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A/N: Thank you soooo much for reviews! Remember in the last chapter I said there would be no relationships in this chapter?
Well, things sort of went out of my plan, so...you know... And I'm not a very good detective. That's why in this chapter, you
will find the clue to solve this case, pleaz don't complain to me about making this case that easy, I'm still in middle school...
Anyways, send all of your comments to fanfic_conankudo@yahoo.com I accept any mail, as long as they don't contain virus of
course! ;)
P.S.NOTE: Perfect English is not included! Any mistakes in this fanfiction are completely my own fault. Please R&R!
Japanese/Story/Chinese name flip is enclosed at the end of this chapter.
Before you sue me, here is the DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN Detective Conan! I DO NOT CLAIM COPYRIGHT TO THE CHARACTER, STORY,
DETECTIVE CONAN...(*but I sure wish I did...LOL;)) BUT! I do claim copyright to the plot & Ruki Mitsukata!
And here it is, the second chapter you've been waiting for.
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Chapter 2 - Chiisana tentei Kogoro!? Ran's first date!
By: ConanKudo (anime_cc)
Rate: G - General/Mystery/Romance
When Conan pushed to open the door, a familiar shadow of a young man appeared in the room. "Hehe, stop acting already. I know you are here for my daughter Ran. What case? You're here for my daughter aren't you? Look, you are flushing!" Kogoro's face was all red after his usual drank, and started to tease Heiji.
"He is here for a case and I can proof it!" Kazuha managed to yell with them.
"DAD!" Ran angrily knocked on the door, "WHAT IN WORLD IS GOING ON IN HERE!?" Fire flames burned around her as her angers suddenly grew wild. She would've used her karate on the door or an object in the room, but her legs won't let her.
The three people whirled their heads to face Ran, feeling the hot air coming from her. "Ran! What happened?!" Kogoro dropped his beer on the table and ran to her when he saw her in the hospital wheelchair. He shook Ran's body hard.
"This? Oh it's nothing, doctor said will would recover in about two weeks or so. It was just a little accident." She forced out a feigned smile, but inside, the pain she's experiencing was increasing.
Her father put his eyebrows together and asked with disbelieve, "Nothing? You call that nothing?"
"DAD! I'm old enough to take care of myself! And this little wound is not going to hurt me a bit! Besides, you should concentrate on the case, not my tiny problem!" She pointed at Heiji and Kazuha, greet to them and bowed slightly, "Sorry about my dad's impoliteness. Please go on with the case."
Heiji looked at Conan first, he had never remembered what Kudo had told him about not calling him Kudo in front of everybody. As soon as the word escaped out of his mouth, suspicious and doubts from Ran became unexplainable. Nervous Conan dashed to Hattori and covered his big mouth with his little, pudgy, white hand, playing his usual role as an innocent eight years old little boy.
Ran gazed into his blue, nervous, frightened and requesting eyes. It always showed her if he's telling the truth or not before, but now, all she can see was Shinichi looking at her with plead. As if he was begging her not to reveal his identity in front of all those people. (Shinichi, I know it's you, but why won't you tell me the truth? Why?) Usually she would question Conan about it, but months and months of experience had taught her that the only answer she'll get from Conan is some useless excuse or lies.
(No, don't. I beg you, Ran...Don't! I will tell you everything later, but now at this moment. Please Ran...) Conan blinked and prayed.
"And...Here is the case..." Heiji's voice trailed off, still wondering if he should disturb the silence.
As soon as Conan heard the word "case", curiously, he asked, "Where? What is it about?" He asked this not just because then he'll know about the case, it'll also distracted Ran from the suspicious. But his word also earned him a bun on his head from Kogoro. "Shut up! I'm the detective!"
Holding a letter in his hand, "I received this letter yesterday, and it's a really weird letter. The sender didn't sign or write his or her address. And the content, it almost makes no sense at all! But if you read it carefully, I think it's disclosing something."
Kazuha, who had been totally forgotten at the moment stood up and stopped by Heiji, whispered with anger, "HEIJI! DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME! I'M ALIVE TOO YA KNOW!" Maybe, maybe her voice was a little louder then she expect it would be, everyone heard what she said.
"Oh! Ran-neechan, why don't you take Kazuha-neechan to some stores to do some shopping while we're discussing this case?" (**CK:Ah sorry, I forgot Ran's leg was injured! LOL**) Conan said. The next thing he know was another fist landed on top of his head. "Ouch!" Conan rubbed his head and complained.
Kogoro cleared his throat after a few cough, and said with a pose, "Ran, you take Kazuha and Conan to the coffee shop downstair. We two will discuss the case. Two famous detectives can solve this case easily! A..Hahahaha!" His stupid laughs once again gave away his true intelligence, sweat drops appeared on Ran and Conan's face with embarrass.
"Please allow Conan to stay, he's really helpful." Heiji tabbed Conan on the shoulder, both of them smiling to Kogoro. Kogoro looked at them both with discontentment, but he agreed anyways. "Fine...but you're not allowed to disturb us, clear?" Conan nodded.
When Heiji shared the letter with Kogoro, who scratched his head after reading it, one eye closed and the other open, and his eyebrows put together, he asked, "I don't see what's so weird about this paper. It's just your fan writing you an admire letter, and a few questions." He never figured out anything, even if Conan or Heiji told him some important clues. Help him became famous and let him get all the credit for solving over 70 cases was part of hate being in his childhood form again. Especially when he's too stupid to understand the clue he gave him.
"Let me see! Let me see!" Conan starts to jump around Heiji and Kogoro. Being short was the other thing he hates after his shrunk, he was unable to do lots of things. Like he had to get something to stand on to get the phone, stand on a chair to get his soccer ball off the shelve, he even had to stand on Genta's shoulder to reach his shoe locker...
Heiji tried to hand it over to him, but Kogoro grabbed it before the paper reached Conan's hand. He still had no idea that Heiji was trying to give that clue to the great detective of Nippon. In his opinion, Conan is just a little annoy kid whose parents are totally careless.
As Conan kept jumping around anxiously, Ran and Kazuha had arrived at the front door. "Um...Kazuha-chan, where do you want to go? How about we go shopping for clothes? I heard that there is a 40% off in a store!" That suggestion was a great idea to Kazuha, but she refused for some reason. "No, I don't think so. I would rather stay here with Heiji, besides, you can't shop, look at your legs!" She moved her sight from Ran's eye to the door, and pushed Ran back into the house.
When they arrived in the house, Conan wasn't leaping around anymore. With a large box under his feet, he was starring at that paper as if a wild lion finally found its prey. His hands were busy writing and taking notes from the letter as his eyes caught in the mysterious paper. To make everything easier for himself, one of his arm rest itself on Heiji's back and the other on Kogoro's.
Dear Hattori-san:
How are you? My name is Ruki Mitsukata and I'm a first grader from an elementary
school. I really really admire your deduction skill. Every time you solve a case, I find
that case extremely hard and your amazing deduction and investigation on the newspaper.
Especially last week, you solved the case in the CEO's office, even my parents couldn't
solve it! First I thought it was the Boss, but then I thought it was the CEO's assistant.
One of my friend actually thought the crime was the mailman! ...{more contents}
Become a wonderful detective like you is my dream!
Maybe you won't even bother, but I have some riddle and questions for you. I'm sure
you can solve it easily.
