I just have an urge to write this kind of story so yeah, here it is. I'm not a native in English, so please correct me if I made any mistake. Anyway, please enjoy my story and thank you for your time.

Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan and Magic Kaito.

Chapter 1

Two Shots and a Letter

A retired Interpol official was found dead at his apartment's balcony in New York. There was a single shot mark at his forehead, indicating that he was killed by a skillful sniper. NYPD and Interpol worked together to solve this case. The news quickly spread widely all over the world and finally it reached the ears of Shinichi Kudo or rather Conan Edogawa for now.

"How rare, for a retired Interpol official to be targeted like this," Conan murmured as he listened to the news on television while eating dinner with Ran and Kogoro.

"It's kinda scary, don't you think? They haven't found the culprit yet and they said that the culprit could be a professional sniper," Ran commented, then she turned to his father. "Nee, Otou-san, why do you think this person was killed even though he had retired?"

"Dunno for sure. Maybe he made enemies in his past? Some of the criminals must hate him to the core and perhaps that's why they killed him," Kogoro answered nonchalantly.

Conan could not argue about this. He too was curious about the reason behind this murder, but he did not know many things about Interpol. He did not even know the retired man who was killed. He was as clueless as Kogoro and Ran about this case.

'Interpol, huh? Come to think of it, I'm sure Tou-san once said that he had a friend in Interpol. Maybe he's already involved in this case,' Conan thought as he remembered his father's words in the past. 'Right, speaking of Tou-san, didn't Kaa-san say something about him attending a press conference in Japan? When is it again?'

Unable to contain his curiosity any longer, that night, Conan secretly sent a message to his mother, asking her about his father's press conference and about the case involving a retired Interpol official. He wondered if Yusaku was involved in the case since it involved Interpol. Not long after that, a reply from Yukiko arrived. She told him that the press conference would be held in a week in Tokyo and she too would come to Japan with Yusaku. She told him that Yusaku was indeed involved in the case or rather, he involved himself voluntarily to help his friend in Interpol. She told him that actually the victim of the case was Yusaku's acquaintance.

'As expected,' Conan thought after reading his mother's reply. Of course his father would voluntarily involved himself in any cases that related to his friend, to his family. That was just like him, but to have his own acquaintance as the victim, Conan was sure that his father must felt desperate right now.

A week later, Yusaku Kudo went back to Japan with his wife to attend a press conference about his role in a certain movie as a screenwriter. After the press conference had finished, suddenly Yusaku was shot outside the hall as he and Yukiko made their way to their car with the chief organizer of press conference escorting them, making the novelist unconscious almost instantly. The shot pierced his left chest and he was bleeding too much that his blood soaked his shirt in a short time. Chaos soon happened outside the hall. Yukiko cried while doing her best to stop her husband's bleeding. The chief organizer called ambulance and police. Everyone was in panic and shock, including Conan who watched the news with Agasa and Ai.

Conan could not move his body. He just stared at the television. He was too shocked to do or say anything. Just a few minutes ago, he watched the press conference with Agasa and Ai. The conference was so peaceful. It was fine until the end, but now suddenly the news channel broadcasted an ambulance, police cars, his unconscious father who was soaked in blood, and his mother who was crying hard.

"Shi-Shinichi..." Agasa stammered. He too was shocked to see his neighbour in such a state only after a few minutes.

"They said that they would go to Haido Central Hospital. Let's go, Kudo-kun, Professor," Ai said. She too was shocked, but not as much as Conan and Agasa. Perhaps it was because she did not know Yusaku that well. Perhaps it was because she did not quite understand the bond between parents and children; she had lost her parents when she was still very young that she barely remembered anything about them. Or perhaps it was because she had encountered a similar scenery before: when she saw her sister's body, soaked in blood, in the front page of a newspaper.

Professor nodded at Ai, agreed at her statement to go to Haido Central Hospital as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Conan still did not move. He just stared at the television in horror. Ai sighed as she looked at him. The shrunken scientist patted his shoulder softly and then grabbed his hand, pulling him away from the television to the front door.

"Come on, we've got to see your parents," she said. As much as she wanted to be sarcastic toward the detective, now was not the right time for it. Conan might lose his father anytime by now and she did not want to make him even more angry by her sarcastic remarks. Besides, Ai was sure that the boy must felt depressed right now and she really understand such feelings.

Conan snapped out to reality after hearing Ai's words. He nodded slowly and put on his shoes while the professor started the car's engine. Soon after that, Agasa, Conan, and Ai were on their way to Haido Central Hospital to visit Yusaku and Yukiko.

Yusaku was already in the surgery room when Conan, Agasa, and Ai finally arrived at the hospital. There were no reporters allowed inside. They were all waiting outside the hospital. Yukiko was sitting on a bench near the surgery room with a nurse. She was sobbing while the nurse tried her best to calm her.

