Detective Conan/Fruits Basket- The 14th Animal of the Sohma Family Curse
Genre: Romance/Friendship/Lot's of Drama Llama
Pairing: Shinichi and Ran
Rating: PG-13 (tad bit of suggestive humor)
Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan or Fruits Basket................................................. Wah....
Summary: What if Shinichi wasn't shrunk into a boy, but when hugged by a girl, he became the 14th animal cursed under the Chinese Zodiac? Fruits Basket Crossover!
The 14th Animal of the Sohma Family Curse
Ch.3 Ran's New Cat, Shinichi
It had been a couple days since Shinichi had been hurt by Akito. He could now walk, but a few of his cuts were so deep that Hatori had to give Shinichi stitches. Shinichi sighed. 'I'm not going to mess with that guy again... Jeez, what did I do to deserve this!? It's so nice of the rest of the Sohma family for being kind and offering me a place to stay. Sure, I probably should have been more grateful, but... Akito didn't have to go that far!' Shinichi thought to himself.
It was late in the evening, and Shinichi had just finished dinner. He realized Tohru was a good cook, but she'd never be as good as Ran. No one would in Shinichi's eyes.
'I miss her so much... It's been almost 10 days since I saw her!' Shinichi thought to himself.
He had apologized to Kyo for being so angry the day he moved his stuff to Shigure's house. He didn't actually hate Kyo; in that moment he would've hated anyone that had stopped him from seeing Ran.
"Shinichi, you have a phone call!" Shigure shouted, from the kitchen.
Shinichi ran down those stairs to the kitchen like he was Sonic the Hedgehog. He snatched the phone from Shigure with a quick, "Thank you!"
Shigure simply smiled.
"Hello?" Shinichi said, mentally begging for it to be Ran.
"Shinichi!?!" The familiar voice whimpered out.
"Ran, what's wrong!?" Shinichi asked, worried.
"Y-you know that singer, Yoko Okino?" Ran whimpered.
"Um... I guess, what about her!?" Shinichi asked, confused.
"Well, she came to my dad's office to ask him to help catch a stalker. We went to her apartment, and... {SNIFFLE}" Ran trailed off.
"What!? You got to her apartment, and what?" Shinichi asked. 'Yoko Okino actually went to Ran's father...?' Shinichi thought to himself.
"A-a guy was dead in the middle of the floor with a knife plunged deep in his back!!!" Ran squealed.
".....oh, so why are you calling me then? You should call the cops!" Shinichi mumbled.
"We did, but Inspector Megure and my father are getting nowhere fast!" Ran whined.
'Figures as much...' Shinichi thought to himself. "Ran, why don't you tell me the situation?" Shinichi asked.
"Um... well, do you mean like who are the suspects and what the place around it is?" Ran asked.
"Yes, Ran..." Shinichi said, smiling.
"Well, the suspects we have found so far is Yoko and her manager..." Ran explained.
"What does the room look like?" Shinichi asked.
"Well... the room's heater was up pretty high. The room looked like it might have been ransacked, except for one chair that was upright near the body. There's a dent in the floor next to the body... the area is wet on the floor and around the body... and I think that's it..." Ran explained.
"Can you look around the room for more evidence?" Shinichi asked.
"Um, sure. Where do you want me to look?" Ran asked.
"Um under chairs, couches, tables, in cabinets, etc., but remember to where gloves." Shinichi reminded.
"Okay, I will. I'll call you back when I'm done!" Ran said, hanging up.
Shinichi sighed and whispered, "That's my girl; always reliable."
"Shinichi, did you say something about the calling the cops? What happened to Ran?" Shigure asked.
"Oh, her father was asked to help Yoko Okino catch a stalker, but when they got to her apartment, they found a dead body..." Shinichi mumbled.
"Oh my gosh! Do they know who did it!?" Shigure asked.
"Nah, Kogoro, Ran's father, isn't exactly the greatest, or smartest for that matter, detective in the world. He has almost no clue what he's doing..." Shinichi said, shrugging his shoulders and chuckling lightly as her imagined Kogoro saying something stupid like that the victim was murdered by a ninja.
"Why are you so calm!?! A man died!" Shigure shouted.
