'The Client that Brings Misfortune'
|Cast by Detective Conan Characters|
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the DC characters, but Nanami Naoko, and Hizukawa Rena, her family and some others are mine though…
|Chapter 10: Let the Battle Begin Part 1|
"But then you have one more codename…" this caught his attention,
"What?" Naoko opened her mouth but shut it, when the door opened, revealing a certain someone, who have a blonde hair, both glared at the woman alert, but the woman just smirked, both looked at her glaring, she gave them an innocent look, she raised up her hands to show she was harmless,
"What? I just dropped y to check on you two…" the woman said,
"Shut it Vermouth, you won't make an appearance, unless it's necessary…" Conan said, Vermouth's smirk widened,
"Hmm? How can you say so?" she asked more teasingly, Conan looked at her,
"One, you've been watching us, monitoring us, two, you already said it last time….. 'I only came here to drop by and see if my precious Silver Bullet is still okay' you said that meaning, you've already got your suspicions answered," Conan said,
"Hm…I see….but there is one problem….." Vermouth said, Conan and Naoko were confused,
"What is it?" Conan asked,
"Jerry is going to that island, tomorrow afternoon," Vermouth stated,
"That's too soon!" Conan exclaimed, Naoko looked at him, then to Vermouth,
"But there's more, right?" Naoko said,
"Yeah, and it seems that Virus of yours had caught that pesky woman, Sachiko Chandra,"
"Sachiko Chandra?" Conan repeated,
"The first descendant of White Fang, but she's not our prey, so, there's more, right?" Naoko retored,
"Yeah, the real problem is, Gin, Vodka, Chianti, Korn, are on the move," with that both tensed,
"And who else?" Conan hissed,
"Only them, their after Jerry, Vesper, and Atsi…" Vermouth played a mocking smirk,
"But then there's one more…" Naoko stated angrily, "Delilah,"
"Yeah, be careful….." Vermouth was about to take her leave, but was stopped by a voice,
"Wait," she looked at Conan, still wearing a smirk, "what about him?" he asked, she showed a wild mocking smirk,
"Bourbon? Don't worry about him, I send him somewhere else…" Vermouth then took her leave shutting the door,
"This is bad," Naoko muttered,
"Yeah, if they will kill them," Conan added,
"They would surely get rid of this base…." Naoko finished, both looked at the door,
(At the agency)
Rena brought the woman, Sachiko Chandra, she rested Chandra on the floor, then tied her hands, then just in time, Chandra started to gain her consciousness, she glared at them,
"So," Rena played a mocking smirk, "who is who?" Rena showed her the papers, but got interrupted by the familiar,
*BEEP*
All looked at the compact, when Rena took her leave, Roetachi installed a fax machine, then it started working, the paper fell, in it was an,
"Exclamatory mark?" Kogorou looked at the paper, with a red exclamatory mark, confused, Rena, Roetachi, and their family tensed, Haibara narrowed her gaze, Rena took the paper, almost as if reading some invisible letters, she cursed under her breath,
"Mom, Dad, Re, you guys take care of Chandra, Hachi and I have some work to do, Hattori, wait for the second order," she wear her coat tucking the exclamatory marked paper in her pocket, then went outside with Reotachi following behind, Amatoxin, Ricin, and Cynaide, went near Chandra picked her up, then asked Rebecca to take them somewhere then left, Hattori looked at them,
"Oi, why me?" he muttered even though they were long gone out of their sights, then,
*BEEP*
Hattori looked at it, another paper fell, he picked it up, an address was written, but it was for Haibara, he gave it to her, then another paper fell, he picked it up, it was a coordinates, of longitude and latitude, he read it, then there was a note on the last part, saying,
'Tomorrow afternoon,' he narrowed his gaze at it but understood,
"Hakase we're going," Hakase was confused but followed the ex-syndicate outside, everyone looked at them, Hattori cleared his throat gathering their attention,
"Let's go, prepare a ship fer us Keibu-han," Hatotri said, Megrue raised a brow but nodded, "I'll explain later…" then all of them went outside, 'Wait fer me, Kudo…' Hattori thought,
(Captivated Haido)
Naoko walked in circles, they were in the meeting secret hideout, Sarah, Mariah, June, Jodie, Mae Roku and Conan were there,
"But, are you sure to just to tell us?" Jodie asked, Naoko nodded, Conan looked at the exit seriously, then they heard footsteps,
"He's here…" he said, with that Hideki appeared, he was wearing a blank look.
