HELLO READERS! I think it's the time to say goodbye to this story. Yeah this is the last chapter of my first story. I have to say thank you for all the readers for your support and reviews. Thanks again for reading my story. I was quite surprised when i keep getting story alert notice even listed as favorite story. Now Enjoy this chapter. GOODBYE T_T...

Chapter 24

-Japan, 2 months after Conan's departure-

She entered the classroom. She looked at her students and again she couldn't find one particular glasses boy, her brother.

"I'll roll the name, okay?", Ran suggested.

"Akira-san."

"Present."

She continued rolling their names until she reached his name, again. Since he disappeared two months ago, she became worried. Of course, she was. After all she was his sister, right? But she felt dejavu. It was like Shinichi. He was gone and later found dead. She worried that something maybe happened to him. In addition, there was Ai. She was in her position back then, waiting for someone to come back. She was sad, and didn't know anything that would help her student.

"Ai-chan, do you know where Conan is? It has been 2 months since he skipped the school."

"Sorry Mouri-sensei. I don't know either."

"Well, let's start the home room.", she ended the name's rolling.

"Well, the class ends, you can enjoy the break.", said Kagamane-sensei, the history teacher.

"Ai-chan, let's eat together.", Ayumi asked her to join her, but Ai just shook her head.

"Sorry, Ayumi-san. I think I will have my lunch alone today.", Ai answered.

"Okay, but if you need me I'll be in the yard.", she knew. She knew what her problem was, but she couldn't do anything. She thought it was better to let her have her times alone for now.

Ai took her lunch and walked outside the class. When the boys saw that, they asked Ayumi what happened. "What's wrong with her?", asked Genta.

"You know, it's Conan-kun. He has been disappeared for 2 months.", she answered and looked down tried to cheer herself up knowing the disappearance of her crush.

"Conan, I will make him regret that he left Haibara-san alone here.", Mitsuhiko yelled furiously.

"Mitsuhiko-kun, please leave them alone. I don't want to break our friendship just for this childish thing. I have done it, but they still forgive me for it, and I don't want anything the same or worse happen again.", Ayumi declared not wanting to see their friendship broken.

"But, I think you like Conan?", he was surprised to hear anything or Ayumi spoke like that before.

"Yes I do. But now I realize that I won't no I can't be with him.", she answered.

"Eh Why? Do you give up on him?", he tried to make her help him in this matter.

"No, but I don't want to disturb them. Do you realize that Ai-chan is the only one who knows what Conan-kun thinks? Do you realize that they often speak no whisper with each other? Do you realize that Conan always there to save her when she was in danger? I know Mitsuhiko-kun that you like her but with those facts you can't deny that they always have special relationship since we were grade one, GRADE ONE in elementary school.", she snapped. She didn't believe that her best friend was so dense or blind to the facts or just stupid.

He was shocked to hear that from Ayumi. He always knew that they had special relationship although he didn't know what it was. But he liked her. Sinking deep in his thoughts, he started to accept the reality. He knew that he would have nothing in the future with Haibara, maybe as a friend, yes that's the best that he would ever have.

"I'm sorry Ayumi-chan. I didn't mean it."

"Yeah. I know."

-In the rooftop-

She was staring at the sky, hoping that he was all right. She knew something was fishy there. Her adoptive father must know something. But she was too afraid to ask him.

Then someone came.

"Ai-chan, what are you doing here? Why do you eat alone? Where are the others?", Ran asked. She was concerned about her. Ai became thin day after day since he was gone.

"Nothing Mouri-sensei. Just enjoying the sky?", she lied, an awful one indeed.

"Jeez, Ai-chan. You can call me Ran when we are alone. And you can tell me what is your problem than lied to me, at least told me something believable one."

"I'm sorry. Ran-san"

"It's about Conan, isn't it?" she asked. Of course it was. it always about him.

"…..."

"I'm sorry but I must tell you this. Ai-chan maybe you can start forgetting him. You know, moving on. It'll be very hurt if you're too attached to him and maybe someday you know that he isn't alive anymore.", she told her hesitantly. She jut didn't want her to experience the same thing that happened to her. Although it was very hard to tell her, she believed that she had to tell her.

