[ UNDER REVISION ] [[ PART 1/4 OF "DESPAIRING DESTINIES" FANFIC SERIES ]] They meet again on the first day of school, something that doesn't surprise them that much. They're both simple students of a simple school, with their own assets and liabilities. They don't need to compare each other to know they were made for one another. Ran Mouri enters high school for another new year, a heart soaring high with anticipation, and a little bit of nervousness. For the normal student, there is nothing to be nervous of if they were Ran. She is one of the top students of the school, also famous for her skills in karate. Ran has friends that accompany her almost every day; she lives a charmed life, for all that could be said about her. However, what makes her nervous has never been about herself. She sees Shinichi Kudo, valedictorian of last year, and already her heart would make cartwheels on her head. They've both shared so much together for the past few years. But she still remembers what had happened from long ago, and so she keeps on ignoring him like he ignores her. But if only she could tell him. If only she could tell them of the people who ruined his life, who now comes to try and ruin it again. It's never their differences that made them drift away. No, it never was.