And so the next chapter begins. But before I start I would like to clarify that Conan is about 8 in this story, and Kaito, Ran, and Aoko, as well as Shinichi, are 17.
Oh, and on a note mostly for your curiosity, if you care, the story I am fusing with this, (An unpublished fan-fiction on this site if you recall), is actually becoming harder for me to fuse. So much is changing that i have to actually write in so much to get this tale to flow. But, nonetheless I am finding this puzzle task interesting, for example, in the original Kaito was just plainly introduced to Conan as Kuroba Kaito and Conan only slightly thinks he is kid. So obviously the changing of him knowing he is kid and the fact of the slash spin changes quite a few factors. Also, the role of Pierre was altered drastically, he was more of a Mary-sue before hand, but now he is simply a minor role character. I still like him though. XD. And if you're wondering what I meant by drastically then just listen to this...Pierre was at first another shrunken victim like Conan, he was in fact the original character who would try to win Conan's heart. Imagine what that changed when I had given up that whole plot.
...(Nods head in despair)...
Man, this is a long note, sorry if I have bored you...I just felt like sharing right now.
Anyhow, I do not own DC, and never will...thankfully, because face it, I would honestly run that show to hell and back with who knows what, the show rocks as it is, so why go changing it? Of course there is the matter of Kaito and Conan...that I would rightfully change. XD
...ugh, let's just get on to the story, I don't want to keep rambling on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on,
"SHUT UP!"
S-sorry! -_-
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Pierre suddenly lifted his head as a thought appeared before him.
"Can any of you girls sing?" He asked as he pointed to Ran and Aoko.
"What?" They both asked shocked.
"Can any of you sing?" Pierre repeated.
Aoko shrugged a bit and then looked at Ran who nodded.
"You can?"
"A bit..." She answered.
"Don't be modest" Mitsuhiko spoke up with a smile.
"Yeah, Ran-neechan has a beautiful voice" Ayumi added.
"B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l" Genta commented.
Ran blushed a bit and then looked to Mr. Kawasaki.
The man looked her up and down and then nodded.
"Let's see a demonstration".
Pierre grinned at that and then jumped forward to retrieve the script that had probably belonged to Makioa-san.
"It's a solo" Pierre said as he gave Ran the script. "Called think of me"
Ran nodded at that and was surprised when the composer began playing on the piano that sat on the other side of the stage.
"From the beginning"
Ran nervously gulped and then looked ahead into the auditorium. The light that shined from the immense chandelier suddenly brought a memory of Shinichi into her mind...
'...Shinichi' She thought as she began to sing.
"Think of me, think of me fondly. When we've said goodbye. Remember me once in a while, please promise me you'll try. Then you'll find that once again you long, to take your heart back and be free. If you'll ever find a moment spare a thought for me..."
She was great, everyone thought so, even the crowd in the next night's performance cheered for her triumph.
Ran bowed on the stage, now dressed in a beautiful white silk dress, and smiled.
The children all applauded from one of the main boxes as the crowd kept applauding.
"She was great" Aoko said to Kaito in glee.
"She sure was" Pierre added.
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Case: The Music of the Night (A Phantom Tale) - Part 1 (Continue)
" So, what shall we do now, Tantei-kun?" Kaito suddenly asked as he appeared behind Conan, making said boy tense up.
" Shut up, you pedo" The boy hissed.
"Hey..." Kaito said as he grinned and came to the boy's eye level. "I didn't say anything perverted, it was an honest question of curiosity, you should probably get your head out of the gutters, Tantei-kun"
Conan blushed at that and instantly looked away from the thief.
"You're still a pedo"
"You may look young" Kaito admitted. "But you're still technically Kudo Shinichi...and I fell in love with you, not your body...but I do have to admit that this little body is cute"
Kaito kissed Conan's cheek sweetly and tried to maneuver to his lips but the shrunken detective pulled away.
"I don't like you...like that" The boy obviously lied.
Kaito just shrugged and backed off a bit.
"Still playing hard to get...you're such a tease Tantei-kun"
"I can't be a tease unless I'm actually teasing" The boy said annoyed.
"Wow" Kaito said as he re-stood.
"What?" Conan instantly inquired.
"You're actually being a tease about being a tease" Kaito answered a bit amused.
Conan grunted and looked at the box that stood at the side. They were both currently back stage still, there were so many people in the opera house still that they couldn't even reach their room, so they decided that they would only get privacy from within here.
