Hello all. It's me again.

Yes.

Me.

My first personal concern/wondering is.. Why is chapter 5 the least read chapter of all of them?

Do you people just not like our police officer's?

Also: Ewz pointed out that I used Keibu for Takato and Satou instead of Keiji.

Ok- I was wrong.

As for how Takagi/Satou address Ai, personally, the only instance I ever remember having them talk to her directly, was episode 304, with the whole bombing case. (Case can be found on Mangaviewer.. somewhere.) So with them, I had to go with what I as the writer sounded alright.

As for Ai called Shinichi 'Kudo' or 'Edogawa' …. I already freaking KNOW all of that!

BUT

May I point out she does not call Conan 'Edogawa-kun' all the time (or at all) around Satou/Takagi. Why? Because that would seem strange to an adult. Esspecially when all the kids call him Conan.

Shiho can't let herself stand out, and now that she's moreso known for being in their group, around the officers, she'll sometimes call him Conan-kun.

So please, don't gripe about it.

As for Nakamori… Ewz.. I dunno where you got what you came up with- I think you ment Kogoro.. And.. Well hey, Kogoro's never met Kaito- thus, the connection between Shinichi, KID, and Kaito BEING Kid, will not occur.

Onto the disclaimer:

I don't own anything except the plotline for the most part. . 0

I'm also going to attempt to wrap everything up (I've attempted to think this through, but nothing's happened. So- in the end, however this fic ends… is how it ends. Even I don't know at the moment how it's going to end… but…by the time I'm done writing, I'll see the end XD)

Finally: My regards go out to those affected by Hurrican Katrina and those in New Orleans: I'm praying for you all.

Artist:Brave Saint Saturn
Album:The Light Of Things Hoped For
Song:Prologue

in perfect orbit they have circled
as the light of many worlds falls softly on their skin
and days here pass like minutes
one moment of brilliant daylight will shift into the next
a flash of dark behind some distant lost moon
and then it is over
like the pause before waking
sleep is replaced by light, and life and hope
it is the light of one far away sun that has beckoned them to leave
and the hope of home that has lifted them from slumber
the hope that; though the dark may come
the sun also rises

Kaito

Today, Kaito was in a good mood.

The kind of good mood that made his fellow classmates inch as far away from him as possible while still staying in their seat.

He also had a constant grin that said 'I have just played the best magic trick ever, and now it's time for you to find out just what exactly that is.'

Oh yes.

He'd definitely played some amusing card's…

Kaito paused for a moment, wondering if perhaps he went a little too far with the lipstick on the Osaka-jin's mirror…

Nah

"Kaito!"

Said boy blinked and looked behind him, to realize in all of his giddy glory, he'd forgotten to walk to school with Aoko.

Oh.

That was bad, "Hey! Where were you?"

Aoko finally caught up, and paused to catch her breath before swinging her backpack at him, "Stupid! Where were you! I waited at the usual spot for an extra 5 minutes!"

Kaito smiled almost guiltily.

Almost, "Awe, I'm sorry Aoko. I guess you were just too slow today."

Aoko huffed, "And what has you so happy this morning?"

Kaito grinned. Yes, the same exact grin that made the Kaitou KID taskforce just about go into cardiac arrest with agitation, "Nothing much."

Aoko gave him a look that said, 'Yes, and you didn't eat the last Pocky stick while I wasn't looking.'

Kaito laughed lightly, lightly poking Aoko, "Awe, you don't trust me."

Hakuba sighed as he came up behind them, "No, and I'll let you know, I didn't appreciate a certain perfumed message with lipstick either. Oh- and I'd also like to know how to remove all the glitter you left in the shower hose or my bathroom. I truly did not appreciate getting into the shower to get blasted with glitter water."

Kaito snickered, "It'll take about a week or running it while in the shower."

Hakuba gave him an annoyed calculating gaze for a couple moments before sighing in a deeply annoyed fashion, and walking off.

Aoko blinked, "Kaito?"

He looked to her, and grinned, "Don't ask." With that, he started walking off to class, yet, just as he was going to, Aoko grabbed his hand.

"Who is Conan?"

Kaito blinked and looked to her, "Huh?"

Aoko shifted and sighed as she stared at the floor, "Kaito… I know you're interested in that kid, and… for some reason, my dad is too… What…. What's so special about Edogawa Conan…?"

Kaito looked at her for a few moments, half stunned, before putting on his Poker Face, and smiling slightly, "You'll see soon enough."

Aoko looked to him questioningly, and in return, Kaito grinned and pulled her along to class, saying nothing more.

over and over let's not forget last time
i've kept the best parts and play them in my mind
this is tomorrow so take it or leave it

Earlier that Morning

Kazuha stretched as she got out of bed and started on her usual morning routine. As she became more coherent, she noticed a soft cooing coming from her sock drawer. Quirking an eyebrow, she went over and opened it, and suddenly, several dove's flew out of it, scaring her, and after a moment of them moving frantically, they made their way of finding places to perch upon her shoulders/head, and other available perch spots on her body.

