A/N: Sorry, I didn't get that far in plot but I think ground work is still important to be established. I hope you like this chapter. In next one I get to kick things going properly.

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Chiyuki had been happy with her new life. She had had two wonderful mothers and interesting auntie that she heard a lot of stories of. She had also had a father though she knew him only in pictures and stories and the man didn't know about her.

But then mama went missing because she needed to clean up after her botched mission. There was no word from her. So Chiyuki had made her way to Mouri Detective Agency where she heard them talk about a Hirota Masami. A female Hirota Masami, because Chiyuki knew there was also an old man by that name who was a university professor.

"Mama…" They were talking about her. As the two men, a young woman and a little boy compiled information they knew about the missing woman, Chiyuki realized the fact matching with mama's mission. They were looking for her now!

So when they called a taxi in order to… track her location? … Chiyuki snuck into the trunk and stayed inside until they stopped for longer than for traffic lights. She found herself at Enjyu City Hotel and settled outside to wait.

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Chiyuki didn't need to wait for long. Soon her mama came out of the hotel and got into a taxi. A moment later, the girl and boy from the detective agency came running and managed to get the next taxi. In the confusion, Chiyuki once more snuck into the trunk.

The taxi stopped at the docks and Chiyuki slipped out. Mama had to be somewhere here…

The girl and boy… Mouri Ran and Edogawa Conan were already running ahead. It was a large area… Chiyuki too another route.

Bang!

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Chiyuki ran as fast as she could to the direction of the gunshot.

"What happened, Masami-san!? Hang in there!"

"Ran-neechan, hurry and call an ambulance! And occhan and the others!"

No… No…

Nonononononononononononono…

Please no… She could almost see them…

"Mama!"

"Chiyuki… Why…?" Mama had so shocked and pale face. Why was there so much red? Was mama hurt?

"You weren't calling for days! And when I was near Mouri detective agency, I heard them talking about your alias and suspecting you were dead! Of course, I followed them!" Chiyuki shouted, falling on her knees next to her mother. The girl was angry and sad and desperate.

"I'm sorry. I should've called." Mama apologized. "But I was in hurry and I didn't want the bad guys to hear about you." The woman heaved her body up and raised a hand to try and wipe away tears from Chiyuki's face. It just left blood smudges on the girl's face.

"And now you are dying…" Chiyuki choked out, wiping her face to her long shirt sleeves. "And we wouldn't have known until tomorrow earliest!"

"I'm sorry." Mama said again. "I'm so sorry I couldn't be there for you more. That I couldn't be a proper mother. That I'm leaving like this and you have to see it. But I'm so glad I got to see you once more. I love you Chiyuki. Mama loves you so much."

"Chi-chan loves you too, mama." Chiyuki cried, clutching onto the cold hand of the woman. She absently heard mama telling Edogawa where the money was hidden.

And she was gone.

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As much as Edogawa Conan would've liked to watch after the last robber's daughter, he had no idea what her name was aside from given name and likewise he had no idea what was 'Hirota Masami's' real name. Only vague reference to possible be living relatively close to detective agency but even that didn't help much considering that the girl had secretly followed them all the way from detective agency to the hotel and then to the docks without being seen. And once the police arrived, she managed to vanish again.

If Moroboshi Chiyuki had come to the school in the next week, there was a possibility that Conan would've met her, but alas it didn't happen and eventually the boy was forced to give up.

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While Chiyuki mourned Akemi's death silently, Nabiki sprung into action. There were many safeguards in place for situation like this and as soon as Akemi's death was confirmed Nabiki went and got full custody of Chiyuki since there was no trace of the girl's actual father. The woman asked Chiyuki if the girl wanted to change her family name to Harumori but the girl refused.

Then were monetary arrangements. Akemi had left everything to Chiyuki and thankfully the lawyer was someone that the organization didn't know of and things were handled quietly and discreetly.

A bit later, Nabiki went to claim Akemi's body from the police morgue. She was there as a Yamada Yuna – Jane Doe – so it was easy for Nabiki to claim her as Harumori Madoka.

And with some money for the recordkeeper, all traces of Akemi were gone.

Time for funerals.

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It was on the day of funerals, Chiyuki remembered. She remembered living another life as a regular British girl up until 15 years old. Then all memories stopped and memories as Chiyuki began slowly trickle in.

