Kaito Kid FanFic: Crisis

[Fenris]

I felt like making a fan fiction since, looking through this area, I saw none. So, I'm hoping you all enjoy it! This may be my first good one. I'll try to make it a... crowd pleaser...? xD

I am planning on keeping it simple for awhile. Who knows how long I'll run this as long as I'm having fun! And yes, I enjoy comments.

Anyways! Enjoy~!

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-:News Headline:-



Kaito Kid Leaves Notice!

Police have disclosed information that Kaito Kid had left notice
of his next big heist. His target this time is the green emerald
garnet; Mela Verde. This miraculous gemstone is said to have
been found in a large mineral mine in Italy. The owners of such
a miraculous gemstone are none only but the Hiro family. The
misses, an Italian dutches, plans to put the garnet on display
this weekend for the Anniversary of her birth. This emerald is
said the be no less than eight karats. This gem is legendary in
its size and for such rarity of its size, is worth and easy sixty
four thousand American U.S. Dollars.

The police have allowed us to take a look at the famous
Phantom Thief's calling card. The message left behind is as quoted.

"At midnight I will take the Mela Verde with slight of hand.

I ask of one favor, a certain rival of mine to meet me here.

I wait for your arrival, Littlest Detective.

Kaito Kid


P.S.

01100100 00110011 00110111 00110011 01100011 00110111
00110001 01110110 00110011 00100000 01101000 00110001
00111001 01101000 00100000 00100100 01100011 01101000
00110000 00110000 01111100 "

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Kuroba Kaito grinned at his work on the front page of the newspaper. His code was amazing! He used a mix of two, and for that matter, used a separate language! Of course, he thought he was being generous, giving the little detective a week to solve it. For the great mind of Kudo Shinichi, this should be no problem.

"Kaito! What are you grinning about!?" A girl cried from behind him in a huff. Kaito looked up at her and blinked with a clueless expression on his face. "Aoko, did you gain a few pounds?"

Aoko's eye twitched as she clenched her teeth together and growled at him. "You!" Grabbing the large broom from the corner of the room, she quickly went to strike him with it.

"Whoop!" Kaito hopped up out of his seat and landed on top of the broom end. "Heh-ee! don't tell me you're upset because I noticed! Aoko's getting fat~!"

"Why you! there's enough stress at home because of that damned Kaito Kid's code! You don't have to make everything worse you ass hole!" Aoko screeched, pulling the broom out from under him.

Kaito hopped off and pranced across the room. "Eh? What's this? kaito Kid got the best of your dad again!?" Aoko chased after him furiously, swinging the broom at him like a psychopath. "I hate you! i hate you, Kaito! you're so mean to me!"

"Hah~ Common, Aoko! You're too soft!" Kaito said with a chuckle as he swiftly dodged each of her swings. the teacher watched the two bickering, the chalk in hand snapping as his eye twitched. H'... how could they fight like this constantly!? "Kaito! Answer this problem!" He yelled, pointing to a very complex math problem on the board that they had just learned a few days ago.

"Two hundred seventy and six sevenths!" Kaito cried as she chuckled, dodging a close call from Aoko by hopping up and clinging to the corner of the ceiling. He pulled her eye lid down and stuck his tongue out at her while making annoying noises at her.

Aoko screamed in anger before jabbing the broom head up at Kaito. He hopped off from the ceiling, laughing hysterically as he hopped up onto the desk to continue taunting her. The teacher growled again, then shouted out, "Aoko! Solve this problem on the board, then!"

"Twenty two and twenty one hundredths!" She cried as she swung for Kaito again. He hopped over the broom, again dodging her. "Common, Aoko! too slow! Nah-nah!" He hopped over behind her and ran across the classroom to continue the game of cat and mouse as the teaching started stomping on his chalk. How could he teach his class a lesson when those two answered the questions perfectly!? Those two... Kuroba Kaito and Nakamori Aoko...

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"Ehh? That stupid thief is at it again?" Detective Mouri mused to himself as he held the morning paper out. He sighed, looking over to Ran whom was busily making breakfast. Ran flipped an egg on the frying pan before looking over to her father. "Really? Again? What is he after this time?"

"Some Mela Verde." Mouri said as he yawned. He looked away from the article and started to read other droll news. "Some dutches from Italy is showing it at the new museum in Beika for her birthday."

"Really...?" Ran thought to herself. Suddenly Conan popped into her head. She plated the breakfast quickly, then placed it in front of her father. "dad, can you not let Conan know about that? Every time he hears about Kaito Kid, he gets so interested and usually runs after him. I don't want him to get mixed in with that guy anymore..."

Mouri looked up to Ran, then shrugged, folding up the newspaper. Right then, the genius youth prodigy walking into the kitchen and looked up to Ran. "What guy, Ran-neechan?"

"Uh, oh! Conan-kun! Nothing! It's nothing! I'm making your breakfast now, okay?" She said with a nervous smile. She quickly went back to cooking, hoping that Conan would not start to interrogate her for answers.

The little kid only quirked a brow to Ran. He sighed, thinking it must be something silly. As Ran finished cooking, Conan's eyes were already glued on the front page of the newspaper. Kaito kid's message, he understood most of it. But what was this strange code? Each part of it was six numbers, either zeros or ones. Was this... Binary code?

Ran quickly swiped the newspaper away from Conan's sight and gave him an angry look. "You're not going, Conan-kun. You always get yourself in trouble when you are around that thief."

Conan blinked and stared up at Ran, then grinned. "R-ran-neechan! I was just looking. Why would I chase such a mean guy?" He said nervously whilst scratching the back of his head. In all truth, he wanted to go. Kaito Kid called him, the Littlest Detective. He wanted a showdown with him again, and Conan wanted to be the one to catch that thief once and for all. "A-anyways, Ran-neechan. I promised Haibara that I would meet up with her before school!" He said before grabbing his back pack and racing out the door with his solar powered skateboard.

Ran watched him go uneasily before looking back at the newspaper. "Littlest Detective..." She mumbled under her breath. Though it was unheard over the constant mean comments about Conan by her father.

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Conan sat in his Japanese class, paying no attention to the teacher up front or his surrounding. all of his thought was left on the binary code before him. It was strange, the way it was set up. Some of these codes were strange. He could only successfully decipher a few of them. Tapping his pencil against his desk, he waited until he could figure out one of the letters before writing it down.

