Chapter 1
By Crystal
Author's Notes: Some people think that a Hakuba/Ai would be nice, but I don't really know much about Hakuba, so unfortunately, I won't do a Hakuba/Ai. And it is true that there's a lot of S/R, so right now, I'm going to leave it as a S/S. Thanks. Pyrokid is right, if you read his review ^^ I used to love S/R, but it seems like I love alternate pairings... I mean, just look at Rurouni Kenshin! I love Kenshin/Tomoe ^^ I don't think Kaoru's good enough for Kenshin because she's never seen war and she's too innocent, but that's just my opinion ^^
*Screw the disclaimers ^^;;*
"No," she answered, "I have someone I love."
"Love?" Shinichi asked curiously, "Mind telling me who?"
She smiled sadly yet again, "Guess..."
"Let's see... Heiji?" Shakes head, "Hakuba?" Shakes head again, "Hmm...Wataru? Naw. Let's see...Kaito maybe?" Another shake of head, "I don't know. How about you tell me?"
She turned to look at him, "Can't you guess? For a high school detective, you're pretty dumb, Kudo."
Shinichi pouted, "That's not very nice of you, Ai... I might not even know him!" He saw Ai smirk, "Or do I?"
"You know him... A lot better than anyone, perhaps."
"A lot better than anyone? All I can think of is myself." He said quietly. When he didn't receive an answer, he looked at the girl, or should I say, woman beside her, utterly shocked. "Me?" A nod with a tiny smile, "you're joking me, aren't you?"
"For the first time, Kudo. I'm not joking," she said calmly, but inside, her heart was beating as loud as thunder and her hands were getting sweaty. She was nervous and scared... Of rejection.
Shinichi cleared his throat uncomfortably, "So you're leaving tomorrow?" A nod, "Then you know, you want to, like, go out for one last day or something?"
Ai grinned evilly, knowing she had made the famous detective blush, ah, it was so good to fool around with Kudo. "As a date, you mean?" She asked innocently, though inside, she was grinning madly. Surely, it wasn't nice to do that to someone you loved, but she couldn't help it. After all, it was probably her last time with Shinichi alone... Excluding tomorrow, if they were going on a 'date'.
"Uh... whatever." Then without another word, Shinichi rose up and went back inside the house, but hearing Ai call...
"Good night, Kudo! See you in the morning!" She heard Shinichi grunt a reply, then stared up at the stars again. Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day. Uncomfortable, maybe. But interesting.
* * * * *
"Kudo! You up yet?" Ai shouted at the door.
A grumble was heard inside the room, then a reply, "Yeah... Just wait, I'm coming, I'm coming..." Ai grinned again.
They got ready and dressed up, Shinichi in his usually sweater and jeans while Ai wore a sleeveless black turtleneck and a pair of tight jeans and a light jacket. "Aren't you going to get cold, Ai?"
"Aww... Kudo caring for me?" She asked, mockingly while watching Shinichi blush yet again. "Okay, I'm just kidding. You know that. I'm used to the cold, if that's what you're asking."
"Whatever." By the time they actually got ready to go out, it was already noon and they were going to eat lunch. Of course, Shinichi was paying. He was a man after all, and according to Ai, guys paid for the meals. Shinichi didn't argue about it, it was probably her last day in Japan anyways.
They went to a café. Shinichi ordered a Mocha and a small meal of smoked salmon while Ai ordered a Latté and a lemon cheesecake. "You're going to be full with that?" Shinichi asked Ai.
Ai nodded her head quietly, "Yeah, I'm not too hungry or anything."
They finished the meal while having light conversations about anything that came out, carefully avoiding anything that had the words 'Organization', 'Black', 'Antidote' or 'APTX4869' and for once, they were being normal teenagers out on the streets having a 'date'.
Ai sighed, contented. That would be her last request... To have Shinichi know that she loved him and to have a 'date' with him... Even if it was for once. She wouldn't regret any longer... At least she didn't think she would. After all, except Professor Agasa and Shinichi, she didn't have anything else to lose. The both of them was safe from the Black Organization... There was nothing left for her to stay for...
Except of course, the possibility of the dumb detective hurting himself over a case again, but that was to be expected. Hopefully, he wouldn't be so quick on decisions about cases like last time, or he would end up mixed in some sort organizations again. Better warn him of that when she leaves.
They bought tickets for a movie... An English movie the both of them had been waiting for a while, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (A/N: Sorry, I just had to put that in there. Orlando Bloom is SO hot, LoL!) The movie was to start at 3:15 PM, which meant they still had two hours to spend... Somewhere on the streets.
Ai shrugged, she hadn't gone shopping for a while, might as well drag Shinichi and annoying the heck out of him. And that was what she did exactly. She dragged him around the whole street, not that he minded that much and asked him which clothes looked good on her, then purchased the ones that he thought looked good. Ai had to admit, Shinichi had really good taste... For a dumb high school detective anyways.
