I know, Holy cow, two chapters! Like I said, I got into it XD May even get another one in tonight, who knows. This is shorter. Hope you like it!

TOAK CHAPTER:

Alternate Universe Chapter

Pandora Academy Pt 2

"You have got to be joking," Shinichi said as he paced the room, the others watching him with slight amusement and complete understanding. Both of which made the shrunken detective a bit anxious.

""It's not a lie or I wouldn't know your actually Shinichi Kudo, the so called New Generation Sherlock Holmes that vanished a month back without a trace."

"So what, you can read minds?" he asked skeptically.

"Yes, I can," Ai nodded, "you doubt this, I know, but I am not the only one here who is different."

Shinichi blinked and turned to the others who all looked sympathetically at him. They knew how hard it was to accept such a thing, because they had all once been there themselves.

"I don't understand. If this is a school for the supernatural, than isn't the werewolf a member of this school?"

The others again shared a look.

"That's the thing," Kaito spoke up, "werewolves are not allowed here. Werewolves are considered rabid and when their change occurs, they can't be controlled. For their own safety as well as the safety of the students here, the werewolf children are placed in a private academy on the outskirts of town. The idea that one might be amongst our students and possibly… well, possibly eating them or making them into more werewolves, isn't necessarily impossible."

"So why don't the teachers stop it? If this is a school for the supernatural, don't they know how?"

"That's a job for a hunter. Your new to this world, so you don't understand," Hakuba explained, "there are rules for the supernatural as much as there are laws for humans. While most of us live with the laws of humans, we also have specific rules only for the supernatural and one is that only hunters given license by the government can hunt another supernatural being."

"Okay, so why don't they get one?"

Again, they shared a look.

"Stop doing that!" Shinichi snapped, "I know you know something I don't, so just tell me."

"Alright, fine. Listen Shinichi and listen close," Aoko stated, her eyes serious, "the person we think doing the killings is the principle, Ano Kata. That's why no one has called a hunter, because only the principle has the power to do so."

"That's…"

"I know, ridiculous," Hakuba intervened, "but it's true nonetheless. Also, not everyone in this school is supernatural. We are trying to coincide in the world, that is why we have partial human members, though most find out the truth eventually and most decide to stay having gotten to know everyone, though some do leave. Those who do of course, meet with the secretary of the principle who erases their memories involving all things supernatural."

"Cool," Shinichi blinked.

The others shrugged.

"Our point is, Shinichi-kun," Aoko replied, "Our situation isn't a simple one. That is why we have been… working to gather a license of our own."

"License?"

"We are the children of some of the most prominent hunters in the city," Hakuba chuckled, "surely you must realize we have access to certain resources others would not."

"Your dad…" Shinichi whispered, realizing.

"Correct. My father is a hunter, as am I. We are human, as most hunters are. Occasionally there will be supernatural hunters who hunt their own kind, but not as many."

Shinichi nodded, deep in thought.

"So the student council, your club is to make up a team of hunters…"

"Technically there are two teams," Vermouth replied, standing up, "mine and my brothers and then the student council."

"You guys hunt them too?"

"Our father is…" Vermouth hesitated which was rare, "different, you might say. We got our licensure when we were young and we hunted with him many times throughout our life. Lately however, he has changed. It's a long story and one I don't wish to share, but my brother and I have our licensure and therefore we may lead a team."

Shinichi nodded before turning to the others.

"You guys have one also?"

"I am working on getting one," Hakuba replied with a nod, "I take the test this weekend actually to see if I pass for one."

"My father is also working on getting me one," Aoko spoke up, "Hattori's too."

Heiji nodded.

Shinichi hummed before looking at Kaito.

"What about you?"

Kaito sighed.

"My circumstance is a bit different. You see, I am supernatural, so it's a bit harder for me to get a license, but as long as I have two hunters on my team, I can still hunt without issue."

"You're supernatural?" he asked, only partially surprised. It explained a lot of the boys strange abilities he witnessed the first day when the other was dodging the mop.

"Yeah."

"What are you?" he wondered aloud.

The others tensed a bit.

Kaito smiled.

"That's a bit mean, Shin-chan. I mean, I am a person you know, but I get what you're asking. Some might call me a Phantom and some might call me a…" he smiled but Kudo could practically see his dislike for the next name, "some call me a specter."

Shinichi frowned.

"I don't know what that means. What is a specter?"

