Mitsuharu

Title: Mitsuharu
Rating: T
Fandom: Detective Conan
Summary: There were only three kids of the Akai Family, right? There was no way that Masumi had a third older brother. So why the hell were these people calling him Akai Mitsuharu? More importantly, how the hell was he even alive!? [OC Insert as Akai Sibling]

Miyano Shiho, codenamed Sherry, had refused to continue working. She was thrown into an empty room, handcuffed to a pipe. 'I don't care if you're threatening my sister. She's far away from here, far away from you guys. Akemi's living a happy life with her boyfriend and son,' She took out a single red and white pill. 'I'm tired of being trapped here. I want to be free, like you. But I know that there's no way for me to escape the organization alive. Perhaps I'll get to meet my parents in the afterlife,'

She swallowed the APTX 4869 capsule. For a few hellish moments, seizures wracked her body as she painfully shrunk down to that of a child's. She managed to climb into a laundry chute and flee before anyone arrived to check up on her.

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"What!?" Akai exclaimed loudly into the phone.

"Shuichi?" Akemi asked. "Is something wrong?"

"The FBI Agent disguised as you was found dead in her apartment," Akai informed, hanging up on the person on the other end. "She managed to send out a last text before destroying her phone: Sherry's gone,"

"Shiho!" Akemi gasped. "D-Does that mean that my sister's dead?" Tears began to form.

"Hey, hey," Akai gently wiped the tears away. "She said that she's gone, not that she's dead. She could've escaped,"

"How could she have escaped?" Akemi asked. "The organization's security is strong,"

"I'm going to continue my investigation on the organization," Akai told her. "I'm going to go back to Japan. While I'm there, I'll also look for Shiho,"

"Okay," Akemi said. "But I'm not sure if Michael will understand. You've never been gone for more than a week before,"

"I'll explain to him the best I can," Akai replied. "I know that he'll probably be sad and angry, but I have to do this," 'Not only do I have to find your sister, but I have to also bring down the organization. They have to pay for all the suffering they caused us,'

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Haru noticed a slumped over form of a young child right in front of the Kudo Residence's gates. 'Haibara!?' His eyes widened and he scooped her up and brought her inside.

"Who…are you?" Shiho managed to say.

"I'm Field Haru," Haru introduced. "Akemi's friend,"

'Haru…' Shiho thought. 'Akemi's mentioned him before. Wait, how does he recognize me? I've never met him before and I'm not physically eighteen years old,'

Haru left the room and came back with a towel and a set of dry clothes. "These are some of Shin-kun's old clothes from when he was younger. Sorry, but I don't own any girl's clothes,"

"It's fine," Shiho said.

While Shiho took a warm shower, Haru brewed some tea and brought out a pack of cookies. He set them on the living room table. Shiho came out of the bathroom and sat down on the sofa, accepting the cup of tea that Haru offered. There was a brief moment of silence that enveloped the entire room. Corazon's meow broke the silence.

"That's my cat, Corazon," Haru introduced. "Corazon, this is Haibara Ai," 'Oops! I'm used to referring her child form as Haibara and ended up slipping up!'

Shiho raised a brow. "Haibara Ai?" 'Did he mistake me for someone else? No, he told me that he was Akemi's friend. He knows that I'm Miyano Shiho,'

"You need an alias now, don't you?" Haru pointed out. "I mean, if you don't like the name Haibara Ai we can change it if you want,"

"No, it's fine," The newly dubbed Haibara said. "I like the sound of it,"

'That's good,' Haru thought. 'It'd feel weird referring to her by something else,'

"You're not surprised that I'm a child," It wasn't a question.

"No, I'm not," Haru shook his head. "You know the reason why, though. When you and the others came to confirm his death while I was out, you noticed that some of his childhood clothes were missing. Thankfully I had taken the time to make the house look like it was mourning Shinichi so it fooled most people,"

"So Kudo really did shrink," Haibara took a sip from her tea. "How's my sister?"

"She's safe and happy," Haru answered. "Michael, her son, can be quite a handful sometimes but she loves him deeply,"

"I'm glad that she was able to get away from the organization," Haibara said with a hint of sadness.

'That's right; it's been two years since she last had contact with Akemi,' "Do you want to call her?" Haru offered.

Haibara tightened her grip around her mug. 'It's been so long. Has she moved on and forgotten about me?'

"I'm sure that she misses you," Haru assured her, noticing Haibara's expression.

I feel so much better now that you're gone forever! I tell myself that I don't miss you at all. I'm not lying, denying that I feel so much better now that you're gone forever.

"Sorry! Sorry!" Haru apologized as he answered the call. 'It's bad timing for Gone Forever to be my ringtone,' "Hello?"

"Haru-kun, the impostor that replaced me is dead!"

Haru felt bile rising and a wave of nausea hit him. 'The female FBI Agent is dead because of me. Akemi's alive, but my plan ended up with another person dying instead. Did she have a family? Did she have friends? I'm the reason an innocent person was killed, the reason someone loved by others lost their life!'

