-FIRSTS-

Disclaimer: The works of Detective Conan and Magic Kaito belongs to Gosho Aoyama-sensei.

Warning: KaiShin relationship.

A/N: Filler chapter I guess? Urg...I'm bad at humour. There's slight reference to Chapter 14 OMAKE.


First Kidnap

"Is this Kuroba Kaito?" The mechanical voice on the phone asked. Kaito was just coming over to to Kudo Manor for dinner then stay the weekend. The two of them had worked out a system to alternate between Ekoda and Beika because of their busy weekday schedules. And this week, Kaito was doing the travelling. But the moment Kaito entered the foyer, the landline rang so Kaito went to pick it up, acting as Shinichi of course.

"Who are you?" Not many can distinguish their voice. Whoever is on the line must have known about their arrangements.

"I have something you might be interested in..." There was rustling in the background before his own mobile rang. It was a photo message.

The picture was a closeup shot, depicting Shinichi on a wooden chair with his hands tied behind his back. There was a look of irritation and reluctance on his face. A gloved hand was holding his chin and another was holding a fork with a bite of cream and cake. Shinichi had his mouth closed firmly shut, refusing the dessert. Swiping his fingers, Kaito opened another photo. This one was again with Shinichi tied to the chair but it was taken at a further distance. The setting seems to be in a warehouse, sparsely furnished, with a few selective spotlights trained onto Shinichi. Behind him stood two figures, one in a black tuxedo and a smiley face drama mask with his dark hair gelled back, another evidently a female in a scarlet fitting long dress with a sad-faced drama mask with her blond hair in a bun.

Kaito nearly dropped the phone. How did his detective end up kidnapped? Especially since Kaito came straight from school to meet Shinichi at his house! These kidnappers must have ambushed Shinichi during lunch. But Shinichi was not dressed in uniform (and neither was Kaito, but that is besides the point), so the kidnappers lured his detective from school, forced him to change his clothes (by now, Kaito really hate smart criminals, there were hidden trackers on his uniform!) before bringing him to the location.

"Well? Are you still interested?" The mechanical voice taunted.

"What do you want." Kaito was terse in his response. He wanted to go to the Kudo library to see what cases his detective had been working on, hopefully this would narrow down the list of suspects.

"First, let's establish some rules. No calling the police, that is a given. No calling other detectives either, that includes their family members and home lines. Don't think you can fool us Kuroba Kaito. Second, we'll be the ones to contact you so do remember to pick up the phone. We have your mobile number and we can tell if your're at the police station so don't try anything funny."

"While you're at it, why don't you tell me to stop breathing too?" Kaito taunted.

"Very funny. But remember we have your boyfriend."

"How do I know the pictures are real? Give me some other proof."

"Very well. I'll let you hear his voice." There was a muffle of sounds. "There's someone on the phone for you."

"Hello?" It was Shinichi's voice. Much to Kaito's relief, it didn't sound pained or stressed.

"Shinichi, thank goodness."

"Kaito? Are you at my house now?"

"Yes. Now tell me where you are or any other sorts of information that could help me locate you."

"There really isn't any need. I'm fine, I should be ba..." His voice was suddenly cut off with, what Kaito assumes to be, a gag. The speakers changed. "So sorry, that's enough talking between the two of you. Now will that be enough or do we need to have a courier deliver body parts?"

"What do I need to do?" Patience running thin and anger running high, Kaito just wanted to try and trace his detective's footsteps to see where he might be taken. Kaito may not be a detective by trade, but he has associated himself with enough of them to know the basics of an investigation.

"That's easy. You have three hours to hand over that gem. Otherwise his life will be forfeited. We will contact you for the drop off point 90 minutes from now. During which time, we might ask for small favours from you, a delivery here and a package there. Keep your phone with you little kid."

There were some struggling noise in the background. Kaito could just make out Shinichi's voice.

"Kaito, don't listen to them. Ignore whatever they ask for..." The rest of his voice was once again muffled before the phone hung up.

Kaito cursed, punching in the wall in frustration. First thing to do was contact Jii to see if he heard anything strange or recognised the set in the picture. He was thinking of going over to the professors to see if he knew anything but he did not want to face the little scientist and risk becoming a lab rat.

His phone had just been connected to Jii when the doorbell rang. Giving the old man a quick rundown, he hurried to the door.

"Kuroba-kun, is Shinichi home? He left early today so I picked up his assignments for him. Would you mind?" Ran took out the handouts from her own bag. "Tell him the teacher want it back by Wednesday."

