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Correction: What Heiji said in the last chapter when he held his fingers up to his head was ".Now," which was also the title to the last chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan, Gosho Aoyama does!

Chapter 5 Which One?

"Hey everybody, I'm back!" Shinichi then walked over to where Shiho was sitting, "I found the sodium triphosphours chloride, but it took FOREVER!"

"It's okay Conan, that item is very difficult to find. Thank you."

"Hey wait, why did you call me…" he was interrupted by Heiji pointing at the couch, and his mouth formed an 'oh' look. He decided to be nice, and talk to this girl. He sat down, and the sight before him shocked him to no end. This girl looked like she was going to beat the living shit out of him, but why? He hadn't done anything to her… had he? There was something familiar about this girl, but he could not put his finger on it. But the look she was giving him made him want to run and hide. "Oh hello, I'm Edogawa Conan. What's your name?" The girl narrowed her eyes at him, and then looked across the room at Heiji. He was enjoying every minute of Shinichi sitting there awkwardly. He was trying his best to suppress his snickers, but it was not working. She then looked at Shinichi again. "Do you not recognize me, 'Edogawa Conan'?" She said, while putting quotes around his pseudonym. "Whoa, what did I do to you?" Shinichi asked, completely oblivious to the fact that his childhood friend was sitting across the couch from him. "It's what you didn't do, Kudou Shinichi, that makes me angry."

"Oh! Ha ha, you're funny!"

"Not as funny as when you sang to Mr. Tokinawa's baby in second grade, and she cried so hard that he had to put her in the hospital for a week because she was dehydrated."

"Wait… how did you know that? The only person that was there was…"

"That's right Shinichi, it was your childhood friend, Mouri Ran." She said, with a sense of anger in her voice. "You were there beside me, this whole time, and you never said anything. I cried because of you, and all you did was stand there. I went on never knowing that you were under my nose the whole time. I can't believe that you li… wait… Shinichi, where are you going, I still have many words to say." Kudou Shinichi walked past Shiho and Heiji and he had a dark aura around his person. "You owe me ten bucks." Heiji whispered. "That's not funny, you moron! He really is going to kill them all! How are we going to get them back?" Shiho then spent a few minutes thinking, and then a light bulb went off in her head. "Hey Hattori…" She said. She gave him the look that she had an idea, but he would not like it. "Whaaat?"

"Go sit by Ran, and put your arm around her, you know, to keep her company." He looked at her as if there was more to this plan than she was letting on, but then he shrugged off the idea. She wasn't trying to get back at him for losing the bet, was she? He sat down by Ran, and put his arm around her. Shiho smiled and dialed Conan's phone. "What do you want?" Shinichi said angriy."

"Shh… you didn't hear this from me, but Heiji looked so excited after you left. He actually is hitting on Ran as we speak." The phone hung up. She then looked at her hand, and started counting down. "Five," she put her thumb against her palm, "four," she put her pinky against her palm, "three, two, one" she said while putting the rest of her fingers down. The door burst open, and entered a very angry, a very jealous Shinichi. His face was red, but he was not blushing. Shiho could swear that she saw steam coming from Shinichi's ears. His eyes were hardened. "Hattori," he said, he sounded like he was suppressing his anger. "Can I see you outside?" Heiji was bewildered. He hadn't done anything wrong. He then spotted Shiho smiling from ear to ear, then he knew he found his answer. He stood up, and walked outside, glaring at Shiho, who was laughing. And then he shut the door. Dr. Agasa looked at Shiho and said, "I am not one to judge," and he walked away. Ran was puzzled. What exactly did Dr. Agasa meant when he said that? She wasn't sure, but she was damn sure that she was going to find out. "Shiho?"

"Yes Ran, what is it?"

"What did Dr. Agasa mean when he said that he wasn't one to judge?"

"Well, you gotta do what you gotta do." This still puzzled Ran, what on Earth was she talking about? "Shiho, do you think Shinichi is going to be alright?"

"I'm more worried about Heiji."

