Hey I'm on time in updating today! Have a chapter of moderate length. You know, if feels like such an accomplishment to have twenty chapter fanfiction with approx 30,000 words in it. Anyway, enjoy!
Saguru frowned, noticing his fellow detectives frozen state. In fact, he looked a little white around the edges, something was definitely wrong.
"Shinichi?" Saguru asked softly, Kaito was also frowning, reading the message over Shinichi's shoulder.
"Sorry Ran-chan, looks like something's come up. We have get going, right Shin-chan?" Kaito said, nudging the blue eyed detective. He stiffly nodded, standing up. He shook his head before giving Ran a brief hug.
"I'll give you a call for when we can next catch up." He murmured, fear clenching around his heart. Ran nodded, giving him a tight squeeze before letting go.
"Have a good afternoon Mouri-san." Saguru murmured, ever the formal one. Shinichi gave a brief nod to his mates before shifting into his bird form. The other two followed suit, with a quick lap of the room, they all flew out the balcony door. They made their way across the city, straight to their home, their sanctuary. Despite having already having a quick heart rate as a shifter, it was pounding even faster with that message on his phone. As they flew into the apartment, Watson raised her head.
"What's wrong?" She asked, cocking her head to the side.
"The Black are on the move." Kaito answered, and the elderly falcon raised her head in alarm, feathers fluffing up instinctively. She glanced between the trio.
"Should I let anyone know or go for assistance?" She inquired, wings spread and ready to fly.
"Not yet, we'll let you know once we look at what's happening." Saguru dismissed before shifting back to a human. The two brunettes followed, Shinichi pulling out his phone to show the other two. He held the phone up for the eyes to scan over the text, surprisingly long considering who they were dealing with.
Hello Silver Bullet
How about we meet up? I heard some rumours that a few bottles of liquor had arrived in town recently, and you will be able acquire them at a warehouse not to far from the port. I could go for a nice bottle of Gin, maybe some Vodka, Chianti, Korn or Rum, even a rare unarmed liquor will be available. But, I hear that Kir and Bourbon will be taken off the market. There's even a chance for a Ghost Child to get some serpentine wine. What do you think Cool Guy? Are you game?
- V
"Whose V?" Saguru asked, glancing between the message and Shinichi. The blue eyed detective averted his eyes, and bit his lip.
"Vermouth. She's a member of the organisation, and wants them taken down." Shinichi answered, internally cursing that the mood swings were still in effect, they probably would be for the next few days. It was getting frustrating jumping from overly happy, to anxious, submissive, then angry. Maybe he could get her to postpone the meeting.
"And why would a member of the Black want them taken down?" Saguru gritted out, Kaito still strangely silent.
"I don't know, that's why I take caution when dealing with her." Shinichi explained, trying to keep himself calm.
"She knows we're mates." The quiet voice of Kaito interrupted the detectives. Both of their heads swivelled around and stared at him.
"Ghost Child, is synonymous with Phantom Thief KID. The only reason she could have sending that in a message to you would be you either talked to her about me, you could get into contact with me or she knows we're mates." Kaito explained, and both detectives adopted a thinking position. Shinichi sat down a curled up onto a couch in Holmes' typical thinking posture, while Saguru crossed his arms and rested his chin in his hand. Kaito bit his lip to hide a grin, detectives could be so predictable and adorable sometimes, despite the current matter at hand.
"I haven't talked to her about you, the only way I can think of for her to know is that she keeps tabs on you." Shinichi muttered, brow furrowed.
"Why would she keep tabs on Kaitou KID or me for that matter?" Kaito asked, tilting his head to the side.
"You didn't know? She trained with my mother under your father. It was for their acting and disguising, since both of them were actresses." Shinichi explained. Saguru raised an eyebrow at that piece of information while Kaito was gaping like those scaley horrors.
"Both of our families actually have close ties to her." Shinichi said sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck.
"Is that why she gives you information?" Saguru asked, quirking an eyebrow. Shinichi shook his head.
"No, or at least I don't think so. I'm almost certain it has more to do with the fact that Ran and I saved her life once." Shinichi said watching as his mates turned from slightly baffled to completely confused.
"It was when Ran and I had gone to New York, I was in middle school at the time. Vermouth was disguised as a serial killer, and she accidentally leant against a loose railing. It broke off and she was going to fall to her death. Ran grabbed her hand, we both pulled her up, then Ran fainted. I had to take Ran to a hospital, so I couldn't capture her. From then on she called me Cool Guy or Silver Bullet, and Ran, Angel." Shinichi said before shrugging helplessly.
"Your life, is ridiculous." Kaito muttered, shaking his head. He ignored the fact that he couldn't really say that considering him being the resident Phantom Thief.
"No matter, what are we going to do about this?" Saguru asked, gaze daring Shinichi to disagree and claim that he was going to go solo.
"It would be best if I got into contact with the FBI, CIA and PSB. They need to know about this, and to find a way to safely pull their NOC agents out." Shinichi explained, lips quirking at the slight widening of the other two' eyes.
"And just how, on earth, did you get involved with all these people?" Saguru asked as Kaito sat down on the arm of Shinichi's chair.
"Oh, you know, just sweet talking them with my boyish charm." Shinichi said, grinning at his mates.
"Brainy is definitely the new sexy." Kaito murmured huskily, nuzzling Shinichi's neck, stealing Irene Adler's line.
"You quoting Sherlock BBC? That's almost blasphemous." Shinichi chuckled.
"What? When I love two certain detectives, I can only escape having to watch Sherlock Holmes for so long. Besides it helps me understand your complex minds." Kaito snickered, referencing what Shinichi had said about watching Arsene Lupin as he wrapped his arms around Shinichi.
"Touché." Shinichi muttered, leaning into the embrace.
"Let's deal with it tomorrow, we've had way too much stuff going on in one day." Kaito muttered into Shinichi's ear, grinning as the body beneath him shuddered.
"Yeah, tomorrow we'll deal with this stuff. But for now, I have something else in mind." Shinichi whispered back to the dominant who was kissing his jaw.
"Oh?" Kaito didn't see the poorly hid grin that was on Saguru's face, as he questioned Shinichi while leaning in for a kiss on the lips. His eyes widened when his lips came into contact with something other than the pliant and soft lips of Shinichi, but the unforgiving surface of a textbook.
"I'm glad that we agree on something." Shinichi smiled behind the textbook while Saguru snickered. Kaito pouted and leant back. No fair! They were ganging up on him.
"I still have to study and make sure I'm up to speed with everyone else. I couldn't exactly do high school while stuck as an elementary student." Shinichi explained as he pulled out an exercise book and a laptop.
"Fine, we'll do boring old study, but you are definitely starting a tab right now, and your gonna have to pay up." Kaito leered.
"I don't mind, just after study." Shinichi said flippantly, steadfastly ignoring the burning in his cheeks. Kaito blinked at him in mild surprise before grinning as Saguru came over with their work and set it up next to Shinichi.
Soooooo, what's you guys think? I was planning on originally having a Lemon in this chapter, then I realised that, wow, this is still happening in the one day and the other Lemon technically only occurred yesterday in this world. So the Lemon is being postponed. I don't think, I've missed any of the major players from the Black Organisation, but please let me know if you think I have. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this, and I look foreword to hearing from you. 3 ShySecret-chan~