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: 8D one word: thanks! …That's… basically what that Shinichi is xD you'll find out exactly in a few chapters~ ;D and yes it does! Here's more insanity for you :3

Lizard: woo! 8D Here's another one for you too! And yes he does have many problems D; Someone needs to hit him over the head so he realizes that Conan is not in the organization! –huff- xD There may be more Hei-kun here soon~ Gotta wait to find out~ Here's your update! :3 just a wittle late D;

A/N: yeah yeah I know I'm late Dx I ended up working Sunday night, which made me space on posting (I almost never work on Sunday's and when I do it screws me over for a lot of stuff) then Monday I had planned on writing a bit, but ended up getting called in to work Dx I would have written/posted that night but… yeah not going into that. Then yesterday and today I was home sick. Still pretty sick but I wanted to do SOMETHING today -.-; Plus it's Shin-chan's birthday today ;D So why not post on our favorite chibi detectives birthday?

Anyways here's your chapter. X.x Imma go sleep… for a week. (diediediedie)

Disclaimer:I own plot and that's it! All rights go to what's his face in Japan.

Chapter 13: Mother Knows Best

"Wow…I never knew you were so good with physics…"

"Hey. I need to know something to defy it, right?"

"…This is quite true. Anyways, shall we move onto the history now?"

"You mean work on the worksheet about how Hitler easily captured France in six weeks, then began to try and conquer Russia, only for winter to hit and for the Germans to have to retreat because of the cold?"

"…Why do you need help again?"

"Ask sensei."

"I did. And he said you were failing."

"Because I am failing."

"But why? You understand everything pretty clearly."

"Because it's boring~!"

Hakuba sighed slowly as he hit his hand to his head. Kaito couldn't be making this job any more difficult. Well, that was a lie. At least he was doing the work. He just needed someone to sit down with him and force him to do the assignments.

"It may be boring, Kuroba-kun, but you still have to do the work. If you had done that in the first place, we wouldn't be here right now."

"We could not be here right now if you stop being my tutor." Kaito said, rolling his eyes. "I told both you and sensei, I don't need the help."

"Your grades say otherwise." Hakuba said, staring the other down.

"Like I said, I get bored. I do well on all the tests, I just don't do the work that goes with it. And since I usually space out in class, my participation goes down as well. So, I don't need you as my tutor." Kaito said with a cheeky grin slowly beginning to make its way onto his face.

"Until sensei says otherwise, I'm your tutor. Deal with it. Now get back to work." Hakuba said, shoving the history worksheet in front of Kaito.

I thought you were just going to grin and bear it until your grades got back up? Shinichi said, appearing on Kaito's side. The thief quickly cast a glare towards the see-through detective, who smirked. What? No witty comment? No argument with my unflawed logic? Oh wait~ You can't because if you do Hakuba'll get worried. Guess you just have to listen to me. Kaito scowled and glared at Shinichi one last time before beginning to write down the answers on the paper.

God damn snobby detective.

Hakuba stared at Kaito intently, noticing that Kaito sent glares to nothing but air twice. That was the second time the blond had seen Kaito glare at nothing. Hakuba looked to where Kaito had been glaring, only to see nothing. Hakuba leaned back in his chair, putting his hands behind his head as a cocky smirk appeared on his lips. Kaito was actually making progress on work, and not actually causing a huge scene, trying to avoid not doing it. Hakuba had been full-on prepared to duct tape the magician to his chair to get his work done.

But, minus a few whines about not needing a tutor or any other help, Kaito was actually listening to him, and letting him explain something when Kaito was confused. This tutor thing was off to a great start, and the blond could only hope that it would stay like this.

Seeing as how Kaito was distracted with his work for the moment, Hakuba took a few moments to let his eyes look over the other.

Hakuba recalled this morning when Kaito had walked in the thief had a sort of defeated look, as if he had just heard the most horrible news in the world. But as the day progressed, and Kaito talked to himself during class, (more like mumbling, really. Hakuba had not been able to catch one world the thief had said to himself) that look of utter defeat had steadily dispersed from his eyes. Hakuba could still tell that there was an underlining fear still lingering in his orbs, but Hakuba had grown rather used to that over the last three months. However, Kaito's eyes only revealed determination right now, causing Hakuba to blink. Was the thief really that determined to get rid of him that badly?

Filing that thought away for later, Hakuba continued to look over the thief.

The defined bags under Kaito's eyes seemed to have diminished slightly, meaning that the thief had gotten at least some sleep the night before. Hakuba also took note that Kaito seemed to have more energy today than he had for a little while, possibly meaning that Kaito had had a decent sized meal the night before, and that had given him a slight boost of energy. Realizing what both of those things meant, Hakuba blinked.