"So? How did it go?" Naoko asked using a mocking sort of tone. Hideki smirked then showed them a silver case, with that everyone else jumped and said 'yes!' Naoko smirked, Conan snorted. Conan looked at Mae who nodded, then all exchanged glances nodding, then June moved forward,
"But if they really would do it, what should we do then?" June asked,
"Well, mine is clear that they'll surely kill me," Conan muttered then looked at Naoko, "Though Naoko would be tougher since she is an Alaskan…" Naoko blinked then glared at him, she was about to open her mouth but shut it when Mariah got to talk first,
"She is a half, American and Alaskan" Mariah said, Naoko nodded,
"And I grew up in America…" Naoko added, almost seemingly angry, she heaved a sigh, "Okay, so we had given the others their own roles, now we should do our top priorities, June you are to take care of the box," June saluted, "Mae violin," Mae smirked, "Sarah got the keys?" Naoko continued, now looking at Sarah, Sarah nodded raising a key ring with keys, Naoko nodded approvingly, "Mariah distribute the threat bombs," Mariah smiled slightly, "Jodie-sensei…"Naoko looked at Jodie, Jodie stood up straight, "You will take care of the guards in the way," Jodie nodded, Conan blinked then wore his 'oi-oi' look,
'I thought she doesn't trust Jodie' Conan thought,
"But then, why don't we tell the others?" Jodie asked,
"Yeah, we do have a disadvantage in numbers, but the lower guards always let their guard down, and if there were that many of us then we won't be able to take advantage, Hattori-san and the other are probably heading to the island, Virus and Viridae are probably heading here, or waiting for an opportunity outside," Naoko said,
"Say, what should I do?" Roku cut in,
"Easy, since you're the cook, you will be in charge to the kitchen, also in the ship, so you can put 'that' in their food," Naoko said smirking, Hideki handed Roku a small black bottle, that had some sort of powder, Roku looked at it uncertain, but nodded, Naoko nodded as they understood then she looked at her watch,
"We need to get the line and fast or we'll be caught," she said as everyone nodded, then they were running swiftly towards the exit, but stopped when,
"Wait," June said, everyone looked at him, "What about Conan-kun?" he asked, everyone raised their brows, Mae, Sarah, Mariah, Hideki, Jodie, and Roku looked at Conan and Naoko, "What should he do?" June continued, Naoko and Conan smirked,
"That my friend, you will find out soon," Naoko said, walking away, then all went out of the secret hideout, coming out from the bathroom's secret tile opening, they all got out, then Conan remembered something,
"Say, when I sneaked in the office, what we're you doing here?" Conan asked Naoko, Naoko blinked then snorted,
"It was just a cat" she said,
"A cat?" Conan repeated confused, Naoko nodded,
"Yeah, a cat went inside, saying 'nya..nya!' so loud that I was afraid that Doase were going to kill that cat, so I help the cat!" Naoko replied childishly, also copying cat paws on the 'nya…nya' part, Conan and the others blinked, but Conan and Roku understood, Naoko cleared her throat, "Let's go.." then everyone nodded, then they head for the lobby, then blend in to the crowd, they were just in time to do the lottery roll for roles, which Doase ordered, Conan then whispered,
"How many times have you guys done this?" Conan asked in a low voice, but enough to let Roku, June and Mariah to hear,
"To go to the island?" Conan nodded, "Well, this would be the sixth time, last time it was an utter failure, since the one who solved the code got it wrong, then her life paid it" Naoko replied, Conan nodded,
"I wonder who will get that role this time," June wondered worried, Conan and Naoko exchanged glances then smirked, then wait for their turn, all fall in line for the roles, others took a rolled paper from a big round container, then read the contents, other's chirped, while others sighed, it was finally Naoko's turn, she looked inside for a while, then took a red paper, also secretly and unnoticeably dropping a blue one from her sleeve she let her eyes wander for the ones who are looking then took out the red one, she didn't get caught, the plan was working, she unrolled the paper,
