DISCLAIMER: I do not own Magic Kaito!

Chapter One: I never intended to lie to you

Aoko's POV

„Aoko…" Kaito says softly as he looks into my eyes. He cried. Just now I saw tears in his eyes. What did he say again? It was just a dream and I'm alive? Why should I be dead? Did he dream something like this?

"Kaito… no… you're not Kaito. You're not the playful, childish and magic possessed idiot who I thought was my best friend."

"Aoko, let me ex-" I interrupt him. Now I am the one who's looking into his eyes.

"You're not the Kaito I knew. You're a weakling! Why are you crying? Why aren't you joking and annoying me? Who are you?!"

I am desperate. I should be mad at him. I should shout at him and ask him why he became a criminal, but I can't. I wanted to ask about his letter, as well, but I can't. There are so many questions in my head…in my heart. I want to know everything. I want to know the truth, but I… I can't ask him. There's a wall between us and I don't mean the bars that close his cell. I mean an invisible wall. I can't ask him any important questions, because -deep in my heart- I feel so much pain and sorrow that I … that I can't trust him anymore. I'm not sure if he would tell me the truth, but I don't want to hear lies again.

"I'm sorry, Aoko." Kaito's voice brings me back from my trail of thoughts. I look at him once again.

"I know that I'm a different person right now, but I hurt you so much that it feels wrong to treat you like nothing had happened. You don't have to hide it. I know that you don't trust my words anymore and I understand it."

He bites his lips and I could swear that I saw a tear running down his cheeks, before he turns around so that I'm facing his back.

"Please leave now."

I look at him, shocked. Leave? Why? Is he still keeping secrets from me?

"Why?" I ask, but he keeps quiet.

I look at his back for a while longer, then I turn around as well.

"I…I read your letter…" are my last words before I leave, likewise biting my lips and silently crying. Why am I crying you ask? It's because of Kaito's words. He didn't mean 'come back later, let's talk about everything', what he menat was 'leave forever', but… why?

Author's POV/3rd Person

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our power of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters anymore. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace, (1) but was it really peace? Both teens were utterly broken, they had lost the one person they never wanted to lose, the one person that meant their life.

Kaito sits in his cell, silently crying, without showing his tears to anyone. Everything he wanted was to protect Aoko from Snake and the others. That was the main reason why he didn't tell her anything, even now. He knew that Snake would murder anyone close to him, only to see him suffer.

The young magician stares at the wall. He's still biting his lips, they're already bloody.

He is so deep in thoughts that he didn't notice that he is being watched. On the other side of the bars there stands a boy of about seven years. He is wearing a blue pair of jeans, a light brown shirt and a dark brown jacket with a few dark red stripes on it. He is also wearing classes that reflect the light, so his eyes can't be seen.

He looks at the young thief as he speaks with a voice that doesn't fit his appearance.

"The most famous and infamous thief in Japan who's known for his cleverness and for his incredible 'powers' in tricking the police sits in a prison cell. That brings one question to my mind: What happened?"

As Kaito turns around the boy raises his head, so that his eyes can be seen.

"Tantei-kun…" is all Kaito manages to say as he looks in the deep, blue eyes of Edogawa Conan.

Meanwhile Aoko walks through the streets of Tokyo. She is thinking about her encounter with Kaito. She's so deep in thoughts that she doesn't look where she walks anymore. It comes as it has to come: she bumps into someone.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't looking." The young girl says as she's bowing.

"Don't worry, darling, nothing happened. Oh, and it wasn't just your fault, I wasn't looking as well."

Aoko looks up and sees a tall woman with blonde hair.

"I'm Jodie, by the way, Jodie Starling."

The woman, now known as Jodie, smiles at Aoko

"Nakamori Aoko." mumbles she. She's not in the mood to have a happy talk with someone.

Aoko's POV

I look at the woman, Jodie-san, my eyes are still teary.

"You look really sad… did anything happen to you?"

She doesn't know me, so why can't she just let me be?

"You don't know anything!"

I feel sorry, she didn't do anything wrong, but I'm shouting at her because of what happened with Kaito. I just can't hold it any longer.

"I look sad?! What would you look like if you just lost the person who meant the world to you?! Despite all that happened between us, I don't hate him. To be honest I still love him! That idiot! Since he got arrested he changed so much… Why did he want me to leave?" I am more talking to myself, but I'm aware that Jodie-san is still around. I start sobbing as I sink to my knees. A single tear runs down my cheek.

"Why does it feel like I will lose him… forever?" I quietly ask.

