A Thought of Alliance

Disclaimer: Characters belong to respective authors. Story line is my own.

Chapter 1: Premonition?

There are times that Conan didn't like the idea of alliances. With the CIA, FBI, or the police he is okay with, except for his identity of course; As well as other detectives, especially with his Osakan friend/rival, Hattori Heiji, and occasional appearing British Detective, Hakuba Saguru. An alliance with Phantom thieves, meaning the elusive Kaitou Kid, isn't that bad considering the battle of wits are involved and him as a likable character. The unpleasantly of allying with a member of the Black Organization, such as Vermouth, is something that he didn't like, but she was a strange woman keeping him and Ai hidden from other members with the excuse of wanting to get out. However, out of all that, for some reason what he was facing right now was way more unsettling than all the other alliances combined.

Why? Well this is because he heard something that he never expect from the one person that never wanted alliances from the beginning.

"What?" Haibara, formally known as Miyano Shiho and Sherry from the Black Organization, asked with a halfhearted leer to the Edogawa Conan, also formally known as the famous detective Kudo Shinichi, staring at her in surprise with gaping mouth.

"It's just that… I never thought of you as a person that would like alliances," Conan said going back to work on getting the third grade homework onto the table and putting the books into the desk as the kids around him talked about the new Kamen Yaiba show that came on yesterday.

"Ah-la, who said I opposed alliances," she said back doing the same as well as a Journal book.

"Now that I think about it, no one," Conan said already dreading the slow and easy day. He took out more papers with other complicated equations of math fit for a high school student and worked on them quickly before class starts and others start noticing the complicated equation with X's and Y's.

"Then what's the problem?" she tossed back taking a seat and began to scribble into the book, which he suspects is about the APTX drug development.

"How about who you have in mind to make allies with?" the young detective followed up finishing one page of the two, back-to-back, worksheets of the algebra classes he was missing out in his original school.

"If I told you, you wouldn't like it," she said turning the page and continued to write.

"Why's that?" he questioned again with a curious expression already done and putting it back into his bag.

"Because they're their enemies," she said closing the book and also put it back into her bag.

"Allying with the FBI?" he said confused knowing that they were the only ones that knew about this organization, "They know the danger so I don't mind?"

"I'm not talking about anybody working for the American government," she said sighing waiting for the trio kids that make up the rest of the Detective Boys come into the room.

"Then who?" he said not liking the direction the conversation was getting.

"You can say they are like them," yup he was definitely not liking the direction this conversation was going at all; "They also work out of sight of the police."

"Oi, you're not talking about some other organization should be allied with us, are you?" Conan's eyes widening at the suggestion.

"That's exactly what I'm talking about," she said with closed eyes as the trio of the Detective Boys entered the room.

"Are you crazy or are you serious?" he questioned staring at her not listening the good mornings the trio were greeting him with.

"Serious, but don't worry they aren't that bad," Ai smirked opening her eyes to look at him, "You can also call them justice within the underworld,"

"That doesn't change the fact that, whatever group you're talking about, is dangerous, especially when they are enemies of our enemy," Conan mumbled eyeing the kids talking to the other classmates.

"That's true, but I believe that this group is much more of a help than you think."

"And why is that?"

"Because this group is the head of almost all the underground resources," Ai smiled as the boy almost fell out of his chair.

"W-What kind of organization are we talking about here," Yup this was getting to the worst part of the conversation ever. Ai didn't speak just looked at him with amusement waiting. Conan's eye twitched at the silence understanding the unheard comment she wanted. With a struggling effort he smiled sweetly, "Please can you tell me, Haibara? (She's so going to get this later.)"

"Alright, since you asked so nicely…" she paused again just to annoy the teen-now-child boy, "They are the most influential mafia in the world, from what I heard anyways, and strangely enough they have the most legitimate businesses out there." She opened one eye towards the boy who was staring like somebody dropped the atomic bomb.

