DISCLAIMER: I own nothing and no one from Magic Kaito or Detective Conan/Case Closed. I am just a poor college student who also happens to be a Kaitou fan and this just happens to be a fanfiction that my mind came up with that I feel like sharing with other fans. I make absolutely NO money from this. It is merely for fun and hopefully the enjoyment of other fans. Please don't sue and fans please enjoy. PS: Also note that the character Aakesh featured in later chapters was created by the fanfiction writer peppymint. I am just borrowing him (with permission) for this fanfic.

Chapter 2: Hurt

"NO!" Nakamori was on his feet and racing across the roof, Hakuba right at his heels. The inspector fell to his knees beside the prone figure of Kaitou Kid and with despair found it didn't look good. The injured thief lay sprawled where he had landed – breathing harshly and bleeding at an alarming rate – his great black wings still stretched out haphazardly beneath him. That was probably the scariest part of the situation. The magician had left out one of his trick, one of his illusions, to be discovered by his audience, something the Kid would never have done if he could have helped it.

"You two," Nakamori turned his back on the injured Kid to motion urgently at the two other members of his task force that were on the roof besides Hakuba and himself. "Go find an ambulance."

The two men instantly moved to carry out Nakamori's order, running to disappear through a door leading into the building's interior and, in turn, leaving the inspector and the teenage detective alone on the roof with the wounded Kaitou.

Seeing the officers go the inspector glanced back down at Kid and felt a new urgency spur him on at the sight of the injured thief on the ground. He had to do something soon or the Kid would die.

Bending over the phantom thief's limp body, Nakamori gently started to peal the Kid's stained suit back from his wounded side, hoping desperately that the injury was not as bad as it seemed. Kid moaned piteously and shifted weakly as the sticky cloth clung to his skin causing pain as first his suit jacket and then his powder blue shirt were pulled away from his tender injury.

The process was slow going and, as seconds continued to tick by; the thief's breathing was became more and more labored. The inspector knew, at this rate, the Kid wasn't going to last much longer.

Nakamori winced as another weak cry issued from the unconscious thief's lips. Blood was slick on the inspector's hands now and still the wound from where it poured from was hidden beneath layers of cloth. Nakamori bit his lip in frustration. He was caught between wanting to hurry, to just rip back the cloth and treat the thief's wound as best he could, but also wanting to go slow, to not cause Kid any more hurt. Nakamori glance down at the Kid's quickly paling face and chose fast. The Kid could live though a little more pain, but much more blood loss would kill him.

With a final quick tug the wound that was killing the elusive phantom thief was bared. This last action made Kaitou flinch and cry out violently as the dried blood ripped at his skin. Nakamori had been ready for the thief's reaction and held the Kid down just in case he accidentally hurt himself. What the inspector had not been prepared for were the wings.

The Kid's large dark wings swept up as the thief's body bucked. The appendages buffered Nakamori, catching him up in their powerful grip and pushing him back fiercely.

The inspector found himself crying out in surprise as he fell back from the Kids body and into Hakuba behind him. The inspector sat where he had fallen for a good minute staring in shock as the thief's body curled unconsciously around his wound, his wings settling on his back.

"They're real."

The awed whisper from the teenage detective at his side broke Nakamori out of his trance. The inspector rushed forward once more to the Kid's side intent on helping the thief.

As Nakamori crouched again he couldn't help, but take a second to brush his fingers lightly over the Kid's raven feathers. His eyes widened at what he discovered there. The wings were warm. They were real.

Kid started at the inspector's gentle touch and, to Nakamori's amazement, opened his violet eyes. The Kid then gave a kind of shaky laugh as if trying to keep his normal phantom thief façade up, but immediately winced at the pain it gave him. "Looks like I really messed up this time," Kaitou managed to strangle out through gritted teeth.

"Kid lay still," Nakamori murmured, still partially in shock from all that had just happened, but intent on his goal to save the thief. "I'm going to try and stop the bleeding."

