And.. we have a new heist :D Enjoy it, because it isn't the whole heist, just a tony fragment of Shinichi's fun :P
Oh, and I think this story might reach a conclusion soon :3 ... ... 8A8 w-well.. I'll try to save the tears for then..
Okay, prepare for some very.. undignified crack guys, Hakuba's our target this time :D
Chapter 20.
A Moment of Happiness And Peace.
The wind was picking up speed, but the one dressed in white didn't seem to care much about that. It was the wild, cheering crowds beneath him, the fretting police always trying, and failing to catch him, and the always present detectives chasing him. The monocle reflected the moon and the ever present smirk that played across his face was all part of his character. Kaitou KID eyed the crowds of cheering fans with amusement. There was however, currently someone missing and they'd probably arrive soon. The door opened behind him and the thief turned to see two teens exit, one wearing a smirk.
"Ah, Tantei-san, Meitantei-san, welcome." Hakuba just glared, the other one just continued to smirk. The two detective's didn't move, nor did the thief, just waiting. Then Hakuba took a step closer and KID laughed maniacally. A smoke bomb exploded around Hakuba and soon he was standing there in a tight, frilly maid suit and his hair dyed intense blue, matching the clothing. Hakuba didn't even look down at himself to know it had happened.
"Even my underwear.. KID.. you.. are a lousy, creepy and evil thief." he muttered. The other detective's smirk just grew as suddenly, Hakuba fell over, a tiny, barely visible needle sticking to his forehead.
"As always, the darting, it's creepy!" the detective stated. The thief smirked.
"How else to get rid of him? And besides, you did a great job on the dress, but please, don't do it in front of me, I think I saw more than I wanted to.." he stated. The detective moved over to the fallen blonde and dragged him over to he wall and let him rest against it.
"Well, seeing you're gay you probably saw something you liked." the detective said. KID raised an eyebrow, but didn't disagree.
"Now then, you've had your fun, I want some too." he said. KID grinned.
"Aw, already? Geez, you never let me have all the fun do you?" he asked, teasing a bit with the ever knowing smirk of his'.
"Well, you've done a great job on the costume, that's for sure." the detective added. The thief grinned.
"It's harder than just dressing as me isn't it?" he snapped his fingers, revealing his true clothes, which was the same as the others. The other came closer, changing to white.
"Well, how about we continue that chase? Only, this time you chase me, how about that Shinichi?" the thief whispered. Shinichi grinned.
"I've already caught you, besides, if I chased you, I'd just catch you again, and that would be no fun, poor Nakamori would be without work." Kaitou KID laughed.
"How considerate how you Meitantei-kun, well then, I'll be taking the gem." he stated, smirking. Shinichi threw the gem over to him.
"Remembered the bullet proof vest today?" he asked. KID smirked.
"I never leave without it, who knows what will come my way.. and I'm not just speaking about bullets, there's needles, soccer balls, random cans and other things you just might kick at me." the thief turned away, chuckling. Shinichi smirked.
"You know I need to show of that I'm capable of catching you." he said.
"But you let me escape anyway." KID said, chuckling. Shinichi raised an eyebrow.
"And risk losing my boyfriend? I'm not that stupid." he stated. KID turned and grabbed Shinichi before kissing him roughly, causing more than just a bit of pleasure to spark between them. When they parted, KID was licking his lips.
"Chocolate? I like it." he said. Shinichi grinned.
"You've got me addicted, it's your fault." he stated. KID grinned.
"I don't mind, I'll take full responsibility, as well as for our next date." the thief added, making sure his tie was fixed. Shinichi raised his eyebrow.
"What are you planning this time? I have to say, the date on top of Tokyo tower was a bit extreme." he stated. KID turned slightly, smirking. There was amusement and evilness gleaming in the thief's eyes.
"You'll have to see." Shinichi pouted.
"Geez, as always so secretive.. oh well, it's just been two months since you got out of hospital, don't do anything that'll get you killed." he called after him as the thief walked over to the edge of the building. Kaitou grinned.
