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The sound of explosions everywhere. Shiho and Shinichi, already in their original bodies, ran as fast as they could to find a safe place. They had just escaped from the prison that held them for approximately 8 to 10 hours, they were kidnapped by the Black Organization.
He remembered many hours ago, he saw Gin's car parked in front of Professor's house. He saw Vodka, with his usual fedora and his glasses on carrying an unconscious little girl in his arms and taking her into the car before it sped off. Panic began to rise throughout his body, without even bother to check on the Professor, he followed the car with his skateboard at full speed. Even though his skateboard had been modified by Professor, the speed of the skateboard still couldn't match the sports car Gin was using.
After following them for a few minutes, he felt something shoot his skateboard wheels, causing him to roll and fall onto the pavement. After that he barely remember anything and woke up in the same room as the girl he was chasing after, Haibara Ai- no. It's Shiho Miyano. He and Haibara were in their original bodies.
Just like him, he saw the girl looked a mess. Her usually neat strawberry blonde hair looked messy, her face was full of scratches and dirty. They were in a fairly clean room even though it was covered with iron bars, someone must have locked them in here.
Back to the present, they have escaped from the prison and were now looking for a way out of the organization's base. It seems like there was a fierce battle going on down there with the police and the organization, judging from the very loud sounds of guns and explosions everywhere. They could hear many of the non-high ranking members of the organization running along the corridor, trying to save themselves.
It was chaos everywhere.
Shiho gently tugged Shinichi's torn jacket, "Kudo-kun, I know somewhere that might be safe for you"
"You mean for both of us?" He confirmed, confirming what the woman had just said. Shiho nodded and lead the way towards the stairs, they went downstairs slowly without looking suspicious in the sea of frightened staffs of organization. They could sense this building is nearly collapsed, caused by the bombs that were thrown carelessly into this building.
He followed her through the hallways which were getting narrower and narrower. At the end of the hallway there is a gray iron door that had a sign 'Restricted' on it. She opened the door, pulled Shinichi in by his jacket before locked the door from the inside. He scanned the room, it was dirty and full of small rusty cage piled up on top of each other. The smell wasn't good either, he could smell a mixture of substances and dirty animals.
He stared at the panting girl across him, wanting an explanation. "Where are we?"
"Storage. My storage to be exact" She replied, breathlessly. It had been a long time since the last time she had run like that with this body. "It should be full of rats in here, glad to know they got rid of them."
"Well, they missed two more." He joked, followed by a weak laugh coming from him as he sat on the floor, leaning against the pile of cages.
Shiho let out a chuckle, her trembled legs were no longer able to support her body, she sat across from the man with her knees pulled up to her chest. "We should stay here for a while until the situation has calmed down"
"You're right. Since they took all my gadgets, I can't kill him even if I want to"
Shiho raised one of her eyebrows at his statement, "Him who?"
"Gin. I desperately want to kill him"
Shiho stared at his gaze which were fixed on the ground with a terrifying gaze. She sworn he could kill anyone with that look. She took a deep breath before resting her head on her knees, her arms lingered on it.
"By the way Haibara-" Shinichi blurted, which made Shiho raised her head slightly to face him. "Do you happen to know why we suddenly return to our bodies?"
"About that.." Shiho gulped, averting her gaze on the dirty floor she was sat on. "I have the permanent antidote with me. I was about to give you this evening but things happened far from my expectations. Sorry, I forced you to drink it in your unconscious state when they put you in the same cell as me"
His eyes widened at her clarification, was that mean he has returned to his original body? Not temporarily, but permanently? What about Conan Edogawa?
"Like it or not, you have to be honest to your girlfriend and tell her everything about your identity. She has been waiting long enough, If she learnt that Conan also left her unannounced.. I'm sure she would be so sad" A hint of sad and guilt tone escaped from her mouth, she felt her throat tighten as she thought of how Ran would react if she knew that she was the one who made her suffer by making her boyfriend in this situation?
If there was no APTX in the first place, this problem would not exist. Ran is like her sister, and she didn't want to disappoint her.
"This won't end if Gin doesn't get what he wants."
Knowing where this was leading to, Shinichi snapped her out. "You don't know what he wants!"
"I know! He wants me and- and-" She stuttered before raising her voice, which surprised him. "That he never actually declared my death in the documents. To them, Sherry is still very much alive, and is still part of the organization. She never left!"
"... Who told you that?"
"Vermouth. She came to our cell when you were still unconscious, she told me everything."
Shinichi clenched his fists until the knuckles turned white. They definitely knew this would happen, and they wanted to drag Shiho down with them, that was probably the main reason they decided to kidnap her, in broad daylight as well.
"I will come out and surrender myself." Shiho stood up, her tone was quite firm but sounded a little shaky. She was scared, not by the situation, but by the thought of her life after this. Without Conan, Professor, and her little Detective Friends.
Shinichi immediately stood up and pulled the girl's wrist pretty hard, making the girl gasped. "Are you insane?! Don't. Do. It"
"I have to pay the price for what I've done. You're not the only victim of those drugs. There must be many out there, and not all of them have the same fate as you."
"You were forced. You didn't want to do that, didn't you?" Shinichi's face turned red with anger, "You have helped many people, you helped Professor maintaining his health and lend him your knowledge to help him with his inventions, even me, you have helped me countless times, even to those children, you saved them from the fire that could have taken your lives.."
Shiho gave him a sad smile, holding his hand which was still on her wrist. "I'm glad I could do that. But at the end, I still took part on the deadly drugs, right? My hands are dirty, with bloods of innocents. Not just humans, but I've killed those innocent rats for my research needs."
Seeing her partner looked down, she held his face to encourage him. "Come on, Kudo-kun. You still have a long and bright future ahead of you. Everyone has been patiently waiting for you."
"What if I want my future to be accompanied by my sassy-pain in the ass-partner in crime?" He murmured.
Shiho laughed sincerely, "She could be your worst nightmare. But let's see the bright side, someone who is much better than her would be the one who accompany you." She swallowed her own saliva before continued, "Poor her, she had to stuck with this gloomy idiot for the rest of her life" She teased him with a playful tone to cover her sadness.
The detective didn't move from his position, he kept his head down, didn't even bother to look at her . "Look at me, Kudo-kun."
Shinichi finally looked up to meet the beautiful greyish-blue eyes staring deeply at him. Her hand that had been holding his head now moved to his hair to mess it up. He gave her a questioning smile at her sudden affections. To him, she was someone who is really important to him. His partner, the one who helped him with almost everything, always there when he needed someone to talk about his burden, and a genius who does not hesitate to help others. Shinichi's face lit up seeing his partner in front of him.
"Not with your eyes dummy, with theirs."
Shinichi frowned at the sight of the scientist in front of him. He saw a pathetic smile plastered on her beautiful face that was covered in scratches and dirt.
"Maybe what you see in front of you right now is your partner. But in the eyes of others I am just a mad scientist who has taken people's lives with my work. Haibara Ai may know Conan Edogawa very well, but Shiho Miyano and Shinichi Kudo had just met today. They're basically strangers." She stated as her hands rummaged through the pocket of her pants and gave Shinichi a small iron container.
"It has atleast 15 pills of the permanent antidote. We already used 2 so.. It must be around 13 pills left. Please give one to Masumi-san, I already made my promise to her."
"You can give it to her yourself!" He snapped again, shoved the container gently back to her. "We'll get through this together"
Shiho shook her head, "No. Think of the worst possible scenario, Kudo-kun. If they saw you they will not hesitate to shoot you in the head. You are the living proof of their deeds, you must live and tell the world about their wrongdoings!" She sighed, "And please don't ever try to clear my name. Don't worry, I don't plan to die, but I will take accountability for my work, and my parents." She reassured him with a smile.
The silence enveloped the room as no one dared to speak. His head was a mess right now. He couldn't think straight. He always thought this girl constantly felt guilty and blamed herself for his shrunken state. Honestly, he did upset at first, but time passed, he became grateful for this situation of his. He had learned a lot and met many people who became very important in his life. He didn't want her to feel that way, the idea of her feeling guilty and carrying the burden alone upset him even more. She was still so young for all of these, she had no one on her side, she spend her childhood days under the inhumane organization, and when her work finally gave her the second chance to experience the things she haven't experience before, this happened. How could someone's life be this messed up?
"My mom once said from the cassette you gave me.."
Shinichi turned his head to see the source of the voice clearly. He could see her eyes glowing, tears threatening to fall but she held them as she stared into his blue eyes deeply.
"That people come and go, but they do come for a reason. They bring something we must learn and then led us to those who would helped us most to grow.. only if we let them. I wasn't sure about what she meant before, but I think I get it know." She gave him a smile, the smile he always wanting to see on her, not the teasing one nor the mischievous one that the girl usually gave him. This one was innocent and sincere.
"I had learned everything from you, Kudo-kun. There are so much of me that were made of what I learned from you. I'm forever thankful for that."
Unconsciously, his feet moved on their own. His hands automatically embraced the shaking girl in front of him. He felt her face rested on his shoulder, her tense shoulders trembled slightly. "Please don't hold it any longer. You can cry as much as you want." He soothes the girl's back to calm her down. He had seen this scene before. When she find out about her sister, she cried in his arms too.
But that was between Conan Edogawa and Haibara Ai. This time, it was Shiho Miyano who was in Shinichi Kudo's embrace.
"I could say the same about you, Hai- Miyano." He corrected himself, gently brushing the girls's hair with his fingers in soothing motions. "I could see the world on both side without judging either side, I-I could feel that there are parts of me that exist because of you, I have changed, for good. I am very grateful for having you as my partner"
Shiho took a chance to slip the container into the pocket of his jacket before zipped it up. She patted Shinichi's back and released the hug. Her eyes studied the figure of the guy in front of him, for the last time. Messy raven hair, the absence of his round glasses he used to wear as Conan, dirty and scratched cheeks, taller and more muscular body than his previous one.
I'm gonna miss him so badly. She thought before pushing him hard until his back hit the wall behind him. With a very quick move, she pulled out the key and left the room. She locked the door from the outside as she could hear the banging noise from the door and her name being a shouted over and over again.
She gulped, tears falling down on her cheek. "I'm sorry I'm sorry. Please let me be selfish for the last time" She said from the doorway, hoping that he could hear her. She ran towards the front door, where she could see a gray long-haired man aggressively shooting everything in front of him, dead bodies scattered in front of him, all wearing police uniforms. Shiho covered her mouth at the sight, she could see other high rank already sitting on their knees with their hands cuffed behind their back.
It seems like Gin and Rum were the last person they haven't caught yet. Wait. Was Rum even there from the beginning?
Shiho saw the police were now having difficulty apprehending the man, especially since their members had dwindled to the point where they could be counted on one hand and Gin still wouldn't stop shooting randomly with both guns in hand. She tried to divert the man's attention by faking a cough which successfully made Gin turned his head towards the source of the sound behind him.
Finally sees an opening, a police officer shouted to his subordinates. "Shoot his arms!"
BANG! BANG!
The long-haired man was shot in the left shoulder, right arms, and stomach, causing him to fall backwards and the two guns he was holding fell on the floor that was dirty with blood, his own blood. An officer did not spare Shiho, she was also shot in the thigh, made her lost her balance and fell on her knees.
"Hold them!" The officer shouted, followed by a 'Yes sir' from his subordinates. Shiho cooperated by raising her hands to make it easier for them to handcuff her, meanwhile Gin was doing the opposite. It was already hard for him to move around because of his wounds but he was still trying to get away from the officers who were surrounding him.
"Sherry! You'll pay for this!" Gin gritted his teeth while watching her walked casually past him, with two officers holding her arms, leading her to where the other high-rank were sitting on.
Shiho was greeted by Vermouth, who was smirking at her and still looked as gorgeous as she usually is despite her current disheveled appearance. "All that just to ended up being here with us, huh? What were you thinking, Sherry?"
The short haired girl shrugged, "I just did what i think is right"
Vermouth nodded in understanding. "I guess spending time with him has made you catch his cool side."
Time had passed, Shiho could see a blonde haired man with a NPA uniform walked towards her. He was now in front of her, staring at her with unbelievable look. After staring her for a while, he crouched down so that his body was at the girl's level. Shiho stared back with her usual unamused look.
"Did that detective know about this?" He whispered to her.
"What?"
"That you let yourself in?"
Shiho nodded, "Yes. Speaking of that detective, could you please take the key in my pocket? It's the key of the restricted room on the first floor. That detective is there, you can get all the information from him." She raised her waist to showed the officer where the key was located. "Please send my regards and an apology for leaving him and Professor."
Rei Furuya or known as Amuro Tooru nodded at her plea. The girl reminded him of her mother, Elena Miyano. The woman who is highly respected by Rei. He understood that this girl's intention was to end this chaos and not to run away from her past. It was something that he remembered from what this girl's mother had said to him.
The bravest thing a person can do is to take responsibility for everything they has done.
Even though Shiho and her parents technically did not do anything wrong because they were forced by the organization, she could have easily exonerated herself from the charges, especially since she knew many people in the field including himself, it would have been much easier for her to clear her name. But being such a wise person she is, she still chose to take responsibility for herself, so that she would no longer be burdened by the things that had haunted her for years.
Rei bowed to her, showing his respect for the girl's decision and to thank her for all the help she has given them so far to finally reach the end of the most wanted organization. Shiho eyes widened at his sudden act, not just her, Vermouth, Chianti, Korn, Gin, and Vodka who were besides her the entire time was also shocked at the sight of a high-ranking police, elite agent, and the guy once they knew as Bourbon, bowed to their little Sherry.
"Take them to the car and don't let their faces be caught by the media" Rei ordered his subordinates before heading towards the nearly collapsed building, spinning a key in his index fingers carefully.
How lucky you are, Kudo-kun.