"Guess what, Shigure! People die everyday, some in a more painful way than others. In fact I read a survey that says that 10 out of 10 people die..." Shinichi said, jokingly.
"What are you, heartless!?" Shigure asked, shocked.
"No, I've just seen more than my fill of dead bodies... Ran says that they follow me around like lost puppies..." Shinichi mumbled.
"{SIGH}I'm starting to see how much of a smart Alec you are. Still, you're not as bad as Kyo so I'm okay with it. Question: Shinichi, are related to Yukiko Kudo the ex-actress or Yusaku Kudo, the mystery novelist?" Shigure asked.
"Oh, you didn't know? Those two are my parents..." Shinichi mumbled.
"THEY ARE!?! I can see where you got your looks from. You look just like your father!" Shigure beamed.
"I do? Well, everyone says that, but besides the eyes, I don't see the resemblance..." Shinichi mumbled.
"Follow me..." Shigure said, walking towards his room.
Shinichi followed him, confused.
Shigure pulled out a picture from one of the books on the bookshelf in the back of the room.
"What's that?" Shinichi asked.
"It's a picture. Who does this guy look like?" Shigure asked with a wink.
"He looks a lot like me, but he isn't me. He's a little older, and he doesn't have my cowlick." Shinichi said, pointed to the little patch of hair that stood up on the back of his head.
"That's because he isn't you. He's your father, Yusaku Kudo." Shigure said, smiling.
"Wha!? That can't be my father!" Shinichi yelped.
"Why not?" Shigure sneered.
"B-because my dad wears glasses. He's practically blind without them. Besides, how old is this picture anyway? Why do you have a photo of my father from years ago?" Shinichi asked.
"I'm a novelist as well, and I've been a fan of Yusaku for a while. I met him at a writer's conference about... 20 years ago!" Shigure explained.
"You were 7 years old at that time..." Shinichi pointed out.
"I've been a fan for years, but I met him at the conference and got a picture with him. That's me next to him." Shigure pointed to the little boy next to Shinichi's father.
"Wow, that's really you!?" Shinichi said, shocked.
"Yep. See, besides the 'cowlick', you look just like him." Shigure said, winking.
"Okay, okay, I admit defeat. Wait, if you're such a huge fan of my dad, then why didn't you know I was his son!?!" Shinichi asked.
"Well, I don't read a bunch of tabloids and I honestly haven't heard much about Yusaku's private life for about 13 or 14 years. All I know is that he had one son who he left in Japan when he moved to America. I didn't know his son's name..." Shigure chuckled.
"Wow, some fan you are!" Shinichi mumbled.
"What's that supposed to mean! I own one of every book he's ever published! Besides, I have his autograph on this picture, so THERE!!!" Shigure said like a child.
"Wow, no offense, but you're kind of immature..." Shinichi said as delicately as possible.
"YOU BET I AM!!!" Shigure said, bursting into laughter.
Shinichi sighed. Finally the phone rang.
"Hello?" Shinichi answered.
"Shinichi, I found an earring under one of the sofa's. We have a new suspect named Yuko Ikezawa. She owns the earring." Ran explained.
"Has she been acting strange?" Shinichi asked.
"Not really. She's convinced that Yoko did it and that Yoko is framing her. She hasn't done too much since she got here. She just used the bathroom a little while ago, but that's not really strange. She also just sat down on the couch and lit a cigarette. Again, that's not too strange... Also, we found out that the victim was Yoko's ex-boyfriend." Ran mumbled.
A thought popped into Shinichi's mind. 'Yuko's earring was found in the apartment...'
"Ran, did Yuko use her own lighter?" Shinichi asked.
"No, she used this Statue of Liberty lighter. Honestly I didn't know it was a lighter till she light the cigarette." Ran mumbled.
"THAT'S IT!!!" Shinichi suddenly shouted.
"What's it?" Ran asked.
"How did Yuko know it was a lighter? Ask her that question!" Shinichi insisted.
Ran did and said to Shinichi, "Yuko just panicked and explained that she's the stalker that was bothering Yoko. She also said that the victim came to Yoko's room when she was there and she was attacked by him from behind."
