It was certainly strange. He had found an article draft containing even a picture of him and 1412 facing off on the roof. But there was nothing he hadn't had already read in the article this morning.

Where was this supposed new information he wondered?

A puff of familiar smoke diverted his attention for the moment.

Yuusaku eyed the folder that appeared with contempt.

'I found that earlier. They are either speculating that you are my accomplice or my rival for the prize. The police is cited as the source. I'm sorry I didn't notice they had noticed you. And were applying your presence in that context.'

Yuusaku turned around to 1412.

'You are not to blame, so don't apologize. After all', and here Yuusaku lowered his head and smirked, his glasses obscuring his eyes from view, ' It is my own fault for not noticing these eyes on me. And it is nobody's but my own fault these eyes mistook me for a Phantom thief. I certainly dress like one, no Kaito KID?'

At hearing that moniker, the others eyebrows shot up, the only indication of surprise the thief showed. 'Kaito KID? Is that what the newspaper is now calling me?' There was a faint trace of humour in the newly dubbed KIDs voice.

Yuusaku chuckled quietly. 'It might as well be. Don't you read it too? This reporters handwriting sure is atrocious. His '1412' reads like KID. Here you see?' Yuusaku held the report out for the other to see.

'Huh. How peculiar. It's just a pity your new number doesn't look like a name too. After all I now have to return the favour of finding a name, since I don't want to be struck calling you 'Dad'.

It suddenly stuck Yuusaku how abnormal this situation was. He was, after all, standing in the middle of the biggest news agency in Tokyo in the middle of the night and chatting with an internationally wanted criminal!

A laugh was bubbling in his throat at the ridiculousness of it all. It was as if he had somehow become the main character in a bad mystery novel.

He chuckled quietly while KID appeared to be deep in thought.

'Your custom!' The other suddenly remarked.

Now it was Yuusaku's eyebrows which shot up.

You look like a character from a novel in it and I know precisely which novel! The 'Night Baron'! Your getup strongly resembles his, so your new name is going to be 'Night Baron'!'

Yuusaku could almost hear the proud smirk KID was sure to have on his face.

But 'Night Baron'? That was almost too much to be a coincidence.

'You sure have a way with names, no? I hope you realize, that that name creation belongs to Kudo-sensei?' The irony wasn't lost on Yuusaku.

'With mine, at least a little credit belongs to that messy reporter, so lets call it even, Tou-san.'

'Alright I concur. We only take half the credit in naming each other, so that does not make us parents.' This conservation definitely took a turn for the strange . They were discussing their parenthood of all things.

After a moment of silence, KID spoke up again. 'Let's decide on brothers then, alright Aniki?'

'It seems fitting, doesn't it, Nii-san? May I suggest making our new names public?'

With a grin, Yuusaku produced pen and paper.

We are neither friend nor foe

We are as different as night and day

And still our origin is the same

What are we?

Kaito KID & Night Baron

A.N.: It was mentioned somewhere in the manga, that Yuusaku gave Kaito KID his name when he misread some reporters notes. I just thought KID ought to return the favor xD

And I don't have a clue if the suffixes with which Yuusaku and Toichi adress each other are actually used in such context, so sorry for mistakes.