Chapter 9
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Thought / Dream / Event from the past
[Voice from the past]
"Dialogue"
On Screen
Option Button
=Phone Call or Through Earphone=
Written
Emphasis
※Notification / Unread Mail/Report※
Dangerous tone / Magic Incantation / Sound Effect
Birthday Disaster :
The Time-Bombed Sky Scrapper
Inside the Black Manor - also known as the Kudou Manor, one Kuroba Kaito could be seen slumping on the Dining Table, looking at the Shrunken Detective who was standing at his right side with a full blown Puppy Dog Eyes of Doom on his face, that sad look was combined with his pouting lips that was so cute it should have been illegal.
Well, Shinichi mused at the back of his mind, so what if it was illegal? Kaito was the Internationally Wanted Phantom Thief Kid, people already wanted to arrest him, so what was one more illegal act?
"Hidoi (Cruel)." Kaito complained with a dramatic sob, "My Husband is so cruel…".
"I'm sorry, Kaito. I'm really, really sorry." Shinichi - whose heartstrings were pulled by the sad and yet unbearably cute expression that was shot at him by his Husband - apologized as he grasped Kaito's right hand in his own two hands, "I promise that it was an accident. Please forgive me?".
If Ran or Akako - or anyone else who knew that Conan was Shinichi, and knew that he and Kaito were married - saw them then, they would probably wondered what the drama was about. As well as probably laughing at Shinichi's helplessness against Kaito's Puppy Dog Eyes of Doom and Pouting Lips combined look, and at Kaito's deviousness for using it against Shinichi when knowing that Shinichi would do literally anything to make Kaito happy again.
The reason this was happening was because of the Black Star Heist that happened the day before. That Heist was the first Heist that Shinichi had attended ever since he became Conan, and he was very excited to have a battle of wits against Kaito - someone who could match him perfectly, and was a genius like him.
Unfortunately, Shinichi - or Conan at the time - had gone too far in his pursuit due his excitement, and a slight miscalculation later, the soccer ball that he had kicked with his Super Shoes with the wall behind Kaito - or Kid at the time - as his aim, had ricocheted against the wall and hit Kaito right on his butt.
Needless to say, Kid couldn't finish his Show that night, and Ran had to be the Kid who escaped via the Hand Glider, while Kid had to disguise himself as Ran for the rest of the night until his butt wasn't so sore anymore - which was earlier that morning. What was worse, Kogoro had to carry Kaito-as-Ran home in Princess carry - since he gassed himself to sleep to avoid having to talk to Kogoro.
As soon as morning came and Kaito's butt wasn't so sore anymore, he - still as Ran - went out with Conan to meet the real Ran, with the excuse being Conan wanted to spend time with his 'Kaito-niichan'. They met up at Blue Parrot, and after a short conversation between them to match up their knowledge of what had happened while Ran and Kaito swap places, the real Ran returned to her home while Kaito - who had dropped his Ran disguise by then, went home with Conan to the Black Manor for privacy.
As soon as they were alone in the safety of the Black Manor, Kaito had slumped on the Dining Table while Shinichi dropped his Conan mask - which brought them to this point in time.
"Sorry won't make the sore go away." Kaito replied to Shinichi's apology, his pout deepening, "This is different than the sore I would get after we made love, or even after a BDSM scene".
Shinichi blushed at the ease in which Kaito said those words. Although, he should have gotten used to those words, he was a married man after all, and they did make love often enough when he was still in his teenage body - thanks to their teenage hormones. Still, he pushed it to the back of his mind, for he had to focus on Kaito here.
"Is there anything I can do to receive your forgiveness?" Shinichi knew that he would most likely regretted his words, but he decided to suck it up, since Kaito's forgiveness was more important to him than anything else at the moment.