"Of course not, I wouldn't dare to let you see me bleeding again.. nasty stuff, but promise, see you later." then he jumped off the building and flew off as soon as his para-glider activated. Shinichi chuckled to himself before he turned towards Hakuba.
"I'll just leave him here, he'll wake up soon anyway.. although.. Nakamori's face when he sees Hakuba, that'd be epic, but first." he took out his phone and took a picture of the sleeping blonde, and the first thing he did, was to send a copy to Heiji, because this was worth using later, yeah, Shinichi was now creating something to blackmail Hakuba later on. Shinichi also sent one to Kaito, who replied with a laughing face and telling him he'd scan it and send it as a Christmas card to Hakuba. The young teen looked up at the night sky, the past two months had passed rather quickly. Yurui had been killed after he had arrived to make the arrangements he had been planning, but seeing there was no body in the first place, there was no funeral held. As for Shinichi, he had returned to his former life, although differently that before. The detective never went out into the media anymore and always made sure his name wasn't in the newspaper. The day that the incident with Pandora, Shinichi had collapsed after wards in Heiji's arms, but it wasn't the tumor -that had miraculously disappeared-, it was just his body that had been without rest for so long. As for Kaito, the teen had also had some sort of miracle, at least it seemed to be, because the press was on it the moment he was out. However, no one knew what really happened to save both from a much more depressing life, at least for Kaito, because if Shinichi hadn't been saved, he wouldn't have lasted more than a few more weeks. Suddenly the phone began ringing, startling Shinichi out of his thoughts.
"Yes?" he answered.
"What the hell is up with that picture? Did KID really change Hakuba's clothin'?" it was Heiji, and he sounded like he was trying to hold back his laughter.
"Yes Heiji, he did, it was rather fun, if he had only used a bit more smoke.." Shinichi groaned as his memories picked up to the moment of the smoke bomb.
"Oh, did ya see somethin' ya'd rather wish ya didn't?" Heiji asked, laughing.
"Yes, yes I did, but did I say it wasn't enjoyable?" he fired back.
"Oh God.. stop with the gay talkin' Shinichi, ya can't be talkin' 'bout stuff like that with yer straight friend.. yer creepy.." Heiji complained and Shinichi laughed.
"It's because you seems so creeped out by it that I tell you."
"Fuck you.." Shinichi smirked.
"Aw Heiji, don't say that." Shinichi teased and Heiji continued to groan in annoyance.
"Ya idiot Shinichi, ya really know how to make me feel weird.." Heiji said.
"You know Heiji.. that sounded so wrong." Heiji roared back at him as he let out his annoyance, but Shinichi just laughed.
"The next time I see ya, oh ya'll wish ya never told me these things.." Heiji muttered. Shinichi snorted.
"And you'll do what? Throw your cap at me?" Shinichi asked.
"SHINICHI!" Heiji yelled. Shinichi laughed.
"Sorry, sorry, I just couldn't help myself." he said.
"I am so punchin' yer lights out the next time I see ya!" Heiji muttered.
"Really?" Shinichi asked, still chuckling a bit. He knew it wouldn't happen. Heiji would never hit Shinichi out of something like this, because Heiji wasn't violently by nature, and would never be, but he did have that famous temper that lead to a lot of hurtful bumps on his head when Shinichi was Conan.
"No.." at that, Shinichi snickered.
"By the way, how's Kuroba doin'?" Heiji asked.
"Good.. to good.." Shinichi stated, sighing.
"An' in good ya mean? Good in bed?" Shinichi blushed.
"H-Heiji!" he protested and Heiji laughed.
"Revenge is sweet.. well, I kind of figured it wouldn't be that ya meant, seein' ya know I'm straight an' don't really want to hear stuff like that.." Heiji stated. Shinichi pulled the phone away from his ear and glared at it. As usual, Heiji would point the obvious, and act stupid at the same time.
"I'm hanging up." he stated.
"Hey! W-wait, I'm just kiddin' come on Ku- Shinichi!" Shinichi glared even more at the phone. The Osakan, as usual, managed to say the wrong name, and even after Shinichi had made sure Heiji used his first name. Weren't they on first name basis? The detective sighed as he knew Heiji couldn't help it, it was an old habit, and it was probably never going to stop either. Shinichi put the phone back to his ear as he suddenly got this cold chill. Shinichi's eyes widened before he spun around, glaring out across the city.
