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Chapter 4 Ghost are real
Last night Conan didn't come home of dinner, he's very respectful, bright and does what he's told sometimes. If Conan had decided to spend the night he would have called her right. Rans phone then started to ring, she looks at the caller ID on her cell phone and it was Conan.
"Conan-Kun! Where are you!" Ran asked.
"Hey Mouri." It was Ichigo.
"Kurosaki-Kun, why do you have Conan-Kuns phone?"
"Conan got hurt." Ichigo said.
"What, he got hurt! What happened to him! Is he alright!" Ran asked hysterically.
"Woah! Don't worry, it wasn't to serious. He's at Araide's clinic, his wounds weren't so bad." Ichigo said.
"I see... Is he awake?" Ran asked.
"The kid's asleep right now. The doctor said that he would wake up soon." Ichigo said. "After school you can visit him."
"Okay, and Kurosaki-Kun, thank you."
"No problem." Ichigo hangs up and puts Conans phone next to him.
"Thank god for Inoue's healing ability, it's ashame she couldn't heal him to a hundred percent. Yoruichi said that the kid was perceptive and it would look suspicious if he was magically healed." Ichigo thought as he waited for Conan to wake up. After waking up he talks to Conan for a bit and leaves.
Later
Conan wake up to the sounds of birds chirping, it was morning already. Conan gets up from the small bed and get dressed in his damage clothing. When he put on the torn shirt he expected to be in pain, but it wasn't so bad. He stretched his body and found out that his bones weren't magically healed over night but still hurt. It's strange, he could have sworn that his arms, one of his legs, and a few ribs were broken.
"Ah Conan-Kun, your up." Araide said.
"Yeah. What time is it?"
"Ten o'clock. Let's check up on you." Araide said. After the routine check up Conan's bones are only fractured and the gash on his head has healed nicely.
"Your wounds aren't to serious, the fractures should heal overtime."
"Didn't a few of my bones break?" Conan asked.
"Nope, the only major injury was the gash on the head, the fractures weren't that bad." Araide said.
"I see." Just then he sees a transparent person with a broken chain on his chest. Conan shakes his head and rubs his eyes to see if it's a real or a figment of his imagination.
"Something wrong Conan-Kun?" Araide asked.
"Nothing at all, I'm just wondering how this happened." Conan said.
"You were caught in one of those explosions last night. I wonder what's causing them." Araide said.
"Hmm..." Conan was in deep thought. When the check up was done Conan walked around the clinic collecting his thoughts.
"What is causing those explosions, is it some sort of new weapon or chemical that's doing this or..." Conan's thoughts were interrupted by an image of a white masked monster with dark red eye.
"W-what was that!" Conan said holding his head in pain.
"Ah! Conan-Kun, are you okay!" Araide asked.
"Y-yeah..." Conan said weakly.
"I think you got enough exercise for a while, it's time to rest." Araide escorts Conan back to his room and Conan goes back to sleep. A few hours of sleep later Conan wakes up and his watches hands read three o'clock. Sundenly the door opened and their was Ran with Araide. When she saw Conan in bandages she almost broke down in tears, she ran up to him and gave him a hug.
"Conan-Kun! Are you alright!" Ran yelled.
"I'm okay Ran-Neechan!" Conan said trying to squirm out of the hug.
"Oh sorry." Ran puts him down. "I've been worried about you all day. Is he healthy enough to leave Araide-Sensei?"
"He is, a few weeks of rest and he'll be good as new." Araide says.
"What about the bill?" Ran ask reluctantly.
"It was paid for by a Urahara-San, Kurosaki-Kun said that he's a friend of his."
"I see. Thank you for everything Sensei." Ran bows and the two leave the clinic to see Ichigo waiting for them.
"Hey Conan, feeling better?" Ichigo asked.
"Hai! Thank you for helping me Ichigo-Niisan." Conan said.
"No problem kid." Ichigo said and began to walk with Ran and Conan. "So you feeling better?" He asked.
"Hai. But it's strange. I could have sworn a few of my bones broke, I could hear them snap and break." Conan said.
"I wouldn't worry about it." Ichigo said. Just then the shinigami badge goes off. Ran looks at Ichigo with her face full of concern.
