Hello I'm back! Doing MFA first ^^ Hope you like it!
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Kameo1: Ran's going through a lot I agree OO Shinichi disappears suddenly all the time doesn't he ^^
xLostChains: Haha I like writing cliffhangers ^^ Glad you like the story!
LLL: Ahh Nice guesses! I actually didn't think of that! That seems like an interesting plot ^^ Thanks for reading!
Mystery0028: Ah sorry about that heh heh. I'll make sure to post new chapters XD
Sir Ross: Interesting predictions!
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Ran and Sonoko combed through the area like the wind that was blowing. They were patient and looked for him determinedly a moment and the next they fled through the dark alleys. Especially Ran. And she realized that as she pushed aside trashcans and cardboard boxes that she was whispering his name. Her lips continually formed the words, and her breathing got more and more forced at every minute that passed without seeing a trace of him. She clenched her fists and bit her lip.
It had been 30 minutes since they started.
She rushed through, not caring if her clothes got dirty. He has to be around here! He can't just disappear-! She flashed back to the time where Hattori was first introduced. The case where Shinichi just popped out of nowhere, and solved the case coughing and sweating. And then he fell down the stairs and disappeared. Shinichi…where are you? She flashed back to the school play, and how he collapsed. And how he just left without telling her after solving a case at the restaurant. And how Conan told her he left. You can't just leave like that! You can't-! And a million memories of how Shinichi left hammered her heart like a bell. All those time! And this time…you're just going to leave me alone this time too!
"Ran!" Sonoko rushed to Ran and pulled her arm. In that instance Ran flashed back to the fire, her dad holding her back as Conan went up in flames. Everybody… A glittering stream of emotion slid down her cheek. Everybody's holding me back!
"NO!" Ran jerked away from Sonoko, screaming.
"R-ran!" Sonoko pulled away in bewilderment.
"Why's everybody holding me back? I need to find Shinichi! And I needed to save Conan-kun! So why is everybody holding me back!?" Ran screamed, unable to control herself. The emotions that she had always admitted to just herself escaped, and for the first time someone was hearing her cries of despair. "Nobody understands! Nobody! It's only me, isn't it? It was always only me…" Ran leaned against a wall and slid down to the ground. She furiously wiped at her tear filled eyes but her tears wouldn't stop.
"Ran…" tears formed in Sonoko's eyes and she started crying herself she sat down beside Ran and tried to comfort her as the sun slowly sank beneath the horizon as if it were disappearing forever.
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"…You sure that was the right choice?" Two boys walked on the sidewalk, a heavy air lingering about them and dark looks on their faces. The one that spoke had messier hair and a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"What else could I do?" The other boy whispered. There was a dead look in his eyes, and he was in a much more depressing state than the other boy.
"Look, I don't even know Mouri-san that well and I felt pretty bad. And besides, she looks a lot like Aoko." He sighed. "I can't imagine putting Aoko through all you did to Mouri-san. She'll be a pretty different person."
"You" he shook his head slightly "Won't ever understand what I'm thinking." Pain was etched in his face, and his mouth was a line of grim sorrow.
"I hope I don't." the boy with the messy hair stared up at the sky. "Next time, do it yourself." The other boy sighed.
"I will." Ran… I'll be back. Next time… he balled his hand into fists, his fingernails digging into his palm. I won't leave your side ever again. And he walked into the blazing sunset, a sunset the same color as the flames of his memories.
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I feel like there wasn't much progress in the story, but it was a touching moment wasn't it? Reviewers LLL and Sir Ross were on the right track heh heh. Things are going to develop starting from here I guess ^^ Thanks for reading~