"Say Mouri-chan, did Shinichi say why he left early?"

"Either he was called on an urgent case by the police or family emergency. Shinichi was quite frantic when he walked out the classroom." She thought about it for I bit. "Come to think of it, he did look a bit strange. And it was in the middle of the class too. Not that the teacher minded, all the staff at Teitan is quite used to it by now..."

Kaito did not gain any useful information, but it would be rude (and also unnecessarily worrying Ran) if he suddenly turned her away. Instead they made small talk before Ran had to start dinner back at home.

"Jii-chan? Have you heard anything through the grapevine?" Kaito called Jii the moment the front door swung shut. He was glad the old man picked up the phone so quickly.

"Kaito-bocchama, did something happen?" There was a hint of worry in his voice, something that Kaito had been trying to avoid in fear of the man's health.

"There's some criminal wanting my cooperation. I wanted to know if you've heard anything." He leaned against the wall as support, his mind running through the various possibilities. The most disturbing scenario would be his detective being tricked by his group of alcoholic criminals and is now held captive because they wanted KID to do their dirty work.

"Nothing special has happened recently. Not since after the group had been arrested. Should I come over?" Kaito knew Jii was going to come over whether he agreed or not.

"I'm at Shinichi's place...Wait, hold on a moment..." There was an incoming message. Kaito stared at it incredulously, it was a grocery list from an unknown number. A second later, another photo message of a tied up Shinichi with the scarlet lady sitting on his lap and playing with his hair. Below was a caption: A Little Motivation. "Jii-chan, do you mind picking up some stuff while you're at it? Bring my suit over as well."

"Kaito-bocchama, is everything alright?" No doubt confused by the request.

"I'll tell you when you're here. It's not safe over the phone." He hung up and first went into the Kudo library. The place was in disarray, with paper strewn everywhere, case files were opened, and empty coffee cans and mugs littered about. Shinichi was never the type to let the library become such a state. Most of the cases Shinichi was looking at for fun were cold cases, reaching the statutory limit, and no one except the police would know about it. They haven't been involved in any major cases recently and because of Kaito's schedule, there hasn't been a KID heist this month. So how did the kidnappers make the connection? Especially since that particular group of criminals has been arrested.

Kaito tried to tidy up the library before heading up to Shinichi's bedroom. It too was in a mess, as though someone came in to search for something.

"A gem..." Kaito muttered, picking up a shirt. "Pandora? Or something else entirely?" Books, socks, and various pieces of clothing laid on the floor. He recognised his detective's school uniform nestled in the midst. Rummaging around the drawers by the desk, Kaito tried to find a wallet. He first came across a copper ring with a flat top, no gem on it and Kaito could clearly see this as a commemorative ring. It was not what he was looking for, though it was strange seeing accessories inside Shinichi's desk. Pushing it aside, he did find a velvet jewelry box hidden to the edge of the drawer. Inside was a heart-shaped, transparent, gem. There was also a note stuck on the inside of the box lid.

Call Original Wolf

The gem had a slight pink tinge to it, Kaito held the gem up to the light. It was clear and void of imperfection. The cut was professionally done, but it is apparent that it was designed to be set into jewelry. However, this was not something KID would go after for the carat size was too small to be a Pandora candidate. Kaito wondered why Shinichi would keep something like this in his drawer. He decided to keep this on his person for now, it might be the gem that the kidnappers were looking for.

Jii came by after Kaito had tidied up his detective's room. It was strange that only two rooms were trashed. He explained the situation to Jii in more detail, who was very concerned about whether the kidnappers know about KID's identity. They waited in the dinning room for the kidnapper's call. All the while, they were trying to figure out when Shinichi was being held.

"This photo," Jii pointed at the background on second photo of the detective, "this looks like it was deliberately set up."

"I had thought that too. Everything was too convenient." Kaito rested his head on his palm. Nothing made sense.

"I believe this could be a movie set in a studio. Or a set in an abandoned warehouse. There has been a few movie shootings around the bay area." Now that Kaito thought about it, his classmates did mention something about a famous actress doing shots in the area. He forgot the name, but she was supposed to be a classic actress and that she now works mainly overseas.

"It's worth a try." Kaito got up, holding his phone tight in his hands. He glanced at the clock, the kidnappers should be calling him soon.

"Did Shinichi-san give you any hints?"