"Binary code?" Haibara asked in a whisper to him before giving off a sly smile. "My, my... two encryptions..." Conan looked up to Haibara and blinked before looking back down at the paper. Two Encryptions?

"I haven't done a lot of binary recently, so I have forgotten quite a bit. I got the numbers and most of the letters down, I'm only missing a few." He explained before pointing out a few unsolved codes. "They are not any of the English Alphabet. Do you know them?"

"These are symbols." Haibara explained, taking her own pen and filling in the blanks. "It should be like that."

Conan blinked and looked down at the code. An English currency symbols, and a long line? It like like a lower case 'L'. "Are you sure this is it? I thought the binary for 'L' was-"

"That is not an 'L'." Haibara explained before sighing. "There is a symbol that is also a single line, but it is slightly longer than the lowercase 'L'."

Conan looked to Haibara, a bit amazed at something he noticed. "You are being awfully helpful today, Haibara." He said. Haibara perked up and looked at him surprised, then gave him a scowl. "What am I supposed to do? Listen to you tap your pencil all class trying to figure out some silly code?"

"What silly code?" The teacher said, having snuck up behind Conan during their conversation. She crossed her arms, giving them both an upset look. Conan chuckled nervously and waved his hands at the teacher. "I-... I saw the newspaper this morning and Kaito Kid's code interested me. I thought I'd try and solve it, but it is much to hard, teacher!"

"eh? that code he placed in his P.S. you mean?" the teacher asked before snapping out of the delusion. "Anyways, this is not the time to be doing such things, Edogawa. Answer the question on the board please." She stated bluntly before walking back to the front of the classroom.

"Uh, oh. Verbs are actions for nouns, such as throw, solve, jump, etc." He answered. The teacher gave the intelligent kid a dumbfounded look, then sighed and returned to teacher, cursing to the fact that she could not teach her class a lesson on why you should pay attention to class instead of doing silly codes.

Conan sighed, then returned to the code, listing all of the letters together. Binary code, thank goodness, had spaces as well. He looked at the strange code before him, wondering what this was. 'd373c71v3 h19h $ch00|'. This was another code? Wait, this looked like... high School? Something High School?

He blinked, finding this code only to be stranger and stranger. Was the first part of the code the same way? Or was he getting the wrong idea from this? He sighed, then started writing down the obvious look alike letters. 'd_ _ _c_Iv_.' He blinked, wondering for a moment before his eyes glinted and he grinned. Quickly he scribed down the answer. 'Detective High School.' Or, 'Tantei High School.' This reminded him of the bomber mystery case. He had helped the police rid of all the bombs in this High School before. All you had to do was switch the position of the Tan and Tei and you had it. Teitan High School; Ran's High School. His old school.

Haibara gave off a soft chuckle, then mocked him, "Oh, you have that look again. you solved it, eh?"

"Yeah..." Conan said with a smile. Now that he had the meeting place, he only had to get there before midnight on the night of the heist. Perfect...

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[Fenris]

A black gloved hand flipped open a silver zippo lighter. The flame ignited automatically as it was brought up the the cigarette held tight between a tall man's lips. He took in a puff of the mix of thousands of deadly chemicals as he pocketed the zippo, then let out the smoke freely around the stick in his mouth.

"Aniki!" A larger, darker skinned man called. He was looking at the newspaper's front page in interest. "Seems Kuroba Toichi is at it again." He said, showing the tall, blond haired man the front page. "He is after the Mela Verde..."

Gin looked down at the article, his eyes narrowing. A group had been sent out to get the Mela Verde on that night. With all the commotion with Kaito Kid now, the task would be impossible. He scowled, looking up at the sky. Eight years ago... eight years ago, they had killed Toichi, yet he was still up and thriving. The bastard lived!

Gin looked back to the paper, looking to the code. He took a moment to decode it, then grinned. "I will meet you there, Toichi..." he said with a sadistic grin. I will meet you there, and kill you.

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That weekend:

Kaito yawned as he leaned against one of the pillars of the subway. He decided to be sneaky and change into Kaito at the school instead of flying there. He knew the cops would search for him flying around. He was getting there a few hours early so he had time to plan, and no one would be around to think anything strange of a school kid sneaking onto school grounds.

As the train came along, he hurried onto it and took a seat by one of the doors. He was always like this ever since he 'became' Kaito Kid. Or, moreover, ever since he took the torch from his father whom was the Kaito Kid before him. He was the one whom started this thievery business, and kept the long legacy up for a long time too; until he was murdered that is. That was Kaito's reason for thievery; his reason for becoming the amazing Phantom Thief in his father's place. To find those men whom murdered him.

he sighed and relaxed, crossing his arms behind his head as he looked around. No sign of the kid. Not many people were on the train in the first place; a few couples, some old folks, and two men near the back in black. the only two that seemed out of place were those men. The taller one looked over at Kaito and glared with those eyes of a killer. He jumped and quickly looked away, paling a bit. Aiiie~ That guy is scary!

After about a half hour, the train was near empty. It was just him, those two men, and a couple left. His stop was next. As the train came to a stop once more, he watched as the men in black left the train. He shrugged it off and got up, slipping out the door. He went straight up the stairs to the surface as quick as he could before heading towards a nearby park to wait at for awhile before he would head to Teitan High School.

He looked around as he found a bench to relax on. He could see those two men in black heading a different way. He sighed, relaxing a bit as they disappeared down an alleyway. he felt relieved in a sense seeing them disappear into the darkness; but yet, the look he had received earlier gave him a different feeling. Something bad was going to happen. He could feel it.

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"We should be there in a few minutes, Shinichi." Professor Agasa said as they neared Teitan High School. Conan perked up, then covered his mouth as he yawned. "Thank you for the ride, Professor."

The old man nodded and smiled to the boy, then looking back to the street seriously. "are you sure this is okay, Shinichi? He called you out here. It could be dangerous." Conan nodded, returning the serious expression. "Yeah... honestly, I have been having a bad feel all day, as if something bad was going to happen."

"Then why don't you just stay home?" Agasa asked worriedly. Conan had these feelings every once in awhile, and by now the Professor had learned that they were always right. "If you know it is going to be dangerous..."

"I could." Conan said in a childish tone as he laced his fingers behind his head. "But that would not be fun at all." Agasa sighed as he pulled up in front of the school. "Be careful, Shinichi. If things get bad, call me and I'll pick you up. Alright?"

"Yeah!" Conan smiled to the Professor, then hopped out of the car and ran inside. It was not a surprise that the front door was unlocked. After all, he was invited here by the phantom thief himself.

As he walked through the door, a weird air came over him. His heart started beating faster as a shiver went up his spine. A horrible premonition; something was going to happen. He knew it. He built up his nerves and started heading down the familiar halls. To get to the ceiling, one had to get to the Janitor's office. From there, there was a staircase that lead straight up.

After a few minutes, he found it. The door was wide open already. His eyes narrowed as he hesitantly walked in. he quickly examined the area before heading up the stairs to the ceiling. His hands started to shake as a drip of cold sweat ran down his face. What was this feeling? Something was not right at all. his shaky hand went for the door handle hesitantly, wondering if he was really ready for what lay on the other side.

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[Fenris]

Hee! Danke for the comments! I'm glad this is all going so well! I'm not too happy about my second post due to the fact that I was reeeeally tired when I wrote it, and the fact that the laptop's shift key hated me so I missed a few capitol letters, but, hey. This isn't set in stone!

Well, let's get this up and running again! Next part! This will be exciting!~ =D

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Kaito stood on the edge of the roof, hands deep in his pockets. That kid was late, and he couldn't shake off this strange feeling. Maybe the kid fell off a cliff and died? Or got run over? Nah, Shinichi wouldn't be so clumsy. Though, it would make his job easier, the kid was fun to compete against. That police force was full of a lot of thick headed men.

He yawned and stretched, going on his tippy toes for a moment. There was a 'click' behind him as a gun was cocked. Kaito's eyes went wide for a moment as he slowly settled back down, feeling the presence of the gun pointing at his back. "Kuroba Toichi; your survival is worthy of mystery novels." Came a deep man's voice from behind him.

Kaito lowered his head as his eyes went wide. Toichi... his father's name. He had found them again, the people whom killed his father. But, were they not in jail by now? *After his stunt with that large sapphire nearly two years ago, the police had surrounded the hideout of that organization. Then who was this man? Had he escaped and come to take revenge?

He kept his head down and brought his hand up to lower his hat just enough to shadow his face while allowing him to see. He slowly turned to see the tall man in black with the long yellow hair he had seen earlier. Him; with those eyes of death. The man was grinning as if the simple motion of raising a gun and cocking it excited him; as if the impending doom on someone's life was the only thing he lived for. He swallowed hard as the eyes of that killer looked straight through his soul. "And you are?" He asked.

"What, you don't remember my face, Toichi? I would not be surprised, it has been awhile. The last bit of us you have seen was Tequilla's team the last time you decided to interfere with our business." Gin explained as he walked closer, his gun not even wavering. His hand was impossibly steady, aimed for Kaito's chest. "Thankfully, the fool escaped before the police got to him."

Kaito glared down at Gin, his free hand tightening into a fist as his other stayed at the brim of his top hat to help cover his face. He could feel anger rushing through him, coursing his veins, boiling his blood. "Let me guess, you were after the Mela Verde as well?"

Gin lost his grin, staring at Kaito coldly. This was not the same. He had met Toichi once before. Either his memory was continuing to fail him, or this man was acting and sounding more like a High Schooler. "Yes. And your publicity stunt has made it difficult for us now. I was planning to kill you right here and get out out of our hair, but the orders from above disapprove. They want to make you a deal, then, if you refuse..."

"You want me to give you the Mela Verde?" Kaito asked quickly, his eyes narrowing as he gave Gin a malicious look. He knew there plan now. They wanted the gem within the gem; Pandora. They wanted the tears that would drip from it during the Volley comet. They wanted the liquid that would bring eternal life to the one whom happened to drink those tears.

"And this time, I do not want some cheap fake." Gin said coldly. Soon, he could hear Vodka's voice from right outside the door, talking to someone. "Ah, it seems your little detective friend appeared at last." Gin said with a sly look. "This is whom you were waiting for; yes?"

Kaito couldn't answer. Everything was bad. Everything was going wrong. He couldn't give them the Mela Verde if Pandora was inside. He vowed to destroy such a stone after escaping from Tequilla and his boss those years ago. This was bad; all was going horribly wrong.

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Conan could hear a familiar voice from the other side of the door. A dred fell over him as his shaky hand hovered over the door handle. This was what the bad feeling was warning him about. "Gin..." He whispered to himself. Soon, he heard a gun cocked as cold metal was pressed against the back of his neck. A shiver ran down his spine as he held his breath in fear.

"Hey, hey! When it said 'Little Detective' in the newspaper, I was expecting one of those annoying High School geniuses. Not some Elementary school brat." came a heavy voice from behind. Conan swallowed hard, then slowly turned him head to look. Just as he had feared; Vodka. He glared at him as his body started shaking, his nerves working up. Listening to Gin's voice on the other side, he could hear him talking still. Maybe he had not noticed that Vodka had found him yet?

"Gin said he was interested in who Kaito Kid was supposed to meet tonight, but I was not expecting it to be some kid." Vodka said with a sigh. It was no fun killing kids. They didn't put up much of a fight. All you had to do was shoot and even with a shot in the arm, they could die easily from blood loss. They were wimps compared to adults. "Ah well, you're just a chump. I'll just shoot you now..." Vodka said with a grin. He would just have to tell Gin that the little kid tried to run. He cocked his gun and back up a few steps as to avoid most of the blood splatter.

Conan built up his courage for a moment as he readied his hand on the button of his watch. He looked back, carefully watching the trigger finger on the gun. Right as it twitched to pull the trigger, Conan swayed to the side. The bullet nicked his arm as he let out a cry of pain. With a moments hesitation, her brought the watch up and fired the tranquillizer at Vodka's neck. It struck!

He watched as Vodka's eyes dropped a bit. He felt a sense of accomplishment at the reaction until Vodka grinned and raised his gun again. "That's a nice toy you've got there. Who are you, kid?" A hand swung out and grabbed Conan by his hair, slamming him against a wall with ease.

Conan struggled against the grip. As he was slammed against the concrete wall, everything went bright for a moment as his body paralyzed before he regained himself. In an anger, he brought his right foot up and turned the dial. Instead of using the soccer ball from his belt, he sent his kick straight at Vodka's head. The kick landed hard on the large man's cheek, knocking him senseless as he fell hard to the ground, the gun firing upon impact. Conan fell with him, his grip not loosening one bit.

After Conan skillfully escaped the man's grip, he snagged the gun from his grip and found a few extra bullets to refill later if need be. He then searched the rest of the large man's pockets for any sign of the Apotoxin; no luck. It seemed that only the higher ups carried such a dangerous tool as a safety precaution.

With a sigh, Conan hid the gun in the back of his pants, making sure his coat covered over the rest of it. If he was to go up against Gin this time, he would need something to either buy time with, or even take down that Assassin; if it was possible. He sighed heavily, gaining himself once more. He took out Shinichi's phone quickly and started dialing, that is, before gunshots rung out. He jumped, quickly running up the stairs and throwing the door open.

There, before the boy, stood a golden haired assassin, gun arm raised, and a small, nearly transparent smoke floating around the air above him.

"Welcome to the party, little detective."

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There; before Edogawa Conan stood, like a mighty, proud statue, Gin. His worst nightmare. The one man he feared the most; hated with a burning passion. The man whom finds peoples lives to be like some game.

"Welcome to the party."

Gin had said. This was another game for him; another assassination. He watched as Gin's gun slowly lowered to the face Conan, aimed straight for the heart.

"You are... that Mouri's brat..." Gin said, more to himself than to Conan. He sighed, picking a cigarette from his pocket and lighting it with his zippo. Taking a puff of the smoke, he let the poisonous gas back out as if this was completely natural for him.

Conan did not respond to him. He built up a bit of courage before putting on a fake child act. "Woooow~! That's a really cool gun, mister! It looked like the one that guy ran off with. Can I see? I wanna see!" He ran towards Gin, but did not get very far.

Gin glared at the bad actor. He pointed the barrel of his gun at the kids forehead and cocked it. "Who are you?" He asked coldy, eyes narrowing in anger. He did not have time to deal with a brat. He wanted this so called 'littlest detective' that Toichi Kuroba had asked for.

Conan could feel his heart stop as the gun pointed at him. He swallowed hard as he stared up the barrel. Gin bit down hard on his cigarette then asked again, "Who are you?"

Kaito took this moment of freedom to think clearly. he almost wanted to just run as leave the kid alone, but he knew that was the wrong decision. He could shoot his own gun, but it was not a fatal weapon; it shot cards and they only stunned hands. This was not the time for that.

Conan narrowed his eyes as he brought a hand to his belt buckle. "Edogawa Conan." He said out loud before quickly turning the air pressure gauge up to its highest level. "A detective." He said right as he pressed the button on his belt. As gin pulled the trigger, Conan dodged to the side. The soccer ball continued to inflate as he snuck the gun out from behind his back. right as the soccer ball touched the ground, he unbuckled the belt and slipped out of it before shifting to the side. A gunshot soon broke the silence, piercing the soccer ball through, forcing it the deflate. Conan had foreseen this as she dashed out from behind the ball and shot out at Gin, aiming straight for the left shoulder.

Gin received the bullet in his shoulder and quickly retaliated by switching hands for his gun and firing twice; at the gun and at Conan's leg. The bullets met their mark, the gun flying off to the side and the little detective falling crippled in pain. He was surprised that the kid had thought of grabbing the gun from Vodka, but for that matter hid it well and knew how to fire it. he chuckled soon, mildly amused. "You're more than meets the eye, Edogawa Conan..." He said, his eyes lighting up. This was... fun. The pain, the excitement of the moment.

A card shot out of nowhere and smacked his hand, numbing in slightly. He payed no mind and pointing his gun at Kaito. He fired once more, shooting straight down the barrel. The gun shattered from the force within Kaito's hand, the parts going everywhere. Kaito flinched, dropping the handle of his gun. He was able to take attention off of Conan for the moment, hopefully it was enough time.

Gin cursed under his breath that he was ordered not to kill Toichi. He approached the kid once more and gripped him by the hair, picking him up off of his feet. He place the gun against the kid's forehead, cocking it, ready to fire point blank. "Now then, Kuroba Toichi. Either steal the Mela Verde for us, or I will fire." He said in a sadistic tone.

Conan barely struggled against Gin's grip as he closed his eyes. While Gin's attention was off, he had called the police and wired the earing cellphone inside his shirt. the ear piece had a piece of gum over it to block any sound from leaving it. Right now, the police were listening in on the conversation. Squad cars were already on their way down from the police station.

Kaito struggled with his answer, gripping his hands into fists. "Fine." He said angrily and he watched his struggling rival. "If the kid stays safe, I will cooperate. But if you hurt him anymore, I will refuse to help you any more."

Gin's face stayed unwavering. If he had this situation his way, he would have had Chianti and Korn sniping and taking these two out. He kept Conan gripped in hand for the time being. "Then you would not mind if I take him along as insurance."

Kaito's eyes fell upon Conan nervously. Conan gave a thumbs up to Kaito from behind his back. Kaito gave Conan a strange look before looking back to Gin. "Where do I meet you then to exchange?" He asked quickly.

"Beika City Hotel. I will leave the front teller with a message addressed to you, Toichi. within with have a clue as to the location. I'm sure you'll be able to find it." Gin said cooly. He looked to the kid in his grip as he heard a forced chuckle.

Within this time interval, Conan had turned the knob on his sneaker. Grabbing the gun in Gin's grip, he moved it from in front of his face and sent a kick with his right foot at Gin's face. It cracked hard against his head. Gin's grip faltered as he dropped Conan onto the rocky rooftop below. As he stumbled, holding the new wound on his head, he used whatever senses he could to keep himself together and aim the gun at the kid again. "Brat!" Gin screamed, aiming his pistol at Conan again. He fired, the bullet zipping past Conan's ear.

Conan scrambled away from Gin, unable to kick with his own weight. He could not fight against him anymore. He was much too injured to accomplish anything but suicide. the sound of sirens slowly grew, filling the silence of the night with their screeching. Conan could only watch as Gin slowly brought the gun up to his head. Gin knew his position, and knew better than to sacrifice the information of the Organization.

"Aniki!" Came Vodka's voice as he ran out onto the roof. He had another pistol in hand, pointing it at the kid. "Let's get out of here! The cops are here!" He said quickly, rushing to his comrades side. He was surprised that he could be in such a situation. That kid... did he do all of this? Or did that damned Toichi...?

Kaito and Conan made no move to struggle or fight. Gin pushed Vodka away at his attempt to him and got to his own feet, finally fighting off the near concussion. "Toichi... you will meet me at the designated area, or I will pick off your wife and son in return for your disobedience."

Gin gave a long, loathing look to the wounded child on the roof. He memorized every part of him before hurrying off the roof and out through the back of the school with Vodka. They had parked their car near here a day in advance in case such a situation would arise. Even if it was a low chance, there was always a possibility.

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Kaito quickly ran over to Conan as those goons departed. "Oi, Kudo! Are you okay, man!? jeez! How'd you kick that hard? Or even muster up the courage to go at those guys?" Conan blinked as he heard his real name. He quickly held a finger to his mouth and waved his hand in Kaito's face. "Shht!"

Kaito blinked, then looked to Conan confused. "What? they're out of earshot by now. You're lucky you got away Shinichi." Kaito continued on mindlessly as his eyes wandered to the wound on Conan's leg. "We should get that dressed an... eh? What are you doing? Oi! Don't strip!" Kaito said, backing away and waving his hands in front of him as Conan started ripping his shirt open. Something caught Kaito's eyes; a thin blue wire, then an earing looking thing with gum on it and a matching earing type thing with numbers on it and a few holes. Wait... "You bugged yourself!? When?" Kaito asked, panicking as Conan quickly removed to gum from the ear piece and brought it to his ear. On the other end he could hear inspector Meguire shouting. He panicked, covering the mouth piece as he listened.

"You idiot, he heard everything after your fake gun escapade!" Conan shouted at Kaito before hanging up on the inspector. "Damned it all! He was shouting for Shinichi! Now ran will panic, and everyone will wonder why Shinichi is no where to be found, only me in his place!"

"Hey, hey! You're the one the decided to record! Plus, the place!" Kaito yelled before crossing his arms. "At least you won't have police vehicles in front of your house tomorrow!"

"Eh? That was your real name?" Conan asked, blinked a few times. "Kuroba Toichi... eh?" Conan asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Er... no! that's not my name!" Kaito argued, looking away from Conan. "Honestly, do I look old enough to have a child and wife?"

"You could have a mask on." Conan said bluntly with a grumpy expression. "Oh, and shouldn't you be off getting the Mela Verde? It's almost midnight."

Kaito blinked, then looked to his watch. "Shi~t!" Kaito chorused before getting up and looking to the roof door. Police flooded the area quickly. He ran to the edge of the roof and hopped off, opening up his paraglider. "Seeyah, little detective! Have fun in questioning!"

"Pssh... I only let you go because those men in black threatened you your family." Conan mumbled before falling back against the rocks of the roof. The jagged and bumpy surface felt amazingly comfortable during his time of pain. He only cursed that he did not grab the Apotoxin when he had the time. "Damn..." he mumbled under his breath as everything began to go dark. He could feel consciousness slowly being pulled down like a weight as men gathered around him to get him on a stretcher.

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Notes from the author:

I was not specifically proud of this piece and it had more Conan than Kaito. But sadly, since Kaito wouldn't hurt a fly, and Conan would if he had to, there was not much choice in the matter. xD

I hope you all liked the ending of THIS piece of suspense. More Kaito action in the next part, I promise!

Also, don't miss out on Conan's questioning! =D!!

[Fenris]

Kaito flew over the sea of people and cop vehicles. He swooped down suddenly towards the crowd and hovered over them before using one of his smoke bombs. He switched places with a dummy suddenly whilst taking the place as a part of the audience. The propeller behind the dummy on the glider brought it back up into the air as it started on a planned course to circle the building. as the audience watched in amazement, smoke bombs connected to the dummy continued to go off every few moments.

He snuck through the crowd as all attention was left on the smoking dummy. While hidden in the audience, he moved closer to the museum. That simple maneuver would keep them all at bay for a bit while he roamed free. When he finally reached the Museum entrance, he slipped off to the side near one of the vans. Knocking a guard out, he took his place . Grabbing the officers I.D. he memorized the information on it before pocketing it and heading off in his new disguise.

He held the Kaito Kid hat and disguise in hand and ran over to the head of the group. "Sir! I found Kaito Kid's disguise near the van! He may have disguised as one of us and hid inside!" Kaito impersonated with a salute. The leader was flabbergasted as he looked at the hat and checked the inside only to pull out what was indeed Kaito Kid's outfit. the officer blinked, then started shouting orders. "Kaito Kid's already inside!" He called to his troops before looking back to Kaito. "bring this up to the inspector, pronto, kid and hurry!"

Kaito stuttered and pointed to himself. "M-m-me?" He backed away a bit, pointing to himself as he looked around. "Yes you! You found it, now hurry!" Kaito nodded about ten or twenty times as he accepted the hat and dashed off inside the building.

A little while later, Kaito finally got on the right floor. He slipped near the room in which he had bugged previously. Pressing a button on a hand held devise. Within the room where the jewel was, a gas should have gone off and knocked out all the men inside. He was expecting to hear a bit of havoc, but none came. He blinked in wonder as he searched and asked around for where the inspector was. No one seemed to know on that level. Kaito scowled, getting angry by this. It was almost midnight, he had to hurry. Heading towards the room where the jewel was held, he clicked a second button of the device which should have been the 'off' button. He waited a moment, then held his breath and opened the door to the room with the jewel. There stood the inspector and... Saguru Hakuba!? this was bad. He had no time for this.

"I-I-... inspector Nakamori! One of the office-office... officers... they found this!" He said as he held out the Kaito Kid garb and ran over towards the two. Inspector Nakamori was ecstatic as he started to run towards the skittish office. Hakuba held his arm out to stop him. "It is nice of you to be joining us finally, Kaito Kid." Hakuba said out loud with a smirk.

Kaito blinked and waved his free hand about. "What-what-what!? Me!? Why me?"

"Whom else could it be? Every officer has had a bug placed on them. You came in here without the bug." Hakuba said with a grin. Kaito blinked, then chuckled, waving his hand in the air again. "That's silly! I didn't hear about any bug! You're making things up to scare me!" He said with a chuckled.

