Tess4aria – Oh yes, not even Pandora is safe from me 83

Iris Taishou – Hehe, your right….Damn it now I'm never going to read it right again!

Shanagi95 – Wait and see~

YouthfulLily – Shinichi: Brainwashed? Hattori maybe but not Kaito, he loves hugs and stuff like that.
Heiji: …hug?
Kaito: Hug?
Heiji and Kaito: Hug! *they hug*
Shinichi and Hakuba: 0_o

*~~~~Please read

Me- *is banging my head against the wall*

Heiji- What's up with her?
Shinichi- Oh, she wants to celebrate 100 reviews but she's too busy feeling stupid.
Hakuba- Any particular reason

Shinichi- At the end of the last chapter she wrote me as 'Shinichi', but I had turned back into Conan so she was meant to write 'Conan'

Heiji - ….Ahou

Me - Sorry everyone! Oh, and thanks for 100 reviews! ….*Returns to head banging* ~~~~*

Chapter 36

Kaito nervously made his way to where Conan was crouched besides the water following after Heiji, trying not to act scared

'I-Its ok. They…they're not really f-finny things, they just have tails…I'll be fine as long as they don't show the rest…'

The mermaids, or mermaids and mermen, where mostly only poking their heads out of the water though one or two where leaning on the small ledge the shore gave them. Their skin Kaito noticed as he got closer, didn't have scales but it had a blue tint to it.

As they drew closer Conan looked up and smiled "Hey Hattori, Kai,"
Kaito smiled at him, hoping his poker face was keeping his fear in check. Another mermaid came up from under the water and begun to talk quickly and quietly to Conan, Conan paying very close attention to her.
Eventually Conan stood up and smiled "Thank you Nerissa," He said to the one who had spoken.
Nerissa nodded and moved back looking to Heiji and Kaito "Keep your friends close Shinichi, dangerous times are coming,"
Conan was about to question her but she and the others around her disappeared, slipping underneath the waters dark surface.

Conan sighed and walked over to Heiji and Kaito "Mermaids, they always seem to talk in riddles or vague phrases at the worst times."
Heiji raised an eyebrow "They sure seemed helpful ta me, they don't usually talk ta 'Sky dwellers'"
Conan nodded "Yeah well a while ago I helped out a mermaid who was caught up in an illegal fishing net and I got on good terms with the Mermaid princess Nerissa."

Conan then looked up at Kaito and poked him in the side "Oi, you ok?"
Kaito blinked a few times "Y-yeah," He muttered, trying to shove the images of finny things from his mind "I'll tell you later…"
Conan and Heiji raised an eyebrow, but neither asked.

They slowly walked back to the back door, in the far distance the first light of day was peeking over the horizon. Conan looked up to Kaito "I asked them if they knew where to find your gem,"
Kaito's breath caught "…and?" He asked, more hopeful than he had ever been in a long time.

"They said to look to the leader of the raven shooters prize." Conan said, scowling.

Heiji and Kaito both looked down confused "What d'ya reckon they meant by that Kudo?"
Conan chuckled darkly, as if it sickened him "In the olden days when hunters where not at war with the Vampires the leader had a gem given to him by the times Vampire Prince as a sign of good faith. The gem is a large ruby hanging from a golden chain. Apparently it's now being held by one of Japans richest hunters."

Kaito had stopped walking and was staring at Conan, a look of complete shock frozen on his face. Conan looked up at Kaito, worried "Kaito, are you ok?"
Kaito looked down at Conan, "Y-You sure its the one?"
Conan nodded "Mermaids tend to have a habit of knowing thing like this, they wont tell how though."

Kaito grinned then picked Conan up in a tight hug out of pure joy, spinning Conan around in his arms while snuggling into him.
Heiji awkwardly cleared his throat and Kaito stopped spinning, but he didn't move his head away from Conan, "…Thank you Shinichi," He whispered, then he kissed him lightly on the cheek.

Conan flushed brightly as Kaito set him down, "Y-Your welcome. But no point thanking until we find out where he lives now."
"Ya mean ya don't know?"
"Not personally, but some supernaturals most know. I'll ask around."
Heiji nodded and the three of them walked inside, none of them noticing the dark figure in the sky moving away from them.

Later, somewhere in Japan, a man was awoken by the sound of wings and something landing on his balcony. Then the door was unlocked by something and he reached out for a crossbow nearby.

The dark figure on the balcony held up what seemed to be a hand "Be calm human, I am not one of the ones you hunt,"
The man looked over the figure, lowering the crossbow slightly but keeping his finger on the trigger "What are you then?"

There was the sound of heavy material falling into place as the figure chuckled "A friend, I too want the sky's rid of the ravens so I have come to warn you."

"Some time soon, the Prince of Vampires will attack you aided by a treacherous human. They aim to steal the Vampiric gem from you then to kill you,"
The man frowned "How do I know to trust you? I don't even know who you are"

The figure smiled evilly, his golden eyes glinted in the darkness "Me? My name is Sholaer, the Prince of Harpies."

Dun dun dunnnnnnn!

(BTW, its exactly 00:00 right now for me and i need to be going out by 7:30 so i am going to go to bed now so i havent checked this chapter over, I'll do it tomorrow, or later today for me...)