Chapter Seven

Don't miss me

As I leave you alone.

Don't hate me,

For something I can't stop.

Don't blame me,

For the pain.

Don't cry,

As I disappear.

All I ask is that you remember.

I love you.

Shinichi winced as he touched the wound on his arm, it was still bleeding as Nakamori and his men surrounded him. "Shinichi-kun, what happened?" Nakamori asked him, knelling down and inspecting the wound on his arm. He winced as the man pulled his hand away from the bleeding gash and more blood had ran down his arm. He was glad that he hadn't worn anything that he liked very much as the blood stained the white of the long sleeved shirt. He was pulled up by two of the officers, who were smiling encouraging at him. Nakamori stood up, still waiting for an answer.

"Someone was shooting at Kaitou Kid. I didn't see anyone, so I think it might be a sniper." Shinichi answered, he was lucky that he hadn't been hurt worse then he was after he pushed Kid out of the way for the bullet. The Kid squad sent Shinichi to the medic on the ground level after all details were sorted out. He sat in the ambulance, waiting for Kaito to find him. His arm was burning like it was on fire, but some of the painkillers that the medic gave him kept the edge off. The medic was wrapping the wound in white gauze as Kaito came running up, looking like the world has ended. "Oh my god, Shin-chan!" Kaito cried and tried to cling onto his injured friend. "I can't believe you got shot! Where's the wound! Did it bleed a lot? Oh my god! You're not gonna die are you?" Kaito rambled the questions non-stop until Shinichi started laughing.

"I'm concerned for you and your laughing! I can't believe you!" Kaito pouted as Shinichi just continued laughing.

"I'm sorry, Kai. It's just that no I'm not going to die, it's on the arm, and I'll be fine, but it did bleed." Shinichi said, trying to answer Kaito's previous questions while dying down his laughter. "It's just that I've never seen you like this." He smiled at Kaito, who blinked and blushed a little.

"I'm just worried, I've never met anyone who's been shot before." Kaito huffed and hid his blush from Shinichi. "Shin-chan, who shot you?"

"I don't know, they were aiming for Kid."

"Why would someone shoot at Kid? He's completely awesome! He's almost as great as Otou-san!"

Shinichi shrugged and leaned against the wall inside of the ambulance. He was starting to feel tired, but stayed awake so Kaito wouldn't panic. He yawned, "Yeah, Know. Kid actually reminded me of Oji-san." Shinichi muttered softly as he eyes closed briefly before opening again. Kaito watched Shinichi struggle to stay awake, and took a seat next to him. "Really?"

"Yeah. Just…I donno…" Shinichi leaned his head on Kaito's shoulder, before accidentally slipping into a fast sleep. Kaito smiled softly, and kissed the top of Shinichi's head. Next time, he wouldn't let Shinichi go off alone. He'd be there, so Shinichi wouldn't ever get hurt again. He frowned, watching Shinichi, before trying to get a look of the bandages on the arm that was shot, but only got a good look at the now ruined shirt. Kaito sighed and got comfortable, maybe he could snag a ride from Nakamori-oji-san, after all there was no way he was going to be able to carry Shinichi all the way to the Kudou Mansion by himself.

Kaito looked up at the full moon as a forewarning feeling filled him, he frowned, and wrapped his arm lightly around Shinichi's waist, bringing him as close as possible to him.

Snake kept the gun pointed at Kaito Kid, Toichi, as he walked closer to the white clad thief. Toichi frowned at the gun that was pointed at him; he quickly put away the binoculars, and slowly backed away again, only to get another warning shot. "I don't have it, can't you tell?" Toichi said sarcastically. "Where's the Kudous?" Snake's smile widened at Toichi's answer.

"Hmm…Kudou, huh? I don't believe I remember them." Snake replied. "All I'm worried about is Pandora. Hm. Maybe I should go after that pretty wife of yours? Will that encourage you to turn it over?"

Toichi glared at the man cladded in black, this wasn't a good situation. He knew he wasn't going to get out of this in one piece. He'd be lucky to get out of this alive as he noticed several snipers in neiboring buildings, waiting for him to flee from snake. He kept up his poker face into an arrogant smirk, and a smug pose. Snake scowled at Toichi's smirk, but continued to get closer to the thief till they were only two feet apart from each other. "I don't believe that you'll get my wife involved with this business since she has no idea about any of this."

"Oh? She doesn't know that her husband is Kid?" Snake mocked. "I highly doubt that. Well, I guess your not going to be any help to me then." Snake raised the gun once more and fired.

