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Chapter 6 The darkside of Pandora
Hattori's POV
I was running, running as fast as I can through the massive manor. I know who the culprit is, I put all the evidence together and was about to get Kudo to help me out. Nee-chan told me that Kudo went missing. That made alarms go off in my head and I began to search for Kudo. Then I heard it, a window breaking on the second story. I make my way up the stairs and force the door open. Then I froze in place for only a quick second. There he was, my rival and greatest friend... Dying, with a knife in his chest... "Kudo!" I ran over to him. "Hold on!" He shook his head.
"I'll be fine... Don't worry Hattori..." Kudo slowly closes his eyes.
"Don't do this to me man!" Everything begins to blurred and faded away.
Normal POV
Heiji woke up with a gasp and covered in sweat. "Da was one hell of a nightmare..." Heiji took a breath. "Those dreams ain't a good sign, I better see if Kudo's alright." Heiji looked at the calender in his room. "Saturday is a good day!" Heiji circled the day and laid back down. A few days later, Heiji packed his things and made his way to the train station. Kazuha tagged along as well after she found out about the trip.
"So why are we gonna visit Ran-chan and Conan-kun?" Kazuha asked. Heiji decided to tell her a small lie.
"I just wanna check up on da kid and nee-chan." Heiji briefly explained. 'Although I wanted to go only.' He thought to himself. Heiji wanted to make sure his premonition doesn't become real. The last time something like this happened, Conan got stabbed. Luckily he gave him his lucky charm, good thing the chain link stopped the blade. The train started and the two of them were on the track to Tokyo. After three hours of riding the train, the two arrive in Tokyo. Heiji calls for a cab and they make there way to Beika. The two of them step out of the cab, pay the driver and make there way up the stairs to the Mouri detective agency.
"I can't wait to see Ran-chan!" Kazuha exclaimed. Heiji knocked on the door. Ran opened the door and smiled.
"Kazuha-chan!" Ran hugged Kazuha. "It's so good to see you again!" She saw Heiji. "Hello Hattori-kun! Conan-kun will be very happy to see you!" Heiji waved to Ran.
"S'up nee-chan." He looked at Ran and saw that they were going somewhere. "Ya going somewhere?" He asked. Ran nodded.
"That's right, we were invitied to a Nozomi estate! They're a very rich family!" Ran explained. "They said we can bring some friends!" The two kansai teen's smiled. Heiji will get a chance to catch up with Conan. All of them got into Kogoro's rental car and took to the road. As Kogoro drove, the teens and Conan talked to each other. "I'm glad that we're getting out of the city for a few days, I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you when you were hurt Conan-kun..." Ran said sadly. This got the kansai teens attention.
"What da! You were attacked in open daylight, just like dat!" Heiji exclaimed. Kazuha looked angry and worried.
"Poor Conan-kun. I hope that man get thrown in jail!" Kazuha patted Conan on the head caringly.
"There will be no trial." Kogoro simply said. This shocked them, but Conan.
"What! WHY!" Heiji yelled. Kogoro gripped the wheel.
"He's dead... The attacker died in the cell due to organ failure. The police believe that the man was a drug addict. I don't know what he was hooked on but it destroy his insides." Kogoro explained. After four hours of driving, the group arrived at the Nozomi estate. Located in the country side, the Nozomi estate is a three stories, a vast property with a pool, and an amazing garden. They make their way to the door and knock on the door. The butler answers the door.
"You must be Mouri-meitantei." The butler was eighty years old dressed in the butler attire. "My name is Kiyoshi Nobu. My master has been waiting for you and your party. As they followed the butler, Conan felt something awakened inside. This meant that Pandora has awoken.
'Where are we Conan-kun?' Pandora asked as she yawned.
'We're at the Nozomi estate. We're not in Beika.' This got Pandora's attention.
'REALLY! We must see this estate, every nook and cranny!' She exclaimed. 'Please Conan-kun. PLEASE!' He sighed and looked at Ran.
"Ran-neechan, can I look around, please." Conan begged. Ran shook her head.
"I'm sorry Conan-kun. We have to meet with Nozomi-san." Conan felt pandora become saddened.
"Okay." They enter the living room and meet with the Nozomi family. First was the head of the family, Kazuo Nozomi. He was well in his sixty-three, he wore a black suit with a blue tie. His hair has turned grey over the years. His son, Ken Nozomi was in his thirty-two, he wore the same fancy suit as his father, shagy hair and glasses. His daughter, Tomomi Nozomi was twenty-nine, she wore a lovely red v-neck dress. She had black curly hair with expensive make up applied on her face.
