Hello! so this is going to be my first Detective Conan fic I'm sorry I know I should be writing my KHR fic but I couldn't like this idea go. Originally I was going to draw this story as a fan comic but I really don't have the motivation to draw page after page so I decided to just wright it out sorry if the time skipping is confusing and if anyone is OOC. Anyway I hope you enjoy reading!

I encourage you to listen to the song that's on this chapter, it's a good song and semi go's with the chapter, each chapter has a song that go's with it (I know I'm a cliché, and love double meanings)

Raiting: M for violent, blood, swearing and sexual(ish) themes.

Summery: It has been 6 years since that day when everything changed. I finally achieved my goal and I thought that I could move on but I guess the world loves to mess with me.

Pairing: KidCon (Kaishin)

beta'ed by my Freind, and Rachel their awesome!

I don't own DC or MK

We can build a tree-house in the pine trees

We can keep our secrets buried underneath

Wild flowers crushed between your fingers

Clinging to the wild things that raised us

Compass points you home,

Calling out from the east

Compass points you anywhere

Closer to me

If we make it out alive, from the depths of the sea

Compass points you anywhere

Closer to me

Where you are, I will be

Miles high, in the deep

-Compass by Zella Day

6 Years Later Ch 1

"Rest well, father..."

A pitch black diamond was held up to the moonlight by a white cotton glove. In the centre glowed a crimson light that washed over the white-clad thief, turning the pureness of the fine suit red.

"Is that the one?" A child's voice shot out from the shadows. "Pandora?" The boy almost looked nervous at the tense atmosphere that seemed to surround the thief.

KID tilted his head back to look at the boy.

"Yep, you know what that means?" he said with a playful smirk as he turned around to face the boy, lifting the mood.

"No more KID?" Conan arched an eyebrow, feeling uneasy.

"No more KID!" Kaito agreed.

"Dear Meitantei-kun, I would never even think of getting rid of KID, I was hinting at more along the lines of a long vacation." He paused.

"Oh, don't tell me you've gotten bored of our little game of cat and mouse, I thought you loved it," KID replied with fake pain in his voice.

"Baroo..." Conan huffed, a tinge of red spreading across his cheeks as the thief walked over to him, pocketing Pandora, and taking the 9-year-old into his arms, successfully squishing their cheeks together.

"K-Kaito!" Conan almost-whined as his face got darker. The thief pulled back, looking at his little lover in happiness.

"Oh, I can't wait! As soon as I smash this baby into oblivion we can go—" Kaito was cut off as Conan spoke up.

"What do you mean 'we'?" He frowned, crossing his arms. "Who said I was going?"

"Of course there's a 'we'. It's not a vacation if there's no 'we'." Kaito said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"But what about school, Ran, the BO—" A finger was pressed against his lips, cutting him off.

"It is not a vacation without you." Kaito said stubbornly. Conan stared him down before sighing.

"Fine, how are you going to get past Ran anyways?" he sighed.

Kaito grinned at him evilly, "Oh, a quick call from your 'mother' will do." He popped a white cell phone out of nowhere for effect.

"Ooooh, sneaky sneaky! When do you think Ran will start suspecting something from all the times I've came back with a limp?" Conan asked flatly.

"Hopefully never!" The thief chuckled, staring into his sapphire-like eyes, such an amazing shade of blue that it almost took his breath away.

"By the way… can you put me down?" Conan asked, trying to wriggle out of Kaito's hold.

Kaito laughed, "No way!" He hugged Conan close as he ran to the edge of the empty construction site and jumped off the bare concert floor, opening his glider and allowing the belt to wrap around both of them, flying off into the black sky.

"So, if we're going on a vacation, where should we go?" Conan asked. Kaito only gave it a brief thought.

"I know, let's go on a cruise! There's a 14-night boat departing from Tokyo to Hawaii, leaving in a week!" the thief said cheerfully.

