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Chapter 12 You've always been there
Ran stood there looking at Shinichi in shock. The Karate champion had a lot of questions, what was he doing here, where was Conan, and why was he wearing that outfit. Before Ran could asked her questions, energy collected onto Shinichi arm and he thurst his fist towards Akako and shouted.
"Tamashī no enajī!" This action released a huge blast of energy, the attack zeros in on Akako making her use her powerful barrier to block the attack. The energy blast explodes and kicks up a lot of dust.
"Shinichi! What are you doing here and where's Conan-kun!" Ran hastily asked.
"Don't worry Ran, Conan is safe and he's escaped Koizumi." Shinichi lied. "Koizumi wasn't going to make Conan her slave. She used him to lure me here so she could make me her slave." The fullbring detective lied.
"But how did you know Conan-kun was in danger?" Ran asked.
"Kuchiki-san called me and said that he was kidnapped." Shinichi lied for the third time.
"Wait a minute!" Ran shouted. This made Shinichi nervous, she might have realize that he was lying. "What's with the outfit?" Ran asked. The outfit that Shinichi was wearing looked like the black knight outfit he wore during the play, without the cape and helmet.
"I call it the Tamashī no henka." Shinichi looked at himself. The teenaged detective felt more powerful.
"You look different..." Ran blushed a little when she remebered the play.
"Ah! Allow me to explain." Kisuke stepped forward. "You see, your fullbring has become stronger."
"Fullbrings can become stronger?" Kaito tilted his head.
"That's right, There are three levels to a fullbring. The first form, the second form and lastly the final form. In order make your fullbring stronger you need to train a lot." Kisuke explained.
"I thought this was a strong as I get!" Kaito pouted.
"Your training was suppose to train you in basic hollow combat and to control your power. We'll have to cover advance fullbring powers late." Yoruichi explained.
"Okay so Kuchiki-san called you and you came here as fast as you could right?" Ran sounded like she didn't buy the whole story. Shinichi really felt like dirt lying to her like this, but he didn't want her to get involded into his mess with the Black organization and the seach for Pandora.
'I can't keep lying to her like this...' Before Shinichi could speak, a magic circle surrounded Ran.
"What is this?" Ran tried to move but couldn't escape.
"RAN!" Shinichi shouted and tried to get her out but was forced back.
"OHOHOHOHOHO! Sorry Kudo-kun, but it's just going to be me and her." The sound of Akakos voice rang out from somewhere. With that Ran disappeared and so did Akako.
"Damnit!" Shinichi fell to the ground and punched the ground.
"Don't worry about it tantei-san, this is Mouri-sans fight now." Kaito helped him up.
"Thanks kuroba." Shinichi grabbed his hand and got up.
"What's so bad about Mouri knowing about what happened to you?" Ichigo asked.
"I wanted to tell her, but I didn't want her to get involved with the black organization. I wanted to protect her from them and anyone who tried to hurt her." Shinichi explained.
"Oi, shouldn't be the other way around." Kaito said with halfmoon eyes. "She's the martial artist, right?"
"She does know how to defend herself, however these guys don't let anyone know they exist. They will do anything to make sure they stay a secret. If I'm not careful about how I act as Conan, then the organization will investigate and do you know who they'll go after first?" Shinichi clenched his fists.
"Ran, right?" Yoruichi answered.
"That's right, and I don't want to know what they would do to her." Shinichi looked down. "I don't want her to pay for my mistakes..."
"So now what?" Ichigo asked. With Akako and Ran gone the rescue team was forced to wait.
"This is a perfect time to study the area!" Kisuke gleefully said, he reached into his coat pocket and pulls out a small stake. With the press of a button the stake extended by four feet and Kisuke impaled it into the ground.
"What's this?" Uryu asked.
"A scanning device. These devices will collect data about magic." Kisuke briefly explained. Tessai pulled out another stake and impales it into the ground.
"Oh! So that's why you came Tessai-san." Orihime looked at the stake. "Stake... That reminds me! After this I should cook something good to eat. Maybe stake with fish, wasabi sauce on the side and with pineapples on the stake." Orihime smiled.
"...What..." Shinichi was disgusted.
"Ewww... Fish." Kaito was grossed out.
"Sounds great!" Tessai complimented.
'Your kidding!' Kaito was shocked.
'How does that sound great!' Shinichi thought.
Elsewhere (12:00AM)
At a different area, deep inside the forest the two combatants arrive in a clearing in the forest. Ran glared at Akako and activated her fullbring and charged at her. "This is my fullbring, I call it the Tamashī no honō!"
