Case Closed AU
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"It's just as I thought." Irene said sighing as morning came in record time, she was currently looking at a newspaper that Eva had bought from a young boy.
"What is it Irene-chan?" Eva asked causing Irene to sigh as she looked up at her grandmother.
"Moriarty sent Jack after my namesake." Irene said folding the paper up and causing Eva and Rachel to gasp slightly in understanding.
"Of course. Irene Adler is the only woman Sherlock ever loved. So naturally the good Professor would want to see how badly her death would hurt Holmes." Eva said sounding very, very sarcastic when she said 'good'.
"Well… let's get going then." Irene said forcing herself up as she began heading towards the theater where Irene Adler was supposed to be. By the time it hit night fall the gang had reached the theater and entered the back stage entrance by Eva claiming she was an old family friend or Irene Adlers.
"Hi hi! Flowers courtesy of Mr. Holmes!" Irene said as they entered the dressing room with the star on the door, causing the woman inside to stand up an turn to look at them.
"She looks just like Vivian/Jimmy's mom." Eva and Rachel said blinking at the sight if the brown haired woman staring back at them.
"Hi Ms. Adler! These are for you." Irene chirped as she walked over and handed the brown haired woman the flowers.
"Thank you little one…you know…you remind me of someone very precious to me. You look just like her except for the glasses." Adler said smiling softly, sadly down at Irene as she took the flowers.
"You mean the secret child you gave to a friend of yours?" Irene asked tilting her head up at Adler innocently while Rachel and Eva looked at each other surprised.
"How did you know about my little Emerald?" Adler asked suddenly tense as she stared down at the little girl who just smiled.
"Your body shows signs of having gone through pregnancy and labor, plus there's a picture of a woman who looks a lot like my Eva-baa-chan taking care if a little girl about my age on your dresser. The note on the picture says 'I understand and love you ma signed, Emerald Adler-Holmes-Kadan' doesn't it? The only logical conclusion would be that she's yours and Sherlock secret daughter who is being raised by a friend of yours for her own protection." Irene said smiling brightly at Adler who stared at her in disbelief before softening slightly.
"Sorry to just push this onto you ma'am but Jack the Ripper is being sent to attack you to get at Holmes. Continuing the show puts your life at risk." Eva said stepping forward after getting over her shock at what all Irene had just revealed.
"That's okay. I'd quite like to know how my death would effect Sherlock as well. Even though I gave birth to his daughter, he doesn't know of her… so I'm not quite sure about how he feels about me." Adler said smiling sadly, causing the kids other than Irene and Ai to be amazed at how unfazed she appeared to be.
"I understand… then it's settled. We'll just have to do our best to protect you." Irene said with a disarming a smile on her face that caused the three rich arrogant boys to blush brightly which made Ai glare at them.
"Ai-chan!" Irene shouted after being knocked out of the way of a falling statue by Ai, who knew JTR would use a bomb as his weapon of choice?
"Heh. This is a murder case. You're our Sherlock. Go get em Irene." Ai said smiling at the girl with the wire pendant around her neck. Irene nodded and watched as Ai vanished before Eva ran back and scooped the young girl up, carrying her out of the collapsing theater.
"Where's Ai-chan?!" Eva asked as she and the remaining members of their group ran out of the building.
"She's gone! She saved me and got hit by a falling statue." Irene said while Rachel karate kicked at JTR who had rushed towards Irene with a knife. He back flipped over the knife and ran down an alleyway while the others chased after him, Rachel in the lead.
"Wait just who are you?" Adler asked causing Eva to stop and exchange smirks with Irene.
"My name is Eva Kadan. I'm an attorney often labeled as the queen of the Court Room. This is my granddaughter." Eva said causing Adler to gasp at the sound of her friends name.
"I'm a detective. My name… Ironically it's Irene. Irene Edogawa-Moore." Irene said smirking at Adler whi looked shocked while Eva took off with Irene in her arms.
"Looks like we followed him onto this train. Question now is… where did he go?" Eva asked glaring all down the train while Rachel was ready to knock out anyone who came anywhere near them.
"Mr. Conductor!" Irene said spotting a conductor and whispering the warning to him, well at hearing that JTR was in the train disguised as a passenger he panicked and got all the passengers into one car.
"I'm afraid everyone will need to hold up their hands to make sure that no one has a weapon on them." The conductor said on orders from Irene and Eva.
"Heh. Now I know for sure who JTR is hiding as." Irene said smirking and causing everyone to look at her shocked.
"How'd you figure it out so quickly Irene-chan?" Rachel asked surprised.
"It's easy kaa-chan. His first victim, his mother Honey Charleston, was found beside the church with matching rings if two sizes. One was hers the other belonged to her son. It's the same ring he's worn since childhood. Since he's worn it for so long one of his fingers, the one with the ring on it, wouldn't look the same as the others." Irene said grinning up at Rachel.
"Good thinking Irene-chan. By holding up their hands you got a good look of their fingers so you could tell who the killer was. Are you sure you don't want to be an attorney, Irene-chan?" Eva asked looking down at her granddaughter who just giggled.
"Nah baa-chan! I like catching bad guys so that they can't hurt anyone anymore. So are you going to stop cross-dressing now Mr. JTR? I know that you're right there." Irene asked pointing at the woman with red hair and in a red dress.
"Hmph. Tell me how did you know I wasn't a woman?" JTR asked smiling slightly as he looked at Irene who just smirked back at him.
"You may be pretty good at killing and getting away but you suck at acting like a woman. Your movements are all wrong, especially for women of this day and age, you were obviously not used to the weight of the fake chest which kept throwing off your balance as you walked into the car with the other passengers. Finally, the dress you're wearing is bigger than it should be, as evidenced by the way it goes past your feet and pools around you on the floor. This would only be so if you were trying to conceal something with your dress, in this case it would be your obviously male body." Irene pointed out with a bored but triumphant look n her face.
"Now all that's left to do is to get rid of you before you hurt someone else." Irene said sighing, and I an instant her wire necklace wrapped around JTR's throat surprising everyone, none more so than Moroboshi and JTR though. With one deft movement of her hand the wire cut into JTRs neck, severing his jugular and killing him in seconds.
Irene had only one thing to say as the game faded out.
"I believe I win."