But now that they were here, Conan was beginning to wonder why they needed such privacy, after all Kaito just tried to seduce him in privacy...
And he in no way liked it what so ever...
At least...that's what he kept telling himself.
"Baka" Conan muttered as he continued to look elsewhere.
"Don't be like that Tantei-kun" Kaito said with a small smile. "Why can't you admit that you fell for a Kaito?"
"...I can't admit it because it's not true"
"...it's funny" Kaito then whispered as his mind raced elsewhere.
Conan looked at the thief who was calmly gazing at who knows what. He had to admit that right now...Kaito looked so...
"You're a detective and yet you can't even read your own case"
"What do you mean?" Conan asked.
"You're missing the clear facts, Tantei-kun" Was all Kaito answered before a ball whisked between them.
It was then that Shinichi realized he was so close to the thief's face once again.
"Oops sorry" Pierre said as he appeared to retrieve his ball.
Conan just awkwardly pulled back away from Kaito, who was now pouting, and retried the ball.
"It's okay" Conan said back as he handed over the bouncy object.
Pierre just nodded, and then smiled, and then looked at the two.
"...why are you guys back here? ...alone?" Pierre asked.
Conan just froze and glanced over to Kaito.
'What is this kid assuming?' Shinichi wondered.
"We were playing hide and seek" Kaito answered. "I just found Conan-kun, so that makes him it, want to play?"
Pierre peered at the two questionably and then grinned widely.
"Okay"
...
Conan grunted as he searched for the stupid kid, god that baka was annoying, oh, and he still had to find Pierre as well.
"Hello" Pierre suddenly greeted as he popped out from behind the curtain.
"...um...hi?" Conan inquired a bit taken back.
"So, did you find your boyfriend?"
"You do know that you're suppose to keep hiding, right? Wait, b-boyfriend!"
"Well, Kaito is your object of affection, no?" Pierre asked with a grin.
"No" Conan answered with a dark blush.
"Oh" Pierre said with a surprised yet fake face. "Well...it could've fooled me"
Conan watched the kid sternly as said boy moved around the area.
'This kid is strange' Shinichi thought as he kept trailing after the boy, who was now reading his own expression.
"...has anyone ever told you that you look like Kudo Shinichi?" The boy asked making Conan actually tense.
'The way he said it sounded...'
"I mean Kuroba-san looks very much like him as well but that's a coincidence according to your Neechan...but is it also a coincidence that you look similar to this great detective?"
"Are you-?" Conan began asking when he was cut off.
"Don't get me wrong though...it could be a coincidence but...something about you is off..."
"I could say the same" Conan said back with questioning eyes.
"Touche" The boy said as he smirked darkly.
The boy then waved at Conan before he began walking back to the curtains he had appeared from.
"Don't linger on about things" Pierre said as he turned around once again, his face now displaying a non-expression emotion.
"..." Conan remained silent so the boy just smiled.
"We don't want anyone 'else' getting hurt now, do we?"
And with that said the boy left leaving the shrunken detective feeling uneasy and questionable...
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Ran stood in here room with a joyful smile on her lips.
Her evening had been filled with praise and so much attention that she had no idea what to do with it all.
She was just a high school girl and yet these people were treating her like a soprano who had just landed from heaven.
"I'm so tired..." The girl said to herself as she sat on her bed that she shared with Aoko, the room that would serve as their home for the next week was actually quite comfortable.
It had that old feel to it, just like everything else in this opera house, that made it feel so magical...and yet haunting...
'A strange feeling' The girl thought.
Her eyes instantly glanced over to where a large mirror stood at the end of the room. The mirror was carved in a wooden frame that stood attached to the wall...very enchanting...
A strange odor suddenly came to the girl making her head feel strange...
"Is this what heaven feels like?" She asked herself, what was she saying? Was she losing her head...no, thoughts...yes, that's it...her thoughts are losing...no, that's not right...
"No" A voice suddenly whispered from somewhere.
The girl looked about but saw no one.
"Excuse me?" She called out.
"I said no...this is not what heaven feels like, but the angels who have appeared surely do" The voice answered in a calm and soothing tone.
"W-where are you...?" Ran asked out as her mind began slipping away.
"That is not important my child...I have only come to say, that the angels wept tonight"
"W-who are you...?" Ran then asked as she felt herself collapse onto the bed.
