"What are you doing?"

Kaito didn't even twitch. "I'm watching that demon."

Shinichi followed his gaze to the corner. The 'demon' manifested itself in a mixture of fluff, big eyes, tiny paws, and fluff. It tipped its head curiously to the side and mewed at him. The detective fought back a smile. It was so… small. Its little ears were pricked, whiskers twitching in a way that would make the toughest of girls squeal. Then, it lifted its paw and began to lick.

Kaito shuddered.

"…Kuroba?"

"Yeah?" His voice was wary.

"It's a kitten."

The magician gave a shaky, hysterical giggle. "That beast is no kitten." Shinichi stepped a bit closer to find his friend's eyes locked upon the ball of fur. They were slightly glazed. In a hushed voice, he whispered, "I think it wants to eat me." He wrapped his arms around his legs and rocked slowly back and forth.

The kitten began to wash its face.

Worried now, the detective looked away and awkwardly cleared his throat. He wondered if there were any therapists willing to take his case. But knowing Kuroba… He pitied the poor sucker who would be stuck with him.

'It's for the greater good,' Shinichi told himself. Then he took a breath and set about curing Kuroba of his latest phobia. This began with walking up to the tabby kitten and picking it up. The fur was soft and downy, and the miniature cat decided it would give the detective a bath. He smiled again as the small but rough tongue lapped at his fingers.

Turning to Kaito, he held out the kitten. "Look, see? Harmle—"

"GET THAT FUZZY HELLFIEND AWAY FROM ME!"

Startled, Shinichi nearly dropped the kitten. He quickly set it down and glanced up as Kuroba pressed himself up against the wall, eyes wild. The hellfiend purred and rubbed its cheek against Shinichi's leg before the detective gulped and tried again.

"Kuroba? Calm down. It's just a kitten. Just a kitten. Look, I'm holding it." He picked up the kitten by the scruff, causing it to go limp. It dangled innocently from his hand, surprisingly heavy but completely un-fiendish. Kaito peeked from his knees, staring nervously up at him as he approached. His eyes locked onto the fuzzy ball of apparent doom and an expression of confusion crossing his face.

"But… I could have sworn." He blinked rapidly, shaking his head. As Shinichi lowered the kitten to eye level, a smile formed on the trickster's face. "Huh." The magician laughed. "Guess you're right. He is kind of cute."

Shinichi snorted as he handed the kitten to Kuroba. "What the hell were you thinking?"

"I dunno. I thought the thing was one of Akako's pets but—holy shit GET IT OFF!"

Shinichi gaped as the kitten leaped at Kaito's face, its claws digging deep into the skin and spitting as though it were rabid. Only it wasn't a kitten anymore - it was three times the size of one and bright red with two tails and pointed ears.

It snarled as it released Kaito, sending the thief tumbling to the ground in a shrieking mess. Shinichi screamed as the creature launched itself at him and all he could see were three inch fangs dripping with green before he stumbled back into the bathroom and slammed the door. There was a thud, then silence.

Heiji glanced at the bathroom door and distantly wondered how the wood have been gouged out in the middle of the door. Then again, this was Kuroba.

He turned down the hall, seeing his two best friends huddled fearfully in a corner. In front of them, a tabby kitten napped peacefully.

Where… what… why?

For the record, I have no idea where this came from. I was just practicing writing humor and then… this happened.

…I hope to see more of Hellfiend in the future.

In case you didn't know (cause I sure didn't), Ailurophobia is the fear of cats.

NOTE: I'm sorry to those who enjoyed it, but I have deleted Turning Point. I reread it and… just about died inside. My writing was atrocious in that. Absolutely horrid. And the plot was, too. Basically, there was no saving that poor ficlet. Death was better than letting it remaining the way it was.

So yeah, I deleted Turning Point. And to be fair I'm going to (try to) delete the reviews for it as well.