"Shinichi?" Heiji asked, having heard the sigh, and then nothing.
"Nothing.. I just got.. a chill.." he stated slowly, scanning the closest rooftops for any possible snipers. It wasn't that he had forgotten about the men in black hunting him, but with all the things that had been happening, the kidnapper, Katio, the police, the heists, and of course, Pandora. There was no chance he could still have place in his mind to worry about them right now. Hakuba made a noise and Shinichi yelped before he, out of panic and shock, ran away, sprinting down the stairs.
"Shinichi? Ar' ya sure yer 'kay?" Heiji asked.
"Yes, Hakuba just startled me.. I guess I was staying for to long, I think he's waking up.." he stopped his running when he heard a lot of footsteps up the staircase.
"Well.. took their time today.." Shinichi muttered and calmly pulled himself into the shadows, creeping into a door and silently waiting. A lot of officers passed, being lead by their pack leader Nakamori, who was yelling all kinds of colorful curses. When they passed, leaving Shinichi to walk down the stairs in silence, he noticed Heiji was laughing.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"Well, the keibu.. he never stops cursin' does he?" Heiji asked and Shinichi couldn't help but snicker.
"I highly doubt it." Shinichi stated as he entered the corridor leading to the exit. The moment he passed the doorstep, he could hear something that resembled Hakuba voice, however, as it was a very unmanly, undignified shriek, he guess Nakamori just found Hakuba in his get up, or, rather, Kaitou KID's get up.
"I think.. that Kaito is going to get killed." he stated out loud.
"Killed? That's if Kuroba's lucky.." Heiji said. Shinichi couldn't agree more.
"Well, at least he doesn't actually outright act like Kaito is KID.. he doesn't have any evidence." Shinichi mused, a bit too happy with that fact.
"Can't be helped can it? Besides, Hakuba only sees the evidence, not the feelin' in it." he stated. Shinichi looked up at the sky as he stopped, the moon was shining down at him.
"Sadly.. yes, if only Hakuba would think like you.." he said.
"What? Me? Ya've got to be kiddin' me!" Heiji protested, snorting at the end.
"I meant, as in the way you treasure life, it's the complete oposite of Hakuba." Shinichi explained, smiling a bit at the time when they were stuck on an island and Hakuba only thought about the murder and wanted to solve it, but in the end, Heiji's rashness and overly convinced mind that life mattered that solved the case. He smiled fondly. There was no other way to show it to the British teen that murder wasn't just another riddle, it was, in a respect, their way of saving the victim, and showing people that killing was a bad thing, and it only led to more sorrow.
"Oh.." was all that came from Heiji after that. Shinichi chuckled, then he noticed that a certain thief was flying away in the night sky.
"Well, I guess I should head home, a certain someone is too." he stated.
"Yeah, just do me one favor will ya Shinichi? Send me a printed version of that pic, somethin' to blackmail him the next time I see that annoyin' British idiot!" Heiji said, sounding a tad to annoyed. It wasn't hard to believe, seeing that the blonde detective and Heiji just about never got along. Shinichi grinned.
"Sure, Kaito has already made plans to send one as a Christmas card to Hakuba." he stated, and Heiji began laughing.
"Oh shit, that'll stin', fer sure! Wait.. as Kuroba or KID?" he asked.
"As KID of course, you think he'd dare to do it otherwise? He'd kill him if he did." Shinichi stated as he let himself blend in with the crowd, having felt the chill of someone with murderous eyes watching him.
"I'll call you later okay?" Shinichi asked.
"Yeh, talk to ya later Shinichi." then the Osakan hung up. Shinichi put the phone in his pocket as he used the tricks he had learned from Kaito, to disguise himself before he could walk home, there was no way he was risking getting shot or something at the moment, not right after he had just gotten out of the doctors clutches. Two identical boys who are miraculously saved at the same time, one with tumor and one with a paralysis, the doctors wanted them both strapped to a table to check what happened, but Shinichi refused to be a lab rat. Kaito on the other hand, hated hospital, and was surprisingly afraid of needles, not as much as fish, but he hates it never the less. Shinichi sighed as the house came into sight.
