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 tension was thick, the atmosphere suffocating. The room was silent except for the coughs and sneezes of Haru. Cora was napping in her shark-shaped cat bed. Mitsuharu glanced between his elder brother and his friend. Both were staring at each other's eyes, or rather, Cognac was attempting to. It was a bit hard since Subaru kept his eyes at slits. Sometimes people wondered if he could actually see anything.

Cognac jabbed at the soup with his spoon suspiciously. 'Akai Shuichi offered me lunch. It's kinda suspicious. Is he trying to drug me so that he could call the FBI to lock me up again?'

"Just drink your soup," Subaru ordered. 'I decide to be nice to him and this is how he acts? Ungrateful brat,'

"Don't order me around," Cognac growled.

"I could knock you out and tie you up," Subaru threatened. "Be careful with your tone,"

"The FBI thinks you're dead, remember?" Cognac shot back.

'Wait a minute,' Subaru turned to Haru. "Why did you tell him about the plan?"

"I didn't," Haru claimed as he finished his portion of soup. "I'm going to bed, for real this time. Don't kill each other anywhere near the house. I don't want to deal with cops," He then headed upstairs.

"I'm pretty sure that the boy with glasses prefers to avoid you so he didn't inform you of the plan, nor did his acquaintances," Subaru said to Cognac. "Who told you about the plan?"

'Let's see if this bastard will believe me,' Cognac put on his signature crazy grin. "I know because I'm from another world. This world is entirely fiction, a figment of an old man's imagination. I simply read about the plan in a manga,"

'He's crazy,' Subaru pinched the bridge of his nose. "Are you on drugs?"

"Nope," Cognac took a sip of his soup. "Thanks for the meal. I'm heading out,"

"Where are you staying anyway?" Subaru inquired. 'Before the plan, he stayed at my apartment so that I could keep an eye on him,'

"I crash at Black's place," Cognac answered. "Starling wanted me caged up or killed. She'd probably take her anger at your death out on me. Black gives me freedom as long as I don't cause trouble,"

XXX

It took a few days but Haru eventually got better and no longer had a cold. He returned to work and was met with a surprise. "Co—I mean Jonah?"

Cognac stood there, wearing an apron and helping Azusa serve the tables. "Yo Haru, I got a job here,"

'And Conan's gonna have a heart attack,' Haru thought. "It seems like we have more customers than usual,"

"Before there used to only be high school girls fawning over you," Azusa commented. "Now they're fawning over Gubat-san too,"

'And there are men who fawn over you, Azusa,' Haru sweat-dropped.

"Please, just call me Jonah," Cognac told her with a wink and smile.

Haru mentally cringed. 'Is he actually Cognac? Are we sure he's not Cognac's twin brother?'

Azusa blushed slightly. "Okay G—Jonah-san,"

"Wow Azusa-san, this place is packed," Ran commented as she, Conan, and Kogoro came down to order something to eat.

Conan paused midway at the sight of Cognac. 'Why is he here!?' He turned to Haru for an explanation.

Haru shrugged. "He works here now,"

"I'm here to help with busy shifts and to cover for when Haru here is hospitalized," Cognac smiled.

'It's not an evil grin,' Conan realized, not feeling any malice or hostility. 'It's like he's genuinely happy,'

"I don't get hurt that much…" Haru sulked. 'Why does everyone think I end up in the hospital a lot!?'

XXX

Conan felt a shiver up his spine during a car ride to another village. "Are you alright, Conan-kun?" Ran asked.

"I'm fine," Conan coughed into his face mask. "I took the cold medicine that Professor Agasa gave me,"

"But your voice is terrible," Ran noted. "I should have stayed home and taken care of you,"

"It's fine," Conan told her. "Where's Haru-niichan anyway? I thought he was coming?"

"He said that he'd meet us there," Ran replied.

"Hey, I'm really interested in meeting this Haru guy," Heiji said. "After all, he's known as Kudo's replacement. Maybe he and I can have a deduction battle?"

"Haru's not a detective though," Ran informed. "He just happens to solve cases from time to time,"

"Why was the letter sent to your address anyway?" Kogoro asked. "Shouldn't it have been sent to the Spring Brat's house?"

"I bet Haru got tired of shifting through letters meant for Shinichi's dad," Ran sweat-dropped. "He did complain about how he had to do that every day and mentioned something about burning them,"

Kogoro, Heiji, Ran, Kazuha, and Conan were all heading to East Okuho Village after Heiji had received a letter addressed to Kudo Shinichi. The sender, Okuda Makoto, claimed that Shinichi had made a mistake in his deduction.

