Chapter Summary: It took them a while to get there, but Hakuba is finally able to talk with them about the BO despite the interruptions.

I really wish Detective Conan and Magic Kaito belonged to me, sadly they do not.

Chapter 16: Let's do This

He was right, for the entire hour it took Conan to fill him in on what was going on with him and the Black Organization, Hakuba was the only one in the room not suffocating on the tension. Hearing Conan takes the time to describe his run-ins with each member of the BO, Hakuba noticed how he left out meeting Akemi-san and her little sister but didn't mention it himself. From the sound of things, Hakuba was surprised Conan was still alive with all the unfortunate meetings he's had with each member. It was the lost look in Conan's eyes as he spoke, that caused Hakuba's resolve to bring the organization down to harden.

Vermouth's apparent fascination with Conan unsettled Hakuba and he could tell from the looks on Hattori's and Kid's faces that they were just as bothered by it. Anytime Conan stopped speaking, apparently lost in thought, Hattori filled Hakuba in by saying what little he knew so Conan could organize his thoughts.

Once an hour had passed and Conan finished telling them everything he was willing to tell them, Hakuba spoke up.

"I know you left out a lot of things Edogawa-kun," Conan winced but Hakuba smiled reassuringly at him before he continued speaking, "That's alright though, even before you told me what you know I was planning on helping you three regardless."

Kid sighed and Hakuba could detect a hint of annoyance in his tone when he spoke, "Tantei-san how are you even involved in any of this?"

Hakuba slid off the hospital bed and looked around the room for his clothes before answering Kid, "I know others who were involved and they asked me to help."

"What others?" Conan asked sharply.

Spotting the bag with his clothes in it on the other side of the room, Hakuba walked over and grabbed it. "We all deserve to keep somethings secret Edogawa-kun, this is what I need to keep to myself. I apologize, but I can tell you everything else I know. Just don't expect me to give you my acquaintance's names."

"Acquaintances?" Kid repeated, standing up straight, "Have you met with one of these acquaintances recently?"

Hesitantly, Hakuba replied, "We speak whenever we can see one another. Why?"

Kid shook his head and didn't say anything else.

"What're ya doin'?" Hattori asked eyeing Hakuba's bag of clothes.

"Changing," Hakuba said simply as he walked into the bathroom and shut the door behind him before the others could say another word. Once he was dressed, Hakuba left the bathroom and saw Dr. Kirsokili in the room looking uncomfortable and Kid was gone.

"Dr. Kirsokili." Hakuba greeted the man.

Dr. Kirsokili looked reluctant but he held out a clipboard to Hakuba, "Here are your discharge papers Hakuba-san, just fill out the rest and hand it in at the front desk."

"Wait, ya are dischargin' him?" Hattori asked incredulously.

Dr. Kirsokili nodded, "He was very passionate in voicing his displeasure in staying any longer than he had too."

Hakuba blushed when Conan and Hattori both turned towards him with raised eyebrows. Ignoring the both of them, he looked down at the papers Dr. Kirsokili gave him and focused on filling them out, his doctor left with the final warning to keep track of how much sleep he gets, once Hakuba was finished he found his shoes by the side of the bed and put them on.

"Right." Hakuba stood up and grabbed the papers on his way out of the room. Silently Hattori and Conan followed him all the way to the front desk where he turned in his papers.

"Is there somewhere nearby we could go to finish this discussion?" Hakuba asked once they were outside the Beika Hospital.

Hattori and Conan shared a look before Conan shrugged and said, "We can go to Shinichi-niisan's house."

Hakuba shot Conan a questioning look, "I wouldn't feel comfortable just waltzing into his home."

"It's okay!" Conan reassured him, "I go over all the time!"

"Is that so…" Hakuba muttered before nodding that he was okay with it, "Lead the way please."

Before they could even move one step, a dove flew in front of them before landing next to Conan's foot. Conan reached down towards the abnormally well-behaved bird and removed something from its leg.

Conan unfolded the paper in his hands and read aloud with an annoyed scowl on his face, "I'll meet you there. Kaitou Kid."

"He's listenin' in on us?" Hattori glances around them before looking over at Conan.

"Well of course Tantei-han!"

All Three of them stared at the dove which Kids' voice was coming from. It wasn't until they look closer at the dove's leg that they saw a tiny microphone attached to it.

