Chapter 7: Friends
"…Kaito, we were gods."
Shinichi woke up at the statement, still feeling a bit lightheaded and all. He tried moving his body but his head and his limbs protested at the mistreatment. He had no idea how long he was out cold, but from what Kaito's mom, Chikage-obaasan said, they were probably going into what he and Kaito were thinking about for the whole day.
In the end, he feigned sleep, hoping that he could at least get the answers he wanted.
"…There's Sagu-chan and Hei-chan and Shi-chan…"
So, Hattori was in this too. He was suspicious of Hattori's action towards him the first time they met but he couldn't explain the weirdness of the Osakan's action. At least now he knows. Maybe the Osakan was feeling guilty, maybe he just wanted to treat the god who died early better during his human life, maybe…
And then there's Hakuba. He hadn't officially meet the blonde detective yet but from he heard, the half-brit was supposed to be good, seeing that he was one of those who was closer in catching the slippery Kaitou Kid.
"…Yuusaku here was the Death God of Wisdom and one of the Elders while Yukiko was the Goddess of Sky…"
His parents. Oh god! Even his parents were a part of this messed up history of his. Shinichi, ever the logical mind would never accept the fact that his parents were actually a part of the powerful deities they were worshipping now.
Death God…No wonder his father attracted death as much as he is. But wait! If his father was a Death God and his mother was only a goddess, does that mean he, the Heisei Holmes, was really a Death God reincarnated?
Heh…that would explain the outrageous number of deaths that literally falls on his feet. But then, what is he?
"How about Shinichi?" "The God of Star."
God of Star? She's not joking, is she? Why does him, who attracted dead bodies like a shinigami, was a god that produces light and warmth? That does not make any sense at all! Oh the irony!
He wanted so much to shout at the outrageousness of their conversation, he wanted nothing more than to turn around and walked away from his messed up life. He wanted to just disappeared inside his covers, away from the truth that he was no longer, scratch that, he was never a human to begin with.
The atmosphere turned solemn at the declaration of his identity, and Shinichi almost wanted to break the silence until he heard his mother's voice, a familiar mischievous tone was thick under the question of hers.
"So…what do you think about my Shin-chan?"
Mentally, Shinichi facepalmed. How could his mother think of something as embarrassing as this when the previous topic was so serious? And did she have to be so blunt?
"Let me rephrase it again. Do you like my Shin-chan?"
Now this is ridiculous! If he thought his mother was blunt in her previous question, this just spells 'blunt' in shining neon lights. Shinichi groaned softly, still not wanting to break the silence and subject himself to such embarrassing moments.
It wasn't that he wanted to know Kaito's answer. Nope, none of those shits.
But Kaito…To him, what is Kaito? Who is Kaito to him? A friend? An acquaintance? An ally? What does he think about Kaito?
"…maybe."
He missed the question before this. What does Kaito meant by maybe? Maybe that they'll only stay as friends? Or maybe that he was actually in love with Nakamori Aoko, whom Shinichi saw, was close to Kaito? And why does the last thought hurt so much?
Perhaps he was still hurt from his fall just now. Yeah, that's probably why his heart hurts.
"Oh great! No worries Kai-chan! Yukiko-neechan will help you!"
Help him with what?
Four sets of eyes immediately locked onto him, making Shinichi squirmed under the intense looks. Oops…it seems like he accidentally said his thoughts out loud.
In mere seconds, Shinichi received a bone-crushing hug from his mother who cried and cooed at him all at the same time. He tried protesting against her overly affectionate actions and failed to notice the blush on Kaito's face, who ran out of the room as soon as the occupants of the room had their attention away from him.
…
Kuroba Kaito is a Kuroba. And a Kuroba hates to not know the entire situation. A Kuroba hates to not have any control over any situation.
But when Kaito met Shinichi, his mind went blank.
Those large sapphire eyes attracted him like a moth attracts to fire. He was entirely mesmerized by Shinichi's eyes and had had a few times drown in the wonderful blue pools.
Kudo Shinichi is like a puzzle he could never solve, a stone he could never steal.
His heart started to pound whenever he saw the detective, be it when he was smiling, or frowning or even his deadpanned expression drawn Kaito towards him. It was scary yet addicting. The mere presence of the detective made Kaito drunk with love.
Yes, love. Kaito realized he was madly in love with Shinichi. He wanted to hold his hands, to kiss his lips, to hold him close, to whisper sweet-nothings to him and to just ravish the oblivious bastard who stole his heart away.
