Yes, here I am! Two final chapters on "As Long As You're Happy", will Haibara finally meets Shinichi, or will Shinichi finds out that he's just too late? Well, enjoy now…

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Another Letter to Kudou Shinichi

Kudou Shinichi

I chimed the doorbell continuously; my heart was thumping against my chest. Hakase surely was slow! I needed him urgently as he might be the only one who knew where in the world Haibara was. I chimed the doorbell one more time and Hakase finally answered.

"Dare ka? (Who's that?)"

"Hakase! It's me, hurry up open the door!" I shouted at the speaker. Quickly Hakase opened the door for me and I blurted out right away.

"Haibara! Where's she? You know where she is right? Hakase, tell me!"

Hakase smiled at me and nodded understandingly. He drew a deep breath and said, "You sounded so urgent that I thought somebody has just died, Shinichi..."

"Hakase!!!"

"Alright, come in…there's something I need to show you," he said as he led my way towards his house. I obeyed him even though in reality I wanted to complain to Hakase, or shook his body to make him tell me where Haibara was.

I was made to wait outside his room, and I kept glancing at my watch. Six o'clock. C'mon Hakase! I don't have much time left! I thought.

"This…"Hakase gave me a piece of folder paper, "…Ai-kun's flight is at nine o'clock tonight. She left this letter to me before she went and said that I shall give this to you if, by any chance, you came and looked for her…"

I snatched the paper and unfolded it hastily. Her neat handwriting was on the paper, and I read the letter.

Kudou-kun…

So you're looking for me. And I'm surprised by that, really. Someone must have knocked some senses into your head if you read this letter.

If you want to meet me, I'll be staying at Akemi-neechan's apartment till Friday. But, if you read this letter on Saturday, come find me at one place which always reminds me of you. For a great detective like you, that clue will be enough, won't it?

See you,

-Shiho-

A place which always reminds her of me? Oh, Haibaraaa!!! Why didn't she just tell me where was it? I looked at my watch; three hours…no, two hours! Or maybe only one hour! She would be off to Narita Airport at least one hour before her flight. I shoved the letter into my pocket and quickly said my thanks to Hakase before I began to search for the headstrong young lady.

Calm down, think slowly, you're a detective aren't you? I thought to myself. A memorable place for her…Haido City Hotel! I saved her from Gin and Vodka back then, so she would remember me whenever she came to that place. I put my feet on my skateboard and rushed to the hotel as quick as possible.

But she wasn't there. I searched at the room where she was confined, but that room was pitch-black and empty. She wasn't waiting for me at the rooftop as well. I took several deep breaths to calm myself down. Half past six, I had more than enough time. A memorable place…could it be the place where I saved her from the hijacked bus? I put my blood on her to save her life, so it must be the place!

I pushed the button on the skateboard using my right foot as hard as I could. I remembered the spot exactly where the bus exploded. It was after the long tunnel at Beika City Block Three. Please, please let her be there!

Panting, I searched for the brown haired young lady. Not there; for goodness' sake, where on earth could she be? I remembered dreaming about something exactly like this; I dreamt about searching for Ran who was the woman that I loved at that time. In that dream I felt how painful it was upon thinking that I would not be able to see her anymore, that I would see her marry another man…

But that was a dream, and this was reality…

Six-fifty, I needed to find her and let her know how much I loved her. Another place…hang on, could she be waiting for me at the road where she revealed her true identity to me for the first time? I should try to get there, I was sure it wouldn't do any harm for me to try.

Beika Road Block Two, first turn before Hakase's house. Why didn't I try to search there at the first place? Seven o'clock, the clock was ticking fast, and my heart was thumping even harder. If Haibara was not there, I didn't know where else could she be.

I was lucky that the place was quite near to where I was previously. I held the skateboard on my hand and I opened my eyes widely to catch a glimpse of Haibara. My heart sank deep as I didn't see her anywhere along the road. Looking back at my watch, I shook my head sadly. It was almost seven-thirty, and I had no idea which other place I should go to.

I leaned my back against the wall. Was this my punishment for not realising her sincere love earlier? Was this my punishment because I kept hurting her day by day? The road was the last place that came up in my mind, and yet she was not there. The very place where we parted after we solved a case together for the first time. I smiled upon remembering the case. At that time I thought that the Black Organization was involved in that case. How could I possibly think that a case from an elementary school student involved them?

Hang on, what was that again?

"Damn it! How can I forget about that place?!" I cursed and sped up to the place where Haibara Ai had been waiting for me, the one who would give her all the love that she wanted…

So, where's this memorable place? Special review for this chapter, please tell me where do you think the place will be, alright? Final chapter is coming up ^^