Title: Heisei no Krarisu
Genre: Romance/Humor
Pairing: KIDxAoko
Summary: Aoko was positive KID will never notice her. After all, she is the daughter of THE Nakamori-keibu. Not even when she takes a leap forward in her anti-KID persistent ways. Not even when she ignores everything and everyone else to accomplish the mission "Please My Father". Apparently, she was wrong.

Disclaimer: Gosho does not escape from his completely insufferable and uncontrollable life by the use of the internet. Does he?

Chapter 5: Important Announcements

Ginzo panted heavily. He leaned with his back to the side post. He made it in time.

And yet...

He actually did not want to leave Aoko to somebody else.

He knew before all else that he loved Aoko. Hell, he'd do anything just for his Aoko to be happy. As happy as she can be. But before any of that, he relished the thought of her being safe more than her simple happiness.

Because he knew she can be happy. Even when he's not there.

So he himself decided he'd go as far as to go that far. No matter how far away she'd be. No matter how much he'll miss her. Just as long as he knew she will be far away from KID.

So he'd be willing to do this. Yes, she'd be away from the friends and family she's known since- well, forever. But even then, he knew KID is still in Japan at the moment. So if he gave her to some friend-any friend of his who lived in some other country, she'd be away from him.

And yet he still hesitated. Why can't there be some other way? Why can't she just stay in Japan and still be well-protected? There were other people (Nakamori knew THAT) who can give better protectin. And he'd still be close to her. He may even be able to visit her every once in a while if it was in Japan.

But since there is always a chance for KID to get close to her while in here, she should go.

Nakamori Ginzo walked forward to his house. No way he should stop now. Everything is for her sake. It's the best solution ever possible.

Aoko blinked. Her tea was still swirling around in the pot. Wait. What the heck is she doing here again?

A while ago she left them to get more...acquainted with each other. Yes. She'll use that phrase. She DID NOT leave the room because she felt embarrassed. She did not leave for she got scared of the consequences of her being there. Since it was really KID.

It was only then that it hit her fully.

She never actually treated him as KID. She always been assured of him because of some stupid thought that he'll never really be violent - it was against his nature to do so.

But seeing how serious Conan-kun was when faced with him made her feel dumb.

What the heck was she thinking?! KID is a notorious phantom thief who would do anything and everything to get what he wants. She seen his actions too many times to not know how he'd most probably just treat her attitude and her actions with the same incessantly foolhardy way he'd treated th Japan's top police. Or worse, just actlike she's one of his items. That he'd just throw her away or give her back to an 'owner' once she was stolen.

Or maybe it was just the fact that he actually used Kaito's face to get close to her. Maybe that's why she felt so safe when he's around. Maybe it's the reason why she can't help but let her guard around him.

Because there was no fr''in possible way she'd ever do so otherwise.

...right?

She finished mixing the tea. Aoko headed back to the living room. But instead of normal taunting, she heard the peculiar non-normal detective versus thief squabble.

"Lupin!!"

"Holmes!!"

"Leblanc is the better writer!"

"No, it's Doyle!!"

"Well, Holmes has never actually succeeded in capturing him properly!"

"That's 'cause the author wished it!"

Aoko bounded into the room. They were fighting! No way she'd allow such things to happen while Tousan was away! If something broke, then who'll be responsible?!

Instead, the sight that greeted her turned her whole body into stone.

KID and Conan were childishly pulling the side of each other's mouths. They both turned to her. Meanwhile, Aoko froze.

She completely forgot about the fragile pieces of china she was holding. Time stopped. It fell to the ground.

She closed her eyes to prepare for the oncoming impact. Oh, hell. Maybe she'll reconsider that 'letting guard down' phrase, after all. Since it wasn't really 'letting her guard down'. No, it was more like 'inconsiderately and incompetently allowing such atrocities to happen while in the vicinity of her eyesight'. And it was more unforgivable than the earlier.

And her ears heard...none.

What the hell?

She looked down to see both KID and Conan holding the fallen china on their hands. KID even had a teacup's handle stuck to his mouth.

And at that moment, Nakamori Ginzo entered the living room. He considered the picture. Aoko was standing just in front of him. She was wearing a skirt. And two very young and hormone-induced boys were peering up at said skirt.

"Tadaima."

"For the last time, it was an accident." Everybody is not sitting down in the living room. While KID sat down on the floor, the rest sat down in the couches. One very fluffy cushion-y seat for everyone. Save KID. Who was sitting on the floor beside Aoko's seat.

