He had no idea what to do or what was really happening.
Was he looking at a ghost?
Or was he dead?
But one thing was for sure, Mouri Ran did know what she was doing and what she was feeling.
With a full force punch she had decked Hakuba to the ground and there was blood scattered everywhere as Hakuba fell to the ground.
"YOU BASTARD" screamed Ran.
And with Hakuba falling onto the ground, Kaito was finally able to find his voice but he was still in shock and was unable to realise what was happening and he could not take it all in at once. He stood still like a statue unable to understand what was going on and was white as a ghost almost as he was dead and a zombie as his lip quivered.
"Hakuba?" he said quietly.
No one heard what he had said as Ran continued to hit and beat Hakuba into the ground.
"Hakuba" he said again finding his voice.
They heard him but they did not look in his direction as Hakuba got to his feet as Ran put out her hand started to apologize to him as she wiped away the muck that was on him.
"HAKUBA YOU ARE ALIVE!" he screamed angrily and crying angry tears as he stood his ground wanting answers.
"Yes I am Kuroba, I will explain everything but is best that we get out sight before anyone sees us and starts asking some questions and then things will just get much worse" said Hakuba.
"Yes my darlings now please just get in the car" said Vermouth.
And she opened the car door to the limo inviting them inside like it was an invitation with the devil that they were going to ride with and just maybe never get out of.
"No way in hell am I getting in a car with the two of you, liars" said Kaito.
"Kaito?" said Ran as she held onto his shoulder unsure.
Vermouth just sighed.
"If you want to know more of what happened to your beloved then you will come with us because it is an interesting story and you are so going to want to more it has an unexpected ending" said Vermouth.
They both blinked shocked.
"No! I do not want to hear anymore" said Ran as she collapsed on the ground in tears.
She just sat on the ground crying and letting her emotions out as she let all of her thought and emotions just slip out of her mouth.
" I am sick of it, sick of everyone lying to me and the just appearing telling me the truth of what has been happening. I hate lies, those horrible lies but I would have rather lived with them than the truth, the horrible truth. It just hurts so much, every single day I am worried more than ever and scared, scared of what will happen to me, to my parents and everyone else. S-shinichi she was right to keep the truth about everything from everyone because everything was so much better when I did not know any of this. I had a little sister and a friend at the same time, it may sound selfish but I just wish that Shinichi had just stayed as Shirley when everything was better and everyone was happier, everything was just perfect until you three just had to come into our lives. And just ruin everything, I was happiest I had been in the long time and you all just had to ruin it with the truth and the cover ups and everything. You stole my best friend and sister from me and I will never forgive any of you for that EVER" she said as cried.
The three of them started at her unsure what to do.
"I insist that you just get in the car already" said Vermouth who was now pointing a gun.
Hakuba glared at her as she was pointing the gun at the other two teens.
But she just smiled as she shook at the gun as they got in the car.
And she closed the door behind them, locking them in the car.
"When I said that I would work with you, you agreed that no one would be harmed and that no one would be killed by you. You vowed this to me and more, or are you going back on your word?" said Hakuba.
"Ever so gallant" she said smiling.
She put the gun down.
"You knew this was not going to be easy" she said.
And she then touched the side of his face and looked at him smiling lovingly.
"Now you are going to have to something about that bloody nose of yours" said Vermouth.
And then patted him and then went in the car and he went in on the other side and they drove away in silence.
In complete silence for more than ten minutes at full speed before they all came to a sudden stop, in the middle of nowhere.
"Are you going kill us?" said Kaito.
"Just get it over with already" said Ran defeat.
But there was no gun being pointed at them.
"My, my it seems without Shin-Chan you two are truly and utterly defeated"said Vermouth.
They did not look at her.
"Now get out of the car, my precious" she said sweetly.
They did without hesitation.
But his anger began to boil and was beginning to surface as he saw Vermouth and that bastard Hakuba whisper to each other and giving them glancing looks as they said words back and forward.
"How could you work with her?"
