Case Closed Fan Fiction ❯ Revelations ❯ Revelations 1 ( Chapter 1 )

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Revelations
A Detective Conan Fanfiction

by Valerie Chow

Disclaimers: All characters used in this story are they property of
Aoyama Gosho and others. This story was done with the motive of
entertainment and not for any form of profit whatsoever. In other
words, they don't belong to me, other than the story itself.

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Chapter 1


Ran closed the door slowly and yawned. It was nearly 12
midnight and she was tired. She should be at home in bed at this time
of the day, like her father, not in the hospital but she was worried
about Conan-kun. After being sent to the hospital early this morning
and being operated on, he still had not regained consciousness.
Professor Agasa was nearly out of his mind and she herself was no
better. Ayumi-tachi had left earlier under the threat of parental
displeasure but had promised to come early next morning. There was
really nothing they could do for the boy, except wait. And pray.
Perhaps a cup of coffee would do something for her nerves. The
Professor was still inside the CPU ward, he would inform her if there
were any changes.

She sighed. There were times like this when she missed
Shinichi the most. The solid rock of comfort he always provided for
her, and his reassurance that things would turn out all right, as
they always did when things went wrong. When Shinichi left-no, not
left, went away for a period of time, Conan-kun had somehow, without
her realizing it, taken the place of Shinichi. Sometimes, she even
thought she could see Shinichi staring at her out of those pair of
intelligent and grave eyes, but no, she must not imagine things.
Hadn't she seen Shinichi and Conan-kun together at the school
festival? And the time when they came back from the fiasco with the
Memory Egg, when she suspected that Conan-kun was Shinichi, didn't
she see both of them at the same time?? And the countless other times
when all her suspicions were deflected....Conan-kun could not, is not
Shinichi no matter what her subconscious tried to say. Of course,
both of them have a lot to explain once they come back; Conan-kun
from his coma and Shinichi from his er..where ever he is! What was
Conan-kun thinking about, running straight towards the gunfire
instead of away?! She knew he had an insatiable curiosity about
things but really!!

Engrossed in her thoughts, it took Ran a minute to realize
that someone else was in the room where Conan-kun laid. Someone other
that Professor Agasa. Tiptoeing quietly, she reached for the handle
of the door and prepared to do her worst on whoever that was trying
to harm Conan-kun. Then stopped. The voices seemed familiar....she
crept closer.

"But how did you get here?!! I tried to contact you but you
were not in!!" the Professor was stuttering.

"Nevermind how we got here, how is my son?" Yusaku Kudo was
tense and worried. Beside him, Yukiko sniffed softly.

"Not good. The doctors are not very optimistic about his
recovery. They got him in the ribs and near his heart, Yusaku-san.
They say its a miracle that he is still alive! I'm so sorry,
Yusaku-san, you left Shinichi in my care and...and....," the
Professor seemed near the edge of a nervous breakdown.

Yusaku shook his head grimly. "No, it wasn't your fault. You
couldn't have stopped him even if you had been there. We couldn't
stop him from investigating the whole matter himself, how could you?
He will get better. He must!!"

Ran closed the door again, shaking. She couldn't accept what
she was hearing. Couldn't believe it. This wasn't real. She must have
heard something wrong. No, she was delusional. That's it. Too little
sleep. She is imagining that she saw and heard Shinichi's parents in
there, talking to the Professor. Calling Conan-kun Shinichi. Its all
a dream, made up by her tired mind as a result of her worry over both
Shinichi and Conan. It simply CANNOT be true! Shinichi is not lying
there, as Conan-kun, unconscious. It's a dream, a nightmare!! She
needs sleep. Yes, sleep would be good. Feeling a tug on her skirt,
she looked down. And saw the strange young girl that lived with the
Professor. Haibara Ai. Looking at her with a knowing look in her
eyes. And also a hint of compassion and understanding. Haibara-san
too had been hospitalized along with Conan-kun, but her injuries were
less serious.

She didn't know why she followed her as she walked away. It
seemed almost natural, that she followed this strange girl-child,
that all her questions and worries would be answered. All the weird
things that had happened this past year, all could be answered by
this Haibara Ai. All sorts of thoughts collided in her head as she
followed her.

They went into an empty waiting room and sat down. Silence.
Neither of them knew how to proceed, when it was time to start.

"Is Conan-kun...."
"You have a lot of questions..."

Both of them gave a start. And smiled.

Ai sighed. "First, I wish to apologise. To both of you. It was
all because of me that things had degraded to such a mess. Even him
being injured was my fault. Well, at least partially," Ai took a deep
breath. "I knew that one day, you and I would sit down and talk about
things, but not like this. And not under these circumstances. You
might hate me, or even wish to kill me after hearing the whole story,
but I have only one thing to ask of you. Forgive him. His suffering
is never lesser than yours. Perhaps even more."

