Author'rant: Well, the last chappie wasn't my best shot...in fact it was my worst chappie ever...I can't write battle scene and all...So sorry for it! But I had to wrote it in a hurry before school so yeah...I didn't even write it before typing...
Thanks everyone for reviewing last chappie though! Thank you very much~!
Beware of OOC-ness and AU and stupid typos and mistakes :C.
Disclaim: Is Kaito and Shinichi together in either DC or MK? If not then I don't own.
Reapers.
By:Shimizu Hikaru.
Part 8:
Shinichi woke up to Kaito's calling. He opened his eyes to stare at Kaito, who sighed in relief. He slowly sat up and looked around.
He and Kaito were in a world of white, completely white. And whenever he moved, the ground, or that was he thought it was, would ripple lightly like water.
Shinichi sighed then looked over Kaito to take a good look at him. Kaito was dressed in his usual KID outfit though his top hat and monocle left at Shinichi's kitchen and somehow, his white vest and cape and red tie were also gone, leaving him in his blue button up shirt and white pants.
"I don't suppose you know where we are?" Shinichi said dryly and Kaito shook his head cheerfully.
"Nope, though I don't care, anywhere with you is all good~." and Shinichi rolled his eyes fondly.
"What should we do then?"Shinichi asked and then quickly added as he saw 'the gleam' in Kaito's violet eyes, "And please do refrain from saying any of your sexual harassment coments."
Kaito shut up and pouted childishly at Shinichi, "They're not! They're my ways of saying I love you!"
Shinichi quiet down for a few moment before looking away, muttering, "Don't say thing you don't mean..."
"But I do mean it!" Kaito protested, taking Shinichi's hand in his, squeezing it tightly.
"...You maybe were...Kaito, we maybe best friends when we were little. But eight years have passed...I'm not the Shin-chan you knew and you're not really the Kai-chan I knew...not anymore. We've grown up...without each other."
Kaito was silent, his eyebrows furrows together and Shinichi continued, "Things can't just be back like before...before the night you was taken away." he finished and sighed.
They both feel into silence, both lost in their own thoughts, their hands still linked together.
That was it until Kaito smiled and that smile turned into a grin.
He released Shinichi's hand and stood up. Shinichi turned to look at him oddly, "What?"
"If that the deal then...guess I'll have to introduce myself all over again then~." and he bowed.
"I am Kuroba Kaito, also known as KID, a Reaper. I love pranking people and I want to be a magician once I grow up! Nice to meet you!" Kaito held out his hand expectedly.
Shinichi looked at the offering hand and at Kaito for a moment before a smile tugged at his lips. He took the offering hand and hauled himself up.
"Kudo Shinichi, also known as Holmes-geek. I like reading books, mystery books and when I grow up, I will work at a police station. Nice to meet you too," he shook Kaito's hand lightly before using his other hand to search his pocket thoughtfully.
His face brightened up as he found what he need. He gently put the thing he just found on Kaito's palm.
"This is yours. You promised you'd come back for it..." Shinichi muttered and Kaito held it in front of his face to examine.
It was a Four-leaf Clover strap. Kaito smile as he realized the thing.
"Thanks...But..." he put in back into Shinichi's hand, "...it has been with you for eight years, so it must have feeling for you! Keep it, Shin-chan!"
And as Shinichi was about to protest, Kaito silenced him with a kiss. It was just a brush of lips but Shinichi still froze.
For a moment, he just stared at Kaito's cheerful grin then his face turned a lovely shade of red.
"..What was that?" he asked, covering his lips with his hand, face burned.
"It was a kiss, Shin-chan~," Kaito answered happily, "I've wanted to do it for a while now."
Shinichi rolled his eyes, face still red, "I mean why did you do it?"
Kaito looked thoughtful for a moment before beamed at Shinichi, "See it as the exchange for the strap!"
"I didn't ask for the strap!" Shinichi protested but then looked away embarrassingly, "...you can't keep the k-kiss like I keep the strap...it's unfair for you..."
Kaito smiled softly to himself then used both of his hands to turn Shinichi's face to him, "Shin-chan...don't worry about it...besides..." he grinned then held his hands to his chest, where his heart should be, "I keep it in my heart~! And I believe I'll have more of them to keep..." he purred huskily.
Shinichi rolled his eyes though his face still turned redder, "...Idiot."
"Only for you," Kaito grinned.
"Ah-ah, what a romantic atmosphere," an amusing female voice echoed then a woman appeared in front of them. They took a step back surprisingly.
She was unearthly beautiful, even more than Akako. Her long black hair was tied neatly at the nape of her neck. Her lips was pale, a shade of white and she wore a red traditional kimono with a golden sash.
What most unusual about her were her eyes. One eye was red and the other was just a black hollow socket.
"Who're you?" Kaito narrowed his eyes at her, stepping up to place himself between she and Shinichi.
She chuckled at his noticeable protectiveness, "I am the ultimate Hades, also known as the Core."
"You are?" Shinichi asked, stepping up to stand beside Kaito despite his protest, "I suppose yo8u know where we are?"
"Yes, you are inside the Hole that separates the two Worlds," she bowed gratefully, "I thank you for your help in erasing the traitor Hades."
She looked at them sadly, "I was the one who chose the Hades...And he turned out to be a traitor, I didn't do my job properly, I am so sorry."
"Ah-ah, he's gone now, don't blame yourself, Core-san," Kaito grinned at her, finally realaxing, and Shinichi nodded in confirm.
She smiled gratefully at them then nodded, "Thank you again...so, please return the Pandora to me."
Not letting them answer, she held out her hand and their chest glowed faintly. And then, in her hand was a small round red gem.
