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Chapter 14: Tip the Scale
A bright sunlight shone through the window indicating that it's morning. Heiji groaned and pulled the blanket over his head.
"Wake up, hot-head."
There was a short pause then Heiji sat up immediately his eyes flying open.
"You...! What..." He said in confusion as he stared at the Brit detective. "What are you doing in my house?"
"You seem like you forgot... Come on and think really hard, idiot."
Heiji opened his mouth say something but closed it when he was finally able to take in the surrounding. He wasn't in his room or in his house. Heck, he even doubted that he was in Osaka. Then he remembered like he just got hit on the head once more. Kudo, BO, dead... Then there were two girls, Vermouth's partner... And death...Heiji shuddered.
"Remember now?" Heiji glanced up only to meet the blond detective's eyes. Heiji froze and shuddered again. And in a room with the person he hated the most. Honestly, he was surprised that the both of them survived the night. Maybe the pain of losing someone close to them did it. Well, Heiji assumed the other person or Kudo was close to blond high schooler. He thought again as the fog of sleep cleared in his head for the other person's identity. Vermouth or Mac-whatever mentioned them...
"Hey," Heiji said to Hakuba.
Hakuba looked at the dark-skinned detective and gave him an annoyed look. "What?"
"Who was the other person? You know...with Ku-Conan-kun?" He stammered but he wasn't going to sell his friend out so soon even after his death.
Hakuba stiffened before there was pain, guilt, and regret plain in his eyes. He seemed to debating about something and replied, "Kaitou Kid."
The Osaka detective's eyes flew open. "WHAT?" Hakuba closed his eyes, turning away from the shock expression of the other detective. Heiji surprisingly calmed down and added carefully, "You must've really cared for him."
Hakuba laughed half-heartedly. "Yeah, you could say that. I've been chasing him for over a year you know?" His eyes looked distant. "Wow... Has it been that long?"
"Too bad we couldn't identify him. His family would be so worried... Well it would go unnoticed since he is a grown man or he doesn't have any relatives." Hakuba froze his eyes widening for a second. "You know something..." Heiji narrowed his eyes.
"I've had my suspicion. But there was no solid evidence to prove it. But I know he lives with his mother."
Heiji didn't press anymore although his detective instincts were screaming for more information. After all, he didn't tell the other boy about Kudo either.
There was a comfortable silence between them. And a long day before it would be gone.
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With a knock on the door, the door had swung open. Maccully and Vermouth eyed the visitor annoyingly.
"What do you want?" Maccully asked, frowning. "And you aren't wearing your disguises. You know Hattori-san and Hakuba-san might see you any minute now." But she then rolled her eyes when the two boys seemed to completely ignore her.
Vermouth sighed, realizing they are going to be in the room for a while and started brewing coffee."Coffee, anyone?" She asked, indifferently.
"No thanks," Kaito replied shaking his head, "Too bitter for me. If you have a hot chocolate, I'll take it."
"I would like some," the shrunken detective told the woman. "Black coffee would be even better."
"I would like the same but with creams," Maccully added.
Vermouth grunted before looking for some cups. "Alright."
"What is it that you want?" The teen asked again.
"Explanations." The thief nodded in agreement with the detective.
Maccully groaned but did not object. She knew that was coming sooner or later. She considered about hypnotizing them with the mysterious power of hers. Her red eyes behind her gray color lens started to turn golden but then she stopped herself. Shinichi was frowning at her. He obviously noticed something.
"What?"
"Is that a color lens?" Shinichi asked her.
She rolled her eyes and gave him her 'duh' look. "Yes, it is. You have a problem with that?"
Shinichi's frown deepened. "Nothing." Maccully narrowed her eyes. Most of the time people say "nothing" it definitely wasn't nothing. Did she say something wrong?
Shinichi felt a suspicious gaze from the girl. It was only brief but he could have sworn that her eye color changed. But it was impossible. The lens were already colored, there was no way it could suddenly change colors. Even changing the eye color of a person itself was impossible. But he was often open-minded now with the BO since being de-aged by them a year ago.
"Well?" The thief asked, not noticing anything suspicious. He wasn't the type to be a detective after all.
