The Truth that Remained a Mystery

Disclaimer: I in no way, shape or form own or operate Detective Conan or any of its characters

Thanks for the reviews guys! I really appreciate it! I decided to post this one up a little early cuz it was already done by the time I posted up the first chapter . . . so . . .. Yeah.

"Got a view of the target?" A man with long blond hair dressed in black asked.

"Yes I do . . . brother Gin." A bigger man also dressed in black replied, as he lowered his binoculars.

Chapter Two: Game Over!

Conan hung up the phone quickly and stuffed it into his backpack while turning around to face the detective boys.

"Conan!" Genta started. "You knocked over a teacher and messed up all of the tests that she was carrying when you ran out of the school. The principle says he's going to call your house!"

Shinichi didn't quite seem to care though. All he could think about was what Ran had just said to him.

'I'll wait forever . . . She's so loyal, so dedicated. I can't make her wait forever; I need to change back now! I can't make her suffer anymore!'

"Conan, are you listening?" Mitsuhiko questioned.

"Yeah, I'm just sad guys" Conan said using the best acting he could.

"Why Conan? Is it because Ai is sick again?" Ayumi asked.

"Is it because you knocked that teacher over?" Mitsuhiko asked.

"Or maybe it's because you didn't get to try any of that pudding during lunch!" Genta added.

"No, it's not any of that, you see, I have to move back to America with my parents by the end of the month." Conan said smoothly, using some of his mother's acting skills. All three of the detective boys were seemed devastated. Conan didn't quite seem to notice, nor did he really care. They were young and would probably be over it in a day or two. Besides, there were many more important things to worry about.

"You guys should probably get home; I have a lot of packing to do. Maybe if I finish quickly, we can all go to the library and search for treasure!" Conan said using his acting skills once again.

"Right! Call us if you finish early! Genta yelled as the detective boys ran down the street.

'I have a feeling I won't.' Shinichi thought to himself with a slight smirk.

Ran hung up the phone slowly, trying to keep what Shinichi had just said in her mind.

'Wait for me Ran . . . He really must care for me, I mean, why would he tell me that if he didn't. I can't wait this long; I want him home right now! But what did the other thing he said to me mean?' Ran thought to herself blushingly as she slowly walked towards her house with a large grin on her face.

"Hey Ran! What did Shinichi have to say?" Sonoko asked now standing in front of Ran, appearing out of nowhere.

"Oh! Not much, besides telling me that he's going to be home by the end of the month." Ran said trying to hide how much she really cared.

"Really? That's great news! Oh my gosh! What else did he say?" Sonoko asked excitedly.

"Nothing except for his usual weird stuff, and that he would call me back at around 9:00." Ran said now starting to show a little bit more emotion.

"You better give me a full report on everything that he says when he calls you!" Sonoko demanded.

Conan walked the rest of the short distance to Dr. Agasa's house and made his way inside. There seemed to be nobody home from his initial inspections.

"Dr. Agasa! Are you home? Conan yelled through the house.

"Yes Shinichi-kun I'm in the basement with Haibara-kun" the old scientist yelled back.

The young detective made his way down into the basement. Throughout the basement were inventions that Doctor Agasa had made that had either not worked or had been broken. Conan began to search around the basement, occasionally calling for the Doctor to make sure he was on the right path. The basement was very mazelike; it was amazing how anyone could find his or her way around it. Finally, after minutes of searching, he came over to Ai's lab bench. There, Ai had been putting different chemicals into different test tubes and asking Doctor Agasa to bring her different books and scientific apparatuses.

"Hello there Shinichi-kun. We have some important news for you!" Dr. Agasa stated.

"You mean the antidote is complete? Where is it? Where?" Conan demanded as he searched around the lab bench frantically, which slightly annoyed Ai.

"No! But you got a message in the mail from one of the Organization members" Doctor Agasa stated as he placed a note in Conan's hand. The young child began to read the message.

'Hey cool guy,

I see that you've been quite tired lately, you should really get to sleep earlier! I also don't think Angel would be happy with you if she knew exactly who was sleeping in her room with her. Anyways, this game has been fun, but I've decided that now is the time to cash in my chips. I'll give you one night to prepare yourself, but after that the game will end. Oh, and before I forget! You should really tell Angle who you are, she seams torn up lately!

Humbly yours,

Vermouth.'

"Well it seems like we don't have that much time left. Be ready to evacuate as soon as I call." Conan mumbled as he dragged his feet back towards the stairs and out the door of Doctor Agasa's house. He began to walk slowly down the street with his head down and his hands in his pocket.

'I need to get a couple of things from my house, they might come in handy when the time comes . . . ' Conan thought to himself.

The eight year old boy turned around to look at his house, which he had not really been in for some time, except when he went in to find his mother spying on him. After a second glance, he noticed something that didn't quite seem right to him.

'Hey! The lights in the living room are on! Mom and dad are both in the U.S. right now so it can't be them.' Conan thought as he ran over to his gate. He turned his super shoes up to full power and jumped cleanly over the fence and snuck his way through the front door. There, Ran was cleaning the floor. She seemed to be thinking deeply.

"Ran-neechan? What are you doing here?" Conan questioned from behind her.

Ran screamed as she turned around, not expecting anyone to be in Shinichi's house. Conan quickly dropped to the ground trying to avoid any involuntary karate moves.

"Oh, sorry Conan-kun I didn't expect to see anybody here." Ran said apologetically.

"That's all right Ran-neechan, I shouldn't have surprised you like that. What are you doing?" Conan asked as childishly as he could.

"Well, Shinichi is coming home soon and I wanted to surprise him by making his house nice and clean." Ran replied happily.

"Oh I see. Would you mind if I helped?" Conan asked cutely.

