Disclaimer:

I wish that I owned the COMPANY that has DC and Maximum Ride, that way I could read all the neat little transcripts and get a bunch of cool stuff without having to pay for it, and just the availability of the things! -cackles- If I owned DC I would totally be watching the newest movie right this moment, and not waiting for it while being driven half insane.

My God...

This is the last update for Blind Sided EVER.

-sobsob- I'm gonna bloody miss this so much!

Ah, gomen gomen. -pulls self together-

I gotta get sappy here though guys, and thank people.

First and foremost, thank you to mah reviewers (you know who you are) I love, love, love that I got more than a hundred reviews for this fanfiction. It was my personal goal, and I squealed a bit when I saw that there were a hundred and one of them floating back there. :3

But there is one person that I need to thank more than anybody else...

And that's Iggy. X3 Thanks for putting up with me buddy, and tossing so much muse my way. I've fallen head over heels in writer's love with your character, and hope that you'll get some more attention from James Patterson. -cuddles-

Em Phantom- I know! I'm blown away by the fact that it's already over, and yet that's a bit odd considering it's the longest freaking thing I've ever written EVER.

Aleathiel Elendil- Yay you're back! -hug- I'm so glad that everything is to your liking, and I'm glad you liked the ShinRan truth bit. It was mah favorite moment in the ENTIRE fanfiction. (Closely followed by the HeiKaz chipmunk and Starry night with Iggy and Shiho)

Elena Forest- I know, I'm almost sad to see it go. -sniff- But yet I'm so bloody proud that I FINISHED it. And with people that really really liked it to. That makes even the sad part of ending something all that much better. I can only hope that it's a satisfying ending for you all. X3

Simp- Oh, hey you. Tagging along onto this because of my obsessive yacking all the time X3 I'm glad you've enjoyed it. As for doing the characters...I fell in love with Iggy's character. He basically thinks and says everything that I'm not brave enough to ever put into words in my own head. It makes him very fun to write. X3 I was actually worried about Max whenever I did her. She's hard O.o I'm glad you liked Chapter Twenty-five, I almost actually made that a oneshot but thought it went better with this story because it needed some lightening up. I think it's awesome that you like Shiho, she's ridiculously cool and very hard to get in character sometimes but I positively adore her. Anyways, here's the end of this fanfiction so you don't have to feel so cheated anymore X3

Epilogue

The first thing I was aware of was agony. Incredible agony that filled me to my very core. I gasped, the breath hurt my chest. But it was somehow better than the strange place I had been in, because Shiho was here, and she was shaking with her relief.

"Oi…" I croaked, "You're getting tears on me…Shiho…"

She didn't say anything, only pulled me into a painfully awkward hug. I shut my eyes, longing for sleep. I was in pain, but something told me that I wasn't anywhere near death anymore. No…I had been dead, not near it. Behind us there was a completely stunned silence. I shut my eyes, glad for it so I could just revel in the feeling of silence and just be there…with Shiho.

It couldn't possibly last, not forever.

"Ho. Ly. Crap." Kid spoke each individual syllable and the utter shock in his tone was almost comical. In fact, I snorted a bit with laughter, which only resulted in me having to hold my breath because of the pain it caused. Something dropped out of Shiho's hand and landed on the ground. It shattered, but I couldn't begin to know what it was. I hardly had time to, because just as this happened blessed unconsciousness, for like the millionth time, swamped over me and I was deaf to the world.

I groaned in irritation as Ran helped me fix my sweatshirt. I tried to bat her away, embarrassment causing my cheeks to flush a little bit. "Ran-san PLEASE, I'm perfectly capable of getting a sweatshirt adjusted. My leg is the one broken, not my arm."

"Mou, Iggy-kun, it's been askew for nearly an hour and it's driving me half insane." Ran replied almost irritably. "There, it looks better now, ne, Shinichi?"

My friend snorted, his childish voice rather bored as he stated, "Really Ran, why don't you just leave him alone? I don't think that Iggy is the kind of guy that really cares too much about his appearance. All you're doing is making him into a grump."

