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Chapter 2: Looking for Answers
'What is the meaning of this…!?' Kaito KID stares at the now passed out body of Conan Edogawa. 'That guy Kudo… he shrunk… into a kid… into Tantei-kun…' he tries to process the scene before him.
KID gets down to reality again when he hears the loud steps of the Inspector and his squad running up the stairs of the roof. Acting out of impulse, he runs towards Conan, quickly secures him around the now too big in size clothes and picks him up.
"KAITO KID!" yells Inspector Nakamori at the thief. KID runs to the border of the building. Before jumping he turns around, griping the bundle of clothes closer to him so they don't see the passed out kid he has in his arms, and throws the Elysian Tear towards the Inspector.
"Ah!" the Inspector quickly realizes this and catches the gem before it hits the floor. While this happens, KID jumps off the building and glides towards the distance in his hang-glider.
'What am I going to do now?' KID questions himself while looking down at the still feverish and panting Conan. 'Just what happened?'
The wind starts picking up suddenly. 'Oh no! I knew it would rain tonight, that's why I tried to be hasty but with that last distraction…' he looks down at Conan again. 'Well, it can't be helped now.' the thief tries to find a place to land, feeling raindrops fall in his face.
They land in a small house's roof. KID drops to the alley besides the house and hastily changes into normal clothes, going back to his original persona Kaito Kuroba. By now rain is pouring down heavily. He pulls the oversized clothes over Conan's head, trying to cover him from the falling rain. 'At least we are in Ekoda…' Kaito thinks begrudgingly, now soaked to the bone.
Kaito gets out of the alley and looks around for some cover. After spotting a good place, he runs up ahead. He soon approaches a shop and quickly get's in. He tries to squeeze some of the water out of his clothes and after failing miserably he checks on Conan. Even with the layer of clothes covering him the poor kid was soaked, panting and shivering harshly, a fever contrasting sharply with the cold rain.
"Kaito?" said teenager almost jumps out of his skin, turning to face the voice calling him.
"Aoko!?" Kaito says, between annoyed and relieved. "What are you doing here?" he asks.
"Well, I was heading home when the rain started pouring down and I got stuck here. I was at Keiko's house working on a project." she answered. "What about you? What are you doing he- H-hey, what's that you got there?" Aoko asks as she eyes the bundle in Kaito's arms.
"I was getting home when I found this kid in an alley." Kaito says, quickly making up an excuse for having the small detective in his grasp, thanking his poker face. "He was passed out, all alone. There was no one around and the kid looks ill so I took him with me, but just like you, we got stuck with this rain." He now says smoothly.
"Oh no…" Aoko says, touching the burning forehead of the child in his friend's arms "He's burning up! The poor thing. This looks serious." she says, now concerned for the boy's well being. "Yeah…" Kaito glances at Conan, a worried frown appearing in his face. "I hope the rain stops soon."
Luckily for the pair of teenagers and the sick boy in their care, the storm started to calm after a while. "I think we can go now." Aoko points out, looking outside. Kaito follows her gaze and sees that there is only light drizzle falling. "We should get going as soon as possible, I'm freezing and the rain could strike back again." Kaito says as he stands, holding Conan up and offering his hand to Aoko.
They hastily make their way to Kaito's house, this being closer to their current position than Aoko's. As they arrive, Kaito swiftly takes out his still half soaked jacket and throws it in the floor nearby. Aoko, being relatively dry, made her way to the kitchen to make some tea, while Kaito takes Conan to his room to find some dry clothes.
"The tea is ready!" Aoko calls from the living room.
"Coming." Kaito replies from his room, now in dry clothes. He carries Conan's limp form and takes a towel and blanket before closing the door behind him, heading towards Aoko in the living room. He seats in the couch parallel to Aoko and sit's Conan in his lap, rubbing the towel in the still out cold child's hair. Kaito, not having child clothes, gave him a white t-shirt, the oversized piece of clothing covering Conan's body to the knees and elbows, and a pair of blue shorts that passed over a little from his small feet.
After drying the kid's hair, he lays Conan beside him, draping him with the blanket. "You think he was abandoned there?" Aoko quietly asks, handing Kaito a cup with warm tea before sipping from her own.
"I don't know." Kaito hates lying to her, but it would be a problem if she knew he practically kidnapped the kid. Conan has a small frown on his face, shivering lightly and panting soundlessly.
"Maybe we could give him some tea. It'll help him warm up a little." Aoko stands up to search for a cup in the kitchen. She returns and serves some tea in the cup. Getting closer to Conan, she props up his hear with her hand and tilts the cup on his lips, prompting him to swallow. Conan, slowly but surely, drinks the whole cup, his panting decreasing slightly after drinking the warm liquid.