Like after the bomb there is the silence. And after the silence is… "ARE YOU CRAZY!?" he yelled immediately slamming his hand to stand up making everyone stop at what they were doing and turn their attention towards Conan. When he finally realized what he did he laughed and waved them off saying it was nothing. Most shrugged and went back to their 'work', but three pair of knowing eyes were still watching him. Once everyone, excluding the Detective Boys now walking towards them, but was stopped by another potential 'client', and was looking away, he leaned over to continue the conversation in a low whisper, "Haibara, seriously… the mafia!"

"I told you that you wouldn't like it," Haibara said quietly with her eyes closed, inwardly enjoying the response she got from her 'test subject', "As I said before though, they are a vigilant group. They don't do illegal even though they do have to avoid authorities. The only reason polices are after them is the destruction they leave behind."

"How do you know about them then?" Conan asked perplexed by the idea running in her head.

"When I was in that group I heard rumors about them, so I went to their city to see what makes them so amazing to piss those guys off," she smiled at her choice of words that she doesn't use often.

"And…?" he pushed wanting the rest of her suggestions out in the open.

"From what I saw you wouldn't believe who is leading them," she said with a smile again making him twitch at the idea.

"We are supposed to be teenagers in a tiny body so try me. Are we working with some guy that is overzealous about helping others?" he said getting the feeling that what she will say next will be another bomb on him.

"No," she said looking at him again, "A young kid along with other kids."

"What… kids…? Seriously… they're kids?!" the atomic bomb again set off but imploded into itself.

"Well from five years ago they were, but they should be in around our age before…" she didn't need to continue.

"A-And how do you expect to contact these people?" he asked looking at her crazily.

"…Don't know." That did the trick as she smiled. Conan had now fallen off the desk.

"OI!" he exclaimed getting back up using the edge as his leverage.

"You can't complain when I was still part of them and just expectedly approach them and kindly ask 'can I have your contact information so that I can get out of the organization' do you?" she said leering at him.

"Then what's the point of alliance talk when you can't contact them?" he sighed that his mind was starting to agree to this matter of alliance.

"It just came too thought a few minutes ago. I don't know why but I had to talk about it to you…" she said her eyes wondering to the front.

Conan was about to say more but before he could three bodies covered his view of the shrunken scientist making him look up at three kids with excited expressions.

"Conan-kun, guess what!?" Ayumi, the small girl with a pink headband bouncing up and down at him, started as the two boys just smiled with excitement.

"W-what is it Ayumi?" Conan asked back still having the shock in his system.

"There's going to be two new transfer students coming in!" Genta exclaimed.

"Transfer students?" he blinked perplexed on why someone would transfer in so late into the semester.

"Two boys! But from what I heard they came down from Italy!" Mitsuhiko said with such awe.

"Italy?" Ai repeated, making them turn in her surprise but didn't get an answer as the teacher came in.

"Alright class, have a seat!" Kobayashi-sensei said as all the students ran to their seat to get ready for the new day in school. The three Detective Boys did so as well with excitement still on their faces waiting for the upcoming introduction. Two 'not-so-much-like-kids' glanced at each other, and then faced forward. The teacher smiled at their attention then continued, "We have two new students coming into our class today… please come in!"

Once those words left her mouth two kids indeed came in with the appearance so unexpected of Ai that her eyes widened, from what Conan could see out of the corner of his eyes that is.

"Ohayō-gozaimasu!" the brunette boy with gravity-defying hair smiled brilliantly at all the students, "My name is Sawada Tsunayoshi. It's nice to meet you!"

When the next introduction didn't come, the already introduced boy elbowed the silver-long-but-short-haired one next to him wearing Goth-themed shirt. The boy's green eyes looked at the other for a moment before turning back his gaze to the students in the seats, "Gokudera Hayato."

The teacher smiled and explained their circumstance, but Conan didn't hear it as Haibara called out to him quietly.

"Edogawa-kun…"

"What's wrong?" Conan said eyeing her confused by her expression of wide eyes staring at the two transfer students.

She turned with a sort of forced smile as if she didn't want to believe it, "It seems my prediction came true…"