So, with his goal set, now for the plan. Within days, Kaito swore to make Shinichi his.
…
Nakamori Aoko was aware that she was a goddess during her past life. It was when they lost their Sphere of Life, the Realm was slowly deteriorating until the pillar that hold the Realm together came crashing down, destroying the legacy of the gods.
She knew that much but it still hurts her whenever she thinks about the day she loses her homeland, the place where imagination and pure determination were the most powerful force.
But looking at her life now, Aoko was quite satisfied at how things worked. At least her best friend wasn't constantly worrying about her charge about random assassination that'll fall upon them.
Meeting Kaito again was a blessing in disguise. Even during the fall of the Realm, her best friend was constantly cheering her up until the day he himself was taken away by the cycle of fate.
So when she heard from Lady Yukiko about the two of them meeting each other and her best friend fallen head over heels over the other, Aoko was more than thrilled. Besides, she'll have to make sure everything between them went well, especially after she heard what they had to go through to prevent Shinichi being sent into oblivion.
Maybe, just maybe, both her best friend, Kaito, and her charge during her time as a goddess will finally be together and live their lives without all the troubles both the boys were attracting.
…
Hattori Heiji was as hot-headed as when he was still the God of Weaponry. During that time, his temper could at least be justified since he spent more time at war with the Outcast than the horrible stuck-up blonde, Saguru.
After the Realm was crumpled under the load of pressure due to them losing their Sphere of Life, the pillar of energy that supports the entire existence and structure of the Realm, Heiji didn't even bother to mellow down his temper and somehow had heighten his hot-headedness due to a certain blue-eyed god.
And if he were given a penny for the times he had to save the troublesome blue-eyed god and his look-alike, Heiji would be a billionaire by now.
But after he saw his friend again during his fifth reincarnation, who wore his usual deadpanned mask but could not hide the pain and the weary inside the blue blue orbs, Heiji swore to protect his friend again and again even if it will cost him his life to wipe all the sorrow away from his friend's beautiful sapphire eyes.
That was before he met Kaito during his fifth reincarnation.
The once-god, now magician slash prankster was like a sun to Shinichi. Before they met, Shinichi was kinda uptight but not as much as Saguru. He wore his mask even when Heiji dragged him out from his pile of case files and seldom showed his true self, even to Heiji.
Kaito, however, was a master in taking off Shinichi's masks. Shinichi started to smile more and had reverted back to his slight mischievous nature he had when he was still a god after he met with Kaito.
So, Heiji, as Shinichi's self-proclaimed best friend, will do his best to make their fifth meeting a fruitful one. But maybe he'll take the 'best-friend-card' out and threatened the messy-haired teen. Just for fun.
…
It was a nice Saturday and Shinichi was sitting on an armchair in the Kudo's library, nursing his daily mug of coffee. It was thick and black like how he likes his coffee.
Shinichi was on his way to heavenly cloud nine when he was suddenly pulled back into reality with a grinning Kaito sitting on his lap. With a yelp, Shinichi jumped and fell off the chair. In the process, his mug of coffee was spilled onto the carpet but that wasn't his concerned right now.
Now, he was busy trying to calm himself when he found himself pinning the intruder under him.
"Awww…Shin-chan, you should take me to a date before pinning me down to ravish me!" Kaito exclaimed happily, still pinned under him. Should he feel insulted when the one under him was way too comfortable and he was the one who felt violated?
Shinichi yelped again and jumped away from Kaito when he felt two hands snaking down his waist.
"Wha-what are you doing in my library?!" Shinichi stammered but tried his best to keep his cool and to stop his face from blushing. He wasn't any shy school girl, dammit!
Sitting up with his legs crossed in front of him, Kaito smirked, "I miss you Shin-chan, so I've come to see you!"
Stepping a few steps back, away from the still-grinning prankster in front of him, Shinichi almost yelled, "How the hell did you come INTO my house?"
Feigning innocence, Kaito stood up and inched towards Shinichi and was amused to see the blue-eyed teen flinched. He stopped just three steps away from Shinichi and leaned forward. A dangling sound came out from his hands, showing the set of keys dangling from the Kid-keychain.
"Your mom gave me these."
"Bu- WHAT?!" Mouth agape, Shinichi felt his brain stopped working at his mom's 'betrayal' and could only stared at Kaito at the moment.
Amused at Shinichi's state of mind, Kaito inched closer and placed both his hands at the side of Shinichi's head, pinning the shocked teen at the wall.
