(This needed to be fixed… big time… I still don't own Detective Conan or Magic Kaito)
Kaito sat up in bed drenched in a cold sweat. He put a hand to his forehead to feel his cold clammy skin. He collected his thoughts before looking at the clock. It was nearing three in the morning. Dream Conan hadn't been lying about the time so chances were he wasn't lying about dying.
Kaito swung his legs out of bed and stood up. His doves cooed in alarm but quieted when they realized it was him. A flash of light streaked by his window, he could hear the rain hitting the roof. Kaito looked out the window. The wind was blowing exceptionally strong. Hurricane? He wondered. Ah, Hurricane Masumi is due sometime this week. He remembered.
One of the doves cooed in alarm. Kaito blinked at it through the darkness, his doves only made noises like that when they didn't like something. He quietly padded over to the cage and inspected it for something out of place. Everything seemed normal. The same dove cooed again. Kaito opened the cage and pulled it out.
"Oi, daijobu?" He asked as he stroked it affectionately. In response the dove cooed with the same alarmed tone and flapped its wings frantically. Kaito blinked as he tried to figure out what was wrong. He stroked its head gently in thought. The dove nipped his finger and let out an alarming squawk.
"Are you worried about me?" He asked it. The bird cooed its answer. "I'll be fine." He assured it while he went to put it back in the cage. The dove refused to get off his finger.
"Oi. I can't take you with me, you'll get hurt." He told it giving his hand a little shake. The dove still stayed on. Kaito sighed. Stubborn bird. "Alright. You can come with me." He pulled his hand out of the cage and closed it. "You're not to leave my jacket." He instructed.
Kaito set the small bird on the foot of his bed and quickly changed into a dark green hoodie and jeans. He slipped his shoes on and grabbed his jacket. Once the bird was tucked safely inside he grabbed his backpack and headed to the kitchen.
From what dream Conan had said about a hit and run Kaito could guess that the boy had been hit by a car. The thief stuffed some towels and bandages in the bag and the opened the cabinet and quickly got a flashlight ready. Kaito also remembered the kid saying something about a ditch and he packed a rope as well. He zipped up his jacket and slid his backpack on.
"Let's go, Hermes." He spoke to the dove as he quietly headed out the front door. He stepped off the porch and was immediately soaked. Great weather conditions. He thought bitterly and pulled his hood up. Soaking wet and cold. He watched his breath disappear into the cold night air. This was most certainly very dangerous because it was storming and the wind was starting to pick up again.
"Damn." Kaito muttered. "This had better not be hard." He pushed his gate open and headed off towards the subway it would most likely be the fastest form of transportation available to him. Hermes cooed softly from beneath his jacket.
"Sh." Kaito told it. "I know you don't like this, but I have to go." He ran down the street to the subway. Twice he almost slipped but regained his footing. A police officer had tried to stop him but Kaito didn't have time to stop and talk, no matter who it was. Conan had to be found.
The subway was almost vacant. Two or three people were sitting on the benches waiting for the train. Kaito leaned against the wall and had to wait another five minutes before his ride came up. He used his transit card and headed to the back. No one but a boy around his age was back here. The boy had oversized black spectacles and feminine eyes. He looked disturbed about something. The boy was muttering something over and over again. Kaito approached the boy.
"I can't believe I almost-"
"Excuse me," Kaito cut him off, "do you mind if I sit here?" The boy jumped a little and looked up.
"No, go ahead." He responded and then fell quiet. Kaito nodded and took the seat beside him. This boy was deeply disturbed by something. His face was covered in sweat and his hands were balled up into tight fists.
"Is something bothering you?" Kaito took a stab at conversation. The boy blinked and then shook his head, not at all convincing Kaito, but he didn't know this person and it would be ruse to press him for answers.
"Kuroba Kaito." He held out his hand in a friendly gesture.
"Hondou Eisuke." The boy shook hands with Kaito. "It's a pleasure to meet you." He said politely, the discomfort hanging on his features. Kaito offered him a smile.
"The pleasure is mine." He withdrew his hand after a quick shake. "So what brings you on the subway at three in the morning?" Hondou blinked and then looked away.
"I was headed home but I got a message from two of my friends. They said they were concerned about me." He explained sheepishly. "I never really thought that could happen, I'm going to visit them."
"At three in the morning?" Kaito raised an eyebrow. "Well I've done stranger." He shrugged it off with a grin.
"I called them a little while ago, they know I'm coming." He explained. "If you don't mind me asking, what have you done that's weirder?" Hondou asked. Kaito blinked and then shrugged.
"I'm a magician, I do some pretty strange things." He explained, who are these friends of yours, why were they concerned? Did you run away?" Kaito then realized none of this was his business and yawned. "You don't have to tell me. I was just curious. Not to sound like a detective or anything." He smiled. Eisuke nodded.
"It's alright, I don't mind." He smiled back. "I was looking for my sister, Suzuki-san and Mouri-san were helping me look, I suddenly left on my own." Kaito closed his eyes and took in the story then the names of Hondou's friends rang in his head.
"Mouri?" He looked at the boy. Hondou blinked.
"Yes, Mouri Kogoro's daughter." He explained a little confused by Kaito's interest in the name. "Are you a fan of the detective?" Kaito inwardly chuckled.
