Hi everyone! New chapter once again!

That lady seems so familiar to me...

Ran was under the spell of a deep thought again, not minding the route as to where Sonoko is heading and as to where she will take them. Sonoko's footprints echoed in the halls of an empty alley, nothing but silence and Sonoko's feet heard.

Heiji looked around, not familiar with the route that Sonoko was taking them. "Sonoko, where are you taking us?" Heiji asked. Sonoko looked at him. "It's the shortcut to Ran's house," she replied. Ran was then cut off of her thoughts and looked at Sonoko with a confused expression. "Sonoko, there wasn't a shortcut, right? And we don't even go home at this route!" she exclaimed.

After a few minutes of running, Sonoko stopped, Heiji and Ran standing with her. "Sonoko, do you know this place too well?" Ran asked again, looking at the eerie surroundings of the place. "Seems pretty eerie to me," Heiji added. Ran nodded at Heiji's statement.

Sonoko, after gulping another bit of air to revive her lungs out of running, sighed. "The only reason we're in here is because I'm trying to hide from someone." she said. Heiji and Ran had a confused expression on their faces, but seemed a bit interested. "Who're you hidin' from?" Heiji asked. Sonoko stared at him before speaking.

"Someone you don't want to know about."

At last, half day again, Ai thought as she got her shoes from her locker. It's half day once again, and the five kids thought of going to Agasa's house, since the previous day when they had the same half day case they couldn't visit.

Ayumi happily took her shoes and wore them, then stood up from where she was sitting and spoke up. "I think this is about time we go to Agasa's house already! I've already texted my mom about this case so we're going out!" she said. Mitsuhiko and Genta created an action done by the three of them, well, as "Detective Boys", of course. Ai and Conan only looked at them silently.

"You sure you want to go?" Ai asked the three of them. "Agasa's pretty busy right now. And there's a mystery that-"

"That is fit for the Detective Boys to solve! Right guys?!" Ayumi questioned. The two others nodded in agreement. "Any case will do! We may be kids, but we're like detectives!"

"Actually, that case Ai was talking about-"

"Is fit for the Detective Boys!"

"No, it's not!"

"Haven't you heard of what Ayumi said?"

"Guys, this is serious! That case is mysterious, and is ABSOLUTELY not for little kids like us!"

Everything fell silent after that. Mitsuhiko, Genta and Ayumi looked at each other, while Ai looked at Conan, shaking her head nonchalantly.

Then Ayumi gave Conan a look that meant to say she knew something about Conan that the four-eyes don't want them to know. "And you're going to attend the case because you're a detective, right...?" she asked, her eyes signalling that she was sly like a fox. Conan sweat dropped, then looked at Haibara, who in turn was face palming at the back.

"N-No, that not it," Conan tried to explain, but Ayumi caught hold of his arm and shook his body. "NOT FAIR CONAN-KUN! WE'RE THE DETECTIVE BOYS, RIGHT?! AND DETECTIVE BOYS NEED TO STICK TOGETHER AS A TEAM! RIGHT?!" Ayumi shouted. Mitsuhiko, Genta, and Ai had already cupped their ears, shocked at what Ayumi did. Everyone in the school looked at the two, their eyes wide in shock and confusion.

Conan, after the shaking stopped, felt a little bit dizzy, but eventually got conscious. He then looked over to Ayumi, who...

What the hell?! Conan thought when he saw Ayumi's appearance. Ayumi put a puppy face on, tears seeming to trickle down her eyes. The... The hell... Conan thought as he looked at her.

"Pwease, Conan-kun?" Ayumi pleaded. He looked at everyone else, who had a look that seemed like they think Conan is a goofball. Conan sighed, then spoke up. "Fine. You three could come with us. But be sure to stay like a detective, okay?" he said. Ayumi wiped her tears away then suddenly stood up straight. "Right! Guys, let's go!" she said. Ayumi ran off out of the school, Genta and Mitsuhiko running after her.

Conan 'phewed' after the event. Ai looked at him with a goofy smile on her. "You two look like goofballs a while ago. Genta and Mitsuhiko look like they were jealous of you when she shook your body," she told him.

"Yeah, I know." he replied. He then looked at the people around him, who were laughing and giggling to themselves. "L-Let's go. These people are acting weird." he said as he grabbed Ai towards the exit. Ai only giggled at this.

You know, I think this was a funny day for me, exactly.

"Wait, what?"

Ran and Heiji gave each other confused glances before turning to Sonoko. "What do you mean 'someone that we don't want to know'? Who's this someone you're talkin' 'bout?" Heiji asked her. Sonoko sighed. "I guess I'll have to tell you this long story."

"Yeah, go for it," Ran and Heiji chorused. Sonoko sighed again, before leaning on the wall beside her. "Well, it all happened when a letter was resting at the door way of our house..."

R&R!

- Jail Rose