Author's Rant: Thank you guys really really much for reading and reviewing! I'm really grateful. I really am!

This story was intended to be fun, romantic with a touch of supernatural in it…I don't know when the heck did it become like this…All serious and angst Dx?

And because I can't just leave you guy hang there confused so I immediately found time to type out this chappie ^^.

Beware of OOC-ness, AU and stupid typos and grammar mistakes :X.

Edit: SORRY! About Vermouth's name, I seriously didn't remember, I only remembered Sharon, so yeah, sorry for that stupid mistake D:.

Disclaim: …Seriously, if you still think I own DC or MK, you should really pick up a DC or MK volume to see the credit there :D.

Reapers

By: Shimizu Hikaru.

Part 6:

KID, no, Kaito held onto Shinichi's unconscious for dear life. His Shin-chan was hurt. Because of him. He wanted to beat himself up so badly but he was too busy holding his Shin-chan, afraid if he let go, Shin-chan'd disappeared…

He stroked Shinichi's face gently…If only he had tried harder to not let Shinichi know something was wrong then Shinichi would not looked at him with those blue blue eyes…Eyes that he could never say 'no' to. If only he hadn't remembered anything. If only he had tried harder to ignore those memories…If only, if only…

"I'm sorry, Shinichi…" he tightened his grip, "I'm sorry…" and whispered brokenly.

Really…if only he had done what Akako had said…

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"You Reapers and us Watchers were once human too…" Akako said, not needing to look at Kaito to see his eyes widened.

"There are some of the human that have special power. The highers up, the highest level in the Central, Hades will chose those that have Reaper's and Watcher's power, leave those with Medium's power back. The chosen ones will be brought to the Central. And get brainwashed," she paused, let the information sink onto Kaito before continuing, "They will forget all about their past lives and only know that they are born to be Reaper or Watcher."

Akako looked up to the sky, "And their family or loved one will be forced to forget about them too, everything about that person will be erased…In general, that human will be as well as never existed." And she continuing her story.

"Their souls will be extracted from their bodies and their bodies will be stored in things called 'Egg' and will continue to grow healthily like a human in there. Those Eggs will be kept by Keepers. And then, they get trained to be a Watcher or a Reaper."

She finally looked over at him to see him stared ahead blankly. She smiled sadly at him, "And if they remember anything of their past lives, the Hades just need to order the Keepers to destroy the 'Egg' that contain their bodies…and they will be gone…forever."

Akako sighed at Kaito's shock expression. For Kaito, he had always thought of what he doing was justice. And indeed it was, to help those lingering souls to pass on and erase demons that'd make harm to human was justice, to him. But now, to know how he-the Reapers and Watchers were born, to know that they was forced to abandon their lives, forgetting their loved ones, to know how unjust for them-they were still human- must be a shock to him.

"How…" Kaito choked, "…how can they…" he swallowed hard, "Isn't there any other way to have Reapers and Watchers?"

"…I don't know…but like I said, keep it a secret. Don't let anyone know you know that…and if you remember anything about your past life, keep it to yourself or…" she looked away, "You'll get destroyed and your loved ones will be in danger."

Kaito calmed himself down. His training as a Reaper had taught him how to keep his emotions under control. He grinned at Akako, a bit weakly.

"How do you know all about these things?"

"...I just know," yes, he knew she wasn't going to tell him the truth…he sighed, "And why are you telling me this?"

Akako smirked, "As I said, you were the only man I've met that can resist my charm. It's because your heart has already bound to someone and regardless that you might not remember your past life, your feelings for that person are strong enough to resist my charm."

"I see…Wonder who's that person…" Kaito smiled sadly to himself.

Akako stood up, "Well, that was nice talking to you but I have to go now."

She produced a (magic?) broom from nowhere and climbed on it.

"Remember what I said. Keep it a secret. Goodbye, Kuroba-kun," she said finally before disappearing, leaving him alone, pondering what she had said…

That's when a rush of images-memories flood into his head and he lost unconscious.

The next morning he woke up on the Kudo manor with tears rolled down his cheeks. He quickly dried them then stared blankly ahead before teleporting into Shinichi's bedroom.

Shinichi was still sleeping. Kaito sighed then smiled sadly as Akako's final words…Yes…just keep it to himself.

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That night, after having talked to Akako, he had remembered everything…Everything about his past life and even that fateful night eight years ago.

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"Dad!" Kaito cheered as he ran to where his father was. He then stopped as he looked at his father confusedly.

"…Dad…?" as he got no answer from his father, he turned to look at Vermouth, brows furrowed together worriedly.

"Lady-san, why's dad not answering? And why's he tied up too?"

She smiled at him and soon, Toichi's eyes slowly opened.

"Dad!" Kaito cheered happily again and Toichi's eyes widened as his eyes focused on Kaito.

"Damn it Kaito! Run! RUN!" he yelled out and struggled violently.