'Jewel Inspector' she smirked, reading it in her thoughts then went down from the line then took her seat in the bench, 'Like always' she thought, it was Conan's turn, he looked inside, then took the blue one that Naoko dropped, then unrolled it,
'Code Solver' it said, the plan was going smooth, he smirked then took his seat next to Naoko,
"So? How did it go?" Naoko whispered, he smirked then showed it, Naoko nodded, also returning the smirk, both reverted their attention to the other youngsters falling in line picking their role, then something caught Naoko's eye, he hawk-like eyes were focusing on one guard that had a shining ruby, which was hidden in his pants pockets, but such shine will not miss a thief's eyes Naoko smirked, then licked her lips, Conan noticed the sudden change of ego, then looked at her, at first he was confused, but when he looked at the guard whom she was looking at he immediately understood, and any seconds now, she's going to make a move, he want to stop her, but judging from their situation, HECK, why should he care, but then again, stealing is still a crime,
"Oi, Naoko, stop it, whatever your thinking isn't good for our situation" he whispered, but futile as her smirk grew wider,
"Hush it, Kudo" she whispered back, now using her adult like voice, still eyeing the guard who is carrying a gem, but then she called him 'Kudo' she was damn serious, meaning no matter how hard they try to stop her she won't listen, it is one of the most best ability of the Nanami and Mikami descendants, Stubbornness. Conan sighed knowing he couldn't do anything about it now. Then Naoko started to raise from her seat, Conan looked at her with a look of wanting to stop her, but then this would be his first time to see an actual REDHAIRE and The Lady of the Seven Seas in action, also a real bloodline though what caught his attention the most was that the Nanami clan was a clan of detectives while the clan of Mikami was a clan of thieves, just how did her parents get married, but then that didn't matter now, he could just ask her directly, then she licked her lips again, then got on the floor, almost in a blink of an eye, she dashed towards the guard-carrying-gem without a sound and hopped unto him, then successfully took out the gem, she quickly hid it in her pocket, which was unnoticeable, then left the guard also apologizing for bumping into him, the guard who just hit his head didn't quite know what happened just nodded, she went back to the bench where Conan now sat with a look of amazement also dumbfounded, her speed was inhuman, her eyes were sharp, maybe sharper than his, but then her stamina, her stamina is great, she smiled to him as if nothing happened, he smirked back, but then she did a pretty good job at her assault, the guard didn't even notice that something was missing from him, but just went back to his post, when she sat down, Conan immediately grabbed her wrist, hard, she yelped then looked at him, confused,
"Stealing right in front of a detective, you really got some nerve, Nanami," Conan smirked, "But then stealing is a crime, I'm afraid I have to give you a detention in the School lesson's class, all of them, I need you in the disciplines office right now," Conan said in a rather mocking voice, but loudly, everyone gathered their attention at the two, at first Naoko didn't understood the message but then nodded, then went along with the act, then she shoved his hand from her wrist,
"Hai….Hai, Meitantei-san, but then again, this place is already a place where criminals live so basically the rules of the law aren't important here, as you can see we are surrounded by robbers, also famous bombers" this caught Jerry, and Vesper's attention, "cold-blooded murderer, and kidnappers for their own sake, so stealing isn't as bad as what they are doing," Naoko finished, Vesper and Jerry gritted their teeth, then as if on cue, Vesper grabbed a handful of Naoko's hair then dragged her somewhere, 'I hate this woman…' Naoko thought, as she acted to fight back, then Jerry grabbed Conan by the waist,
