ElementistMagicAkua – Wooooooooooooooooooooo~

LMeg9.20 – I've defiantly not got bored with this, I am always still continuing lest I say otherwise in authors notes~

YouthfulLily - *nods* well I figured that if turning into Conan hurts as much as its shown in the show and that's his bones + muscles shirking then with Kibou it would hurt even more as Kibou as his bones are not only shirking to an even smaller size they're changing shape too, poor Kibou D8

Fragile Dreams XD - *sqwees at the metal image* eheh, I was actually worried the Cat/Human speak would come out weird but I guess it wasn't to off~

Cammy3131 – if you found it cute, go look at my note under the reviews~
I really wanted him to keep the ears and tail, A. to still link him as a cat and B. ...it's just so freaking adorable! X3

shanagi95 – I don't mind, I like all reviews long of short~

DarkForbidden-Love – True but Kaito isn't a very everyday person.

WolvesAngelz – Sorry for making you wait! ~


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Woooooo~ fanart makes for a VERY happy Black Phantom!

Chapter 8

Kibou carefully put his claws into a fold in Kaitos shirt which he knew wouldn't touch his skin as he balanced on Kaitos shoulder who walked quickly to the door. Kaito glanced out of the peephole then pulled the door open,
"Hey Aoko, got someone of yours," He said with a grin

Aoko didn't even notice Kibou and just went straight in past Kaito, and from behind where she was stood Ran came into view. Kibou gently nudged Kaito with hi head then looked at Ran, "Oh Ran, you're here to?"
Ran nodded, "Yeah, I've been looking with Aoko for Haruki and her Kitten when they went missing,"
Kaito nodded slightly as he shut the front door "I think where we found them wasn't far from your place, Sh-aahah~…" Kaito winced as Kibou dug a claw into his shoulder slightly to stop him from slipping up. Kaito glared lightly at him before looking back to Ran, "Haruki hurt her paw slightly and the kitten was sat with her. I recognised Haruki so I brought her home,"

"Haruki!" The three of them looked up as Aoko found Aki sat on a step and had gently picked her up and hugged her, "Don't run off like that again,"
Kaito smirked slightly, Aoko wasn't normally like this, she did give Haruki plenty of freedom, but despite how she acted all tough she was easily worried. And the fact that the kitten went missing along wither probably didn't help at all,

"Mew!"
Kaito looked down to see Isamu slowly make his way to Ran then sat down at Rans feet looking down sadly. Ran blinked then kneeled down and stroked him softly, "Its ok, I'm not angry. You missed your mother that was all right?"
Kaito and Kibou blinked, "Is…is he yours?"
Ran gently picked him up, "No. my mum's old cat died recently so Aoko said that she was free to this little guy."
"Oh," Kaito murmured as he reached out and stroked him, "What's his name?"
"Goro," Ran said stroking him under the chin which made Isamu 'mew' happily

Kibou did the cat equivalent of raising an eyebrow at that, 'Goro?'
'I think that she chose it because she likes a man called that,' Isamu said when Ran stopped stroking him, 'She has a photo in a draw that she hides from the lady with tea so I think she fancies him secretly'

Kaito glanced at Kibou with a look of amusement as he made a strange noise that reminded him of a sort of laughter.
"So, who's that?"
Kaito blinked then grinned as he pulled Kibou off his shoulder into his hands, "Ah, this is little Kibou! Isn't he the cutest?"
Kibou frowned then swatted at Kaitos hand but he didn't get his claws out, "He doesn't seem to like you much." Aoko said teasingly with a raised eyebrow, "Sure you can take care of him? It's a miracle you can take care of yourself,"

Kaito maturely stuck his tongue out at her then looked at Kibou, "Well, do you like me?"
Due to the way he was facing Ran and Aoko didn't see when Kibou rolled his eyes but they did see him lean forwards and nuzzle the side of his face slightly before wriggling out of Kaitos hands to climb back up onto his shoulder,
"Aww, he's so cute," Ran said also stroking him. She then looked slightly sad and slowly looked to Kaito, "So Kaito… any news on Shinichi?"

Kaito felt Kibou tense up slightly, "Ah Shin-chan?" He said trying to seem slightly worried, but no too much as he knew he would normally hide it, "Not so far, Megure-keibu wants me to come up to the station soon if nothing comes up…"
Ran nodded then looked to Aoko, "I better head back, Mum will want to know Goros safe,"
"Ok, I'll come to," Aoko said wrapping Aki up in her jacket to carry her home in, "See you Kaito,"

Kaito watched them leave and once the front door shut he glanced at Kibou on his shoulder, "What are we going to do then eh?" He asked sighing slightly, "I know that I have to act like your still missing but we cant send the police looking for someone who cant be found,"
'Baro I know that much,' Kibou knew that Kaito couldn't understand him but Kaito could sort of guess by the deadpan Kibou was giving him.

Kibou then blinked as if realising something and bounded of his shoulder before shooting up the stairs,
"Oi, where you going?"
'Come on!" Kibou shouted back adding a head indication to make sure he got the message. Fortunately he did and soon Kaito walked into the bedroom seeing Kibou carefully carrying a still sealed bag of catnip and sitting with it on the bed,

"You… want to turn back,"
Kibou rolled his eyes, 'Obviously,'
Kaito thought, "…Maybe… if you carried it around at all times you can just smell it each time your about to turn back! Then it can counter it and you will be able to 'be found' and we can keep doing that until we figure out how to stop it permanently!"
Kibou nodded energetically and clawed the bag, eager to return to his real body. He quickly began to sniff the dried catnip the second a decent amount fell out.
Kaito watched nervously, "so… how long was it until it started to hurt?"

Kaito didn't even get a response from Kibou of any form so Kaito just watched him. He then suddenly swayed slightly and fell on his side,
"Shinichi!" Kaito ran over to the bed quickly to him, "Shinichi, are you ok?"
"Purrow!~" as soon as Kaito had gotten close Kibou had sprang up onto his head in one quick bound, playfully pawed his hair, then jumped off again to the floor and seemed to chase an imaginary object down the hall.

Kaito stared after him slightly open mouthed, then slowly looked at the small pile of catnip, "…Maybe we shouldn't use this so often after all…"