Heya !
Time to enter another chapter : )
And see what happened to our boys...
I bet you didn't see what's coming next... Aoko will be... Haha, well, see by yourself ; )
And, for your info, I think I'll be very soon starting to publish twice a week, as I'm writing this one pretty fast. Probably next week ^_^
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emmahoshi : It happened to me once or twice to forget I read a fic and remember halfway but not to that extent, except perhaps for faces, I'm really bad too xD Hmm since Nakamori is swearing a lot, I liked the idea of it having rubbed on Aoko^^ 9 pm o.O Wow... Being a night owl, I would never ever be able to go to bed so early xD I rarely read papers also (though I'm often on some news' website) but for detectives, reading newspapers every morning is part of the job ! Ah, in a discussion between Hakuba and Kaito in Alliances, I made it sound like that, yes... That was obvious to me but it perhaps wasn't for the readers : ) Yup, I wanted Spider to be really awful and had that idea... My bad ; ) Haha, well, there'll be injuries but... As cliffs, that's part of my style xD *Looks at the end of this chapter* Naah, you'll be safe today ; )
anilover : I know everyone love those... Am I mistaken ? xD Ah, don't forget it's only been 4 years so in an adult life, it's nothing : ) Oh, a second review ? Argh, you saw right through me, I admit, I like to torture my fav' characters physically or mentally... My affection is a bit wicked, some of my readers already pointed that to me :p
JarayZ : Oh, there was a time lag then xD Uhh good luck with those... in France, school is just beginning, I hope no one has exams yet ^^; Haha, to me at least, there's always a good reason xD Yup, I couldn't picture him without a -kun... except perhaps for Kaito, maybe later in the story : ) Nah, of course, no one died... I think... Well, you'll see xD. No worries, focus on your exams, there isn't enough in a life to mess each up xD
crimson sana : Haha, but, remember, at the 1rst chapter of alliances, Aoko had already been kidnapped and Heiji shot... I'm really slow this time xD Thanks ! ; )
Laury Rose : Lol, sorry, I should tame my hypnosis skills when I write xD Maa, I try to keep a reasonable length to my chapters so it shouldn't be that long to read ; ) Yup.. It gave him a more human side, don't you think ? Haha, answer in that chapter... I know only Akako has been under Spider's influence in the anime but, knowing she's a witch and kind of loves Kaito, it proved how strong that was o.O So I imagined Kaito under his influence... Aoko will appear in that chapter, you'll see under how xD Hmm and sorry, at the beginning, I'll only be publishing once a week, time for me to work a bit on the story : )
Stardustadventurer : Thank you ! Well, I think I made them all a bit childish (uh, ok, except Hakuba xD), I didn't want them to grow up too fast ; )
Chapter 4 : Jailed
During the fight, Hakuba had been slowly going back to his senses, and, after the mist from the small bomb dissipated, he could witness a scene he'd never expect to see. Spider was turning his back at him, focused on the two boys in front of him. As the half-brit saw them, he could easily guess what happened, with Hattori on the floor and Kaito with bloodied hands, though it was hard for his brain to process the idea of his best friend stabbing another friend.
"- Kid !" He called as he saw the teen was kind of frozen, looking at his hands with empty eyes. "Bloody hell, what do you think you are doing ?!" He swore, losing his usual phlegm. "Hypnosis or not, I know you cannot violate your 'no one gets hurt' policy !
- You're wasting your saliva, Saguru-chan... " Spider laughed, turning to the blond-haired to mock the boy's anger and despair. "You lose everything you are when under my control. Though I'm nice enough this time to let his true self see what I'm asking him to do... That's quite funnier like that ! Kid, that detective on the floor is still breathing, finish him ! "
Hakuba looked around him, desperate to find anything to stop Kaito, who had grabbed a needle again and stepped towards the Osakan, under Spider's smile of pure happiness. The criminal was completely focused on the scene, knowing he was killing two persons at the same time : the dark-skinned on the floor's life was soon going to end and along with it, the Thief's sanity.
"- The watch..." Shinichi whispered, still too feeble to move but awake enough to know what the blond-haired was looking for.
" I will never complain about those gadgets anymore..." Saguru thought as he grabbed the Tokyoite's wrist and aimed at the closest and probably best target, Spider.
Not expecting any danger to come from two half-knocked out detectives, the man didn't even flinch when the soporific needle hit his neck and he fell on the floor, properly asleep.
The illusionist's mind control immediately disappeared, and Kaito let go of the needle he was holding before falling on his knees, too weak to even stand after the struggle he fought in his own mind against the criminal's control. Seeing his bloodied hands and Heiji lying motionless on the floor just near him, Kaito's eyes widened and he started hyperventilating as his mind was overwhelmed by the memories of what he just did, starting when he knocked out Shinichi. How he really had tried to kill the Osakan, how a part of him coldly calculated he'd do more damage if he removed the needle out of the boy's chest, ignoring the fact the 'true him' was shrieking in horror and begging to stop.