Shinichi's brain was still out cold, his usually-intelligent brain refused to reboot and register the fact that Kaito was invading his personal space and the distracting indigo eyes were just right in front of him.
Kaito could feel Shinichi hitched a breath and had stopped breathing at a certain moment, making the already flushed face a few shades redder than it already is. The messy-haired teen chuckled and tilted his head forwards, wanting to capture the rosy lips with his own.
Before Kaito could taste Shinichi's lips, the library door slammed opened, showing a certain tanned detective panting heavily as if he ran all the way from Osaka to Beika.
The sight presented in front of him the moment he rushed into the Kudo's library wasn't what Heiji expected and had somewhat turned the poor intruding detective's brain into mush.
Shinichi and Kaito and wall and lips and gah! &%$%#!%^ $!^
Reluctantly, Kaito 'unpinned' himself from a flushed Shinichi and when to inspect Heiji, with the excuse of checking the tanned detective out in case the poor guy really did burn his brain.
If his brain really did shutdown, it's entirely your fault anyway. Shinichi sulked at the corner, feeling both amused and irritated about the sudden arrival of his best friend.
It took a doorbell for Heiji to snap out of it. His first action was to interrogate the messy-haired teen that pinned his Eastern counterpart against a wall while Shinichi happily went to open the door, trying his best to ignore whatever chaos that was about to unleash when his overprotective male best friend slash stalker and his supposedly childhood get together.
The moment Shinichi step out of the room, the staring contest began.
It was Kaito who broke the silence. "Hattori-kun, such bad timing you have." His grin widened so much it was getting unnerving for Heiji.
But Heiji wasn't one of the most famous high school detectives for show. Staring into the violet eyes without a blink, Heiji growled, "What the hell are you think you are doing to Shinichi?"
"Pinning him down with the intention of kissing him. I thought it was obvious?" It was that easy-going tone that set on Heiji's nerves.
"Are you playing with his feelings?"
Kaito felt extremely insulted at the question. How could he even suggest such stupid idea? He let his grin dropped and glared at Heiji. "Of course not Hattori-kun."
It shocked him to see how serious Kaito were but at the same time he was relieved. He was hoping that the past God of Luck was serious towards his best friend and was glad that his wish came out true.
Though I have to stalk them for a while…just in case…yea…just in case.
"So…Yukiko-san said you remembered…"
…
Shinichi wasn't sure if he leaving those two inside his library was a good idea or not but he sure won't want to be in the middle of the fire if they decided to act childishly towards each other.
The doorbell rang again, signaling the impatience of whoever was outside of his door.
"I'm coming!" Shinichi shouted while quickened his pace towards the door.
Of all things, he didn't expect a mop to be slapped on his face as soon as he opened the door.
"…!"
"Kaito! Why didn't you call me last night! I was so worried! And I even had to ask your mom to know where you are! Why are you even here at all places?! Kai—to?" The stranger kept on rambling with the mop still on Shinichi's face.
Feeling a tad bit irritated, Shinichi moved the mop away and was shocked the second time when a Ran-lookalike appeared behind the mop. Correction; a messy-haird, mop-wielding Ran-lookalike.
Aoko, on the other hand, was shocked as well. Firstly, the one in front of her was not Kaito, which means she just hit someone else with a mop. Secondly, the man that opened the door was Shinichi, her former charge when she was still a goddess at the Realm.
Snapping out of her stupor, Aoko apologized profusely. "Oh my gosh! I am so sorry, are you hurt anywhere? You're almost a twin to my friend! I'm sorry, I thought you were him and ooooh—Kaitooooo!" That was until she saw Kaito peeping out from behind Shinichi.
"Yikes!" Kaito jumped away and Aoko's mop met the floor where Kaito was standing a second ago.
"Kaitooooooo!"
Staring at their dodge-the-mop antics, Shinichi could do nothing else but blink and blink again.
Well, this wasn't what he usually planned for his Saturday.
…
While running inside the mansion, Aoko called out to Kaito, asking him about the progress of his memories while revealing herself as one of the goddess who retained their memories from the start.
"So, you knew?! You knew all along?" Kaito whisper-shouted incredulously while his body continues to dodge Aoko's mop swings involuntarily.
"Well, of course I do." Aoko said nonchalantly but never did stop her swings at Kaito.
"Then why didn't you tell me?"
"It doesn't work that way, Bakaito."
"Don't call me that Ahoko."