"We'll wait for you." Hakuba finally said when it seemed like no one else was going to answer.

The dove cooed at them before flapping its wings and taking off, possibly back to its owner. It was due to Conan refusing to allow Hakuba to walk all the way to Kudo Shinichi's house when he just left the hospital that the three of them squeezed into the backseat of a trash-filled taxi. Hakuba would've sat up front but the Taxi driver was giving him odd looks that left Conan and Hattori glaring at him.

"So, are these two showing you around?" The taxi driver asked three minutes into the ride.

Hakuba blinked at the man before realizing that the taxi driver was talking to him and thought that he was a foreigner.

Sighing, Hakuba casually responded, "No sir. I know my way around Beika easily enough."

The man hummed slowing down as they reached a red light, "That so? Not use to seeing such an exotic looking man in my taxi, how old are you?" The man looked into the rearview mirror and winked.

Startled, Hakuba didn't respond. He didn't have to though before the moment that question left the man's lips, Hattori was the one who answered him.

"The hell's the matter with ya? Askin' him how old he is. He's underage! That's how old he is! Plus ya shouldn't go around actin' like a Pedophile!"

The man scowled at Hattori angrily and snapped, "I wasn't asking you."

Hakuba watched out of the corner of his eye as Conan took a picture of the man and sent it to someone. The next six minutes passed by in silence that involved Hattori and the man glaring at one another and Conan holding onto Hakuba's sleeve tightly. Once the man pulled to a stop in front of Shinichi's house, Hakuba quickly got out and held the door open for Conan to jump out while Hattori got out the other side. Leaning down towards the man's open window, Hakuba placed a decent about of cash into the man's outstretched hand. It looked like the man was about to stay something, but Hakuba stumbled backward as Hattori yanked on his arm, pulling him away from the taxi.

"Hattori-kun I know you're in a hurry to hear what I know but please let go of me." Hakuba tried to hide his irritation, he knew now was not the time to get into an argument with Hattori.

Conan and Hattori both turned to look at him with identical looks of disbelief.

"What?"

"Ya have got to be kiddin' me…" Hattori muttered, turning around and pulling Conan with him towards the gate.

Confused, but decided to let the matter drop Hakuba followed after them. Kaitou Kid in his Phantom attire and not a costume was sitting on the couch in the parlor.

"What took you all so long? You should've gotten here before me." Kid grinned, looking far too comfortable in a home that was not his own.

When Hattori began muttering about stupid taxi drivers being perverted idiots Kid just blinked at them.

"O-Kay?" Kid cleared his throat, "uh-"

"You don't want to know." Conan simply said as he walked past Kid and sat down on the armchair.

Hattori dragged a chair out from what Hakuba assumed was the kitchen, and placed it next to the armchair before plopping down in it.

Hakuba sat down on the couch and felt a bit hurt as Kid scooted away from him. Chalking it up to Kid feeling uncomfortable while surrounded by three Detectives, Hakuba pushed the feeling aside and concentrated on the conversation ahead.

"So," Hakuba cleared his throat, "Instead of you three asking me questions, how about I tell you what I know and we save the interrupting for later? Sound good?"

Hattori begrudgingly agreed while Kid and Conan nodded their heads. Hakuba couldn't help but think that this would be easier than he thought.

"Okay...It all started around three years ago in England." Hakuba began only for Kid to interrupt him.

"Wait three years?!"

Hakuba shot Kid a look, "I thought there were to be no interruptions?"

"But Tantei-kun's been after them for less than a year, and you've known about them for three?"

Hakuba wanted to call Kid out since he knew he's only been running into his organization for less than a year as well but decided not too. "Kid, just save your questions for the end. Perhaps if you let me explain then you'll find some questions will be answered."

Kid nodded his head and kept quiet.

Satisfied, Hakuba continued speaking, "As I was saying, three years ago there was a detective living in England, specifically the City of Westminster. That detective occasionally worked with Scotland Yard whenever they needed help on a case or if people came to him instead of the police….This detective was asked to search for a missing boy his own age." Hakuba could see the others getting confused by his story but he couldn't find it in himself to care, besides he knew they'd understand more by the time he was finished. "It was because of that cause that the detective met a bad person….an assassin for hire by the codename of Spider. Who later on became partners with another person whose codename is Snake."

