Thanks to all the rehearsing.. I slept three hours this night! anyway.. I've been trying to write when I have free time.. it seems I have a lot more time than I thought.. well, getting up 06.30 am in the morning and going to bed 03.00 am in the morning mayb not be so smart hm?

Oh well.. that's me.. okay, now I'm finished sulking.. here's yet another chapter and please have fun with it, but don't flame if you don't like please.. I've been trying hard to write this and not puke at the same time (looks away) *sigh* have fun though!

Chapter 14.

Secrets are out.

Conan and Jodie had managed get the police force and FBI's help to take down Gin, most of these men, or women had been taken down, the ones remaining that they knew of was Gin, Vodka, Vermouth, Chianti and two more, maybe ten more that was a little held back, but they'd get them down one way or another. Behind all the safety fences Conan was being helped into an ambulance, Jodie was with him all the way to the hospital and even made sure they where alone so he could talk.

"So.. what's this long story of yours?"

"Yeah.. about that.. is it okay to talk here?"

"Yes, James and Shu-chan are outside so no one has wired the place or will get in"

"Good" Conan sighed.

"I guess first thing first.. my true name isn't really Edogawa Conan.."

"What?" Jodie asked, she looked a little shocked, she had known Conan was far to mature and smart for his age but.

"Yes.. I never wanted to tell anyone but those I really trust.. my true name is Kudou Shinichi" Conan explained, waiting for the outburst, true to his thoughts Jodie made and outburst and stared at him with her mouth open all the way and her eyes was as wide as a soccer balls.

"You are.. that detective?"

"Yes.. I didn't really want to tell anyone.. but I need every helping hand I can get to make the organization go down.." Jodie stared at him.

"Then I'll help" said another voice, Conan recognized it at once and jerked around in his bed.

"Kaito..." he was quickly out of his bed as Jodie watched the teen rush over to the bloodied up thief that was sitting on the window sill, Conan dragged him of the sill and forced him down on the bed, Kaito. Then Conan began undressing him, much to Kaito's embarrassment.

"I'm okay.. oi!" Kaito tried, but Conan ignored him as he gently opened the blue, but bloody shirt. Conan let his hand slide across Kaito's abdomen that was coloured in the thieves blood. Kaito shivered slightly as the cool hand stroke a little higher, only to go lower, hitting the waist band on his white dress pants.

"Cool.. kid? Or should I call you.. Kudou-kun?" Jodie asked and Conan froze, then he backed off, slightly red-faced.

"Yeah.. it doesn't matter.. as long as you don't call me by that name outside or when Ran or other people are around" Jodie nodded, she stared at the thief.

"And why are you here.. Kaitou KID-san?"

"I just dropped by, I have taken out at least three of the snipers that was after Shinichi here" Kaito explained and pulled Conan into the bed and forced him to rest against the pillows.

"I also saw how he was shoot.. painfully isn't it!" Kaito laughed and Conan looked at him with a worried look. Jodie also looked at him with an odd look, but not of worry.

"What do you two have in common!" she asked. The two looked at her, then at each other, they turned bright red before Kaito coughed and Conan looked away.

"We desided to take them down, since they have hunt us both for such.. er, a long time" Kaito tried and Jodie stared at him.

"Hunted you both?"

"Yes.. it's been a years since I began living as Conan, at the same time, KID arrived and the organization seemed to grow interest for him.." Conan explained and ignored the stinging pain from his shoulder. Kaito nodded and stood up, Conan protested and was about to stop Kaito, but was stopped himself, by a hand across his face, just covering it as Kaito looked at Jodie.

"Our companionship is different from the ones you are used to.. it's very different from how a human bond to another human!"

"Different?" Jodie asked, Kaito smiled secretly and backed off, Conan stared at him as he soon leaned against the window.

"Yes, different.. now.. I should probably lead them away from this hospital?"

"Kaito.. what if.."

"It's okay.. I won't die yet"

"Don't you dare to do either"

"Relax.. I wont.. you neither!" then he jumped out of the window and was gone.

"What.. did he mean about that?" Jodie asked after a while. Conan smiled at him and then he shook his head.

"It's another story.. for another time.." he gritted his teeth in slight pain and looked out of the window. Wondering how the heck Kaito would manage with those men in black while he, Edogawa Conan was in hospital, unable to support him in any way.

"Are you worried?"

"Hm.. about what?"

"About KID?"

"Yeah.. I'm worried they'll kill him.."

"If your under the impression you can't help.. the only way to help now is to believe in him.. and pray for his life" Jodie said with a smile, Conan stared at her for some long minutes, then he smiled back.

"Thank you... that I will" Conan nodded and looked out of the window with this small, content smile on his face.

"What's going on between you anyway? I mean.. detective and thief meaning" Jodie asked and Conan, not being used to talk about him and Kaito in any way, turned beet red.

"Er.. between us?" he asked embarrassed.

"Yes.. are you.."

"Whatever word your searching for, it shouldn't be mentioned.."

