Chapter 1
Kudo Shinichi was in the middle of a dream. A dream from his dear comrades of magicians. There're three of them this time Shinichi thought amused. The first one was his friend Hattori Heiji, the second one was Koizumi Akako and the third and final was Haibara Ai. Great he thought this is going to be good.
Hattori Heiji started to speak. "Yo, Kudo! And we heard you! We're in ur dreams l'st time i checked."
"why are you and why couldn't you just stay out?" said Shinichi irritably
This time Akako stepped in" Kudo san, we're here to tell you that your new price is to find the truth of Kaitou 1412 or Kaitou Kid."
"Ah, you mean that white clad annoying thief? Why did my price change? I thought that my Price was to find the truth of all the murders I come across?"
FInally Haibara stepped in" Kudo-kun, you know as well as we do that if you dont fulfill your price, you'll go insane. literally. And sometimes your price changes according to your talent and availability. Your price has been transfered to Hattori-kun full-time." Hattori groaned. Rolleing her eyes she continued," There is one person trying to solve his mystery but that one is a human and in order to find the truth of that one, you need a magician."
Confused Shinichi asked" why?"
Hattori butted in" Because he's a mimic. He uses the magic of regular humans or in other words just plain mind trickery. But for a fake, he's pretty good. Too bad he didn't become one of us though. He would've been a good ally. I mean if he's that good at that kind of magic, he'd probably be good as you with real magic."
Akako elbowed him and said" Anyways Kudo-san, this is your new price. You will get your channeler's "batteries" today by Haibara-san. It'll last for about a year, since this case has been going on for about a decade. As Hattori-san said, since you do have the best magical skill, you should hav time to spare."
Haibara finally ended the whole dream by saying" Kudo-kun, I'll see you in 10 minutes. I'm coming to give you your "batteries" no matter what state your in and don't worry about your old price, I'm sure it will be fine in Hattori san's hands. Also remember that you can't go against your insanity."
At that sour note everyone's expressions darkened considerably and then the dream ended after they said their good byes. Waking up, he murmured "wagatteruyo. wasure wa shineyo. Kaitou Kid, eh?" Remembering what Haibara said, he quickly got dressed and went to the living room with a cup of coffee waiting for her by quickly using magic.
Hearing the doorbell ring, he quickly went to go get the door. As he expected Haibara Ai was standing at his door with her hands holding his channeler's "batteries" He said to come in and have a seat which Haibara obeyed. When they were seated, Haibara handed the "batteries" to Shinichi. Saying his thanks he put it in his chaneller or his tranquilizer watch that he used as Conan. The "batteries" in his case were actual watch battery shaped "batteries".
The identity of all magicians are crazed people. Crazed for their obsession of whatever they excel in, hope to achieve, or just want to know. After turning into Edogawa Conan and turning back due to magic, his obsession is to find the truth and bring the damn black organization to justice. Haibara Ai is obsessed with science and also wants the organization to justice. According to their objects of obsession the crazed are given an opportunity to keep their sanity by other Magicians. Using channelers, the user can transfer their meantal overflow into magic and the channeler has to be something with an emotional connection to the user to counter the mental connection. In order to power these connectors there are "batteries". They can be anything but something that matches the channeler. Without batteries the channelers don't work and the user goes back to insanity.
Haibara became a magician when her sister died. Her sister was the last straw and the one who turned her into a magician was none other than Vermouth. After giving Sherry enough batteries for her channeler which is her sister's bracelet, the batteries being many identical charms that can last for about 20 years. After she escaped and found Edogawa Conan, seeing that he was already insane for a while turned him into a magician. Even so he had to learn to use his magic for a full year before being able to turn back to his original self.
Now that he had changed his batteries, he asked" what does Kaitou Kid have anything to do with curing my obsession?" Haibara eyed him warily and answered" He's also involved with the BO and he holds a murder case as well. I thought it would interest you."
Surprised with her answer he slowly pulled his face into a smirk. "Well then, that sounds interesting. So how is your price turning out? How are you going to cure all of us?"
That was Haibara Ai's price from Vermouth, to find a cure for magicians who have lost their suppliers for their channelers and go back to their crazed states. Her first experiment is currently Kudo Shinichi. Her way to cure him was to either A- find a continuous distraction, B- find him a love interest , or C- Let him continuously solve murders until Japan's criminals are to damn scared to commit anymore crimes.
She tried C so she decided to change it to A. After Discussing it with Akako just a regular witch and Hattori who is also a magician, she decided Kaitou KID was the best answer. Explaining this to him, she noticed his face becoming more and more dark with obliviousness.
Shinichi finally put his hand up and said" You know what? Let's just stop there. I have to go to school soon"
Looking up to him she smiled" alright. Tell me what happens after you face KID. I want to see what happens when the best magicians go against each other and of course you are going to use magic this time. You don't have to pretend your a normal human anymore. Not that you ever were" she finished smirking.
Rolling his eyes he said "Spare me. and I guess I should huh? Well I'm going to be late so see you later Haibara." Saying their farewells, they went their seperate ways...
