Gale-Dragon: Hi everyone, I'm writing this story because there are hardly any (or none) of this pairing, hope everyone likes, please review. Vodka and Gin don't belong to me, but the fortune teller and his wife are absolutely mine.
Tarot
A man in his late twenties early thirties, with sunglasses, a business hat that covered some of his black hair, as well as a suit, and well built walked down the street looking for a specific building. 'Damn, how did I get stuck with the shopping again?' The man thought to himself.
*Flashback*
"Can you please go shopping for food in my place?" Asked a beautiful woman with long blond hair that reached her waist, blue eyes (?) was wearing a black business suit with a black skirt and wearing black high-heels (1) to the well-built man.
"No, and why should I?" He questioned.
"Because, Vodka, if you don't," she started as she showed the man a picture of him in bed with his back to a man with long silvery blond hair (2) that reached his waist, he was a head taller than the man, who was facing with his back to the man, "I'll show this picture to everyone in the Organization," She smiled as she saw Vodka's face turn red and tried to get the picture out of the woman's grip, but failed.
"How in the hell did you get that damn picture, Vermouth?" Vodka questioned as he tried to get the photo from Vermouth.
"It's a secret makes a woman, woman," Vermouth said with her usual smile. "I'll give it to you for you to destroy, or show to Gin if you go to the grocery store and get food," Vermouth said as she waved the snapshot, taunting Vodka.
"Is that the only one?" Vodka questioned nervously.
"Yes, don't worry, I'm telling the truth," Vermouth said with a smile.
"Fine I'll get the groceries, but you better give that picture afterwards," Vodka said still red, the only reason he and Gin were in the same bed was because the room that was left, which they had to rent, had only one bed, no couch, and both agreed to stay on their own side of the bed, how in the world did Vermouth got them in that position was beyond Vodka.
"Deal, here's a list, don't worry, I won't show anyone the picture," she said as she handed him a piece of paper with food listed on it, "Happy shopping," Vermouth said with a smile.
*End Flashback*
'Damn her, it's not enough to tease me and Gin on our partnership, but making me go grocery shopping with blackmail is hitting below the belt,' Vodka thought angrily, he sighed, 'I admit, I do love him, but I can't tell him and defiantly not Her. I really hope she keeps her word, or Gin'll have my head,' he had the shopping list in his left pocket and was looking for the grocery store now.
Vodka passed a fortune telling shop, then stopped, and then took a step back to see what was inside through the window. It had a lot of fortune telling stuff at first glance.
"Welcome to my Fortune Telling shop, how may I help you?" asked a man, well he sounded like one, in forest green fortune tellers clothing, with a hood over his head that did a good job of hiding his hair, gray orbs, and stood a head taller than Vodka, he was probably the owner.
'What?' Vodka looked at his surroundings and realized that he was inside the shop. 'When did I?' Vodka questioned himself.
"May I read to you your fortune?" the Owner asked Vodka as soon as he stopped looking around.
"Um, sure," He replied, although he wasn't sure why he didn't really believe this fortune telling mumbo jumbo.
"Please, have a seat," the Owner said as he motioned to a plain wooden chair. Vodka followed the motion to the chair.
'This is a waste of time, why did I agree to this?' Vodka questioned himself again.
"How do you want your reading?" asked the Owner.
"Um, Tarot cards, my grandma did Tarot reading," 'Why am I giving his this information?' Vodka said to the Owner but thought in his head.
"Then you know the card meanings?" the Owner asked. Vodka nodded. The Owner went to the back of the store to get a deck of Tarot card, as he did a woman wearing gray clothing, shirt and pants, gray eyes as well, she was a head taller than the Teller (which is tall for a woman), the only thing that kinda scared Vodka a bit was the horrid scars on her face, came out from behind the curtain and placed a well made lucky charm on the shelf. She noticed Vodka staring at her, even though he was wearing his sunglasses. She gave a stare in return.
"I know about my scars, you don't have to remind me," She said as she went back behind the curtain and as the Owner came back with a deck of Tarot cards.
"Sorry about the Mrs., she doesn't like it when people stare at her scars," The Owner said as he sat down at the chair parallel from Vodka.
"S-s-she's your wife?" Vodka stuttered.
