sent him a concerned look at the last part, causing him to reassure her with, "It's fine. She won't do anything to hurt me."

"... if you say so." Haibara walked a few steps forward and continued the conversation in a different way. "Look, you don't have to give me any specific details but I want you to answer a few questions for me… First, are you hiding a lot of things from me?"

Conan's eyes widened and he turned to face her. "I…. well-"

"Remember, you don't have to give me any details. Be as vague as you want but please try to answer my question."

"... yes, I-I'm hiding some things from you."

"I see. Is that because you feel I'm not trustworthy? Or is it… oh, is it because I was a member of-"

"Of course not! That has nothing to do with this, it's just that secrets are easiest to keep when as few people know the secret as possible."

"And you need to keep these secrets hidden from everyone?"

"It would be too dangerous if we told more people. You probably know this better than me but the organization is full of manipulative geniuses."

"Like you're much better." Haibara gave a smirk and flicked some of her hair behind her ear as Conan processed what she had just said.

"What?"
"I don't suppose you would mind explaining to me how exactly you got Bourbon, a member of the organization, to fake your death with you? Or maybe how you arranged it so that you can just call the FBI if you ever need something? It seems like you already have them protecting us."

"... my exact methods aren't important and some of those things you want to know are secrets. I still don't understand why you think I manipulated the FBI instead of just told them everything about what I wanted them to do." She gave him a look, "...I see your point, but it wasn't any major manipulating!"

"Mhm, and you get points for that, but have you told anyone everything about what's going on?"

Conan stopped and thought. 'Well, there's Hattori, wait, no I didn't tell him about Akai and Furuya. Both of them don't know about my true identity. Well, Akai might but he doesn't know Hattori and Kid know. Sera doesn't know about the two of them, the possibility of not aging, the professor, Kid or Hattori knowing. I haven't told Haibara everything. My parent's are barely here in the first place and I never told them about Furuya being a double agent (I don't think he did, that's pretty sensitive information for just over the phone). Ran, Sonoko and Kogoro don't know anything, Eisuke doesn't know anything about what happened after he left, Kid barely knows anything. The police officer's don't know more than the smallest details of 'I'm not a normal kid'. The FBi doesn't know about me, the Detective boys know nothing. Professor- no, he doesn't know about Sera's relationship with me or that me and Haibara might not age… huh.'

"Guess I haven't told anyone everything." He finally said, much to Haibara's amusement.

"I see, I suppose that it's nice to know I'm not the only one you're keeping secrets from. Just remember, I can be your logic and voice of reason whenever you need it."

"...Yeah, thanks."

"Ran-neechan!" Ayumi's voice called the attention of the two shrunken teenagers who were nearing the professor's building.

Ran was standing in front of the building, seemingly having just gotten there as well. "Hi kids, I have something to talk to you about. Let's go inside."


"Ran-neechan, what did you want to talk about?" Conan asked once they had all sat down at the couches inside the professor's house.

"Listen, all of you. I'm glad that you like being detectives, and I'm glad that you're having fun, but when a police investigation is going on you can't interfere. You can try to help but when you start to interfere with the investigation it becomes a problem-" She stopped and started a coughing fit, leading Conan to spring up and help her.

"What brought this on so suddenly?" Haibara was genuinely curious when she asked the question, wondering if it had anything to do with the cause for the coughing fit she just had. They seemed to be happening fairly often.

"Just a few days ago something knocked me out after I texted that I was going home." The general idea of what happened seemed to be Ran had texted she was going home and once she entered the building some wounds from karate made her tired and caused her to fall asleep. "Even I'm not invincible so you kids have to be careful whenever you deal with a murder, okay?"

"Okay!" The kids responded enthusiastically, overpowering Conan and Haibara who spoke at normal or bored tones.

"Alright then, you kids can go play now, that's all I wanted." The kids ran off, leaving Ran with Haibara and Conan who wanted to spend some time talking about the possibility of the drug's side effect.

"I'll take you home." Hakase suggested, walking out with them, smiling like a grandfather watching over his grandchildren.

Ran started coughing again, causing Conan to look at her with worry. "Are you alright, Ran-neechan?"

"Yes, Conan-kun. I'm sorry for worrying you." She said with a smile.

Conan was far from convinced, "I'm going to schedule a doctor's appointment for you. Even if it is just the result of a karate injury I think we should go and check with someone to make sure it's nothing that will get worse."

Ran gave a small, tired nod of agreement.


"It should be fine, they can see you tomorrow about this. You should go home and rest until then." Conan announced, placing his phone back in his pocket.

"Sounds good." Ran started to walk to the door, "I'll just-"

She fell. Time slowed down for Conan. Ran, the girl he should be strong enough to make sure nothing hurts, was falling.

*BAM*

She crashed on the ground. He did not notice Haibara running to her side until she was already there. A quick look through her body told Haibara that she had shattered ribs that had damaged her lung, causing her to become more and more tired as time passed until the lack of air caused her to pass out.

