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]

The next day, Professor Agasa was taking the Detective Boys and Haru to a hotel restaurant. Haru mostly drowned out the conversations until the topic turned to Akai. "I want to meet that Akai person at least once,"

Haru knelt down and whispered to Haibara, "He's Akemi's boyfriend and Michael's father,"

'He's the one who used Oneechan! He's the one who manipulated her feelings for his own gain! He's the one who endangered her life! He's the one who took her away from me!' Haibara clenched her fists but relaxed by thinking about the positive things. 'He's also the one who helped her escape. If he didn't exist, then my nephew wouldn't have existed either,'

They arrived at New Beika Hotel and headed to the buffet. While the real kids were piling their plates high with food, the others noticed a police car. They approached Takagi who informed them of the details of the case. "In that case, the culprit is still in this hotel," Conan deduced. "Two out of three elevators are out of order and the other one is constantly filled with customers from the rooftop restaurant. He went up five floors by stairs and went to the roof or he's hiding in a toilet on that floor or he's sweaty all over form going down stairs. If he's a foreigner who speaks Japanese and seems to be some kind of star, can't he be easily found?"

"Doesn't that make Haru-niichan a suspect?"

"He's a foreigner who speaks Japanese,"

"And he's been in the newspaper a couple of times,"

"Oi, oi, I'm half-Japanese," Haru claimed. "And I was with you at the time of the murder!" 'How the hell could they think I would kill some guy I don't even know?'

XXX

"It's difficult to try and determine who the culprit is—"

"No, Inspector!" Takagi reported. "We found two people: two suspicious foreigners that are fluent in Japanese,"

"What's so suspicious about them?" Inspector Megure inquired.

"One of them was wandering aimlessly at the restaurant city on the roof, and the other one was hiding on that floor," Takagi reported. "Conan-kun told me that since only one elevator is working, then the foreigners in those places are suspects,"

"You went and told him about the case on your own again?" Inspector Megure scolded.

"S-Sorry…" Takagi apologized. "I thought that since we always had Kudo-kun around to help us, then we can have Haru-kun help us this time,"

"Inspector!" Chiba pulled Camel inside. "We found another one! He's a foreigner who's sweaty all over and was going downstairs!"

Haru continued to drown out Inspector Megure when he was explaining the events of the murder. He snapped back to reality when Jodie arrived, telling Camel to show his FBI badge. "You know that I messed up my job in the FBI and came to Japan to clear my head, right? I didn't come back for a long time so he got worried and came here to look for me," She hugged Camel's arm. "Andre Camel is my lover!"

XXX

'I don't want to stay at this crime scene any longer,' Haru's stomach let out a soft growl. "Inspector, I know how to find the culprit!" 'Screw waiting for Conan to figure it out! I'm hungry and want to head back to the buffet downstairs!' He whispered the plan to Inspector Megure, earning the dotted eyes expression.

Four chairs were brought in and placed in a row. The suspects stood in front of the chairs. Inspector Megure cleared his throat. "Now that the four of you are gathered here, first…shiranpuri!"

Everyone except Toby Keynes sat down. "Huh? Why is everyone sitting down?"

"Sit down please," Haru informed. "Foreigners that are used to English hear shiranpuri as sit down please," 'Thought it sounded nothing of the sort even when I watched the episode in my first life. "Even though you look like a foreigner, you're actually Japanese and only understand the phrase's meaning, play innocent. The reason you took the memo was because you couldn't read English so you shoved it into your pocket, thinking it was your name written on it,"

Takagi retrieved the memo from Keynes' pocket. Keynes' explained his reasoning and he was arrested.

"Now that the crime's been solved, let's go get some food!" Haru ran down the stairs.

The Detective Boys watched as he rushed downstairs. "He could have left at any time and let the police handle the case…"

XXX

"Eh!?" Jodie exclaimed. "Shuu was called out by Mizunashi Rena and went to see her!?"

"Yeah," James nodded. "After you had left, Akai-kun got a call from her, asking to meet in private,"

"In private!?" Jodie yelled. "That's obviously a trap! Why didn't you stop him!?"

"I did try to stop him but he said her life would be in danger if he didn't go, so he forcibly left," James replied. "Well, if it's Akai-kun then there's no need to worry,"

"Excuse me," An FBI Agent spoke up. "The place they were going to meet was Raiha Pass, right? Just now, on the news, a car exploded there! They found a burnt corpse inside!"

