Disclaimer: Not mine! Aoyama-sensei's.

This is for foreverandeveralone because she requested a fic for Kaito's birthday.

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I'm really sorry! I didn't forget yesterday, but my internet connection was horrible. I literally couldn't do anything. Today isn't much better but it's good enough to be able to upload this (though it took forever) Someone is coming to see what's wrong tomorrow so there shouldn't be any more problems.

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Chapter Ten

Luck Doesn't Hold

Shinichi couldn't help but be amused at Kaito's performance. They ended up eating at the same restaurant and Kaito was asked to perform again.

"What a cool magician!"

"He is so cool!"

Shinichi snickered as he heard the whispers around the cafe. The magician sure was popular.

"Hey, is that person sitting over there the magician's brother?"

Shinichi stiffened as the whispers turned to talk about him.

"Is he? Cool, are they twins?"

"Do you think he does magic too?"

"Is he as good as his brother?"

"Why isn't he up there then?"

Shinichi wasn't sure whether he was supposed to be insulted or not. He sighed, it couldn't be helped-they do look remarkably similar...

"Hey, wait a minute, isn't that Kudou Shinichi?"

"No way! The famous detective?"

"It is him!"

"What is he doing here?"

"Is he here with the magician?"

"No way, he doesn't like magic, right?"

"Eh? You are kidding! You don't like magic?" Shinichi jumped a bit at the voice that was suddenly right next to him

He really shouldn't have been surprised at Kaito sitting next to him without a care in the world.

Though...Shinichi quickly glanced at the make-shift stage that was built for Kaito, there was still smoke covering it and doves were still flying around.

"What are you doing here?" Shinichi asked. "Don't you still have a show to do?"

Kaito winked. "But, it's still going on! So, do you really not like magic?"

Shinichi shrugged. "Well, it was all too simple. Too easy to solve. It was never much more than simple tricks to me."

"Do you think that way about my tricks?"

"No." Shinichi answered without thinking. He blinked at his straightforward answer before he added. "I mean, you are able to at least give me a challenge...so...Yours are acceptable."

Kaito grinned. "I guess I should thank you for that compliment...but...I'm not going to take that as an answer."

Shinichi raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Kaito looked at the stage where his tricks were still going off, now there were the doves surrounding one place, making the illusion that he was still on stage. "My goal isn't to be just 'acceptable'; it's to be the best!" Kaito's grin grew some and a childlike innocence fell in his eyes. "I'll become better than my dad and so good that you will even admit you like my shows."

Shinichi blinked, that wasn't what he expected, but he could understand what the magician was aiming for. "...You still have a long way to go."

Kaito looked at Shinichi straight in the eye and nodded, still grinning. "I know...now, I should go before they start to wonder where their entertainment for the meal went."

With a small poof of smoke, Kaito was gone.

"So, they did come here together?"

"That's so unexpected! They are so different!"

Shinichi frowned at that. Those (loud and nosy) girls were right. He supposed that not just their personalities, but even his and Kaito's reputation were completely different.

Yes, they were different, but that doesn't mean much. They might make an odd team, but as long as it works out in the end, it didn't matter much on how similar, or not, they were.

"So? How was my show?" Kaito asked after their lunch.

"Still need a lot of work." Shinichi answered simply.

Kaito frowned. "You know, for a critic, you aren't really helpful for feed back."

Shinichi deadpanned. "I wasn't the one who chose that title for me. You were the ones that said detectives were like critics...but, if you want feedback, work on being aware of your surroundings. Don't think I didn't see you almost slip and fall off the stage."

Kaito grinned sheepishly. "Well, I didn't fall...besides no one besides you noticed."

"Still no good."

Kaito nodded. "I know. I did say I wasn't going to be fine with 'acceptable'." Kaito looked up at the now orange sky. "It's getting late..."

Shinichi looked up too, even though he already knew the sun was setting. "Yeah. I guess I'll be going then...though, thank you."

Kaito's eyes softened. "You are welcome, though I didn't do much...but, it's not that late, how about we do one more thing?"

Shinichi shrugged. It wasn't like he had someone waiting for him. "What do you have in mind?"

Shinichi stared up at the bright lights and tried to block out the screaming. Of all places...it had to be an amusement park, Tropical Island no less.

Shinichi didn't hate amusement parks. He enjoyed the rides too and it was a typical place to go with friends or a date. He didn't even hate it because it being where he became Conan...though he had to admit, amusement parks lost even more credibility to him after that incident. But, Shinichi didn't like going to amusement parks because there where so many things that could happen there. Whether from theft to murder.

"What's with that long face?" Kaito asked. "Don't tell me you don't like amusement parks?"

Shinichi shrugged. "I don't hate them, but I guess I'm not feeling up to dealing with them right now."

"Deal with them?' Kaito raised an eyebrow at the unexpected choice of wording. "Why do you say that?"

Shinichi sighed. "Amusement parks are just as prone, if not more so, to have a case occur at."

"Come on, stop being so negative! We haven't run into a case yet today, maybe our luck will hold out!"

Kaito grinned at the other then started to pull him away for their first ride.

Shinichi smiled while waiting in line for another ride. He forgot how great amusement parks were. He turned to Kaito to start up a conversation, when black figures caught his eye.

Shinichi felt a surge of panic shoot through him, but he forced himself to calmly and slowly turn back around so his back was to the Black cloaked men.

"Kaito." Shinichi whispered under his breath. Kaito seemed to have understood something was wrong because he didn't react noticeably; he just tapped Shinichi's hand once to show he heard. "There are some of our…'friends' here."

Kaito stiffened, but then relaxed his shoulders again. "Should we great them?" He muttered under his breath, moving a bit closer to Shinichi.

"No. Let's just keep an eye out for them. Who knows what they are planning. Depending on what happens today we'll need to change our plans…also, do you have a disguises? They can't know Kudou Shinichi is alive…you should change face too, they probably have a record on Kuroba Kaito and you also look much like me…"

"Kaito nodded. Meet me in the bathroom right over there in ten minutes. I'll go there first. Don't do anything reckless. I mean it, Meitantei. We don't need Tantei-kun to make a reappearance."

Shinichi grimaced. "Don't worry, I learned my lesson…but if they suddenly move to another area, I'm following."

Kaito sighed. "That isn't learning you lesson, but I understand."

Kaito and Shinichi both slipped their own tracker in the other's clothing. With a small smirk, Kaito also slipped in a small device into Shinichi's pocket.

They both whispered one more line before Kaito went towards the bathroom.

Be safe.

Author's note

Yeah, I'm making Shinichi carry his gadgets from his Conan days. XD Right now he has his glasses, bow-tie, and belt with him. XD

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