One day, a masked person appeared on a crime scene. The police did not trust the person who hid their face, which was quite understandable. However, the person solved the crime when the police were baffled and then took their leave, drawing no attention from the reporters who were swarming outside the doors. The case was high profile and no one knew who had solved it. All the police had was a phone number that the person had left behind. The words 'Just in case you need it,' were scrawled in very feminine writing, all loops and curls that seemed extraneous but just managed to avoid the designation. After they managed to secure several other samples of the person's handwriting, they realized that it changed any time anything was written, ranging from a barely legible chicken scratches to elegantly written letters.
It was then that the masked person gained their first name. A reporter wanted to credit the mysterious person and so they called him the "masked crusader of justice". The person appeared again and again, solving crimes and occasionally even stopping them. Some wondered why that person was on the scene of so many crimes, but too many of the criminals confessed willingly for there to be really be any sort of doubt.
A few speculated that the presence of the person caused crimes. These people were vehemently opposed by those who said that the person was simply called to the scene. A very small amount of people believed the person was a Shinigami given physical form. Some claimed it was all a coincidence and the person happened to be in the right place at the right time to lend their help.
Nevertheless, no one was ever quite sure what to think of the masked person.
The first time they spoke, it was in a male voice and the newspapers felt safe in reporting the story using a male pronoun. This quickly changed when, in their next appearance, their voice was that of an old lady. This was before the masked crusader was well-known, but it interested some people at the very beginning.
Many cases after their first appearance, a reporter finally managed to catch up with the masked figure and ask their name. Tilting their head and pausing for a moment, they replied, "I am Truth." After that, reporters occasionally managed to speak to the newly named Truth.
It wasn't very long after that before Truth ran into another high profile case. It involved a celebrity (Yoko Okino herself!) and, while the details were not released to the public, the fact that Truth had solved the case was. After that, many people knew of Truth, but not many knew much about them.
Of course, their rise to fame was nothing compared to the odd mix of rivalry and friendship they shared with Kid. When the first confrontation took place between the two and reporters swarmed around Truth, they laughed and said, "Kid-san is a very interesting individual who I'm sure will continue to be a source of amusement for a long time to come. I challenge them to attempt to have it any other way." The cryptic quote was published in many newspapers and only the police noticed that whenever Truth was almost late to a heist, they received at least one new criminal with a note explaining exactly where they could find the necessary evidence to incarcerate them and the shootings that had been plaguing the heists were drastically reduced or completely absent.
The reporters, on the other hand, speculated on the exact nature of the relationship between the two. Kid himself had given what amounted to a statement on the topic as well (although his had been from a rooftop with glitter randomly appearing in the crowd) when a fan had been bold enough to shout the question.
"Truth-kun has earned my respect and appreciation, as well as my fear."
He said nothing else on the topic and Truth avoided questions dealing with their relationship with Kid extremely skillfully. Only one more piece of information was known to the general public.
"It took them a while to meet on the proper playing field. They've known each other longer than everyone thinks they have." Kudo Yuusaku was the one who said this and everyone wondered. It was confirmed the next Kid heist.
AN: So, this story is pretty much complete. I'll upload a chapter a day, but I'm undecided as to whether to end it where it currently ends or if I should add an epilogue of some kind, as it is a bit of an abrupt ending.
Thank you for reading!
Ja ne!
~J. DCF