DCMK Prologue: Chapter 1

My first fanfic after a long while! So, please go easy on me. This is just a prologue story of the future generations of DC and MK. Several other characters will appear along the way. This is just a...very long one-shot. I do not own Detective Conan or Magic Kaito. I love Detective Conan and Magic Kaito! If I did own them, this would have happened already. Feel free to comment.:D

It was the opening day for Haruno Prep School and children were lining up to meet with new friends or with their close friends. Their mothers met up by the lawn outside and talked and gossiped while waiting for the bell to ring.

A young girl, around 5, stood by the fence and kept looking at the gate. She glances back at her watch and looked again at the gate. She sighed for a bit and seemed near tears but remained silent about it.

"What's wrong?"

She looked up and saw a boy about her age whose eyes showed concern for the young girl in front of him that he couldn't help but ask.

"My parents..they said they would come and see me over here. But they still aren't here" she answered with a sigh and looked back at the fence in front of her.

"They might have been caught by the traffic on the way here. The news said so on TV awhile ago." the boys remarked when he cocked his chin up with his hand "According to the reporter, it wasn't an accident and it was possible there was murder involved"

The girl flinched at the thought but she gave a small smirk. "Oh..I've got it now. He won't probably leave until he's caught the criminal.."

"Huh?" the boy looked confused as the girl was mumbling to herself.

The girl shook her head and smiled at the boy "Oh..it's nothing. I just hope they would come sooner." she said and looked back at the gate

The boy went beside her by the fence and asked "How'd you get here faster than them?"

"I came along with a friend since Papa had to fetch Mama from the high school. My friend had forgotten something at home so they left me here for then.." she answered and sighed again and slumped near the fence to strain her head some more.

"Huh. That explains a lot."

The boy came closer and looked her in the eye. She looked back at him with curiosity.

"Now now.." He started and showed her his hand. He closed it and opened to show a small red rose "It's not right for a beautiful lady to look sad. Smile for me. My name is Kuroba Kenji, by the way"

She looked at him doubtfully but she took it. "Thank you, Kuroba-san. My name is Kudo Seiko. Wow. It's beautiful."

"Do you like roses?"

"Yep. I like tulips better. But thanks for your concern." She sniffed out the rose and smirked before inquiring him "Haha. You must have had a hard time removing the thorns when taking this rose."

"What? How could you tell?" Kenji gave a questioning look at her. She pointed to his fingers.

"I felt some slight scars on your hand and fingers when I touched your hand."

He checked his hands and laughed. She was correct.

"Ha? What are you? A detective?"

"I dream to be one" she replied quickly

"Riiiiiggggghhhhhhttttttt..." He said in a drowsing voice and smirked at her who in turn pouted back at him.

"It's true! I want to be one. To solve mysteries, to engage with crime scenes, to study what happened exactly and to discover the real outlook of the scene. It's wonderful once you see the truth and you get to expose the criminals and see them squirm when they are caught. It's an exhilarating feeling! You just have to be a detective once to see what I mean." she said continuously with the sparkle in her eyes.

The boy beside her just looked at her with a smirk on his face "Right. So how about this, "Tantei-chan"..can you tell me how I got the rose out of nowhere?"

"It's an old eye trick. You just hid it between your fingers, didn't you?"

"Haha. It does sound so elementary. But that wasn't the trick really. Look at your rose."

"There's nothing wrong with it."

"Check it now."

She checked and was surprised to see that the rose bloomed. When Kenji gave it to her, it was still closed up. Now, it was wide open.

She looked a bit silently at it and asked "You changed my rose, didn't you?"

"No, I didn't. You just sniffed it right and you were holding it. I couldn't just snatch it from you that way."

"More possibly, while I was distracted and talking about crime and detectives?"

"You're asking me? You're the detective. Why don't you answer it yourself? Hahaha." he laughed and put his arms behind his head to watch as the girl tried to analyze the situation more. Her eyes seemed to have caught something when he raised his hands up and she gave a surprised look then a knowingly look afterward.

Closing her eyes, "Hah. It's easy." She took his hand and pulled a small thread that was stuck to one of his fingers.

He looked a bit surprised at her actions but waited for her explanation "What's it got to do then, tantei-chan?"

"I'll tell you now, Magician-kun. One of your fingers held the thread to the rose holding it up. When I wasn't looking, you pulled the string and the rose seemed to have bloomed right. It takes correct precision to put the string on right since the petals of a rose when later plucked are sensitive. My guess, the other scar I felt on your fingertip was because you kept practicing on a thin thread. Am I correct?" she explained

"Nice..you were able to get it correct." a loud voice came from behind Seiko that made both of them jump. Seiko looked up to see a young man that resembled a bit of Kenji. He was wearing a black suit with a white t-shirt underneath. He looked around less than 30 and he had an air of glee as he looked at Kenji and at Seiko.

"Ah! Dad! Don't scare us like that!" Kenji called to the man before them

The man laughed at his reaction and quickly gave him a noogie. "Haha. Sorry, boya. That just means you have to sharpen your senses next time."

"Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow! DAD! Get off me!" Kenji said while trying to push his Dad away onto which he succeeded in doing so.

The man looked at Seiko again. "That was quite sharp for you to notice it, little girl. You were able to piece things together..Huh? What's wrong?"

Seiko looked a bit stunned when she saw the face of the man "Eh? Pa-" she stopped herself when she stared at him a bit more "Ah..no..I am sorry. I mistook you for someone else."

