Case Closed and Winx Club Crossover
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"Oww my head still hurts." Shannon said sitting at the table with his wife who merely smirked at him while Bloom ran over and held something up to Shannon.
"An icepack? Sweet! Thanks kiddo!" Shannon said taking the ice pack and placing it against the lump on his head with one hand while ruffling Blooms hair fondly with the other.
"Where's Suzanna?" Ari asked noticing her younger sisters' disappearance.
"She said she needed some fresh air so went to the deck. Rachel and Conan just went to check on her but told me to wait here in case anything else happened." Theodore said from behind Ari causing her to give him a quick smile before hiding it when her aunt told Lucas he could draw as much as he wanted since one day the company would be his. Oh boy were they in for a surprise or what?
"We have to keep up the act Shannon." Ari whispered to her husband who nodded in understanding and turned towards the table Lucas and his parents were sitting at.
"I hope you're not planning to hog the inheritance all to yourself." Shannon said causing Meredith to look over her shoulder at them while Bloom tilted her head in confusion.
"Of course not Shannon. Don't worry the whole family will be taken care of in due time." Meredith said smiling somewhat mockingly at the two and causing Shannon to frown at her harder while Isaac came along and played the part of the 'saint' in Meredith's words.
"Excuse me. I'm sorry to disturb you at a time like this but Mr. Hannagin, in preparation for his death had a will drawn up just yesterday to explain what to do with his estate." Willard said causing the whole family there to be shocked, even Shannon and Ari were shocked they weren't told about this!
"What did you say?" Meredith asked shocked and slightly scared of the answer.
"You may all see the revised version of the will when we return home." Willard said causing Shannon to stand while pounding a fist on the table in mock anger, not that anyone but Bloom and Ari could tell it seemed.
"I can't believe…" He trailed off.
"He would leave his whole estate-"His wife continued with wide eyes.
"To Suzanna!" The whole family seemed to say at the same time which amused Bloom and Theodore.
"Well you are only half correct." Willard said drawing everyones attention as he turned to Shannon and Ari who blinked in confusion along with everyone else.
"Before I continue Master Joseph also told me that if he were to die before getting back to Japan you and Ms. Suzanna were now allowed to drop the act, Ms. Ari." Willard said confusing everyone but Theodore, Ari, and Shannon while Ari sighed and smiled.
"Of course that's what grandpa would do. You heard him you two, we can all drop the act now." Ari said smiling at Theodore and Shannon as she sat back down in her seat with a small relieved smile on her face. Shannon and Theodore seemed to stay completely still for a moment before Shannon sat down calmly while Theodore grinned slightly at the confused looks they were getting.
"What are you talking about?! What act and if Suzanna only gets half the estate who gets the other half?!" Meredith demanded standing up looking confused, annoyed, and ticked off all at once.
"Honestly aunt Meredith. You've known me and little sister ever since we were born and yet you never noticed?" Ari asked smirking slightly at her aunt who just blinked in confusion and slight surprise; Ari hasn't referred to her as 'aunt' in years.
"Back when Ms. Ari and Ms. Suzanna were still young children Master Joseph devised a plan. He had Ms. Ari and Ms. Suzanna don masks and acts around the rest of the family and the world. The only people who knew of this at the time were Master Joseph, myself, Ms. Suzanna's and Ms. Ari's parents, and, of course, Ms. Suzanna and Ms. Ari themselves. When Ms. Ari got engaged to Mr. Shannon he was allowed in on the act and played the part that Master Joseph assigned him, the same happened when Mr. Theodore got engaged to Ms. Suzanna." Willard began causing Meredith and Isaac to look shocked, they never knew their nieces were acting.
"Suzanna was too nice even as a child so she was assigned the part of the perfect kind and talented princess whereas I, who had learned to be mean to survive at school already, got assigned the part of the spoiled rotten bitch princess. Since you would expect me to marry a 'punk' kind of man that's the part Shannon was assigned even though he was a perfect gentleman while we were dating. Since you would expect Suzanna to marry a perfect gentleman that's the part Theodore was assigned although he likes rock and heavy metal music as much as Suzanna does, not that you knew that of course since it isn't a very 'princess' thing to like." Ari explained further with a slight grin at the shocked looks on the other family members faces.
