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 I
Chapter IV
Truth
Warnings: Nothing really

Mary was pregnant with Shukichi. At first, four year old Senichi thought that her mood swings were a result of her monthly and the weird cravings were her trying out new foods. It was only when Shuichi pointed out that their mother's tummy was getting really big did Senichi finally realize that Mary was pregnant with Shukichi. When Tsutomu and Mary finally told the twins that they were going to have a new baby sibling soon, Shuichi was very cheerful.

Senichi was worried and currently laid down on his bed, petting Sable who lain beside him. He had reacted to the news with a smile, but it wasn't a hundred percent happiness. 'I don't understand babies,' He thought. 'I don't know how to be a big brother. I was an only child in the Real World. I never had any friends to look at as a younger sibling,'

"Hey there buddy," Tsutomu stood at the doorway and gently knocked on the opened door. "I've noticed that you have something on your mind. Do you want to talk?"

"I'm fine," Senichi mumbled.

Sable stood up and walked over to Tsutomu, nudging him towards Senichi. "I think Sable wants me to talk to you,"

With a sigh, Senichi sat up. "Alright, let's talk,"

Tsutomu sat down beside Senichi and Sable jumped onto their laps, sprawling across the two of them. "So what's on your mind?"

"Mom's pregnant with Shukichi," Senichi stated.

Tsutomu blinked at the statement. "Shukichi? You've already decided on a name for your younger sibling? But we don't even know the baby's gender yet,"

"It's a boy," Senichi told him. "I'm sure of it,"

"Can you predict the future now?" Tsutomu joked.

Senichi turned towards his father. "Will I be a good big brother?"

Tsutomu immediately broke out into laughter. "Is this what's been eating you up all this time?"

"Oi!" Senichi smacked his father's arm. "I'm serious! What if I'm a bad big brother!? What if Shukichi hates me!? What if he gets hurt!?"

"Sorry, sorry," Tsutomu chuckled. "But I'm sure you'll be a fine big brother,"

"How can you be so sure?" Senichi asked.

"Well, even though Shuu's older than you by a few minutes, you are the one always looking after him," Tsutomu pointed out. "And I can tell that you're much ol—more responsible than him,"

"You almost said older," Senichi tensed up with nervousness. 'Does…does he know?'

"We suspect that you have memories of your previous life," Tsutomu sighed. "But since you are apparently sure that your new sibling is a boy named Shukichi, I think that you're actually from the future,"

Senichi wanted to jump off the bed and run, but Sable was preventing him from escaping. 'He knows! He knows! He'll tell everyone else and they'll throw me out! They'll call me a freak! People are afraid of the unknown! I'll be experimented on!'

"Sen, calm down!" Tsutomu brought him into a hug. "Take a deep breath. Breathe in, breath out. Please son, calm down,"

'He still called me his son,' Senichi inhaled deeply and then exhaled. 'Does he really still accept me? He doesn't know the full truth. He thinks that I was always meant to be born into this family,' He gritted his teeth. 'I want to save Akai's family. I want to save Kohji and Tsutomu. I told myself to form connections over the years, but I doubt I'd be able to make enough by the time I'm fifteen. I can't save them by myself,' He clenched his fists. 'I'm weak…'

"We were waiting for you to tell us when you were ready," Tsutomu told him softly. "I shouldn't have said anything. I'm sorry,"

"I don't want anyone overhearing," Senichi glanced at the wide open door. "Not even them,"

Sable jumped off of their laps and closed the door. He then leapt onto the bed, curling himself up in Senichi's blanket like a burrito. He let out a bark for Senichi to continue.

'I swear he's not a normal dog…' "Dad…do you believe in other worlds, like alternate universes?"

"There isn't much scientific proof of alternate universes," Tsutomu replied. "But I do think it's a possibility. Nothing is impossible. It just takes time to find the process to accomplish a goal,"

"You're right about me being reincarnated, about me having a past life," Senichi paused, taking another deep breath to calm himself down. "But I'm not from the future. In fact…Akai Senichi doesn't exist in the original timeline,"

"Original timeline?" Tsutomu quirked a brow, intrigued yet confused.

"I'm from another world, one where this world that you live in is fictional," Senichi explained. "In my world, the Real World, your world is just an anime and manga called Detective Conan. The Akai Family is not the main focus but they are important characters," He grabbed his sketchbook and a pencil. "I'll show you a quick sketch of the family," Within five minutes he was finished. "You and Mom have three children: Akai Shuichi, Haneda Shukichi, and Sera Mary,"

Tsutomu narrowed his eyes. "Haneda Shukichi?"

"She didn't cheat on you!" Senichi hastily added. "He gets adopted by Uncle Yasu and Aunt Chi,"

"Adopted!? Yasuharu steals my son!?" Tsutomu exclaimed.

"No!" Senichi groaned. "Kohji gets murdered while in the US for a chess tournament. You go to investigate his death but end up making terrifying enemies and order Mom, Shuichi, and Shukichi to flee to Japan and pretend that you don't exist. Shuichi moves to the US in order to become an FBI Agent and bring down the organization. He becomes the FBI's best agent, nicknamed the Silver Bullet. Shukichi becomes a professional shogi player and gains all eight titles, becoming known as the Taiko Meijin. Masumi, your daughter whom Mom was pregnant with at the time of your disappearance, becomes a high school detective,"

"What about you?" Tsutomu asked.

"I already told you that I don't exist in the original timeline," Senichi reminded.

"Sorry," He apologized. "I just can't wrap my head around the idea of a world where you don't exist. I believe you, but I can't imagine a world without you. It just sounds so…tragic. And then there's all these things you're saying happened in that world. Man, is our family cursed or something?"

