DECLAIMER: I don't own Detective Conan nor its characters.
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A/N: Was waiting for my beta reader to read, but she never answered back... Enjoy! XD
Show Time
The day came much sooner than anyone, especially Shinichi, would have wanted or expected. As the first rays of light broke down the darkness that surrounded the silent city, all kind of animals began to wake up slowly from their slumber, watching the arrival of the sun. In seconds, the dark sky became tainted in light blue, red and yellow shades, following the fireball as it rose in the sky. Then, one by one, people started to wake up, some late for work, others late for a meeting. However, in Kudo´s house, the small child kept sleeping, ignoring a certain flower´s presence.
The alarm in her red phone rung a few times, but the little child just ignored it, hiding her ears behind the blankets without wanting to wake up. Nevertheless, the sound persisted and soon, irritated and annoyed by it, Shinichi garbed the phone and turned it out, checking it was almost ten o´clock already.
Laying down on her bed once again, phone left forgotten at the bedside table, Shinichi closed her eyes once more, trying to arrange her thoughts. However, somehow nothing fell in the right place, as her memories and thoughts danced together waltz. "Coffee…" she sighed and stood up, not noticing the note and rose on her bedside table as her mind was set on only one thing: get some damn coffee and wake up.
Not that Shinichi was a coffee addict or anything; she just needed her coffee from time to time like everyone else. She had stayed almost all night up, thinking about what would happen next Monday, making plans and writing down a list of things she needed to do before she disappeared as Conan. On that list, there was only one thing that seemed to be impossible to be done in the available time. "I can always say it as Christie Edogawa…" She thought, starting to feel even more down. Thinking about it made her even more frustrated.
Shinichi hated lies, even if they were white lies. Therefore, after spending two years lying to everyone she knew, it pained her to know she would still need to keep lying, either to protect herself or the people she loved. She knew they would get angry with her if they knew she lied to protect them, but just the thought of them knowing everything made her shiver and want to throw out. No, it was better if they knew nothing, continuing to live their lives in peace. She knew she would keep on lying, no matter how much it hurt her. Their safety was much more important than her feelings.
Garbing her pot of coffee, she relaxed as the known and loved aroma surrounded her, allowing her to forget her thoughts for some seconds. Yea, coffee was the best. Especially when it had almost no sugar. Urg, sweet things always made her feel sick. Looking out of the window as she sat down, she frowned, starting to feel depressed. Why did it have to be such a cloudy day? She had many things she needed to do and prepare, so a rainy wouldn't exactly help her with that…
Jumping out of the couch, Shinichi run in her small body towards her bedroom, realizing she had too many things to do. As it was written on her list, the second most important thing she had to do was say good-bye to the Detective Boys. After spending two years with them, it was impossible not to like them. And she knew she would miss them, miss a lot.
As Shinichi took out her boyish clothes, which her mom bought for her, she realized for the first time her glasses were missing. "Damn, I must have forgotten to put them…" She thought, quickly approaching the bedside table. It was amazing how such small thing managed to keep so much stuff. Her phone, glasses, watch, a white rose, a heist note…
Suddenly freezing on her steps, Shinichi blinked a few times to make sure she wasn't seeing wrong. Since when did she have a white rose and a heist note on her beatable? Last time she checked they weren't there… Jumping forward, she garbed those two items, holding them close to her face to make sure they were real. Neither Haibara nor Hakase have entered her house, so when did that arrive?
Sitting on top of the bed as she thought, she ignored what was written on the heist, suddenly worried that idiot had broken in her house. If she remembered correctly, there had been someone in white standing near her bed in her dream last night… And that stranger had kissed her forehead, but she was sure it was only a dream. After all, what would Kid be doing at her house, looking for late snacks? But now that she saw that rose and note, everything clicked.
"That bastard!" She suddenly hissed, her face becoming as red as a tomato. "How dares he?" Oh, she was so going to kill him… First he stalks her, and then that?! How could he? Honestly, the last thing she expected was for him to break in her house and leave that stupid heist note… As well as kiss her forehead! He was so going to get them that night… "I'm going to eat you alive, Kaitou Kid!"
Stomping down the stairs, after quickly dressing up and making sure she looked Conan-like, the only thing Shinichi couldn't get rid of was her annoyance. If there was one person who somehow managed to get under her skin so much, it was Kid. Ever since they met, all she wanted was to find out who he was and rub it in his face. It was a pity she wouldn't be able to do it as Conan, but she always could say it was Conan who found out.