Ginzo didn't know what to do. Well, he knew Aoko herself would agree with his decision. The problem lay with the person present while the conversation took place. Kuroba Kaito.

"Well, I guess it could be."He took one cup from the ones brought. There were three cups in total. One for him, one for the gaki, and one for Kaito-kun. Though where was Aoko's?

Wait. Never mind about tea. He had a serious discussion to give here.

"Aoko." His face went from puzzled to straight in a second. Aoko straightened herself. She felt that this talk wasn't their normal everyday father-to-daughter chats. Especially when he did this right in front of two guests.

"If you were given a chance to go away from all of this KID-nonsense, would you accept it?" Her expression tightened. Eh? KID-nonsense?! But he'd never call them that way!

"Why?"And Tousan's emotions became clear. That wasn't a serious face. It bordered more on sad. He was feeling bad about something. But what? Did he get fired?

...because of her?

"If I said that you can go to a very far country, what would you do?" His face went back to unreadable. But she belonged here. She can't. Won't, she corrected herself.

For she will never leave and run away like some unfeeling bastard. She's just not like that.

"Does this mean I'm leaving?" She tried her best to not show anything from what she thought on the inside. She had to be strong. Tousan was able to do it, so why can't she?

"It all depends on whether you're willing or not, Aoko. But please understand." He didn't use a pleading voice. No. It was emotionless.

Aoko looked away. She turned her head to meet the bright blue eyes of the one who started it all.

KID whistled commentingly. And both of them jumped.

"In the end, it's all on Aoko. Right?" And Aoko's eyes widened. He had a point. She could just say no. She really did not want to leave for some other country. Not when things are now like this.

"But you must understand. If I won't be able to protect Aoko, then my job will be at risk this time." So that was why he was so serious. So she really had no choice. Well. It was nice living in here. Too bad she had to say goodbye. "O-"

"Chotto matte" A voice spoke up from nowhere. In his overly large chair, Conan stood up.

"I have a better idea."

A/N: Updated!! Sorry I wasn't able to finish this yesterday. I was too tired from everything to keep them up. Speaking of which, I'm still tired. I feel like I want to die. My hair. WaHAHA.

ziraulo: Actually, I'm internally frustrated. So I escape from everything by the internet. Though I'm telling you, these next two days I'm not going to update that speedily.

I'm going to be performing in some debut of my neechan. xDD

Wish me luck!!

Solera: Oooh, thanks for the fixes. I don't really have MS Word in this pc. So All I do is use notepad and edit it from the ff . net editor. We have spellcheck, but hey. Grammar.

We're the same age?! xDD W00t. Now I'm looking forward to this. Yoroshiku!!

Fish Head the 3rd and Co.: 00

To tell you the truth...

This is the LONGEST review I've ever received in my five years as a fanfic writer. cheers It's a new record!! I'm so happy!

Oh, and I've fixed the similarity/basing thing. Instead of being remarkably similar, she's only slightly similar. For some reason, I still mistake one for the other when I don't have my glasses on. Though the rant was gratefully accepted. Concrits are always welcome ;;

And since Conan saw her pic in a newspaper, he wouldn't really be able to distinguish them properly. So yeah. xDD

Chocolaty Taste: Yep, ff is kinda bonky these days. The editor doesn't even accept asterisks in the document itself. Kinda hard since my writing style gives off an exposure to many types of curses. And they're the types I like to hide with asterisks. But since it doesn't work, I end up using the same words for her curses. Nvm. I'll go weep now.

A/N: In truth, your reviews make me VERY happy. Maybe that's why I've been updating so fast? I've just had the WORST week ever. I got so many low scores in the quarterly test (not failing, just low). And a while ago I missed the bus for our class field trip. Meaning my classmates had fun in the Batangas Leisure Farm (and I live in Quezon city -sorry, non filipinos! you won't get it, I think. Uhmm... Imagine going to the next island for your quality education field trip and missing the boat) while I stayed at the school and made a book report. And it was all because I wasn't allowed to go home until my classmates return to the school. At 6 PM.

So the minute I arrived, I went straight to my room and put the jpop random player in full volume. I didn't wake up until 9:30.

So sorry for the late night update, guys! And I really appreciate them! Actually, the minute I saw the number of reviews, my good mood went back. My neechan was actually wondering a bit why I wasn't depressed or what. xDD