-FIRSTS-

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

Warning: KaiShin relationship.

A/N: Yikes, I didn't know it wasn't publish until today. It's been sitting inside the Doc Manager gathering dust...


First Party

Kaito watched as Shinichi walked towards the doorway separating the large open floor with the private area inside the PSB office. They made a quick stop at TMPD beforehand and informed Megure about their discovery. They were promised that only himself and a few selected others would know about the information and would follow up on it during their own private time. It was kept off the books and in secrecy as the elder inspector knew of the security risks involved. He treated their information much like those from undercover missions. However, the elder inspector had made the pair promise to keep him up-to-date and call in reinforcements when they sensed something was wrong.

("What is it about me that seems to be so untrustworthy about keeping safe?" Shinichi asked as they exited the building. "I swear Megure repeats that phrase every time I enter and exit the building. Him and all of Division One."

"It's because they care that's why they continue to remind you." Kaito wrapped an arm around Shinichi's shoulders. "We're all trying to drill into your mind to stop acting before thinking."

"I'm not impulsive." Shinichi deduced from the words. "You're the one that's jumping off rooftops and seeking out trouble. I'm different. Trouble looks for me…"

"Not a strong argument Love. Need I remind you how you ended up in several dangerous situations? Like the blimp? Or the incident I heard from Hattori involving a knife that nearly stabbed you but was only blocked by a link of chain inside the Omamori he lent you? Or..." Kaito's mouth was instantly muffle by Shinichi's hands.

"OK. Ok, I get it. I have my fair share of danger. No need to rub it in." He really did not need his magician to keep tabs on all the ways he could have hurt himself, or in some cases killed.

"Good. So let us remind you until it actually becomes second nature.")

Kaito debated whether or not to follow his detective into the interiors of the private office. On the one hand, he could listen into the conversation between his detective and the director (though that he could do with the already planted bug on Shinichi's jacket), on the other he could stay out in the open office and look for hidden gems of information. Deciding the divide and conquer method would be best suited to deal with these people, Kaito opted to stay outside and took a seat at an 'unused' table with a convenient computer terminal. Though the term 'unused' was really more of a 'temporarily abandoned for more pressing issues' kind, the cup was still half full and the computer was still turned on. Though the screen has been switched off, it was clear that the CPU was still running with the humming and warm air from the exhaust.

'Excellent. Let's see what's available...' Kaito cracked his knuckles with a maniac grin, those that had been relatively near the magician had inched back a fraction as though sensing the dangerous aura.

On the other side of the room, Shinichi gave a backwards glance to where he left Kaito before stepping into the Director's office. His magician made no indication he would be following so Shinichi closed the door gently to keep the conversation somewhat private. He had no doubts that Kaito must have dropped a bug into his jacket and would be listening into the conversation.

"So what can I do for you today Kudo-kun? It is quite a surprise for you to take the initiate and contact us." Fujie took his seat behind the desk. Shinichi walked to the opposite seat, much less comfortable than the high back leather chair, and pulled out the plastic chair. The chair actually gave a small squeak as Shinichi sat down, no doubt it was because it rarely sees a guest.

"Nothing that would cost you." He took out a special USB stick from the inner pockets of his jacket. Giving the plastic surface a forceful press, he activated the embedded program to allow for access to the USB's content. The information will be read-only and by the recipient of the USB, registering the intended user through biological imprinting, with fingerprint being one of them. This particular invention was a collaborative effort from the Professor, Jii, Kaito, and himself with the hardware provided by the two elderly inventors and the pair of them dealt with the software end. It was difficult to embed the fingerprint scanner and the various readers alongside a program to enable readability of the USB but it was all worth it. It made exchange of information that much safer.

Taking the USB, Fujie looked critically at the external hard shell.

"It's protected so only you would be able to read the contents. The information will only be available to you, and only you, for an hour each time it is inserted into the port." It was another programming genius made by Kaito. He was near paranoid in trying to protect the information.

"And you people have access to such technologies?" Fujie took the USB and tested on his computer, pleasantly surprised when the files opened itself. His eyes skimmed through the contents, lighting up at several points. "I see you have been very thorough as well. The groups of people identified here have been on our lists for a short while, though we haven't had the opportunity to initiate our own investigations due to the severity of the current case. I'm assuming you've involved to local PD as well on this?"

Fujie was at least learning Shinichi's habits by now, to which the detective nodded with a small smile. The director looked through his drawers to find a small binder and began matching through the names on both lists. Every now and then, he would hesitate over a name and place a line underneath or through them. Once completed, the director made a few memos before stowing the file away back into the drawer. Though, just as he was about to make further comments, Fujie's eyes caught onto something going on outside, peering through the large panes of glass separating the private office from the public space.

"It would be best if everyone could coordinate their actions. Taking down the small group like this would clean up the city a bit, advantageous for all parties." Shinichi leaned back on his seat, "however, there is something else I like to inform you of."

His phrasing captured the director's previously straying attention from the wall-to-ceiling window. Shinichi did not have to look to know what caught his attention. He was certain his magician was causing some sort of havoc out in the open. That or had everyone and every piece of furniture repainted. Shinichi made no action to turn his head to look, but the grimace on Fujie's face said pretty much everything he needed to know; that the man did not agree to his magician's actions.

