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]
Ran, Haru, Sonoko, and Conan were all taking the bus. Haru was sulking in misery at the fact that his bike was in the repair shop. Professor Agasa's invention had malfunctioned as always and when it exploded, it was near Haru's motorcycle. "Ran, you really are unrivaled!" Sonoko said. "You won the Kanto Karate Championship!"
"It was all thanks to the flipping axe kick Kasumi-senpai taught me," Ran claimed.
Both Conan and Haru felt sorry for Ran's opponent. 'Thankfully, everyone signed a waiver so they can't sue Ran for any injuries sustained in the tournament,'
"Well today as promised, the cake buffet at Haido Hotel is my treat!" Sonoko told her.
Haru was pretty tired and yawned as he rubbed his eyes. His hand still held onto the hand grip but he slightly slouched, on the verge of sleeping fully. 'Okay, maybe I shouldn't have binged on anime 'til early morning,' He closed his eyes but still remained slightly awake.
Haru didn't even regain awareness when Sonoko shrieked when a pervert touched her butt. Ran and Masumi exchanged a single blow each, though they were either blocked or dodged. "As expected of Kanto's Number One," She said, still hiding her identity. "Great moves!"
'Jeet Kune Do!' Ran recognized the martial arts style. "Sonoko, get away. This pervert's powerful,"
Haru yawned as he slightly became more aware of his surroundings. "Hi Masumi!" His hand slipped from the hand grip and, combined with his exhaustion, he fell forward.
Masumi caught him. "Haru-nii, you should get more sleep. Eye bags don't suit you,"
"Haru-nii?" Ran and Sonoko shared a look. "Masumi-chan!?"
'That's Haru's sister!?' Conan exclaimed. 'Then again, she was always tomboyish. Now that I think about it, she actually resembles Akai-san a lot,' "She's not the pervert. She grabbed the hand that touched Sonoko-neechan's butt!"
"It was this guy here," Masumi held up the real culprit's hand.
The pervert, having witnessed the short battle, immediately fled in fear. "I'm sorry!"
"What a surprise to see you here, Masumi-chan," Ran said. "Oh, sorry for mistaking you for a pervert,"
"It's alright Ran-chan," Masumi told her. "People are always mistaking me for a guy," She shifted Haru's position so that he was leaning on her.
"Maybe Haru should've stayed home," Ran sweat-dropped.
"Thanks for vouching for me, Edogawa Conan-kun," Masumi looked to the shrunken teen. 'So Shinichi-kun really did shrink just like Mama,' "You're the Kid Killer, right?"
"Y-Yeah," Conan nodded, slightly caught off guard that Masumi had known his name. He also wasn't called the 'Kid Killer' outside of Kaito Kid heists. 'Did Haru tell her about my identity?'
"I'm Sera Masumi, Haru-nii's younger sister," She introduced. "I'm heading to Haido Hotel too,"
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Haru finally woke up when they arrived at their destination. "Oops, sorry for making you carry me sis,"
"It's fine," Masumi grinned. "You're not that heavy. In fact, I think you've lost some weight,"
"My friends make sure that I'm eating healthy and that I exercise," Haru chuckled. 'Chewy spars with me weekly to make sure that I don't slack off on self-defense. Whenever I eat over at the professor's, Haibara's always giving out only healthy portions. I guess nobody wants me to become a couch potato,'
Masumi walked up to the receptionist desk and after a few exchanged words, Masumi was upset. "What!? You don't have a room for me!? Why not? I made a reservation!"
"I'm terribly sorry, we should have declined your reservation," The receptionist apologized. "It was our mistake,"
"Then do you have any other rooms available?" Masumi asked.
"W-Well, it's just that currently, due to some concerns about hauntings, the hotel annex is being renovated and we have fewer rooms available," The receptionist informed. "We have no vacancies,"
"Masumi, I can book you a room at a different hotel," Haru offered. "It's nearby so I'll go and make a reservation right away,"
"That would be great," Masumi nodded.
"Go head to the cake buffet without me," Haru told Ran, Sonoko, and Conan as he ran outside and down the street. "Now where is that hotel?"
"ARF! ARF! ARF!"
Haru was tackled by a white fluffy blur. "Hey there Bepo,"
"Arf! Arf!" Bepo happily licked his face.
"What're you doing here?" Haru inquired.
"Sorry about that Haru," Subaru jogged up to them. "Bepo broke free from his leash and ran away. He must've smelled your scent nearby,"
"Who's a good boy?" Haru rubbed Bepo's belly when he rolled onto his back. "You are. Yes you are,"
"Ruff! Ruff!"
