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Chapter 10 Tension
Late night (11:00PM)
Aoko was having a hard time right now. It was a day ago that Aoko, Kaito and Saguru found that dead man. The victims dead gaze haunted Aoko and she has been losing sleep over it. Aokos thoughts always returned to that day when Kaito came back from his trip, wherever he went he change. He's still the class clown but the why he talks and walks has changed, then there was the whole ninja thing which is Kaito being himself. Their was no way he's a ninja, but what he did could be what a ninja could do. She can find out tomorrow since it's a Sunday, Aoko can hang out with Kaito and find out.
"Kaito..." Aoko slowly driffed into a deep sleep. Aoko didn't have any nightmares that night.
Elsewhere (11:33PM)
"Eat it!" Kaito yelled as he shot at a hollow with his cardgun. The queen of diamonds spins like a saw blade, curves and cuts the hollow in half. Killing hollows was a great way to stay in shape, not only does it improve his skills he's getting stronger from every fight. Just then, a large group of hollows appears. Kaito was about to use his cardgun when he heard a battle cry.
"Regin over the frosted heavens, Hyourinmaru!" A chinese ice dragon freezes the hollows and kills them.
"Your on duty tonight Hitsugaya?" Kaito asked.
"Yes, Saturday and Sunday are my nights." The taicho said and landed on the building. Kaito looked at Hyourinmaru.
"Man! It is hard to believe that your this powerful so early in your career as a captain!" Kaito commented.
"...What?" Toshiros left eyebrow twiched.
"What I mean is that you must be very skilled to be a captain at fourteen years old!" Kaito exclaimed. Toshiro suppressed his anger.
"I am NOT fourteen, I've been a captain for a century..." Toshiro groaned.
"WHAT! YOUR ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN YEARS OLD!" Kaito yelled in shock.
"You do know that Shinigami can live for a long time, the oldest and strongest is the saitaichou, he's over two thousand years old." The 10th squad captain explained.
"Whoa... You think he'll be in charge for another thousand years?" The magician asked.
"It's possible..." Toshiro said with a sigh. Just then there was another hollow appeared a few blocks away.
"I've got this Kuroba, you can go home." Toshiro said coldly and got ready for a fight.
"Fine, I was getting tired anyways." Kuroba jumped and dashed back home. After getting home he walked towards to the side of the the Kuroba house. He looked up and used his fullbring jump to reach the window, opens the window, gets inside and takes off his shirt, undershirt and pants. Kaito then grabs a pair of sweatpants and laid down on his bed and quickly fell asleep.
The next morning (8:25AM)
Kaito's alram rings loudly which wakes him up. He then gets up, looks down and drops to the ground and starts the day with push ups. being a phantom thief and a fullbringer means he has to stay in top form all day everyday. After doing one hundred and fifty push ups, fifty sit-up and fifty pull-ups with the help of a pull-up bar he installed. Kaito hops in the shower washes away the sweat and grease.
"Ahhhh... Nothing like a shower and a work out..." Kaito relaxed to the sensation of the hot water. When he finished he got out and puts the towel around his waist. He grabbed a second towel and dried his hair. Just then, the door to the bathroom opens followed by a yelp and some incoherent stammering. Kaito turns to find his childhood friend Aoko Nakamouri, whos face has turned ten different shades of red.
"Um... Can I help you...?" Kaito asked, slowly turing red.
"H-h-h-hello and g-good morning K-kaito..." Aoko stammered. "Yo-your Kaa-san said y-you were just brushing your teeth so I thought th-that I could come in but I-I see your busy." Aoko explained nervously. "I'll be waiting down stairs!" Aoko ran out the door as fast as she could.
"I wonder why she was freaking out?" Kaito asked himself and then he realized something. He look and the mirror and saw what Aoko was staring at. The phantom magician was ripped, not freaky overly muscler ripped but well tone six pack ripped. "Ah... That's why, and she calls me a prevert." Kaito chuckled, brushed his teeth and got dressed in a black T-shirt, jeans, and white long sleeve button down shirt. He walked down stairs only to hear Aoko yelling at Chikage.
"You said he was just brushing his teeth!" Aoko said, her face still red.
"He wasn't?" Chikage tilted her head innocently.
"NO! He was half- oh! H-hello Kaito I was just talking with your kaa-san, so what do you want to do today?" Aoko asked nervously.
"I know! How about you to go to the community pool and take a dip!" Chikage said cheerfully. This made Aoko turn red again.
"N-NO! I was thinking we could go to the new museum exhibit. The musems has the poloris jewel on display." Aoko explained. The poloris jewel. It is a beautful garnet that is the size of a adults fist, it's worth fifteen million yen and it would have been Kaitou kids next target, if he wasn't so busy killing hollows. "It sounds boring but I thought you would like to go..." Aoko said the last part quietly.
