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Chapter 6: Conan Returns

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Jimmy and Rachel both sat at a restaurant in Tokyo, sitting right beside each other. hand-in-hand underneath the table. Rachel hadn't felt so happy in a long time, she finally had her Jimmy back. She wasn't planning to let him out of her sight again, not if she could help it.

The great detective himself was worried about Kagome. She had seemed sad before they left for dinner. He wondered if she was thinking of that hanyou, Inuyasha, that she had told him about earlier. Why think of someone who brought you pain?

It was hard not to, when you loved that person more than your own life, and then they betray you. Though the way he acted before he left did strike Jimmy as odd. Kagome said he was overly possessive of her, but yet when he smells Kikyo he goes right off to see her, not even thinking if it hurts her. It's strange...if he really cared about her, wouldn't he not go with Kikyo? There was something missing here...he just knew it.

Kagome had told him about all sorts of spells and things that could be used to turn someone against the one you love the most. He didn't know what would happen if that ever happened to him and Rachel. It did sort of happen actually. The time when that man was targeting all the people close to Richard, and had put Rachel in danger. He had a knife to her throat, and Jimmy found that the only way to save her was to shoot her, because if you shoot the victim then their no longer of use to the kidnapper. But if she were used as a weapon against him...if she attacked him or he attacked her... he shivered at the thought. He can't believe Kagome went through some of that stuff. At such a young age too. She was just a girl, she should be able to live out a normal life. That was impossible now but..

"Jmmy?"

Jimmy blinked and looked over at Rachel, who was watching him worriedly. "Are you okay? You've been out of it for a while, just staring into space like that for at least ten minutes."

"Sorry, Rachel," Jimmy rubbed the back of his head, leaning in to kiss her cheek. This caused her to blush, and a smile crept onto his lips. It was so easy to make her blush, and he did it because she looked cute when she blushed. "I guess I was thinking too hard again."

"You on another case or something?" Rachel asked, tilting her head to look at him. He shook his head.

"No...worried about Kagome, actually," he told her. "She just came here yesterday, right?"

"Yeah," Rachel nodded. "I heard her telling Inspector Meguire that her mother, grandfather and little brother were all leaving to move to another part of the city. Don't know why. She said her mother was turning to ask her if they were hungry but it was too late because the car was coming their way."

"Woah..wait...like...actually trying to run them over?" Rachel asked, her eyes widening slightly. Jimmy nodded, a grim look on his face.

"It seems that way."

"But who...I mean, she just moved to this part of town with her family, who could've possibly known who they were? It couldn't be a drunk driver."

Jimmy nodded and then shook his head. "It definitely wasn't a drunk driver, Rachel, though that's what the police claim. I just have this sinking feeling I'm missing something here...I'm not sure what it is."

"You'll figure it out," Rachel smiled, reaching over to give his hand a squeeze of reassurance. He nodded and leaned in kissing her lips gently. This made her blush again because it was in public.

After a few hours, Jimmy and Rachel decided it was time to head home. And they did, hand-in-hand.

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Kagome had finally fallen asleep, her breathing slow and even. She was turned on her side on Rachel's bed, her face facing the window. This was how Rachel found her when she walked in the door and she smiled.

'She must've had a rough day...she looks like she's been crying...' she frowned as she saw this, but quietly closed the door when she left the room.

When she closed the door, her eyes widened when she heard a scream. One that sounded an awful lot like...Jimmy!

"Oh no! Jimmy!" she exclaimed as she ran towards the sound of the scream. The scream seemed to have startled Kagome awake from her nap, and she ran over, following Rachel.

Her eyes widened when she found Conan sitting there at the table.

What had happened?

She gave him the potion! He should be Jimmy for at least a year! She began to panic. Did she put the wrong ingredient in the potion, perhaps? She was sure she didn't... she put all of the ingredients in it. She bought them from that herb shop. Maybe one of them was bad or something...she'd figure it out.

"Conan?" Rachel blinked, walking over to him. He was in clothes too big for his size, looking similar to the ones Jimmy had been wearing earlier, which made her suspicious again. "Where's Jimmy?"

"He said he got called into another case and left in quite a hurry," Conan said to her. "He told me to tell you that he'd be back soon."

Rachel sighed. Why all of these lies? Was it really that important to keep a secret? He wasn't just keeping it from her though, so that made the pain a little bit better...but still..

Why lie about half of your life? There had to be a reason but Rachel just couldn't figure it out.

"Well, first let's get you into some appropriate clothes," Rachel smiled at him, picking him up and carrying him into her room. She sat him on her bed and began digging through her closet. "I believe I still have some of your clothes here from the last time you were here."

Conan nodded, then looked over towards the door. Kagome was staring down at the ground, as if in shock. He knew why she must be feeling like this. She had given the potion to cure him...something must be wrong with it. Or his body was fighting against it, like it had with the drink Harley had given him. He had tried to drink it once more but nothing worked, he hadn't changed back into Jimmy, and that's why, or so Dr. Agasa had said. And it did make sense.

'Don't blame yourself, Kagome,' Jimmy thought. 'You had no way of knowing this would happen. Don't blame yourself. It's all my damn body's fault for being so strong and fighting against stuff like this.'

TBC

A/N: Short chapter again, but this is a Merry Christmas present! ^___^ Conan/Kagome romance will happen soon. Stay tuned! Thanks for the reviews, I appreciate it. Really, since there aren't that many crossover fics like this.