"Oh yeah.. forgot you have a pride at the size of a mountain"

"OI!" Conan turned even redder. Jodie laughed and smiled.

"At least you can act all normal in this situation.. I mean, you have been found out, I know your secret and you may die soon.. yet you act so carefree and content" Jodie looked rather confused and sad. Conan chuckled.

"Every day... I was afraid of just this.. that they'd find out and come to kill me.. I was afraid Ran would find out as well, worried that she'd back off and shut me out, and scared to death that maybe I would be forced to see those precious to me die before me.." Conan smiled sad and Jodie got the feeling there was something else hiding underneath that smile.

"You... really have been going through much" Jodie sighed and Conan let out a small chuckle.

"Indeed.. but I promised myself that I couldn't let anyone see these worries and frights.. so I have managed to put up a mask that turned from a habit to a life.. this is how I turned out to live for this year as Conan.. a fake boy, with a fake personality, nothing alike to Shinichi.. a made up life to please the world.."

"Why?"

"Why? I never questioned this.. I just felt it was my duty.." Conan explained. Jodie stared at him, then she stood up.

"Why didn't you tell us earlier.. we could've helped you earlier.. to get away"

"I don't want too.. like Haibara I turned to like this place even more, and to be separated from my world, I'd never manage... even if I moved to Osaka or somewhere else in Japan, I would still not manage well.. and I hate to hide too.. seems odd doesn't? Seeing that that's what I've been doing this last year, getting myself into more danger that I've done these 17 years before I was shrunk..."

"How did they find out anyway?"

"Rin.. Hatake Rin-san.. she's a classmate and hates the guts of me because of her love for someone who's my friend.. and she was threatened, find out about me or her family would get killed.. now I'm in trouble.. wich goes back to.. Ran, is she safe?" Conan asked. Jodie smiled.

"Yes.. ten minutes ago, we pulled her and her uncle out of their house and they're safe.. and unknowing.. are you never going to tell her?"

"I don't dare! She has always had her suspicions.. but never any proof.. Kaito has come to my rescue several times as this.. but still she never seems pleased unless I tell her the truth.. but when I do.. I'll do it the most gentle way I can think of, as of now, I can't let her into this danger, she'd protest, of that I'm sure.. but I can't loose her, at all!" Conan explained. Jodie nodded as the door opened and a man came in, of course Conan recognized him at once. Akai Shuichi was a tall, black clothed and silent man, but with high regards within FBI for his infiltration of the black organization.

"Gin and Vodka are moving close, they have found out where he is.. we have to move him!" Shuichi said, Jodie stared at him.

"How did they find out!"

"Someone told them.."

"Someone? From this hospital!" Conan gawked at Jodie's question. Shuichi nodded and looked at Conan.

"What is weird though is that the only person that isn't attacking you is Vermouth.." Shuichi stated and Conan looked down with a small nod.

"I don't think she'll do it either... I think.. that's she's tired of this all and want it to end, why not let me live then!" Shuichi agreed to that while his eyes pierced Conan as if he was a piece of cake. Of course Conan gained goosebumps of this.

"But where too?" Jodie asked, the males looked at her.

"What?" Conan asked, totally confused.

"Where to move you!" Jodie repeated and the two nodded, finally understanding what she was talking about. Conan looked out the window again, thinking about a certain thief, he didn't want anything to happen to him, even if he was immortal, he could still feel the pain and Conan sometimes got the feeling that something happened, he could feel a stab of pain now and then across his body, but he wasn't sure if it was his own injuries or Kaito being hurt.

"Cool kid.. are you okay?" Jodie's voice brought Conan back to reality, for the last thirteen minutes he had been looked absentmindedly out of the window in the car, they had barely escaped Gin and Vodka when they had gotten out of the hospital, Conan had noticed the white clad, well covered in red fly across the sky, then disappear in a poff of smoke.

"Y-yeah.. I am.. why?"

"You just looked so worried.. so lost.. kind of, are you thinking about.. KID?" Jodie asked. Conan turned red.

"W-well.. yes.. I am.. I guess"

"He'll be fine, I saw him just minutes ago.. and he was still smirking from ear to ear whilst that officer that always chases him ranted on and on.. KID disappeared into an alley and I think he got away" Jodie stated with a low laughter. Conan soon joined in at the thought of Nakamori seeing KID, first he'd gawk at the bloody thief, then he'd start questioning what the heck he is doing outside at this time of the day. Then Nakamori would end up with his usual 'catch him!' or something like that, fully followed by a curse or twenty.

"Okay, then I guess Kaito really is okay"

"You know, while your where in your room, two detective's arrived, the one from Osaka.. and that blond one from Britain.." Jodie stated and Conan groaned.

"At the same time?"

"Yes.."

"Then.. they're probably arguing somewhere as we speak.. those two hate each other's guts as much as I hate Gin and Vodka" Conan stated with a small smirk,

"That much?"

