Chapter 25~!

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Romance in Paris

It has been a few months and everyone was nearly and almost sobered up. Akane went back to school and continued with her good grades. Shinichi had been solving cases and even got promoted.

"Say, everyone is off on vacation next week and we haven't really spent time out of the house in awhile, what you all say to a trip to Paris?" Shinichi asked. Ran gasped and smiled.

"Shinichi, that's a perfect idea!" She kissed him.

He looked down, "I was also thinking that the Hattori's can come with us as well."

"Hai, that'd be perfect." Ran smiled. "What made you decide this?"

"Well, I was at work looking through some files and I remembered all the fins times we had when the kids were younger, we traveled a lot. I'm sure you missed that, and who would ignore the chance to go to the most romantic city in the world?" Ran kissed him.

"When will we taking the trip?" Naoko asked.

Shinichi looked at her. "When ever the flight leaves, I will call the airport right now," He grabbed the phone and left the den.

"We're going to Paris!" they all cheered.

He entered back into the room, "I just ordered first class tickets for Friday's flight."

"Friday? Shinichi, that's tomorrow." Ran said. He smirked.

"Better get packing, flight is 1PM." They all looked at each other.

"What about the Hattori's did you call them?" Ran asked.

He smirked, "Ran, you think I would invite someone without telling them? I told him about it earlier at work."

They all rushed around to pack their bags.

"Naoko, you are not wearing any of that to Paris, especially with all the boys running around."

"But dad,"

"No buts, I don't know why you cut up your shirts and skirts to make them reveal your body. That's not the way I brought you up,"

She sighed and repacked with her unrevealing clothes.

"Happy?"

"Very," He turned and headed out of her room.

Next Day

"Is everyone ready?" Ran asked. They all nodded.

"Yes!" Akane shouted with excitement.

They all exited the house and headed towards the car.

7 Hours Later

"Wow! It's beautiful!" Naoko said as they exited the airport.

Ran looked at Shinichi and smiled. "Thank you for doing this,"

He leaned down and kissed her. "No problem."

"So, where's the hotel?" Heiji asked.

"We are staying at the Four Seasons Hotel."

Heiji looked at a map. "That's two blocks away."

They all started to walk and find the hotel.

They walked into the luxury hotel and checked in.

"Hattori, here is your key-card," Shinichi said handing it to him. He turned to Ran and the kids. "Ok, boys will stay in one room and the girls will stay in another."

Akane sighed.

"Akane, you know the rules of this trip." She nodded in obedience.

They all ran upstairs to see their rooms and get settled for the week they'll be there.

Shinichi and Ran entered their room. She smiled and then felt sick to her stomach.

"Are you alright?" Shinichi asked looking at her. She ran to the bathroom. He walked in.

She looked up at him. "Hai, I'm fine." He cocked his head.

"Are you sure?"

She nodded, "Yeah, now should we sleep or tour the city at night?"

"Maybe we should sleep, we're all tired."

There was a knock on their door. Shinichi turned and walked towards the door. Conan looked up.

"What are we planning?"

"Well, your mother's tired….and so am I."

"We are all tired, but are we gonna get something to eat?"

Shinichi sighed. "If you want to eat, then go to the restaurant. It's free with the hotel…"

Conan nodded and turned to walk away. Shinichi shut the door and headed to bed with Ran.

She started to kiss him all over his face.

He snickered and pulled her off slightly. "What's with you?"

"I don't know…I feel…horny," she said softly. He smirked and then kissed her down her neck. He smirked against her skin and she could feel it.

The Next Day

Shinichi woke up due to vomiting sounds. He sat up.

Ran stepped out of the bathroom and groaned.

"Ran, are you feeling ok? Maybe you should see a doctor."

She nodded and grabbed a pamphlet to call the hotel doctor.

Naoko knocked at the door and Shinichi got up to answer it.

"Daddy, we're all going down the restaurant for breakfast, wanna come with us?" She asked.

"Go on, Shinichi, I'll catch up with you," Ran said. Shinichi walked over and kissed her on the forehead.

"Ok, feel better." She nodded and watched him leave.

Minutes after everyone left, Ran headed down to the doctors office.

"Good morning," The doctor said. Ran nodded.

"Good morning," it was great that the doctor could understand her.

"You are Ran Kudo?" she nodded and sat down on the bed.

"Qui,"

"It's ok, I can speak Japanese and English and many other languages…I'm not even French…I am American."