Where is the hottest place in Tokyo? Where is the best shield in that place? Does
that riku exist, or will it? Does a detective really care about a case more than anything
else?
Please, please help me solve those riddles and questions.
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!PLEASE READ!
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{A/N: Ah, sorry to interrupt at this moment, but I an important announcement to make. This letter is framed, and I typed the whole thing in Microsoft Notepad system, therefore, I have no idea if it's going to work on the websites. (They are lines and slashes) Just to let you know, that if they are messed up or are in the middle of the content, just ignore it, it is not a secret code. I will check it online, if it's really messed up, I'll fix it and post a new one, but that will take time. Please be patient. Thank you for your precious time, please go on...}
UPDATE: IT'S FIXED NOW.
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!THANK YOU!
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(What's with those riddles? And why would someone ask a detective those questions and want them to reply without a return address or contact information? Hmm... looks like an interesting case...) Conan grinned to himself. The harder the case seems, the more curious he gets. Right now, he had almost control of himself. Getting a case, a hard case and solve it was what his life was meant to be.
Eagerly, he read the last part of the letter.
...As you can see, I'm a great fan of you, just like my friends and classmates,
we're crazy about you. And guess what? I have the whole collection of newspaper about you
and the cases you solved! One day, hopefully we can meet, by then, maybe you can tell me
more about you and all the interesting cases you solved!? I'm really looking forward to
that day!
Sincerely,
P.S. SOS
(The last "SOS" was written in a messy handwriting, it doesn't look like the same person who wrote the letter at all. Is it just a little joke, or is the crime trying to force someone to write this letter, and the kidnapped person wrote the "SOS" in a hurry while the crime wasn't paying attention to him or her? If that's true, then we'd better hurry, or else that person's life will be...) for some reason, Heiji and Conan was thinking and concerning about the same thing. (And if that's a crime's trap, then what does this letter mean? It can't be a fan letter, nobody will ever ask those foolish questions...)
"Sodattanda!" Kogoro finally broke the silence. His voice spread throughout the house, everyone stared at him.
"Y..You mean you already know...I mean you already solved this case?" Heiji asked with suspicious and doubt, it was unbelievable. How can THAT detective solve this case before the great two?
"Really? You solved it? That's great dad!" Ran said full of excitements. Then she tried to run to Kogoro, but fell down to the floor instead.
When Kogoro saw his own daughter fell, he dashed towards her, which caused Conan's collapse to the floor at the same time. Conan had put half of his balance on Kogoro, and now he's gone, his little body fell with his scream "Waaaaaa.........Ouch! *thud*"
"Eh...You're alright right?" Heiji said as he helped Conan onto his feet.
"Yeah...I'm okay." He picked up his notebook and pen. "Is Ran-neechan alright? It looks like she's hurt really badly." He asked Kogoro when he stopped by Ran after cleaning himself from the dusts.
Kogoro stopped checking Ran's leg to see if she needs to go to the hospital when he heard Conan's word and suddenly noticed something strange, "Hey...wait a minute..." He studied Conan once more.
"Conan, you're not really seven years old are you? Who are you? And why do you care about Ran that much? Answer me!" Conan was shocked when he heard Kogoro's question, his wide eyes stared into Kogoro's deep sight. He was talking about something seriously, he can tell. (But since when did he become that smart? Smart enough to get suspicious about my true identity? Great...how am I going to answer him?)
Conan backed up and lay against the wall as Kogoro kept on walking towards him. The cold sweats on Conan's face were getting more and more. Heiji tried to say something to protect Conan, but his lips wouldn't move for some reason.
"Uh...I..." Before his explanation, Kogoro continues, "Your school teacher and principals called me this afternoon, they told me about your test score. Gave me an explanation! A good explanation!" He was now treating Conan as if he had done something terribly wrong. "I know your face, we've met before haven't we?" Said Kogoro, who tried to take off Conan's protective glasses, but he dodged aside just in time.
"Mmm?" Kogoro's hand against the wall, the table with telephone on it was right next to them. (Damn, why can't someone call at this moment? We always get tons of calls, from fans or for cases, why not now????!!!!!) Conan thought as his eyes glanced at the telephone next to him.
Kazuha helped Ran sit back into her wheelchair, and asked, "Ran-chan, you sure you're alright?" It was the first time Ran felt that Kazuha actually cared about her. A warm feeling from her heart spread all around her body, it was the sweet feeling of a real friendship. Then, she gave her a solemn nod.
Meanwhile, Conan was still questioned by Kogoro, who, for some reason finally woke up from the dimness. (Gez...Why can't he be that smart at other murder cases?) Conan thought.
"Oh! Kogoro-san, I thought you said you already solved this case, can you please tell us? Please?" Said Conan, trying to get his attention of him.
At last, Kogoro gave up questioning Conan, and concentrated on the case again. "Of course I solved it! Don't forget who I am! I'm the meitantei Mouri!{(You forgot the sleeping part baka!) Conan thought.} The letter is an invitation from inspector Megure." His hands pulled his suit together, then reached out for the letter.
"In...invitation?" Heiji and Conan said at once. Ran and Kazuha stared back at the "great detective".
After making sure that he was getting all the attentions in the house, he continued, "He wants us to go to the warm spring at new years eve. The hottest place simply means warm spring, and a detective cares about activities too. After all of our hard work, I think we do deserve a little relaxation and rest, and a warm spring party is great, don't you think? Ha! A great detective like me can solve these cases easily, can't you see? I'm born to be a great detective, greater then that Kudo Shinichi. Inspector meant to write a letter like that, but the reason..."
Before he could continue on, Conan, Heiji, Ran and kazuha's were already half way shut. (Bakuchi! Even dummies would've known this isn't an invitation! Did you fell asleep again?) The great detective of the eastern and western thought at the same time.
"Please...Obviously it's not that easy. This case is much more complicated than you think." Heiji said at last.
"What does that mean? You're just jealous that I solved it before you did! I can call Inspector Megure to confirm right now if you want me to!" He picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number.
Ran tabbed Kazuha's hand, which had fell to her wheelchair's handle when her dad said 'I've got it'. "Do you want to go to my room Kazuha-chan?"
"Sure, why not? I've never seen your room before." Kazuha said as she pushed Ran's wheelchair towards the direction Ran was pointing at.
When they stepped into her room, the door was shut and locked. Then, they fell into a private girl chat.
As Kogoro continued dialing and waiting for the connection, the television on his desk reports news, which had made Heiji and Conan attracted in it.
"Today's headline, there's been a murder case in Tokyo hotel. The victim was an antique collector. According to the police, he died from the knife on his chest near his heart. No suspects have been spot yet, all fingerprints and all other possible clues in the scene has been cleaned by the crime. Also, a man who shall not be named discovered another body in the Beika park, and the victim was a worker in the museum and he died from the same reason as the first murder. Around noon, the police got a report that someone found a victim in the Tropical Land, the best amusement park in Tokyo. The victim's identity cannot be identified due to several reasons, and he died from the same reason as above. Something even more incredible, next to those three victims, there were words written in blood. The first one read "I'm waiting", the second one is "for you" and the last one said "detectives". The police are still in the progress of investigating, more news will be reported in tonight's news. Now back to the weather..."
Conan, who was holding the television couldn't put his two lips together. Blue eyes behind the glasses were as wide as ever. (Coincidence, it has to be a coincidence...) Surprisingly, Heiji's expression was just like Conan's. "That's impossible..."
