Because I'm not caught up on Detective Conan or Magic Kaito some things may not be the same as the shows or the mangas. Please feel free to correct me though, if something is purposely changed I'll let you all know.

Chapter Summary: The case comes to a close and now not only does Hakuba have two ghosts haunting him but Edogawa Conan and Hattori Heiji seem to hate him.

Detective Conan and Magic Kaito do not belong to me...

Chapter 3: No one Knows Me

He was right in saying the Detective gathering was going to be interesting, not only was there a murderer amongst them but now Hakuba had to deal with a panicking ghost (the newly departed), an annoyed Hattori who seemed to hate him on sight and Conan who tried to avoid him and was acting overly childish around him.

It seemed his comment on how smart Conan was unsettled the both of them.

He would've been glad if the ghost woman who followed Conan could calm Tokitsu-kun down, but learning from experience ghosts cannot see one another without help from an outside source, something Hakuba couldn't do with others around.

Not to mention he was under scrutiny from Conan and Hattori, Hattori only started keeping an eye on him after Conan and he was alone in the room before dinner and Tokitsu-kun's murder.

This was why Hakuba preferred working theft or missing persons cases, not homicide, though he supposed he was somewhat immune to the shock of seeing corpses after all the ghosts he's seen in various types of having died. The storm made it impossible for him to use looking outside as an excuse to explain what had happened to Tokitsu-kun, and with Natsuki-san freaking out due to the thunder, Hakuba didn't feel comfortable leaving her all alone with the two other suspects and Hattori, and Conan who was solely focused on solving the murder.

Which is why Hakuba knelt near Natsuki-san and tried to calm her down as Hattori forced the windows shut. Afterward, though his words were harsh, Hakuba lead Natsuki-san and the other two suspects back to the dining room and used that as his chance.

Thankfully Tokitsu-kun's ghost had followed them to the dining room and Hakuba held his hand out to stop him before he tried going in.

Hakuba ignored the blood cascading down the side of Tokitsu-kun's face and focused on speaking low enough that the other's couldn't hear him, "Tokitsu-kun please wait here."

His eyes widened and Hakuba felt something inside of him break at the hopeful and pleading look Tokitsu-kun gave him.

"Y-You can see me? W-What the hell's going on?! Why can't any of the other's see me and w-w-why are you all saying I'm dead?!"

Hakuba sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, this was the worst part about coming into contact with new ghosts, none of them seemed to be able to grasp the fact that they were dead and they always bombarded him with questions before getting angry at him. Of course, they only became angry once they realized he couldn't bring them back, or if he could then he had no idea how.

"Tokitsu-kun...You know as well as I do that you've been killed," Hakuba said softly, "We're trying our best to bring your killer to justice, please have faith in us."

"You've got to be shitting me, I-I'm dead. I'M A FUCKING GHOST AND YOU'RE TELLING ME TO HAVE FAITH?!"

Hakuba's eyes widened as Tokitsu-kun grabbed him by the scruff of his collar and began shaking him.

Another thing he hated about this ability of his, once he acknowledges a ghost, for at least two hours afterward they'll be able to touch him, sometimes less but never more.

Scowling, Hakuba knocked Tokitsu-kun's hands off of him but wasn't able to move quickly enough before he landed a punch to Hakuba's torso. Letting out a grunt as he was still on the mend from getting shot twice merely a month ago, Hakuba pulled his arm back and punched Tokitsu-kun as hard as he could in the cheek.

Hakuba took a step back from him and calmly said, "We will find your killer, but please do not make this more difficult than it has to be."

Not waiting for a response, Hakuba turned to hurry back to where Conan and Hattori were waiting, only the moment he turned around he came face to face with the woman that was haunting Conan. Hakuba froze, close to almost walking into her before he quickly stepped back and gave her a nod of acknowledgment before brushing past her and hurrying up the stairs.