"Yukiko..." Agasa softly called her. The former actress turned her head to face him and when she saw Conan and Ai too, she began to cry harder. Conan hurried to her side. He held his mother's hand to comfort her while Ai and Agasa talked to the nurse. Not long after that, the nurse left them alone to give the family some privacy. At this point Yukiko started to crumble. She hugged her son tightly as she spoke haltingly about how much she worried about Yusaku.

"Shh... Kaa-san, everything will be fine. Tou-san is strong. He will be fine. We will be fine," Conan murmured to his mother as he hugged her back. In his heart, Conan too was worried. He was afraid of losing his father, but he knew that for now he had to be strong. His mother needed him to be strong.

After the surgery, the doctors concluded that Yusaku's condition was finally stable. He was seriously injured, but his injury should not threaten his life by this time. The rest was just waiting for him to regain his consciousness. After that, if nothing wrong happened, it would be very certain that Yusaku would be fine. All of these good news would not have happened if Yukiko did not act quickly to prevent blood loss, if the ambulance was late, or if Yusaku was too late to get a surgery. Yusaku was lucky that people around him had managed to act swiftly to get him immediate aids as soon as possible.

The incident that almost killed Yusaku Kudo became a big news in a matter of seconds. Medias talked about it. Police immediately began their investigation. Fans discussed it in social media. The famous brilliant novelist, Yusaku Kudo, got shot and nearly died in a press conference! Just who was this jerk who dared to kill him?

A few days later, Kid's heist occurred in Tokyo, but with Conan being busy worried over his father who got shot almost at his heart, the heist was so boring without the Kid Killer. Not that Kaito, the Kid, would blame him though. He knew that Yusaku was Conan's/Shinichi's father and he knew that the shrunken detective should be worried to death thinking about Yusaku right now. Kaito knew very well the pain of losing a father. He had lost his own father after all and he did not wish for Shinichi to lose his father too.

In short, the heist was a success despite being a boring one without Kid Killer and just as usual, the jewel he stole was not Pandora, so the thief planned to give it back. Just after he pocketed the jewel, suddenly an arrow with a letter attached to it landed on the rooftop, right beside him. Kid was surprised at the sudden arrival of the mysterious arrow and letter. He looked around to see the sender, but he found nothing. Curious, he grabbed the arrow and wanted to disengage the letter, but the sound of footsteps to the rooftop alarmed him. Quickly he jumped off the roof while holding the arrow with a letter in his hand and soon he flew away from the police officers and Inspector Nakamori who had arrived at the rooftop.

When he finally had reached home and had taken off his Kid costume, Kaito read the letter which had been attached to the arrow before. It was a printed letter and the sender was offering a job for Kid with a very interesting payment. The sender offered two gemstones that he/she possessed plus a lot of money if he could release someone from a prison in United States. This someone was called Black Fox in the letter and if Kid accepted this job, he was told to meet the sender in an old abandoned building in Haido city in two days but if he declined, he was told to forget about it.

Of course Kaito already knew his answer. He must decline. Why would he release someone from a prison? Kaitou Kid might be a criminal, a thief, but he would never agree to commit such a crime like releasing a prisoner. But he had to admit that the letter made him curious. Who was this Black Fox guy?

So right after he had finished reading the letter, Kaito turned on his laptop, searching for any information about Black Fox on the internet. He found nothing. The next day Kaito asked his mother about it and how glad he was when he found out that his mother knew Black Fox! The former Phantom Lady told him that Black Fox was a criminal charged in crime for smuggling illegal drugs and selling fake antiques around the world for many years. He was a smart yet cunning and sly man. He was able to commit his crime for many years and operating his illegal business with his gang. Six years ago he got arrested by Interpol in his hiding place somewhere in USA. Chikage said that even though Black Fox had been arrested, many of his followers were still scattered around the world.

"Hoo... so Black Fox is a smuggler, but he's already in prison," Kaito responded after he heard his mother's explanation. In his mind, he was wondering. Why did this mysterious sender want Kid to release Black Fox? Because the sender actually was his follower? And how come he/she had two gemstones in his/her possession? Was it because he/she too was a smuggler, trading illegal drugs and selling fake antiques? If that was the case, then the illegal business of this Black Fox and his followers was still ongoing until now. Their case cleary had not finished.

"Oh, that's right, Kaito, actually the Interpol officer who had arrested him is an acquaintance of my friend," Chikage added.

"Your friend's acquaintance?"

"Yes. I heard he was a high rank member of Interpol. My friend, Yukiko, once told me that her husband managed to deduce Black Fox's hiding place, thus helping Interpol in catching him."

"Yukiko?" Kaito repeated, slightly frowned. He had heard that name before. In fact, he heard it too recently... in news... "This Yukiko... she can't be Yukiko Kudo, right?"

