A/N: Heey, sorry for the long wait guys, but here it is! Did you guys really think I would be able to kill off Kaito? No way, Shin-chan would kill me first…And he would do it so that no one would be able to find any evidence that it was him TT^TT Well, since my parents are gone for the weekend I can do what I want ^^ Nah, I'm too sweet for that XD But anyway, I shall not burden you any longer since you probably want to know what is going to happen to Kai-chan and Shin-chan.

One last thing though. I have holiday now (finally!) so updates will come a lot sooner!

Warning: shitty English, yaoi, strong language and AU.

Disclaimer: Shin-chan: You own?

Mai-chan: nothing…

Shin-chan: *raises eyebrows* That was rather….easy.

Mai-chan: People want to know what's going to happen, I'm only boring them right now! So just shut up and begin with the story!

Shin-chan: alright fine.

Reviews will be answered at the end of the story! Enjoy!

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Indigo eyes: on the run.

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He closed his eyes, waiting for the pain to come. It never did. The gunshot echoed across the field, still the pain never reached him. Was he already dead and in heaven? He looked up straight into two azure eyes coming towards him at a fast pace. Shinichi ran past him, grabbing his wrist to drag him along. More gunshots filled the air accompanied with a few shouts. Dirt flew up around the two at the impact of the bullets as they ran. Kaito glanced around and saw the four soldiers shooting at them. The two others which had stood a bit further away were running for them and another one, the one who had commanded Shinichi to shoot him, lay on the ground. Blood was on the man's chest, slowly dripping onto the soil around him. "This way!" Shinichi's shout made him turn back. The two of them ran behind a building. Without stopping the soldier in front of him led Kaito to the other side of the camp. The latter had all but lost his sense of direction as Shinichi stopped for a second, letting go of his wrist. Kaito was still trying to catch his breath as the other went inside a barrack only to come back with a striped pajama in his hands. Not giving the prisoner any more rest he took the teen's hand again and they continued their run.

"Did you kill-"

"-Lucas? I don't know. I shot him in his chest so there should be little chance that he'll survive." Shinichi cut him off. The soldier sounded just as out of breath as Kaito was. They couldn't afford to stop though. Suddenly the azure eyed teen pushed them both in a small niche.

"Wh-" he tried to ask, but Shinichi held his hand up to silence him. Kaito stopped immediately. He stood with his back against the wall. The azure eyed teen had his hands pressed against said wall on either side of his head, causing their faces to be just an inch away from each other. Shinichi looked over his shoulder at the street. The serious look indicated that he had no idea how suggestive their position was. Kaito forced down the small blush on his cheeks as shouts came closer until a few soldiers passed by. Luckily they didn't notice the two.

"Senden Sie ein paar Sanitäter auf dem Massengrab auf der Nordseite des Camps!" (Get some medics to the mass grave on the north side of the camp!)

"Suche alle Wache für den Gevangene und den Verräter!" (All guards search for the prisoner and the traitor!)

"Durchsuchen Sie die Kazerne. Überprüfen jeden Gefangenen!" (Search the barracks! Check every prisoner!) They waited for the right moment to go on, but the soldiers kept running back and forth, giving them no opportunity.

"Come one, let's find another way." Shinichi said.

"Another way to what?" The soldier didn't respond. Was he planning to find a way out? That's impossible! If they could escape that easily then he wouldn't be sitting here! Wait…..escape…the thought finally crossed his mind of what the soldier was actually doing. "You idiot!" he hissed, stopping dead in his tracks and forcing the other to stop as well. Both were panting from all the running. "Why didn't you just shoot me? You would have lived!" With all the anger bubbling inside his stomach he almost couldn't keep himself from shouting it out loud.

The soldier just smiled at him. "I'm still alive right now, aren't I?" He said. Then they ran again. Kaito watched the other's back with wide eyes. Shinichi was helping him escape. He didn't care that he would be a traitor because of that! Why? Didn't they always tell their soldiers that the ones in the striped pajamas were unnecessary? Different? That the world was better off without them?

He was snapped out of his musings when Shinichi stopped again. With slight confusion Kaito saw they had run back to the place they had first met, which was on the south side of the camp. This is the place where it all began. Will it end here too?

