My Guardian Angel
(ShinxRan)
Disclaimer: Detective Conan belongs to the great Gosho Aoyama-sensei –I am not worthy!-
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Shinichi's POV
As Ran and I walked down an empty street of Beika, I yawned and stretched. "You seem to have less goodnight sleep lately," Ran said, looking at me worriedly. "It can't be helped, its exam week and being absent for 6 months straight, it's hard for me to cope up," I yawned again as I rubbed my eye. "You should've ignored those 'hard cases' you've been working on," she said, looking up to the sky, with a sigh. "Hmph! I will if I could be in my normal size," I thought.
Ran and I balked in front of a scary-looking house. I opened the gate as she entered and I followed her. "It's about time you clean this place up," she coughed as I opened the door of my house. I looked at her with half-moon eyes, "why are you here, again?" I asked. "I'm here to help you study for English for tomorrow's exam," she smiled, "didn't you asked me to help you out?" I stood there trying to remember, "oh yeah, I did. I missed her so much that I decided to fake out that I needed her to tutor me so that I can be with her," I thought with a smile. "But I still can't help wondering why you would ask me to teach you. I mean, you're better in English than I am," she put her index finger on her lips, thinking. "Ah, I just need someone to study with so that I wouldn't be tempted to run around, solving cases," I nervously smiled. "You're right," she smiled.
After dinner, we both went to my dad's mini-library to study. We were surrounded by books so we were determined to study. As I flipped the pages, I yawned and covered my face with my book. With the book covering my face, I took a sneak peek at Ran, who sat across me. I could hear her sigh as she flipped the page of her Math book, humming a familiar song. As she hummed, my eyes drooped down.
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I scrambled and fell on the floor. "Ow," I muttered as I rubbed my head. I looked around.. I was still in my study but it seemed that Ran wasn't there anymore. As I stood up, "what the-" I looked at my hands and then touched my cheeks, "I'm Conan again!" I exclaimed. But how? I couldn't possibly.. "oh no," I muttered. Did I change in front of Ran? To my horror, someone opened the door. I ran and hid under my dad's desk.
"He's not here," a low-voiced male said.
"We'll find him," another chuckled coldly.
"Gin and Vodka?!" I muttered almost loud. I peeked through under the desk of my dad. The door slammed as I sighed. I crawled out. How can this happen? Did they got Ran while I was sleeping? Darn it!
I opened the door slightly. "Let go of me!" I could hear Ran scream, "Shinichi!" she cried. "That brat wouldn't hear you. You saw him how he changed into a kid? Well, you're next," Gin chuckled. "No! Let go of me! Shinichi!" she cried. Her head was bleeding. Her face was wet with tears. Approximately, she had been crying for a long time. Does that mean that Gin and Vodka was here a long time ago?
Gin and Vodka slammed the door and left. I ran across the hall and dialed the number of Agasa Hakase. But what his answering machine answered startled me.. "Kudo Shinichi.. you can run but you can't hide from us. Your Doctor Agasa is with us so if you don't want us to kill him, surrender yourself now." The call ended with Gin's evil laugh. I slammed the phone. I cursed under my breath and I took a peek outside from my window. "Coast is clear," I mumbled. I left my house.
As I ran, there was no one on the streets. Where is everybody? I wouldn't know for it seems that I was the only one left in this world. I dialed in my cellphone… Haibara. But she didn't pick up. "Darn it," I cursed under my breath.
It was2 minutes past 10 a.m. I was still alone and it seemed so dark since it was foggy. Foggy? At this time of the month? As I ran, a shadow of a middle-aged man appeared in front of me. "Shinichi-kun. I'm glad you're here," he said with a smile. He was sweating and was half-covered in blood. He had a bandaged arm and his left eye was covered in bandage but I can still see the blood. How much did I miss?
"Inspector! What happened?" I asked in a worried look as I wiped my sweat off my forehead, "where is everybody?"
"No time to explain. The Black Syndicate has kidnapped Ran and your family," he warned as he clutched his chest in pain. "Are you okay, inspector?" I asked, assisting him to stand up. "Just go, Shinichi-kun. You loved ones' lives are in your hands," he said, his voice fading away. Suddenly, he was out of breath.