"No." Kaito had noticed the strange behavior. Normally, his detective would be trying to get a message out but this time, he hadn't tried anything. Kaito only hope it was because he was being cautious and not that the kidnappers were blackmailing him on top of capturing him. "I might have found what the kidnappers were looking for..."

Kaito's phone suddenly rang. He did not recognise the number but he put the call on speaker phone.

"By now, you should have found what we want. Come to the Beika Department store, alone." The mechanical voice demanded. "Better do as we say or you'll never see Kudo Shinichi again."

The call was short, as though not wanting to be traced.

"That does sound suspicious." Jii offered his opinion. "What would you do now bocchama? The bay area or the department store?"

"I hate to ask this of you but can you go to the department store in my place?" Kaito took out the velvet box, debating whether to give it to Jii.

"Is that what they wanted?" Jii motioned for the box. He took a look at the gem to examine it with a professional eye. Jii held the gem towards the light for a precursory check of clarity, then pulled out a white handkerchief to check color. "This is a pink diamond."

"Not something Shinichi usually would buy. I found it in his desk." His detective may be a romantic at heart, but Kaito doesn't think Shinichi would be the type to rush things.

"Have you figured out the note then? Could this be a piece of evidence?" The note was something that had been nagging Kaito, who felt as though he should know the meaning. The name, Original Wolf, irritated Kaito. Who is it, who wrote it and what do they mean to Shinichi? Could this have been a gift from the Original Wolf?

"Likely. But he would have handed it over to the police by now." Kaito fingered the box, tracing around the edges. "This doesn't feel right..." And he was not saying this because of jealousy, there was genuine concern.

"I might have something similar back at the bar that we can trade off." Jii suggested. "If you don't think we should use the real gem as a bargaining chip."

"No, I'll not risk Shinichi's life like that." And as though the kidnappers heard their discussion, there was an incoming photo message. Shinichi was still strapped to the chair but this time, his clothes were in a mess. His shirt had its buttons undone, collar sliding off one shoulder. Shinichi looked flushed and seems to be having difficulties in breathing. The scarlet lady standing behind his detective had one hand reaching inside his shirt and was hugging his detective tightly. In her other hand held a knife, poised and ready to plunge into soft flesh. The tuxedo man wasn't in the picture but his hand was visible. The gloved hand was holding a gun pointed to the left of the screen. Below was a caption: Fun Times.

Kaito gritted his teeth. What were these people trying to pull, what are their intentions? He was no detective but he could see that these kidnappers were desperate for the gem, and most likely evidence.

A moment later, a sound file came through on his mobile.

"I can't believe I'm actually doing this..." It was Shinichi's voice. He did not sound in pain, but rather resigned. "I actually have to say this?...Why? It's not as though it matters. And no way would Kaito fall for this..." There seems to be some off-mic conversation going on. "Fine, if it'll please you. Kaito, I'm told to record this message to you, God knows why, but if they actually sent this to you, then I only have one thing to say. Don't go with their plot...Ack!" Again, another pause and some scruffling sounds. "Stop...stop that! Don't come closer I say!" Shinichi sounded panicky, and a bit out of breath. "I said no, don't come closer. Wait, wait...what do you mean I'm not following your orders? You told me to record a message right? And I did..." The message was suddenly cut off.

"Damn." Kaito swore, followed by a string of vocabulary that has strange resemblance to what Nakamori would say during a heist. Jii grimaced at Kaito's words (Kaito launched into an impersonation of the officer halfway).

"I'm sure Shinichi-san would be fine. Bocchama, you should focus on what you should be doing." He tried to placate Kaito, but the magician was already too riled up. It took a few tries but eventually he calmed down enough to form a plan.

"I'll head over to the bay area now. Which warehouse did the movie shoot in?"

Jii brought up a map, started annotating it with symbols of where there could be surveillance cameras and hidden corners. Kaito looked up the day's weather patterns, checked the rest of his equipment before heading to a tall office building near the bay to start his glide. They have decided to ambush (hopefully) when the kidnappers least expected.

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The area had a cluster of sheds and warehouses of varying sizes. The one Jii pointed out was closest to the pier, one of the larger warehouses, with a partial glass roof. KID landed his glider silently, aware of how his shadows would be casted in the early dusk.

"Bocchama, I have not picked up any activity near the entrance. They should still be inside." Jii's voice filtered through the static. They were treating this like a heist.

