I know I haven't updated my fanfics recently(or at all) but i have a reason! First, I had school to deal with(physics, ugh). Second...I started watching detective Conan, and you know how long that is. Third, I went to a computer camp and for some reason, my computer was the only one at the college that couldn't get on their internet(not kidding either). Finally, after I got back from camp, I joined facebook, and the second after i joined(i am not kidding about this either) I got a computer virus...and everything on my computer was deleted. T.T that includes things that i had edited and the few things I had. Good news, i can get it back- bad, it'll take a little while. In the meantime, this plotbunny fic struck me(about 5 min ago, actually) and it won't leave me alone...sorry!

Disclaimer: I do not nor will probably ever own Death Note or Magic Kaito/Detective Conan. If i did...Magic Kaito would be updated more, and L wouldn't have died. And I wouldn't be writing this.

man, my dad's laptop keyboard sucks..

Prologue

"I'm home," Kaito called out as he walked in the door to his house. He dropped off his school stuff on the floor near the door, took off his shoes, placed them carefully out of the walk way, and headed towards his room. As he passed by the kitchen, his mother poked her head out.

"Kaito, dinner is almost ready, be sure to come down when I call, alright?"She scolded. He stopped walking when he reached the entryway of the kitchen and nodded at her. He wouldn't miss this dinner with her, not since it was the was the first time she was home in months from her traveling, and she was planning to leave again the next day. So it was going to be their last meal together for a few months.

"Not those things." he pleaded, looking at her with puppy eyes. He knew she might make them, after all, she thought that his fear of...those things... was irrational(well, it was a phobia after all), and still tried to get him to eat those dreadful, squirmy, scaly, gilly(which wasn't even a word, but...hey), beady eyed...things. He wouldn't even think the word. His mom tilted her head sideways.

"You mean...fish?" she asked, a mischievous glint in her eyes. Kaito groaned.

"Don't say it! Never say the name of those disgusting things~" he whined, clasping his hands together and giving her puppy eyes again. His mother laughed.

"Alright, alright." she said, as she turned back into the kitchen "no fish.". Kaito nodded, grateful(although irritated slightly that she said that word again), and started to continue walking back to his room.

He was stopped not even a second later.

"Kaito..." his mom started, sounding worried. He turned around to look at her and almost frowned Poker face, poker face. Kaito thought. She looked even more worried then she sounded.

"Yeah?" he said, no hint of his usual teasing in his voice. He was slightly worried. She didn't usually worry about him, even though he was alone and a wanted criminal.

"Be careful, alright?" His slight worry turned to confusion. Wha...?What's that about?She had never had a problem with his profession before. His mother must have noticed the look on his face, because she then elaborated.

"On the news, they just mentioned someone named Kira. He-or she- has been killing off criminals. They didn't know someone had been killing them off at first...but now..." she said trailing off a little. Kaito did frown this time.

"What do you mean? None of the criminals have been murdered lately...unless..." he stated, realization dawning on him. His mother nodded, following his train of thought.

"All those heart attacks- they were caused by Kira. The police don't know how, but...there is no way it could be coincidence. " Kaito nodded, upon hearing this. He had heard rumors at school, and had his own suspicions about the sudden burst of heart attacks criminals had, but had never had them confirmed. And since his mom didn't mention it last night, the information must have just been released today.

"I promise." he said, giving his mom a small grin. She was just worried because she knew he was KID, and therefore a criminal. "but, I think I will do a little bit of research on my own..." She nodded in response, then turned, slightly hesitant as she asked.

"Do you want me to stay?"

Kaito smiled at her in response. Although she constantly left to travel, she was still his mom and it felt good to have her worry about him. To have someone to worry about him. Not that Aoko or Nakamori-keibu didn't, but...

"No," he answered. "I'll be fine, I always have." And it wasn't just his confidence talking. He always managed to escape from danger, also known as Snake, alive, if not unharmed.

"I know you have but still...I don't want you hurt." she said, looking him straight in the eye. "If you leave like your father did...I wouldn't be able to...to..."

Kaito sighed. He knew what she was going to say. He was the only family that she had left, and if he died too, she would never be able to forgive herself for not doing anything.

"I'll be fine," he reassured her again. "And, " he said, lightening his tone "I'll do my research on him, try and find what the police know. But they'll probably catch him sooner or later. Just wait." He gave her a confident grin.

His mother nodded, the worry finally going away from her face.

"Yeah, I am sure you're right, Kaito. But if I hear anything about you being in danger from him, I'm coming right back here, understand? No matter what," she scolded.

"Now that's the mom I know back," he teased. His mother laughed.

"Just get working, you have a heist tomorrow right? And, knowing you, you still need to prepare."

"I'll have you know, I prepared most way ahead of time! I just want to go over the plans!" he said, slightly miffed.

"Just go," his mom laughed, and turned back into the kitchen. As she left, he smiled brightly, one of his rare true smiles, ones he only showed to Aoko and his mother, and thought: Mission reassure mom, accomplished. He left for his room to complete the perorations for his heist.

After he was done he turned on his computer. Time to research Kira, he thought, an evil grin - made slightly creepy by the now glowing display - forming on his face as he got ready to hack. He bet that the police had more info then he thought on the murder. And it would be oh so much fun to obtain it from them. His eyes sparkled, and his room stayed lit with the light of the computer display for a few more hours into the night.

Intelligent brown eyes gazed at the pictures on the glowing display in front of him. Not just any pictures though, he was in the police database of criminals, searching for his next targets. As he scanned, he wrote down the names of those he though were particularly vile. One criminal in particular, though, caught his eye. It was one he wouldn't write down in his note book but - it couldn't hurt to keep an eye on him, the teen thought, thinking back on what he knew about that criminal.

In the background, a shadow noticed the photo that the brown eyed teen was looking at, and crackled.This might be interesting...

On the display, a picture depicting someone smirking and wearing a tall white hat, white clothes, and monocle flickered in the darkness. Oh yes, this would be very interesting.

Give lots of thanks to my new beta! She's awesome and has helped me a lot! This would be harder to understand'/follow if she wasn't here, so give a big round of applause to ambersnowflakes okay? Thanks a bunch to you readers too! you all make our work worthwhile...