"Anything?" Kaito - the imp that he actually was - asked with a cute hopeful expression, causing his Mini Husband to be unable to do anything but nod in agreement. "Then~" He began gleefully as he pulled out a cute little cat boy costume from who know where, and it was completed with the Cat ear clip and tail. "I want to go on a Date with you!" He declared happily, "And you will wear this for the duration of the Date and until the next day!".
Shinichi's eyes widened and his whole face upon turned red seeing the costume, and he really wanted to take his words back, he didn't even wear the costume yet and already he was drown in sheer embarrassment. Sadly, he couldn't, or Kaito would be back into a sad ball of kicked puppy - that would kill him more than wearing the costume.
Shinichi closed his eyes and sighed, before opening his eyes again to lock them with Kaito's hopeful eyes. "Okay." He said in agreement.
Kaito's whole face brightened. "Really?" He asked again, just to be sure.
"Really." Shinichi confirmed with a small smile, "Anything for you".
Kaito made the costume disappeared with a puff of smoke, before picking Shinichi up into his arms and standing up himself, so he could whirl them around in his happiness. "Oh, Shin-kun! I love you!" He declared with a grin that was brighter than the Sun - maybe he should have named him Amaterasu instead of Bakeneko - before pulling Shinichi into a tight embrace. "Thank you." He continued softly right into Shinichi's ear, causing the other to shiver.
With a soft smile, Shinichi hugged Kaito back. He decided then, that any embarrassment that he would face on the day of their date would be worth it, if it made Kaito this happy.
Their moment was shattered when Shinichi's Daitengu phone rang, with the ring tone being a special song that told him immediately the identity of the caller. Kaito nodded his head at him, so Shinichi pulled it out and answered the call.
"Moshi Moshi, Naito Shin?" Ran's voice rang from the other end, "It's me, Mouri Ran".
Not the usual greetings? Shinichi thought in surprise, because that meant that Ran was calling when she was out of Uniform. "What is the problem?" He asked simply.
"I got stuck in a case, can you come over?" Ran asked right away, "Or maybe you can send Shin Nisei over. I'm at the Kurokawa Residence, and Mr. Kurokawa is dead. He left a Dying Message, but we can't figure it out".
"We, as in?" Shinichi asked curiously as he leaned his head onto Kaito's shoulder.
"Megure-keibu, Otou-san, and I." Ran informed him.
"It would be too long for me to get there." Shinichi told her thoughtfully, "Send me the photos, both the crime scene and the Dying Message".
"Alright." Ran replied readily and was about to end the phone call, but not before Shinichi heard her yelling at Kogoro to 'stop accusing people randomly and go investigate!'.
Not long after, the photos arrived, and she also sent a video containing the visual of the whole room - just in case she didn't get everything in the photos. Shinichi studied them for a bit, before he understood what the real Dying Message was, so he called Ran and told her to put the phone on speaker. Clearing his throat, he then began to tell her and whoever was with her about the Dying Message using his Naito Shin voice.
"I think it is strange that someone would tap on the English caps lock that is on the left side of the keyboard with his right hand finger, because of this, I believe that the caps lock was not hit intentionally, but he hit it accidentally when he fell down." Shin told them, "Then, once the culprit left, he pressed the keys in his fading consciousness, assuming that they keys are still in kana characters".
"Then, the kana characters that J-U-N correspond to are…" Megure-keibu began to say in realization, "Ma-Na-Mi, Manami!".
Shin then proceeded to point out what the proof was, which was the victim's blood on Manami's sock. Considering that Manami claimed to never enter the room, it was very strange that the blood was there, and it was enough evidence to drive Manami into confessing to her crime.
"Honestly…" Shinichi - having stepped out of his Naito Shin persona - sighed heavily as he closed his phone, "This murder could be avoided, if only those people learn to not be afraid to speak up, especially when they know that they are correct".
"They can't help it, can they?" Kaito muttered as he relocated them onto the sofa, before sitting down on it with Shinichi still in his arms, making the Mini Detective sat on his laps, "People with money often become too powerful to fight back, and they become scared that their life would be destroyed too should they lose the battle in court, thus they shut their mouth tightly".
