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!

Haru continued his pretty normal life. If it wasn't for the fact that the students were fictional characters, then it would be an actual normal school life. He was seventeen years old and almost graduating soon. He attended classes, headed to work, and then hung around with friends. He also chatted with Akemi whenever she asked if he wanted to hang out. Most of the time Dai was not there.

One day, he received a phone call from Akemi to meet up at a park. She sounded distraught and was crying. "Dai-kun was using me,"

"Dump him," Haru blurted out without thinking. 'Oh god, please don't dump him! Please still be actually in love with him like in the original timeline!'

"I know that's the best way but," Akemi turned to him with tears in his eyes. "I love Dai-kun. I want to be with him,"

"Look, I don't know what he was using you for," Haru claimed. "But if you're getting hurt because of it, it's healthier to end it. For the record, I have no experience with romance so I don't know if my advice should be followed," He patted her back. "Whatever you choose, I'll be by your side,"

Akemi wiped the tears away. "Thanks for listening, Haru-san. I had these feelings welled up and didn't know who to talk to. I'm sorry for burdening you with this,"

"You're not a burden," Haru smiled. "Friends have each other's back, especially during troubled times,"

XXX

A few weeks after Dai had broken up with Akemi, Haru met up with her. She had told him of shocking news, causing Haru's jaw to drop. 'Okay, this was definitely not in the canon timeline! How the **** does me being Akemi's friend lead to Akai getting her pregnant!?'

"It's Dai-kun's child," Akemi whispered. It was pretty obvious since she had only been with Dai recently.

"Why don't we head to my place so that you could rest?" Haru suggested. 'Let's get away from those spying on you. I don't want to risk any of them overhearing,'

At the Kudo Mansion, Haru served her some snacks and tea. "Thank you, Haru-kun," Akemi said as she took a sip.

"Do the crows know?" Haru asked.

"Crows?" Akemi saw the seriousness of Haru's expression. "Haru, h-how do you know about them!?"

"That's not important," Haru brushed the question off. "Do the crows know about your pregnancy?"

"No," Akemi shook her head.

"It's better that way," Haru let out a sigh of relief. "It'll be easier to help you escape the crows' talons,"

"I can't leave my sister behind!" Akemi refused.

"The best course of action right now is replacing you with someone is disguise," Haru told her. "If you stay too long, they'll be bound to notice the pregnancy bump getting bigger and bigger. That'll just give them another leverage against your sister. They'll force your child to become a member just like you and your sister,"

"But how can I leave?" Akemi asked. "Where are we going to find someone to disguise as me?"

"Akemi, do you trust me?" Haru took out his phone. When he received a nod, he dialed a number and put it on speaker.

"Hello?"

Tears welled up in Akemi's eyes as she recognized the voice. 'Dai-kun…'

"I need your help,"

"Does it have to do with them?"

"Yes. No, they're not targeting me. Uh, how do I say this?" Haru turned to Akemi for help. "A friend of mine—"

"Dai-kun, I'm pregnant," Akemi informed. "It's yours,"

Akai was silent on the other end for a moment, letting the news sink in. "I'll see what I can do," He then hung up without saying anything else.

"Haru-kun," Akemi asked. "How do you have Dai-kun's number?"

"His name's not Moroboshi Dai," Haru informed. "His name's Akai Shuichi," He hesitated to tell the next part. 'I've already kept it a secret from her long enough. She deserves to know the truth. My brother and I haven't been completely honest with her,' "He's my older brother. I'm sorry for lying,"

"Even though you both have different hair colors and eyes, you have the same facial structure," Akemi told him.

"Really?" Haru questioned. "Are you sure? I don't understand how people can say you have the same nose or the same mouth. They all look the same to me,"

Akemi was successfully extracted and replaced with an impostor. Of course, Sherry had been informed since she knew her sister best and would have been able to distinguish the two. She acted as if the impostor was her real sister. It was painful for Sherry to be out of contact of the real Akemi, but it was for the sake of her sister's child.