"Hey Chewy," Haru said. "Mom and Masumi moved to Japan, though I'm not sure where Mom is right now. Masumi's at Haido Hotel, probably investigating the murder case that just happened a few minutes after I left. I'm gonna book her a room at another hotel since Haido Hotel has no vacancies,"
"You might want to wipe that slobber from your face," Subaru passed him a napkin.
"How much saliva does Bepo have?" Haru rubbed the napkin to his face to remove most of the dog saliva.
"Well, he does drink a lot of water," Subaru shrugged.
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"Here you go sis," Haru tossed a hotel room key to her.
"Thanks Haru-nii," Masumi said. "You don't seem bothered at all by the dried blood and corpse outline,"
"Meh," Haru shrugged. "I'm used to it by now,"
"So are you staying with Shinichi-kun?" Masumi asked.
"Well, Shin-kun's off on a case," Haru shrugged. 'But she probably recognized Conan as Shin-kun,' "I live at the Kudo House with Chewy, Jonah, Corazon, and Bepo,"
"Are they all…your pets?" Masumi inquired at the odd choice of names.
"Not all of them!" Haru let out a string of laughter. "Chewy's my friend and classmate. Jonah's my boyfriend. Corazon's my cat. Bepo's a dog that Chewy recently adopted,"
"Boyfriend?" Masumi questioned.
"Don't tell Mom!" Haru shushed. "I'll tell her when I'm ready," 'Also when I have an escape route set up for Jonah. Who knows if Masumi and Mom will react the same way Pierrot-nii did? Masumi's acting normal right now but she could be planning his death! Oh crap, I didn't even tell Kichi-nii! Dear Arceus, please don't make my entire family be overprotective!'
"By the way Haru, they cut the line for the cake buffet so we couldn't get any," Sonoko informed.
"No!" Haru dramatically fell to his knees. He loved sweets and being unable to access a buffet of the delicacy was awful.
XXX
The next day, Masumi ended up in the same class as Ran and Sonoko. A couple students crowded around her desk. "Sera-san, where do you live?"
"I'm living in a hotel," She replied.
"Where did you come from?"
"For three years I've been living in America," Masumi lied. "I rebelled, saying that I'd rather live in Japan where I was born and raised, so I came back here to Tokyo! Plus, it's easier to be a detective here too!"
"America?" Ran and Sonoko, who were watching the scene from a couple feet away, shared confused looks. "Wasn't she living in England?"
"Everyone has their reasons," Ran wasn't really worried about the lie. It wasn't anything big or serious.
"So Sera-san is a detective?"
"A female Kudo, then!"
"I guess you could call me a female version of Shinichi-kun," Masumi agreed.
"Or maybe a female version of Kudo's brother since he's his replacement,"
"By Kudo's brother, do you perhaps mean Haru-nii?" Masumi inquired. "He's my older brother,"
"I guess being a detective is common among siblings!"
XXX
After school, Masumi had tagged along Ran and Sonoko to Mouri Detective Agency to see Conan, only to be informed that he had just left to stay over at the professor's house. Three women arrived to hear detective stories from Kogoro. The older brother of the three women's deceased friend took the agency hostage with a gun and several bombs strapped around him.
When Café Poirot was evacuated, Haru and Jonah rushed home. Once Subaru was informed of the news, the two had to restrain him from sniping the culprit. They told him that it would be resolved and that there were police snipers in case things went south. Nobody should ever mess with Akai Shuichi's siblings.
Despite knowing that everyone would be rescued safely, Haru was panicking. "Everything's just going to follow canon," Jonah tried to reason.
"Butterfly Effect, Jonah!" Haru shouted. "Butterfly Effect! Somehow Akemi got pregnant with Michael! That wasn't in canon at all! What if someone dies!? A life for a life! Equilibrium!"
"Michael Leo Field," Jonah addressed Haru by his original name. "Everything will be fine,"
"You don't know that!"
Jonah rolled his eyes and brought Haru into a kiss to distract him. He slipped a sleeping pill into Haru's mouth and the latter unconsciously swallowed it. The sleeping pill soon enough kicked in and Jonah caught Haru. He started to head upstairs to tuck him into bed.
Subaru was glaring at Jonah once again. "Did you just roofie my baby brother!?"
Just as Jonah had said, everything was resolved as it was in canon.
XXX
"It smells like the curry is coming along nicely!" Professor Agasa commented as he peered into the large pot of curry.
