Unsolved Mysteries

Rachel held the phone tightly after Dr. Agasa said those words, Jimmy has been murdered!

"How… What happened?"

"I don't know," replied Dr. Agasa. "Your father and the police are at the scene right now. They haven't informed me of anything other than Jimmy being dead."

"Where are they? Tell me how to get there!"

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About a block or two away from Jimmy's old apartment a crowd surrounded the fake body. People with cameras were taking pictures of the bloody corpse while six policemen were still scanning the area for clues and witnesses. Inspector Meguire stood alone staring at Jimmy's body trying to fight back tears, but wetness still went down his cheek. Richard Moore came beside him and stared at the body too.

"It's sad really," Richard said. "The kid was so young and smart, but yet he had to go like this."

"Yeah, he had a short, but eventful life. It's a real shame." Suddenly they heard a woman screaming.

"Dad, what happened to Jimmy?"

"Rachel," yelled her dad. "How'd you find out about this?"

"Dr. Agasa called me. Where's Jimmy?" The inspector pointed to the spot where it lied. She saw the dead, battered body and cried. Her father held her and she wept on his shoulder. "What ha… happened dad?"

"Well, all we have is a theory. He was walking to his apartment and it was at night so nobody else should've been around. He may have been daydreaming, and out of nowhere an out of control car came speeding down the street and the driver didn't notice him and hit Jimmy from behind. The driver continued to drive carelessly and recklessly while Jimmy was left there to die. His body was discovered in the morning and except for some tire marks there are no clues, or witnesses, leading to who the felon could be."

"There's nothing more we can do," the inspector jumped in. "We'll just have to file a report, clean up the mess, and then the case will be closed."

"Let's go home Rachel." She was as stiff as a board, but she went quietly. As they left the scene they saw the police starting to store the body in a bag and Rachel continued to sob.

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The next day at Conan's school the only thing he and his friends talked about was Jimmy Kudo's death. The gang got together at lunch to chat.

"It's so sad," Amy said. "He was the best detective ever."

"Yeah, I thought so too," Mitch replied, "but it's really sad that nobody knows who killed him."

"I think we should try to solve the mystery."

"That's a great idea Amy. We all can go talk to the police and ask if we can look at the evidence." Conan didn't want his friends trying to solve an impossible case.

"If the police couldn't find who did it then what makes you think we can?"

"Come on Conan," said George. "Don't you even want to try?"

"No." Amy looked at Conan sad-eyed.

"Why not Conan?" He didn't like seeing Amy like that. He already made Rachel sad and that was one girl too many.

"Ok, we'll try to solve the mystery." After he said that Amy hugged him, and Conan hugged back affectionately. It was a few seconds before they noticed that Mitch and George were staring at them astonishingly. When they realized that they both let go, and then the bell rang for class.

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After school instead of going to one of their hangouts the gang went down to the police station. They tried talking to a policeman until they saw Inspector Meguire walk by.

"What are you all doing here," he asked the gang.

"We want to help solve the mystery of Jimmy Kudo's death," said Mitch. The inspector laughed.

"That case is closed. No one will ever know who the culprit is." And without another word the inspector went to his office, and when he opened the door Conan could see Richard Moore sitting in the office waiting for Inspector Meguire.

"I'll see you guys later," Conan told the others. "I need to use the restroom." He watched them leave and then placed his ear against the door of the inspector's office trying to hear their conversation. He heard the two talking loudly.

"What did those kids want," Richard asked.

"They said they wanted to help find Jimmy Kudo's murderer."

"Ha. They haven't got a chance of finding that out. It'll be one of those unsolved mysteries."

"Yeah, so… How's Rachel?"

"She's an unsolved mystery too. She's been real moody the past couple of days. One minute she'll be crying and the next she'll be alright."

"I hope she feels better. Are you and Rachel going to Jimmy's funeral next Friday?"

"Yeah, Rachel's going to drag me over there with her, but she'll probably be crying the whole time."

Conan had heard enough. He slowly walked out of the station towards home. 'Poor Rachel,' he thought. 'I hope she'll be ok. It's all my fault she's mourning.'

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The next Friday was Jimmy's funeral and as Richard predicted Rachel was crying the entire time. Her father was falling asleep occasionally but managed to stay awake. Almost everyone at the funeral was crying, even Inspector Meguire. Dr. Agasa and Conan's parents acted like they were dejected because only they know that Jimmy is really alive as Conan. Conan didn't witness any of that because he had to go to school.

At school that day none of the gang had talked to each other, until P.E. period rolled around. Conan, Mitch, and George were dressing next to their lockers. Conan was about to put his stinky gym clothes inside his locker when someone unexpectedly slammed it shut. Conan looked and found it was Mitch who did it.

"You know what Conan? I asked Amy out on a date earlier, and you know what her answer was?" Conan shook his head. "She said no, but she didn't tell me why." Conan chose to ignore his rage and continued with what he was doing. "I've seen you and Amy together an awful lot lately. Is anything going on between you two?" Conan was silent but his facial expression gave a sign. Mitch slammed the locker again. "If something's going on you would tell me right?"

"Yeah, of course." Mitch stormed away red-faced leaving Conan and George behind.

"Why don't you tell the truth," George asked.

"I am. Nothing's going on."

"Yeah, but I think Amy does want something to go on. She told me how you both felt about each other."

"She did?"

"Yeah, and you better make a move already because she told me that she won't wait too long."

"Why not?"

"Because she said that she really doesn't know if you like her enough."

"I do."

"Ok, but don't keep her waiting." And with that George left too. Conan was alone and he sat on a bench thinking.

'Rachel waited for me a long time, for almost five years. She really loves me. Should I have chosen to wait until an antidote was found to be with her? Should I have thought about my situation more carefully?'

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After school Conan and Amy walked home alone together hand in hand again. Amy told Conan about things that happened to her that day, and Conan decided not to tell her about the incident in the locker room with Mitch, but he chose to take George's advice.

"Um, Amy," he started, "would you, uh, like to go on a date with me tomorrow?" Her face just lit up after he asked her.

"Oh Conan, I'd love to go." When they reached her house they hugged for a long time and kissed, but the kiss still wasn't as deep as it could've been, and Conan didn't want to rush into things.

He walked home feeling really happy with himself. Then he went past Rachel's building and saw her staring out the window with tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry," Conan said to himself. "I'm sorry for causing you so much pain." Then he saw Rachel cover her mouth with a hand and run away.

When Conan got home he started watching T.V. and later his father came into the room and sat beside him.

"The funeral was sad. Many people told your mother and me what a good kid you had been."

"That's nice." It was silent between them for awhile until his father started talking seriously.

"Richard Moore told me that Rachel didn't go back to school after she found out you died." Conan just stared at the T.V. but still listened. "At first he thought it was because she was too sad over you, but then he thought it was because she was sick to her stomach. So I asked Rachel what was really wrong, and I couldn't believe her answer." Conan took interest then.

"What was her answer?"

"Well… She… She told me that she… That she missed her period."...