A/N: This took me too long to write. I'm sorry. But I hope you like this nevertheless. The next chapter should be better when I ge to write it... Right now school is killing my imagination.

The second file: Changes in life
Sub-file three: Funerals

Sun was shining. It created a stark contrast to the somber mood around the people on the graveyard. Everyone was wearing black. Even Kaito had a tiny black suit. Yes, it was the funerals of the renowned magician Kuroba Toichi.

Shugo stood next to Kaito as silent support. The messy-haired boy was crying. Naturally. It was his father's funerals after all.

There were some familiar faces at the funerals. Familiar for Shugo that is. There was Kounosuke Jii, Yukiko and Yusaku… There even was Sharon Vineyard.

"Curious…" Shugo muttered as he glanced at the actress. Sensing his gaze, she turned to look at him. The shrunken boy held her gaze tiredly before looking away. No need to draw her attention to himself.

When the service was over, Shugo was rubbing the tear tracks off his cheeks. The boy hadn't even noticed he was crying too.

"Toichi-ojisan was a good man." The shrunken teen said quietly.

"So he was." A voice spoke next to him. Shugo looked up, at the somber face of Kudou Yusaku.

"Yusaku-ojisan…"

"There are many people who are going to miss him even if they don't know who they are missing." The author stated cryptically. Yep, he obviously knew about the magician's night job. Kind of impossible not to know. Trollsaku.

Shugo chuckled. "Yeah… I hope Kai-chan will be alright."

"If Kaito-kun is anything like his father, he can pull through it."

"True." The boy agreed absently.

"Are you leaving soon? Shinichi and Ran miss you." Yusaku asked next. Shugo shook his head.

"I'll go to the Kurobas' and then Yamato will come to pick me up. We have stuff to do."

"I see…"

The boy turned to leave when a thought came to him. Nothing special. No real plan. Just a thought that needed to be said.

"If Kaitou Kid will ever appear again… I'll do my hardest to ensure his survival." Shugo stated with clenched fists. The author merely blinked but otherwise didn't react until a slow smile found its way on his face.

"I hope you both will be alright then." Damn troll.

A cup of tea and several comforting words later, as well a promise to keep contact, Shugo left the Kuroba household. Outside Yamato was waiting for him and they made their way to subway station. They couldn't risk the Organization spotting Yamato's car so they'd taken bullet train from Osaka. And to Osaka they'd also take it.

While waiting the train, Shugo spent his time reading the latest Night Baron book. Anything to get his thoughts away from the funerals. He was completely engaged by the book when a voice interrupted his reading.

"Ooh, is that a good one? I haven't had a chance to read it yet. Okaa-san hasn't taken me to a bookstore…"

Shugo looked over the book and saw a mane of wavy black hair. He leaned a bit forward to see the rest of the person speaking to him. The girl was crouching in front of him and obviously trying to read the back cover of the book. The boy snapped the book shut and placed it on his lap, the front cover up. The girl pouted but straightened up then.

"Yeah… It's quite good this far." Shugo answered. "And you are who?"

"Oh, I'm Sera. Sera Masumi." The girl grinned. "You?"

"…Midorikawa Shugo. Nice to meetcha." The shrunken computer genius extended his hand to the girl who eagerly took it.

"Nice to meet you too. I don't meet much other people of my age that like Night Baron Series." Without inviting, Sera hopped to sit on the bench next to Shugo. "Where are you going then?"

"Osaka."

"Cool, I've never been. Okaa-san and I are heading to Gunma with Kichi-nii."

Shugo quirked an eye brow at that. Haneda Shuukichi? Was that him in question? The middle brother of Akai family?

"You've a brother then?"

"Yup! Two of them actually but Shuu-nii is studying in America."

"You don't see him often then?"

"Nah… but it's alright! I still have Kichi-nii with me though he's in high school already." Sera continued talking. "How about you, Midorikawa-kun?"

"I have a sister… But right now I'm living with Yamato-niisan. He's real nice."

"What about your parents? I mean… Otou-san is dead but I still have okaa-san…"

"They are busy with work… I don't know where they are."

"I see." The future high school detective nodded thoughtfully. "Where's this 'Yamato-niisan' then?"

"Buying tickets." Shugo smiled, opening his book once again. "Where is your mother and this 'Kichi-nii' then?"

"I dunno… They got lost while I read you book cover."

"You mean you disappeared on them."

"No…?" The girl looked away.

"Is that a question or a statement?"

"Both?"

Shugo chuckled. "Alright then. Let's wait here until they come to find you then."

"Hai!"

Minutes passed. Yamato came to read a newly bought newspaper next to Shugo while the kids ate the ice creams he'd bought them.

"Masumi-chan!" A boy of high school age ran to them. He had glasses, slightly messy hair and friendly eyes.

"Kichi-nii!" Sera jumped from the bench and glomped the young man into a hug. Shuukichi began berating the girl immediately, telling her how worried he and their mother had been. Sera at least had the tendency to look ashamed but grinned up at the boy again.

"I made a friend!" She told.

"Ho? Is that so?"

"Yes! This is Midorikawa Shugo-kun. And his niisan, Yamato-san!" Sera introduced. Shugo inclined his head from behind the book where he'd been observing the interactions.

