Chapter 2 Complications

A Shinichian Conan
Chapter 2: Complications
A Detective Conan Fanfic

"RING! RING!" the phone rang at the Mouri's residence, disrupting the serenity in the house.

"Ran, go get the phone!" Kogoro shouted grumpily as he returned to his afternoon nap.

"Coming," Ran replied as she reached for the phone. "Hello," Ran started.

"Hi, its... me," came the familiar voice at the other end of the phone.

Ran's heart skipped a beat. It was HIM. The famous high school detective. Her childhood friend. A person whose life seemed to go haywire after bidding her goodbye at the funfair. A JERK, a JERK who had made her worried over his well-being, causing her tons of sleepless nights......

"Ran, are you still there?" Conan said as he struggled with the voice changing device and the phone receiver.

"Yeah, I'm here...... So... how's your case getting?"

"Erm... its kinda inconvenient for me to speak about it here... anyway its a very complicated case, so..." SHINICHI trailed off.

Ran suddenly felt very lost. She had been having this kind of feeling ever since Shinichi had undergone THIS CASE that he had been talking about. The NEVERENDING case that never seemed to come to an end. A case that no one seemed to be able to solve, not even for this high school ace detective.

"Anyway, you miss me yet?" teased SHINICHI playfully as he brought Ran back to reality.

Ran blushed. "Of course not," she denied with a bashful tone. "Why should I bother myself with such a jerk like you?"

"Because," SHINICHI started, "I am a JERK who can cause you worries and spend sleepless nights?"

"As if," Ran countered, not even the least bit of awkwardness in her voice now, "you can disappear from the surface of this earth for all I care!" Ran challenged, secretly hoping that what she had just said would not come true.

" Well, you just got your wish, cause I got to go now. There's a new development in the case," SHINICHI hesitated. Ran's heart sank. She did not expect him going off so soon, and had hoped to chat longer than they had the last time he called.

"Bye," SHINICHI muttered, leaving a trail of reluctance in his voice. And with that, he hung the phone, before Ran could bid him farewell.

"Bye, take care..." Ran whispered, into the emptiness of the phone.

Conan clenched his fists. It was getting harder and harder each time he called Ran.

But he knew the very existence of him could very well lead to the doom of everyone around him... everyone....

Especially Ran.

And that's why he has got to keep it a secret from Ran. Letting Ran know that he was alive was already a major risk, and he just could not afford to take any more risks.

If anything was to happen...

He just could not bear to think of anything happening to anyone around him. He would rather perish with the Black Organisation than to let anything happen to anyone else...

Especially Ran...

and Ai.

'Ai? How did her name suddenly surfaced into my mind?' he thought to himself. 'Whatever was I thinking of?' But he could not escape the fact that Ai was certainly becoming closer and closer to him with each coming day. Probably because she was the next closest person that he could relate to, other than the Professor, Heiji and the two folks who seemed to heck-care about him.

Conan sighed. He walked out of the phone booth with slow, heavy footsteps and headed back to the ice cream shop where the gang was waiting.

Unknown to him, a mysterious figure was lurking behind the shadows, watching his every move... including the peculiar act of speaking into the red big bow tie......

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"Hey, Professor!" Conan shouted impatiently as he and Ai waited outside the gates.

"Coming!" replied the Professor. "Oh, its you, Shi..." The Professor prompted, and quickly corrected himself. "I mean Conan, quick, both of you, come in, I have something to tell you."

With that, the both Conan and Ai entered the house under the Professor's lead.

"Look, both of you. I know its inconvenient but... I will be having sombody over for a
stay." the Professor paused, and scrutinized their expressions.

"But... I won't tell who I am having over. Its meant to be a secret." the Professor ended with a sly smile.

"Oh great," Conan mumbled as he lay back onto the sofa. Now I have one more person to keep the secret from."

At that very moment he felt like like laughing out aloud, and to laugh at the skies, at Heaven, for making a fool out of him, out of his life.

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Ran stared hard, right into the Kudos' residence. It was late at night, and the house was quiet... too quiet. She looked up to the skies, and flashbacks of her frequent visits to the Kudos' residence came floating into her mind. Flashbacks of the occupants of the house. Flashbacks of Shinichi... She sighed, and giving one last look at the house, she walked away.

Unfortunately, she was not the only person interested in the Kudos. Because in the very corner of the darkness, in the very shadows of the night, stood a tall mysterious figure.

But this mysterious figure was wearing a different expression from that of Ran. This mysterious figure was wearing a smile, a wide grin spread across the face, as if the objective for coming here has been achieved...

The mysterious character let out a laugh, and the cold, bitter breath blended with the icy coldness of the night. With that, the figure slowly slipped back into the shadows, ready to pounce according to plan.