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Except my fire-breathing kitty
Meetings
Shinichi sighed as he wandered the halls of the university. Ran had decided to visit a friend and somehow he had gotten dragged along. Oh well, it wasn't as though he had anything to complain about. The brunette had regained his real body and the Black Organization was history. Ran had agreed to go out with him, after she had hit him for being an idiot.
The detective would die before he admitted it aloud, but he didn't regret his time as Conan. He had learned many things and made some great friends, like Ai and Hattori. A grimace crossed Kudo's face as he remembered how arrogant he had been. Humility had been one of the first lessons he had learned during his second childhood.
A flash of white in the corner of his eye brought to mind a different subject. That was another thing that had changed. It had been almost a year since the Kaitou Kid had suddenly retired, sending Nakamori his letter of resignation. The inspector's reaction to that had been loud.
Surprisingly, Shinichi's disappointment had nothing to do with the fact he had never caught the thief. The young man's intellect didn't completely isolate him. He did have peers. Still, Kid was his equal, the one person who had ever truly challenged him. Heaven help him, he missed the kaitou.
Kudo turned a corner, only to run smack dab into another figure. Strong arms wrapped around the detective, steadying him before he could fall.
"Are you alright?" an unfamiliar voice asked.
The tantei nodded before turning around; an apology on his lips, and promptly froze. His breath caught as he stared into the shocked sapphire orbs, eyes that were set in his own face.
The other man looked just like him, but with wilder hair. Shinichi realized just whom he had run into almost immediately. The detective knew the Kaitou Kid was gone, and that he wasn't coming back. Then again, so was Conan Edogawa. Maybe it was time to start over. "Do I know you?" Kudo inquired lightly. His eyes gleamed in anticipation. "You seem familiar."
The retired thief knew exactly what his rival was thinking, that didn't mean he wouldn't play his part. The brunette shook his head. "I don't think so, and I'm sure I would remember." He leaned forward, taking a closer look at the tantei's face. "It's weird. If I didn't know better I would swear we were related."
Kudo almost grinned. It was a good excuse to explain away Kid's earlier reaction. Most people would have fallen for it. Neither of them were most people. "Shinichi Kudo," he introduced himself.
The magician almost hesitated before reaching out to shake the other's hand. "Kaito Kuroba, pleased to meet you."
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"If he hadn't been my enemy, he would have been my friend"
I've always thought this quote suited Kaito and Shinichi well
What do you think?