"What do you know about him? You don't know anything about him!", she snapped. She was pissed by her, what was her right to tell her what she had to do. It was her life. And it was impossible to forget him just like that. She was her first true friend, her family and last but not last her love.

"What do you mean? Of course I know him. He had lived with me even before you moved here." She was a bit confused of her sayings.

"No, you don't know anything." She just stormed off of the rooftop. She ran downstairs while she was crying.

-Kudo's household-

The ex-actress was also very worried of her son. He was gone for 2 months and she didn't know anything about his whereabouts. When she was thinking, she suddenly realized something that could help her to find her son.

She walked to the study room and suddenly demanded something from her husband.

"Anata, tell me where Conan is?", she demanded.

"What do you mean? I told you he was helping his friend.", he answered calmly.

"KUDO YUSAKU! NOW TELL ME OR I'LL SEARCH HIM MYSELF AFTER I BURN THIS HOUSE!", she was angry.

"Yukiko please calm down.", he was amazed of his wife anger. It was something that hadn't happened for a long time.

"Okay, but tell me.", she sit and waiting for his answer.

Yusaku started telling her the story about their son until she snapped.

"AND YOU LET HIM GO? ARE YOU INSANE? I can't believe it.", she was very disappointed and angry with her husband to let her son go to very dangerous situation like that.

"Yukiko, it's also hard to me . But we can't stop him, he is adult. I believe he can take care of himself."

"I hope so."

-JAPAN 3 month later-

The Black Organization was successfully destroyed. Akai's team was successfully in arresting the boss, which appeared to be the successful business man, David Lucifer. He used the organization to deal with illegal transaction, like drugs, politics, to weapon trading. The rest of the organizations were arrested. Vermouth was released because her help to take down the organization. She wanted to live as a normal person until she dies. Kuroba and Conan were hospitalized. But Kuroba could leave the hospital faster because his injury was less than Conan's.

"Where is he? It has been 5 month and 14 days and he hasn't come back yet. Otousan tells me that he's okay, why he can be sure about that? Is he injured? Or is something happened to him? Why he always makes me worried? I always pray for him everyday, but still I'm afraid that I can't see him anymore.", thought Ai.

Conan had left for more than 5 month. He didn't send any messages to his home. He even considered as missing person by Japan Police HQ.

Ai was sitting on the sofa when someone knocked the door.

She began to walk. She opened the door.

Without saying anything, she hugged him. Her tears started to fall down.

"Shiho, I'm home.", said Conan.

"Where have you been? Do you know I miss you very much?", she still hugged him tightly. Then she stopped when she's seeing his bandaged body.

Conan was bandaged a lot. He almost liked a mummy. After 5 months of his treatment on the hospital, he had become healthy enough to come to Japan.

"Ai-chan, let him rest. He still need a plenty of rest.", said Jodie.

"Jodie-san!", Ai was surprised.

Then they walked inside the house.

"Shin-chan, are you okay?", Yukiko was surprised to see injured Conan And she glared to her husband for letting him became like that.

"Let me tell you the whole story, Yukiko-san, Ai-chan.", said Jodie.

Then Jodie told them the story. She said how she asked Conan to join them, how they brought them down. And the two were very surprised, although Yusaku was very proud of him

"Baka, baka, baka, baka. Why do you keep it as a secret? I can help you.", Ai cried.

"Please don't cry. You've saved me there.", said Conan.

"What do you mean? How?", Ai looked at his face, still tears fell down from her eyes.

Conan pulled his pendant and showed it to her.

"See. You saved me back there.", said Conan.

She saw at the cracked pendant of his.

"Yeah, but still BAKA!", she yelled. Then she walked towards her room.

"Thanks God, he's alive. I'm very happy to see him. And Onee-chan,... please rest in peace. They've been destroyed now, and I have had someone important to me, Him."

Then suddenly she felt a hand touched her shoulder, but no one there.

"Be happy, Shiho.", Akemi flew to heavens.

Someone knocked her door.

"Shiho, I must go somewhere.", said Conan.

Hearing that, she opened the door quickly.

"Where? You still need rest.", she worried.