Smirking evilly as she entered Hakase´s room, she didn't notice the looks Haibara had been giving her. "Shinichi, is something wrong?" Hakase asked, not used to seeing that kind of smirk. It always meant one thing: someone was going to get in a hell lot of trouble… "There is nothing wrong" Shinichi lied, the smirk still on her childish face.
Actually, if it wasn't for the fact he knew Kaitou Kid couldn't disguise as a child, Hakase could have sworn it was Kaitou Kid and not Shinichi. "By the way, did you finish that?" Nodding, both Hakase and Shinichi made their way to the laboratory, leaving a strangely smiley Haibara behind.
Everyone knew Haibara Ai as a strange and secretive child, who acted out of age some times and kept quiet all the time. However, only some selected knew she actually was a little bit cunning and loved putting people into awkward situations. And if there was something she loved the most was watching Shinichi walk into funny situations, especially when they involved a certain thief. Ai saw Shinichi as a friend and even as a sibling, so she hated when she got into dangerous situations. Now when it came to that thief, they were surely dangerous, but in another way, being a great distraction for the always-busy scientist.
Laughing to herself, Ai looked at the small paper in her hand, a smirk adorning her adorable childish face. It would be such a shame to miss such an event, but she clearly dubbed Kid would allow her to attend that private party. Giggling like a little kid, which she wasn't, Haibara stood up and sighed, hiding the second heist note Kid had sent her and Hakase. He sure was lucky she woke up sooner than Hakase. Hakase was a nice man, but when it came to Shinichi, he didn't know how to keep a secret. "You better enjoy this, Kid, because you won't have a second time."
On top of a huge dark building a small boy was sitting at the edge of the roof, his eyes closed as he felt the wind run through his hair and skin. It was really relaxing and allowed him to calm down his feelings and thoughts, which seemed to be burning ever since he had taken a single step to that building.
As soon as Conan arrived, Nakamori-keibu decided it was time to find out why did he threatened Kid. If it wasn't for the face Conan gave him right away, maybe the inspector would have keep pushing him. However, the ´ask-and-you-are-dead´ face was enough. Even so, he could hear every single task force talk about that incident, pointing fingers at him and talking behind his back. Therefore, the genius child who got irritated by all that, made his decision to disappear until Kid came, knowing the time he spent on the roof would be much better than the time he spent down there.
And as almost always, he was right. Compared to the noisy hall, the roof was quiet, with no people whispering behind his back and, most importantly, the place Kid would run to before escaping. Wondering why he escaped always from the roof, Conan remembered it was always there they met and had their little fight, exchanging a few words after or before it.
Now that he thought about it, he always looked forward to it, a time where he was seen as an equal and not some little kid. Maybe that was what he missed so much as he looked at all adults, who almost always looked down on him.
Furthermore, it was a pain having to act as a little child all the time. Sighing, not liking where that train of thought was leading him, Conan stood up and, after giving the city and the sea one more look, walked towards the building once more. After all, the show was about to begin.
The hall were the heist would take place was located on the fifth floor, the last one, so Conan truly wondered how Kid would make his entrance. From what he knew, that idiot could already be at the crowd waiting for the time to arrive, but sometimes he did use strange ways to make his entrance.
If someone asked Conan, something he would never admit it even if he was at the blink of death, but the heist he liked the most up until then was when Kid pretended to walk on the air. It had made his blood boil from excitement and amusement, and he asked himself how Kid even came up with such ideas. He surely was a genius, there was no doubt about it, but he also needed to have a lot of imagination to come up with something like that…
Leaning against one of the walls, Conan took some time to study the room he was in at that moment. It was spacious, painted in dark yet neutral brown colors. One of the walls was purely made of windows, while a pair of big doors were located parallel with it, with a tired Conan resting near them. The jewel in question was put in the middle of the room, surrounded by a couple of police officers and some people from the task force.
Now that he saw it, Kid´s note had been simple. Amaterasu was considered, between other things, the god of sun, while Tsukiyomi the god of moon. Therefore, it clearly meant the heist would take place at night, around the time sun started to set and moon rise towards the sky. Plus, it had to be a location near the sea. Considering this facts, as well as that he wanted to steal a red diamond, it had been easy to find the jewel, as it was the only one of its kind to be displayed near the sea. "Red Shield Diamond" He whispered, sighing as he looked at the beautiful diamond at the display.
If there was one thing Kaitou Kid knew for sure, it was how to choose his targets. Each time the target was beautify and breathtaking… Not liking where that was going, Conan went back to his room-study, noticing something strange happening out-side the windows. It was as if something was going to crash against the glass… GET DOWN!" Conan yelled, quickly hiding his head as the windows broke, the small deadly shards approaching the audience hastily.
