Beyond the Shattered Glass
Written by Raining Dreams ("Bunny")
Ugh: Our AC is STILL busted. It's. Effing. HOT IN HERE! I can't wait until it's fixed, and I'm planning on spending most of my time bonding with my cd player downstairs. Where it's nice. And roughly 67 degrees. One teensy problem with that, though: Spiders. I don't like spiders. I REALLY don't like spiders. Um... I'm a very happy author this chapter, no matter how tiny it is o.O; So I respond to SOME reviews... Good reviewers -pats you all on the head- I have too many reviews to respond to all of them. GOOOOOODD.
Nittle Grasper Fan Joshie: -buhlink- erm... no? I dunno how to respond to threats well (clearly) Um. Keep reviewing an' I'll write and stuff. No violence needed.
Lady Starlight2: No, no, lovely. You're a good reviewer. Yewwww review every chapter that I put out .
Itzjustme: And how do you plan to do that, dearheart? Plus. I write for reviews. You can't make me write otherwise...well... maybe for some gummi worms but that's besides the point. Review. REVIEWWWWW!!!!
A Person: Chuckle...? Why'd I want to make you HAPPY? My source of power is making people miserable and such with cliffies!! MUAHAHAAA... oh crap -pages through her "Guide to Being an Evil Tyrant/Ruler of the World"- DRAT! Wasn't s'posed to tell you that !
Jewel: Yeah, I am a horrid little Bunny, aren't I? -beam-
Okay. There they are. 5 responses. It's not that I don't LOVEEEEE the rest of you. It's just I'm to lazy to respond. The people I didn't respond to get cookies. 'nuff said.
WARNING: This chapter will be realllll angsty and tear-inducing. Grab the tissues.
Disclaimer: It's too hot to be witty. I dun own Detective Conan. Go away.
Beyond the Shattered Glass: File 3
He sighed softly, pulling the girl into his arms gently. It's time. It was time a long time ago... "Rachel...Rachel..." he breathed, trying to find where to start. He was the smartest person he knew, and yet at the moment, he was at a complete loss. What was Rachel going to do? Would she be relieved? Would she cry? Would she get mad? He didn't know. And that frightened him more than anything at the moment. Losing Rachel over this. But she had to know. She needed to know... She looked up at him, loosening her grip so he was left holding her there. She made a soft hum, silently beckoning him on.
"Rachel. This will be hard to believe. You have to though, because I'd never lie to you. You know that, right? I never want to hurt you." she nodded against his chest. She could hear his heart beating and somehow felt oddly soothed.
"I know." she whispered. She didn't know why she was whispering, it just seemed appropriate.
"The night we went to the park. The night I left... I was tailing some shady characters, they noticed, and slipped me poison intended to kill me. Instead, it turned me into a child. A seven-year-old, to be exact." He paused, taking a steading breath. Rachel was trying to take this in. A child?? What was he saying?! "I ran to Agasa, who decided it best I stay with someone I knew. Someone I was close to. We came up with you, Rachel. So, I adopted the name Conan Edogawa, and began to live with you and your father." Rachel's eyes went wide as it all sunk in and clicked. She jumped from his arms, taking several steps back, staring at him as if she'd never seen him. Her breathing was rapid and uneven as everything whirled through his head. Jimmy winced slightly, before continuing.
"I enlisted the help of Agasa and Ai. Ai had been a member of the group that drugged me and worked hard on an antidote. Clearly, she came up with one. That's about it in a nutshell, Rache. Conan Edogawa and I are the same person."
"Bu...but... you.. called and..."
"All illusions. I had a bow tie that changed my voice."
"That night-- you were there! I saw you!" ((A/N: They have a scene in the 3rd movie where Kaito KID poses as Jimmy WHILE Conan is in the room to help him hide his identity))
"Kaito KID."
He stood up to catch her on account of she looked dangerously like she was about to fall. Instead, she glared at him, eyes rimming with tears. "Why didn't you tell me?" she said quietly, before looking him in the face, those tears falling freely. "Why didn't you tell me?!" she screamed, punching him several times in the chest. Jimmy stood there, scrunching his eyes closed. It was better to let her do it. She was like quicksand. The harder you struggled, the worse she was. She slowly stopped, sinking to her knees, sobbing rather violently. Jimmy paused to catch his breath and assess the situation, before kneeling and reaching out to comfort her.
"I'm so sorry Rachel..." he began, reaching out for her. She slapped his hand away, giving him a look she'd never given him before. One of pure hurt and hate.
"Go away!" she yelled between sobs. "Get out of my house, whoever you are!!" At this point, Eri Moore had came to see what all the fuss was over. She too, was glaring at the boy. He stood and quickly left...he'd get a cab or something to the park. He walked out, staring at the ground but only seeing that look she'd given him. That look... He'd never seen her like that before...ever!!! He felt horrible, too. He'd managed to regain AND lose the girl of his dreams in one day. That really figured... He dug his hands into his pockets, heaving a sigh. He felt about like crying, but he just couldn't...
Meanwhile, Rachel was sobbing to her mother. "Why'd you get so mad, sweetie? You seemed so happy to see him!" Eri said softly, cradling her crying child.
"That -sob- wasn't -wail- JIMMY!" she choked out, hugging her parent tight.
"There there, baby. It's alright. Everything will be alright..." she rocked her gently back and forth.
Two days later...
Jimmy had moped about for the past few days. He wouldn't eat, he didn't sleep, and he refused to watch the TV. He sat in a chair and stared out the window. Just...stared. Like he was waiting on the apocalypse or something. Quite frankly, Agasa was mildly disturbed by this. But then again, what was he SUPPOSED to do? Rachel had, after they'd unofficially been lovers, "dumped him". And from what he'd heard, she wasn't happy with him at the moment, not at all.
The Professor was also quite concerned about the media coverage of their reuniting. They'd found his name long since, and it was plastered all over the news and tabloids; Headlines like "Karate-chop Moore in Love?" and "Mystery Man Sparks Interest of Public". If the Black Organization got wind of him being alive still, as they hadn't yet been vanquished, they'd have a situation on their hands. And to be perfectly honest, Agasa didn't want to die anytime soon. Not to mention it had to be making the fragile situation between Rachel and Jimmy all the worse.
A knock came at the door, and the elderly man grinned. "About time room service got here. I got you some tea and a sandwich, Jimmy!" he called over his shoulder, rubbing his hands together greedily before opening their door in a single swift movement. He gasped, backing away quickly.
"What the--?!" he hissed in such a manor that Jimmy got off of his perch to see what was the matter...
HAHA!: I'm evil, ain't I? Short AND a cliffy!! Muaha!! I'm a terrible person, aren't I? Well, I was pleased with the response of reviews I got for that last chapter, so I'll write for now. Just keep that up, and I'll keep writing. Bribery always works. Yeah. This chapter was short BECAUSE in the next chapter a BIG ol' twist will be reviled. Partially. I'm all about cliffhangers in this fic, in case you guys haven't noticed... Anyways, I promise to update soon with the next chapter, so don't worry your little heads off about it, mmk?