CH7 "The Dream"

Ran opened her eyes to see nothing but an all consuming darkness that enveloped her surroundings.

"Hello" she called in vain, while not even an echo returned to her ears.

"Shinichi are you there?" Ran cry out, as tears formed in her eye from the sheer emptiness that surrounded her.

As if he was answering her cries Kudo Shinichi appeared before Ran smile the arrogant smile he was so well known for. Ran returned his smile with her own smile, she ran up to embrace the Holmes freak; as she would often call him. But with every step she took Ran seemed further and further away from her beloved detective, all the while the Smile remained on Shinichi's face. Ran fell on her knees from exhaustion after running endlessly.

"Why!? Why do you always leave me? Why can't you ever be happy with the world around you? Why is it that you always search for trouble or is it that trouble searches for you? Why can't you grow up and see that I love you?"

"Ran" came a faint whisper

She lifted her head to the Great Detective of the West, Kudo Shinichi, was kneeing in front of her staring into her eyes smiling not an arrogant smile, but a sincerely loving smile. Despite have the man she longed for so long in front of her she felt some what uneasily around him.

"an... Ran" came the whisper again

Ran recognized it to be Shinichi's voice, yet the Shinichi before her was completely silent

"RAN! Please answer me!"

"Shinichi!? What's going on?"

Ran looked at the Shinichi in front of her only to see his face literally crack like porcelain. As pieces of the fake Shinichi's face fell on the ground, it relieved none other than Vodka. Vodka smiled malevolently at Ran as he pulled a gun and cocked it.

"It's time for Kudo's precious little angel to fall."

Vodka pointed the gun at Ran; he began to slowly pull the trigger when Shinichi jump in front taking the bullet.

"SHINICHI!" Ran screamed as she sat up in a cold sweat.

"Ran, what's wrong I'm right here?" Shinichi spoke still in his hospital bed

Ran leap on top of him hugging him fiercely as he were about to slip away into the darkness she had just awoken from.

"Please don't leave again, you can't leave me again."

"I'm not going anywhere Ran, because I wouldn't be able to stand being away from you any longer."

"Shinichi there is something I need to tell you,

"What is it Ran?"

She turned her head tring to hid how red her face was.

"I love you."

Shinichi smiled "I love you too, Ran."

Ran's eyes widened, as she hugged Shinichi even tighter

"Ran"

"What is it?" Ran ask, blind by her own elation

"Your hurting me."

"I'm so sorry, are you okay"

"I'm fine, Ran"