"Look who's talking." I retorted, "You sound like somebody stole your deduction right out from under your nose. What's with you?"

There was a collective group wince after that, but I sighed as Shinichi helped to push my wheelchair after the pause. I would have been able to go for crutches, but I was shot in the knee as well so that kinda ruled that out for me.

Almost two weeks had passed since the downfall of the organization. Even now the normalcy of a conversation involving how my sweater looked seemed a bit strange. Yet there was something almost like relief in it all, mingled with the strange shock that everything was finally over.

For me everything HAD been over. For a few minutes I was gone. I felt my hand go to my chest, expecting to feel the crater that had been there before Shiho had used the Pandora Gem to bring me back.

I knew now, of course, that the shattering noise had been the Pandora Gem. Kid had said something after it all, that perhaps the only way to really destroy the Pandora Gem was to use a massive amount of it's power…but have a pure enough heart not to become corrupted by it.

We all agreed that was incredibly cheesy though, and just decided that the thing had been overtaxed.

I felt Shinichi tense up behind me as we reached Agasa's sidewalk. I couldn't help the chuckle that went through me as I lightly stated, "Sheesh Shinichi, since when are you the type of guy to get nervous at an unveiling of information. Could it be because you happen to be in the spotlight?"

"Possibly…" Shinichi stated, though it sounded as if he were far away. I snorted and heard Ran let out a laugh of something like amusement when the detective, probably scowling, stated. "You can hardly blame me Iggy, but these people…deserve to know."

"Shiho doesn't like it." I stated, thinking of the scientist with a small smile. "Even after everything, she's pretty reluctant about letting out all of that information regarding all of this. I suppose that since most of those people already know about the organization…"

"It will be good to know the truth of things." The voice behind me was one I didn't know, and I felt a questioning look go on my features. The voice was soft, and definitely male, but there was a deep sadness in them as well. "I'd like to know…what I couldn't protect Sonoko from."

"That's Makoto-kun…" Shinichi told me as Ran greeted him. "He's a karate champion as well…and…was kind of Sonoko's boyfriend."

I blinked, feeling a twinge of sadness. I hadn't known Sonoko very well, but her death was still something that made me unhappy. I blinked a bit, and found myself feeling very awkward. I couldn't imagine the depth of sorrow poor Makoto was feeling right now.

"Conan! Iggy!" The excited yell alerted my attention, and my chair was almost knocked over by Genta. He ignored the fact that I happened to be in a slightly fragile state, and rubbed his fist vigorously on the top of my head.

"Ow, cut it out Genta!" I complained, trying to push the young boy off. He only laughed and rubbed on my head harder until Ayumi managed to push her way between us. She gave me a quick hug, just brimming with her childish energy.

"I thought I wasn't going to see you for a long time!" Ayumi said, then she said, in a slightly pouting tone of voice, "Then again two weeks is FOREVER Iggy-kun! And we didn't even know you were here until yesterday!"

"Mou, guuuuys…" Mitsuhiko said, sounding a little winded. "I'm hardly supposed to be walking and you guys keep running off on me…"

"How are you feeling, Mitsuhiko-kun?" Shinichi asked. I snickered at the clear concern that was in his tone, and winced as he flicked me on the back of my head in reply. Jerk. "They said that you…ah, were in a lot of trouble for awhile there."

"Smith-sensei was very skilled." Mitsuhiko said brightly, "I'll have a scar…and I've been a bit tired lately. However things seem to be going rather smoothly. I don't feel ill anymore, though I'm supposed to stay on a specialized diet for a few weeks."

"Sounds like he's okay." I said with a laugh. "We can be buddies for a little while, Mitsuhiko-kun. We both got banged up…I heard you gave quite the show of bravery for Ayumi-chan there."

"Iggy-kun!" Mitsuhiko complained, sounding slightly embarrassed. I laughed at him and we continued on our way together into the house. The kids all but ran inside, leaving poor Mitsuhiko behind again to sigh softly and mutter, "Why can't they pace themselves? Oh well…here I go again."

"Looks like everybody is here finally." Akai's cool tones sounded from the center of the room. "Many things will become clear to us I believe by the end of this little meeting."