XXX

Subaru, Haru, and Cognac had arrived a bit earlier and had been scouting the village and the surrounding area. "Geez, why did you guys have to come?" Haru asked.

"Because if you go alone, you'll end up hospitalized," Both answered at the same time.

"Of all the things you two for once agree with!" Haru sighed. "It had to be that. Anyway, did you guys find anything suspicious?"

"There's a mountain cottage in the woods," Cognac informed. "It's got a lot of photos of Kudo that's been stabbed as well as some broken mirrors,"

While walking along the lakeshore, they noticed a group of people crowding around a soaking wet teenager with a blanket wrapped around him. Haru stopped a couple feet away from him, beyond pissed off. 'This bastard…'

"Shinichi!" The familiar voice of Ran cut through the silence as she ran to him. "Hey, why are you here?"

"Shinichi…" The man turned to her with a confused expression. "Is that my name?"

"No it isn't!" Haru intervened. "You're just an impostor!" 'You're trying to frame Shin-kun for murder! Since this is a case with more Shinichi than Conan, and the fact that Shin-kun was a suspect, of course it'd be memorable!'

"Hey, who the hell are you?" Heiji walked up to Haru. "No matter how you look at it, his face is exactly like Kudo's!"

"My name is Field Haru and Shin-kun's my little brother!" Haru glared at him. "And that boy over there isn't my brother!" 'What the hell was that guy's name!? Gah, I'm so worked up I can't think straight!'

"Haru's right," Ran spoke up in agreement, though hesitant. "His presence…it doesn't feel like Shinichi's…"

"But Ran-chan, his face is identical to Kudo-kun's face!" Kazuha searched up a photo of Shinichi and held it up. "See?"

"Try matching the young man's fingerprints," Subaru suggested. "Amnesiac or not, fingerprints will always remain the same,"

The impostor's expression went from blank and confused to one filled with anger. "Why…why did you intervene with my plan!?" He charged towards Haru.

'Bad move,' Cognac thought as Subaru delivered a swift punch to the guts. 'This guy here is protective of his brother,'

"Hey, who was the sender of the letter?" Haru asked Heiji.

"Okuda Makoto," Heiji answered.

"Then that's the real identity of this bastard," Haru glared down at the impostor. "He spent his inheritance on plastic surgery so that he could ruin Shin-kun's life," He turned to the police officer present. "When he wakes up, tell him the truth about his adoptive parents' deaths," He started heading to the forest.

"Haru—"

Subaru put a hand to Ran's shoulder and shook his head. "He seems pretty angry. It's best if he cools down first," 'But I'm still going to follow him. I've heard around town about some forest guy known as the Shiragami. I don't know what will happen if Haru encounters him,'

XXX

"You know, I've never seen you get so pissed off before," Cognac commented. "Were you really that bothered by Okuda impersonating Kudo?"

"I've known Shinichi for a decade and lived with him for three of those years," Haru sighed. "If someone tries to harm or defame those I care about, of course I'd be angry,"

"Mitsuharu," Subaru inquired. "Would you mind telling me who or what you are searching for?"

Haru was about to answer until he noticed a shadow hiding in a tree and stopped. "Shinichi, Okuda's unconscious. Come down from there. You can change into my spare clothes back at the hotel,"

Shinichi jumped down. "We should get out of here before Ran and the others notice," He glanced to the other two. "I—"

"Just shut up and head to the car," Cognac interrupted him rudely. "You'll eventually shrink back to Edogawa,"

Shinichi swerved his head towards Haru with a hurt and betrayed look. "You told them!?"

"I hope you realized that you met my family ten years ago," Haru reminded him. "Edogawa Conan looks very similar to young Kudo Shinichi and is too intelligent for a seven year old. As for Jonah…"

"I won't tell anyone on one condition," Cognac said. "Get your parents to persuade their fans to subscribe to the VidTube channel Lion and Dove,"

'He's blackmailing him for…subscribers?'

In the end, Shinichi agreed. They managed to sneak him into Subaru's car and leave without the others noticing. Shinichi hid in Professor Agasa's basement, Haibara taking test samples, until the twenty four hour mark was reached and he returned to being Conan.

If someone impersonated someone you care about to defame them, of course you'd be pissed.