Disclaimer- I do not own DC, Bleach or Magic Kaito. All three belong to tite kubo and gosho aoyama
Chapter 13 The hollow conspiracy
Life for Heiji Hattori has never been the same since the awakening of his power. Detective work has become easy for him, instead of seaching for most of the clues he can just talk to the spirits of the fallen victim and find out way someone would kill them. He also has trains with Shuuhei Hisagi every weekend in the forest in Osaka. When Shuuhei and Heiji spar the kansai detective doesn't hold anything back, but Heiji knows that Shuuhei was holds back. When Heiji demanded Shuuhei to get serious in their training Heiji found himself up against Kazeshini, a very frightening and the very symbol of death.
"I'm NEVER fightin' with da monster weapon yers again..." Heiji held his left side where he was cut with Kazeshini.
"I told you that Kazeshini is a weapon that reaps life." Shuuhei applied first aid to the wound. "But you're showing great promise, a normal human would be on the ground bleeding to death." Shuuhei commented.
"Ya don't say..." Heiji held his left side after it was treated. It was the truth about what he said, he was stronger then the average human. He had taken hits that would be one hit kills for a normal everyday person. Which was a major problem for him because his body was now covered in scars, and burns much to Kazuha and Shizuka dismay. He remebers when his class had swimming for gym period.
Flashback
"Ahhhh... I can't wait ta go swimmin' taday!" Kazuha stretched.
"Sound like ya need a day at da beach." Heiji commented.
"Da beach? Shame dat summer break is so far away." Kazuha looked down. "We should visit Ran-chan and Conan-kun !" The kansai girl cheered. "I haven't see Ran-chan in a month."
"I gotcha! I'll call'em tomorrow." The two walked to the different changing rooms and got into their swimsuits. When Heiji walked out he heard a girl let out a gasp.
"What happened ta ya Hattori-kun!" The girl named Fumi yelled. Everyone turned their heads and looked at Heiji, they saw that his body was covered in scars and burns. Most of them were faded.
"Them scars are nuthin' big, just'a few old wounds." Heiji lied.
"Ya call'em old wounds! Heiji some of them scars looked serious!" Kazuha yelled and turned pale at the sight of the wicked burn on his back. "What da hell happened ta ya!"
"Nuthin' ta worry 'bout! We gonna talk or swim?" Heiji changed to subject.
"Hattori's right, we can talk about those scars later. Everyone line up!" The teacher yelled.
End of flashback
"After dat, Kazuha has been followin' me everywhere ta make sure I'm safe." Heiji took a sharp breath when Shuuhei finished the first aid. "Watch it ya ahou!"
"You're fine, now try to move." Shuuhei packed up the first aid. Heiji got up and moved around. "As long as no one hits you there you'll be fine."
"Thanks, I gots ta go!" Heiji walked off. After walking out of the forest Heiji looked at the clock, the clock said five o'clock. He made his way home after jogging for a few blocks, the jog was nothing for him and wasn't even winded when he got back. "I'm back!" Heiji yelled.
"Welcome home Heiji, ya made it fer dinner." Shizuka greeted her son.
"Alright, what's fer dinner?" Heiji asked.
"Grilled mackerel with rice." Shizuka repiled.
"Sounds great! I'll be in my room." Heiji walked into his room and pulled out his phone and calls Shinichi. His detective counterpart picks up the phone.
"Moshi Moshi?" Conan asked.
"Oi Kudo, how's everything on your end?" The kansai detective asked.
"I'm fine, I just solved another case." Conan replied.
"What happend?" Heiji asked.
"It was a jealous ex-lover. A guy named Daichi Haruki was killed by his ex-girlfriend." Conan explained. "Yua Megumi killed Daichi and tried to frame Tsubaki Junko. Megumi poisoned Haruki-sans drink when Haruki-san and Junko-sans weren't looking. When Junko called the police Megumi-san planted the evidence in Junko-sans purse. The police thought that Junko-san killed her boyfriend because she didn't want him to leave her."
"Damn..." Heiji sighed.
"However, there was something up with Megumi-san. According to Ran, Megumi was wearing very expensive clothing and had a very expensive Fusae Brand purse. She worked as a secretary for a business firm, she wouldn't be able to buy her clothing and purse on her paycheck. I asked the neighbors and they said that Haruki-san got a inheritance from his dead grandfather, at least fifteen million yen." Conan debriefed.
"Lemme guess. She killed'em because of da money?" Heiji guessed.
"That's right. Haruki-san spent over three million yen on Megumi-san clothes and accesories, all she loved was the money and nothing else. When he realize she was after the money he dumped her and started to date Junko-san." Conan finished explaining. "Plus she didn't wear gloves when planting the poison." Conan added.
"I see. So hows about us coming' ta your place for a few days." Heiji offered.