Or were those both sides part of himself ?
He started to rock himself, eyes still wide, unable to convince himself there wasn't some kind of blood lust monster hiding in his personality.
Hakuba had gotten up, helping Shinichi on his feet, and they both rushed to their two friends. While the doctor was bending on Heiji, the Tokyoite finally noticed Kaito's face.
A frown on his face, he patted his shoulder. "Hey, you ok ? We got him, it's over... Kaito ?" He added with a low voice, seeing he wasn't responding.
He crouched to him, to see he was clearly in shock, that was written all over his face, with his half opened mouth and his terrorized eyes, not even hearing what he was saying. The azure-eyed detective was going to grab his arms to force him to look at him but stopped when he heard some precipitated footsteps.
"- I heard a fight over here, Nakamori-keibu !" Shinichi heard from really close.
He looked once more at the Thief but gave up : he knew he would need more than seconds to get over what happened but they couldn't afford much more...
"Crap..." He swore, before messing his hair and trying to put that kind of smirk that was never leaving Kaito's face. The detective could only hope now the faint lights would be helping him to pass as his friend.
The Tokyoite also took out a pair of handcuffs he got from Takagi one day they worked on a case together and that he was bringing with him every time after that. He was cuffing himself to Kid when Nakamori drew aside the curtains and froze at the scene, his face paling several shades as some of his men also arrived.
"- Is that ... Is that Kid who did that ?" He asked, so struck by the surprise to see a Kid with bloodied hands near of a bleeding body on the floor he was losing his words.
"- Someone call an ambulance !" A policeman yelled as he spotted Heiji, half hidden by Hakuba wh was bent on him.
"- Nakamori-keibu, I got him !" Shinichi claimed, raising his hand in the hair to show he had cuffed the moonlight thief.
"- Kaito-kun ?!" The inspector recognized as he squinted to see the boy in the faint light. "Is that the Kid who...
- I don't know, I came here after the fight...
- Still, well done, Kaito-kun... I'll be taking him now, he may be dangerous, I can't have him tied to a civilian..."
The policeman grabbed his own handcuffs to put them on the other arm of the Thief and, with a shaking hand, was removing the Kid's hat as the fake Kuroba removed his own cuffs.
"- What the f..." He said, as Shinichi was turning to have some news on the Osakan from Hakuba. "Kaito-kun !
- ... Yes ? Ouch ! " The Tokyoite answered as the policeman strongly pinched his cheek. "What's the matter... ?
- Look by yourself !" Ginzô said with a move of the hand to show the Thief's hat-less face, revealing the same face than Kuroba. There was also a red dot on his cheek, proof the inspector also tried to pinch an imaginary mask.
"- What the ..." The azure-eyed detective said, trying to display a fake surprise.
"- Dad ! Everything alright ? " Aoko said as she entered the place, using her father's name to go in as she followed the two medics who had been called for Heiji,. "What the..."
She did her best to keep a straight face as she walked towards her father but her hands shook a bit as she saw the scene. Quickly explaining something to the doctors who just came in, probably a medical status, Hakuba was compressing some wound on the chest of a man on the floor, and the characteristic colour of his skin clearly implied it was her Osakan friend. Looking at him with wide eyes was the Kaitou Kid, handcuffed to her father, and the both of them were near another one who, after a second look, was clearly Shinichi with ruffled hair, and who was blinking at her with a slight panic in his eyes.
"- ... Kaito ?" She softly called, not completely grabbing the situation but trusting the Tokyoite in his judgement, and he was clearly asking her to play along.
"- Ah, Aoko, perfect, you'll be able to help us... The Kid disguised himself as Kaito, can you recognize which one is your husband ?"
The girl approached both, looking at each with suspicion, noticing with a pinch of pity "her Kaito" looked in shock, and, seeing his bloody gloves, she guessed something serious happened.
She finally threw herself at the fake Kaito's neck. "Kaito, are you alright ? I can't believe you helped to catch the Kaitou Kid !
- You're sure, Aoko ?
- I wouldn't do that if I wasn't..." She said, cupping Shinichi's face to kiss him deeply.
The Tokyoite tensed but forced himself quickly to relax, sharing the kiss to play his role, knowing Ran would kill him for that but the emergency was to convince the inspector the Thief wasn't Kaito despite his face and that was the quickest way.
"- Maa, Ahouko, I know we are married but some things should be kept for inside the house..." He scolded with a gentle smile.