"Do you have any idea at all, which these people have done and after what they did to Shinichi. Everything they have done is unforgiveable" said Kaito.
Vermouth silenced as she swaggered over to him and then made a serious face as she looked at him.
"I am sorry about your father, when I found the truth about him, I did not intend for the Organisation to find out about his night job. I swear all I wanted was to learn the skills that I needed from hi and nothing more, I did not intend for what happened to him and for that I am truly sorry" said Vermouth.
"I do not care even if you mean it because of you and your friends my father is dead and so is my girlfriend, you have taken everything from me and you all did it without hesitation or blinking. And you do this on a daily basis to people and to families" he said looking her in the eyes.
He then took a gun out and pointed it at her.
"And someone has to put an end to it, even if it costs me my soul at least you will be taken out of this world and join me in hell" said Kaito.
Vermouth just tutted and waggled her finger in disapproval.
"But I have already made it up to you, but you have not even noticed and maybe no one has and you would be delighted by this news. I just know that you would be more than anything if this is how you are going to react" said Vermouth.
The vein in the side of his head was pulsing, and he put the gun down giving her a look for her to tell him what she was talking about.
"You remember when the Kudo Manor was burned down, well that was done by yours truly. So you are welcome" said Vermouth.
"That was you? But why?" said Ran.
"I got rid of a little pest that was after my best friend, her husband and their daughter" said Vermouth.
"...?" said the three teens.
" Remember there was a dead body in it" said Vermouth.
The three of them nodded.
"Well that body belonged to Snake and he is long gone with the wind" said Vermouth.
"You killed Snake?" said Kaito in disbelief.
He was not sure if he was happy or not, but he could tell that everything that she was telling was true.
He touched his heart as he could feel it and feel it beat so hard, loud but slow it was painful. His father's killer was dead, and he did not even know this and he could not help but feel just a little bit of relief. But like a something else was stolen from him, he would never get the answers that he needed and neither would others, he could not help but feel cheated at the same time.
"My father would never of wanted that, he would have wanted justice served" said Kaito.
"And it was just not the way that you would have expected or wanted, and let's face it this way was much easier, simpler and better for everyone" said Vermouth.
"Why did you not tell me this?" said Hakuba.
But she just waved it off as if it was nothing.
He was annoyed.
"The two of you, why are working together" demanded Ran.
"It is complicated and a very long story" said Hakuba.
"Well just give us the cliff notes" said Kaito.
"I had saved the little damsel before he was burnt to a crisp, planted an already dead body and he has just got out of recovery since then and he is going to help me because he knows that his family is under suspicion. Because he just had to hold the sweet girl hostage, to get the truth from her and his family knows the most about you my darling KID-Sama. He was warned and he did not listen, he was already going to be the next target anyway and I am the only one that is keeping him alive" said Vermouth.
"To me it just sounds like blackmail" said Kaito.
"You call it tomato and I call potato" said Vermouth.
"...? " said the three teens.
"So what do you even want from us?" said Ran.
"I want the two of you to go back to your normal lives and just act like nothing has happened, like nothing at all. Other than you just lost two dear friends of course and that you are grieving. But Kaitou Kid will have to disappear for a while" said Vermouth.
"What?" said Kaito stunned.
"You are free, they are not hunting right now they think that you have given up and letting you live to show what happens when you go against them. You my friend are what they are showing everyone what happens when they cross them and are the only reason you are alive. ...And just maybe one day they are hoping that you will join" said Vermouth.
"So I am nothing more than a sad picture taken for the world to see" said Kaito.
She just nodded.
"But what do you want from us?" said Kaito.
"All in due time" said Vermouth.
Ran was not having this as she grabbed onto her angrily.
"Just tell us already" said Ran.
She put her hands up in defeat.
"I want you two help rescue a witness that the Organisation has in their custody" said Vermouth.
"What?" said Ran.
"You remember Spider" said Vermouth.
He nodded, as he started to remember that night and was happy and sad at the same time.