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The solving of the case went quicker than Hakuba expected, and the ghost women's comments about his time obsession and attention to detail annoyed him yet he was able to ignore her easily enough.

However because he had shown he could see her, even after the case was solved and they were on their way off the island, instead of following Conan home she followed him and now Hakuba was stuck in his bedroom with two annoying ghosts.

Kuroba-san who was gloating about his son's heist and the mystery woman who kept demanding he look at her and answer her questions.

It didn't help that they couldn't see one another.

Groaning, Hakuba dropped his head down onto his desk and mentally debated on whether or not he could outrun a ghost.

"Hakuba-kun what's wrong?"

Now Hakuba felt bad that Kuroba-san was getting worried about him. Sitting up Hakuba turned the chair towards the two ghosts and said in general, "Did you know that ghosts cannot see one another unless one acted as a medium allowing them to do so?"

It amused Hakuba by how excited and curious Kuroba-san looked while the ghost lady looked semi worried as she glanced around her nervously.

Sighing lightly, Hakuba turned towards her and asked, "My name is Hakuba Saguru. May I have your name, please? More so I have something to address you by?"

She seemed hesitant but eventually muttered, "Miyano Akemi."

Hakuba nodded, "It's a pleasure to meet you Miyano-san."

She scowled suddenly and said, "Oh please just call me Akemi-san. I haven't gone by my last name in years."

"Very well, Akemi-san then." Hakuba gestured towards Kuroba-san, "I am aware you cannot see one another but this is Kuroba Touichi-san." Hakuba turned towards Kuroba-san and gestured to Akemi-san, "Kuroba-san, please meet Miyano Akemi-san. She began following me after my most recent case."

"Is she the ghost of a victim?" Kuroba-san asked.

Hakuba shook his head, "No, she was following around Edogawa Conan-kun. Once she realized I could see her, she began following me."

"So why can you see me?" Akemi-san asked perching on the edge of Hakuba's bed.

"I can see you because I can see ghosts," Hakuba said calmly. He had to force himself not to laugh at the face Akemi-san made at him and Kuroba-san's outraged cry. "Anyway, would you two like to see one another?"

Kuroba-San nodded eagerly while Akemi-san pretended not to be just as excited to see someone else and interact with them.

Hakuba held up his hand, "First a warning." Once he had both of their attention of him, Hakuba continued, "I'm not sure what you will look like to one another, but if you can see how I perceive you two then let me give you a heads up."

"Kuroba-san is a burnt corpse and Akemi-san has a bullet hole in her chest," Hakuba said bluntly shocking the other two.

"Wait a minute." Kuroba-san's eyes widened in horror, "We don't look how we normally would?"

"We look like how we died Hakuba-kun?" Akemi-san asked sadly.

"Yes," Hakuba said in answer to them both. "Which is why I want you both to know and give me your consent for letting you see one another. If one of you says no then I will not do it."

"... I-I'll is okay, I think." Akemi-san said slowly, "I've seen my fair share of gore Hakuba-kun."

"I'm alright with it as long as Miyano-san doesn't mind speaking with a burned corpse," Kuroba-san said bitterly causing Hakuba to frown.

"...very well." Hakuba said moving to sit on the floor and leaning back against the bed, "If it isn't too much trouble would you both minds joining me down here?"

Once they were both seated on either side of him, Hakuba concentrated on the both of them and reached out toward them.

"Your hands please?"

Akemi-san willingly put her hand in his but Kuroba-san seemed hesitant causing Hakuba to frown at him, "...Kuroba-san, I didn't allow your appearance to bother me thus far so holding your hand is no issue to me."

Reluctantly Kuroba-san slid his hand into Hakuba's and he mentally winded at how...crisp Kuroba-san's skin felt against his own.

As long as he didn't break concentration, Hakuba would be able to maintain contact with the both of them.

"Right…" Hakuba swallowed nervously and shut his eyes. The last time he'd done this didn't turn out too well for him.