Kazuha, after a few moments of getting over the shock of finding several dove's in her sock drawer of all things, she noticed a note tied just right upon a dove's leg.

She blinked and unraveled the ribbon and note from the dove's leg, and slowly opened it, getting up slowly as the dove's shifted to accommodate her movement.

She then moved to her nightstand and opened it, finding another letter, with a 4-leaved clover on the back of it. Under the caricature, she found the words, 'With Love, Kaitou Kid.'

Kazuha raised an eyebrow once again as she blinked, and slowly opened the letter, reading the contents with rapt attention…

Heiji

The first thing Heiji had noticed after getting out of bed, was that something was out of place. Someone had been his room.

He sighed, aggravated, and started stalking around his room looking for clues, and just exactly what was changed.

Didn't take long.

Heiji stared at his mirror for the amount of 1.5 seconds before yelling (or screaming, whichever you prefer) at the top of his lungs, "KAITOU…..!"

(At this a certain thief sneezed during his own morning routine.)

It then took Heiji another 5 minutes to calm himself long enough to read the note from the thief, even if he was absolutely infuriated a thief had gotten into his house.

A house that had the top police officer in it.

Honestly

"Dear Hattori Heiji,

Hope you can keep up and join my ranks, baka-Tantei.

Kaitou Kid 3"

At the end, a caricature that looked like a giggling thief, and a kiss-mark was left behind (in lipstick non-the-less.. Meaning he'd actually put the stuff on and kissed his mirror), as if mocking him, making him the biggest joke in the world.

He growled and stalked off.

Heiji and Kazuha

When Kazuha finally met up with Heiji that morning before school there was still one final dove still with her (It seemed to enjoy her presence), the note she received from KID in her backpack.

What Kazuha was not expecting was a purple-tinted Hattori Heiji, cursing KID, and making comments such as 'baka-Tantei?' or 'What does he mean by ranks? Ahou!'

When he finally reached her, he gave he an annoyed look, "What?"

Kazuha took a small step back, before becoming annoyed, "Why are you purple, ahou?"

Heiji sighed, rolling his eyes, "How do you think, ahou? KID left a few… presents in my room this morning."

Kazuha brightened up slightly, "Oh?"

Heiji paused, and looked at her before deadpanning, "…Where did you get that dove."

Kazuha blinked, "…Uh? Oh! This? It was in my sock drawer with a few others."

Heiji blinked, "A few… others?"

Kazuha nodded, "Yup! I also got a special note from the KID-!"

Heiji just about pounced her, "LET ME SEE IT!"

Kazuha blinked taken aback, and then rolled her eyes and took out the noted, "Here."

Heiji grabbed it, and quickly read through it.

"Dear Ambiguous Lotus,

For the phantom shall come on the night of the full moon to take away the treasured Angel. The Black Knight shall than come to take her back, even though his black wings have been clipped. The phantom shall than reveal himself for who he, and the Black Knight truly are, to lure out the Crow from it's Dragon's Nest.

I wish for your cooperation in keeping the baka-Tantei at bay for his own good.

We have no need for him getting himself hurt.

Kaitou Kid"

At the end, was the sign of the KID's four -leaf clover that was emblazoned upon the charm of his monocle.

Heiji hissed, "Baka-Tantei AGAIN? I am not stupid!"

Kazuha sniffed, "Yes you are, ahou!"

"Ka-Zu-Ha…!"

The two friends made their way to school, bickering, and the final dove flew away.

empty diaries
there's nothing to say
and we'll take the right steps
to keep these pages clean

Conan

He had noticed it immediately.

The faint smell of mint in the air.

It was very faint, but it had been in the room.

Of course, it was easily covered by the usual air Ran's room held, but for some reason, he had felt the need to investigate her room that morning.

He had ended up finding a white rose with a dove's feather underneath it, a ribbon untied next to the items.

It was unnerving, knowing KID had been in the house, in Ran's room, and he didn't even notice it until now.

He sighed, sulking and trekking his way downstairs to the main room.

Ran turned to him as soon as she noticed his presence, "Ah, Conan-kun!"

He looked to her, and attempted to perk up, "Ohayo Ran-neechan!"

She noticed his behavior, but smiled anyway, "I received something you may find interesting."

Conan blinked, she was actually going to let him look at it..?

Ran smiled and brought a piece of paper over to him handing it over for him to see, "I got an invitation from a very talented magician boy, named Kuroba!"

Conan looked up to her, blinking, "Kuroba?"

She nodded, "Yup! I'm going on April 17th to see a magic show of his!"

Conan looked down, and read through the invitation once again, "So… what did this Kuroba guy look like..?"

Ran paused, thinking a moment, smiling slightly, "Well, he had nice blue eyes… deep chocolate brown hair, and slightly tanned skin."