Akako looked at the charging black belt and laughed. "OHOHOHOHO! You'll need more then brute strength to beat me!" Akako extends her hand. "Fire! Rise and burn to sunder!" The ground cracks and explodes which spews hot fire. But Ran stays clear of the explosions.
"Kasai kikku!" Ran jumps into the air and performs a flaming flying kick towards Akako.
"Earth! Guard me!" A large slab of rock rises from the ground and blocks the attack. "I feel so sorry for you." Akako shook her head.
"Sorry for me, why!" Ran asked furiously.
"Because this is my forest, my home and where I'm most powerful..." Akako glows ominously. "Ice! Pirece my foemen!" A large spike of ice flies towards Ran.
"That won't work!" Ran punches the spike. The spike stops on impacted and shattered.
"Wood! Let your vines whip my foes flesh!" Vines rip out of the ground and slash at Ran. The attack wasn't very effective thanks to Ran and her fire.
"What's wrong? Is that it!" Ran was ready for more. She charged at Akako and landed a hard burning kick on Akako right in the stomach. The strike sent Akako flying back fifteen feet. "Do your self a favor and stay down!" However, instead of listening to Ran, she got back up. Ran got a good look at the damage she created. There was a second degree burn on the witches abdomen.
"...Heal..." The burn glows and slowly disappeared.
"So... Your ready to fight again?" Ran asked timidly.
"This is no time for pity. Wind! into my scythe!" Akako throws her scythe at Ran. The scythe spins so fast it looks like a saw blade. Ran jumped over the scythe, but the scythe comes back.
"Oh no!" Ran sidesteps but gets a small cut on her side. "That stings..." Ran got over her wound and attacked Akako again. This time she used a barrage of punches on Akako, but the witch blocked with her barrier. "HAHHHHH! Kasai enki!" Ran attacked with one last punch, it so hard that it broke the barrier.
"Hmph!" Akako slides back. "Lightining! Bind and Torment!" A bolt of lightining hits Ran and electrocutes her.
"GAHHHH!" Ran screamed from the pain of being electrocuted, she was also bound by electric tendrils. "G-got to m-move..." Ran tried to move but couldn't. After three minutes of constant pain the tendrils disappear and Ran stumbles to the ground. "I'm not done y-yet-" Ran was cut off by another spell from Akako.
"Water! Rise forth from the ground with miasmic fury!" A geyser of toxic water engulfed Ran and threw her body into the air.
'It's over... I can't fight anymore...' Ran hits the ground. Luckily for her the geyser didn't send her too high in the air, but the landing was painful. Ran looked at her arms and legs, the fires around her limbs were gone. All that was left was smoke from the extinguish fires.
"OHOHOHOHO! Looks like you can't fight anymore. Now that I'm done with you, I can make Kudo-kun my slave" Ran twiched. "I don't get why he loved such a plain and brutish girl." Akako taunted. "You do know they are the same person right? I can't believe how stupid you are, you could even figure out that they were the same person! OHOHOHOHO!" That was the last staw for Ran.
'Shinichi... Conan... I don't care if your the same person... I just want you to be by my side... Always...' Ran got up and summoned her fullbring with the last of her strength. All of the fire on her left arm and legs channels into her right arm. 'This time... I will... PROTECT YOU!' Ran thurst her arm at Akako "Kokoro moeru!" The witch was hit with a powerful fire blast and Akako flew backwards, then Ran fell to the ground and blacked out.
Hours later (5:33AM)
Ran slowly woke up and sat on the futon. She looked at herself and saw she was perfectly alright and back at the warehouse fifteen in Haido city. She gets up and walks out of the bedroom, then makes her way to the training grounds. When she walked into the training grounds she saw the last person she ever wanted to see. Akako Koizumi with Toshiro, Rangiku, Kisuke and Yoruichi.
"YOU!" Ran was about to charge at Akako, only to be stopped by Yoruichi.
"Hold on Ran, We're talking with her." Yoruichi held back Ran.
"But... Wait where Shinichi, what happened, why are we here?" Ran asked.
"Well, allow me to explain." Kisuke pulled out a lollipop and started to lick it. "You see, after you blacked out we surrounded Koizumi and forced her to surrender."
"I'm not stupid, I know when I'm outnumbered and the forest wouldn't be enough to help me and since I was injuried I decided not to fight anymore." Akako join in the explaination.
"But why are you talking to her?" Ran asked while glaring at Akako.
"She has a portal to hell in her deep in the forest she lives in." Toshiro said in a nonchalant tone.
"...A portal to hell?" Ran was shocked beyond words.