A couple months later, Akemi gave birth to a healthy boy in the US. Akai was by her side and was offered a chance to hold the boy. He was hesitant. "I…I can't. I might drop him," Akai Shuichi, the FBI's Silver Bullet, was afraid. His training had never prepared him for parenthood.

"You didn't drop me when I was a baby," Haru pointed out during the video call. "Just be gentle and it'll be fine,"

Akai carefully took the baby from Akemi. The baby cooed and giggled. "What's his name?" Akai asked.

"Haru suggested Michael," Akemi said. "Akai Michael, I like the sound of it,"

Haru was totally not internally squealing with joy that Akemi and Akai had both approved of the name. He was honored that his nephew was being kinda named after him.

XXX

Another year passed and Akemi and Michael remained in hiding. They had been given the aliases Winters Evelyn and Winters Michael. They stayed in an apartment and Akai would drop by often to spend time with his girlfriend and son. To Haru's surprise, Akai became a doting father and constantly spoiled Little Mike. He also sent dozens of photos to Haru. Akai didn't tell Mary, Shukichi, or Masumi about Michael. Haru didn't understand why but didn't pry.

Haru had decided to grow his light colored hair out and until it reached his back. Yukiko invited Shinichi, Haru, and Ran to New York to view the Golden Apple musical at Broadway. Haru wasn't interested in the musical but was still dragged along against his will. A man died on the plane but Shinichi solved his first case. The plane landed in Los Angeles and Yukiko picked them up with her car. Haru watched the scenery pass by with awe. 'Even though I've lived in the US my entire past life, I've never been to New York!'

Realizing that she forgot that the time was 7:00 PM not 6:00 PM, Yukiko sped up and maneuvered around several cars. "SHOULD I BE EXCITED OR TERRIFIED!?" Haru screamed. 'This is like a roller coaster! No, scratch that! This is worse than a roller coaster!'

A patrol car caught up to them once they reached their destination. An officer knocked on Yukiko's window. "You're license and registration please,"

"Okay, okay," Yukiko handed him the documents.

"You were forty miles over the speed limit," The officer said. "Are you playing Dirty Harry?"

"Oh, we were in a hurry," Yukiko said in an innocent tone.

"I…almost died…" Haru had stepped out of the car to get fresh air and calm down.

"You look familiar," The officer noted, looking at Yukiko's documents.

"You might have met her in some case because she works with us," Another man approached them.

"Captain?" The man questioned.

"She's an undercover agent," The other officer lied. "She seems to have missed the criminal,"

"That man is Redwood Radish, a New York Inspector that Yusaku and I know," Yukiko introduced. "His wife is Japanese and he speaks it well," Once the cop left, Yukiko thanked Radish.

'Who the hell names their kid Radish?' Haru couldn't help but think.

"No, no, you're thanking the wrong person," He removed his disguise to reveal Vineyard Sharon.

'Vermouth!' Haru did his best to not give her a suspicious look. He had to be cautious because Vermouth herself was a skilled actress. 'Why is she in America? Does she know that Akemi was replaced!? Wait, calm down Michael, deep breaths. This is the New York Case. Of course Vermouth is here. She's going to dress up as a silver haired serial killer,'

"Hey Kaa-san…what is this woman?" Shinichi asked.

"Eh!?" Ran exclaimed. "Shinichi, you don't recognize America's most famous actress?"

"Not that," Shinichi pointed at Sharon accusingly. "I'm asking how a famous actress is so good at disguising!"

"It's so realistic that it's creepy," Haru added.

"Oh, didn't I tell you?" Yukiko asked. "When I first began acting, I took an offer to play a spy. "So, to get familiar with the character, I studied under a famous Japanese magician to learn more disguising techniques. Sharon here was a fellow pupil and we became close friends,"

After a few more minutes of chatting, Yukiko parked the car and they headed to the dressing room. Shinichi explained to Ran and Haru how his mother got the nickname Night Baroness while Yukiko chatted with the actresses. "Are those three your children?" The actresses looked behind to the trio.

