Conan's Misfortunes

Disclaimer: I don't own DC or CC blah blah blah. So sue me. :P

Note: This chapter steers away from the angsty-ness…but for how long? :D

Calm Before the Storm

Surprisingly enough, the tour at Osaka went fairly well. There were no murders that day, to Conan's relief. But now he had another thing to worry about.

Conan and the Junior Detective League were at Tropical Land with Rachel, supposedly a reward for solving the case two days ago, which Conan did not want to be reminded of. Anita and Conan were, of course, looking rather bored, but Conan was also very edgy. He kept looking around, as if he were expecting something to happen.

"Are you really going to let it bother you?" she asked him, her face still holding the same expression.

"It's more than just a coincidence." Conan hissed. "How many people do you know that encounter dead bodies wherever they go!?"

Anita didn't respond.

Amy, Mitch, and George were excitedly telling Rachel about the case, but they never mentioned what had been said about Conan, to his relief. At least they know one thing they shouldn't talk about.

"Did you hear? Everyone's saying that Conan's a death magnet." Mitch told Amy and George after school.

"Conan isn't a death magnet!" Amy defended. "It's just a coincidence!"

"Then why do so many murder cases happen whenever Conan's around?" Mitch countered.

"Maybe he's more than just a death magnet…" George wondered.

"Conan's no murderer!"

"Not that! What if he's a demon in disguise!?"

"That's crazy, George…" Mitch sweat-dropped.

Amy had a different response. "No! Conan's not a demon!" Tears welled up in her eyes. George and Mitch panicked.

"I was kidding! It was a joke!" George claimed.

A soccer ball rolled towards Mitch's feet. He noticed and looked towards the direction it came from. He gasped when he saw the familiar glasses with light shining off the lens. "Conan!"

Amy and George both looked towards where Mitch was looking. Sure enough, Conan was standing beside the school gate. He looked towards the trio, his eyes showing no emotion.

"Hello Conan!" Mitch said nervously. He obviously looked guilty.

Conan didn't respond. Instead, he walked away, leaving the others looking flustered and worried.

Conan knew they were just thinking innocent thoughts, but it still bothered him. Is that what I am, a demon? He sweat-dropped, shaking his head. I'm pretty sure I would know if I'm a demon or not. How silly. He walked up next to Rachel.

"…And then Conan revealed the murderer! He was so cool!" Amy told Rachel excitedly. Conan noticed George and Mitch glaring at him. He looked rather annoyed himself.

"Is that so?" Rachel was interested. She looked at Conan and smiled. "That's amazing, Conan!" Conan blushed and scratched his cheek, looking in another direction.

Mitch and George took this to their advantage. "'That's amazing Conan!'" They teased, making Conan blush even more.

"Look! There's the Mystery Coaster!" He said, running towards the line for the Mystery Coaster, trying to avoid any more embarrassment. Anita laughed.

He can't hide his emotions when it comes to love. She smirked.

"Hey, Conan!" Amy called, running over to Conan. "You're not still upset about what happened at school, are you?"

Conan looked at her. "Nah, it's not the first time I've heard it." He forced a smile. It wasn't worth it to have anyone else worry. "Let's get on the ride."

Conan sat next to Rachel, of course. Anita sat next to Mitch, which left Amy sitting with George. Two other strangers got on the ride.

This reminds me of that murder at this very same place… It was on the very same day that all of Conan's troubles began. A man's head was severed during the ride, and Conan solved it, except he was still Jimmy at that time.

Then that happened. Jimmy went to chase Vodka, and got caught, and then he ended up like he was now.

Conan shuddered at the memory. He didn't notice that Rachel was squeezing his hand, and before he knew it, the coaster went straight down into a dive. The other passengers screamed to add an effect to the ride.

Then it was over. Everyone got out of the cars. Conan and the others exited and went outside again.

Conan was even more edgy than before. Why do I have this bad feeling? Something's going to happen…

"Two years ago, I went on that same ride with Jimmy." Rachel said.

"Oh! I remember seeing him! Mitch thought the police were coming for us! And then Jimmy came looking for something." Amy grew excited.

"So that's where he went…"

Yeah, I was looking for the murder weapon. Conan thought to himself. I ran into the kids while I was doing that.

"Do you think something like that's going to happen again?" Mitch asked, growing curious.

"I doubt it." Rachel laughed.

Suddenly a scream broke out from nearby.

Thanks a lot Mitch…you jinxed me…

***

Conan was more worried after the case was solved. People were talking about his "death magnet" situation again. What am I going to do? In order to prevent more murders from happening, I'm practically going to have to isolate myself from the world! He became frustrated.

"They did it again!" Amy was also frustrated.

"Did what?" Rachel obviously didn't know what she meant.

"There were people talking badly about Conan!"

"What did they say?"

"Who cares what they said, they still said bad things about him!"

Conan stayed silent.

Mitch grew worried. He pulled Amy aside. "Hey, we're not supposed to tell Rachel, remember?" he whispered.

"Oh…oops."

"Speaking of Conan, where did he go?" Rachel looked around.

Conan was gone. But where did he go?

Idiot. Anita thought, knowing exactly why he ran off. She didn't bother to tell anyone where he had gone though.

"He's always so serious, and isn't bothered by anything…I guess this is one thing he is bothered about…" Amy said.

"Well of course! If you've had rumors like that spread around about you, you'd be upset too!" Mitch replied.

Rachel was curious. Maybe if I ask some people, they would know. However, she was more focused on finding Conan.

"Conan! Where are you?" Amy, Mitch, and George began to look around for the boy.

Anita stayed behind with Rachel. "Do you have any idea where he could be?"

Rachel shook her head.

"Well, he's most likely somewhere he's been to before. Probably at home."

"But we can't leave the others here!" Rachel protested.

"You're right. I'll go grab them and then we'll go home." She walked off.

Author's Note: Well, there's the end of the chapter. It's longer…right? Hopefully Kolidescope isn't turning in her grave…wait…she's not dead. Or is she a he? Anywho, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Read and Review please~

I'm so glad I've got a few fans~ :D