Sighing again, Shinichi shook his head before leaning in to kiss Kaito on the lips. "Well, about that Date." He began to say as he pulled back to look at Kaito in the eyes, "When is it? And where do you want to go to?" He asked to change the subject into a lighter stuff.
"May 3rd." Kaito answered right away, a big grin on his face, "We will be out the whole day, then end it watching a Movie around midnight. Hopefully, there will be one that suit our taste, if not then we will just watch one at home".
"That's two weeks from now." Shinichi raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure you don't want us to go on a Date sooner? We can go next weekends".
"Nah." Kaito waved the offer away, "I prefer that we spend the next weekend just cuddling each other, either on a bed or a sofa".
Shinichi shrugged at that and moved so he was sitting beside Kaito instead of his laps, before pulling out his Daitengu phone, posting an Event.
A notification then made Kaito checked his phone, and then snorted upon seeing the new Event at the Calendar.
Daitengu
On 3 May 20xx
At Somewhere
Bakeneko and I are going to have a Date.
Please don't disturb us, unless it's an emergency.
Thank you.
Post New Event
Remove Event
"Hopefully, there won't be an emergency." Kaito commented as he closed his phone, so that he could pull Shinichi back onto his laps.
"And if there's any, hopefully we can finish it so we can still have our Date." Shinichi added his own comment, causing Kaito to pout at him.
"Don't jinx us." Kaito told him seriously.
"..." Shinichi didn't reply, just burying his face onto Kaito's chest.
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The next Saturday, at 26th of April, Kaito and Conan were back at the Black Manor. Unfortunately, they couldn't simply cuddle around each other just yet, since they found a box full of letters and gifts that they needed to sort. Most of them were fan letters for Kudou Yusaku, whose latest volume in his Night Baron series became the best seller in America, and was at the Switzerland at the moment. Surprisingly, there were also a few that were fan letters for Shinichi.
"How in the world do I have fans?" Shinichi asked as he put his fan letters aside to be read latter, since he wanted to finish sorting them all first.
"You do know that you're one of the top candidates for being Naito Shin in the Media's eye, right?" Kaito asked him as he took Shinichi's fan letters, wanting to open them, "May I?".
"Go ahead, you're my Husband after all." Shinichi answered nonchalantly as he dug more letters from the box, "If you don't like what they wrote to me - a Love Letter maybe? - then feel free to reply to them, with a subtle warning or something so they know that I'm Married and my Husband don't like their letters".
"Yay!" Kaito licked his lips as he opened the first letter, then put it aside after deeming it safe for Shinichi to read, but he put the next one to his pocket to reply, before moving on to the next. Upon seeing the name of the sender, he snorted in amusement, earning a raised eyebrow from Shinichi. "Hakuba." He explained as he moved the letter to the safe pile.
After all, Hakuba knew that Shinichi was Married to him, so there was no way Hakuba would send a Love Letter. The worse that could happen was Hakuba hinting to Shinichi that Kaito was actually Kid, but since Shinichi knew and supported him, that wouldn't affect anything at all.
"Oh?" Shinichi voiced out as he saw the letter that was addressed to him, but not a fan letter.
"What is it?" Kaito asked curiously.
"A letter from Moriya Teiji." Shinichi answered as he opened it, while Kaito moved closer so he could read alongside Shinichi.
It was an invitation to an afternoon tea garden party at Moriya's residence, that would be hold at 29th of April at 3.30 PM. Moriya invited him was because Shinichi was the Son of the famous couple Kudou Yusaku and Yukiko, and because Shinichi was one of the top candidates for being Naito Shin - the man believed that Shinichi was actually the Naito Shin, so he wanted to meet with Shinichi for confirmation.
"Kaito, I hope you're free that day." Shinichi said after they finished reading, looking at his Husband who just loved to use every chance he got to disguise as Shinichi.
"Of course I am." Kaito reassured him with a grin, "And if I'm not free, I will just have to free myself".