Feeling a little out of breath, Aoko stopped her attacks towards Kaito and went to the Kudo's backyard, away from the two detectives.
"So, since you get your memories back and from what Yukiko-san told me, you fell for Shinchi?" It was a question Aoko wanted to ask since they were gods. The way how the God of Luck always sticks together with the very oblivious God of Star never ceased to amuse the once Goddess of Wind.
"F-fell?" Kaito gulped and shifted his sight away from an abnormally giddy-looking Aoko, "yea, I guess you can call it that."
"Then, did you make a move?"
"..no." Kaito said dejectedly. Two seconds later, the prankster started pulling his hair in frustration, "I dropped enough hints this morning and he still didn't realized anything!"
"When did you realize you fell for Shinichi?" Aoko asked again, hoping to get some juicy stuffs to be shared with Lady Yukiko, without them knowing of course.
"I don't know. I was already attracted to him when I was a kid in this life!"
"Hmmm…maybe it's when both of you are still gods. I remember you're crazily protective over Shinichi and had stick with him all the time after he fainted once."
"It was during a flying session right?" Kaito remembered that. It was only of his most painful memories ever.
"Yea. You were so pale when you carry him back, face full of tears." Aoko's eyes soften and had a sad look on her face as the memories flew past her mind.
"Huh? I guess I fell for him already then!"
"And you do!" Beaming, Aoko grabbed Kaito's shoulder and looked him in the eye, and then her expression turned serious. "If you lay a finger on him or if I found him hurt in any other way, I will trace you down with all the powers I have now and return you the 'favor'. Got it?!"
Shinichi was her former charge and she loved him still. She'll do anything to keep him safe especially when the poor guy was such a trouble magnet.
Kaito had never see Aoko so serious, so scary and so threatening before. But deep in his heart, he respected her. Smiling genuinely, Kaito placed his hands on top of her hands and pulled them down from his shoulder and hold them tight. "Of course I will."
…
Shinichi could feel his head pounding when Kaito and Aoko appeared out of nowhere and the former started to invade his personal space.
For the past hour, Kaito had used tons of excuses to touch Shinichi in more ways one could think of. And half the touching had a tinge of suggestive tones hidden under it.
For example, now, Kaito was sitting on the couch at the living room talking with Aoko at his right while engaging a quarrel with Heiji on his left. It sounded very normal if Shinichi could ignore the fact that he himself was sitting on Kaito's lap.
Now sporting a permanent red blush, Shinichi tried to struggle and wiggle away from Kaito's death grip, but only to have the violet-eyed teen tighten his hold. Gathering up his unseen courage, Shinichi tried again until Kaito hissed, "Stop moving, Shin-chan! Look where you're rubbing!" He sounded restrained and Shinichi had no idea why.
It took five seconds for the sentence to sink into the oblivious detective's mind. He immediately stopped moving and his face had miraculously reddened a few more shades.
At this very moment, the door slammed opened and Shinichi found himself embraced into another hug (he was getting real tired of all the personal space invasion).
Still blushing, Shinichi groaned, "Okaa-san, what now?"
Yukiko let go of her hug and stood up, towering over both Kaito and Shinichi, the former still sitting down with the latter held tightly on his lap. Smiling, the former actress said, "You and Kai-chan here will be watching a movie together now."
"Why?" Shinichi wasn't in the mood for his mother's weird antics, especially when he was still trapped on Kaito's lap. The embarrassment was beyond understanding.
"It's a date!"
"What?!" "Cool!"
A/N: *cough* So…4am wasn't exactly the best time to type anything out. My brain's turning to mush now.
Wondering why Aoko is more protective over Shinichi than Kaito? It's because Shinichi was Aoko's forme charge when they were still gods. That and Aoko saw what happened to Shinichi during the Abyss-incident. Let's just say that event traumatized her and she, who was given responsibility to take care of Shinichi could do nothing but stare when her charge was taken away by the Abyss.
As for Heiji, it's the energy-draining event when Shinichi was still a little toddler. For someone to see an adult draining a toddler's energy, it angered him so much that he was very overprotective over his best friend at their fifth reincarnation.
And just to clear any confusions, Heiji was way older than Shinichi when they were gods and Aoko was a few years older. As for their fifth reincarnation, Heiji and Shinichi have the same age but Aoko was a year older.
Reviews anyone? I feed on reviews and I'll set a rampaging Kaito to those who didn't review! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA *shot*
P.S: This chapter is LOOOOOONG!
Next chapter: 9 November 2013