"That's right, there a portal to hell in on my property. It happened when I first moved here when I was fifteen and took me two years to fix. The graveyard was a hotspot for massive amounts of dark enegry. The graveyard soon became warpped and twisted to a point where the atmosphere in the area started to decay. So I contacted Lucifer and he fixed the patch." Akako explained.
"After we talked to Akako about the graveyard. She contacted Lucifer and he reinforced the seal." Momo said.
"I see... Where's Shinichi? Did Conan-kun return to the agency as well?" Ran asked.
"Kudo left at midnight. As for Conan, he returned to the agency." Toshiro replied.
"So... What are we going to do about her." Ran glared at Akako.
"You don't have to worry about me Mouri-san. My desire to enslave Kudo-kun is gone for now. I think I will focus on making Kuroba my slave OHOHOHOHO!" Akako laughed.
"Whatever. You better not do anything to Conan-kun and Shinichi again!" Ran turned around and began to leave.
"Mouri-san! Were are you going!" Rangiku yelled.
"Back home, I got to protect Conan-kun from anyone that wants to hurt him." Ran packed her things and started to return home.
"When are you heading back to the Seireitei?" Kisuke asked, finishing the lollipop.
"Not until this organization has been stopped." Toshiro crossed his arms.
"You mean the crows, right? Akako sipped on some tea.
"Crows?" Momo tilted her head.
"That is the form they take in my dreams. These crows seem to have a habit for destroying peoples lives. What have they done now?" Akako puts her tea cup down.
"They hope to find a jewel that can grant immortality." Yoruichi explained. "That can also throw the balance of souls off and end the world." Akako raised an eyebrow when she heard that.
"Immortality always does have a price." Akako shook her head. "The world cannot end, not yet." Akako stands up. "I'm going to look into this stone." Akako left without looking back.
"Don't be a stranger!" Kisuke said and waved goodbye.
"I think we just gained a dangerous ally..." Momo said with concern.
"You think she'll help us?" Rangiku asked.
"You heard it yourself, the world of the living cannot end. We have the same goal, but we're far from being allies." Toshiro said and began to make his way back to Ekoda.
Later (7:15AM)
Conan slowly woke up, got up from his futon and went to the bathroom to prepare for the day. Then he remembered that he has two weeks off because of the school attack. Just then, Ran called for him. "Conan-kun! Your friends are here!" Ran yelled. Conan made his way down stairs and saw his friends.
"Hey Conan-kun! Since we don't have school for two weeks let's hang out!" Ayumi said.
"Sure thing! Have a nice day at school Ran-neechan!" Conan ran down stairs to the street.
"Have fun Conan-kun." Ran waved good-bye with a sad look in her eyes. After leaving the detective agency, Conan and Ai hanged back from the rest of the group.
"It's nice to have sometime off, but those explosions are getting annoying." Ai whispered.
"Your right, we need to find the cause of the explosion and stop it soon. Kurosaki is looking into the explosions at well" Conan whispered back.
"He's looking into them?" Ai whispered.
"That's right. You know he could become a pretty good detective." Conan whispered back.
"Really?" Ai raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah. But his deductive skills are used in a fight. He deduces his opponents attack patterns and looks for a weakness. That is if he's not dealing with someone that he can just take out in one hit. He also observant with sharp reflexs, he just needs the drive to be a detective and he'll be a better detective then oji-san." Conan explained.
"Hey you two! Come on!" Genta yelled.
"Are you two talking about a case again?" Mitsuhiko accused.
"We aren't talking about a case." Conan said. "We're talking about what we're going to do?" Conan said.
"Let's go to the park and play!" Mitsuhiko cheered.
"Yeah!" The kids run to the park. While the Kids ran off to play, Ran made her way to school with thoughts of Conan and Shinichi plaguing her. Ran knew that Conan was Shinichi without a doubt because of his and her 'little brothers' reiatsu are the same. She needed to talk to someone, a person that she can trust with this secret. Just then, someone called out her name.
"Hello Ran-san!" Rukia greeted.
"Oh! Rukia-chan, good morning!" Ran said while hiding her thoughts.
"What's wrong?" Rukia asked, sensing her pain.
"Can I talk to you at lunch?" Ran requested.
"Sure." Rukia nodded. The two met up with Ichigo and his other friends as they made there way to school. After going through the first three periods Ran made her way to the roof to meet with Rukia. Before Ran could say what was on her mind Rukia beat her to it.
"So you know about Kudo and Conan-kun." Rukia said and crossed her arms.
"Yes... I don't know what to do! I'm mad at him for lying to me, making me cry for him, cuddling with him, holding his hand, telling my secrets to him and seeing me naked!" Ran nearly shouted, her whole head turned pure red.
"Wait what?" Rukia looked confused.
