Author's Note:: Well, I'm finally getting down to writing this. It's been a really hard week for me and I was out last night stargazing with a friend on my roof, talking about ideas. I have one going but I don't know if it will do. I hope you like the sudden twist in this part of the story, it will take me a while to write though. Most of it will be in the next chapter though. Well here it goes.
Shinichi rampaged through the streets with the unconscious girl in his arms. He was pissed about the people that had popped his tires, but he knew he'd just have to work harder to make her be able to get to Kaito's friend's house in time. Her leg wasn't bleeding as bad, but it was probably infected. Just run faster.
"Shinichi?" Her weak voice was distant within the crowd, as she looked up into his now pale face. His eyelids seemed to be brimmed with tears, but she decided to ignore that. He looked down at her, but almost immediately smiled to see she was okay.
"It's all right, Ran. We should be to a safe place in minutes." That was all he said before looking up again, and he seemed to run faster with a slight sign of hope in his voice. They passed many people who gave them somewhat confused glares, but he ignored it. The girl in his arms looked up at him, before nuzzling her head onto his chest, trying not to cry. The events of the last couple of days had fazed her, and she was still a bit in shock. She grabbed his shirt; the pain in her leg was now noticeable. He tried to make it more comforting for her, but he didn't really succeed.
By the time he had gotten to the Boulevard, his cell phone was ringing violently in his jacket, so he sat Ran down on a bench and answered it. "Hello?"
"What the hell? Why didn't you take your car?" Kaito was practically screaming in his ear, and he thought he heard an echo coming form his house, but he inwardly laughed at the thought. His eyes seemed to brighten up for a minute, but they suddenly changed back to the seriousness of the moment.
"They popped the tires, and don't worry, Ran's fine. She's just slightly hurt, and I know she's tough enough to make it through this." Shinichi was panting heavily, he had never ran so fast in his life.
"All right take a left and go through three traffic lights. Then take a right and go through 2 more traffic lights then call me. I'll tell you where to go from there."
"Got it."
Back at the Kudo's
Kaito had just hung up with Shinichi on his cell phone and the house phone was ringing off the hook. He walked down the stairs and ignored it until it finally shut off. He got some peroxide and cleaned up his wound. He then got thick wire and tied up Vermouth, Gin, and Vodka. He turned around and remembered about Ryu, the girl that had attacked them earlier. Looking around the house, up and down, he found nothing. The girl, or codenamed Ryu, was missing. Kaito shouted her name into the darkness but no one answered. He took the journey up the stair case into Shinichi's room, and found the note that had been left on the bed.
Kaito smiled inwardly. Now they tried leaving two false notes? How stupid can these people get? Wait a second. It was all starting to make somewhat of a sense. He remembered the victim that had been killed at Hagase's house. That person somewhat resembled Heiji, but it definitely wasn't him. This was all a set-up, but they had left one obvious clue behind. They hadn't escaped from the Black Orginazation. Hagase and Ai was still with them. Gin and Vodka had left the two false notes, while Vermouth captured the others and killed the person that was in the doc's house.
But the whip wasn't in Vermouth's pocket, they must have tried to cover it up. The phone had started to ring violently again, and it was really pissing Kaito off. He walked over to the phone and answered it with a slight yell in his voice. "Hello?"
"You thought I'd help you." It was clearly a person from the Black Organization, and that only meant that it could be..
"Ryu!"
"Well who else is a genius enough to pull this off? You stupid imbecile."
"Well well well, if we haven't got poor little defenseless Ryu waiting all alone in doctor Hagase's house with them hidden in the cellar waiting for your little partners to come and help you."
"Well, it's kill or be killed in this little game, Kaito."
"I'm aware of that. So let them go or you will be killed as well."
"As well?"
"Yeah, Vermouth will be killed and the whole Organization will go downhill."
"Kill or be killed. Hunt or be hunted. That's the way life is. Get used to it."
"If only you knew what you're in for."
"What?"
"Bye bye, Ryu."
And with that there was a click on the other line signaling the end of the call. Ryu stared at the phone dumbfoundly.
And right behind her she heard those same cold words "Bye bye Ryu." She turned around and everything went black.
Back with Shinichi
Kaito wasn't calling and something was definitely wrong. Ran had woken up, but she was crying in Shinichi's shirt. He hugged her tighter and whispered in her ear "Everything will be okay. I'm here for you, Ran."
She just tugged tighter onto his shirt, and her sobs were quieting down. She was pretty depressed, and yet happy because Shinichi still trusted her.
"Why did you lie to me?"
Shinichi looked down at Ran who had just asked him a question he didn't want to hear. He was pretty mad, but when he looked down in to her beautiful blue eyes, and he knew he couldn't be mad at her.
"I did it only for your own protection, Ran. I wouldn't let them get to you too. You're the only thing I have around here anymore."
Ran nodded into his chest and looked up at him. "Shinichi, I know you could have trusted me, but I understand where your coming from. I just missed you so much Shinichi. I love you."
Shinichi was slightly shocked at what she had said but he shifted her up so that their cheeks touched and he hugger her. "I love you too, Ran."
If you were an onlooker onto this touching seen, you'd be confused, yet happy for them.
"Well, if it isn't my old friend Kudo."
Shinichi turned around to face the owner of the voice.
"You."
Finally, I've updated. Well, I haven't killed Ryu yet, but I don't know if I should. I don't know who I'm going to kill but review and tell me what you think I should do. I'm completely lost and I fell like I'm going through writer's block. My friend said I should kill Ran then make Shinichi commit suicide. If I knew what her account was, I would tell it to you. But if you find a fic where that happens, then its probably my friend. Well later.