"That thing again? It went off today in class and you ran out saying you didn't feel good. What is it?"
"It's kind of a pager. Anyways I have to go somewhere be right back in a few minutes!" Ichigo said hastily and left. Conan decided to follow him but when he turned the corner he was gone.
Elsewhere
Ichigo knew that Conan would follow him so when he got the chance he used his shunpo to get out of there. He dashed throughout the city looking for the hollows. He shunpo's from roof to roof until he finds the hollows. The hollows are a large group of low leveled hollows followed by three gillians. Ichigo pulls out Kon and pulls him out of the lion plush and swallows the green pill and Ichigo's soul comes out.
"I'll be back!" Ichigo said to Kon.
"Yeah, just go kill'em!" Kon yelled. Ichigo then charges at the hollows and begins to kill them one by one. Just then a gillian launches a cero at Ichigo, but he counters it with a gestuga tensho. The shock wave pushes back the cero right down the gillian's throat and the Gillian's head explodes. The two other gillians attack with their ceros but Ichigo dodges them, the ceros hit the ground and the side of a building. Ichigo then attacks the gillians and finishes them off.
"Well that's over." Ichigo said as he puts Zangetsu back on his back and goes back into his body. After getting back into his body and returns to Ran and Conan. When he found them they were at beika park waiting for him.
"Did you finish what you had to do?" Ran asked.
"Yeah." Ichigo nodded.
"I'm going to take Conan-Kun home." Ran said. "Your going to be staying inside until your all better young man." Ran told Conan much to his protest.
"But Ran-Neechan-"
"Don't you but me. You need to rest and you'll be better in no time." Ran said to Conan and grabbed his hand. "Well Kurosaki-Kun I'll see you later." Ran said and walked home with Conan holding her hand. Seeing this sight, Ichigo is reminded of the time when he and his mother would walk with her holding his hand. Just then the badge goes off again.
"Again! Man it never ends." Ichigo said and turned into his soul form and searches for the hollows.
Elsewhere
Within her large manor Akako sits in her room glaring at her mirror. Once more she asked it 'who is the fairest of all' and of course it said it was her without out a doubt, but then it said that their are others who aren't effected by her magic and cannot be charmed, she almost smashed the mirror again.
"Who are they!" Akako yelled.
"Ichigo Kurosaki, Yasutora Sado, Uryu Ishida, and Toshiro Hitsugaya." The mirror said.
"What makes them so different from normal humans?" Akako wondered.
"They are not normal humans. Toshiro Hitsugaya is a shinigami." The mirror said.
"What about the others?"
"Ichigo Kurosaki is a substitute shinigami, although he isn't truly a shinigami he is stronger then almost all of them. Yasutora Sado is a spiritually enhanced human and Uryu Ishida is a quincy. Akako has never heard of a quincy before which is no surprise since most of them were wiped out two hundred years ago.
"So is their a way to make them mine?"
"No, in fact it's safe to say that they're stronger then you." This made Akako mad. She brought up her arm and energy collects in her hand and a beam of energy launches into the mirror and blasting it to the next world. The mirror was no more and their was a large circular hole in the wall which lead outside.
"IGOR!" A deformed man comes.
"Yes mistress."
"Get someone to fix this hole." Akako sighs "Now I need a new mirror." With that Akako retreats to her study leaving Igor wondering what did the poor mirror say this time. She then contacts Lucifer to find out more.
"You again... You dare call upon me mortal." The fallen one said.
"Tell me what I need to know Lucifer!" Akako demanded.
"Very well. I will humor you for now. What is it that you seek mortal."
"What are the shinigami doing here?" Akako asked.
"I do not observe the shinigami, but I will say that they are here to exorcise the hollows and prevent a hollow invasion." The hollows. Akako has only heard of them but never seen one in Tokyo.
"Why are the hollows here now?"
"Their here for souls. Hollows are primal monsters that feast on the souls of the living and the dead."
"I see... Well then farewell." Akako breaks the spell and Lucifer disappears and leaves the summoning chamber.
Later
After getting home Ran put Conan in his room to let him rest. The walk home proved to taken toll on him, he was sore and hurting when they finally got home. Luckily he had a collection of the complete works of Arthur Conan Doyle, all of the Sherlock Homes books to read. After hours of reading, it was time for dinner which of course was very good. Conan tried to go down to the office but Ran stopped him, picked him up and put him in his room.
