Okay… I really shouldn't be doing this… I'm supposed to work on my other story but couldn't resist… Even before I knew it, I have joined the KaiShin army… Warning: This is yaoi so don't read if you don't like! It also contains some angest in the begining… Disclaimer: I don't own anything!
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Chapter 1 (Kaito Centric)
"What do you want, Kid?" The faux child shot out a piercing glare at the thief sitting comfortably on the edge of a window in Mori Agency. "Unless it's important, I'd advise you to get out before I kick you out with my soccer ball, put you to sleep, or just call Ran..."
Kid twitched and protested, "Oi, oi! Come on, it is important." Seeing the chibi roll his eyes, Kid said it out loud, "Well, I did some research and realized that you are the famous detective Kudo Shinichi and somehow related to those people who always wear black." Conan froze and turned to the thief. "That got your attention, huh?"
"How are you related to them?" He asked narrowing his eyes at the thief.
"I'm not one of them! Let's say, I'm fighting them but in a different approach then yours..."
Then the detective asked for the exact thing Kid half expected him to say. "Trade secrets?"
Kid tucked his prize for the night in his breast pocket-an emerald from Spain- and smirked as he waved good bye to Nakamori and disappeared into the pink smoke. Nakamori cursed out loud, detectives tried to figure out where and how the thief had disappeared and outside, and fans roared in excitement. There were more people than usual. After all it was the first Kid's heist in 6 months.
However, they didn't know that Kid has changed. He was still playful, pulling pranks on Nakamori's men and detectives who dared to challenge him. He still performed his magic and amazed the crowds but it was all an act. He still smirked and flashed an arrogant smile from time to time but never laughed. It was all a poker face.
He was still a dedicated magician however not as much as 6 months ago. His will to perform his tricks full-heartedly has disappeared along with his true audience. Along with his favorite critic who could reach his expectation or several times jump over it, an ally and yet a rival and his crush that he didn't even realize until it was too late.
Kaitou Kid hummed a melodious tune as he was walking home from his heist. He was slightly disappointed that Tantei-kun chose to watch from the distance than to join the chase. But he let that go when he saw the kid wearing a cough mask and figured he had caught a cold. It could be really easy to catch cold in October after all with the sudden temperature changes. But overall, it was entertaining. Especially Hakuba's face was priceless when he dressed him as a princess; huge downy pink dress, cute little tiara on top of the wig of big fluffy white blond hair… You name it. He was glad for the high heel which had caused Hakuba unable to move because Hakuba seemed like he could and would murder somebody then. Even if he tried to pull them off or kick them off, the huge dress would stop him.
Kaito snickered in memory when he heard a faint sound of a cocking gun. He froze and his eyes darting everywhere for the shooter. Are they those bastards one of the black clothed men? Where are they? Are they aiming for me? What should I do? There was a soft murmur of sound came just around corner. Kaito strained to listen when he heard the loud gunshot of bang echoing through the dark, empty alley. He didn't even think. He just ran toward the sound where the gun shot was heard. He did not care that the shooter might be near but he cared that someone needed help. He thought he saw someone wearing black and a car-a black Porsche 356A-but he didn't think too much about it. As he ran, he quickly dialed 911 talked briefly the operator before stopping at the horrifying sight that lay in front of him.
"Kid."
A calm voice came behind the thief caused him to turn. He was so lost in the memory from 6 months ago that he didn't realize that he was at the roof already and Hakuba has caught up.
"Congratulation, Tantei-san. You are now one of the ones who caught up with me this close." Kid said to the half Brit detective with a smirk.
"Well, I'm honored to be in a same place as the famous high school detective like Kudo Shinichi. After all he is the one of the most brilliant young detective..."
Kid's mocking grin dropped and couldn't help it but add, "Was."
"What?" Hakuba frowned. Was? What is he talking about? Maybe he meant there's someone is better than him? "Sure, I guess there's many who are better than him..." Kid shook his head letting the blond detective know that's not what he meant. "Then what..." Kaito's face got visibly darker. Then a thought flashed in Hakuba's head. "Oh."
The shooter was already long gone but a limp figure was lying still on the cold cement floor. Around the body was blood everywhere-on the floor, the walls... It looked like a body of a child about the age of seven and it seemed that he was half-beaten to death then shot clean through the head. And OH MY GOD… It was Tantei-kun-no- SHINICHI. Kaito slumped to the floor with his eyes wide with horror and anger. He slowly reached for the child but then stopped himself. He could only stare at the dead child. He knew he was dead. There was no way he could have survived that shot. But...
Kaito had stayed frozen until the ambulance had arrived. When the police asked him questions he didn't know what he was saying. He was in shock. Then he snapped out of it, remembering seeing black clothing and luckily the black Porsche also. If he remembered correctly, that car belonged to a guy called Gin; one who poisoned Shinichi in the first place. "That bastards!" Kaito gritted his teeth. That wasn't important now. They found out about Shinichi! They will kill everyone related to Conan or Shinichi. He had to rescue them, for the sake of his lost rival and a friend... In the back of his head there was a tiny voice asking, are you sure that's all he is to you?
