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]
Haru took out two rings from the envelope. "What are these?"
"I believe those are passes to the Bell Tree Express next week," Subaru informed.
"Eh!?" Haru exclaimed. "It's almost that case!? Geez, so much time has passed without me realizing it. I'm so old,"
"You're nineteen," Subaru reminded.
"I died when I was seventeen so technically I've lived for thirty six years, excluding the time anomalies," Haru groaned. "I'm older than you," He plopped down onto the couch. "I don't think I'll go on the train,"
"Is something going to happen?" Subaru inquired.
"It's a very important arc," Haru nodded. "My presence could screw it up. Shiho's life is in danger. This arc is supposed to fake her death and end the organization's hunt for her. One wrong move could get her actually killed," 'I'm not sure how I'll deal with being under pressure like that. I'd rather not risk screwing everything up,'
"On a separate note," Subaru looked at his watch. "Shouldn't you get ready for the camping trip?"
"I told the Detective Boys that I wasn't going to attend this month's trip," Haru claimed. "Almost every time they go camping, someone dies. I plan on having no murders this weekend. I swear, Chewy, that Conan's a Shinigami or at least has one following him around,"
"What do you plan to do on your downtime?" Subaru questioned.
"I am disappointed in you," Haru gave him a fake angry look. "I thought you, a great detective, would already know by now that I'm an otaku and thus most of my free time is filled with anime and manga,"
"Since you have free time, I'm curious to know more about what you were like in your original world," Subaru spoke up. "Of course, if you don't want to then I understand,"
'I don't want to, not because I want to keep secrets from you, but because I genuinely don't remember anything before high school,' Haru just smiled. "Maybe some other time. I plan on catching up on other anime and manga besides One Piece,"
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Cognac sat in the backseat of Gin's Porsche, staring at his phone. All the photos of him when he was living a life outside of the organization had been transferred to a USB that was given to Haru prior to his return. 'They probably still don't fully trust me. Usually I don't go on recon missions but Karasuma wants Gin to keep an eye on me. Honestly, even I would be hesitant to trust someone who 'escaped the FBI' like I claimed. They at least saw Kir's escape but I just waltzed into base as if nothing had happened. Kir also proved herself by 'killing' Akai,'
"Cognac," Gin addressed, snapping the torturer out of his thoughts. "What have you been doing while hiding from the FBI?"
"Oh? I'm flattered that you're interested in my life," Cognac mused. 'He'll probably see through my lies so I'll just be vague with the truth,' "I got a simple job as a waiter. It earned me enough money to pay for rent," 'It's not a full lie. I've been renting a small apartment ever since I moved out of the Kudo House. And I was a waiter,' "Now that I've returned to the organization, I have quitted my public job. I told my employer that it was for personal reasons,"
Gin received a call from Vermouth. "Mystery train? The Bell Tree Express, eh. Never expected Sherry to travel on such a conspicuous ridiculous train,"
"My, wouldn't that be the exact reason she'd dare to choose such a train? All the passenger cars on that train have private rooms. If she wanted to escape the Kanto region without notice from the organization, don't you think that'd be the best means of transport?"
"I can't believe it. To think that Sherry was hiding out and living in the Gunma Mountains," Gin said.
'So it's already the Mystery Train case,' Cognac thought. 'Hopefully everything goes according to canon. Haibara can't die!'
"Yes, the one who came across the information, Bourbon, had the same opinion that since it was just something she'd told a third party she happened to come into contact with, the degree of accuracy could be low. But if Sherry boards that train, as far as hunting grounds go, don't you think it'd be the most suitable?"
"Yeah," Gin agreed. "If we can just stop her from getting off en route, it's a jail of moving steel. Just like hunting down deer, if we get her to flee in fear, she'll likely expose herself to the barrel of the gun,"
XXX
Cognac was with Gin and Vodka at Nagoya Station, observing Suzuki Jirokichi yelling at the Aichi Police. "Sounds like some sort of petty killing took place and it seems fortune is smiling upon us,"
"That iron snake is being sent along our way nonstop," Gin said. "I received word form Vermouth just now saying it's been confirmed that Sherry is one the train,"
"So right now Vermouth and Bourbon must be finishing off that woman," Vodka added.
"Hmph, I don't care whether they decided to kill or capture that woman," Gin responded. "The question was whether that woman is actually inside the stomach of the snake or not. But if Sherry has already been swallowed by the snake, then Nagoya shall be her final destination,"
"Those cops are all fools," Vodka smirked. "They don't even suspect that they're going to be blasted to pieces by the C4 plastic bombs when the train comes into the platform,"
"It's good for us that the boss of the Suzuki Corporation and the top of the Aichi Prefecture Police Force are here," Gin grinned. "They'll misunderstand the whole situation as an attempt on their lives,"
"Vermouth will probably stop the train before its destination," Cognac spoke up. "She was given some spare C4 so she's probably gonna blow Sherry to pieces, forcing the train to stop at the nearest station. Do you really think that Vermouth would just let herself die like that?"
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When Subaru returned home that afternoon he was a bit worried. "Vermouth knows that Masumi's our sister which is why she tasered her,"
"Relax, Pierrot-nii," Haru assured him, though anger was starting to well up at the mention of his baby sister being hurt. "Bourbon and Vermouth won't do anything to her. Bourbon would rather avoid getting an innocent civilian involved if he could help it and Vermouth knows that targeting Masumi would also target those around her, including her precious Cool Guy,"
"Are you sure?" Subaru asked.
"There's only one scene that I know for sure she gets injured, and I intend to prevent her from getting shot," Haru's expression and tone were both extremely serious. "You are not her only older brother that is worried for her safety. Don't forget that there's Shukichi and I. I may be carefree most of the time but when the situation calls for it, especially if my family's life is at stake, I will act. I already failed to save Kohji and Tsutomu. I won't let anything happen to those who remain,"
Haru is a protective bro too.