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]

"What was your past life like?"

'I should've known that sooner or later, he'd ask that,' Cognac tried to hold back a cringe. "I had a little sister, Hana. Our mother abandoned us, ditching us with our father just so she could screw around with other guys," He clenched his fists at the memories. "We begged her to stay. It was only natural, ya know. I was only five and my sister was three. We didn't want our mom to leave us, especially with him,"

"Him?" Haru narrowed his eyes. 'Judging by his tone, he hates his father just as much as his mother, if not more,'

"He would beat us every day," Cognac spat out the sentences with venom. "I tried to take the blows meant for my sister, but as soon as I was unable to move, he'd continue his rage and hit her. I hated it. I hated him for hurting us. I hated my sister for being there beside me, her cries tormenting me in my sleep, making me feel guilty for not taking those blows. I hated myself for not being strong enough at the time to kill him,"

"I'm sorry," Haru apologized. "I shouldn't have asked. I shouldn't have forced you to recall those traumatic memories. I'm sorry," 'I was so insensitive. Not everyone lived a comfortable life like me in the real world,'

"It's fine," Cognac told him softly. "The only thing I regret is leaving my sister behind. I don't even know if she managed to escape the fire,"

"Fire?" Haru slightly stiffened at the mention of flames. "My parents and I died in a fire too. Sadly, I don't think my parents were reborn into this world with me,"

"If they were, then the chances of finding them are practically zero," Cognac said. "It's a huge world out there. Did the fire that killed you appear out of nowhere too?"

"Appeared out of nowhere?" Haru gave him a quizzical look. "All fires are caused by something. Anyway, it's not like I know what caused mine. When I got home from school, the fire had already killed my parents. I stupidly ran inside and ended up dying too,"

"The fire at my house erupted out of the ground in a strange pattern around me," Cognac explained. "I couldn't move and was nearly unconscious. The last thing I saw was my sister running away and my drunken father chasing after her," 'Hopefully she got away,' "I was probably hallucinating the flames' random appearance though. I did lose a lot of blood. Maybe the bastard's cigarette fell into a puddle of booze?"

"Since you told me your life story, I'll tell you mine, though it isn't interesting or anything," Haru sighed. "I'm just, or rather was, an average otaku and weeb. I got picked on in school, had no friends, and whenever I wasn't at school or any important thing, I'd just be locked in my room, binging anime and manga,"

"Surely there were other anime fans?" Cognac inquired. "I'm pretty sure there are some high schools and middle schools with anime clubs,"

"I wasn't bullied because I was an otaku or weeb," Haru claimed. "They just bullied me because I was an easy target. I fought back once and managed to get them off my back. I didn't care who their new targets were,"

"What did you do to the bullies?" Cognac questioned. "Break their arm? Their leg?"

"I was in a really shitty mood and lost my patience," Haru winced. "I kinda blacked out and didn't really remember it. But they said I fought like a wild animal, using my nails and teeth to scratch and bite rather than punching and kicking. They said that I nearly bit off one guy's ear," 'Weird, I don't think I can recall anything before my high school years,'

Cognac whistled, impressed. "Damn, I never thought you had it in you," He glanced at the door. "You're Akai's brother, right? I'm surprised you're not telling him that you know future events,"

"Heh, I bet he won't believe me," Haru told him. "Besides, I'm afraid of changing the plot too much. If I cause big changes, then I might not be able to know what will happen. And if I don't know the future…" 'I don't want the people I care about to get hurt,' "Anyway, I'm glad you're a friend now and not an enemy anymore. It feels great to have someone to talk to about this. It's been a bit stressful keeping it to myself,"

XXX

Haru and Cognac returned just as the doctor left Kir's room. "But there is one silver lining with her being in a coma," Akai said. "Even if they managed to sniff out this room, it would be too much of a risk to take an unconscious human being outside,"

"No, we must give our hundred percent to not be discovered," James told him. "For the sake of the staff who are working with us,"

"Even if they don't know the situation, they'll be known for helping us hide her here and become targets of the organization," Jodie agreed.

"The issue is determining which of those three is a member of the organization," James pondered.

"Normally, I would take the three of them, transfer them to another hospital, and interrogate them at length," Akai began.