"Some say it means a reaper," Hakuba answered, his own expression clouded, "that Kaito brings about tragedy for the cost of his own good fortune. Remember how Aoko and I both greeted you with a handshake but Kaito did not?"

Shinichi thought back, nodding.

"Kaito can't touch anyone unless he is wearing leather gloves that block skin to skin contact. He usually wears a pair of white ones but that day they were a bit… dirty."

Kaito rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers, allowing two white leather gloves to appear. Sliding them on his hands he grinned and showed them off to Shinichi who studied them.

"Why leather?"

"I don't know, but it works better than a cotton material. Sometimes skin can still get through between the stitches, while leather doesn't allow that."

"Hmm…" the detective hummed.

"Anyways, like Hakuba said, I can't touch anyone without gloves. My father and mother both were phantoms and that's why they could marry and have me. I can only touch another phantom without it having severe consequences on the one I touched."

"What exactly happens to them?"

Kaito's eyes dimmed.

"They can die," he said seriously.

Shinichi stared at him.

"I didn't realize it was that serious."

"Well it is. All of this is serious," Hattori replied, "that's why we didn't want you walking out into the hall last night. You needed to know all this before you got yourself killed."

"What happens if you kill something supernatural without a license?"

"Well unless you can prove it was attacking you first, you get put in jail," answered Aoko.

"That's it?"

"What were you expecting? Torture?" Kaito laughed, "We broke a law and we have to spend time for that in a prison. It's still murder, whether it's supernatural or not. Hunters too must prove there is a reason behind their kill, they just don't have to wait for it too attack first. In other words, they are like bounty hunters."

"Oh," Kudo nodded. That made sense.

"So why am I here? I thought Agasa sent me here to hide me away, but now…"

"Did you say Agasa? As in professor Agasa?" Ai asked, startled.

Shinichi nodded, frowning.

"Yeah, I have known him for a long time. You know him too?"

"He was a mentor of mine and my sister. He raised us for a while when we were really little. I think I remember him mentioning a boy he knew named Shinichi, but I had forgotten until now. Tell me Shinichi…" she narrowed her eyes, looking deep into his eyes, "what are you really?"

TOAK

Shinichi frowned.

"I don't understand. I'm human."

"No, you're something more. I feel something from you, something distinctly not human. It may be caused by your being shrunk due to a poison you were force fed by kidnappers, but I don't think so."

Kaito stood up and stared at him.

"I can find out."

Shinichi raised an eyebrow.

"I… when I touch someone, it's true that I reap fortune from their misfortune, but I can also give fortunate and reap misfortune for myself due to the fact my parents were both phantoms and I received both of their abilities which happened to be polar opposites. Point is, I found when I… err… practiced when I was little, that I can temporarily take on the power of the supernatural being I touch for a short time when I –I hate this term- feed on their fortune."

"So you're like a vampire of luck?" Shinichi asked curiously.

Kaito rolled his eyes.

"Something like that I guess," he sighed, "hold still and just don't move around for a while because bad things happen when you do. Trust me on this. I won't take much, just enough for me to find out the truth behind your DNA."

Closing his eyes, Kaito reached out and touched the boy and gasped as he jolted back, his eyes wide.

"Kaito?!" Aoko yelled, worried as she reached out and placed a hand on his shoulder. (See as long as he has material between his skin and another person's, it won't affect them).

"What's wrong, Kuroba?" Hakuba asked, also worried.

Kaito breathed for a moment, his eyes staring at Shinichi with confusion and awe.

"What?" Shinichi asked.

"You… you're not normal. Your power is beyond my limit and… when I touched you, you started to feed off my own energies."

"What does that mean?" Shinichi asked, his voice shaking.

"It means whatever you are, you're powerful. Very powerful. I am considered one of the most powerful breeds in the world, especially with my two polar opposite abilities, but you… I have never tasted someone as strong as you."

Kaito blinked.

"Okay that sounded weird. What I mean is, I can't control your power at all."

"I don't understand," Shinichi whispered, "my parents never mentioned…"

"I don't know. It could be possible they don't know about your powers themselves. It's not unheard of for children to be born in the supernatural to normal human parents, but it is rare."

Shinichi frowned.

"I want to understand."

Kaito stared at him and the others stared at Kaito.

"Then we will help you to understand."

Stretching his once again gloved hand to the boy in front of him, he grinned.

"Welcome aboard the Pandora Student Council aka the Hunters Guild."

And Shinichi smiled, feeling oddly accepted.