'I somehow feel sorry for Naoko right now….' He thought as Jerry followed Vesper,
"You're going to ruin her hair, that is also one of the most she would hate you for," Jerry said calmly,
"She already hate us for who we are" Vesper shot back, not even bothering to look at him, then she stopped then grabbed Naoko's waist then carried her, then they went to the basement door then throw both in there, Conan and Naoko looked at them as if cursing them for what they've done,
"You're going to spend your time here, until I tell you both to get out, leak more information then I'll surely punch a bulle-" Jerry stated but was cut off,
"Bullet through our heads, we already know that, but there was something we need to tell you, Doase….no….or should I say Jerry, it has something to do with your motive, clearly it is fame that you are after, the stolen Three Billion US dollars that is, something else is hidden with it, a gem which is passed for generations, a legendary gem which is originally from the Mikami clan, a gem that is said to revive your loved one, right, 'Glass Blur' but then it is stolen by a heart which is wicked and tainted, if you have read and solved the epitaph in the RED mansion, then you would've know its requirements, but then you believed this legend but I would be a thief who would take what is hers to begin with, do you really think that it is that easy to obtain such goal? I don't think so….." Naoko states smirking, Jerry and Vesper flinched then shut the door, Naoko's smirked grew wider, then she stood up then turned on the switch, "You okay?" she asked Conan who have been deep in thought, he nodded,
"You said that they hid the Glass Blur here, why did they just let us, aside from the security of course" Conan said,
"Well, that would be known soon, it is my first time here," she said as she took out the ruby she obtain form the guard, she approached a rope then used the ruby's sharp side to cut it, then she pressed a tile on the wall, then a secret door opened, then both peeked inside, Naoko smirked knowingly, Conan also copied the smirk, inside there was a post around their height a bulletproof glass, and lasers, but inside the glass case and on top of the post there lay the,
"Glass Blur," Conan muttered Naoko nodded, Conan turned to Naoko for explanation,
"They didn't know, that it was here to begin with, this building is created by Mikami Seichirou, my great grandfather, this is his creation"
"No wonder you knew the secret passages around here," Conan said, "But why show it to me?" he asked,
"Well, I need you to be here, just stay here," Naoko replied as she made her way towards the post also avoiding the lasers, then she got to the case, then she killed the old sensor, which shut off the lasers, she signaled Conan to come, then she attached a some sort of microphone on his collar, then a speaker sticker on the glass, she nodded at him then covered her ears, Conan used as trained by Mae, a high pitched ear-splitting voice, much like Rena's then slowly the glass made some crack, then finally broke into pieces, Conan looked at her, somewhat annoyed,
"I'm going to be a thief if this keeps going," Conan muttered Naoko just chuckled, then she took the gem, then hid it in her chest pocket, Naoko nodded at Conan, Conan returned it, then they moved forward, then Naoko grabbed the wall lamp then twisted it then another secret door opened,
"Say I was wondering, why are everything here in a height of a child?" Conan asked,
"Mom said that my great grandfather had a sickness, he have a sickness to be so short, that is why everything here are designated for our height" Naoko explained then they saw another post but no traps or security, then in the post or standing on it was a,
"Diamond…." Conan muttered as he looked at it, then Naoko took it, then hid it,
"This is the family crest of the Mikami clan, now one more to go" then they moved forward the dark walls, with Conan's watch light help, then they saw another case,
