This is my newest story. It's kinda a continuation from DC manga file 646-654...

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The whole neighbourhood was dead silent except for the soft spatter of drizzle on the ground. Amidst the splashes of rain heavy footsteps could be heard. A female teenager paced through eerie mansions around her, the tears pouring from her swollen eyes indistinguishable from the sprinkle pelting onto her melancholic countenance.

She seemed to have no idea where she was heading for she strode on aimlessly, all the while facing the sodden ground. Suddenly she stopped in front of a particularly spooky manor with untended foliage rambling on the knee-high grass. The sign beside the iron gate read: Kudo Shinichi. She gazed up on the barren house, her lips trembling uncontrollably. Then, she collapsed in front of the impressive gate and sobbed convulsively, her hands shaking the iron bars.

"Shinichi! Shincihi!" she cried out towards the manor's entrance as if hoping someone with the name of Shinichi would come out. But the house remained cold and uninhabited. She fell against the gates with a crash, her whole stature shivering and her face scrunched up in agony. She hugged herself tightly and allowed the escalating rain to hammer on her mercilessly, oblivious to the fact that a dark silhouette was closely watching her.

The dark figure stepped a tad out into the moonlight. His shadow was short, only the height of a 7-year-old boy. Nevertheless, the expression on his visage was one that would never have appeared on a kid. The boy's cerulean eyes were blazing with wretchedness and his forehead was creased into a deep frown. He was biting his lower lip tightly to hold back the misery gripping his heart.

Ran, I'm not worth you. Please don't torture yourself for me. It breaks my heart to see you like this...

He punched his little fist into the wall shielding him from Mouri Ran's view, his eyes welling up. All of a sudden, he felt the absence of beating rain on his body. Looking up, he saw an umbrella shading him. The person holding the umbrella was a little girl with coffee-coloured hair and the same height as him.

"She's like a worm-ridden tree; externally, she seems resilient and cheerful, but sadness is eating her from the inside. In time, a gentle tap will crush her down. It's a wonder she even endured it when you abandonned her once more at the village," the girl whispered dourly.

"Haibara," the bespectacled little boy said, "do you think I'm wrong? Should I have asked her to wait for me?"

"Is there right and wrong in love? Is it your fault to request her to wait for you, or is it her fault to make that decision? I have no answer, Kudo-kun," Haibara Ai replied sullenly.

The shrunken Kudo Shinichi bowed his head, his glasses glinting opaquely. A few minutes later, he jerked up again, his eyes shining with a kind of grim resolution.

"Haibara, I need you to do something for me," Edogawa Conan stated. Haibara just stared at him impassively.

"Are you sure?" she finally said like she already knew what was on Conan's mind. Conan nodded curtly.

"I just want her to be happy, with or without me..."

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So I know this is really short. But I want to know what you guys think before continuing. So what do you think? R&R please!