"A cruise? That sounds fun. Just in time for Winter Break, too. You think you can get us booked in time?" Conan asked in a teasing tone.

"Do you doubt my skills Shin-chan?" Kaito chuckled, grinning.

Conan laughed, rolling his eyes. "Of course not."

Present Time

A teenager was typing away on a laptop in a small room illuminated by screens, the light reflecting off the boy's glasses, hiding one eye. His right eye was covered by a white eye patch. An earpiece was in his right ear, out of which a voice could be heard every few minutes. He took a second to listen if it was for him before ignoring it, continuing typing into the laptop before his hands froze over the keys.

"Shit!" he swore aloud, slamming the laptop closed. He stuffed it into a bag that he threw over his shoulder. He ran out the door into the blinding light of the hallway, then down and out the front door, not bothering to lock it.

Running down the street, he pressed the button on the side of the earpiece.

"Team Alpha, have you got confirmation from the president yet?" he asked.

"Not yet. We've just entered his office now," ed

"Keep me posted." he replied and clicked off. Flipping a switch on the earpiece, he switched the incoming ratio waves to his glasses and chucked the earpiece into the trash. It was getting him too much unwanted attention.

He glanced at his watch-one hour, 17 minutes, and 48 seconds until everything starts and ends.

He had never paid so much attention to the time in the last six years since that felt like yesterday, but the height he had put on was proof that time had not stayed still for him, no matter how much it felt like it did.

6 Years Ago

"Just break already!" Kaito slammed his hands on the table, the items on top jolting with the force of it.

"Yelling at it won't help," Conan huffed from the other side of the room, reading one of his books. They were currently at Shinichi's house, with suitcases packed for tomorrow.

"I know tha-! Wait. How do we know for sure it doesn't have a sub-conscience?" Kaito stared at the black diamond on the table, looking thoughtful.

"I mean... it is a shiny magical rock."

They had tried almost everything to get the gem to break. A dozen different saws that were all chunks of metal by now, Kaito smashing it with a sledgehammer one too many times, even dropped it down a 70-story building, and there wasn't a scratch on the damn thing.

"Maybe I could rent a diamond cutter... can you even do that?" Kaito mused, leaning back in the chair.

"Not sure, but you'll have to find out when we get back." Conan replied, flipping the page. Kaito looked at the little detective upside down.

"So, do we leave it here or take it with us?" Kaito asked his shrunken lover. Conan looked up at him from his book.

"I would say leave it here, no one's going to expect that Kaitou KID likes to hide his jewels in detective's houses, and just to be sure you can put it in the secret room. Only Dad and Mom know about the room, and they have no reason to take something out of there that's mine." He put his book down. "And plus, they haven't said anything about coming to visit." He got up and wandered off to the kitchen.

"Sounds like a plan!" Kaito said after him, stretching his arms and legs as he got up and followed his boyfriend, now making hot chocolate.

"I can't wait for tomorrow," he sighed has he took the offered cup from Conan. The boy smiled softly.

"Me, too."

"Why am I not surprised?" Conan said, deadpan, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"What do you mean, Shin-chan?" Kaito said innocently from the other side of the room, taking off his wig.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that we just ran into Inspector Nakamori?! And I just find out there's some sort of priceless piece of jewelry being displayed by the owner of the ship?" He huffed, chucking his shoe at the thief who caught it effortlessly.

"Now now, Shinichi, we have two weeks all to ourselves, all KID needs is a few hours! We don't even have to leave this room for the first few days if you want, I didn't get a soundproof room for nothing," the thief smirked, tapping the wall as a point. "A 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door and we're set!" Kaito said seductively, taking off the remnants of his disguise as he walked over to the shrunken detective in his boxers.

Conan's face flushed as Kaito leaned closer, grinning.

"I can't believe you," he huffed as the thief started to unbutton his clothes.

"Oh, but you do!"

Their lips met as they fall back into the pearl white comforter.