"Alright, keep me posted." KID peered down the roof window, memorizing the layout of crates and the internal design. There were two doors into the room and a set of metallic stairs leading to what could be assumed as the control room. There were rafters, pulley and crane systems near the roof. The crates were piled low, two to three crates in each stack. The whole place was lit like a Christmas tree, bright with spotlights trained at corners. KID did not see his detective on the main floor of the warehouse. His guess is that his detective was kept in the control room.

"Can you cut off the power to this place?" He needed a way in and the lighting arrangements in this place was not helping. He would have used the rafters as a walkway if there wasn't lights aimed at it.

"I'll try. But it won't last long."

"Better than anything I can do right now." KID waited for the signal. He first opened one of the windows silently, thankful that the hinges were well oiled, to prepare for his entrance. When the lights were off, KID jumped down onto the closest rafters and began running across as fast as he can. He managed to hide near the control room when the spotlights came back on. But because the warehouse lights were still off, there were plenty of shadows to hide in.

KID looked into the control room through the glass pane set into the door. It was the same setting as the photos he had received, only he was able to see the camera set up directly opposite where Shinichi is sitting. Behind the camera was a desk and chair office setting with a sofa on the side. The man was busy typing on the laptop by the desk whereas the woman was happily sitting on his lap. Shinichi was strangely silent, head down, and still. KID was worried the kidnappers might have done something to him already. He could easily see the knife, which the woman had been holding in the photo, was now stained with red and stabbed into the table.

"Do you think he'll do as you asked?" The woman asked.

"With him here, Kuroba Kaito would do anything we say. Though it might just be better to take him out of the way regardless of what the little kid would do." The man didn't even look up from his work as the woman left her seat.

"But would that be what he wanted?" The woman walked over to the (unconscious) detective, brushing his fringe.

"It doesn't matter what he want, all it matters is that he would be safe." The man looked up away from his work. The woman sighed.

"He'll never forgive you."

"I'm used to it. He always complain but in the end, he'll see it my way." The man closed the laptop with a sense of finality. "If Kuroba Kaito did as we've asked, our agent can take care of it. That must be in our hands."

"Oh? And what is that?" The woman sauntered over.

"It's a surprise." Even behind the mask, Kaito could imagine the look the man was giving the woman. "You can say it's a key piece of our existence and it was given to Kudo Shinichi as a safe keeping."

"Sneaky." The women teased, pulling on the tie and tracing on the chest. To Kaito, the pair looks like a genuine couple rather than partners in crime.

Kaito decided he had heard enough. The longer the detective stayed in that room, the more dangerous it seems. Not to mention he was afraid of what their agent would do to Jii who was posing as him to go to the department store. Kaito aimed the card gun at the lights by his detective. It might be risky and his detective could be hurt by the shards but it was a risk to take. At the sound of the first crash, the pair inside the room reacted. The man shielded the woman with his cloak, and by extension Shinichi as well. When all the lights were shot, Kaito sneaked into the room, standing close to one of the lights.

"Good evening." He greeted. It was the exact moment the warehouse lights came back on.

"Kaitou KID. So you choose to come here. Did you send your assistant to the drop off point?" The man removed his cloak with dramatics comparable to KID's. Glass shards fell onto the floor with delightful twinkling, unsuited to the situation.

"You have something of mine and I wanted it back." KID let out a body shivering grin.

"Oooh, KID-chan. Such a pleasant surprise! Your predecessor was quite a fellow, might you be the same and followed his footsteps?"

"As I know, phantoms are ageless...there is no pre..."

"There's no need to hide it, we know your predecessor. One Kuroba Toichi, master magician. And you are his son, Kuroba Kaito, the one who inherited his mantle." The man took a step away from his companion. KID hid the wince that formed when the man mentioned his father's name.

"And has also stolen the heart of the Modern Day Holmes." The woman caressed Shinichi's face lovingly. "He's such a darling." And as a finale, placed a kiss on his cheek. KID had the sudden urge to push the woman away from the bound detective.

"You have what I asked for?" The man extended his hand.

"Why do you want it? If it was in Shinichi's possession, it must have been very important." KID edged closer to the bound detective as the pair moved around. KID trained his eyes on the man, who gave of a more dangerous air.

"You're on first name basis? He must have really trusted you." The woman stepped aside, circling the chair before heading back to lean onto the desk.

"That which you have brought with you here is an important element in my plans. If you hand it over, we can consider releasing your detective." He gestured at Shinichi. "But if you refuse, he will be the one that suffers."

"Urg..." Shinichi choose the exact moment to wake up. "You have got to stop drugging me. It'll be problematic if I develop a resistance. Think of the shock I'll be in if I were to suddenly wake up in the middle of surgery..." Shinichi tried to shake off the dizziness.