"Yes, she is! She's Yukiko Kudo. So you know her, Kaito!"

"Well, she's an actress and her husband is a famous novelist," Kaito replied. Somehow he felt uneasy after knowing that his mother's friend actually was Yukiko Kudo, a woman who recently appeared in news after her husband got shot in a press conference. A woman who was the mother of Shinichi Kudo, the Heisei Holmes.

"Ahahaha... Of course! I should've known! They both are famous after all." Chikage laughed on the other end of the line.

"Yes, but, Kaa-san, her husband..."

"I know. He got shot, right? I saw the news," Chikage replied softly.

"Yes." Talking about Yusaku made Kaito aware all of a sudden. The novelist nearly died a few days ago thanks to a sniper who shot him after a press conference. And was not there a retired Interpol official who was killed recently too, before Yusaku's incident?

And that Interpol official was killed by a sniper, just like Yusaku's case.

Kaito froze.

Was not this too much for a coincidence?

"Kaa-san, actually..." Kaito told his mother about the letter he received from a mysterious sender, a letter that offered him a job to release a prisoner named Black Fox. He spoke to his mother about the recent cases involving a retired Interpol official and Yusaku Kudo. He told her that he began to suspect that those cases were linked to Black Fox.

"Hmm, maybe you're right," Chikage commented. "So what are you going to do about it, Kaito?"

"Of course I will refuse this job, but I will come to this abandoned building that they told me. I want to know more about these people," Kaito answered.

"Just be careful. They aren't ordinary people. Don't get caught."

"Sure. Oh, right, Kaa-san?"

"Yes?"

"This Interpol official, do you know him?"

"No. I just heard of him once from Yukiko."

"Oh..." Kaito paused for a moment, then he continued, "what about Black Fox? Do you know his real name?"

"Eric Wu."

"Eric Wu..." Kaito nodded, satisfied that he was able to get Black Fox's real name.

"Kaito, from now on you have to be more careful. They indeed asked you to forget about this Black Fox job if you decided to refuse, but I don't think they will just leave you alone," Chikage suddenly said in serious tone, making her son immediately paid full attention to her.

"Yes, maybe they will try to kill me. I know," the teen responded.

"Right, and Kaito? Please do your best about these people, okay? I want you to help Yusaku and Yukiko."

"Huh? Why?" It was not like Kaito did not want to help. Of course he would help. Yusaku was Tantei-kun's father after all, but why would his mother care too much about this case? Wait, she said that she knew Yukiko Kudo. Of course she would care.

"Isn't that obvious? Yukiko and Yusaku are my friends. Your father's friends."

"Oyaji too? He knows them?"

"Yes. Our relationship with Kudos is closer than you think. We both are friends, Yukiko was Toichi's student, and Yusaku is the one who gave Kid his name."

Kaito's eyes widened. "W-what? Oyaji had a student? Yukiko-san? Really? And Kid actually is a name given by Yusaku-san?"

"Yes! Yukiko learned disguise technique from Toichi once to enhance her skill as an actress and the novelist who read 1412 as KID is none other than Yusaku Kudo. You see, your father often joked with me about him, saying that Yusaku was his parent—Kid's parent—since he gave Kid his name."

"Well, what a unique relationship," Kaito commented flatly. 'Adding Tantei-kun as Kid Killer now, really a unique relationship.'

"Indeed, we have a unique relationship with them. That's why, Kaito, please help them. Yusaku and Yukiko have lost their only child. I don't want them to have another lose."

"Yeah, don't worry, Kaa-san. I'll do my best. Yusaku-san is Kid's parent after all." 'And they haven't lost their only child yet. Oh, Kaa-san, if only you know...'

After he had talked with his mother via video call, Kaito searched for any information about Eric Wu on the internet using his laptop. His mother was right. Eric Wu was a smuggler, arrested by Interpol six years ago, but Yusaku's name did not appear in any of the cases related to Eric Wu and codename Black Fox did not appear too. It seemed only a few people knew that Eric Wu was also known as Black Fox and Yusaku Kudo was involved in his arrest. After that, Kaito turned off his laptop. He read the mysterious letter once again, thinking what he should do about these people who knew about Black Fox. He had decided that he would go to the abandoned building at Haido just to get a closer look at them, but after that, what should he do?

He needed to make sure that the police noticed these Black Fox acquaintances. Maybe he could lure them out in his next heist if they really intended to kill Kid after the thief had decided to refuse their job. Maybe that way the police would notice that someone was after Kid's life. Maybe that way they would relate Yusaku's case with this someone who was after Kid's life. It would be better if Conan knew about it too.

Kaito nodded to himself. He would tell this problem to Tantei-kun after he was sure that this mysterious sender and Black Fox was related to Yusaku's case. After all, the detective deserved to know and an ally in this case would be very welcomed.

TBC

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