It finally clicked in Shinichi's mind, 'The victim attacked Yuko from behind? The dent in the floor, the water around the body, the heater up high, the victim was Yoko's ex-boyfriend... I got it! There's always only one truth!'
"Ran, I think I know who the culprit is!" Shinichi explained.
"You do!?!?!" Ran yelped.
'Wait, if I say it then... it'll probably show up in the papers, and that organization will know I'm alive..." Shinichi realized.
"Wait, Ran... is there anyway you can say the deduction for me!" Shinichi yelped.
"No way, Shinichi! You do it!" Ran whined.
"Please, I can't let my name show up in the papers! Wait, Ran, can I talk to your father..." Shinichi insisted.
"Why?" Ran asked.
"Just do it!" Shinichi insisted. 'Man, I've fallen this desperate, huh?' He thought to himself.
Ran did as he said. She handed the phone to her dad and whispered in his ear, "Dad, Shinichi wants to talk to you about something, don't overreact!"
"Huh...? Um... Hello?" Kogoro mumbled, answering the phone.
"Mouri?" Shinichi mumbled.
"Yah, what do you want, punk!? If you're asking for permission to date Ran, forget it!!!" Kogoro growled.
"DAD!?!?! SHINICHI AND I ARE JUST FRIENDS!!!" Ran whined in the background, blushing.
"No, Mouri, I wasn't going to ask you that..." Shinichi mumbled. 'Although, I would if I could...' Shinichi thought to himself.
"Okay, then what do you want!?!" Kogoro asked, annoyed.
"I... I solved the case, and I want you to say my deductions for me like they are your own!" Shinichi explained.
"WHAT!?! No way, besides I already figured it out!" Kogoro said, beaming with pride.
"Oh, did you now...? Then, enlighten me, Kogoro, who did it?" Shinichi asked, sarcastically.
"The manager did it, right?" Kogoro whispered.
"Nope... wrong answer." Shinichi mumbled.
"Wait, if he didn't do it then who. The women don't have the strength to do this, and besides Yoko and the manager, no one has the motive!" Kogoro whispered.
"Of course, it isn't any of the women..." Shinichi said with a sigh.
"Wait, if it isn't the women or the manager, then who did it!?" Kogoro asked, confused. "You don't possibly think it was an outsider!?"
"Of course not..." Shinichi said with a chuckle.
"Then who did it? Someone put the knife into Mr. Fujie's back!" Kogoro growled.
"Can you go into another room so I can explain it privately... I don't want anyone to know I was involved with this case!" Shinichi explained.
"Wait, why? You love having you pictures plastered on magazine and newspaper covers. Why is it different now!?" Kogoro asked, quietly.
"Look, I got pulled into a hard case, and it risks my safety and some of my loved ones safety if the media mentions my name..." Shinichi hissed.
"... Fine, I help you out, but if you're wrong, I'm telling everyone that it was your deduction, not mine!" Kogoro said.
"Fine. You got yourself a deal..." Shinichi mumbled.
"Okay, I'll go to the restroom so you can explain this to me..." Kogoro mumbled.
Kogoro locked himself in the restroom and listened to Shinichi's deductions. He was shocked by them, but they did seem to make sense.
Kogoro hung up the phone, handed it back to Ran, and began his deduction show. It turned out that Shinichi was right. The man had committed suicide and made it look like a murder done by Yoko.
Afterwards, Kogoro used Ran's cell to call Shinichi again and said, "Thank you, Kudo!"
"No problem." Shinichi mumbled.
"Do you want something in return for this?" Kogoro asked.
"Hm... not really, but if maybe we could do this every time a case comes up, you'd be famous and no one would know it was me. It might help me in my case..." Shinichi realized.
"... I wouldn't mind becoming famous. It would make it easier to pay the bills." Kogoro mumbled.
"Fine, do we have a deal?" Shinichi asked.
"... yes, deal." Kogoro said.
"Oh, and try not to drink too much after this case or gamble..." Shinichi reminded.
"...I'll try, but I can't make any promises..." Kogoro chuckled.
"Yah, yah, just don't go dying on me from liver failure, old timer!" Shinichi taunted.