"I got to ask Ran. To be honest it would be nice to do something, I've been doing nothing for almost a week." Conan said.
"What do ya mean nuthin for a whole week? What ya talkin about?" Heiji asked.
"The hollows attacked the elementray school four days ago." The meitantei explained.
"What! Why didn't ya tell me bout dis!" Heiji yelled. Mad at the fact that his close friend was keeping him in the dark.
"You didn't hear about it? I figured that it would be in the news..." The mini tantei said.
"Ya don't think da their keepin' dis in da dark are ya?" The kansai detective said darkly.
"Could be possible..." The meitantei of the east said.
"Well how bout givin' Megure-keibu a call." Heiji suggested. Just then, Shizuka called Heiji.
"Heiji! Dinner is ready! Kauzha-chan is also here as well." His mother yelled.
"I gots ta go Kudo, see ya!" Heiji said goodbye and hanged up. After hanging up Heiji left to the diner room where he saw Kazuha.
"Hey Kazuha what's up?" Heiji asked as he held his left side.
"Nuthin' I just wanted ta see ya..." Kazuha glared at his left side. Everyone ate dinner and made some small talk about school and casework. After dinner was finished, Kazuha grabbed Heiji and dragged him to his room.
"K-Kazuha! What are ya-" Kazuha interupped him.
"Take off yer shirt..." Kazuha bluntly demanded.
"W-w-what! Da!" Heiji was shocked.
"I know your hurt, now take off your shirt!" Kazuha demanded.
"I'm not gonna do that!" Heiji yelled.
"C'mon, it's just your shirt! It's not like I want you to take off your pants! Now take off your shirt!" Kazuha yelled back. "Or else!"
"Or else what..." Kazuha walk towards him. "Don't you dare..." Kazuha tackle him.
"Heiji, Kazuha-chan are you okay-" Shizuha sees Kazuha on top of Heiji, trying to take off his shirt. "What are you- HEIJI your hurt!" Shizuka sees the bandages.
"Some machete wielding punk got me good." Heiji lied. Good thing he became a better lier. "I'm okay now." Heiji tried to reassure his mom that he's fine. After that dilemma and being dragged to the hospital, Kazuha went home and Heiji hanged out in his room surfing the net. In the living room Shizuka was talking to Heizo about Heiji.
"According to the doctor, Heiji's wound isn't that bad." Shizuka said gladly.
"Whoever applied the first aid did a good job." Heizo rubbed his chin. "But I wonder who?"
"Well, Kazuha-chan said that he's become good friends with his new kendo instuctor. Maybe we should talk to him." Shizuka suggested.
"Sounds like a start." Heizo looked back to the newspaper.
Back in Tokyo (5:00PM)
Conan pulls out his voice changing bow tie and calls Juzo Megure. He dials his number and waits for Megure picks up the phone.
"Moshi Moshi?" Megure answered.
"It's been awhile Megure-keibu." Conan said in his true voice.
"Ah! Kudo-kun, I guess this is a business call right?" Megure asked.
"Yes, it about the explosions that are effecting Beika street." Shinichi said. The other end was silent.
"So you found out..." Megure said darkly.
"Yes, I need to know what's going on." Shinichi demanded.
"I can't tell you." Megure said flatout. "Unless we met face to face."
"How long do you work?" Shinichi asked.
"Huh! Um... Until ten o'clock." Megure said in a shocked tone. He thought that Shinichi wouldn't be able to meet him.
"Alright, I have to call someone. I'll talk to you later." Conan ended the call and dialed Kisukes number. After wait a few seconds he hears Kisuke.
"Ah! Kudo-kun, how can I help you?" Kisuke asked in a carefree tone.
"Do you know about a cover up involving the hollow attacks?" Conan asked.
"The Shinigami do cover up massive hollow attacks with some information control and offering donations to restorations and repairs. They also wipe the memories of witnesses to prevent the secret of hollows speading." Kisuke explained. "Why do you ask?"
"I talked with a police officer I work with from time to time and he said that he can't tell me about what's going on, is this the shinigamis work?" Conan asked.
"That depends on what's being hidden. Did the story on the attack on the elementray school get out?" The retired captain asked.
"It was in the local Beika news. They said it was a group of vandals that attacked the school." The meitantei said.
"Meet with this police officer and find out how the investigation is going. I'll get in cantact with the seireitei and find out how their dealing with the media." Kisuke said goodbye and hangs up. After hanging up his phone Conan got into different clothing, he put on a muscle shirt with a zip up black hoodie over it the muscle shirt with dark blue pants. He made his way to the door only to be stopped by Ran.
"Where are you going Conan-kun?" Ran asked while watching TV.
"I'm going to meet with my friends. I'll be back later." Conan began to make his way to the door.
"Remember we have to visit my kaa-san later!" Ran reminded Conan.