"Edogawa-kun, hey, Conan!" Haibara was unable to get a response from the still frozen Conan. Usually he would never freeze when someone was in danger but with Ran he had already let her get hurt at the island and now he failed at his job of protecting her again. "Kudo!"

The use of his real name finally shock him out of his frozen state. Hearing her say the words, "Call the hospital, hurry!" was enough for him to be back to being able to function. He pulled out his phone and got an ambulance after a second due to his understanding of what to say in a call. He was still not up to his usual level so Haibara was mostly in charge of the situation. He supposed it was good to have someone who, as she put it, was his 'voice of reason' at a time like this. She had the mind of an 18 year old prodigy in science and was completely capable of providing medical assistance to someone, at least for a short period of time.

Ran was taken on the ambulance, causing Conan to let a breath of air out and calm down. Everything was going to be fine. It had to be, he couldn't let her die now. Not after he faked his own death just to keep her safe.

Subaru walked in the building, catching up with Conan who was still in the process of calming down. "What happened?" Conan looked up, hearing a question directed at him. It took him a moment to respond, his heart rate still frantic. "It- Sorry, it's not important. Haibara's fine, she's not in danger. It's nothing for you to worry about."

"Nothing to worry about or nothing for me to worry about." Subaru asked, his eyes opened. He looked at the boy in front of him. The boy was usually so calm and collected. He was not the best at lying when under pressure, he was not the best at being willing to make sacrifices in the form of other people to deal with the organization, but he was always able to stay calm enough to think when there was real danger.

"I… Ran collapsed, she has broken ribs it seems. The person who Vermouth had get rid of Ran might have broken them. She's been losing air recently, she collapsed just now.

"Excuse me!" A doctor called out to Conan, "Can you tell me who the patient's current guardians are?"

"Oh, yeah. Her name is Mouri Ran, she lives with her father Mouri Kogoro, or sleeping Kogoro. I can give you his number."

"That would be great, thank you." Conan ran to meet with the man, leaving Subaru behind to think.


"It seems that Mouri will be fine, she just needs some time to rest. I expect her to be here for at least a month." The doctor told them after what felt to Conan like an eternity of waiting. The hospital was going to be able to save her, she would just need to stay there for a while.

"That sounds good." at an unknown voice Conan turned around to see someone he did not expect.

"Subaru? What are you doing here?" Kogoro looked back and forth between the unknown man and the child he was taking care of. Seeing his confusion Conan offered some assistance, "You've met him before, remember? This is Subaru Okiya, the person who is living at the Kudo house right now."

Kogoro nodded at the man, recognizing him after the explanation. "So, Subaru-san, what can we help you with?"

Subaru smiled, "I have an offer for you. It sounds like it will be hard right now for you to also take care of Conan, what with all that's happening. I'm heading to America soon, they have a museum (making this up) where there is an abundance of information about hospitals. I would not mind taking Conan with me on a trip, he would be able to learn about what to do and not do at hospitals."

"But what about school?" Kogoro expressed his thoughts in the form of a question.

"I hear he is already very good in school and can tutor him myself. You'll need to visit Ran often (making this up), so while this is happening Conan would most likely be a burden to take care of. I would be happy to look after him for a while during my time in America."

Kogoro looked at Conan, "You know this guy well?"

Conan nodded, "Yeah, Yukiko-oba… I mean onee san is my grandfather's, nieces, father's, brother's daughter. I was the one who suggested he like at her house while Shinichi-niichan was gone. Since it's next to the professor's house when I go over to see Haibara I usually see him too. We also both like Holmes!"

Subaru and Conan bother nodded and smiled. Kogoro sighed, "If it's not too much trouble I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for offering, I would like to take you up on that."

Subaru nodded and smiled, watching as Kogoro walked away to Ran's room at the request of a nurse.

"And?" Conan dropped all masks and looked at Subaru seriously. "Is there another reason you want me to come with you?"

Subaru smirked, also losing his politeness. "Yes, there is. Well first there's the fact that you really have nothing to gain out of going to school, so you staying would be pointless. But, other than that, back in America we have a slight problem. The organization seems to be interested in a group of scientists there so James asked me to come back and help with that. You would also be helpful there."

Conan blinked. "Is it even legal for a normal Japanese citizen to be given secret case information by the FBI for a case they have no involvement in?"

"You aren't really a normal Japanese citizen. A normal one wouldn't have fake birth certificates and fake papers under their name." Conan flinched at that but knew that Akai must have looked him up quite a while ago. "The main reason is, however, that I'm supposed to be dead so I won't be able to talk to the FBI much. I'm going to be doing a lot of my investigating alone. You have Jodie's number and can interact with the FBI without drawing much suspicion. If I'm going to go back I can't work with the FBI, so I'll need someone as a go between."

Conan nodded in understanding. "So, I guess I'll be going with you to America then."


Just one reminder. This story will have a character death, so please don't get mad at me when I do kill a character. I will try to make their death as well done as possible. I also know Kogoro probably wouldn't agree so easily but I need Conan in America and I think that it would be too much work to take care of a child while your daughter is in a coma.