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]

Hawaii, USA, Real World
The day after the Field Family Fire

It was a large pile of ashes and burnt debris. The three corpses of the victims were retrieved and sent for analysis, though the causes of death were certainly either smoke inhalation or burned to death. The cause of fire was still unknown, the police still investigating.

Detective Eddie Smith walked through the ruins, pausing at where the two parents' corpses had been found. He crouched down and ran a gloved hand along the floorboards. There were strange markings near where the corpses had been. 'I've seen these before,'

"Detective Smith!" One of his fellow officers, Ralf Sattler, ran up to him. "We've deduced two possible locations of the start of the fire,"

"Where?" Eddie asked.

"Here," He pointed at the markings that Eddie had been inspecting. "As weird as it sounds, it's as if the fire erupted from the markings,"

"That's impossible," Eddie stood back up. "Where's the other location?"

"We managed to reassemble other pieces of the second floor and believe it was the boy's bedroom," Ralf informed. "The markings, like these ones, were near the corpse,"

"So they set the fire themselves?" Eddie raised a skeptical brow.

"No," Ralf shook his head. "There's no way they could've known that their son would run inside and into his bedroom. The fire had already engulfed the house when Michael arrived home from school,"

"Just what is the meaning of these markings?"Eddie frowned.

"They're the same ones that appeared when Jake died," A woman, a civilian and not an officer, walked over to the two's side. "Did you forget, Uncle Edd? My brother was nearly beaten to death by our father in a drunken rage. Flames erupted from the ground and soon the entire house was on fire. Our father and I managed to escape but Jake was unable to move and died,"

"Fire doesn't just randomly appear on the ground," Eddie reminded. "You know that's impossible, Hana. Joe probably dropped his cigarette in some spilled alcohol that night,"

"That doesn't explain the markings," Hana claimed. "They are exactly the same. It can't be a coincidence,"

"So it must be a serial arsonist then," Eddie mumbled, ignoring the second part of his niece's words. "But what do these markings mean?"

XXX

Japan, Detective Conan World
Present Day

Cognac sat in the room he had been confined to. He was handcuffed to a chair and covered in several bruises. Thankfully the organization's training helped him stay silent. He lifted his head up at the sound of the door opening. Taking a deep breath, he put his poker face back on. "Well, well, if it isn't the Silver Bullet and the Martini lovechild,"

"Stop calling me that," Haru groaned. "I'm not related to Gin and Vermouth. Where'd you get those wounds?"

"Akai over there is rather rough during interrogations," Cognac casually said. "I thought someone like him would remain calm and collected. Several agents had to hold him back to prevent him from killing me," 'I'm pretty sure he busted some of my ribs,'

"Shuichi!" Haru scolded. "We're no better than criminals if we torture them for information!"

"He hurt you, Mitsuharu," Akai defended. "I don't even approve of the idea of you speaking with him,"

'First name basis?' Cognac noted. 'They must be close then,'

"I'm fine," Haru sighed and sat down in front of Cognac. "You said that you wanted to be my friend, right? But I can't trust you right away,"

"Understandable," Cognac nodded. "I did kidnap you and then fought you,"

"If you want to earn my trust," Haru offered. "Help the FBI. Provide information about the organization,"

"I don't know too much outside my own missions," Cognac claimed. "But I'll gladly assist in exchange for your friendship,"

'Is he obsessed with me or something? He really wants to be my friend if he's immediately agreeing,' Haru noted. "I'll discuss this with the FBI,"

Back outside of the room, Akai expressed his disagreement. "He'll probably give us wrong information,"

"He won't," Haru told him. "He wants to gain my trust and become my friend,"

Akai stared at Haru with a concerned expression. "Stay away from him," 'That bastard better not seduce my baby brother! Wait, what the hell did he do to Mitsuharu when he kidnapped him!?'

"You're acting like they're the only ones in the entire organization that didn't join of their own free will,"

"I believe that Cognac was telling the truth," Haru responded with a sad gaze. "He doesn't want to be the torturer he's known as,"

"He's lying," Akai accused.

"So are Akemi and Shiho both murderers that don't care about anyone else but themselves?" Haru challenged. 'As much as I hate calling them these things, Shuichi needs to open his eyes,' "Shiho took over her parents work on Apoptoxin 4869. They kept a list of victims they disposed of with it. Do you know whose name was on it? Our cousin,"

Akai's eyes widened slightly. "Kohji?"

"So is Shiho a murderer that deserves to be locked up like Cognac?" Haru glared at him. "And Akemi can be considered an accomplice, right?" He let out a sigh and repeated Cognac's words. "You're acting like they're the only ones in the entire organization that didn't join of their own free will,"

XXX

Akai was outside, taking a smoke break. He decided to call up Akemi. "Akemi, how well do you know Cognac?"

"He's one of the organization's top torturer, but I heard that he was forced to join at a young age just like me. I encountered him briefly but ever since he became a codenamed agent, I was unable to interact with him much. I don't think he's a bad person,"

"Why? You said you only encountered him briefly,"

"Some other lower ranked agents tried to jump me. I would've been overpowered but Cognac fought them off. He could've left me alone or joined the others, but instead he rescued me,"

'Haru is right,' Akai thought. 'I need to give Cognac a chance to prove himself,'

So Akai's finally going to start letting Cognac prove himself. He was kinda acting OOC but he's very protective of his baby brother.

Cognac's original name in the Real World was Jake Smith, older brother to Hana Smith, son of the abusive asshole Joe Smith, and nephew to Detective Eddie Smith.