Conan nodded, "Anything note-worthy?"

Ran thought a little harder, "He was wearing a black school uniform, and he looked a lot like Shinichi.. But his hair was a lot more unruly than his…"

Conan paused, and looked up to her. Looked like Shinichi..?

Than it was Kid! But if that was so, than the name Kuroba Kaito was a big hint- even though there was a chance that it could be a fake name, all he needed to do was check out a few things and…

"Oh! We're running late, hurry up and let's get going!"

Conan stuttered before getting yanked along by Ran, dropping the note, and getting dragged off to school.

With no breakfast.

Ai

She couldn't say she was pleased with the bedraggled look Kudo-kun had while running into his room, yelling apologies about being late, and then getting scolded in front of the whole class before sitting down…

But…

It was nice to see him get in some trouble, no matter how small.

Of course, this event would be the school gossip of the day since Conan-kun never got in trouble with the teachers.

Not only that but, Conan-kun was never ever late.

Ai sniffed and smirked, taking out her note from the Kid.

After reading it, she very easily recognized that the phantom thief did not like her, and that she scared him. She didn't see his need for calling her Ivy, but, she supposed the plant matched her need to be ever changing and versatile. Of course, the other way he may have gotten his pet name for her was through Batman. And well, that hit a lot closer to home than just Ivy.

Conan very quickly noticed the note, and made silent motions asking if he could see it, but she ignored him, smirking.

"Dearest Ivy,

If you could please assist me in my grand staging of the Angel and the Black Knight… Please keep the Cool guy away from my invitations, and make sure that Ayumi and Mitsuhiko keep it secret from everyone…

Kaitou KID"

Of course, Ai had already confronted the confused Ayumi and Mitsuhiko about their letters, and read theirs over, finding out just what it was KID was planning.

She didn't like it, but, she found herself wanting to see just what KID was planning…

Beside's, she'd be able to watch Kudo-kun sulk for days…

you want the answers
i see them on your face
you need to know this is where the promise breaks

Aoko

(Present time)

She sighed in frustration as she looked through Kaito's notes on Edogawa Conan. She was amused at his reluctance of letting her see them for about the amount of 2 seconds before she started screaming. Of course, when that hadn't worked, she started crying.

She knew Kaito hated it when she cried, and so, to add gas to the fire, she said she'd only wear fish underwear, and make him eat fish if he didn't let her look through them.

Kaito very quickly gave in and handed over his precious notes, whining and grumbling.

Honestly, he was such a child.

Of course, she was still in his room at the moment, looking through them (with him lurking around behind her, or randomly getting too jittery to stay still, so he'd walk around, or go outside and pet his dove's for a little bit before returning). In the least, Aoko was impressed with his notes.

In school, Kaito barely ever took enough notes, and yet here… They were thorough, with obvious detective-like work behind them.

Kaito was practically investigating Edogawa Conan, and Kudo Shinichi all at the same time.

The amount of murders, Kid heists, robberies, and hijackings the two had been at and had solved/been there for were kept in an approximate, ever growing number (Well, growing for Conan anyways).

If there was anything she could say about Conan, it was that he ended up everywhere and the least likely of places.

There was also another record of how many times the boy had been hurt in one way or the other. She gasped silently when she found a note where Conan had almost suffocated himself in a safe before being released by Ai (it was sort of his own fault for getting locked in there in the first place), but from the looks of it, the instance had been a deciding factor for Kaito's need to almost stalk the boy.

Conan was extraordinary.

Unbelievable.

And Kudo Shinichi.

….

What?

Takato: And there's part one guys! XD I bet you're all screaming going '…O.O! NOOO! DAAAARRRRNNNN YYOOOOUUU TAKATOOOOO! WHYYYYYYY! -sob-'

XD

I hope so far you aren't too disappointed XD I've been having a difficult time with this, and so, I hope you don't find my KID note too lame… For it's official release to the police/public ('cause they don't know yet) I'll try and make a better note.

Also, I got the few nicknames from doing a name search here: http/ ww w. bost onuk.c om/ nam es/de faul t. asp (Without those annoying spaces) and tried to think of words that best matched their names. Of course, I got Angel from Ran's code name form vermouth, and the black knight from the school play (Which I meant to have Heiji ponder how he Kaito found out about the play but, I'm not gonna get into that, really, you can figure that out on your own imagination time. Perhaps even make a fic of Kaito's view of it, as a hidden spectator haha XD).

I've started college! Yay! So far my peers don't think of me as too much of a freak so.. Wewt! XD good times have been had by all.

Please give me feedback on this chapter, so I might be able get an idea s to what I should try and go for with the next chapter, 'cause I myself still have no idea how I'm gonna end this XD why?

All because I'm trying to take it from an unconnected-yet situation connected plot, to an actual plot, where Vermouth just may show up…

As always

Shinjitsu wa Itsumo Hitotsu!

There is Only One Truth!