Disclaimer: I don't own Detective Conan.

Title: Catch Me When I Fall

Written by: snowqueen13

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Chapter 18: Bring It On

Shiho's POV

I was walking alone by myself at a park. It was getting cold, as I shivered and zipped up my jacket.

"Well, well, well. We meet again Sherry"

I whirled around. Facing me was Gin. He was fingering a gun.

"What do you want?" I spat.

"Now, now, don't get all worked up. I just want to show you what happens to people who betray us," said Gin with a sinister smile as he snapped his fingers.

Vodka appeared from behind him, dragging a still figure which has been beaten to a bloody mess. As I looked closer, I gasped in horror as I saw that the figure was Shinichi.

"Wait... what are you doing?" I stammered.

"You see Sherry, killing you would be too good for you. So, I'm going to just kill that one person you love most..." said Gin.

"Shinichi," I whispered.

"Well done Sherry," Gin said clapping his hands. "And now..." Gin pointed the gun towards Shinichi's head.

"No...wait..." I started.

"Too late," said Gin, pulling the trigger.

"NOOOOOO!"

End of POV

"Nooooo!"

Shiho woke up with a start. She was drenched with cold sweat.

'I can't let anything happen to him because of me' thought Shiho sadly.

'What am I going to do?'

"Tell me again, what we are really doing here?" asked a disgruntled Shiho.

After she had gotten ready, she was dragged to the arcade by Shinichi. "For fun and relaxation," said an excited Shinichi. Shiho just rolled her eyes.

Flashback

'I guess I have to leave this place' thought Shiho sadly as she got out of the shower. 'But what about Shinichi?' said a small voice in her head.

"That's why I have to leave damn it." said Shiho, talking out loud then feeling stupid the next second. 'Might as well finish this conversation' she thought sarcastically.

"Anyways, he would probably forget about me after a month, as he has Ran to keep him busy," said Shiho as she changed her clothes. 'So you're just going to leave?'

"Yes!" snapped Shiho, then her voice softened "Well, not yet anyways. Perhaps the next day after the New Year dance". 'If you say so' said the little voice in her head.

End of flashback

"Umm... excuse me onee-chan," a small voice was heard from behind Shiho. She turned around and saw Ayumi and Genta looking at her.

She gave a small smile.

"Yes?"

Ayumi and Genta looked uncomfortable.

"Ask her," said Ayumi nudging Genta.

"No, you ask her," replied Genta.

"No, you ask her"

"You ask her"

"You"

"No, you"

"We'll ask her together"

"Okay"

"1...2...3... Are you related to Ai Haibara?" both of them chorused.

Shiho was taken aback. "I...um..." she stuttered.

"Hey, what's going on?" asked Shinichi as he came back with a bunch of tokens in a bag.

"Well, this children... I mean... this young man and young woman seems to think I'm related to somebody called Ai Haibara," said Shiho hastily after she saw the look of Genta and Ayumi's face when she called them children.

"Well, what are your names?" asked Shinichi bending down beside Shiho, to face Genta and Ayumi.

"My name is Ayumi and his name is Genta," said Ayumi.

"Okay, then Ayumi, what are you and Genta doing here all by yourself?" asked Shinichi smiling.

"Oh, we are not here by ourselves oni-chan," said Ayumi "We came here with Mitsuhiko. We wanted to invite Conan and Haibara but they weren't home."

"Ah, I see. Well then, where's Mitsuhiko?" asked Shinichi getting up.

"He's over there," said Genta running towards Mitsuhiko who was playing a shooting game and seems to be losing badly. "Hey, wait for me!" said Ayumi running towards them. Shiho and Shinichi observed them with a small smile.

"I didn't realize it but I do miss them," said Shinichi quietly to Shiho. Shiho nodded with agreement as she watched Mitsuhiko playing the shooting game with a strange glint in her eye. Ayumi suddenly stopped running and headed back towards Shiho and Shinichi.

"Um... do you want to join us?" asked Ayumi tentatively. Shiho and Shinichi exchanged a look.

