Disclaimer: Well, the quality of my coffee hasn't changed yet, so it's easy for me to say that I do not own Detective Conan and/or Magic Kaitô.
"The murder investigation didn't even take half as long as one of Hakuba's would have", he thought to himself as the suspects, along with the police, filed out of the roller coaster's exit. As he'd visited (aka: had been dragged along on) some of his fellow student's investigations, together with Aoko, safely standing on the side lines and not even getting a glimpse of any murder victim (not that there were all that many to complain about: Hakuba mainly did retrieve lost things or people nowadays, stating there was more of a reward to be found in them), he could safely state that this case – especially considering that it had been a murder investigation – was by far the shortest he'd ever been on.
His musings were cut short when the men-in-black exited the building and his eyes followed them inconspicuously from the next food stall. Kaito had been standing close to the mass of people congregating there, waiting for just those two to come out. Internally, he smirked to himself. Let the chase begin.
During the next hour or so he subtly followed them – always making sure to keep more than a few people between him and them and checking whether or not they'd noticed him at irregular intervals. And, with a sinking heart, he'd realized that at times they'd definitely noticed someone following them. At least the bigger one of them had. The smallish one – he'd dubbed him Hardy in his head some time ago – seemed to be thicker than the Laurel-like character. That one he'd have to be careful about. He was already looking dangerous, what with that grim, thin visage of his and his eyes… those eyes were the most disturbing feature. They were calculating, staring at their surroundings as though all the time carefully evaluating every and any advantage he could get over the people around him. Those were not the eyes of an upright individual, at all. Goosebumps made their way from his neck down his back when he thought about what or, more disturbingly, whom they reminded him of.
Snake.
That man had the same glint in his eyes that this shady character had. Although Kaito had gotten the feeling that "Laurel", as he'd nicknamed the blond, black trench coat wearing man, despite having that certain glint in his eyes in common with his sniper No. 1, was far more… he gave off a far more… evil… vibe than Snake ever had. Increasing his cautiousness tenfold, Kaito now made doubly sure he wouldn't be conspicuous to their eyes. It had seemed easy earlier, but when he put his observations into the equation, it made for a much more difficult and important task.
Just what did those men intend to do? Where were they headed? As far as Kaito could see, there wasn't any clear goal in sight. "They are wandering around aimlessly", he thought, "Why?" It was only after another hour of this, that he found out. The sun was already on its way to setting when he noticed the crowd thinning and the two men finally stopping at the entrance of an alley made of several stalls and house attractions. They stood there, looking around every few minutes as though waiting for someone. After about twenty minutes of this, when nobody came, "Hardy" walked off briskly in the direction of the roller coaster. Kaito kept sitting on a bank close to the fountain that was located right opposite of the alley entrance, about a hundred feet away from "Laurel", waiting for what the other would do.
When that one went off into the alley, an uncomfortable feeling grew in the pit of his stomach. What was wrong? He didn't know. Kaito couldn't put a finger on what he perceived as "wrong" exactly, he just knew something was off. It was just a feeling, an instinct telling him to be even more cautious or to run for it like hell. It was a useful instinct; it had saved him several times from bullets when a sniper had targeted him on one of his heists, so he heeded it now, too.
Changing into a different costume – a different person – behind some refuse containers close to the entrance of the alley, disguised as a female university student in high heels wearing a blue mini skirt and a nice T-shirt, he swiftly stalked off into the alley, hard on Laurel's heels.
AN: I just thought that his was too good an end to go on… and the image of Kaito posing as a woman…. Hehe. And oooh suspense! How I love that….! Stay tuned for the next one!