Fade to Darkness
Title: Fade to Darkness
Rating: M
Fandom: Detective Conan
Summary: Reincarnation only existed in fanfiction, yet Michael Leo Field was reborn as Akai Senichi, the younger twin brother of Akai Shuichi. However, his new life takes a dark turn; at the age of ten he is kidnapped and at twelve, he is forced to join the organization. [OC Insert as Akai Sibling] [Family/Angst/Drama/Crime]
Arc IV
Chapter XIX
Cracks
Warnings: Slight Mental Breakdown
When he arrived at his apartment, Senichi immediately took a shower and threw his clothes into the trash. They were too ruined to salvage. If blood was the only problem, he could have just tossed it into the washing machine. However, the fight with Harimanna had caused his clothes to become torn up in several places. It was too much of a hassle to sew and he'd be better off just getting rid of it. It wasn't like he had a shortage of clothes either way.
'He murdered Harimanna!' Senichi wanted to shriek out loud but knew better than to actually do so. 'How could he do that!? They're twins! They're siblings! So why would he kill Manna!?' He started attacking his metal training dummy with a furious barrage. 'In the canon universe it was never stated that they were related so I understand why Canon Gin didn't care about her. But in the universe I am currently in, they are actually twins!'
Senichi fell to his knees. 'If I were in Gin's place and Shuichi were Curacao, I wouldn't have gone through with it! Instead, I would have tried to kill the crows in the helicopter with me! I wouldn't kill my own sibling!' Tears were streaming down his cheeks. He couldn't hold his sorrow in. 'I had a tiny sliver of hope that there was some part of Brendan left in him. But if there any Brendan Klein left, he wouldn't have killed Harimanna! He would've found a way for her to escape alive!'
'Why are you blaming Gin for Harimanna's death?'
'Because he killed her!'
'Gin killed Curacao in canon. This isn't canon,'
'Gin still killed Harimanna!'
'No. Look at the clothes you wore to Touto Aquarium,'
Senichi crawled over the trash can and picked up the discarded clothing. It was covered in blood and had several holes and tears.
'Those were caused by claws and fangs. The blood is Harimanna's,'
'T-This isn't mine!'
'Then whose is it?'
'I-It's Gin's! Gin was the one who killed Harimanna!'
'Gin hates using his wolf abilities,'
'H-He killed Curacao by shooting at her with the helicopter's machine gun!'
'But Curacao survives that, remember? You pulled her out of the sea,'
'But she dies when she drives the crane into the Ferris wheel to stop it! The Ferris wheel crushes her to death!'
'You were the one who drove the crane. You escaped before you could be crushed,'
"Liar!" Senichi yelled out loud.
'Do you remember the fight? Do you remember how your claws sank into her flesh? Do you remember how your fangs crushed her neck?'
"Shut up!"
'Do you remember the taste of her blood?'
"Stop it!"
"Sen…" Harimanna whispered so softly that only he could hear her voice. "Thank you…for looking after us…"
"I didn't do it…" Senichi gripped his head tightly. "I didn't kill her…I didn't want to kill her…"
'But you did,'
He crushed her neck completely with a loud, sickening snap. Blood coated his fangs and the inside of his mouth.
"I killed her…" Senichi finally admitted. "I killed her just like I killed Ahren…" He curled up into a ball. 'I failed Ahren…I promised him that I'd look after Brendan and Harimanna. But now, I was the one who killed Harimanna…'
Pain seized his body and Senichi had to scramble onto his bed to grab a pillow to muffled his screams. It hurt so much! It felt like he was being torn apart! He then started coughing up blood, a lot of blood. He clenched his eyes shut and gripped the bedsheets tightly as he continued to cough for a few more minutes. After what felt like eternity, he took several short, rapid breaths.
'Even after all these years, I'm still suffering from the side effects from Mad Dog Arena. Then again, I did have to use my full capabilities of my polar bear traits to make the fight against Harimanna as real as possible,' He stared at all the blood. 'How much time do I have left to live?'
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The crows had managed to crash land the helicopter and escape before any witnesses or police officers gathered at the scene. Gin was currently pacing around his living quarters with anger. 'Curacao betrayed me! She betrayed the organization!'
"You stupid woman!" Gin spat out venomously. 'Why would you betray the people that saved us!? They fed us, clothed us, trained us, and gave us a purpose in life! They took us in rather than eliminating us along with the rest of Mad Dog Arena! Why would you bite the hand that feeds you!? For what reason would you betray the organization!?'
Gin felt something wet and when he put his hand to his face, he realized that he was crying. He furiously wiped them away. 'No tears! Why am I crying for that traitor!? She betrayed the organization just like Sherry! The fate of traitors is always death! I even planned to kill Sherry, the only woman I ever loved, at Nagoya Station! The only reason why I wasn't the one to end her was because Vermouth killed her before the train could arrive! Why would Curacao betray me too!? Why would she go against the organization!? She has been loyal all these years so why now!?'
Gin couldn't stop the tears from falling. It was the wolf in him howling in sadness for a deceased pack member. It was Brendan Klein mourning the loss of his last remaining blood relative.
Harimanna Klein and Miyano Shiho…two women who each held part of his heart…two women that he loved, one familial and one romantic…both of them shattered the portions of his heart that they held and betrayed the organization.
The last remaining piece of his heart was with Senichi. Would he shatter it too?
Remember when I said that the animal DNA will have side effects? How long do you think Senichi has left to live, especially since he's been using it the most out of the three chimeras.
Gin is also hurting because when Harimanna decided to betray the organization, she did it without including him. In Gin's eyes, Harimanna purposefully left him behind hence why he feels betrayed.
Fun Fact:
I originally wanted Sable, Senichi's dog, to be the reincarnate of Michael Leo Field's mother. I scrapped that idea because there wasn't much for it to do with the plot. I sometimes forget that Sable is a boy so if you see any female pronouns associated with Sable in this version and the revamped version, just pretend I used male pronouns for him.
Velgamidragon:
Gotta admit, I enjoyed the dialogue between Kohji and Tsutomu about the color scheme of the Crimson Robins because it's silly, but I agree it does kind of kill the serious tone this chapter is aiming for, so perhaps that's why the way you wrote it feels cringey? I think if you want to use them in Darkest Nightmare for the second draft, it would be better to set up the Crimson Robins well in advance so that when they show up to help in Darkest Nightmare, we know who they are (because I have no idea who any of these members are, so feel nothing about their inclusion) and what the group does so the chapter can be dedicated to focusing on the action and intensity. Oof! That ending hit me right in the feels though! I wasn't sure if Curaçao would still die or not once I got to the part where Gin still tried to kill her, but not only did she die, she was killed by Senichi just like her brother Ahren, and my god, that's so much worse for Senichi's psyche! He knows the show and was able to change the futures of so many characters that met fatal ends, but he still couldn't save one of his oldest friends, and now there's only one left alive, and he may be beyond saving as well. Dear god, I'm hoping super hard that there's a final confrontation between Gin and Senichi at the climax because I'll be disappointed if there isn't one.
Skai:
I purposely put the dialogue at the beginning to be a bit silly since it was one of those situations where a person tries to lighten the mood with a joke or something. Also, I basically just needed a way to info drop the explanation of their suits. I'm not sure if I will be able to have a set up to the Crimson Robins in Scar(red)let Crow because I honestly don't know how to write them before their debut.
I think the reason I let Harimanna die in the story was because even with all that knowledge of future events, he is still only human. There is only so much he can do. He can't save everyone. If I had him save everyone, it wouldn't be as impactful. Also, I like to emotionally torture Michael Leo Field. Senichi's psyche is bad in this chapter. At first, he was in denial of being the one to murder her. But then he accepts that he killed her and becomes guilty.
Hell yeah, there's a final confrontation between Gin and Senichi! But the question is who will win? Will Senichi actually have the guts to fight Gin or will the guilt force him to fight alongside his friend? Will it just be the two of them fighting or will others interfere? Will one die, both die, or both live?