"Yah, yah, yah... I guess you aren't that terrible of a person... I might reconsider what I said about Ran if you like." Kogoro mumbled.
"REALLY!?!" Shinichi shouted, a little too excited, okay he didn't even give a hint of restraint...
"Well, well, well, so you do like my daughter, huh?" Kogoro mumbled.
"Um... whoops..." Shinichi sweat dropped. "Ran didn't hear, right?"
"No, but she almost did. That 'Really' was pretty loud... Anyway, I guess I'll put in a good word for you for when you get back, but if you hurt her in any way, shape, or form-."
"You'll dismember my body or mutilate it in some freaky way and then hide the pieces?" Shinichi finished his sentence.
"Wow, great minds think alike!" Kogoro joked.
Shinichi shivered. 'NO!!! I CANNOT TURN INTO KOGORO!!!!!' He thought to himself.
"Yah, that's what it is... You keep thinking that, Kogoro." Shinichi mumbled, sarcastically.
"Yah, you got a point, we aren't that alike. That's would be plain sad. Anyway, Ran wants to talk to you!" Kogoro explained, handing the cell phone back to Ran.
"Wow, Shinichi, did you do all that!?!" Ran asked.
"Sort of..." Shinichi mumbled, blushed.
"That was amazing. You made Kogoro look like a pro!" Ran said, smiling.
"{BLUSH} It's wasn't that amazing... Just doing my job." Shinichi mumbled, red in the cheeks.
"I thought it was pretty cool. Anyway, I'll call you later. Dad's doing a happy dance! Bye, Shinichi!" Ran said, smiling.
"Yah, bye, Ran..." Shinichi mumbled.
They both hung up. Shinichi walked up to his room in a daze. 'She thinks I'm cool. Ran thinks I'm cool!?!?!' Shinichi mentally screamed for joy. 'I want to see her... now!'
It was in that moment that Shinichi realized that Tohru's bedroom light was on. Everyone else had gone to bed. 'I bet she's doing late night homework...' Shinichi thought to himself.
An idea popped into his mind. It was risky, but Shinichi wanted to see Ran so badly. He didn't care if she actually saw him or not, as long as he could see her.
He slowly and quietly knocked on Tohru's door. Tohru said a little, "Come in!"
Shinichi did so and saw Tohru at her desk, studying.
"Oh, hi, Kudo-kun! What's up?" Tohru asked, a little surprised.
Before she could react, Shinichi whispered a small, "Sorry" and hugged Tohru from behind. There was a small 'poof', and cat Shinichi was all that remained.
Tohru looked at him, shocked and said, "What did you do that for!?!"
"Sorry, Tohru, but I have to see her! Please, don't tell on me!" Shinichi said jumping from her window to a tree branch.
"Shinichi!?!" She yelped.
Shinichi ran with all his might till he finally reached Ran's house. He climbed up the stairs to Ran's front door. He scratched at the door in an attempt to get someone's attention. Luckily, Ran was in the P.I. Office thinking about something. She opened the door and was surprised to find a little black cat staring back at her. 'She's gorgeous!' Shinichi thought to himself. 'I have to remember not to talk while I'm in this form or she'll hear me...'
"Um... Meow, meow!" Shinichi tried.
"AWWWW!!!! What a cute kitty!" Ran said, snatching Shinichi up into her arms. Shinichi knew he probably shouldn't but he could resist the urge to rub his head against her neck. 'She smells so good!' He thought to himself, actually purring.
"You're so cute!!! Are you lost, little one, or are you a stray?" Ran mumbled. "I don't see a collar, so I guess for now I'll assume you're a stray. Oh, wow, it's so cold out here! Let's go inside, but just for a little while. Dad doesn't like animals in his house, but since he's passed out, drunk, I guess you can stay for the night!"
'YEAH!!!' Shinichi mentally screamed, happily.
"Hm... I know you aren't mine, but I think it would be okay to name you so I don't have to call you 'Cat' all night... Hm, how about Fluffy, it's simply..." Ran mumbled.
Shinichi rolled his eyes and hissed at her.
"You don't like that name, huh? Well, first of all, I should probably find out what gender you are..." Ran mumbled.
