Note: I sincerely apologized for the delay, was drowning in another fandom to speak. ^_^'

The Night of the Third Day

One Month Ago

She feels happiness brimming inside her, floating on clouds at the euphoria of having him back in her life, no need for hiding anymore or phone calls or any of those. He is here to stay. Most of all, he said yes to be her boyfriend. She eagerly texts to her pen pal about the news she had about today.

Hi Blue Child! How are you doing? Guess what?! – Karate Girl. There's a pause before her cell phone screen lights up in reply.

Hi Karate Girl! I'm doing well. I take its good news? – Blue Child.

It is! You know about that guy I told you who confessed to me? He's here to stay! He said he was able to finish up some things that took so long to finish and he apologizes for not being around much as he used to be before he left. – Karate Girl. Almost quickly, she receives the reply.

That's great. You must be really happy. :D – Blue Child. She smiles slightly at this.

How about your side? – Karate Girl. This time the pause is a lengthy one before Blue Child answered.

I don't think now is a good time. – Blue Child. She stares, feels concern float into her heart for her pen pal.

Why not? She couldn't have turned you down. – Karate Girl. The pause was longer than the earlier one, she wasn't how long did it take for Blue Child to reply, but he eventually did.

She didn't. I didn't tell her. She looks sad today. I can't explain how I know this, but she isn't happy now. I think something has happened to her or someone she knows, but she's rather tight-lipped about it. – Blue Child. She sighs, feels sadden for her pen pal and the feelings for this girl he has feelings for.

Well, when this happens, cheer her up. – Karate Girl.

I guess- oh shoot. I can't believe I'm an idiot. – Blue Child. She stares back at her cell screen in surprise, and once again concern sweeps into her.

What's wrong? – Karate Girl

Her late father's anniversary is tomorrow. This marks the tenth anniversary for her to visit her father's grave. I can't believe I've forgotten about it. – Blue Child. She flinched, feeling for the other girl that caught her penpal's heart and a sting inside her that she chose to ignore.

Yeah, you are definitely an idiot. – Karate Girl. The reply is quick, and she couldn't help but let out a playful smirk.

Hey! You're supposed to be on my side! – Blue Child.

Some best penpal you are. – Blue Child. She lets out a small laugh, glad that Blue Child is feeling better.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. That was tactless of me. ^_^' Please accept my apologies oh Great One! – Karate Girl.

This Great Blue Child humbles in your apologies and accepts them. – Blue Child. Unbeknownst to her, after reading the reply, her playful smirk margins into a soft smile that she already reserved for one person.

Are you feeling better now? – Karate Girl.

Yeah, thank you Karate Girl ^_^. – Blue Child.

You're welcome. – Karate Girl.

So as per agreement for one hint per day, my father is a police inspector. How about yours? – Blue Child. Huh, she had forgotten about that. So far she only knew Blue Child being the only child, friends with Hakuba Saguru, is in a martial arts club, wants to be a police detective and has a crush on his childhood friend. It's funny on how their scenarios are so similar.

Mine's a private eye. – Karate Girl.

Is he good? – Blue Child.

He had moments, but he's getting better. – Karate Girl. The moment was lost as soon as the steam from a pot whistles into the air.

I have to go. I need to make some tea for my father. – Karate Girl. She waits for a minute for a reply, and the notification she receives didn't fail her.

Ok, talk to you later then. Bye Karate Girl and good luck with him. – Blue Child. She smiles, sets her phone down, and begins to prepare tea. She'll write the other part of this project later.

Present

Shinichi, Ran and Sonoko were all walking home together chatting. Or preferably, today is the day that Sonoko continues to talk from miles and miles with no end in narrating how she and Kid will have a romantic meeting and dinner. Sera, the lucky girl, had managed to avoid today's imagination and said that she'll be meeting up with her brother.

"Shinichi-niichan!/Ran-oneechan/Sonoko-oneechan! Kudo-kun." The group blinks at hearing their names called out from behind them. The teen sleuth, his girlfriend and her best friend turn around to look behind them and see Ai, Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi running towards them in excitement. Well, the former three did, the former is continuing on in her own pace.