"Yoroshiku."

"Good that your brother found you, Sera-chan." Yamato smiled.

"Thank you for watching after her." Shuukichi nodded.

"It was nothing. She was delightful company."

"Alright then. Masumi-chan, say bye to Midorikawa-kun and Yamato-san."

"Bye!" Sera waved with bright smile.

"Bye!" Shugo grinned back.

"Have a safe trip." Yamato smiled too as the siblings walked away. The man turned to talk with Shugo then. "They are important too, right?"

"More or less." The boy stated, opening his book again. "How long until we need to board?"

The items all around the apartment found their way to boxes once again. It was the time to move. Thankfully once again they had no furniture to take along nor much else. Only the necessities. The rest they could buy once they'd settled down and Yamato had acquired a job.

"Nagano… You said you found some little village with an empty house of reasonable price?" Yamato asked as he sat down behind the wheel.

"That's right. I enquired a bit more the village council that owns the house at the moment promised that we could pay the price in smaller amounts if needs to." Shugo replied from the passenger seat while plugging in the seat belt.

"Souka~…?"

"Hai."

The house wasn't extremely big but did have two floors and a little yard on the back. A member of village council was waiting for them and giving the keys, telling Yamato to come the next day to sign the papers and talk about paying the house price.

"It's nice to have people living in here. It's been empty far too long." The old man smiled when giving the key. "It's so quiet in the village. I have a feeling you'll bring some life in here."

"I'm sure…" Yamato smirked at Shugo who scowled at him then.

"Tch." The boy looked away.

"Now, now, Shugo-kun. We'll settle in just fine." The platinum blonde man patted the boy's head. "There'll be a lot to see and do while here."

"Okay…" Acting. It was like a second skin for Shugo. Or a well-fitting glove. And right now he was a kid from city forced to get used to life in a tiny village. Some protests were expected from him…

They settled in quite quickly. Shugo had his own room where he could work in peace instead of setting up his computer in the living room. Yamato had his room in the second floor too while kitchen, living room of Japanese style, a storage and bathroom were in the first floor.

Neighborhood-wise there wasn't much. There were some kids in a house nearby, a few married couples and an elderly woman. The rest of the village lived closer to each other and there were some further away. Quite scattered community in the other words. But Shugo liked it. They all were so different yet similar from people he'd met in Tokyo and Osaka. Everyone was so friendly. The neighbors sometimes gave him and Yamato some food while they settled in. It took a month or so until Yamato found a job in nearby town. As a courier once again. And when the fall rolled on, Shugo enrolled to the second grade of the local elementary school. It was a small thing where the children of the closest three or four villages went to. The junior high and high school in the other hand were in the same town than where Yamato was working at. But that didn't really concern Shugo. He was certain they'd leave the village before he was that age physically. After all… There was that one advice that'd been given to him and Yamato:

"Stay out of the Torada-Tatsuo family feud."

A/N: Ah, now you know where Shugo and Yamato are. :D I just love the Nagano group so I thought why not make Shugo to have some past with them. After all he's purposefully trying to contact the DC characters and keeping track on stuff through those connections. :)

Replies to Reviews:

-Grace F:
I'm glad you like this fic and have reviewed. Feedback makes me always happy. :)
I definitely agree with you. Fics need more depth at least to some degree. When OC or SI fics are written, they are mostly so romance-driven that the character development and plot itself remain shallow... Yeah.
Yeah.
Yep, I remember what I wrote back then. When I was writing the chapter 44, I had no idea I'd be doing this fic. So I just decided when starting with this that Yamato lied to Tsukiko because she's not supposed to know about Shugo for a long time. About everything they talked about... It was about my OCs: Shugo(dead, would be 29 like Yamato, when I created him he was BO member who defected. His codename was Rum by the way...), Shuyako(Tokiko after she changed her name, 27 years old, police officer), Daiki (15 yr old, computer genius like Shugo, his name can also be read as Akashi I.E. 'Red Death') and Hoshi(13, nothing notable except she resembles Ai a bit). Now the family that Shugo creates will be him, Hoshi/Tsukiko and Saya(you'll know her later). But later on when they talk about Hoshi, it'll mean someone else... Because Tsukiko is Tsukiko.
Enough my ramblings now though they must bore you since they have really no significance to the plot itself, just some pieces of imagination. And some rambling... ;D

-GAAADASGM:
Yes, poor him. I really like him and in a way I don't want him dead. But he is so important character as he is so he must stay dead. Gosho better not resurrect him...
Thank you! *tears of joy* I'm so happy to hear this. Compliments keep the authors going and critisism to improve. Good eh? I just came up with it. ;)
I also like GinxAkai stories. They are quite interesting to read. And fanart is hot. *blush* I've seen... a lot.
Ah, no. Subaru will see no fanfiction. Tsukiko will strictly stay in anime and manga. I can only imagine Subaru's reaction but I'm sure there's already enough reactions to sometime horrible animation style (Man from Chicago, plz...). Yeah. *thumbs up*

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Let's see when I'll next write. Right now I have on chapter in progress for The Story of the Firefly... I'll probably finish that one first and then see which fic to continue... But until then, bye!