Gosho Aoyama owns Detective Conan and Yuki-Rina (Tumblr) owns Kapuri. Please don't use him.
All I own is 'White Lie' and Cointreau.
It was dark.
Two men were smoking near a black Porsche.
The man who had long silver hair dropped his cigarette and stepped on it.
He went into the telephone booth and dialed a number.
"Are you ready ?" He asked with icy eyes that showed no emotion.
"Let's make him pay.." The young woman on the other end smirked.
'White Lie'
"Only God knows what's in a person's heart ! Is a lie with good intentions still a lie ? One step closer to the Organization ! Time to put the plan in motion! Is Kapuri hiding something?! And what's with Ran ?! Always determining one truth, with the body of a child and the mind of an adult, My name's Meitantei Conan !"
*White Lie
Don't wanna see you cry
But no matter what I do
I can't seem to stop your tears*
*For every tear you shed there's a fond memory
We can't bring it back but as long as you smile
We can always make more*
*No matter how far apart we are
I'll always be by your side
So try not to cry*
*Our White Lie
Don't wanna see you cry
You look more beautiful
when you smile~
When you smile *
*White Lie
Don't wanna see you cry
But no matter what I do
I can't seem to stop your tears*
*And as long as I live
I'll keep trying to stop your tears*
"I need to ask you something, Kapuri" the shrunken scientist stated firmly.
"What ?" Kapuri asked her, his eyes looking at her suspiciously, as if he knew her next words.
"What is-"
"Haibara !" Conan interrupted, walking up to her.
"What is it Kudo-kun ?" She said coolly while rolling her eyes.
"While you and Kapuri were downstairs in the basement, Hakase and I remembered the file your sister left, that Night Baron Virus deleted everything on it" Conan started.
"Yes..? What about it ?"
"Sakamoto's the best hacker in the Organization, So he must have some kind of file about the APTX-4869, Right ?" Agasa said.
"He does !" Kapuri stood up suddenly "Well, I believe he has some of the older files though"
"Could you work with those Haibara?" Conan asked.
"I guess so, but how do you plan on getting there without Gin noticing you ?" Haibara answered with her own question.
"Well... Let's just say it's a bit risky
.." Conan smirked.
"Tell me..." She said slowly but firmly.
"Okay, to get to Sakamoto without Them noticing we'll need a distraction" He started.
"I was a sniper, I'll pretend to shoot at them and they'll think I'm an FBI agent, Meanwhile Meitantei here can grab the file and get him out through another exit, then we'll meet at the Professore 's car" Kapuri explained.
Haibara was silent for a moment, Conan guessed that she was thinking.
"I.." she sighed "I don't know about this.." Haibara frowned.
"Come on Haibara ! This could be our only chance to get that file !" Conan said, clenching his fists.
"He's right Ai-kun, You might not get another chance like this" Agasa added.
"..Fine..." Haibara finally gave in "But, on one condition: you must be extra carefull"
"Certamente" Kapuri smirked.
"One question" Agasa looked at Conan "Where are you going to get a rifle ?"
"Oh that ?" Conan's glasses gleamed "I know exactly where to get it"
It was nearly time to go.
She had gotten herself ready, now, if only she could wake her father up.
"Otou-san !" Ran shouted for the umpteenth time.
"What is it Ran ?" Kogoro yawned.
"What is it ?! You need to get ready ! We're leaving in an hour !" Ran exclaimed angrily.
"Gah ! Why didn't you wake me up earlier !" He said in an astonished tone.
'Mou, It's not like I didn't try !' She thought as Kogoro got up to get himself ready.
'Maybe I'll tell Shinichi about the party' Ran blushed as she opened her phone.
"Hn?" Conan looked down at his phone 'An E-mail from Ran ?'
*Hi Shinichi!
It's been a while since I last saw you, How are you doing?
My father and I are at a party at the Bell Tree Tower !
I know that you're on a case, but I was hoping that you would be able to come.
If you do, don't bring any murders with you ! ^U^
- Ran *
"Ran..." Conan sighed 'If only I could go...'
'Wait... Bell Tree Tower!?' Conan thought 'This is bad !'
"Kuso.." Conan muttered under his breath.
"Something wrong, Kudo-kun ?" Haibara asked.
"N-no" Conan stuttered 'If I tell her then she won't agree to the plan'
Haibara looked sceptical at first, but eventually, she brushed it off.
"I'll give you one pill each, use it well and make sure you aren't seen, especially you Kudo-kun" Haibara told them.
"Okay" Conan sighed 'Oi, Why me ?!'