"Oh?" a thought came in the man's head but he smiled and came closer to her. He sat down to reach her level "Tell me. You seem pretty keen on becoming a detective."

"Of course. There will be no mystery unturned. There is only one truth!"

"Haha. Now you do really remind me a lot of someone..especially that short spuff of hair on your back."

"They do say I resemble more of my papa instead of my mama." she remarked

"Your..papa? So..your name must be.."

"Yep. My name is Seiko. Ku-"

She was stopped short when she heard familiar voices entering the gate "Seiko-kun! Seiko-chan!"

"Papa! Mama!" Seiko ran off ahead and came across a young man wearing glasses who picked her up when he came and hugged his knee. The woman beside him laughed at the scene and gave Seiko a peck on the cheek.

"You're late!" she said while pouting at them

"Sorry. Your papa and I got stuck in traffic and-" the woman beside started explaining but was cut short by Seiko,

"And Papa had to solve the murder mystery. Of course, Papa did it?"

"Of course! There is only one truth and it was quite easy to figure it out. I'll tell the rest of the details later." he said and put her down while rubbing her hair

"Yey!" she said with her fists in the air

"My my. So no wonder she looked so much like her Papa. So..we meet again..Kudou Shinichi." the man from before came closer with a woman beside him.

Shinichi looked up to see a..near reflection of him. He smirked and answered back "Same to you, Kuroba Kaito."

Even if the two were just looking..or staring at each other..everyone could feel some sort of tension between them. Seiko looked up at her father

"You know him, papa?"

"Yes. I've met him some few years ago."

Kenji looked up at his father in turn

"You've met him before Dad? He was the man I told you I saw on the news awhile ago. No wonder the name Kudo sounded familiar.."

"Well. So it seems. Yes. We've been together for quite some times years ago."

"Ah. It's Kaito-san! and Aoko-chan! Konichiwa!" Ran said when she recognized Kaito's and Aoko's face.

Aoko bowed and smiled at them "Konichiwa, Ran-chan, Shinichi-san. When did you arrive?"

"3 days ago actually. Oh?" Ran answered happily but stopped when something popped up beside her face and she looked at Kaito.

"A rose as a present for your return!" Kaito said smiling with the sparkles besides his face

Ran accepted happily "My..how sweet." Shinichi seemed to have started glaring but didn't say anything much. Kaito this time looked down again to the young girl beside Shinichi's leg.

"As a small welcome present from me too, here's something for you. Chibi Tantei-chan."

"Eh?" Seiko looked at him again

He closed his hands and opened it again and a chocolate bonbon appeared. He lightly placed it on her hands.

"Arigato!" she smiled and placed it in her pocket.

"He gave us a rose and some chocolates. How sweet. Really, Kaito-san."

This time, Shinichi did not hesitate and put his hands around Ran making her squeak but making her smile as well knowingly. Seiko let go of her father's hand and went beside Kenji

"You haven't changed at all with your skills haven't you." Shinichi said while still slightly glaring at Kaito. Kaito just smirked while being told off by Aoko.

Kenji and Seiko just watched as Kaito went beside Shinichi "Of course not Shin-chan."

Shincihi flinched at being called as such and pushed his arm away.

"Stop calling me that! We're not that much close yet. I'll remind you."

"Then let's be close now, ee?" Kaito said and hugged Shinichi even harder

Shinichi started swatting and pushing his hands and arms away from him while the rest just watched. Shinichi called out to Kaito when he noticed a crowd appearing "Oi! We're attracting a crowd!"

"Eh? So we are..but I don't think it's because we were doing that." Kaito said and let go of Shinichi. He was right there were soft murmurs.

Eh. Isn't that that famous magician? That Kuroba Kaito? Yeah. I saw him so many times on TV and he was quite a hit since he was magician, comedian and host at the same time! I even saw him on fashion magazines and talk shows!

Woah. Is that really Kudo Shinichi? Yeah, I heard he was famous in and out of the country as the famed Detective of the East. I heard he just came in from America and came back. He was called into many cases and he was able to solve them, even when he was in high school! Ah! And he's got a kid too!

One pointed at Seiko and Seiko looked back at the finger. She paused and looked up at Shinichi.

"Papa. why are they murmuring so much?" she whispered in his ear

"Ahaha. Not too worry Kudo-chan. It's because your Papa is pretty much famous." Kaito answered her question

Kenji said "Dad is also famous! He's the No. 1 Magician there is!"

"Well Papa is the No. 1 Detective!" Seiko rebuted back at him

The commotion was stopped when the prep teacher came out to greet them.

"Now now..enough with the commotion. Let's all go inside so we can start."

The kids cheered and raced inside while the parents followed a bit afterwards.

"Go ahead Seiko-chan. We'll follow later." Ran told her daughter who nodded and walked slowly to the door.

"Kudo-chan?" Kenji called and walked besides her

"Yep, Kuroba-kun?"

"You can tag along with me if you need help."

"Oh, thanks. But I know Hikari-chan's around here somewhere.."

"Eh? You mean Hattori Hikari?" he asked

"Yep. Her Dad's one of papa's close friends. Do you know her?"

"Well. I've seen her some times before. I do see her with the name tag over there."

"Ah! You're right. I'll see you later Kuroba-kun!

"See you." he said and joined a group of boys on the other side of the room.

-END chapter 1