"And what is it you wanted to inform me?" Fujie forcefully turned away from the glass pane, though he kept a wary eye still.

"We're going to try bring out and bring down some of the lesser known associated of The Organisation in the next few months. There might be some repercussions so if you have any agents embedded inside, you should tell me now to avoid accidental injuries or arrests. I'll be working with several international agencies and I'm quite sure you would not like your agents to be wrongfully arrested then taken to court overseas for something they did to ensure their cover." It might sound as though Shinichi was accusing Fujie but there was no other way but to put it bluntly. At least he was not intimidating or threatening the director, something he could not say should Kaito have participated in the same conversation. His magician really did not like the director of the secret police, though it might have something to do with forcefully removing Shinichi from his home sometime back and the subsequent interrogation.

"And you're not thinking of working with us on this venture?" Fujie asked with ample curiosity.

"I've seen how you run your operations Director, and frankly, your approach on making any sacrifices necessary is not endearing yourself to me." Shinichi admitted, though to be frank, he only saw Amuro a.k.a Furuya work. But the employee generally reflects the employer, so he had good grounds to assume Fujie would be the same.

"For the safety of the country, we sometimes need to be the devil."

At least Fujie was not making any excuses for his actions. Though the way Fujie admits to it is grating on Shinichi's nerves. Although Shinichi agrees that sometimes safety of the population can outweigh the safety of a single person, especially since most if not all of the agents were prepared to lay down their lives for a good cause, but that should not be the only criteria nor should it be used as a reason to excuse the sacrificial manner the agents take during a mission.

"Anyways," Fujie continued, bringing Shinichi back to the present instead of dwelling onto the morbid nature of how PSB is conducted, "is there anything else? I would much rather you call off Kuroba-kun from wreaking my office."

Finally, Shinichi turned around to see what had the director distracted and concerned. He could barely control his chuckles when the vision hit him.

Outside, the office was decorated much like a children's birthday party with streamers strung across the tops of ceilings, windows and railings; numerous multicoloured balloons floated in mid-air, grounded with a string and weight; confetti littered the floor and some were even swirling by the air vents and when people walked through, some were even floating down from the ceiling; there were party goods strewn about on the table tops and some workers even wore party hats. Shinichi had to wonder how Kaito had managed to do so much in the short amount of time.

"At least your employees still looked their original colours." Shinichi commented, noting that none of the employees were sporting vibrant coloured hair, "nor are they in costumes. That's at least better than the high school class Kaito had been in. You should count yourselves lucky that you have such stringent security measures or you'd be seeing sailor-scout employees and you'd be in...well..you wouldn't want to know." Shinichi let out a strained laughed, though he was trying to cover up the hysteric chuckle bubbling up at the image of a princess version of the director. It was both disturbing and amusing.

"I really don't need that on my mind right now Kudo-kun." Fujie waved in the general direction of the door. "I trust you both can let yourselves out of the offices?"

Shinichi knew a dismissal when presented with one, though he wouldn't be calling Fujie out for his less-than-amicable dismissal. He gave a curt nod and strolled out towards the glass door. Opening it revealed that not only the office had a make-over, but the song "Happy Birthday" was echoing through the room. Shinichi was once again amazed at how quick Kaito managed to hack through their servers to locate the sound system.

"Having fun Kaito?" Shinichi stood as Kaito twirled around in the office chair, abruptly bringing it to a halt to face his detective.

"I just found out today is the birthday of one of the agents. And this place is too dreary for such a joyous day." Kaito threw his hands up in the air, raining another burst of confetti.

Shinichi shook his head, trust his magician to not only hack into the hardware system, but also go through their personnel files and most likely make a copy of their current case files and information.

"You finished or did the director kick you out because he saw what I did to the room?" Kaito had been aiming for the latter, not wanting the director to have access to his detective any more than necessary.

"All done." He walked towards the exit, knowing Kaito would be following him. None to soon, he felt arms wrapped around his waist in a possessive hold.

"Ah, wait." Kaito forced Shinichi to come to a stop before they left the premises. He gave a quick clap and smoke erupted from where he had been sitting. There was slight panic and a nearby agent went to grab a fire extinguisher. Though before the agent could aim the hose at the smoking area, the smoke had cleared to reveal a slice of cake. The owner of the seat was just approaching the desk and had a surprised look on her face. She looked around the room, as though judging who was nice enough to celebrate her birthday.

"So that's why you did it." Shinichi tried not to sound too jealous. He knew Kaito's gentlemanly behaviour often extends beyond his night persona.

"Well, it's not always I get to do this to someone not in the know." And by this, he meant towards people not in KID's Taskforce. "And I do like to see the look of surprise and happiness without the suspicion."

"You should show up at children's birthday parties then. I'm sure the Detective Boys wouldn't mind you pulling something like that for them during their class." Shinichi tugged at his magician to pull back the attention.

"Oh! Good idea! I should probably check the dates the moment we get back!" Kaito's eyes sparkled, "wouldn't want them to miss the occasion."

-TBC-