"WHAT? What do you mean you never sent me an invitation? But..." Kogoro lowered his voice from screaming to whisper, then to speechless. He Hang up the phone by throwing it back, "DARNIT! Why?!"
Heiji and Conan took no notice of Kogoro's upset action, they knew this will happen sooner or later. What's bothering them is the truth of this case, if the crime's destination is to get the detectives' attention, then this murder game might not yet reached it's "game over". But why would a crime chose to send frighten letter to the best detective of Nippon? Is it some sort of challenge?
As more and more questions arrived in their mind, a little sound came from the outside of the window. "Who's there?" Conan cried out first. Then he ran to the window, seized the handle bar and pushed it open. Gazing down at the busy street, there were no sigh of any suspicious people.
-------In Ran's Room-------
"Do you really mean it? That idiot didn't contact you again after the time you two met in the restaurant?!" Kazuha asked with surprise after she saw the picture of Ran and Shinichi in Tropical Land.
"Y...Yeah...I tried to call him over the cellular phone, but he never answered. I guess he already forgot about me..." Ran said with a pity voice, as if the lie was real, Or...is it?
"If I were you, the next time he calls, I will just pick the phone and yell 'Get lost! I'm not important to you anymore, go and solve your stupid cases, and see if I care!' *sign* I feel sorry for you, that bakuchi boyfriend of yours. I bet he doesn't even know you've been worrying about him. I bet he's out there and forgot all about you! That kind of person, just forget about him and find someone else Ran-chan."
Ran blushed after Kazuha's word, and quickly, she replied, "He's not my boyfriend, he's just...just...a very good normal friend."
Kazuha looked back at her friend, smiling, "Oh when are you going to admit it? Everybody around the country knows Kudo Shinichi has a girlfriend named Mouri Ran. You don't know how lucky you are! Do you know how many girls are after your 'very-good-normal-friend'? They can fill in the whole city!"
Still blushing, "Really? Mm...Sometimes I ask myself, why do I like him." She began to spill out her secret from the heart, "He's just a detective who has tons of fans, his soccer skill is unmatched, handsome, gentle and intelligent...hehe, Okay, I think I have enough reasons..." Then, they both burst out a giggle, but they kept it no louder then a whistle, in case if the boys outside will hear.
"Hey Ran-chan, I've always wanted to ask you something." Kazuha said, who was sitting on Ran's bed and facing the girl in the wheelchair, "How did that detective ask you for the first date?"
"The first date?" Ran flushed for the fifth time of the day, "That was a long time ago. If I remembered it right, that was when we're in elementary school, well, I guess it's not really that kind of date, but..."
----{{{{{ Flashback }}}}}------
After school, someone clapped Ran's shoulder. It was a boy's hand, Ran looked back at the person she had been expecting.
"Shinichi-kun! I've been waiting for you for hours! Where have you been?" The little girl seized Shinichi's hand and whirled to face him.
"You should've known I was at the soccer practice! Our big game is next week, oh boy, I can't wait! Hey guess what? I got another A plus in math! I bet my parents will buy me more detective books!" The little boy said, under his left arm was a soccer ball, which had been in Ran's memory ever since the first time she met Shinichi. His shirt and pants were all covered with mud and dirt, as always.
"Yeah, yeah, detective books. I don't see what's so interesting about detectives. They are just people who solved cases, that's all." Ran looked away, tired by her friend's detective talk.
"But they are cool! Anyways, I-I just want to ask you...um..." He hurries and moved his sight when Ran's connected with his. Starring down at his toe like he had never seen an object like that before, he said hesitantly with his face as red as a ripe apple, but still, he couldn't finish.
"Ask me what? Don't tell me you forgot to copy down your homework again!" Ran crossed her arm in front of her chest, which had covered the ribbon in the middle of her school uniform.
"N-No, I copied it. I-I just want to ask y-you if you can come o-over to my house t-this Sunday, then maybe w-we can go to t-the Tropical L-Land together. If you're free on Sunday that is." Finally, he finished, embarrassed as ever. But of course, the Ran at that age didn't understand it at all. All she knew was going to a friend's house and play together.
"Cool! I'll ask my mama and papa if I can go. Um...I'll call you tonight, okay?" She was delighted that she finally found a plan for the weekend, or else she's going to stay home and do extra homework.
Shinichi nodded, smiling. He was pleased that his first request successes. Slowly, his hand grabbed hers, and as usual, they walked home together. Both of them were humming their favorite songs, for different reasons.
Only three days seems like years at that time. Finally, the day came.
When Ran waved her hand, but there wasn't any reply. So she looked up from the telescope in the sightseeing tower, Shinichi was nowhere to be found. (Shinichi? Where are you?)
All of the sudden, a feeling of something icy cold on her cheek, and a male voice came from her back, "Did I scare you?" He said, throwing a soda to his friend.
"O-Of course you didn't!" Ran countered.
"Ah who cares if I scared you or not, but you gotta come with me, hurry!" He seized her sleeve and start to ran towards the center of the park.
As soon as they stepped a circle, Shinichi stopped running. Holding Ran's hand, he said excitedly, "Yes! Just in time!"
Ran looked up at him, still confused about the whole thing. Before long, every mystery inside her head organized into one straight line. The circle around them sudden blast into hundreds of little fountain, which knit together into the most beautiful scene Ran had ever seen. In the middle were the little couple, hands together and enjoying this wonderful moment.
With a feeling of their hands separated, Ran looked back, Shinichi was already five meters away from her. Bending down, his knees almost touched the ground. Ran was sure that he had found something strange. "Shinichi-kun, is everything okay? What are you doing?"
He did not look back, pointing at a little shining circle next to him and said, "Take a look at this!" He pushed that little circle slightly, nothing happened. The circle had a weird pattern, some words on it was unreadable to both of them. It almost looked like an ancient piece of artwork.
"What's wrong with that? You can find tons of circles around this park!" Ran said, who was already sitting next to him.
"But...Never mind..." He stood up and helped Ran onto her feet. Then, they realized that they were the only inside this circle. "I never knew water could be so beautiful." Shinichi said, but looking at Ran.
The wind flew past Ran's skin, her ever-so-soft dress danced behind her with her silky brown hair, that extraordinary feeling was not words to describe. Ran felt like as if she and Shinichi had already been separated with the reality world. Their minds whirled them into the sweetest illusion, as if they were standing in another world, the world that only belongs to them. Everything on the outside kept on getting blurry as the timed fountain went off and almost became a mirror. Yes, that was the first time, the first time Shinichi took Ran to that park. After that time, they went there almost every month. As time passed on, that park, that fountain had became their secret meeting place until the night this young couple's nightmare had begun...
----{{{{{ End Flashback }}}}}------
(CK: Why am I writing this non-sense? Hehe...You'll see...)
"Hey Ran-chan! Are you all right? Talk to me!" Kazuha interrupted Ran's flashback and brought her back to the reality world.
(So that's why he starts to take me to that place every time, to refresh my memory.) Ran thought, who suddenly woke up from the flash of her memory, "E? Oh hi!" She said to Kazuha in amazement.
-------In the living room/Mouri's tantei agency------
The three of them were still thinking when a phone call arrived, but it was Conan's cellular phone. "Moshi moshi, Edogawa
desu." Conan answered.