"The boys are but the girl isn't," Yukiko then leaned in. "But you may be looking at my future daughter-in-law," She winked at the implication.

"But I'm not her son," Haru said but Yukiko didn't hear him.

"Don't bother correcting her," Shinichi said. "She's known you long enough and you're already living with me. She considers you as much as another son the same way I consider you my brother. There's no changing her mind, Haru,"

XXX

When the case occurred, Haru decided to step out to get some fresh air, resisting the urge to call his sister-in-law since Vermouth was in the area. He didn't want to accidentally interfere with Shinichi's investigation and returned when Shinichi had solved the case. "You only loved the angel he played, not the angel himself," Yukiko told Hewitt Rose.

"Yeah, I sealed his life at Michael," Rose confessed. "I couldn't let someone else play Michael. I can't let anyone else play him,"

"But he only quit the role because of the movie offer," Lila reminded.

"But it was his decision," Rose continued. "He killed Michael when I finally told him I was in love with the Michael he was playing!"

Haru was angered at her motive and slapped Rose. "You bitch! You were obsessed with his ****ing role!? That is the shittiest excuse to kill a person!" Despite the years of Japanese he was taught, he reverted to English whenever he lost his cool.

"Haru!" Shinichi pulled him back. "The justice system will punish her,"

"I hope you rot in hell, bitch!" He cursed.

Rose was arrested and Yukiko had to head to the police station for questioning. The trio took a taxi to the hotel. "Watch out for the serial killer," She warned. "He's a Japanese man with long hair,"

"Yukiko-san," Haru spoke up, unable to resist the urge to make a joke. "I'm a Japanese man with long hair!"

XXX

Ran's handkerchief had flown out the open window of the taxi, causing the three to get out of the car to look for it. "Let it go," Shinichi suggested. "It's just a handkerchief, right?"

"It's not just any handkerchief, Sharon gave it to me!" Ran snapped.

"There," Haru pointed at the stairs. "The cloth is caught in the railing of the fire escape,"

Shinichi looked around the building. "It doesn't look like anyone's living here. I'll get it so you two should wait in the car,"

While Ran was thinking about Sharon's and Rose's words, footsteps echoed in the street and a man approached them. Ran stared at that man. 'Long hair…Japanese…' She noticed the gun in his pocket.

"Hurry up, jump in!" The taxi driver shouted. "He must be the serial killer!" When Ran and Haru didn't move, he sped away without them.

Haru broke out into laughter. "H-Haru how can you be laughing right now!?" Ran asked.

"First a clown and now a serial killer," Haru giggled. "People keep mistaking you for things you aren't,"

"Huh?" Ran questioned. "He isn't the serial killer?"

"No," Haru shook his head. "The serial killer has silver hair,"

A car stopped by the group and a man got out. "Did you find him, sir?"

"No, only some tourists," Akai replied. "I guess he hasn't been to this street. The gunfight with us excited the beast. He couldn't have gone far," He turned back to the two teens. "You can get to the main street if you take a right at this corner, I suggest you take a taxi from there,"

"We're waiting for Shin-kun," Haru told him.

"It's not safe to stay in this area," Akai warned harshly. "I'll say this only once: Leave! Get away from here!"

"We'll be fine," Haru assured him, unfazed by his attitude. "We won't get killed,"

Akai narrowed his eyes. "Don't get cocky, Mitsuharu. Arrogance will only get you killed. You're already an adult so I'll leave you to your decision," He started to leave.

"Can we really leave them alone?" The FBI Agent asked his superior.

"No problem," Akai answered. "Every crossing to this street is already secured," 'Haru is confident that they won't get killed. Given that he accurately predicted that I'd be called Pierrot and Silver Bullet, I should trust his judgement,'

"Haru, who was that man?" Ran asked as the wind blew the mysterious man's hair, revealing the letters FBI. "Wait, if the FBI is here, then the serial killer is nearby! We need to find Shinichi!"

