Author's note: Bold indicates talking on the telephone and italics mean thoughts!

Chapter Ten

Memories of the Past

…Heiji and Kazuha…
"Did you find out the time?" Heiji asked, when Kazuha came in through the door.

"It's at 7pm," Kazuha answered.

"Okay, now we need to tell Kudo!" Heiji exclaimed, grabbing the phone off the hook, and dialing in Shinichi's number.

"Hello?" Shinichi answered.

"Hey, Kudo, your girl's wedding is at 7pm, Kazuha found it out for me," Heiji said.

"Great, I'll see you, then, we have 2 days,"

"We need to make a plan to stop the wedding," Heiji said, before Shinichi could hang up.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot about that," Shinichi said thoughtfully.

"Alright, how about Kazuha and I go to the church first, and wait on you? If you're not there on time, we'll just tell them to stop the wedding, and you can make a grand entrance," she thought, as she lied on her bed, and let sleep overtake her, while dreaming of all the times she and Shinichi had together, before he turned into Conan.

…Ran's memories…
"Hey, Shinichi, where are you going?" a 16-year old Ran asked her childhood friend.

"To soccer practice, wanna come?" 16-year old, Kudo Shinichi asked.

"Sure," Ran agreed, following Shinichi to the soccer field.

Things began to fade away and at that precise moment, Ran's dream switched to when Shinichi asked her to go with him to their high school dance, when they were 17.

…Second memory…
"Hey, dad, can I have some money, so I can go shopping, and to buy a dress for the dance?" Ran asked her dad, Kogoro.

"What do you need to go to some stupid dance for?" Kogoro asked, digging in his wallet for some money grudgingly.

"Shinichi asked me to go," Ran answered, taking the wallet from Kogoro, so she could get whatever amount of money she wanted.

"BRING ME BACK MY CHANGE!" Kogoro yeShinichi," she thought, as she lied on her bed, and let sleep overtake her, while dreaming of all the times she and Shinichi had together, before he turned into Conan.

…Ran's memories…
"Hey, Shinichi, where are you going?" a 16-year old Ran asked her childhood friend.

"To soccer practice, wanna come?" 16-year old, Kudo Shinichi asked.

"Sure," Ran agreed, following Shinichi to the soccer field.

Things began to fade away and at that precise moment, Ran's dream switched to when Shinichi asked her to go with him to their high school dance, when they were 17.

…Second memory…
"Hey, dad, can I have some money, so I can go shopping, and to buy a dress for the dance?" Ran asked her dad, Kogoro.

"What do you need to go to some stupid dance for?" Kogoro asked, digging in his wallet for some money grudgingly.

"Shinichi asked me to go," Ran answered, taking the wallet from Kogoro, so she could get whatever amount of money she wanted.

"BRING ME BACK MY CHANGE!" Kogoro yelled, after Ran had already shut the door.

"I know she heard me," Kogoro grumbled to himself, and went to sit on the couch.

…At the Shopping mall…

"Hm, this one is pretty," Ran thought, as she caught sight of a short, blue, spaghetti strapped dress.

"Excuse me, miss, where are your dressing rooms?" Ran asked the saleswoman.

"They're located on your right hand side, on the far back of the store," the lady replied.

"Thank you," Ran said, walking to the back of the store.

"I wonder if Shinichi will like this?" Ran thought, as she took off her blue jeans and green shirt, and slipped on the knee-length dress.

5 minutes later, Ran came out of the dressing room in her blue jeans, and got in line to pay for the dress.

…Later that night, before the dance…

'Knock, knock,' Shinichi knocked on the door.

"Come in," Kogoro said, from his position stretched out on the couch.

"Hey, Mr. Mouri, is Ran…" Shinichi trailed off.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Kogoro yelled, causing Ran to rush out to see what the commotion was about.

"Dad, why are you yelling at poor Shinichi?" Ran asked, walking into the room, in her new dress.

"I want to know what the hell he's doing here," Kogoro said, angrily, sitting up on the couch, and pointing a finger at Shinichi.

"I told you, Shinichi's taking me to the dance tonight," Ran explained.

"Oh, right," said Kogoro, still glaring at Shinichi.

"We'll be back around 8pm, the dance should only last for about 2 hours," Ran said, and then she left with Shinichi.

…At the dance…

"Hey, Ran, you want to dance?" asked Shinichi, taking Ran's hand.

"Yes," Ran accepted the offer shyly, as she walked closer to Shinichi to dance to the slow dance music.

…After the dance…

"Thanks for tonight, Shinichi. I truly enjoyed myself," Ran thanked him gratefully, as they stood outside the front door at 9pm.

"No problem!" Shinichi smiled.

"I'll see you tomorrow, kay?" Ran said, a questioning tone lingering in her voice.

"You know you will," Shinichi said, leaning down, and giving Ran a small kiss on the cheek.

"Goodnight," he said, as she went into the house.

"Oh, Shinichi," Ran thought, as small smile on her face, and then, she looked down to find her father sleeping on the couch, waiting for her to come home, no doubt, or maybe he just drunk himself to sleep.

…Third memory…
'Shinichi, you didn't forget, did you?" Ran asked.

"Of course not, how could I? You reminded me all week!" Shinichi laughed, and Ran frowned at him,

"Humph!" Ran said, and started walking faster.

"Oh, come on, Ran, I'll tell you about my last case I solved," Shinichi offered, but didn't wait for Ran's reply, and went on about the case.

"Shinichi, pleaseeeeeeee, can't we have one day, when you're not talking about your cases?" Ran pleaded!

"I'm sorry, Ran, I…" Shinichi stopped apologizing, when he heard Ran laughing.

"Can't you tell when I'm joking?" Ran asked, "But seriously, no more talk about your cases, ok?"

"Alright," Shinichi agreed.

Then, the dream went on, and Shinichi then turned into Conan.

…Present time…

"It's still hard to believe that Shinichi was actually Conan!" Ran thought to herself, when she woke up, still remembering her last dream, from the time when she and Shinichi went to the amusement park together, though it was anything, but amusing!

…With Aoko…

"I got an invitation to Kaito's wedding!" Aoko murmured to herself, as she opened up the white envelope.

"I won't let that girl marry my Kaito, even if I have to stop the wedding myself!" Aoko growled, throwing the invitation onto the table.

A.N: Aoko finally made another appearance, though it wasn't a big part, her next part will be. Even though, she's not the happiest girl, at the moment, then again, neither is Ran! Oh, well, I guess this chapter is a little longer, and I hope you liked it. Thank you, choco-flavour, for starting me off with the idea! Ja
-Jazzy Uchiha