"Hai! When are we going?" Conan asked.
"Seven o'clock, but I want you back by six thirty... If your not back by then, you'll be in trouble, got it?" Ran said while giving a sly grin. This made Conan blush. The tantei did not like the new punishment that Ran handed down. Ran stated that morning if he doesn't behave then she'll have to 'clean up his act'. However, things have changed since the battle with Koizumi almost a night ago. Ran has become attached to Conan and very protective of the young boy, it was almost like he was like her own son.
"Hai, I'll be there!" Conan yelled and left the agency. He entered a small alleyway and transformed into Shinichi Kudo, he pulls up the hood and puts his hands in his pockets and walks away. After walking for awhile he arrives at the police station, he walks into the station and sees Megure talking with his officers. Using his improve stealth skills he eavesdropped on the conversation.
"What did you think of those guys that took all of the pictures?" Takagi asked.
"Those guys in all black? Something just doesn't seem right..." Sato said with a dark tone.
"The one in charge said that we don't need to know what's going on." Shiratori grumbled. "He even called us worthless pigs..."
"Just ignore what he said. We've been called worse." Megure puts a hand on Shiratori. Shinichi took this chance to make his appearence he stepped out of his hiding spot and walked up to Megure.
"Hello Megure-keibu, it's been awhile." Shinichi sneaked up on the officer.
"Whoa, Kudo-kun! Don't do that. I almost had a heart attack." Megure breathed.
"Sorry, but I need you to tell me about these men in black." Shinichi demanded.
"Don't know much about them. They said that this matter would be handled by the government." Shiratori sighed.
"But the guy insulted us when he thought we weren't listening." Takagi grumbled.
"What car did they drive?" The meitantei asked. Wondering if it was Gin.
"It was a black dodge ram 3500. We couldn't get the license number, but we can look for a dealership that sold a black dodge ram 3500. It looked brand new." Satou Explained.
"That sounds like a good start. Takagi-kun! Look into car dealerships that have sold a 3500 dodge ram!" Megure ordered.
"Yessir!" Takagi ran off.
"Satou-kun! That pick up couldn't have gotten far, try and find it." Megure commanded.
"Right away!" Satou ran off to her desk to get her gun.
"Shiratori-kun your with me, and Kudo-kun let's go!" The inspector shouted.
"Of course." Shiratori nodded.
"Sorry I can't come." Shinichi said, this shocked them. Shinichi always would want to come. "I've got other things to look into." With this Shinichi walked off and said good bye. After leaving the officers he senses two reiatsu signatures, both of them were shinigami reiatsu. Shinichi closed in on the signatures.
"You moron! How could you have gotten us lost!" The male shinigami yelled at the female shinigami.
"Well excuse me! I'm not familar with the world of the living!" The female shinigami yelled back. Shinichi walked up to the two and tried to break up the fight.
"What are you two shinigami doing here?" Shinichi asked.
"Oh, we're just here for- WAAAAA! Sentaro, this guy can see us!" The female shinigami cried.
"Calm down Kiyone! He's the fullbringer that the taicho was talking about. I think his name was Kudo Shinichi." The man named Sentaro explained.
"I knew that." Kiyone said, embrassed.
"No you didn't." Sentaro glared at Kiyone.
"Yes I did!" Kiyone agured.
"Then why did you scream!" Sentaro agured back.
"HEY!" Shinichi yelled in a hushed tone. "Are you two looking for the evidence?" Shinichi asked.
"Do you know where it is?" Sentaro looked relieved.
"Let's talk outside." Shinichi ushered them out of the building. As they left the police station he pulled up his hood and sat down on a bench. He told them that the pictures of the damages we're taken. This cause the shinigami to shout.
"WHAT!" They both screamed. "The pictures have already been taken!"
"That's right, your a bit late." Shinichi explained. "But, who are you two?" This question made the two feel stupid, they didn't even introduce themselves.
"My mistake. My name is Sentaro Kotsubaki of squad 13!" The shinigami bellowed. The man was almost louder then Nakamouri-keibu, and that's something. The smaller girl pushes Sentaro out of the way.
"My name is Kiyone Kotetsu of squad 13, please to meet you!" The shinigami bowed. "Your that teenage detective right?" Kiyone asked.
"That's right." Shinichi nodded. "My name is Kudo Shinichi, please to meet you."
"Then can you tell us who took the pictures? We have to get rid of them." Kiyone explained their mission.
"How much do you know?" The meitantei asked.
"Well, we know that there's a group of humans looking for the Pandora. They hope to make themselves immortal but in doing so they will throw the soul balence off and destroy the world of the living." Sentaro explained.
"According to the police, a government official came and confiscated the pictures." Shinichi told the two shinigami.
"That is NOT good!" Sentaro shouted.
"Of course it isn't you idiot! We got to find those photos. It would be bad if the humans find out about the hollows." Kiyone said in a grave tone.