"The doctors said Heiji needs to recover, so he couldn't be here." Kazuha said, sounding rather nervous. "He wasn't very happy that he couldn't come, Ran-chan, and complained for a really long time. The nurse threatened to sedate him."

I had to smother laughter at that thought, and heard Shinichi let out a small snicker. There was a sudden slamming of the door behind us, and I heard Kazuha let out a squeak of surprise and Shinichi's chuckling subside almost instantly. "Oi, Hattori…"

"You're supposed to be at the hospital! Ahou! You'll kill yourself!" Kazuha roared.

"Ahou, I'm feelin' just fine. So I decided ta leave, that's all." Hattori sounded as if it was perfectly normal for somebody to wander out of a hospital. Shinichi let out an irritated snort and Kazuha continued to complain to him.

The list of invited people was as follows; The Detective Boys, Kogoro, Eri (apparently Ran's mother, this was the first time I met her), Megure, Takagi, Satou, Kazuha, Hattori, the Flock and some FBI agents that I met in the pandemonium following the capture of a good chunk of the organization, Jodie, James, Akai and Camel.

"Well, let's get this thing started then. You all have a ton of questions I'm sure." Shinichi spoke calmly, dropping any childish act he ever did like it was a dirty shirt. "The reason most of you are the ones we invited here is because you were involved with the clash that happened a couple weeks ago, you deserve to know what happened."

"Ah, yes, that is understandable Cool Kid." Jodie said, "However…why are the children here?"

"Oi! What's that supposed to mean?" Genta yelled.

"We were involved too!" Ayumi said, then paused, "I think we were…"

"I got shot." Mitsuhiko stated in a rather calm and usurping tone of voice. I chuckled at them, and heard Shinichi echoing the same noise next to me.

" 'Cool Kid' as you put it, is a child as well." Shiho's cool voice sounded next to me, causing me to jump a little. I hadn't noticed her sneaking up on me, and she placed her hand on my shoulder as she continued, "Well…that's technically speaking of course."

"Technically speaking?" Megure asked, "I knew it, he's not a real child at all."

Everyone stiffened. I blinked, really if I could have chalked up anybody to having figured out Shinichi's true identity I would have never pegged Megure as the person who figured it out. He was right up there somewhere with Kogoro.

"…he's a Shinigami!" Megure stated, and I almost literally fell out of my wheelchair because of that. Shinichi let out something like a nervous laugh, and I heard Shiho let out a soft snort beside me. Me, I wasn't so successful, I was basically laughing my hind-end off over that.

"Oh give him a break Iggy." Shinichi snapped at me, I only laughed harder.

"Not laughing…at him." I wheezed, "I'm laughing, cause it totally…makes sense…ehehe…"

"If looks could kill Iggy would be six feet under by now." Gazzy announced cheerfully. It only served to make it harder for me to stop laughing, but I somehow managed to at least tone it down and smother my laughter.

"Now that Iggy's done having his little fit over there…" Shinichi stated, sounding slightly irritated, "I'll answer Jodie-sensei's question. As the Detective Boys said earlier, they were indeed involved. The main reason they are here is because they need to know that this is something delicate that they can't go around talking to everybody about."

"So wouldn't it be best to send them on their way without telling them anything?" That was actually Max, her tone filled with worry. The Detective Boys let out a lot of indignant noises at that, but I shook my head.

"They got involved, they have just a right to know as everybody else in this room. If we don't want them to hear anything that has to be said then we should send Angel out as well." I pointed out, and with a knowing smirk I added, "And me, Conan and Ai as well."

"We've established that the Detective Boys will remain in the room." Eri said in a clinical sort of tone. "Now if there truly are important matters that need to be discussed I suggest we go on ahead and start discussing them."

"Quite." James agreed.

"This better be good you little free-loaders." Kogoro added with a snort, "I'm missing Yoko-chaaaan…"

There was a moment of silent coupled irritation towards the man who seemed to have had some sort of mental breakdown because of his missing his favorite television show. Kogoro stopped his little pity party, probably because of something Eri was doing judging by the intense tension coming from that side of the room.