He dressed in a full Kid attire and hang glided over to the police station. He knocked on Nakamori's office window. When the Inspector saw him, he almost fell backwards. Then Kid heard his voice loud and clear even though he was at the outside of the building.
"KID!"
After that, it happened pretty fast. There was many police cars right behind the thief's trail. They didn't even wonder why would the internationally wanted thief just knock on their window and urged him to follow. They just did. And maybe that's what Kid liked about them. They are so dedicated and blinded by their work.
Kaito then spotted the black Porsche 356A heading in the direction of Mouri's Detective Agency. When the person in the car spotted the police cars, they seem to frown but gave up on their target and turned back deciding that it's not worth a trouble.
Kaito smiled sadly at this and looked up at the night sky, now glowing orange a little by little indicating that it was morning. He felt his eyes water and whispered almost to himself, "That's my farewell present, Tantei-kun."
The next day after that, a funeral for the faux child was held. Only picture of Edogawa Conan was there not Kudo Shinichi. Kudo's parents were disguised as Edogawa's parents. It seemed that they decided that it was safer to hide who Conan really was. The whole police headquarters attended the funeral and a few others from various parts of Japan. The kids who hung out with Tantei-kun a lot were bawling hard, especially the dark haired girl. The other girl, one with a light brown hair was standing next to the disguised Kaito, away from the kids and in front of the picture where Conan was smiling confidently. Kaito noticed she was trembling, trying so hard to hold in the tear and anger.
Kaito edged closer to her and made white roses appear out of thin air and offered them to the girl. "Here," said Kaito. "You don't have to hold it in."
Her sharp blue eyes that were so much like Shinichi's examined the thief briefly before accepting the flower. She smiled softly before putting the rose next to the picture of the boy instead of placing it with the other flowers on the table that many others have brought. She looked at the picture of Edogawa Conan once more before her sadness and anger return to her. She trembled again but this time she allowed her tears to flow. "Baka...baka...baka..." She repeated over and over. Kaito let the girl handle this on her own. And just watched her from the distance.
When her tears finally stopped flowing, she looked around the crowds of people mourning for the lost child prodigy and Kaito saw her hard eyes soften with gratefulness and even greater sadness. She looked at something that she was clutching tightly in her hands and took out a note or perhaps a letter out of her pocket. Her face became determined and held the paper and a small object tightly once more in her hands and put them back safely in her pocket. Then she looked around once more, cracking a faint smile she mouthed something like "Arigato, mina-san. Sayonara." Kaito flinched in his position, wondering if he read her lips right. She stared at the picture of Edogawa once more before heading outside. Kaito's eyes followed her subconsciously. He saw her talk to the old man-Agasa, if he remembered it correctly, which he probably did-and walked out of the funeral and toward the blond woman in a motorcycle. She took the helmet that the woman had offered to her then stared directly at the disguised thief and smiled. She walked up to him and whispered, "Edogawa-kun would've loved you to have this, Kid-san."
It was Tantei-kun's glasses and a small paper. His face crumpled in sadness and took the items from the girl. He didn't register that the girl had recognized him as Kid. "Arigato," was all he could say. Satisfied, she then jumped onto the back of the motorcycle with blond woman who had watched them but said nothing. After that, the motorcycle took off.
"He's... dead?" Hakuba stared. "How do you know? It's not even on the news..."
The thief shrugged. "He's been missing for a year and a half, Tantei-san. Wouldn't you believe so?"
Hakuba ignored him, refusing to even think about the great detective's death. "Why were you missing for a whole half a year, Kid? Well, you know, not having heist and all that?"
"I never went missing, Tantei-san. I just reappeared."
"It sure took time," Hakuba commented.
"Sure did. But it was just to keep a promise from someone I really cared. Even more than my life." Hakuba's eyebrows rose. But before the detective could press any farther, Kid said, "I've already said too much. Ja ne!" and jumped off the tall building without a single fear or hesitation, activating his hang glider.
Kaito couldn't bare it anymore in the funeral. He made his exit and took the train home right away.
When he arrived home, he didn't even bother to read the letter. He was too exhausted. All he wanted was to sleep.
He stopped doing heists. It wasn't worth it.
Months passed, but Kaitou Kid stayed quiet. Hakuba kept giving Kaito weird looks, constantly asking what's wrong and Akako would shake her head and say, "This is not the end but a new beginning." Aoko and his many other classmates had noticed his strange down-mood too. Maybe it was because Kaito did considerably less pranks than "normal".
After another long day at school Kaito slumped into his bed and noticed a small paper. He wondered for a second what it was then remembered. Months ago, he couldn't take it. He would break apart and cry as he was reading the letter from the now-gone-chibi-tantei. But Kaito decided he could take it now and slowly and carefully unfolded the paper.
