Okay, instead of posting at night like I have been, I'm going to start posting probably somewhere between 12:00 and 1:00 during the day. That way even if I do work, I should still be able to update semi-regularly. Also, the next couple of chapters probably won't be too exciting; I'll still keep them interesting though. We don't want poor Kaito jumping off of any buildings right after being blown up! It won't hold out for too long though. As always, I appreciate reviews good or bad. I would love to hear from everyone reading along, suggestions are welcome as well. I don't own this obviously…

Also, I don't know what will happen with my research project due date coming up pretty quick. I may or may not be able to keep updating on a daily basis. If it slows me down any, it should only be to every other day.

Still in Shinichi's POV

I didn't know what time it was or how long I had been asleep when I started to wake up, all I was really aware of was an annoying voice that just wouldn't shut up.

"Kudo? Hey Kudo, ya 'wake?"

"Yes, I am now anyway." I let some annoyance slip into my voice. "What do you want?"

"Ya've been sleepin' fer three days. We decided it was time fer ya to wake up."

Three Days? I sat up quickly and glanced around the room sharply. That's right we are at Jii-san's. All the memories of the heist and what had happened after came flooding back in an instant.

"How is Kaito?"

"Perfectly fine Tantei-kun." I glanced over at Kaito who, if I hadn't known any better, looked okay; aside from a few visible minor burns and scrapes.

"Liar." It was the only word I could come up with right now.

"Now, now Tantei-kun, all things considered, I'm doing pretty good; and hopefully after all that sleeping, so are you."

"How are ya feelin', Kudo?" Hattori entered back into the conversation.

I thought about it for a moment and realized that I didn't feel sick at all anymore. Jii must have had some kind of miracle cure or something…either that or three days of sleeping could have possibly had something to do with it. I assured Hattori I was fine and glanced around the room.

"Where are Jii-san and Nakamori-san?" I'd noticed that they weren't in the room, but I hadn't really thought about it when I woke up.

"If I had to guess, Jii-chan is up front running the pool hall. I don't know about Nakamori-san, probably back at work."

"Yer right, the ol' man said he still needed to run 'is business and shortly after he left, Nakamori-san said 'e needed to get back so no question's would be asked 'bout him not bein' present after th' blast. He said ta give him a call once ya'll were feelin' better. He also said tha' if we try ta leave 'im out, then he was goin' ta kill us."

"That sounds like him alright. Well, let's give him a call." Kaito made a move to slide off the bed, but with a look from Hattori and me he found it a better idea to just stay where he was.

"I'll call him and let him know that we are awake, if you so much as try to stand up on your own…" I left the threat hanging to emphasize how serious I was and moved to get my phone.

"Crap, my phone is dead…not good…"

"Wha's th' big deal, we can use mine. I went and picked up th' charger from yer house while ya were asleep. I didn' know where yers was, or I would have grabbed it."

"Jodie-san, my FBI contact was supposed to try and find a lead on 'them' and call me. If my phone was dead and she tried to call, then I would have missed it." Stupid, stupid, stupid! Why did I have to go and fall asleep on the roof?

"Do you know her number?"

"Yes. Hattori, can I use your phone to call her?"

"'Course ya can. If sh' got a lead, tha' will make this whole ordeal a bit less complicated."

"Thanks." I took his phone and dialed the number I had carefully memorized, just in case I needed to get a hold of her and didn't have my phone.

Ring, ring, ring.

"Hello, this is Jodie." Her English took me off guard, but I quickly recovered.

"Jodie-san, it's me."

"Ah Cool Guy, I was waiting for you to call. I tried to get a hold of you, but your phone kept going straight to voicemail." Now speaking Japanese, seeing as how she didn't have to keep up her charade.

"Yes it died; anyway, where you and your team able to track down the targets?"

"Of course!"

Jodie continued to tell of how one of the organization members, Vermouth from what Kir had told her, had left a trail to the headquarters. She also said that she thought it was a trap, and I fully agreed; especially since it was Vermouth how had left the trail. In turn I told her about what had happened on our end of the heist (the FBI still didn't know Kid's identity, but they knew he was helping) and how we wouldn't be able to make a move for awhile.

"Let me know if you find anything else out Cool Guy."

"I will and I will also get back with you about a timeframe for when we should be able to move again."

With that I disconnected the phone and turned to the other two teens in the room.

"She has a location for us, but we can't move until after Kaito is able to move again."

"What are you talking about, I can move just fine." He made a move to stand before sitting back down. "Okay, point taken. I do heal fast thought. With these I should be moving around in about a week and a half."

