Author's Note:: Well, sorry to say this is the last chapter. My friend really wants to make a sequel of it because she helped me with this story so much. Her screen names Xodisguisedpain something. But more to the point. There will be a slight change in this chapter and sorry for it being so confusing. I have no idea how I actually ended up making one fic. Well, I hope you'll read the sequel. My friend begged me to put her in it, saying she felt like she should be important. So enter Nikki (she wants her name in it)! Daughter of Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran!

And also sorry to say but the sequel will have to use the English names. So she wanted me to put them up for this chapter, but I told her no, so she got me just to put it on the summary. I feel bad about doing that, because it shows respect to use the original names.

Sorry about the long wait. On to the last chapter! And if you read this story please tell me how it went. I usually don't do this but I'm BEGGING for reviews. Don't be shy!

Disclaimer:: I don't own Detective Conan or it's dubbed version Case Closed. I'm glad not to have to say that anymore after a while it got pretty boring.

Shinichi tried to look up but his head hurt badly after hitting the cement. She had called Heiji's name and as he looked up he saw Heiji heading towards them in a speeding car. It had been bugged. Damn it. Ran couldn't move. She had twisted her ankle when she had fell and she was going to crawl away, but she was in pure shock. She had laid down in a straight line, hoping he could just ride over her with her only getting a few scratches.

Heiji getting the hint, tried to swerve the car, but to no avail. He couldn't steer it either. Nothing was going right. Shinichi tried to stand up but the pain was surging through his head. He had lover her so much. And yet he couldn't save her. None of this was possible.

(A/N:: Here's a little summary of all that's happened since some are confused. Sorry bout that anyways.)

Only a few days ago, she had learned of his secret. He was so depressed about it until Kid showed upand described a plan, but Ryu, an agent for the Black Organization showed up. She had claimed to be friends with Shiho, but she had been until Ryu had backstabbed her.

Ryu was there to kill them all for causing her pain. She would not let them off so easily, after all she was indeed a full time agent for the BO. And she had an idea in mind until some little kid had kicked her in her head. (A/N:: I'll tell you about the kid as we go on.)

Yuma was trying to save Shiho, but her jealousy against Ran had stopped her and she had tried to kill her and was obviously succeeding.

Heiji had almost been caught by the BO in trying to escape, his plans had failed, and he was on the run. He had hoped they wouldn't chase him and the only place to go to was Kaito, who was at Shinichi's.

At the news of Shinichi's re-birth, he thought if he went there, he would have been safe. But when Heiji got there, he had found Vermouth, Gin, and Vodka tied up with some wire. That's when Kaito stood up and revealed the whole days events to him.

And he had went to go get Shinichi, who had Ran injured. But when the car had started speeding out of control, he knew something was wrong. A bug must have been placed when he was by the Black Organization's hideout. And here they were stuck in their new time phrase.

Ran's ankle broken or twisted, which ever one you would prefer, no one had a way of telling.

Shinichi almost knocked out, but hanging out slightly. He was grasping at Yuma's ankle.

Yuma was standing trying to get her ankle free, but when he saw the pain in his eye's, she had started smirking and decided to watch the accident happen. No means of helping. She didn't care, if you were as cold hearted as her, would you?

Well you probably would try and save our little brown haired girl, who had saved Shinichi, our favorite little detective. Should I save her? Well, I'm not telling so keep reading.

A gunshot sounded, and everyone turned to see where it had come from. But then they heard tires screech so they turned their heads back towards Heiji.

Damn. My head hurts. First a gunshot back at home, then another, and multiple ones for that. Then everybody was screaming, and Gin accomplished in almost deafening one ear. Then a gun shot had skimmed my ear, which also hurt. And now I'm breaking my neck. Today is not my day. Shinichi shook his head and looked up at the now interesting scene.

It all seemed to happen in slow motion, even though it wasn't.

Ran had succeeded in rolling out of the way, but the car just wanted to turn. Thinking this was not the best situation to be in, Heiji jumped out of the car. But then the car screeched towards him, since someone had shot the tires. He had just enough time to move and run away, but the car kept going for Ran.