"I know you don't like to sit still and do nothing, but your still hurt." Ran said with concern in her voice.
"Okay..." Conan said then laid down. For some reason he was getting tired and then he fell asleep. Hours later as Conan slept he felt a hand on his forehead, then the hand went to his cheek. He opened his eyes to see who was touching him. Looking down on him was a person who died almost a year ago, this made Conan's eyes widen in shock at who he see.
"A-A-Akemi!" Conan asked.
"It's been too long Co- no Kudo-Kun." Akemi said.
"But your dead! You can't alive!" Conan almost yelled.
"Your right, I am dead. But forget that for now, first I have something to tell you. Please come with me." Akemi said. The two go to the office and see Ichigo, Rukia, Uryu, Chad, Orihime and a man with a hat wearing clogs. The thing that was different was that Ichigo and Rukia were in black kimonos. As for Uryu, he was wearing a outfit that almost looks like a military uniform or a navy uniform.
"Hey there, names Kisuke Urahara. How about we talk Conan, you might find out why your seeing dead people." Urahara said.
"Alright. Let's talk in the office." Conan let's them in the office. The first thing that Kisuke said was that ghost are real.
"Their real Conan, one hundred percent."
"I guess they do..." Conan said lamely and looked at Akemi. "Have you been here the whole time since you died watching me and Haibara?"
"Yes I have." Akemi answered.
"I'm sorry... I wasn't fast enough and I let you die." Conan said with remorse in his voice.
"It's okay. You have always been there to protect Shiho from 'Them' and you have taken her away from the underworld and showed her the light of the world. Because of you she has friends and she's happy, despite her cold disposition. I thank you Edogawa-Kun, you saved her from the darkness and for that, I will alway be grateful, and everyone else thanks you too." Akemi said.
"Everyone?" Conan asked.
"All of those who have died in your life, They thank you from the bottom of their hearts." Akemi said. This made Conan's eyes widen. All of the people who have been murdered have passed on to the afterlife because of the cases he solved.
"I'm glad that they found peace in their passing." Conan said. "So what did you wanted to tell me?" He asked.
"Your no normal kid are you." Ichigo said to Conan.
"What are you talking about. Of course I'm a kid!" Conan said.
"Only one way to find out." Kisuke said and jabbed his cane into Conan's head.
"Wha-" Just then Conan's soul comes out of his body, but it wasn't the soul of a little boy. It was the soul of Shinichi Kudo. This left Ichigo's group dumbfounded and silent until...
"GAHHHHH! WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH YOUR SOUL!" Ichigo screamed.
"AHHHHHH! What the hell did you do to me!" Shinichi pointed at a smiling Kisuke.
"First you tell us why your soul is a seventeen year old guy and not a seven year old boy!" Ichigo yelled.
"No you tell me why I'm having a out of body experience right now! Wait... AM I DEAD!" Shinichi yelled.
"Your not dead yet!" Ichigo yelled back.
"That looks dead to me!" Shinichi pointed to his little limb body or corpse if you will.
"You die if the chain of fate is broken." Rukia said.
"I see... This chain is bound to my soul and body and if it breaks I'm dead for good... Can I go back into my body now?"
"Sure, here you go." Rukia helps Shinichi goes back into his body. "So Akemi, what did you want to tell me about?" Conan asked.
"As I told you, I found out about what the black organization is after." Akemi said.
"Wait! You can't tell me in front of them!" Conan pointed at Ichigo and his friends.
"Why not?" Chad asked.
"Their dangerous." Conan said.
"They don't sound too tough." Ichigo said.
"You don't know what they can do!" Conan yelled.
"Were not getting anywhere with this. Look we trade, you tell us of this organization and we'll tell you about us and what we've been though." Uryu said.
"What are you doing Uryu!" Ichigo yelled.
"Just a fair trade. Even if we can't get the information, well just piece it together ourselves."
"Wait, what?"
"The fact that we saw your soul is a dead give away. On the inside your a seventeen year old, but outside your a seven year old. This crime group must have done something to your body. Like something from a sci-fi story." Uryu said. Uryu was right, they did something to him and it was something he couldn't forgive.