Darkness clouded her eyes as she began hearing what sounded like a lovely violin...
'Shinichi plays the violin...' Ran thought. 'But this isn't Shinichi...'
"I'm the Angel of Music" The voice responded.
Ran began consuming to the sleep that was now over powering her, but before everything had finally faded she heard the same faint voice whisper.
"What I love best, Lotte said, is when I'm asleep in my bed, and the Angel of Music sings songs in my head..."
...
"Tantei-kun is my pillow" Kaito declared as he grabbed the boy to cuddle with.
Conan didn't react to the sudden intrusion in the bed the thief and he had been occupying so Kaito instantly began to worry.
"Something wrong?" He asked as he pulled away from his cute little critic.
"...I don't know" The other said with his usual detective eyes.
"Is it about the whole ghost thing?" Kaito then asked as he stood up.
'I know what will pull him out of this state' Kaito said to himself as he walked over to his luggage.
"...that kid is strange" Conan continued, mostly talking to himself. "I think hes hiding something...something that involves us being here and about the ghost..."
"I think we should get to sleep, Tantei-kun" Kaito said making the boy look at him.
The boy instantly regretted the action and looked away with a fierce blush.
"Y-you know, you could change in the restroom right there!" Conan screamed as he pointed to said door.
Kaito just grinned and slid on his night shirt and bottoms.
"Why, my body to much for your child eyes?" Kaito asked as he slid back into bed.
"No" Conan shouted in return.
"Oh, so it's perfectly fine for it then?"
"Shut up"
"Oh, Tantei-kun" Kaito cheered as he pulled the boy back to his previous spot, that being his little cuddle bear position.
"L-let go you pedophile" Conan screeched as his cheeks heated up even more.
"Since you got worked up over my body just imagine how I felt when I knew the only thing keeping me away from seeing your bare body was that bathroom door over there"
With that said Conan instantly blushed deeper and stopped fighting the thief.
"Kaito..." The detective began, while trying to keep his voice from pitching up. "I already said that-"
"Just let me cuddle with you" Kaito said sweetly as he pulled the boy closer.
Conan instantly felt warmth and couldn't help from actually admitting that he felt very comfortable in the thief's arms.
"...fine..." Conan said as he sighed and relaxed in the secured arms.
"Goodnight, Tantei-kun" Kaito said in a whisper into his ear making him tense up and blush.
"G-goodnight" Conan stuttered out.
...
"Is he asleep?" Mr. Kawasaki asked his wife as he sat at his desk in their room.
"Yeah" The woman answered with a yawn.
"Long night, huh?" He inquired making his wife smile.
"Yeah...thanks to Mouri-san"
"...so...what do you think of her father?" The man suddenly asked as he peered at a few letters.
"What do you mean?" The woman asked.
"...do you think that...hes here for a reason...?"
"Like...on a case?"
"Yes" The man answered. "...what if Pierre-kun...brought him here..."
"He wouldn't do that...at least I don't..."
The couple looked at one another and then glanced at the door that led to their sleeping son's bedroom.
"He is taking...?" The man began asking but stopped in mid-sentence.
"Of course" The woman answered knowing exactly what he was asking. "He has to...I make sure of it"
The man nodded and then glanced at the letters before him, and then decided to call it a night.
"Are you worried?" Mrs. Kawasaki asked her husband as they laid in bed in the darkness that seemed to surround their whole opera house.
"A bit" The man answered honestly. "...I think that...we should actually get help...I mean I know that Kurasaki Kimura said it could bring bad publicity but..."
"I've already contacted help" The woman said with a sigh.
"What?" Her husband inquired.
"I had to dear...we had to..."
The woman had grasped her husband's hand in the dark so the man squeezed it for reassurance.
"When will he be here?"
"He said by tomorrow afternoon" The woman answered.
"...and who is it that you contacted?" Mr. Kawasaki asked.
"That famous detective from Osaka, Hattori Heiji, I think that's his name"
"Well, I hope he can help us" The man said with a shrug. "Sheesh...when did this all get so complicated?"
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And TA-DA.
There you go, readers. I hope you love it and love it, and love it some more.
Hopefully I post up the next chapter soon. Please review and do something of importance in your day, don't waste time doing nothing...anyhow, goodbye, goodnight, or good morning, or hello, or see ya, or even bye-bye. XD
Oh, and sorry for any mistakes.
- Peace