Hakuba held up a small radar screen. There were plenty of blinking green dots, but in the room they were in, there were only two. Kaito was surprised by this. He stared at this screen for a moment, then sighed and shook his head. "I have no time for this tonight." He said to Hakuba. The inspector was absolutely perplexed by the complete change of personalities. He was stunned by Kaito's amazing acting skills once again.

Kaito grabbed the suit inside the hat and flung his arm out. As the cape whipped past his figure, he skillfully switched outfits, the mask and officer's uniform stripping off to the floor. "I have no time to deal with either of you."

He took out three smoke bombs and held them between his fingers. In his other hand, he held a gas mask. Hakuba quickly retrieved his own gas mask and fit it over his face as the gas bombs exploded, filling the room with sleeping gas. The Inspector screamed out to the officers outside to down that if was Kaito, but, soon fell limp from the gas.

Hakuba paid no mind to the fallen Inspector she he slipped a gun from his side and spun it on his finger. Kaito watched Hakuba, but mainly the gun. without his card gun, he could not try to fight back. But... why did he have a gun this time? Was he actually thinking of killing him?

"This gun is filled with tranquillizers." Hakuba explained with a chuckle. "I'm afraid I am not sadistic enough to actually shoot a bullet at someone, dear thief. Though, might I say, your surprise is priceless!" Hakuba stopped spinning his gun, gripping the gun firm in his right hand as she aimed and cocked the gun. "Are you ready, Kaito Kid?"

Kaito watched Hakuba with a bored, simple expression, not finding his usual spark of interest that he would usually have in situations such as these. Hakuba noticed this change as he narrowed his eyes. "If you do not mind me asking; what is the rush?"

Kaito chuckled, then looked Hakuba in the eyes. "Someone who is precious to me... her life is at stake unless I deposit this pretty beauty."

"You expect me to believe that?" Hakuba said with a chuckle from under the mask. He fired one of the tranquillizers at Kaito. Kaito swiftly dogged by hopping up and landing behind Hakuba on top of the glass that held the Emerald garnet. Alarms went crazy as bars fell down over the windows and doors. The two of them were trapped together now. Stuck in a room, a detective, thief, and a priceless gem.

Hakuba swung around, firing the tranquillizer again at Kid. Kaito caught the tranquillizer in his hand and chucked it back at Hakuba. The tranquillizer stuck right into Hakuba's chest. He flinched, but took no effect as he immediately shot two more tranquillizers at Kaito. "I won't let you out of here with the Emerald!"

Kaito caught one of the tranquillizers, though, as he went to grab the other, he felt a small prick in his finger. He flinched, but quickly gripped the tranquillizer to hide the fact that he had been stuck. Leaping up into the air, he chucked the tranquillizers back at Hakuba, before striking him in the chest uselessly again. As he landed on top of the glass, he slammed his fist down and shattered it. He gripped the gem inside and quickly dashed off towards one of the barred windows.

"There is no way out, Kaito Kid! This room is sealed! We're stuck in here until I give the signal!" Hakuba chuckled, aiming the tranquillizer gun at Kaito once more.

Kaito paused, then brought one of the police transmitters he snatched from the petty officer earlier and brought it to his mouth. "I've done it! Kid is out cold! shut down the security devices and come collect your thief!" Kaito proudly exclaimed into the microphone while impersonating Hakuba's voice.

Hakuba quickly picked up his own transmitter and called the orders off. It was too late though. By the time he had reacted, the bars on the window were already half way up. Kaito dashed and leapt through the windows, the glass shattering to down below. He activated his paraglider and quickly skewed off to the side. He wasted no time as he headed straight for Beika City Hotel.

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I know, a lot to swallow at once, neh? xD

I was in a rush at the end because my sister was pestering me to go to bed. I guess I should be more careful with my bed time, neh?

^o^;;

Until tomorrow!

[Fenris]

Kid saw the hotel in reach as he descended a bit towards the roof. The cops were still chasing him and surrounded the hotel by now. Kaito's eyes were already drooping, even by such a tiny prick on his finger, after a short time, it was affecting him. If that dart had hit a larger blood source, and if he was not flying through the bitter cold, he would have been out like a light in no time.

His head drooped as the sleeping dart started to take its toll on him. His grip on the paraglider failed as he started descending at a quick pace. The flight pattern was screwed up even. As he reached the Beika City Hotel roof, his dangling leg smashed right into a pipe as he snapped back to reality just in time to click the release on the paraglider and tumble to the rocky roof.

"Shi~t!" Kaito sat up, and looked at his leg, seeing blood all over it. This was not good. Now he had a wound! At a time like this! And to make it worse, it was on his leg! His poor leg!!

He could hear shouts of the police coming this way as she groaned and got to his feet. He quickly switched out from his Kaito uniform and hid it away before changing into his school uniform, the Teitan High School uniform. Remembering a previous, he smirked and fixed his hair to look like a certain detective's. He readied his voice, then limped towards the roof stairs.

The police rushed up onto the roof just as Kaito reached the door, sending him back on the ground once more. "Shit! What the hell is wrong with you guys?" He said in the oh so familiar voice and tone of the one and only Shinichi Kudo. "Kaito Kid already ran off down the ventilation!"

There were murmurs around some of the policemen as to why Kudo was here, and how it was great to see him again. Soon enough, Inspector Nakamori dashed up the stairs and tripped over one of the petty officers. He grumbled, then pointed at Shinichi acquisitively. "Pinch his cheek! Check if he's Kaito Kid in disguise!"

'Shinichi' blinked with a confused expression until one of the men ran up to him and pulled at his cheek hard. The dull pain was not very amusing no him. As the petty officer agreed that he was truly not wearing a mask, the Inspector sighed and crossed his arms. "And just what is a kid like you doing here?

"I was chasing Kaito Kid of course. I heard a report from Inspector Meguire that he was heading here after the heist to give the Mela Verde to some guys, so I decided the investigate. Lo and Behold, he headed down the ventilation back there. I hit my leg while chasing after him, so I did not dare follow into the ducts." 'Shinichi' explained to the Inspector before crossing his arms. "If he disguises as one of the guests here, it will be impossible to find him. And we cannot just keeping surrounding this building all night. You could have the petty officers ask the people staying here if they saw anyone suspicious."

