Detective Conan/Case Closed- The Real Edogawa Conan

Rating: M (for sexual content, suggested violence, and some language)

Genre: Romance/Drama

Pairing: Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran

Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan…

Main Summary: The day had come! The Organization has caught him, and they want to know the secrets of his youth. There's a reason Vermouth is the Boss's favorite, after all. But, what happens when they have larger plans for him? How does Ran fit into all of this?

Chapter Twenty

"Dammit, how is it that I still can't get figure this out!?" Shinichi growled trying to get his suspenders and tie on in a rush.

"Tou-san, how do you not know how to do this!? Can I help so we can get going? If we're late, Kaa-san, Imouto, and Kazumi will literally kill me! And then, what will come of the legacy of Tokyo's Savior of the police, the greatest detective in Japan."

"Excuse me, I believe you mean, second greatest!"

"Right, I gotta remember, Hattori-san goes first."

"Oi, oi! I wasn't talking about Hattori!" Shinichi growled.

"Yah, yah, but I've gotta rack in the brownie points with that one, he's gonna be my fat—."

"I know, I know, don't remind me. It's creepy enough just thinking about it." Shinichi teased, finally getting his tie to cooperate. "Alright, let's get this show on the road before your mother uses her roundhouse kick on me."

With that Conan and his father headed out and rushed to the chapel. Conan quickly stood at the front of the altar with his father and the best man. Twenty years, Shinichi had been married to Ran, and now, as he stood by his son, he smiled. How time had flown

One-by-one, the bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girl, and ring bearer filed in. The music shifted and everyone stood as the doors opened. Conan's expression changed into one of awe as Hattori walked Kazumi down the aisle.

"She's breathtaking!" He muttered, causing Shinichi to grin and say, "And just think, after today, she'll be with you for the rest of your life."

Conan grinned at his dad as Hattori Kazumi, clad in gorgeous wedding attire, made her way down to the groom.

Heiji rolled his eyes at Shinichi's grin saying, "I guess this makes us family now…"

"Don't encourage it, Kudo." Heiji teased.

After Conan and Kazumi said their "I Do's," the pastor smiled and announced, "I now pronounce you, husband and wife. You may kiss your bride, Edogawa-kun."

Conan smiled and did just that. Then the pastor continued, "I'd like to formally present you, Edogawa Conan and Edogawa Kazumi."

Everyone clapped as the couple smiled brightly. Ran blew a kiss to her son, all teary-eyed and clapping passionately. Next to her, stood the maid of honor, Conan's sister, Akemi who shouted, "Way to go you two!"

The reception was wonderful and as Shinichi danced with his wife of twenty wonderful years, he whispered in her ear, "You look more beautiful than even the day I got to first call you my wife. I love you and thank you for being with me to see this day."

"I love you too, Shinichi, and thank you for giving me a wonderful life and memories such as this."

He took her outside to the balcony of their reception hall, and as they stared up at the night's sky, Shinichi whispered, "Ran… will you marry me… again?"

Ran looked at him surprised but smiled and said, "Yes, Shinichi, of course, I will marry you again."

"And will you spend another twenty, not twenty times twenty more wonderful years with me?" Shinichi asked, kissing her lips.

She giggled and said, "Of course, till death do us part, but even then in death, we'll meet again because I will love you till the end of time and nothing not a Black Organization, not hate, nothing will separate us."

Shinichi held his wife close and as they celebrated that night with their son and new daughter-in-law, Shinichi looked around the room. He noticed a server from the bar walk by, holding—of all things—a bottle of Bordeaux wine. Shinichi grinned at the familiar beverage, thinking, 'Even now, you will never have control over me, Black Organization…You tried to tear us down, and yet, we were stronger because we had each other, and now… now, you are nothing more than names on bottles of liquor, because I am Kudo Shinichi, Meitantei of the East, and Edogawa Conan, a product of your evil goal, is a legacy for justice, a meitantei who will one day surely bypass me… How's that for irony?'

With that epiphany, he joined in the celebration, and nothing could spoil the cloud nine this proud father and husband was standing. Kudo Shinichi had been through hell in the past 43 years of his life, but through it all with his friends and family, he hadn't just survived, he had come back stronger. And, with that he could stand tall. He had been crushed again and again, knocked down more times than he could count, but he was still there. He had come out of it victorious.

The End