Maccully sighed and fluffed down to her bed. Grabbing the nearest chair, the boys sat, waiting for the girl to say something.
"Well, you should know the BO is doing experiment. One is to gain immortality. That was the purpose of APTX 4869 before Sherry had accidently made it into the untraceable poison."
"Hmm, so you are saying that they are performing other experiments too?" Shinichi shivered at the thought.
"Yes. The other is to gain an ultimate power. They've used me as their first human experiment..."
"I thought all your family was with the BO? And a high ranked members at that," Shinichi asked rather curious.
Kaito blinked and said, "You cannot be serious..."
"Yes, they are. It seems that you've done your homework, Meitantei. Well, unfortunately for the scientists, they didn't know I was the daughter of the highest members of the organization. I couldn't tell them either being three years old at that time and all. My parents found out after the scientists had performed the experiment. The project was discontinued as all the scientists and the members related to that project were killed." She did not have to tell anyone who had killed them.
"And you Boss didn't say anything about it?"
"No, after all, he knew my parents even before I was born. He liked me particularly too. He's like a second dad to me."
The boys stared at her gaping.
Shinichi shook his head and asked, "Then why are you going against him?"
Maccully looked deeply into the detective's blue eyes. "Because he did something that I could never forgive, even if he was close to me."
"Your drinks are here," Vermouth said to them, breaking an awkward silence. She handed a cup of hot chocolate to the magician and a cup of coffee to the other two before seeping a drink herself. Shinichi and Kaito hesitated to drink their beverage until Vermouth chuckled though a little annoyed, "I didn't put poison or drugs in them. I'm much more capable than that." The boys stiffened before taking a tiny sip.
Maccully inserted some cream to her drink that her partner had brought and calmly drank her coffee then continued, "And anyway, though not a lot of people know, they have succeeded. I have gained some powers that normal people don't have."
"And that is?"
Maccully shrugged. "I don't know. Some are still developing. But what I've discovered so far is hypnotizing."
Vermouth just remained neutral, smirking. "Now that she answered your question," Vermouth said to the two boys, "you should go change now. Hakuba-san and Hattori-san might barge in any moment."
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Shinichi looked annoyed having to dress up as Rin again. Kaito didn't mind that much though. He liked disguising himself as a girl.
"Man, doesn't she have like anything but skirts?" Shinichi whined. "I really hate it… It's just too wrong!"
Kaito smirked evilly. He knew that Maccully had a lot of clothes that wasn't a skirt or a dress in Shinichi's shrunken size but had purposely given those clothes to irritate the detective. In that way, Kaito actually like the girl a little bit.
"Well, I think you look beautiful." Kaito teased, fixing his own hair. Shinichi glared at the thief who was enjoying this just a little too much.
There was a harsh knock on the door. Shinichi quickly finished his make-up and turned with his face neutral as the door slam opened breaking the lock.
"Hattori-san," Kaito expertly slipped into the Kira act, "you are just lucky that we weren't changing clothes or anything… or was that what you were aiming for?"
Heiji opened his mouth to say something but closed it, blushing furiously as he caught the disguised thief's word.
"He has always been a hot-head." Hakuba muttered behind the Osakan. "Anyway, Vermouth wants us to meet her in the large room next to hers."
Kira (Kaito) said to the detective, "I need to get something real quick. I'll catch up with you soon. Onee-san, go with them, will you?" Kira turned to his "older twin" and gave him a puppy dog eyes.
Rin (Conan) shot a sharp glare at the thief and smiled sweetly but yet still venomous, "For you? Of course."
Kira grinned as Rin was pulled into a sea of scrutinizing glare and raining questions of the detectives. Tantei-kun got the taste of his own medicine. But he could think about that later. He had the next part of a plan to carry out.
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"Who are you really?" Heiji asked the little girl. He was becoming annoyed by the girl's silent response. And there was no reply again. "Damn it, you…"
"We are here," Heiji was cut off by the sudden voice of the girl as she spoke for the first time. He grumbled as Hakuba observed carefully while Vermouth greeted them.