Shinichi snorted hearing that, shaking his head fondly, before continuing to sort through the abundance letters on the table in front of him. Seeing that, Kaito smiled and returned to his own sorting - choosing which one was safe to be read by Shinichi, and which was not due to being a Love Letter.
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The afternoon tea garden party went well, for the most part.
The first thing that Kaito-as-Shinichi did upon meeting and greeting Moriya Teiji was to apologize, saying that as flattered as he was to be hold in high regard, he 'unfortunately' had to deny being the true identity of the Mysterious Detective Naito Shin.
The man said that it was alright, no harm was done, and then led them to the garden where the party was. That was where the man presented them with many option of homemade snacks to choose from, and he also gave a quiz as an entertainment, which Kaito-as-Shinichi, Conan, and Ran - who came along as a 'Date' so it wouldn't look strange for 'Shinichi' - answered correctly at the same time.
As a prize, the Architect showed them his Gallery, where the photos of each and every one of his creation were displayed. That was when the thing that annoyed Kaito - who still pretended to be Shinichi - the most happened.
"By the way, Ran-san, are you and Kudou-kun close?" Moriya Teiji had asked sometimes at the end of the tour to the man's Gallery.
"Well, we do grow up together." Ran answered with a warm smile at 'Shinichi', who smiled and nodded back.
"We have known each other ever since we were in preschool." 'Shinichi' elaborated further, "And we attends the same High School now".
"Ho." The man said in understanding, before looking at 'Shinichi', "I heard that your Birthday is coming soon, is it true?" He asked curiously.
"Yes, at the Fourth of May." 'Shinichi' confirmed it, since Conan happened to be going to the Bathroom at the moment, so it was safe for him to tell.
"Only a week away." Moriya noted lightly, "The teenagers normally celebrates their 17th Birthday in a grander way than any other, are you planning to go somewhere?".
"Of course he is." Ran nudged him in the arm with her elbow, a teasing grin on her face, "This boy here plans to have a Date for a whole day at the 3rd, and ending it by watching a Movie around night".
Moriya laughed then. "Must be nice being young." He commented lightly, "You must be looking forward to it".
More pleasantries followed then, with Ran ended up being the one who answered the questions around Shinichi's Date plan, and that was when 'Shinichi' noticed that … by the way the conversation flowed, Moriya seemed to think that Ran was dating Shinichi. Before he could correct the man though, Conan had returned from the Bathroom, and then Moriya decided that it was time they returned to the garden.
"Oh, come on, Kaito-kun. Don't pout like that." Ran said to him once they left the Moriya Residence and were on the way back to the Black Manor, "You know that I won't steal Shinichi from you, we're Brother and Sister after all".
"I know." Kaito said petulantly as he ran his hand through his hair, returning it to its naturally wild style from Shinichi's unnaturally neat style. "What I don't like is the fact that he thinks that Shinichi is dating you, and I didn't get the chance to correct him".
Conan - since they were in public - laughed at Kaito's childishness. "Possessive much, Kaito-niichan?" He asked teasingly, "Don't worry, soon enough, everyone will know that you're the one who is Married with Shinichi-niichan".
"Soon enough?" Kaito and Ran asked him in unison, having twin look of confusion on their faces.
"If my family's problem is over and Shinichi-niichan have returned by his 18th Birthday…" Conan began to explain to them, "He's planning to have a big party to announce the fact that he's Married to Kaito-niichan." He grinned at their surprised faces.
"Well…" Kaito grinned widely at him, "I can't wait for it now".
Conan and Ran could only smiled at him.
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Kaito was not amused.
"That a scary look you have there." Shinichi couldn't help but commented.
"Our fun day is ruined, of course I'm angry." Kaito glowered at Shinichi, or the bandage around Shinichi's head to be precise.
It was the 3rd of May, and they went on the Date as was planned. They were having so much fun together, despite Shinichi being a bit embarrassed at his Little Cat Boy costume, but then Shinichi's Daitengu phone rang.