"Ran's house. Just let you know.", then he went downstairs.

Tears began to fall from her eyes. She cried. She forgot that he always loved Ran.

She forgot that when it's over, he would come back to Ran.

She cursed herself for that, for forgetting that fact. She just fell and cried in her room.

-Ran's house-

She was cooking for lunch when someone knocked the door.

"Wait a minute please.", she said to the guest.

She took off her apron and walked to open the door.

She was surprised to see her little brother covered in bandage.

"Conan-kun, what happened to you? Why do you leave the school for a long time?", she asked.

"Actually I come to tell you about this, Ran.", he answered in his old Shinichi's tone.

"What? Why do you talk to me like that? Don't you forget that I'm older than you and you just called me Ran, it's not polite Conan-kun. And why do you talk to me with that tone?", she was confused why her little brother talked to her like the way Shinichi did.

"Have you forgotten me already, Ran?", said Conan.

"Shinichi. Are you Shinichi? Conan-kun tell me, are you Shinichi?", said Conan.

"Yes, but no.", he answered.

"What do you mean?", she was confused.

"I am Conan, but I was Shinichi.", said Conan.

"Tell me, tell me everything.", she demanded.

"Okay. Ran, I was Shinichi until 10 years ago.", said Conan.

"That's the time you left us to America."

"Yeah. Do you remember when we went to Tropical Land together?"

"Yes, you left me after you solved a case, after that you always went somewhere and just occasionally here."

"Actually, I witnessed an illegal transaction. When I was about taking their pictures, one of the men hit my head, and then he forced me to drink a poison."

"What, a poison? What kind of it?"

"That poison supposed to kill the victim instantly without leaving any trace. But that poison was still incomplete. Instead of killing me, it turned my body to 7 years old kid."

"That means you're Shinichi. Why do you lie to me? I'm always waiting for you not knowing you are always beside me.", she began to cry.

"I'm sorry but that something I had to do. If you know my real identity, the bad guys will chase me and that endanger you and the others, so as hakase suggested I used another identity, Edogawa Conan. You took me here and we lived together. I always here, beside you, and the rest you know yourself."

"Hakase knew, so are there any person knew about this, beside Hakase."

"My parents, Hattori, also your boyfriend Eisuke Hondo, and Ai.", he just mentioned someone who she needed to know, because she'd ask more if he told him about Vermouth and the FBI.

"Your parents, Hattori knew and they didn't tell me. So that's why Hattori-kun always called you Kudo. Even Eisuke, why he didn't tell me anything of this? And Ai-chan too?", she was frustrated knowing the truth.

"My parents knew it because they were told by hakase, of course they knew the danger of this. Hattori found out about this, and of course he knew the danger of this too. Hondo also found out. Actually my life with you was just ordinary until Ai came."

"Yeah, why she know about this? She's just the same age with you, no you're 28 years old now, she's ten years younger than you, but why she know and I don't?", she burst out.

"In the fact, she's older than me. She's 29 years old now. She was the maker of the poison that made me shrunk. She was part of the bad guys, but she ran away after taking the same poison as I had.

"What? She was the maker?", she's confused.

"Yeah. At first, I didn't believe her. But then I learned the truth about her. She ran away because her only family, her sister was killed by them. She was killed in front of my eyes, and I felt guilty. I began to trust her."

"Her sister was killed and you saw it, who is she?"

"Do you remember Masami Hirota? The culprit of the Bank robbery, she was her sister. She was killed because they didn't need her anymore. She robbed the bank to free her sister."

"How cruel, then what happened?", she became curious.

"Yeah like you know, at that time I was still Shinichi, I asked Ai to make me antidote. But that just made Shinichi for a short time. Still I wanted to come back being Shinichi until ten years ago."

"Why, why you gave up on being Shinichi again? I love you. I'm even jealous when I saw you hugged AI-chan in the street months ago."

"Sorry Ran. But I tell you, I was Shinichi. Shinichi's dead. I am Conan now. For Shinichi, you're the only one that he loved. He didn't love anyone else but you. But Conan, he loves someone, and unfortunately she's not you."

"Ai-chan, I guess."

