The Black Fox (Shinichi X Reader)

Judo Was Annoying Enough, Now He's a Brat?

Based on Episode 2

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You slowly opened your eyes, your head pounding. "I'm alive." You mumbled to yourself as you tried to blink past the pain. SHINICHI! You crawled out from the bush you had collapsed under, but there was nobody there. "If he's still alive where could he have gone?" You questioned aloud, trying hard to focus. Alright, think. Ran's place? No, he wouldn't want to put Ran in that kind of spot, at least not until he understands what those guys in black were doing. Dr. Agasa's? Possible. His place? Most likely option. He would have gone home to try and figure things out, familiar ground and all. You stumbled out from behind the building and headed out towards the road. You went to step up onto the sidewalk when you tripped and fell. Damn, I know I'm disoriented, but this is stupid, it's like I'm tripping over something. You looked down at yourself and felt your stomach drop. "You've got to be kidding me." You hissed as you got to your feet and ran to the window. Sure enough, you were a pint-sized runt.

"As if this day could get any worse." You moaned as you tried to quicken your pace towards Shinichi's house while avoiding tripping over your pant-legs.

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You stumbled to a stop outside the gates to Shinichi's house, taking a moment to slow your aching heart. "Damn, it hurts worse than normal." You grumbled as you pushed through the gate and headed towards the front door. You were going to knock when you heard people talking, so you let yourself in. You followed the sound of voices. "Damn it Shinichi! Who leaves a girl alone like that?" You shouted as you rounded the corner to the room the voices had come from. You froze as you quickly noticed that there were more people than you had anticipated. Ran was standing in the middle of the room, while Dr. Agasa and a little kid stood off to the left. Wait, that little brat... no way, Judo?!

"Hey there sweetie, where'd you come from?" Ran asked as she took a step towards you. You instinctively took a step back, and tripped over the hem of your pants. You fell back hard, and yelped when your head bumped the wall. "Hey, it's alright, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm Ran, why don't you come in here so I can see you?" Ran asked in a soothing tone. You pushed yourself to your feet, and slowly entered the dimly lit room. Ran gasped when she saw your bruised and bloody face. "What happened to you?! Never mind that, wait here while I get the first aid kit." Ran instructed as she ran out of the room.

"Who might you be?" Dr. Agasa asked.

"What happened?" You asked kid Kudo.

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't mess with me Kudo. You should be dead." You growled. Before Shinichi could reply, Ran came back in.

"Let me help you take care of those wounds." Ran cooed as she gently picked you up and sat you on the edge of the desk. She tended to your wounds, and started to ask you some questions. "What happened to you?" She asked, keeping a soft tone as she worked.

You looked past her and locked eyes with kid Kudo, you smirked at him, and started hamming it up. "Big brother Shinichi was walking with me when these two big thugs jumped out of nowhere and attacked me! I was so scared, and big brother Shinichi ran away! I ended up getting beaten up really badly, so I came here to give big brother Shinichi a piece of my mind!" You whined, not even needing to make your eyes water (the pain did that for you no problem). You watched in amused silence at the shocked expression on Shinichi's face, and chuckled internally.

"That's horrible! Next time I see that Shinichi I'm going to give him a piece of my mind!" Ran growled.

"I don't want that big sis. I'm not very strong, so big bro doesn't really listen to what I have to say. Instead I'd appreciate it if you could give him a good solid punch from me, since I can't." You stated.

"Sure, can do." Ran stated, making kid Kudo's look of shock intensify. "This is Dr. Agasa, and that is Conan. Now, what's your name?"

"My name is Irene, but I go by Rin." You stated, quickly catching Shinichi's Sherlock Holmes reference.

"Do you have a last name?"

"Yeah, it's Kurotsune." You said, coming up with the name.

"That's not a real last name!" Conan/Shinichi protested.

"Conan, that's rude!" Ran chastised.

"It probably isn't. I grew up on the streets, so I made it up for myself. People always ask for a last name, so I made one up!" You smiled, not lying in the least.

"Well, I think it's a lovely name." Ran stated. "How do you know Shinichi?"

"Well, my big sis introduced me to him. She said that I should get to know him in case anything happened to her. She said he was in the same class as her, and was a smarty-pants detective."

"Oh, well I'm in the same class as Shinichi, so what's your big sister's name?"

"She's (Y/N) Akahoshi. I wanted to talk to big brother Shinichi, because (Y/N)... she left..." You mumbled, priding yourself on your storytelling capabilities.

"What do you mean she left?" Conan growled.

"Well, nobody would tell me anything specific, but she was really sick. Yesterday she went out, and she just never came back." You stated, telling them the story you had given to Granny to tell everyone in case you didn't come back. "They found her, but they told me I couldn't see her because she was going overseas to the place where all her family was."

"I can't believe it." Ran whispered.

"Big sis always gave me food, and clothes, and she was always super nice to me. Since she always told me that big brother Shinichi was nice, I figured he might help me from now on, but..." You trailed off, trying to keep anyone from being suspicious.

"That's a lie!" Conan shouted, his eyes angry.

"Conan, that's enough out of you!" Ran again chastised. Ran finished taking care of your wounds, and thought for a few seconds. "I have an idea! Why don't you come stay with me? Dr. Agasa just asked me to take care of Conan, and if you don't have anywhere else to go..."

"No."

"Why not?"

"You'll try to give me over to the monkey suit people!" You stated, trying to think of what a seven-year-old would call Child Services.

"I promise I won't! I just can't bear the idea of you staying out in the street all alone. I won't send you away, I'll take care of you just like (Y/N) did." Ran swore.

"A-are you sure?"

"Absolutely! I might even have some of my old clothes that might fit you." Ran smiled at you kindly.

"Alright!" You grinned.

"It's settled then! I'm going to grab something really quickly, you two wait here I'll be right back!" Ran said as she again ran out of the room.

"Who are you?" Conan hissed as soon as Ran was gone.

"What do you mean?" You asked innocently.