"Sure, I'll go with you." Kaito said and got his shoes. "What do you want to do afterwards?"
"U-um..." Aoko was at a lost for words.
"How about dinner! Your father's always working late Aoko-chan and you must be so lonely." Chikage smiled.
"I don't-" Aoko was interupped by Kaito.
"You should, it's be ages since we had dinner together!" Kaito exclaimed. This made Aoko smile.
"Sure thing." After saying that she gets her shoes on then walks towards the door. "Ready?"
"Yep!" Kaito and Aoko walk out of the house. Not before Kaito sends an annoyed glare towards his mom, which made her smile.
'All those two need is a push in the right direction.' Chikage thought. 'But something has changed Kaito... I wish he would stop coming home so late.' Chikage started to watch some TV.
Later(5:00PM)
The time flew by as Aoko and Kaito spent the day together. Today the two went to a movie, had lunch, and went shopping much to Kaitos dismay. Aoko got some new shirts, pants and skirts for herself, after they finished shopping Aoko dropped off the clothing at her house and changed into a formal light blue dress and dark blue jacket. As for Kaito he went with just a formal suit with a red tie. After getting dressed Aoko grabbed her handbag and the two made their way to the museum by bus.
"I can't wait to see the polaris jewel!" Aoko exclaimed.
"You seem excited." Kaito smile.
"Yeah! We haven't really done anything together in awhile..." Aoko quietly said, then asked. "Hey Kaito, where did you go?"
"I met with another magician, he taught me some new tricks." Kaito sort of lied.
"What kind of tricks did you learn?" Aoko asked.
"Some new escape tricks. He said I have to work on my fitness, strengh and endurance." Kaito explained. "In case I want to perform an complex escape trick."
"Ohh... So thats why you looked so fit." Aoko said, turing a little red. Using this to his advantage Kaito started to tease Aoko.
"So... I take it you liked what you saw?" Kaito said and turned up the Kuroba charm.
"No- I mean- well you looked good and..." Aoko stammered.
"Maybe we should have gone swimming so you could see more." Kaito flirted and got a little too close to Aoko. Just then, her Aoko swings her handbag and hits Kaito.
"You prevert!" Aoko glares at Kaito. After a few seconds the two burst out into laughter.
"Next stop, Ekoda museum." The bus driver pulled over.
"That's us, come on." Kaito offered a hand to Aoko. She took his hand and the two walk off the bus leaving all the passengers and driver thinking the same thing. 'What an odd couple.'
Later (5:05PM)
After paying to enter the museum the two made there way to the polaris jewel. Since Kaito was busy with hunting hollow he couldn't send out a heist notice, he'll have to steal it another time and see if it's Pandora. Aoko and Kaito enter the room where the poloris jewel is being displayed and it wasn't that packed, maybe because Kaitou Kid wasn't going to steal the jewel. Aoko was impressed by the jewel, almost looked like it was glowing.
"Wow..." Aoko got a closer look at the jewel. "It's so beautiful..." Aoko looked in the jewel deeply. Kaito looked at the jewel as well. The
'I'll have to see if it really is the Pandora later, but something looks odd about the display case. It looks more wide then the other displays cases.' Kaito thought.
"C'mon Kaito, let's look at the other treasures on display." Aoko pulled on Kaitos arm to the other displays. Each one was different from the others. One was a old katana used by a general in the feudal era, a few art paintings, a shoguns armor and other priceless artifacts. However the exhibit was cut short by the sound of a gun, the bullet hits Noburu Kaoru the owner of the jewel. He falls to the ground wounded and everyone turned their heads to the sound of the gun fire and saw a group of four robbers.
"We're here for the polaris jewel. Everyone to the wall NOW!" The one of the robber yelled. Everyone followed their orders out of fear of being killed. Just then, the leader of the robbers walks in the room. Kaitos eyes widen at who the leader was, it was snake. The man that killed his father. Snake breaks the display case and grabs the jewel.
"Kill everyone here..." Snake looks at Kaito and grins wickedly. "But first, exucute that brat and his woman." Snake runs off with the jewel leaving the Kaito shocked and Aoko scared.
"You heard the boss, get everyone into the center of the room and ready the charges. But first grab that kid and put one in his skull in and his woman." The second in command ordered.
"Can't we just riddle him with holes, I got a shotgun." The largest robber said.
"Just shoot him-" Just then, a smoke bomb goes off covering the whole room.
"What the-ACK!"
"Wha-GAH!"
"The hell-"
"No you-" All of the robbers were cut off. When the smoke cleared all of them were on the ground defeated and tied up with Kaito standing over them.
"You guy suck..." Kaito grinned at his victory. Aoko runs up to Kaito scared and mad.
"Call the police and an ambulance! The owner is-" Aoko looks at the owner. "Alive?" Kaito turns his head and looks at the owner.