"You'd be amazed how many times I get blamed for the loud rock or punk music the two of them listened to whereas they get praised for the music that we listen too." Shannon threw in casually while Ari giggled behind one hand.
"Suzanna and Ari always had to fight to keep from laughing whenever any of you would screw up who was listening to what kind of music. It was kinda amusing when you think about it." Theodore said snickering while Shannon jokingly flipped him off, only to get smacked upside the head by Ari.
"Shannon there is a little kid present; you can't do things like that." Ari scolded her husband who grinned at her sheepishly while Bloom merely looked as confused as before.
"The main part of Master Josephs plan was to see who of you, if any, could see past the masks and acts. Masks and acting are a main part of the business world and therefore the one who saw through Ms. Suzanna and Ms. Ari's masks would be the one labeled the next head of the business but since none of you saw through the masks before his death Master Joseph wrote in the will that Ms. Ari and Ms. Suzanna are to be the sole co-proprietors of his estate and that the person they agree upon will run the company." Willard announced causing Ari and Shannon to look as shocked as the others were.
"What? I thought Suzanna was going to be the sole proprietor with or without the masks!" Ari said shocked while Theodore suddenly started laughing as he took a picture of the look on her and Shannon's face at the news. He slowly stopped laughing when he felt an aura of impending doom aimed at him and risked a glance only to see Ari glaring darkly at him.
"You knew about this." It wasn't a question and it caused Theodore to grin nervously at his sister-in-law.
"Well of course I did. Mr. Joseph talked to me and Suzanna in private yesterday to ask us if we minded sharing with you and Shannon, and of course the answer was no but he didn't want us to tell either of you until he announced it. He wanted to see the looks on your faces when it came out to the public." Theodore said with a crooked grin while Ari growled for a minute before sighing slightly as Shannon reached over and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I should have known he would do something like that. Grandpa enjoys his pranks far too much." Ari said shaking her head slightly although there were a few tears in her eyes as she thought of all of the pranks her grandfather had pulled.
"Father enjoys pranks?" Isaac asked raising an eyebrow at his niece who giggled while Shannon just outright laughed.
"Does the old man enjoy pranks? Is water wet? You should see some of the pictures Suzanna and Ari took of all the pranks the three of them pulled off over the years! Ari and Suzanna's masks and acts were just the longest term prank and the thing with the will was his probably what he considered his final prank on Ari and I." Shannon said with a bark of laughter before he stood up and pecked Ari on the cheek.
"I'm gonna go get some fresh air love. Do you want to come with or do you want to stay here?" Shannon asked offering his arm to his wife who shook her head in amusement.
"I told you a prank war with grandfather wasn't a good idea, he always wins, and no thank you I'll stay here for a little while longer before heading to bed." Ari said causing Shannon to shrug with a grin on his face and kiss her cheek again before turning and walking out the room with Bloom on his heels.
"Looks like Shannon has a shadow." Theodore said with a snicker causing Ari to laugh as well.
"I've noticed it too, despite what Conan told us about Bloom being shy and skittish around most new people, women especially, she seems to have taken to Shannon pretty well." Ari said watching the two leave with one hand resting lightly on her stomach, wondering if her baby, when it was born and knew how to walk, would trail Shannon around as much as Bloom seemed to.
"Aren't you going to go check on Suzanna?" Ari asked looking at Theodore curiously when he sat down beside her while Meredith stormed out of the room with her husband and son trailing her while Isaac merely shrugged and smiled at his niece before leaving as well.
"You're kidding me? I have a feeling Shannon's gonna check on her while he's out there, and I know that Shannon will kill ME if I left you on your own with a killer running around." Theodore said causing Ari to laugh that is something her husband would do, especially now.
"You wanted some fresh air too huh kiddo?" Shannon asked leaning against a rail of the ship as he looked down at Bloom who nodded.
