Hey! Just a tip, try reading this chapter with classical music playing in the background. I had some playing while I was writing it, and it made this chapter SO much more intense!(:

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~Agentlebreeze

"The clues of the locations will be given in the form of Haiku," Heiji described. "Are you ready to start the mystery hunt?"

"Might as well get it over with," Ran said with a half-smile. The guests started to cheer eagerly completely oblivious to her unwillingness.

"Let the mystery hunt begin!" Heiji declared as streamers shot out from the edge of the stage. By this point the guests were so completely caught up with the excitement that they were beginning to act like a studio audience. Ran sighed. A while ago she would have been thrilled to be offered this chance, but now she couldn't care less.

"Your first Haiku is this," Heiji began in a suspenseful tone. The guests immediately hushed up, and began to lean toward the stage.

"Majestic white swan,

Completes her exultant song,

And joy fills her heart"

Ran froze, her heart thumping painfully in her chest. She could feel the Haiku spark one of her memories. It was something she had worked hard to block out since the disappearance of Shinichi and Conan's departure afterward, when she was struggling to pull out of her depression phase.

"No," she thought desperately. "Please don't resurface and bring back that horrible pain!"

It was too late. She was beginning to recall the events from that day.

Five year old Ran and Shinichi were sitting at the back of a church watching a marriage ceremony take place. They both really wanted to run around and play tag, but Eri had specifically told them to sit still and not make a sound while the wedding of old friend from high school was taking place. Yukiko who was also invited, laughed and told her that they were kids and she did not have to be so strict, however Eri just scoffed and said that they needed to learn proper etiquette. Eventually Yukiko gave up and promised the two children chocolates if they could behave.

"Eri-san is so scary," Shinichi muttered nervously biting his nails.

"Pardon?" Ran asked, turning to look at him.

Not wanting to risk one of Ran's famous punches which were quite powerful even at that age, Shinichi hastily denied saying anything and went back to watching the ceremony.

"Yukie-san looks so pretty!" Ran whispered, her eyes sparkling. "In that dress she looks like a beautiful white swan!"

Shinichi rolled his eyes. At his age, he was very mature (thank-you-very-much), and would rather spend his time playing with his toy cars, or solving mysteries with his Tou-san, then dreaming of fantasy worlds like Ran.

"There was something really pretty about Ran's smile though," Shinichi thought, then immediately blushed and turned away.

"Don't you think she looks so happy Shinichi?" Ran continued, oblivious to Shinichi's red cheeks. "It must feel so nice to have so much joy in your heart"

"Maybe one day..," Shinichi started, and then looked at Ran and saw that she was not paying attention.

"Mmm?" Ran asked. "Sorry what?"

"Never mind," Shinichi said with a small smile on his five year old face.

A tear leaked from Ran's eye and she hastily tried to white it away. It had been a long time since she had thought of that particular memory. She missed Shinichi, no matter what nonsense she spewed about not being able to forgive him. She just wanted him back by her side.

"I know where the first location is," Ran said quietly, her voice shaking.

"Already?" Heiji asked with his eyebrows raised.

Without another word Ran spun around and stalked off toward the reception room with many guests on her trail.

"I don't know what that Haiku was, but it really seemed to get a major reaction from her," Heiji whispered into a Bluetooth. "Mind spilling the beans?"

"Sorry, it's a private memory," replied the man on the other end. His bangs flopped into his eyes as he smiled at the ground and let out a nostalgic smile.

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