"Meitantei, now might not be the best time for your snark." The attention was instantly drawn towards Shinichi. KID found the detective's confused-but-shocked expression cute.

"KID? What are you doing here?" He glanced about the room, eyes landing on the two masked figures before him. KID had the impression that if the detective hadn't been bound, he would have facepalmed.

"Your kidnappers sent some convincing messages to my mobile, demanding me to hand over a gem in return for your safety." KID looked towards his detective, eyes meeting and conveying his concern. "They also think I am Kuroba Kaito."

"It's fine, just hand over the gem to them and get me out of these ropes and cuffs." Shinichi wriggled about, trying to loosen the ropes but instead dislodged more of his shirt. KID's eyes tried to avoid the large expanse of skin and focused on the rough rope.

"Isn't this important evidence?" KID walked closer to free his detective. He was weary of the pair of stilled kidnappers, keeping an eye open for any sudden movements. KID first picked the handcuffs before freeing the ropes. He made a visual assessment of his detective, noting any possible (hidden) injuries.

"You can stop checking me out Kaito." Shinichi rotated his wrist to resume circulation. "And there's no need to be so cautious." He grabbed the velvet box from KID's hands then shoved it into the man's chest.

The man chuckled.

"Take off the mask. It's creepy." Shinichi was determined not to look at the pair. Instead, he focused his attention on KID, or more specifically his tie and shirt. Even knowing KID's identity, he rarely stares directly into his eyes or face.

"Aww Shin-chan, must you ruin all our fun?" The woman whined before reaching for the mask. She tugged it off and loosened her hair.

"Kudo Yukiko-san?!" KID exclaimed. "Then that's..."

"My father. You see why I said it's ok now?" Shinichi sighed, trust his parents to do something like this.

KID could now see the similarities between the current costume an the Night Baron costume, the only difference was the creepiness of the mask.

"You could have warned me..." KID changed out of his own costume with a puff of smoke. At least that's one problem off his mind; that Shinichi's parents know of his part-time job.

"Oh Kai-chan, that's no fun. Besides, Shin-chan did try to tell you...only he wasn't too subtle. But still, we picked up on it and he was suitably punished." There was a wide grin on her face. "And he did cooperate in the end."

"You mean forced to cooperate." Shinichi muttered so softly that only Kaito heard.

Kaito looked a mixture of concerned and confused. An adorable expression that Shinichi appreciates to the point where he initiated a small kiss on the lips in his parents' presence.

"They were trying to rob me of my air supply."

"That's harsh, I was just tickling you." Yukiko pouted then clung onto Yuusaku. "Yuu-chan was having fun too. And the two of you did help with his research."

"Great. You're putting me into your books again." Shinichi tugged Kaito in the direction of the door. "We should leave before they have any more harebrained plans."

"Shinichi, you should really appreciate us being here you know." Even his father had that shit-eating grin. "Or you'll probably never have worked up the courage."

"'Tousan!" He exclaimed with shock. Shinichi's cheeks were starting to pick up colour.

"Now, introduce us properly." Yuusaku walked towards the pair, mask lain forgotten on the desk along with the laptop.

"I should have known the moment you sent that over." Shinichi sighed. A headache was beginning to form at the back of his eyes. He pinched the bridge of his nose, a habit whenever he had a headache. Kaito picked up on this and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. Shinichi leaned in towards the comfort.

"No, you should have planned for it the moment you asked that favour." Lips quirked upwards, Yuusaku walked over to Kaito, who bowed and quickly (re)introduced himself.

"Oh Kai-chan. You've grown so much since I last saw you." Yukiko gave an enthusiastic hug, squeezing the air out of Kaito.

"We've met before?" Kaito had racked his brain for the memory.

"I've trained with your father. He was a great man."

Kaito tried to recall the instance.

"You addressed me wrongly too." She pinched his cheeks, painfully. It was the pain that helped Kaito remember.

"Ah yes..." He laughed nervously. "How could I forget such a beauty as Yukiko-oneesan?" Kaito produced a white carnation.

"At least you remembered this time." She tucked the flower in her hair.

"Let's all go back for dinner now. Haibara-san did ask for us all to return on time." Yuusaku led them to the back. "I'll do the driving though Yukiko."

"Yuu-chan..." She pouted as they walked out of the building. She was trying to argue for the right to drive but Yuusaku was adamant in not traumatizing Kaito too much at once.

