(I do not own Detective Conan or Magical Kaito)

Kaito sat on the bus next to the chatting children. He was tired but he had to find Conan in time, if he didn't he could never forgive himself. The rain was getting stronger as was the wind. Kaito casually tucked his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. Some how everyone that ran the bus tours was sitting on this one bus. Kaito thought about the situation. Conan was missing, probably it had something to do with that case. He was going to have to solve it before he could find Conan.

"What information did you kids find on the case?" He turned to Mitsuhiko. The children exchanged glances and then turned to Kaitou.

"Are you going to solve the case?" They asked. Kaitou blinked. Did they think he couldn't do it? He'd show them.

"I can solve murder cases, I normally solve them before Tantei-kun. I can play detective too." Kaito said arrogantly. "Now, the details, if you please." The children blinked and then cheered.

"Kaitou-niisan is going to help us!" Kid blinked.

"Oi, I said 'I was going to solve this. I'm relieving you of this case." He pointed out as the children shook their heads. Kaitou sighed. They had valuable information and if he didn't agree then they likely wouldn't tell him, but Kaito remembered a card he had against them. "If you don't tell me, there's a high possibility I won't find Conan-kun, please tell me so our young friend won't be crossing worlds before his time." The children sobered and pulled out their notebooks.

"Conan-kun has the most information…" Ayumi explained. "But we have some." Kaitou nodded, expecting her to start on her story. "A month ago Minami-onesan's sister, Ito Shinju-san was murdered, Ito Shou-san found the body on the third stored in the shrine after she had been missing for three days."

"Minami-san said she was in Haido city during that time." Mitsuhiko explained.

"Azarni-obaasan said she was running the gift shop all day." Kaito nodded, as he took in the information.

"And the other two?" He asked. Ayumi looked thoughtful.

"Conan-kun said that one of their alibi's was a lie." She remembered. "Ito-san was running the buses all day and Tanaka-san was fixing the road, because of a mudslide." Kaito nodded. If the work had been done it could count as an alibi.

"I did the work." Tanaka seemed to be reading his mind. Kaito smiled.

"Maybe, but you could have done it before you killed her." He pointed out. Tanaka stiffened.

"Are you accusing me, Mr. Detective?" He asked through a laugh. Kaito inwardly smirked.

"Of course not, I'm just pointing out; Because the girl was missing for three days, none of you have valid alibis." Ayumi gasped.

"That's what Conan-kun said!" Kaito blinked but pushed it aside. Suddenly Kaitou sat up straight. He knew the evidence.

"Go to where he supposedly fixed the mudslide." He requested. Minami blinked but did as he said. He understood now, why Conan had gone off on his own in the middle of a storm. He was checking to see if Tanaka-san had been lying, to see if the barrier was flimsy. The bus came to stop and Kaito blinked. "Why are we…?"

"I can't go any farther. But this is it." Minami explained opening the doors. Kaito nodded and stepped out. Sure enough the barrier to keep the road safe from the mudslide had caved in.

"Tanaka-san." He said seriously. "Where is Conan-kun?" Tanaka looked shocked. All eyes were on him. Kaito glared and repeated his question. "You quickly put this barrier together, not expecting rain for awhile and then killed the girl. But you got lazy and procrastinated. So when it rained again your weak barrier gave way. Tantei-kun knew this and you knew he was going to check." Kaito explained. "Where is he?" He asked with force behind his voice. Tanaka looked down.

"You didn't!?" Minami exclaimed.

"Tanaka-san!" Azarni pointed at him. The three children gasped.

"That boy. He's probably dead by now." Kaito's eyes narrowed.

"That's not what I asked. Where. Is. He?" He asked, his voice sounding more menacing.

"I don't really know. I meant to kill him here and hide him in the shrine but the little brat got away, I didn't think he'd be able too, I sliced his stomach open and he still got away."

"Why didn't he fight back?"

"He couldn't." Tanaka said honestly. "While he was examining the broken barrier I hit him with my shovel so at first he couldn't move, I was intending to kill him the same way I killed that damn Shinju. He kicked me in the face once I had him pinned down and got up and headed down the hill back to the lodge. I got in my car and beat him down the mountain."

"You hit him, didn't you?" Kaito asked, already knowing the answer. Tanaka smirked.

"That's right, I sped up just before I did. He's probably dead right now." Kaitou did not like this man's wicked smirk.

"He isn't dead. That boy wouldn't die so easily."

"He's surely dead by now, it happened over two hours ago." -BAM- Kaitou punched the man squarely in the jaw and everyone gasped.

"He's not dead. You tell me where he is." Kaitou numbly became aware that his two hours were up, but he was still going to find the boy. Tanaka had been knocked down.

"A level lower. He's in a ditch." Kaitou gave the man a disgusted look and hurried down the wet slope, sliding most of the way. His dove gave a soft coo and shushed it. He could hear the three children following after him. He came to the pavement of the road and looked around, He pulled out his flashlight and shone it over the area. The light stopped on a pair of black glasses near the edge of the road. Kaito hurried over to the and looked around, Conan had to be somewhere nearby. He started to climb down towards the next level.

-

Shinichi was just about to give up but he heard something, someone was headed his way. He took in a breath of air and felt pain beyond anything he had ever been through, besides maybe the transformation. He took another breath and was greeted by the same pain. He took a deeper breath and tested his voice.

"Help!" His voice was too soft to carry. He took another breath, ignoring the intense pain. "Help!' He tried again, a little louder. Conan took the deepest breath he could manage and felt some of his rib crack.

"HELP!" He wailed. He wouldn't try again. Shinichi would just give up if they hadn't heard him, which was a possibility because it was raining, the ditch was starting to fill up.

-

Kaito froze. He heard it. He was alive. Kaito sighed and headed in the direction the voice had come from, keeping his eye out for the ditch. He slipped and lost his footing, falling onto his rear.

"Daijobu Hermes?" The dove cooed in annoyance. Kaito chuckled slightly and stood up again. "Tantei-kun?" He asked, forgetting that it would be bad if Conan were to see his real face. The kid probably wouldn't remember it anyway. "Tantei-kun, can you hear me?" Kaito wished the rain would stop, or the wind would calm down. "Tantei-" Kaitou nearly fell into a ditch that had been covered with leaves and dirt.

"Itai!" He heard a voice come from beneath him. Kaito froze. Had he just fallen on top of…? Oh god. He tried burry you alive. Kaito immediately started to dig, ditch couldn't be that deep, could it? The children came to help him which was going to make things a lot easier. It was still hard considering the rain had created muck and was hard to get a good hand full. Kaitou's hands touched something, a shoe?

-

Shinichi was shocked when he heard the familiar nickname 'Tantei-kun' Kaitou? He thought. He felt a hand brush against his foot and seconds later he was being ripped from under the earth. He instinctively took a gulp of air, no matter how bad it hurt, it felt good to breathe fresh air.

"Conan-kun!" He heard Ayumi's shrill and worried voice. "Daijobu?" Kaitou cradled the injured detective against him while he pulled out a towel to wrap around the kid and then stood up.

"We're calling an ambulance, then I'm leaving to some unfinished business, you three are going to stay with him, and not let anyone but the paramedics near him." The shounen tantei dan gave him a serious nod. "Good." He pulled out his cell phone and dialed 110 to report the accident. He walked with the kids to the beginning of the mountain and set Conan on a bench.

"Kaitou-niisan, will you visit the hospital?" Ayumi asked. Kaito blinked.

"Of course, I'll want to know how he is." He gave a short wave and disappeared into the night.

(end chapter. New one should be up either later today or tomorrow)