"Kudo-Meitantei, I'm surprised that you actually had a rifle next door" Kapuri raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yeah, that" He chuckled 'I borrowed it from Subaru-san' he thought with a deadpaned look on his face.
"We'd better get a move on, or that man will no longer be worth saving" Kapuri said calmly.
"Yeah.." Conan started "Oh, and Kapuri ? Please, just call me Kudo or Kudo-kun"
"I recommend it" Haibara said as she brushed past them with a sarcastic look "After all, we wouldn't want his head to inflate too big"
"Oi ! What's that supposed to mean ?!" Conan shouted to her, red faced.
"Nothing" She smirked and got into the yellow Volkswagen Beetle.
"Eh ? You're coming Haibara ?" Conan asked.
"Yes, though, I'm only going to stay in the car" Haibara answered "You got a problem with that ?"
"N-no" Conan sweatdropped.
"Well, then let's go" Agasa said.
He fixed his rifle again, it needed to be in the perfect position.
Campari looked older, although he still looked a lot like his younger self, he was taller, and his eyes looked wiser.
Campari soon grew impatient as he waited for Them, those men in black.
The same ones who took Her away from him.
'Just wait a little more...'
After what seemed like hours, he heard static, it was coming from the (...walkie talkie?) device the Professore gave him.
"Oi Kapuri" Shinichi said through the Detective Badge "Is it clear yet ?"
"I'm not sure" Campari frowned.
'Something's wrong ! It shouldn't take this long !' He thought
"What do you mean 'I'm not sure' !?" Shinichi whispered harshly "It's been far too long, I'm going to check it out" He said.
"Wait Kudo !" Campari whispered, but Shinichi didn't answer.
"What is wrong with that guy !?" He muttered.
Shinichi walked up to Kenji's apartment, making sure that he remembered the locations of any possible exits, just in case.
He readied his watch and opened the door slowly.
The first room was nothing special, a big desk with a computer on it, one shelf with some papers on it, though the most noticeable thing in the room was that it was messy, so messy that he almost tripped on a long rope.
What that rope was doing there, honestly, he didn't want to know.
Shinichi went to check the only other room in the studio apartment, the bathroom.
And that was where he saw it.
The dead body of Kenji Sakamoto.
'This man has been dead for at least an hour' Shinichi thought as he examined it, Cause of death : Gunshot, bullet to the head, Gin's specialty.
'Kuso ! We're too late !' He thought 'I need to find that file !'
He walked back to the first room, luckily, the computer was unlocked.
Slipping into Great-Detective-Mode, Shinichi started looking for anything that could be useful, while most of the files on the computer were either empty, deleted or unimportant, there was one that caught his eyes.
"The Miyano's Silver Bullet ?" He whispered.
Shinichi tried to open it, but the file was locked.
'Kuso !'
He stopped for a little and looked at the blinking screen.
'What could the password be ?!'
He typed Shiho Miyano.
The word that flashed in the computer was Incorrect.
He tried typing Akemi Miyano.
It was also incorrect.
'How can I open this !?'
Shinichi started looking around for any kind of clue, he found a piece of paper near Kenji's body.
It read :
The Greatest Detective
Shinichi smirked.
'Sherlock Holmes !'
Cointreau sighed.
"I'm going to kill that Gin, he always puts me on Clean-up !" She huffed.
The black-haired ninteen-year-old stopped when she heard faint footsteps.
'I wonder what poor sap I get to kill today ?' She thought.
Her eyes widened momentarily as she saw the agent who was not only rumored dead, but also her worst rival.
Campari.
Cointreau smirked.
"Well, well, If it isn't Campari ?" She said eerily.
Campari turned suddenly, before saying "Cointreau, I take it that you missed me" He said sarcastically.
"As if, Only a woman as foolish as Amarone would actually miss someone like you !" She scoffed "Although, I doubted that you actually died. After the first two betrayed the Organization, I thought that you might have learned something"
"What do you mean two ?" Campari asked, his throat starting to ache.
"You know, the foolish woman who tried to save her sister, and what did she get ? She died thinking she could defy That Person !" Cointreau laughed, while Campari just stood in his place silently.
"Do you actually have feelings for that dirty traitor !? And I thought you loved Amarone !" She teased.
"Don't..." He said barely audibly "Don't talk about Akemi like that !"
"You don't know anything about her, so shut up !" He shouted.
Cointreau's smirk turned into a grin "What a shame Campari, I've always dreamed of killing you, just like how Gin killed Akemi and how Bourbon killed Sherry, looks like betraying the Organization flows in your blood"
"What are you-" Campari was cut short by the sound of a bullet loading into a pistol.
