Note: Sorry for not being able to update this fiction for a while I'm kinda busy with other projects Anyway, here's part 2 of the story. And yeah, sorry for my lame English. If you see any vocabulary/grammar/spelling mistake please correct me As for the story, I will be very grateful if you guys comment about it and give advices ... Also, this part is not actually that short as it seems, at least in my language
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PART II
Shinichi almost spits out the water right after his daughter finishes saying so. Ran's eyes are roundly opened as she keeps looking at her husband, while the young Megumi doesn't understand what's going on...
"What did you say, Megumi-chan ? What did you say his name was ?", Shinichi repeatedly shakes his daughter's shoulder and asks as if he's yelling.
"H-he said... his name was Edogawa Conan. There's no way I could be mistaken...", answered Megumi with a confused look, "but Dad, what's wrong about that ? Do you know him or anything ?"
Shinichi, as usual, quickly remains his calm even when he himself doesn't have any logical explanation. He also remembers the fact that Megumi-chan doesn't have any idea of who "Conan" really is, so perhaps it will be better if it remains that way...
"A-ah... No... It was nothing... I just get excited about his name. Guess his parents are also interested in mystery novels like me..."
Megumi says and continues to search for foods in the menu: "Yeah... I think so too..."
Shinichi sits still and begins thinking about the situation.
Let's see... If I don't count my parents, Professor, Haibara, Heiji and a few other people, only Ran and I should know about my secret. More than ten years ago, my mom disguised as Conan's mother and pretended to took me with her, not only to lie Oji-san and the kids*, but the whole world. Therefore, it wouldn't be unusual if someone saw us as two separate persons, thus "borrow" Conan's identity. But there is something that I don't understand...
Meanwhile, Ran is staring quietly at her husband...
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The sky sheds its cool tears as an end to the exhausting day. Ran turns off the table-lamp and gently kisses on her daughter's forehead. She then slowly walks off and closes the door...
"Is she asleep ?"
Ran is surprised to realize that Shinichi is standing next to her.
"Yeah... It's a good thing that we managed to get home before the rain. She seems to be really tired after a whole play-day..."
"Want to drink something ?"
Ran opens up the bottle of wine and sits down with Shinichi on the kitchen table. She fills the glasses of both hers and her husband's. Shinichi takes the wine and sits quietly for a moment, thinking about something... After a few seconds, he asks:
"What do you think of what Megumi-chan said this morning ?"
Ran smiles as she doesn't really know which emotion is the right one to express right now:
"I don't know... Maybe it was just another person with the same name..."
Shinichi slowly sips his glasses and stares directly at his beloved wife with a serious look, which only makes Ran realize that things are not that simple.
"At first I thought of that too, so when you went to the restroom, I decided to ask Megumi-chan about his appearance for confirmation... And I got a shocking answer..."
Ran keeps getting more and more anxious because she doesn't expect, or more correctly, want to hear Shinichi's final words.
"That boy has dark hair, wore big glasses. He was wearing a blue suit and short pants. And Megumi-chan said that she likes his red bowtie..."
Ran suddenly stands up with a extremely shocked face.
"So does it mean.... that someone has been taking Conan's identity for some unknown reasons ?"
Shinichi also stands up slowly and takes his wine with him. He approaches the window, where the only scene is the raining night.
"For now, I still need more clues for any conclusion. But don't you find anything strange ? More than 10 years have past, Ran, 10 years ! Whoever is behind this, either that they know my secret or that they are a total idiot !"
Ran's eyes turn round again. She unconsciously covers her mouth.
"Yes, the boy whom Megumi-chan saw was only 7 years old..."
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Detective Mouri's Office. A rainy evening prevents the old famous Kogoro from going to play the Mah-jong game with his neighbors. He ends up drinking beer and lying on his desk, drunken, despite the Yoko Okino live-show. The 60-minute-program has just ended while Kogoro is still drooling all over the desk.
It is the time for evening news.
[...]This afternoon, an Inspector from the Gunma Police District was found dead inside his house. According to the Police District, the victim is Inspector Yamamura Misao. The cause of death was not detected.[...]
(to be continued)
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* Kogoro and Detective Boys.
Great Story ! +1 rep
