I owe nothing!
It was not a good day for a little boy. His brown hair was soaking down and his bright mischievous sapphire eyes were dim and dull. This boy was kudo conan alias edogawa conan. His favorite team lost in soccer and nobody was there to cheer him up.
His brother was gone with his girlfriend on a date on his way to propose to her. His friends were busy with something for their families. His friend, who was his neighbor, was on a trip for a science convention with the professor.
It didn't help when yesterday there was a case that he solved but not without some hate but not just from the criminal but some subordinates on the police force. He just happened to hear them before leaving. After that he was brought home and his brother congratulated him but it didn't feel well with all those hateful words he got from the case.
Conan decided to take a walk and do some soccer to clear his mind as he was in the park when it started raining. He groaned thinking this day couldn't get any worse. Just as he thought he slipped and fell into a puddle that formed as he was walking out of the park. His clothes were soaked and it got cold because it was autumn.
Conan was about to scream when something shadowed him. He looked up to see a magenta umbrella covering him. He turned his head to see who was holding it. There he saw oylex eyes looking with surprise in them. They belong to a girl with short brown hair, having some hair points sticking out on the side of her face and teal headband. This girl was yoshida ayumi, one of his friends.
"Conan-kun, why are you out here?" She asked him. Conan looked at her then smiled and said "Just having a bad day." But the smile was a little bit down. After that ayumi frowned but then smiled. Conan was confused at that and was about to talk but ayumi walked in front holding a hand. Conan looked at the hand but grabbed it and ayumi pulled him up.
Ayumi smiled at him and said come on while pulling him. Conan got his soccer ball before he was pulled. They walked to ayumi's apartment and went in.
Ayumi turned on the lights for them to see. Conan looked around to see if there was anyone else there. Ayumi was taking off her coat and putting up the umbrella. She said, "Okaa-san went to help a friend downstairs who is moving in and otou-san is still at work."
Conan turned to her when she spoke these words. "I'm sure they won't mind that you're here because they know you wouldn't do anything and they wouldn't want you out in the rain." She says as she finished putting away everything and turned to smile at him. Conan smiled a grateful smile, "I-achoo-see" he said grumbling a sorry as he rubbed his nose cold from the rain.
Ayumi was surprised by the sneeze but then looked at conan who was shivering but wasn't trying to show it. Ayumi then smiles at this and pulls conan to the bathroom. "Here go wash up, I'll bring something for you to wear." As she pushed in the bathroom and closed the door, giving him no choice. He looked shocked at that but left it alone.
Conan started the shower up when he heard a knock. "Here I brought some clothes up, change into these." Ayumi said. He heard footsteps leaving before he opened the door. There in the basket was an outfit for him, he was surprised by the outfit. He wondered where she got the outfit and was thinking about asking her where she got it from -ac-hoo- right after he took this shower.
After the shower, conan came to see ayumi watching tv. Ayumi turned to see conan and said, "Yay, I knew that outfit would just work for you." as she smiled. Conan was wearing a blue plaid shirt with a black shirt under it, blue jeans, and white socks to finish it off.
"Want some tea?" As she got up to go to the kitchen. Conan nodded and followed her to the kitchen. He started asking questions, "By the way, where did you get this outfit from?" Conan asked. "Oh one of my cousins had grown so they got him new clothes. I saw these from his pile of old clothes and thought you might like them." Ayumi replied.
Conan nodded because he can't deny it for it did look good on him. She then got a pot and put it on a stove and went to the refrigerator. She then got water and put it in the pot then heated it up. While it was cooking, ayumi watched it while waiting for it to boil.
Conan watched her do it then looked around the house. He saw the TV and saw some discs in front of it. "If you want to watch tv you can." Conan jumped after hearing that. He turned to see ayumi looking at him.
Ayumi smiled then turned around to go to the cabinet. She pulled out some tea bags to set and ready for the water. Conan still stared at her while she was making it. He then moved over to the movies and stuff. He started looking at the shows to watch then saw a package. It looked like it hadn't been opened. He picked it up trying to observe it.
"Ahh!" He jumped again when he heard a scream. He turned around to see ayumi looking at him. Conan then looked down and up figuring out why she was screaming. "Ah sorry I was just observing it, I didn't mean to-No nothing wrong I just wanted to read the book first." Ayumi interrupted him.