If it was a normal call, then everything would be fine, but it was a call from someone who claimed to have stolen a large amount of explosive, and challenged Shinichi to find where he had planted the bombs. The first was on the Helicopter toy that Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko were playing with, and the second was inside a cat carrier. If that was not bad enough, Shinichi - who went as Naito Shin Nisei at the time - had gotten injured while throwing away the second bomb, hitting his head when it exploded, and then having his identity as the Naito Shin Nisei being found out by Kogoro - who have been called by the Hospital - in the process.
So, there they were now.
"Eh?" Ayumi - who had come over to visit with Mitsuhiko and Genta - asked in surprise, "Your fun day? Is there something special?".
"No, we just wanted to have fun together." Conan answered her.
"Not exactly." Kaito sighed in defeat.
"What do you mean?" Conan asked in confusion.
"Tomorrow is your Birthday." Kaito answered with a pout, "I was planning to have a fun filled day today, then giving you your Birthday present right after we finished watching the midnight Movie".
"Oh, I forgot that tomorrow is my Birthday." Conan said in realization.
"Wow!" Ayumi gasped in surprise, before looking at Conan hopefully, "Is there going to be a party?!".
"No." Conan said firmly just as Kaito opened his mouth to say 'yes', "I don't want to have a party." He then looked hopefully at Kaito, "We can have our fun filled day again instead, what do you say, Kaito-niichan?".
Kaito beamed at him. "Of course we can!" He said in answer, happy that he could still have his Date with his Husband.
Megure and Shiratori - who newly transferred to Beika - entered the room and asked for Conan's statement. Conan's Trio Ducklings then went home upon noticing the time, after giving the picture containing the image of the culprit that they met earlier that day to Conan though. Then, the culprit called again, demanding that they gave the phone to Naito Shin and stopped playing around.
Before Megure could say that Naito Shin wasn't in Japan, Kaito answered the culprit using Naito Shin's voice, thus they got the clue about the exact location of the bombs that the culprit planted at Touto Circular Railways. Megure immediately called the operators, before going to the station itself with Kogoro alongside him - Shiratori had gone earlier to check on something.
Instead of trying to solve the riddle though, Kaito thought up of how he would do it. They keys being the bombs would explode after 4.00 PM if the train went slower than 60 kilometers, and they would still exploded at Sunset if they weren't found. If Kaito was the culprit, how would he make it happen? What would happen both at Sunset and when the train went slower than 60?
Many scenarios and ideas filled Kaito's head, but the answer clicked when he saw the shadowed area outside. He wasn't a Detective though, so just to be sure, he discussed his idea with Shinichi, who had that Look on his face as soon as he heard Kaito's idea - and that Look said that the Detective had solved everything.
Shinichi immediately took out his Daitengu phone and dialed Megure's phone - now that he thought about it, how did the Bomber get his Daitengu phone number? And he was rather lucky neither Megure or Kogoro realized how strange it was for Conan to have a phone that was supposed to belong to Naito Shin, whom Megure believed wasn't even in Japan at the moment.
"Hello?"
Megure's voice pulled Shinichi out of his thought, then - using his Naito Shin voice, he told Megure that the bombs weren't hidden under the seat, on the luggage rack, or under the carriages, but between the rails instead - followed by the reason of why he said that.
"Therefore, please diverts the trains on the Circular Line to a different track right away." He requested urgently, "Once they're off the Circular Line tracks, there will be no danger of explosion".
"Understood." Megure replied before ending the call.
Shinichi sighed as he closed his phone. "Now all that left are to divert the trains and find the bombs." He said in relief, "Megure-keibu can handle this part well".
"But it's still too early to celebrate, right?" Kaito sighed as well as he looked out of the window, "Should we tell everyone? The ones that are in Tokyo I mean".
"I don't want to worry them needlessly though." Shinichi replied softly.