"You know, the teriyaki salmon looks really good." Conan was really enjoying making his thief sweat under the heavy makeup. Served him right for holing him up in the room for the first three days.

"Please, Shinichi." he whispered pleadingly.

"Oh, and the buttered lobster sounds yummy, too!" He beamed evilly. He really was exploiting the thief's fears to the fullest.

"Shinichi…!" he plead fearfully.

Conan felt a bit guilty now. It wasn't like he had mourned the loss of the three days that were spent catching up, after all, and actually ordering it would be a bit too cruel.

"I guess I'll just get the tenderloin." Conan said, finally putting down the menu. Kaito let out a breath, he was about to complain about how mean his Tantei-kun was when the loudspeaker turned on.

"KIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDD!"

Everyone in the room flinched and covered their ears as the inspector Nakamori cursed at KID, calling him out on the boat and ranting about how he would catch the damn thief if it was the last thing he did.

Conan guessed someone in the control room finally took the loudspeaker away from the man when the inspector's voice was cut off. Mutters and whisper broke out around the dining room as people had gotten the message that Kaitou KID was currently on board.

Kaito just laughed nervously as Conan gave him an unimpressed look.

"On second thought, I'll get the buttered lobster after all." he said, raising his hand.

"Waiter, We're ready to order!" He called the waiter over in his overly child-like voice.

Kaito went as white as KID's suit.

Later that day, KIDs note was posted up on the event board.

'On the 13th, I shall admire the red sunset and give you a show to remember for years to come.

-KID'

It was a simple note, even some of the surrounding passengers had figured it out—considering that it was the 14th and the 13th had just passed, it was referring to the 13th night of the cruise, and the red sunset was a reference to the ruby necklace, the Red Horizon that was on display in the sundeck.

The last part was what stumped some people. Only Conan knew that Kaito was actually planning a real show for the passengers, and was probably going to announce his break from stealing for a couple of years.

It was the 13th night, when KIDs 'heist' would be taking place. Nakamori had been able to call some of his task force over for the protection of the jewel, even when KID had clearly stated in his note that he would admire the ruby, not steal it. They all clearly assumed that admire meant steal. They were really just making it easier for Kaito to put on his show.

Conan was inside their room reading one of the books he'd brought along on the bed. It was 5:30 p.m. and Kaito was out making last minute checkups to make sure everything was set to go for the evening's dinner show at 6:30, when all the passengers would be present.

He just needed to make sure he could keep the task force pinned for about 20 minutes, which wouldn't be a problem for Kaitou KID. Closing his book, he set it down on the night stand and got up to wander out of the room. He had been getting a strange feeling since they had stopped at the port in Hawaii for a day. Walking around the deck, keeping an eye out for anyone suspicious...

He was really being too paranoid. Sighing, he stopped to look at the sunset, watching the colors change ever so slightly.

Deciding it was time to start heading to the dining hall since the deck was pretty much deserted, he pushed off the railing and started to make his way to the dining hall when he saw something out of the corner of his eye—a figure dressed in black walking down the stairs into the lower engine area.

'No, it can't be them!' Was this the feeling he was having? Without a second thought he trailed the man down into the depths of the boat. He rounded different corners and through metal doors until the man stopped at a wall near the boiler room. Conan hid behind a corner watching as the man took something out of his cot.

'It's a bomb!' He recognized the device as the man taped it to the wall slightly out of sight behind some pipes. The man then took a small earpiece out.

"I got the first one up, Snake." the man said.

'Shit, it's not the them, it's Snake!' he clenched his fist. 'I need to tell Kaito!'

Maybe if he hadn't been so worried about Kaito, the detective would have noticed how familiar the situation was to the one three years ago, but it was too late as a hard object smashed into the back of the head.

Instead of falling into soft grass like he did the first time, the right side of his face smashed into the corner of one of the many pipes sticking out, his right lens completely shattering, the shards hitting his face. Everything went black after that as he slumped to the ground.