"Interrogate them? You mean by torturing them for info?" Cognac smirked. "I can do that,"

"Two out of three of them are just innocent civilians," James reminded. "Besides, the FBI is investigating without permission from the Japanese police,"

"Then why don't we try the idea I just came up with?" Conan suggested. "I'll tell you about it after we leave and go to another room," He opened the door and glanced around the hallway. "If three foreigners and two men with mean looks in their eyes were seen leaving this room at the same time, it'll be memorable and rumors would spread. Haru-niichan is actually pretty well-known among the hospital community,"

'Did this brat really call Akai a guy with a mean look right in front of him?' Cognac mused.

"Eh?" Haru leaned forward to Conan's level. "What do you mean I'm well known in the hospital community?"

"You get hurt a lot on cases," Conan reminded. "I'm sure the hospitals in the surrounding areas know about you,"

Once the corridor was empty, they exited along with the lookout. After shutting the door, Conan claimed that he forgot something and entered the room, noticed the folds of the sheet had shifted, and left again. He ordered the lookout to remain in the room. They headed to an empty room and gathered the squad of FBI Agents. Conan explained his plan to them.

"What!?" Jodie exclaimed. "You'll question the three suspects directly!? Alone!?"

"Yeah," Conan nodded. "If I'm not alone, we'll be revealed! The bad guys will lower their guard if it's just a kid,"

"This kid's got balls," Cognac commented. "Kudo, I hope you realize that if you get caught, they'll kill you. Or they might kidnap you and torture you, using you as a hostage for the FBI to give up. I've had to torture brats in front of their parents before so don't think they'll go easy on you just because you're a kid,"

"Just like the hospital director, I believe in the FBI!" Conan declared.

XXX

They were in the hallway, peeking around the corner. "Okay, we'll start with Nishiya Chugo-san,"

"Oh?" A patient approached them from behind. "Sera-san, is that you? Did you get yourself injured again?" The FBI Agents and Cognac scrambled away in a panic. "Hmm, do you know those guys?"

'Nakamichi from the soccer club!' Conan silently exclaimed.

"No!" Haru claimed. "Conan-kun and I were just visiting a friend but ended up getting lost!

"Really? I thought you would be the one hospitalized instead of being a visitor," Nakamichi commented. "Mouri told me that you were often hospitalized for injuries sustained during cases,"

"I don't get hurt that much!" Haru pouted.

"By the way, have you seen Eisuke-niichan?" Conan questioned.

"I haven't seen Hondou," Nakamichi replied. "I only came here four days ago. But Aizawa Eisuke from the same soccer club came to visit me soon after I came here,"

Once Conan had filmed his encounters with all three suspects, they watched it on a screen in a white van. "Kusuda has bombs around his neck," Cognac noted.

"Bombs!?" The FBI Agents turned to him.

"You're not able to see it clearly on the screen but I can tell by the position and thickness of the neck brace," Cognac said. "I've wrapped explosives around people's neck before. Don't ask. Depending on the explosives, they can be hidden by a neck brace,"

"Looks like you're actually providing useful information," Akai smirked. "We'll watch him for a while and it won't be much longer until he shows his true colors. If he makes any strange movement, it will be easy to capture him at once,"

XXX

They caught Kusuda in the nurse's station but Kusuda took off his neck brace and threatened to blow up the hospital. He escaped by car with Akai and Conan chasing after him. Haru had tossed Kusuda's phone into water while Conan had gone to hide in Akai's truck. The chase ended with Kusuda committing suicide. Due to Kusuda stopping reports, the crows found out that Kir was in Haido Central Hospital.

Cognac and Haru headed to the roof rather than to the meeting. They were observing the stars. "I still don't see any constellations,"

"All I see are white dots in the dark sky," Haru added. "I mean, you could connect a random bunch of them to form anything," He pointed at a few stars and started making strokes in front of him. "There, I made a happy face,"

"I never understood constellations," Cognac shrugged.

Akai came out to the roof a few minutes later. "You know, you're technically not supposed to wander off without an agent supervising you,"

"Then that just proves how incompetent you hounds are," Cognac mocked. "By the way, do you see any constellations in the sky?"

"Ursa major," Akai pointed at the stars.