"Uh..." The inspector started before the petty officers agreed and ran off to do just that. The Inspector turned to his departing men and started shouting at them to stop and listen to him. 'Kudo' slipped by the inspector and headed after them. "I'll go ask the front teller if she saw anyone suspicious leave!"

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As he finally reached a bathroom of some sort, he bandaged his leg with the only thing accessible; toilet paper; a lot of it. After doing that and cleaning off his pant leg from the blood, he messed his hair up once more and once again, became Kuroba Kaito. The tranquillizers effect was still at him, but the pain in his leg dulled the effects quite a bit. It was already starting to wear off too, which was good. That stuff was not that strong... Good. It would be dangerous to wander around like Shinichi. If he found out I did that, he would be pi~ssed. He chuckled to himself and shrugged as he left the bathroom. After all, I owe him for saving my neck; and for spilling him name on accident... but that was his fault! He didn't tell me sooner that he bugged himself! The way he works is so ugly...

With a sigh, he headed down to the front teller of the hotel. He could already feel it, the eyes peering out at him from the crowd. The Black Organization must have known he was here by now due to the police force rushing about in search for him. They must have been waiting for head or tail of his father. But, of course, his father was dead, nothing can change that. Instead, there was his son, the new... revised Kaito Kid!

He asked for a package for a Toichi Kuroba from the front teller. She nodded and quickly shuffled through a few papers to receive a letter. "To a Mr. Kuroba Toichi! Are you him?"

"Yes, I am!" Kaito said with a big grin. He accepted the letter from the teller and headed down one of the police filled hallways while opening the letter.

'To a Mr. Toichi Kuroba.

You can find us in the nearest room to the hare

On the flooded floor.

Hurry,your time is running short.'

Kaito blinked, then gave a dumbstruck expression. For such scary guys, their riddles sucked. The hare as in from the Chinese Zodic chart. The years were, if he recalled, 2011, 1999, and 1987. So, one of the rooms that ended with either 11, 99, or 87. By the 'nearest room to the hare' it was easy to say that it was not those numbers at all, but the numbers of the Tiger and Dragon. Six possibilities. The 'flooded floor' meant the floor with water on the floor; literally. As in, a pool. The only floor with a pool on it in this hotel was... the second. Easy!

He quickly ran up the stairs confidently, that is until a familiar face appeared before him. "H-Hakuba!?" There, indeed, was the British detective, standing tall and handsome. "Ah, Kaito Kuroba! What are you doing here?" He asked, grinning to himself. He knew it, there was no reason for Kaito to be in this hotel this late at night. He had already had his suspicions on him, but now they seemed to be confirmed by his presence here today. "Did you not here? Kaito Kid is hiding here."

"K-Kaito Kid? Really!? That's cool. Anyways, gotta go! My girlfriend is waiting!" He said with a big grin before running up the stairs. Hakuba of course, caught the suspect off from his path. "Girlfriend? You mean Aoko?"

"Gah! Gag with with a spoon, that ugly broad? Never!" Kaito said jokingly before crossing his arms. "I'm here with..."

"With...?"

"Er..." Kaito panicked, looking around quickly. He was trapped. If he ran away now, they'd know Kaito Kid was him for sure.

"Oh, Kaito~!" A cute, lovable voice called from upstairs. Down pranced a blond haired, blue eyed school girl in the Teitan school colors. "Kaito~? What's taking you so loooong~?"

Kaito was absolutely flabbergasted at the sight of the girl calling out for him. He snapped out of it, finding his chance to escape. "Gotta go, seeyah, Hakuba!" He called out before dashing past him and up the the woman. She squeeled and took his hands into hers. "Kaito~! You're as cute as ever playing with your detective friend!"

"Ah-heheh... yeah!" He stuttered before running up with her. Right when he was sure they were out of site of Hakuba, he let go of her and crossed his arms, giving her a dirty look. "And just whom are you really under that pretty mask?"

"M-mask?" She said in such a whiny, ashamed tone. "How could you say that in public, Kaito~? I thought you loved me!"

"Love you my ass!" He hissed before pocketing his hands and searching for the room numbers. "I suppose you're one of those men, then?"

"Ah, yes! How'd you know? Are you a super hero, Kaito?"

"No, I'm just a magician..." He said with a sigh before giving her a nasty look. "Well then, lead the way, little missy. I don't want someone like you tailing behind me."

"Eeh? You're throwing me away already? I thought you'd like this. The gitty blond haired, blue eyes babe with big breasts and curves only a girl could wish for!"

"Ah... ehh!?" Kaito exclaimed, staring at her. She was really a strange woman. Saying that out loud in such a blunt manner. "Wh-whatever! Just go!"

"Oooo~kay!" She said with a big grin before running ahead to room number 210. The year of the tiger; 2010. Kaito scratched behind his head a waited for her to enter before he carefully walked in. He made sure no one was hiding in any dark corners before entering the room. Instead of the two from earlier, it was just that school girl. "Alright then! Gin told me to take care of this since his headache was pretty bad, so, let's get down to business!" She said before jumping up to Kaito, wrapping her arms around him, and pulling him close to her. He squirmed at the sudden source of affection and blushed bright red. "Oi, oi! I don't even know who you are! Get off me you crazy chick!"

Kaito quickly slipped out of her grip and backed away. "I'm just here the secure my family's safety as you promised." He grabbed the Mela Verde from his coat pocket and held it out in his hand. "But, before I give it to you, I wish to ask... who are you? And why are you wearing a mask?"

The woman blinked stupidly, then changed her whole figure. She stood up tall and smiled sweetly. "I'm impressed you could see through me, just like your father. But, it is sad that you could not recognize me sooner." She reached up and torn the mask of, dropping it to the ground. Her long blond hair went free from under the wig of a shorter, platinum blond.

Kaito stared at the face before her, absolutely perplexed. "Y-you're... Chris Vineyard...? Wh-why? Why are you with such cruel men...?" He asked, gripping the emerald tight in his hand. "My father taught you the art of disguise, but yet, you abuse it for such evil deeds..."