"Ahhh!" Some people screamed, covering their faces and turning around ready for the impact. However, it never came. Confused, Conan looked up, noticing the glass shards froze, millimeters from the audience. "Good night, ladies and gentlemen." A too well known voice said, appearing in the middle of the shards that shone like diamonds under the moonlight.
"Kid!" A distant voice was heard, but everyone, including Conan, ignored it, bewitched by the sigh for some moments as the Moonlight magician moved confident towards the gemstone. His signature smirk appeared as he bowed gently, taking the red diamond with one more magic trick. By then Conan woke up, staring to look for whatever was holding the glass shards. If there was one thing he knew for sure, it was that real magic didn't exist.
"I shall take Red Shield Diamond." Kid announced, laughing as he jumped in time to avoid the charging task force. Instead, he used one of his bombs, putting them to sleep as he stood on top of them; his smirk becoming even more evil, if that was possible. "Now, as for the second part of my heist note…" Confused, Conan ignored the shards for now, trying to understand why he was looking at him with such amused eyes.
"Second part? There was no second part…" Conan thought as Nakamori-keibu suddenly run forward, holding a piece of paper with an angry and confused look. "Yea, you better explain this!" He shouted and read aloud. "I shall borrow the tiny detective´s wisdom, either he agrees or not." Kid smiled even more as the blood on Conan´s face drained, leaving a white and pale ghost behind. For some seconds Kid and Conan exchanged glances, the later totally and completely terrorized. Well, it didn't look like he would be able to use his new gadgets that night.
"Hey, explain it!" Nakamori-keibu demanded Kid´s attention once more, who turned his eyes away from the little Tantei a little bit irritated. "Exactly what it means, keibu." Kid joked, snapping his figures. The glass shards fell down at the ground, without harming a single human being. "Now then, I must go for the night." Bowing once more, another smoke bomb exploded somewhere in the room and Nakamori-keibu found himself duck taped to the floor, along with his dear task force.
"And now for the main… The hell? When did he have time to run away?" Kid yelled, blinking as he looked at the place Tantei-kun was supposed to be. The door near him was widely opened, and Kid dashed forward, irritated Tantei-kun was so smart. Sometimes it was such a pain having that kid as an opponent… "Wherever you are, I will find you." Kid sang, running towards the roof, knowing he would be there.
Running through the dark corridors of the hotel, a small kid moved as fast as his tiny body allowed, not allowing himself to stop for air. He always knew Kid was somewhat crazy, but the last thing he expected the magician to do was kidnap him. Or borrow, as that masked idiot said. However, he sure was smart, targeting a gem displayed on the fifth floor… There were only two possible ways out of that building: the entrance and the roof. If Conan went to the entrance, which was four floors below, Kid would get him before he even tried to run. He had no stamina to run down the stairs and the elevator was out of question too, since the magician could have tempered with the wires.
Furthermore, to add to Conan´s unhappiness, Kid could run ten times faster than he could. "Damn, I should have stayed home…" Conan thought, remembering that strange smirk Haibara had given him before he left… "That demon!" He exclaimed, wanting to kill the brown haired girl once and for all. "She knew exactly what was going to happen!" Puffing with indignity, Conan made a mental note to torment Haibara for the next few days. Weeks if Kid got him.
At last, when his lungs clearly screamed they couldn't take it long, Conan reached the roof, opening the door with a kick and almost falling down on his knees. "Need… air…" He whispered, trying to recover. Well, at least she insisted he took the hang glider. This way he could escape quickly as soon as he managed to see and breathe clearly.
"This is why you shouldn't run away…" A well-known voice behind startled the chibi detective who tried to run away quickly, only to fall down on his butt when a white figure jumped before him. Damn, if it wasn't for the lack of air he would be gone long time ago… Waiting for everything to return to normal, Conan heard Kid´s faint laugher, glaring at him as soon as he could.
"What do you want from me, idiot?" Conan hissed without thinking, not even trying to stand up. Even if his breath calmed down, his legs were still screaming at him for the forceful use.
"Don´t be so mean, Tantei-kun. I did send a note to your place to… Or more like to Hakase…" He laughed once again; ignoring the look he was being given.
"Then maybe I should teach you some things about sending there notes." Conan started, allowing his tired eyes to close for some seconds. If it wasn't for the fact a crazy thief wanted to ´borrow´ him, maybe Conan would have enjoyed that faint moment. "Never do it, unless you want a scary demon after your neck… And if you add me, you will have a demon and an enraged detective." Opening his eyes to make the point, he found Kid´s face a little too close to his. That man was examining him, without even hiding, appearing to be lost in his thoughts.
