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a bunch of legal stuff no one ever really reads and/or cares about... All rights reserved to Aoyama Gosho.

Shinichi's POV

They watched as airplanes landed on the long runway. Ran held Hanako close to her; Ran had really found comfort in the little girl these few days.

"Your parents are on one of those planes." She told Hanako brokenly.

Hanako pushed her little head further into the older girl's neck as Ran stroked her hair. Shinichi smiled as he watched the scene.

'I hope Ran isn't too upset when Hanako leaves.' He though.

"Maybe they'll ask you to babysit again." He suggested aloud. Ran nodded and reached for his hand. He took her hand in his and swung it between them. That earned a laugh from Ran.

"I play too?" Hanako wanted to know. Ran set her down and they both joined hands with the child and swung their hands gently causing Hanako to be lifted off the floor.

Giggles filled the air as Hanako went higher and higher. Shinichi suddenly stopped swinging his hand. Ran looked at him curiously.

"What flight were the Kanzaki's on?" He asked quietly. Ran pulled out the small card she'd gotten from them with the number on it.

3:00 Flight 52

Shinichi silently pointed to a message on one of the monitors.

Australia to Japan Flight 52- CRASHED IN PACIFIC OCEAN

Ran's hands flew to her face and Shinichi picked up Hanako. He grabbed Ran's hand and led her to the front desk. He asked the clerk questions and each time he got a silent head shake.

No plane wreckage was found. No bodies were found. No S.O.S message received. No survivors.

Hanako watched Ran cry and struggled out of Shinichi's arms. He let her down and she crawled over to Ran.

"What wrong?" She asked. Ran shook her head and wiped away the tears.

"Nothing, I just had a little dust in my eyes." Ran said. Convinced, Hanako smiled and Ran lifted her up.

On the way home Ran sat in the back with Hanako. She still looked pained but it wasn't as bad as it had been at first.

"Shinichi…"

"Yes Ran?"

"Can we keep Hanako? I mean she's got nowhere else to go! Her parents told me that they eloped and their families want nothing to do with them or Hanako."

Ran sounded desperate. Shinichi thought it over and nodded to himself.

"Well if she's got nowhere to go…" He said. Ran let out a squeal and hugged him. The car swerved and he swore under his breath. Ran let go of him immediately.

"Oi oi I'm still driving!" He said. Ran flushed and ducked her head.

"Sorry Shinichi." She said sheepishly.

"We'll have to deal with the formalities in the morning." Shinichi sighed at the thought of all that paper work, but those thoughts vanished when he saw how happy Ran was playing with Hanako.

'All's well that ends well.' He thought. As long as his bestfriend was happy he could pretend to be happy too. Kaito flashed through his mind and he shook the thoughts away.

'I started this lie, I'm going to pay for it.' He thought with determination.

AN: Well here's the start of the "Tragic" part of the Tragic tale. Actually it isn't so tragic but... there are too many deaths for my liking. I just liked the idea and went with it... I didn't realize how many people I would have to kill off to make it happen. I thought that I would just kill 1 person and be done with it but I needed Kaito&Aoko so... I ended up killing a whole plane.
I'm such a bad person! Oh and one (maybe two) more people need to die... just take me to jail... I'M A MURDERER! :'(