As I stood there, my bangs covering my eyes, and inspector lying helplessly on the street, I clutched my fist. The Black Syndicate had crossed the line. I knelt down and took Inspector Megure's pistol and put it in my pocket. I sighed and ran towards the abandoned building. It was the only possible place where the Men in Black are since it was the only building standing in Beika.
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As I climbed up the stairs, I loaded my gun and it. Then, I heard laughter.. Familiar laugh. Sounded like Vermouth and Gin. As I continued to the top floor, I leaned against the wall beside a half-closed door and listened closely.
"I feel bad for the angel watching over me. Why did I have to kill you?" Vermouth laughed. I could hear Ran sob and Gin and Vodka laughing. I took a peek and saw Ran tied up. I narrowed my eyes as Vermouth pulled Ran's hair, "aren't you disappointed that he had to keep a big secret from you?" Vermouth released her hair and smiled at her. Ran's mouth was taped so she couldn't answer but her cry for help echoed through the abandoned building. I sighed heavily. I stood in front of the door and kicked it open.
I pointed my gun at Vermouth as Gin and Vodka pointed their guns at me. "Ran," I whispered but she laid there helplessly. Her eyes were puffy as she stared back at me with a sad look, making me guilty. I smiled gently, "I'll save you.. whether or not I die," I said.
I turned my attention to Vermouth, who sat on a chair, her legs crossed. Gin fired his gun which hit my left arm. I cried in pain as I knelt down. "You're not all that, tantei-san," Vermouth smiled. She signaled Gin and Vodka to stay out and eventually, they left the room. Vermouth stood up with a evil smile on her face. She pointed her shotgun at me as my right hand managed to aim at her.
"Aren't you glad that we didn't kill you while you were sleeping?" she asked as she chuckled. "Why?" I asked, finally, "why do you have to get hold of her?" I stared at her with cold eyes. "Oh? You mean my lovely angel?" she asked, lifting Ran's head with the tip of her gun, "we just wanted you to know how much trouble you've caused us. She's your payment," Vermouth laughed. "What?!" I stood up but she immediately pointed her gun at Ran, "one wrong move and I will definitely finish her," she looked at me with her merciless look. "Leave her alone!" I shouted. "You better say goodbye," she smiled at Ran.
As she pulled the trigger and shoot, I jumped in front of Ran and was shot on my left chest, straight to the heart. Vermouth's eyes widened as I laid there, catching every possible breath I can take. I was like a dog, dying. Vermouth smiled, "that's what you get from getting in out way, Edogawa Conan," she walked away, "or should I say, Kudo Shinichi," she closed the door behind her.
I laid there, breathing hard. I clutched my left chest and tried to cover my eyes from the light with my blood-covered hand. Suddenly, a warm hand held mine. It was Ran, dressed in pure white and an opened wings, just like an angel. She had a peaceful smile on her face as I tucked her hair behind her ears, "I'm sorry," I whispered. "That's okay, Shinichi," she smiled, "wake up.."
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"Okay, Shinichi. Wake up!"
"Wh-what?" I immediately sat up from the couch, where I was lying. I looked at the person beside me, who had her hands on my shoulder.
"Are you okay?" I thought you were studying?" she asked as she put her hands on her waist. I looked down on the floor, my book's pages were crumpled. Ran stood up, "Geez, Shinichi. You've gotta get some rest or else you fail tomorrow's exam," she raisd her eyebrow up, "and you were mumbling something a while ago," she put her hand below her chin. "What's that?" I yawned and stretched. "Something like, 'I'll save you.. whether or not I die' yeah, something like that," she smiled. I looked at her and remembered my weird dream, "Oh, that one," I smiled nervously.
"Anyway, I'll go get my bag for a minute," she walked out, "oh, by the way," she looked back at me, "That's okay. I'll always be your angel," she smiled and continued, leaving me in the empty library, clueless. I opened my palm, and there, a feather laid.. lightly and peacefully.
"Talk about guardian angels," I thought with half-moon eyes as I laid back and continued to read my book.
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