"I can't wait for some coffee.." he mused as he passed the gates to Agasa's house, then he stopped, looking up at his, and his families long time friend's house. There was the ever present glow from the top windows, telling him that Agasa was still up, and if he wasn't wrong, Haibara too. He considered heading in to talk with them, but decided against it when he realized it was rather late, and he was more than ready for bed.
"Okay, I'll skip the coffee.." he muttered to himself as he started walking again, only to stop some steps later, letting himself in through the gate. It took him just a few minutes to enter the house, lock the door, toe out of his shoes and head of to the bedroom. When he entered, he found himself face to face with Kaito, who looked a tad bit too annoyed. Shinichi gave him a confused look.
"Uh.. Kaito?" he just had to ask. Kaito mumbled something Shinichi couldn't make out before he grabbed his hand.
"You could've told me you were being shadowed." he stated. Shinichi gaped.
"You noticed? From a distance?" he asked. Kaito gave him a glare.
"Of course I did, you'd think I'd develop some sort of instinct after being a thief for a year, and being constantly chased around, wherever by cops or snipers you know." he stated, before he turned, flicking a finger at Shinichi's forehead. The detective yelped before he slapped a hand over his forehead.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"It's just.." Kaito went silent before he looked down, still holding Shinichi's hand. Shinichi's stare softened before he smiled.
"Kaito, I know you're worried about me, and for that I'm actually incredible happy, but I can't let you into this, it's far to dangerous just to have Heiji knowing.." he said. Kaito suddenly looked up at him.
"But he knows! And besides, I'm your boyfriend, and we've been through so much, I'm betting it's those men in black isn't it?" he asked. Shinichi paled, then he slowly nodded.
"Felt like it.." he murmured, knowing that Kaito could see right through him.
"I know it's dangerous to know, that's why I'm here, I want to make sure they don't get you once and for all." Kaito stated stubbornly, a red tinge appearing on his cheeks. Shinichi suddenly cracked a smile before he nodded.
"Yes, I know that, thank you Kaito." and he was pulled into a kiss by the thief. Shinichi closed his eyes just about right away before returning the kiss. Kaito smirked as they parted. Shinichi blushed before he pulled away.
"What?" he asked, pouting.
"I was just thinking about how cute you look right now." and for that, he got a hit in the head.
"K-Kaito!" Shinichi protested, but smiled either way.
"How can I be cute? I'm a guy.." he said. Kaito grinned.
"Guys can be cute as well you know, just think about your shrunken self, Conan.. that's what I call a girl-magnet, they swarmed around you like moth to a flame didn't they?" he asked. Shinichi frowned, then he slowly nodded.
"Well, I guess, I got a lot of popularity after I became the 'KID-killer'.. even in Osaka.." Shinichi blushed a bit. Kaito raised an eyebrow, but he was still smirking.
"KID-killer huh? Well, more like KID-magnet or something, because you certainly has pulled me towards you." he stated. Shinichi blushed madly.
"K-Kaito.." Shinichi sighed when Kaito just smirked.
"I don't mind.. as long as no one steal you." he pouted cutely at the end and Shinichi facepalmed.
"Gods, Kaito.. how embarrassing can you get?" he asked, but his lips was twitching upwards anyway. Kaito grinned.
"Only for you." he said, giving the teen a peck on the cheek before he ran off laughing like a maniac. Shinichi raised an eyebrow, smirking, before he set off after the magician.
There was a sigh, then another. Kaito perked up from his very comfortable position on the couch and stared at Shinichi, who sitting in the comfortable chair by the fireplace, reading a book. Then the teen sighed again.
"What's got your sigh's up and going?" Kaito asked. Shinichi looked over the edge of the book. There was something in his eyes, something mysterious, yet almost sad.
"I was just thinking about something, that's all.." he said, never taking his eyes off Kaito, who stared back. The magician raised an eyebrow.
"About what? It seems it was something really bad." the teen suggested.