"Hello, if it isn't the Shonen Tantei." Shinichi greeted them, Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko beamed at him with a smile.

"Hey, Shinichi-niichan, will you bring us to the Kaitou Kid heist?" Mitsuhiko asks cheerfully. Shinichi blinks, and hesitates, eyes looking to Haibara who greets him with a mischief smiles as if it to say 'I-dare-you-to-turn-them-down-when-you-are-not-Edogawa-Conan.'

"Er well…" Shinichi trails off. As Conan, he would've joined in the pleading. As Shinichi, that's a different story, especially if Ran is giving him the eyes as if trying to say I-dare-you-to-say-yes-and-endangering-these-children look.

"You're in luck. We've got extra tickets for you." Sonoko injected with a big smile and Ran shoots a glare at her before sighing.

"Alright! We get to help Shinichi-niisan chased after Kid." Genta cheerfully whooped, and Ayumi laughs excitedly.

"Count me out, I have something I need to do." Ai said, but Ran tilts her and looks at her with a curious face.

"Ai-chan, Amuro-san sort of expected you there." Haibara stills at Ran's words and Shinichi raised an eyebrow at this. He feels a sardonic smile trying to edge onto his face if it weren't for Haibara's glare at him. And no matter how you look at this sort of relationship, it's still a little off. Shinichi thinks.

"Unfortunately, the time is 11pm on a school night. I don't think we can bring…you…" Cue three puppy dog eyes aimed at Ran. She finds herself hesitating in her words in saying 'no' to them.

"Please!" The three children beg at Ran with wide eyes, their lips jutting out into adorable pouts simultaneously.

"As long as each of your parents is ok with it." Ran amends, smiling hesitantly.

"Yeah!" Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko cheered, and Haibara sighs at this before shaking her head in exasperated fondness. Ran giggles hesitantly before she checked her watch and her eyes widen.

"Ah! I need to do a session today!" Ran said with a panic cry. Shinichi blinks, and look at his girlfriend's slight panic look.

"Wow, you must be really dedicated to this assignment." Shinichi remarks, and he feels an elbow jab into his stomach. He gives a deadpan stare at Sonoko who smirks slyly at him. "Feeling jealous yet, Shinichi-kun?"

"It's ok, and no I don't feel jealous." Shinichi retorts back, and if he's surprised as to why he doesn't feel jealous yet, he doesn't show. Sonoko snickers at this. Escorting Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko back to their homes, Sonoko finds herself in need to go. Citing that she needs to be ready for her magician idol.

"Don't forget about tonight!" Sonoko chirped with a wave, and off she went. Leaving Ran, Shinichi, and Haibara alone.

"Right." Ran said wryly, waving back at her best friend while Shinichi rolls his eyes.

"Any plans tonight?" Shinichi asks his girlfriend as they continue on their track to her home. Haibara wisely kept quiet, observing their interaction with a critical eye. The shrunken chemist notices that something between them has changed, but couldn't quite put the finger on. Haibara shrugs, it's not like it's her business anyway as she half listens and half following after couple.

"Yeah, going to have a regular dinner with kaa-san and tou-san." Ran said with a determined look in her eyes with an equally determined smile on her face.

"Still setting them up again, aren't you?" Shinichi teased, he was rewarded with a light shove in the shoulder and a mock glare. His girlfriend's mock glare failed to hold up by the corner of her lips itching to turn itself into an excited smile.

"Can you blame me? This is my place, I better go get ready, the restaurant we are going into is strictly formal." Ran said as they arrived at the 'Mouri Detective Agency.' The group could hear the cheers faintly from the jockey race through the open window.

"Ah." Shinichi said with a soft smile, Ran blinks and returns the soft smile with a slight blush.

"Wish me luck?" His girlfriend asks, and Shinichi looks at her confused.

"Good luck?" Ran blinks and snickers at her boyfriend's confused words.

"You are hopeless." Ran remarks teasingly with a light laugh. Shinichi pouted, making her laugh even more. Calming down, she softly smiles at her boyfriend and walks a little closer. She stands on her tiptoes and near his ear.

