Slight Hesitance

6

Disclaimer: I own neither Detective Conan nor Naruto.

As Conan mumbled to himself, Hinata placed another genjutsu —though she doesn't seem like it, she's quite the genjutsu master like her teacher— on the surveillance room to avoid anyone catching them, she crossed her fingers to Naruto's signature move and quickly popped up two clones of herself. One of her clones henged into Conan. Thankfully, Conan had walked off to Haibara, maybe to get some ideas on how to sneak inside the surveillance room. With that done, she signaled for her clones to hide and walked to Conan just as he finished speaking to Haibara.

"Kuso!" Conan hissed, "How am I going to get inside the room? Even Haibara doesn't have an idea how! There shouldn't be anyone guarding the room, but anyone could happen to pass by while I try to get inside the surveillance room. Actually, is it even unlocked?"

"C-Conan-kun..." a quiet voice interrupted him from his ramblings.

He turned around and raised an eyebrow towards the shy dark-haired girl that stood infront of him, "Nani?"

"Uh—Ahmm..." Hinata shook her head, tugging on his sleeve, "Th-the door t-to the surveillance r-room is unlocked."

It is? Conan blinked. He was so sure that he watched as a staff member locked it with a key half an hour ago.

Shrugging it off, he grabbed Hinata's wrist and pulled her with him as he walked to the door. Surprisingly, no one seemed to even notice their absence. Sighing in relief, he turned back to the door and placed his hand on the doorknob. Slowly, he started to twist it and opened the door. He shifted his eyes, wary that someone might catch them.

Upon entering, he quickly locked the door and placed one of the tapes inside the VCR. This continued on until the very last tape.

Hinata and Conan watched attentively on the screen, intent on catching a sight of the possible suspects. So far, they haven't caught a glimpse of their suspects. However, they did catch the victim walking into the store.

Fujioka's walk was rather sluggish. Maybe she had a rough day? Both of the teenagers-turned-children watched as she laid a hand onto her messenger bag. The strange thing was that certain part of her bag was wet. Dripping.

When Conan saw that part of the video, he knew. He smirked that victorious smirk he gets when he solves a case.

Hinata, however, was still a bit confused. Sure, she helped with some hints and all, but maybe solving cases wasn't really her forte.

"I got it!" Conan pumped up his fist, a huge grin on his face.

As they walked outside the surveillance room—Hinata locked it again, just incase anyone notices—, she dispelled the genjutsu and gestured for her clones to hide before she dispels them.

"Takagi-keiji!"

Nearby, Takagi turned his head slightly to face Conan, "What is it, Conan-kun?"

Conan waved for him to kneel down to his height, whispering into his ear.

"It has been concluded that Sumiko Fujioka-san had committed suicide," Megure announced.

All of the possible suspects widened their eyes in surprise.

"But Keibu!" One of them shouted, "How can that be?"

Megure started a video, showing them what Conan and Hinata had watched earlier, "Fujioka was seen wandering with her bag slightly wet. We had suspected that the weapon that killed her could have been ice. Ice can be melt once it is used and it will not display any evidence of it existing. But with this video and the fact that a piece of Fujioka's collection of her structures have disappeared, we announce this case closed."

The rest of the Detective Boys met up with Conan and Hinata. Ayumi asked, "So how'd you guys find out?"

Conan raised an eyebrow, "What makes you think we were the ones that figured it out?"

"Because you're Conan! You must've helped solve the case."

"Well, I am pretty smart..." he chuckled to himself, feeling a bit smug. A palm slapped him on the head, "Ow!"

Haibara shaked her head, "Don't be so cocky, Edogawa-kun. I bet she," she waved her head to the side, where Hinata was standing, "Helped you. You couldn't even find out how to unlock the door to the surveillance room."

He sheepishly rubbed his head, "Well, I might've had a little help..."

"A-ano..." they heard Hinata mumble.

She blushed as they turned their attention to her, "Are we still going to order?"

"Oh yeah!" Genta shouted, scrambling up to where they previously sat an hour ago.

A/N: So sorry again for the long delay and the very short chapter, I wanted to finish the case they're with :( I hope none of you decided to leave because I only update like once a month… I just couldn't think of what to write! Perhaps you, my lovely readers, could give me some suggestions? That would be very helpful! Also, I noticed some mistakes in my last chapter… Sorry for that, I think I edited that chapter when it was around 2 AM or so :P Anyways, thank you for reading!