ChaeRim: Since my computer crashed, I lost the documents and stuff, so it took me awhile to start writing again. I'm sorry to take such a long time. I just can't find Hane (a.k.a. Shirohane) edited papers in my pile of um… you don't want to know… Anyhow, I hope this chapter would please you as well as the first one.

Gosho Aoyama: Chae.Rim does not own Detective Conan. It belongs to me.

ChaeRim: Yes, of course, Detective Conan is copyright by Gosho Aoyama-sama. I'd like to thank all the people who had read this and left feedbacks.

File 2: Face-to-Face

God-damn-it! Conan growled inside his head. The thought of seeing Ran was crying because of him worried Conan.

But hey! a joker voice inside Conan's head spoke out. Look at the bright side! I mean Ran was obviously sad because she thought that I have a girlfriend. It's jealousy! Jealous over me!

Still that thought didn't really help much. Conan turned around and chased after his shadow to Dr. Asaga's house, a home of an old friend where he'll always be welcome.

" Dr. Asaga!" Conan shouted as he slammed the door, hurrying to get inside.

" Yes, Shinichi?" Dr. Asaga who was in his regular lab suit with a cup of hot coffee, enjoying a relaxed quiet evening until Conan jammed into the room. " Oh my, you're all soak! What's wrong?"

"Major problem!" Conan spoke as the water streaming down his face along with his sweats onto the ground. " There is an imposter that broke into my house and actually live there for a few days, who claimed to be my so-called-girlfriend!"

" Whoa now… First, sit down," Dr. Asaga tried to calm Conan down and quickly grabbed a towel from a nearby bathroom.

" Where's Haibara?" Conan was now calming his voice. He wished he didn't jam the door so loudly earlier.

" She's in the down stair bathroom," Dr. Asaga said.

" How is she lately? Still having those nightmares about the Black Organization?" Conan wiped his face with the beige towel filled with the Hawaiian Ginger aroma. " Is this Haibara's?"

" Umm…" Dr. Asaga sniffed the towel and replied. " Yea, I think so."

" Hm…" Conan murmured under his breath. This was unlike Haibara. A flower scent towel with a girly color? This wasn't the Haibara he knows of.

" Anyway," Dr. Asaga said, back to topic. " Haibara had recovered a lot now. So what about that imposter?"

" I think we should lower our voice. I don't want Haibara to get into this," Conan softly whispered. "I don't want her to be worry and stuff. I want to take care of this problem on my own."

Conan retold the story from the beginning of the day and how he met this imposter with Ran and Sonoko.

" Hm… by the way that she has broke into your house without a damage mark, she must be a professional. Her intentions are still a mystery to us, but I assume her intentions aren't good things," Dr. Asaga talked quietly as Conan dried himself with the peachy towel.

He sneezed.

" I think she has to do with the Black Organization, so I'm going to spy on her now," Conan wiped his nose, which began to get redder and redder.

" I don't think that would be a good idea, Shinichi," Dr. Asaga suggested. " First of all, you're going to get a cold. Second of all, it's late, and the rain is pouring outside like waterfalls outside. Third of all, that would be way to dangerous. You don't know this imposter. She can be more far dangerous."

The thought of Ran and the images when Ran ran her way through the rain stricken Conan's face. He needed to straighten this thing out! Fast. I just can't stand seeing Ran is being hurt. Remembering the look that she gave Conan while he was still in his house, it made him felt like he was being called for she knew something, his dark little secret, and she wants the prize of knowing it.

" I'm sorry, Dr. Asaga," Conan put down the towel and walked out the door. He turned and faced Dr. Asaga when he reached the door. " Something needs to be done. The only person can do that business is me right now." Conan looked solemnly, but he let out a smile before he headed out to the rain and ran forward the familiar street where he had lived for the past sixteen years.

Standing on the right side of the staircase with a white towel wrap around her neck, Haibara stood there speechlessly, and kind of mad at Conan for not telling her what's going on, always treated her like a baby. But then again, Haibara sighed, then smiled for it was something that made her admired him more. Shinichi always wanted to handle the problems on his own; something that make that boy a man...

Haibara's World (ChaeRim: BREAK! Short side story.) (: BREAK! Short side story.)

ThuBump! ThuBump! ThuBump!

The heart beats of a thin shadow loudlypopped while its legs kept running and running, splashing into puddle of leftoversfrom the rain. The shiny bright moon reflected its white vivid light onto the shadow, making it glowed as it kept running. Crickets sang its songs like everyday routine in the bushed and the ramp of tree. The crows were concealed themselves on the tall trees,but stillmake their sounds more loudly than anything else when a single movement pulled back and for, or when a mighty wind passed by, shaking the branches where the crows were rested. The shadow hasn't stop yet.

THUMP! THUBUMP! THUBUMP!

The heartbeats grew louder, as well as the heavy breaths panting for air.

BANG!

It was a shotgun. The shadow that were running for its life paralyzed when the bullet went through its shoulder, somewhere near the heart. It felt down on the ground on its knee. The pain hurt so bad that not even a single scream was release.

