Since the day his daughter told them with passion how the new kid in her class called her cry-baby, his detective's instincts activated. And his hunches grew more as the days passed since Ran's stories at dinner time were about 'Sonoko this Shinichi that?

Shi-ni-chi, he didn't know him but since he couldn't take his daughter to school because he had to go to work, Eri was the one who told him all about their daughter 'new friend'

-Shinichi Kudo? That last name sounds familiar…

-Of course honey, is the last name of Yuki-chan's husband, must be their son! Oh look at the coincidences of life, our children are classmates as we were!

Yeap he didn't like this at all.

-Oy Ran! Don't be too nice with this kid and be careful if he gets too close!

-eh and why is that honey?-Eri didn't understand why her husband behaved like that, since Ran was very happy telling how Shinichi-kun helped her, besides that they both knew the boy's parents, they knew that he came from a good family.

-Or it is something else? - The young lawyer began to laugh under her breath -dear they are children! Stop thinking silly ideas, they are too young for things of the heart!

'Sure', Kogoro thought. His wife didn't realize it at that moment but he did, that brat would be the one who would steal his precious daughter at some point. His instinct told him that.

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The first time that brat came to visit, Ran very happily displayed all her supplies on the table,to dotheir homework, her daughter was very happy talking with her friend Sonoko and that boy kept looking at his daughter with a questioning look but with a slight reddish hue on his cheeks. Oh yes, he knew that look very well, for that matter it's how he looked at Eri when they were kids and she used to sit down and scold him for getting into trouble at school. Yeah, he wouldn't let them alone.

'I have you in my sights brat'.

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As time passed, Ran returned home all dirty, with scratches but happy, after spending the whole afternoon on "adventures" with Kudo-kun. She came back to the house with stories of Sherlock and the investigations she had with the brat.

In his eyes it was obvious that this boy liked his daughter, it was common knowledge, seeing them in the park playing, arguing, the brat defending Ran against any other boy, returning from school together, spending every free time together. Phew that brat!

When Ran came back with an umbrella that wasn't hers, it was more than certain that it was one of that Kudo kid, they already had about 3 of them at home so far this year! His daughter was very forgetful with her umbrellas.

Likewise, beyond the fact that Kogoro disliked the brat, Kudo was the one who stood still on the stairs of the Agency while his daughter cried because she missed her mother. It was very hard for her when he and Eri decided to separate. Ran tried to be strong at first and optimistic that they would be together again, so she tried not to let him see her cry, his heart brokeevery time but the boy was there every morningto go to school together, he accompanied her home, made her laugh and when she was sad he was there for his daughter. In the end he didn't seem so bad.

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But everything changed when that imitation of detective, disappeared. When he no longer appeared at the agency, when he didn't hear Ran and entering through the Agency's door every other day that was when everything changed.

He said that he had to solve a very important and dangerous case and therefore couldn't return for a while. Listening to her daughter cry late at night, so that no one could hear her, broke his soul, seeing how Ran put on a hard face and continuing with her good spirits made him want to give a that brat a judo key when because made his daughter sad.

Something else happened at that time, a dwarf interrupted in their lives and out of nowhere they had a little boy in the house again, it was stressful at first with Conan-kun because the kid was a restless, involved, bossy, knowing boy, and sometimes he reminded him so much of Kudo that It made his hair stand on end of his neck.

Well, it was good for Ran, it was clear that the boy had a very special affection for her and was watching over his daughter. He could make an effort and let him be part of their lives, and the boy could also be witness of his great rise as the Great Kogoro Mouri, the Sleeping Detective (beyond the fact that many times he didn't remember his own deductions)

Was very interesting with Conan-kun as a member of their household, Ran changed a lot and being responsible of both of them, that tadpole and him, helped his daughter mature. And he was witness how his daughter realized her feelings for the brat imitation of detective. Kogoro could tell that his daughter had a hard time accepting them but she was after all his daughter and Eri's, proud, responsible, determined and because of that them had a hard time accepting the feelings of the heart but once accepted, they would love with passion and emotion, he knew it. Since until that day he still loved Eri, but pride above all and he would never admitted defeat!

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Damn Shinichi Kudo! He tricked them, used them, made fun of them! ... He was furious with that brat for putting them in such trouble, putting them in danger, for being so irresponsible to go after guys as dangerous as those! He would give him what he deserved, risking his life... … …

… saving Ran, saving them all, because in the end he was taking care of his daughter all that time, he was in the body of that tadpole, choosing to stay by his daughter's side because he couldn't leave her because…

-I'm sorry Mouri-san, I'm very sorry for everything I made you go through. For using you for 'some cases' but I couldn't put Ran at risk. I understand that you want to give me a lesson but I want you to know that your daughter... she is-that brat dared to get serious and lookstraight at his eyes- the most important person in the world for me! I have fallen in love with her since the first moment we met when we were children.

I know I was selfish and hid who I was behind Conan-kun but…. I couldn't leave her! I wanted to be able to discover the Black Organization by myself but the greater truth is that I couldn't leave her I just couldn't imagine not seeing her every day I just needed to stay be closer to her even if it was as Conan Edogawa, I had to protect her!

Kudo Shinichi, Kogoro knew well from the moment Ran named him, his instincts were right, he would be the one who would steal his daughter one day... and the truth was that he was glad that it was Kudo-kun, that he was a boy who had fought for the truth, to fight for the safety and well-being of his daughter and loved ones.

-… brat, I will never forgive you if you hurt my daughter again! She is after all my best achievement. So in the best of your interest you must spend the rest of your life making up for and taking care of her Shinichi-kun, since after all…. I already knew that this would end like this- he said resigned but happy.

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And in a blink of an eye I was escorting my Ran to the altar to that Detective freak. Witnessing the love those two had for each other.

Yes, his instincts were correct at the end.

Long time without writing or public some my work. Be nice please.

Maria.