"Alright…" Shinichi took a deep breath. "Where do I start?"

"How about this?" I said, deciding that taking a blunt approach would be the best route than anything else. "You all are probably wondering why a kid like Conan, and me I guess if you count me, why kids like us happened to be involved with that group of creeps that oh-so nicely decided to beat the holy living snot out of me. Well I guess the best way to answer you is by saying that technically that's not the case…that kids are involved. Well, I suppose that depends on your interpretation of kids…ah, you see…"

"I'm not really seven years old." Shinichi spoke calmly, "I'm seventeen. And my real name is Kudou Shinichi."

Utter and complete silence followed those words. I could almost imagine the looks that everybody was giving the shrunken boy, and then, all at the same time several people burst into laughter. Shinichi groaned beside me.

"Co-Conan-kun…" Takagi said, trying to let his voice be heard over the uproar. "Ah..you see that just…it's not…"

"What it doesn't make any sense to you?" Shinichi asked in a rather flat tone. The laughter was cut off in the room as Shinichi spoke very calmly, "Megure-keibu perhaps you remember the case at Tropical Land? There were two suspicious men wearing dark clothing. I followed one of them, and while I was watching him and overhearing him talk about a drug smuggling company I was clubbed in the head from behind. They fed me a test drug."

"Apotoxin, and a bunch of numbers after that that I forget." I said. I felt Shiho give me a sharp glance and shrugged my shoulders helplessly at her, "What? The numbers are numbers, it's not like it's the most important part of the name or anything like that…"

"I see now…" Satou spoke softly, thoughtfully, "That's why you're so intelligent…and all those things you ever said at cases…they weren't just the innocent musings of a child but hints to lead us in the right direction."

Kogoro coughed and several heads turned in his direction. I felt a grin fighting it's way onto my face as the man slowly said, "Are you saying…that this little free-loader…happens to be that detective jerk…who has, on SEVERAL occasions, slept in the same bedroom as my DAUGHTER!"

"Otou-san!" Ran said, sounding embarrassed, "Nothing happened, Shinichi didn't do anything…"

"I'LL KILL YA YOU LITTLE PUNK!" Kogoro yelled, and Shinichi let out a very childish sounding squeak and the jerk totally used my wheelchair as a shield of all things. I let out a yelp as he jerked the chair around to block Kogoro's path.

"Dear you should probably leave him alone…" Eri's calm voice caused Kogoro to stalk back to the couch grumbling. She added, with a hint of a threat in her tone, "We can always file against Kudou-kun for sexual assault, ne?"

"Oi, oi…" Shinichi stated in reply.

"Heiji you KNEW didn't you?" Kazuha said, and I heard the Osakan let out something similar to a nervous laugh. Kazuha let out an irritated snort, "And he kept that from Ran-chan all that time, didn't he?"

"It's alright Kazuha-chan, Shinichi explained his reasons to me." Ran said with a smile in her voice. I heard Shinichi let out a small sigh and Ran said, "Shinichi doesn't know much more than the FBI does themselves, ne, Shinichi-kun?"

"Nothing." Shinichi said, "All I know is that I have access to the antidote, Iggy, Ai, and I are the only ones who were shrunk."

We had decided, so as to not risk getting Shiho in trouble, to leave out the fact that she was the creator of that drug. I was surprised that Shinichi was willing to go through with it, but he had said that as long as he had an antidote he was alright with it. And I daresay that he thought Shiho had paid the price for her crimes.

"Antidote, that means ya can go back to being normal!" Hattori exclaimed, and then burst into a coughing fit. There was a long moment of uncomfortable silence, and it kind of surprised me. It was Ayumi, speaking in a very timid manner, that voiced what might have been the secret opinion of everyone in the room.

"Does that mean…no more Conan-kun?" Ayumi sounded almost sad as she spoke these words. I heard her whimper, "You and Iggy-kun…does that mean that…are you too old to be our friends anymore?"