"Should we call th' girls and tell them tha' it is goin' to be longer than we thought…again…"

"I talked to Ran before, when I was sick. I told her that we had hit a dead end and may not be able to call for awhile. I'm sure she told the other girls as well."

I finished filling in Kaito on the contents of the conversation I had with Ran, leaving out a few details. I included the part about letting slip that we were staying at his friends business though and that got us thinking about where we could move to before the girls started looking for us.

"We could go ta my house, but I think it is a bit far away."

"Your right, does Kid have any hideouts that no one else knows about that he would be willing to share?" I didn't really expect the thief to just give us the location of one of his hideouts, but we were running low on options.

"He does, but we will have to take a cab to get there. I don't really feel walking or flying for that matter."

"Does Jii-san know about the location? If anything should happen, I want him to be able to get there."

"Yes, he knows more of Kids secrets than I do, I think. We can go tell him where we are going, Hattori, will you call the cab?"

"Sure thin'."

I helped Kaito up from his place on the make-shift operating table but I didn't have to help him too much once he was upright. From what I could tell, he was going to heal fast.

"Jii-chan, I need to tell you something real quick." Kaito called out down the bar.

"Hey boys, are you even old enough to be in here?" A man sitting at the counter waiting on his drink asked us.

"That man is our grandpa, he owns this place. We are allowed to come in here as long as we don't touch anything." The man then glanced in between us and seeing the similarities we shared decided that Kaito's story was believable.

"Why are you out of bed Young Master? You're still sick."

"We need to go hide for a few days so that Aoko doesn't come and try to kill me. I'll be at the aquarium."

"How exactly are you getting there?"

"Relax Jii-chan, we are going to take a cab, and I promise that there will be no acrobatics or anything of the sort for awhile."

After goodbyes and promises from Jii to stop by later, and Kaito be careful we headed out the door to meet Hattori and the cab.

"Don't you hate fish? Why would we be going to an aquarium?" I still couldn't get over the fact that the Kaito Kid was afraid of fish, of all things.

"If I tell Jii-chan that I am going to the aquarium, he knows something is up. He will come to the hide-out later. He knows what I mean."

"Of course you would have a way to communicate in broad daylight…"

"Wha' are ya talkin' 'bout?"

"We are going to the aquarium…" I said sarcastically, and received a funny look from Hattori, but he must have caught on faster than I did about it being a code because he didn't question it…

Before the taxi arrived Kaito called Nakamori and told him that we were moving locations and that he needed to meet Jii back at the pool hall after work, if he was still interested in helping us.

"Have you eaten anything?"

"Huh? No, I haven't been hungry. I'm afraid if I eat anything right now, I will just throw it up."

"Ya haven' eaten yet? I was sure that Jii-san would have shoved somethin' down yer throat when ya woke up."

"He kept me on a nutrient IV drip, but I haven't had anything solid yet and I don't think I want to for a while. There are still some IV's at the hide-out. I will make sure that my body gets what it needs and I will eat when I think I can handle it."

There wasn't really any arguing with him. If he threw up at this point, it might actually hurt him even worse. Hattori must have realized the same thing, because he didn't say anything else about it. With minimal arguing between the inspector and Kaito we were in a cab on our way to the other side of town.

The ride only took about fifteen minutes, but it seemed like so much longer. Every time the car hit a pothole or we turned a corner sharply I could feel Kaito wince, seeing as how all three of us were sitting in the back seat due to an unexpected visitor in the car with us. When the cab pulled up to where Hattori had called them to meet us a woman appeared out of nowhere and asked if she could ride with us. She wasn't going far from where we were, so we let her ride to avoid suspicion. Not that it would matter, the cab driver wouldn't see us as anything but some random kids.

"Do you need help?" I asked when Kaito stumbled a bit trying to get out of the cab.

"No, I just lost my balance for a moment."

"Ya sure, ya look like hell. 'm jus' no' use' ta seein' someone hurt 's bad 's ya are an' still havin' ta move aroun'…"

"Well, I'm sorry. From now on I will try to keep up my appearance." Kid said jokingly.

"Mayb' I 'as wron' ya can' b' to bad off if ya ca' still joke."

The two bantered back and forth for a few minutes before I reminded them that unless Kid was going to lead the way, there would be no way that were ever going to find the place. After that Kaito took his place at the front of the group and led us into an alley. Well, actually it was bigger than an alley, and there were several shops and restaurants set up in the center of it.

"Is Kid's hideout really somewhere so open?" I hadn't really meant to ask it out loud, but I had.