"Well, at least tell Aosaginohi." Agasa-hakase - who had been silent for the last few minutes - advised him, "You and Yusaku had trained her to disarm bombs in case emergency happens".
"Yeah, I guess I will." Shinichi said in agreement as he opened his Daitengu phone again, updating Ran on what was going on via SH Chat.
"Something bothers me though, Shin-kun." Kaito said thoughtfully, gaining their attention, "Do you realize that all of the places with the bombs are Moriya Teiji's creations?".
"Now that you mentioned it…" Shinichi said in realization, before narrowing his eyes, "Are you saying that the Bomber is holding a grudge against Moriya Teiji?".
"Or quite possible Moriya himself is the Bomber." Kaito said seriously, shocking them.
"Moriya himself you say?!" Agasa cried out in shock.
"Why do you say that?" Shinichi asked curiously.
"He did say that, didn't he?" Kaito replied as he recalling the day he met Moriya while in disguise as Shinichi, "You must take responsibility of your own work".
"But why would he want to destroy his own creations?" Agasa asked in bewilderment.
"Asymmetric." Shinichi said thoughtfully, "Each and every design that have been planted with the bombs are Asymmetrical." He then shook his head, "But would he really do all of this just because of it?".
"Well, I don't know about it." Kaito shrugged easily, "But we can always investigate him, both about the people who might have a grudge against him, and if he's really that obsessed with Symmetrical designs".
"Let's go then." Shinichi said as he got out of his bed, "I will distract him by asking him if he could think of some people who might have a grudge against him, while you check to see if he had those fake hair, mustache, and black sunglasses the Bomber wore".
"Be careful!" Agasa waved at them, "I will be checking you out!".
"We will!" Kaito and Conan - since they weren't alone anymore - waved back at him, "And thank you Hakase!".
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Before they headed for Moriya Teiji's Residence though, they contacted Megure so they would have the Inspector as their back up.
"Huh, Kudou-kun?" Megure asked in surprise upon arriving in front of Moriya Residence, "I thought you're still out there".
"Actually, it's Kaito, Keibu." 'Shinichi' replied with a wink before putting on a black cap and the Black Monocle, "I have my reason for disguising as Shinichi, or Naito Shin, so please keep quiet".
"Ah, alright." Megure replied, though he definitely looked confused.
"Let's go in." Conan - who was Shin Nisei again now - called out before nodding to Kaito, "Let's see if our suspicion is correct".
"I will take half an hour at most." Kaito replied as he fully set his mental mask into that of Naito Shin, "Can you buy me that much time?".
"No promise, but I will try." Shin Nisei waved to him as 'Naito Shin' left them.
"Where is he going?" Kogoro asked in confusion.
"Sneaking in." Shin Nisei replied as he jumped to ring the doorbell, "If his and my suspicion is correct, then he would need to sneak in to find the evidence. We will be asking stuffs to Moriya as a distraction".
"Sneaking in?" Shiratori - who had just returned from checking on Mayor Okamoto's Son's Alibi - asked in dismay, "Breaking and entering is a crime!".
"Oh, please." Shin Nisei sighed just as the gate was opened, "You're working to a Detective who has been called as Vigilante by quite a portion of the world, and you know that sometime Vigilantes do the breaking and entering when needed, since waiting for the Polices to make a search warrant takes too long of a time." He then glared at the new Officer, "Now, be quiet, I don't want Moriya to know that we're just distracting him".
"Why do we need to distract him anyway?" Kogoro grumbled at him. He was still sore of that time at Mycroft, when Conan beat him in solving the murder case.
"You will know the reason later, now please shut up." Shin Nisei hissed at him, before waving cheerfully to the approaching Moriya Teiji. "Moriya Teiji-san!" He called out lightly, "We're investigating something at the moment, would you mind answering our questions?" He asked as soon as the Architect was within hearing distance.
The man blinked, before smiling. "Of course." He waved his hand to invite them in, "Please come in, we will talk inside".
