Slight Hesitance
3
Disclaimer: I own neither Detective Conan nor Naruto.
Two birds flew across the sky, fluttering their wings in excitement to the new day.
The bright rays of the sun pierced through the window, glaring at the little girl who laid asleep on a futon.
"Nng..."
A hand was brought to her eyes, rubbing them in a groggy state. Her other hand was up in the air, stretching as she opened her mouth, a long yawn coming out. She pushed herself, sitting up.
"U-uhn..."
After a moment, she opened her pale eyes, immediately regretting her action. Grimacing for the sunlight, she cover her eyes with a hand.
She let herself be acquainted to the lighting first, before removing the hand. She inhaled the sweet aroma of her pillow, which lay on her lap.
Ch-chotto—
Eyes widening in realization, she threw her blanket off herself. This wasn't her pillow! This wasn't her blanket!
Taking a long glance around the room, she clenched her fist in confusion. This wasn't her bedroom either!
Hinata pulled open the door, running to a random direction, only to fall back on her butt, "E-eh?"
She looked up at the person who she bumped into, a girl with long brown hair, "G-g-gomenasai!"
Taking the hand that was offered, she pulled herself up. The other girl said, "It's alright."
"Ne, what's your name?"
"Huh? O-oh! My name i-is Hyuuga H-hinata. Y-yoroshiku!" She bowed deeply, her hands playing with the hem of her dress— Wait a minute. She didn't wear a dress!
The girl smiled, "That's such a cute name! I'm Mouri Ran, yoroshiku."
Hinata blushed at Ran's compliment, "A-arigatou..."
They start walking to the direction Ran came from, "You're probably wondering where you are right now, ne?"
"A-ah... Hai."
Ran laid her hand on Hinata's shoulder, "You're in my house, we found you in a park last night. You were shivering from the cold! I couldn't just leave you there," she smiled.
Hinata tilted her head, "W-we?"
"Mhm!" She nodded her head, "Conan-kun and I found you last night. He's like a little brother to me."
Ran raised her index finger, leaning it against her lip, "That reminds me," she looked at Hinata with pity, "Are you homeless Hinata-chan? The clothes you were wearing were too big for you."
Huh? Why would she think that?
She looked down, only to freeze. Was this a genjutsu? Did she unconsciously do a henge while asleep?
"Oi, Ran!" Huh? Who said that?
Hinata watched as a middle-aged man yelled at the brunette girl, demanding for some more beer.
"Mou, Otou-san!" Ahh, so he was Mour-san's father.
"It's still morning! Yet you are already drunk!" She wagged her finger infront of her father's face, scolding him.
Conan, who was sitting on the couch, playing on his phone, sweatdropped. He looked around the room in boredom, his eyes stopping on Hinata's figure. So she's finally awake, huh? I need to bring her to Haibara and discuss the situation, "Ne, Ran-neechan!"
He ran to her, greeting the little girl who shyly hid behind Ran's legs, "Ohayo, Shoujo-san! I'm Edogawa Conan! What's your name?"
Hinata glanced at the boy over Ran's legs, he was grinning widely, his hands behind his head in a carefree stature.
He reminds me of N-naruto-kun...
She blushed once again, ducking her head.
"H-hyuuga... Hinata. Yo-yoroshiku, Edogawa-san," she bowed cutely.
The bespectacled boy blushed slightly. She's kinda cute...
"Ne, Hinata-chan. You can call me Conan-kun! I wouldn't mind," he smiled.
"A-ano... Okay," she hesitantly gave a small of her own.
"I'll introduce you to my friends later, after we eat breakfast. Is that alright?"
"H-hai."
Conan-kun...
Kogoro burped loudly, gaining disgusted grimaces and looks from both Ran and Conan. Hinata didn't mind though, Chouji-kun burps louder than that. She had gotten to know Team 10 while they helped babysit Kurenai's child while the red-eyed woman would do chores.
"Ran-san..." She chose not to call her Mouri, since Kogoro-san and Ran-san could get confused on who she was calling out.
"Eh?" Ran turned her head towards her.
She smiled shyly, "Th-the meal was d-delicious."
"Oh! Arigatou!"
Seeing that the others were standing up, she followed their example. Once she did so a hand gripped her wrist. It took all of her willpower to stop her ninja instincts from reacting.
"Come on, Hinata-chan! I'll introduce you to Agasa-hakase and Haibara first!"
They ran through the streets, Conan still keeping his hold on the girl. After a few minutes, they finally skidded to a stop infront of a house that was quite large.