It felt as though a sudden weight in his chest was steadily growing heavier and heavier with every breath he took. Hakuba subconsciously tightened his hold on both their hands as a sharp pain shot through his head.

"Hakuba-kun?" Kuroba-san shifted closer, "Hakuba-kun what's wrong?"

Hakuba ignored him in favor of keeping his concentration and trying not to lean over and revisit what he had eaten earlier.

"Hakuba-san?" Akemi-san tried pulling her hand back but Hakuba tightened his grip once more.

He was close. He could feel it, it was just within his reach….

Hakuba shuddered violently as the bond connected and he hastily let go of their hands in favor of stumbling to his feet and racing towards the bathroom.

"Hakuba-kun!" They both yelled before it was suddenly quiet and Hakuba supposed that meant they realized they could see one another now.

Hakuba barely managed to fall to his knees in front of the toilet and open the lid before he was curled over, gagging and shivering.

"Oh my god."

"Hakuba-kun what's going on?"

Hakuba ignored both of them and spat bile out of his mouth just as another full body shudder took over him.

"Damnit!" Hakuba watched blearily out of the corner of his eye as Kuroba-san knelt next to him. He reached out as though to rub his back but since Hakuba was no longer concentrating, at the moment he couldn't even if he tried, Kuroba-san's hand passed right through him.

Panting, Hakuba shifted around and leaned against the cabinet next to the toilet once it seemed his body was finished trying to make him throw up.

Kuroba-san moves with him and sat on the ground right in front of him, Hakuba could see Akemi-san standing in the doorway looking lost.

"M'fine…" Hakuba muttered, "Just….a side effect."

"Just a side effect?!" Kuroba-san snorted, "You look about ready to pass out!"

"M'gonna." Hakuba slurred as his eyes drifted shut, "I'll….'plain later…"

Hakuba fainted to the sounds of both ghosts calling out to him.

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Waking up after connecting two ghosts so they could see one another always left Hakuba feeling like he'd been run over by a truck.

Thankfully neither his father nor Baaya was home to find him passed out on the bathroom floor.

The moment Hakuba regained consciousness both Kuroba-san and Akemi-san made a move to help him get up but neither could touch him, something that seemed to annoy them both.

"I...I'm alright," Hakuba assured them as he stood on shaking legs.

"What was that?!" Akemi-san hissed, "It looked like you were puking after an all-night drinking session on top of having the flu!"

Hakuba raised a brow at the detailed description, "Speaking from experience?"

Her glare was enough to divert his attention to Kuroba-san instead. Said ghost had his arms crossed over his chest and was also glaring at him, which confused Hakuba.

"Kuroba-san?" Hakuba inquired.

"...Never do that again…"

Hakuba tilted his head to the side, "Huh?"

"If we had known how badly that was going to hurt you, we wouldn't have given you permission to do it!" Kuroba-san yelled but his mouth snapped shut when Hakuba winced and put a hand up to his head.

Hakuba sighed and calmly said, "There's always a side effect of forming a bond and a connection. I knew what I was getting into, I've been dealing with this for almost eleventh years."

"You weren't born with this ability?" Akemi-san asked.

Hakuba presses his lips together in a thin line as he replied tersely, "No."

Getting the sense that they shouldn't push him any further on the subject, both Kuroba-san and Akemi-san went off to visit their family. Akemi refused to say where exactly she was going but Hakuba didn't mind.

It took convincing on his part to get Kuroba-san to leave. Thankfully they agreed to stay away for the rest of the day so he could relax.

Instead, the moment they were done, Hakuba pulled up all the news articles surrounding Kuroba Touichi's death and opened a new tab to research Miyano Akemi's death as well. Any of all notes would go in the small notebook he carried on his person at all times.

This the point where I considered writing things, not from Hakuba's P.O.V (a version of Third person Omniscient) and instead show how other's saw/thought of him but I'll save that for later chapters.