"Yes, I find her quite lovely," The Owner said with a smile, Vodka stared at the Owner as if he was crazy, which was probably the case. "I meant personality wise; I never really cared much about outward appearance," the Owner added once he noticed Vodka's stare through his glasses.
"S-sorry," 'Why am I apologizing?' Vodka now wondered what was wrong with him.
"Do you want the topic to be on the guy you love?" The Owner suddenly asked, Vodka immediately turned rose red.
"I t-think you mean woman, um, right?" Vodka stuttered out.
"You love your partner, more than a partner, and he's a he, so I think I'm asking the right question, you want to know your past, present, and future with Gin, right?" The Owner asked Vodka with perfect accusation.
"You got me; yes I would like to know" 'What the hell? H-he even got Gin's name, and I didn't tell him anything, how'd he?' Vodka asked himself as he put on a smile for the Owner.
"All right, when I'm done shuffling the cards, you'll pick a random card from the deck, and that'll represent your future with Gin," The Owner said as he shuffled the deck Tarot style, Vodka nodded. Once he was done shuffling the cards, he gathered all of them and managed to get them back into a deck, then he spread them out like in a casino. "You may choose," The Owner said as soon as he finished spreading them out. Vodka was amazed; even his grandma didn't get the card as aligned like in a casino. Vodka reached out for a card, for some reason he was drawn to one of the cards close to the left, he removed that card from the deck and placed it in front of himself. The Owner gathered the cards into a deck again and started placing them.
The Owner discarded the top three cards and placed the fourth card to his farthest right, next, he discarded three more cards and placed the fourth card next to the first placed card, lastly, he discarded the next three cards and placed the fourth card in the position beside the last positioned card, he put the remaining cars to the side with the discarded cards. "Let's begin," The Owner said with a smile.
The Owner flipped over the card farthest to the left, It was an upright heart with three swords piercing it, "The Three of Swords, it says that Gin lost someone important to him, his older sister, Hikari (3), she was killed by Heartless Killer Hades (4), Hades tied Gin to a chair and he slit Hikari's throat right in front of his eyes, as well as carve her heart out, that must have bin painful to watch, the card (5) that Hades left behind said 'Sometimes the only way to see the light is when it's gone', Gin cries on her birthday and her death day," the Owner explained. Vodka was startled, Gin only told Vodka about his beloved sister, her horrible death, the card that Hades left behind, and that Gin cried on those two days, how did this Fortune Teller know?
The Owner flipped over the second card next to the first, it was a boy with a stick with a tied bag attached to the other end, and was smiling happily, right side up, "The Fool tells me that after his sister's death, he found the Black Organization and started his life over there in order to find Hades and kill him for taking his sister from him, he's a good gun man," The Owner explained. Vodka remained quiet; this man got everything about Gin right so far.
The third card was four stick holding up a red banner, upside down, "The Four of Wands in reverse, it's saying that the Organization became his life, he followed the rules of the Organization accordingly, and you were partnered up with him to learn the ropes, and ended up becoming his permanent partner, correct?" the Owner looked at Vodka, and he nodded. That was completely correct, but how did he know?
The fourth card was a woman in white patting the head of a lion, right side up, "The Strength is saying that slowly you fell in love with Gin, and he has yet to realize it, she also says that you have the courage to go after him when he's in danger even if it'll cost you your life, but you lack the courage to tell him how you feel," The Owner said as he saw the redness appear on Vodka's face, "I'd take your blushing means it's true," he said with a smile, Vodka nodded.
'H-how the hell?' was the only word to cross his mind after he nodded.
The fifth card was a man with red hair sitting on a throne and holding a long, thin stick, and was up right, "The King of Wands, oh my," The Owner gave a chuckle.
"What?" Vodka wanted to know what was so funny to the Owner.
"He says that you too are both strong and loving, even if Gin refuses to admit it, although, yours is stronger than his," The Owner got out before he started chuckling again, Vodka turn redder than before.
"Now you may turn over the card you chose to represent your future," The Owner motioned Vodka to turn over the sixth and final card. Vodka was nervous, even though this man got everything right, it was still nerve racking. Vodka closed his eyes as he turned over the card.
