Detective Conan & Magic Kaito

Title: Letters and Whatnots (subjected to change lolol):

Summary: At age 14, Kudo Shinichi finds a letter in a glass bottle hidden up in a large oak tree. 2 weeks later, Kuroba Kaito receives a letter in his mailbox from a stranger, and he's the happiest that he could have ever been.

Warnings: irregular updates, irregular chapter length (rly sorry in advance)

A/N: This was originally just a project for me to get back to writing; hence when I first wrote it I didn't really have much of a plot in mind. I was actually just planning to write about their interactions via letters. Now that I actually do have a plot in mind, I've edited the chapters accordingly and it'll be good for past readers who had read this before to read it again from the start.

Also, on a side note… I realized that there has been a change in my writing style so I hope that the difference is not glaringly obvious from chapter 3 onwards haha.


It was a gleam of silver that caught his attention; way too bright to be merely light passing through the leaves of the trees and branches of the park. It shone and glimmered at him from up high in the tall oak tree, and a 14 year old Kudo Shinichi knew that it couldn't be anything but glass.

The brilliant detective paused, lowered his Sherlock Holmes' book just a tad bit lower and squinted up at the tree.

What was a glass bottle doing up there in an Oak tree?

He could only deduce that someone had intentionally placed it there for whatever mystifying reasons that Shinichi didn't know.

And truth to be told, he really couldn't be bothered. He'd really rather finish reading his Sherlock Holmes' book instead.

And so, Kudo Shinichi walked on, away from the glass bottle and away from the tall oak tree. After all, it would probably be gone by tomorrow.


But alas, it wasn't.

In the subsequent days that he had to walk through the park, the glass bottle had remained untouched among the green leaves and crooked branches of the tall oak tree.

And he could confidently say that without his favourite Sherlock Holmes' book to distract him (he'd already finished reading it thrice), he was considerably curious about the glass bottle.

So, on the seventh day from when he'd first noticed the glass bottle, he decided to climb the tall oak tree and retrieve the glass bottle.

Needless to say, he was quite surprised to see a handwritten letter inside the glass bottle.

"How cliché," was his first thought. "I wonder what's written inside," was his second and things progressed from there.


Dear Whomever It May Concern

First of all, why an oak tree?

Second, why are you trying to make friends using such an unconventional method? It's the 21st century. There's something called emails and online pen pals which takes a lot less effort.

Thirdly, just curious. Why did you choose to place your letter in Beika, specifically? It's pretty far from your home, isn't it?

And as a side note, maybe you should reconsider giving away your address so easily. It's not very safe and I could be a serial killer.

Yours Sincerely
K.S


A/N: I only tweaked it slightly~ My apologies for this chapter being so short, but they'll probably be longer from chapter three onwards when the plot picks up.

I imagine Shinichi at the young age of 14 would have a very sarcastic sense of humor and also a burning curiosity (which gets him in trouble) and this makes him reply to the letter in the first place. Kaito, being the same age, is also young and bright and is struck by new interesting ideas left and right and he is not afraid to try them all out, no matter how unconventional his ideas are.

Anyway, thanks for taking an interest in my work :

Hope this had been an enjoyable read for all of you~

Signing off,
MissParasol