She then took the package to open it. Once she did, ayumi showed him what was in the package. "S-s-sher-sherlock holmes!" Conan stuttered in shock at the movie.
"I had an uncle who was going to London and heard that I was a detective so he got this movie for me." Ayumi then put it down "But I haven't even read the book, so I need to find a way to get the book." Conan looked at her then said "You could've asked me."
Ayumi then looked at him "hm?" "The book, I could've lent it to and then we could've watched the movie once you finished reading." Ayumi then smiles, "Really then I'll read at your house because I'll have a feeling it'll be messed up here." Conan snorted knowing that ayumi cherishes their stuff because it's theirs.
"Besides, if your okaa-san is there I have a question to ask her." Conan then became curious at the question but let it off the hook when he saw her thinking of something. They both jumped hearing the shrill noise of a teapot. Ayumi then ran over to the thing and turned it off. Then grab a mitten to pour the tea from the teapot.
She brought the tea to the living room and saw conan putting on a show. "Don't mind watching yaiba, right?" Conan says blushing. Ayumi smiled at that, she hasn't watched it in a while but will watch for nostalgic memories.
They got comfortable and started watching it. Ayumi couldn't help but feel happy seeing the show again. But when a cop came she saw at the corner of her eye conan's hand flinching. Ayumi thought she was seeing something wrong in the next episode when a cop came on again and she saw it flinched again.
Ayumi then became concerned about it and turned to conan. "Conan, are you okay?" Conan flinched at her. "What do you mean ayumi?" As he tries to cover it up. Ayumi looks at him sternly and with concern.
He sighed then spoke "Alright there was a murder that I happened to solve. When I finished it some police had said a few words about me." "It was rude but I just couldn't help but feel sad about it."
Ayumi looked sad and said "So you found out about it?" Conan looked surprised. "What are you saying?" "There were these cops who were talking about you and the other detectives, so we the detective boys, ran-neesan or anyone that knew you would try to keep you away from it." Ayumi said.
"Ran-neesan was the one who noticed it because of shinichi-nii, although she didn't like how you were in it, she definitely didn't like how they were talking about you guys so she let you shut them down." Conan nodded since that sounded like ran-neechan.
"When you and the others came in there were more whispers, so we would try to sound more enthusiastic about when you solved the crimes so you wouldn't hear them talk." Ayumi continued smiling softly that conan couldn't help but smile too.
"The adults found out what we were doing and were happy about it but wanted us to let them hear so you wouldn't get more arrogant." "We couldn't stop because you were being talked about and we didn't want them to talk about you like that." Ayumi finished with tears in her eyes.
Conan's eyes softened at that and he put his hand on ayumi's hand. Ayumi looked at him and conan smiled, saying thank you. Conan then flopped back on the couch, saying, "But they're right, I did need to hear so I would be ready for when they talk about me more." Trying to calm down ayumi with a smile.
But ayumi still could see the hurt in his eyes and smile. Ayumi then remembered something and jumped off the couch. "Hey conan, close your eyes and keep them closed." Conan was confused but then closed them. He heard ayumi walking, then opened something and closed it. Then he heard more walking coming closer.
"Okay conan open your mouth." Conan was still confused but still opened it because it ayumi who he trusted. Something was put in his mouth and on his tongue. A hand closed his mouth and he started chewing. It was a little sweet but sour. He opened his eyes to see lemon cheesecake, his favorite.
"Wha-how?" Ayumi giggled, "I wanted to make everyone's favorite dessert except for genta who has a lunch or dinner meal." Conan rolled his eyes at that as ayumi continued, "I asked ran-neechan to help me out on making these for everyone." Oh so that's where ran-neechan has been going, Nii-san was worrying where she went.
A plate of cheesecake came up to his face with ayumi having a teasing voice. "You want it?" Conan grabbed that plate and started eating before not saying thank you. Ayumi looked at him, smiled and started eating her cheesecake while they finished watching tv.
An hour later, Ayumi's mother opened the door to see two pairs of shoes by the shoe cases. She took off her shoes to see the house clean. Then she smiled as she walked into the living room. On the couch were conan and ayumi snuggled together on the couch while a yaiba marathon was playing.