Was there someone taking care of Kaito right now?

Was his mother? Hakuba quickly scrapped that thought. Kaito had claimed that his mother had been on extended vacation for a while, and wouldn't be back any time soon. Hakuba had suspected that the thief was lying, but quickly dismissed that thought when Aoko confirmed that indeed, Kuroba-san was without a doubt on a long vacation.

Perhaps Aoko? No…It couldn't have been her. She would have been mothering him all day at school as well, not just at home. Granted she had begun to force Kaito to eat something during lunch period, but that wasn't enough to be considered mothering in Hakuba's book.

If it wasn't either of those two, who the hell was taking care of the troubled teen?

"…uba…Hakuba!"

"Nani?" Hakuba jumped, not having realized that Kaito had said anything. "What did you say, Kuroba-kun?" he asked. Kaito rolled his eyes and leaned back in his chair, irritation crossing his facial features.

"And you say I should pay attention more…" Kaito mumbled before clearing his throat. "I was saying that I finished the history homework, and was asking if we were done. We already finished the math and the English, and we just finished the physics, chemistry and history. So are we done?" he asked, hope in his voice. But to his dismay, Hakuba shook his head from side to side.

"From what sensei said, you still have a lot of work to make up. If you get that done and turn it in, you'll at least get partial credit, and that'll help your grades."

Hakuba does have a point, Kaito. Shinichi piped in, now currently sitting on a desk. If you turn in that work and your grades go up more, you'll get rid of your tutor faster. Kaito sighed and leaned forward, putting his head in his hand.

"But that sounds like work!" Kaito whined, giving Hakuba the puppy eyes.

"Don't care." Hakuba said firmly. "You're doing it."

Before Kaito had a chance to retaliate, however, a loud shrill noise caused both boys to jump. Reaching into his pocket, Kaito pulled out his cell phone, opening it and putting the device to his ear, not bothering to look at the caller ID.

"Moshi moshi?" Kaito said.

"Kai-chan!" the voice on the other end of the phone cried, causing Kaito to cringe and pull the phone away from his ear a good arms length. "I've missed you so much! I can't believe I let you talk me into leaving for such a long time! I feel horrible for leaving my little Kai-chan all alone for the longest time! But! I'm going to make up for it by making you all of your favorite foods tonight! And oh Kai-chan! The house is such a mess! There's pink and purple dye everywhere, and don't even get me started on all of those cards in the walls! Ooh but I can't stay mad at my little Kai-chan for long! You should hurry home and come see your Kaa-chan! I've missed you so much and-"

"Kaa-san! Kaa-san!" Kaito said, his face going red from embarrassment. Really now. Did she have to shout all of those things over the phone? "W-when did you get home?" Kaito asked, fear bubbling up in his stomach.

"Just now sweetie! You should hurry home! I've missed my little Kai-chan so much! Oh look! There's Jii! Come home soon, Kai-chan!" and with that, Kaito's mother hung up.

Kaito blinked and pulled the phone away from his ear, staring at the pink phone for a few moments, shock as well as confusion on his face. How'd she get home that fast? Last he heard, she was somewhere in Mexico. He had expected her tomorrow at the earliest. And how the hell could she have that much energy? Did the women even get jet lagged?

"Looks like we do have to end early, after all." Hakuba said, sheer amusement on his lips. Kaito looked up and laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Sorry you had to hear that, Hakuba." Kaito said, pocketing his phone. "My Kaa-san is rather…eccentric." Hakuba couldn't help but chuckle lightly as he began to put away his stuff.

"It is quite alright…Kai-chan." He said with a smirk. Kaito flushed pink and glared at Hakuba, his eyes narrowing greatly. "We can pick up where we left off tomorrow after school. Seeing as how your dear Kaa-san wishes to see her little Kai-chan." That smirk only grew as Hakuba stood up, holding his bag under his arm. Kaito's face only grew brighter as he shoved his stuff into his bag.

"Don't you dare, Hakuba," Kaito said menacingly. "Forget you ever heard that from Kaa-san." Kaito stood up, lugging his bag over his shoulder. "Or you will regret it." Hakuba raised an eyebrow, noticing a glint in Kaito's eyes that Hakuba hadn't seen for a while.

"And what will you do if I don't forget it, Kai-chan?" Hakuba asked, a glint appearing in his own eyes. Kaito smirked and raised his hand, snapping his fingers before Hakuba had a second to react.