"AH! The detective!" Kazuo exclaimed. "Welcome to my home. Introduce yourself my children."
"Yo-" There was a loud throat clearing. "Good evening Korogo-meitantei. My name is Ken Nozomi, it's nice to meet you." He bowed. "This here is my onee-chan-'
"KYAHHHHHH~!" The woman exclaimed and ran over to Conan and gave him a big bear. His head was right in her bosom. "Oh my god! You are just a little cutie!" Conan flailed around trying to breath. Kazuo sighed, Ken was laughing, Ran and Kazuha looked at Tomomi disapprovingly Kogoro had a lewd smile, Heiji smirked as his rival was being crushed in a woman's cleavage... For the second time.
"Tomomi, that is enough!" Her father stopped.
"So sorry otou-sama, my name is Tomomi Nozomi. What's your name little cutie?" She asked.
"My name is Conan Edogawa." Conan bowed. The older woman gushed over Conan. Her brother smirk.
"She's a sucker for kids." Ken briefly explained. Ran nodded and watched the woman gush over Conan.
"Let's go Conan-kun, I'll show you around the Nozomi estate!" Tomomi grasped his hand and guided him away.
"Wait, I'll go with you!" Ran ran after the two of them. The three walked around the Nozomi estate both inside and outside. Tomomi talked about the Nozomi family and a bit of the history. "Amazing..." Ran was breathless at the site of the garden. "So beauiful..." Ran made her way to the flowers. "Who takes care of them?" Ran asked.
"I do, with the help of the grounds keeper." Tomomi smiled at the praise. Inside Conan, Pandora smiled at the sight of the flowers.
'I never seen so many beautiful flowers in my existence .. All I've ever seen is death and pain, never such beauty.' Pandora saw through Conan's eyes. 'I'm happy that we got the chance to get away from that evil city.' Pandora sounded happy. Conan heard the sound of three cars entered the grounds.
"That's the whole family!" Tomomi exclaimed happily. "Let's go meet them!" She dragged Conan back to the estate. They meet the rest of the Nozomi family. Manami Nozomi is twenty five years old. She had her brown hair in a messy bun, she wore a blue pantsuit. The man was Katsou Nozomi. He was in his thirties Katsou was wearing a simple dark grey suit with a blue tie. His hair was jet black and slicked back. Lastly was Itsuki Nozomi. He's in his forties, Itsuki wore a tan suit and with a black turtleneck under his suit. His hair was dark brown and was parted down the middle.
"It is good to see you all here." Kazuo Smiled as they sat in the living room. Ken smiled.
"Pops-" Kazuo cleared his throat. "Otou-sama is right, it has been too long since we've seen each other."
"Of course onii-chan, it is good to be here!" Manami Hugged Ken. Katsou nodded.
"Indeed, we have been busy with work, there was no way to visit." Kausou added. Itsuki smiled greatly.
"Yes, but it is thanks to are jobs that we can live in comforble lifestyle." Kazuo nods.
"Yes, it's ashame that moments like this don't last forever..." Kazuo said sadly. Ken smirked.
"All the more reason to live this up otou-sama!" The butler enters the room.
"Sir, you have someone here to meet with you." Kiyoshi said. Kazuo grabbed his cane and made his way to the front door and opened it.
"Hello?" No one was there, until he saw a man in the garden. His clothes were old and torn, a torn blue jacket with a sweater under the coat, baggy pants with old green tennis shoes. Seeing this man irked the elder. "You there!" The teen didn't say anything. "Are you deaf boy! Leave the home of the Nozomi family at once!" It was getting dark out, very dark, but that didn't make this old tiger jittery. He got closer to the teen. "I said leav-" The teen looked at him with a feral look in his eyes.
"The vessel! I know he's here, and with his blood I will live forever!" He charged and Kazuo. "Glory be to the lich!"
"Stay back!" The old man pulled a secret dagger from his cane.
Nozomi manor (7:20PM)
"Where is otou-sama?" Manami wondered. The group had decided to get to know the Kogoro and his friends and family. "He should be inside resting." Conan tilted his head and asked innocently.
"What was he like as a tou-san?" He asked.
"He was a stirct but fair guy." Ken explained. "If you had a good reason for being late, then you're off the hook." Tomomi took over.
"He supports everone of us in our dreams. I wanted to run an orphanage since I love children so much. He supported me and donated to the Nozomi children's home!" She smiled greatly. Manami chuckled.