"Sure, why not? By the ways, just call me Shinichi-nichan and call her Shiho-neechan okay?" asked Shinichi with a smile playing on his face.

"Okay," said Ayumi and she dragged Shiho and Shinichi towards Mitsuhiko and Genta.

"Oh, no! I lost again," said Mitsuhiko as Shiho and Shinichi was approaching them.

"What is this game?" asked Shiho curiously, as she watched Mitsuhiko as he went of to buy more tokens.

"It's a very hard shooting game. Only few people ever got pass stage 4. We were challenge by the man who owns the arcade, to complete the game. If we do, we will win 500 tokens as a prize," explain Ayumi

. "How much have you spent on this game?" asked Shiho.

"Genta and I had already spent all our pocket money. Oh, and Mitsuhiko too. We have bought around 400 tokens," said Ayumi as Mitsuhiko came back with more tokens.

"Don't worry guys. I will win this game," said Mitsuhiko determinably.

Shiho frowned.

"The owner of the arcade is ripping off children's money. That's practically daylight robbery!" said Shiho to Shinichi, who nodded in agreement as they both watch Mitsuhiko's character being killed on the arcade screen.

"Where's the owner of the arcade?" asked Shiho.

"Umm... there he is," said Ayumi pointing towards a fat, mid-forty year old man who was busy counting money at the counter. Shiho began to walk towards the man with Shinichi trailing behind her.

"Excuse me," said Shiho standing in front of the counter, with one hand on her hips.

The man looked up and started to check out Shiho. She was wearing a short skirt (not too short mind you, just a few inches above her knees), sleeveless shirt with her leather jacket draped around her. All in all, she looked good, really good, as that man soon found out. After a few minutes of staring at Shiho's body, the man replied with a lecherous grin which showed a few missing teeth.

"How may I...ahem...help you?"

"I want to complain about you ripping off money from children by challenging them to a game which YOU bloody well know that they can never win!" said Shiho slamming her fist on the counter. Shinichi was taken aback. But the owner of the arcade kept his cool.

"Rule are rules, doll. You can't change them. Unless..." the man paused for awhile.

"Unless what?" said Shiho.

"Unless YOU play the game, and then I can make a few changes of the rules," said the man with a not-so-nice smile.

"What do you mean?" asked Shiho, getting impatient with him.

"Let's see, if you play this game and WIN, those little brats will get their money back and an endless supply of free tokens for...hmm...2 years? But if you LOSE, well... you have to go out with me and we will... get to know each other," said the man with an evil smile.

Shiho thought for a moment, ignoring all the 'NO' signals from Shinichi.

"You're on," said Shiho.

"Let's seal it with a handshake," said the man holding out a grimy hand.

Shiho felt grossed out as she shook hands with that man and quickly let go of his hand.

"Ooh, feisty," said the man.

Shiho ignored his remark and walked off with Shinichi chasing after her.

"What do you think you're doing?" asked Shinichi furiously as he grabbed Shiho's shoulders.

"What do you mean?" asked Shiho coolly.

"What do you mean, what do I mean? You know what I mean," said Shinichi.

"If you lose, you'll have to...to date that swine!" said Shinichi.

As they were walking towards the shooting game area, they were joined by Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko with dejected looks on their face.

"What's wrong?" asked Shiho.

"We lost," said Ayumi.

"That's not true," said Shiho firmly.

"Why not?" asked Mitsuhiko. "I'm going to play this game and win back your pocket money and also 2 years supply of tokens," declared Shiho.

"Wow, really? Thank you Shiho-neechan" chorused the three children.

"Just leave everything to me," said Shiho giving a wink.

She leaned forward towards Shinichi.

"Inventing poison to kill people isn't the only thing I know," whispered Shiho into Shinichi's ear.

She turned around and took one of Shinichi's tokens and inserted the token into the slot. As Shiho took her place as the arcade machine started up, she said three words,

"Bring it on"

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Author's note: What do you think? I'm not really sure about the onee-chan and oni-chan thingy. So if I'm wrong, please tell me. Please review!