A/N: Yay, more reviews! Who else still reads authors notes around here? I do, but I'm just wondering.

By the way...prepare to be shocked. Disgusted? I'm not sure...maybe. :)

Now...on with the show!

Angel of Darkness

Chapter 3: A Shocking Turn of Events

It was a quiet day in the Mouri Detective Agency. It was raining outside, and it was right after the night Shinichi saw Ran for the first time in ten years. Kisaki Eri had a bad feeling in her stomach that morning, especially so when around noon there was a knock at the agency's door. Her husband was out playing mahjong with his friends, and so she was taking care of the agency. Normally she wouldn't stand for it, because if he went out he'd probably hit the nearest bar... but after Ran left, no... after Ran disappeared, he'd stopped drinking completely, although it took him a while to get off the stuff completely. Though, he quit drinking, he'd fallen into a state of depression when it was announced that Ran was nowhere to be found.

Despite the fact that both Eri and her husband were saddened over the fact, she believed no one took it as bad as little Conan. It wasn't even twenty-four hours after that when she'd saw him packing all of his belongings other than his skateboard into his suitcase. He'd moved out and into Dr. Agasa's, saying that he couldn't take living here anymore. It was too painful. But he also said that if Ran was found to call him immediately.

His actions and words puzzled her. They almost reminded her of someone who had also disappeared. Perhaps, wherever they were, those two were together.

Shinichi and Ran.

It gave her a bit of hope, thinking that. She shook her head and smiled sadly before answering the door, slightly surprised to see the boy she'd been thinking about earlier.

"C-Conan-kun?"

"Where's Oji-san?" asked Conan walking into the agency. She frowned.

"Out playing mahjong...why?"

"Call him and tell him to come home immediately. This is about Ran."

She paled. The bad feeling was growing stronger.

It took him a total of ten minutes for Kogoro to return home, and saw Eri and Conan sitting on the couch, with serious faces. He frowned and walked over to the chair nearest the couch, sitting down.

"What's this about, brat?"

"I...I saw Ran," Conan began, and both of them tensed. "Last night... she came into my house. I was awakened by a noise downstairs, and when I was about to fall back asleep, I saw her."

"Are you sure you weren't dreaming her up because you miss her, Conan-kun?" Eri asked, frowning. He shook his head, looking at her pleadingly.

"Iie! I saw her! She was in my room, at my bed. She didn't look too different...longer hair, the same eyes..." Perfect figure, he added in his mind with a small blush. "She held my hand and told me 'I miss you, Conan-kun, but I can't come back home yet'." He lied. He couldn't tell them what had really happened between them.

Eri noticed the blush and raised an eyebrow. Kogoro frowned. "What do you mean she can't come back yet?"

"Calm down, dear."

"And why'd she go to you first and not us?" he continued, ignoring Eri, but she blinked. He had a point. Was it just because the two had been so close before?

Or was there something more?

"I don't know when she'll be back, Oji-san," Conan said, looking right at Kogoro. "I don't know if she can ever come back. She's in a situation where she can't just back out from and walk away."

"So she's in some sort of danger then," Eri said, and he nodded.

"Hai. But, she's fine. She's important to those that she works for, so they won't get rid of her. But because she's important to them.."

"It's why she can't just come back home," Eri finished. Conan nodded.

"Hai."

"But if she's important to them, she must be good at whatever it is that she's doing," said Kogoro, and Conan blinked. He'd failed to ask just what sort of things Ran was doing for the Organization. Oh well, it couldn't be helped seeing as he'd been so surprised to see her again.

"I assume so. But they're also suspicious of her, given her past and who she was then. She might-"

He paused. Something didn't feel right.

He stood up, ignoring both of their stares as he walked over to the window. However, he instantly smiled at what he saw.

Ran.

She was looking up at the agency, dressed in her outfit that she had on last night. Her gun was probably still on her too. It made him wonder just how many times she'd been around his place and the agency without him even noticing. She smiled back at him and waved, but he immediately hid most of his face when he saw a black porsche come into view.

'Gin.'

"Conan-kun, what are you looking at?" Eri questioned and he froze, having momentarily forgotten about them. He smiled and looked back at her, laughing nervously.

"O-Oh, nothing! I just thought I saw somethnig weird...but it was my imagination. That's all."

'Lamest lie ever, Kudo,' he thought as he looked down at Ran and Gin. Too bad he couldn't here what they were saying. But he certainly saw what they were doing.

"Taking a look at your old home?" Gin asked, stepping out of the car. Ran jumped, her hand falling to her side. Had he seen her waving? She hoped not.

"Y-Yeah. Hasn't changed much." She commented, looking up at him. That much was the truth, from what she could see.

"I hear it wasn't too soon after you disappeared that your lawyer mother moved back in," Gin said as he stood next to her.

"Really? Perhaps my leaving was for the best then. All those two did when I was around was fight, it seemed."

"But that's quite unlike us, isn't it?"

Conan's face went white as he saw Gin step closer to Ran, taking hold of her chin in his hand. He made her look up at him.

And then...and then... he kissed her.

He waited so he could watch her pull away. She did not. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck. He frowned, turning away from the window and walking towards the door.

"Conan-kun?"

"Gomen naisai...I forgot I had to discuss something with the Hakase," Conan turned to them. "If I find out anything more on Ran, I'll let you guys know."

Eri didn't think she'd ever saw the boy look so sad in all the time she'd known him as he did then, walking out the door.

Just what had he seen out the window?

It certainly wasn't nothing.

'Gomen naisai... Shinichi.'

As Conan turned, he failed to notice the lone tear fall from Ran's eye as she kissed Gin. Not that he would've seen it anyway, from being so high up.

'Gomen naisai.'

A/N: Does anyone know how to spell/say Forgive me in Japanese? Or better yet, Angel of Darkness in Japanese. I could rename the fic to that. Would anyone like an explanation on Ran and Gin? I bet you do...next chapter is a flash back to how it happened. I wanted to use the Forgive Me thing for next chapter's title.

Also, since I'm just getting into those episodes, people like Jodie and Suuichi from the FBI or any characters like that won't be in here. Vermouth was mentioned yes, but she probably won't make an appearance. I also just saw episode 504...god I cried my eyes out. T.T

If you have any ideas for the fic, feel free to let me know. :3 Thankies.