Jodie and James rushed to the TV screen. "The car that exploded was a black Chevrolet. The person found inside was a man in his twenties or thirties. The ones who discovered it were two police officers travelling to a different accident. According to those officers, the car blew up all of a sudden in front of their eyes. From the fact that there were bullet wounds on the body, the police will continue their investigation as a murder case. The police are identifying him from the car's license plate number and his right hand that managed to remain unburned,"

"No! That's not Shuu!" Jodie denied. "He sacrificed somebody for the organization! He must've done that!"

'Akai's not actually dead,' Cognac watched Jodie's denial. "She's kinda got a point. Even the boss fears Akai, the FBI's mighty Silver Bullet. I doubt he'd die that easily. That guy is way too smart to die,"

XXX

Haru was greeted with a knock at his front door. He invited Jodie and James inside and served them tea. "So does the FBI need my help again?" 'Akai faked his death last night. I saw it on the news,'

"Mizunashi Rena killed Akai Shuichi last night at Raiha Pass,"

'Think sad thoughts! Think sad thoughts!' Haru managed to form tears. "Heh. This is just a joke, right? Kaa-san said that Shuichi used to be a prankster when he was younger,"

James shook his head. "We confirmed that the body was Akai-kun's,"

"Shut up!" Haru snapped. "You're lying!" 'Sad thoughts! Think…oh I'm going to hate myself for this. Think about Mom and Dad's death! Think about their corpses! Think about how much they suffered!'

'Haru-kun is hurting more than me,' Jodie thought. 'While I'm Shuu's ex-lover, colleague, and friend, Haru-kun is his brother. He's known him his entire life,' She couldn't bring herself to comfort him. She herself was too broken and distraught from Akai's death.

Haru slammed his fist on the table as tears fell beside his hands. "Tell me you're lying!" He glared at the two. "Tell me he's not dead! Tell me that he's still alive! Tell me that this is just a prank! Tell me…" He slumped to his knees for added effect. "Tell me that this is just a nightmare…that I'll wake up…that he's still alive…"

"I'm sorry Haru-kun," James apologized. "But Akai-kun is dead,"

Haru grabbed a sofa pillow and screamed into it. After a couple more screams, his voice was starting to become hoarse. He turned back to the FBI Agents. "Did you tell the rest of my family?"

"Not yet," James shook his head.

"Please inform them, Akemi and Michael included, of Shuichi's death," Haru's voice trembled with each syllable. "I can't bring myself to do so," 'I don't have the heart to make them sob over his death, especially since I know that he's alive,'

XXX

The next day, at Touto University, the class received a new student. "In order for you to catch up, I'll give you a Haru Pack,"

Okiya Subaru tilted his head. "Haru Pack?" 'Why is it named after my little brother?'

"It's a bunch of assignments that I put together as an alternative lesson since Haru-kun is always absent due to being hospitalized," The professor explained.

"Oi, oi," Haru spoke up. "I do not get hospitalized that often,"

Subaru took the empty seat next to Haru. "I'm Okiya Subaru,"

"I'm Field Haru," Haru introduced. "Let's see…Subaru…Subaka…Chewbacca…I'm calling you Chewy,"

'And yet another nickname he has for me,' Subaru just smiled. 'At least I'll be able to spend more time with my brother, even if it's during class,' He greatly missed his family, especially Akemi and Michael. But he was an FBI Agent with a job to do. His family wouldn't be safe until the organization was brought down. He wouldn't be able to avenge Kohji until they were defeated.

Hiyori: "…quiet the boy who got to know their boss' email address" …it's Haru, right? Lol xD

Skai: Actually, they were referring to Eisuke. I took that quote straight from the anime/manga. James could also be referring to Haru, but he would immediately refuse the offer.

Omake

"No," Haru refused. "I'm not joining the Witness Protection Program,"

"Yes you are," Akai interjected.

"No I'm not," Haru shook his head. "I don't want to have to leave my family and friends," 'Besides, I don't need a third identity outside of Michael Leo Field and Field Haru. I'm content with this second one,'

"Too bad," Akai said. "You're joining whether you want to or not,"

"No!"

"Stop acting like a baby,"

"I'm not joining the program!"

"Yes you are!"

"Akai-kun, we can't force Haru-kun to join against his will…"