"I bathed with him..." Ran turned red.
"Ohhh... So why are you confuesd?" Rukia asked.
"Because he helped me, without Conan in my life I could have died. He's always protected me when I failed to protect myself. I don't know what to do and if I confront him he'll just lie, what do I do..." Ran looked down.
"Make him tell you." Rukia said.
"How?" Ran asked, Rukia got closer to Ran and whispered something in her ear, the karate fullbringer blushed and started to stammer.
"W-W-WHAT! I-I can't do t-that!" Ran stammered.
"He saw you naked and you saw him naked, I don't see what the problem here." Rukia said. "I mean he could have done a whole lot worse then just seeing you naked. In this book I read there's somethings alot worse then peeping." The shinigami said.
"What kind of books do you read?" Ran asked dumbfounded.
"That's not important. There is a reason why Kudo kept this from you." Rukia said as her look intensified.
"Why...?" Ran asked.
"Because the group he chases is looking for a jewel that can grant immortality. They call it Pandora." Rukia explained.
"Thats bad, right?" Ran tilted her head. She wouldn't want to live forever if it ment watching her family, her friends and loved ones die.
"Your right, it is bad... If used this jewel can upset the balance of souls and it can lead to the end of the world." Rukia told Ran a revelation that shattered the remains of the logicial world that she grew up with.
"Oh... My... God... T-The end of the world..." Ran turned pale. "Your kidding right?" Rukia shook her head. "No, that can't happen." Ran said strongly.
"So your going to help Kudo-kun?" Rukia asked.
"Yes, I will help him. But not before punishing him." Ran grinned wickedly.
"I see..." The two ate their lunch before they were joined by Sonoko, Uryu, Orihime, Ichigo and Chad. The teens talked about life back at Karakura town, and what they were going to do after school. Despite the looming revelation of Pandora, Ran was relived that she finally found Shinichi. However, he's not out of the woods yet.
Later (8:00PM)
It was well in the night before Conan and Kogoro got home, the clock said it was eight o'clock at night. The two tantei-sans now stand before their judge, jury and executioner. "Where have you two been!" Ran yelled.
"There was a case and the brat got in the way!" Kogoro hits Conan in the head.
'Your the one who gets in the way.' Conan rubbed his head. Ran then grabbed Kogoro by his tie.
"DON'T YOU HIT HIM!" Ran roared at her father. This made both of them flinch. "For hitting Conan-kun, you will not have any beer for the whole night." This made Kogoro whine. "As for you Conan-kun!" Ran picked him up. "You look sweaty and... Dirty." Ran grinned. "I'm going to give you a bath and to save time I'm going to join you!" This made Conan blushed extremely.
"N-no way Ran-neechan! I can bathe on my own!" Conan tried to talk his way out of it.
"Not a chance you dirty boy, I have to make sure your clean!" Ran put Conan under her arm and walked to the bathroom while he made his protest.
"Wait Ran-neechan! I'm a big boy, I can bathe on my own!" Conan pleded.
"Nope, I want to make sure there's nothing to hide between us!" Ran smirked.
"Wha-" Conan turn five shades of red. After the bath the two got dressed for bed, as Conan was about to enter the room he shared with Kogoro he was stopped by Ran.
"Hold it young man, your going to sleep with me tonight." Ran said with a small blush. "I'm still worried that evil witch might come back and take you away again." Ran whispered.
"O-okay." Conan walked into her room and they both laid down. In a few minutes Conan found himself slowly falling asleep under the warm covers. "Ran-neechan..." Conan said weakly.
"What is it Conan, are you warm enough?" Ran asked softly.
"Yes, I'm warm. I just wanted to say... Thank you Ran-neechan..." Conan closed his eyes and fell asleep. Ran moved in closer and kissed him on the forehead.
"I'm glad your safe... Shinichi..." Ran fell asleep while holding the faux child. In the first time since their awakening to the power of fullbring the two of them slept peacefully.
End of the First arc...
A/N- I've got to thank Ichigo-lover-1412 for move names for Shinichi, Ran and Heiji. Next arc will deal with the black organization, it will be called the first contact arc, and Heiji make his return in the next chapter.
Attack Translation
Shinichi: Tamashī no henka (soul change)
Tamashī no kokoro (heart of the soul)
Tamashī no enajī (energy of the soul)
Ran: Tamashī no honō (flame of the soul)
Kokoro moeru ( flaming heart)
Kasai enki ( fire frist)
Kasai kikku (fire kick)
Heiji: Midori no kaminari (green thunder)
Midoriiro no shōmei tengoku ( green lightning heaven)
Midori ryū kaminari (green dragon thunder)