Another gunshot sounded, and another tire screeched.

This person has good aim. Heiji thought.

Shinichi got to his knees, and threw the biggest thing he could find towards the car to keep it from hitting Ran, which was a steel metal pole. It had looked very familiar, but he shaked it off. He threw the pole at the tires and as soon as it hit them it steered them right for him and Yuma, but she was capable of running away.

But she couldn't since he was still holding onto her leg, and had refused to let go.

It was time for Yuma to pay along with Ryu and die. He found a rock and jammed it into her leg, she quickly bent down to hold it, forgetting the life or death situation they were in. Shinichi used all his strength to roll out of the way, and everything seemed to stop.

Yuma had tears in her eyes from the injury and she remembered the flying car coming towards her.

Ran being the sweet person she was wanted to save her, but couldn't risk being hurt so she just tried to reach Yuma in time, but it was all too late.

Yuma was about to die.

And everyone knew her fate.

And everything else is irrelevant, to the story so far. A coincidence that you look like her from afar. Is it true that you like to sleep alone? Or is it what you just tell everyone? Did you notice that I was afraid? I thought I'd run out of things to say. Two more hours until today burns this away, and it starts all over again. The sky will never look the same again, till you show me how it could be. The sky will never look the same again till you show me how it could be. And when the world turns over, I'll keep my ears to the wall. And when the world turns over, I'll keep my feet straight on the ground.

(A/N:: If you guys haven't noticed yet, I named this story after a song. I'll put the rest at the end, but just to let you know, it's New Found Glory- The Story So Far. I thought it'd be cute just to use it.)

The car suddenly stopped, right in front of her, and it only ended up pinning her to the building behind.

A scream of pain sounded through the passers-by ears.

Yuma was presumed dead. And no one could do a thing about it.

Someone had courtesy enough to reach their cell phone and call 911.

Shinichi stood and went by to check her pulse. It was slow, she was dying. He felt guilt inside him rise, but he kept it down. This girl had tried to save them from Ryu.

He thanked her silently, and headed over to Ran, who was still trembling.

Shinichi sat down beside her, and she flung her arms around him and cried into his shoulder.

He picked her up, and walked over to Heiji who was sitting on the ground with his head in his hands.

"This is all my fault. I screwed up so bad."

"Heiji, don't blame it on yourself. This is all the Black Organization's fault. They will go down. My life depends on it. I love Ran and all of my friends, and if they hadn't brought us together, I don't know where I would be right now. But now, its their time to go down." Shinichi said with confidence in his voice. It would be hell if they got away before he died.

I bet it you had passed by this scene you would be like, Teenagers. But then you would regret it when you saw the car pin the girl to the wall. Then you'd stand in shock and stare at our heroes, who were helping Heiji to stand up.

Shinichi looked at Heiji, and they both nodded silently, as Ran tried to hold back her tears.

This day had been hard on her. She was about ready to go home.

Kogoro sat off in the shadows. Blowing off the steam at the top of his gun. He had saved them from dying. Especially his little girl. She meant the world to him. Hell, he wouldn't lose her too. She was his everything. Shinichi better make sure she stays safe next time.

Kogoro silently put his gun away.

"I'm just glad your safe."

He smiled inwardly, and headed back towards his apartment.

He left the scene like a hero. No one was as brave as he was. Right then and there.

Shinichi looked on his shoulder to see Ran who had stopped crying but was still sniffling. He would never know how to look at things in her eyes, she was so gentle yet breakable, he'd make sure to thank whoever saved their asses today. He had only Kogoro to thank for helping them. If only he had known that.

And now that you think of it, poor Shinichi's left out of everything.

But back to the point of the story.

She held on tighter to his shirt, as they walked back silently to his house. Not a word was spoke, everyone afraid to say the wrong thing. The walk back was cold, and everyone's mind was on something but the cold.

The day's events started to settle in.

