Chapter 2: Dark Alley
Conan was catching his breath in the dark alley. Holding his chest with his tiny hands.
"Hey! What happened to you?" A figure appears in the dark.
"Who are you... come out..!" Conan looked angrily at the figure. The figure was a little girl just around his age.
"YOU?" Conan shouted
"Oh! You're the kid I bumped in today. What are you doing here?" The girl was very arrogant and serious.
" I have no time to talk to you.." Turning around, Conan walked avoiding the girl.
"BOG" The girl threw a can to Conan.
"HEY! WHAT'S THAT FOR?"
"Don't be rude! You're just a kid." The little girl shouted at him.
"What do you mean? You're just a kid like me!" Conan shouted back. The girl looked at him with big eyes.
"You can't judge people with their appearances." The girl's eyes are very sharp.
"Could it be.....Is the pill used to others?" Conan thought, looking at the girl and examining her.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?" slapping Conan's face.
"OUCH!" Conan rubbing his redden face. Little hand was embedded to his face "Why did you do that for?"
"You pervert!" The girl's face reddened.
"Why.... she don't have that yet, it's just flat" Conan thought.
"What's your name? Don't you have any family? Or did you run away from home?"
"Why? Is it of any importance to you?" The girl raised her eyebrows to him.
"Sheeshh... you're so paranoid" Looking at the girl at the corner of his eye.
"Fine. I'm Ai Haibara."
"I'm Conan Edogawa" smiling at the girl Ai drew her eyes away from contact as her face blushed.
"Sooo.. Why are you here? I saw you with a young lady eating at the café." Ai was playing with her jacket.
"Well I got a little bit of a problem with my home. And you?"
"Well I invented a pill and now I'm being hunted by the underground crime ring." Thinking that Conan was just an ordinary kid, the boy would take it as a joke. But she was wrong.
"WHAT? Are you a member of that gang?" Conan grabbed her arms and looked at her closely. The two stood face to face. Having the dim street light as their guide. Ai was stunned by the actions of the kid.
"What's wrong with you?" Pushing Conan away, rubbing her painful arms.
"Sorry.... You're not joking about the underground and formula, are you?" Conan distanced from the girl, waiting anxiously for the answer.
"Why do you know them?"
"I'm one of their victims, I'm not a little boy I'm already 17..."
"It can't be.. ...Are you SHINICHI KUDO?" The girl said with eyes wide open.
"So you are the one who invented the APTX 4869, Then why did you become a kid too, did the underground Crime ring test the formula on you too?" Conan sitting on the ground while waiting for the answer.
"No.. I wanted to commit suicide, but the formula didn't help. So I'm stuck to this body like you."
At the Mouri's residence Ran was alone at home because Detective Mouri is on a case and working over time. She sat on the sofa and waited for Conan to come back. She already called her father to watch out for Conan in case the kid pass by. The house was dark a dim lamp was the only source of light for Ran. She was crying alone and talking to herself.
"Shinich, what did I do wrong? Why does all the important people to me go away.. Mom...you... now Conan.. I hope dad won't leave me too. I don't want to be alone."
She lay on the sofa hugging a pillow. She had fallen asleep while waiting for Conan.
Conan with his new companion walked along the street and decided to go to Dr. Agasa. Before that, Conan looked at the apartment they're staying. He passed by to look if Ran's ok.... now he didn't seem to hate Ran anymore.
"Knock......knock.."
Dr.Agasa opened the door rubbing his eyes.
"Oh. Conan. ....Come in." He let the two kids inside his home and gave them a hot chocolate drink.
"Conan.... do you know Ran's waiting for you in the apartment? She's very worried about you." The doctor said full of concern.
"Well....umm. Don't worry I'll talk to her tomorrow. By the way this is Ai." Pointing to the little girl.
" Well hello Ai. " Dr. Agasa smiled at the girl. Thinking that she was really a kid. But Ai just ignored him.
"She is a friendly girl." the doctor joked.
"Well the truth is she is just like me, she swallowed the pill." Sipping from his hot choco.
"We've talked and she said she'll help us to find the cure."
"Good...good." The doctor rubbing his two hands together.
"Can she stay here? Until everything's OK?"
"Sure."
After their conversation Conan headed home. The door wasn't locked so he went in and locked the door. When he came in He saw Ran sleeping on the sofa. He walked towards her and looked at her face.
"Ran I'm sorry for making you worry."
He whispered silently to the sleeping girl. He wiped off the tears from Ran's face and kissed her on the cheeks. Conan got a blanket for Ran and slept beside her in the sofa. He hugged her tight like he won't let her go. Ran felt his hug and looked at the boy.
"Conan. " She uttered and tightly hugged Conan back.
"Please don't leave again... I was so worried" Ran sobbing.
"Why did you ran away?"
"I.. . don't know... I just felt sorry for Shinichi."
"Why?"
"Well you... liked the guy but you just met him.....and I know Shinichi cares for you. ..he's a coward for not telling you how he feels about you." Conan said shaking while telling the truth to his friend.
"What? Did he say that to you?"
" No... .but I know cause.. I feel it.. .Sorry Ran... I always make you worry. Promise I won't leave you again..."
Conan's eyes were already red trying to hold back the tears. The two went to bed. And the night was now silent......