"It was, and still is.. as I've lived as Yurui.. I haven't had time thinking about what troubles I had as Shinichi, now that I've returned to this form, I have started getting this paranoia again.." he stated, dragging a hand over his face as he put down the book. Kaito sat up, putting down his own book.
"Paranoia?" he asked.
"The people that are constantly after me remember?" Shinichi suggested, smiling a bit sheepishly. Kaito nodded thoughtfully as he clearly remembered the times he had seen Shinichi, in mini size as Conan, evade professional assassins obviously not targeting him because he was a witness, but their target.
"Like the time on the train? Where I had to actually dress as some woman to trick them?" he asked. Shinichi nodded.
"Ah, yes, sorry about that, it was necessary, but not for my own safety, but I'm her protector or guardian if you want to use that word instead, and since her life was in danger, I had to do it." he explained and Kaito glared slightly.
"You still owe me for that one!" he said, suddenly grinning. Shinichi chuckled.
"Yes yes, I know, I'll repay you somehow.." Shinichi said, and Kaito laughed.
"No need to, it's not the firs time we ended up saving each other, one way or another, besides, just you being here with me is enough to repay me." he stated, waving his hand at Shinichi, whose eyes widened. There was a long silence after wards before Shinichi stood up, smiling a bit. The detective strode over to Kaito and sat down on his lap, straddling him.
"Well, I have to repay you right?" Shinichi asked, smirking. Kaito did so too.
"Oh, I would like to."
The bell rang and Shinichi couldn't help but sigh.
"Finally.. and to think even after I returned from being both Conan and Yurui, I still dislike school.." he thought to himself. There was little to no change to his class, even Kaito seemed abnormally calm, that seemed to make the class nervous somehow. The detective raised an eyebrow and smiled to himself. He didn't really mind Kaito's usual antics and ever so often magic tricks, even if Ran got furious and chased him around just like Aoko did when they went to Ekoda High School. It was just, Kaito never got this silent unless something was bothering him, and Shinichi guessed he couldn't blame him.
"His probably still thinking about the men in black chasing me.." Shinichi thought, patting Kaito's shoulder as he passed by. Kaito turned his head, giving the other a confused look.
"I'll leave you behind you air head." Shinichi stated, snickering and waving over his shoulder. Kaito's narrowed his eyebrows before he smirked and pounced Shinichi, giving him a crazy smirk.
"I'm no air head you Holmes-geek!" he commented and Shinichi glared, but still smiled. The rest of the class stared at them as if they almost expected the two to start fighting, even if their feelings for each other was as obvious as the sun on a cloudless sky.
"That I am.." he then said, a bit muted, but then he just smiled more. Kaito grinned back. Ran and Sonoko stood with the rest of the class, just gaping at the scene. There was no movement, no sound from the group as the two teens laughed and walked off together. Sonoko sighed.
"I wish they would at least show some decency in their relationship, it's so obvious, it's sad.." she stated, almost doing a facepalm while she was at it. Ran smiled.
"It can't be helped, after everything they've been through, this is the least they deserve." she said, never letting her smile disappear. It had been though accepting that they would never be a couple, but she had also accepted that with Kaito, Shinichi would be much happier, and free too. The girl smiled.
"I hope they'll continue being happy like this forever." she thought. However, a month from then, she wouldn't even be able to think that, not after the hell that broke loose just a few weeks. The pain that would be caused, the suffering that resurfaced, the harm done and the loss given. There was no way to describe it, at least not for the girl who'd witness something that'd destroy her world, and Shinichi's.
... oh God.. a seductive-Shinichi moment.. what the hell have I done?
Shinichi: Made me into a wh- *me slap hands over his mouth*
Me: Sush, Kaito, I think it's time to get Shinichi to bed!
Kaito: :D Sure!
Shinichi: K-KAITO!
Me: Well, I guess I'll try to get the next chapter up and going soon 'kay? Cuz I guess this chapter will lead to some shit, at least the last part anyway.. *yawn* well, good night.. *leaves*
Shinichi: OI! DON'T JUST LEAVE US HE- Damn..
Kaito: Remember to review okay? *waves*