"- That's your punishment for putting yourself in danger, Bakaito ! " She retorted, sticking maliciously her tongue to him. " What are you going to do with him ?" Aoko asked with a sign of the head to the Thief, trying to use a flat tone not to show her attachment.
"- We'll be taking him to the MPD. We need to know first who he is if we want to start a trial... And who's the other one ?" Nakamori asked with a sign of the head towards the still sleeping killer.
"- A criminal I used to look for..." Saguru explained, wiping his hands on his handkerchief as he turned to them after a last nod to the medics who were evacuating Heiji on a stretcher. "His name in your police files should be "Spider". He's dangerous and must be taken in custody. For murder.
- Noted.
- I'll quickly change my clothes" The blond-haired explained with a sad smile at his tainted shirt "and come back to explain everything to you. Being a Kid specialist, I'm sure I can be of some help for his interrogation.
- Of course Saguru-kun. Meet you there."
They both exchanged a little nod and Nakamori left with the still frozen Thief who docilely followed him.
"- How's Heiji ? " Shinichi asked to Hakuba, finally letting his worry display on his face as there was less policemen around them.
"- That needle touched the lung and, since he was knocked out by that soporific gas, I couldn't question him to estimate the damages... The x-ray will tell, but with a bit of luck... The wound looks impressive but the needle was small enough not to be too destructive. Nice idea you had, though, Shinichi-kun. And nice reflexes, Aoko-kun.
- Ran will so kill me when she'll hear about that..." The Tokyoite deplored as he face-palmed.
"- Well, that was efficient and solved one of our immediate problems, so that was worth it..." Hakuba pointed out to cheer him up a bit, patting his shoulder.
"- Sooo..." Aoko started with a low voice, putting her fists on her hips to glare at both detectives. "Can any of you tell me why I French-kissed Shinichi ? And let my father arrest my own husband ?"
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Kaito started to leave his trance when one of the policemen gave him some prisoner's clothes and asked him to change. He blinked, looking at the orange uniform in his hands and noticed his gloves and vest had already been removed. He quickly did as told and was led into a small cell, with a barred door, where he let himself fall on the small bed attached on the wall.
The Thief looked as his blackened fingers, guessing the colour was due to the fact they probably took his fingerprints. The black was still better than the scarlet he previously had on his gloves, though a bit had tainted the bandages covering his former injury below.
He took his head between his hands, trying to get a grip on himself. Now that the shock was starting to fade away, Kaito was angry after himself to have been caught so easily in Spider's illusion. Forced to be the powerless witness of the acts he commanded to him.
He didn't even know if they caught him... He didn't remember what happened after the man's presence left his mind, except that he blacked out. He didn't even remember if... He didn't want to think about Heiji. Under mind control or not, he had been the one stabbing him, his gloves were proof of it.
"- It's not your fault, you know."
Kaito raised his head, looking at his visitor, and recognized the unmistakable blond hair of his best friend.
"- If I hadn't rushed like a bloody idiot, you wouldn't have needed to protect me and none of this would have happened..." Hakuba added, with a low voice, keeping an eye on the officer a bit further away.
"- You weren't the one running like mad throwing a pack of killing needles after one of your friends.
- Neither were you. Spider was. He just used your body.
- Saguru, how is he ? " The Thief dared to ask, hands shaking as he feared to learn the truth about his friend. "Is he...
- Heiji-kun's alive, Shinichi-kun went to the hospital to have some news, but knowing our Osakan, I know this won't be enough to send him to the other side. And Spider has been arrested. I asked my father to have a strict surveillance on him, he's in quarantine.
- ... Good to hear." Kaito whispered with a sigh of relief.
"- Next thing is to get you out before that Organization of yours sends some men to help you having an "accident" in jail.
- To go where ?" The boy deplored with a bitter smile. "My identity has been discovered, Nakamori-keibu is now aware that his son-in-law is the Thief he tried to catch for so long...
- He doesn't know.
- What ?!"
Hakuba had a satisfied smirk at the startled face of his friend, proud to have been able to surprise him, as this happened only on rare occasions.
"- Thanks to Shinichi-kun and Aoko-kun, he only knows your face looks like Kuroba Kaito, though you're not him.
- But my fingerprints were taken...
- And there was no reason for you to be in his files, being a totally respectable magician..." The blond haired added, finishing his sentence with a snort, to point out the irony of that affirmation. "Though I can only advise you to find a way to erase those from their files once you're out, it could be hindering you in the future. 01:44:59 a.m." He suddenly spurted with a look at his pocket watch. "The time I could negotiate with Nakamori-keibu is over. Play the role you want during this interrogation, Kaitou Kid, your identity is still a mystery to everyone ! "