"That's right, otou-sama helped everyone followed there dreams. He always said that dreams pave the road to the future." Itsuki agreed.
"I remeber when I started to begin my small business, he invested into my work. Thanks to him, Nozomi fitters helps you get the best suit for you!" He grinned and gave Kogoro, Heiji and Conan a business card. "We even have suits for children." Kausou took over.
"Otou-sama has always been there for and in return we are there for him." As he finished, the butler ran into the ran into the room with a look of horror on his face. "What's wrong?" Kiyoshi was pale.
"W-we must call the police... Master Kazuo has died..." This sent the detective in action, and shocked the family, Ran and Kazuha painiked. They made there way to the garden. There were shocked to see the man that the Nozomi family admired has passed a way. By the looks of it he was beaten to death. "My god..." Kiyoshi whispered sadly.
"OTOU-SAMA!" Tomomi shreiked loudly.
"No way... I didn't get the chance to..." Ken whispered.
"It can't be..." Itsuki turned pale.
"Why... Why would someone do this..."Manami looked sick. Kogoro barked orders to everyone. Ran called the police, The family stepped back as Kogoro and Heiji looked and the body. Thirty minutes passed, the police arrived to investigate There was only one problem... They were in Guma, which means one thing.
"AH! Mouri-tantei!" It was none other then Misao Yamamura, which ment that it was going to be a long night. Just as Conan was going to guide the two would be detectives and the police, Pandora stopped him.
'I sense a dead one. Not him, but a reaver.' Pandora hissed. She looked through Conan's eyes. Conan's eyesight became negative. The world around him was pure white and the color of the people were the opposite. Conan saw a black trail leading to the house. "The reaver is in the house! He's looking for us..." Conan looked to the house, but then turned to the crime scene. Should he stay and work with Heiji or confront the one who did this. Conan made his choice and made his way to the Nozomi estate while following the black trail. The black trail ended at the living room. His vision returned to normal and he spotted the man who killed Kazuo.
"There you are vessel." Conan saw the teen sitting in the head chair. "Did you see what I did?" He asked with glee.
"You killed that man, why?" Conan demanded to now.
"Because of you." This shocked both Pandora and Conan. The immortal live giver did say that people would do anything to get him, even kill innocent people. But to have it actully happen and be powerless to stop it and knowing that it was his fault. "I killed that man to flush you out so I can get you alone!" The teen gleefully cheered.
'It's my fault...' Pandora thought sadly and began to cry. Then that sadness turned to rage. Rage and power builds inside of Conan's small body, Pandora's rage took hold of him.
"YOU MONSTER! YOU VILE DISGUSTING MINDLESS MONSTER! YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR CRIMES AND THIS TIME YOU WILL STAY DEAD!" Both Conan and Pandora said at once, there voices synchronized It shocked the reaver, but he still made his move.
"You have the body of a child, which means I can hurt you much easier!" He lunged, grabbed Conan by the throat, pulled out the dagger that Kazuo used and ran it through his stomach. "How do you like that! I know if you take too much pain, you won't be able to take it and you'll pass out!"
"Weak..." The Pandora/Conan hybrid mocked. "You cannot hope to hurt me in this state." They grabbed the man's arm and begin to squeeze tightly. "Begone..." The man dropped Conan and rolled up his sleeve. His skin was turning pale, until all of his right arm was pale. Slowly, all of his body turned deathly pale
"WHAT IS THIS!? He screamed.
"I purified your body, you will die and no one will mourn for you reaver. The Pandora/Conan hybrid explained. "It's for the best." With that they said. "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." The reaver's left arm falls off and turns to dust.
"NO! I can't die, I CAN'T DIE!" His legs fail him. He falls to the ground "GAHHHHHH!" He extended his right hand and watched The reavers screams fade away and the reaver closes his eyes. The Pandora/Conan hybrid looked at the reavers corpse with an indifferent look.
"ignorant human, that is the price you pay for throwing your life away." Pandora calmed down. The spirit remembered that Conan's body was wounded, she tried to remove the blade but she lost control of Conan. The fake child fell over in pain.
"D-dammit! W... Why didn't I feel that...!?" Conan tried to pull the knife out of his stomach but failed. He looked down and saw the reaver how was dead. 'Pandora, what happened to the killer?'
'I destroyed what was left of him. If it makes you feel any better, he was already dead.' Pandora explained.
'It doesn't make me feel better...' Conan was about to pull out the blade when Heiji entered the room. 'Oh damn...'
