Chapter Six: The Truth Revealed

Ran's POV

"Edogawa Conan-kun lack of some iron effiency. Are you his mother?"

"N-No. I'm the one who is taking care of him," I answered, monitoring my own words. "Will he gain his consciousness?"

"Of course, he will. For now, he needs to take a lot of rest. I will ask the nurses to provide some medicines to the kid. For now, let his brain rest. Maybe he's too stressed at some point." He looked at his wristwatch. "I had an appointment with other patients. I'll be taking a check on him later."

I nodded. "Thank you, Doc." The doctor nodded before leaving the door. I looked at Conan-kun. He had a tube attached to his left hand. "Geez. You're making me nervous." I held his hand. "Shinichi..."

Suddenly, the door slammed open. I looked to see who is it. It was the Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Haibara. Behind them is Professor Agasa.

"Conan-kun!" Ayumi-chan shouted as she ran towards Conan-kun's knocking, making me go backwards.

The four people go forward to see Conan-kun too. "What happened to Edogawa-kun, Ran nee-chan?" Mitsuhiko asked. Worry is what I felt to his concern.

"Ne, ne, Ran nee-chan. Did Conan eat too much that he is in the hospital right now?" Genta asked. I face palmed myself mentally. Geez, this kid only thinks about food.

"Genta-kun! This is not the time you should joke around, will you?!" Mitsuhiko exclaimed.

"Edogawa-kun's body must have been stressed a lot," Ai-kun sauddenly stated, making all heads turned to her.

"How did you know?"

She crossed her arms. "It's easy. Edogawa-kun is taking pills daily, right? For his health." She looked at me. "Right, Ran nee-chan?"

"Uhm... I saw Conan-kun taking some medicines daily though." My eyes widned as I looked at Ai-kun. "Is Conan-kun..."

"No," Ai-kun quickly denied as she closed her eyes. "That's not possible. His body is not weak. No signs of any conditions in his body."

"Then, what is that medicine his taking?"

"It was for his impulse. Probably, he didn't take it yesterday though."

Yes, it is the day after Conan-kun collapsed. I immediately called the ambulance and called Agasa Hakase a while ago to visit the hosoital and to check on Conan-kun.

"I'm no science geek but is this impulse related to some chemicals? It seems you are saying that it has something to do with a chemical reaction inside his body," Mitushiko interjected.

"So, it's related to what I said before, right?"

"Nope!" We all said in unison.

His excitement withered. "Then, what is it?"

Ai-kun shrugged her shoulders. "Who knows. Maybe only Edogawa-kun knows what that pill is for."

I looked at Conan-kun. I am worried for his health. As what Ai-kun said, maybe his condition right now has something to do with something we can't define. Mitsuhoko said that it was from a chemical that causes a reaction to Conan-kun's inner that made him go like this. If that was true, what's the motive of that chemical and why does Conan-kun keeps on drinking it?

One week later...

"Ran nee-chan! I told you, I'm fine now!" Conan-kun complained as he tries to get up from his bed.

"As I said.." I pushed him forcely down to the bed and pushed his shoulders to make him lie down on the bed. "...your body is not uet healed. The doctor said you should need to get some rest or you'll lose conscious again."

"But I'm really fine, Ran nee-chan. Look!" he said and raised his arm to me, then turned it around. "I can move now so can I go to Hakase's house?"

"No!" I pushed him again as he tried to stand up. I made him sat uo to the bed. I reached out for the soup and scoop one spoon of it and put it in front of Conan-kun's mouth. "You should until the due date comes. Once it was finished, you could go whatever you want."

He opened his mouth and I put the spoom in his mouth. "But, Ran nee-chan, I have some important things to--"

"Those important things could be set aside for a moment," I commented and put another scoop in front of him. He ate it. "For now, listen to me. I'm here to take care of you."

"Hai," he said in a playful tone and suddenly, yawned. "I'm sleepy, Ran nee-chan."

I put the soup in the desk and help Conan-kun lie in the bed. I put the blanket on Conan-kun's body. I kissed his forehead. "Sleep well."

"G'night, Ran nee-chan," he said and yawned before he clsoed his eyes. I waited for a few minutes, making sure he won't escape. I sighed in relief as the hour strikes midnight but Conan-kun is still sleeping. I think he dozed off to sleep now.

I walked out of his bedroom and turn off the light ms and closed the door before going to my own room.

