…It End With Us…

/Warning/: This chapter contains cursing, sadness, character's injury, time skips, flashbacks, mention of torture and death, there are other things too, and who knows what! All reviews are appreciated.

P.S: This is an Omegaverse story as in Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamic, you have been warned!

"Character talking"

"Foreign Languages"

Character thinking…

…Flashbacks…

Chapter 4

Why did the Knight Baron become a criminal?

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"Huh?" Shinichi looked from the book he was reading out loud to his mate who was snuggling in his embrace, the two of them were lying in a huge library this time, with Shinichi on the sofa and his mate on top of him, today was one of the rare off-days the two of them had, so Shinichi decided to go to the library and relax with his mate, his lover always loved hearing him reading out loud, something about his voice being comforting, today, his love had asked him to read the 'Knight Baron' series to him, something about being intrigued by them.

"Why did the Knight Baron become a criminal?" His mate asked him as he raised his head from his place on Shinichi's chest to look at the teen with a questioning look. "I mean, ever since the series started, it only talked about what he did, the people he killed, and the horror he spread, but never once did the series ever mention why he became like that." his mate asked looking at him from under his eyelashes, well, Shinichi thinks that he did because he could only see the lower half of his face which was pulled into a small amused smile.

"I… I actually don't know the answer or more of never cared about it." Shinichi said as he closed the book and putting it on the coffee table near him and he and turned his attention to his mate, who was looking at him with an anticipated look, waiting for more information, and it was actually a pretty good question, why did the Knight Baron become a criminal? There were actually Questions that not even the author of the series answered. "I mean, when it was first published I was happy that my father even thought of me to send me the first copy of the book, I never actually questioned him about his protagonist." Shinichi said with a tight voice remembering his six birthday when his father sent him a copy of his book but never bothered to show up, the same could be said for his Mother.

Shinichi saw his mate humming looking at him with a sad and understanding look. "I see…" His mate sighed as he lowered his head to reclaim his spot back which was Shinichi's chest, but before he did that he looked at Shinichi with a mischievous and happy look. "Say you are the son of the author, why don't you answer my question?" His mate said with a grin that took over his face, it made Shinichi's heart race.

"What do you mean by that?" Shinichi asked and his face became a little warm as his mate crawled over his body until he was face to face with his mate that was smiling mischievously at Shinichi like he knew what the Alpha was thinking off, Shinichi held his breath especially when he felt his mate's lips touching his briefly.

"You are creative, I noticed that when I read some of the stories you wrote and tried to hide from people, darling." His mate said with a soft voice a sad smile on his face when Shinichi looked away uncomfortable that his secret was out, so what if he used to write when he was a child? It was a stupid and childish dream of his, that maybe his father will read some of his stories and considered his writings worth something, that maybe he will stay with him for a short while and teach him something instead of going God-knows-where with his mother and leaving Shinichi alone in their mansion with Agasa-Hakase or one of the nannies he was left with, it was not that his parents weren't loving… they just weren't there… "Write me a story." His mate's demand made Shinichi break from his chain of thought and look at him.

"What…?" Shinichi's voice trailed as he looked at his mate that was smiling happily at him, his petals soft lips pulling wider and wider as he saw Shinichi looking at him with a confused look, his mate was looking at him with a happy look on his face like he just discover the answer to the universe, it made Shinichi contain his rumble about being the reason of his mate looking that way.

"Write me a story, answer my question about why the Knight Baron became a known criminal, charm me with your imagination, come on Shinichi, I know you can do it, please?" His mate smiled at Shinichi happily which made the Alpha bite his lips and sigh which got a happy cheer from his mate as he returns to his position before with his head on Shinichi's chest. "Whenever you are ready, Alpha…" His mate said with a teasing tone which made Shinichi flush and clears his throat, trying not to show his mate how pleased he was at being called that.

