Disclaimer: I wish I did own DC characters, but I don't… I might as well get a job as a scientist… oh well
Note: this is my first fan fic, please R&R
It was a cold December night. The sound of wind blowing against his shutters was the only noise heard in the dark cold room. The only other sound was the almost silent sobbing from the small boy lying in the far corner of the room next to his bed. The window was wide open, letting in the cold chill of the winter night. A blizzard was brewing and his bed was now covered in a thin sheet of snow. He had blankets stuffed under his door so the cold air wouldn't escape and wake his angel Ran, which he had hurt so much in so many ways that he wish he never had. He would make himself suffer that night, crying himself to sleep just wasn't enough anymore. He needed to feel the pain. The cold chill of the below freezing air helped, but it still wasn't enough. He wanted to leave the room and go to his darling Ran, and just fall asleep warm in her arms… but he wouldn't. He PROMISED himself he wouldn't. He knew that torturing himself wouldn't help him in this situation, but he needed to let himself suffer. It was the only way to ease the pain. He soon realized that he couldn't move, but he didn't care. He let his tears freeze on his face, as he slowly fell into a deep sleep, longing to be with Ran, longing to hold her warm, loving body in his arms. But he wouldn't… He couldn't.
He never would have suspected that in the room just down the hall from him, Ran was wide awake now, and wouldn't fall asleep for a long, LONG time. For Shinichi had once again taken over her thoughts, and she was in another world now, one of longing and loneliness. One of a torn heart waiting to be healed. She never knew that Shinichi was just down the hall from her at that moment crying for her as well. Longing to be with her, just as much as she wanted to be with him.
Both sat there, lost in thought, not realizing how close they were to one another at that moment. Both cried themselves to sleep that night.
Both slept without realizing that they went through the night torturing themselves, and suffering. They never realized, that the one they were longing for, was longing for them too, just down the hall.
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Ran awoke the next morning to her dad's loud voice, "Ran get the hell down here, wheres my breakfast?!?" She had overslept, but didn't seem to care, she was lost in thought once again thinking about the dream that her dad just interrupted.
"Ran… I have a confession" spoke the small voice in the corner of the black room.
"W...W…What??? Who's there? Who has a confession? Hello? ....Who are you?" she asked..
"It's me, your one true love, Conan. Don't you remember? We grew up together! Ran? RAN DON'T LEAVE ME PLEASE!!! RAN??? RAN… PLEASE…. Don't go…" the voice spoke again.
She was confused. "Conan…. You aren't my one true love… Conan? I'm not leaving you, I'm right here…. Conan? What happened to your voice? Conan! Stop screaming I'm right here!" she yelled. Why was Conan's voice so low? He sounded like Shinichi, but why had he called himself Conan? "Shinichi is that you? Shinichi where have you been? Conan, Shinichi? Hello?" The presence that she had felt in the room with her was now gone, she new she was alone, but she continued to scream. Until something whacked her over the head. She fell to the floor and looked up to see…
That's when she was awakened by her dads yelling. Ran finally built up some strength and sat upright on her bed.
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What had that dream meant? Was it trying to tell her something? If so, what? Could it possibly be that it was trying to tell her that… that Conan actually is- No she wouldn't go back to that theory again. She wouldn't let herself believe such fairytale nonsense. Although that would explain where he had been all of this time, and why he hadn't been at school, and the fact that he couldn't solve the case he'd been working on for so long because he wasn't really working on a case in the first place. What it wouldn't explain was how Shinichi had made sudden appearances from time to time and then disappeared again without a trace. Unless that really wasn't Shinichi, but someone disguised as him. Or even…
There she was again going on and on with her thoughts about him, why couldn't she just get over that mystery geek and find another guy, who perhaps loved Karate. Its not like he cared about her, he didn't even care enough to stop for a visit even once without disappearing only a few hours later. "Look at yourself Ran, moping about for that good for nothing aho that probably doesn't even care about you, just forget him!" she told herself out loud. But she knew she couldn't, because inside she knew how much she really loved him.