'G-gender!?!' Shinichi thought to himself, shocked.
Ran reached for his tail and was about to pull it up to look when Shinichi jump from her, blushing.
"What's wrong? If I don't check, then I won't know whether to give you a boy or girl name. Now come here and hold still." Ran whined.
'This is humiliating! Cats' may not have an identical looking... you know, but still!!! Ran's trying to look at my part!!!' Shinichi mentally screamed in embarrassment.
"Fine, since you're apparently skittish about someone touching your tail, I'll just try to give you either a uni-gender name or that name that best fits you... Well, let's get a good look at you. You're completely black except for you belly. You have the prettiest blue eyes I've ever seen with the except of Shinichi... {BLUSH} I know you can't talk, but don't be telling all you cat friends that I just said that. Shinichi would think I was super strange for saying something like that..." Ran babbled.
'She thinks I have the prettiest blue eyes she's ever seen, huh!?' Shinichi thought to himself, blushing.
"... I know it's strange, but your eyes remind me so much of Shinichi's!" Ran said, picking Shinichi up and hugging him, gently. "Why don't I just call you, 'Shinichi'...? He'll never find out, and I think it fits you..."
Shinichi purred in her arms. 'She got my name right!?! That's my girl...{BLUSH} Well, not my girl, but still...' Shinichi thought to himself.
"You can sleep in my bed tonight. Okay, Shinichi?" Ran said, smiling.
Shinichi blushed. 'S-sleep in her bed w-with her!?!' Shinichi thought.
Ran carried him to her room. She placed Shinichi on her bed and started to get undressed so she could change into her PJ's. Shinichi turned his face away, blushing deeply. Ran finally finished and pull the covers up. She got under them and pulled Shinichi under them too. She placed him by her chest, and covered them both with her blanket. Shinichi blushed at how close he was to her. 'At least, I don't have to worry about changing back in the middle of the night' He thought to himself, snuggling against her.
Shinichi and Ran slept soundly, but unconsciously, Ran rolled away from Shinichi, causing him to no longer be in her arms. He slept against her soft covers, safe and sound. That is until a tiny like poof was made in the middle of the night. It didn't wake up either of them. Shinichi simply snuggled up around Ran with the covers between him, keeping him from really touching her and changing, like nothing had happened.
The next morning, Ran awoke first to the sound of her alarm clock. She hit the off button and whined as she snuggled closer to the foreign object in her bed. It was so warm, so comfortable. Suddenly, she realized something. "It" had a heartbeat, and "it" didn't feel anything like her bed, pillow, or blankets. "It" felt like skin!? A cover was in the way of most of "it", but the part she did touch felt like skin. She slowly opened her eyes to see a man's body tangled in a cover next to her. She hadn't really hugged him or touched him (A/N: Not enough to make him change), but her hand had been on his naked chest so she felt his heartbeat. She slowly looked up to see the person's face and was shocked to see it was Shinichi!? She jumped up in her bed, shocked and looked at him sleeping soundly next to her. She then saw something that kept her from hitting him on the spot. He turned on his stomach in his sleep, and she saw the whip marks on his back. She covered her mouth in shocked and tried to stop a few tears from rolling down her cheek.
"Who did this to you, Shinichi!?" She whispered.
Shinichi stirred in his sleep and slowly awoke to feel a soft hand run along his cuts lightly. He turned around to look at the person and saw it was Ran.
"Ran..." He whispered, softly.
"S-Shinichi, why do you have cuts on your back? There are so many of them!?!" Ran whimpered.
"It's nothing, Ran... Nothing at all." Shinichi said in a soothing voice.
He couldn't control himself as his hand found it's way to her cheek.
"It doesn't matter at all..." He whispered, his lips drawing near hers.
Ran didn't stop him as his lips brush against hers. To Shinichi's shock, she kissed back.
'Her lips are wonderful; so soft and moist. They taste so sweet!' Shinichi thought to himself as their kiss became more heated. Shinichi slowly opened his eyes and saw Ran slowly open hers to peek at him. They blushed and pulled their lips away from each other, shocked.
"Oh my gosh! S-Shinichi, w-we just kissed! F-friends aren't supposed to kiss, right!?" Ran realized, blushing.