"Shinichi, what are you doing?" he asked when Shinichi fiddled around with the fence. The soldier took the striped pajama and whirled it around the barbed wire. After that he began to dig a small pit under it.

"Come on, go under it! Quick!" Shinichi said when he was finished, making a gesture with his hand.

Kaito lowered himself to the other's eye level. "You better come after me." He said. He'd seen enough movies and read enough stories to recognize a situation like this where one sacrificed himself to buy time for the other. Shinichi rolled with his eyes.

"Of course, baka. I don't really want to die just yet." A small grin grazed Kaito's face, before he slipped under the fence, the pajama keeping his clothing from getting stuck in the barbed wire. On the other side he waited for Shinichi to do the same. Quickly they moved towards the second fence.

"You didn't happen to have a second pajama, do you?" The prisoner asked while the soldier looked around.

"I think I lost it during our run." Shinichi said and growled in annoyance. The soldier looked around again for something –anything- that could help them. He crawled back to the first fence and tugged at the pajama, but it was stuck in the wire and wouldn't let go. Kaito watched the other come back and began to dig another pit under the second fence.

A yell startled the both of them. "Hier! Sie sind hier!" (Here! They're here!) A soldier pointed at them while shouting at his colleagues. Shinichi never waited for those colleagues to come, he took off his jacket, wrapped it around the wire and wriggled his way under the fence. Kaito followed, but when he was halfway someone grabbed his foot. "Ich habe dich! Du wirst nicht entkommen!" (I got you! You won't escape!) The soldier, who had found them, said and pulled him back. Kaito dug his nails in the mud to stop himself from being dragged away any further. His nails left trails on the ground, silently showing him it wasn't enough. He began to kick the man away in an attempt to get loose, but it was futile.

"Shinichi!" Kaito screamed, fear evident in his indigo eyes. The azure eyed soldier turned around. Kaito struggled more as the man holding him grabbed onto his legs and then slowly worked his way up towards his arms to get a better grip on him. Suddenly more yells could be heard, cutting through the silence of the night.

"Gib mir mein Gewehr!" (Give me my gun!) The soldier yelled at his colleagues coming around the corner. Kaito saw them look around for the man's gun, which was lying just on the other side of the fence. He probably had left it there in favor of grabbing Kaito's foot. One of the soldiers ran towards said weapon and was about to grab it when the one holding Kaito cried out and let go.

"Quick, get away!" Shinichi yelled. He tackled the man and the two rolled on the ground. The prisoner never hesitated and crawled underneath the second fence.

"Shinichi!" He yelled, watching the other fight with the soldier. The soldier sat on top of Shinichi, keeping him from moving. The man struck him in his face a few times. When he struck again the azure eyed teen grabbed his right arm and held it on the ground on the right side of his head. Then he hit the man in his unprotected side. With the impact and a little bit of weight thrown at the man Shinichi switched their positions. Now he was the one lying on top of the other.

From the corner of his eyes Kaito saw the colleagues move forward. Shinichi hit the soldier in his abdomen. Not wasting another second he lowered himself to crawl for what was hopefully the last time underneath the fence.

"Run!" Shinichi yelled at him halfway.

"Not without you!" Kaito yelled stubbornly back. The soldier growled something about stubborn idiots before passing the last border to their freedom. The prisoner heard gunshots and once again that evening dirt flew up around them. Shinichi pushed the prisoner forward, into the woods. The gunshots faded slowly as they moved further away from the camp. They didn't stop, not even when the only sounds they could hear was their own panting and the soft night sounds of the forest. They ran and ran and ran. Not knowing how long. Not caring how long. All they wanted to do was to get away from that place.

And so they ran until Shinichi decided that they were far enough. He sat down against a tree, Kaito followed suit. Both were panting. Sweat dropped from their faces. The moon shone bright through the leaves of the foliage above them, giving the clearing in the forest they were in a mystifying look. The stars twinkled around the big white ball in the sky. It was a chilly night and only now he realized Shinichi wore nothing more than a t-shirt since he had left his jacket around the fence. Soon their bodies would cool off and he was pretty sure that if they – especially Shinichi like that – stayed this way, they would catch a cold. He shifted a little closer against Shinichi feeling the soldier do the same, both seeking the other's warmth.