"And…to…keep…an…eye…on…you…you…hit…your….head…pret…ty…hard…ear…lier…and…could…have…a…con…cuss…ion…"Bloom voiced causing Shannon to blink and kneel down to her level.
"Huh you're a really smart kid aren't ya? I can't imagine why anyone would want to hurt you like this. It just isn't right or fair to you." Shannon said lightly touching the scar on Blooms neck and causing Bloom to wince almost unnoticeably, the scar still stung on occasion especially if she was using her damaged vocal cords too much or if someone touched it.
"Life…is…not…fair…"Bloom said causing Shannon's eyes to soften as he patted her on the head.
"Yeah kid life ain't fair but it still shouldn't have happened." Shannon said standing again while Bloom blushed at the patting before something behind her caught Shannon's attention. Before Bloom noticed what had happened she had been hit in the side with a metal pipe from behind and flung almost clean across the deck from the force of the hit.
"Hey man what the Hell!?" Shannon yelled, drawing attention from everyone on the ship before he was hit in the head with the pipe and it was thrown overboard. The only thing Bloom could see through her hazy vision was a pair of blue clad legs running back into the boat.
"Bloom are you okay?!" Conan asked running down the stairs that led to the upper floor and kneeling at Blooms side while Rachel went to check on Shannon and Suzanna screamed at the sight of blood on Shannon's head. Bloom slowly but surely managed to get to her feet as the ships still living inhabitants began to converge on the deck. She managed to walk over to Shannon's side and drop to her knees in pain beside his head.
"Bloom you're hurt too!" Rachel said noticing Bloom soundlessly cough up a bit of blood, the pipe broke one of her ribs and it must have nicked something. Bloom didn't even glance at Rachel or the blood she had just coughed up as she put her hands on Shannon's head and focused.
"Shannon!" Ari screamed horrified as she came onto the deck with Theodore right behind her. Ari made to go straight to her husband's side only for Conan to block her path.
"Wait don't interrupt Bloom! She's trying to heal him." Conan said knowing instantly what Bloom was doing when Blooms small hands began to glow an orange color, she had done the same to heal him when he sprained his ankle during the vacation on the island. Ari stopped in her tracks for a second before nodding slowly and continuing forward. Conan was about to stop her but Rachel placed a hand on his shoulder and shook her head when he looked up at her. Ari sank to her knees beside Bloom, reaching forward and gently holding Shannon's hand while Bloom spared her a glance before going back to work and seeming to concentrate even harder.
Everyone watched as Bloom healed him with her strange power for close to five minutes before she began to sweat. Another five minutes and she was sweating heavily as she panted lightly. At fifteen minutes she was panting heavily but soundlessly…and still kept healing him. After exactly twenty minutes of healing Shannon Bloom finally smiled slightly before she all but collapsed onto Ari's lap. Everyone stared, some holding their breath without knowing it, as Bloom picked up her vocorder from where Conan had placed it after finding it rolling on board the deck and placed it to her neck with one hand as her other kept glowing but only now it was pressed to her injured sighed.
"He…was…alm…ost…dead…but…now…he…will…be…just…fine…he…just…needs…to…rest…he…will…wake…up…in…a…few…hours…" Bloom said as her hand finally stopped glowing while everyone exhaled and Suzanna, Rachel, Conan, Isaac, and Theodore all cheered at the fact that Shannon would be just fine. Ari was crying happily as she hugged Bloom tightly.
"Thank you so much for saving my husband!" Ari said crying into Bloom's hair as she hugged the girl to her chest tightly.
"Any…one…else…would…do…the…same…if…they…could…"Bloom tried to wave it off casually but Ari wouldn't hear anything of it.
"No, not just anyone would try to heal my husband as much as you had. You're truly something special." Ari said hugging Bloom tighter as everyone merely watched. Ari stayed like that for about two minutes before she began to pull away and regain her self-control but stopped when she saw Bloom asleep…right there in her arms with a small smile on her face.
"Hehe. She's gonna be sleeping for a while and is gonna be really hungry when she wakes up huh Rachel?" Conan asked grinning at the fact that not only had Bloom managed to save Shannon…but she had actually trusted Ari enough to fall asleep in her arms with a smile on her face.