"Listen kudo Shinichi, I don't care if you are a famous detective or not. I know your friend's at your place and you three are discussing that letter I sent. What I want you to know is, when you solved that letter, only, I said only you and another detective may come. If anyone else comes besides you two, I will kill all of you. I do what I say. You'll have until tomorrow night at seven to come to the place where I'll wait for you. If you don't come, then the whole Tokyo will be reducing to ashes, same thing will happen if more than one person is with you. Hehe, choose your action carefully before you make any immutable mistakes. I'll see you then."
The voice on the other end ended as Conan pushed the "End conversation" button on his cellular phone. Remaining the way he stood before he picked up the phone, the voice of that strange man echoed in his head. ("Reduce to ashes...only two...Kudo Shinichi...I will kill all of you...Any immutable mistake...")
"Conan-kun! Are you all right? Hey!" Heiji shook Conan's body, but still, he didn't move an inch. "Who was it? Hun? ANSWER ME!!!!!!!!!!!" Then, he decided to yell straight into his ear.
"It's him." Conan finally answered.
"Who? Who's he?"
"The sender of your letter, he knows you are here, he knows everything we did here. H-he said if we don't solve this case before tomorrow seven o'clock post meridiem, t-then not just us, the whole city will turn into ashes." conan looked down at his toe, and grind his teeth to close his anger inside him.
"Do you recognize his voice?"
"No, I think he used a machine to change his voice. But whoever he is, we have to find him and fast!" Conan looked up into Heiji's deep brown eyes.
"Yes, we must find him in twenty-nine hours, especially when we have no clue of where he can be. But before we do, tell me everything he told you in the conversation." He dropped his hands on both of Conan's shoulders, turned him around. Conan looked thoughtful, considering Heiji's personality and other important things, he said, "That wouldn't be necessary.
All you need to know is what I already told you. To tell you more will only bring you more harm, and I won't do that if today's the last day of this universe. I'm not trying to make you mad, but you know I've already done lots of harms to hurt someone I care the most, and I can't let that happen to you!" Conan suddenly burst out the words that even he didn't expect to say, but it was true. He had hid that message in his heart for the past year.
With a sigh, Heiji whispered without looking at Conan, "If you say so."
The self-named "Best Detective In the country" Kogoro watched their action, annoyed, as usual. Tighten his fist, he rose his voice, but before he can began the doorbell was rung by a mid-aged man. So, Heiji reached out his hand and turned the doorknob.
"Oh hi Heiji-san, I came here as fast as that old police car can carry me, we did have trouble with the fuel but..." Inspector Megure, dressed in orange suit like every time tried to explain his journey, but was interrupt by Kogoro's sudden greeting.
"AH! INSPECTOR MEGURE! What a pleasure to meet you! It's been a long time since the last time we met, here, make yourself comfortable, I'll get you something to eat..." He lift up one leg, but then halted, (wait a minute, I don't know how to make food...)
"Um...On second thought, how about some drinks?" But he froze again when he arrived at the kitchen door, (what am I doing? Ran never told me where the cups are!)
He turned around to face Inspector, smiling. Right arm above his shoulder and forearm bending down to reach the neck.
Inspector Megure saw his brow and understood everything. He smiled back at him, trying not to show his laugh, he said, "That's alright, I'm fine just sitting here."
"G...Gomensai." Kogoro apologized.
"Nah, don't mind it, I do that all the time. Now, let's all get to serious business." He took out a huge pile of files from his bag, and laid them on the table in front of him.
---------------------Down on the street, about 500m from Mouri's detective agency---------------------
"That Conan, I thought for sure he'd come back for his presents, but look! We get to carry all those things back for him!" Ayumi complained.
"Un-Hun, wait 'till tomorrow, I'll teach him a lesson!" Genta said, walking down the street, hands full of well wrapped presents.
Mitsuhiko didn't pay attention to their conversation at all, he was now about a feet or two behind and was walking with unsteady steps. "Some...body...HELP!" The next thing they heard was a big crash. Mitsuhiko had crushed into a telephone booth when all the presents are in front of him and blocking his sight.
"Tsuburaya! Daijoobu?" Genta and Ayumi bend down at the same time, ignoring Ai, who, as usual remained cool and calm.
"I guess...Ow! Genta-kun, you want to pull my arm off or something?" Mitsuhiko screamed in pain when Genta tried lift him up by pulling him on the arm with all of his strength.
(It's unbelievable, it seems like just yesterday I was still sitting in that laboratory, doing research for APTX4869. I can't believe it's been a year already. If I ever go back there, I don't even know if I'll still remember the directions...)Ai looked at those playful kids, once again, her tension covered her smile. (When is my second childhood life going to end?)
"Ai-chan! You can't just stand there and watch us, help us!" Ayumi called without looking back, they were all busy picking up presents.
"Hun? Oh...Okay..." She sighed.
-----------Somewhere down in Tokyo, in a dark room-------------
A young girl with brown hair, no bigger then ten years old looked out the window. Gazing up at the bright sun and disclosed a cold smile at the edge of her mouth. Only five people in this world know her, everyone of her action were carefully planned, even walking to a store. Her eyes' filled with intelligence and was way too deep to be fathomabled. In her hand was a cellular phone, still turned on.
"I'll get you...I'll get you all..." She whispered to herself.
-TO BE CONTINUED
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A/N: Well, that's chapter 2. What do you think? Okay, so I did put too much non-sense in this chapter, but hey, you'll never know the reason until chapter 3. Some part of the solution of this case will be revealed in the next chapter, so I'll probably keep it for a while so you'll have a chance to solve it on your own. Please Read & Rate, tell me if you want to read the rest chapters, I really need your word so I'll know if I should write more or just stop here. Je Ne!!! (^_^)
---Conankudo
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|{ Enclosed Character Name Flip }|
JAPANESE NAME(Last, First) = NAME IN STORY = CHINESE TRANSLATION(Last, First)
Edogawa Conan = Conan = Jiang Hu chuan Ke Nan
Kudo Shinichi = Shinichi/Kudo = Gong Teng Xin Yi
Mouri Ran = Ran = Mao Li Lan
Mouri Kogoro = Kogoro = Mao Li xiao Wu Lang
Hattori Heiji = Heiji = Fu Bu Pin Ci
Toyama Kazuha = Kazuha = Yuan Shan He Ye
Haibara Ai = Ai = Hui Yuan Yuan
Yoshida Ayumi = Ayumi = Je Tian Bu Mei
Kojima Genta = Genta = Xiao Dao Yuan Tai
Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko = Tsubu. Mitsuhiko = Yuan Gu Guan Yan
Inspector Megure = Inspector Megure = Mu Mu Jin Guan
Dr. Agasa = Agasa = A Li Bo Shi
Ruki Mitsukata = Ruki = ? ? ? ? (Unknown, since I made this character up)
More characters will be added as this fanfiction goes on :) And yes, there will be more!
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Below is the short description of the other two new fanfics I'm about to start, email me at fanfic_conankudo@yahoo.com and tell me if I should write them or not. Thanks! ^^
1. Revenge
The person finally revealed his true identity, but is that a good news or a nightmare? Will our dear four teenagers pass the test and survive, or are they all going to end their lives together in this game? Read and find out more!
2. The Triangle
Because of Conan/Shinichi, Ran and Shiho turned from friends to enemies. Will Conan be able to stop this without hurting one AND protect his own identity? His decision might affect his life, forever...
Well?
