A/N: Okay, so in this chapter, there is a Time Skip. (just by a few hours) It's just because, really, there was nothing to write with that murderer. Nothing of interest anyway. So, please no angry comments, and I hope that this chapter will not be confusing. Tried making it NOT confusing. So, enjoy.

Quote: "This shower will make everything clear...and this rain shall wash away the muddy waters."

Tsukiko sat on the park bench, getting soaked in rain. At the moment she didn't care, for her attention was drawn to the rose in her hand. They had almost gotten killed minutes before, yet that stupid thief still left with a smile on his face. Yet that smile had made her forget almost everything about the incident. But there was one thing she had to wonder. Why did she….?

Earlier that night.

Sirens were heard from everywhere. It seemed that after catching the killer that was after Tsukiko, the cops had to attend a Kaitou Kid heist that was happening the same night. Tsukiko and Kaito (especially Kaito) had no idea about this, until Conan had told them.

So that led up to this point, Tsukiko sitting on a bench inside the building, watching the rain that was just beginning. She was left alone because Kaito said he had some other things to attend to. Nakamori said he would go and tell his men to be prepared. And Hakuba was handling the killer that was after Tsukiko from earlier.

"Hope this doesn't ruin the plan…" a nearby officer muttered.

Tsukiko looked up. "Huh?" she said, lifting an eyebrow. She hadn't quite heard what he said.

The officer smiled at Tsukiko, giving a laugh. "What I meant was, I hope this doesn't ruin Kid's plan. He usual uses his hang glider to escape, right? So wouldn't the rain stop him?"

Tsukiko smirked and looked back out to the front. "Like that ever stopped him before…"

The officer looked at Tsukiko, seeing that her smirk changed into a sad smile.

"I hate the rain…." she muttered.

"Toyoshima-san!" a voice shouted. Tsukiko looked behind her and the officer stood up straight. Walking her way was Hakuba, smiling and waving to the teen girl.

Hakuba looked at the officer, lifting an eyebrow. "You can go now," he said, smiling. The officer nodded and ran up the stairs to join the others.

Tsukiko stood to her feet, looking at Hakuba. "What are you doing here…?" she said, walking past him.

"Well," Hakuba said, following her, "questioning finished early and they aloud me to leave. So, I came here to see how everything was going."

Tsukiko crossed her arms and just stood there, starring at Hakuba. Something wasn't right here, questioning for that deep of a case wouldn't "finish early". Plus, even if it did, it was most likely that Hakuba would have stayed and seen things through. But even considering those, Tsukiko just shrugged off the feeling.

"I have work to do…" Tsukiko said, brushing past Hakuba. "You should go home, Hakuba. Get some sleep. I know you haven't been sleeping for the past few days." Tsukiko then continued her way up the steps, disappearing from Hakuba's sight.

Hakuba blinked blankly at the stairs. His frown slowly turned into a grin and he laughed. "Guess there's no fooling her…" Hakuba yawned and turned around to the front door-stretching as he made his way. "Guess I should go home…"

Tsukiko was walking down the hall, wondering why Kid would want to steal something so meaningless as a pocket watch. Sure the thing was priceless, but a pocket watch wasn't really his style. Then again, he was thief.

Tsukiko turned the corner, hearing the police running down the hall. The time of the heist hadn't come, so it seemed they were running to their posts. But Tsukiko couldn't help but wonder.

Tsukiko stopped walking and looked out the large glass window that covered the wall to her side. The rain was starting to come down harder then before and the window's were covered in the running streams of rain. Tsukiko crossed her arms, rubbing her arms. "I really hate the rain…"

Nakamori stood under his umbrella, outside, looking up at the building. The building was quite high and seemed to be unreachable from the ground. Every light was on in the building, making it glow in the night.

"Inspector!" an officer said, running up to him. "It seems we have a problem!"

Nakamori lifted an eyebrow and looked at the young man standing next to him. The young man handed the Inspector a piece of paper and the Inspector read it.

"Sorry for the inconvenience, but due to the rain, I will not be showing…" he read out loud. Nakamori cursed to himself and crumpled the paper. He then looked at the young man and said, "Plans have changed, get everyone out of the building and tell them to head back to HQ…" The young man saluted and ran off.

