Detective Conan: The Road To Hell

We're Going On a Trip

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From the Little Einsteins Theme song.
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By the time Conan got to Agasa's house, the other members of the Shonen Tantei-dan were already packing their things into the trunk of a massive rental van. Ayumi-chan stood on top of two suitcases as Mitsuhiko and Genta handed her a third. Haibara approached with her brown duffel bag, surprisingly full for a two-day trip. He brushed the thought aside with a mental shrug. Haibara would be Haibara.

Ayumi saw him and waved. "Conan-kun!" In waving, she dropped the case she held onto Genta and Mitsuhiko. Defying the laws of physics, it bounced off their heads and spilled open on the ground.

"My eel!" Genta moaned, leaning down to pick up his now-revealed stash. As Mitsuhiko and Ayumi stooped down to help him, Conan picked one up and read the label. Eel and Rice. He managed to hold back a groan of exasperation.

"Genta, we're bringing our own food, you know," he said, tucking the bento under his arm.

Genta held the boxes he'd picked up defensively to his chest. "Well, I'm bringing my own food, too, and there's nothing you can do to stop me."

"If you bring that along, it will spoil and cause food poisoning when eaten," Haibara said, carefully navigating the fallen luggage to place her bag in the back of the van. "If you don't want to get sent home with food poisoning, I advise you to leave those in hakase's fridge." Though her tone made it clear it wasn't a suggestion. She gave Genta her Look, deadpan but intense and authoritative at the same time, daring him to disobey her. She raised an eyebrow for added effect, and Genta was a goner.

He nodded, unnerved. "Y-yes, Haibara-san." Genta shuddered and muttered, "Kowai." He stood up with his armful of bento boxes. "Come on, guys, let's take these inside."

"Hai!" shouted Mitsuhiko and Ayumi cheerily, and the three of them walked back to the professor's house.

With a shrug, Conan lugged his suitcase to the back of the car. Haibara stood in the shadow of the door, glaring at him with arms crossed. "Why are you here? You told us you were busy this week and couldn't come."

He didn't need to meet her eyes to know the ice was there. "Hattori called last week and invited Ran and me on a camping trip. Since occhan couldn't drive us, hakase's letting us tag along with you guys. Ran's picking up Hattori and Kazuha-chan from the airport. They'll be here soon."

She inhaled sharply. Setting down Genta's bento, he hefted his suitcase onto the pile. "Don't worry. They're both bringing their omamoris, and Ran went to pray at a shrine before she left. So don't worry," he teased, finally turning to look at her. "There won't--"

Haibara barely breathed. Her eyes wide, she stared blankly at the ground in front of her, gripping her arms like a lifeline. "Oi, Haibara." he took her hands, tried to loosen her grip. "Haibara, what wrong?"

In just one second, she seemed to come back to herself. She shook her head, her eyes regaining focus, her breathing returning to normal. "Nothing." (She was lying.) "It was nothing."

"Are you sure?" he caught her eye, met her stare. "If it's something, you have to tell me. We're partners, remember?"

She smiled as though he'd told her a joke (except she never laughed at his jokes, only his pain). "Hakase wanted to show you something about your skateboard. He made a few improvements."

He frowned. "Don't change the subject on me, Haibara."

"We'll be leaving soon," she continued as though he hadn't said a word. "He'll want to see you before we go."