Ran nodded slowly.

"Well, what seems to be the problem?"

"Well, my husband recommended that I visit a doctor. I have been getting sick for a few days now…I think I may know what the problem is…"

The doctor nodded. "Have you experienced any changes in appetite or any changes at all?"

She blushed, "Slightly, I am eating more…"

The doctor smiled and nodded. "When was your last cycle?"

She blushed again, "It was October 23rd,"

The doctor wrote it down and nodded. "Ran, I'm gonna give you an ultrasound," Ran nodded slowly.

A few minutes later…

The doctor looked at her. "Ok, well you are pregnant. That's the problem."

Ran sighed and nodded. The doctor cleaned everything off and allowed her to sit back up.

"Thank you," she said. The doctor nodded and handed her an envelope with the sonogram.

She walked out and back to the hotel room. She put the envelope into a pouch on the bag.

She then prepared herself to go eat breakfast. She was gonna keep this a secret until Shinichi and her were alone.

At the Restaurant

"I wanna see the Eiffel Tower," Akane said. Kichiro grinned and nodded. "The most romantic thing ever," she leaned against Kichiro's shoulder.

Shinichi sighed and ignored it. He then looked up to see Ran.

"Ran, how are you feeling?"

She smiled and sat down. "I'm fine; the doctor said it was just something small. It should pass."

He nodded and they continued eating.

After several hours everyone went off on their own.

Akane and Kichiro visited the Eiffel Tower to overlook Paris.

"This is beautiful," Akane said leaning over the rails. She has seen pictures but this was first time experiencing it.

Kichiro grinned and put his hand over hers. "You're more beautiful than the city."

She smiled and blushed. "Kichiro…quit it."

"No, I'm dead serious. You are beautiful. Why don't we go back to the hotel? We have two rooms to choose from." She paused and was silent. She then smiled and kissed him.

"Ok,"

Across Town

Ran looked angrily at Shinichi. "Shinichi, why did you eavesdrop?" He looked at her.

"Because, Ran, she's out daughter…and we don't need her to get pregnant again…this early." She leaned back.

"Shinichi, you are being ridiculous. They are not stupid. You brought her up right…she'll be fine. They're probably going back to watch a movie, while they have time to be alone."

"They why didn't they catch one at the theatre?"

She sighed. "And you say I am troublesome." He sighed and leaned back into the chair.

"You're right," he took out the little ear piece and turned if off.

After a few minutes the two got up. "I'm tired of walking around…I think we should head back to the hotel." Shinichi nodded and they headed out.

At the Hotel

"I suppose you and I can mess around a bit before getting ready for dinner," Shinichi said holding Ran tight. She giggled and kissed him. They walked down the hall way and passed by the room the girls shared.

"Shinichi," Ran said. Shinichi shushed her by holding his finger to his mouth. "What are you doing?"

"Shhhh!"

"Shinichi, they're not doing any-," she whispered.

The talking had stopped and it was silent. There was a scream and then some unpleasant noises that parents don't want to here.

"I'm killing them both."

"Shinichi!" She looked at him with anger. "We're killing them." She told him. He took the spare key-card and slid it in.

Shinichi and Ran stormed in the room. Akane and Kichiro turned immediately and covered their bodies.

"Mom! Dad!"

Shinichi shook his head in disbelief. "How could you?" He asked. He threw a death glare at Kichiro. Not even Ran has seen that one before.

"Shinichi, no! Don't hurt him Shinichi." Ran begged. Within a second Conan and everyone else came running in.

"What's going on?" Haruki asked.

Shinichi growled. If Heiji and Kazuha never came, Kichiro would be ripped to shreds.

"Kudo, Kudo! Do not touch my son." Heiji said. Shinichi turned around and stormed out of the room. Ran turned to her daughter.

"Stay here, Akane," she said and turned to go after Shinichi. She exited the room. "Shinichi!"

She caught up with him as he made his way down the hall to the elevator.

"Shinichi! Please, where are you going?"

He sighed and turned to her. "I don't know…I need a drink or something."

"You can have a drink in the room…just please, don't…get drunk. You get really…possessive and aggressive when you're drunk."

"Ran, just let me go downstairs to the bar," he said. Conan stepped behind them.

"I can watch dad for you mom. I can make sure he won't drink too much." Ran looked down at him.

"Thank you, Conan. Please do that." Conan smiled and nodded.