"After how long she was healing Shannon of course she will." Rachel said nodding in agreement although she was a little jealous, it took almost one whole month and the week-long vacation before Bloom trusted her that much and yet she had only known Ari for a few hours!
"What you just saw was Blooms healing ability, it's probably why she's such a good doctor too! She can use it to heal just about every wound as long as the person is still alive if only by just a tiny bit. The longer she has to heal them though the more energy it drains from her, it makes her exhausted and really hungry in order to regain the lost energy via food and sleep. She healed a sprained ankle I had gotten on the island and needed to sleep for about ten minutes before she was back to normal. A head wound like Shannon's would have taken a whole lot out of her, not to mention her own wounds." Conan explained at the curious looks the family was giving him and Rachel.
"Although I'm a little jealous Ms. Ari. It took a month of me visiting her in the hospital, a few days of her living with us, and a week of vacationing on the island before Bloom trusted me enough to fall asleep in my lap like she did yours, and she's only known you for a few hours." Rachel said smiling at Ari who looked shocked at this and looked down at the sleeping girl in her lap…before smiling and holding the girl tighter ever so slightly.
"C'mon. This is the second attack and it was an attempted murder which knocks Shannon out of the suspect list since it was he who was almost killed. I want everyone where I can see them so let's get back to the Dining Room. Isaac you look pretty strong, you help me carry Shannon, Rachel if anyone tries to slip away knock em out cold." Richard ordered picking up Shannon's legs while Isaac nodded and picked Shannon up by his armpits as Rachel nodded and narrowed her eyes at anyone.
"What can she do to knock one of us out?" Meredith asked scathingly and causing Rachel to smirk while Richard and Conan exchanged looks, oh boy here we go again.
"Is there something here that you don't mind if it's destroyed or damaged?" Rachel asked turning to look at Suzanna who blinked for a second before Theodore whispered something in her ear that caused her to grin.
"Sure, that pole over there isn't used for anything except as a spare lightning rod during a storm." Suzanna said pointing to a metal pole a few feet away that was at least four inches in diameter and twenty feet tall.
"That works perfectly." Rachel said smirking as everyone quickly gathered around the pole where Rachel stood next to it for a minute before punching it, leaving a large dent in the pole and nearly toppling it over. The only sound for a few seconds was the chirping of crickets, 'where were those?' Conan wondered silently, before Meredith gulped while Suzanna and Ari's eyes seemed to sparkle.
"Martial arts?" Suzanna asked grinning at Rachel who grinned in return.
"Karate mainly although dad taught me a few Judo moves he knows." Rachel said causing Ari to grin as well.
"Cool! I practice Judo, Kendo, and Karate too! Big sis practices Kendo, Karate, and Ti Quan Do although we teach each other a few of our respective techniques occasionally and sometimes train other types of fighting techniques. We might have to spar sometime!" Suzanna said excitedly as they began to move towards the Dining Room, Rachel keeping an eye out for anyone trying to escape while Conan was hiding behind Richard who looked pale as well. Oh great two more Rachel's and they're even more dangerous than the original!
"Be careful of little sis's right hooks though. She might look it but she's incredibly strong and makes a pretty good boxer. I think she almost broke my jaw last time we spared." Ari said causing Suzanna to laugh nervously as she scratched the back of her neck sheepishly.
"Yeah and big sis is pretty handy in most forms of armed combat. I didn't know a hand fan could be so dangerous until she nearly broke my arm with one! Not to mention she's really sneaky and can get around you without you noticing until she's already kicked you in the back…or butt. It really hurt last time you did that big sis." Suzanna said rubbing her behind in phantom pain and causing Ari to laugh lightly as she carried the still sleeping Bloom in her arms.
"Sorry little sis but I told you I was going to kick your butt!" Ari said causing Shannon and Theodore to snicker while Rachel laughed at Suzanna's next remark.
"Yeah but it's usually just a figure of speech! I didn't know you would literally kick me in the butt!"