A/N: Thank you soooo much for reviews! Remember in the last chapter I said there would be no relationships in this chapter?
Well, things sort of went out of my plan, so...you know... And I'm not a very good detective. That's why in this chapter, you
will find the clue to solve this case, pleaz don't complain to me about making this case that easy, I'm still in middle school...
Anyways, send all of your comments to fanfic_conankudo@yahoo.com I accept any mail, as long as they don't contain virus of
course! ;)
P.S.NOTE: Perfect English is not included! Any mistakes in this fanfiction are completely my own fault. Please R&R!
Japanese/Story/Chinese name flip is enclosed at the end of this chapter.
Before you sue me, here is the DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN Detective Conan! I DO NOT CLAIM COPYRIGHT TO THE CHARACTER, STORY,
DETECTIVE CONAN...(*but I sure wish I did...LOL;)) BUT! I do claim copyright to the plot & Ruki Mitsukata!
And here it is, the second chapter you've been waiting for.
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IDENTITY
Chapter 2 - Chiisana tentei Kogoro!? Ran's first date!
By: ConanKudo (anime_cc)
Rate: G - General/Mystery/Romance
When Conan pushed to open the door, a familiar shadow of a young man appeared in the room. "Hehe, stop acting already. I know you are here for my daughter Ran. What case? You're here for my daughter aren't you? Look, you are flushing!" Kogoro's face was all red after his usual drank, and started to tease Heiji.
"He is here for a case and I can proof it!" Kazuha managed to yell with them.
"DAD!" Ran angrily knocked on the door, "WHAT IN WORLD IS GOING ON IN HERE!?" Fire flames burned around her as her angers suddenly grew wild. She would've used her karate on the door or an object in the room, but her legs won't let her.
The three people whirled their heads to face Ran, feeling the hot air coming from her. "Ran! What happened?!" Kogoro dropped his beer on the table and ran to her when he saw her in the hospital wheelchair. He shook Ran's body hard.
"This? Oh it's nothing, doctor said will would recover in about two weeks or so. It was just a little accident." She forced out a feigned smile, but inside, the pain she's experiencing was increasing.
Her father put his eyebrows together and asked with disbelieve, "Nothing? You call that nothing?"
"DAD! I'm old enough to take care of myself! And this little wound is not going to hurt me a bit! Besides, you should concentrate on the case, not my tiny problem!" She pointed at Heiji and Kazuha, greet to them and bowed slightly, "Sorry about my dad's impoliteness. Please go on with the case."
Heiji looked at Conan first, he had never remembered what Kudo had told him about not calling him Kudo in front of everybody. As soon as the word escaped out of his mouth, suspicious and doubts from Ran became unexplainable. Nervous Conan dashed to Hattori and covered his big mouth with his little, pudgy, white hand, playing his usual role as an innocent eight years old little boy.
Ran gazed into his blue, nervous, frightened and requesting eyes. It always showed her if he's telling the truth or not before, but now, all she can see was Shinichi looking at her with plead. As if he was begging her not to reveal his identity in front of all those people. (Shinichi, I know it's you, but why won't you tell me the truth? Why?) Usually she would question Conan about it, but months and months of experience had taught her that the only answer she'll get from Conan is some useless excuse or lies.
(No, don't. I beg you, Ran...Don't! I will tell you everything later, but now at this moment. Please Ran...) Conan blinked and prayed.
"And...Here is the case..." Heiji's voice trailed off, still wondering if he should disturb the silence.
As soon as Conan heard the word "case", curiously, he asked, "Where? What is it about?" He asked this not just because then he'll know about the case, it'll also distracted Ran from the suspicious. But his word also earned him a bun on his head from Kogoro. "Shut up! I'm the detective!"
Holding a letter in his hand, "I received this letter yesterday, and it's a really weird letter. The sender didn't sign or write his or her address. And the content, it almost makes no sense at all! But if you read it carefully, I think it's disclosing something."
Kazuha, who had been totally forgotten at the moment stood up and stopped by Heiji, whispered with anger, "HEIJI! DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME! I'M ALIVE TOO YA KNOW!" Maybe, maybe her voice was a little louder then she expect it would be, everyone heard what she said.
"Oh! Ran-neechan, why don't you take Kazuha-neechan to some stores to do some shopping while we're discussing this case?" (**CK:Ah sorry, I forgot Ran's leg was injured! LOL**) Conan said. The next thing he know was another fist landed on top of his head. "Ouch!" Conan rubbed his head and complained.
Kogoro cleared his throat after a few cough, and said with a pose, "Ran, you take Kazuha and Conan to the coffee shop downstair. We two will discuss the case. Two famous detectives can solve this case easily! A..Hahahaha!" His stupid laughs once again gave away his true intelligence, sweat drops appeared on Ran and Conan's face with embarrass.
"Please allow Conan to stay, he's really helpful." Heiji tabbed Conan on the shoulder, both of them smiling to Kogoro. Kogoro looked at them both with discontentment, but he agreed anyways. "Fine...but you're not allowed to disturb us, clear?" Conan nodded.
When Heiji shared the letter with Kogoro, who scratched his head after reading it, one eye closed and the other open, and his eyebrows put together, he asked, "I don't see what's so weird about this paper. It's just your fan writing you an admire letter, and a few questions." He never figured out anything, even if Conan or Heiji told him some important clues. Help him became famous and let him get all the credit for solving over 70 cases was part of hate being in his childhood form again. Especially when he's too stupid to understand the clue he gave him.
"Let me see! Let me see!" Conan starts to jump around Heiji and Kogoro. Being short was the other thing he hates after his shrunk, he was unable to do lots of things. Like he had to get something to stand on to get the phone, stand on a chair to get his soccer ball off the shelve, he even had to stand on Genta's shoulder to reach his shoe locker...
Heiji tried to hand it over to him, but Kogoro grabbed it before the paper reached Conan's hand. He still had no idea that Heiji was trying to give that clue to the great detective of Nippon. In his opinion, Conan is just a little annoy kid whose parents are totally careless.
As Conan kept jumping around anxiously, Ran and Kazuha had arrived at the front door. "Um...Kazuha-chan, where do you want to go? How about we go shopping for clothes? I heard that there is a 40% off in a store!" That suggestion was a great idea to Kazuha, but she refused for some reason. "No, I don't think so. I would rather stay here with Heiji, besides, you can't shop, look at your legs!" She moved her sight from Ran's eye to the door, and pushed Ran back into the house.
When they arrived in the house, Conan wasn't leaping around anymore. With a large box under his feet, he was starring at that paper as if a wild lion finally found its prey. His hands were busy writing and taking notes from the letter as his eyes caught in the mysterious paper. To make everything easier for himself, one of his arm rest itself on Heiji's back and the other on Kogoro's.
Dear Hattori-san:
How are you? My name is Ruki Mitsukata and I'm a first grader from an elementary
school. I really really admire your deduction skill. Every time you solve a case, I find
that case extremely hard and your amazing deduction and investigation on the newspaper.
Especially last week, you solved the case in the CEO's office, even my parents couldn't
solve it! First I thought it was the Boss, but then I thought it was the CEO's assistant.
One of my friend actually thought the crime was the mailman! ...{more contents}
Become a wonderful detective like you is my dream!
Maybe you won't even bother, but I have some riddle and questions for you. I'm sure
you can solve it easily.
