Detective Conan Random Rum AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

"Ugh finally getting out of this stupid hospital!" Conan said relieved that he was going to be discharged today. Don't get him wrong, he was glad the doctors were being thorough…but he hated being stuck in the hospital for so long! He was getting far, far too used to this however. Something hopefully Curacao would help him change since he was tired of being shot.

"We may want to try and find another way out." Curacao advised her little master who gave her a confused look for the suggestion.

"Is there something wrong?" Conan asked and before they could make it near the door, he saw why she said that. There was a mob of reporters outside. They had started flashing the camera lights the minute they could see him through the glass windows and doors.

"Oh that's why." He said giving the reporters and all a flat look. Seriously? They were going to try and mob a boy who they think is six and was just now getting out of the hospital after being shot?

Of course they were. Vultures. Conan had an idle thought wondering how long it would take him to end the careers of every reporter here. Probably less than an hour, especially if he got his parents and grandmother involved.

"Alright men. Make a guard formation and keep them away from Conan-kun!" Sato ordered as she and the rest of Division One showed up, causing the men to let out affirmative sounds and then move to bodily put themselves between the reporters and Conan.

"Huh…thanks you guys." Conan said looking surprised and earning grins from the cops who made a human wall between themselves and the little boy.

"Anytime. You're our mascot after all." Sato said smiling as she ruffled Conan's hair and stood at the front of a small protection detail in order to get Conan past the reporters and out to Kogoro's car where he and Ran were waiting. She didn't mention how she was sure the FBI would be more than willing to do this for him, they didn't have much pull in Japan however so it was left up to the police officers of Division One to help out their little mascot.

Their little corpse magnet.

She really should have known that referring to him as that, even just in her own mind, while he was around was sure to jinx them.

There was a scream from above and the reporters scattered when a body fell and splattered open, the victim obviously dead.

The reporters were screaming and running and the cops...well they just sighed at this as they went about securing the area.

"Okay Inspector. You owe me twenty bucks and a drink. I won the bet." Sato had already taken her cell phone out and was talking to Inspector MeGuire before the other cops had even moved.

"Well actually make that two drinks. Conan-kun and his guard are already investigating." Sato said watching as Conan moved over towards the body and began to poke around without actually touching the body, until Emmaline handed him some gloves at least.

"It doesn't look like she fell on purpose...see? Her nails and three of her fingers are broken. It looks like someone stepped on her hand on purpose." Conan said making Sato sigh, she hadn't even hung up yet. She really should feel a bit better about this because she won the bet...but she didn't. At. All.

"Scratch that. I won the whole pot Inspector. Called it all. Dead body on the way out of the hospital, Conan-kun within a ten foot radius, and it was a murder."