"Jodie-sensei! We're…back…" shouts a girl, but her voice gets lower with every word.

I don't want to raise my head and look up, so I don't know who it is.

"Hey, you okay?" asks a soft voice, probably the person that just came. It sounds like a girl and she seems to be concerned.

"No, I am not okay, as you can see!" I don't want to be mean, they're just concerned about me, but I just can't hold it back.

I look up eventually. There are two girls. One of them has short dark blond hair and is wearing expensive-looking clothes. The other one has dark brown hair and looks a bit like… me? She seems to be the one who just asked me.

"I'm sorry." say I.

"I didn't mean to be rude, it's just that… it's complicated…"

"Tell us, you will feel better afterwards." the dark brown-haired girl says, but why…?

They don't even know me.

"By the way, I am Mouri Ran and this is my friend Suzuki Sonoko."

"Mouri? Like in Mouri Kogoro, the detective?"

Ran nods lightly and smiles at me.

"He's my dad."

I look at her.

"How ironic. The daughter of the detective my dad hates offers me help." I can't help but to smile as well.

"Your dad hates mine? Why? Who is your dad?"

"He says that your dad is always getting in the way when they work together… Okay, 'hate' is maybe the working word, but he doesn't like him very much…

Oh, I didn't introduce myself…" I say as I slowly get up.

"I'm Nakamori Aoko and my dad's Nakamori Ginzo."

The younger two look at me with surprise in their eyes. Sonoko also seems lightly shocked.

"Your dad's the inspector who arrested Kaito KID?" she asks.

I nod, but don't look at them.

"He's the one who arrested him, yes… but it was my fault…"

The tears had stopped, but now they start to form again.

"I wanted to proof his innocence. I wanted to show that he's not KID, but I just did the opposite. It's my fault that he feels responsible for lying to me and it's my fault that he's in prison. I wish I could turn back time. If I could do that I wouldn't lose him…but it's impossible… I will lose him forever… I just know it… I will lose him… he will… he will be in prison for the rest of his life!"

Now I am crying again.

"It's your fault that my beloved KID-sama got arrested?!"

"Sonoko!"

I can't see what's going on, because my sight is blurred, but I have a feeling that Ran just glared at Sonoko.

I turn around and run away. I want to be alone. I don't want anyone around me. At this time I didn't know that running away was the worst I could have done.

Author's POV

Three men sitting in a Porsche watched the whole scene.

"She ran away, that's our chance!" the man on the rear bench seat said.

"You fool! We're just here to watch! That attitude is the reason why you couldn't win against that thief! You are way too incompetent to do such an important job." answered a man with long blond hair. He's smoking as he begins to dial a number on his phone.

"But…"

"No more buts! You didn't even manage to get rid of one silly thief. You're lucky that you are still of use to us, otherwise you would already have a bullet through your head."

He put his phone to his ear. After a few seconds he began to speak.

"She just left. It's your turn now, Vermouth."

"Why's this girl so important, Aniki?" asked the third man in the car as the one with long hair put his phone back into his pocket.

"That's easy, Wodka. Maybe even Snake'll understand it." The blond man looked in the mirror to see the man in the back.

"This girl… she is very important to our 'friend'"

"Friend? Who are you talking about, Aniki?"

The blonde one sighed as he rolled his eyes.

"I'm talking about Kaito KID. She means a lot to him. KID loves this girl. If we have her it is easy to get KID and erase him. He'll come on his own and he'll do as we say, in other words he will find Pandora in your place, Snake. He wouldn't risk to lose her. Of course he's not aware that it will be the end for both of them by the time we have the gem."

The blonde man grinned as he looked at two photos he held in his hand.

One was a photo of a girl and a boy. They were walking together and seemed to be chatting, on the other photo one could see a male wearing a white suite as well as a white cape top hat. He also wore a monocle and a red neck tie. It was a photo of Kaito KID.

"But Aniki… he's in prison right now, isn't he?"

"Yes, I know."

"If he's in prison then you're plan is useless, Gin!" Snake said.

"Watch your mouth, Snake. I've got orders not to kill you, but no one said that I couldn't make you suffer." Gin said calmly.

"Back to our topic. I know that he's in prison right now, but nevertheless my plan will work out. Just lean back and watch.

This will be the end of Kaito KID." He said while grinning.

(1) quote by George Bernard Shaw

I hope you enjoyed it (: Please review and tell me what you think^^

As you read I included Conan and Ran in this story. It will still mainly be about Kaito and Aoko (of course^^), but I need Conan for my plan, maybe even Ran (don't know yet) (:

Until next time (: