All Characters, Detective Conan, Gosho Aoyama

--Part 3, Third person, Haibara--

The Detective Boys walked along the street happily, singing an upbeat song. "Come on, Ai-chan!" Ayumi said blissfully, "Sing with us!"

Ai smiled but shook her head, no. "That's okay," Ayumi said, unfazed, and continued on with her singing.

As usual, they fail to ask Kudo-kun if he would sing along. She looked over at Conan who was throwing his soccer ball up in the air with a serious look on his face.

"Wh-what?" Conan asked, continuing to toss the ball.

"Nothing," Ai said, closing her eyes with a mischievous smile across her face. "So," she began, "I heard that Kaitou KID got away Wednesday night. Why weren't you there to 'stop' him, Tantei-san?"

"Tch," Conan frowned, catching his ball, "Ba-ro! How could I have possibly gone to Nerima during the school week? Besides, that English detective Hakuba Saguru, was there. Isn't he enough?"

"He's nothing compared to you, Edogawa-kun." She winked at an annoyed shrunken detective.

"Yeah, right…" He continued tossing the ball.

The rest of the Detective Boys waved to their 'elders,' "Let's play! Yeah, toss the ball this way, Conan-kun! I want to be on his team!"

"Are you going to be the referee again, Haibara?" Conan asked, as he kicked the ball towards the excited children.

"I suppose," Ai answered back with a shrug. She walked silently to the sidelines of the field. The children didn't actually need a referee; Conan was always on the case. It wasn't exactly like Ai was volunteering to play with them, anyway. Ayumi would never have it if Ai was left alone to watch after Hakase while the others played.

Ai sat down on one of the benches, placing her elbow on the arm rest, and propping her head on her hand. I should've brought a book, she thought with a sigh.

Before Haibara Ai knew it, her eyes closed and she fell asleep.

--End Part 3, Haibara--

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