"There's no such thing as a perfect crime. Any good Detective would agree with me on that. No matter how small the details, or how complicating a case may seem, there's always a way to find the culprit." He smirked, cupping his chin. His facial expression made it appear that he was in deep thought. "Heh Heh Heh.."

"Kudo-kun, please pay attention to the board"

"Gyaah!" right at that moment, thirteen year old Kudo Shinichi fell off his chair, along with his notebook and textbook, and went pumbling towards the floor. The class was in an uproar. The teacher just stood there, her arms crossed around her chest, tapping her foot with an angry glare cast upon her face.

"Shinichi, I told you to stop thinking outloud! Especially over that stupid detective stuff" He glanced up, looking at a thirteen year old Mouri Ran. She didn't seem very happy, especially since she looked so cute with her cheeks puffed in anger. The blushing across her cheeks helped her too.

He sighed, and then gave off a big smile, scratching his head. "G-Gomen Nasai, Sensei.."

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Chapter one

"Don't scold me for not paying attention in class.."

"I wasn't going to scold you!"

"Oh yes you were, I could tell by the way you looked at me during class that you were going to give me the scolding of my life!"

"It's not my fault that you weren't paying attention during class.."

He sighed, placing his hands behind his head as the two walked around the hallways. At the moment, the students were on their lunch break. Shinichi and Ran had just finished eating their lunch outside, as they discussed the "event" of the day. As they walked down the hallway, many of their classmates would snicker towards Shinichi and Ran. Apparently, they thought Shinichi had made a fool of himself, which he would admit, since he was thinking outloud again. This didn't happen often. Of course, he blames the teacher for making class so dull anyways. He grinned, carrying around his Sherlock Holmes book as they both walked back into the classroom.

Some of the seats were empty, mostly because they were too busy eating outside or something. The only kids in the room were Shinichi, Ran, and a small gang of girls near the windows. Shinichi and Ran had sat across from each other ever since elementary school, which they didn't find odd at all. They've been friends since forever, knowing each other since they were little kids. Ran's father, was a police officer until recently. He was kicked out of the force, and became a Private Eye. Her mother, was a successful lawyer. Oh, and they were also divorced.

Shinichi's parents, however, weren't. His dad, was a famous mystery writer, and his mom a famous actress known almost all around. Maybe that's why Shinichi had such a keen interest in mystery and detectives. He grew up surrounded by mystery novels from all over the world. He in particular enjoyed Sherlock Holmes.

"Why do you always carry that stupid book with you?"

"What if someone would steal it?"

"Who would want to steal a detective book anyways?"

"You never know." He sighed, tilting his chair back a bit, making sure that he wouldn't fall. The last time he tilted his chair back, was earlier when the teacher had caught him saying things outloud.

She glanced at him, and then crossed her arms across her chest. "Did you even do the Japanese homework?"

"...What Japanese homework?"

Ran sighed, placing her hand on her forehead. "You were reading that book again weren't you?"

He grinned, sweatdropping. "Well.." but before he could say anything, he tilted way too back, and he fell again. Ran knelt by his side, worried. But at the same time, she couldn't help herself to laugh at him. He gave her a look, and then sighed. "What are you laughing for?"

"Oh nothing" She continued laughing. The laughing turned into small giggles.

"You love watching me get tortured, eh?"

"Oh no, it's not that." She tried to control herself. "It's just that that look on your face..it was priceless!"

He sighed. He stood up, fixing the chair. He could hear a few giggles coming from the other side of the classroom. Apparently, the small gang of girls had witnessed him fall. He blushed, scratching his head and then sitting back down on his chair, this time not tilting it back. Ran, noticed this, and couldn't help herself to giggle softly once more.

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"Okay students, for homework you'll have pages --" The bell rang right at that moment. Before the teacher could speak, the students were already running out of classroom, that is, except for Shinichi and Ran. They watched all their classmates leave in a hurry, and decided to wait until the traffic subsided. They looked over at the teacher, who slumped into her chair and let out a happy sigh.

"Don't worry Sensei." Shinichi would remark, patting her on the back with a grin. "You could always--"

"Shinichi!! C'mon!" Ran had pulled him by the collar before Shinichi could say anymore, he just waved bye to her as Ran dragged him out of the classroom. The teacher glanced over at them, and waved with an odd look on her face.

They finally made it to the locker rooms, which were half-empty, except for some older students, as well as a few of their own. It didn't take them long to finish, as soon as the clock turned three, they were already out of the school, walking along the sidewalk.

"Want me to tell you more about Sherlock Holmes?" He grinned, placing his hands into the pockets of his denim jacket. His blue eyes darting towards Ran.

"No" She said immediately, huggling her small backpack to her chest. "I don't want to hear more about this Holmes guy anymore" She said his name as if she was mocking him.

"Awwwh, c'mon! He's the best detective ever!"

"I'm sure he is."

"How about I lend you some of my books? I could always sneak them off my dad's library when he's not looking"

"No, it's okay. I don't want to become a detective geek like you, Shinichi"

He noticed that a no meant no. He sighed, giving her a small smile as they continued walking down the sidewalks. The day was a rather bright one. The sun was bright. Many people filled the sidewalks, most of them school students who had just been released from school.

