Detective Conan everything screwed up
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and what if when Kogoro started getting fame as a sleeping detective the Organization started getting a bit wary of him discovering their activities? Because of this and to learn what he knows and how he does his 'sleeping' trick, Curacao is ordered to go undercover and figure it out. AU OOC)
"Hello." There was a gentle smile on the face of the woman at the door as it was opened to show a woman with silver hair down to the middle of her back. The woman looked pretty young, being in her mid to late twenties at the oldest, and she was dressed sharply in a black dress suit.
"Can I help you nee-san?" Conan asked smiling up at the woman while Ran smacked her father for going gaga over another young and pretty face. The woman looked at Conan as if surprised to see a kid in the detective agency, but she smiled slightly as she kneeled down to be more on his level.
"Maybe you can little boy. I'm looking for the 'Sleeping Sleuth' Mouri Kogoro." The woman said making Conan look over at Kogoro who looked ecstatic that she was looking for him.
"And what can I help such a beautiful woman with today?" Kogoro asked only to suffer another whack to the head from his daughter.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Rias Sitri. I've just started out as a detective and private eye for hire but I'm…not the best at it. I thought that I would ask if I could learn under you for a while until I learn the ropes of being a detective. I'm sure I could learn very much from such a renowned detective!" The newly dubbed Rias said bowing politely to the man who blinked at this.
"Well I don't really take on students that much but…if you can handle yourself well on a few cases with me then I'll make an exception." Kogoro said making the woman grin brightly at this.
"Thank you very much. I won't let you down sensei!" Rias said bowing again and causing Conan to look a bit worried and a bit amused. It would be hilarious to see the woman realize just what Kogoro is like…but on the other hand if she was any good at being a detective then his secret was in jeopardy.
"Alright I'll need your number and address so I can let you know of any cases that come up." Kogoro said grabbing a pen and a sheet of paper off of his desk as he looked at Rias who easily rattled off her number but hesitated before giving her address.
"I'm going to have to get back to you about the address. I just recently got here from out of town so I have to find a place first." Rias admitted sheepishly as she blushed in embarrassment.
"Well if she's going to be your student…then she can stay here with us right tou-san? It'd be easier that way so you don't have to wait for her to get here if she's far away." Ran offered causing everyone to look at her.
"Oh no I can't impose like that." Rias began to decline the offer looking embarrassed and a bit out of her depth.
"Oh it wouldn't be an imposition at all. The spare room is supposed to be Conan-kun's but he usually stays in my room because of nightmares or thunderstorms. Besides it would be nice to have another girl around here." Ran said causing her father to agree although by the look on his face he had less than pure thoughts in mind.
"Last I checked I wasn't the one having nightmares or was scared of thunder and lightning." Conan said dryly with his arms crossed behind his head as he looked up at Ran.
"Tch. Can't blame her for having nightmares after the stupid stunts you pull all the time. Last month being a prime example." Kogoro said glaring at Conan but if Rias was reading it right then it wasn't an actual glare. More like it was reflex or habit than anything else.
"Come on. We can get your things and put them away in your room." Ran said smiling at Rias and pointedly trying to get away from the conversation and the way it was turning.
"Ah. Right." Rias said quickly moving back towards the hallway and grabbing the rolling suitcase and the tote bag she had left there.
"Here. This will be your room. Conan-kun might get a little confused sometimes and wander back in here by accident but he doesn't mean any harm by it." Ran said showing her to the spare room that Conan usually used.
"It'll be fine but…may I ask why there's such a young child here? I imagine that living with a famous detective means that some of the criminals might target him by association. So isn't it dangerous?" Rias asked as she set down her bags and looked at Ran confused. She knew the boy would be here, he went almost everywhere that Mouri did after all, but wasn't it dangerous for him?
"It is but…there's not really anyone else." Ran said looking upset at the end and making Rias look confused.
"His parents live overseas most of the time, and his only other relative that usually stays in the country is Dr. Agase. He already has his hands full with Ai-chan though so he couldn't have watched after two seven year olds on his own. Since Conan-kun hadn't been expected to have to stay with Dr. Agase whereas he had planned for Ai-chan I agreed to bring Conan-kun here to live with me and my dad. We're a bit…hesitant to return him to his parents if they ever show up again." Ran said looking a bit reluctant to share this information but she figured she should warn the new girl fast.
"If they ever show up?" Rias asked questioning the term she used. Surely the boys parents had visited on occasion? After all who would leave their son with complete strangers and never check in?
"Well…Conan-kun's mother only showed up once. I…didn't think much of it at the time since she said she had gained a little weight and the car accident had made her look a bit different than what he would have been used too…but he was terrified at having to go with her. He looked terrified at the mere sight of her after she claimed to be his mother. Then…there's the other things that dad and I have noticed over the time he's spent with us." Ran said her eyes darting to the door to make sure that Conan wasn't listening in.
"You see…when we got him…the very first night I brought him home he had a nasty welt on his head. It looked as if he had been struck with something heavy and hard. Dad may whack him upside the head sometimes, especially when he's messing around a crime scene, but dad's hits never hurt him like that. Dad said that it looked as if he had been hit with a pipe or something like that. Also…he's been with us for almost a year since his mother last dropped in…and there's no visits or phone calls or even letters from her. Dad gets a check once a month from them but it's all electronic." Ran ticked those two points off of her fingers as she bit her lip.
"He never asks for help either, not to reach anything or move anything…he always seems surprised when someone offers. He's used to being alone a lot from what dad says, it took him a while to accept that the other kids wanted to be his friends and actually like him. And…he's less scared of violence than he is of other people getting to know him. A criminal can point a gun at him and he wouldn't bat an eye…but if you start asking him about his parents or his past then he starts getting nervous and evasive and changes the subject at the first chance he gets." Ran said causing Rias to frown heavily. That didn't speak of a good home life. At all.
She'd have to be careful of the little boy. She didn't want to break someone so small who might already be so fragile.
"But enough about that. Dinner should be ready soon if you want to start unpacking and getting comfortable. Don't be surprised if Conan-kun comes in before you're done though and starts asking you questions. He's very curious…He wants to be a detective when he grows up." Ran said smiling warmly at Rias who blinked a bit at the sudden change and nodded her head.
"And if he does come in don't let him try and lift anything heavy or let him bang his stomach on anything." Ran added at the last minute as she left the room finally.
Rias waited for a moment to see if Ran would come back in to tell her of anything else, but then began to search the room for any bugs or listening devices under the guise of putting away her belongings, noting that Conan only had a few outfits in the room that she just worked around. They would probably move his things after they thought about it. It wasn't a problem or even a nuisance.
Taking a quick second after thoroughly checking the room, Rias pretended to be hanging another shirt in the closest as she began typing a message on her phone and making sure to use the color she was assigned for this mission.
'I'm in. Updates may be sporadic since I secured a room inside of the agency as my own but he seems very confident, overly so. It shouldn't effect anything too much. Will earn their trust and begin investigating as soon as I am able to safely do so.
Red.'