Tsukiko was walking down the halls once again, this time she heard nothing but her own walking.

"Strange…" she said. "There were guards just down her moments ago… Where did…?" Tsukiko was cut off by the sound of movement. She looked behind her and saw Kaitou Kid, hands in his pockets and a smug grin on his face. This made Tsukiko smile.

Kid's grin faded. "It seems," he said, "that the Inspector left…"

Tsukiko grinned and lifted an eyebrow. "Oh really?" she said. "A trick of yours to get everyone away from the building or-"

"This wasn't my plan…" Kid said, cutting her off.

Tsukiko had learned when Kid was lying or telling the truth, and at the moment he was telling the absolute truth.

"The card that was sent to the Inspector was a complete fake."

Tsukiko crossed her arms. "Why would someone do that? Wouldn't it be better to just have the cops catch you then deal with you themselves?"

Kid took out his hands and put them behind his head. "Logically…yes…"

Tsukiko gave a small laugh. "Well, the great Kaitou Kid has enemies other then the police… This is quite a shocker."

Kid glanced out of the corner of his eye, noticing something in the distance giving off a small shine. He knew what it was and this could turn out to be a problem.

Tsukiko turned around, deciding to catch Kid another time. But soon she saw the white cape pass her and something grip her wrist. She then heard Kid shout, "Run!" Soon after, the glass around them began shattering. Both ducked, knowing that bullets were flying every-which-way with the shards of glass.

Soon the two turned a corner and they were out of sight of the shooter.

Tsukiko sat on the ground, Kid sitting behind her with his arms around her. Thus this kept her from moving an inch. Kid peeked out from the corner, only to jump back after a bullet grazed his cheek. He gritted his teeth, it seemed there was more then one.

"Your cornered!" a familiar voice shouted.

Tsukiko's eyes widened, she remembered the voice along with the footsteps. Snake.

"Oh really?" Kaitou Kid said, smiling. "You sure you have me cornered?"

Tsukiko and Kid heard a laugh.

"Positive…" a deep voice said, one the two were unfamiliar with. But Kid had heard it before. It was the second man that was on that ship that day.

"Just give up while you can!" Snake shouted.

Kid gritted his teeth, there was no way they could have cornered him that easily. Kid looked down to Tsukiko, and saw her looking past him, out into the hall. Tsukiko turned around and faced Kid, a serious look in her eyes. Kid blinked blankly at Tsukiko, his cheeks going a bit red just from his expectations.

Tsukiko took a deep breath. "Sorry…" she said. She then took her hands and reached them into Kid's jacket, almost making him laugh. She felt around, making Kid almost laugh even more.

"What are you doing?" Kid said when she finally pulled away.

Tsukiko gripped the small ball she had found in his pocket and turned her back to Kid again, giving him no answer. She then took the ball and rolled it into the hall. There it sat in the middle of the floor. The two looked out from the hall just in time to see the ball get shredded by bullets.

Both teens gulped, thinking that if they walked out into the hall they would end up like that.

"Now you see there is no way out…"

"Actually…" Tsukiko whispered. "The stairs are right down the hall…we could-"

Kid cut her off. "I checked there before coming up here. I noticed something under the stairs, not thinking much of it at the time. But now that I think about it, it looked kind of like a bomb…" Tsukiko's eyes widened. "So, really, there is no other way to get out then…" Kid looked over to the broken window right across from them. Rain was blowing into the hall, making it rather slippery.

"Your not really thinking of jumping, are you?" Tsukiko shouted, for some reason she was rather scared for him. "That's just-"

"Crazy?" Kid said, looking at her with a grin. "Isn't that what makes life such an adventure?"

Tsukiko felt her face go red, by the time she knew it Kid had gripped her wrist. He then pulled her along with him, toward the window. Bullets still shot, almost hitting them. But they stopped when the two jumped out the window. Kid opened his glider (which had problems due to the rain) and they disappeared into the night.

"I'm sorry, sir…but they got away…" Snake heard the shooter say into the radio. He gripped the radio tightly and threw it out the window.

"Don't worry…" Spider said from his side, crossing his arms. "This isn't the last time we'll see them…"

Snake looked at his comrade. "You mean you let them get away?"

