Detective Conan Kir

By: FunahoMisaki

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

"This area is off limits to all those not in the play." A man with a suit and mustache said stopping the group who were walking backstage with Conan holding a large bouquet of flowers in his arms.

"We're actually here to see Miss Adler. We brought these flowers for her." Ran said making the man look surprised.

"Oh, you know our Miss Adler?" The man asked his tone doing a complete 180 in an instant.

"Yes, our families are old friends. Which dressing room is hers?" Ran asked smiling brightly at the man who pointed down the hallway.

"At the very end of the hall, the one with the big painting on the door you can't miss it." The man said making them walk towards the door.

"Any clues on what she'll be like?" Haibara asked looking at Conan as they paused outside of the door.

"Considering that Yusaku Kudo made the game and inserted himself and Dr. Agase as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson then it stands to reason that Irene Adler, the only woman Sherlock ever loved, would be the only woman Yusaku Kudo ever loved." Conan said making Ran blink before her eyes lit up.

"Of course! His wife, Shinichi's mother! Aunt Yukiko!" Ran said making Conan nod. Rena raised an eyebrow at that, Aunt Yukiko? The girl knew Yukiko Kudo very well then? Interesting. Especially since her employers were considering the possibility of Yukiko being an undercover agent or NOC for the organization, or the dark side as she preferred to call it.

"And if she's anything like the real thing then she'll be completely unphased by anything we tell her. She'll probably refuse to cancel tonight's show or refuse to leave the part to someone else which means we'll be tasked with protecting her." Conan said sighing and sweatdropping a little at the thought of his mother and how she'd likely react to anything like this. In fact he knew exactly how she'd react and he could just thank god that he wasn't the one in danger this time, or well he could be grateful that she didn't know he was her son and that he was in danger. If it happened in the real world again…

"Yeah that sounds like her alright." Ran said sweat dropping as well, remembering the same incident that Conan was. Not that she knew he knew about the incident of course.

"Bet you three thousand yen you're wrong four eyes. No way would someone be that calm about her life being in danger." Moroboshi said making Conan snort.

"You're on." Conan said with a shrug, if the boy wanted to lose his money then that was on him.

"You know her well? The real Yukiko Kudo?" Rena asked curiously as she looked at Conan who smiled brightly up at her.

"Only what Shinichi-nii-chan used to tell me!" Conan said and then knocked on the door without giving her a chance to ask anything else.

"Delivery for Irene Adler!" Conan called through the door.

"Come in!" A womans voice called back to him and making him open the door.

"Excuse us! We have a delivery of flowers from Sherlock Holmes!" Conan said walking over and giving her the flowers.

"Why thank you these are beautiful. Where is Mr. Holmes this evening?" Irene asked smiling as she took the flowers into her arms.

"He's very sorry but he couldn't make it to the show. There was an emergent case he had to take all of a sudden." Ran said giving the woman a sympathetic smile, she knew how it felt considering how often Shinichi had to duck out cause of things like that. Such was the price of loving a mystery otaku and a detective.

"I see." Irene said and she looked briefly upset but it didn't show for long.

"Ma'am I'm sorry but we're going to have to ask you to cancel tonight's show. There is someone going to try and kill you during tonight's performance." Ran said urgently and making Irene look confused.

"Why on earth would someone try to kill me?" Irene asked sounding honestly confused.

"Because he wants to see how your death will hurt Sherlock Holmes, he wants to watch him break because of how much he loves you. He wants to know how much your death will hurt Sherlock." Ran said making Irene smile slightly.

"I'd quite like to know the answer to that myself." Irene said looking unbothered but kind of sad at the same time.

"You really aren't bothered by the fact that someone could kill you?" Ran asked in disbelief while Conan sighed. Yep he called it.

"Well that's why you're here isn't it? To protect me?" Irene asked smiling at them and making Conan near face plant. Yep that's his mom alright.

"Looks like I owe you 3000 yen four eyes. Nothing bothers her." Moroboshi said quietly and sweatdropping as Irene put the flowers aside in a vase as she finished preparing for the show.

"While she prepares we should leave someone here to guard her with some of the kids while one of us takes the rest of the kids to do a quick sweep for any suspicious characters." Rena suggested making Ran nod.

"I'll stay here with her and the three boys while you, Conan-kun, and Ai-chan do a sweep. They'll be able to spot things most kids wouldn't thanks to their time in their club of junior detectives." Ran said smiling at the two children and making Rena flinch slightly, which Ai caught, at the mention of them being junior detectives.

"Good idea. Keep a sharp eye out you two and let me know if you see or think of anything suspicious." Rena said nodding at the kids as she herded the two more mature children out of the door and making them both nod. Conan's mind purely on how Jack the Ripper might try to kill Irene Adler tonight while Ai was thinking about the way Rena reacted at hearing that they were detectives and earlier about the Junior Detective League.

There was something far more to Rena than what met the eye and she swore that for some reason Rena seemed almost familiar. As if she had seen the woman before and not on the news.

As if she knew the woman from somewhere but that was impossible. She hadn't had a social life at all before being shrunk. Before that she had only been…allowed near organization members.

Ai's eyes widened slightly as he stared at Rena's back. Was that it? Was the news reporter part of the organization somehow? A full member or just an 'outlier' member?

But…that was odd. Ai didn't feel any of the 'black wind' that she associated with the Organization around Rena at all.

This needed more investigation.

Good thing she was friends with the Sherlock Holmes of the Era.