Kaito's Fishy Weekend

"Now," Nakamori Aoko said one Friday night, throwing a pillow, a couple of blankets, and a bag containing sundry snacks and a change of clothes into the building after Kuroba Kaito, "You're not leaving until you get over your silly little fear."

"No! Aoko!" Kaito cried, struggling toward the rapidly closing door. "Save me from this evil place!"

"Kaito, don't fight against me," Aoko ordered. "It's incredibly stupid for a seventeen-year-old boy to be afraid of fish. This phobia is keeping you from living your life fully. I know you'd probably rather see a psychologist to cure this, but neither you nor I can afford that. Instead, we're going to use the second-best option: flooding."

Aoko went on to explain the idea, holding the door open just enough for her voice to reach the petrified magician. "It's supposed to be really effective, and I bet it can fix you! You see, we just expose you to a lot of fish all at once and keep doing it until you feel fine being around them. You don't even have to touch one; just look at them and feel comfortable falling asleep surrounded by them. You're perfectly safe, Kaito. I'll be back Sunday afternoon to take you back home. Remember, you won't have to do this ever again if you succeed this time!"

"See ya!" she cheerfully called to the boy, finally letting the door click shut and lock into place.

"No! You can't lea-!" Kaito started to yell after her, before changing his mind. "What am I saying? Forget it. She doesn't care about me. She won't save me from this hell."

Damn, he thought, There's no hope of escaping. There are tanks of those disgusting creatures along every wall!

"I'll never forgive her," Kaito muttered. He drew the hood of his jacket over his eyes in an attempt to avoid seeing the stares of the monsters along the walls, and he slowly explored, looking for the safest and most isolated place.

"She won't just leave me in this aquarium! She won't! Aoko wouldn't do that. Would she?" He sighed. Even if Aoko did come back, Kaito had already tried the door and found it to be locked. Since the aquarium only operated on weekdays, he would be trapped here until the employees came on Monday. "Does she even know all of that?"

"Gah!" Kaito exclaimed as his face visibly paled, or would have visibly paled had there been any light outside of the fish tanks to see by. "Is there ANY place where these beasts are staring at me!?"

With that question in mind, Kaito wandered until he finally reached a corner with only three fish in sight.

I'm not the weird one here, Kaito thought, drifting into sleep, Aoko's the freak. Any sane person would be terrified. So scary-looking.

More than two days later, a couple of employees discovered a petrified teenager shuddering at the back of the local aquarium. Too scared to speak, the boy was temporarily introduced to his new home at the nearest mental institution, at the request of all of that aquarium's employees.

"Men, I'm worried," Inspector Nakamori shared. "We haven't seen KID in over a week. We need to find him. We need to catch him before he gets too far away, or there's no chance for us! I want all officers on this case; we'll leave a few at headquarters to handle any new cases, but KID is our primary concern until I deem otherwise. Oh, we also have a missing person's report; one Kuroba Kaito hasn't been seen since last Friday night, so get an officer or two on that."