Shinichi blushed and was about to say something, but Ran interrupted him.
"Besides what are you doing in my bed and why are you- AHHH!!! ARE YOU NAKED!?!?!?!" Ran squealed, covering her eyes.
Shinichi then realized that he was indeed naked. He blushed and pulled the covers over himself. Ran jumped out of the bed and ran to her father's room. She came back after a little while and threw some clothes at Shinichi. Shinichi thanked her, and got dressed when she left the room.
"Shinichi, why were you in my bed!?! I went to sleep with a cat in my bed and woke up with a naked guy in my bed!?!?!" Ran whined.
"I can explain! Okay, no, I can't, but please, don't hurt me!" Shinichi begged, covering his face.
Ran simply looked at him with an embarrassed look on her face.
"Why did you kiss me!?!" Ran demanded to know; her cheeks red as a tomato.
"... {SIGH} Ran, why do you think!?" Shinichi said, blushing.
Ran looked at him, shocked. 'She finally gets it...' Shinichi thought to himself.
"YOU ARE KISSAHOLIC!?!?!" Ran yelped.
Shinichi sweat dropped. He looked at her like she had to be kidding, but she wasn't.
"NOOO!!!!!" Shinichi shouted.
"Then why?" Ran asked, innocently.
Shinichi sighed. It took all his self-control to not pull her into his arms, knowing what would happen if he did.
"Ran... do you seriously not know!?!" Shinichi mumbled.
"Um... well, if it isn't the first thing I said then I don't know..." Ran mumbled, blushing. "I mean you can't possibly l-."
"Why can't that be possible!?" Shinichi said, grabbing her hand.
Ran blushed and said, "B-but S-Shinichi, it isn't possible. Why would you l-love me out of all the girls in the world you could have?"
"Because you're the only girl in this whole world that I would want to love!" Shinichi finally shouted out.
"S-Shinichi!?!" Ran mumbled, shocked.
"{SIGH} Ran, I love you!" Shinichi said, touching her shoulders and bringing her in for a kiss.
"I... I love you, too, Shinichi!" Ran said, smiling.
She tried to hug Shinichi, but he wouldn't let her.
"Why wouldn't you let me hug you?" Ran asked.
"B-because the cuts on my back hurt really bad. They bleed when they are touched." Shinichi lied.
"O-okay. I won't hug you, but Shinichi, can I...{BLUSH}" Ran trailed off.
"Can you what?" Shinichi asked in a soothing voice.
"Can I kiss you?" Ran asked, shyly.
Shinichi pulled her face till his was inches from hers and whispered, "Yes... I thought you'd never ask."
Then they kissed, passionately and headed towards the kitchen to eat breakfast.
"Can I just skip school today? I want to stay home with you!" Ran whined.
"I want to too, but I have to get to back to Shigure's house before he notices I'm gone. I really don't want to go, but it's for your own good, okay?" Shinichi said with a sad sigh.
"I understand, but please, come back as soon as you can, Shinichi!" Ran begged.
"You bet I will! Bye, I love you, Ran." Shinichi said, heading out the door.
"I love you, too, Shinichi." Ran whispered as he left.
Shinichi took the closest bus back to Shigure's neighborhood. He quietly sneaked back into his room through his window and got ready for school. The rest of the day, he couldn't stop smiling and only Tohru knew why. She didn't tell anyone though because she didn't want Shinichi to get in trouble with Akito. She had seen what he did to Shinichi with the whip, but little did she know that she didn't need to tell for Akito to find out.
Shinichi called up Ran after school. "Ran?" He said, as she answered.
"Shinichi? Hi!" Ran said, happily.
"How was school?" Shinichi asked.
"P-pretty good... Um, and you?" Ran asked, sounding strange.
"Um, it was actually rather boring especial since you weren't there..." Shinichi admitted.
"What? Really... why?" Ran asked.
"What do you mean, 'why'? Because of what I told you this morning when I came over to your place..." Shinichi mumbled.
"You didn't come over to my place? What are you talking about, Shinichi!?" Ran asked, confused.