"Are you cold?" Kaito asked.

"Nah, I'll be fine. Don't worry." Shinichi said that, but Kaito felt him starting to tremble.

"Should we run a bit further?"

"Don't worry, just sleep. We're going to need all the rest we can have." The now ex-prisoner felt his eyelids grow heavy at the word 'sleep'.

"Shinichi? I guess we'll spend a long time together, won't we?"

"We will." The soldier shifted closer.

"Don't you have any family though? Will you be leaving them?"

"My family lives in Japan. Only my parents live here in Germany."

"Are they like you?" He shifted so that his back was against Shinichi's side.

The latter snorted. "I hope not. They're crazy!" he grumbled, making the indigo eyed teen laugh.

"You escape from a concentration camp with a prisoner and you think you're not crazy?" The shoulder his back leaned against went up and down as the owner chuckled silently.

"Guess so. What about you? Do you have any parents here?" Kaito tensed and for a moment he kept silent. He felt Shinichi's azure eyes looking at the back of his head, waiting patiently for him to say something.

"I do." He felt Shinichi's gaze move away from his head.

"There's a 'but' coming, isn't there?"

Kaito nodded. The memory of the night he last saw them flashed through his mind.

It was a quiet night. Kaito lay in bed. He was tired, but couldn't really sleep. A weird feeling swirled in his stomach. It was a bad feeling. He sighed and listened to the noise outside. Cars passed by on the street even at this hour. Sometimes chattering could be heard from some people walking back home. His parents were in the room next to his. He could hear them talking to each other, but couldn't understand what they were saying. It didn't matter though. His father was probably joking, because he heard his mother laugh now and then. He wondered what prank he should pull tomorrow at school. Flipping the girls' skirts was getting kind of old. Should he pretend he was choking? Nah, that probably wouldn't end very well…. Maybe he should just do nothing and let his classmates worry. He'll probably get some inspiration during class. Who knows?

Suddenly there was a knock on the front door downstairs. He heard his parents go silent. Then his father said something and shuffling could be heard as they both stood up. One pair of footsteps went downstairs, probably his father, the other stayed on the corridor. The front door was opened. His father, as the gentleman he was, asked the one(s) outside what they wanted so late at night. The latter(s) said something Kaito didn't understand. His mother on the other hand did. She gasped and as softly – but as fast – as she could she went towards and inside his bedroom, opening and closing the door silently. "Kaito?" her voice was soft, but that didn't hide the fear in it.

"What is it, Kaa-san?" He sat up to look at his mother, sleep totally forgotten. Chikage Kuroba looked as scared as her voice had sounded – no, she looked terrified.

"Get out of bed. Now!" He did as he was told and came to stand in front of his mother. He grabbed her shoulders.

"What's wrong?" He asked, but she didn't answer.

"Come on. Take some clothing. Here is some money." She pushed a small pouch in his hands. "Climb out of the window on the back of the house. Go inside the forest. Run. Please run." Tears ran over her cheeks.

"Kaa-san?" She didn't listen.

"Don't look back. Don't come back! Run away, as far as you can! Go to England, they will help you there, I'm sure! Please go!"

"Kaa-san!" He shook her shoulders finally catching her attention. "What's going on? I don't understand! Why do I suddenly have to leave? Aren't you coming with me?" The teen didn't feel like he was seventeen years old. He felt like he was a child. Confused, scared of why his mother suddenly seemed to panic, scared of the one(s) in front of the door, scared of everything!

"Kaito…" his mother said, her voice sounding heartbroken. "They've come to….to take you away…..They know….please…..you must run.." She cried. Kaito's eyes widened, fear being more evident in his eyes than a moment ago. His mother wiped her tears away and straightened herself. In the back of his mind he was proud that his mother could be so strong in this kind of situation. She gave him a small push towards the door. Silently the teen opened it, listening to his father talking to the one(s) outside the door. On his toes he walked towards a room in the back of the house, his mother following him. Kaito ran towards the window. Opening it he sat down with his feet dangling out of it. He looked at his mother one last time. "Please…..be careful, Kaito." Chikage said. Kaito nodded and gave his mother a kiss on her cheek.