She got out of bed and brushed her hair and teeth. She wasn't ready for another day without Shinichi, but it's not like she could do anything about it. So she got dressed and went downstairs to feed her hungry (Not to mention lazy) father.
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While she was cooking Ran suddenly realized that something was missing from the picture. She stopped and looked around. There was her Father, watching the Yoko Okino Special. (That seemed pretty normal.) She then turned to look at the table and then found what was missing. No one was there to greet her with a happy, cheerful face. No one was there to say "Good morning Ran-neechan, did you sleep well?" Conan was no where to be seen.
"Dad, have you seen Conan? Today him and his friends were supposed to go to the museum today." She asked concerned.
"Who? The little brat? Nope haven't seen him all morning, probably hacking into my case files again" he said with a snort. Ran at that moment didn't even bother to argue back with her father, because in the pit of her stomach, she had an odd feeling. A feeling that was telling her Conan was in trouble.
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She turned off the oven and ran up the stairs. She turned down the hall way on the right and walked to his door. "Conan? Are you awake? Conan?" She waited. No one answered.
"Conan? She knocked on the door. Nothing. "Conan???" she put her hand on the door knob and tried to open the door, but as soon as she touched it, she jumped back. It was freezing! She became very worried. "Conan? Conan? OPEN UP CONAN!!!" she banged as hard as she could. Still nothing.
"Conan, you left me no choice, if you are by the door, I suggest that you move now! 1…. 2…. 3!!!!" Ran backed up and threw one of her hardest kicks at the door and it flung open.
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A bone chilling wind blew at her face as she walked in, it was freezing in there! "Conan? Conan??? CONAN" It was dark. The drapes were blocking the light from coming in, but didn't seem to stop the air from coming in. She noticed a blanket as she walked in near the doors crack. Did he use that to block the cold air from coming into the house? That's when she saw Conan lying next to his bed. (Which was covered in snow) His lips were purple, and he seemed to be in a deep sleep, he had nothing but his boxers on. She ran to him and touched his body. It was cold, and seemed almost lifeless. The only thing proving that he was still alive was his hard, rough breathing. Ran screamed bloody murder, and then froze. For a few seconds she was speechless. Conan, what happened?
Ran finally realized the situation she was in and didn't wait any longer, she screamed as loud as she could, her voice full of fear, "DAD, CALL AN AMBULANCE, NOW!!!!"
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She ran up to Conan and threw her arms around him to keep him warm. She then noticed again that he was wearing only boxers. She decided to get him dressed as fast as she could. It took Kogoro a little while to understand what was happening, but he realized soon enough after seeing Conan, and rushed to the phone. They did what they could before the ambulances arrived, and then were forced to leave the rest to the doctors.
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He heard someone knocking which after a while turned into violent yelling and banging. It was only a matter of time until he heard a loud crash followed by a horrified scream. He couldn't move but he didn't know why. He didn't know where he was. And for a second, he didn't know who he was. Then it began to come back. I'm… I'm Conan… Conan Edogawa… wait no… I'm Shinichi… Shinichi Kudo… disguised as Conan Edogawa. He then heard someone yelling something. It was a girl. Was it an angel? He felt something very warm and soft touch his forehead, then pull him into a huge hug. He felt sick, and depressed, and very, very cold. He then felt someone pick him up, and carry him somewhere. He was definitely moving, but where, how? He then felt the warm figure put him down. Don't leave me… I don't want to be alone anymore… please… He then felt something soft and also warm cover his body. He was then rejoined with the angel, as it carried him somewhere else. He heard loud ringing, possibly bells or songs. He heard the talking of other angels, but they weren't happy. They had worried voices. Was he in heaven? His body was then taken over by at least three other angels. The angels put him onto a cloud and it began to ride him somewhere. He could hear and feel the first angel though, at his side the whole time. She was crying and whispering things, but he could barely hear her. All he could make out were a few words.
"Conan why?............... what went wrong……. Was it me? …. Conan…."
He then slowly blacked out once again into a world of complete darkness.