A puff of pink smoke covered the boys, causing Hakuba to cough slightly. Once the smoke died down, Hakuba looked down at himself, only for anger and mortification to show on his face. Bright red heels that went up to his knees were on his feet, and a draft notified the detective that he was currently wearing a skirt, a short blue mini skirt at that. Looking closely at his torso, Hakuba realized that the skirt was instead a leotard, blue for the skirt part, white for the torso, with a bright red ribbon just over his chest, and a blue sheer material covering his shoulders. Lifting his hands, he noticed that there were also elbow length white gloves on his arms. Feeling something on his neck, Hakuba reached up and felt what he thought was an upside down crescent moon choker on his neck. Reaching up to see if the thief had done anything to his hair, Hakuba realized that he currently had on a blond wig that had pigtails that went all the way down to his legs. A vain popped on his forehead as it dawned him who exactly he was meant to be.

"Sailor Moon?" Hakuba said, his eye beginning to twitch as well. "You're dead Kuroba-" Before he could finish his threat, however, Hakuba finally noticed that he was all alone in the room.

Kaito had escaped.

Hakuba cursed and lifted his hands up, about to rip off that damn blond wig…

Only for pain to erupt from his head. Hakuba's anger only increased when after a few more tugs, he realized that the wig was not going to come off easily.

That thief was dead.

Kaito couldn't help but cackle as he walked home, a wide grin on his lips. Oh it felt great to prank Hakuba like that! He would surely be paying for that tomorrow, but it was well worth it. I mean seriously. Hakuba in a Sailor Moon outfit? With the blond wig stuck onto his head?

Honestly, Kaito would have paid to see that.

Hm. Maybe Kaito could turn his hair rainbow colored tomorrow? Maybe switch his uniform for a girl's one? Or turn his slippers into heels! Ooh the possibilities were endless!

And of course he couldn't forget little Aoko in his scheming. Give her a hair cut? …Not funny enough. She might even look cute, if Kaito was being honest with himself. Put balloons under her chair so they fly up and flip her skirt? Oh maybe dye her hair green and red maybe…

As Kaito's thoughts kept traveling around new ideas for pranks, he failed to notice that he had quickly reached his neighborhood, and soon enough his house. Opening his door, not even registering that the door was unlocked, Kaito dropped his bag onto the floor and slipped off his shoes. Still oblivious to his surroundings, Kaito didn't hear the hurried footsteps that made their way towards him till it was too late.

"Kai-chan!" Kaito's mother shouted, tackling her son to the ground in one massive hug. Chikage laughed as she hugged her son, who let out a slight groan of pain from the weight of his mother. "I'm so happy to see you! It's been forever since we've seen each other in person! Did you get taller? I think you did! Oh my little boy's growing up! But you'll always be my little Kai-chan! Did I ever tell you about the time you-"

"Kaa-san! Kaa-san!" Kaito said, gently trying to shove his mother off of him. "Slow down! It hasn't been that long since we've seen each other! Now can you… you know? Get off of me?" he asked, grinning weakly at his mother. She gasped and quickly stood up, dragging her son with her.

"Oh I'm sorry, Kai-chan! I was just so excited to see you! Aw! I forgot how cute you were!" she cried as she hugged him, careful as to not knock them down again. Kaito grunted lightly, but chuckled and hugged his mother back nonetheless. "Now! Let me see my boy up close!" Chikage said as she pulled away from Kaito. Her wide excited smile quickly turned into a scowl as her eyes traveled up and down the magician. "Kaito… have you been getting enough sleep? Have you even been eating right?" She asked, lifting up his uniform shirt and patting his stomach. Kaito cried out slightly, not having expected her to do that. He pulled away slightly and pulled his shirt down, rubbing the back of his head as he laughed nervously. "Kaito…" his mother said slowly.

"Ano…" Kaito said, still laughing nervously as sweat fell down his temple. "I guess I've been so busy on some pranks and coming up with new gags that I haven't been sleeping and eating right…?" Kaito cringed as the sentence came out as a question. Chikage narrowed her eyes at him, clearly not believing a word he just said. But, she sighed and grinned again and grabbed his wrist. "Gah!"

"Well! Let's get some food in you then, Kai-chan! I know just the thing!" and with that said, Chikage dragged her soon into the kitchen, where Jii was already in front of the stove, and forced her son into the chair.

Kaito sighed, but smiled weakly at his mother's actions. He was still worried about what was to come, but for now, it was great to see the insane woman that was his mother.

A/N: x.x there ya go. Hope the funny moments and lack of angst make up for the lateness. Btw Dx forgot to mention that Dai-chan did not reedit this bitch. And since I'm sick I'm pretttty sure there are some fails in there. If you see any lemme know! Anyways, like it? Hate it? ;D Love Chikage? (omg I died laughing writing that, and just re-died reading it over again)

Review please ;D I promise not to make it so late next time Dx

~Angel~