For the people who don't know, I added new content to the back of Chapter 1. Go read! :)
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Haido City Hotel, 3:15 P.M.
"Squad A, go to the back! Squad B, surround the entrance to the lobby! Squad C, block all the exits! Squad D, pr-" Nakamori Ginzo's rant was interrupted by his daughter's voice.
"Otou-san, I brought your lunch! I thought you might be hungry, chasing Kid around all the time." Nakamori Aoko smiled as she dangled a bento with a blue handkerchief tied around it in front of her father's face. "Kaito says hello too, right, Kaito?" Aoko looked around for her childhood friend. "Kaito?"
"Oh, hi! Just...um...exploring around the place," Kuroba Kaito said as he rushed back into the room.
Nakamori (the elder one) gave Kaito a fleeting glance. "You can put it on the table over there, Aoko." He took up ordering his troops around again.
Just then, Hattori Heiji and Edogawa Conan rushed in between the hotel doors. Well, well, meitantei. We meet again. Hello to you too, Detective of the West. Kaito thought with a smug grin on his face. He knew who they were, but they didn't know him. They knew him...as Kaitou Kid.
Nakamori-keibu stopped his shouting to answer a phone call. "Yes, yes, yes, WHAT? Oh well." He paused. "Too bad. Don't worry, I can hold him off right here." He flipped his phone shut.
"Otou-san, who was that?" Aoko asked quizzically.
"One of Suzuki-sama's servants. The guy was so excited about catching Kid that he tripped and fell down some stairs, or something like that. But we can do just fine without him. Mwah ha ha ha ha!"
Kaito shuddered. Really, your enthusiasm is exciting. It's almost pathetic. He turned his head to see several whispering men in black. What are they here for?
"Kaito? Are you okay?" Aoko frowned. "Your face is all scrunched up."
"I'm-" Kaito began.
"He'll be fine." A crisp British-accented voice answered Aoko before Kaito could.
"Hakuba..." Kaito said with no feeling whatsoever. The detective gave him a brief nod. Hakuba Saguru couldn't really be called a detective, though. He spent more time in trying to catch Kid than solving murder cases. He knew that Kaito was Kaito Kid, even if Kaito never admitted to it. Thank God that he doesn't have any evidence.
"3:17.21 P.M." Hakuba announced. As if everyone here is as time-obsessed as you are, Hakuba, Kaito thought silently, inwardly laughing at the so-called "watch that only loses 0.001 seconds per year" on Hakuba's wrist. It was just another one of many things that annoyed Kaito about him.
As for others Kaito could name, he was arrogant, a huge know-it-all, and...something about the way he treated Aoko that made Kaito...jealous? Kaito shook his head. How can I be jealous? Aoko is just...just a friend. That's all.
Are you trying to convince me or yourself? his heart retorted. In an effort to take his mind off the topic, Kaito glanced around at all of the men running around, trying to please Inspector Nakamori, which wasn't exactly an easy thing to do, as Kaito had learned...in more ways than one. Now all that was left was to decide whose identity to assume when he stole the sculpture. Kaito almost laughed out loud. This is going to be one easy heist!
It might be an easy heist for Kaitou Kid, but things were getting complicated for Shinichi, or should I say, Conan. Because pretty soon, it was just a matter of time before his identity was discovered, by the one who deserved to know most.
Inspector Nakamori's eyes widened. "Wait a minute...if Suzuki-san isn't going to be here, then how is he going to carry out his "secret plan" to catch Kid and protect Ruby Star?"
He can't. Kaito smirked. His scrutiny didn't go unnoticed by Conan, who shot him a curious look. He heard him ask his "Ran-neechan" who "that onii-san" was.
"What's Ruby Star?" Aoko whispered.
"It's the jewel, Aho-ko. The 'ruby' part is because of the jewel set on the fairy's head, " Kaito said. "Don't you think you should have read up before you came here?"
"I'm sorry, Ba-kaito. I was only studying for our history test tomorrow. Not everyone is as brilliant as you are." Her voice had a hint of sarcasm.
Always fighting. Nakamori looked over at them and sighed. "Revert to Plan B!" He barked at his troops. Kaito watched him as he began scanning every person in the room. "Is anyone willing to hold Ruby Star so Kid can't steal it?"
Suzuki Sonoko chose that moment to barge in through the revolving hotel doors. "I will! I will!"
"No, you'd gladly give the sculpture to Kid if it meant that you could actually talk to him. Anyone else? We need...a girl, probably, so Kid won't be suspicious. Martial arts experience would be perfect."
Ran raised her hand. "Umm...I know karate, if that's enough."
"She won the championships!" Sonoko exclaimed. "Ran, you should be proud of yourself!"
Nakamori nodded. "Listen, here's the plan..."
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At a shop in Beika City, 4:00 P.M.
"Ran-chan, do you think this dress looks pretty on me? Ran-chan?" Kazuha waved a hand in front of her friend's face.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. It fits you perfectly, Kazuha-chan." Ran was not paying attention.
"Ran-chan!" Kazuha sat down beside her. "Are you still thinking about Kudo-kun?"
Ran sighed. "Who would think about that baka? I was just...just..."
Kazuha put her hands on her hips. "Admit it, Ran-chan, you're worried about that 'baka.'"
"Okay, so what if I am? It's normal to worry about your childhood friend; you said so yourself."
"I don't have a childhood friend." Sonoko flopped onto the couch. "Ran, he'll be alright! Especially when he has such a caring wife worrying about him."
For once Ran didn't reply with the usual, "I'm not his wife!" She had on a thoughtful look. "Ne, why doesn't Shinichi ever ask about what I'm doing? He always seems to just know."
"Maybe Conan-kun told him?" Kazuha suggested.
Ran shook her head. "No, Shinichi doesn't even use Conan-kun's name when he talks. He always calls him 'that kid' or something like that. If he knew Conan-kun so well that they were calling each other, Shinichi would at least know his name."
Sonoko giggled. "Maybe he's been spying on his beloved girlfriend?"
Ran threw her hands up. "Why are we talking about this when we could be picking out new outfits? Let's go." But the wheels in her mind were turning. If Shinichi had walked by and seen the look on her face, he would've seriously been scared.
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