Ran allowed the two to go…knowing something could go wrong. She sighed and walked back to the room.

"Kichiro, what the hell were you thinking?" Heiji asked. Kichiro looked up at his father.

"I don't know…I just-,"

Kazuha shook her head. "Kichiro there are no buts…you don't wanna piss anyone's father off."

Ran stepped in and looked at Akane. "You are in bug trouble, Akane."

Akane looked down without another word.

Heiji sighed. "Get dressed and go into the other room…now." Kichiro nodded and got dressed without a word. Kazuha turned to Ran.

"Sorry about this, Ran."

Ran shook her head. "Don't be. Things will work themselves out. Right now, maybe we all need to sleep." She nodded.

Heiji turned to Kazuha, "We can order room service, right?" Kazuha sighed and nodded. The two left the room.

Ran turned to Haruki, "You can call room service too, just not too much," Haruki nodded and walked out.

Akane quietly got dressed and sat on the bed. "Mom, I'm sorry."

Ran sighed and looked at her. "Akane, you disobeyed your father…he's not happy…and now he's down at the bar getting drunk. If you're hungry call room service, we won't be going out tonight." Ran turned around and headed out to her room.

At the Bar

Shinichi raised his arm up as a gesture to wanting another shot of alcohol.

Conan sighed as he sat next him. "Dad, I think you had one over."

Shinichi turned to him. "Shut up and let me drink."

The bartender looked at Conan. "Are you hungry or something?"

Conan turned to him. "Yes, please. Can I have a slice of pepperoni pizza?"

The bartender nodded. "Do you want a soda with that?"

"Dr. Pepper, please." He nodded and sent the note to the cook.

Shinichi was getting plastered with alcohol. The bartender handed him the pizza and soda.

Conan looked at his father. "Dad, ok, you had too many—," he reached to take it away. Shinichi slapped his arm.

"No."

"Dad, you had too many."

"I didn't…" He stood up and looked around. The hotel's bar was also a place with entertainment. Tonight's entertainment was a bunch of showgirls and pole dancers.

"Dad…" Shinichi shushed him.

Two Hours Later

"Ok, come on dad, we're almost there." Conan was holding his father up and helping him walk to the room.

Shinichi laughed as they passed by some good-looking French-girls. "They look fine, don't you think –hic—Conan?"

Conan sighed, "Yes dad…they were…fine. You're married and I have a girlfriend…"

"But they were fine…"

Kichiro was out in the hall just coming back from a talk with his parents. He looked up to see Conan and Shinichi.

"Is he drunk?" Kichiro asked. Conan nodded.

"Hai, he drank so much…"

Shinichi looked at Kichiro and laughed, "I know –hic—you…you need to be beaten."

"Dad," Conan said as Shinichi fist was raised. "Don't hit him…dad!" It was too late. A punch in the face caused Kichiro to have a fat lip. Everyone came out of their rooms. Heiji looked at Kichiro and then turned to Shinichi.

Without even asking about it…he punched Shinichi right in the face which caused him to be hit back.

"Dad! How could you?" Akane turned to Kichiro, "Are you alright?"

Ran came back out with a wt cloth.

"Bastard!" Heiji punched Shinichi again, this time, Shinichi fell to the ground.

Ran and Conan carried Shinichi to his bed.

Ran sighed. "I thought you said you would watch him?"

"I did but when I tried to take away his glass…he hit my arm."

"Well, thanks for the help. I think you should go to bed now…it's late." Conan nodded and started to walk out. "Oh, and could you tell Kazuha and Heiji that I'm sorry about all this?" Conan nodded and exited.

"Mom says she's sorry about all this." Conan said. Kazuha nodded and opened her mouth before Heiji started to bitch.

"Hai, we all need to chill. Come on Heiji, let's go to bed." They turned and headed into the room.

The Next Day

Shinichi slowly sat up holding his head. Ran walked into the bedroom with an aspirin and a glass of water.

"Here," she said softly. He flinched because of his hangover. "Sorry," she whispered, toning it down.

"What happened last night?" He asked as he took the water and examined the aspirin.

She sighed, "Well you got drunk and you punched Kichiro…and then started a fight with Heiji. He knocked you out cold last night."

He looked at Ran. "I'm sorry,"

She gave him a weak smile. "Come on, we're all going to breakfast." She stood up from the bed.

He sighed and climbed out of bed and got dressed.