They rushed into the building and headed up the stairs where Ran caught sight of a blood trail. Haru noticed Ran's fatigue and slightly swaying form. "Ran, you should get out of here," Haru warned. "You look like you might collapse at any moment," Rushing footsteps were heard. "Someone's coming!"

Instead of Shinichi, it was a man with long silver hair wielding a gun. Blood seeped from his side. "Haru, Ran, run!" Shinichi shouted. "That's the serial killer!"

The killer chuckled, gun aimed at the two. "You know who I am now," He leaned against the railing. "I was able to hide in here until that boy found me. If you must blame someone, blame the god that set this up for you," The railing gave away and the man started to fall.

Ran hurried and grabbed the man's shoulder. "What are you doing!? Hurry and grab my arm!"

"Let him fall!" Haru shouted. "Ran, those bars might also break and you'll fall too!"

"Haru what are you saying!?" Ran exclaimed. "He'll die if he falls!"

"Her kind has killed people!" Haru pointed out, accidentally forgetting to use male pronouns. "Why should she get to live while many families lost someone precious to them!?"

'Her? She?' The disguised Vermouth narrowed his eyes. 'Haru-kun shouldn't be able to identify me as female with this professional disguise,'

Shinichi helped Ran keep hold of the man's jacket. "Haru, the law will deal punishment to criminals like him,"

The killer placed the gun in his mouth and hoisted himself up onto the balcony. "Why? Why did you save me? That long haired boy was right about me!"

"Is a reason necessary?" Shinichi asked. "I don't know why you would kill someone, but is it necessary to have a reason to help someone?"

Haru caught Ran just as she collapsed. "Shinichi, let's go,"

The killer aimed his gun at them. "All it takes is one bullet per person,"

"Don't bother," Shinichi took Ran from Haru. "You're injured which means the police are nearby. If you fire a gun without a silencer, they'll find you. Just the same, I can't do anything to capture you. I'll let you go now but next time I won't show mercy. I'll prove all of your crimes with any evidence necessary. I'll make sure you're put away," Haru glared at Slasher. He was about to take out his pocket knife but Shinichi stopped him. "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight, Haru,"

Haru took a few deep breaths and managed to calm himself down. 'Shin-kun's right. Vermouth will be able to pull the trigger faster than me stabbing her. As much as I want to get rid of her in the early stages, I'm not skilled enough. I'd also be heavily affecting the plot. Someone else could possibly deduce that Haibara is Sherry and they won't care if Ran gets shot when she defends Haibara,'

XXX

The next morning, Akai received a phone call. "Haru?"

"I got a gun pointed at me,"

'I shouldn't have left them alone,' Akai pinched the bridge of his nose. "Did you get shot?"

"Almost. I was about to try to stab her but Shinichi stopped me,"

'At least he wasn't injured,' "Her? The serial killer was male,"

"Did I mention the serial killer?"

"Who else would it be?"

"Maybe a lowlife thug or wannabe criminal,"

"But it wasn't,"

"Gotta go; we're heading out to do more sightseeing. See ya, Shuu-nii! Tell Akemi and Mike that I said hi!"

The call ended. 'He didn't deny it,' Akai tucked his phone away into his pocket. 'Haru knew that it was a disguise. He even knew that it was a woman wearing the mask. Does he know that it was Vermouth?'

So Haru accidentally slipped up. He was in a bad mood and was starting to get sick like Ran which made him even grumpier and less concerned about whether or not Vermouth survived.

Yay, Akemi's alive! Will she stay alive? Who knows!? I didn't intend on having her be a mother yet somehow it made its way into this story!

How the hell is it possible to fool the organization with an impostor Akemi? Well, Akai fooled them when he infiltrated the crow's nest. Also, plot convenience.

None of the other FBI Agents know about Haru yet.

The origin of Michael Leo Field's name is Michael Schofield and Leonard Snart, two roles that Wentworth Miller plays in Prison Break and The Flash/Legends of Tomorrow. Winters is a reference to Leonard Snart/Captain Cold.

Drawing of Akai Michael: fav DOT me SLASH ddd0u38