"What do you mean…" Ran was about to ask, but was interrupted by yelling and some noise outside. Dr. Agasa looked at Shiho, and they both shrugged, and all three of them ran outside. They found Hattori on the ground, with Shinichi on top of him. Hattori had him by the ear, while Shinichi was trying to get his nose. "Okay, if you guys just wanted to be left alone, all you had to do was ask." Shiho said. They both looked at each other, and blushed and Shinichi immediately got off of Heiji. Both of them pointed at the other, and they were both yelling the story to Dr. Agasa. "How old are you two, 7?" Ran suddenly yelled, stopping both of the detectives in their tracks. "How about everyone goes inside, and we'll take it from there." They both grumbled and everyone went inside. "Now Heiji, how did this all happen?"

"This all started when you came to the house. Shiho and I made a bet how Kudou was going to react when he found out you shrunk."

"So what, you're going to make a game out of my life?" Shinichi asked. "Anyway, continue Heiji."

"Thank you, Ran. Kudou came back, and got pissed off because you shrunk. He left. Ai decided to tell me to put my arm around you for some reason. And then Kudou came back, and decides to get all angry with me."

"Hold the phone, Ai told you to do that?" They looked at each other and smiled. "If you two decide to do anything, the antidote is going down the toilet." They quickly gave up their idea. "Heiji, here's your kendo sword."

"Aww, sweet! I've been waiting for this all week!" He took the sword and started to swing it around.

"Dude, be careful! You're going to kill someone."

"Chill Kudou! I got it covered. No one is going to get hurt." He then takes it, and hits Shinichi in the head with it. "What was that for?" Shinichi asked, rubbing the goose bump on his head.

"For treating me like a kid."

"You look like one."

"And thus the kettle calls the pot black."

"Will you two cut it out?" Ran exclaimed, becoming tired of their childish antics. "Oh Ran! I have something for you." Dr. Agasa said, handing her a red headband with a microphone behind it. "I made it for you, in case you have to call your dad, and anyone else when you need to use your voice." Just after he said that, her cell phone started to ring, Ran looked down at the caller id, screamed, and threw the phone at Shinichi. "Shinichi, it's Sonoko! What do I do? I don't know how to work this thing!" She started to move the dials around, but the only voice that sounded like a girls voice was really deep. Shinichi rolled his eyes, turned the dials, and handed the phone to Ran. "Moshi-moshi!"

"Mouri Ran, where in the world have you been? I went and got an ambulance, and you weren't there!" You know how worried sick I was? The ambulance people thought I was crazy that I did this. They said that they did not appreciate prank calls! Where are you?" Ran had no idea how to respond, and then suddenly, an idea popped up in her head. "When I woke up, you still hadn't come back. I walked down the street, and then I saw Shinichi."

"Shinichi? Out of the blue Shinichi comes to Beika?"

"Yeah, he saw me and we went to the café under my dad's office, and we caught up. He then asked me if I was interested in being his assistant. I had to phone my dad, since he was off on a case. He didn't answer right away, but ten minutes later dad phoned me. He was quite angry, but he gave up since we had already left."

"Aww! Mouri Ran had finally succumbed to her passion and went to meet her husband. I bet you two are cuddling right now as we speak! So kawaii!" Ran's face turned a cherry red. "Sonoko! Is that the only thing on your mind?"

"Come on Ran, we all know that you love him!"

"Shut up Sonoko! Why would I want to go out with that detective geek anyways?" Shinichi whispered into her ear, "you know that I'm sitting right here, right?"

"Hey Ran, is that Shinichi? Give him the phone; I want to talk to him!" Shinichi's face read 'oh crap' all over it. Ran spoke into his bowtie one more time, and said, "Shinichi, Sonoko wants to talk to you! He's on his way over here now." She then handed him his bowtie and hers. He gave her a confused look. She pointed from his bowtie to him, and her bowtie to her. He winked at her, signaling that he had gotten the message, and started to turn them until he reached their voices. He handed her back hers. "Yes Sonoko?" he asked. "You came to town, and you didn't come see me?"

"Who would want to see you?" Shinichi mumbled, earning a nudge from Ran in the ribs. "It was very sudden business."

