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Chapter Ten:

Friends


Saguru looked at Kuroba Kaito, who was messing around with Aoko, like usual. However he wasn't going to pretend nothing happened. He WILL find answers. Whether Kaito wanted to give them or not.

Once school ended, Saguru went up to the duo, standing in between them, which was probably dangerous as Aoko almost hit him with the mop she was waving, but he stood his ground and looked at Kaito. "Kuroba. Got a moment?" His voice clearly wasn't asking, but was still polite.

'Only Hakuba can be polite while demanding like that...' Kaito thought bitterly, though his face was still smiling. "Aww, but Aoko and I were having so much fun!~" Kaito wined.

Saguru wasn't amused. "Kuroba…" He warned.

Aoko went up to the two boys, a bit wary. "What's wrong Hakuba-kun?"

Saguru gave Aoko a charming smile, "Nothing to worry about, Nakomori-san. I just really need to talk with Kuroba."

"I don't have anything to talk about with a British prick like you." Kaito said childishly.

That was apparently a mistake as it got Aoko angry. "KA-I-TO! Don't be so rude to Hakuba! Just talk with him!" And with that very loud shout, (She wasn't Nakamori Ginzo's daughter for nothing) she pushed both boys out of the classroom. "See you two tomorrow!" Was the faint shout from behind the door.

Kaito and Saguru blinked once they found themselves outside of the classroom. Though soon they just shrugged it off, neither wanted to talk around other people anyways.

Kaito moved first, casually walking towards the roof; knowing the other will follow whether he wanted him to or not.

Once on the roof Saguru closed the door behind him and looked at the teen in front of him. Kuroba wasn't moving or making jokes. 'Good. We can finally be serious. Now for some answers.'

"Kuroba. I'm sure you know what I want." Saguru said; stepping forward until only a foot separated them.

Kaito took a deep breath, 'Here we go.' "How could I possibly know that? You are the detective, not me."

Said detective frowned, maybe this won't be as easy as he hoped…'Of course not. Since when is it EVER easy whenever Kuroba is involved…' "I'm talking about the KID heist. What happened?"

Kaito shrugged, still not turning around. "I don't know what you are talking about. I couldn't go to that heist."

Saguru had enough of this. "Stop denying it! You were SHOT at! How can you just act as if nothing happened! How long has that been going on? Surely it wasn't the first time, not with the way you reacted."

Kaito pressed his lips tightly together, but still held up his uncaring tone, "What are you talking about? Nothing did happen to me. I wasn't shot at. You need to get your facts straight." 'Just drop it Hakuba. You don't want to get mixed up in this.' Despite the other's constant annoyance, Kaito wouldn't want to drag him down with him.

That was enough for Saguru, with a frustrated growl he charged at the magician and turned him around to grab the front of his shirt. Shaking him slightly he yelled, "What is wrong with you? Do you understand anything? You were SHOT at! You can't be lucky all the time you idiot! Tell me what happened so I can help you!"

Kaito blinked at the sudden explosion. That certainty wasn't what he was expecting… "…Help? Why would you want to help KID in any way?"

Saguru calmed himself down and let go of the other's shirt. Looking away from the thief he mumbled, "I think an attempted murder is more important then some dim-witted thief; even if the one getting shot at is said thief."

Kaito blinked some more. '…Well then…guess Hakuba can prioritize…Not that that'll convince me to let him help…He doesn't need to get involved in this.' Deciding to ignore the dim-witted part, Kaito grinned at the detective. "Aww, I didn't know you cared so much." He teased.

Saguru frowned at the magician. How could he help it if he didn't want the other shot? It was his duty as a detective to keep everyone safe… (A lesson he learned from a certain chibi-tantei…)

"…But you don't have to worry. If I know KID, he wouldn't let anyone get hurt, which includes himself." Kaito continued after a moment, knocking the British detective out of his musing.

"You can't keep everyone safe all the time. Besides, didn't you get hit last time? Lucky for you, your assistant was able to get you out and treat you." Saguru responded once he got his thoughts straight again.

Kaito smiled slightly, thinking about just who Hakuba called his assistant. 'I don't think Shinichi will appreciate that.' Kaito mused. He then sighed, "Look Hakuba. I'm sure KID knows what he is doing."

