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]

Conan had called Jodie and Haru to Professor Agasa's house. "Hondou Eisuke went to Haido Central Hospital,"

"He's that boy that's looking for his sister that resembles Mizunashi Rena, right?" Jodie responded. "It's true that he visited the hospital at the end of the year. He showed some nurses his sister's photo and asked about her, but since they didn't know that Mizunashi Rena was there, they wouldn't have been able to tell him anything,"

"No, I'm not talking about his sister," Conan shook his head. "He said he saw a colleague of his father's there,"

"You're talking about Hondou Ethan, the CIA Agent, right?" Cognac casually strolled in.

"Hey, you're supposed to stay in the car!" Jodie scolded. "James, why is he here!?"

"Sorry," James apologized. "He said he had to use the bathroom,"

"I lied," Cognac rolled his eyes. "I just wanted to get in on the conversation. It's so boring in James' car,"

"Hey, can we really trust him?" Haibara whispered, eyeing her ex-coworker with suspicion.

"He's actually been pretty well behaved," Jodie informed her. "He hasn't really shown any aggression. It's as if he's a completely different person,"

"I mean, if the FBI needs me to torture someone for information, I'm willing to," Cognac shrugged. "There's no way I'd betray my friend," He put an arm around Haru's shoulder.

"Anyway, it's likely that the CIA is searching for Mizunashi Rena as well," Conan continued. "I don't know what their intentions are though,"

"This could be troublesome since they could recognize some of us FBI Agents," Jodie frowned. "Those guys stop at nothing so I wouldn't put it past them to do something rough, even if it's in a hospital,"

"Kir was the one who killed Hondou Ethan," Cognac plopped down onto the couch as if he owned the place. "Four years ago, she was apparently cornered by him and she was interrogated. She fought back, bit his wrist, and shot him under the chin. I was assigned to teach her how to torture during interrogations,"

"So Mizunashi Rena can't be Eisuke's sister," Conan noted. "Otherwise that would mean that she killed her own father,"

"Or she could be Eisuke's sister and also a CIA Agent, following the footsteps of her father," Haru suggested. 'What was her name again? Gah, I only know her as Mizunashi Rena! I don't remember her real name! Hondou…Hondou…Hondou something!' "She might have been forced to kill her father or she herself would be killed. I'm sure her father would prioritize his daughter's survival over his own. I mean, where is Eisuke's sister anyway?"

"That is a possibility, but it's unlikely that they'd send a father-daughter duo together," Jodie replied. "If the organization catches onto the similarities between them, then they would've used one for leverage against the other,"

XXX

"Hey Conan," Haru brought up as they drove to Haido Central Hospital. "How does Eisuke know how the CIA Agents look like?" 'I'll feed them a little info at a time. If I give them too much, especially since these are intelligent people, they'll question me on how I know these things,'

Conan's eyes widened and after a phone call to Ran, he had gotten worried. "Eisuke recognized his father's colleague by the dial tone of Nanatsu no Ko! It's not the CIA that's there, it's an organization member!"

"In that case, I'll inform Shuu right away," Jodie quickly dialed her friend's number. "Shuu, there's an organization member in the hospital,"

"Oh? One of their operatives is in this hospital, huh?"

"Yes, that's right," Jodie said. "But they may not still be hidden there. It could only have been a brief visit,"

"I disagree," Haru interrupted. "They're looking for Kir, who is injured and hospitalized. They will be searching the hospital until they're a hundred percent sure that Kir is not there,"

"If Haru's your source, then the information is never wrong,"

"Not just Haru-kun, but also Edogawa Conan-kun," Jodie replied.

"Edogawa Conan? You've been mentioning him a lot lately,"

"Wait, why is nobody searching for me?" Cognac pouted. "I was a ranked agent longer than Kir. I don't mean to brag, but I'm sure I'm way more important than her,"

"Because Kir's in a hospital while you could be anywhere," Haru pointed out. "There's a finite amount of places Kir could be kept at,"

XXX

"This boy?" The nurse brought the photo of Eisuke closer. "He came at the end of the year. He had a photo of a girl with him,"

"And did he say that it was a photo of the announcer, Mizunashi Rena?" Conan asked.

"Yeah," The nurse nodded. "He asked if she was hospitalized here. I told him she wasn't. If she were here, everybody in the hospital would be talking about it. But is it true that he went missing after coming here?"