"Hey Ran..didn't you have karate practice today?" He asked her, breaking the silence between them. There was this eerie silence that was between them ever since he was pestering her about letting her borrow some of his dad's books. He thought that she was mad at him for pestering her and all, but apparently it wasn't the case.

"No, because sensei had cancelled practice for today."

"Ohhh." He shrugged, and then looked up into the sky. For some reason, he was feeling, somewhat uncomfortable being around her. Just today, he had noticed how cute she looked when she giggled, and when she gave him that face the first time he fell.

Ran noticed that Shinichi has been acting weird around her lately. She blinked, stopping infront of him. "..umm, are you okay?"

He blushed, shaking his head. "Y-Yes!" I'm such a fool..

"Maybe you're sick. We should get you home as soon as possible.."

"Nawh, it's okay. I'll drop you off home and then I'll go back by myself, no worries...heh" He nodded, patting her on the back. Ran blinked, sweatdropping as they continued walking. She couldn't help it. But something about Shinichi's behavior made her think that something was up with him. She didn't know what, but hopefully she would figure it out soon. She was a tad curious. 'Maybe I'll ask Otou-san..' She then just thought over what she had said in her head. 'Actually..I'll call kaa-san later after dinner..'

It didn't take them long to reach Ran's house, which was actually an agency on-top of a coffee place. She waved, as she walked up the stairs into her place. Shinichi watched, until she waved at him from the windows. The windows were rather big, with the words "Mouri Kogoro Tantei" or somewhat like that. He then nodded, waving back at her, and made his way to his place. He liked the freedom of walking by himself, this way, he could think over about many things, without getting interrupted. It was also a habit of his to look almost all around him, scanning his surroundings even for the littlest detail. The truth of the matter was that, Shinichi had often thought of himself becoming a detective when he was old enough.

He could remember the conversation he had with Ran the other day about the same topic.

'Why don't you become a mystery writer instead like your dad?'

'It's not fun that way, I wanna live through the adventures, Ran!'

'But you could get introuble..especially if you stick your nose into bad business'

'That's not gonna happen.'

He had just approached the large gates to his house. His house was practicularly big, if you would think of it as a ghost house, one could almost assume that. He looked over at a rectangular board near the bell, which read: "Kudo". He reached up to the bell and rang it.

"Shiiin-chan! Is that you?" A feminine voice could be heard from the speaker. Her voice seemed very enthusiastic.

"Yesss. Can you let me in kaa-san?"

"Oh but of course!" She giggled, and then opened the gates from inside. Shinichi sighed, and walked towards his house, before he could open the doors to the house, a pair of hands grabbed him from inside.

"W-Whaat? Oh, it's only you Kaa-san"

His mother stood there, snuggling him in his arms. She was somewhat tall, with long light brown curly hair. "Oooh, but look at you Shin-chan you're already thirteen! Soon you'll be fifteen, then seventeen, then twenty with a wife, and hopefully give your kaa-san some grandchildren!"

He blushed red, and tried to get away from his mother's grip. "Kaa-saaan!" He then sighed, and allowed her to snuggling him all he wanted. There was no use, anyways. Once she had him in his grip, there was no going back.

"You're making me look old.." She sniffled comically, and then let go of him. "Anyhow, where's Ran-chan?"

He glanced at her, still a bit red in the face. "I walked her home a few minutes ago.."

"Awh! That's so cute! Why don't you invite her to come to our house sometime?"

"Her dad would kill me."

"Tell him that I sent you! I miss Ran-chan. I haven't seen her in a while."

"You saw her last week"

"Last week's still a while Shin-chan." She patted him on the head. "Besides, how are you going to get her to be your girlfriend if you don't invite her more often?"

He blushed. "Kaa-saan!" She pushed him into the house, closing the door behind them.

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For some odd reason, Shinichi couldn't help getting what his mom had told him the other day. He sighed, looking up into ceiling. It was another day. Another day in school, another day of boring things to come. He placed his elbow on his desk, and waited for the teacher to come. Ran blinked, glancing towards him from her desk. He looks out of it today..

Indeed, he was out of it today. Especially after his mom gave him that talk about making Ran his girlfriend and what-not. The thing that was bothering him was, that it kept nagging him in his head. Me and Ran? Girlfriend and boyfriend? Bleh! I dunno why I keep thinking about it, but it's annoying the hell out of me.. He blushed, glancing at Ran for a few good seconds before removing those eyes from her.

But then again..I mean.. He blushed even more.

"What're you thinking about Shinichi?"

He jumped from his desk, standing right up hearing Ran speak to him. His face was even redder than before. "NOTHING!". He spoke so loudly that everyone in his classroom turned around, facing them. He could feel his face get redder and redder by the minute. Ran couldn't help but blush either, and then walked back towards her seat. Shinichi felt like he stood there infront of them for what seemed like forever.

"Now now students, please settle yourselves down, class has started." The teacher looked up at Shinichi, and sweatdropped. "Kudo-kun, are you doing okay today?" The classroom was filled with an uproar of laughter once again, as Shinichi sinked back into his seat, sweatdropping.

Damnit, I hate being thirteen..

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So, how's that! This story is basically about Shinichi and Ran when they were thirteen. I dunno what age his parents when to America, but I doubt they'll leave a thirteen year old unsupervised...ah well, I hope everyone enjoys the fic, and I'll try and upload a chapter as soon as I can.