"Did you enjoy your stay?" Vermouth smiled. The detectives scowled as the girl didn't show anything. "Where's Kira-chan?" She asked suddenly, curious
"She's getting ready," Rin replied coldly while the detectives frowned at her when Vermouth nodded in understanding.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm done. Why don't you ask yourself?"
Hakuba turned his head sharply, his eyes wide in disbelief. "Ku…Kuroba?"
"Baka," Kaito frowned in his Ekira voice. "You seem to forget that there is a thing called masks."
"Oh," Hakuba's tone was remarkably low.
"You look like Kudo…" Heiji said, frowning. Hakuba flinched when he realized the Osakan detective was with him.
Rin glanced at his "twin." Kaito had just put a mask over another mask. He put them on instead of using his own face just in case the detectives noticed that it wasn't a mask. And the reason Shinichi didn't do that was because putting and removing 2 masks took experience and skill which Shinichi both lacked at and not to mention Edogawa Conan would not be needed. He sighed and looked up as it was all up to Kaito whether he would tell the dark-skinned Osakan or keep him in the dark.
Kaito coughed a little and said it in his own voice, "Kuroba Kaito, the Magician Extraordinaire and the Great Kaitou Kid! ...ne?"
Hakuba twitched and as asked coldly, "What is the meaning of this?"
"Well, we do respect Kid's wishes... He didn't want anyone to find out he was the Great Kaitou Kid."
Kira's smirk never wavered as Heiji shouted in shock, "That's what Kaitou Kid looks like?" Then he turned narrowing his eyes accusingly, "And you knew."
The British could only shrug. "What can I do? He's my friend." Hakuba was taken aback by his own words. Did he really think of Kuroba as a friend? Because Hakuba was debating with himself, he did not notice the guilt that flashed on Heiji's face.
Rin glanced up at the thief searching for any reaction. He didn't find any. Every day they spent with Vermouth and Maccully, their poker face seemed to hold firmly than ever.
Rin opened his mouth to tell them about Conan too when Maccully stopped him.
"What-"
"Not yet." That was all she needed to say. After all, what she says goes. The shrunken detective sighed in relief and disappointment. Kira threw a questioning look at the 14 year old girl.
"How do you look exactly like him?" Hakuba asked still in a cold tone. Kaito behind Kira's face stiffened, being not so used to the blond detective's chilling voice. Annoying, yes-murderous, no.
"We are the best disguisers in the whole world next to the first and the second generation of Kaitou Kid. We are able to disguise ourselves and others as people that we just glanced at for a brief second. So why should Kuroba be any different?" Maccully finished smirking, obviously pleased by her response.
"Then tell me this," the Brit-detective said slowly, trying to calm down. "Why were they with you in the first place? And what is so important that you would kill two boys in cold-blood?"
Maccully's eyes fired up dangerously red behind her contacts. And this time Conan and Vermouth seemed to notice.
Rin gasped softly and whispered to himself, "It changed colors...again..."
Kira observed the anger of a teenage girl with amusement and noticed the color change on her eyes. It was almost like the gray eyes were melting into red... But that's impossible right?
"I'm not cold-blooded!" She screamed at the blond boy. Vermouth frowned and the boys blinked at her.
Rin thought, so she hates being called cold blooded... I remember she denied it firmly when Kaito said she was a cold-blooded killer. I wonder why...
"Maccully..." Vermouth gave a warning glance.
Maccully faltered for a second before her expression going blank again. Hakuba frowned at the faint memory as he remembered Kaito doing that often.
"Your expression..." Hakuba started. "It looks just like Kuroba's."
Kira frowned at his "friend." Did he really notice that much?
Maccully faltered once again, a little more slightly this time, before her eyes shining in an idea and smirked only annoying Hakuba further.
"You think I'm Kuroba-kun?" Kira froze and eyes widening as the girl-disguised-as-woman said it in his own voice. "Or am I?" She said again, this time in her own 14 year old voice, undisguised. "Hmm, Hattori?" Heiji froze. The voice of Kudo said it this time. Rin turned this time, glaring at the girl. But she was just so enjoying this. "So who am I?" Conan's voice came out from her throat. Heiji seemed shell-shocked then recovered.