"KUDO!" Heiji ran up to Conan and stopped him from pulling the blade out. "Don't worry, I'll call an ambulance and-" Conan wasn't paying attention to Heiji.
'You must pull out the blade. If we do not then we will not heal.' Pandora explained.
"Ha... Hattori... Pull out the blade." Conan coughed up some blood. Heiji looked at him like he was crazy.
"Your crazy-" Conan grabbed the hilt of the blade and began to pull.
"If you won't do it, I will!" With all of his strength to pull out the dagger. "GAHHHHHHHHHHH! Ah... Ah... Ah..." Conan screamed as blood flowed from the open wound.
"KUDO...!" Heiji stopped himself and watched what should be impossible. The wound was closing and healing. Heiji's tan skin turned pale as the wound closed. 'Dat is impossible... Kudo should be dyin'...' The wound completely healed in less then five minutes.
'That took longer then I thought..." Conan cradled the healed wound.
'Your stomach was pierced by the blade. It takes longer for internal wounds to heal.' Pandora explained. 'You'll have some stomach pains for the rest of the day.' Pandora explained. Conan looked up to Heiji and nearly laughed at the face he was making, for what he would give to have a camera.
"I guess I should tell you how I regenerated." Conan rubbed the back of his head.
Heiji deadpanned. "Ya think! You don't just do dat, dat's impossible, ya should be bleedin' out right now!" Conan decided to tell Heiji about Pandora, after he cleaned up the mess. "I wonder if dat Tomomi has any kid clothes for ya? I'm gonna ask." Heiji began to make his way to where the family and the police officers were stay at, when he got a call from Kazuha.
"S'up Kazu-" The girl cuts off Heiji.
"HEIJI! You have to hurry up, Yamamura-keibu has started to accuse the Nozomi's and even the butler of murdering Kazuo!" Heiji sighed.
"Da culprit died Kazuha, I don't know how but he just died." This shocked Kazuha.
"Oh god, is Conan-kun alright!?" She yelled. Heiji had to pull his phone away.
"Yeah. Does Tomomi-san have any clothes for K- Conan?" He asked.
"Hold on... Yeah she does, she planned on giving him some of the orphans old clothes." Kazuha smiled. That young woman had a very big heart for children. Back at the mannor, Conan made his way to the shower and cleaned himself up. After showering, Conan dried himself off and wrapped the towel around his waist. Luckily he can repair the blazer and clean the blood off. He heard a knock at the door and the detective hides his old clothes.
"Can I come in Conan-kun?" It sounded like Ran.
"I only have a towel on." Conan hoped that Ran won't come in, but she did and with Tomomi. The both of them had a small stack of children's clothes. "Ran-neechan!" Conan blushed greatly. Ran and Tomomi chuckled at Conan's embarrassment.
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about Conan-kun." Tomomi said with a little sniffle. "Here you go!" She and Ran gave him the clothing. The women leave and Conan got dressed. A normal tee shirt, with a black sweater and blue jeans. He grabbed his old clothes and packed them away in his backpack. 'Pandora...?' He called out only to hear nothing. 'She must be asleep. I just want to know what happened to us.' Conan wondered. As he made his way back to where the reaver died, he was stopped by Heiji.
"Alriight Kudo, spill it. Ya should be dead right about now." Heiji demanded. Conan sighed and told him everything. From the first time he died, his immortality Pandora, and the onyx conglomerate. "Dat's nuts man, so as long as dis Pandora is inside ya, you'll never die." Conan nods. "Dat sucks man..."
'It's my fault...' Conan heard Pandora whisper, her voice drenched with guilt.
"She's blaming herself for what happened." Conan sighed. Heiji groaned.
"It ain't her fault, if she didn't do what she did, then ya would have been hurt a hell of a lot more." Heiji patted Conan's head. "How's about we ge out of here." Conan nods.
"Yeah, before I get pinned for being a murderer." The two made there way to the living room. Just then, there was a loud yell from Tomomi, Ran, Kazuha and the rest of the Nozomi's were yelling at Yamamura.
"How dare you accuse a boy, a little innocent boy of killing this maniac!" Tomomi yelled.
"You know Conan-kun keibu-san. How could you say that!" Ran sneered at Yamamura.
"All you've done is point your finger at all of us and say we did it!" Ken yelled fiercely. "I love my otou-san, how dare you..." Katsou, Manami, Itsuki, Kazuha and Kiyoshi glared at Yamamura.
"W-w-well I'm j-j-just p-pointing out that h-he was the o-only one here when-" Kogoro grabbed Yamamura and shook his head.