Once they came in, Megure explained about the bombing after a nudge from Shin Nisei, before asking if Moriya could think of anyone who had a grudge against him - he couldn't, then they began talking something else to buy time, including about Moriya's Father.
It wasn't long before Shin Nisei got a text from 'Naito Shin', telling him that the other had found the Evidence. "Moriya Teiji-san." Shin Nisei began after he replied with an Ok to his Partner, "Would you mind showing us the Gallery?".
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Kaito was really not amused.
He had waited until Moriya and the others arrived at the Gallery before closing the door, then - after Shin Nisei looked at the design for the new Beika City Building and understood everything - he and Shin Nisei took turn to explain their deduction, as well as presenting the Evidence. Then the man had the nerve to threat them, saying that he would detonate the bombs that he had placed around the Mansion if they came any closer. It wouldn't explode though, since he had removed the battery beforehand, and he did say as much.
So, Megure and Shiratori arrested the man, but that wasn't the end. The man revealed that there was still one more building that he want to erase - the Beika City Building, and he planted the biggest bomb at the Movie Theater. But that wasn't what really made him mad, no, it was the fact that Moriya planted the biggest bomb there since that was where Kaito and Shinichi would be by now, if the challenge to find the bombs didn't come. If they didn't know about the bombing, then they would probably die later on that day.
What was more? Moriya's reason for challenging Naito Shin was because he had been so sure that Naito Shin was Shinichi - who was the one to come to reveal that it was Mayor Okamoto who accidentally killed someone one rainy night long ago, instead of his Son.
Seriously, Kaito was not amused. He was furious. So, he painted the man's hair neon yellow, and took the bomb plan from the man's pocket, before taking off with Shin Nisei to the Beika City Building using their Hang Gliders - even if no one in their group was in danger, that didn't mean they could care less about the innocent civilians who were in there.
"Angel, where are you?" Shin Nisei - though he was more Naito Shin at the moment - asked to his phone as they flew.
=At the Movie Theater with Sonoko.= Ran's voice answered, probably because Sonoko was there with her, =Since you can't come and the tickets are already bought, we're planning to watch the Movie instead.=
"Good." Shin said shortly, "Listen, there are bombs installed in there, so begin evacuation immediately!" He ordered firmly, as he turned on his Earphone - that had became a part of his Uniform. He glanced at his other Partner and nodded, receiving a nod back as the other turned on his own Earphone.
Even being separated by distance, Shin could feel Ran grew serious from his side of the phone. =Ryoukai.= It was Violet Angel's voice who answered then, signaling that she was ready for action.
"Kid and I will arrive soon to disarm the bombs, so turn on your Earphone." He added in a calmer voice, "We need to stay in contact".
=Okay.= Angel ended the call, and then a second a beep could be heard from his Earphone, signaling that Angel had turned on her Earphone. =I'll evacuate the people in the Theater first.=
"Okay." Shin replied in agreement.
"Seems like the Polices are sending back up for us." Kid - because even though he was using Naito Shin's Uniform, it was Kid who was speaking then - commented as he looked at the line of Police cars down below.
"Of course they do." Shin replied as he inhaled deeply to calm himself and strengthen his Poker Face, "Many lives could lose if they don't".
"We can see the building now." Kid informed Angel.
=Go-= An explosion then sounded and screaming could be heard, Sonoko's voice being the clearest - telling them that the girl was close to Angel.
"Angel!" Shin and Kid cried out in alarm and worry.
=We're fine!= Angel reported slightly breathlessly, =Just surprised. The explosion is from below us, and we're still fine here, just bruised a bit at most…= She trailed off, before cursing quietly. =How close are you now?= She asked softly but urgently, =Seems like the explosion caused the emergency exit to get stuck.=
"Hang on, we're almost there." Shin told her reassuringly.
Kid observed the condition of the building, then immediately planned the best course of action to free them. "Angel, we will break the window and get in soon." He called out, "The Bomber said that the biggest bomb is in there, can you locate it?".