"No, no," Haru denied. "Apparently he got a new phone without telling us so we don't know his phone number. He also decided to play hooky a few days before break started, probably to have a longer vacation. His teachers just want to make sure that he got all of his assignments to do over the break,"

"The weirdest thing is that I was asked about the same thing by another person," The nurse recalled. "They said, 'I saw someone who looked like Mizunashi Rena in this hospital. Is it really her?' Unfortunately I wasn't able to see the person well since I had dropped my contacts. I'm sure that it was a man though. He also must've been a patient hospitalized at the end of the year since at that time, the shop got some new sandals,"

"When did the shop start selling those sandals?" Conan interrogated.

"It was from the 18th of December,"

XXX

"We need to transfer Mizunashi Rena to a different place immediately!" Jodie declared.

"And what? Make it obvious that Kir's here?" Cognac scoffed. "The FBI should be grateful that you're not in charge. You're pretty dull,"

"The organization already knows Mizunashi Rena is here since they sent and operative to infiltrate!" Jodie argued.

"They don't know for sure yet," Cognac pointed out. "They want to be certain that Kir's in this specific hospital so they don't end up wasting resources or drawing unnecessary attention. If you act now, they'll know for sure that this is the target's location,"

"Cognac's right," Akai surprisingly agreed with the former crow. "Now we have a chance to add a second line to the one we already possess,"

"However it seems that there were more than twenty male patients admitted to this hospital at the end of the year," James said. "It'll be too troublesome to investigate every single one of them,"

"I think it was one of the four days between December 18th and December 21st," Conan spoke up. "The winter break for Teitan High School started on December 23rd. I heard that Eisuke-niichan came here before the school's winter break, so he must have come here before the 21st. If those sandals were only introduced in the shop on the 18th, we should focus on those hospitalized between the 18th and the 21st, right?"

"Then I'll get a list of those hospitalized during that period from the director right away," James headed for the door and left.

"What's also concerning is the whereabouts of that Eisuke boy," Jodie brought up.

"Well, as an FBI agent, I say it's more convenient if he stays gone," Akai claimed. "Having the son of an NOC hanging about would present various obstacles,"

'How…how the hell could he say such a thing!?' "I expected those words from Cognac, but not from you!" Haru snapped.

"Haru, if that boy is getting close enough to know their boss' e-mail address, those guys have no reason to leave him alone," Akai reasoned. "You shouldn't even bother worrying about his survival,"

"Then why not just shoot me in the head right now?" Haru glared at his eldest brother. "I know the boss' e-mail address. Don't bother worrying about my survival since apparently human lives don't matter if they're more convenient when they're gone!"

"Mitsuharu, the NOC's son will only get in the way," Akai explained. "You're different. You're actually helping the investigation,"

"And it's because I'm your brother, right?" Haru frowned. "Eisuke's my friend and I'm not letting him get killed," 'Well, more like Ran's friend, but a friend of Ran's is a friend of mine,' He then left, slamming the door behind him.

"Want me to go after him?" Conan offered.

"Just give him time to cool his head," Akai advised. "Right now we have more important matters to attend to,"

XXX

Haru was pacing along the roof. "Stupid Akai…" He settled down in a shaded area.

Cognac joined him on the roof. "The FBI Agents are either trusting me to not kill or torture anyone or they are rather incompetent. I managed to sneak away once again," He sat down beside Haru. "What's on your mind?"

"I never really cared much about Eisuke back in the real world," Haru confessed. "Hell, in this world I only interacted with him for a few minutes. He's already friends with Ran and Sonoko so if he does die, it'll devastate them,"

"Did he die in the original timeline?" Cognac inquired.

"No," Haru shook his head.

"Then why are you worried his safety?" Cognac leaned against the wall, looking up at the sky. "I don't think the timeline has been changed too much. As far as I know, the crows aren't suspecting you or Kudo nor are they going after your guys' family and friends,"

"I know he'll be safe and that's the problem. Akai doesn't," Haru sighed. "It upsets me how much Akai is disregarding a person's life like that,"

"In the organization, he had to kill many people," 'Just like me,' Cognac reminded. "If it's for the FBI's success, then to him it doesn't matter whether Hondou lives or dies,"

'I just realized that I don't know much about Cognac. I'm supposed to be his friend yet I haven't gotten to know him,' Haru turned his head to face the ex-crow. "Hey, what was your past life like?"

Cognac's past life will be revealed in the next chapter.