"Haru-kun, her last text said that Shiho was gone. I-I think the organization killed her!"

"Shiho's not dead," Haru's voice was shaky. 'I refuse to have a breakdown when talking with Akemi on the phone, especially since Haibara is right in front of me!'

"You don't have to lie to make me feel better. There's no way to escape the organization alive,"

"You did,"

"But that's because I wasn't a high ranking agent that had important skills useful to the organization! There aren't many geniuses like Shiho,"

"Shiho's alive," Haru covered the microphone and looked to Haibara. "Do you want to talk to her?"

'I want to hear her voice. Even if it's to tell me that she has already forgotten about me, I want to hear her one last time,' Haibara nodded.

Haibara took the phone. Her voice was caught in her throat and she hesitated. After seconds of silence, she finally spoke. "Oneesan?"

Akemi's sobs were heard on the other end. "Shiho?"

"Yeah, it's Shiho," Haibara had tears in her eyes. "I escaped,"

"I miss you,"

Those words surprised Haibara. She thought that Akemi wouldn't remember her and that she would have focused on her current life outside of the organization. "Oneesan…"

"I'm sorry that the FBI were unable to free you,"

Haibara clenched the phone slightly tighter. "I didn't expect them to free me," 'And you shouldn't have either,'

"Where are you right now? Shuichi went back to Japan to continue investigating the organization. He said that he's also searching for you. Tell me your location and I'll get Shuichi to head over there,"

"I don't trust the FBI," Haibara's voice was cold, but the tone was directed towards the FBI and not Akemi herself. "He used you, Oneesan,"

"In the end he actually fell in love with her though," Haru interrupted. "He loves both Akemi and their son,"

"That doesn't change the fact that he was only using her first!" Haibara snapped. "If she hadn't gotten pregnant, he would have left her in the organization!"

Haru opened his mouth to respond but couldn't think of anything. 'She's right. In the canon timeline, Akemi wasn't pregnant and the FBI didn't bother extracting her from the crows' nest. In the end, she ended up being killed,'

"Shiho, you can live with me and Michael. We can finally be together again. You can meet your nephew at last,"

"I'm sorry Akemi, but I can't. The organization is hunting me down. I refuse to put you and your son at risk,"

"Give the phone back to Haru,"

Haibara did so. Haru put the phone to his ear. "Akemi?"

"Please take care of her, Haru-kun,"

"I will," Haru promised.

"I need to get going. Michael wants me to play with him,"

"How's he holding up with Pierrot-nii's absence?"

"He hasn't really noticed since it's only been a few days, but sooner he'll start getting angry that his dad's not home,"

"I guess we'll talk to you later then," After an exchange of goodbyes, the call ended. "You didn't tell her that you shrunk,"

"I didn't want to burden her," Haibara responded. "She'd think that I'm even more vulnerable now and keep on pushing me to go to the US to live with her and her son. Haibara Ai has no passport and if I go as Miyano Shiho, the organization will immediately be alerted of my presence. Then again, it's not like I can go as Shiho since I'm a child and she's eighteen,"

Haru looked out the window, at the professor's house. "Why don't we go over and I'll introduce you to him. Professor Agasa's a scientist like you. Maybe you can use his lab to work on an antidote,"

"What would I use an antidote for?" Haibara asked. "I have a less chance at being discovered if I stay as Haibara Ai. They're looking for a grown woman, not a child,"

"Yes but I'm sure Shin-kun will want to eventually return to his adult body," Haru reminded. "It'll probably be easier for him to investigate as Kudo Shinichi than a little kid,"

Haibara still going to live with the professor instead of Haru.

How old is Haru?
He's nineteen years old, two years older than Ran, Shinichi, Sonoko, and Masumi.

What college/university does he go to?
He goes to Touto University and is studying engineering. It's the same one that Subaru Okiya is going to study at.

What's Haru's favorite color?
He likes the color red, preferably the darker shades.

If Haru was a dinosaur, what would he be?
Interesting question. Based on the National Geographic's What Dinosaur Are You? quiz, Haru's a velociraptor.

Does Haru actually miss Tsutomu and Kohji?
Yes, he does. His goal isn't to return to the Real World like most dimensional travel stories. His parents are dead and he had no friends, so he doesn't really have anything to return to. He just wants to find Tsutomu and avenge Kohji. He still thinks that Tsutomu's alive based on Akai's reasoning that his corpse was never found. When the organization's finally gone, his family can live in peace.

Will Haru notice the time oddities?
Yes, he will. This will be addressed in a future chapter. It'll probably be a chapter in the forties, so don't worry about it.

Will I be doing all of the movies?
No, only some of them. I'm definitely going to do Countdown to Heaven, Raven Chaser, and Dimensional Sniper though.

Who is the Male OC in the pairings with Jodie and Haru previously mentioned?
To avoid people accidentally reading spoilers, I'll put the name he will be introduced by in code. I used the Caesar Cipher with eight letter shifts.
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