"Not at all." Replied Ran kind of confused.

The two began to mop, sweep, dust, and clean everything in the house. Ran came fully equipped of course. She was armed to the teeth with mops, brooms, sponges, rags, and everything. As the two continued to scrub the floors Ran became lost in thought.

'I remember this house perfectly.' Ran thought to herself, recalling a fun night of hide and seek she had played when she was Conan's age.

"Ready or not, here I come!" A little boy shouted who looked remarkably like Conan.

The little boy ran through the house looking everywhere for a little girl who he had just talked to half a minute ago.

"Slow down son, you're going to hurt yourself." The boy's mother warned as the child sped through the kitchen.

The child ran back upstairs and through the hallways and blazing speeds.

"Ran? Where are you?" The 8-year-old yelled as he came to a halt. No answer.

The little boy began to run again, but as soon as he had taken off, he had tripped over a roller skate and cut his knee. A little girl burst out of the closet right beside him.

"Shinichi are you all right?" The little girl questioned, a little scared at the sight of the blood on Shinichi's knee.

"Yeah I'm fine, don't worry about me." The boy said proudly.

"But you're bleeding, mommy told me to always put a band-aid on a cut." The little girl said still a little afraid.

"You know what?" Ran continued. "I got a cut earlier and I'm sure it's healed by now, you could use my band-aid." The little girl ripped off the band-aid on her arm and placed it slowly on Conan's knee.

"Thank you Ran . . ." The little boy said as the little girl helped him up.

Ran laughed out loud catching Conan's attention.

"Thank god we have the same blood type or some weird stuff could have happened." Ran said out loud, still continuing to laugh.

Shinichi knew exactly what she was talking about, he looked over at a small blot of blood on the wall next to him

After a while more of cleaning, the house was finally finished. Ran sighed with relief.

"I couldn't have done it without you Conan-kun, thanks for the help" Ran said to Conan while shaking his hand.

"No problem Ran-neechan. We should probably get home soon it's already 7:00" Conan said as he smiled back at Ran then looked at his watch.

"7:00 already! I have to get home! Let's go Conan-kun!" Ran yelled as she pulled Conan outside and ran down the street.

Ran reached her house at around 7:08, knowing that her father was probably dying of hunger. Of course, her father couldn't bare waiting for his food, so he went out to eat without them, as explained on the note in the living room. As Ran went into the kitchen and put on her apron the phone began to ring.

"Hey Conan-Kun! Could you answer that?" Ran called from the kitchen

"Hello? Mouri detective agency." Conan said as he picked up the phone

"Hey Cool Guy, good to see you're finally home."

Conan was in shock. It was Vermouth, and judging from what she had just said, she or some of her men must be nearby. Ran looked out from the kitchen to see who had called.

"Oh, hi mom!" Conan said hastily trying to draw Ran's attention away from him.

"Ah I see, Angel doesn't know who you really are yet huh Cool Guy?" Vermouth asked tauntingly.

"Ran has nothing to do with this, leave her out of it." Conan whispered into the phone.

"Actually she has quite a bit to do with this." Vermouth said calmly

"How?" Conan demanded, which caught Ran's attention in the kitchen.

"You'll find that out soon enough." She continued. "Now I must be going, and don't worry, you'll see me soon."

"But . . . You said . . ." Conan tried to get more words out, but it was too late, she had already hung up. Conan quickly dialed Dr. Agasa's number, as Ran watched intriguingly.

"Hello, Dr. Agasa.?"

"Yes?"

"It's time! Get Ai and the info on the antidote and get over here now!"

"Yes Shinichi, I'm on my way!"

"Conan-kun what's going on?" Ran asked, looking a little frightened while Conan hung up the phone.

"Ran . . . It's time to go. Write a note to your father telling him that you're going to America with Shinichi, and pack some cloths in your backpack, quickly! We have three minutes!" Conan yelled as he turned around.

"Ok . . . Is everything all right? What's going on?" Ran asked, now even more frightened.

"There's no time for that, now just go!" Conan shouted. It didn't take Ran a second to turn around and begin to write the note. After the short note was finished, she packed some cloths and waited at the door. During all of this, Conan gathered all of his gadgets, a couple outfits, and a soccer ball. As Conan walked out the door of his room he looked at Ran, who was standing in the doorway, looking like she was going to cry.

"Ran, don't worry! Shinichi is all right, I already talked to him." Conan said as he went to look out the window. "Now, your going to see some weird stuff, but don't ask any questions, I'll explain everything later."

"Ok Conan-kun." Ran said, now more serious.

Two men in black suits made their way up the stairs in the Mouri house. Both of them had a pistol in their hands. The two made their way inside, both looking for Ran and Conan. They checked things carefully and slowly until they got into Ran's room. In Ran's room they found a bunch of sheets tied together hanging out the window.

"I think" One of the men in black suits started "I think they got away!" But as soon as he had finished his sentence he was hit in the back of the neck by a small dart. Suddenly he fell asleep and stumbled out of the window into a large dumpster in the alleyway.

"What the hell?" The other guy shouted as he turned around, only to be met in the face by a soccer ball. Which knocked him out of the window as well.

"Conan?" Ran was shocked at what she had just saw. Conan had just tranquilized a man with his watch and kicked a soccer ball so hard, that he knocked a grown man out a window with it.

"I said I would explain everything later! Now lets go." Conan shouted as he took Ran's hand and made his way down the stairs. They both ran quickly down the street where Doctor Agasa was waiting for them in his car. When everyone was in the car Conan gave instructions to head to Osaka, where Heiji was waiting for them.

Looks like things are finally starting to heat up! I'm gonna try to get the next chapter up a little early too, but I can't make any promises.