"Yeah, but you had enough time to take Ran on a date? Just wait until I tell the whole school that you two are dating! They're going to throw a party! I know Ran has been anxiously waiting for the day that you would come and sweep her off her feet, and carry her like they do in the movies!" Both Ran and Shinichi heard that, and they both blushed scarlet red. "It didn't go down like that!"

"Oh, but it did! I have to phone Makoto and tell him the details. He would want to know!" Shinichi looked at Ran and mouthed, 'why would he want to know?' Ran shrugged. She had no clue why, out of all people, Makoto wanted to go. Then she realized something. That was just her excuse to get off the phone so she could tell the world, not just Makoto. "Wait Sonoko, don't hang up yet!" Ran exclaimed.

"What's going on Ran?"

"Please don't tell anyone! We don't want the paparazzi on our tails, not just yet. Can you give us some time before you go tell the world? Please?"

"Fine Ran, but everyone is going to figure it out on their own. See you later." The phone hung up, and Shinichi just glared at her. "Shinichi, what did I do?"

"You told her that we were dating."

"It was the only way to get her off our backs. She was going to tell everyone anyways, but this way she has to wait, and we can bide our time."

"Fine, but I don't like it when Sonoko likes to talk about us having a 'love life.'"

"So, you two are finally dating?" Heiji asked, taking a seat next to Shinichi. "No, we're not." Shinichi said, and glared at Heiji. He stood up, went to the door, opened it, and slammed it on his way out. "What's his problem?" Heiji asked. "It's been a long day Heiji." Shiho answered. "I'll go after him," Ran said, "he's probably at his house." Before anyone could object, she was out the door. She ran to his house, only to find his gate open. She ran into the house, and up the stairs. She went to the one place she knew he would be, his library. He sat there with his feet touching and his hands. He looked like a Buddha, except his hands were in a prayer position. He looked too cute to be disturbed, so she sat there quietly until he was finished. He looked up, and saw her sitting beside him. "Hey, what's wrong? I'm sorry for upsetting you?"

"It's not you, Ran. I'm just angry at the whole world right now. Whenever I'm in this body, I don't feel like Kudou Shinichi, high school detective. I feel like I'm Edogawa Conan, the pint-sized runt. I feel like I live a double life, and that I can never be myself. It's really hard being a kid, because no one takes you seriously."

"I know how that goes. I remember the first time that I thought Conan was Shinichi, it was when that man came over, and he was getting all of these gifts, and you were leading dad to the clues. You threw me off your trail later that evening, but now I can see how you did that." She said, motioning toward the bowtie. "I noticed something was missing, but I couldn't put my finger on it. It was Dr. Agasa that called me that night, wasn't it?"

"Yes it was. I'm sorry I lied to you Ran, but I wanted to protect you. Even living with you was a risk, I didn't want to put you or your dad in more danger than you had to be."

"I wish I could be mad at you, but it doesn't serve a purpose. I'm in this position as well now. We have to join forces in order to take down this organization."

"I'm glad you thought of that Ran, but there was one thing we forgot about. Your name, have you thought of a name?"

"Oh my, I have completely forgot! I have no idea what to call myself."

"I have an idea," Shinichi said. He got up and walked toward the ladder. He moved it over seven feet to the left, he then climbed up eight stairs. He picked up A Scandal in Bohemia and brought it down. He put it on the desk, and motioned for Ran to walk over there. He flipped open the book, and pointed to a name. Her eyes widened, and her mouth formed an 'o.' The words written on the exact point of the page he was pointing to read the name Irene Adler. "I haven't thought of that name, we can use it, but I don't want to be called Irene."

"We can change Adler around a little bit, if you want."

"I'm in between Irene Addison and Irene Adalina, but I want to go by the middle name. If I pick Addison, I'll go by Addy, but if I pick Adalina I'll go by Ali, Dailey, or many more. But I just don't know which one to choose?" So Ran sat there, staring holes into the book wondering 'what should my name be?

Please R&R, and I will be adding a twist to this one. Which name do you like best, Addison, or Adalina and the nickname? You can come up with as many nicknames as you want, but the starting point must be Addison or Adalina. Please send this in your review. And no flames please, but constructive criticism is welcomed.