"Is it not the same for you, Kaito Kuroba? Abusing such a skill to fool the police." Chris said with a nasty smirk. Kaito closed his eyes, then shook his head. "No, I use it so that I can continue to do what I do; to lure you out into the open." He said solemnly. If only this situation was not so serious, he would use the radio transmitter and have the police rush into here, disguise as one of them, and have Chris Vineyard suspected of being the Kaito Kid. He sighed, then tossed the Emerald at her. "It you look at it in the moonlight, you won't see anything. This is just another gemstone, Chris. Pandora is within another gemst-"

He was cut off by a crack to his head as Bourbon stood over him with a bat in hand. "What an annoying brat..." He said before yawning and throwing the bat to the side. Hurry up and poison him so we can leave. I had one of the cleaning maids touch this bat earlier to show me her swing, so her fingerprints are all over it already."

Chris sighed heavily and knelt beside Kaito. "My, my... to think this kid had such motivation as to risk jail just to find us..." She mused before popping the pill in his mouth and pouring the water in. Too bad he'll be dead soon. I kinda liked him."

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[Fenris]

( End Kaito Part. Starting Kudo Fanfic! Basically I'll just go back and forth between the two and have it be one big fanfic really. You just... have to follow it by date I guess? xD Ah well. To make the next Fanfic! 'In the End!'

Incidentally, I have been writing this one on paper for a little bit now, so it should start out pretty good. x3 )

[Fenris]

Hah-hah! Back and forth, teeter tottering! Wheeee~!!

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His head throbbed in pain as he groaned softly and brought a hand over his forehead. There was a bright light to him, even though his eye lids were closed. Opening his eyes in barely a squint, he looked up to see a concrete wall above him. Wait... concrete!? Cement!?

Kaito sat up quickly, a little too quickly after having received a concussion. He groaned, holding his head as he fell off the simple jail cot he had been placed on. As his head settled correctly, his eyes readjusted from their out of focus state. He sighed, then slowly looked around. Though, no matter how little he moved, he felt dizzy; everything was still spinning. He noticed one important fact in the simple jail cell; the door was left open!

He... he wasn't caught!? His heart ached with hope as he slowly got to his feet and stumbled outside. He neared hissed at the sunlight as it shined through a nearby window. It was already morning. In this state, he horribly dreaded it.

"Ah, so you're up!" Came a rough voice from down the hall. Kaito perked up as he looked down the hall to see Inspector Nakamori. "I-Inspector...? What happened? Why am I here?" Kaito asked with a very grim expression.

"That's what we want to know." Came another voice from behind the Inspector. Hakuba walked out into view and covered his hand as he yawned. "I followed you to that room, 2010 after a few minute and an was surprised to see the blond school girl whom picked you up earlier with another man; much older at that."

"E-Eh...?" Kaito said, blinking. Something struck him. He placed his hand over his mouth and thought. Wasn't he drugged last night?

'Too bad he'll be dead soon, I kinda liked him.'

Chris Vineyard's words echoed through the back of his mind as he stared down at the ground mindlessly. Why was that supposed to kill him? There was nothing wrong with him. Not only that, but why was Sharon Vineyard's daughter there? Sharon..." He sighed and closed his eyes, placing his hand over his forehead as he sstumbled and fell against the jail cell bars.

"Er, hey, Kaito! Are you alright!?" The Inspector called as he ran over. "Q-Quieter..." Kaito mumbled, moving his hands over his temples. "You're really like, Inspector..."

"Don't give me tha-!" The Inspector started before Hakuba cut in. "He has a concussion, Inspector. Let him rest a bit longer before we question him."

The inspector looked to Hakuba, then sighed and pocketed his hands. "I'll be in my office. I still have piles of paperwork to do because of that damned Kid." He stated he headed off. Hakuba calmly waited for the Inspector to leave ear shock before crossing his arms and giving Kaito a sly smile. "My, my... It seems you can fooled the Inspector; but I am not so easily swayed; Kaito Kid. You had better start getting used to this gray scenery. It will be your home soon enough."

"F-For... that last time! I'm not Kid!" Kaito yelled at Hakuba before cringing and holding his head in pain. Dammit; that person behind me hit so hard!

"Of course you'd say that. Every person refuses their guilt." Hakuba stated in a snooty voice before nudging his nose with his knuckle to relieve a sudden itch. Kaito glared at Hakuba, then sighed. "And innocent persons plead for their freedom when men like you frame them. Now please, I was just hit in the back of the head and supposedly drugged by my dad's old apprentice's daughter. Can you save these silly thoughts of yours for when I'm able to make up smart ass remarks to counter you?"

"You seem to be doing that just fine right now.." Hakuba said bluntly before rolling his eyes. "Your father's apprentice's daughter... eh? And whom is that?"

Kaito looked Hakuba in the eyes, then scoffed and lowered his head. "I ain't gonna tell you."

"Eh!? But she attacked you!" Hakuba responded with an awestruck expression. "Unless... you're Kid and you dealed the gem you stole to her."

"D-Dammit that's not it! Quit it, alright!?" Kaito yelled again before flinched and lowering his head again. The pain was getting a little better as time slowly went by, but it still hurt. "I'm not going to tell you, because..." Kaito hesitated, then scoffed. "I don't have to tell you this." He said before holding his hand against his forehead as he turned to head down the hall.

"Hey, wait! We have to ask you questions about what happened to you!" Hakuba called to him as he gave chase.

"Questions, questions, questions... your thirst for knowledge has never changed, Hakuba. But some things are meant to be kept a secret. I can tell you the basic details of what happened, if it will meet your 'fancy' though. That girl dragged me into that room after having asked to meet me alone while at school in that hotel. She said she had something important to tell me about my father's death. She started telling me lies until a man came up to me from behind, hit me, and then she drugged me and a blacked out. I don't know why I'm not dead right now, but I do know that there is someone I have to meet as soon as possible."

Hakuba frowned, listening to the story he was fed. He sighed, then shook his head. "Meet someone?"

"A dear friend of mine in the hospital. I can't let the doctors probe him unless I am there to watch, now can I?" He joked before smiling back to Hakuba. "Seeyah~!"

With those few words, a puff of pinkish purple smoke with star and cloud confetti poofed, hiding Kaito's body. Hakuba flinched, then ran past the smoke, finding no Kaito. He was already gone. "Damned magicians..." He murmured to himself before heading out himself. Dear friend in the hosital he says?