6: Dove Bombing
Kaito snickered as out the window he watched Hakuba Sagaru's poor hawk, Watson, desperately avoid the bright explosive pellets he had taught his doves to drop. It was an idea he'd been playing with for a while and had only recently managed to make work.
As KID he had already taught them how to trail people of interest, work as surveillance, hide in his clothes to appear as needed in tricks, carry messages, and even how to seek out snipers so that Snake and his associates wouldn't get the drop on him. In comparison to all those feats that another might consider impossible, teaching his birds to drop concussion pellets on anyone or anything that tried to attack or catch them was merely one more impossible trick that he had dedicated hours of training to accomplish.
"Kuroba!" A familiar voice growled with surprising vehemence. Kaito turned in his seat, "why hello Hakuba." He said in a voice that was all together too chipper even by his own standards. He rested his cheek against his palm in a bored manner. Sagaru's stormy face grew darker, "get your pests to stop harassing my hawk!"
Kaito smiled pleasantly, "I'm afraid that my doves only attack like this in self defense, so I'd say the correct response in my position would be: keep your hawk away from my doves. Continue to try and use Watson to catch them and my doves will continue to be armed." His grin became sharp.
Hakuba scowled, "I have often seen doves around the sites of KID's heists, my theory is that he uses them for surveillance." Kaito sighed in exasperation and rolled his eyes, "I AM NOT KAITOU KID." He exclaimed, emphasizing each word, "and I don't use my doves like that. They are my assistants. I don't appreciate them being traumatized by your bird. Stop attacking my doves based on your groundless and harebrained delusions!"
Frowning deeply, Hakuba stormed off. He didn't want to admit Kaito was right and that he had no definite proof. Kaito smirked smugly, watching the half-Brit detective's retreating back.
"You certainly are a breaker of laws Kuroba-kun." Akako whispered in his ear. Kaito grimaced, "what do you want?" He asked hostilely. She smiled coyly, "merely to warn you. You break the laws of man, the laws of nature, be careful lest you break the laws of time." Kaito frowned, "I don't know what you're talking about witch." He muttered. Akako smirked knowingly, "perhaps one day you'll find out, but by then it will be too late." With her signature high-pitched laugh, she wandered away.
Kaito dropped his head onto his crossed arms. What a freaky girl, he thought. He was soon distracted by those thoughts by the sight of Sagaru outside, hopping up and down trying to ward away Kaito's frightened doves while hiding his own bird behind one arm.
Kaito chuckled to himself and watched Aoko warily from the corner of his eye. The glare she was sending him would make her father proud; if there was anything she'd inherited from Ginzo Nakamori, it was his volatile temper. Maybe there would be a mop chase to look forward to in the future… it was certainly definite if he flipped her skirt. Kaito grinned in anticipation, what could he say but that he loved the chase?