"Of his daughter." He said arrogantly. "The Karate champion. She's well known at our school, she's the only one our Karate captain can't beat." He quickly invented.
"She's the captain at Teitan high, I wonder what she'll say if- eh?" Hondou's mobile phone lit up, signifying he was being called. "Excuse me." He told Kaito before answering.
"Of course." Kaito turned away. Hermes made a soft cooing noise and Kaito patted him through his jacket. "Sh." He told the bird.
"Mouri-san?" Hondou was speaking. "Calm down, could you repeat that?" Kaito's attention was snagged as the Ran's muffled voice made it to his ears. She sounded hysterical.
"Calm down please, Mouri-san. I can't understand you. There's a lot of static." Hondou was explaining. Kaito stiffened as he caught only a few snippets of what the girl was saying.
"Conan-kun… missing… can't… find…"
"I still can't-"
"Excuse me." Kaito took the phone from him. "Moushi, Moushi, Mouri-chan?" He heard a soft hiccup on the other line.
"Hai?" She was clearly confused.
"This is Kid." He said seriously. Hondou gasped from beside him at the same time as Ran.
"Kaitou Kid?" She questioned. "Did you have a heist tonight?" She asked immediately. Kaitou shook his head.
"No, but what's going on?" He asked, genuinely concerned. Ran was quiet for a minute before she answered in a small voice.
"I can't find Conan-kun… He wasn't in his bed when I went to wake him up." She explained shakily. "Do you know where he could be? I called the professor but he hasn't seen him either!"
"I'm afraid I don't. I'll call you if I find something. Ja ne." He hung up and returned the phone to a gaping Hondou Eisuke.
"A-ano…" Hondou stuttered. "You-You're…"
"Didn't you find my name a little strange?" Kaitou smirked. Hondou blinked and then returned the phone to his pocket.
"But… what are you doing out this early in the morning?" He asked. Kaito sighed.
"I have my reasons." He responded. Hondou proved his intelligence a few seconds later.
"The reason you looked up when I mentioned Mouri-san was because of Conan-kun, wasn't it? You're familiar with him, aren't you?" He asked. Kaito blinked.
"Th-that's right…" He admitted. Hondou nodded and then looked away.
"I wonder if you knew…"
"That Conan-kun was missing?"
"No, about the most recent speculations about you." Kaito raised an eyebrow, wondering what Hondou was talking about.
"I do read the papers." He explained with a stifled yawn the subway came to a stop and Kaito stood up. "Well this is where I get off. Nice talking to you Hondou-kun." He headed for the exit. Eisuke followed him.
"It's my stop too." He explained. "What I read wasn't in the papers, it was in Suzuki-san's magazine." The two boys stepped off and Kaito checked his watch. The damn subway caused him to loose a good forty-five minutes.
"And that would be?" Kaito asked as they walked up the step above ground again. Hondou looked a little embarrassed by it. Kid blinked.
"Well… some people seem to think that you like the boy." He explained. Kaito blinked again, not quite catching the drift.
"Well, I don't hate him. His intelligence is fascinating to me." Kaito explained. "I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to him." Hondou shook his head.
"That's not what I mean… I mean they think you like him." Hondou clarified. Kaito blinked.
"That's… yuck. What do they take me for, a pedophile?" He asked shaking the thought from his head. Hondou shrugged.
"I don't know… but they think it's strange that you two seem to meet so often. Suzuki-san nearly strangled Conan-kun."
"That girl? Poor kid. I wonder how he took it."
"He laughed." Hondou told him. Kaito blinked. He had found that funny? Kaito himself was in shock at how disgusting that would be. Conan was supposed to be seven. The idea was even more disturbing than it would be normally.
"He laughed?"
"Yes, he said something about people coming up with the craziest things." The reached the surface. Kaito and Hondou pulled the hoods of their jackets up.
"I'm headed up the mountain, you?"
"Home." Hondou admitted. "But what's up the mountain that would interest a thief."
"You never know." Kaito turned the opposite direction. "Seems like a place Tantei-kun would go." He headed off disappearing into the cold wet night. Hondou blinked.
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Shinichi woke up with his head pounding, his ribs were cracked in several places and his arm was in a place it shouldn't be. A warm liquid was trickling down the side of his face. Blood Shinichi realized. He took a deep breath and it felt as though his rib cage had shattered. Where was his other arm?
He wiggled the fingers of his right hand and found it was stuck to his torso. Something slimy coated his stomach. More blood. He realized. He peeked an eye open and saw that his legs had been forced above his head in an unnatural position. His left knee was very near his nose and his right leg was stuck to the wall. How had he gotten this cramped? He tried to move his legs but it hurt too bad and he couldn't move them. They were jammed in place. Stay calm. He thought to himself. Don't stop breathing. He forced himself to take a breath. It hurt like hell. Shinichi knew that if he stopped breathing he'd die. Breathe he forced himself.
Rain started to drip into the hole Shinichi was cramped in. A large amount of leaves came falling down on him followed by a downpour of water. Conan groaned as best he could. It was raining, and he was trapped, dying in a ditch. If the ditch filled up he would drown, but he had no idea what the time was, there was a chance no one would find him.
Just above Conan was a darkened figure who was shoveling dirt and leaves into the ditch as the opening disappeared the figure smirked and set its shovel aside before fleeing the scene…
(I think I like it written this way much better.)