"OK, let's see… why did the Knight Baron become a criminal…?" Shinichi hummed to himself as he looked at the rows after rows of books thinking, until his eyes turned to his mate and they light up at that, of course! "It was the right question to ask, but at the same time, it was the hardest thing to answer, why did he become a criminal? Sometimes not even the Baron knew the answer to that…" Shinichi started taking on a story-teller voice with a musical lilt to it, which caused his mate to hold his breath and lean closer to him. "But on nights such as these, when the moon was high up in the sky, and the stars twinkling in the space and no cloud in sight to destroy such a siren look, it made him wonder, and wondering he did, as he walked around the corpses that littered the room he was in, he frowned behind his laughing mask as the jewel in his hand was yet another failure, which caused him to sigh and pocket it in his suit-pocket leaving the room and the darkness behind… it struck him as a thought why was he here? As he saw a young couple laughing in the park, he walked and walked until he stopped, a thought struck him and refused to leave him, when did he become a criminal?" Shinichi could feel his mate looking at him with anticipated face, biting his lower lip waiting for Shinichi to finish, it caused the Alpha to smile and lean down to kiss the Omega on top of him, which caused the Omega to smile, but pout at him for stopping.

"It would be easy to say that something bad happened in the past that change him, but the truth… there was only one truth and it was darker then what people were comfortable with. For he was just like those young couples once upon a time, with a loving mate of his own, and a white fenced house, he used to work a boring nine to five, but at the end of the day he was the happiest, there was when he returned home to greet the love of his life… everything was perfect, until it wasn't, because one night everything changed when the secrets were let in. It was a normal day, or as normal as it can be, with a boring job he took, but the thought of home at the end of the day made him free. That night his mate asked him 'Do you believe in fairytales?' he remembers smiling at that, because how doesn't he believe in them when he was living in the happy ever after? After he said 'Yes' his mate smiled a little, it was that night when he woke up, chocking on a black miasma, he remembers running, he remembers he screamed, because where was his mate? There was no way to see…" Shinichi hummed as he felt his lover looking at him with excitement egging him to go on and continued, too wrapped in the story to let Shinichi finish it right now, which made Shinichi give a small smile, even when he was bad at telling stories, his mate still encourage him.

"It end with him fallen and staying there like the dead, because inside of the library he saw his mate lying dead, what made him froze in his place was that laughing mask. It looked at him, and he was shaken because there was no person, but a demon standing, he remembers screaming as he ran at him, with whatever his hand found to be his weapon, he rage and scream and attack with all of his might, until in the end, the killing blow was his right. He screamed and screamed as he ripped that grinning mask, but what he saw were covered in black. After that night he was shown the truth, of fairytales and jewels and red, was there too… people wondered why he steals and why he kills, but unknown to them it was the only way for him to regain what was stolen, he was told there was a jewel that could bring the dead, and he took it as a chance to restart everything again, he made promises every time he failed, hoping that his mate will hear and come back to him, 'I promise I will be good, I will never complain, I promise to protect our home good, and never let the crows in, I promise this, I promise that' but sometimes he wondered if his mate heard him and accept, another fail, another jewel, and he wondered at the question that never failed to materialize again and again, why did the Knight Baron became a criminal? Everyone wondered, and until this day no one found the answer…" Shinichi finished which made his mate look at him with a fond look in his eyes. "I suck didn't I?" He asked his mate who smiled at him with knowing eyes.

"No, I loved the story that being said, make me another promise." His mate looked at his blue eyes with his soft one. "Promise me that you will never become the Knight Baron, Shinichi, promise." His made looked at him with worried eyes which caused Shinichi to smile at that…

It was already too late for that promise…

It had been a month since that man, or as he liked to be called Toichi, woke up from his coma, in that months Shinichi learn a lot about the magician, but unfortunately, nothing that actually matters to him, as the man didn't seem to know who Shinichi was, at first Shinichi thought the man was lying, after all, considering that Shinichi was a Yakuza, Toichi did have a reason to lie to him, so after Shinichi ordered his men to do a background check on the sleeping man, he discovered nothing that was of use to him.

The man was the best stage magician in Japan until he died in a fake magic accident. Well, the man being magician was probably the reason why Shinichi knew him, he probably saw one of his shows when he was a brat, before losing his memories, and the reason why he was familiar was probably because Shinichi loved his shows too much that he always watched them on repeat, the man was talented, he will give him that when he saw one of his old recorded shows. For the dead part, Shinichi went to the man and asked him about his supposed death, the man had sighed before he told Shinichi about the organization that kidnapped him and faked his death; Shinichi was told that he was in the Black Organization's clutch for over eighteen years.