Conan stretched his other hand, pressing a button that made a loud ring noise. As if on cue, a large boom was heard, prompting Hinata to activate her byakugan. Once she did so, she quickly put a genjutsu over her eyes to avoid questions.
Scanning around the house, she saw a large silhouette who seemed to be coughing.
She followed Conan through the house, once they were facing the door, she deactivated her byakugan and let Conan drag her inside.
"Agasa-hakase!" She helped the boy pull up the coughing man.
"Ohayo, Shinichi," Agasa coughed, "I must still be dizzy from the explosion, I'm seeing two!"
Hinata blinked, "A-ano, actually th-there are t-two..."
"O-oh! Is that so..." He freezed, "I meant... Chiaki Shinichi! The main guy in that manga called Nodame Cantabile! He's my favorite character! Right, Sh—Conan-kun?"
Conan sweatdropped at the professor, "Right..."
The girl tilted her head in confusion. What was a 'manga'?
While the dark-haired girl contemplated on what a manga was, Conan leaned closer to Agasa, whispering to his ear, "Hakase, can you please go to the lobby in a few minutes?"
"Eh? Doushite?"
Conan glanced at Hinata from the corner of his eyes, "It's a discussion about her. She was turned by one of the BO."
"Really?" Agasa copied Conan's action, glancing at her with sympathy, "Poor girl must be wondering what's been happening."
"That's what confuses me."
"Huh?" Agase blinked.
"Ever since she woke, she didn't even ask once. Why is that?"
"Maybe she's used to it?"
Conan deadpanned, "How can she be used to turning into a child?"
"Ahaha... Gomen," the professor rubbed his head sheepishly.
"Anyway, we need to talk about it with Haibara."
"Got it, see you in a little bit. I'll do some pre-cleaning while you call for Haibara."
Conan nodded, once again grabbing the girl's hand, "Come on, Hinata-chan! We're gonna call Haibara, so both she and hakase can introduce themselves later."
"Ahh... Okay."
Knocking twice on a door, he called out, "Oi, Haibara!"
After a bit of silence, shuffling was heard inside the room. The door creaked open, displaying a girl who was the same age of Conan and Hinata's current state.
"Oh good, you're here."
"We'll talk about it with hakase in the lobby," Hinata was once again confused by this. Talk about what?
The three of them then started walking to a direction that Hinata presumed to be where the lobby was.
Once they entered the room, the auburn-haired girl started talking, "So, now that we're all in here... What's your name?"
Hinata looked up, her fingers fiddling with each other, "H-Hinata Hyuuga. Y-yoroshiku," she bowed.
"Ahh, yoroshiku to you as well, Hinata-kun. I'm Hiroshi Agasa."
Ai introduced herself next, "Haibara Ai."
"Now that we're done with introductions," Ai crossed her arms, "Do you understand what situation you are in, Hyuuga-san?"
She shook her head, "I-Iie."
"Did you confront any suspicious people wearing black?"
Hinata bit her lip in thought, "I d-didn't see anyone, b-but I remember b-being forced t-to d-drink something. I can o-only remember th-that much. Go-gomenasai..."
"Yappari!" Conan exclaimed.
"A-ano... Conan-kun, what is i-it the you knew?"
Conan's expression turned serious, "You were poisoned."
Wh-what? Hinata's eyes grew wide.
"Who d-did it?"
It was Ai who answered, "They are known as the Black Organization. The BO commits crimes such as illegal deals, blackmail, robberies, and assassinations to raise money for research."
"B-but why would th-they do this to me?"
What if the poison prevented her from using chakra? Wait... No, she's able to use chakra, she had activated her byakugan only awhile ago. But she was sure that if she use henge to transform into her original form, they would be suspicious.
After a long discussion about the Black Organization, wherein she found out that Conan-kun and Haibara-san were also turned, she asked a question, "B-but wh-where would I s-stay?"
Agasa perked up, "You can stay here in our house! We have lots of roo—"
"No," Ai interrupted, "I would be putting her in danger. I am already risking Hakase. Can't she stay with you, Kudo-kun?"
"Maa, fine. Ran seems to like her anyway."
"Then it's settled," Ai yawned, "Goodbye, Kudo-kun, Hyuuga-san. I was just sleeping until I heard a certain professor explode one of his inventions again," she shot a glare at Agasa, who nervously smiled.
Both Hinata and Conan bid their farewells, waving.
"See you guys later."
"B-bye."
I wonder what it's like in this world with no ninja.
TBC
Hope you liked this chapter! Sorry for the wait, my usual text editor was malfunctioning :(