"Too close!" Conan yelled pushing the grown up man away as he stood up thanking god it was dark. Otherwise, Kid would have seen his red face and made some crazy comment about it. "Is my Tantei-kun embarrassed? How cute!" Or maybe he wasn't so lucky, as he forgot that idiotic monocle allowed Kid to see in the dark.
"I am not!" Conan glared at the grown up man, thinking a bit about a way to run away. Even if he jumped out of the roof now, Kid would just follow him and kidnap when they landed. Therefore, the only way was to wait until the task force came there and escape in the middle of the mess they would create.
"Don't even think about it." Kid suddenly interrupted his thoughts, garbing one of detective´s hands to force him to pay him attention. It was somewhat irritating when Tantei-kun started to think about other things but him… "Let go!" Conan demanded, trying to free his arm when the other one was garbed.
"Now that I think about it, he looks too much like Christie…" Kid thought, finding that moment perfect to examine Tantei-kun´s face further. At that point, he could make an almost exact replica of chibi´s face, but he still had some details he needed to work on. "They have the same eyes, face… are they really cousins?"
Kid was so lost in his own thoughts he didn't notice the evil grin Conan send, as he jumped up and kicked Kid right in the chin. "Au!" He couldn't help but yell as he let go of the small boy´s hands to check if his chin wasn't broke by any chance. Taking that opportunity, Conan rushed towards the doors, only to be caught quickly by the now a little annoyed man, who pressed something against his nose.
"Sorry but you leave me no choice…" Kid whispered into his ear, waiting for the little Tantei-kun to fall asleep. But if there was thing he should have learned by now, it was that his plans never went the way he wanted when it came to Conan.
Trying to ignore the sleepiness that assaulted him right away, the little kid garbed all his strength and courage, hitting the thief in the nose with his head. As he let go of him once again, Conan made sure to land on Kid´s feet, inflicting as much pain as he could.
However, his sight was already blurry, his mind drifting towards the dream world. His chances of escaping were now near zero, but the little detective didn't give up. Running towards the place he though the door was, his mind woke up for some seconds as he realized the floor beneath his disappeared, leaving nothing but the fast approaching tar. Feeling something garb his hand, what appeared in front of him were stars, shiny, shiny starts. And a face with violet eyes he knew so well. An angelic smile escaped his cage as he let his sight fixate on those violet eyes. "Beautiful…" he whispered as he fell asleep, those eyes watching him all the time.
Somewhere in a dark hotel room, a blond haired woman sat down at her desk, looking at the newest photos of Egodawa Conan she had been asked to take. Boss was interested in him; especially after he found out he got almost always involved in those operation which failed. "I want to meet him." He said one day, while a smile appeared on his face looking at Conan´s photo. After all, they needed new recruits and if that boy was truly as talented and intelligent as Bourbon had said he was, then he was an excellent candidate.
Boss had asked Vermouth what she thought about the little boy, considering the fact she had disguised herself as Aride once. However, she managed to keep it all simple, saying he was a really smart boy who got himself involved in a lot of murders. Gin and Vodka weren't as interested in the little boy as Bourbon and Boss, but he sure picked Gin´s interest a little bit when Bourbon mentioned Conan was a detective. The night before the meeting, Vermouth had a word with Bourbon, warning him that there were some things he wasn't allowed to tell. The man just nodded without asking questions, since that was their agreement. In addition, Vermouth was really good at silencing people she didn't like.
Sighing as she remembered it all, Vermouth looked at the photo once again and smiled. "Well, I wonder how you will escape from this one, Silver Bullet-chan." Her laughter filled the dark and silent room as she looked at the calendar. "Five days to go…"
A/N: So I found a beta reader, but she took to long to read it and I decided to post it without waiting for her answer... since its almost a week since I send it for her to read... So if you see any mistakes, Im really sorry :)
So, in case some of you wonder, no Im still addict to this -.- *sigh* well, at least the story is progressing faster the usual Muahahahaha
lamestreviewer: kukukuku I am happy there is someone like me out there XD I will try, but sometimes the conversation is really small and I dont see the point. But I will work on it, promise.
Assasin8: Yes, its all Haibara´s fault... *sigh* she can be really bossy some times XD Personally, I love the Kaito-stalker... XD
MihAela-Selene: He truly does have a serious case of denial... I wonder why *looks away* You almost got the riddle right, and you were the only one to try so... you can ask one question and I will answer through PM :)
It´s nice to see so many people reviewing, favoring and following... Makes me want to cry... I hope the fanfic lives to yours expectations :)
Review, comment, fav/follow! I love you guys! Thanks a lot!
Kaggami
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