They sat Ran down on the couch with a cup of Coco to help her stay warm.

Ran sat on his couch and thought about what had happened these past three days. She had a blanket around her. Just about ready to sleep. It was already 8 o'clock. Ran's hair was a mess, it was up in a pony tail but hairs lay stranded off to the side and she wore her nice little school uniform but instead of a skirt, a nice comfortable pair of jeans.

Shinichi was off talking to Heiji and Kaito as they sat on his stairs. They didn't want to disturb Ran, she was too tired and upset to call Sonoko, so Kazuha had decided to come over from the hotel. She quivered thinking of all the events, all the tears.

The thought that it was finally over in a way, settled her more into the couch, as Kazuha had entered. They had just sat in silence hugging each other.

Meanwhile Kaito, Shinichi, and Heiji were talking.

"Shinichi, they all got away, and Yuma's body disappeared, as with Ryu's. Ai and Hagase are fine, but they got away." Heiji stated in a matter-of-factly tone.

"Something tells me they won't be back for a while." Shinichi said, his head in his hands.

"Well we should stay and hide out here for a couple of days." Kaito finished and looked up at them with seriousness, waiting for a reply.

They sat like that for five minutes until Shinichi spoke up.

"So, do you think it's over?"

"It's the beginning of the end." Kaito said and stood, deciding that they should wait till tomorrow until they should discuss more.

"Kaito, wait." Shinichi called and Kaito stopped and turned around.

Shinichi continued "We'll hide out here, and wait for any sign of attack, and if not, you guys I think should stay within five minutes of reach, it's the best we've got to do for now. But I think it would be best if you call Aoko for now. She's in danger right now. We don't want a search and rescue mission."

"Well if I'm staying here, there's someone you guys should meet." Heiji said and looked up and walked out the door coming in seconds later with a little girl.

"Her name is Sagura. She is a victim of the Apotoxin pill. She's been helping me, but I had kept her in private, just in case. She's like a friend, she will help us in here. Trust her like you trust me, I'd give my life for this girl."

"Looks like Kazuha has some competition." Shinichi said in a wisely sort of matter.

Yeah they were pretty tired.

They had all went to sleep. Waking up the next morning on the couch, she had decided to be nice and give everyone a nice cup of coffee, and cook some breakfast. There was a girl named Sagura and Aoko was on her way. So there was Shinichi, Heiji, Kazuha, Kaito, Aoko, and this new Sagura. Along with Hagase and Ai.

She left a note on the table saying she'd be back just in case anyone got up.

Ran walked over to her house, but when she was almost there, heard someone call her name.

She was frightened at first but realized the voice was none other than Shinichi's.

"Ran, don't just go off like that, it's dangerous around here. And I'm not letting you get killed."

"Shinichi, why did you never tell me?"

Shinichi was fairly surprised about the question, but he decided to answer anyway. "So that this wouldn't happen."

"But you knew this would happen sooner or later, why make it hard on both of us?"

"Well I had to try."

They stood in silence for a few more moments, then walked up the stairs to her apartment.

They had found a note left from Kogoro, saying he'd be in America with Eri for a few days.

"Maybe they cleared a few things up." Shinichi had a slight sign of hope in his voice, recalling the day quite as clearly as Ran.

"Maybe, but I highly doubt that." Ran sighed cause she knew her parents wouldn't be together for a while, even though she had wanted them too.

Eri and Kogoro had been separated for some time now, Ran didn't bother count the years anymore. It hurt her a lot, but at least Shinichi was with her when it had happened.

Flashback

Ran kept running through the forest. It was deeper than she had thought. She didn't like it being so deep. She had heard her mom and dad fighting.

The police had been searching for her for almost 5 hours. Shinichi was getting worried, and she was no where to be found. But he promised her mom and dad that he would find her. They had both gave him teary smiles. His effort seemed to help them a little bit, even though Kogoro had hated Shinichi a lot.