"Ladies and gentlemen, for my next trick!" The white thief pranced around the stage like he owned it, and he might as well have.

It was already seven minutes into his performance, and Shinichi had yet to walk through the doors. Where was his detective? He had told Conan not to miss the show! If he didn't show up then there was going to be a seriously pissed off Kaito on a detective hunt. He scanned the crowd once more just in case he'd missed Conan due to his small size.

Still, he wasn't in the crowed, no silky black cowlick poking out. Sighing mentally, he continued on with his show, the KID taskforce still on the front of the boat chasing the dummies he'd put up.

Moving into another trick, amazing the audience, he noticed something odd up in the rafters. There was something metal shining back at him. His eyes widened as he realized what it was, his body reacted before he could think as the shot rang though out the dining hall. Dodging the bullet, in a flash he swiped his card gun out and shot the person off of the rafter, falling on a poor family's dinner and breaking the table in half, unconscious.

"Stop right there, KID!" Kaito froze, he could feel his blood boil at the voice of the man who killed his father from beside him. The audience had gone into a panic, but a shot to the ceiling shut them all up. Turning slowly, he faced the man (his face hidden from his hat simpler to his own top hat) standing off to the side of the stage pointing a gun at him.

"If you don't come with me I'll start shooting into the crowd." KID grit his teeth, he had not been fully prepared for Snake, it was one of the reasons he was in the middle of the goddamn ocean on a ship!

'Shit! I'm going to have to listen to him...!' He slowly put his hands up, card gun out of sight.

They slowly made their way out the back door. KID was just about to strike, when Snake pulled something out of his pocket. It was a detonator.

"And just for insurance, unless you want this ship to be blown sky high, I suggest you don't try anything funny."

This was really not looking good. He needed to get off the boat, but couldn't leave without Shinichi. He could be targeted by them if they found out they had come on the cruise together, and the fact that Conan's 'mom' disappeared would cause a problem for Conan, too.

Kaito had a bad feeling about Shinichi. Where was his detective? He just hoped that he hadn't got caught by Snake's men.

Blood dripped down onto the floor as he leaned against the wall, his left hand holding the right side of his face, his other hand trembling, holding a pocket knife as he cut the wires.

"That should be the last one." He let out a shaky breath as he slowly made his way to the stairs. He grunted in pain, his right eye was totally useless, the glass from his glasses had stuck into his face and around his eye. He couldn't place too much pressure on it or the glass would just cut more. It stung so much, the pain was the worst. He just hoped he'd be able to see out if his right eye when it was all over.

Making his way slowly up the stairs, he reached for his phone, speed dialing the thief's number. It rang, but no one answered. He tried again, but still no answer.

Slamming the phone shut he cursed; Snake must have gotten to him. Snake's men must have been doing crowd control, because the back half of the ship was completely deserted still. Getting up onto the deck, he set off to the back of the boat. After a few minutes of wobbling around, he ran into what he was looking for.

"Keep walking!" The man who Conan identified as Snake walked past the hallway at the end of the corridor with KID in the front, holding a gun to his head. Conan froze behind a corner, waiting for them to pass as he quietly ran down a hallway going the same way as them. He soon got ahead of them and waited, as both hallways opened up to the south deck.

Powering up his sneaker, he waited for them, sweat falling from his forehead. All he had to do was knock the gun out of the guy's hand, and he knew KID could do the rest. He wiped the sweat and blood off his forehead. Each echo of their steps felt like forever as they got closer.

His hand shot to his belt as he saw the white brim of the thief's top hat coming into view, their eyes met for a millisecond, as he clicked his belt just as the tip of the gun showed itself. The ball came out just as all of the bastard could be seen. Conan kicked the ball as hard as he could. It went flying down across the deck, smashing into Snake's shoulder, sending him into the railing, unconscious.

Conan slumped to the floor in relief. Before he knew it, Kaito was in front of him looking horrified.

"Ha, you should see your face," he said to KID, grinning at the irony.