"Why would it be so bad?" Shinichi wondered. Would it be so bad if humans found out about the hollows.
"The humans will try to stop the hollows themselves and interfere with the shinigami." Sentaro explained.
"Our zanpaktous are the only weapon that can banish the hollows." Kiyone said. "We have to report this to the captain, thank you for informing us Kudo-san." Kiyone bowed. "C'mon Sentaro, we have to report this!"
"Right! Open the Senkaimon!" A sliding door appeared and the two butterflies fly out of it. The shinigami's go though the door and it closes.
"So that's how they get from their world to ours." Shinichi watched as the door disappears. The detective looks at his watch, the time was six o'clock. "I better get going." Shinichi walks into a alley and turns back into Conan. The meitantei returns home and meets with Ran.
"Ready Conan-kun?" Ran asked.
"Hai!" Ran held Conan's hand and the two walk to Eri's office.
Elsewhere (6:33PM)
"Do you have any idea where we're at?" Kon asked.
"I think we're in Ekoda..." Ichigo rubbed his neck. "Damn that hollow! I didn't know it could go invisible and hide it's reiatsu..." Ichigo growled. The substitute shinigami was hunting a chameleon type hollow. The hardest part about hunting these type are their cloaking ability and their ability to hide their reiatsu.
"So how do we lure it out?" The mod soul asked.
"Hmm... Remeber when it tried to eat that female soul. That hollow was drooling as he held that soul." Ichigo recalled.
"So it's got a soft spot for the ladies, then this should be easy." Kon said with a cocky tone.
"It won't be easy when he goes after someone whose alive." Ichigo scolded. Just then, he hears someone call his name. Kon hid in the bookbag that Ichigo was carrying.
"Oi! Kurosaki!" He turns to see Kaito with his friends. A girl that could pass as Ran's twin sister, another girl with small pigtails, a guy with blonde hair and Akako.
"Kaito, who is this person?" Aoko asked.
"This is the guy that whipped me into shape during that trip to meet that magician." Kaito explained.
"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, I'm the one who help Kuroba with strength training." Ichigo introduced himself to Kaito's friends.
"NIce to meet you! My name is Aoko Nakamouri." Aoko bowed.
"My name is Akako Koizomi. Nice to meet you." The witch reintroduced herself.
"I am Saguru Hakuba, detective. Your name, doesn't mean-"
"Do you have a problem with my name?" Ichigo said with a scowl.
"Not at all..." Saguru said with a cautious tone.
"M-my n-name is Keiko M-Momoi... Nice to m-meet you." Keiko said quietly while blushing.
"Nice to meet." Ichigo nodded. After introducing himself, Saguru started to talk to Ichigo.
"So your the one that made Kuroba stronger, right?" Saguru asked.
"Yeah." Ichigo nodded.
"What kind of training did you put him through?" Saguru asked.
"Sorry Hakuba, can't tell you." Ichigo refused to say anything about the training.
"Why is that, do you have something to hide?" Saguru pushed.
"I really don't have to tell you anything, it's not like I did anything illegel." Ichigo glared at him. This caused Saguru to back down and rethink his approach. Saguru wanted to find out what gave Kaito the ability to run on walls. The magician had changed when he left for a few weeks and Saguru wanted to find out what he did. Kaito was faster, agile and stronger then ever before. The detective that swore he would capture Kid and expose him would have little to no chance against Kaito now.
"Nevermind, I ask later." Saguru stopped. After the introductions, Ichigo decided it was time for him to find that hollow that gave him the slip. He said his goodbyes and started the search again.
"I got it now!" Ichigo sensed the hollow. He used his badge and became a shinigami, then he pulled out the mod soul and shoved it into his bodies mouth. "So help me Kon if you make me look bad I will give you to Ishida so he can practice on you." Ichigo scolded.
"Okay, okay. I'll be good..." Kon looked down. Ichigo started to chase the chameleon hollow. He finally caught up to the hollow that has been giving him trouble.
"See ya around pal!" Ichigo pulled out his Zangetsu and cuts the hollow in half. The hollow lets out a death wail and disappears. After slaying the hollow Ichigo puts Zangetsu back on his back, but he hears someone clapping. He turns to the clapping sound and sees a woman with long wavey blonde hair. She was wearing a black body suit that bikers wear.
"Good job." The woman said in english. "Your a very impressive warrior-san, to kill that hollow in one blow." She switched back to japanese.
"Who are you, how can you see me and how do you know about the hollows!" Ichigo demanded.
"I can't tell you, after all... A secret makes a woman, woman." The woman puts a finger to her lips.
To be continue...
A/N- Can you guess who that was... Yeah, I know the last sentence was a dead give away. I'm trying to work on a transformers crossover with detective conan. Wish me luck.