"I'll meet you again, Kaa-san…..someday." He said with a determined face.

Chikage smiled. "I hope so, Kai-chan." Suddenly they heard loud footsteps coming upstairs. Doors were slammed open.

"Quickly! Go!" His mother said. He pushed himself off the windowsill and twisted his body ninety degrees. At the very last second he saw the door being yanked open. A soldier came in, shouting some things. His indigo eyes met the eyes of the soldier and he saw them narrow in anger as his target escaped. Then the windowsill blocked his view. He let one hand brush against the wall to keep him steady as he watched the ground come closer towards him. It didn't matter to him that he fell fifteen feet down. He was used to do this kind of thing. He just liked high places so he often climbed in trees. Hell, he even had jumped from building to building with the help of his tricks. A few ropes here, a few there and you could jump from roof to roof. It was fun and it always gave him a weird feeling in his stomach. He felt like a bird in the sky. Free and boundless. This time he got that feeling as well, but couldn't enjoy it. Leaving his parents behind like this made him feel hollow inside. His father, a master magician, strong and wise. His mother, a lovely lady, caring and beautiful. Kaito was just too fond of them. When he was a child he couldn't leave the two, not even for five minutes. Now that he was older he knew better of course. But this time he had to leave them not for just an hour or two, but for months or maybe even years! Maybe even forever…

Tears threatened to fall down his cheeks. He swallowed hard and just concentrated on landing safely on the ground. When he made contact with said ground he let himself roll to the side, saving him from breaking his ankles. Without giving himself any rest he crawled back to his feet and ran through the backyard. Kaito heard shouts come from the window he just jumped out of. Shots accompanied the shouts. He felt bullets narrowly miss him. The back door was slammed open and when he glanced around he saw about five soldiers running after him.

"Ihm nach! Ihm nach!" (After him! (twice)) Kaito felt more bullets pierce through the air. With two hands he grabbed the 6 feet high fence and climbed over it. Behind him he heard the soldiers come closer as his foot got stuck behind the fence and he tumbled to the ground. Kaito got up quickly, but the little fall had cost him a lot of time. A hand grabbed the collar of his pajama, making him almost choke. He turned around as far as he could. The soldier who held him captive leaned on the fence with one arm while he held Kaito with the other. Kaito yanked, but the soldier didn't let go. He saw the other soldiers climbing over the fence and as a last resort he bit in the man's hand. The man cried out and let go. Kaito dashed away, but it was too late. Two soldiers grabbed his arms, another hit him in his abdomen, causing him to buckle over and gasp for breath. The soldiers let his arms go only to strike him on his unprotected back. He fell on the ground, gasping and squirming in agony. The soldiers took no pity on him and kicked him wherever they could.

"Das ist genug! Bringt ihn zum Militärwagen!" (That's enough! Bring him to the army truck!) A man, probably the leader said. The soldiers grabbed his arms again and dragged him back through the house onto the street. His eyes shot from left to right, trying to see if there was any way for him to escape, but everywhere he looked he saw soldiers with guns ready to shoot if one tried to escape.

"Kaito!" He looked for the owner of the voice he remembered all too well. His parents stood close to each other surrounded by a few soldiers.

"Kaa-san!" He shouted and tried to run towards them, but the soldiers dragged him towards the army truck. He struggled and kicked at the soldiers, but that didn't stop them. He was thrown inside and when he tried to jump out two soldiers pointed their guns at him. Gritting his teeth he watched the two step inside the truck as well and sit down at the entrance. He felt the truck shake as the engine was started. Then the truck began to move. He looked through the opening in the canvas at his slowly shrinking parents. His mother fell to her knees and dug her head in her hands. A soldier roughly grabbed her arm and pulled her back up. She screamed in pain as the soldier hit her a few times. Kaito shot forward, making an attempt to jump out of the truck, which was slowly increasing its speed. The soldiers grabbed him and held him back.