"He may be a brat, but he's not a killer." He defended Conan's honor, which surprised the Heiji and Conan.
"I got ta say, Occhan was on the ball today." Heiji informed Conan about the case. "He knew right away dat da Nozomi's weren't criminals." Conan rolled his eyes.
"He was a police detective. He can do basic investigation and knows his way around a crime scene. I knew if he mucked up, you would point him in the right way. Besides, this was a pretty straight forward case." Conan whispered. After that scene, Heiji filled in Conan about the case. It seems Kazuo was an advocate of self defense and always carried a way to protect himself, which would explain the knife.
"Come on Conan-kun, let's go home." Ran picked up Conan and walked away, not even giving Yamamura a second glance. Kazuha walked up to Heiji with a concerned look.
"I hope Conan-kun is okay..." Kazuha said, concerned.
"Da kid will be okay. C'mon, let's get going." Heiji and Kazuha made their way to the car. They hopped in and Kogoro rode off. during the ride back to the agency, Conan fell asleep and began to have nightmares. In his nightmares, he saw people dying, killing and fighting for Pandora throughout history.
'Since the day I was found, humanity has fought to harness my power. According to the legends, those who drink my tears gain immortality. And so, secret wars and battles were waged in hopes to own me, until ten years ago.' The blood drenched battlefield disappeared in a bright light. When the light died, it showed the Kaitou Kid holding the stone. 'I was found by the first white magician, who vowed to destroy me, but he couldn't do it after he learned that I'm a living being. So he sealed me away, deep inside the caves in Aokigahara.' Another flash of bright light blinded Conan. Now he was Shinichi, and inside his mind.
"Are you okay Pandora?" He asked as he walked toward Pandora. "Can you tell me what happened when you destroyed the reaver?"
"We became one being, only temporarily" She said with a sad tone in her voice.
"Aren't we already-" Pandora cuts her off.
"I may have merged with your mind and merged with your body, but I have not merged with your soul. If that does happen completely, then you and I will cease to be and become a new form of life. A form equal to a god." This shocked Shinichi greatly.
"W-w-what!? We would become something like a god!?" Shinichi yelled loudly. This wasn't what he wanted at all. He wanted to live out his life and past on in peace, not immortal.
"I too do not want this but if it does happen, know that I'm sorry about not telling you." Pandora looked away from Shinichi.
"Don't worry, that won't happen Pandora." Shinichi said determined. Out of nowhere, Shinichi heard someone call the name of his alter ego.
'Conan-kun...' The voice chanted. He felt himself fade from his inner world. When he opened his eyes, he was back in the car, sitting on Ran's lap and with her arms wrapped around him. "Are you okay? You sounded like you had a nightmare." Ran pointed out. Conan nodded.
"Yeah, I'm okay!" Conan chirped. He then remembered what Pandora told him.
'I have not merged with your soul. If that does happen completely, then you and I will cease to be and become a new form of life. A stone throw away from god.' The thought of becoming something even greater then a normal immortal made him wonder. What is the difference between an immortal and a god.
'I didn't want this...' He looked up at Ran with a sad look in his eyes. Ran looked down and became concerned After the group arrived back at the agency, Everyone made there way into the building, but Ran stopped Conan.
"I need to talk to Conan-kun, we'll see you inside." Ran grasped Conan's shoulders to stop him. The two of them were left alone. "Are you really okay Conan-kun?" She asked.
"Yeah-"
"Please, don't block me out!" She yelled. "Let me in, I'm tried of asking what's wrong and hearing 'I'm okay' or It's nothing' every time! Just tell me, please..." She bent down to his level.
"I... I keep having the same nightmare of... Being alone..." Conan looked away from Ran in shame. "I don't like being alone..." He muttered. Ran wrapped her arms around Conan, giving him a warm hug.
"It's okay Conan-kun, and thank you for telling me. You never tell me about anything that's worrying you, I'm glad you opened up." Ran grasped Conan's hand. "Come on, it's dinner time."
"Can... Can I help?" Conan asked. This surprised Ran, Conan never asked to help.
"Sure!" She exclaimed. The two entered the agency to serve dinner.
A/N- Sorry for the long delay I got back into neon genesis evangelion, the very first anime I ever watch... Not the best anime to watch when your twelve but it was one of the best. But I hated the ending and the movie, that made no sense! It was still good if not the best mecha anime out there. I also I should point out that I hate Yamamura with a burning passion. From what I've seen in detective conan, he just points his finger at everyone. That kind of false accusation and he'll lose his badge.