Where is the hottest place in Tokyo? Where is the best shield in that place? Does
that riku exist, or will it? Does a detective really care about a case more than anything
else?
Please, please help me solve those riddles and questions.
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!PLEASE READ!
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{A/N: Ah, sorry to interrupt at this moment, but I an important announcement to make. This letter is framed, and I typed the whole thing in Microsoft Notepad system, therefore, I have no idea if it's going to work on the websites. (They are lines and slashes) Just to let you know, that if they are messed up or are in the middle of the content, just ignore it, it is not a secret code. I will check it online, if it's really messed up, I'll fix it and post a new one, but that will take time. Please be patient. Thank you for your precious time, please go on...}
UPDATE: IT'S FIXED NOW.
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!THANK YOU!
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(What's with those riddles? And why would someone ask a detective those questions and want them to reply without a return address or contact information? Hmm... looks like an interesting case...) Conan grinned to himself. The harder the case seems, the more curious he gets. Right now, he had almost control of himself. Getting a case, a hard case and solve it was what his life was meant to be.
Eagerly, he read the last part of the letter.
...As you can see, I'm a great fan of you, just like my friends and classmates,
we're crazy about you. And guess what? I have the whole collection of newspaper about you
and the cases you solved! One day, hopefully we can meet, by then, maybe you can tell me
more about you and all the interesting cases you solved!? I'm really looking forward to
that day!
Sincerely,
P.S. SOS
(The last "SOS" was written in a messy handwriting, it doesn't look like the same person who wrote the letter at all. Is it just a little joke, or is the crime trying to force someone to write this letter, and the kidnapped person wrote the "SOS" in a hurry while the crime wasn't paying attention to him or her? If that's true, then we'd better hurry, or else that person's life will be...) for some reason, Heiji and Conan was thinking and concerning about the same thing. (And if that's a crime's trap, then what does this letter mean? It can't be a fan letter, nobody will ever ask those foolish questions...)
"Sodattanda!" Kogoro finally broke the silence. His voice spread throughout the house, everyone stared at him.
"Y..You mean you already know...I mean you already solved this case?" Heiji asked with suspicious and doubt, it was unbelievable. How can THAT detective solve this case before the great two?
"Really? You solved it? That's great dad!" Ran said full of excitements. Then she tried to run to Kogoro, but fell down to the floor instead.
When Kogoro saw his own daughter fell, he dashed towards her, which caused Conan's collapse to the floor at the same time. Conan had put half of his balance on Kogoro, and now he's gone, his little body fell with his scream "Waaaaaa.........Ouch! *thud*"
"Eh...You're alright right?" Heiji said as he helped Conan onto his feet.
"Yeah...I'm okay." He picked up his notebook and pen. "Is Ran-neechan alright? It looks like she's hurt really badly." He asked Kogoro when he stopped by Ran after cleaning himself from the dusts.
Kogoro stopped checking Ran's leg to see if she needs to go to the hospital when he heard Conan's word and suddenly noticed something strange, "Hey...wait a minute..." He studied Conan once more.
"Conan, you're not really seven years old are you? Who are you? And why do you care about Ran that much? Answer me!" Conan was shocked when he heard Kogoro's question, his wide eyes stared into Kogoro's deep sight. He was talking about something seriously, he can tell. (But since when did he become that smart? Smart enough to get suspicious about my true identity? Great...how am I going to answer him?)
Conan backed up and lay against the wall as Kogoro kept on walking towards him. The cold sweats on Conan's face were getting more and more. Heiji tried to say something to protect Conan, but his lips wouldn't move for some reason.
"Uh...I..." Before his explanation, Kogoro continues, "Your school teacher and principals called me this afternoon, they told me about your test score. Gave me an explanation! A good explanation!" He was now treating Conan as if he had done something terribly wrong. "I know your face, we've met before haven't we?" Said Kogoro, who tried to take off Conan's protective glasses, but he dodged aside just in time.
"Mmm?" Kogoro's hand against the wall, the table with telephone on it was right next to them. (Damn, why can't someone call at this moment? We always get tons of calls, from fans or for cases, why not now????!!!!!) Conan thought as his eyes glanced at the telephone next to him.
Kazuha helped Ran sit back into her wheelchair, and asked, "Ran-chan, you sure you're alright?" It was the first time Ran felt that Kazuha actually cared about her. A warm feeling from her heart spread all around her body, it was the sweet feeling of a real friendship. Then, she gave her a solemn nod.
Meanwhile, Conan was still questioned by Kogoro, who, for some reason finally woke up from the dimness. (Gez...Why can't he be that smart at other murder cases?) Conan thought.
"Oh! Kogoro-san, I thought you said you already solved this case, can you please tell us? Please?" Said Conan, trying to get his attention of him.
At last, Kogoro gave up questioning Conan, and concentrated on the case again. "Of course I solved it! Don't forget who I am! I'm the meitantei Mouri!{(You forgot the sleeping part baka!) Conan thought.} The letter is an invitation from inspector Megure." His hands pulled his suit together, then reached out for the letter.
"In...invitation?" Heiji and Conan said at once. Ran and Kazuha stared back at the "great detective".
After making sure that he was getting all the attentions in the house, he continued, "He wants us to go to the warm spring at new years eve. The hottest place simply means warm spring, and a detective cares about activities too. After all of our hard work, I think we do deserve a little relaxation and rest, and a warm spring party is great, don't you think? Ha! A great detective like me can solve these cases easily, can't you see? I'm born to be a great detective, greater then that Kudo Shinichi. Inspector meant to write a letter like that, but the reason..."
Before he could continue on, Conan, Heiji, Ran and kazuha's were already half way shut. (Bakuchi! Even dummies would've known this isn't an invitation! Did you fell asleep again?) The great detective of the eastern and western thought at the same time.
"Please...Obviously it's not that easy. This case is much more complicated than you think." Heiji said at last.
"What does that mean? You're just jealous that I solved it before you did! I can call Inspector Megure to confirm right now if you want me to!" He picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number.
Ran tabbed Kazuha's hand, which had fell to her wheelchair's handle when her dad said 'I've got it'. "Do you want to go to my room Kazuha-chan?"
"Sure, why not? I've never seen your room before." Kazuha said as she pushed Ran's wheelchair towards the direction Ran was pointing at.
When they stepped into her room, the door was shut and locked. Then, they fell into a private girl chat.
As Kogoro continued dialing and waiting for the connection, the television on his desk reports news, which had made Heiji and Conan attracted in it.
"Today's headline, there's been a murder case in Tokyo hotel. The victim was an antique collector. According to the police, he died from the knife on his chest near his heart. No suspects have been spot yet, all fingerprints and all other possible clues in the scene has been cleaned by the crime. Also, a man who shall not be named discovered another body in the Beika park, and the victim was a worker in the museum and he died from the same reason as the first murder. Around noon, the police got a report that someone found a victim in the Tropical Land, the best amusement park in Tokyo. The victim's identity cannot be identified due to several reasons, and he died from the same reason as above. Something even more incredible, next to those three victims, there were words written in blood. The first one read "I'm waiting", the second one is "for you" and the last one said "detectives". The police are still in the progress of investigating, more news will be reported in tonight's news. Now back to the weather..."
Conan, who was holding the television couldn't put his two lips together. Blue eyes behind the glasses were as wide as ever. (Coincidence, it has to be a coincidence...) Surprisingly, Heiji's expression was just like Conan's. "That's impossible..."