Ran fell down crying, crying with the sky, rain poured onto her shoulders. She wept a lot now a days. Her parents had been fighting a lot lately and it worried her so much. Ran was hoping it wouldn't have turned out like this, but to her, it didn't matter anymore.

Shinichi was breathing heavier now, it was harder to run through the forest like this. He slipped on a couple leaves on the dirt and landed with a thud. When he had looked up, he saw Ran standing over him, worried, crying, and laughing at the same time.

Ran remembered the seriousness of the incident and started crying again. Shinichi sat down next to her and let her cry on his shoulder. He was sickly worried about her. He didn't like it when she cried. Not at all.

"They're over." Was all she would say. Shinichi looked down and decided it was best not to ask questions.

He tried to soothe her "It's all right Ran. You can come and play at my house as long as you want. I promise you'll be happy again. Just don't cry. You know I hate to see you cry. I just don't like it at all when you do this. Please be happy."

Ran just looked up at him. He was really worried about her. The look in his eyes showed sympathy, seriousness, sadness, and so many other thing Ran couldn't identify. So she stood up and took his hand and look down at the worried kid under her.

Shinichi stood up and continued to look just so depressed.

"Shinichi I'll come over to your house. Just don't be so depressing. You can really be a let down." He looked up at her with hurtful eyes. Then he got the hint and pushed her down and continued running.


Ran chased after him for what seemed like hours, until they arrived at Shinichi's house.

"Come on Ran I'll walk you home. It's getting dark."

"All right Shinichi. But won't you have to walk farther?"

"Yeah but what are friends for?"

She smiled warmly at him and took his hand as they began to talk about Halloween and such. She was finally happy by the time she arrived at her house.

"Ran if you just need help, you can call me and just incase you forget," He wrote down his phone number with a pen on to her hand. "Here. Now don't cry anymore."

"All right you, just don't get lost.... And Shinichi?"

"Yes Ran?"

"Thanks for being there."

He nodded towards her then set off to his journey towards home.

What a great day.

End Flashback

She gathered some eggs, bacon, coffee ingredients, and a couple outfits and shoved them into one big back pack.

She smiled softly to herself. She was now with Shinichi, on one of his life or death situations, and he was giving up his life for her right now. She smiled at him and couldn't help but run over and hug him.

He was startled at first, but embraced her. She had started crying again but silently.

She soon wiped away her tears and looked up into his face. She knew there was many adventures ahead for the two of them, and all their friends.

She remembered what Shinichi had said about not getting enough of the real world.

Ran thought she had way too much of it, but liked the idea of being with her detective friend again.

They walked silently back to her house, he had to pick her up since her leg was still injured, and they walked silently off into the now starting snow. The snow had fell down on them and Shinichi quickly hurried home. But he stopped right in front of his house.

He had the girl of his dreams in his arms, and she was smiling at him.

He set her down in front of him, her bag around his shoulder. The snowflakes were now coming down a little bit faster, but not in a storm way.

A small snowflake landed on her nose and she giggled at it. They were finally happy.

The sorrow was over.

For both of them.

And there they stood, under the now rising sun. He looked up at it, but quickly returned his eyes down to her. They slowed in for a silent kiss, as they embraced.

They both pulled away, but the moments that went by so fast, seemed to last forever.

Epilogue

It had been almost five years since they were last in touch with the Black Organization. Nikki Kudo had been born, she was almost five. Her birthday was on December 13th, two days before the attack that had happened a previous year to that. Shinichi and Ran were happily together, but held off their wedding, just so that they wouldn't draw attention to themselves. Shinichi was an ace detective but refused to go within a days away from his family. So sometimes he took them with him. Nikki had been to almost five other countries, and was a happy little kid, attending kindergarten at the same place Ran and Shinichi went to as kids. She was pretty good at archery for her age even though she was a bit young to hold a bow and an arrow. Ran was now a lawyer, taking after her mom, but spent a lot of time with her kid, especially since she had another on the way.