"Let me go, damn it! Kaa-san! Kaa-san! Leave her alone!" He screamed and struggled to get loose. He watched his father step up and protect his wife, but was being beaten instead. Kaito could only watch the man he loved, respected and looked up to the most fall to his knees accompanied with a gunshot. From this distance he wasn't able to see what exactly happened, but he could clearly see the red spot growing on his father's white pajama.

"Tou-san! Kaa-san! Let me go! TOU-SAN!" His vision got blurry as tears began to fall down his cheeks. "Leave them alone you bastards!" He kept struggling, until he was hit in his stomach and thrown backwards.

He sat up and looked outside. His parents were now too far away for him to see anything. Kaito was about to stand up and begin another struggle with the two soldiers when a hand was put on his shoulder. He looked into the eyes of a teen his age. Said teen's skin was really dark, his hair chocolate brown and his eyes a beautiful shade of green. The teen didn't say anything, but just looked at him with an understanding look.

Kaito turned around. He wasn't the only one in the truck. There were at least ten others. A few looked at him compassionately. Others didn't look at all, but just kept staring blank ahead. He looked back at the dark-skinned teen.

Said teen smiled and held out his hand. "Hattori Heiji." He said.

Kaito stared for a minute before taking the hand. "Kuroba Kaito."

"Kaito?" Kaito's head shot up. He wasn't in the truck anymore. So where…? He looked to the side and met Shinichi's azure eyes.

"Ah, sorry. I guess I dozed off a bit." He said, smiling sheepishly. Shinichi looked at him worriedly, but nodded either way. Kaito sighed, pulling his knees to his chest and throwing his arms around them. "I was taken away first. I don't know what happened to them. Maybe they're not even alive anymore. I don't know." He let his head rest on his knees. It has been two and a half week already since that night. After the truck ride, he and Hattori had been put on a train. The two had gotten pretty close, since they didn't really have anyone else to talk to. All the other people on the truck and train had ignored them. Kaito quite liked Hattori's character. He had a mischievous side – not as mischievous as Kaito, but close to it – and a lively spirit. They would sneak onto the roof and steal food of the soldiers on the train.

On the train station he was pushed ahead by the crowd and eventually lost sight of Hattori. He never saw him ever again. Quite often he thought about how his friend was doing. Was he still alive?

"Sorry." The soldier said.

Kaito looked up. "What for?"

"For asking. I didn't mean to bring up bad memories." Shinichi looked away.

Kaito smiled. "Ah, don't worry about it! If we're going to spend a lot of time together we should at least know each other, don't we? Besides, I'm sure they're fine! They are both very strong people. Now let's sleep, I'm tired." The soldier smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, me too. Goodnight 14-"

"-Kaito." He cut the other off.

"Kaito." The soldier said, almost as if he was testing the sound of it. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Shinichi."

The forest got quiet as sleep claimed the two teens. Both were lost in the war that was painting the world in a scarlet red color, but they found some peace in each other. And now they were clinging to that peace. They never knew how their journey together would look like, but at least it was a journey they'd take together.

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So how was it? Hope I didn't disappointed you guys ^^

Now the reviews!

stardustadventurer: Nah, it doesn't matter, it's just a really touchy subject for me TT^TT Don't you worry, I don't plan to kill them….yet. :D Dawww, thank you ^^

kaorixra: Nuh, I'm not able to XD

foreverandeveralone: Whaha! Please don't! TT^TT

kibaxkaori: No problem!

DayDreaming0f y0u: Nevah! He won't kill himself! That's because Kaito is awesome :D I do have a plot I just needed to get this done before I move onto that part. So no worries, the plot is coming ^^

Shimizu Hikaru: Doesn't matter, believe me I'm happy you reviewed at all :D I read them on my iPod, but I'm mostly too lazy to log in and review ^^ Nah, you're not lame. I also end up playing games or something else XP

Thanks ^^ I didn't really like the second chapter, but this one is way better…I hope XD It was sad though :O Well, I said it at the beginning of the chapter, I wouldn't be able to XD

Yes, Kaito did indeed point his gun at Shin-chan because they would've been discovered. Aww, here take this tissue ^^

Well, I really appreciate your review, because well….I actually look up to you =''= So yeah, I think I can say that you're the older writer for me XD

Everyone thanks a lot for the reviews, favs and alerts!