So after going back and forth between, himself, in the end, Shinichi decided that after Kuroba Toichi healed, he will return him back to his home, whatever that was, as it seemed like his mate was living abroad in LA, and his son no longer live in their home, it end with Shinichi deciding that as soon as the man gets better he will drop him at his friend's house that he always talks about, the author or whatever the hell he was.

"So you never told me why you wanted to keep me here against my will before you had that change of heart, Shinichi-San." Toichi said calling him by his first name instead of his last, it was supposed to make Shinichi mad, this show of disrespect, but the young Alpha's lips twitch up against his will, no one had ever treated him like an old friend like Toichi was doing.

Shinichi turns to look at the older Alpha who was trying to juggle some balls he found and failing at that, frowning all the way as he looked at the ball that continues to fall on his lap every time he failed, Shinichi had warned the man the first time he woke up, told him that his hands were broken, that it will take a lot of physical therapy and re-breaking some of his bones to get them back to being useful, still the older Alpha refused to believe Shinichi, trying to juggle balls or use his hands in every way he can, privately Shinichi understood, after all, magicians are all about their hands, if they can't work for their hands they can't perform their magic. "I don't think that's any of your business Kuroba-San." Shinichi said stressing Toichi's last name hoping the man will understand the hint.

"Well, it's my business considering that I nearly became your prisoner not two weeks ago, Shinichi-Kun!" Toichi said with a happy smile, which made Shinichi groan at Toichi who grin at when he was able to fully juggle the balls for thirty seconds without missing a ball.

Shinichi eye the man with impressed look in his eyes, though it didn't stop Shinichi from booking him a therapy season with one of the doctors he knows, it was crazy, Shinichi knew that caring for a strange Alpha like he was one of his pack-mates or family members, but the man was the closest thing he had come to connect to his past in nearly eight years. "My mate…" Shinichi's traitorous mouth said before he could change the subject, that caused Toichi to turn to Shinichi and ignore the balls that fell in his lap again. "I am what people call amnesiac, I don't remember anything that happened to me unless you counted the last eight years of my life… though I do remember that I had a mate, and I am searching for him… I had hoped that you knew me and will be able to help, guess I was wrong." Shinichi explains briefly, not looking at Toichi who was sitting in the wheelchair near the window, the man seemed to make a hobby of always following Shinichi to his office and bother him most of the time.

"You know, you could have said that from the beginning, tell you what, let my debt to you be me helping you find your mate, I am sure my wife will be more than happy to help too." Toichi said as he returns to juggling the balls, which made Shinichi look at the man with amused eyes, lips stretch into a small smile…

As much as he tried to, he couldn't stop hope from blooming…

"So you are quite overprotective of your mate…" The speaker was a woman with a red-purplish hair and eyes, which made Shinichi's hair stand on its end as he looked at her, he realizes there was something wrong with her… something unnatural… though Shinichi had to tilts his head when the woman frown, because he knows that her charm did not work on him this time either, Shinichi didn't know from where that thought came to him but it was there.

"Every Alpha is protective of their Omega, Koizumi-San." Shinichi said as he turned toward the woman, from his surrounding, Shinichi can say that he was walking through a park, the weight in his arm made him look to see that he was holding a grocery bag, taking a look at what was inside of the bag, Shinichi knew that they were fancy ingredients for dinner, it made Shinichi hum and turn his eyes back to the woman, some part of him refusing to let her get away from him even for a second.

"So protective that you will restore to killing… I see." 'Koizumi' said which caused Shinichi's eyes to widen for a second and for him to tense, looking at Koizumi like a hawk refusing to let go of his prey.

"And only now you decided to confront me because?" Shinichi said, not even denying what the woman was saying, after all, there was no way to bullshit a know-it-all witch, though it left Shinichi wondering why she brought the subject after half a year of the 'Accident' as Shinichi liked to call it.

"What will you do if I told you that in three days from now your lovely mate will die?" The woman asked him as she took a step toward him, hearing that caused Shinichi to snarl at the woman like a raging beast and take a step toward her letting the full petition of his pheromone lose, hoping to scare the woman into submission. "Oh, dear boy, don't snarl at me, I just came here to warn you about what's going to take a place, this future was sit in stone since today… unless…" The witch said which made Shinichi growl and stalk her until they were face to face separated only by a few inches.

"Either you talk now, or be prepared to lose your tongue witch, my mate's friend or not, I am not afraid to kill as you have witnessed." Shinichi hissed at the woman, which made the witch smile at him proudly, like she was waiting for him to say those words to her, her red-purplish eyes glow red for a second before they were back to their original color.