Nakamori thought he saw the Kaitou give a little jerky nod before turning his full attention to the wound again. The inspector then felt his breath catch. Damn it was bad. The bleeding was extensive, still leaking from the Kid's pale side, to dribble down to the ground. It would kill the thief in a matter of minutes if something wasn't done and soon. Luckily, if it could be called that, the hitman, the man called Snake had missed any vital organs. He had really been that good of a gunman, but right now that didn't matter. Kid was still dying. The life draining out of him with every drop of blood that fell to the ground.

Nakamori looked frantically around him for something, anything to help stop the thief's bleeding, but when he saw nothing close he shrugged off his own coat, grimace a bit as it pulled at the drying blood of his own injury, and laid it on the thief's wound, trying to stem the flow of blood.

A shuttering gasp escaped Kid as Nakamori pressed down onto the thief's wound and his wings rustled a little restlessly upon his back, but did not hinder inspector again. It was obvious the thief was holding them back.

Dammit, Nakamori cursed silently as he felt the Kid's blood leak slowly through his fingers. They would already have medical here if the thief hadn't lead them on a chase so far away from his original heist location.

"Saguru your coat." The young detective behind Nakamori didn't even hesitate at the officer's command. He quickly shrugged off the piece of clothing and handed it over silently.

"Brace yourself," Nakamori said softly to the barely conscious thief as he took the article of clothing from Hakuba. "I'm going to press harder."

Adding Hakuba's coat to his own, Nakamori again put pressure on Kaitou's wound.

Kid couldn't help, but cried out and flinched as new pain lanced through his side. He had tried to hold the reaction back, but this time the agony was just too much.

As thief's body bucked involuntarily the one part of his disguise that hadn't been compromised yet fell from his face. Already cracked and otherwise damaged by his collapse, the simple piece of glass and metal, Kid's monocle, clattered to the ground leaving the teenager beneath totally exposed for all to see.

TBC…

Hi everyone. Thank you all for the great response I have gotten on this fanfic. I have received more 'favorites' and 'alerts' on this first chapter then I can ever remember getting on a newly started fanfic. Thank you so much. One of my reviewers pointed out, rightly so in my mind, that this fanfic seems a little OoC… and, in a way, I agree. Little lovable Kaito was pretty freaking scary in chapter one when Nakamori got hurt, but also I argue that, as fans, we have never really 'officially' (AKA: movies and MK… none fanfic) seen Kaito in a situation like this... Bluntly speaking, we don't know what he would do… I do admit that I went a little extreme with Kaito's response(s), but I am also a firm believer that the gentleman/phantom thieves like Lupin III, Dark and, of course, Kaito are rather… well… I guess you could say protective of their Task forecs/inspectors/etc... and for Kaito even more so since Nakamori/Hakuba are part of his 'normal' life… So yah… Anyway thanks for reading. I know this chapter's rather short, especially when compared to chapter one, but I hope you enjoyed it anyway. Please review and I can't wait to see you in the next chapter.

peppymint: Oh jeez. I am so excited that you are reading this! And liking/finding it interesting! It's like amazing!! I hope I don't disappoint you too much especially since I will be using one of your original characters. I pray I do Aakesh justice… sorry I'm rambling… Anyway thanks so much for your review!

TopazledHannah-kun: Hey there. Thanks so much for your review. Um… I didn't really mean to 'Peppy advertise…' I just wanted to make sure she got proper citation for Aakesh… do you think it's too much? Like should I take it off the summery... I mean I don't want to steal another author's 'glory'… but at the same time I don't want anyone think Aakesh is mine and/or that I stole him (that is of course when I actually bring him into the story)… I think I'll keep it up since Peppymint doesn't seem to mind… Anyway (ramble over), I'm so happy you like this fanfic! And thank you so much for your praise. It's really appreciated, especially since this is my first Kaito fic and I'm feeling a little, um… I guess you could say noob-ish… I know what you mean about OoCness and I explained my thoughts about it in the note above if you missed it. I hope it made some sort of sense… Thanks again for the review and I hope to hear from you again.

Weasel Fu: Glad your liking and thank you for taking the time to review. It's really, REALLY appreciated.

P.S. Chapter Title: "Hurt" sung by Christina Aguilera