They looked drained but happy. Mrs yoshida was in aww mode and got cover to put on them. After she put it on them she started getting ready for dinner. All of a sudden a scream was heard. Ayumi's mother jumped in surprise. Conan and Ayumi jumped out of their sleep.
Conan hopped out off the couch and ran to put on his shoes as mrs yoshida opened the door to find out what happened. Everybody opened their door also to see what happened. By the time he found out the problem he was outside. He ran to the crowd in front of the apartment to see a man on the ground.
He looked up to see which one came from but he couldn't tell. "May I ask what happened?" "A man fell from the sky!" A woman said. "Yeah but how?" Conan thinks.
Soon police came and were looking around. The man who fell was Kotobuki Len, age forty. The detective Miwako wataru asked, "Does anyone know what happened?" Everyone looked around trying to see who knew. "They don't know anything about miwako-san, we already asked them," said a voice. (In this story miwako and takagi got married, since the children are eleven in this.)
Miwako turned around to see ayumi looking at her with a smile. "Ayumi, what are you doing here?" Miwako asked them as she crouched down to them. "This is ayumi's apartment. We were in my place when we heard the scream. Conan is upstairs looking around for clues in the room."
"Okay I see, do you know who the suspects are?" Miwako asked. -Ahem- miwako and the ayumi looked up to see a police officer there. "Detective we have the suspects here, there are four suspects: the wife kotobuki misa who was shopping, his young co-worker hiroyuki kouta who said he was at his job, and his wife hiroyuki cana was at home in the place across the building, and the maid who was coming in."
"I see, then let's go check out his place." Miwako said as she turned to the wife to have her open the door. The police officer walked behind her but not before giving the child blank stares but the eyes had a heat of rage inside them. Ayumi had seen the gaze and shivered at that.
"That must be the cold gaze that Conan was talking about." Ayumi said, shivering. She then walked off to the apartment and went upstairs. She walked to the room where the victim lived. The room was filthy and messy and in the room rummaging through the stuff was conan.
She walked to him and received a mask and gloves before she could sit beside him. She looked past the gloves and mask to see conan looking at her with sincere concern in his eyes.
"Wouldn't want you to get sick, right?" Conan asked through the mask. Ayumi then smiled and put on the mask and gloves. And they started rummaging through the stuff. They heard footsteps and saw ayumi's mother and detective miwako squatting down to talk to them. "Find anything?" Miwako said. "No but, I have a feeling that the husband was a cheater."
Their eyes widened at that. "I found some binoculars and looked outside. When I looked outside I saw not many curtains on the apartments." Ayumi's mother then said, "It would explain his wife's and maid's behavior." They looked at her, and her gaze darkened. "Okaa-san, do you know anything about them?" Ayumi asked.
Mrs. Yoshida looked at them, "Yes, I talk with the maid a lot. She comes when I'm getting and we stand there talking. Everytime we talk it's she has more to talk about but she looks around before continuing. She always stops herself with a smile when she sees the man leave and goes."
"So she is buying herself time." A voice said as they looked back to see Conan with a thinking face on. "He's right, if what conan said is right then I could see why she was waiting. He makes her uncomfortable." Detective miwako said
"What about the wife, mrs. yoshida?" Conan asked. Mrs yoshida thinks, "The wife, she is always gloomy, and everytime I see her she is glaring and more at the maid than anyone when she comes downstairs to leave." She says.
"So what conan said is true, the man is a cheater." Detective miwako said. "But why isn't the wife of the best friend she is mad at?" She asked. "Because she's married," ayumi says and they turned to stare at her. "When I go to school, the wife and husband are always outside. With the wife giving him a kiss and lunch before going back in to get ready for her work, right okaa-san?"
Mrs yoshida nods saying "They always wave to ayumi, before looking at each other with looks of expectation and hope, I think they are having a child as well. Looking at the wife, I see symptoms and I think that's why she works from home now." "Which gives kotobuki an advantage to look at his co-worker's wife." Detective miwako says.
"Alright, so it seems like all of them have a motive but who is it?" Detective miwako asked before leaving when one of the officers called her over. Mrs yoshida left too, to make dinner.
They were alone with the officers while ayumi was looking outside. She shifted a little and conan noticed. "Ayumi, is something wrong?" Ayumi flinched "The man, when he was alive he would talk to me…" Conan nodded, waiting for her to talk.