"Whoa, and here I thought she was going to open up my chest to get it out," Kaito rubbed his chest checkingly.
"Don't be stupid," Shinichi whacked his softly on the head.
She smiled then put the gem into her hollow socket, ignoring Kaito's and Shinichi's horrified looks.
"My job is to guard the Hole, not letting anyone do anything to it...But once in every year, I need to rest. And he used that chance to take my eyes also somehow sealed me off. He kept one and the other for absorbing Medium Power so that once he put the other into the Hole, the connection of my eyes would help him to be the only one can control the Living," she explained softly, now looking even more beautiful with both her eyes.
"How come you have your one eye when we saw you?" Shinichi inquired curiously.
"The moment the Hole rejected him, Gin was erased and the eye returned to me..."
"I see..." Shinichi nodded to himself.
And then something in Kaito's head clicked, "Wait...About the way of choosing Reapers and Watchers...is there any other way?" he asked hesitantly.
"Why?" she looked at him oddly.
"Well...The human you choose...they have their lives too...you can't just make them abandon it," Kaito answered, narrowing his eyes.
She looked thoughtful before nodding, "I see...I'll think about it."
She smiled at them, "It's time...You two have to go now..."
"Wait! What about Sherry? Akako, Aoko and Vermouth?" Shinichi tried but she merely smiled and disappeared.
Everything went white.
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"Rise and shine~!" a cheerful female voice pulled Kaito and Shinichi out of their sleep. Shinichi groaned then turned and went back to sleep while Kaito cracked his eyes opened and groggily sat up, setting his eyes on a blond woman that he recognized as Yukiko.
He blinked at her as she smiled at him, "Kai-chan, you actually have school today but your mom has excused for you so you're free today! I'll take both of you to the Park! Happy?" she babbled happily and walked to the door.
"Please wake Shin-chan up and get down to have breakfast, okay?" she said and walked out, closing the door.
Kaito blinked a few times then his eyes set on the reflection in the mirror hung on the wall. He blinked at it and it blinked right back at him, two big violet eyes.
Not leaving the mirror, he shook Shinichi awake.
"Wakie wakie Shin-chan, something's happening..."
"Urg..." Shinichi groan and sat up sleepily, rubbing his eyes tiredly, "...'sup"
And sleepiness gone as he stared at the mirror. Blue eyes on a chubby face of an eight-year-old stared at him.
"What the hell?"
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In the class 2-B in Edoka elementary school, the teacher cheerfully inform her students.
"Everyone, we have a new friend today, so please treat him well, 'kay?"
The class chorused happily, "Yes, sensei!"
She smiled at the class before turning to the door, "Please come in, Hakuba-kun."
The door opened before a brown hair boy calmly walked in. He stopped in front of the class then bowed.
"Nice to meet you. My name's Hakuba Saguru, I transfer here from England. I hope we'll get along," he said dryly and the teacher sweatdropped.
"Okay, Hakuba-kun, please seat beside Nakamori-chan," she turned back to the class, "Please raise your hand, Nakamori-chan!"
"Hai!" a messy brown hair girl raised her hand eagerly and Hakuba walked swiftly to her. He sat down and took out a book from his bag. Nakamori looked at him eagerly. On the girl's other side, a girl with reddish hair looked at him boredly then turned her head to the teacher.
"I'm Nakamori Aoko, nice to meet you!" she whispered cheerfully to him and he looked back at her.
"...Pleased to meet you, Naka-"
"It's Aoko!" she cut him off and he looked at her uncertainly before nodding.
"Okay, Aoko." and she beamed at him.
Looking at her beaming face, he felt something in him warmed up.
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And in the Kuroba household in Edoka, Chikage hurrily to open the door.
"Hello, what can I d-" she cut herself off abruptly as she saw him.
"Hello dear," he smiled at her. She looked at him for a moment then her hand tremblingly held out to trace his face gently.
"I'm not dreaming, am I...?" she whispered and he took her hand to pull her into his embrace.
"Not unless we both are," he whispered back, tightened his hold.
"But how...? I thought..." Chikage felt tears rolled down her face and she hugged him back just as tightly.
"...Let's say it's magic..." and she could hear the smile in his voice.
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"Glad to have you here, Sherry," Jodie greeted, "And you too, Chris."
Sherry and Chris nodded in greeting.
"Fro now on you two will be the Third and Forth Hades," James said smilingly, "Ah...I'm so lucky to get to work with three pretty ladies."
"You're too old, old man," Jodie grinned then turned to look at Sherry guiltily.
"I am so sorry for letting you be imprisoned all these years..."
Sherry shook her head, voice even, "Don't be. I'm glad Gin's gone..." and she looked up, a faint smile on her face, "I just want to meet the two that stopped him..."
Chris took her hand gently, "Me too...And I'm sure we will."
Sherry looked at her before nodding, "Yeah..."
Omake for the chappie~!
An eight-year-old Shinichi was reading a book with Kaito sat silently beside him in the Kudo manor's library.
After a moment, Shinichi looked at Kaito worriedly, "Kaito, something's wrong?"
Kaito blinked as he was snapped out of his thoughts. He turned to look at Shinichi mournfully.
"Shin-chan~!" he snuggled to Shinichi tearily and Shinichi just pat his back awkwardly.
"What's wrong?"
Kaito sniffed, "How can we have smex if we're in eight-year-old bodies?"
xxxxx End xxxxx
And that's the end people~! I feel like a pervert when writing the Omake...
And the Omake I promise you guy would be up later as a "what if Core-san sent them to wrong place? Another world?"
And thank you guys for sticking up with me til now! Thank you *bows*. Please tell me what you think of this chappie, please! Thank you very much!