"My face? Have you looked at yourself? We need to get you to a hospital right now!" the thief took him into his arms, not caring if his blood got on his suit. The sound of helicopter blades started to get closer.

"Please tell me that's the police." They were answered with a rain of bullets as a black chopper flew into view.

"I don't think that's the police!" Conan yelped as KID jumped back into the ship for cover.

"No kidding!" He yelled back, covering their ears, waiting for the bullets to stop. As soon as the rain of firing stopped, the thief took action. Taking out his card gun, he shot at the men in the helicopter, successfully hitting a goon in the back. Bullets started to fly again as he took cover with Conan.

"What do we do?" Conan asked.

"We should move deeper into the ship. We might be able to wait them out until the police arrive," he replied, grabbing Conan's hand and running across the deck into the hallway.

Moving into the ship, they ran into some of Snake's men, KID knocking them out and Shinichi using his watch dart.

They were on the second floor when Conan started to stagger. The thief slowed his pace, coming to a halt and stopping the little detective who seemed to be in a daze.

"This doesn't look good; we need to get you to a doctor, now." Making a cloth appear, he gently wiped some of the blood from the boy's face, holding his cheek as if it would break under his fingertips.

With a shaky hand the detective tried to push away his arm.

"I'm fine... We have to keep moving," he gasped out, taking in a large breaths. He tried to walk past Kaito, but his knees buckled and he fell into open arms. KID grit his teeth. There had to be at least one doctor on board.

"What are you—" He was cut off, however, as two men in black walked around the corner, pointing their guns at them.

"Damn!" He dropped a flash bomb, quickly hiding in a door off to the side. It was a small room with cleaning supplies. He held his breath and carefully placed a hand over Conan's as they listened for the two men to pass. They waited for the footsteps and voices to fade away, and when Kaito was sure that there was no one around, he pulled his hand away from the Conan's mouth.

"You're staying here," Kaito said firmly, stopping Conan from opening the door.

"What?" His voice almost cracked as he turned around, mouth dropping open. "I'm not staying here while you go out there and get shot at. I'm coming with you!" he snapped, spreading his arms out.

"Shinichi! Look at you, you're about to pass out; you can't keep going like this!" Kaito argued. Conan gritted his teeth. He was determined to follow the thief to make sure he didn't get hurt, or worse.

"I'm coming with you even if I have to crawl." The detective bit back a growl as he stared into Kaito's indigo eyes. Finally, the thief sighed.

"Fine." he huffed, running his hand under the top hat and though his hair. Conan beamed as he turned back to the door, but when he jiggled the knob it didn't move.

"What? Why is it-"

"Sorry, Shin-chan." He felt Kaito's breath on his ear. Shivering at the warm air on his neck, his head snapped back in reflex, only to get a face full of pink sleeping gas. His body went limp as he slumped against the door, strong arms catching him.

"Sorry, but I can't have you getting hurt anymore." he murmured, gently laying the other down on the floor.

Digging around in his suit he pulled out some tweezers, a small bottle of alcohol, a flashlight, and a hand towel. Placing Conan's head on his lap, he carefully went to work getting the glass out of his lover's face. Switching his gloves out for latex ones, he poured alcohol onto the towel and over the tweezers. With his skillful hand he carefully removed the glass, afterward dabbing the towel on the cuts and wiping up any blood.

At least now he could put something over it, though he didn't have any bandages on him... another towel would have to do. Getting up he placed Shinichi down, walking over to the door and making sure that it'd be locked from the inside. Checking the hall, he spared a glance back at the boy passed out.

"I'll be back, Shinichi," he whispered closing the door behind him.

Present Time

47 minutes and 52 seconds. He got off the train; they had just gotten confirmation from the president for the global raid. They had all the hideouts pinned, but everyone was on standby; they were waiting, waiting for him. Walking over to the public lockers, he unlocked the one he knew. Taking a skateboard out he tucked it under his arm, he was in no rush.

