" Right case closed you are going to the Hospital NOW " said Ran.
" Fine " said Shinichi.
And he was dragged out the room by Megure and Ran before he could say or doing anything else. It was not like he had a choice in the matter but he was thinking it would be much safer for Hakuba if he went straight to the Hospital without objecting because he knew Ran was mad with himself. And if she was mad with him he did not want to dare to think how furious she was with Hakuba and her father.
He did not blame Hakuba he was trying to help and Kogoro in his own twisted why, it was just a quick trip to the Hospital and it would be over with. And after he took a break of course, he was just happy to get to sleep. But it was taking longer than he thought it would and he ended up blacking out.
He opened his eyes to see a bright line and smell of ...he was in a Hospital bed and then he remembered everything that happened. He looked around the room and he was very shocked to see who was in the next bed beside him.
" Hakuba? " said Shinichi.
" Good Morning Kudo, I see that you are finally awake " said Hakuba.
He was currently looking at Hakuba who looked like he was in very much pain. He could see that he was seriously beaten up.
" Ran! " said Shinichi.
It was only one word but he could see it was the only word he needed to ask and answer what had happened to the poor Detective that was in Hospital because what had accidentally happened to him.
" I must apologize for my part in you being here " said Hakuba.
" I am sorry that Ran did this to you " said Shinichi nervously feeling guilty.
" You are not to blame beside she had warned me before hand and my ego got the better of me and we both ended up in here because..." said Hakuba.
" You wanted to see who the better Detective was " said Shinichi.
" You could say that, but I guess you could say you won this round " said Hakuba congratulating him.
Shinichi shook his head.
" You are wrong there is no winners and losers in death but only loss. It is not a competition or a game to play it just makes you sound like a criminal out to win a game " said Shinichi.
" I am sorry that I insulted your intentions " said Hakuba.
" 'One truth Prevails', is always what I say " said Shinichi.
Hakuba took what Kudo Shinichi said to heart and he was thinking he had it all wrong and he needed time to think about what he was doing as a Detective and how he was going about it. And he began to think that Kudo was not Kaitou Kid after all. But if he was then ... he had to have good reason and explanation to what he was doing.
Hakuba had fallen asleep and he was bored, he paced around the room several times and looked out the window. He read Hakuba`s chart to see exactly what was wrong with him and reading it ran did quite the job on him. He was more scared of her than ever and guilty he was happy.
" Bruised ribs, sprained knee and leg, black eye, concussion, broken arm, stomach pains and the list could go on " he said to himself.
And he began to wonder if Ran was in jail or if her father was also in Hospital?
" Achoo " he sneezed again.
He just wanted more sleep and was going back to bed for a while. Visiting hours would not be for another five hours and that gave him more than enough time to sleep and before he knew it he was fast asleep and when he woke up Hakuba was gone. He was transferred to a Hospital closer to home.
But he left a card.
Dear Fellow Detective Kudo Shinichi,
I made an error in judgement and thought you were guilty of something and you are not.
And for that I am sorry.
You have give me a lot to think about and in such a short visit I must congratulate you on being the better man and Detective, I will not step on your toes again.
The Kaitou Kid Heist is yours and any other one in Tokyo and the rest can belong to either of us. All I hope is that one of us is lucky enough to catch him. And I am putting my money on either of us.
So good luck and farewell
Hakuba Saguru.
P.S
Mouri Ran will not be charged but if this happens again I might not be so inclined to agree
He read the Note.
" The bastard thought I was Kaitou Kid " he said to himself almost wanting to rip up the piece of paper.
Every little dig that Hakuba had made at him and his attitude towards him had finally made sense and the reason why he turned up out of the blue.
He was feeling insulted that he was accused of being a criminal thief. He was a Detective for goodness sake not a criminal. But all he could do was laugh it off.
He was not happy when he read the news that morning.
Kudo was the one at the Clock Tower Heist and he was fooled into thinking that he might actually be Kaitou Kid. He had wasted an entire day that he could have used to follow his instincts and follow the real Kaitou Kid and see what he was planning. But instead he was lying in a Hospital bed in defeat to himself. He had accused an innocent person today at the crime scene and he accused someone innocent of being Kaitou Kid.
Kuroba had tricked him and he did it in his own identity and there was no many he was getting out of this one. The shame of it was embarrassing more so than all the pranks that was done to him. He did not want to show his face in Beika for quite some time and he was going to Kaitou Kid on a silver plate to Kudo to see how he would fair.
It would be interesting to see them both go up against each other. The two that looked alike but had completely different personalities and he wanted to know what one was better and the world would find out who was better a Detective or a Thief and he was rooting for the obvious Sherlock Fan.
He was taken out of the room while the other Detective slept but he did leave his note and was rather twisted that he was leaving a note, he laughed at the thought of it.
It would take him possibly months to heal and this was a setback for him a there was nothing he could do right now but research.
He sighed at the thought of it.
All he could do now was research and he was going to do it on the previous Kaitou Kid and more research on Spider who had disappeared into the woodwork again but he would soon show up he could feel it in his bones.
He was just getting a check up and then he was going to go home where he could rest and heal and he took care of his Nanny who was already by his side and was furious that he was not pressing charges.
He then went back to sleep and when he woke up he had visitors just what he needed.