" Let's go. Business is over," a cold voice said from a burly man who has long hair that covered half of his face. A giggle quietly faded from a dainty beautiful girl, who held an umbrella that hidden her eyes from below, smirked at the poor shadow who was lying on the ground helplessly, and crawling in pain.

" The ravens will soon come for you…" the girl whispered in her giggly voice and ran after the mysterious man.

About five minutes later, the shadow was still unmoved of where she was. Pain spreaded through the body and caused every nerves to tinkle.

CROO! CROO!

The crows had come just like the girl said. They flew around the injured shadow in the circle and kept crowing like in some sort of ceremony to call the others to come and join themin this delicious meal. Just when two more groups of ravens gathered surround the pitiful sight,suddenlya strangerwalked forward thepity shadow,rushed those demons away, and spread outhis hands to the poor thing. The small shadow weakly reached for it.

It was a warm feeling. At the same time, the shadow felt safe by the stranger that offered his hand. The shadow fainted and fell into the stranger's arms, feeling more delight than ever, now that there was someone who will bear this scary nightmare with it.

I remember my daddy.

Before bed, he always read me a story.

I remember my mommy,

When she taught me how to draw the sea.

One day they vanished.

'Where are mommy and daddy?' I asked my sis.

Then she'd look at me with those swollen eyes,

So I stopped asking and pretended to smile.

I thought they only went away for a little while,

Maybe they went on a trip that was a thousand miles.

Days passed by

Then months, then years slide…

Now I am at the age of sixteen.

I feel foolish for not knowing what the past had been.

Tears are coming down of my cheeks,

But my sister never sees me like this, not even a peek.

I don't want her to know that I knew.

About our parents that were killed.

Time passed by and I let it sleeps,

Somewhere in my heart, where is deep.

Since then, I was doing what I was told to do.

I didn't know how to protest or what I wanted to do.

I looked at myself in the mirror, wondered in many ways.

So I asked myself, "What's the purpose of my life anyway?"

Conan ignored the rain and climbed over the fence quickly before anyone saw him, especially Kyoko. He landed on the other side, made a big splash of water, and then he quickly ran to the nearby bush, avoidingto make anymore noises.

While Conan was sneaking into his own house, Kyoko was walking around the bookroom, which was on the second floor, looking for interesting books with a flashlight in left her hand. In her right hand, she held Shinichi's journal, the photo albums, and some other books that she thought was interesting.

SPLASH!

It caught her attention. When Kyoko looked out the window, there was nothing, but only the rain hitting against the ground. Kyoko turned away and back to her book tour, but she left the window open and let the chilly wind flew in.

Conan looked up and wondered if he should enter the house by climb in the chimney, which wouldn't be a good choice since in this cold weather Kyoko would be more likely to use the fireplace, or sneak in from the back door, but it could be locked. No good.The open window above caught Conan's eyes. The doubt of why the window was open did come to Conan's mind, but the choices were limited, and the window is the best entrance overall. Besides, it wouldn't be as hard as the chimney.

Conan swung his hands and grabbed for creeks and holes on the wall. His leg went in the pattern where which his hands were before they reached for a new spot. When Conan was about 3 feet away from the window, he slowly crawled his way up, fighting against the windy night. His redden nose itched. Even so, Conan tried to avoid it and stood two feet away from the left to the window. He moved carefully and peeked into the window. It was dark and quiet. Conan looked into the roomagain to make sure that no one was in there for a few time before he step his foot in the room.

Tck! Tck!

Footsteps! Conan panicked. He hid behind his father's chair where his father usually sat to write his novels while Kyoko stepped in the room acting naturally. Kyoko was carrying a flashlight and the binoculars in her other hand. She used the binoculars and looked out the window, and then she smirked after a gasp of surprise. Kyoko always trusted her instinct.Kyoko walked toward the desk where Conan was hiding and sat on the chair as she flipped Shinichi's journal to the mark where she has left off. Conan sat hopelessly behind the chair, paralyzed. He didn't dare to move because Kyoko would immediately notice his presence.

Kyoko glared around the room, then focus on what she was reading.

" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kyoko laughed out loud. "Oh my god, Shinichi Kudos! What a pervert! Teenagers these days!"

She called me a pervert! What is she talking about? I'm not a pervert! Conan thought angrily, but managed to maintain his anger. Who the hell is she to read my private stuff! Conan's nose grew itchier and redder. He tweaked his nose, but the itchiness didn't go away at all. Kyoko kept on laughing about stupid stuff that was in Shinichi's journal. Conan was still sitting where he is, and wait for the right time to get the advantage position. Five minutes passed by… Fifteen minutes… Half an hour… Forty-Five minutes… Conan felt like he's getting a cold, then he suddenly closed his eyes tightly.

ACHOO!

Conan sneezed.

Oh crap! Conan panicked and slowly opened his eyes. It was too late to do anything now. His cover had been blown.

Kyoko was now pointing the gun at Conan with a smirk. "Hello, my friend. I've been expecting you."

Chae.Rim: I added a little sideline story along with a poem about Haibara. Hey I can't help it.She's one of myvery favorite.Thank you everyone who has review and send feedbacks. I really appreciate that a lot.