CHAPTER 45: Lost

Suzume was walking through the woods in the late afternoon. It had taken her since earlier that morning to get there. She was out of the city and was in the middle of nowhere. Suzume lifted up a few branches and continued to walk forward. "Maybe I should have said where I was going…" she muttered to herself. "Oh well…"


Heiji and Conan were sitting at the counter, both had their heads on their palms, thinking. All that morning they hadn't seen Suzume, which was just odd.

Haibara walked in grabbing another cup of coffee and headed back to the basement, a smile on her face.

"I think she knows something…" Heiji muttered.

"Same here…" Conan said. "But when we asked she didn't seem to know much…"

Heiji banged his head against the counter as the front door opened. "I'm back!" Agasa said, walking inside the house.

"Welcome back…" Heiji muttered while Conan was happy about welcoming back the Professor.

Agasa froze and blinked confused. "What's wrong here?" he said.

"Hattori is worried about Kei because he didn't see her this morning," Conan said, smiling.

"I'm concerned!" Heiji shouted at Conan. "She hates mornings!"

"Oh," Agasa said, putting his hand to his chin as if remembering something, "Kei-chan, I saw her this morning."

"Really?" Heiji and Conan said.

"Yeah. She said that she was heading up to the woods. She said she would be back by this evening. She said, 'If I'm not back by then, tell Hattori-kun and Kudo-kun, they'll know what to do'… Kei-chan seemed different then normal, not the usual sweat girl she usually was…"

"You mean," Conan said, "she acted like she had evil intentions?"

Agasa shook his head. "No," he said, "it was like she knew something bad might happen. But I wouldn't worry about her. I'm sure she'll be perfectly fine…"

Heiji and Conan glanced at each other, knowing that might be true but then it might not.


Suzume had past a few trees, her face had a few cuts from branches smacking into her. Suzume had finally reached the place where she wanted to be, a clearing with green pastures. This was where she used to live, but the house was burnt to ashes.

Suzume dropped to her knees, shocked at the sight of the giant house burnt to the ground. A few pillars still stood, but other then that, nothing stood.

Suzume got up and walked over to the ashes. She went walking through the area, knowing the exact layout of the house from her memory which was fully back. The only things that still missed was what actually happened that night.

Suzume put her foot on a pillar and made it break with the pressure. She looked down the pillar and grinded her foot in it. A evil smirk then went on her face, she felt like she was being watched by someone.

Suzume looked over her shoulder, seeing no one there. Maybe it was all in my head… she thought.

Suzume began walking away until she heard someone break a twig. She turned swiftly around and a shot rang out throughout the woods, making the birds fly away.


Heiji was pacing back and forth. It was late evening, and by late it was really late. Heiji kept looking at the clock, wondering where Suzume could be.

Conan walked in with his cell phone to his ear. "Still no answer…" he said, hang up the phone again. "Keeps saying the line has been cut…"

Heiji bit his lip and continued walking back and forth.

"Dude," Conan said, sitting on the couch, "you need to calm down…"

"I can't…" Heiji said, putting his hands into his pockets. "She should have been back by now… There's no reason to keep her out this late…"

"Are you trying to say-" before Conan could finish, Haibara walked in, her arms crossed.

"If I were you I would be a little concerned…" she said. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell. "I just checked and there was a message from Kei…" She tossed Conan the phone and he listened. "But it was just static and a few noises that couldn't be made out."

Conan listened carefully. Static was all that he could make out at the moment. But the more closely the more he heard what was going on. The noises heard were running footsteps through the woods and then…

Conan's eyes widened and he had almost dropped the phone.

Heiji looked at Conan, wondering what happened. "What happened?" he said, kind of not wanting to know the answer to that.

Conan glanced up with the most serious face you would ever see him show. Although behind that face, was a face showing concern for his friend.