"Hey Ai... Where do you think you're dragging me to now?!" Shinichi whined.
Ai shushed him, "Shush Kudo... And it's Mika... Shizuma Mika... And I have no idea where we're going... But we have forty-five minutes till the movie!"
"Right... Mika... That name's going to get some time getting used to."
"Ah well, it doesn't really matter, Kudo. I'm leaving either tonight or tomorrow... So you won't have to remember it at all except for today!"
Ai dragged him again until she felt his other hand grab her arm. "You're leaving tonight? Or tomorrow?"
Ai looked back at him as she stopped walking, then looked at the ground, "Yeah... I thought I told you that already." She cleared her throat uncomfortably while she felt Shinichi's stare on her.
Then suddenly, Shinichi grabbed her shoulders with both his hands, "You aren't leaving so soon, are you Ai?"
"It's Mika... Shinichi..."
"It's Ai... Or Shiho... But you'll never been Mika to me, because I don't know who Shizuma Mika is."
Shinichi shook her lightly, "Stop shaking me, Kudo... You know as well as I do that nothing's worth staying here for. There's Gin looking for me, and some other members of the organization looking for me too, because I've been a traitor to them!"
"Ai..." He said quietly.
"SHINICHI!" Ai turned her head around where the voice was from, as did Shinichi. There was Ran who was beside Sonoko, the both of them looking at Shinichi, disbelieving.
Sonoko marched up to Shinichi and poked his shoulder with her finger, "Shinichi! Your girlfriend is that way!" She pointed at the direction of Ran.
Ai looked up at Sonoko, "Hey. Don't poke him like that... I don't want any misunderstandings... Kudo is not my boyfriend, so stop worrying for Christ's sake."
"Who are you?" Sonoko asked Ai impolitely.
"She's Shizuma Mika... My friend." Shinichi replied.
Sonoko narrowed her eyes, "I think there's more to the both of you than that."
Ai snorted, "Don't believe us then."
"Mika..."
"Look Kudo, if your friend here doesn't believe that I have absolutely no connection to you, then I'm not going to be able to do anything about it, and you know that." Ai crossed her arms, while looking at Ran, who was staring at the ground. Ai sighed and threw her hands up in the air, "Kudo... Whatever, this was all a mistake, all right? Just go talk to your girlfriend. I'll phone you when I leave or something." Without another word, Ai left, hoping she didn't do too much damage to Shinichi and Ran's relationship.
To everyone's surprise, including Shinichi's, he muttered an apology to Ran and ran after Ai. "Mika! Wait up!"
She turned around in surprise, "What are you doing here, Kudo? You are suppose to go and talk to Ran! Geez."
"Look, I don't want to ruin our last day... Ran will understand."
Ai sighed, "if you're so sure, Shinichi. You never know what goes on in the mind of that girl... Or woman, if you like that instead." Then she smiled, "Let's hurry up, or we'll be late!" This time, it was not Ai that dragged Shinichi, but Shinichi dragged her to the movie theatre instead, leaving a flabbergasted Sonoko and Ran.
Kaitou Magician – All right, hopefully, I'll be inspired to write the next chapter soon!
Kasuga-sempai – Ah, this is my first DC fic... I've been thinking about writing one for a while, but an idea never struck until now ^^. Go K/T fics! Well, considering she might visit Shinichi sometimes and if she uses Haibara Ai, then people like Ran and the 'Detective Kids' will know...
(no name) – Well, it's true that Ran will be sad... But Ai will be sad too... I personally think that Ai likes Conan, but that might just be me.
D.C.F – That's definitely true... About Ran sad... But then again, I think Ai might deserve someone like Shinichi... She's had a depressing life and well, Ran's more happy... And she's more of a normal girl while Ai can never be a normal girl... It's just... I don't know... Different?
Ranmoon Boy – I agree with you, although then, I would not know who to match Ai with... I don't like Hakuba much though.
Reiiel – Yes, I agree on that a lot. Too much S/R and sometimes, the stuff is a bit overused, no offence to any S/R fans or authors...
mean – Kay! Thanks!
PyroKid – S/S... Yeah. Ran does have a normal life and I pity Ai more... I like her a lots, she has a really developed character while Ran's just a normal schoolgirl... So yeah, I'm planning an S/S.
Juli – Definitely ^^
Pheonix Ashes – I like that coupling too ^^
Orla – Well, true about the Gin thing, but I'm making Ai change her name because Shinichi and Ai's secret with the APTX4869 about being shrunk isn't known to anyone. Shinichi just goes back to his old life and Conan just kinda disappears. But Ai can't do the same thing. She can't use the elementary school name or people like Ayumi and Ran will think they're the same person and that will arise suspicious.
The Nerd – I've been thinking of that ^^
Author's Notes: Whoa, plenty of reviews ^^