"Nuh-uh!" Genta stated, "I don't care how tall Conan gets, I'm still the leader of the Detective Boys and he's still a member. He can't quit, I won't let him."

"Is Conan-kun really Kudou-kun?" Mitsuhiko said, after I nodded he let out a squeak. "M-my apologies Kudou-senpai! We re-really should have been much more polite to you…"

"Shinichi is fine Mitsuhiko-kun." Shinichi said with something like a smile in his voice. "You guys were very brave many of the times I was with you, and I hope that you'll be willing to let me take you camping a few times with the Hakase…"

"Of course Co…ah, I mean Shinichi-kun!" Ayumi squeaked.

"So you three will be back to normal soon?" Fang spoke in a calm tone of voice, but the words caused me to wince. I clenched my teeth, and my fists. It was Shiho's calm voice speaking next, and I'm sure the words sounded cold to everyone else but I could hear the regret in them.

"No…the antidote won't work on Iggy." Shiho said, making my stomach knot uncomfortably. "I attempted to adjust an antidote to make up for his abnormally fast metabolism…unfortunately the antidote becomes lethally dangerous if I do that. It puts a large amount of strain on the body changing the body like that, and the addition to account for Iggy's metabolism causes more stress than any antidote before. It would undoubtedly kill him, and I'm only glad that I was able to realize this in time."

Silence, I tried to keep myself from looking unhappy, but the truth was…I'd never been more disappointed in my entire life. It made me sick to my stomach, realizing that both Shiho and Shinichi could return to normal…but I couldn't.

"Of course I'll be remaining a child as well." Shiho spoke the words so calmly, but I found my head shooting up and my eyes blinking in slight surprise. She sounded ever so slightly amused as she said, "You can't be all that surprised Iggy. You didn't think I'd leave you…and things would be rather awkward between us if I was more than ten years older than you."

I smiled weakly back at her. Well, that made things a bit better. I yelped when Ayumi suddenly hugged me very tightly. Genta and Mitsuhiko joined them, and I winced a little since I was still sore. "Oi, oi, you guys what the heck…"

"You'll be able to stay in school with us!" Ayumi cheered.

"That is…assuming Iggy-kun will be staying here with us and not going with his friends." Mitsuhiko spoke softly, and the three children paused in their affectionate mauling to take a moment to writhe in worry. I blinked, that was a question I hadn't approached myself quite yet because I…I didn't know the answer to it.

I liked them evenly…okay, as strange as it sounds it wasn't completely even. That was only because Shiho kind of tipped the scales a bit, but that was technically an unfair advantage. You can't exactly count the girl I ended up falling in love with.

Blech, how mushy.

"Iggy's staying here." Max spoke so calmly, and as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, and it surprised the holy living heck out of me. My mouth dropped open, and I heard her snort in irritation as she added, "Oh please, I'm not a dictator."

"Yeah, like, the last time we dragged you off with us you acted like a grumpy black rain cloud. Except you weren't, like, all stormy or anything. You were just totally sad, and really unhappy and that made US all sad and unhappy so then we all decided the other day that we would probably let you stay here…" Nudge was cut off by Angel.

"We'll miss you of course…" Angel said.

"But it's not like we won't see you as much as possible." Gazzy added, "we're going to probably move the main house somewhere around here, so when we aren't flying around doing all that other crazy stuff we always end up doing we'll be bothering you."

"We rather like Japan, and Max is getting better at understanding the language." Dylan added.

"Finally." Total sighed, Max made an irritated sound.

"And besides…" Fang stated calmly, with something like a smirk in his tone, "We can't exactly take him away from his girlfriend, can we now?"

My cheeks flared up, and I glared in his direction. Fang let out a short laugh and Takagi let out a nervous exclamation of, "Iggy-kun I think you want to turn your head just a little bit to the left…th-there you go that's better."

"But I'm glad!" Ayumi announced, "Iggy-kun and Ai-chan will still be in school, ne? And Shinichi-kun will be our mentor."

"Eh? Now hold on…" Shinichi said, but the children overrode any chance he had at denying them. I could only manage to laugh, and feel a twinge of gratefulness. I really did have the most awesome friends, the most awesome families, on both sides.