"Now, now Campari.." She threatened " I wouldn't do anything reckless if I were you"
'Damn' Campari clenched his fists.
Shinichi unplugged the flash drive from the computer.
He walked carefully, as though not to step on anything and slowly closed the door behind him.
To his surprise and shock, someone was there, more specifically, that someone was Ran.
"Ran !?" He said quietly "What on earth are doing here !?"
"I saw you entering a strange, creepy building, and at the time I thought it was a good idea to follow you, since I never get to see you !" She said sarcastically.
"Shh !" He motioned for her to come closer.
"What is it Mr. I'm-a-great-detective ?!" Ran whispered, annoyance clearly written on her face.
"We need to get out of here, It's too dangerous !" Shinichi whispered back.
"Of course !" She rolled her eyes "Everything you ever do falls into that category !" She said bitterly "Why are you here anyway !?"
"I- U-um" Shinichi stuttered "I'm here for a case.." He lied.
"You Detective-Baka! You chose a case over me ?!" Ran shouted in a harsh manner.
"Be quiet Ran, Or you might lead them right to us !" Shinichi whispered quickly.
"Them ? There dangerous people in here ?!" She squeaked.
"Don't worry Ran, We'll be fine" He reassured "I'll make sure of it"
"O-okay.." Ran blushed.
"Now, let's go" Shinichi said "Stay close by "
Back in Agasa's car, Haibara and the Professor were getting nervous.
"What's taking them so long ?" Haibara said to particularly nobody.
"I do hope nothing wrong has happened" Agasa said.
Haibara's eyes suddenly widened at the Professor's words.
"Hakase, Where are Kudo-kun's spare clothes ?" She asked, a tone of desperation in her voice.
"In the back, why ?" He answered, confused.
She grabbed the adult clothing, wore them on top of the clothes she was already wearing and popped a pill in her mouth.
Unlike Shinichi, She didn't scream, the loudest sound she made was a groan.
And by the time Agasa had looked back, Haibara, no, Shiho Miyano had already left.
"Would you believe me, if I told you that I actually used to like you ?" Cointreau started softly.
"Though when that woman died, your coolness faded, but I still felt something for you, but then you started going out with Amarone, and you became nothing more than another one of the annoying bugs I have to squash !" She cackled, but Campari saw a hint of sadness in her eyes.
She aimed at his forehead and flashed an evil grin.
"Well, no matter, you'll be going to hell soon" Her eyes darkened as she began to pull the trigger "And don't worry about Amarone, you'll be seeing her soon.."
Campari's eyes widened with fear, but then they were filled with anger.
"Sayonara, Campari" Cointreau whispered, unbeknownst to her that there was someone behind her.
Suddenly, a long metal bar swooshed behind her.
"Gah !" She screamed, barely dodging it.
"Who's there !?" Cointreau shouted, waiting for an answer.
She looked around, and noticed that Campari was gone.
"Tch, so you've got an accomplice Campari" She said "I can play your game, I'll make sure that both you and your accomplice both burn in this building..."
They took another turn.
It led to yet another door.
"Shinichi, It's locked" Ran said, with a little ounce of hopelessness in her voice.
'Damn, why are all the doors locked ?! We're trapped in this floor !' He thought 'Wait, Could it be that they're going to burn the evidence ?! We need to get out of here now !'
Suddenly, he felt the familiar jolt of pain, his heart had started beating fast, and beads of sweat were quickly trickling down his face.
'No ! Not now !'
"Shinichi !" Ran exclaimed, clearly worried about his health "Do you need help ?"
"N-no, I'm fine, 'm just a little tired" Shinichi winced.
"Then rest !" She declared.
"We can't !" He shouted desperately "..Ran.." Shinichi started "I-I think that this place.. It will blow up.."
"What !?" Ran shrieked "Then we need to get out of here !"
"I know that, but.." He hesitated "There are no other ways out..." He said with a glint of hopelessness in his eyes.
"Don't lose hope Shinichi ! When there's one way, there's another ! You're a Detective, so it should be easy for you to find !" She cried, Ran hated when he looked like that, unable to do anything, that was not the Shinichi she knew.
Shinichi looked at Ran, the determined look back in his eyes.
"I've got it !" He said, turning around.
"Where are we going ?" Ran asked.
"Back to Kenji's room" He told her without looking back.
'Kenji ?' Ran thought as she followed.
Campari had made it outside, with Haibara, who was now Shiho.