"WHAT? What do you mean you never sent me an invitation? But..." Kogoro lowered his voice from screaming to whisper, then to speechless. He Hang up the phone by throwing it back, "DARNIT! Why?!"
Heiji and Conan took no notice of Kogoro's upset action, they knew this will happen sooner or later. What's bothering them is the truth of this case, if the crime's destination is to get the detectives' attention, then this murder game might not yet reached it's "game over". But why would a crime chose to send frighten letter to the best detective of Nippon? Is it some sort of challenge?
As more and more questions arrived in their mind, a little sound came from the outside of the window. "Who's there?" Conan cried out first. Then he ran to the window, seized the handle bar and pushed it open. Gazing down at the busy street, there were no sigh of any suspicious people.
-------In Ran's Room-------
"Do you really mean it? That idiot didn't contact you again after the time you two met in the restaurant?!" Kazuha asked with surprise after she saw the picture of Ran and Shinichi in Tropical Land.
"Y...Yeah...I tried to call him over the cellular phone, but he never answered. I guess he already forgot about me..." Ran said with a pity voice, as if the lie was real, Or...is it?
"If I were you, the next time he calls, I will just pick the phone and yell 'Get lost! I'm not important to you anymore, go and solve your stupid cases, and see if I care!' *sign* I feel sorry for you, that bakuchi boyfriend of yours. I bet he doesn't even know you've been worrying about him. I bet he's out there and forgot all about you! That kind of person, just forget about him and find someone else Ran-chan."
Ran blushed after Kazuha's word, and quickly, she replied, "He's not my boyfriend, he's just...just...a very good normal friend."
Kazuha looked back at her friend, smiling, "Oh when are you going to admit it? Everybody around the country knows Kudo Shinichi has a girlfriend named Mouri Ran. You don't know how lucky you are! Do you know how many girls are after your 'very-good-normal-friend'? They can fill in the whole city!"
Still blushing, "Really? Mm...Sometimes I ask myself, why do I like him." She began to spill out her secret from the heart, "He's just a detective who has tons of fans, his soccer skill is unmatched, handsome, gentle and intelligent...hehe, Okay, I think I have enough reasons..." Then, they both burst out a giggle, but they kept it no louder then a whistle, in case if the boys outside will hear.
"Hey Ran-chan, I've always wanted to ask you something." Kazuha said, who was sitting on Ran's bed and facing the girl in the wheelchair, "How did that detective ask you for the first date?"
"The first date?" Ran flushed for the fifth time of the day, "That was a long time ago. If I remembered it right, that was when we're in elementary school, well, I guess it's not really that kind of date, but..."
----{{{{{ Flashback }}}}}------
After school, someone clapped Ran's shoulder. It was a boy's hand, Ran looked back at the person she had been expecting.
"Shinichi-kun! I've been waiting for you for hours! Where have you been?" The little girl seized Shinichi's hand and whirled to face him.
"You should've known I was at the soccer practice! Our big game is next week, oh boy, I can't wait! Hey guess what? I got another A plus in math! I bet my parents will buy me more detective books!" The little boy said, under his left arm was a soccer ball, which had been in Ran's memory ever since the first time she met Shinichi. His shirt and pants were all covered with mud and dirt, as always.
"Yeah, yeah, detective books. I don't see what's so interesting about detectives. They are just people who solved cases, that's all." Ran looked away, tired by her friend's detective talk.
"But they are cool! Anyways, I-I just want to ask you...um..." He hurries and moved his sight when Ran's connected with his. Starring down at his toe like he had never seen an object like that before, he said hesitantly with his face as red as a ripe apple, but still, he couldn't finish.
"Ask me what? Don't tell me you forgot to copy down your homework again!" Ran crossed her arm in front of her chest, which had covered the ribbon in the middle of her school uniform.
"N-No, I copied it. I-I just want to ask y-you if you can come o-over to my house t-this Sunday, then maybe w-we can go to t-the Tropical L-Land together. If you're free on Sunday that is." Finally, he finished, embarrassed as ever. But of course, the Ran at that age didn't understand it at all. All she knew was going to a friend's house and play together.
"Cool! I'll ask my mama and papa if I can go. Um...I'll call you tonight, okay?" She was delighted that she finally found a plan for the weekend, or else she's going to stay home and do extra homework.
Shinichi nodded, smiling. He was pleased that his first request successes. Slowly, his hand grabbed hers, and as usual, they walked home together. Both of them were humming their favorite songs, for different reasons.
Only three days seems like years at that time. Finally, the day came.
When Ran waved her hand, but there wasn't any reply. So she looked up from the telescope in the sightseeing tower, Shinichi was nowhere to be found. (Shinichi? Where are you?)
All of the sudden, a feeling of something icy cold on her cheek, and a male voice came from her back, "Did I scare you?" He said, throwing a soda to his friend.
"O-Of course you didn't!" Ran countered.
"Ah who cares if I scared you or not, but you gotta come with me, hurry!" He seized her sleeve and start to ran towards the center of the park.
As soon as they stepped a circle, Shinichi stopped running. Holding Ran's hand, he said excitedly, "Yes! Just in time!"
Ran looked up at him, still confused about the whole thing. Before long, every mystery inside her head organized into one straight line. The circle around them sudden blast into hundreds of little fountain, which knit together into the most beautiful scene Ran had ever seen. In the middle were the little couple, hands together and enjoying this wonderful moment.
With a feeling of their hands separated, Ran looked back, Shinichi was already five meters away from her. Bending down, his knees almost touched the ground. Ran was sure that he had found something strange. "Shinichi-kun, is everything okay? What are you doing?"
He did not look back, pointing at a little shining circle next to him and said, "Take a look at this!" He pushed that little circle slightly, nothing happened. The circle had a weird pattern, some words on it was unreadable to both of them. It almost looked like an ancient piece of artwork.
"What's wrong with that? You can find tons of circles around this park!" Ran said, who was already sitting next to him.
"But...Never mind..." He stood up and helped Ran onto her feet. Then, they realized that they were the only inside this circle. "I never knew water could be so beautiful." Shinichi said, but looking at Ran.
The wind flew past Ran's skin, her ever-so-soft dress danced behind her with her silky brown hair, that extraordinary feeling was not words to describe. Ran felt like as if she and Shinichi had already been separated with the reality world. Their minds whirled them into the sweetest illusion, as if they were standing in another world, the world that only belongs to them. Everything on the outside kept on getting blurry as the timed fountain went off and almost became a mirror. Yes, that was the first time, the first time Shinichi took Ran to that park. After that time, they went there almost every month. As time passed on, that park, that fountain had became their secret meeting place until the night this young couple's nightmare had begun...
----{{{{{ End Flashback }}}}}------
(CK: Why am I writing this non-sense? Hehe...You'll see...)
"Hey Ran-chan! Are you all right? Talk to me!" Kazuha interrupted Ran's flashback and brought her back to the reality world.
(So that's why he starts to take me to that place every time, to refresh my memory.) Ran thought, who suddenly woke up from the flash of her memory, "E? Oh hi!" She said to Kazuha in amazement.
-------In the living room/Mouri's tantei agency------
The three of them were still thinking when a phone call arrived, but it was Conan's cellular phone. "Moshi moshi, Edogawa
desu." Conan answered.
