Slight Hesitance
2
Disclaimer: I own neither Detective Conan nor Naruto.
Hinata steadied herself, her hand clutching a tree branch, shaking it slightly that several leaves fell. Wincing, she placed her other hand on her head, willing the headache to stop.
Seeing that it was no use, she tried to take in the surroundings, her eyes blurred.
Wh-what had happened?
Whatever happened, it cause her dizziness to happen. Her chakra was still depleted from the previous fight, she shouldn't use any medical jutsu to stop her headache, she must save her chakra.
Her ear twitched, hearing soft footprints that was close by. A flurry of voices followed, but it was quiet, like the footprints.
Hinata felt her curiosity peak. She didn't feel any chakra signature!
After the voices stopped, she lightly hopped of the tree she had somehow fallen onto after that scroll—
W-wait, what did that scroll do? I don't recognise this place!
She shifted her head from left to right, trying to piece together on where she is.
She positioned her back to the tree, sliding down until her buttocks hit the green grass.
What should I do?
What should I do?
She bit her lip, tucking her side bang behind her ear. All I know that I was sent to this place by that scroll. Did that scroll have a transportation jutsu sealed?
Her bones ached from all the fighting that happened earlier, yelling for a rest.
Hinata sighed, closing her eyes for a moment, listening to the gentle breeze, leaning forward to that hand touching her chin— Wait, what?
She frantically opened her eyes, her hand reaching for her pouch, the other one trying to stop the stranger's hand.
But she was too late. Her hands dropped to her side, her eyes rolling into the back of her head, her back slumping.
"Oi, Vodka."
He turned his head towards the speaker, "What is it, Aniki?"
"... Didn't you hear something?" Gin craned his neck slightly, watching what was behind him with the corner of his eyes.
"Eh?" Vodka whirled his head around.
"It was as if something fell," Gin shifted his eyes, "I also saw quite an amount of leaves fall from one of the trees."
"But couldn't be just a squirrel?"
"No squirrel can be heavy enough. Look at the grass beneath the tree, it has more leaves out of all the leaves underneath those other trees in this park."
"You're right..." Vodka lowered his voice, "What should we do, Aniki?"
"Dispose of the spy," Gin smirked.
He then walked quietly to that tree, not looking back to see if his partner followed or not.
His hand taking a box out of his pocket, he opened the item and took out a pill and flask of water.
As he walked closer, he could see that the spy was someone who seemed to be resting, her eyes closed.
Smirking, he thought to himself.
What a pesky trick this girl is trying to do. This girl must be stupid to think that a ploy like this could actually trick me.
He gestured for Vodka to hit the girl's pressure point, should the girl protest.
Gin roughly took the girl's chin, opening her mouth slightly. He forced the pill inside her mouth, her hands stopping from its action from when Vodka hit her neck.
He then opened the flask, letting the water flow down into the girl's throat, effectively making her swallow the pill.
After he did so, he stood up from his position he had to do in order to level himself with the girl.
"Vodka, let's go."
Vodka nodded. The two then started to run, wary that someone had saw them.
At the middle of the night, Conan and Ran walked down the street, the latter holding a plastic bag that was full of cans of beer for her alcoholic father.
"Mou, Otou-san..." the brunette grumbled to herself, "Why I outta..."
As she continued rambling to herself, Conan heard voices that soon developed into running footsteps.
Curious, he ran ahead of Ran, towards Beika Park, where he had heard the sounds.
"O-oi, Conan-kun!"
But the boy was already out of sight. Ran sighed, her shoulders sagging.
She couldn't run to him, it would shake the cans and her father would complain to her when he opens them.
Conan halted his steps, his shoes' heels digging into the ground, "N-nani?"
There was a child, around his age, who was whimpering from the cold, unconscious and clutching on clothes that were too big for her.
Could it be...
The bespectacled detective neared, his mind circling one possibility.
Could it be that...
Conan clenched his fingers, his nails digging into his palm.
The Black Organisation poisoned her?
If it was true, then Conan had to help her, if the BO found out that she was still alive, they would kill her.
Ran finally caught up with him, "Conan-kun, what's wrong?"
Receiving no response, she turned her head to where he is looking at, her eyebrow cocked.
"Oh!" she gasped.
She ran to the girl, carefully not jiggling the plastic much, "Conan-kun! What are you doing? Come help me!"
Said boy shook his head, returning back from his thoughts, "H-hai!"
He took the plastic bag, letting Ran carry the girl, knowing that he didn't have much strength to carry her.
"Poor girl," Ran smiled in sympathy to the girl she was holding, "Is she homeless?"
As Ran continued to coo over the 'adorable, cute, precious' little girl, Conan let his mind drift off again.
How would they explain the girl's shrunken state to her family and friends? Should they take her in for awhile? What if she freaks out and tell the police? What if her family looks for her?
"Ne, Ran-neechan?"
"Hmm?"
"What should we do with her?"
"Well, she can sleep in my room, until we figure this all out tomorrow."
Conan nodded, "That's sounds like a good idea."
Ran smiled at him, climbing up the stairs, "Can you open the door for me, Conan-kun?"
"Sure!"
Gripping on the knob, he turned it. They were met with the sight of the great Sleeping Kogoro hunched over the table, doing what his title states... sleeping.
"Mou! And we took all the trouble to buy his beer!"
Ran was stomping her feet around, careful to not disrupt the girl.
"Uhhh..." Conan sweatdropped, "Atleast we don't have to buy more tomorrow!"
She stopped her actions, smiling brightly to him, "Right!"
After Ran's little fit, they readied themselves for bed.
Ran grabbed a futon she had in her closet, preparing the little girl's bed.
Glancing at the girl's innocent face, she hoped that they could help her.
"Goodnight," she smiled.
Tucking the girl in, she herself lay on her bed, slowly drifting to sleep.
Hearing no more noises in the apartment, Conan pulled out his cellphone, dialing a certain scientist's number.
Ring... Ring... Ring.. Ri—
"What?"
Noting the eerie tone of her voice, he sheepishly said, "Uh, had a good night's sleep?"
"I was... until you interrupted it."
"Hehehe... Well, you see..." Conan hoped that he didn't anger the scary girl.
"Out with it!"
He sweatdropped, "Hai, ma'am!"
"Why did you call?"
"Ah, yes. It seems that the BO have did it again."
"Did what?" her voice now held a curious tone, shadowing her previous one.
"Drugged."
"N-nani? Who? Where? When?"
"You heard me. I don't know the identification of the girl yet, she was found by Ran and I in Beika Park. We found her around an hour ago."
"Hmm," there was silence for awhile.
"We'll talk about this tomorrow, after we find out who she is. It's much easier that way. And I'm still sleepy."
"Hai," Conan nodded, despite knowing that Ai couldn't see him.
"Have a good nigh—"
Conan stared at his phone, annoyance building up in him, "She hung up on me!"
Crossing his arms, he pouted to himself, grumbling, "Who does she think she is... hanging up on the great Kudo Shinichi, High School Detective of the East..."
As he continued to grumble to himself, he tucked himself to bed, falling asleep.
The last thought he had for the day was...
That girl... Who is she?
TBC
Woo! Finished Chapter 2! Also, if you're wondering about the whole 'spy' thing back then at the Beika Park, it's because Gin thought that Hinata was one, since people don't normally 'hide' in trees. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Don't get too impatient in waiting for the chapters; I'm quite preoccupied about my school work.