"Fine. The ones who did this are known as the black organization, this group of criminals will do anything and everything for money. They also are very secretive, anyone that knows of their existence dies, they'll even kill their own to get the mission complete. I've been trying to find any leads to them but I come close then lose them. Luckily I've made a few allies that will help me in the case ranging from the FBI and even a mole on the inside." Conan explained. "Now tell me who you are."
"The Gotei 13 is a organization of shinigami that are bent on protecting the humans from the hollows. The hollows are evil spirits that devour souls of the living and the dead. A year ago three captains of the Gotei 13 defected and sided with the enemy then created powerful hollows known as arrancars with the Hogyoku. The hollows have the ability to evolve to a into a higher form, this higher form cannot be attained so easily. It would take hundreds of years before a hollow reaches that form, depending on the situation." Kisuke explained.
"The defector Aizen was going to destroy Karakura town and kill one hundred thousand people to create the royal key by using their souls. But thanks to Ichigo and the Gotei 13 we stopped him and his elite arrancars, the espada." Rukia finished.
That was a lot of information for Conan to process. Shinigami, Aizen, hollows, the Gotei 13, espada, royal key and Hogyoku. He had a feeling that he has just scratched the surface of the Shinigami. But first was Akemi and what she has to say.
"So Akemi, what is it that you wanted to tell me?" Conan asked.
"I've been following you for quiet some time since I died, but when you found Gin I decided to follow him. I then learned more about the organization and it seems their looking for something. It's call Pandora, and it's a jewel that grants immortality to someone when the volley comet comes and orbits the world. They only have one chance because the volley comet comes every ten thousand years. I don't know all the detail but they have kill many people for this jewel." Akemi finished.
The look's on Ichigo and his friends were very different. Ichigo was extremely angry while kisuke showed no emotion, Uryu was pondering on this jewel, Chad had a angry look in his eye, Orihime was thinking about everything she heard and Rukia was writing a report on what she has heard.
"Immortality... Human immortality is impossible isn't it?" Uryu said.
"It is, no human has ever achieved it." Kisuke said.
"Why would someone want to live forever. That would be boring." Orihime said.
"Their killing for it." Chad said.
"What the hell are those guys trying to be gods! Then they would kill even their own! Those bastards!"
"I'm writing up a report right now. I think squad twelve captain will have a field day with this." Rukia said. "So what about her." Rukia points at Akemi.
"I would like to see my sister. One last time, if that's okay." She said.
"It can be done." Rukia said. With that their meeting has ended. Conan was glad that Akemi was going to pass on to a better place and now he has new allies that can help him in his case. Hopefully though he doesn't get killed by the hollows, it's hard to believe that ghost are real.
"Oh yeah Conan-Kun I have something to tell you." Kisuke said.
"Yeah what is it?"
"Three day from now, be ready the Kudo household with the bedroom window open at five P.M." Kisuke said with a huge grin.
"Um... Sure." Conan said leading them the way down. "I'm surprised no one heard us."
"I placed a Kido spell on the office. No one heard are conversation." Kisuke said again.
"I see... Oh yeah! Do you know how healed me?"
"That would be me." Orihime said.
"Thanks for helping me." Conan said.
"It was no trouble at all." Orihime said. With that everyone said their good byes and left. Conan then went back to bed.
Later
Within the Seireitei the head captain sat at his desk and enjoyed a cup of tea after looking over Ikkaku's report about the hollows in Karakura town. Just then his lieutenant came in with Rukia's report.
"Sir. I have Kuchiki Rukia's report."
"Very well." Yamamoto looked over the report, he then came a crossed something that made his closed eyes open.
"Pandora...!"
"What is it sir?" Chōjirō asked.
"When will the communication systems with Kurosaki and Hitsugaya be active?"
"In three days sir. What's wrong."
"Request all squad captains to come for a meeting, at once." Yamamoto said.
"At once sir." Chojiro leaves.
"If this group of humans finds that abomination, then we have some trouble." The head captain said as he left for the meeting room.
To be continued...
A/N- Sorry about the OOC-ness, it was kind of necessary. I think anyone would freak out if you were having a out of body experience, and what does the head captain know about pandora? Am not sure that I got the information about the hollow evolution right or not.