"Thank you for dinner last night, Shinichi. It's nice. I'm surprised that your bad luck didn't come in and interrupt." Ran whispers, kisses his cheek before moving away with a soft smile.

"That was one time!" Shinichi said indignantly at her despite the slight blush on his face, and she giggles at him. She goes up the stairs to her apartment, her light giggles flowing up into the sky like little notes of a melody.

"Try too many!" Ran giggles out over her shoulder, and Shinichi huffs before going on his way to escort Haibara back home despite the diminutive chemist not needing it. Haibara showed her displeasure by rolling her eyes but resigns to walking next to Shinichi as they walk back to Agasa's house over in the Beika district.

Somewhere in Ekoda

After a sending Haibara to Agasa's house and stumbling upon a straightforward murder case in Ekoda, Shinichi somehow bumps into Kaiya. The girl was on her way to back home with some groceries in a striped shirt and gray sweatpants. After a small talk, neither of them is sure who bought up the moonlight thief into the conversation, and Kaiya nearly choked on her milk bubble tea at hearing that name.

"Kaitou Kid?" Kaiya said her alter ego name, she looked at Shinichi with indigo eyes in surprise.

"Mn." Shinichi hums, nursing a cup of coffee he knows he's going to need it for tonight.

"May I ask what brought this on?" Kaiya asks a little confused and a little wary as to why a teen homicide detective of his caliber would be interested in a magician thief like her alter ego. Then again, Conan, she mused wistfully, was like that too.

"I'm curious as to know what you think of Kid." Shinichi said with a shrug, and Kaiya inwardly sighs in relief, it's nothing to do with interrogating on the spot or Hakuba's widely known theories of her being the phantom thief even though it's true.

"I think Kid is amazing! He's doing really great magic, and I can't help but be wowed by it." Kaiya said excitedly, mimicking her excited expression of an adoring fangirl to hide her nervousness.

"I'm sure." Shinichi said, dryly amused at her reaction. His words caught her in surprise.

"That's it?" Kaiya asks in surprise, a little disappointed at that reaction but not surprised.

"What do you expect?" Shinichi said with a shrug, and she shook her head as she nudged at his side with no force.

"Which side are you on?" Kaiya asks jokingly.

"I guess Anti-Kid, but for different reasons entirely." Shinichi said with a casual smirk, and Kaiya isn't surprised for Shinichi to be an anti-kid person but is surprised about saying he has different reasons for being an anti-kid. Shaking off those thoughts that she needs to look over, Kaiya gives the teen detective a playful smirk.

"I bet you can't catch Kid." Kaiya said with a playful tone to which Shinichi snorted and returns a playful smirk of his own.

"Oh, I don't know. I pretty much-cornered Kid on one of his heists, and I've only been on one." The teen sleuth said, and this time Kaiya is more surprised than earlier. If her heart is beating fast, she ignores it in favor of curiosity and slight panic inside of her at hearing Kudo Shinichi went to one of her heists but didn't say anything about it.

"What? When? Did you see his face?" Kaiya asks with excitement like any normal fangirl, but behind her poker face she's panicking and rakes through her memories of when and which one of her heist the Heisei Homes of the East had actually participated in.

"Now that's revealing a secret," Shinichi said with a cheeky grin and a wink, his finger against his lips and Kaiya would've have pouted if she isn't busy staring. The palms of her hands felt a little sweaty despite not feeling sweaty earlier. She didn't hear a fleeting thought going through her mind of thinking that the current mischievous look on the teen detective looks very attractive. "and I think this is your home right?" He gestures to the yellow house in front of him, and Kaiya snaps out of her trance, suppressing the sudden urges to blush at the spot.

"Um yeah," Kaiya said, surprised that she had stuttered a bit and she never stuttered before, Kaiya inhales and opens the front gate of her house before looking over her shoulder. The magician thief gives the teen sleuth a smile. Curious as to when the teen detective did visit a Kid heist. "will you tell me about it tomorrow?"

"Of course." Shinichi said with an answering smirk, and Kaiya has to snap herself out of falling for this one, closing the gate behind her. She hastily waves goodbye, opens and closes her front door behind. A familiar burn on her cheeks and she stares at the floor below her in surprise.

