The Black Fox (Shinichi X Reader)

Just Stop

Hey there! I hope you guys are enjoying this story. I've gotten a lot of comments based on the main character always getting the living crap beaten out of her, so I figured I would explain. Think of the vast majority of anime/manga out there. There is almost always that character that will give everything to protect those they care for. Natsu from Fairy Tail, Ichigo from Bleach, Deku from My Hero Academia, Luffy from One Piece, etc. They all move without being told to in order to protect people, regardless of the pain, and regardless of whether or not they can win. The main character is based on the real life people who do that. People without superhuman powers who will jump into action in the exact same way.

She lives by the Sherlock Holmes quote in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original work. Moriarty tells Holmes, "If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as much to you." To which Holmes replies, "You have paid me several compliments, Mr. Moriarty. Let me pay you one in return when I say that if I were assured of the former eventuality I would, in the interests of the public, cheerfully accept the latter."

I hope that makes sense. Sorry for taking so long to explain it. Now back to the story!

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"Just hang in there." Conan whispered, concern in his voice.

"T-this is nothing." The girl chuckled weakly. "Though I will admit this body of mine hinders me more than I'd expected." The girl coughed weakly, and a little blood dribbled past her lips.

"The ambulance will be here soon. You've just got to hold on." Conan said, knowing that all the reasons for coughing up blood could be deadly.

"I'm fine. I just messed up my leg again, so I can't stand. It's nothing to worry about." The girl smiled, her left eye nearly swollen shut. Her right eye was a deep dark brown that was familiar somehow, but Conan just dismissed it.

"In here!" Ran shouted as she reentered the small shed.

Three medics ran in behind her, a stretcher positioned between them. They went to the girl, pushing Conan back, and checked her vitals. "Irregular heart palpitations." One of the medics stated, checking her pulse.

"We need to get her to the hospital." The second medic said as he and the first gently lifted the girl off the ground. She grimaced, and stifled a whimper, as they placed her on the stretcher. The first two medics ran out of the room, and the third one went to follow.

"Hold on!" Ran stated, grabbing the third medic's sleeve. "What did they mean by irregular heart palpitations?"

"It means her heart is beating abnormally. Usually it refers to the speed at which it beats." Conan whispered.

"Is she going to be okay?" Ran asked the medic worriedly.

"It could mean that her heart is failing. We need to go, now." The medic said as he pulled away from Ran and ran after his coworkers.

"Heart failure." Ran whispered, frozen by shock.

Conan pulled on Ran's sleeve. "Ran, maybe if we ask Inspector Mcguire he'll have someone drive us to the hospital." Conan stated, worried about the girl who'd just saved his life.

"Yeah, you're right. We should be there." Ran replied as she hurried out the door.

Mcguire sent Conan and Ran with officer Takagi, who he instructed to keep him updated. They got into the car and be-lined it to the hospital. "Why did she run away?" Ran whispered more to herself. "I can't understand why she ran away, but still came to help."

"I'm not sure." Conan replied, completely baffled by the girl's actions.

They pulled up to the hospital, and immediately ran up to the nurse's station. "Hey, a little girl was just brought in here in the ambulance." Detective Takagi stated.