Disclaimer: This story was inspired by Dragon-sama's chatty punnies. I do not own Detective Conan or Magical Kaito.

Warnings: None really. No one even explodes in this. wow.

-(Chapter Start)-

Aquarium Switch

Chapter Six

One Released; Another Captured

-(Kudou Mansion; Late Night)-

Shinichi had fallen asleep against Kaito at some point during everything. Kaito put his head on top of the other's as he stared at the hallway wall. The killer was getting closer to Shinichi, and he could just feel it. He felt like something horrible was going to happen and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He hated this feeling! He had enough of it when he was off searching for Pandora, so he didn't need it when it came to Shinichi! No! He wasn't going to let this psychopath win. If it meant him getting serious, he would.

But first, he had to make sure Shinichi was safely locked up somewhere. He knew that his Shin-chan would forgive him eventually for this, but he just wanted him safe. The only way he knew to keep Shinichi safe was to lock him in a room with a lock that the other boy couldn't pick. That meant a Kid safe house. It was the only place he could think of. He smiled weakly at Hattori, covering up his thought in a blink, "I'm gonna take him up to bed, okay?"

"Ya, might as well. It's been a hard weekend for him, ya?" Kaito nodded before picking up the other boy with little struggle and carried him up the steps. He placed Shinichi on their bed before whipping out his cell phone to call Jii-san (Is that right?). Surely, he could get Shinichi somewhere safe for now. After he was done with the call, he sat down on the bed next to Shinichi and ran his fingers through the other's hair. "I won't let him get you. So, don't you worry! We'll get this guy, and Ran-chan will be fine." He brushed his fingers through Shinichi hair once more before laying down next to him. He watched him briefly before drifting off for a short nap. He had a lot to do and little time to do it. After all, he had to keep Shinichi safe, and that's all that mattered.

-(Morning)-

Shinichi woke up to the sound of his cell phone going off. He sat up quickly and answered it just as quickly. "Hello?"

"Kudou-chan! I have a deal! I'm gonna give you Mouri-chan back, but I want something first!"

"What do you want?"

"I just want you to come to 8th street alley by yourself. If you don't I can't guarantee what shape Mouri-chan will be in when you get there, okay Kudou-chan?"

"Fine. When do you want me there?"

"In an hour, that should give you long enough to shake off those other pests. I can't wait to see you, Kudou-chan" He hung up the phone after the other line went dead. He looked at his alarm clock to see that it was only 5 in the morning. He could do this, after all everyone depended on it. He quickly got dressed and slipped out of the back entrance of the mansion.

He spent the next hour making sure that no one followed him as he headed towards the meeting place. He stood in the middle of the alley; that lead to the local warehouses. He stood perfectly still waiting for the murder that took his one of best friends away from him. No one ever got away with taking anything away from him.

"Kudou-chan, I'm so glad you could make it!" He turned to see the criminal. Instead of Ran, it was a middle-aged man that was sprawled on the pavement of the street. "Meet Bien-chan! He's been a big fan of yours since you started High School." The shadow laughed out. "He has all kind of photos of you, you know." Shinichi looked down at the sicken man on the street. He couldn't place where he knew this man. He doubted he ever really met this man. "He even has photo's of you as a kid, you know. I wonder how he got those! It made me so jealous. I wish I had photo's of you that cute~!" Shinichi almost gave a twitch away as he listened to the shadow. It smirked, "aww, not phased?"

"Where's Ran?"

He watched the shadow carefully as it walked closer towards him, he backed up a bit, making sure he had enough room if he had to fight against the criminal. "Kudou-chan, you're not really helping me out here." The shadow grouched, after all this was all a game to it. "You see, Bien-chan here is a very dirty man. Well most of that so-a-called fan service is. All they see is you but at the same time not. What I see is your brilliant mind, bravery, and loyalties towards your friend. After all, if it wasn't for all of those you wouldn't be here now, right?" It chuckled as it whipped out a gun and smiled at Shinichi. "You see, I want you so badly, Shinichi-chan!"

The shadow shot Shinichi at point blank with a tranquilizer gun.

"Sleep tight, Shinichi-chan!"

-(Kudou Mansion; Mid-morning)-

Hattori yawned widely as he walked down the steps of the Kudou Mansion and entered the kitchen to Kazuha cooking. He sleepily poured some of the powerful smelling coffee…count on Kudou to have good coffee in the house. He yawned again as he added a spoonful of sugar and some creamer to his coffee before taking a sip. He looked over at his 'girlfriend' not that he's asked yet or not. He really should work on that. "Oi, has Kudou or Kuroba woken up yet?"

Kazuha yawned catching it from Hattori. "Not that I can tell, I've only woken up about thirty minutes before you, baka."

Before Hattori could insult back they heard panicked banging against the front door and rushed to answer it. In stumbled a dirty and panicked looking Ran.

"Hattori-kun! Where's Shinichi!?"

"Nee-chan, How'd ya get free!?"

"Never mind that! Where's Shinichi!? Please tell me he hasn't left!"

"Ran-chan!" Kazuha hugged her desperate friend, "Kudou-kun should be in his room with Kuroba-kun."