"Are you kidding, someone would notice if I kept going to some remote area. I've only found one place that my dad worked out of before his 'accident'." There was traces of bitterness in his voice, but he hid them well enough that I almost believed that they weren't there. "I started using this place soon after I took up his mantle, because it is closer to the area where I perform most of my heists. This way I won't accidently get caught with any Kid gear on me while I'm around people I know."

"Wouln' th' people 'ere no-ice if ya kept comin' 'ere 'fore and afte' heists?"

"No, I've never actually come here as myself before. I'm usually in different disguises when I get here and when I leave."

"Makes sense, now can we go? I don't really like just standing here, it makes me nervous." I wasn't lying. For some reason, I had felt like we were being watched, but after a scan of the area revealed nothing I just fell in step behind Kaito once again.

After only a few more minutes of walking we stopped at what appeared to be an abandoned shop. Kaito walked in with us close behind him. I wasn't really surprising when kid walked into what looked like the storage room and tapped randomly on a wall. It was surprising, however; when the floorboards on the other side of the room flipped open to reveal a short staircase.

"After you detectives." I turned back to look at Kaito. He looked extremely nervous, surely he had done this a million times, why would it make him nervous this time. Hattori must have noticed as well, but he voiced his opinions better than I did once we were in the hidden room.

"Wha's wron' wit' ya?" Very blunt, I'm sure he will tell you everything you want to know with that attitude, I thought to myself.

"What are you talking about? Other than my previous injuries, which you know about, I don't think that there is anything wrong."

I was listening to the other two as I took a look around. It was just a simple three room layout. All the rooms were small, but completely functional. It almost reminded me of a small apartment. The first room was a kitchen/dining/living area, while the second room had more of a bedroom setup with a door off to the right side; I assumed it was probably the bathroom. The third room was the one I took the most interest in though. There were a few small work surfaces one of which had a computer and several gadgets lying randomly on top. There were more gadgets scattered around the room. There was an open door closet and I could see the Kid outfits shoved back in the corner.

I hadn't really said anything while we were walking, but I did feel a little more comfortable in the underground area. I knew that no one else would be listening.

"Don't lie to us please. Ever since we entered the building upstairs you've been tense. Hattori just wants to know why, if you felt anything you need to tell us. We are working on this together after all."

"I don't think I like being read like an open book by detectives…" He looked back at us with a defeated look in his eyes. "Before we entered the building I did feel like someone was watching us, but I took a scan of the area, and I know that you two did as well. None of us saw anything, right?"

I thought I had been the only one to have the feeling, but by Hattori's expression after Kaito's words, I knew I was wrong.

"Okay, but you didn't start acting tense until we entered the building? The feeling outside was probably just someone watching us from the other side of the street. They weren't watching us anymore when we came in the building."

"Ah, you are referring to that. Forgive me for being a little bit tense after letting two detectives into my hideout. After this is all over, I won't be able to use this spot anymore. I was just wondering if I would be able to move everything out of here before the police found out about this location…"

He thought we were going to give this location to the police. It hadn't even crossed my mind that he would be worried about something like that.

"''re ya crazy?"

Kaito and myself look half bewildered by Hattori's sudden outburst.

"If I 'now Kudo lik' I thin' I do, the' he ain't gonna turn ya in, afte' 'is whole me' 's straighten' out 'm sure 'e'll try ta catch ya fair and square. As fer me, I cat' murd'rs, I don' care 'bout a thief runnin' 'round tryin' 'is bes' ta keep ev'ry one 'live."

Kaito looked thoroughly shocked, he turned to me and I let a small grin slip. I completely agreed with Hattori. When I caught Kid it wasn't going to be because I used something against him that I had gotten while he was trying to help me.

"As far as the detectives are inside of us, they were never here." Relief flooded over the thief's face and it appeared like the world had been taken off his shoulders. I figured he would have assumed a truce at the beginning like I had. It never occurred to me that he thought I would turn him in when we were done. It just showed me how much resolve he had to catch these people.

"I don't even know how to react to that…"

"Don' wor'y 'bout 't. We 're not gonna use anythin' we fin' in 'ere agains' ya. Although I can' promise tha' I won' pla' 'ith 't a 'bit."

"Don't you dare. If you find something and don't know how to work it, bring it to me. I don't want you getting yourself hurt or filling this place up with smoke or something."

It surprised me at the willingness the thief had to show Hattori how to use his equipment, but then again we would probably have to end up using his equipment once we were able to begin Plan B.