"Oh, don't joke with me. I'm talking about how I woke up in your bed, naked, and after some explaining, I confessed my love for you to you. We kissed like...3 times! How could you not remember that!?!" Shinichi whispered, shocked.
"Shinichi, what are you talking about!?! We've never kissed before! B-besides, what are you talking about, 'I confessed my love for you to you'. No, you didn't! W-why would you joke about something like that." Ran said, sniffling like she was going to cry.
"I'm not joking!!! DON'T YOU REMEMBER!!! Ran, please, don't cry, but you have to remember. I told you several times that I love you!!! You can't just forget that unless you-."
Shinichi realized something. He looked up to see Hatori standing near him. He knew what happened at least most of it. "You, YOU ERASED RAN'S MEMORY OF THIS MORNING!?!?!?!" Shinichi screamed at him, horrified.
"I was only doing what Akito ordered me to do. You're lucky I didn't erase you from her memory completely. That's what Akito wanted me to do..." Hatori said with a sigh.
"HOW DARE YOU!!!?" Shinichi shouted at him.
"Now I have to erase her memory of ever hearing this conversation and the 'love' comments. Akito is not okay with you being in love with her or letting her know. He's especial not okay with you seeing her." Hatori mumbled.
"NO! I won't let you do it! You can't keep erasing her memory each time I see her or tell her I love her!?!?!" Shinichi shouted, running out the front door.
He called Ran from his cell phone and shouted, "Ran whatever you do, don't open the door for anyone, but me, okay?" Shinichi shouted.
"Um... okay, Shinichi, what's going on?" Ran asked, confused.
"I'll explain when I get there!" Shinichi shouted, running towards her house.
Hatori and Shigure chased after him, but he was too fast for them. Shinichi finally reached Ran's home and knocked violently on the door.
"Ran, it's me, Shinichi. Please, let me in!" Shinichi screamed.
Ran did so. Shinichi ran in quickly and slammed the door shut behind him. He grabbed a chair and stuck it under the door, along with locking the locks on every door and window in the house.
"Shinichi, what are you doing!?!" Ran asked.
"A couple of them are super strong and can break down a door even easier than you can. Ran, I know you don't believe me when I say I was here this morning, and that I confessed my love. But I really was; I swear. Hatori erased your memory of it. He's coming here to do it again." Shinichi explained.
"Why does he want to do that? Did I do something wrong?" Ran asked, trying to believe Shinichi.
"No, I did! I should have never followed that man in black, but him and his group are the least of my problems. The Sohma family think I'm part of their curse which is where I turn into an animal when a person of the opposite sex hugs me. I turn into a black cat, but not because of their curse. It's because I was forced to take a poison that was supposed to kill me, but it did the animal changing thing instead." Shinichi explained.
Ran looked at him like she didn't believe him. Shinichi sighed and hugged her tightly. There was a 'poof', and all that remained was cat Shinichi.
"OMG, YOU'RE A FREAKIN' CAT!?!?!?!?!?! Wait, you're the stray cat from last night!?! No wonder you were in my bed, naked like you say. You must've turned back then, right?" Ran mumbled, shocked.
"Yes... Ran, I know this is a lot to ask, but do you think you can still love me if I may never be able to hug you without turning into a cat? Because I love you! I love you so much, but I don't want you to go through this much pain or pressure! Ran, do you love me back?" Shinichi asked.
Ran smiled and said, nervously, "No matter what, Shinichi, I-I will always love you!"
"Oh, Ran! I'd kiss you, but I'm sort of a cat..." Shinichi said, shrugging his cat shoulders.
There was another 'poof', and normal Shinichi was back. Ran realized he was naked, so she yelped in embarrassment and looked away. Shinichi grabbed his clothes from the floor and quickly re-dressed. He then walked up to Ran and without hugging her, kissed her on the lips.
"I love you, Shinichi!" Ran whispered, her lips only a few feet from his.
"I love you, too, Ran..." Shinichi said, closing the gap.
There was a bang on the door, and Shinichi yelped, "Oh crap!!! Well, that was fast!"
Ran and Shinichi sat on the couch, knowing that they eventually break through the door.
Finally Yuki was brought over. He sighed and kicked in the door. He knocked the chair right out from under the knob with the kick. Shinichi sighed. 'All my efforts were in vain...' He thought to himself.