Haru and Cognac just blankly stared at where he was pointing at. "I think sleep deprivation has screwed up his brain," Cognac whispered. "I don't see any bears," He yawned. "I'm gonna go take a nap in the meeting room. See ya later Leo,"

Haru looked at his watch. "I think I'll stick around for a bit longer. Goodnight Jake," As Cognac left, Haru had a random thought. "You know what I just realized, Pierrot-nii? When Michael asks how you and Akemi met, you'll have to tell him that she hit you with her car,"

XXX

Akai dismissed the lookout on duty and Conan used his voice-changing bowtie to call Akai to an emergency meeting. He left the room and once Eisuke was sure that nobody else was there, he entered. "Hey, wake up Mizunashi Rena!" Eisuke demanded. "If you don't wake up, I won't be able to ask where my sister is!" He began to violently shake her. "Hey, wake up! They're going to be taking you somewhere else again, right!? Before that happens, open your eyes!" He picked up a pair of scissors. "I told you…to open your eyes!"

"Don't do it, Ei-chan," Kir caught his wrist. "Didn't I tell you to not become someone who hurts others!?"

"Neesan!?"

"Wow, you attempted to stab your own sister," Haru came out of the shadows. "Before you go spouting about your different blood types, yours is now AB from a marrow transplant done to cure your leukemia,"

Conan explained the rest of the medical reasoning and Haru didn't understand any of it. "But why didn't you tell me any of that!?" Eisuke shouted at Kir. "Why'd you change your name and become an announcer!?"

"She's a CIA Agent," Haru revealed. "Both her and your guys' father were NOCs,"

Akai and Camel entered with the latter locking Eisuke up in an empty room. "I wonder if you're familiar with me,"

"You're Akai Shuichi, the FBI Agent whom the organization fears the most," Kir responded. "That young man next to you in Kudo Haru, the Replacement Detective who has been solving cases in Kudo Shinichi's place. But how did you know that I was a CIA Agent?"

Conan listed that she used a method that the CIA used to detect lies. She also used a CIA stock phrase. He then informed her that he had been the one to leave the transmitter that was only meant to find the Ding-Dong Dash culprit. Akai went on to explain that Hondou Ethan had actually committed suicide, making it seem like Kir was his killer.

"Yeah, everything was his idea because there's no way I'd even think of joining such an organization," Kir confirmed. "I didn't plan to stay this long in it. My mission was to introduce a new secret agent to work as a middle man between the CIA and my father who had snuck into the organization. After finishing that, I was supposed to pretend to die in an accident and leave the organization," She explained the events of her father's death.

"Let's get to the point," Haru said. "You're going to rejoin the organization and continue providing info for the CIA as well as the FBI now. Gin's gonna force you to kill Akai at Raiha Pass. You'll use blank bullets while Pierrot-nii will use blood packets and detonators. While you set up the bomb, Pierrot will switch out with Kusuda's corpse,"

Conan and Akai shared a surprised look. "Haru, we didn't tell you about the plan,"

"I know," Haru grinned.

"Did Cognac tell you?" Conan narrowed his eyes.

"Nope," Haru shook his head.

"Cognac is helping the FBI?" Kir seemed surprised. "He didn't seem like the traitorous type,"

"Do not mention his whereabouts to the crows," Haru's tone was darker now.

XXX

"Creeping like a shadow and disappearing like a fog," Akai said as he, Conan, and Haru entered the room. "That's their favorite ploy,"

"Where have you been?" Jodie demanded. "The strategy meeting's over!"

Haru noticed Cognac dozing away on a stretcher. 'Was he actually sleeping while these guys were having a meeting? And nobody cared?'

"I already figured out the plan from the three stretchers and vans waiting in the parking lot," Akai told his friend. "I can't call it a very good plan, but I expected it. Right, Haru, Conan-kun?"

"Eh?" Jodie glanced between each of the trio. "What's with you three? And isn't it time for Conan-kun and Haru-kun to go back home?"

"I told Ran that Conan would be having a sleepover at my place," Haru claimed. "And Conan already took a short nap. I'm not sleepy at all so I'm fine,"

"Well then, we're going to take our places," Camel and the other FBI Agents headed for the door. "When you decide to flee, please inform us. I have confidence in my driving skills,"

"Say Shuu, have you seen that guy before?" Jodie asked. "He's a new agent that joined us recently but…"

"Beats me," Akai shrugged as he took out a can of black coffee. "But I'd never forget an enemy face,"

"It's natural for him to be recognizable since he's an FBI Agent just like us," James told Jodie.

"Yes but when I look at him, I get a bad feeling," Jodie said.

As Akai opened the can with one hand, his fingers were coated with glue so it slipped and almost crashed to the ground. Haru caught it just in time. 'You know, I've always wondered how Pierrot-nii's drink tastes like,' He took a sip and started gagging.

"Haru, you know I like my coffee black," Akai took the can from him. "It's bitter because there's no sugar or cream,"

"Are you alright?" Jodie asked Akai. "You aren't getting much sleep, are you? You have bags under your eyes!" She turned to Haru. "You should get some sleep too if you don't want to end up like your brother,"

"Those eye bags are from genetics," Haru sweat-dropped at Jodie's words. "He got those from our mom's side,"

XXX

The next day, James received a pot with flowers from Kusuda Rikumichi. 'There's a bomb in that pot,' "Uncle James, can I see it?" Haru gently took the pot form him and settled it on the ground. 'I need to be careful not to mess up the wiring when I pull it out of the pot,' He slowly removed the flowers and dirt, retrieving a time bomb in a plastic bag.

"A bomb!?" Jodie exclaimed.

"Haru, how did you know that there was a bomb in there?" Conan asked.

'That's right; the ticking wasn't loud enough for the others to hear,' Haru smiled. "I have good hearing. Besides, did you honestly think the organization would just send flowers to declare war?" He looked towards the bustling entrance. 'The hospital's flooded with patients,'

Akai took the bomb from Haru and inspected it. "It's full of traps so we won't be able to defuse it in time. It's best to take it to a place with no people and let it explode. We have a little over thirty minutes before it detonates. No Haru, you are not going to be the one to dispose of it,"

Camel and Jodie volunteered to take the bomb to a safe place. Conan and Haru entered the lobby and noted that the sender of all the packages to the hospital was Kusuda Rikumichi. The FBI agents as well as Cognac (who had been rudely woken from his sleep) and Haru went from room to room to retrieve the bombs and defuse them.

A video of Kir appeared on TV, shocking everyone. Haru seemed unfazed, a reaction that didn't go unnoticed by Akai. The agents rushed to Kir's room, revealing her location to Gin and the other crows. Conan revealed that the video was from when Kir had been caught in an explosion, though the background and clothes were edited.

"We're going to take the last resort which I told you about this morning!" James announced. "We will split into three vans and get out of this hospital while they're confused! The agents in the bait cars will draw them as far away as possible,"

"Why don't we put her in the Beetle of an acquaintance of mine?" Conan offered. "We can lay her down on the back seat. The bad guys must be thinking that you'll carry her in a big car that can carry a stretcher so I guess they'll never find out,"

"That might be true but—"

"Then I'll go out and call him," Conan took out his cell phone.

Akai snatched the phone away. "You may be smart, boy, but this is not an option. This is the FBI's job. I can't allow ordinary citizens to get involved in this any longer," He turned to Haru. "That goes for you too," He gave the phone back to Conan.

"I am not an ordinary citizen," Haru claimed. "I am the son of an MI6 agent and...I have no idea what Dad's job was,"

"You're still a citizen," Akai pointed out.

XXX

"You handed Mizunashi Rena back to the organization on purpose!?" Jodie exclaimed.

"Yeah, that's why I told Camel to draw attention to his driving skills," Akai answered. "I needed him to be chosen as a driver. We let them find out about the car and let them rescue her, under the impression that they read our thoughts and successfully beat us. That was the plan crafted by Haru and Conan-kun,"

'I kinda feel bad for taking some of the credit,' Haru thought.

After a few more minutes of explaining, they got to the topic of the Witness Protection Program. "I think that would be the best way to quiet the boy who got to know their boss' email address," James agreed.

Phew, this was a long chapter. I didn't want Clash of the Red and Black for too many chapters or else it would feel like I'm dragging it out. Also, you now know more about Cognac's first life.