"I'll give you time to process what I just told you," Senichi said. "We can continue this conversation later. But please, don't tell anyone. Don't tell Mom. Don't tell Shuichi. Don't tell Uncle Yasu. Don't tell Aunt Chi. Don't even tell Kohji yet since he's only eight years old at the moment. Don't tell anyone,"

Tsutomu wanted to inform the entire family so they could help prevent these events. He wanted all the help he could get. But seeing the seriousness and the pleading look in Senichi's eyes, he nodded. "I promise that I won't tell anyone,"

"Thank you…" Senichi's voice had finally broken and he started crying. "Thank you for hearing me out…Thank you for lifting some of this burden off my shoulders…Thank you for believing me…even though I'm not your s—"

"You are my son!" Tsutomu brought him into a tight hug. "The world you know about is a different world, one where you don't exist in. But we're not in that world. In this world, you are my son. Don't go saying that you're not my child!"

"Papa…"

"Sen! Papa!" Shuichi opened the door and ran into the room. "Mama says dinner's ready!" He noticed Senichi's face was wet with tears. "Mama! Papa made Sen cry!"

Sable gave a disapproving bark towards Tsutomu.

"Tsutomu…" Mary slowly walked to the room, her voice calm yet deadly. "What did you do to Senichi?"

"I-I didn't mean to make him cry!" Tsutomu stuttered, unsure of how to respond since he made a promise to not reveal the truth. "I…uh…"

"Papa told me a sad story!" Senichi wailed. "Doggy died!" He shifted out of Tsutomu's hug to wrap his arms around Sable. "Why did doggy die in the story!?"

"D-Doggy died?" Shuichi also started crying and ran to Sable. "Sable don't die like doggy!"

"No! Sable isn't going to die!" Tsutomu tried to calm them down. "Ah, Mary I didn't mean to make them cry! I was just telling the story of Hachiko to Senichi!"

XXX

They eventually managed to get the twins to stop crying and proceeded to eat dinner. After bathing the two boys and tucking them into bed, Tsutomu and Mary were both ready to also sleep. "Tsutomu, what did you and Senichi really talk about?" Mary inquired. "He seemed much brighter than usual,"

"We just talked about how Sable was a good dog," Tsutomu lied. "I compared Sable to Hachiko and then Sen asked who Hachiko was. I told him about how Hachiko was a dog who stayed loyal to his master, even after his owner's death, and continued to wait for his owner's return until his own demise. He started crying and was worried that Sable was going to die too,"

'I can tell he's lying, but I won't force him to tell me what they talked about,' Mary thought. 'Whatever they spoke about, it helped Senichi. That's all that matters,'

XXX

Tsutomu held both of his sons' hands as he led them into the hospital. "Why are we here?" Shuichi looked around nervously. "Are we getting shots?"

"No," Tsutomu reassured him. "We're going to meet your baby brother,"

"Baby brother?" Shuichi questioned.

"Yeah, your new baby brother," Tsutomu nodded as they arrived at Mary's room. He gently knocked before entering. "How are you feeling, Mary?"

"Exhausted," Mary smiled weakly while holding her newborn son.

Tsutomu picked up Shuichi in one arm and Senichi in the other. "Boys, say hi to your new baby brother,"

"Hi Shukichi," Senichi greeted. "I'm Senichi,"

"Shukichi?" Mary inquired. "Don't you think that name's too similar to Shuu's?"

"Sen said he's gonna be Kichi!" Shuichi said. "Kichi, I'm your big brother! I'm Shuu!"

Kichi giggled and reached towards his big brothers.

"Welcome to the family, Shukichi Akai,"

XXX

Senichi wanted to continue his conversation about The Truth with Tsutomu, but he could tell that it wasn't the right time. Taking care of a newborn baby was a lot of work. Thankfully Shuichi wasn't filled with jealousy like Senichi thought he'd be, and instead the twins helped care for Shukichi to allow Mary and Tsutomu some resting time. The parents still managed to incorporate a few minutes of one on one time with each of their elder sons so they didn't feel left out.

It took a while but Tsutomu finally had enough time and energy to talk about The Truth again. "I'm sorry we couldn't continue our discussion earlier,"

"It's fine. Babies take a lot of time and care," Senichi assured him. "Just so you know, you won't be getting any grandkids from me. They're too much for me to handle,"

"Do you have any plan to prevent Kohji's death?" Tsutomu asked.

"You need to form connections with people that will help you fake his death when the time comes," Senichi answered. "We can't let the rest of the family know. Shuichi needs the motivation of Kohji's death and your disappearance to help him become the FBI's Silver Bullet. Just don't make it obvious that you're gaining a network of agents otherwise the crows might go after you,"

"When should we tell Kohji?" Tsutomu questioned. "Right now he's eight years old, but I don't think he'd be able to keep something this big as a secret just yet,"

"In the manga, Akai was fifteen years old and Shukichi was eleven when they had to flee England," Senichi informed. "Since Akai is four years old right now, we have about eleven years to plan. We'll tell Kohji in five years, when he's thirteen,"

"Why do you address your brother by our surname?" Tsutomu inquired. "You address Kichi by his first name but Shuu by our surname,"

"It's just a habit," Senichi stated. "He is mostly referred to by his surname in the series,"

So now Tsutomu will start making connections and preparing to fake Kohji's death in a couple years.

Hiyori:
Senichi & Shuichi doing the puppy eyes with their new puppy lol xD
Next week? Cool, I'll be waiting then :)

Skai:
I couldn't resist that cute moment.
Thank you for your patience.

Guest:
"Michael, don't cry," Shuichi moved Fluffy's arms so that it wrapped Senichi in a hug. "Fluffy makes the bad dreams go away,"
Michael? Not Senichi?

Skai:
Thank you for pointing out the mistake. I changed it to Senichi.