Ran smiled at her friend before hurrying up the steps towards Shinichi's room. She bumped into a sleepy Hakuba without so much of a sorry as she opened his door. She fell to her knees as she looked at the completely empty room.

"No…Shinichi!" Tears started running down her face as the others circled her and stared in shock at the empty room. Where had their friends disappear too?

"Nee-chan, I think you should tell us everything that has happened." Hattori said slowly as sick feeling crawling into the bottom of his stomach.

"Yes, Mouri-san. I agree with Hattori-san as well." Habuka said. " I know it's hard, but it might be important."

Ran swallowed hard and nodded, looking up at her friends. "You're right. This morning I…"

-(Warehouse Basement)-

Shinichi woke up feeling slightly light-headed, of all things he should have expected tranquilizers. After all he used them all the time. He made a small note to never get shot by a tranquilizer gun again; it hurt like hell. He slowly sat up and looked around at his surroundings. He was in a dingy, moist basement of sorts, and he was surprised that he wasn't chained up or something, maybe that man thought he could keep him here without bindings.

The lighting was very dim, but he could make out what appeared to be blood stains here and there. He was sitting up on a shiny, metal table, and it was cold and uncomfortable. He slowly stood up from the table, he stumbled a bit, but managed to steady himself against the wall. He felt so drugged up. No wonder he wasn't bound by anything. He blinked several times trying to get the world to stay straight.

"Ah, your up." The shadow entered the room, it sounded almost happy. The shadow was dressed up in almost mad scientist clothing as it stalked closer to him. "It's a shame that you aren't who I wanted. All this work for nothing! Kuroba Kaito!"

He smirked a Kid smile, well at least he managed to piss off the bastard.

-(Kid Safe house/ A Shinichi holding cell)-

He was so dead! Once he got his hand on him, he was going to kill that stupid magician! Shinichi was currently trapped in a literally door-less room, looking for the secret door that would open the room to the outside. He banged against the walls, trying to find a difference in sound. It had to be somewhere. It didn't help that the entire room was a boxed white color. If he didn't get out of here soon, he'd go nuts! He had no time for this shit! He had to rescue Ran! Kaito knew that! How dare that magician thief lock him away like this!

"Stupid…baka…asshole…" He went onto several different curses as he started resorting to kicking at the walls. "Let me out of here!" he screamed frustrated at the lack of a secret door. Yes. That stupid Magician was going to pay dearly. He'd show him that he wasn't a doll to be hidden away in weird white boxes! He looked up at the ceiling at the thought of boxes. "That evil Magician!" He shouted childishly.

"Kudou-sama, the master said I could let you out as soon as he got back." A cheerful elderly voice crackled into the room.

"Son of a…Please you have to let me out!"

"Sorry, Kudou-sama. I can't do that."

"Please! My friends depend on me! I need to find Ran! What is Kaito doing!?" Shinichi started from begging to demanding what that magician was doing. He just knew it was something stupid and dangerous. After all that's what the magician excelled at. Stupid and dangerous stunts. He almost cheered as a phone was tossed down from a high hole in the ceiling.

"This is the best I can do, Kudou-sama. Sorry."

He quickly dialed Kaito's number only to be forwarded to voicemail, he cursed under his breathe then quickly called Hattori.

-(Kudou Mansion)-

Hattori's phone went off with an annoying buzzing sound in the middle of Ran's explanation of what had happen since she had disappeared. Everyone grew quiet and looked at Hattori as he answered his phone with a gruff. "Hattori."

"Shit! Kudou, where are you? What? He did what? Uh huh. Well, that doesn't help much…but now we know who's exactly doing something dangerous. So where is he? It's okay, umm calm down…oi Kudou…oi…oi…" Hattori held the phone away from his ear as Shinichi started ranting about how much of an idiot Kaito was and if he was in trouble he was so not going to help him, as if he could.

Ran looked slightly relieved at the new of her best friend being okay. "But, where's Kuroba-kun? Did he go and meet that horrible man in Shinichi's place?" She was worried, after all Shinichi might not be her whole world anymore, but she remembered what it was like when she thought he might have been killed all those months ago. "Donno, Kudou sounds awfully worried and pissed off." Hattori answered as he got off the phone with the other boy. Habuka sported a frown on his face. "Kuroba is an absolute idiot." Hattori chuckled at Habuka.

"Kudou said the same thing. Now Nee-chan did the person that took you look like any of these three people?"

"Yes it was this person" She pointed to the furthest picture to the left. Everyone looked shocked at it.

"No way." Habuka said out loud, practically saying everyone's thoughts.

"Ha. It's not everyday that we're all wrong? Ya?" Hattori flipped open his phone to call Megure and report what has happened.

"Are you absolutely sure that this is the man, Mouri-san?" Habuka asked as he looked at the picture.

"Yes, I don't think he thought I saw him." Ran answered truefully. After all, that might have been the reason that she wasn't exploding into a thousand pieces right now. "He knocked me out with a dart, and I woke up about two blocks from here."

Habuka looked at the picture of Koroshi Kazuya.

He hoped that Kuroba was okay, and cursed the man for all this mayham.

-(Chapter End)-

Was it who you thought it was? Well see you in the next chapter!

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