Mitsuharu

Title: Mitsuharu
Rating: T
Fandom: Detective Conan
Summary: There were only three kids of the Akai Family, right? There was no way that Masumi had a third older brother. So why the hell were these people calling him Akai Mitsuharu? More importantly, how the hell was he even alive!? [OC Insert as Akai Sibling]
WARNING: This story contains spoilers for Chapter 1037! Read at your own risk!

After Shuichi had left, life continued on as normal. Haru and Masumi stayed in contact with Ran and Shinichi and were also introduced to Suzuki Sonoko, another of Ran's friends. Haru often spent time with them but Masumi preferred to watch the Jeet Kune Do videos that Shuichi sent and kept on practicing them. Sometimes Masumi joined them on outings, but most of the time she wanted to watch the videos since she only met her eldest brother once. She also had her own group of friends since she wasn't in Ran and Shinichi's class.

It wasn't long till Shukichi graduated from Teitan High School. He changed his surname from Sera to Haneda in order to honor the late Haneda Kohji. He moved out, got his own apartment, and began his journey of achieving all seven shogi titles.

One day, Mary received a phone call from Shuichi. "Are you finally quitting the FBI?"

"Au contraire, I'm actually one of the best agents. Some of the other agents nicknamed me the Silver Bullet,"

Mary's eyes widened. "Silver…Bullet?"

"It was Haru's first words and one of his nicknames for me,"

"Besides, I know he'll be the best FBI Agent. He'll become the FBI's Silver Bullet," Mary parroted. "That's what he said when I confronted him about knowing that you planned to join the FBI,"

"It can't be a coincidence. Nicknames, maybe. But first words and knowing that I'll be the FBI's Silver Bullet? That's highly unlikely,"

"Do you think he knows something about your father's death that we don't?"

"I'm not sure, but probably. He also somehow knew that the boy would mistake me for Pierrot. Keep an eye on him. I don't want the people who killed Kohji to go after him,"

XXX

For the next couple years, Haru didn't act strangely. The anime and manga had never shown much of the time before Shinichi's and Ran's high school years. Haru was close to Shinichi and Ran, becoming one of their best friends. On the way home from the movies, Masumi saw Shuichi at the train station with, unbeknownst to her, Scotch and Bourbon. Worried that Masumi and Haru might accidentally interfere with Shuichi's FBI mission, Mary decided that she and her two minor kids would move overseas.

Sixteen year old Haru immediately refused. "I have friends here, Kaa-san. I'm not leaving,"

It was a good thing that Masumi wasn't there to hear their argument. "When we left England fourteen years ago, your older brothers left behind their friends. This is for your own safety,"

"You're worried about them targeting us," Haru deduced.

Mary's eyes narrowed. "Mitsuharu, how much do you know about Tsutomu's and Shuichi's enemies?"

"A lot," He answered honestly, knowing he couldn't get past lying about something that important to his mother. Mary was, after all, a former Secret Intelligence Service agent. "I can't tell you what I know but I'll tell you this: if they were looking for Pierrot-nii's family, they'd be looking for his mother and two youngest siblings. If I stay here in Japan, especially since I don't look like him so most wouldn't think I'm his sibling, it'll throw them off. You and Masumi would just be a mother and daughter but no son,"

"Let's say that I do let you stay here," Mary sighed. "Where are you going to stay? After Shuichi's stunt with joining the FBI, I'm not going to be sending you money for living expenses. You'll probably end up doing something stupid and dangerous like joining the Public Security Bureau,"

"I'll stay with Shinichi at the Kudo Residence," Haru replied. "And to pay for my food and school supplies, I'll get a job. I already turned in my resume and am going to receive an interview with the owner soon,"

"There's no convincing you to change your mind," It wasn't a question. Mary hadn't been able to change Shuichi's mind about joining the FBI. She was pretty sure Haru had the same amount of stubbornness. "Just stay safe Haru,"

XXX

Mitsuharu watched the plane depart into the sky. "Haru, I brought my parents here like you asked," Fourteen year old Shinichi said.

"Haru-chan, is something wrong?" Yukiko asked. She and her husband has stopped by to check on how Shinichi was doing and the latter had dragged them to the airport.

"Can I stay at your guys' place?" Haru requested. "My mom wanted me to go with her and my sister, but I wanted to stay here. I told her that I'd find somewhere to stay but I…I don't have anywhere to go. I'm not even sure how much apartments cost and if I can afford them on a waiter's wage,"

"Can Haru stay with us?" Shinichi begged his parents. "He likes mysteries like me! He'll be like the older brother I never had!"

"I'm willing to do half of Shin-kun's chores too," Haru pleaded.

Yukiko and Yusaku shared a look. "Well, we've known Haru-kun for years now," Yusaku said. "He's not going to be a bad influence on Shinichi,"

"We're also not home that often since I have acting roles around the world and Yusaku is writing book manuscripts and fleeing from his editors," Yukiko added. "My poor baby Shin-chan had to stay alone for so long in that big, lonely house!"

"Kaa-san you're embarrassing me!" Shinichi whined, trying to squirm out of the hug she had entrapped him in.

"As long as you're sure that your mother doesn't mind, then it is fine with us," Yusaku concluded.

XXX

Mitsuharu laid on his bed. It was Friday and he had rushed to his job interview afterschool. He was exhausted. 'I managed to become Shin-kun's housemate and get a job at Café Poirot. I hope the plot didn't change too much. I still want to be able to know what's going to happen. It's not even the beginning of the first episode yet,'

So Haru's staying in Japan and Yukiko may or may not claim him as her new son.

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