The actual explanation took several more hours. By the end of it all Hakase ended up having to drive the children home because they'd all fallen asleep. Makoto had seemed a little unsatisfied at the end, and he left in the direction of the cemetery.

"He's young, he'll eventually recover." Shiho spoke calmly as she stood next to me. I felt her hand slip into mine, and my cheeks flared up a bit. She wasn't very openly cuddly, but the small gestures, like her holding my hand and touching my shoulder, were enough for me.

"Will he? I don't know if I could…" I said, feeling a pang of sympathy for Makoto. Shiho remained very quiet after that, and softly I muttered, "I won't do that to you again…as long as I can help it Shiho. I'm sorry…"

"For dying? Baka…" Shiho snorted almost scornfully at me and I found myself frowning.

"Aw, c'mon…" I complained, "Why is it every time I talk with you I end up feeling a little stupid towards the end."

"Because I have a way of getting the truth out of people?" She replied with something similar to a smirk in her voice. I feigned offense, and snorted at her in faked irritation. Shiho let out a very soft laugh, one that I was beginning to learn only happened around me.

"Will this antidote really work for Shinichi permanently, Miyano-chan?" Ran asked softly, her voice twinged with something like concern. Shinichi had waited until the majority of people left before heading upstairs to take the antidote.

"I have strong faith in this one." Shiho said calmly, "I'm eighty-percent certain that he will remain in his normal form, however I will be keeping a close eye on him for about a week afterwards. And if he feels any strange spasms or anything you may have to bring him to a safe place."

"I see…" Ran said, worry in her tone now. "It's so…hard on him…"

"Barro, I'm perfectly fine." Shinichi's normal (to everyone else) voice sounded behind us, and I suppressed a pang of jealousy at that. I didn't need to be my normal age, as long as Shiho was with me. Shinichi stopped by Ran. "See, nothing wrong."

"Mou, Shinichi…" Ran said, but she sounded more relieved than anything else. I fought a small smile and coughed politely into my hand.

"Well Shinichi, I think it would be good of you to fill Ran in on that last secret you kept from her. Come on Shiho, let's give Shinichi a little bit of time to spill his guts." I grinned as Shiho quietly pushed my wheelchair back into the house. I would have liked to have been there for this but…well I could leave them to privacy.

"Last secret?" Ran said, Shinichi noticed that she looked slightly irritated as she said this. Something like nervousness washed through him. What if he turned back into Conan even after he told her this? Wouldn't it just make things more complicated, "Mou, Shinichi, what is it now?"

"Eh?" Shinichi blinked, "Secret? I don't have a secret…" Shinichi grinned at her.

"You 're really good at finding out when other people are being deceptive, but mou Shinichi you can't blatantly lie very well." Ran put her hands on her hips, giving Shinichi a very critical look. Shinichi grinned back at her, but let his face drop into a somber expression as he glanced away from her.

"Do you remember…when I said that if my deduction was correct…we wanted to ask each other the same question?" Shinichi's face heated up slightly and he suddenly, for perhaps the first time in his life, found himself having a hard time keeping eye contact.

He was not a shy young man. He was not a nervous young man. Shinichi was a teenager that possessed an almost ridiculous amount of self-confidence.

"Shinichi?" Ran asked, her own face was bright red and he found his heart pounding a little bit faster. Oh, she would have no idea just how beautiful she looked like that. "I…yes, I remember that. And…I…was wondering…of you remembered that first time I walked…walked Conan home."

"Eh?" Shinichi blinked, and recalled the night. A blush covered his cheeks and he gave her a quick smirk, "Oh, yeah, I remember that night Ran…"

"So…what does that mean?" Ran said, looking up at Shinichi, "Shinichi…are…are we more than friends?"

Shinichi snorted, suddenly gaining all of his confidence back in that single action. He stepped forward so that his face was very close to Ran's, and enjoyed the way the color on her cheeks darkened a little bit. He found his smirk twitching the corner's of his mouth and he smoothly grabbed her chin between his index finger and thumb.