"Yes, that much! Ever since a case on an abandoned island, me, Hattori, Hakuba-san, and two other's where confined, one was killed.. we had to solve it, those other two acted as detective's as well.. the only reason Hakuba-san accepted was because he wanted to see the detective of the East.. wich would be me, but he only met Edogawa Conan, who came with Hattori.. oh well, it was rather fun to watch all of this, but those two hated each other from the moment they saw each other!" Jodie laughed and Conan smirked, albeit a little fake because of his worry for Hattori as well, of course he'd worry about his friend that was stupid enough to come to Tokyo, even though it had quite literary become a war sone. The car stopped on red and Conan looked around, then he saw a motorbike that he could recognize very much, a woman was sitting on it and she was smiling to him, she mimed the one name only she used on him 'Silver bullet' Conan jerked from his seat and stared at Vermouth. Why was she here? Where she sent to kill him? No, that's wasn't likely. Vermouth put her helmet on and started the bike. Then she drove off as the car Conan sat in also began moved again. Conan swore mentally and saw another black car behind them. He cursed out loud now and poked Jodie to get her attention, it took three seconds for her to realise what was going on and by then, the first bullet, meant for Conan, flew by their car. Jodie just smirked.

"This car is bulletproof"

"The wheels then?" Conan asked and Jodie blinked.

"Hope he doesn't know" she said and smiled sheepishly. Conan sighed and looked behind him, he could see the rifle that was out of the window, so he closed his eyes and concentrated on that rifle. There was a loud crack from the car and when Conan opened his eyes, he saw the rifle had been bent upwards, facing the car. Jodie stared at it in pure shock.

"What.. happened?"

"Did you know.. that having psychic powers comes to an advantage in this kind of situations!" Conan commented as a tire went dead under the porche following them. It slowed down and they where soon gone as the car Conan sat in turned the corner of another building.

"Psychic you say.. you mean that you are.."

"Well.. in a way I'm psychic.. but please keep it a secret, I lost many friends from just growing some years in a day.. if people knew of this" Conan looked sadly down at the floor in the car, James and Shuichi looked at him in the mirror while Jodie, sitting beside him sighed.

"I understand.. now, to get you to a safe house somewhere, maybe"

"Not!" Conan finished her sentence, the other men stared at him and Jodie gawked.

"Not.. what?"

"Not the same house as Ran.. please.. it's like leading them there and I don't want her to be hurt!" Conan explained.

"How did you know?" Jodie asked. Conan blinked at her in wonder.

"What?"

"How did you know that was what I was thinking?" she repeated and Conan backed off slightly.

"Sometimes.. I can pick up other's thoughts.. well, rather.. always if I want to, but I keep it shut off because I don't want to hear everyone's thoughts all the time.." Conan explained as he avoided Jodie's eyes.

"Oh.." was all that came from Jodie, then she blinked.

"What about them.. can you access Gin's mind?"

"No.. I can't, I think they're good at hiding their true feelings and thoughts.." Conan stated, relaxing as Jodie might actually have accepted his abilities. Suddenly there was an odd light and James stood on his brakes. Before them, smoke was rising, people was screaming and running while other shouted to call for an ambulance. Jodie turned white.

"The smoke.. comes from the safe house.. the Mouri's are inside of.." she whispered and Conan jerked around.

"What!" he shouted and stared at the smoke that rose from the building in front of them. The first thing that hit Conan was all the pleading he heard, but he couldn't find Kogoro's or Ran's thoughts. They parked in front of the building and Conan shoot out of the car, ignoring Jodie's shouts.

"Wait.. it's too dangerous" but Conan didn't hear her, Shuichi got out of the car as well.

"I'll get him.." then he rushed after the teen. Conan had run into the crumbling building, much the fire that had appeared, had been killed by the explosion, Conan looked around and Shuichi neared, then the teen crumbled under his own weight and covered his ears. At first Shuichi didn't understand until he saw Conan's expression.

"Please shut up.." he whispered over and over. Then Shuichi saw the dust around Conan become more concentrated until it expanded, it became many rings, going past Shuichi as well, what Conan was doing was beyond the FBI agent's knowledge. Then Conan froze, the dust falling heavy and a low cracking noise could be heard. Shuichi saw something white in the corner of his eyes and turned, seeing that it was Kaito looked at Conan with somewhat shocked eyes, he also turned back. Conan had gotten to his feet again and was using his hands to dig around in the dirt in front of them. Something appeared and Conan touched it. A sinking feeling arrive to Shuichi as he saw Kaito back off, just seconds later, a large beam fell where Kaito was standing just seconds earlier. Conan's hand slid across a white, nimble and soft hand. It was sticking out of the rumble, but he was able to recognize that hand anywhere. Today he did too, but didn't really want to be able to. He closed his eyes as he felt his anger and hate rise fast. He clutched the cold hand tightly and bent over.

"RAN!"

Uhoh.. don't kill me please (whisper) I don't want to die yet.. I have to finish this story..

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