"Say why didn't your great grandfather installed the traps here?" Conan asked,
"The Glass Blur was known to be the guardian of the two family crests, without it on its post it deactivated the traps, since it was the protector, without the protector the other two have no guard, but Glass Blur didn't belong to both clans of Mikami and Nanami,"now Conan was confused,
"What do you mean?" he asked,
"It belongs to the Kudo clan, or should I say Edogawa clan?" she said as both saw a Sapphire, then she took it, then give the Glass Blur to Conan, "it belongs to you now," she said Conan looked at it, they were about to turn around but he stopped when he looked up, but he shrugged it off "we should get going," Conan nodded then they both ran towards from where they came from, Conan also looked around the walls had some carvings, then he looked at Naoko, who is running ahead of him, then something touched his cheek,
'Water?' he thought, 'no, this is…' he looked ahead only to see Naoko's eyes filled with tears, he looked worried for a second, then they both arrived to the basement where they were thrown in, then Naoko pressed a different tile that made the door shut, she wiped her tears away,
"Sorry for that…" she muttered, Conan shook his head,
"It was the carving on the walls right? The epitaph…." He said, Naoko nodded, then he patted her head,
"But it was good that you figured it out," then he also wiped her tears away then smiled at her, eyes shut, Naoko felt her cheeks go warm then immediately turn away, shadowing her eyes, just then as if on cue the door opened revealing Vesper and Jerry,
"Both of you get ready! We're going to hurry up" with that both went upstairs then went to their rooms,
(Conan's side)
Conan was slowly packing his things, he grab a device which Naoko and he had been preparing then he accidentally shove the pillow revealing a notebook, no a journal, he opened it, property of Edogawa Hasochirou, he blinked then opened it then started reading it, it was a boy, a code solver or code decipher like him, around his age, this was the boys previous room, the boy escaped and wasn't found, but he met a person who gave him courage and that was, Nanami Naoko, the boy had feelings for Naoko and now hoping that she would find this, since he was able to escape by himself,
'So, someone did escape, that is why they kidnapped me,' Conan thought then hid it in his bag, then took a case that Naoko gave him, Conan opened it then put the Glass Blur in it, he looked at the painting that had the night sky and stars, he sighed then put it in his bag, 'It's time to settles this once and for all'
(Naoko's side)
'Baka…Kudo is seventeen, your still seven….but I lied to him, someone did escape, but was never found but I'm sure his alive somewhere..' Naoko thought, she had finish pakcing now she was just lying on her bed, then she looked at her phone, then on the contact list she scrolled down to Edogawa Conan then just below it, Edogawa Hasochirou, she dialed it then the line went through,
"Naoko-chan?" the boy picked up,
"Where are you now?" Naoko asked,
"I'm with Veronica-san…in the bay"
"Good…."
"Say did someone get killed? Because of me?"
"No, no one did, they just looked for your replacement, since they thought you died from the fall,"
"I see…..say Na-" the boy tried to continue but was cut off by a Kansai accent,
"Wha'dya mean ye can' lend us a boat?! We need it very badly lives are at stake!" Naoko knew that voice it was Hattori's she listened closely,
"Hasochirou-kun, give the phone to that man! The man who has the Kansai dialect!" she said,
"O-okay," the boy replied,
(On the other side)
Haottir got angry that the man wouldn't lend them a boat, Ran and the others were worried,
"Oniichan…" a bot called, the boy wore glasses like Conans, he had a raven hair but not the same groom as Conan's he also have the same sapphire eyes, he looked at Hattori who looked at him confused, he showed Hattori his phone, "Naoko-chan says she wants to talk with you," he said, Hattori paled then answered it,
"Hello?" he whispered,
"Hattori?!" Conan's voice went through,
"Ku-er Conan?! What happened?"