"Listen kudo Shinichi, I don't care if you are a famous detective or not. I know your friend's at your place and you three are discussing that letter I sent. What I want you to know is, when you solved that letter, only, I said only you and another detective may come. If anyone else comes besides you two, I will kill all of you. I do what I say. You'll have until tomorrow night at seven to come to the place where I'll wait for you. If you don't come, then the whole Tokyo will be reducing to ashes, same thing will happen if more than one person is with you. Hehe, choose your action carefully before you make any immutable mistakes. I'll see you then."
The voice on the other end ended as Conan pushed the "End conversation" button on his cellular phone. Remaining the way he stood before he picked up the phone, the voice of that strange man echoed in his head. ("Reduce to ashes...only two...Kudo Shinichi...I will kill all of you...Any immutable mistake...")
"Conan-kun! Are you all right? Hey!" Heiji shook Conan's body, but still, he didn't move an inch. "Who was it? Hun? ANSWER ME!!!!!!!!!!!" Then, he decided to yell straight into his ear.
"It's him." Conan finally answered.
"Who? Who's he?"
"The sender of your letter, he knows you are here, he knows everything we did here. H-he said if we don't solve this case before tomorrow seven o'clock post meridiem, t-then not just us, the whole city will turn into ashes." conan looked down at his toe, and grind his teeth to close his anger inside him.
"Do you recognize his voice?"
"No, I think he used a machine to change his voice. But whoever he is, we have to find him and fast!" Conan looked up into Heiji's deep brown eyes.
"Yes, we must find him in twenty-nine hours, especially when we have no clue of where he can be. But before we do, tell me everything he told you in the conversation." He dropped his hands on both of Conan's shoulders, turned him around. Conan looked thoughtful, considering Heiji's personality and other important things, he said, "That wouldn't be necessary.
All you need to know is what I already told you. To tell you more will only bring you more harm, and I won't do that if today's the last day of this universe. I'm not trying to make you mad, but you know I've already done lots of harms to hurt someone I care the most, and I can't let that happen to you!" Conan suddenly burst out the words that even he didn't expect to say, but it was true. He had hid that message in his heart for the past year.
With a sigh, Heiji whispered without looking at Conan, "If you say so."
The self-named "Best Detective In the country" Kogoro watched their action, annoyed, as usual. Tighten his fist, he rose his voice, but before he can began the doorbell was rung by a mid-aged man. So, Heiji reached out his hand and turned the doorknob.
"Oh hi Heiji-san, I came here as fast as that old police car can carry me, we did have trouble with the fuel but..." Inspector Megure, dressed in orange suit like every time tried to explain his journey, but was interrupt by Kogoro's sudden greeting.
"AH! INSPECTOR MEGURE! What a pleasure to meet you! It's been a long time since the last time we met, here, make yourself comfortable, I'll get you something to eat..." He lift up one leg, but then halted, (wait a minute, I don't know how to make food...)
"Um...On second thought, how about some drinks?" But he froze again when he arrived at the kitchen door, (what am I doing? Ran never told me where the cups are!)
He turned around to face Inspector, smiling. Right arm above his shoulder and forearm bending down to reach the neck.
Inspector Megure saw his brow and understood everything. He smiled back at him, trying not to show his laugh, he said, "That's alright, I'm fine just sitting here."
"G...Gomensai." Kogoro apologized.
"Nah, don't mind it, I do that all the time. Now, let's all get to serious business." He took out a huge pile of files from his bag, and laid them on the table in front of him.
---------------------Down on the street, about 500m from Mouri's detective agency---------------------
"That Conan, I thought for sure he'd come back for his presents, but look! We get to carry all those things back for him!" Ayumi complained.
"Un-Hun, wait 'till tomorrow, I'll teach him a lesson!" Genta said, walking down the street, hands full of well wrapped presents.
Mitsuhiko didn't pay attention to their conversation at all, he was now about a feet or two behind and was walking with unsteady steps. "Some...body...HELP!" The next thing they heard was a big crash. Mitsuhiko had crushed into a telephone booth when all the presents are in front of him and blocking his sight.
"Tsuburaya! Daijoobu?" Genta and Ayumi bend down at the same time, ignoring Ai, who, as usual remained cool and calm.
"I guess...Ow! Genta-kun, you want to pull my arm off or something?" Mitsuhiko screamed in pain when Genta tried lift him up by pulling him on the arm with all of his strength.
(It's unbelievable, it seems like just yesterday I was still sitting in that laboratory, doing research for APTX4869. I can't believe it's been a year already. If I ever go back there, I don't even know if I'll still remember the directions...)Ai looked at those playful kids, once again, her tension covered her smile. (When is my second childhood life going to end?)
"Ai-chan! You can't just stand there and watch us, help us!" Ayumi called without looking back, they were all busy picking up presents.
"Hun? Oh...Okay..." She sighed.
-----------Somewhere down in Tokyo, in a dark room-------------
A young girl with brown hair, no bigger then ten years old looked out the window. Gazing up at the bright sun and disclosed a cold smile at the edge of her mouth. Only five people in this world know her, everyone of her action were carefully planned, even walking to a store. Her eyes' filled with intelligence and was way too deep to be fathomabled. In her hand was a cellular phone, still turned on.
"I'll get you...I'll get you all..." She whispered to herself.
-TO BE CONTINUED
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A/N: Well, that's chapter 2. What do you think? Okay, so I did put too much non-sense in this chapter, but hey, you'll never know the reason until chapter 3. Some part of the solution of this case will be revealed in the next chapter, so I'll probably keep it for a while so you'll have a chance to solve it on your own. Please Read & Rate, tell me if you want to read the rest chapters, I really need your word so I'll know if I should write more or just stop here. Je Ne!!! (^_^)
---Conankudo
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|{ Enclosed Character Name Flip }|
JAPANESE NAME(Last, First) = NAME IN STORY = CHINESE TRANSLATION(Last, First)
Edogawa Conan = Conan = Jiang Hu chuan Ke Nan
Kudo Shinichi = Shinichi/Kudo = Gong Teng Xin Yi
Mouri Ran = Ran = Mao Li Lan
Mouri Kogoro = Kogoro = Mao Li xiao Wu Lang
Hattori Heiji = Heiji = Fu Bu Pin Ci
Toyama Kazuha = Kazuha = Yuan Shan He Ye
Haibara Ai = Ai = Hui Yuan Yuan
Yoshida Ayumi = Ayumi = Je Tian Bu Mei
Kojima Genta = Genta = Xiao Dao Yuan Tai
Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko = Tsubu. Mitsuhiko = Yuan Gu Guan Yan
Inspector Megure = Inspector Megure = Mu Mu Jin Guan
Dr. Agasa = Agasa = A Li Bo Shi
Ruki Mitsukata = Ruki = ? ? ? ? (Unknown, since I made this character up)
More characters will be added as this fanfiction goes on :) And yes, there will be more!
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Below is the short description of the other two new fanfics I'm about to start, email me at fanfic_conankudo@yahoo.com and tell me if I should write them or not. Thanks! ^^
1. Revenge
The person finally revealed his true identity, but is that a good news or a nightmare? Will our dear four teenagers pass the test and survive, or are they all going to end their lives together in this game? Read and find out more!
2. The Triangle
Because of Conan/Shinichi, Ran and Shiho turned from friends to enemies. Will Conan be able to stop this without hurting one AND protect his own identity? His decision might affect his life, forever...
Well?