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 III
Chapter VII
Track
Warnings: Kidnapping, Mentions of Child Trafficking, Slight Gore

On the last day that the Miyano Clinic would be open, Akemi had gone missing on the way home from school. Once he was informed, Leo immediately offered to help and told Vermouth that if their daughter was missing, they wouldn't care about working for the Karasuma Group. Leo walked around the Miyano Clinic, trying to look for clues. He found none and sighed.

'Bears have the best sense of smell of any anime on Earth,' Leo recalled. 'Polar bears can even detect seals in the water beneath a meter of snow. I have polar bear DNA in me. My sense of smell is already strong without focusing my animal traits so maybe…maybe if I do use my animal DNA then I can track Akemi down,'

Leo took a deep breath and slowly focused on enhancing his olfactory system. Immediately, he was overstimulated by the different scents around him and stumbled back, falling to the hard pavement. He massaged his temples, feeling a slight headache forming, before trying again. As he inhaled, he tried to block out all of the other scents and focused on the scent trails made by Akemi. He focused on the freshest scent trail and slowly retraced her steps until it became intertwined with a bunch of unfamiliar scents.

Leo returned to normal and was already panting. 'I've never tracked anyone down before. I've only used this cursed DNA to enhance my power or to kill people. This is harder than I thought and my head is pounding like hell, but I need to find Akemi!'

He followed Akemi's scent trail but had to take several pauses along the way. 'I've never used the polar bear DNA for this length of time before,' He fell to his knees. 'I'm nearby. Akemi, I'm almost there!' He forced himself to his feet and enhanced his olfactory system once again. He ran towards the direction of where Akemi was. 'Her scent is getting stronger!'

Akemi was tied up, blinded, and gagged with duct tape inside of an abandoned building. Leo's breathing had grown heavy and his legs had become wobbly. 'I need to finish this quickly…'

"This pretty girl will sell for quite a lot,"

"Maybe instead of selling her, we'll rent her out,"

"Ooh, we'll make more money that way!"

'Those sick bastards!' Leo gritted his teeth. "You fuckers!"

The two kidnappers drew their guns and were now alert. "Who's there!?"

Leo focused on transforming his legs and his arms for speed and power. He held back a roar and silently lunged at the nearest kidnapper. He used his limbs to pin the man down and tore the jugular veins out with his teeth. The second kidnapper, a woman, shrieked at the sight and started firing bullets at the chimera. Leo jumped onto her and repeated the action he had done to the man. Bullets grazed him and one hit his shoulder, but he fought through the pain.

"L-Leo?" Akemi stuttered through the gag.

"You're safe now…" Leo's body returned to normal and he coughed up blood. "You're safe…" He collapsed beside the woman's corpse.

XXX

Leo regained conscious in a hospital room. Vermouth stood beside his bed. "You're in a private hospital run by the organization,"

"Akemi?" Leo rasped out.

"She's safe and with her parents," Vermouth answered. "You should've called the cops instead of charging in like that,"

"Cops, how ironic," Leo scoffed. "Those people were child traffickers. Their words pissed me off,"

"If you had been treated at a public hospital, they would've been concerned about the scars all over your body," Vermouth pointed out. "Since you're a minor, Child Protective Services would investigate me and my 'husband' which would be a pain to deal with,"

"Sorry," Leo muttered. 'I do not regret killing those bastards though. They deserved a fate worse than death, but I could only grant them death itself,'

"You have a lot of explaining to do though," Vermouth held up a bunch of photos of the crime scene. "These are animal bite marks and claw marks, specifically those of a bear. I told the police that some wild bear attacked you and the two kidnappers, though fortunately you were only knocked out and Miyano Akemi was left unharmed. They actually believed that story,"

'Shit. I have no choice but to tell her,' Leo cursed. "The scientist at Mad Dog Arena conducted human experiments. I was forcefully given polar bear DNA,"

"Jin and Aya?"

"Wolf and tiger," Leo answered. "Accessing the animal DNA inside of us causes exhaustion and using it for long periods of time causes us to cough up blood," 'She'd find out whether if I told her or not. I'd rather not end up on her bad side where she forces the answer out of me,'

"Your name should've been Kuma instead of Leo then," Vermouth hummed. "You should use that ability of yours more often in our sparring sessions,"

"What?"

"You need to utilize it more or else it's going to waste," Vermouth answered. "That type of power could be a valuable asset to the organization,"

This is the shortest chapter yet, but I felt that it should end here. Yes, Vermouth is only finding about the animal DNA now. Rum and Jenever discover it not long after they took Harimanna and Brendan as students but didn't bother telling Vermouth because they thought she already knew.

Guest:
No! Don't let them join!

Skai:
Unfortunately, if Leo didn't convince them to join he would have failed his mission and probably have been killed. The organization would have found another way to force the Miyano's to join.