"The Lovers," said the voice of the Owner. Vodka opened his eyes, and he saw the picture of a man and a woman in a loving embrace, right side up. Vodka touched the picture of the two.
"They say, you two will live happily," The Owner explained, and as he explained, Vodka actually saw what he was explaining, Vodka hugging Gin and giving him a long deep kiss, who was now shorter than Vodka, growth spurt maybe? "Oh, and you will have a daughter, how? I'll leave to you to figure out," the Owner said with a smile. Vodka was seeing a little girl with silvery blond hair and black bangs run to them, both bent down, Gin picked her up and Vodka patted her on her head, all were smiling happily.
"Do you know what her name will be?" Vodka asked with curiosity.
"Hikari, after her late aunt," the Owner said simply. Vodka smiled at the image of the future family.
"Thanks for the reading, um, how much?" Vodka was happy about the reading, but Vermouth would show that photo if he didn't get everything on the shopping list.
"What's in your pocket?" The Owner asked.
"A shopping list," Vodka said with redness on his face.
"The other pocket, a shopping list isn't worth much," The Owner said as he motioned his head to the right. Vodka reached into his right pocket and pulled out an old dented silver painted bullet, the bullet that Gin gave him when they first became partners, people would've called him weird for keeping an old bullet in his pocket for no reason, which was true in a way, it only served to remind Vodka about when he first met Gin. "That'll cover the reading," The Owner said as he looked at the bullet.
"Take care of it," Vodka said as he carefully handed the old pellet to the owner. "Um, by the way, do you know where the grocery store is?" Vodka asked since he needed to go there anyway. The Owner pointed with his left hand, since his right hand has the projectile, out the window. Vodka looked in the direction of the finger, and aw the grocery store right across the street, now how come he didn't see that on the way here? "Um, thanks, take care," Vodka waved to the owner on his way out, the Owner waved back with a smile.
"Thanks Vodka for doing the shopping," Vermouth said happily as she placed all the food into the proper storage for the food.
"A deals a deal, the photo please," Vodka said as he held out his hand for the photograph.
"You're right," Vermouth said as she handed the photo to Vodka, "But," she suddenly pulled the picture away from Vodka's reach, "What took you so long for you to get to the store and back?" Vermouth sounded serious,
"It took me a while to find the store, you didn't tell me where exactly it was," Vodka lied, if Vermouth found out that he stopped at a Fortune Teller, which was right across from his original destination, he'll never get that picture.
"Well, you're right about that," Vermouth handed the picture right to Vodka. He was glad to get the photo so he can shred it.
"There you are Vodka," Said a cold voice from behind, Vodka knew right away who it was and he quickly hid the picture up his sleeve as he turned to face his partner.
"You were looking for me, Aniki (boss)?" Vodka asked trying not to be nerves.
"Where in hell were you?" Gin was angry.
"He was helping me with the groceries, Gin-chan," Vermouth said with a smile.
"You mean blackmailing him to help you with the groceries," Gin said coldly. Vermouth smiled. "Vodka, we're leaving this room," Gin announced. Vodka went to the door, and both left the room.
"Don't be too rough with each other," Vermouth shouted out of the kitchen. Gin ground his teeth at the comment, while Vodka turned red.
"Damn, her," Gin cursed under his breath. Vodka just nodded, the only thing Vodka got out of today was getting future red to him.
"What's so special about that bullet?" The scarred woman asked the Owner, who was examining the shell.
"It's a pure silver were-wolf tooth," The Owner said as he let the 'bullet' roll in his palm.
"Really?" The scarred woman asked in amazement "Those are extremely rare,"
"One of the funny things about humans is they don't know important a simple object really is, but this human found this object special for a completely different reason," The Owner said as both he and his wife went to the back of the store. The lights flickered a bit and then turned off. (6)
(?): I have no clue what Vermouth's eye color is.
(1): How do women walk in those things?
(2): At the beginning of Detective Conan Gin was a blond, later in the series his hair's silver, and so I chose to do both.
(3): I made it up, it is my story.
(4): My character as well, no copying.
(5): There are 8 Heartless Killers each with their own unique card (well the twins use the same card), please read more of my future stories to find out more about the Heartless Killers.
(6): yes, the Owner and his wife aren't human.
Gale-Dragon: All done :-), please review.