"I *pant* think we lost her" He lay down on the floor, trying to catch his breath.
"We can't stay here, Kudo-kun's probably waiting at the raundevu point" Shiho said, walking past him.
"Fine, let's go" Campari mumbled.
"Wait..." She said "Before we leave this place, could you answer a question"
"Is it the same one from earlier ?"
Shiho nodded.
"W-what is...your real name ?" She asked, a little red-faced, she hoped that it was too dark for Campari to see that.
"Does it matter anymore ?" He replied sharply "Everyone I've ever loved is dead, it'll be better to just start a new life as Kapuri.."
"What about the woman Cointreau was talking about, Amarone ?" Shiho cried, slightly angrily.
"I can't go back to my Principessa, Cointreau said she'd kill her, I can't do that to her" He said with a sad smile.
Shiho walked over to him and slaped him hard.
"Do you really think she's going to kill her, Amarone was a Black Organization member, so she must be skilled at taking care of herself, especially when she's in danger!" She snapped.
"And me, I have nothing left as Shiho, so even if there is no antidote, I have nothing to lose, unlike Kudo-kun! But I have hope that there will be an antidote, and there will be an end to the Black Organization, Kudo-kun taught me that"
Campari stared in awe, his hand nursing his cheek, he smiled.
She turned around and began walking again.
"Seishin" He suddenly said.
"What ?" Shiho said in a confused voice.
"My name's Seishin Miyano"
"Miyano !? Y-You're"
"I'm.." He hesitated "I'm you're brother"
"My b-brother ?!" She said, astonished. 'I expected a close relative or something, but a brother !?'
Shiho was about to open her mouth, but Campari or 'Seishin' shushed her.
"I know you have lots of questions, and I have a lot of explaining to do, but this isn't the right place or time"
They left without another word, but Shiho, had only one question on her mind.
'How...?'
Ran leaned against the balcony's edge, so she could see how far up they were.
'We're four stories up, not that high, but it's still not safe to jump from this height'
Noticing the footsteps behind her, she turned around.
"Found it !" Shinichi said, holding the very long rope.
Ran looked at it suspiciously "Are you sure this is going to work ?"
"This rope is long enough to reach the first floor, from there we can get to the ground floor, it's also strong enough to hold both our weight, so don't worry about it breaking" He explained "Okay, done tying it"
Ran tugged at the rope, it seemed strong enough.
"If you're scared, then I'll go first" Shinichi said sympathetically.
"S-Shinichi...!" Ran whispered as her cheeks turned red.
"That way, I can catch you when you fall !" He said cheekily.
"Mou! You're so immature !" Ran shouted, an annoyed look written all over her face "I'll go first instead !"
'If only you knew...' Shinichi laughed to himself sarcastically.
Shinichi held the rope tight, making sure it was sturdy enough for Ran to feel safe.
'Good work detective, anyone would feel safe climbing down a building from the fourth floor'
"Are you ready ?" He called to her.
She flinched, but shook the fear off.
"Better now than never !" She replied.
They were slowly making it down the rope, when Shinichi caught a whiff of something.
'This is...Gasoline !?'
Cointreau walked over to the black Porsche and opened the door.
Inside, Gin gave her a cold glare.
"What took you so long? Something wrong?"
"No" Cointreau smirked as she sat in the back passenger seat.
"Did he burn in hell ?" Vodka asked, grinning evilly.
"I'm going to set it off now" She answered flatly.
She pulled the trigger.
'Die Campari, and let my heart die with you'
With that, the black Porsche left, and Cointreau shed her last tear for Campari.
"Ran !" Shinichi called down to her "How long until you reach the bottom ?"
Ran glanced down, and to her relief, there wasn't much more rope left to climb.
"Not much, I'm almost to the first floor"
"Do you think you could go a little faster ?" He asked, a little agitated.
"I'll try...but..." She trailed off.
"You can do it, Ran. Our lives depend on you" He said confidently.
She closed her eyes.
'I can do it, but...'
'What's this strange feeling...?'
3...
2...
1...
0...
Boom!
"Kyaaa!" Ran shouted.
'The fourth floor just blew!' Shinichi thought 'Ran ?! Is Ran okay !?
He looked down at Ran, to find that she looked fine.
Her eyes suddenly widened as she looked up at him.
"Shinichi, look out !"7
It took him a split second to look up at what Ran was staring at, and it took him even less time to react to the falling debris.
"Aah!"
"Shinichi !" She shrieked.