"Barro." He breathed, "Of course we're more than friends."

And then he kissed her.

"So I guess Shinichi's still going to be living at the agency for a little while, on account of the fact that Okiya-san over there still happens to be living in his house." I grinned, "I bet he'll be sleeping on the couch though."

Apparently Okiya had been suspected of being a member of the organization called Bourbon. It turned out, however, that Okiya was an old rival of Shinichi's father. He'd suspected something was up with Shinichi, and when he discovered that Edogawa Conan had appeared around the same time he vanished…well it had piqued the guy's interest.

"And you?" Shiho asked me.

"Oh…I'll probably live there with them until Shinichi gets his own house back. I'll move into the Kudou household when they figure out a place for Okiya-san to go." I shrugged my shoulders, "That would work the best, I'm assuming, since the Flock could all fit in there when they come as well."

"At the small risk that the School would burn it down." Shiho said, sounding slightly amused. I smiled at her, and felt that smile broaden into a grin when she put her face rather close to mine. "Though I would recommend you supervise Kudou-kun and Mouri-chan."

"Was that a hint at something dirty?" I said with a smirk, "Gross, no thanks. Situations like that are incredibly awkward, and people tend to forget that while blind guys can't see all that well, we can hear perfectly fine."

"That…was a little too much information Iggy." Shiho said with a snort.

"Aw, but you found it amusing and that was what my intention was all along." I grinned at her, "In other words, mission success. So what do I get in return? Surely the bold hero gets something for going through all the crap I went through. You know, shrinking, ending up with a mystery obsessed shrimp, having that shrimp become my brother, meeting a scientist, falling in love with that scientist, and getting the snot beat out of me by a creepy organization…what does Iggy get for doing all of that?"

Her nose touched mine, and even though I couldn't see I know she was smirking. "How about absolutely, positively nothing?"

"Aw, but that's unsatisfying for me." I said with a whine, "And think of what's expected of us. Come on, the hero always gets to kiss the girl at the end of the story. Or movie. Usually with a sunset in the background or something equally romantic."

"We have the kitchen behind us." Shiho replied with a smirk.

"Alright, that's it, shut up and kiss me." I said, she let out a small laugh before she leaned forward. Our lips met, and I daresay a few stars exploded. Yes, I was going to have to relive my childhood, and that was pretty much going to suck. But knowing that every step of the way I was going to have Shiho with me…

Yes, it made everything worthwhile. All the things that had happened, all the pain I went through…and all the things that WOULD happen. I could do anything with her by my side. Besides, I had a new older brother to torment, and some kids to look after.

Do you want some advice from me folks? Here it is, if ever you end up in a bad situation that seems completely hopeless remember that all things happen for a reason. The great thing about going through hell is that it's just that, you're going through it. Which means, in the end, you'll eventually come out on the other side.

Now, I want to hang out with my new girlfriend. So skedaddle you, and maybe one day we'll meet each other again. Bye-bye.

And that's it folks!

I actually rather liked how I ended that.

I just had to throw in the part with Ran and Shinichi. I was like, "ZOMFG! I didn't let those two confess their feelings for eachother! How could I have forgotten!"

But I'll miss Iggy so bloody much. You've got no idea.

Though there was ONE thing that I really didn't like about my fanfic. It's kind of small, but I was reading back through it and it drove me half insane...Kogoro. I hope I kind of redeemed him in this last chapter, I made it seem like I hated him or something. He's funny, and I didn't give him hardly any lines. How cruel of me. -hugs Kogoro-

Reviews were always appreciated, and I'd adore to hear from you for this last upload as well. I'll be sure to reply to any that you send me. –grins-

Anyways, I'm seriously considering writing a short fic with these guys for a special little thing. (X3 Ran and Shinichi's wedding I think, though it's only a small idea and I'm not sure if I'll go through with it. We'll see how much muse I have left over...)

Really, I luff you guys all. Loved this fanfiction, and I hope you enjoyed the whole thing as much as I enjoyed writing it. Iggy's character is the best character I've ever had the opportunity to write so far, and this fanfiction happens to be my best work as of yet right now.