Akito came in after them and slapped Shinichi across the face.
"HOW DARE YOU!!!?" Akito shouted.
"What? Love Ran, tell her the truth, lie about my 'curse'? WHAT, AKITO!?! I don't give a damn if you hurt me, but leave Ran out of this!!!" Shinichi shouted, his face feet from Akito.
Akito was so tempted to snap his neck right there, but he finally said, "So you're an impostor, huh?"
"Yah, I'm sorry if I caused you guys trouble, but after Kyo told me my options in the situation, I took what I thought was the easy way out... I was dead wrong..." Shinichi grumbled.
Akito looked at him for a while, but finally said, "You and the girl can remain living at Shigure's house till you find these 'men in black'. I'll forgive you for lying to me and my family if you stop acting so depressed, okay?"
"I was only depressed because he practically put me in a cage! I couldn't leave the house except for school, and I couldn't see Ran!" Shinichi shouted.
"I know, but I guess since you aren't actually the 14th member of the Sohma family curse, I can't torture you. I'll let you two stay at Shigure's house, but you have to help her situated her room and explain to her father why she suddenly moved in with her boyfriend." Akito explained.
Shinichi beamed at Akito feeling oh-so grateful and happy.
"Does this mean I'll be transferring schools, too?" Ran asked.
"Well, you don't have to move in with Shinichi if you don't want to, but since you are now a target of some sort of organization, it might be wise. So yes, if you move in with Shinichi, it would only be better if you transfer schools." Akito explained.
"Ran, I don't want to force you, but I don't want you to get hurt..." Shinichi started.
"When can I move in, and when can I transfer?" Ran asked, blushing.
"Within a couple days." Akito answered.
"Ran... I love you so much!" Shinichi said, kissing Ran's lips.
The next few days, Ran started to move her stuff. When he father asked what was going on, she lied and said that she was going to live aboard for a little while and continue her studies in America. She said that her mother had suggested it and that she was looking forward to it. Kogoro being too drunk a the time, didn't even think of calling Eri to check out Ran's story. Ran said she'd try to be back soon, but she couldn't make any promises. Shinichi told her that he now regretted telling her his secret because he had put her life at risk, but Ran said she was happier this way. Plus, it helped her understand him better.
The only thing that was hard now was Ran always forgot about Shinichi's issue. Shinichi would do something sweet and romantic, and Ran would leap into his arms forgetting all about Shinichi the Cat till she heard the 'poof'. It happened so often that the Sohma family thought he really could be Ran's pet cat, Shinichi. Kyo even made him a collar with a tag that said, 'Shinichi, Property of Ran Mouri' as a joke. Shinichi kicked him in the face with a soccer ball as revenge, and Kyo chased him around the yard, his temper flaring.
Months had past since Ran had moved in with Shinichi, Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure. One day, when Ran, Shinichi, Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, Momiji, and Hatsuharu were at school, the teacher announced that they had a new student.
The girl walked to the front of the classroom.
"Why don't you introduce yourself." The teacher suggested.
The teenage, strawberry blond haired girl didn't say anything at all; she simply stared at Shinichi.
"Um... okay, you're shy. I understand. Students, this is Ai Haibara. She's new this area so please make her feel at home except technically it should be at school!" The teacher said, trying to be funny.
Some classmates made a dry, annoyed laugh at the stupid joke.
"Anyway, welcome to our class, Haibara-san... Please pick any open seat." The teacher mumbled, blushing in embarrassment.
Ai walked straight for the seat on one side of Shinichi (Ran sat on the other side). "Hi..." She said to Shinichi.
"Um... hello..." Shinichi mumbled.
Shinichi and Ran had no idea who Ai truly was or what she would later do for Shinichi.
A/N: Chapter 3 is done, and I managed to get Ai in there for you Ai fan, sorry, but there won't be any changes in the pairings for you Shinichi/Conan and Ai/Shiho fans. I'll update soon. Please review and tell me who you want Ai's animal to be. I was thinking she'd be perfect for the horse, because he personality reminds me a bit of Rin's. Let me know what you think! Have a nice day... L8r!