"Well he is going on trial, and he is going to give up some information for immunity so the Organisation can be taken down and he is working with the FBI as their witness, who it is currently being taken down slowly piece by piece. But the Government do not believe all of this to be true and think nothing more of it as a conspiracy and rumours fabricated. He is the only witness that they have been able to keep alive" said Vermouth.
"And what you want him dead?" said Ran.
"Personally I do not care, but if I do hand the FBI over a witness that is more than reliable and has more than enough information on them. Then they are more than happy to give me immunity instead of that fool who does not deserve it" said Vermouth.
"You are running from the them, aren't you!" said Kaito.
"When Gin found out that your girlfriend was alive and well, it was not long before he was able to put the pieces together and he knew that I knew that she was alive the whole time and he is not very happy with me right now. So he is after me and he will not rest until I am dead and even if I killed him, others would soon start to come after me" said Vermouth.
"And this witness can he be trusted?" said Vermouth.
"YES!" said Hakuba.
He was about to say more but was immediately stopped by Vermouth.
She then handed the two teens phones.
"I will contact you when I need your help" said Vermouth.
"And the witness?" said Kaito.
"You have no idea where he is, do you?" said Ran.
She shook her head.
"That is why I have a detective by my side, and in no time at all we will locate my witness and just let the witness gather more information in the mean time. But until then there is nothing that you can do, so just get back to your lives like normal teens because that is what she would want you to do" said Vermouth.
They both stared at the phone as they listened to her words slowly taking them in.
"But..." said Ran sadly.
But when they looked up, Hakuba and Vermouth were in the car driving away leaving them stranded in the middle of nowhere.
"Now what?" said Kaito.
"I will have to call someone to pick us up, so we can get back to our normal lives" said Ran.
He nodded at her.
But he was not happy to see who she had called to pick them up.
As he saw her run from the car in tears, running to him and crying.
Nakamori was still in the car gripping onto the wheel.
"Bakaito" she said in floods of tears as she hugged him.
"Hmph" he said trying to breathe.
She hugged him even tighter as he had his arms to the side, he was unable to move a single muscle to get to his freedom and was now finding it harder to breath more than ever.
"What are you not going to say anything to me?" said Aoko angrily.
"Cant! Too tight. Can't breathe" he was just barely able to say.
She immediately let him go.
"Sorry" she said and wiped away a tear.
Ran was now in the car leaving them alone to talk.
And now he was left alone with her, and he did not know what to do.
"Hi" he said nervously.
But he was glad when Nakamori got out of the car.
"Aoko it is cold out here, it is best to get in the car" said Nakamori.
She nodded.
"Are you coming Kaito? " said Nakamori.
He looked up at him.
He just nodded and headed for the car.
He was made to sit at the front of the car as Ran and Aoko sat in the back.
They listened to the radio awkwardly not saying a single word for quite some time.
They arrived home.
And the two girls got out of the car, and he was left alone with Nakamori again.
"Kaito I know what it is like to lose someone that you are in love with and if you ever need anyone to talk to, you can always talk to me" said Nakamori.
He nodded.
"And whatever you have to say it between the both of us, it will be confidential and I will not be an Inspector when we will have this talk" said Nakamori.
This time he looked up and says the determination and pain, in the man's eyes. It was something that he had never seen before until now and just looking at his he could see the truth. And so, could Nakamori for the first time.
"Thank You" he said gratefully and meaning it.
He clicked the button unlocking the door and turned around ready to leave.
He felt a shoulder on his hand, comforting him.
"Kaito, I am sorry for your loss. She was a lovely girl, and I wished that I got to know her more. But one thing is for sure, I know that she would want you to be happy and would want you to pull yourself together" said Nakamori.
He did not look at him as his breath went on the window fogging it up with his hot tears and breath. But he just nodded and left the car.
He was going to have to go to his day to day as if he knew nothing about them.
And as he saw his mother at the window and then coming out the door, he could not help but run to her and hugged her.
And he started to truly cry and grieve for the first time in a long time.
He had to face the facts that she was dead, that she was truly dead and there was nothing that he could do about it.