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Chapter Four: I never wanted to endanger you

Author's POV

"How long will it take him to come here, what you think?" asked Vermouth as she looked at Aoko. She had put another chair in the room where they held Aoko captive and was now seated opposite to the teenager.

"He will not fall into your trap! I'm sure he knows what you want him to do and he probably also knows that this is a trap. Knowing that, how could he fall for it?! You must really underestimate him!"

At this Vermouth could not hold back a laugh.

"Of course he knows, but I can guarantee you that he will fall into our trap even if he knows about it. You are the one who is underestimating his desire to save you. He surely would do anything to keep you alive. That is what you do, when you love someone. You don't act reasonable."

"Why do want him dead so badly? What did he do to you? Please, do whatever you want with me, but leave Kaito alone!"

"You are really brave, little girl, but I cannot respect your wish. KID did something he should not have an. He made an enemy out of us and thus he has to be killed."

She did not use Kaito's name on purpose, she was referring to the original KID, Kuroba Toichi, but Aoko did not have to know that.

Vermouth looked at her captive.

They have only one chance at winning. She thought to herself.

It is only a slight chance, but if Kuroba Kaito and our little silver bullet work together, then they might be successful.

This will get really interesting.

Kaito's POV

I look at Hakuba, Tantei-kun and Akai-san one after another. We are sitting around the table in my living room. If it wasn't such a dire situation, this would look really funny to an outsider: Two detectives, one of them de-aged, a FBI Agent and a thief. Despite the situation I find myself smirking for a second, before I turn serious again as Hakuba clears his through.

Right… they expect me to tell them something. They expect me to tell the mysterious story of KID, the Phantom Thief. I knew I would have to tell this story some day and I knew that day would be coming rather sooner than later when I was arrested at the amusement park, nevertheless I hoped that somehow I would get the chance to let Aoko be the first person to know. To let her be the first person to understand why I had to do what I did. I sigh lightly.

I don't know how to start. They look at me with those observant eyes like a carnivore that waits for his prey to make a mistake. I don't like that look, especially not when it's directed at me.

I don't know how to start. They have absolutely no idea what I am about to tell them. They probably expect me to tell them that this organization is my enemy, because I stole something from them by mistake or that I became Kaitou KID because of the thrill. No, they don't know anything about me.

I sigh again. This time I close my eyes for a moment, before I finally start telling my story.

"As you probably guessed I am not the first KID. The original KID – why he became the Phantom Thief is a whole different story which you wouldn't believe me, even if I told you, so don't even ask – disappeared 8 years ago, but not because he suddenly lost interest or repented. No, it was because some people thought of him as a threat and threats – in their eyes – have to be eliminated."

I look at them again as I pause for a moment, silence filling the room.

"They made it look like an accident, but the truth is they murdered him 8 years ago.

I, myself, found out the truth when KID first reappeared. At that time someone, other than me, acted as KID. During that time I found the original KID's secret hideout. I knew for sure that he was dead so I wanted to find out who exactly that false KID was. When I encountered him, also dressed in white, he thought that I was the original KID and so I learned the truth. He prattled away and thus was forced to tell me everything. Everything he knew about that organization, about the original KID and about his murder.

I never thought that the feeling of sorrow, pain and loneliness that I felt when the original KID died could ever be toped. When I found out that my biggest idol and – in my opinion - the world's greatest magician did not die in an accident but was murdered, all those emotions returned and this time they were even worse. At first all I wanted to do was get revenge, I wanted to single-handedly kill them, because they took him away from me. Though it was only my first thought. Later on I realized that it would be better to frustrate their plans and get them into prison. The original KID would not want me to become a murder just to get revenge for him. That's probably also the reason why Mum did not already search and attempt to kill those guys."

"Your Mum?" Conan asked silently.

I nod.

"Yes. After all they did not only kill Kaitou KID. They killed a husband and father as well."

Hakuba looks at me with a mixture of pity and horror. Akai-san wore something akin to a poker face and Conan looked at me as though he just realized something that had been obvious. There was one thing, though, that I could see in all their faces. They looked like they just found a long lost piece of an almost finished puzzle.

I have the next chapter already written out, the only thing left to do is type it and add a few things. I will upload it either today or tomorrow. (: