"I have a good news and a bad news." Haibara tugged on Conan's shirt. "I made a new antidote for APTX-4869. That's the good news. The bad one is that it has only 50% chance of survival. Here, take these. If you succeed, you can confess to Ran on the coming Valentine's Day." Haibara teased. "Thanks, Haibara." Conan said coolly. "Take care!" the brown haired girl waved as Conan strolled out of Professor Agasa's house.

Conan walked towards the Jimusho* and sighed as he thought about how he missed going to school with Ran and having her around as a friend. Or maybe slightly more than that, but he wasn't too sure of his own feelings. No, I really like her. He blushed. But he was too shy to tell her. I will. I will tell her if I recover to my original size. He thought. I will come back for Ran. I won't make her wait anymore. For so many nights she sat by her bed crying. How I wish I could comfort her and tell her that I never actually left her side… But…what if the antidote didn't work? What if I won't come back forever? His mind was a mess of surprise, happiness, excitement, worry, fear, longing and thousands of other feelings that he couldn't even describe. That was why he turned down Professor Agasa's offer to send him home. He really needed some time to cool down alone.

Suddenly, a gust of wind lifted his hair. As a detective for many years, his experience told him that something was not right. He pretended to smoothen down his hair and raised his hands near his ears, where he switched the thermal sensor on secretly. He gasped inside. Five men were ambushed behind bushes along the deserted alley. They had rifles all aimed at one direction. Conan was this close to walking into their aim, but they were not hurried to shoot him even though he was well within the shooting range and there was no one around. His heart began palpitating wildly. Looking from the calmness and level of preparation, it is probably the Black Organisation's men. I cannot use any gadget before I know whether they know my identity. If they were aiming for me and they don't actually know my identity, they are probably trying to get me to tell them about Shinichi. A primary school kid is much easier to threaten than Ran, since both of us are on equally good terms with Shinichi. But if they do know who I am, then…they will ask for Sherry's whereabouts first. They will never let a betrayer go. Either way, I won't get shot here and now. He walked slowly and calmly, but inside, he was shaking. If his identity was found out, Ran, Haibara, Heiji and all his close ties would be in danger.

Soon the distance narrowed as Conan took a deep breath before he paced towards the center of the circle formed by the five men.

Just then, his phone rang wildly.

In excitement, he scrambled for his phone in his pocket like a little kid. He pretend to check the called ID and picked up happily. A low male voice was heard on the other end of the phone. "HELLO MOMMY!" Conan burst into an innocent, childish greeting. Big sweat drops dripped from the forehead of the person on the other end, "Err...Kudo-" Before he could say anything, Conan continued, "I ONLY GOT 40 MARKS FOR MY MATH EXAM TODAY! SORRY, DON'T SCOLD ME!" He paused and whispered, "just say whatever you want, Hattori. Quick." Heiji sense a tone of fear in his ever-so-calm detective friend's voice. He spoke quickly, "This morning there was a major bank robbery at Osaka. All the bankers were killed with one single gunshot. Not a suspicious fingerprint, not a single bullet shell. More than 500 million Yen was robbed! There was a note at the counter saying-"

"I failed because I had a tummy ache that morning!" Conan interrupted. Heiji rolled his eyes and continued, "Saying 'Greetings to the great detective.' I thought it referred to me, since it happened in Osaka. But then, when the police walked under the sunlight, the name 'Professor James Moriarty'^ appeared. Moriarty, the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes. Apparently this referred to you. That was why I hurried over to Tokyo." Heiji quickly said.

Conan frowned. "This has to be the Organisation. Anyway, I am at the alley roughly 200m to the west of Mouri Tantei Jimusho. Get a pistol and come here alone, …dressed as Kudo Shinichi."

"WHAT?! WHAT KIND OF A JOKE IS THIS?" Heiji roared. "This isn't the first time. Only if you come, they might believe that I am not the real Shinichi. Then we can escape together." "Fine," Heiji sighed reluctantly, "Try to delay them and I'll arrive in 10 minutes." Just before he hung up the call, he heard Conan's sharp squeaky voice, "Okay, I promise I will do well in the next exam!" Heiji rolled his eyes again and smiled halfheartedly. He flagged down a taxi. "To Beika District."

Meanwhile, Conan had a 'Oh no, I failed my exam' look as he paced around, mumbling nonsense like "How am I going to tell Dad?" and "Dad will scold me…" Seconds passed, but it felt like decades. It was not long before Conan felt light shuffling within the bushes. The men lost their patience. "BAM!" the first bullet was fired. It whizzed past Conan's hair. He wasn't hurt. Conan sneered.

"FREEZE!" One of the men shouted. All of them jumped out and pointed the rifles at his chest. Ever so synchronized. Glancing at his watch, Conan read the time: 9:09pm. "Such a short time," he gritted his teeth and screamed like what little kids do. His face was a perfect expression of horror and shock. He almost cried, but his acting wasn't that perfect yet.

The leader of the group made his way towards Conan. He was emitting an eerie aura. "What…what do you want?" Conan squealed. The leader was stunned. If this little kid was Kudo Shinichi, he would have to capture him. Or else, he would face harsh punishments from the Boss. He waved his hand, signaling one of his accomplice to take the boy down. "Let me go!" Conan screamed. His childish accent is so natural now that he hangs out with Ayumi-chan and all the others. "Nice acting, Kudo-kun." the leader sniggled. "I'm…I'm…not Shinichi-niichan." Conan was on the brim of tears. He blinked his eyes to let the precious drop roll down his face. "Oh really?" the leader lifted Conan's chin with his icy cold rifle.

"Don't bully little children!" Heiji appeared from behind a tree. "I am Kudo Shinichi."

-To Be Continued- :D

*The Mouri Tantei Jimusho is the place where Mouri Kogoro works.

^Moriarty was mentioned in the Movie 'The Phantom of Baker Street' :D

First DC fanfic, R&R and criticize please (: Thanks~ Actually I'm not really sure about the names of the characters because every version I watch/read is different OAO but I guess it doesn't really matter. The plot will be kinda complicated, so this story will probably get quite long. I'll update quite frequently unless I tell you otherwise, so please check back often ^_^