=Alright, I'm going to look for it now.= Angel replied right away, and then she could be heard talking to Sonoko, =Sonoko, stay here, okay. I will be back.=
=But, Ran-!= Sonoko tried to protest, but Angel shushed her gently.
=I will be right back.= She repeated, =Help is coming soon, so you will be alright. Just stay put here, okay?=
=... Okay.= Sonoko reluctantly relented.
A moment passed then, which Shin and Kid used to shot their Card Guns to the nearest window and dove inside, they then immediately collapsed their Gliders. Kid took a second to change his Midnight Blue Uniform to his Trademark White, before nodding to Shin, and together they headed for the Movie Theater.
=I found it.= Angel reported.
"We're in front of the Emergency Exit now." Shin answered her, "It's covered in rubble, but I think it's alright if you break through it, just make sure that the bomb is in a place that would be safe to be left first. If it isn't, check if it's the type that would explode if shaken, then move it if possible".
=On it.= Angel replied firmly.
A minute or two passed in silent from Angel's side, aside from some rustles. Then she could be heard inhaling deeply, while a click and a rotating sound were in the background.
=Stay back from the door.= Angel ordered, so they did and told her so once they were in a safe distance, =Haaa!=
BAM!
The Emergency Door was blasted away, and they could see Ran's form at the doorway with one fist outstretched. Some part of the wall surrounding the door broke away, but nothing to be concerned about.
"Lead them away." Shin ordered as he pulled out the bomb plan with one hand, and turning off his Earphone with the other, "We will take care of the bomb".
Ran nodded as she also turned off her own Earphone, before turning around to the people inside. "Everyone!" She called out to them, "Follow me! We're going out of here!".
The people hurried over to follow her command, Sonoko included. "Wait!" She gasped upon seeing Kid there, "Kid-sama?!".
"Not now, Ojou-san." Kid gently said as he followed Shin Nisei inside, "We're here to disarm the bomb, so please be hurry and get out of here".
"A- alright." Sonoko answered in a slight daze.
She then nodded to her Partners, "Be careful." She pleaded seriously.
"We will." They nodded back to her.
With another nod, Angel began to lead the people to safety.
Shin and Kid soon located the bomb and used the guidance from the bomb plan to disarm it, but unfortunately, there were still two remaining cables unaccounted for.
Shin growled in anger. "That Moriya Teiji." He gritted his teeth as he hissed that, "He did this on purpose".
"What should we do now, Shin-kun?" Kaito asked him in concern.
"If we cut wrong, we will die, but if he did nothing, we will die too when the timer hit zero." Shinichi said with a sigh, removing his Top Hat to run his hand in his hair due to frustration.
Kaito bit his bottom lip, this situation was frustrating indeed.
Shinichi sighed again, before smiling ruefully at his Husband. "You chose." He said calmly.
"Me?" Kaito asked in surprise.
"We don't know which one to cut, so we have to make a gamble." Shinichi explained to him, "Who would be better to make such a gamble than the beloved Child of Lady Luck?".
"But, what if I cut the wrong one?" Kaito asked in worry.
"Then we will die." Shinichi said simply, as if he was merely commenting the weather. "It's alright though." He then took one of Kaito's hand in his, "At least, we will be together".
Kaito was touched, and he smiled before nodding his head in agreement. Looking at the two remaining cables, he inhaled deeply before taking the scissor from Shinichi's hand and swiftly cut one of them.
"..."
They stared at the bomb - more accurately, the timer of the bomb, then dragged their eyes to the cable that Kaito had just cut.
Shinichi snorted, then he laughed out loud. "Child of Lady Luck indeed." He said in between laughter.
Kaito joined him in the laughter. "I have never been happier to be the Lady Luck's Favorite than at this moment." He said in agreement.
Kaito had cut the blue cable, and the timer stopped.
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So, there goes the Naito Shin AU Version of the First Movie.
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