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 IV
Chapter II
Dai
Warnings: None

Leo was riding in Akemi's car the day she encountered Moroboshi Dai. They were driving to grab some food when the long haired man decided to jaywalk right in front of a moving vehicle. They brought him to the hospital and fortunately for him, Akemi wasn't going at a high speed so he wasn't seriously injured. Leo stayed by Akemi's side until the man woke up.

"You've regained consciousness!" Akemi let out a sigh of relief.

"Who are you?" Dai asked as if he didn't know. His tone sounded genuinely confused and if Leo didn't know Dai's true allegiance, he would have also been fooled.

"You don't remember?" Akemi questioned. "I hit you with my car. I'm so sorry. It was due to my carelessness,"

"No, I wasn't paying attention either," Dai claimed.

"I'll go call the doctor," Akemi stood up to leave.

"Your, your name?" Dai requested as she reached for the door handle.

"Miyano Akemi," She bowed. "That man over there is my friend, Leo Vineyard,"

"I'm Moroboshi Dai," He introduced himself. "Nice to meet you,"

After Akemi left, Leo chuckled. "Seriously, Nalabaga? Jaywalking? You're lucky you didn't get off with any serious wounds,"

Dai's eyes widened once he recognized Leo. "You're—"

"Leo Vineyard, thee awesome American singer," Leo introduced. 'If I pretend that I don't recognize him, he won't be so worried about me revealing his family,' "Also, 'nice to meet you'? Wow, you must love getting hit by cars if that's your definition of a nice meeting!"

'He doesn't seem to recognize me but since he is Vermouth's son, he is definitely an organization member and just pretending not to know me. Vermouth is a skilled actress and must have taught her skills to her son. Then again, our meeting from five years ago was very brief so there is a chance that he did indeed forget who I am,' Dai thought. "Why did you call me Nalabaga?"

"We needed a placeholder for your name and I suggested Nalabaga because why the fuck not?" Leo shrugged. 'Nalabaga is Ilocano for red. Akai is Japanese for red. It suits him,' "Would you rather have me look through your wallet to find your ID?" His stomach grumbled. "You just had to get hit by a car on our way to the restaurant instead of one the way back,"

"You two are dating?" Dai inquired. 'They were going to a restaurant together. The file said that Miyano Akemi was single. Did she suddenly get a boyfriend?'

Leo gave him an annoyed look. "She is just a friend! A man and a woman could just be friends ya know!" 'Since we grew up together, we consider each other to be siblings! Though, we are actually cousins,' "I'm taking a break from my singing career to spend time with my friends. Also, my fans can be rather…suffocating? No, that sounds too harsh. Maybe overenthusiastic? Yeah, that sounds like a much nicer term,"

"I thought celebrities love fame," Dai commented.

"You're wrong again, Nalabaga," Leo rolled his eyes. "I'm gonna go buy some pizza. You want anything?" 'I don't know if he has any allergies and I'd rather not have him die from an allergic reaction. That's a terrible way to go, especially since this is Akai Shuichi we are talking about. You'd think he'd die from a bullet instead,'

"No pineapples," Dai immediately said, shivering at a memory of trying Hawaiian pizza for the first time.

"I hate pineapples in general so you don't have to worry about that dreaded fruit appearing on pizza around me," Leo smiled. "I'm ordering a large supreme pizza. Tell Akemi when she comes back,"

Once he was outside of the hospital, he allowed himself to slump against the side of Akemi's car. 'I need to keep my Leo mask steady around him,' Senichi thought. 'I'll be seeing him more often in the organization when he becomes a member. I might even have to work with him at some point. Right now, I doubt Akai knows my codename. Absinthe is a high ranking member just like Gin and Curacao and I always change my appearance when I conduct missions. Absinthe is known to have black hair and blood red eyes, though people are unable to get a close enough look before their deaths. If they inspected my appearance closely, they'd have known that my hair was dyed black and that I was wearing red contacts,'

XXX

Gin and Curacao were at Absinthe's place. No, they weren't Gin, Curacao, and Absinthe at the moment, nor were they Jin, Aya, and Leo. They were Brendan, Harimanna, and Senichi. "It's been a while since we all got together," Senichi poured three glasses of bourbon whiskey and set the bottle on the coffee table. "Since you guys are twenty one now, you can drink legally,"

"Since when has age stopped us from drinking," Brendan smirked as he took a sip from his cup. "We've done worse illegal things. Underage drinking had been the least of our worries,"

Harimanna stared at the two men. "The drinking age in Japan is twenty. Twenty one is the drinking age in the US,"

"EH!?"

"I understand Sen getting confused since he's lived in the US for the past few years," Harimanna gave her twin brother an unimpressed look. "But you, Brendan, has lived in Japan for many years now,"

"You can't expect me to memorize every single law in each country," Brendan mumbled as he downed the rest of his glass.

"Your memory sucks," Senichi laughed. 'These are the times I've missed. I don't have to be Absinthe. I don't have to be Leo Vineyard. I can just be Senichi Akai with Brendan Klein and Harimanna Klein,'

"So," Harimanna began. "I heard that Akemi got a boyfriend,"

"Tch, don't remind me," Senichi clicked his tongue. "They've only known each other for two months and they're already dating,"

"There are online dating apps where people who have known each other for an even shorter while begin dating," Harimanna reminded. "What's his name anyway?"

"Moroboshi Dai," Senichi mumbled. "I call him Nalabaga though. It means red which is the color of his blood on the ground if he ever hurts Akemi,"

"Hey watch it," Brendan chuckled. "Your Absinthe side is showing. You said you like to keep your work life and personal life separate,"

"I'm surprised you haven't murdered him yet," Harimanna added. "You're very protective of Akemi and Shiho,"

"Akemi is twenty years old," Senichi sighed. "I…I'm going to trust her judgement. If Nalabaga turns out to be abusive, Akemi can come to me and we'll torture the living shit out of him!"

"Kanpai to that," Harimanna raised her glass.

'I won't kill him when it's revealed that he's a spy,' Senichi thought. 'But when I see him again, I will punch him in the face,'

XXX

Moroboshi Dai joined the organization six months after meeting Akemi. Leo was enraged when Akemi came crying to him one night. "I didn't want him to get involved in the organization," She cried. "I wanted us to have a normal relationship,"

"Want me to break Nalabaga's arm?" Leo offered, allowing the Absinthe aspect of his personality to seep in. "Or perhaps his legs first so he can't run away?" 'Brother or not, he made her cry! I promised Aunt Elena that I'd protect Akemi and Shiho!'

"No!" Akemi immediately refused. "No…don't hurt him. It's not his fault. The organization might've killed him if he hadn't. You know how they hate it when an outsider gets close to me. They allowed me to have friends but Dai-kun would be around me more and there's a chance he might come across something related to the organization in my apartment,"

"Fine," Leo reluctantly agreed. 'The organization didn't force him to join though. He joined of his own free will to get information on the organization and send it to the Federal Bureau of Investigation,'

haruna06:
I love Jenever already :3

Skai:
I'm glad you liked my OC.