Spider didn't answer, but that answer was simple. He did let them get away. "If I wanted to kill them, they would have been blown to bits…"

Tsukiko was standing in the wet grass, breathing deeply. She looked up and at Kid, who was also breathing deeply. "What the hell were you thinking?" she shouted. "You could have killed us both!"

"But I didn't…" Kid said, looking at her. "But they will be back… They aren't going to give up."

Tsukiko gritted her teeth. She crossed her arms and sighed, looking to the ground. "Looks like I have no choice…" she muttered, making Kid cock and eyebrow. "I'll help you…" Kid's eyes widened. "But that's only for dealing with these people. Don't think that after their gone I will stop trying to catch you. I just don't like them being after me."

Kid grinned. "Does that mean you've finally fallen for me, Tsukiko-chan?" he said, laughing.

Tsukiko glared at Kid. But…he was kind of close to the mark. It wasn't that she's fallen for him, it's just he remind her of someone she cares for deeply. Actually, two people really. One being her cousin, Shinichi, and the other being-well…

Tsukiko felt Kid grab her hand and snapped out of her thoughts to see him kiss it. This made her face go scarlet.

"Thank you…" he said, looking up at her. He then turned around and disappeared into the night, leaving the detective with a red rose.

That led us to where we were before, with Tsukiko sitting on the bench. She kept thinking of why she said what she did. She didn't care about these people, yet she felt that he needed the help.

"Toyoshima-san?" a voice said.

Tsukiko jumped and looked up, meeting the blue eyes of a familiar person. Kaito was standing in front of her, an umbrella covering him from getting wet. He walked forward until the umbrella was covering them both and she was looking up at him.

"Ah…Kuroba-kun…" she muttered, not finding the strength to fully speak.

Kaito sat down next to her. "Why are you out her? And getting soaked none the less…" Actually, he already knew the answer, but for the sake of his identity-he had to ask.

Tsukiko looked to the rose in her hands. "Uh…" she muttered. "I don't really remember now…"

Kaito continued to look at Tsukiko, noticing that she was shivering and that she was covered in dirt and scraps. Kaito decided to do the gentlemanly thing and took off his jacket, putting it on her instead.

Tsukiko looked up at Kaito, but then looked back at the ground.

"I really hate rain…" she said, gripping the jacket. "My parents died when it was raining… So the rain rather brings up some bad memories…"

Kaito took his hand and placed it over Tsukiko's hand, making her look up at him. Only to surprise her by a rose.

"Well," he said, smiling, "think of it this way. Without rain, then the beautiful things you see around you, wouldn't be here…"

Tsukiko blinked blankly at Kaito, seeing the smile she learned to care for. She couldn't help but smile too. She took the rose from his hand, only to grip his hand.

"Thank you…" she muttered.

Kaito smiled, knowing she was feeling a bit better.

Soon silence were between the two and they still hadn't let go of each other hand. Kaito and Tsukiko looked at each other, wondering what they would do. They had nothing more to say. But soon they found themselves leaning in closer and closer together. Their eyes were shutting and they were about to close the gap between them. But Tsukiko hesitated and she pulled away, looking away from him.

Tsukiko took her hands back and placed them in her lap. "I think I should be heading home…it's late…"

Kaito nodded and watched the girl stand to her feet. "I'll walk you home…" he said standing.

Tsukiko didn't look him in the eyes when saying, "There's no need, I can-"

But Kaito quickly cut in and said, "I can't let you walk home alone, especially when it's raining." That made Tsukiko look up at him There she saw the same smile he showed earlier, just a lot brighter.

Tsukiko smiled caringly, which made Kaito's face go bright red. He tightened his grip on the umbrella, trying to resist the urge to pull her toward him right then and there. If he was still acting as Kaitou Kid, then maybe he would have. And then he could have finally gotten rid of the pit in his stomach that just kept telling him to kiss her. But he was Kaito at the moment, and Kaito wished to do this all in the right time. He wanted to make sure she didn't run away. If she wished to run, he hoped it would be to him.

A/N: Hey peoples! Really sorry for the late update. Hopefully this was a good chapter, if not…then I'm terrible sorry. But I hope you enjoyed and Please leave a comment at the end of the beep… BEEEP… Awaiting to read those comments! Thank you for reading!