As I closed the door behind me, the scene came back to my mind again.

The sudden attack on Conan-kun. His expression... It feels like torture. Shinichi... What are you doing to that's kid's body? Why do you have such condition?

~~~

The next, day I had found Conan-kun's bedroom empty. "Conan-kun! Conan-kun!" I shouted as I checked evety corner if his room. I got out of his room and checked other rooms to see if he hide somewhere.

I got back to his room. I noticed the window is open. I looked at it and looked down. The garbage can fell down. I turned to look at his closet.

His clothes are still there but something is in there that's unusual. It's his pajama! It was folded neatly and a piece of paper is placed on top of it. I took it and read it:

"I'll be not home until you found out where I am. Come here, come here. I wanted to show you something."

The penmanship is from Shinichi, of course. I tead it several times. I crumpled it and throw it away to the bin and stomped my feet in frustration.

Where did you again, you fool?

Haibara's POV

"Heh? Are you sure? This is too early, Kudo-kun."

"It's unexpected but I have no choice but to tell Ran the truth," Kudo-kun said, crossing his arms as he talks in a serious manner. "Anyways, I want you to do something."

"What is it? If this is your plan on getting us caught by the Black Organziation, I would not be able to team up with you."

"I have one but that's not my point here right now," he said. "Come here."

I leaned in and listened to what he whispered. My eyes widened as I heard his plan. "What? Really?"

"Please, Haibara. I need to do it," he said and took out a camera from his pocket. "There. Use that. Video me."

I rolled my eyes as I opened the camera and looked at him with a glare. "You sure about this, Kudo-kun? If I were you, I wouldn't--"

"I'll be fine. Don't worry," he said and then smirked. "I'll start the count. 3... 2... 1..." I pressed the record button. "Yo, minna-san..."

~~~

"Eh? He could not come? Why?" Yoshida-san asked, tilting her head to the side.

"I thought Conan-kun wants to see us," Tsunaraya-kun said.

"Yeah, sure. That's what you said in the call, right?" Genta said.

I sighed as I held the camera tightly. "Right. Conan-kun wanted to see you three here... via video."

"Eh?!" they said in unision.

I opened the camera and choose Kudo-kun's video before putting it in front of them. They looked intently at the screen as the video's playing.

"Yo, minna-san? Did you miss me? Tsubaraya Mitsuhiko, Yoshida Ayumi-chan, and Kojima Genta, thank you... for everything. This is, however, was the last time you'll see me to this form."

"Form? What is he talking about?" Tsubaraya-kun asked, frowning as he watched the video.

"Conan-kun is talking rubbish!" Yoshida-san exclaimed.

"Minna-san, I wanted you to know the truth behind this smart kid who leads you to all of the cases we've been through. Ayumi-chan, don't cry, alright? Mitsuhiko, don't be angry, okay? And Genta, don't be oblivious."

"Oblivious? What's that mean?" Genta asked.

"It is when you are not paying attention and act like you didn't know anything," Tsubaraya-kun answered.

"Hey, I'm not that!" he exclaimed.

Kudo-kun sighed. "And one more thing, don't be shocked. I'm..."

"I'm... What?" Tsubaraya-kun blurted out as he continued to watch the video.

"...the famous high school detective that went missing for the past two years in Tokyo, Kudo Shinichi."

"Eh?!" they exclaimed and looked at me.

"Haibara-san, this video is just a prank, right? Right?" Tsubaraya-kun said.

"It's a lie, right?" Yoshida-san asked. Her eyes are now teary. "I didn't like someone whose just in a form of a kid, right?"

I didn't answer and looked at Genta who is frowning. "Did Conan ate something? He isn't this."

They continued to watch the video.

"I know, I know. Shocking, isn't it?" Kudo-kun chuckled bitterly. "Lying to the three of you for the oast two years was hellish."

"You mean, easy, idiot," Yoshida-san and sniffed.

"I know you can't forgive me but... I just wanted to tell all of you that I'm truthfully sorry in lying. I have my reasons. Please understand. I'm maybe a lot older than the three of you but, we're still friends, right? So, Ayumi-chan, Mitsuhiko, Genta... Edogawa Conan doesn't disappeared yet. To the last farewell of Edogawa Conan, I, Kudo Shinichi, is saying to my humble friends that continue the legacy of the Detective Boys and Mitsuhiko... "

"H-Hai?" Mitsuhiko said nervously even Kudo-kun's not really in front of him.