"In three days from now you will overthrow the crows, in three days from now the Knight Baron will howl, in three days from now he will die, his heart pierced by the scythe." Koizumi recites which made Shinichi shake on the inside from the double meaning of her words. "We both know that our lovely friend in protective, of his mate especially, even if it meant that he will stand between you and a bullet about to pierce your brain, and once he dies… you will finally become the Knight Baron, just like your lovely story, huh?" Koizumi said as she looked at Shinichi with sympathy eyes, which hide so much sadness and pain inside of them. "I saw your future… and I wanted to cry, Shinichi-Kun." The woman said with a shaky voice which made Shinichi drop everything in his hand and look at the woman.

"No… please no, there has to be a way, please, I will do anything, I will pay whatever price you want, please!" Shinichi said with a touch of hysteria in his voice, and it made the woman swallow and look around the place before getting out a blue vial from her pocket, putting it in Shinichi's hand without looking at him.

"Tonight after you prepare dinner, put this in his drink, he then will fall in deep sleep for three days, I will take care of him at that time, doing this, and you both will avoid the fate that was written." The witch said as she turned around to leave only to be stopped by the Alpha who took her arm looking at her.

"What's the price? As much as I know that you care about my mate, I know that there is always a price when it comes to you." Shinichi said which made the woman give him a sad smile, as she pulled her arm away from Shinichi and start walking away though not before Shinichi heard her last parting words…

My price… is your memories…

"Shinichi-Kun, I am bored!" The sound of Kuroba Toichi whining made Shinichi sigh and turn to the man who was lying on the sofa with his head upside down, looking at Shinichi with bored look on his face, it had been half a year since Shinichi found Toichi, half a year since he took it on himself to take care of the older Alpha and treat him, and in this half a year, Shinichi hated to admit but he and Toichi did become friends, though Shinichi wouldn't admit that even with the threat of death.

In this half a year a lot of things happened, Shinichi continued to hunt Pandora, only to fail in finding the jewel, though Kaitou Kid took it upon himself to challenge the Shinigami who always stole 'his' jewels before the elusive thief did, so far Shinichi didn't respond to any of his challenges. Toichi also grow closer to him, he was too familiar for Shinichi for the young Alpha to think of him as anything else other than a family, though what made Shinichi rage on the inside was the way Toichi act, the way he laughs, but the most important, was his smile, his smile was so familiar it sent a bang in Shinichi's heart every time he sees him smile, though it didn't hurt that his sister and his mother warmed up to Toichi, as the man always made sure to do small magic tricks trying to cheer them up. Still, he couldn't do anything advance other than the immature tricks or his hands will fail him.

"Then why don't you return back to your home? I am sure you are fine on your own to make the journey." Shinichi returned with a bored tone as he looked at the pouting man, wondering how in the seventh hell does Toichi with all of his fifty-three years of glory act like a five years old child, doesn't it get tiring? And how is he able to smile after what happen to him? Shinichi thinks that the therapy he forced Toichi to go to help a little.

"But if I do that who will protect my virtue! And then I will be bored, at least with you it will be fun." Toichi said with a chirp as he sat on the sofa and turn to Shinichi to give him one of his big smiles that made Shinichi groan and grumble something about 'manic magicians' and other things. "Please Shinichi-Kun won't you take your defenseless friend to see his old friend, Yo-Chan? I will even call you once a day and not every three hours like I said I would!" Toichi looked at Shinichi and patted his eyelashes at the man which made Shinichi sigh at the other Alpha.

"Fine, I will take you to see them next month, it's the only time I have any free time, you better be grateful, or else…" Shinichi hissed at Toichi like an angry cat which got a laugh from the man as he showed Shinichi a sign of victory, that made Shinichi's lips twitch up into a small smile, it was a wonder how Toichi was able to pierce his frozen heart and make a place for himself with Shinichi's mother and sister and his long-lost mate, Shinichi shook his head and returned to his paperwork ignoring Toichi who start whining once more…

He will miss the old magician…

Finally an update!

We finally learned about some of Shinichi's past and how he lost his memories!

The next chapter Kaito will finally make an appearance!

For everyone who predicts that the man was Toichi? Kudos to you!

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Nazaki-Sama