They met up with everyone else in the cafeteria. Akane refused to even look at her father let alone speak to him. Kichiro was the same.

Heiji eventually looked up. "Kudo…I am sorry for last night,"

Shinichi looked up. "I am too."

"I shouldn't have hit you when I did…you were drunk and didn't even purposely hit my son."

"He did actually dad, he told me that I needed to be beaten." Kichiro said looking at his father. Heiji turned back to Shinichi.

"Again, he was drunk." Conan said. Akane then lifted her head up.

"It doesn't matter, he still hit Kichiro,"

"Akane…"

"No mom. It's his fault. I hate him!" She screamed.

"You're making a scene, Akane." Shinichi said. Akane shook her head.

"It's all your fault. Everything is your fault! You didn't have to get drunk last night. You didn't have to punch Kichiro."

"I didn't mean-,"

"You didn't have to eavesdrop on us..." she paused and looked at him. "You didn't have to run off on my mom that day!"

"Akane…" Ran started.

Akane started to cry. "If it weren't for you…my twins would still be here!"

"Well, neither would you!" Shinichi snapped back.

"Well, maybe that would have been better!"

Shinichi looked his daughter in the eye, "We could have lost you!" He held back the tears as they started to form. He swallowed. "We never told you but…there was another baby…but he died…" He looked down and continued to fight back the tears. "Everyday, when I see you and your brothers, I smile. Even if my morning, afternoon, evening or night is bad…I smile, because I don't wanna lose any of you. It is upsetting to lose a child. I lost two…"

"Dad?" Conan asked. Shinichi looked down.

Ran sighed and turned to Conan. "You also had a twin…but she died early in the pregnancy…and then you came two months early."

Everything went quiet. Shinichi stood up.

Ran looked up at him, "Shinichi,"

"I'm going back to the room…and pack…this trip is too much." He headed off towards the elevator.

Ran sighed.

"That was uncalled for…Akane."

She looked down and refused to say another word.

After breakfast they all headed back upstairs. No one wanted to do anything, there was enough drama going on.

"Shinichi," Ran said as she watched him pack the bag. He looked at her.

"What Ran? Do you blame me too?" He asked in an angered mood.

"Of course not,"

"Then what? What is it Ran? I was being too hard on her? Was I going too far?" She turned away from him. She didn't like it all when he was frustrated and angry.

"Well, you were just a little bit…but-,"

"But what? I should let her blame me for everything that happened? Maybe I am to blame…it was my fault! I had to be the one to run off that day," he shook his head in disbelief and started laughing hysterically, "I came up with that lie…and we had Conan. It shouldn't be worth anything right now…it's all my fault, right? Since then, everything was so fucked up…my life your life…even the kids lives are all fucked up. They may never conceive or have a baby that will be alive…it's all because of me."

Ran looked down. It hurt her to see him like this. She didn't know what to say.

As he finished packing up his bag, he looked at her. "I want you and the kids to stay here…I need some space to be alone. Please Ran."

She looked at him. "Shinichi, please think this over."

"That's what I need Ran! I need to think…and I need to go home to do it. I wanna be alone. I want you to enjoy the rest of the vacation." He kissed her.

She couldn't say anything else. He left a few credit cards and the key-card on the countertop.

He turned to her one last time and headed out the door.

Ran felt tears start forming. She couldn't go after him. He'd only force her to stay.

She opened the door and ran down the hallway before he got into the elevator.

"Shinichi don't go please."

He sighed and turned to her. "Let me be alone. I will see you in another week,"

"Shinichi, I'm pregnant." She showed him the sonograms.

He looked at them and back to her. "You knew for awhile and you didn't even tell me?"

"I was going to surprise you…but so many things happened. I just…"

"Ran, I love you…ok? Listen to me…I need to be alone for awhile. I promise everything will be fine. I need you and the kids to relax."

"But Shinichi," he kissed her.

"Bye, Ran." He turned and stepped into the elevator. She watched as the doors closed.

"Shinichi,"

~End of Chapter

Ooh so much negative tension~! What will happen now?

Oh and I am sorry if many of you are displeased with this story, I mentioned it before though, this was an idea that came into my head one day~. (Actually it was a situation my brother and I thought of while roleplaying one night…)

Anyway, if you want to read other ideas let me know and I will post other stories (and yes, they are pregnancy stories…with Ran, some take place after the antidote…and some take place before….)

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