What on earth is going on? Kaiya wonders bewilderedly, she quickly checks on her photo with her longtime crush and feels her heartbeat still beating fast for the smile on Aoi's face. Sighing in relief, she puts her picture down and begins to get ready for tonight's heist. Starting with a disguise as one of the staff at the hotel.

Millennium Hotel

Everything has started so well. Kaiya thought sarcastically as she was dodging officers of the task force that suddenly gotten so smart and thinking steps ahead to avoid getting captured.

Finally climbing to an air vent in one of the hallways of the hotel, she crawled through it and was stiffened in a short second upon being found out by a task member.

Oi, oi. When did they get an upgrade?! That bastard isn't...Kaiya eyes narrowed and begin to rake through her mind as to why she felt like deja vu after being cornered.

Someone is helping them like that time back in the Clock Tower, but who? In retrospect, she should've listened to Aka's warning, but didn't want to for a personal reason as she kept crawling through the vent. Ever since the incident of the Blue Birthday, she's taken upon herself in wearing the kevlar vest under the blue button shirt, with some chest restraints and padding around her waist, to show by appearance, that her alter ego is a male. Now though, a Kid's smirk forming on her face, let's see if I could get out of this and make it to the roof.

Somehow managing to reach the rooftop with a few close calls, in her white Kid uniform, she bursts out of the hotel's fire escape on the roof. Presenting Jordan's Sapphire on to the rooftop with the moon shining, she finds herself a little disappointment that the jewel itself shone a brilliant blue light, but never the color she wanted.

"Hello, Kid." And that bad feeling came back out again. Kaiya knew that voice from anywhere, and she glanced over her shoulder, poker face barely holding on from the sudden surprise. Sporting a white shirt, blue suit and brown loafers, a haughty arrogant and familiar smirk stood Kudo Shinichi.

"Well, well this is surprising. I was expecting a chibi-tantei to be on this roof." The Kid said smoothly with a well-placed grin. Kaiya however, was left in a confused panic behind the mask. Kudo, while attractive, tensed for a second but relaxed in his posture. He frowned at this.

"You...haven't heard?" Kudo asks in curiously and a little confused. How he worded that question, Kaiya feels the hair stands up at the back of her neck.

"Heard what?" She asks smoothly, looking at Kudo warily.

"He's not coming back, he went home." Of all answers, his answer was not the answer she expects. Her poker face nearly cracks in surprise.

"What?" Kaiya hiss in surprise in her Kid persona, and Kudo shifts in his position, watching her reaction.

"His parents came back and said it was safe to come back to the States." Kudo explains. He sees something glinting in the shadows of an adjacent rooftop from behind Kid. His brilliant mind takes a half a second in recognizing, his blood stills inside his body.

"Do you have the address-?!" Kaiya asks, wanting closure but its when Kudo made a sudden movement that catches her surprise.

"Get down Kid!" Kudo shouted as he pounced on her, tackling Kaiya to the ground and interrupting her. Her indigo eye widens behind the monocle at the feeling the full force of the unprecedented tackle. A bullet hit the roof where she once stood, and Kaiya's eyes widen, her heart beating fast from the adrenaline. Despite being pressed close to the detective's athletic body, she feels something wet on his arm, and she pales at seeing fresh blood on her glove hand.

"Meitantei-san!" Kaiya shouted worriedly, cursing Snake under her breath, how did she not notice him lurking around?! Kaiya's hand reaches up to the wound on Shinichi's arm before he grunted, taking hold of her arm and drags her to the shadows of the fire escape. The detective lets 's go of her arm, his hand closed around his wound on his other arm, and Kudo looks at Kaiya with fierce eyes.

"Go now." The teen sleuth tells her. Both of them can hear the oncoming running footsteps of the Kid's taskforce racing up to the roof.

"Meitantei-san…" Kaiya hesitates, and Kudo growls at her.

"Go, you have a reason being Kaitou Kid right? Then go!" She stiffens, and a part of Kaiya wants to shot at the sniper with her card gun to disarm him, but she knew at this vast range, it's risky. She nods, drops a smoke bomb as soon as Nakamori-keibu and the taskforce bursts through the fire escape and blends in. After making sure the detective is alright, she left the scene.

Agasa Residence

"You looked bothered, Kudo-kun." Haibara said, viciously poking at the bandaged wound around Shinichi's arm. Thankfully it was a cut, but gun wounds tend to create burns on a person's skin. Shinichi flinched at that poke.

"Haibara." As if sensing what the Heisei Holmes want to talk with her about, Haibara stops poking on the wound and crosses her arms.

"Does it have something to do with the Kid heist?" Haibara asks, pinpointing on that's what Shinichi wants to talk about. He nods.

"Does the Black Organization have any branches?" Shinichi asks, Haibara withholds the urge to freeze about the former organization she once belonged to before looking at him confused. For as long as she had stayed at the Black Organization, there was no word of the organization branching out despite it having multiple of departments.

"Not that I know of, why?" Haibara asks warily.

"At Kid's heist, a sniper was trying to snipe at Kid. By any chance does the word "Snake" means anything to you?" Shinichi asks with a frown. He remembers the angry hiss of 'Snake' from Kid's mouth. Haibara frowns, looking back at her memories of her time with the Black Organization, but came up with nothing.

"No, but I pretty sure one of your connections might do." Haibara suggested. It's entirely possible for another organization that's in the shadows with the Black Organization.

"Thanks, Haibara." Shinichi said with a nod, Haibara nods back.

"Kudo-kun…" Haibara said, a mischievous smirk spreading on her lips, at that smile, Shinichi looks at her warily.

"What?" Shinichi asks warily.

"Do you like Mouri-chan?" Haibara asks. Shinichi frowns at her question.

"Yeah, why?" Shinichi asks, not sure what she's getting at. Then her smile sharpens to a smirk.

"How about Kid?" The surprise of that question caused him to incredulously, looking at Haibara like a gaping fish.

"Wha?! Wh-Why would you?!" Shinichi stutters, an incredulous flush on his face. He doesn't understand as to why she would ask that question when he's already in a relationship. After a few seconds, he grimaced, he doesn't want to know.

"Nothing." The shrunken chemist said breezily, heading for bed.

"Huh?" The flush receding, Shinichi looks at Haibara confused and feeling like his feathers had been ruffled.

"You better hurry up and make up your mind, or you'll end up hurting two people." Haibara said nonchalantly, and Shinichi's cerulean blue eyes widen.

"Haibara!"

Kuroba Residence

In Ekoda, and possible in confused puzzlement in her own house and bedroom sat the person behind the mask of Kaitou Kid. Curled up in her chair, Kaiya holds a pillow to her chest as she stares at her desk as if it contained the answers to the universe. The heist night was a failure, but it was fun. The Jordan's Sapphire, despite its mysterious history, isn't Pandora, which is a relief since it's such a pretty thing as well. She had slipped the heist jewel into Meitantei's pocket, not really feeling up to delivering it to Nakamori-keibu despite being next-door neighbors. The source of current puzzlement and questions is her new friend, Kudo Shinichi.

Why did he save me? I was the one who didn't want him to be in the crossfire. No one gets injured on a Kid heist. Kaiya thought as she curled inward, hugging the pillow closer. The memory of her in uniform and pressed up to the detective when he's shielding her from the gunfire made her face warm, and she shook her head, trying to shake out that image from her head.

Stop it! He has a girlfriend, and you like Aoi! It was an accident, and he was trying to protect you from being sniped. That train of thought only served to make her worry her lip more.

Things would be much easier if you aren't mysterious and interesting, Meitantei-kun. Kaiya blinks, blushes slightly at the nickname floating around in her head.

Since when did Meitantei-san become Meitantei-kun? Argh! Not again! Kaiya groans and muffles the noise against the pillow.

"Why do you have to be so interesting Meitantei-kun?" Kaiya steadfastly ignores as to how the nickname feels on her tongue since an even more burning question had settled into her mind.

Where are you Tantei-kun? Why didn't you say goodbye to me?