And read:
Dear Kid,
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, that's all I can say.
I was stupid and I shouldn't have done this...
But please don't be sad over me if I don't survive. I made my choice and this is that. Remember, I'm watching you, always.
Good luck on your heist, Kid. Don't you think about quitting your heist when you've gone this far. You PROMISED.
It's really weird for me to say don't quit your thieving… But to catch a bigger fish, there's not really a lot of choices. Just make sure you don't cross the line. And DON'T DIE.
Remember... I'm watching and still watching...
-KS
Hakuba cursed shortly at the now flying-freely- thief then froze when there was a sound of a gun firing. "What the-!" Someone was obviously shooting at Kid. Hakuba immediately picked up his walkie-talkie and talked to Nakamori-keibu, "We have a sniper aiming Kid! He's at a roof of a building just two blocks east from the heist site."
"What? Alright, we'll head there to investigate right away!" Nakamori replied, half screaming.
Hakuba groaned in frustration. They won't make it in time to stop the shooting... He anxiously looked over at the roof of the building where the shooter was crazily firing at Kaitou Kid. He felt so useless. He could do anything at this point. Suddenly, five or six men armed with guns busted through the roof and surrounded the shooter then tackled him. The gun was taken by those men too. Weird, I'm pretty sure the cops wouldn't have reached there that fast. Then who... Hakuba's eyes widened as he saw the white figure falling from the sky.
Kaito cursed. He had miraculously dodged almost all the bullets only receiving just a tiny scrapes but ironically enough the last bullet that was fired had found its target. Kid felt an incredible pain in his stomach. He lost control if the glider and started to crash. When he saw Snake's shocked expression on the roof as he was surrounded and tackled on by some men, he snickered lightly and finally crash landed. Somehow, he was still alive. He tried to stand up and started walking. He didn't care where; he just needed to get out of here.
Something cold brushed his face. He jumped but realized a second later that it was just a rain drop. Gradually the rain got thicker and Kaito just couldn't find his strength to go on. He fell on to the cold, wet road his blood still flowing from his wound. He needed shelter but he couldn't see anything clearly. He couldn't see anything clearly but that detective's face. Kudo Shinichi. He was right in front of him, worried.
Kaito began to wonder, Am I dead? What happened? Shinichi... He's...
"Come on, Kid. We've got to get you out of here."
It was his voice... He had missed it so much...
"Kid... Kid? Kaito!"
He loved how he called his name...
Time flew and Kaito crack opened his eyes. He briefly scanned the surroundings and realized he was in an old abandoned building of some sort, still soaking wet from the rain. Then he noticed that Shinichi was staring at him. Not as Edogawa Conan but as real Kudo Shinichi. Kaito laughed for the first time in months. He must be dreaming or dead. Shinichi can't be... "You are dead..." Kaito croaked.
Shinichi rolled his eyes. "Really, that's all you've got to say? That I'm dead?"
"Am I dead?" Kaito asked sleepily.
"Oh, for the love of- No. You are not..."
Shinichi was cut off as Kaito pulled him into a deep kiss. His body ached all over but he couldn't resist it.
"I...missed...you...so...much..." Kaito breathed between the kiss.
Shinichi stood there stunned while the thief continued to enjoy himself. Shinichi slowly closed his eyes and started kissing back almost hesitantly at first but it soon got rougher and passionate. They broke the kiss for breath when Kaito stared, gawking when he realized what just happened.
"Shi-Kudo?" Kaito rasped.
"You could call me Shinichi," Shinichi told him.
Kaito smiled widely despite the pain and teased, "Instead of that can I call you Shin-chan~?"
"No." Shinichi deadpanned. Then the detective broke into a chuckle when Kaito pouted. He gave the thief a quick peck on the lips, making him blush. And more kisses. So warm…
"Shinichi," Kaito asked softly.
"Hmm?"
"Are you sure we're alive?"
"Why?"
"'Cause you are kissing me." There was a pause. "Shinichi-"
"Why, you don't like it?" The response that Shinichi gave him made Kaito blush some more.
"How are you alive? I saw you with my own eyes..." When Kaito saw the detective's face getting darker, he stopped himself. "Sorry."
"No, it's okay. It's a long story though."
"I've got time," Kaito whispered in Shinichi's ear. The detective shivered.
Whe Shinichi was in control of himself after a couple of seconds he snapped, "No, you don't. You are bleeding to death. We've got to get you treated... Obviously, hospital is out of option... Do you know someone...?"
"Yeah, you have a phone with you?" Shinichi nodded and handed him his phone. After a short talk with Jii-san, Kaito alerted Shinichi, "He's coming in 10 minutes. So tell me what happened..."
Shinichi took a deep breath and relaxed. He leaned against Kaito, careful not to hurt him, and he simply said, "Sometimes reset doesn't sound so bad."
How was it? I feel like I rushed a little toward the end… Anyway, he next chapter is Shinichi centric and explanations about what happened to him… Please look forward to the next update! And please review!