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Chapter 3

Kuroba Kaito had already been held at gun point today. This was no different, minus the guns. Still just as nerve wracking though...

I can do this, Kaito mentally prepared himself, took a deep breath, and spoke.

"I'm sorry little girl-" Kaito began, but Haibara kicked him in the shins.

"Mistake number one: calling me a little girl," Haibara growled, and she removed the hat and placed her hair back down, allowing Kaito to recognize her. Of course, Kaito thought miserably, feeling both idiotic that he had been fooled from such a simple costume, and scared because that was all he could really remember about the girl: she was scary. "Now, if you make mistake number two of letting those fools talk again, I'm going to have to kick you in the nuts. And I'm in a skirt today so I really don't feel like putting my legs up."

"Who the Hell is she?" Hakuba whispered in the back to the two other boys. "She might actually be funny if she wasn't so scary."

"We know how ya' feel," Heiji mumbled, remembering earlier. "She scares me more than-"

"Shush!" Haibara called back to them, causing complete silence. Instead, they tightened their grip on Kaito, everyone intimidated by the small girl. Though if you looked, you could catch a small smile creeping onto Conan's lips.

Wincing, ready for a kick, Kaito asked, "Why do you guys always think I'm Kaitou Kid? Where's your evidence?"

Haibara sighed, and kicked.

Kaito didn't crumple to the floor, but kneeled over for a moment, before being able to wobble around on his feet.

"It's stripes," Conan blurted out as Haibara was smoothing her skirt back down.

"Perve!" She yelled at him, slapping him across the face, leaving a red mark where a bruise would soon form. She then glared at Kaito, "Look what you did!"

"Can I leave now?" Kaito muttered, still looking dazed. "I have some place I have to be."

That's when Haibara saw it: the fear. Not any ordinary fear that comes from being threatened by a girl. But the fear that was always left behind in the trail of them. The Black Organization.

"They've been here already," Haibara confirmed when she saw Conan inspecting Kaito in the same way. "He's already been threatened. Been held at gunpoint probably. Or a loved one has a target on their back now." She sighed, and for a moment, felt pity for poor Kaito. "He's involved now."

"What are you guys talking about?" Hakuba asked, but he received no answer.

"How did..." Kaito trailed off, feeling relieved. Some one else knew. Not his top picks though, considering they were all enemies of Kaitou Kid. Well, it's not like they don't already know, Kaito thought, forfeiting his disguise. Still... Hakuba was there, and he looked clueless.

"Well, let's just say if I was Kaitou Kid..." Kaito began, retelling the entire story from the beginning...

Kaito had just been returning home from school when he felt the gun barrel press against his back.

"I don't have any money on me," Kaito said smoothly, figuring it was just a robber. "The most you could steal from me are the piles of homework I have in my bag, which, you know, if you're interested in doing that and returning it later I'd be fine with..."

"Surprising," Kaito heard a woman voice say behind him, "I'd figure with all that you steal, you'd have at least something of value on you... Then again, you return everything... Isn't that right, Kaitou Kid, Magician Under the Moonlight?"

Kaito froze in spot, the barrel of the gun digging into his back. Trying to laugh it off, he said, "Oh... haha, I'm sorry, but you've got the wrong guy. I'm Kaito, but not Kid. Sorry to disappoint, I have to admit, I'm a big fan of Kid myself..."

"You know, I wasn't very interested in Kid for the longest time," the voice said behind him, which sounded feminine and oddly mysterious. "But then I realized that Kid looks like a certain someone... a certain someone who was supposed to be dead." Walking around so she faced Kaito, still holding him at gun point, she asked with a smile, "Do you know who Kudo Shinichi is?"

"Wasn't he some sort of detective?" Kaito answered, remembering reading about him in the newspaper. Often, Kid and Kudo fought for the front of the newspaper. "But... He dropped of the radar. Didn't he die or something sucky like that?"

"Very good, Kid. Yes, Kudo Shinichi was a detective, a very good one, and a high schooler too, just like you," the woman answered, her blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail, looking absolutely flawless. Not like someone who should own a gun, but beautiful and innocent. "And when I looked at it, he was a lot like you. Same age, same personality, same looks, even similar childhood friends..."

"Aoko," Kaito whispered softly, wondering how much research this woman had put in to find out so much. "You didn't... hurt her, did you?"

The women laughed, "No no, not yet. That depends on how you act though."