"Conan-kun." It was Jodie on the radio. "Are you sure this isn't a trap?" she asked through the earpiece. Conan smirked bitterly to himself.

"Even if it was I can't—won't—turn back now. We need that information if we ever want to get rid of them forever." Walking out of the terminal, he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

He wondered what life would be like after this… or if he would even live through it.

6 Years Ago

"Aghhh..." Slowly waking up. Conan managed to prop himself up with his arm and sit up.

"What the..." Conan tried to remember what happened, cursing once he remembered Kaito knocking him out. Shooting up, he stumbled towards the door. The towel over his eye fell to the floor, the cuts had stopped bleeding, but were still fresh. He made a note that the glass was gone—the magician must have taken it all out.

"That idiot, wasting his time," he growled to himself, opening the door. He walked out of the room into the hallway, starting to run, making his way to the back of the boat. He ran faster as he heard gunshots.

The detective stepped out onto the deck, only to stop as he realized that he was still on the second floor.

The sky was now black, the helicopter still in the air. The only one left on it was the driver with the spotlight smashed out. Conan ran to the railing; leaning over, he could see the lower deck. His body froze and tensed up he stared in horror at the situation.

KID was standing on the railing on the back of the boat, Snake a few meters away pointing a pistol straight at the thief. A few men lay scattered around the deck, slumped over and not moving. Shinichi started to panic as he tried to think of a way to help, looking around frantically for something to kick, but a gun shot rang out.

Conan felt his blood run cold as he looked down, fearing the worst, but he was too late. He watched, frozen, as KID staggered on the railing but still kept his balance. The bullet had hit his leg, and the shot had not come from Snake's gun, but from one of the men on the ground.

Conan watched as Kaito fought to keep from falling into the ocean. He was about to run back into the ship to get to the bottom deck when Snake suddenly yelled and took the shot.

Red started to blossom on the white suit, dyeing the thief's chest crimson as he lost his footing on the railing and fell against the black backdrop of the sea and sky. Shinichi felt his whole world freeze as Kaito disappeared over the deck.

The splash that sounded a second later snapped Conan out of it. Completely disregarding his safety he thrust himself over the railing, landing on the deck four meters below. He tried to roll into the fall, but failed as he tumbled to the deck, limp.

As he struggled to get up, everything felt far away, sounds were muffled and distant as he lifted his head, still trying to stand.

'This can't be happening, this can't be happening!' He was finally starting to look forward to the future. Even with his cursed body things were starting to look up.

He thought he saw Snake start to walk toward him when the helicopter came into view again, and suddenly there was yelling, and a beaten up Inspector Nakamori arrived with some of the taskforce. More gunshots echoed in his head as he tried to get someone's attention.

"Brat! Are you okay?" Nakamori was suddenly beside him, calling a medic over.

"He… He fe—" His voice was no more than whisper, his words foreign on his tongue.

"What?" The inspector asked, straining his ears to hear the boy, though he didn't need to strain to hear what the boy was going to say next.

"K-KID he was shot, he fell off! He fell off the boat!"

The only sound after that was the crashing of the waves as everything was painted black.

Present Time

38 minutes and 17 seconds to go.

A woman with long blonde hair walked off a plane, every one of her long strides had power behind it.

"It's almost show time, Silver Bullet-kun," she smirked.

To Be Continued

Tadaa Done! Sorry if I missed any misspelt words my spelling is not that good To begin with.

That part with Kaito taking the glass out of Shinichi's face came out of nowhere I just felt bad for leaving him laying there with a bleeding messed up face.

Ill try to have the next chapter up soon but school is starting any day now so the next one might be late (I try to write a chapter a month

Wow I didn't expect this to get so long I feel like this sets the stander words per chapter way to high sorry if you get disappointed in latter chapters I don't usual write this much but I wanted to get the hole Cruise done in a chap.

Hope to see you next chapter! leave a review if you want it will make my day!