Vault

Disclaimer: This is an in-between fic for The Mysterious School and Renegade. That automatically means that I do not own any characters except Gloria, Erika and Artemis as well as Renegade's alter egos. I did change a few canon details, but you'll figure them out.

If there are other fics involved, see the respective fics for disclaimer rights.


MagicConan14: The vault of Renegade secrets is a deep and mysterious place. It involves many more than just those of Renegade... In fact, there are all sorts of tales hidden in the vault that some aren't even about them! Why not commence with the story of how the Magic League was formed, starting with the tantei we all know so well...

(Psst. You may know how the Magic League was gathered from the namesake story, but since it's been scrapped, it's not this story's canon any more. The basis of this story was from that one though.)

Note: If you don't know who the Magic League are, see The Mysterious School (a fic by me). If you don't know the original story of the Magic League, don't worry. It got deleted.

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~Start of Something New~

-A past life, Class 1-B, Teitan High School -

"Shinichi-kun?" Argh, he just hated it when Kaito called him that name. That prankster, trying to get on his nerves...

"What?"

"How about you take this name: the Silver Wonder! Sounds awesome, doesn't it?"

"No, that does not sound awesome. Have you finished?"

Shinichi had only known Kaito for a semester and a half from being classmates. (After trying out a few of his card tricks and showing he was a pro at them, Kaito had instantly warmed up to him.) On the other hand, when they decided to meet each other after school for the first time, they'd stumbled upon a cave which had given them magic powers! That's what Kaito thought anyway. It was just an illusion he'd seen when he waved his hands around in the cave...

Now, Kaito was in class thinking up names for them when he was meant to be writing up an essay on power and responsibility. Shinichi was finished with his already, and had stuck his head into his home library's copy of The Sign of Four.

Meanwhile, Kaito nodded to respond to the tantei's question, making a crease at the right edge of his mouth at the rejected name. The rest of his face had a silly expression as a result of the name-suggesting – his imagination was definitely working more than it ever had been before. "No, no, I've got another one! How about the Sparkling Baron {Kira Kira Baron}? Like your dad's character, only he controls metal."

In the cave, Shinichi had grabbed on to a silver crystal in front of him for stability. That seemed to give Kaito the idea that he had the power to create and manipulate metal – or the steel type, as it was nicknamed somewhere.

"Oh, fine...whatever pleases you."

A grin spread over his friend's face like wildfire. Then the spiky haired boy stretched his arms out in front of him...

...and the detective got the shock of his life. Literally. Kaito had made a small bolt of electricity and accidentally zapped Shinichi with it!

The yellow crystal had been Kaito's choice when they had been in the cavern, Shinichi suddenly recollected. It had been close to the exit when they clambered out.

No way was being fried by that prankster an illusion. His mind must have been toasted so much that he began to believe that the grotto had given him magic powers after all...


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