"How do you expect me to wear this thing all day?"
"I have to leave before you guys, so if you don't put the wig on now, there won't be anyone to help you put it on correctly later."
"I see why I can't go out as myself yet, but can't I just do like you do? Slap some makeup on my face and be good to go?" Wow, I never thought I would be asking about putting makeup on.
"Kudo, did ya jus' ask if he would put makeup on ya?"
"Shut up Hattori!" I didn't want to wear the makeup or the wig, but seeing as how Kudo Shinichi was still missing, none of us thought it was a good idea to flaunt his presence at a Kid heist, at least not yet.
"You are both clear on the plan, right?"
"'Course we are, we 'ave been goin' over it repeatedly since las' ni't." He was right there. Any of us could have told what their part of the plan was, it wasn't really complex. We just had to hope that nothing would go wrong. Everything was going to count on Kid getting away from the heist safely with the jewel, as long as that happened then the plan would work out somehow. Even plan B counted on Kid getting the jewel tonight.
"Don't mess this up Kid, and please change out of that outfit before you leave my house. That is the last thing I need hitting the papers 'Kaito Kid spotted leaving famous missing teen detectives house!'."
"Will you guys relax? Everything is going to work out just according to plan. I scouted the place out a few days ago. If they are going to show, they would have snuck in there after me. As soon as I see anything that suggests that they are there I will send you a message saying where and giving any other details that I see fit."
"Not just the details you see fit, we want all the details." I remembered him trying to hide the fact that Nakamori-Keibu had pulled out his stitches.
"I know, I know. Dang detectives are almost as worrisome as parents."
"Wha's tha' supposed to mean?"
"Ah, I forgot. You haven't met Kuroba's mother yet." I would side with that woman any day. She may have a cover of an oblivious parent, but she knew the basics of what was going on. All he had to do was ask. Even if she knew he never would.
"Well, aft' this 's done, do ya thin' I mi't be able to? I wan' to meet the woman who raised Kaito Kid."
"Maybe someday, but for now my dearest detective's I need to be going. I don't want to keep my audience waiting and if I don't get the preparations done; that is exactly what I will end up doing."
"Kudo, ya don' look half bad 'ith a wig." I glared at Hattori before turning back to Kaito.
"You don't have to say anything Kudo; I will call you if anything happens."
"That's all I wanted to hear. Now if something does happen and you don't call, I have a reason to tell Aoko who you are and arm her with a mop" I knew joking before he left would help to relieve some tension, if only a little bit.
"You wouldn't…"
"Not if you keep us informed. If you fail to include every detail, then I would suggest investing in some kind of body armor."
"I'm kinda wonderin' 'bout this mop thin'. Can ya tell m' why exactly 's 't that ya can nose dive off a buildin', but yer sca'rd of a gir' 'ith a mop?"
"Nobody said I was scared of her." Kaito shuddered. "I just don't think it is right to try and defend myself against a girl, so I usually end up getting the bad end of the deal. I will be leaving now, and I will be sure to include all the details." Another shudder.
Kaito was gone after a few seconds, without leaving so much as a smoke cloud to prove that he was there.
"So wha' do we do now?"
"Let's go get something to eat. We can't do anything until tonight anyway."
"Have ya contacted everyone tha' needs to know 'bout wha' is goin' on?"
"The FBI will be waiting at the heist, and I don't see any reason to get anyone else involved, unless absolutely necessary. My dad will have his contacts in the area, but we won't know that they are there until I call him and tell him that they are needed. I called Megure-keibu and told him to keep a team ready just in case, but I won't call him until we are sure that the majority of the danger is gone."
"Wha' 'bout yer parents?" Hattori gave me a worried look. He was wondering if they were going to end up in the way.
"They are staying in America until I call them. I told my dad that we were going to start making our move, but I left out any details. I asked him not to tell my mom. You know she would rush over here the instant she had an excuse to. I didn't tell them about the antidote either. That would just make them want to come back even more." I didn't want anyone else to worry about, it was better to just keep distractions out of the area. "The only thing that they will be involved in is getting in touch with dad's contacts if it comes down to that, but since the first part of the plan shouldn't involve any fighting only following we shouldn't need them yet."
"Well 'n tha' case, let's go git somethin' t' eat. I'm starvin'." As if right on queue his stomach started to grumble.
After taking a few minutes to decide what to eat we were off. We needed something to take our minds off of what was going to happen tonight.