Saguru won't be pleased with just that as an answer. "Does he really now?"

The thief gave a mischievous grin, "Now, now, Tantei-san, let's have some faith shall we?"

Saguru merely narrowed his eyes, "Faith won't stop you from dying when you are hit."

"So negative…" Kaito shook his head in mock disappointment, "Really, isn't Kaitou KID supposed to be immortal?"

"You aren't immortal, Kuroba." the British detective shook his head, "Enough of this. Just tell me about those shooters. Nakamori-keibu noticed them too, it was kind of impossible for someone not to."

'This isn't getting anywhere…' Deciding it was about time they stopped their verbal ping-pong game, Kaito moved to get off the roof…by jumping off of it. "You are the detective, Tantei-san. Figure it out."

Saguru watched, helplessly, as the magician jumped off the building. He wasn't worried, Kuroba must have some way to stopping his fall; what he was regretting was that the other was getting away.

'Fine. You want to play it that way, Kuroba? Then I accept your challenge. I'll find out what is going on and who is after you. Just don't expect me to be completely decent about it.'


"I'm home, Ran-nee-chan." Conan called out as he stepped inside the Detective Agency.

"Welcome home, Conan-kun. Guess who we have visiting today." Ran answered back, coming to greet him.

"Who?" Conan asked, was it a past client?

"Yo! What's up Ku-Conan?" Heiji came from behind Ran, hand raised in greeting.

Conan blinked up at the Osaka teen. "…Heiji-nii-chan! I didn't know you were visiting today!" 'What the hell are you doing here, Hattori?'

"I just decided ta stop by fer a few days." Heiji answered back cheerfully. 'What? Can't I visit?' "Anyways, Kazuha 'nd Nee-chan are prob goin' ta be busy fer a while. Why don't ya and I go somewhere in da mean time?"

Before Conan could respond he found himself being lifted with one arm, which belonged to a certain Osaka Detective, and carried out the door.


Kaito walked towards a café trying very hard to not show his irritation. Really, did Hakuba have to follow him? Sure, Kaito did sort of dare him to…but he didn't want to deal with the other, not to mention this probably wasn't going to be a one-time thing. 'I'll have to be more careful from now on…'

After all, Hakuba wasn't a famous teen detective for nothing; but then again, Kaito wasn't a famous international thief for nothing either.


"OI! HATTORI! PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" Conan yelled as he was still carried by the dark skinned detective to who-knows-where.

Heiji grinned, then set the shrunken detective down. "Happy now Kudou?"

Conan narrowed his eyes. "Not quite. What are you doing here?"

Heiji winked then continued to walk, expecting the other to follow. "Nuthin' really. Just came ta see how ya doin'."

Conan knew there was something else to it. "Why do you need to see how I'm doing?"

Heiji then turned around and squatted down to be eye level to the other, "I heard Nee-chan got a boyfriend." He said carefully.

'Ah, that's what this is about.' Conan should have known, despite everything, Hattori was a good friend. "Yeah, turns out she had one for a month now. I just never found out." He shrugged, "It's probably for the best, who knows how long I'm going to be stuck like this…" Conan couldn't help the pain he felt from his words, but still smiling, he continued, "It's better for her to move on…I wasn't reliable enough."

Heiji regarded his friend carefully, the other looked fine, but Heiji knew how well the shrunken teen could hide his feelings. "What 'bout ya?"

Conan froze slightly at that, but then relaxed. "…I'll…be fine." And he knew he would be; the day spent with Kuroba yesterday really did help him get over Ran a bit.

Heiji's eyes searched Conan's face for some sign of his true feelings. Eventually satisfied, he got up and started to walk again, "Yea, ya'll be fine. Why don't we go over ta this café I heard of? Sure, Tokyo food ain't better then Osaka food, but food is food."

Conan rolled his eyes, but went to catch up, "Sure, why not?"


Author's Note:

Was Saguru too OOC? Sorry, but I don't think he'll just stand by if he knows Kaito was shot at...

Hope that wasn't too boring for you all.

I'm not going to update again for a bit. I forgot what I wanted to write for the next couple of chapters so I'm going to need time to think of it again...

Give me Five days-I promise to have it all sorted out by then.

Please bear with me till then!

Have a Nice New Years everybody! :)