"Ten years ago, I sneaked to their lab, destroyed them. And they knew my name. After thinking about it, I decided to live as Conan, left Shinichi back. I made the world believe he was dead. I must do that, knowing my name, they'd chase me."

"So you left us to protect us?"

"Yeah. And I love Ai now. I didn't know when I started to feel like this to her, but she is always the one who understand me. She always believes me, and so do I."

"So, you don't love me anymore, Shinichi?"

"I love you, as my sister. I don't expect you to forgive me. I just want to tell the truth to you. I'm sorry, Ran-neechan.", he walked towards the door. but he stopped by her embrace.

"I forgive you. After I know the truth, although it's hard for me, I know that you always protect me, even as Conan. And now you're still my childhood friend, my best friend, and my little brother, right Conan-kun."

"Thanks Ran, for forgive me and everything"

"Thanks too for always beside me protecting me all the time."

-Ai's room-

She's still crying. She couldn't let him go although she had always prepared this to happen.

"Shiho, can I come in?"

"….."

He didn't hear an answer so he opened the door. He found her crying, her pillow soaked with her tears.

"What are you doing here? You have her now, right?"

"What do you mean, Shiho?

"You left to make up with her, right. You….", she stopped. She felt something on her lips.

Conan kissed her. He embraced her. She struggled at first, but then she released her pillow and kissed him back. They broke their kiss because they needed some air.

"Why do you kiss me? You have her.", she was confused.

"I just told her the truth. I don't love her anymore. I love you."

"Wha…", he kissed her again. She was sucked to their kiss, not aware of the surroundings anymore.

"I always love you, Shiho. I just need you to live in this world. You are the only one that I love."

"So do I. I always have this feeling not long after I moved here. When I cried, you're the one who is there for me. And you always saved, protect me. You made me love you. Actually i hate you for that."

Conan kissed her again, "How about now?"

She just giggled seeing his antics.

They kissed each other didn't know someone watching them.

"Ma ma ma ma, my children have become adults now. No they are adults, how can I forget that fact.", Yukiko smirked.

They surprised, they forgot that the door was left open.

"Okaasan, what are you doing here?", they asked with blushed face.

"I just want to see my children make out here. It's nice to be young.", she grinned.

"We are adult, we're at least 28 years old."

"That's okay. I'll leave you two alone, so you can do more.", she left this time closed the door.

"Okaasan!", yelled Conan.

"Okaasan is right, let's continue what we left.", she kissed him again.

They kissed each other without anything to hold them anymore.

EPILOGUE

-20 years later-

A raven haired girl walked toward her new school. She was high school student now. The seniors looked at her, amazed with her appearance. She was very beautiful.

"Hey Shinichi, she's very hot isn't she?", said Arai.

"Who? wait a minute, Is she her?" said 18 years old kid with raven hair.

"Hey, do you know her? Introduce her to me.", said Arai.

When she looked at him, she ran to him. She hugged him.

"I miss you, Shinichi-oniisan.", said the girl.

"Me too, Akemi-chan.", said Shinichi.

"Oi Shinichi, so you have a sister, I don't know you do.", said Arai.

"She's my childhood friend, but she was younger than me, and she always calls me like that. She's Kudo Conan's daughter."

"Pardon me, I am Kudo Akemi. I just come back here from UK.", said Akemi.

"Nice name. I am Suzuki Arai. So you're that famous detective's daughter. My pleasure to meet you.", said Arai.

"He's Sonoko-obachan's son.", said Shinichi.

"Hondo Shinichi, my mom will be angry if you call her like that.", said Arai.

"That's okay. How are you and your parents, Conan-ojisan and Ai-obasan and your little brother, Haru?"

"They're fine. They want you to visit us."

"Okay."

Ran got married and had a son almost 2 years after that. Conan and Ai got married after they graduated from High School and had a daughter 1 year after and a son 2 years after. Ayumi got married with Mitsuhiko and they had 2 sons aged 10 and 7 years old. Genta opened his own business, he had famous Unaju restaurant in Beika town. He got married with one of his employees and had 2 years old kid. Later, Hondo Shinichi proposed Akemi and they got married. They had 3 children and they lived happily.

AND GOOD BYE