Heiji and Kazuha have been together for about three years, finally confessing their love. Same for Kaito and Aoko, but they all just decided to have a little wedding at the Kudo's house with Nikki as the cute little flower girl, and Sagura as the ring barer. Hagase had been a priest and Ai had been the audience. It was quite funny, but it would have to do until they took down the Black Organization.

They had got a note and it was on the day that the BO's members had escaped. It scared them. It held only a few simple words.

Five more years.

So another five passed, and they had been more cautious then ever. They all had houses next to each other and small buttons for emergency communication. Conan had been born also from Ran and Shinichi, while Heiji and Kazuha had Sagura the second, who was turning four in December.

It had been ten years since that fateful day. And it had approached faster than ever.

Nikki was now a master archer, and also good at soccer, almost good enough to beat her dad. She also spent time with her mom. She would be eleven in December. It was all coming too close.

December 15th had finally arrived, and they were all prepared for it.

Nikki was in her room sleeping silently, which happened to be right next to the kitchen where Ran made breakfast and Shinichi sat impatiently. He was worried for Ran, his kids, and his friends. He knew he had brought this upon them. But he had no way of fixing the past. So, he just protected them all with all he had. And if any died he would blame it on himself.

Conan played with his books of Sherlock Holmes (They take too much after their father is you ask me.). He had tried to read them, but only understood the words detective and blue. Also simple words. But that was about it.

And Ran was scared for her children so she woke up Nikki. Nikki had struggled a little but gave up and headed out with her bow and arrow while kicking a soccer ball.

Kaito and Aoko had spent the night along with Heiji and Kazuha. And their kids stayed with Nikki in her room. Sagura slept with Nikki in the bed and Sagura the second slept in an old futon that had once been Nikki's and Conan's.

Sagura and Nikki spent a lot of time together. They were like best friends. They were neighbors and had a lot in common. Sagura had taught Nikki a lot about being a teenager, so she acted like one even though she was almost eleven. Sagura called her a preteen and Nikki got mad at it, but she lived with it.

Shinichi's parents visited a lot for their grandkids, and his dad tried to read them mysteries, but Nikki got bored and Conan couldn't quite understand the concept of it all.

Everyone was in the living room. Sagura sat playing with little Sagura the second (Sagura never went back to her old form) and Conan had been watching TV. Nikki was bouncing a soccer ball on her knee, and a sound was made, she kicked it in that direction, hitting Conan on the head.

Nobody had ever learned about Sagura's past, but they decided not to ask. She was so happy now this way. She had a fake name and all but she was pretty happy ever since they supposedly killed those BO members.

"OUCH! YOUR MEAN NIKKI-ONEE-CHAN!"

"Sorry, kid. Don't worry, your not gonna forget anything important."

Nikki got tired and decided to talk to Sagura the first, who was five years older (She was fifteen when she was shrunk).

"So Sagura, what have you been up to these days?"

"Well, Nikki-chan, to tell you the truth, I've been working, trying to find work, driving to work, and almost anything that had to do with work."

"I wish I had a job. You probably think I'm stupid, but I could use the money."

"Yeah I was the same way."

"Are you scared about today?" Nikki whispered into Sagura's ear.

Sagura nodded at her and they stayed in silence for a while.

Everyone was in the living room. Nikki had heard the stories so she had a bow and some arrows near by. She soon drifted off to sleep.

All was fine for the next few months. Nikki was now twelve and the BO was going to attack.

By the way, Aoko and Kaito haven't had a kid yet. But one might be on the way, hey who knows?

Did you notice I was afraid? I'd thought I'd run out of things to say. Two more hours until today burns this away. And it starts all over again. The sky will never look the same again till you show me how it could be. The sky will never look the same again till you show me how it could be.

So here we go again. The sequel will be up by Saturday. And by the way, I'm printing out this story for my friend. I hope you guys like her. She'll be using this account. She's a really good writer so give her good appreciation.

And thanks to tamashiipurizuma, Lucky Hammer, CrazyInsaneAnimeFanGirl, rockfreak2003, and firestorm2004 for great reviews. Love ya's. Bye.