"Your not the only one with tricks up his sleeve young man." Noburu got up and removed his jacket and revealed a bulletproof vest. "Ever since I came to Ekoda I've been getting visited by that man. I knew he was up to something bad so I called a contact of mine in police and he gave me this vest."
"You have a contact in police?" Aoko asked.
"He's a good friend of mine, plus he gave me an idea." Noburu walked up to the display case and presses a button on the side of the case and a small compartment opened at the base of the display case which revealed the real polaris jewel.
"The real jewel is safe!" Aoko cheered.
"That's good... You might want to get some police protection." Kaito said to Noburu, to which Aoko agreed.
"That's right! That guy might come back and kill you!" Aoko exclaimed.
"That sounds like a good idea, but getting the hell out of Japan sounds better." Noburu chuckled.
"Can I see the jewel?" Kaito asked. He had to see if this jewel was Pandora.
"Sure thing, it's the least I can do for helping everyone here." Noburu hands the jewel to Kaito, he looks into the jewel, then holds it to the window so the moonlight shines onto the jewel.
'It's not it...' Kaito thought. "Thanks for letting me see it, here you go." Kaito returns the jewel. After that ordeal the police enter the room and makes sure everyone is alright. Ginzo had a long talk to Kaito and Aoko about the heist and the criminal that tried to steal the jewel. After talking to the inspector he had an officer drive him home.
Later (7:00PM)
"Argh... What a night..." Aoko groaned. After the museum heist the two teens got a drive back to the Kuroba household. As promised Chikage made them dinner.
"Then that biker stached jerk tried to get us killed." Kaito said after eating his mothers cooking.
"I know! What did we do to him, it's like he would have enjoyed to see us die!" Aoko shouted.
"I'm just glad you two are safe." Chikage said quietly. Kaito looked at his mother and saw her hands shake as she did the dishes.
'Kaa-san...' Kaito thought sadly.
"Thanks for dinner obaa-san!" Aoko chirped.
"Yeah, thanks for the meal!" Kaito said with a mouth full of food.
"Don't talk with your mouth full baka!" Aoko scolded.
"Who are you suppose to be, my kaa-san? Cause she right there." Kaito, Aoko and Chikage laughed. After dinner, Chikage offered to give Aoko a drive home, Kaito decided watch the news and learned that Teitan elementray school was damaged and closed for repair. The reporter also talked about snakes heist, he's probably screaming his head off right about now. Kaitos cell phone rings and he picks it up and anwsers it.
"Moshi moshi?" Kaito asked.
"Kuroba, this is Hitsugaya. I want a report about what happened at the Ekoda museum." Toshiro commanded.
"Yes sir." Kaito resonded saracasticly, Kaito reported to Toshiro what happened at the museum.
"I see... It seems this 'snake' is after Pandora, if he continues with his pursuit he will have to eliminated." Toshiro said coldly.
"Isn't that extreme?" Kaito asked, shocked at how easy he said that.
"No... This man has stolen and killed in the pursuit of a forbidden taboo that could very well end the world of the living. If he does not meet his end then he will keep searching for the stone." Toshiro explained coldly. Kaito didn't like that way of thinking, maybe if that capture snake and tell him and his boss of the consequence of using pandora then he might stop... If he wasn't stupid. Just then, Kaito could hear Rangiku in the background.
"Hey Taicho! Your on duty tonight!" Rangiku yelled.
"I know! If anything happens Kuroba I want a report, understand?" Toshiro demanded.
"Fine, I got it." Kaito sighed. "I got to go, see ya."
"Farewell." Toshiro hangs up.
"Here I thought Hakuba had the stick up the ass." Kaito chuckled.
Elsewhere (10:00PM)
Within the dark forest on the outskirts of Ekoda, Akako finally finishes the charm spell she will use on Kudo Shinichi. It was a expert level red magic cirlce with a several binding curses to hold down Shinichi as the cirlce does its work, but first she needed the perfect bait to lure the meitantei. Then it hits her, Shinichi had someone close to him and she can use that to her advantage. Thanks to her magic mirror she learned who's the one person he cared about.
"Ran Mouri... This will be eaiser then I thought." With a wave of her hand and speaking the incantation her body changes. Akako used a spell that turned her into Ran Mouri. "I can't believe Kudo loves such a plain woman. Now then, to secure my knight OHOHOHOHO- what a minute." Akako clears her throat. "OHOHOHOHO!~ Much better." Akako sounds like Ran.
To be continued...
A/N- Will Akakos plan work, how will the Karakura crew respond to this. Were Kaito and Aoko Out of character, I'm not sure how they talk to each other. Does anyone have a problem with me make Kaito stronger then normal? Hollow killing is a good way to stay in shape if you ask me. Also does anyone have a problem if I make Hakuba a quincy... Just an idea.