Shinichi tried to catch his breath, he glanced at his arm, which was bleeding due to a sharp piece of glass striking him.
"I'm fine..." He said, wincing in pain "What about you Ran ?"
"I'm fine, you, on the other hand, are not !" Ran exclaimed.
As Shinichi was about to protest, he felt his heart starting to beat faster than usual, followed be a stroke of the horrible, familiar pain.
'I need to get Ran out of here, before I shrink back into Conan'
"Shinichi !" Ran called "We've reached the the first floor !"
"G-great..!" He said, trying to cover up his pain.
Ran looked at him worriedly, and asked "Shinichi, you look pale. If you need help, let me help you, 'kay?"
"Okay..." Shinichi agreed, he was too busy keeping the pain of his left arm and the pain from the transformation warning from making him faint, to think of anything.
Ran helped Shinichi reach the balcony door, luckily, the apartment they happened to climb down to was uninhabited.
She slid the door open, letting Shinichi in before her.
They got out of the apartment, Ran was about press the elevator button when Shinichi suddenly stopped her.
"The fourth floor is on fire... I don't think it's good idea to get on an elevator" He croaked.
"But you're too weak to walk down the stairs !" She fussed.
"Ran, I'm fine.." He said, giving her a painful smile.
Ran didn't say anything, she just helped Shinichi walk down the stairs.
'You're not fine, Shinichi' She thought, as she felt her eyes beginning to dampen. 'Why aren't you telling me what's wrong? Don't you trust me?'
Ran dried her eyes, she didn't want Shinichi to see her crying.
On the ground floor, the emergency door swung open, the two high-schoolers came out.
"We're out.." Ran said, breathlessly.
She turned around to see Shinichi, clutching his chest.
"Gah..!" He groaned painfully.
'This is it ! I'm going to shrink ! I can't let Ran see !'
"Shinichi ! That's it, I'm calling an ambulance !" Ran stated strictly.
"N-no, Ran" He stuttered..
She didn't answer him, instead Ran flipped her phone open, and was about to dial the number when Shinichi shot a tranquilizer dart at her.
'Sorry Ran' He thought as he lowered the watch.
Shinichi caught her before she fell, and laid her down on him.
He pulled his Detective Badge out of his pocket and spoke into it.
"Hakase, Are you there ?"
He just heard the usual fuzzy noise coming from the badge.
"Oi Hakase!" Shinichi tried again 'He'd better be alright...' He thought.
"Kudo-kun !" Shiho's voice angrily came out of the receiver.
"H-Haibara...!" He said weakly, but genuinely surprised "You took the Antidote ?"
"Nevermind that ! Where are you !?" She shouted loudly.
"Just outside the building, come here, I'm pretty sure I can't carry Ran home with this injured arm.."
He heard the awkward silence on the other end and smirked, he could practically see Haibara raising an eyebrow.
"...Whatever Kudo-kun" Shiho finally said "You'd better have a good explanation later though !"
Shinichi's smirk widened.
"You bet I do"
'Kumo ni Notte - U-ka saegusa IN db'
*Donna toki mo kakegae no nai ai shinji
Donna toki mo tsunagatteru mirai ni*
*Tokubetsu na omoide yori
Nanigenai shigusa ni hikareteru
Tada aitakute
Kotoba ni shinakya fuan da yo
Donna ni kitsuku dakiattatte
Hitotsu ni nante narenai shi
Kimochi wa katachi ni dekinai shi
Nee nee,
Isogashii toki hodo aitaku naru no wa nande darou?
Kyou no kotae ga ashita wa chigau toshite mo
Futari wa kawarazu ni isshun mo eien mo
Zutto mitsumetetai
Aishitetai yume mitetai shinjitetai...*
*Yawaraka na kumo ni notte
Kyou wa kimi wo zutto kanjiteru
Nagaredasu amai kumo ni notte
Kimi wa doko ni iru no*
*Furikaeru to nani mo nai sora nanoni
Aa natsukashii no yo
Yasashii kimi no egao sotto yureteru*
*Atarashii mirai ni*
"I'm off to Agasa-Hakase's house Ran-neechan !" Conan said cheerfully.
"Oh ! Have a nice time Conan-kun !" Ran replied.
"Bye !" He said, closing the door behind him.
Kogoro put down the newspaper he was reading and put on a confused look.
"Doesn't the brat look happier than usual ?"
"I don't know" Ran smiled, waving at Conan from the window "Maybe something good happened ?"
On the way to Agasa's house Conan could barely contain his happiness.
'As soon as I give this file to Haibara, I'll have the Antidote !'