"Don't mind my parents. They're insane." Shinichi tried to ignore his parents' antics, they were now playing a strange game of keeping-the-keys-away.

"Shinichi." Kaito suddenly tugged Shinichi towards him, giving a large bear hug. "Did you know I nearly panicked when they called and you haven't left me a message?"

"Like I said, they're crazy. They probably trashed the house just to make it look authentic."

"Only the library and your room. I cleaned both up." Kaito placed a tender kiss on Shinichi's lips this time. "Reward me later?"

"Not with my parents in the house." Shinichi was tracing random patterns across Kaito's back. "'Kaa-san is nosy. She'll definitely burst into the room early in the morning just to catch us in bed. I don't want to give her any more material, and especially since she has a tendency to take photos. That's why I was all trussed up in there."

"I have a copy now. Quite aesthetically pleasing now that I've gotten over the initial shock." Shinichi's parents were waving them over.

"Please, don't get any ideas."

"Oh?" There was a mischievous glint in his eyes. "I still have three favours to cash in, and you still owe me for today's events. I was worked up unnecessarily. Then there's my good behaviour..."

"Good God, what have I done." Shinichi tried to bury himself into Kaito's shirt.

"Shinichi, with the pace you're going, you'll be working up a life full of favours. But don't worry, I have no plans on leaving anytime soon." Kaito nuzzled his hair before whispering into his ear. "It's a life paid with your body."

Shinichi's cheeks lit up, he felt heat hotter than a furnace burning inside him. Kaito could feel Shinichi tried to struggle out of his grasp.

"My parents are waiting." It took quite some time before Shinichi could form the words.

"Yes, we shouldn't keep them waiting." Reluctantly, he let go of the hug, but their hands were still linked.

Kaito was sure there will be many more instances where Shinichi's parents would pull off heart attack inducing stunts. He wondered if it was still too late to buy health and life insurance.

-TBC-


-OMAKE: Post-it Note-

Shinichi stared at the small package that was delivered to him by the postman. It was light weight, rectangular, and wrapped in the customary brown box and twine. On the front were stamps from somewhere in Europe and it was addressed to him. But his parents were in the States so who would be the sender? Carefully, he took the box to the kitchen, in case it decides to blow up or cause a mess (as with many of the earlier gifts Kaito sent over), and snipped the twine off before carefully removing the wrapping. There was a note attached to the top of the box.

Call Original Wolf.

Shinichi wanted to bang his head on the table, but he had a better idea. Going back into his room, he rummaged around the wardrobe for a red bowtie and his burn-phone (no need to make things so easy for the other end). Earlier in the year, just after he turned back to Shinichi, he came across a phone number by accident (by that, it meant he was trying to trace and track someone through serious hacking) and he kept hold of it in case he needed it. And now proves to be the time.

He set the bowtie to a higher voice before dialing the long string of numbers for international calls.

"Hello?" A lower timbre voice from the other end answered.

"Papa!" Shinichi tried to sound as excited and thrilled as he could without bursting into laughter at the string of swear words from the speakers.

"Gaki, what the heck!" There was shuffling and shouting in the background. The next voice speaking through the phone was lighter, airier, and more playful.

"How on Earth did you find this number?"

"You guys should try and cover up your trail." Shinichi took the bowtie away, "first the Detective Boys finding your hideout, now me finding your contact information. What next?"

"You...!"

"Say, why did you send over a diamond?" Shinichi fingered the professionally cut stone, letting the natural sunlight play on the surface.

"You're really your father's child..." There was a loud sigh with the statement. "Both of you found out how to contact me."

"That just goes to show how sloppy you are, Thief. Now about the stone, I know it's special but for what occasion?"

"Your father wanted something unusual for a gift to you mother. He found me, asked if I have any offcuts with little to no side effects. He wasn't sure whether he wanted it to be a necklace or ring, so I just cut the stone for him."

"You? Being kind? The world must be coming to an end."

"Hmph. If you're quite done, I've still got things to do."

"Oh I'm done. By the way, my father's not at home now, I'll forward the note to him so that he'll call you back to settle payment or something."

"Much appreciated. I don't do things for free."

The other end cut off. Shinichi took out the battery of his burn-phone before removing the sim. He'll have to dispose of it later. In the meantime, he had to find someplace to store this little piece of jewelry, no doubt it is supposed to be for his parent's anniversary.

-OMAKE END-


A/N: I just couldn't waste the opportunity to cross them over v