Aoko rests the child's head on the couch again, placing the cup on the table. She smiles lightly, gazing at the child's now peaceful face, and pulls the blanket to his neck. "You know," she suddenly says. "He kind of looks like you, with his hair messed up like that"
"Huh?" Kaito glances at Conan's face, "you think?"
"Yeah" Aoko whispers, seeing the clear resemblance. "Hmmm, maybe you are right." Kaito says after a while.
Kaito now stares at the scene before him. Aoko sitting in the ground, leaning against the border of the couch, looking caringly at the resting child, a child with an uncanny resemblance to himself, and he can't help but blush a little. 'W-what am I thinking…?' he questions, trying to compose himself.
The ringing of a phone snaps him out of his trance. Aoko quickly stand and takes out her cell phone, trying to not disturb the sleeping Conan in the couch.
"Hello?" she answers in a low voice. Going to the opposite side of the living room to make as little noise as possible, already dreading who it might be.
"AOKO!? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!? DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!? IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT!" her father, Inspector Ginzo Nakamori, yells from the other side of the receiver.
"D-dad…!" Aoko says sweat dropping, having already guessed who it was before answering the call.
"Where are you, Aoko!?" Ginzo ask worriedly "I arrived home and you weren't here!"
"I'm sorry; I got caught in the rain after leaving Keiko's house. I met Kaito along the way and am at his house right now." Aoko explains.
"I see. That's good; I thought something had happened to you." Ginzo sighs, relieved. "I'll be picking you up in a few minutes ok? See you then."
"Ok dad, bye." Aoko ends the call and turns towards Kaito.
"My dad is coming for me in a few minutes." Aoko explains, picking up her things and pocketing the phone.
"Ok." Kaito stands and starts picking up the now empty cups and the towel. Aoko helps Kaito hang the towel somewhere to dry while he washes the cups.
"Aoko, could you keep to yourself the fact that I have a kid at home right now? I don't want to make a big fuss out of this, I'll wait till he recovers and send him home. If someone is searching for him, a missing notice will come to the news." Kaito requested.
"Are you sure…?" She asks, not very trusting of the plan.
"Please." Kaito asks with a serious face. This surprised Aoko. Very little times would Kaito be serious about something.
"Ok," Aoko accepts. "But you'll have to take upmost care of that child, you hear?" she soon warns him with a dangerous tone, "Kids are not pets Bakaito! And he is sick, so you better put him in a bed, I don't want to see him sleeping on the couch!"
"W-what…!?" Kaito sweat drops.
"You heard me!" Aoko says "Have him sleep with you in your room if you must! I'll come to check on him tomorrow morning, I have nothing important to do this weekend, I already finished my project with Keiko."
"Ok…" Kaito sighs, a small smile on his face.
Soon, a horn is heard outside. Kaito accompanies Aoko to the street, where Ginzo is waiting in his car.
"Thanks for taking care of Aoko." Ginzo thanks the teen.
"No problem." He replies.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Kaito." Aoko waves goodbye as she enters the car.
"See you tomorrow." Kaito says as he sees the car go off to the distance.
Kaito closes the door behind him as he enters his house and glances at the teen shrunken into child sleeping in his couch. He sighs and heads towards Conan. He glances at the kid before carrying him to his room and places him in his bed, pulling the covers over him. Kaito changes into his pajamas and turns off the lights before lying besides the still slightly shivering child. He glances over at Conan, who now rests on his side, trying to bury himself in the warmth of the bed. Kaito then remembers the events of earlier that night.
'What am I supposed to do now?' Kaito sighs 'I don't understand what's happening. I had never seen something like that before.' he thinks, still staring at the face of the boy lying beside him. 'He shrunk. How can that be? And what's worst, what does that even mean? Is he a kid that can suddenly grow up, or a teen that suddenly shrinks? I met him as Shinichi Kudo not much time longer after becoming Kaito KID, but I met him as Conan Edogawa around half a year later.' He rummages his brain, trying to find an answer.
He thoughtfully looks at the ceiling. 'Well, as Kudo, he's been a famous high school detective for some time, besides, isn't he the kid of a famous mystery author? Yuusaku Kudo was his name? Could Shinichi Kudo be his real identity?' he glances one last time at Conan, or is it Shinichi? 'I hope you can give me an answer.' Kaito then rolls to his side and closes his eyes, letting sleep take hold of him, ripping his thoughts of confusion away.
I hope you liked today's chapter. I'll try to write as fast as I can, but I'm at my finals right now so I hope you'll excuse my tardiness. I'll upload the next chapter as soon as I can. Please review and tell me what you think, reviews make me super happy o(^▽^)o
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