"I assume that the him you are talking about is referring to
Shinichi-and Conan-kun," Ran said neutrally. It amazed her that she
could feel so calm and distant about the whole thing, when all she
wanted to do was shake all the answers out of the young child sitting
in front of her. But no, this was no child. She would never think of
her as a child ever again. Those wise and old eyes looking out at her
under the fringes were not those of a child, never those of a child.

And so she heard her out. And grew more enraged, and more
saddened with each word that passed out of Haibara's mouth. She tried
to understand the motivations behind Conan-no Shinichi's actions and
found that while she agreed with some actions, she simply could not
understand the others. Namely, the decision to keep her out of
everything. The anger needed an outlet; she needed an outlet to let
out the frustrations that were preying on her mind, driving her over
the point of insane fury. They were very close friends at the very
least! Why couldn't he trust her with his secret? All the talk about
being afraid of the so-called Black Organisation getting her was all
rubbish! Couldn't he trust her to take care of herself? She was the
karate champion at their school for godsake!! And Haibara! Making
that sort of stupid medicine that caused the whole mess in the first
place! Why would anyone want to do such a think was beyond her
comprehension. Walking rigidly towards the far end of the room, pass
the wide-eyed Haibara, she punched the wall with all the pent up
frustrations and worry inside her. And had the satisfaction of seeing
the wall crack and splinter.

"I feel much better now," Ran announced. Turning, she saw
Haibara staring at her, mouth wide-open in apprehension.
She began to laugh. Laughed till tears ran down her cheeks. And
discovered that she was actually crying. But the tears, where they
for herself, or for the boy who had her heart, lying a few doors
away, unconscious?

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Ran wiped her tears and took a deep breath to calm herself
down before facing what laid beyond the door. Haibara had wisely
decided to return to her room after the confession session, judging
that she would not be terribly welcome at this present moment. After
she had stopped crying, Haibara had continued her story. Apparently,
on the way to school this morning, the two of them had spotted two
well-known members of the Black Organisation. Well-known at least to
them. After getting rid of Ayumi-tachi with some difficulty, they had
followed the two members. Spying on them was not easy and they had
been discovered, leading to the gunfight. Shinichi had tried using
the bow-tie voice-changer to mislead the two men, but they were still
injured. Shinichi was shot twice while trying to shield Haibara. They
had barely managed to stumble to the main road before collapsing and
were then brought to the hospital.

Opening the door, she heard a shocked gasp and Professor
Agasa began babbling. "Ran! Why are you back so soon?! Ah....Yusaku-
san and his wife were just here to visit a friend and thought to have
a look at Conan-kun too and the doctor was just here just now and
said that if Conan-kun would be out of danger after tonight and
and......" he trailed off when he saw that he didn't have her
attention at all.

Ran was staring at Yukiko. There was a tense silence in the
air, as the two women stared at each other in wordless communication.
Then Yukiko spoke.

"You know." It wasn't a question. Ran nodded. "I'm very sorry
indeed, Ran, that you have to know about this under these
circumstances," Yukiko's eyes very compassionate as they looked at
the young woman in front of her.

"Its okay. There is still a lot of things I am confused
about, namely how he came to be in this state but it can wait till he
wakes up. And then he is going to pay for all the suffering I'm going
through!" Ran gave a watery smile. "He will wake up, won't he?"

"He will. I promise," Yusaku stated quietly. He had a great
deal of respect for this young woman in front of him and hope his son
knew what a precious gift he had in her. Beside him, Professor Agasa
was still gapping silently.

"Now I suppose I just have to figure out how to tell Otou-san
all of this without him killing Shinichi before he even wakes up. And
Okaa-san of course," it never occurred to Ran to keep such a thing
from her father, danger or no. She had more faith in her father than
that, even though he may act like an egoistic fool most of the time.

Yusaku looked at her steadily. Then he smiled. "He knows,
Ran. Every bit of it. Who did you think contacted us to come?"

"WHAT??!!!"

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"Ring ring." The phone in Vermouth's apartment rang out
loudly in the silent night.

"Moshi moshi," the cultured voice of the one known as Chris
Vineyard to some spoke without any trace of accent.

"I've a job that you might find interesting, my dear." A
man's voice came clearly over the phone.

"Really. Do tell," Vermouth purred.

After five minutes, Vermouth put down the phone. "Well, well,
well. It seems our games has ended, cool guy." She smiled. It was not
a pleasant smile.

"But perhaps, there is time for one more game, before it's
time to pick the apple..."

To be continued.....

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