"Dunno, but Naoko called this boy named Edogawa Hasochirou, and the line went through, means you're near the place we are held captive," Conan continued,
"Huh? Where 're ya? We'll come an'"
"No! Don't' things are going as planned, if you raid now it will be jeopardize, don't do anything funny, just act like you are normal tourists angry because they won't lend you a boat, but do something just go to that island," Conan cut in
"Okay, but I thought it was Naoko who would speak to me," Hattori said,
"Oh, she told me then I thought you would not listen so I told her to let me tell you instead, Oh, and bring that kid who gave you the phone, and his guardian with you, Naoko said they know what to do," with that the line went dead,
"So you need a boat?" a woman with a orange-blonde hair, green eyes, wearing red suit, and matching skirt, and a white long sleeve top underneath the coat, and a yellow ribbon supported by a greed emblem brooch, asked, she smirked, "Then this way, everyone exchange glance, but followed, the boy took the phone back then followed the woman, the woman lead them to a luxurious ship, "I'm Veronica Von Duer, Nanami Naoko-sama's servant," the woman introduced herself,
"I'm Edogawa Hasochirou, escaped from the Ranches clutches with Naoko-chan's help, also a code decipher," the boy introduced himself, everyone was about to say something, but the woman, Veronica got ahead,
"Now get aboard, were going to be late…" she said, then everyone followed, figuring to ask later, it was already around 12, the night seas were dangerous, Naoko and the others were already on the move, also being watched by the Ranches, they also aboard a luxurious ship, when the enging of the boat kicked in Naoko looked behind, the base directions, hoping Virus and Viridae would make it and save the files, while on Virus's side they were already evacuating the files, they were saving the last batch, but they didn't notice the file they dropped, the file of APTX4869, Virus put the files on MC, not minding the dent, then notice it missing but too late, as the building went up in flames, then they all drove away from the scene, Rena cursed for not noticing it, the most important file, she looked back the Black Organization was behind the explosion, then they went away from the scene, Rena checking all the files, she sighed,
'Looks like Shin-chan has to wait a bit longer for the antidote…' she thought as she look at the smoke rising, and fire trucks on their way, then she caught a glimpse of a shadow, no a woman, she knew that woman, she made a quick order to her brother then he complied, they speed up towards the woman,
"Get in" Rena said opening the door, the woman looked at them at first, "Come on, Nakako!" Nakako snapped out of her wonder them sighed the got on,
"You should hurry to that island, your ACE is in grave danger," Nakako said, Rena raised a brow,
'ACE? Shin-chan! Please be safe,' she thought, "Hachi!"
"ROGER!" then Hachi made a rough turn now using the farther way to the bay.
(Naoko's side)
Naoko could see the flames,
'So they are closing in' she thought then she looked at Conan who has been deep in thought, 'But we need to be careful, Haibara is in the other ship' she though, Conan looked at her, she nodded, then she looked at June who also nodded, then pretend to go to the bathroom, Naoko smirked, now the battle has just begun, and they are also going to have a clash with the Black Organization, but she was also hoping for one more fiend to join them, and that would be White Fang.
"Sa, Show wo hajimashou!" Naoko muttered, "IT'S SHOW TIME!" she yelled in English, all kids and four adults on their side move and kicked around knocking the lower guards, then the Hybrids entered, Naoko cursed under her breath, then Conan kicked a pot to one of the Hybrids faces knocking one of them out, while the other knocked out the other Hybrid members, then Mira just entered, then BB gang started to beat him picking a fight, just then Conan shot another pot, but this time on Mira's face, which knocked him unconscious, Conan looked at Naoko who gave him thumbs up. He nodded, it was just getting better and better, but they had lost sight of the math teacher, ever since they went aboard the ship, which gave him and Naoko a bad feeling, the others tied up the other Ranches members then Naoko took out a blueprint of the ship, or a map, then told everyone what to do, but didn't tell them about their precious Plan B. While she was ordering and explaining, a shadow, no Vermouth was listening on the right side of the door, while on the other side there listened a different person, who smirked wildly, "Your plans will fall apart soon Nanami Naoko…" then the shadow disappeared in the shadows.
|End of Chapter 10|
Next time: Chapter 11: Let the Battle Begins Part 2|
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(We have a new enemy in hand, or on the lose, White Fang may not make any appearance but will someday, yet another one of my late updates….. this wasn't making much action, it wasn't enough for the Battle, but it has just begun….it might get ugly later on, STAY TUNED!)
(F.C)
(Camera turns on)
Me: Long time no see! I haven't been making this kind of stuff aren't I? Well, sorry for the breakdown last time.
Conan: Tell me about it, anyway what are you planning?
Me: Oh, nothing…..*smiles wickedly,*
Conan: *sweatdrop* 'This is not good, she's planning something bad…..' AHEM! Anyway see you guys on the next chapter!
ME: Hey! That was my line! 'I knew I should kill him!'
(Camera turns off)
Me: Now that they're not looking….I'm gonna kill you!
(Sounds of vase or something fragile breaking into pieces, two people running around, one trying to catch the other while the other one is trying to get away)
(END of F.C)
(I know too short, but then I was thinking of another story…so…..sorry!)