"With this much, Genta-kun can have as many helpings as he wants!" Ayumi joked.
Haibara took a small sip of the broth with a small plate. "All that's left is to cover it and let it cook,"
"Now before that, I'll just taste test—" Professor Agasa's hand was slapped away by his adopted daughter.
"Do you think I'll let you taste test when you've got a plate full of rice ready?" She scolded. "Anyway, did you figure out the value of that vase yet, Edogawa-kun?"
"Not yet," Conan answered, scrolling through websites. "I've figured out that it's fairly antique but I don't know which period it came from or who made it,"
"Arf," Bepo, whom Subaru had requested the professor look after while he completed an important essay, was sitting by Conan's side. He was about to nudge the vase when Conan lightly tapped his paw away. "Roo…"
A few minutes later, Genta and Mitsuhiko returned with drinks as well as a bunch of snacks they had bought. "It smells delicious! Can we chow down already?"
"Not yet," Haibara replied. "Thirty more minutes,"
"But what about those small dishes you eat before the main course?" Genta questioned.
"Hors d'oeuvres?" Mitsuhiko gave him a questioning look. "Appetizers?"
"That's right!" Genta's face lit up. "If we eat curry as hors d'oeuvres, then we can eat more curry as the main dish. There's something like that, right?"
"There isn't!"
"Geez Genta-kun, you and the professor are both just eating machines!" Ayumi giggled.
"Aww man!" Genta groaned. "I've got to do something or else I can't stand it! I'm so hungry!"
"Play with Bepo then," Conan ordered, tapping the Samoyed's paw once more as it tried to nudge the vase. "Geez, why are you so obsessed with knocking this vase over?"
"Ruff," Bepo wagged his tail innocently.
Genta noticed Conan's soccer ball laying around and kicked it. "Bepo, go get it boy!"
Bepo ignored Genta and the soccer ball. When the ball landed, it narrowly missed the vase. Thankfully Bepo had swatted the ball away with his paw. "Oi Genta! Don't kick the soccer ball around inside the house!" Conan shouted.
"What am I supposed to do then!?" Genta growled. "I'm so hungry I feel like I'm gonna die!"
"Wait patiently like everyone else," Jonah had entered through the back door. His left wrist was in a brace. "You can survive for approximately three weeks without food so you are definitely not starving," 'I care about all my kids but Kojima Genta's the most annoying one of the bunch,' "If you really must do something to distract yourself, play it outside,"
"Yeah, yeah," Genta kicked the ball once more.
"Ayumi-chan! Haibara!" Jonah yelled, noting where it was headed. "Watch out!"
But the warning came too late as the ball landed in the piping hot pot of curry. Thankfully, Ayumi managed to shield herself with the lid to avoid getting the brunt of it. However, she still had curry splattered on herself. A dark aura surrounded Haibara who wasted no time storming up to Genta and slapping him so hard that it left an angry red imprint on his face.
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While the kids, taking Bepo with them, went to buy more ingredients and Ayumi washed up, Jonah helped Professor Agasa clean up the mess. "I'll wash the pot," Professor Agasa offered. "What happened to your wrist?"
"Oh this?" Jonah chuckled. "Some drunk bastards entered Poirot. When Haru demanded that they leave, things got violent. Things were being thrown so I ordered everyone to get down while I dealt with the drunkards. During the battle I sprained my wrist. But they're lucky that I channeled my stress and anger at the gym. If I had gone into full rage…let's say that they'd be corpses and I might've been in prison,"
"I'm quite surprised that a trained former operative of the organization got injured in a drunk brawl," Professor Agasa commented.
"People fear the crows. The crows always complete their missions or they'll suffer grave consequences," Jonah finished wiping the counter. "But people also sometimes forget that the crows are humans too. Believe it or not, but even Gin and Vermouth get hurt from time to time. As for me getting hurt? I've grown complacent,"
The doorbell rang and Professor Agasa answered it. He felt an electrical shock and slumped to the floor. "Professor! I'm done with the shower!" Ayumi said as she skipped out into the living room.
The two intruders' eyes were drawn to Ayumi first and didn't notice the silent Jonah sneaking up next to them. Despite his injury, Jonah easily incapacitated the couple. The police were called and Ayumi explained to the rest of the Detective Boys what happened. The couple, who had confessed to wanting to steal the Persian rug, was charged with breaking and entering, attempted robbery, and assault.
It's been a while since Ran, Sonoko, and Shinichi saw Masumi so they didn't immediately recognize her.