"... I'll count in you." That made a smile on Tsubaraya-kun's lips. He nodded. "From now on, Edogawa Conan-kun, signing off." Then, the video went dead.

"So, it is true..." Yoshida-san murmured and her tears fell down the cheeks. "Edogawa Conan-kun is just an illusion made uo by the famous detective." She chuckled bitterly. "How a fool I am to fall for his trick."

"No." I crossed my arms. "Edogawa Conan isn't an illusion. Kudo-kun is Edogawa Conan so technically, he's still the Edogawa Conan we know."

"Kudo-kun... Do you perhaps knew he's Shinichi nii-san, Haibara?" Tsubaraya-kun asked.

I looked at him and smiled. "We aren't what we supposed to be. I meant was, me and Kudo-kun are not kids like you."

"Not kids? Then, you are a different person too?" Tsubaraya-kun asked.

"You're a full-fledged detective now, huh, Tsubaraya-kun?" I teased but I looked at him seriously. "My life is in danger so does Kudo-kun. We're helping each other to fight the organization that is searching for us."

"Organization? Since when?"

"Since I appeared in Kudo-kun's life," I answered. "My name isn't Ai Haibara. That wad just a made up name by Agasa Hakase. Well, I used it for quite sometime now."

"Then, what is your real name, nee-chan?"

I closed my eyes. "Don't call me nee-chan. I will not going to go back to my old self anymore. Rest assured."

They sighed in relief. "But, Conan-kun--I mean, Shinichi nii-san wants to go back to his original form?"

"Mouri-san unfolds the truth and any time, Mouri-san will reveal his identity herself."

"Mouri-san... You mean, Ran nee-chan?" Yoshida-san said. "She figured it out? Good job for Ran nee-chan!"

"Ne, Haibara," Tsubaraya-kun said.

"Hmm?"

"Where will be the location of Shinichi nii-san after this?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know."

"You don't know?!" He facepalmed. "How could you be together a whole ago when you didn't know where he is? Maybe, he told you something! Come on, Haibara."

"Don't shout at Ai-chan, Mitsuhiko-kun," Yoshida-san said.

"Gomene, Ayumi-chan."

"Kudo-kun told me something before. 'I'll be going to the memories that me and Ran intertwined.'."

"Memories..." Tsubaraya-kun mumbled.

"...that me and Ran intertwined..." Yoshida-san's eyes widened. "I know where it is!" She exclaimed and raised her hand.

I frowned. "You do?"

Yoshida-san nodded. "Yes. Did you all know the haunted house next to Agasa Hakase's house?"

"Yeah. What about it?" Tsubaraya-kun asked.

"We will hunt ghosts there? There's no time for that, Ayumi!" Genta exclaimed.

"Genta-kun, Shinichi nii-san said that don't be oblivious and now you're acting like one. Geez. I can't believe this." He rolled his eyes. "What's your plan, Ayumi-chan?"

She just smiled at him before looking at me. "That's Shinichi nii-san's house, right?"

I saw Tsubaraya-kun's and Genta's eyes widened as their mouth hanged open. "Eh?!"

Shinichi's POV

"Why did you call me here? Kazuha and I had a date tonight but I canceled it becuase of you, idiot," Hattori said as he walk towards the desk.

I plopped my elbows on the desk while my fingers were crossed. "I need to talk to you."

"If it is just talking, you could tell me on the phone," Hattori said and sulked. "My Kazuha is angry at me right now. She even threatened me that if I won't go back in the afternoon, I'll be dead."

I chuckled. "And you fall for that trick of hers?"

"Of course! She is my love, idiot!" Hattori said.

I shook my head. "You're whipped, really whipped. For the past two years, you and Kazuha didn't even fight as you usually do."

"What? No way! We always fight, Kudo! Always fight! And Kazuha was the cause of it all!"

"Well, if Kazuha is here right now, she would say to you that you have also your fault why the argument is going back and forth."

He sighed and his shoulders got down. "I guess that bond we have is pretty strong."

"No, it is not a guess. You really do have a bond. You're lucky charms, remember?"

"You're right." He smiled. Then, he cleared his throat and looked at me seriously, hands in the pockets. "So, what is it that you want to tell me?"

"I'll confess now," I answered. His eyes widened. "Ran is being obvious that she knows my identity so now, I only need to confirm it to her so that her suspicions would go away."

