Hi everyone! Sorry for late update.

But it is back! Kinda lame, but I somewhat have to upload. Gomen, terrible chapter, boring too. Anyway, hope you like it.

PS: This is not the last chapter, yet, but ch 7 is. Not over yet!

Thanks for all your support and reviews :) for both my stories which I planned to upload at the same time. (Same night) and that was hard cz I got tired by the time I reached this one xD Eventually winded up only posting this xD

(But, the Kaito kid struggle is soon to come with two ch uploads same day once ch 24 is complete.)

Enjoy and PLEASE review :)

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A friendly Thief

Part 1

"Taku! I can't believe they stole it" Ginzo cursed and sat down, the young detective beside him. "Is all okay?"

"Yes" Hakuba looked around. "No casualties and those men didn't come, yet at least. And,"

"No sight of Kuroba-kun" Conan said, his eyes rolling everywhere. "But could that really be…"

"I cannot believe it either! How could that be possible! He's been dead for eight years"

"It wouldn't be hard for a magician, lay low a Kaito kid, to fake his death and reappear when he wants." Conan said, now more adult like, to the officers' confusion. "Did you confirm Kuroba-kun's location?"

"Yeah, I just asked Aoko, she said she saw him at the bar with the old man"

Conan thought, "having memory loss, away at the heist, they are trying to keep him away from their night job"

"Let's go check for ourselves"

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"Ji-chan, when are you closing?"

"Not before 2 in the morning, there is still thirty minutes left, Bocchama." And Kaito dropped his head. It'll seem like forever with him alone waiting. The door opened, and Kaito's smile raised. Finally someone he knew. "Oh, I see you are here! Coming to celebrate?" the old man asked, drying the cups.

Hakuba's eyes fell on Kaito, who was half turning to them. "Well, we came to have a bit of fun. How are you guys doing?"

"Well and busy"

"Bored and sleepy" Kaito gasped adding to the old man's words, pulling a mere smile. But at mind, he thought otherwise, "Good thing you guys came, I was ganna fall asleep any minute now" but he didn't end up saying it.

"Ah then let's have a bit of fun, shall we? Kuroba-kun, come sit with us" they sat after joining two tables together. "Cards?" the game began, excluding Kaito who preferred to watch instead.

Game between the smartest, it lasted forever. "I will close now" Jii-chan said with worried mien, hoping it to end. He ignored them and proceeded to lock up, but they noticed and got up arranging things back at place. "I should have done that a long time ago!" he thought. "Bocchama, wait for me one sec, and we'll leave" he surpassed them, and locked everything.

"Uncle, can Kaito-oni-san come with us?" Conan so innocent. "Hakuba nii-san wanted to make a party and have us sleep over"

Jii-chan's poker face went up. Oh bad, supper bad. Chikage-san would get so mad if I let Bocchama go.. "Gomen, little boy, Kaito-kun is supposed to stay with me until his mother comes back"

"I understand, you don't want to make her worried" he walked away sad, man, the old man bought the trick.

"All right"

"Yayyy!" cheered the shrunken boy. "Kaito onii-san, let's go!" he grabbed the boy with his hand, a vast smile from ear to ear, and rushed with the teen to the car.

Hakuba just smiled to himself. "Life mother, like son!" a good actor, and a good tantei. A combination of both his parents' gifts. They got into the car, silently sitting as it arrived to Hakuba-kun's place. "Well, here we are!" and he opened the door for them to enter. Kaito walked behind them as they were led to the living room. His grandmother welcomed them with a smile, coffee, Juice and cake. It was delicious, but could they stay up more?

Hakuba-kun led Conan to a room at the end of the house, next to Sera's and Akako's room. Kaito, on the other hand, was Hakuba's roommate for the night. As if it couldn't get any better!

"Oyasumi!"

Kaito didn't dare to move, wanting not to bother the detective, he laid looking at the ceiling. He spoke not, hoping the boy was asleep, hoping morning would come. Unusual, he still felt around everyone, including his mother. A clown? He recalled. It was all he was to everyone. A mere clown who would entertain them, but was there something else to Kuroba Kaito? It bothered him not to remember, not to know, not to know how to act when things became awkward.

Was it how he'd usually be if he knew not about his poker face? Easily shifting a fake smile from front, but a frown from behind.

A week, has it been? A perfect stranger and it seemed to take long to adjust. Not that every day he was somewhere, but who was counting!

Hakuba laid to his left, opened one eye, yes Kaito was still awake distracted in his thoughts. He knew for sure Kaito wasn't his old self yet, but he knew, he had trouble figuring things out.

Just how hard would it be if he knew about his alter ego? Being the Kaito kid, the worldwide 'clown' and wanted criminal…surely that would be much more than just a thorn to remove, to stitch.

Perhaps with his memory, he'd play all dumb denying being KID (though they saw his face) but then again, that was Kaito all right!

"Are you okay?" and Kaito turned his focusing point to Hakuba, who had his back to him. "Try turning to your right, maybe it'll help you sleep"

Kaito nodded, and turned, now their backs to the other. But the one thought never escaped his mind, who am I?

Hakuba shut his eyes, hoping the former thief to fall asleep soon, and rod the train to sleep. Shortly, after ten to fifteen minutes, Kaito joined the train and fell asleep.

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"Looks like everyone is asleep" Sera said, creepy weird smile, but cute. "Akako-chan, why aren't you dressed in your jammies yet?"

"Witches don't sleep"

Sera blinked, "eh?"

"Joking" Akako bid, slightly raising an accusation smile. "Do you always wear man clothes?"

"Oh please, the only feminine clothes I wear are the school's uniform!"

._. Chibi face, point eyes. "I…I see" she went to change.

"How long have you know, about the KID?"

"Long time, like Hakuba, I came to take school because of him. No one dares to reject my beauty!"

Sera jerked a laugh out, "Pretty confident! Well, you are beautiful, but as I heard, he already had his heart taken"

"By that child, Aoko!" Akako laughed. "Not that I care about him anymore_i mean_not like before"

"Your heart already taken? Huh? That boy, Hakuba, surly" but Akako blushed, denying it. "Oh please, detectives are always observant. You can't deny it. It's proof enough your face is red"

"Is it! Oh, don't tell him. It'd be weird"

"He likes you too"

*.* Akako's reaction xD

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I always wanted to do that xD putting Akako in awkward situations hahaaha

Last ch, is the next to come. Probably ganna be short like this one. So, cya next, and last, chapter :)

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