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Theditor (chap 7): Haha it seems like you favor Hattori XD thanks for reading ^^

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Purpalz Miner (chap 7): I actually thought it might look like that so I tried to make it so it doesn't seem like that XD About the liquor part… You're going to have to find out ^^ (Haibara has said before in the anime and the manga that every time he takes it he develops more of an immunity against it…just as a side note). I'll write a flashback don't worry ^^ thanks for reading~

11:54 pm

It was dark outside and everything was silent and peaceful. But inside the Mouri detective agency, things were lively—hectic, even. It started out with a phone call.

"HEIJI WHERE'D YOU GO?!" A blaring voice screamed into the phone, causing Hattori to hold the phone away from his at ear arm length while recovering from shock.

"Y-Ya didn't hafta yell!" Hattori replied, scared out of his wits.

"I didn't hafta yell?!" Hattori's mother screeched "You just disappeared all of a sudden! How can I not yell?!"

"A-ah I'm sorry ok?" Hattori sighed, scratching his head in wary.

"Sorry does not cut it young man! And besides where are you at this hour?" she demanded

"In T-Tokyo." Hattori replied, bracing for the worst.

"Where in Tokyo?!"

"M-Mouri detective agency…" He trailed off. There was silence on the line, as if they were thinking about whether to rush over there in the dead of the night to take their son back to their house.

"It's this time already." They emphasized this severely. "And you're way over there." They emphasized there like a threat "So you can't expect me to go drive over there to pick you up and punish you." They emphasized expect, drive, and punish with venom dripping on the words. Hattori winced. "SO I guess you're going to hafta stay there and bother them out of their sane minds while your insane one makes you romp around their vicinity like the lunatic you already are!" She emphasized all the words this time with screeching fury.

"So I said sorry already! Don't be that mad!" Hattori protested.

"Mad? I'm not mad, I'm furious!" and the mother and son bickering contest went on for 30 more minutes while Ran, Occhan, and Kazuha watched. Ultimately, Hattori's Okaa-san won and Hattori, defeated, put down the phone in bitter loss.

"See? I told ya you'll get into trouble." Kazuha jabbed her words into Hattori. "You're the son of Hattori Heizo, and ya get into more trouble than the average punk."

"Kazuha~~!" Hattori growled at her. "I just got yelled at till my ears have blood dripping out of them and ya just GOTTA tell me that now!?" He rolled up his sleeves, and Ran watched as he went chasing Kazuha around the office while Kazuha cried out in fear.

'Maybe Hattori-kun's Okaa-san was right…' Ran laughed in her mind 'He's going to romp around all night…' the knowledge that it was confirmed that Shinichi is still living whisked off a huge sea of sorrow off Ran's mind and she was able to lighten up a little more. Occhan noticing, let a smile creep onto his face.

"H-Hattori-kun!" Ran laughed, following the path the two rampaged through "Why don't you give some time for Kazuha to breathe? She looks like she's going to keel over anytime!" She went over to Kazuha, laughing as hard as Kazuha was wheezing. A smile shone on her face and Hattori smiled. 'I bet it's been a long time since nee-chan has laughed.'

The odd group then laughed together into the night, their laughter accumulating into a waterfall of temporary relief.

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3:15 a.m.

My heart was thumping violently, and my head was pulsating with pain. I could hardly see what was in front of me, but I trudged on in my unidentifiable surroundings. I have to make it! I wheezed, feeling my throat constricting. At least…I have to do this….! I managed to make out the entrance to the detective agency, and I stumbled towards it, my body on fire and my mind freezing in pain. I leaned against the wall in weakness as I lifted myself up the stairwell and arrived at the door to the office. I pulled out a piece of paper, muffling my coughs, as I taped it to the door. I slid down to the floor and sat there for a while, wheezing and coughing and burning up. I felt like I was going to die, just like that day. It's okay… I thought, heaving myself up and then making my way down the stairs. Now I just have to make it back… and I can rest… but the rest in my mind was much darker than I would've liked it to be.

3:37 a.m.

Flap flap flap.

Hattori opened one eye, woken up by an obnoxious flapping sound outside. What is that? He thought, sitting up and messing up his hair.

Flap flap flap.

He slipped out of the futon Conan used and walked outside. He yawned as he turned the knob on the door and looked out. It was still dark and chilly, and he shivered a little.

Flap flap flap.

He looked around, annoyed, and saw a piece of paper stuck to the door of the detective agency and he stumbled down the stairs to take a look at it. Damn piece of paper. He thought groggily, peeling the tape off and taking it down. Hm? It's folded in half...he turned it to the back.

To: Detective Master, From: Your apprentice

It was then that his eyes snapped open and he flashed back to when he told Kudo he told his little friends with a photo from his phone that he was Kudo's detective master. Wha—It can't be-! He opened the paper hastily and read it in excited yet horrified concern

The case that has been in investigation has finally been solved and come to an end. The culprits have been rooted out and the serial murders will not continue. Unfortunately, they have not been stopped without a cost, and the payment for that will be paid by me. I'm afraid the cost will be too much for me to be able to afford, and I likely will be weighed down by this… So, my master, please forgive me for leaving apprenticeship early. I will be moving to another area that is unreachable for you in what I calculate a few days, and if you wish you may visit. Where I reside is the place in where my scientist friend lives. I will entrust you with the task of informing the others. And so I hope that you will keep on having a successful business.

Your apprentice.

K-Kudo…What do you mean?! Hattori's mind screamed. So all this time… Hattori cursed and ran upstairs and tore a piece of paper out from a random notebook he found and scribbled down some words with a blue pen. Tossing it onto the table in the living room, he then scrambled to get his coat and cap, a frenzied look in his eyes. Don't you dare! Don't you even dare! He then rushed out and sprinted down the stairs, cursing all along the way. I'm finally catching up and you're leaving again!

"Hattori-kun…?" Ran stood right outside the door to their living space, watching as Hattori sprinted out. I wonder why he's going outside at this time… noticing a piece of paper on the floor, she went down the stairs and picked it up. "To detective master form your apprentice?" Ran cocked her head to the side. "Is this for Otou-san? But if it's Amuro-san then he'll just tell dad…" Thinking about it, he hasn't been around recently. And Azusa-san said that he hasn't been going to work either…. Ran thought. Serial murders? I don't think Otou-san has been investigating in any of those…and this cost… Ran's eyes now nursed concern in them. It sounds…something like money but…It almost seems like… Ran shook her head. I must be overthinking it. Holding the paper in her hand, she went back into her room, where Kazuha was sleeping soundly. Sometimes…Ran thought. I wish I was oblivious to everything. Because then… She crawled in next to Kazuha. I won't feel anything…

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I think I ended badly. And they were just figuring it out when suddenly he contacts them…I wonder if I'm rushing too much. I might rewrite this chapter so OO After I rewrite it it might turn into something completely different so please bear with me… And school starts back up tomorrow so it's kind of depressing….*sighs*….anyways thanks for reading~