Conan was catching his breath in the dark alley. Holding his chest with his tiny hands.
"Hey! What happened to you?" A figure appears in the dark.
"Who are you... come out..!" Conan looked angrily at the figure. The figure was a little girl just around his age.
"YOU?" Conan shouted
"Oh! You're the kid I bumped in today. What are you doing here?" The girl was very arrogant and serious.
" I have no time to talk to you.." Turning around, Conan walked avoiding the girl.
"BOG" The girl threw a can to Conan.
"HEY! WHAT'S THAT FOR?"
"Don't be rude! You're just a kid." The little girl shouted at him.
"What do you mean? You're just a kid like me!" Conan shouted back. The girl looked at him with big eyes.
"You can't judge people with their appearances." The girl's eyes are very sharp.
"Could it be.....Is the pill used to others?" Conan thought, looking at the girl and examining her.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?" slapping Conan's face.
"OUCH!" Conan rubbing his redden face. Little hand was embedded to his face "Why did you do that for?"
"You pervert!" The girl's face reddened.
"Why.... she don't have that yet, it's just flat" Conan thought.
"What's your name? Don't you have any family? Or did you run away from home?"
"Why? Is it of any importance to you?" The girl raised her eyebrows to him.
"Sheeshh... you're so paranoid" Looking at the girl at the corner of his eye.
"Fine. I'm Ai Haibara."
"I'm Conan Edogawa" smiling at the girl Ai drew her eyes away from contact as her face blushed.
"Sooo.. Why are you here? I saw you with a young lady eating at the café." Ai was playing with her jacket.
"Well I got a little bit of a problem with my home. And you?"
"Well I invented a pill and now I'm being hunted by the underground crime ring." Thinking that Conan was just an ordinary kid, the boy would take it as a joke. But she was wrong.
"WHAT? Are you a member of that gang?" Conan grabbed her arms and looked at her closely. The two stood face to face. Having the dim street light as their guide. Ai was stunned by the actions of the kid.
"What's wrong with you?" Pushing Conan away, rubbing her painful arms.
"Sorry.... You're not joking about the underground and formula, are you?" Conan distanced from the girl, waiting anxiously for the answer.
"Why do you know them?"
"I'm one of their victims, I'm not a little boy I'm already 17..."
"It can't be.. ...Are you SHINICHI KUDO?" The girl said with eyes wide open.
"So you are the one who invented the APTX 4869, Then why did you become a kid too, did the underground Crime ring test the formula on you too?" Conan sitting on the ground while waiting for the answer.
"No.. I wanted to commit suicide, but the formula didn't help. So I'm stuck to this body like you."
At the Mouri's residence Ran was alone at home because Detective Mouri is on a case and working over time. She sat on the sofa and waited for Conan to come back. She already called her father to watch out for Conan in case the kid pass by. The house was dark a dim lamp was the only source of light for Ran. She was crying alone and talking to herself.
"Shinich, what did I do wrong? Why does all the important people to me go away.. Mom...you... now Conan.. I hope dad won't leave me too. I don't want to be alone."
She lay on the sofa hugging a pillow. She had fallen asleep while waiting for Conan.
Conan with his new companion walked along the street and decided to go to Dr. Agasa. Before that, Conan looked at the apartment they're staying. He passed by to look if Ran's ok.... now he didn't seem to hate Ran anymore.
"Knock......knock.."
Dr.Agasa opened the door rubbing his eyes.
"Oh. Conan. ....Come in." He let the two kids inside his home and gave them a hot chocolate drink.
"Conan.... do you know Ran's waiting for you in the apartment? She's very worried about you." The doctor said full of concern.
"Well....umm. Don't worry I'll talk to her tomorrow. By the way this is Ai." Pointing to the little girl.
" Well hello Ai. " Dr. Agasa smiled at the girl. Thinking that she was really a kid. But Ai just ignored him.
"She is a friendly girl." the doctor joked.
"Well the truth is she is just like me, she swallowed the pill." Sipping from his hot choco.
"We've talked and she said she'll help us to find the cure."
"Good...good." The doctor rubbing his two hands together.
"Can she stay here? Until everything's OK?"
"Sure."
After their conversation Conan headed home. The door wasn't locked so he went in and locked the door. When he came in He saw Ran sleeping on the sofa. He walked towards her and looked at her face.
"Ran I'm sorry for making you worry."
He whispered silently to the sleeping girl. He wiped off the tears from Ran's face and kissed her on the cheeks. Conan got a blanket for Ran and slept beside her in the sofa. He hugged her tight like he won't let her go. Ran felt his hug and looked at the boy.
"Conan. " She uttered and tightly hugged Conan back.
"Please don't leave again... I was so worried" Ran sobbing.
"Why did you ran away?"
"I.. . don't know... I just felt sorry for Shinichi."
"Why?"
"Well you... liked the guy but you just met him.....and I know Shinichi cares for you. ..he's a coward for not telling you how he feels about you." Conan said shaking while telling the truth to his friend.
"What? Did he say that to you?"
" No... .but I know cause.. I feel it.. .Sorry Ran... I always make you worry. Promise I won't leave you again..."
Conan's eyes were already red trying to hold back the tears. The two went to bed. And the night was now silent......