Day four!

Fandom: Detective Conan/Magic Kaitou
Words: 637
Character(s): Kaitou Kuroba, Aoko Nakamori, Toichi Kuroba
Raiting: G
Prompt: #4; "something the character hates that they have to face"; two out of the following: "spork", "stapler", or "toilet paper"; fic must be less than 750 words
Disclaimer: Not mine!! Gosho Aoyama owns all!
Notes: "spork" and "toilet paper" chosen; Kaitou hates/is afraid of fish

Go Fish

Six year old Aoko Nakamori stared at the mess around them. With Kaitou Kuroba as a best friend, she should have been used to this sort of thing, particularly in said boy's room.

But this was a little excessive.

Particularly since they weren't in said boy's room.

In fact, they were nowhere near it, since the Nakamori and Kuroba families had gone camping together.

Aoko shook her head as she glanced around the tent, then finally focused on her six year old friend, Kaitou.

"Kaitou…what are you doing?" Aoko crossed her little arms.

Kaitou, who was hunched over an open duffle bag…one out of many that were open in the tent…looked up with fear and determination shining in his indigo eyes. "Dad said we're go'n fishing!"

"So?"

Kaitou hesitated. He didn't want Aoko to know that he was afraid of the creepy water dwellers. No way! He was a guy, and he was supposed to be fearless.

"Well?"

"Um…in case there's sharks!" Kaitou finally exclaimed. "Cause ya never know where there's a shark! So…I'm gonna be ready to fight them!"

It wasn't an outright lie…except the part about sharks. Even at six, Kaitou knew that sharks didn't live in freshwater rivers and lakes.

Aoko gulped. "Sh-sharks? There are really sharks out there?"

"Dunno! But I'm gonna be ready in case there are!" Kaitou frowned as he went through his duffle bag. "Aw man…mom must've gone through my bag afore we left!"

Aoko stepped over a roll of toilet paper and entered the hurricane that was the tent a little more. "What are you looking for, anyways?"

"I knew there'd be fi…I mean, possibly sharks, so I had packed my wooden sword and shield. But they're not here!"

Aoko gulped. "Then how do we stay safe from the sharks?"

Kaitou frowned in thought as he gazed around the random toiletries and other items he had strewn about the tent. Then, his eyes lit up as he picked up a couple items and handed them to Aoko.

The girl stared at the items in her hands. "A…plastic bowl and a……spork?"

Kaitou nodded eagerly and put the bowl over his head. "Our weapons and armor! We'll be ready to combat those crazy fi…I mean, sharks!"

That's right! Those fish wouldn't stand a chance against him, now! He was ready for them! No more cowering in fear against the little buggers…he was a man!

He was going to stand right up to them!

He was going to fight them and conquer them!

He was going to…

"Kids! Come on! We're all set!"

…hide and never come out again.

Aoko and Kaitou exchanged wide eyed looks, then screamed and dove for the sleeping bags to hide under them.

A moment later, a confused Toichi Kuroba entered the tent. He glanced around, then easily spied the two kids hiding under the sleeping bag. His black mustache twitched slightly as he spoke, "What are you two doing under there?"

"U-um…" Kaitou stammered as he poked his head out from under the sleeping bag.

"We don't wanna be eaten by sharks!" Aoko wailed.

Toichi blinked in confusion. "Sharks?"

Kaitou nearly groaned, and pouted up at his father.

Toichi understood the situation in about five seconds, and began to laugh. "First, there aren't any sharks around here. Second…I was talking about the card game! We're playing Go Fish…the card game! You can handle that, right, Kaitou?"

Kaitou frowned. He didn't like the idea of anything that even had the word 'fish' in it, but…he couldn't lose face in front of Aoko. With a sigh, he crawled out from under the sleeping bag.

Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad…maybe one day, he wouldn't jump and cower when confronted with the real thing if he could at least play a card game called "Go Fish".

END