"What do you want?" Kaito growled, anger bubbling inside of him.

"Oh, I'm just interested in helping you," she told Kaito, smilingly so sweetly it was sickening. 'She has the eyes of a killer,' Kaito thought. "It seems that you, Kuroba Kaito, are in a predicament. While you meet up with your sweet friend, Nakamori Aoko, Kaitou Kid is supposed to pull off a heist... Right in front of your eyes. And it seems that you, Kaito, have a detective bloodhound following you."

"Let's just say I was Kid," Kaito begin, biting the inside of cheek nervously. "And I was having the problem of being in two places at once... What should I do?"

"I think that you should appear as Kid, and leave the rest up to me. I'll stay with Aoko and make sure..." her voice dropped, and Kaito knew what she meant. If Kaito disobeyed, it would be the end for Aoko. "You and me, we have something in common. We're both..." The lady pulled a mask over her head, and played with it for awhile. After she was done though... It looked like she had placed Kaito's head onto her body... To Kaito, it was the coolest yet most disturbing thing he had ever seen. "We're both masters of disguise." Her voice sounded exactly like Kaito's, and she even pulled off the same, arrogant smirk. She removed the mask from her face, reverting back to her before look.

"What's in it for you?" Kaito asked, standing up as straight as he could, trying to look more confident than he was.

She handed him a piece of paper, which was filled with writing. "Follow these instructions. Don't think of it as a mission though... think of it as a test." Her voice was back to normal, but much graver. It sent chills down Kaito's spine.

A test of life or death. For both Kaito, and everyone he loved and cared for.

"Who are you?" He asked, as the blonde woman began to walk away.

"You may call be Vermouth."

And moments later she was gone.

"...So that's it," Kaito finished. "The weird thing was, the lady looked really familiar... But I just can't put my finger on it."

"It was Chris Vineyard," Conan told Kaito.

"Who's that?" Kaito responded.

"American actress, just like her mother, Sharon Vineyard," Hakuba said.

"Huh?"

"The hot blonde one with the big jugs!" Heiji added gleefully, smiling like an idiot.

"Yes! That's who that Vermouth lady looked like!" Kaito shouted, smiling too. "She was hot..."

"Men are idiotic perverts," Haibara sighed, shaking her head in disapproval.

"So, what does the paper say?" Hakuba asked, "And why do you guys," he waved his hands at Conan and Heiji, "know who this Vermouth person is? Is she an assassin or something? Another thief?"

"We ain't gonna tell ya'!" Heiji yelled at Hakuba, glaring at him, "Just 'cos ya' happened to be here when we were, it don't mean it's yer business!"

"Kid, what does the paper say?" Conan asked, "We need to know!"

"Well..." Kaito began..."

Then he let off the smoke bomb.

"It's for me to you and you to never find out!" He laughed loudly, and Conan could see his smirk through the smoke. "Ta-ta!"

And when all was clear, Kuroba Kaito was no where to be found.

"Damn him."

Author's Note: And that's the end of this chapter! What do you think is written on the paper? :D You'll just have to find out! And Kid got away... Though I'm pretty sure everyone saw that coming! But Vemouth made an appearance! If you were confused by the conversation between her and Kaito... Don't worry, I did that on purpose! Or at least, I thought it was pretty confusing, but y'all might be like "A kindergartner could figure it out!" So why is the BO going after Kaito Kid? How the Hell does Hakuba fit in? And why is it that the guys are so perverted... Minus boring Hakuba.

Also, for the question I asked last chapter at Ran and Shinichi or Conan and Haibara... IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STORY! I just seriously wanted to know. XD This will not turn into a romance story, though because of all the relationships and loved ones at risk, it might come up at some point but I repeat, THIS WILL NOT BE A ROMANCE STORY! This is about the Five Geniuses kicking some major butt... Hopefully. :)

Anyway... Who is your favorite of the Five Geniuses? (Edogawa Conan/Kudo Shinichi, Ai Haibara/Miyano Shiho, Hattori Heiji, Kuroba Kaito/Kaitou Kid or Sagura Hakuba?)

-Shiho

PS: AND HAPPY BIRTHDY KAITO AGAIN! Dang, two chapters in one day... Of course, the last one was finished at 12:30 in the morning so that's kinda a lot of time... But still... HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAITO! EVERYONE LOVES YOU! (Or at least they should...)