"This is a reckless plan, Kudo," Hattori argued. "You know what might happen if Ran knows, right?"

I sighed. "I could face the consequence and anyways, I will not die easily. I still need to protect her even though she knew."

"You're whipped."

I smirked. "Yes, I do." I shook my head ans looked at him. "I wanted to tell her the truth. We'll just going to wait for her to come here and--"

"Shinichi..." My eyes widened as I heard my name being called by that soft familiar voice. We looked to the door and saw Ran slowly walking towards us. She is looking intently at me.

I gulped a lump in my throat as I tried hard to calm myself down and gather all courage I have to tell her everything.

"Ran..." I muttered.

"Ran-kun," Hattori called her. That's when our eye contact broke. "W-Why are you here?"

Ran's eyes turned into slits. "I'll ask the same question to you, Hattori-kun. Why are you here?"

"T-This kid calls me--"

"Shinichi," she cuts off Hattori.

"P-Pardon?"

"His name is Kudo Shinichi," she replied and smiled. "But you know that it is him, right?" Hattori remained silent. "Right. So, you two teamed up to fool me. Even Hakase and Ai-kun. You're all the same. You made me looked like a crybaby in those two years." Her eyes teared up. She looked at me. "You made me look like a fool, Shinichi. You idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!"

I flinched. She is fuming mad. "H-Hey, Ran... Calm down--"

"Calm down? You're telling me to calm down? How can I calm down if all this time, I was being tricked by many people? Huh? How can I calm down if all this time, the childhood friend I ever missed and made me worried is just right by my side, watching me? How can I calm down? Damn it, Shinichi! You shameless idiot! You detective-addict geek!" Her tears continued to fall down her cheeks but she doesn't care as every drop of her tears makes her look vulnerable. "I waited for days, months, and even years, Shinichi. There's so many times you could say to me that you are Conan-kun, but no, you didn't do it. Don't you love me anymore? Aren't you worried? Do you have some other girls to entertain you now? Do you have someone who replaces me?"

"Ran... There's none."

"Then, why?!" she shouted. She walked towards the desk and put her hands in the desk so hard that it made a loud noise throughout the whole library. "Why did you not tell me the truth in the first place when I saw you here with Agasa Hakase? Why did you lie? Why did you use everyone to fool me that you and Conan-kun are different persons? Why?" She smiled bitterly, her eyes filled with sadness. "One time I saw you as Conan-kun and Shinichi, it is Kaito Kid, right?" My eyes widened as she continued to state what she feels. I never thought she could solve that. "You used him to pretend to be you. With a perfect disguuse, he pulled off your face perfectly." She chuckled bitterly. "How much did you have in your sleeves yet, hmm? You can't fool me anymore, Shinichi? So, why did you make me like a fool and also fool everyone else, huh!" I flinched at her every word. She is still exploding in anger. "Answer me!"

"I did that for your sake," I answered in a low voice and looked up to her. She has no expression in her face. That made me nervous. Ran wouldn't made that face to me. She is really mad. She might explode again in any minute.

"For my sake?" She smiled coldly.

"Yes," I said nervously. My hand is running cold as it fidgetd uncontrollably under the desk. I felt so uncomfortable suddenly. Her gaze is super cold that I might melt. "Remember when I disappeared in Tropical Land? Two men in black made me drank a medicine. APTX 4869 is what they called it. It was made by their ex-scientist, Miyano Shiho. That medicine affect my body so I transformed into a little kid again. I couldn't tell you because I know you wouldn't believe me. I know I promised that I'll come back but I can't come back if I was in a little kid's body. I'm stuck. I don't know what to do. So, I rushed to Hakase and explain everything to him. At first, he did not believe me because but I knew one sectet of his and I explained it to him. Ever since then, Hakase helped me out."

"Is Miyano Shiho... Ai Haibara-kun?" Ran asked, lowering her head. I bit my lip and nodded. "So, you two are always together, huh? What a pity for myself. I was a leftover."

"Ran, no. You're not--"

"But why did you tell her and you didn't tell me?" she asked. I remained silent. "Right. You two have the same fate, right? Not like me. I' just a support to you for everything you are doing. I'm just a support whenever you do a case. I'm just your childhood friend, right? You just love me but you don't care--"

"I do care!"