"Oh… This is bad…" She muttered when she realized just who her parents were. But she had kept low profile this far, she could do this. And Akemi had made sure the organization didn't know about her.

"Chiyuki-chan, it's time to go!" Nabiki called from the genkan.

"Hai!" Chiyuki got on her feet and hurried through the entire apartment. She was wearing a black dress with white lace at the collar and hems and there were new black shoes bought for this occasion waiting for her in the genkan. "I'm… I'm ready."

"No one truly is." Nabiki smiled sadly. Chiyuki just tilted her head before putting on her shoes and taking the woman's hand. "But it's going to be alright."

"I think so too."

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The funerals were a quiet and small affair, with Akemi being cremated under different name. Nabiki just was very grateful that her parents allowed her to be added to the family register as Nabiki's sister and thus was allowed a place in family grave.

Chiyuki remained quiet the entire procession, silently following Nabiki's lead.

They were both glad when it was over.

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Chiyuki returned to school soon after and with the help of her friends, caught up with school work.

"I'll be fine." She told them to quell their worrying about the fact her mother died. "What has been going on here in the meanwhile?"

"Class 1-B have detectives now. They made an announcement through the PA system." Kaito grinned in excitement.

"Teachers didn't like that they did it without permission though." Toshiya pointed out. "But they did get an assignment on the same day."

"Yeah, Hiroki-kun from our class wanted them to find his cat." Ayano continued. "They found it…" A dramatic pause. "…and a murder!"

"Murder?!" Chiyuki gasped. "Were they alright?"

"Yeah, they called the cops and I guess the case was solved too since Kojima-kun isn't loudly complaining about it." The daughter of a magician shrugged.

"Kojima-kun?"

"Kojima Genta, the big kid with big appetite. He is the leader of Shounen Tantei-dan."

"Other members are Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko-kun, he is quite smart and tall and has freckles on his face…" Toshiya continued. "Then is Yoshida Ayumi-san. I heard everyone of 1-B likes her."

"Social girl then." Chiyuki nodded.

"And the last is Edogawa Conan-kun, the short transfer with funny glasses." Kaito added. "I heard he lives with a real detective and has seen a lot of real cases before coming to school."

"Nee, Chi-chan, do you want to come to my house after school?" Ayano asked. "I could ask otou-san teach us some magic tricks."

"Sure." Chiyuki smiled. She was very glad to have such good friends.

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Chiyuki loved the tricks that Tsukumo Motoyasu's students showed them and tried to teach too. It seemed that Ayano's father was currently too busy but the students were happy to pick up the slack. While Chiyuki's hands might be too small and fingers too clumsy for majority of tricks, she was getting there.

"Can I have all of your autographs?" Chiyuki asked with hopeful tone of voice. "I could bring cards next time."

"Sure." Sanada Kazumi smiled and shuffled cards between his hands. "Pick a card."

Chiyuki picked one from the deck offered to her. Seven of Spades. Her favorite. Kazumi pressed the card against her palms.

"Hold onto it…" Chiyuki held the card against her chest and stared at Kazumi's hands when he went to shuffle the deck again.

"And, voilà…" Miyoshi Mako flicked the correct card up above Kazumi's shoulder. Chiyuki blinked at it and then looked down in her hands. When she opened them, the girl had brightly colored silk flowers her palms full.

"Ah!" The little girl gasped. "Flowers!"

"Mako…" Kazumi complained for the woman stole his show.

"My turn… Would you like to visit the doves, Chiyuki-chan?" Mako asked, crouching down to speak to the girl. "Ayano-chan and Yuji went ahead already."

"Sure!"

Chiyuki liked it here. She wanted to visit again.

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Four autographs from magicians richer, Chiyuki returned to normal school life. Since her friend group didn't run into cases like the detectives of class 1-B, life was quite monotonous sometimes.

Until Ayano-chan's father was killed.

Until Toshiya-kun's brother was kidnapped.

Until 1-B got a new student.

"Shiho-neesan!"

A/N: I want to point out here that when Akai and Akemi meet in the first part of this story, Akemi uses the name Harumori Madoka and Akai the name Moroboshi Dai.

I hope this premise isn't too far out of the possiblity but I've already fallen in love with Chiyuki. Hopefully in next chapter I get to give some insight to her thoughts since this chapter was quite Akemi-heavy...

Please let me know what you think of this.

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