Kaito just stood there stared at him, confusion all over his face. That's when a bulky man took a hold of him.

"Lemme go!" he screamed as he kick the man but he just simply tightened his grip on him.

"Let him go! Leave him alone! Damn you!" Toichi yelled out and struggled even more. It pained him as Kaito looked at him with fearful eyes, pleading him to save him. Oh God, his son, his son…!

"Damn it! Leave him alone! DAMN YOU!"

"Vermouth, finish him off. We got the boy," the bulky man said, voice annoyed.

"Got it." She stalked to him and he looked at her with hatred in his eyes. She smirked cruelly, "Goodbye then, Kuroba-san."

And Kaito's eyes widened and tears rolled freely down, "Dad! Dad! DAD!" he screamed out along with his father's painful screams. But then the bulky man covered him mouth tightly, "You brat, shut up!"

He continued to watch his father with tears rolled down from his wide, fearful eyes. His dear father was writhring and screaming in pain and oh God, was he becoming transparent? Was he fading away?

Toichi's screams die down as he looked at Kaito gently despite his face was twisted in pain.

"Kaito…Remember…I…I love you…and your…mo-mother…and…" he choked out painfully, "…I…I'm…prou…" he disappeared in a trail of white smoke.

Kaito's body was numb, his eyes still widened from shock, tears still came out freely. He wanted to scream for his father.

Oh God…Please…please let this be a dream, and he'd wake up with Shinichi by his side and when he and Shinichi got to his home, his parents would be there to welcome him with smiles on their face. And Shinichi would finally meet his father and see how awesome he was. And dad would teach him more magic tricks too and Shinichi'd look at him admiringly when he performed that new tricks. And…and…

But then, reality slammed down as Vermouth came into his view and smiled cruelly at him before covering his eyes with her hand.

"Sleep, baby," she whispered gently and he suddenly felt so tired, sleep sounded so great right now…but he still struggled to stay awake.

He heard the bulky man said, "What about the other brat?" was he talking about Shin-chan?

"Oh, no, he doesn't have the Pandora in him. Only this boy has." What was Pandora? What were they talking about?

"Really?" was that doubt in the man's voice?

"Yes, you can go check on him again if you want." Ah, her voice sounded confident…Really tired…sleep…

'…Shin-chan's gonna be mad with me…' was his last thought as everything went black.

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Some where in Ekoda, a Reaper and her Medium was surrounded by souls-turn-demons, lots of them.

"RIE, behind you!" Hakuba yelled at he use a chunk of wood to fend off a demon.

RIE quickly turned around to delivery her mop to its head, making it disappear.

"Thanks!" she yelled back and swung her mop at another demon that attack her.

"What the hell's happening anyway? Their times aren't up and not even close to! Why did they turn into demons?" Hakuba asked, eyes narrowed.

"I don't know!" RIE answered as she retreated to stand back to back with him, "Maybe something's happening to the Central!"

"We'll go there then!" Hakuba again whack a demon with his log, making it fall back with a painful howl. RIE quickly finished it off with her mop. Yes, Medium could help their Reaper to fend off demons but they didn't have the power to erase demons.

"We need a Watcher! Only Watcher can open a portal to the Central!" RIE said loudly, "But who can we trust? Even those Reapers and Watchers out there attack us!" she bit her lips, hard.

"…Damn it," Hakuba cursed as more and more demons advanced on them.

Right then, a burst of energy burst out, making the demons closed their eyes and howled in annoyance.

"Hurry, get in!" a girl appeared in front of them and quickly opened a portal, "My energy can't kill them, it can only hold them back for the time being!"

"But to where?" RIE asked anxiously.

"The Kudo manor," the other answered evenly, "Hurry."

And the trio jumped into the portal without hesitance, leaving the demons howling for their disappearing preys.

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What greeted them when they appeared at the Kudo manor was KID shot his card gun at a demon that came up to him and his unconscious Medium.

As Akako did some hand seal, RIE ran up to him then crouched down, looking at Shinichi worriedly, "What happened?" and KID shook his head.

At that moment, the entire kitchen was enveloped in some kind of barrier, "Now, the demon can't come in," Akako explained evenly.

"What happened out there?" KID asked urgently.

"We don't know. All the lingering souls suddenly turned into demons and even the Reapers and Watchers gone berserk," Hakuba said slowly.

Akako spoke up, starling everyone, "I believe that the Eggs contain their bodies were alerted. The Hades can control the Reapers and Watchers through the Eggs."

"So…why are we not affected?" RIE asked confusedly and Akako smirked.

"I believe the Keeper of our Eggs is on our side."

Akako then silently walked up to him and took Shinichi's hand in hers. She slowly moved her hand up his arm before releasing it. KID looked at her anxiously, "Is he okay?"

She nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, it's just that the seal on his power was lift off and he's now sleeping until his power is released completely.

