A/N: I know that Detective Conan's story wouldn't work if Shinichi wouldn't turn to Conan, but still, this is another reason why I would give anything for Detective Shinichi: Power Couple! I really loved in Episode One how they heard that scream, and then they look at each other before they ran to see what was going on... They didn't talk, they just looked at each other and were like: "Yeah, let's kick some asses!" It would be so awesome to have more of those moments <3 And actually, let them work together with some cases! With Shinichi's brain and Ran's strength... God, I really hope that I could have written a better action fic because it is what I would have wanted, but anything good didn't come to my mind, so instead, I wrote this little moment...
“Any last words, great detective?”
Shinichi wiped the corner of his mouth, looking at the culprit who just pointed him with a gun. His brains worked fast to plan something out. He knew that if he moves way or another, there would be a shot, and he wasn’t sure if he could dodge it. He wanted to talk the culprit out of this, but Shinichi has tried it already and he didn’t believe that there would be anything that he could say to change the man's mind. Shinichi has used all his cards already. And sadly, he was the only one who got evidence against the culprit. Of course, the culprit wanted him dead so he could take evidence and destroy them before fleeing, but Shinichi couldn’t let him do it. Not yet…
God, why did it took so long? He has bought time, more than he had planned. He couldn’t probably do it much longer…
There has to be another way!
As he opened his mouth to say something, he saw a sign. Everything he needed. And he smiled.
“What's so funny?” the culprit asked losing a little of his confidence.
“Not much”, Shinichi answered calmly and stood up meeting the culprit’s gaze. “I believe it’s time to end this madness. Last chance, surrender.”
“And what if I don’t want to?” the culprit asked and laughed. “What, you’re going to beat me up? Hah, weakling like you? I believe you’re not the one who should make demands.”
Shinichi smiled and put his hands on pockets. “Oh, no, my only job was to corner you and buy some time. The one who is going to beat you stands behind you.”
Shinichi watched how the man turned around and probably just had enough time to see a beautiful but dangerous young woman who just kicked him on his face. Gun dropped from man’s hand and Shinichi rushed towards it, taking it to make sure it isn't used anymore. Though his worry that something would go wrong was unnecessary because when he turned back to look at the “fight”, the culprit was already laid on the floor. For a moment they waited, but the man didn’t move.
“What took you so long, Ran?” he asked and looked at the woman who leered at the culprit with a scary face. Reminded him why he shouldn’t be the one who would make her mad. “I was worried that something happened to you.”
Ran relaxed. “Well, like you predicted, he has two friends with him, which I took down before I went to free hostages, but it took some time to convince them that I’m on their side, and then… Shinichi, what happened to you? Are you okay?”
Shinichi remembered a wound on the corner of his mouth. He wiped it again. It was still bleeding, though only a little. “Oh, it’s nothing”, he answered and smiled. “Just a little scratch…”
“A little scratch”, Ran repeated and came towards him, starting to wipe his wound with a handkerchief as soon as she stood in front of him. “It’s bleeding.”
“Not that much”, he denied trying to pull out, but her hand came to his other cheek, making sure that he couldn’t move. “Come on, Ran, it’s really nothing.”
“Yeah, it’s nothing, and still, you always rant to me that I need to be careful and all… The same goes to you too, you know”, Ran scolded. “I hate to be always so worried about you because I know you can be so careless sometimes…” Then she put her hands down and her gaze did the same. “I just… don’t want to find you as dead someday…”
“Hey, I’m not dead, am I?” he said softly enough to get her attention. “Like I said, this is a little scratch, I’m not going to die on this.” Then he smiled. “And when I have a nurse like you…”
Ran shook her head even though she smiled again. “Idiot”, she answered. Then sirens started to ring somewhere, coming closer to their location. At that moment Ran stood up on her tiptoes and plant her lips on that scratch, taking Shinichi by surprise.
“Well, polices are here soon”, she said while taking a few steps further from him, and then she looked at the culprit. “Let’s wrap this up and go home. I'm starting to be hungry.”
Shinichi smiled. "Let's go eat somewhere after this. I'll pay."