Chikage smiled as she cleaned the few dishes that were left from dinner before Toichi had gone off on the heist. It was so quiet without the boys in the house, to quiet for the middle-aged woman. It made the house feel so empty to her, with just her and her husband. Sure it made Toichi going out on heist easier for him, but it left her with hours to worry and even more to speculate about what could or would happen every time Toichi takes the risk of a heist. Her heart clenched at the thought of him being shot or killed. She sighed for the nth time that night as she put the dishes away and took a seat at the table, waiting for Toichi to arrive, he was already ten minutes late. The only thing that was keeping her happy was that maybe it was Shinichi holding Toichi up.

She jumped when the phone started to ring, startled by the ringing. She quickly got up and answered the phone, on the other line was her husband's accomplice that always helped him weather it be an actual show or a Kid heist. "Wait, what do you mean I have to leave the country?" Tears started to build up in her eyes.

"I understand. Yes. Should I call the boys? Okay." Chikage set the phone on the hook and then sped up the stairs, and packed a small duffle bag, just big enough to look like she was leaving for her weekly gym trip. She exited her house for the last time, and started towards the bus stop. Just a block away from the stop, a blue car came up behind her, and stopped. An elderly man smiled at her. "Need a ride, dear?"

She smiled sadly at the man and nodded, getting in on the passenger's side.

The dark blue car took off into the night, completely in the opposite direction of the gym, and towards the local airport.

Kaito frowned at the phone when his mother hadn't picked up. Shinichi was out like a light on the couch, completely unaware of everything happening around him. Shinichi was laying in the back seat of Inspector Nakamori's car, with his head in Kaito's lap, small snores came from the snoozing teen as Kaito tried again to call his mother to tell her all about Kid's heist. Of course he wasn't even going to mention on how Shinichi had managed to get shot, that'd just be another reason for them to return home. He was just getting used to living at Kudou mansion, and he enjoyed the freedom that living at the Kudou mansion gave them.

Heck, he managed to sneak into the bathroom on Shinichi more then three times since they moved in. At home, Shinichi had the bathroom alarmed, because of his previous pranks as a child. He sighed as he closed his cell phone, they were apposed to go home (Kuroba home) tomorrow. He sighed, she was probably trying to worry him into going to check on her. He twitched as he realized that he had let out a depressing sigh. Great, he was starting to act like Shin-chan. Before you know it he was going to be solving murders. He snickered softly at the thought and streached as Nakamori got into the car.

"Kaito-kun, are you ready to go?" The inspector asked as he turned on the car.

"Been ready, Shin-chan is out like a light, I don't even think a hurricane will wake him up right now." Kaito smiled at the older man, as he pulled out of the parking lot of the museum. "Hey, Oji-san, have you heard from my mother?"

Nakamori looked back briefly before looking back at the road. "I'm sure she's fine. It's Aoko that's having the hissy fit still." The inspector sighed at the thought of having to return home to his usually cheerful daughter and then having to tell her about the heist. Oh, she was going to skin him alive when she learns that not only were Shinichi-kun and Kaito-kun there; Shinichi had gotten shot. He just felt like the world loved him.

He bid Kaito goodbye when they reached the Kudou mansion, with Kaito barely holding Shinichi up. "Are you sure Shinichi-kun doesn't need to go to the hospital?" He asked before Kaito opened the gate, with Shinichi muttering under his breath, tiredly.

"Yeah, he'll just be grumpy there, at least he'll actually relax here." Kaito answered, managing to get the gate open.

"God, no hospitals." Shinichi groaned before walking through the opened gate and to the door, not waiting for Kaito.

"Tell mom I said hello if you see her. She seems to be still upset with us about leaving." Kaito smiled at Nakamori before heading in.

=End of Chapter Seven=

Anon. Review Responces:

Shinigami-Chan! Hiya, I'm sorry for the long wait.

Well, to be honest with you, I hate Ai, I just don't like her. Can't write her, don't want too, I'll only write her if she benefit's the story. So if she shows up, it's for the story. otherwise, no Ai. For the shrinking, we'll see. I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Anon-san,

I hope you enjoyed the chapter, It's not the happiest chapter, but it'll go on.

Ginshi-chan!

Hiya! It's okay that you haven't reviewed before, I didn't know either when I first found FF net. Well, I hope that you aren't to sad about this chapter, but I've started working and it's been hard to write. Well I'll see you next chapter!

Tohda-san,

Welcome! I hope you enjoyed the update! See you next time?

Shi-chan