KID sighed in relief, "But who seal off Shinichi's power? And why?" he said out loud.

"That must be Vermouth," Akako answered evenly. And KID's eyes widened then narrowed angrily at the name.

"That woman…" he gritted his teeth.

"Kuroba-kun, I believe she just done what need to be done."

"Killing my father? Causing Shinichi pain?" KID spat out and RIE stared at him oddly. He had never acted like this.

Akako then sighed annoyingly, "You need to know the whole fact before saying that, Kuroba-kun. Everything has its own reason. And Vermouth is our Eggs Keeper, you know."

KID ignored what she said, he just ran a hand gently through Shinichi's hair.

"Let's me tell you guys a story of a Reaper that was accused of being a traitor then…" Akako said, voive cold. Everyone looked at her oddly even KID.

"Sixteen years ago, there was a Reaper that had just gotten out if her training. Her code name was Sherry. She then looked for a Medium and found one. The Medium named Chris. They both worked together very well and they were very closed, seeing each other as a family."

"But then, one day, Sherry found out a cruel Hades was continuously capturing Medium and absorb their power into a gem called Pandora. His plan was to make the Pandora full of Medium power and he would use it for his own purpose."

"Sherry and Chris tried to inform the other Hades about this but the cruel Hades stopped them and they engaged in a fight. Of course they lost to him and he used the Pandora to absorb Chris's power and the gem was full…"

"…He was going to carry out his plan but Sherry managed to snatch the gem from him and sent it to the Living World. He, being a Hades, couldn't leave the Central and being a soul too, couldn't do anything to the Living World so he was enraged. He imprisoned Sherry and announced that she was a traitor. The other Hades believed him. And then, he used Sherry as a hostage to make Chris work under him."

"Because only the Mediums that had their power in the Pandora could find it and as for he had already killed all the Mediums that had their power absorbed so, Chris was the only one left. And to Chris, Sherry was a family to her, so naturally, she had to work under him as a Keeper called…"

"…Vermouth," Akako finished and looked around to see everyone was frozen.

Hakuba was the first to snap out of it, "How did you know about all of this?"

Akako sighed, "Two years ago, when I was still in training, I got lost in the Central. Wandering, I got to where Sherry was captured and she told me about this… and about how Reapers and Watchers were born too."

KID finally spoke up, "So…what does seal off Shinichi's power have anything to do with it?" he sounded confused, "I mean, I can understand she killed my father because was forced to, but…"

"Because he's the Pandora, and Chris didn't want them to find him." Everyone again stared at her then at Shinichi.

Akako smirked, "Ah, not really, he's only a half of the Pandora…You have never wondered why you and your Medium look so much alike?"

KID shook his head 'no'.

"Well, when the Pandora was sent here, in order to survive, it divided into two pieces and each took shelter in different pregnant women," she said evenly then examined Shinichi's face interestingly before looking at KID amusingly.

"And I believe the result were two children that born from different parents yet still looked almost the same."

And then everything was drown in silence. Until KID chuckled then it turned into a full laugh.

"Aww…so, in other words, we're kinda like a pairs of twins?" he said, faking disappointment. But then he smirked and everyone looked at him warily.

He slowly leaned down near Shinichi's face then whispered huskily, still loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Not that I mind…Twincest is hot after all…"

He then cheerfully looked up to see Hakuba's and RIE's face was red and Akako chuckled amusingly.

He grinned before turning serious again, "So, when will he wake up?"

"Should be soon," Akako answered.

And he smirked dangerously, "Good…and then, we'll go to ask the cruel Hades about his plan."

Omake~~~…I wasn't going to include this on the chappie because I don't want to break the serious atmosphere but then… I couldn't resist :X, so here ya go :"D!

He slowly leaned down near Shinichi's face then whispered huskily, still loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Not that I mind…Twincest is hot after all…"

And Shinichi's eyes instantly opened. He stared at KID's shock expression and his mouth opened.

"Pervert." And his eyes closed again, leaving the others stared at his unconscious body.

RIE blinked rapidly before asking, "…What just happened?"

KID, still stared at Shinichi's sleeping face, "…I think it was his instinctive reaction to my comment…"

xxxxx TBC xxxxx

To Firepaw: Thank you for a lot of infors :D. And thank you for always reviewing :").

Part 6's done and everything should be revealed now…only the Hades' plan left and the Core too… And as for the Core, to tell the truth, I wrote it in a spunk of moment and in my notebook, it wasn't there…I don't know how the heck did it make into the story…but well! I've found out an purpose to it xD! You'll see later.

And finally! Pervert KID came back xD!

And about Vermouth's name, I remember in DC that she was both Sharon and Chris right? And I couldn't remember her family name so yeah…v^^ .

Please review! 'cuz really, I love reading your reviews and they really make my lazy-ass keep writing!