"He would say that I would look pretty when I got older because I looked like my mom. I would say thank you but his eyes would look different when he said that and he would look at mama like that when he was talking to me and his face would also do it too." Conan's eyes darkened and fist clenched at hearing that.
Conan then grabbed ayumi's hand and ayumi would look at him. Conan was about to say something but a voice stopped him. "Excuse me children, but this isn't a place where you confess your feelings." Their faces snapped to the voice as they saw a police officer looking at them with a smile.
Conan felt ayumi gripped his hand and then ayumi then said "Sorry sir, we'll go away." Then conan was pulled by ayumi to a corner. Conan then turned to ayumi, "Ayumi why did you- conan stopped when he felt ayumi hands on his face and her staring at him.
"Conan was that one of the guys?" Conan blinked before remembering his voice then nodded. That's when he felt Ayumi's hands shake a little before she let go. "I see." She said putting her hands together.
Conan's eyes narrowed, "Ayumi did he do something to you?" She shook her head saying "He only glared at me when I was outside." Conan hands clenched into a fist again. Ayumi then looked up to see something shiny. "Conan…" "Hmm…" "Do you see that shiny thing up there?" Conan's head whipped fast to see the shiny thing. He smirked because he saw it was a camera.
"Ayumi, you did it again." Conan says as he looks at it. Ayumi puts on a confused face as he looks back at her. "You helped me solve the case." Ayumi then smiled as they started walking to the camera.
They went to it with a chair. Ayumi was on guard while conan got the video. Conan got it out and sat down as the police officer looked at them. They pretended to talk about stuff outside. When he looked away they got down and walked out of the room. As soon as they were out of the room they ran to ayumi's apartment.
"Pardon the intrusion, Tadaima kaa-san!" They shouted as they got in the door. Then ran into the living room to play the disc on the tv. Conan started zooming the tv to find the time of the death. Ayumi then got some water bottles out for them.
"I can see why you like being a detective." A voice said to her side. Ayumi looked up to her kaa-san and saw her looking at conan. "That boy doesn't give up and neither do you. I thought it was dangerous even after all this time but as I actually see you guys in a case, I kinda understand why you keep going." "It's not to just see your friends and crush, it's also to help others and know right or wrong."
"I'm always afraid when you go on these cases, but if you're with him my fear ceases because I know he'll protect you." Ayumi's mother says as she finishes looking at ayumi who looks close to tears. Ayumi's mother laughs a quiet laugh wiping away the tears. "Go have fun."
Ayumi smiles while running to conan. She then started looking at the TV, seeing it paused. "Conan?" Ayumi asked and conan turned around with a smirk on his face. "I think I found our culprit." Ayumi smiled at seeing that.
Everyone then came to the room and saw the officers packing up, and the maid and wife coming in. "What's going on?" Ayumi asked. Miwako-san ruffled her head, saying, "We can't find evidence, so they ruling it as a suicide." Conan then ran in saying "Wait, I can prove it was a murder!"
One of the police officers looked at him "Really how so?" wanting to hear it. Another police officer laughed, saying "Really you gonna believe him, him of all people." A few other policemen nodded in agreement with him.
"I would start believing in him, you coward!" A voice shouts. They looked at Ayumi, glaring at them. "I see him doing a lot more than you and being right!" Ayumi continues.
"I agree…" says Mrs Yoshida, putting her hands on ayumi's shoulders, …seeing as he goes by saving people along with my daughter but also making sure she wasn't harmed and puts himself in harm instead." "Can't say I like it when a child is being harmed more than any of you. You should be ashamed of yourself." Ayumi's mother finished glaring at them.
"I also agree with them seeing him, his brother and their friends solving cases with ease at such young ages. We're giving them looks when they just want to help out the place and not wanting it to be hurting more." says Detective miwako. She then glares at them, "And I will be telling the inspector and chief all this when this is over." The police officers flinched at this.
She then smiled at conan, "Now Conan you said this was a murder, please explain." Conan then smirked "The binoculars, if one would be so kind, to look across what they would see?"
One of the police officers grabbed the police officer to see. He blushed and looked away. "Officer, what did you see?" Detective Miwako asked, curious. "A lady, sunbathing on her balcony." "What!" The male police officer shouted, started to go over to look out but froze at the females' glare. "Mrs. Yoshida can you confirm who that lady is?" Conan asks and Mrs Yoshida then walks over, still giving the males glares.
She then grabs the binoculars then gasps, saying, "That's cana!" "The young co-workers wife?" Detective miwako asked. "Yes, that's her." Mrs yoshida nodded, putting the binoculars down. "So this definitely confirms the victim was a looking cheater." Miwako says.
"So the wife is a cheater as well." An officer asked. "No, I don't think she knows." mrs. Yoshida says. "This is a one way only window, he can see and she can't." Conan says as walks over, knocking away, still looking away and mrs. yoshida notices that and smiles at that.
"So who could've done it?" "It has to be the maid because she was the only one here." One of the officers pointed to the maid who looked scared. "No, it wasn't her because she doesn't go in when the man is here." Conan answered.
"Then how is she here now?" Detective miwako asked. "Because she was coming in when it happened." Conan answered. "How do you know that?" The police officer challenged him. "Because I was talking to her before she came." Mrs yoshida answered for conan.
"I was taking it out the trash while conan was looking around for clues." "You can ask ayumi because she was out there." She continued. Ayumi nodded and said "That's when I talked to detective miwako." Detective Miwako also nodded to confirm that.
"So that leaves the wife and coworker." A police officer said. "It wasn't the coworker, he was at work, which leaves only one person, kotobuki misa you are the culprit." Conan says pointing to her. "How do you know this, conan?" Miwako asked.
Conan smirked, "As we all said the victim works, so he can't be here all day, now can he?" Everyone nodded. "So what could he use to record it all day?" he asked as he pulled the curtain to the side.
Everyone gasped "A camera!" "It was hidden in plain sight to others but only one person can see it since they lived here, kotobuki you're the only one who sees that, since this is your home as well as your room that gives a chance to look in, as well and you could tell the maid to not clean this room." Conan says, looking at her.
Kotobuki smiled "That's pretty clever but how do you know if that wasn't there before we were here?" "Because just like any other day, it was recording." "When I was looking in the camera I noticed the sd card wasn't there." Then he pulled out a disc, "Luckily the disc was still in."
"I also noticed when me and ayumi looking at it I seen tape, colored like the wall to covered something and it followed a trail behind a stand." He then moved the closet with help to show it. Behind it were dvds in cases and a dvd player with eyes widened before she leaned against the wall in defeat.
Conan put his hand with the disc down to the side with a solemn gaze. The maid then asked her "Why do you do it?" Kotobuki Misa then laughed saying "How funny you ask me that question when you were the reason why I did it."
She then shouted "He always looked at other women, not me!, his wife! When all the times he did, I kept asking what was wrong with me? Why did he marry me? I came to find out it was because I had a job at that time!"
"When I lost that and spent more time with him he started looking more and hiding it from me. When he got a job I was happy thinking he may look at me but he didn't. He got a camera and hired you." Then she went to her plan and talked the maid into coming later. Then disguise herself as the maid and pushed him out the window.
She then looked up crying, "How did you know it was me." She asked while being handcuffed. "Your bracelet," a voice beside her said. She looked and saw ayumi looking at her. "The bracelet, you are always wearing and when you look at it, you smile. It was the same one that was in the video as you pushed him," ayumi then looks down at it, "and what you're wearing right now."
The lady bowed her head, "I see, little girl when you grow older and fall in love, and the man you knew is not there, leave, don't let insecure and memories hold you back, leave for he is gone." Then looks at the bracelet with a smile showing memories on her face. "That's what I should've done as I looked at this bracelet.".
The next day
"See you later nii-chan!" Conan rolls down his street on his skateboard zooming. He was wearing a galaxy shirt with gray jeans and black and white shoes. He zoomed past his neighbor haibara who was looking confused, she was wearing a purple dress and black shoes, "Huh, where is he going?" She asked.
"He had something to do." Shinichi said, rubbing his head while wearing a green jacket, gray shirt, blue jeans and red shoes. Ai looked at him suspiciously but left it. They started to make it to city streets before hearing, "Shinichi!". Shinichi turned to see his fiancee running up to him happily with a ring on her finger. They got engaged last night. She was wearing a blue jacket, black dress, and red shoes as well.
"Hey, how is the law course going?" Ran sighed, "Difficult but fun!" Then he leaned in close. "Still doing good after last night?" He asked. Then she smiles at him seductively "Oh absolutely." Shinichi shivered at that.
"Sorry to remind you, but you're in the street and with me." Ai said to them, still facing forward, face bored. They were flustered and blushed. "Sorry Ai-chan," Ran said. They heard shrills and they looked beside them.
There coming up beside them was conan on his skateboard with someone in his arms. He rounded the street to get on the sidewalk. He stopped in front of them and put down the person in his arms before getting off himself.
"Conan you could've slowed down," Ayumi said, smoothing down her pinkish peach button down dress and her hair. Conan smiled, saying "Sorry, I wanted to catch up with everyone before school."
"And hopefully before genta and mitsuhiko could catch me and chase me." Conan thinks in his head. "Well it was fun!" She says smiling before she went to grab hands with her best friend ai and start a conversation with her and ran.
"Alright I'll take her back with Ran, right?" His brother whispered as they started walking together. "Yes, thank you." He whispered back. Then he looked in front of him with a frown. He told Shinichi what happened and got back. To say the least shinichi was disgusted
(Flashback)
"Ayumi-chan, why don't you get a slice of lemon cheesecake for conan to take back." Her mother says to her. The police arrested the culprit and left. They were still getting punished for the stuff they said as they got back. Conan smirked and ayumi smiled at that.
Ayumi then ran in to get that for conan. Conan smiled at her run before frowning at what he heard and saw. "Conan-kun" conan turned to ayumi's mother when she called him. She smiled at him and spoked, "I just wanna say thank you for all the times ayumi is with you, even now."
Conan flustered saying "It's all right, I'm actually happy to be near Ayumi…" before looking back at the door of the apartment smiling then looking at her mother speaking again, "Her happiness always reminds me that there is still light in the place."
Her mother smiles with happiness herself "Yes and I hope that it stays… then frowns …but I don't know with her growing up. Conan also frowned at that. "Mrs. Yoshida you knew that men looked at her like that, didn't you?"
She smiled, "Of course, please remember that I was also a child and a girl like ayumi, I know those looks." She frowns "It's one of the reasons why I let her out with you guys even though it's dangerous. I would rather her be outside where I know you can protect her than in her home."
She then crouched in front of him, looking into his eyes. "I saw those videos when you were searching for the evidence. I know she was in there conan-kun." Conan's fist clenched at that.
"Listen conan I know your family gave you this talk but this is about the females around you." "You saw it happen to your older sister and her friends who were a teen but these are girls your age."
"As you grow you start noticing the girls but so will older men and boys, and some will look even before they start growing." "That's why she is out there with you protecting her cause I know you and the other males will do that and find ways to save them if they do get captured." She then stood up and turned to see ayumi coming out with a smile. She then smiles "I hope you understood that." He nodded and turned with a smile to ayumi but his eyes held determination.
(Flashback ended)
Conan fist clenched at that as he recalled what happened. He knew haibara got the looks, but ayumi? and in her home too. "Alright well I guess when it's time for them to go home, I go or one the boys will take her home." Conan nodded. He knew at least kuroba, hakuba, and hattori would protect her.
"By the way…" conan looked at shinichi who glared at him. "Did you really have to hit me with soccer balls?" Conan smirked saying "You shouldn't have tried to eat my cheesecake." Shinichi clicked his tongue as he walked with conan snickering. Ran then slowed down to grab shinichi's arm and conan walked up to ayumi and ai and walked with them.
They met up with genta and mitsuhiko. Mitsuhiko then starts talking with ai about a science thing with food he saw and genta heard something about food. Mitsuhiko then started correcting him while ai was chuckling. Ayumi was giggling while conan rolled his eyes with a smile.
Ayumi then turned to conan and smiled. Conan raised an eyebrow at that. Ayumi then leaned over with a smile and she covered her mouth with her hand. Conan then leaned over to hear. She then asked, "Do you feel better?"
Conan leaned back and then grabbed ayumi's hand. He then twirled her around surprising her and the others. He then smiled seeing her blushed saying "Much better!".