"--but you never expressed it," she continued. "For the past two years, you didn't text nor call and that's why I started to get worried. How's your health? How's your case? Are you okay? But all this time, you're just fine with that woman. You're working with her, and all the time, you're always in Hakase's house, talking about that organization and that medicine!"

"Ran, I--"

"What about me, Shinichi? What about me?! Am I just a failure to you? Do you regret that I became your childhood friend?"

"No!" Hattori exclaimed. Me and Ran both looked at him. He sighed heavily. "Don't make that madness drive you completely, Ran-kun," Hattori said. "Kudo-kun hide his true identity just to protect you from that organization."

"How much did you know, Hattori-kun?" Ran asked.

He took a breath. "Everything," he answered. "Listen to me, Ran-kun. That organization is threatening Kudo-kun all the time ever since they found out that Ai Haibara is the scientist who escaped them. Your life is in danger, Ran-kun, so Kudo-kun didn't tell you his identity so that he could protect you without you worrying too much."

"But I can protect myself! I really do! I'm a second degree in Karate!"

"That's not enough to take them down, Ran," I shouted at her. She looked at me. "Black Organization is a hidden organization that the police headquarters doesn't know. Haibara and I are tracking them down. To make sure that everyone connected to us is safe, we didn't tell our identities to anyone except to Hakase, Hattori, and to each other."

"No way... I can't believe this..." she muttered. Her hand clasped to her mouth. "Excuse me." She turned her back to us and ran towards the door.

"Ran, wait!" I ran behind her. I catched up as I ran fast as I can. "Ran! Ran!"

I followed her. I ran and ran following behind her until we are in the noisy streets of Tokyo. I saw her ran to the crossed line. I followed her until...

"Ran!"

Ran's POV

I heard Shinichi's shouting my name. I don't know where I'm going not until...

"Ran!" Shinichi shouted loudly. I stopped my tracks and looked at the side. My eyes widened as I saw a light emit from a moving vehicle.

When it becomes near, its front was clear to my sight. It's a big truck! I closed my eyes as I waited for the truck to touch my body.

My body froze to the spot. I felt a warm thing on my arm. I closed my eyes so tight and clenched my fist until the knuckles go white. Bit then, I found myself being pushed by an unknown force.

My eyes opened quickly. I found myself sitting on the street as I heard a loud bang in the distance. My eyes widened as I saw the truck stopped and a body lying on the ground.

I'm not the one whose lying on the floor, am I? Then... Who is it?

It was a small figure. His hands were on the side of his head. One of his hand is reaching out to mine while he is looking at me with a smile on his lips.

My lips trembled as fear crept into my whole body. I hurriedly ran towards his side and put his head to my lap. It was oozing in blood.

"Shinichi..." I muttered. His glasses are broken and his clothes were dirty.

I heard people rushing in to the scene, muttering things like crickets.

"Oh my god!" I heard a man exclaimed but I didn't looked back. I was so focused to the man laying on my lap while looking at me softly.

I held his hand. My breathing was so heavy. My heart was pounding so fast. "Shinichi... Please, don't let go... I'll go call an ambulance," I said as I took out my phone to my pocket and type the number of the ambulance.

"Ran," he called as I put the phone on my ear. The other line is ringing. Please, pick up. Please, pick up. "Ran," he called my name again. He suddenly puts his dirty hand on my cheeks, making me flinch. "I love you," he whispered before his hand fell down.

I felt my eyes became watery. "Moshi moshi?" the other line asked.

"This is Mouri Ran. An accident happened and... and... a kid just got crashed by a truck. Please go immediately here."

"Right away, miss." Then, the call ended. I called next was the police. "This is the Beika Police Headquarters."

"Detective Sato," I said as soon as I heard the voice.

"Hey, Ran. Why is your voice hoarse? Are you crying?"

"Sato-keibu, Shinichi is... Shinichi is..."

"Shinichi? Shinichi-kun is back?"

"Sato-keibu, I explain the details later. For now, there's an accident that happened in here and Shinichi was severely injured." I sniffed. "Please, arrest the truck driver."

"What?! It's an accident!" I heard the man shout. Must be the driver. He's the only one who complained.

"We're going there now, Ran-kun. Did you call an ambulance?"

"Yeah."

"Just wait for a moment and we'll be there. Calm down, okay?"

And the call ended. I looked at Shinichi again. Shinichi... You'll be saved. I am believing that you'll live for me, Shinichi. I'll believe in you.