"If you can adjust your voice to both Kudo and Conan you are not him." Heiji smirked.
"Eh, are you sure, Hattori?" Kudo's voice teased. "Or should I call you Tantei-han?" Maccully slipped to Kid's voice. A vain pulsed on both detectives' head.
She smirked in triumph and walked out of the room leaving the now-over-thinking-detectives to wonder in the room. Vermouth and the "twins" sighed and followed.
"You broke their brain," Kira said to the girl.
Shrugging she replied, "They so deserved it."
Rin massaged his temple as he got his own headache by the girl. "If you say so," he grumbled. "So what now?"
"Well," Vermouth started, "Kaito-kun will go back to attending school and all that. I wouldn't want to alert the organization that Kuroba Kaito disappeared the night Kid died, making him the prime suspect of being Kaitou Kid. I was really close to Chikage when I got to know Toi-sensei. I really don't want her to be in danger, for the sake of our old friendship. And Silver Bullet needs to lay low as long as he is still in a child's body. Are we clear?"
"Whatever, let's get this over with."
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"KAITOOO!" Aoko screamed in rage as she swung the huge sword fish that just suddenly appeared at the said magician.
"What? Pink suites you fine, Aoko!" Kaito teased playfully despite the fear of being chased by a fish. He then thought silently, Aoko would make a great magician! Where the heck did she get the fish? Along the way, he dropped a green-dye on Hakuba's hair and switched his school uniform inside out. Hakuba felt his eyes twitch as he tried to held down his anger. If he didn't know any better, he would have believed that Kaito was just Kaito… Not a girl in disguise. Just a few meters away, Akako watched in amusement but frowned at the memory of last night.
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"Lucifer, tell me where Kuroba Kaito is!" Akako screamed, frustrated.
"I cannot tell you for they are beyond my powers," there came the cold reply.
"You are the Lucifer! What can be possibly more powerful than you?" She argued but the Lucifer remained unchanged. "Fine, I'll look for him myself!"
"I'm warning you, young witch. The power that I'm feeling is unpredictable. It is mixed power of dark and light magic, and then mixed again with the natural enemy of magic: science. It's stronger than any supernatural in the whole dimension…"
"Be gone, Lucifer! I said I'll handle it!"
"I have warned you, young witch," the Lucifer said as he disappeared, "Young foolish witch…"
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After a few days, Kaito had returned, as if nothing happened. Except the Brit-detective was acting odd. She asked him but he refused to tell. And even if she tried to use her magic on him, something kept on blocking her.
She was getting frustrated. But she didn't give up. She kept on trying to figure out what had happened.
"Young foolish witch…"
Then the night came.
She was having a nightmare. The worst she had in decades.
She was in a dark, cold room when someone approached her. She gasped at the stunning sight in front of her.
The person—if she was even human—had a long silky black hair and was wearing a long Greek dress in white with a pair of matching wings of an angel. They would have been pure white if it hadn't been for crimson blood dripping from her dying her pretty dress and her wings in red. Her eyes were covered by the shadow made by her bang giving an anonymous look. What stunned Akako was that she still looked beautiful even though she was soaked in blood. Then she noticed that in the creature's hand was a small balance scale that held gold plate and silver plate in the other.
"You dare to interfere, witch?" It was a cold voice yet so addicting to hear. Akako felt her knees weaken as she trembled slightly in fear. She has never felt so terrified before. As the creature drew nearer, she shivered at the strong wind of magic that the angel was giving off. It puzzled her that it felt kind of familiar.
"Do not interfere or you will get your punishment. This isn't your place to be. You may watch in the sidelines but interrupt, you will be as good as gone." Akako nodded. She couldn't believe that she was doing this so easily. It was like her body was moving on her own.
"I'm going to be the one who will tip the scale…" The angel said as she placed her finger on the silver plate of the balance scale and pushed it down…
Akako's eyes flew opened and she sat up on her bed, sweating and panting heavily. She shivered as she remembered the angel soaked in red and pulled her knees to her chest, still trembling.
The angel had looked so familiar and so was the feel of its magic...
Yesss creepy... How was it? I really liked writing this chapter. I just like making Akako miserable... Am I being too mean?
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