Chapter 8

Conan stared at the items inside the box, his blue eyes large and confused. Kaito Kid's outfit, what looked like his hang glider, his card shooter... nearly everything was there. Conan's mouth started to go dry a bit as he carefully put everything back inside the box letting a shaky breath escape him.

"I almost fell for it," he mumbled, closing the box. "I can't believe that he actually went this far. Actually, I can believe it." The pint sized detective pushed the box against the opposite wall and smirked to himself. "Come now Artemis, did you really think that you would be able to un-nerve me with this?" He chuckled a bit and took off his glasses, looking once again at the box. "Kid would never dream of coming to Ireland, there's nothing here he would want!"

(Somewhere on a plane Kaito sneezed)

The young detective smiled to himself before he looked at the box again. "Then again… birds of a feather flock together… Maybe they're in this together?" He thought about this idea for a few more moments before laughing again. "Like Kid would do that, he doesn't like working with people. I'm getting all worked up over nothing."

He nodded to himself once more before he walked to the door and opened it. He looked down the hall to see if Artemis was there and was disappointed to find that he wasn't. "Like I want to see him," he said sarcastically as he closed his bedroom door and walked towards the stairs. He made his way down the giant wooden staircase and turned left, heading towards the kitchen.

Conan opened the rather large door and looked inside the kitchen for any sign of activity. He had to hold back a chuckle as he saw a rather disgruntled Artemis in an apron attempting to cook something.

"It's almost frightening," he whispered as he watched the young man open the oven and get engulfed in a wave of black smoke. "Very frightening…"

"Stupid oven," Artemis coughed as he took out a pan of something and put it on the stove top. He quickly closed the oven and opened the window near the sink trying to get the smoke out before the smoke alarm started going off.

"So, what's on the menu," Conan chuckled, leaning against part of the counter. Artemis seemed surprised, but that only lasted for a moment and he cleared his throat, pushing his dark hair back with a pale hand.

"Coal with a side of ash, I made it with you in mind, dear Conan."

"How thoughtful," the boy said, rolling his eyes and walking over the stove. "And here I thought you were a genius."

"Doesn't count," Artemis shot back, his eyes narrowed. "Cooking is an Art, not science."

'Actually, it is.' Conan thought before he shrugged. "Any ways, I just wanted to see if Butler was around," he glanced around the room, pretending to look for the tall man. "But I guess he's not. So, guess I'll be going then…"

"You wouldn't be looking for Butler," Artemis said, a smirk on his lips. "Admit it, you were looking for me, you were bored, weren't you? You're looking for a challenge, something to keep your mind fresh, were you not?"

"Nope, just looking for tall, bald and silent," Conan said walking out of the kitchen. 'He's way to cocky for his own good.'

'He's so naïve if he thinks that I didn't know what he was up to,' Artemis thought as he left the kitchen, the smirk still on his face. 'And now phase two of my plans can start… Conan-kun, you won't know what hit you.'

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(Time skip, night time ^^)

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"Master Artemis... Master Artemis..."

The black haired young man rolled over in his bed, burying his face into his pillow. "It's too early in the morning to be waking me up, Butler," he mumbled as he sneaked a peak at his watch.

The bald haired man servant sighed irritably, "there is someone here to see you."

Artemis rolled onto his stomach and slowly lifted himself off his bed until he was sitting on the edge and glaring at the man. "Who in their right mind would be on my door step at," he checked his watch again, "4:37 in the blasted morning?!"

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"Hey Cousin," a dark haired man said, his words slightly slurred. His clothes were wrinkled, his hair looked as if it hadn't been brushed in days, and his eyes were blood shot because of lack of sleep.

"Kaito," Artemis growled as Kaito smiled sleepily at him. "What possessed you to come here at 4 in the morning? Even better question: Why are you in Ireland?" The Japanese youth blinked slowly as he processed what Artemis had said.

"Um... my flight landed earlier and I came here... And I'm here looking for someone." Artemis quirked an eyebrow as he tried not to yawn at his cousin.

"And who might that be?"

"A friend," the Japanese youth slurred as he took his pack off his bag and started to rummage through it. "Not that one… or that one… ah! Here it is," he said triumphantly as he showed a paper to Artemis. The young mastermind looked at the paper and then at his cousin with a look of annoyance on his face.

"Well," he glanced at the paper one more time. "I can assure you that I have not seen any monkeys with giant glasses on walking around these parts of Ireland."

Kaito blinked slowly a few times before looking at the picture himself. "Monkey," he laughed as he scratched his head. "Maybe I need to take drawing lessons…"

"The only thing you need is a shower and a bed," Artemis told him as he held his nose. "When was the last time you bathed? You know what, don't answer that I don't want to know anymore…"

Kaito grinned and nodded his head in agreement, looking up at the stairs. "So… where am I going to be staying?"

"Third room on the right," Artemis told him as he started to guide his exhausted family member toward the stairs. "Not the first, not the second, but the third, understand?"

"Third," Kaito said as he held up three fingers. "I'm not stupid…"

"Well, in the state that you are right now I could beg to differ."

"True," Kaito slurred as he climbed up the stairs with Artemis's help. "So… is it okay if I sleep in? I'm kinda tired and the jet lag is starting to get to me a bit."

"A bit, huh," Artemis laughed and opened the third door, shoving Kaito inside lightly. His luggage followed behind him curtsey of Butler and Artemis smirked. "Good night, dear cousin."

"One more thing," Kaito mumbled as he pulled a shirt and a pair of shorts from one of his bags. "I sent a package here and it should have arrived already… I forgot to put the return address on it though…"

"We have it," Butler confirmed, looking over at Artemis and nodding. "Please get some rest, Master Kaito."

"Will do," the teen said before Butler closed the door.

Once the door was closed Butler turned to Artemis and then gestured toward the door. "What shall we do about your guest?"

"Leave him in there," Artemis yawned. "And I don't want anyone disturbing him so make sure that Conan doesn't bother him. He's an idiot when he's tired and you know how I can't stand idiots…"

"Indeed," Butler said, looking down at his young charge. "Will you be returning to bed?"

"No point now," Artemis stated sourly, his lips pouting out a bit which was very unlike him. "I could use this time to develop new software, new inventions, new ways to tease Conan-kun, etc, etc."

"Of course," Butler nodded his head. "I will be preparing breakfast in a few hours and until then I will be checking the security. If you need me, you know how to contact me," the body guard then walked past Artemis and turned down the hallway, leaving the young man alone with his thoughts.

"Kaito won't be waking up until later tonight… But…" He looked towards Conan's room and couldn't help but remember the glasses that the monkey had been wearing in Kaito's picture. "I highly doubt that he knows my cousin, but I will have to make sure of that before I tell Kaito that I indeed know where his little friend is."

"The game has just become more interesting, Conan-kun."

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AN/

Okay, that was chapter 8 XD sorry for the delay, but I kinda don't have internet at the new house just yet. All righty then! Thanks to everyone who reviewed XD It really made me feel happy when you guys did (Especially when I was able to check my e-mail on my phone XD that made being in Indiana with out internet much easier).

And for those of you who haven't read the latest Artemis Fowl book… Go read it. I'm considering having it take place during part of the fic and I don't want to ruin it for anyone (then again… I could make it so that you wouldn't know what happens… but that would take a lot of work on my part lol)

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