Kid's posture stiffened and Hakuba saw Conan shoot Kid a look before returning his attention back to Hakuba.

"There was a few...incidents that had happened which led to that detective hunting down Spider." Hakuba shot Hattori a look when it seemed like the Kansai detective was about to interrupt, "Almost half a year ago that detective found a lead on Spider which led him to Japan. Only instead of finding Spider, the detective found Snake and a few others who work alongside the man."

"Snake had an intended target which the detective happens to learn by accident, since then anytime Snake made a move against that target, the detective tried to be there….after a few weeks, the detective met someone who has had close encounters with Snake and his men. This man became a fast acquaintance of the detectives and told him as much as he could about the supposed organization Snake belonged to but in return he wanted the detective to help stop them. Something the detective had already planned to do."

Kid held up his hand, stopping Hakuba from saying anything else.

Hakuba thought Kid was simply interrupting him again and was about to continue his story but stopped when Kid sent him an almost pleading look.

"I suppose Tantei-kun and Tantei-han that I should continue from there." Kid said cooly. "Snake and the rest of his men are after a certain gem….the original Kaitou Kid was hired by the organization to find this gem but he had refused. They were not happy with him."

Hakuba glanced over Kid's shoulder to see Kuroba-san staring at him in shock. Kuroba-san walked around the couch so he was by Hakuba's side instead.

"...You never told us that you were hunting them down before you came to Japan…."

Hakuba didn't respond. He didn't want to risk having any of the other's see him talking to thin air and try to question him.

"Hakuba-kun. You said you've been doing this for three years now?" Kuroba-san shook his head, "I'd only known about them for a year before they killed me….What I don't understand is how a missing person case leads to you being involved in all this!"

Hakuba tilted his head down so he wouldn't have to look Kuroba-san in the eye.

"What you're going to ignore me now? Hakuba-kun we need to talk about this!"

Hakuba tuned back into the conversation Kid was having with the other two detectives and realized how he was telling them all he knew, except who the original Kid was, how he was killed and what exactly Snake was searching for.

"So now we had two organizations comin' after us?" Hattori groaned, "Alright, but how do ya think we can learn more about 'em besides at yer heists?"

Hakuba chose that moment to rejoin the conversation, mainly so he couldn't have to focus on trying to ignore Kuroba-san, "I have an acquaintance on the inside who could tell me when Snake and his men will go after Kid. Oh, and we don't need to focus on both at once."

Conan looked about ready to snap at him so Hakuba quickly continued, "That's because they aren't two different organizations. Snake and his men are one of the subdivisions of the organization, the main group being those with the code names of alcoholic beverages."

"How many subdivisions are there?" Conan asked grimly.

Hakuba frowned, "From what I already knew and what I've been told...There's the group named after animals which is led by Snake, there's one named after insects that Spider is the co-leader of, and then there's one named after poisonous plants. That last group I'm afraid I don't have much intel on."

"That fact that you could tell us all that shows you know more than us." Conan shook his head, "What about those named after alcohol? What do you know about them?"

"They're quite efficient in what they do. They have sections amongst themselves for specific talents such as political power, wealth, scientists, assassins, actors, brutes, and they are related to a large number of cold cases." Hakuba smiled ruefully, "Their boss is someone who goes by the codename Ano Kata. I do not know their actual identity."

"That's...wow." Kid muttered looking down.

"Sounds like we have a lotta people to go after," Hattori said eyeing Conan who was staring at Hakuba with a blank expression on his face.

After a minute had passed with no one speaking, Conan finally spoke, "You haven't told us everything."

Hakuba nodded, "I know. Somethings I cannot tell you just yet and other things I'm not sure of at the moment."

Kid frowned, "Tantei-san you keep mentioning all of these 'acquaintances' of yours. Yet you haven't mentioned who they are or how you met them, why should we trust them."

"I can't give out their names because I want to keep them safe. Besides I trust them and if you can trust me then trust my opinion. If not then working together will only be a hassle for all of us." Hakuba shrugged.

"I...I trust you…"

"You don't sound too sure of yourself," Hakuba said calmly.

"I do trust you." Kid said firmly, "It's just I'm a thief remember? You're all detectives, this isn't something that makes me feel safe doing."

Hakuba tilted his head, "...I won't arrest you."

"What?"

"I won't arrest you," Hakuba repeated before looking over at Hattori and Conan who was just watching the conversation in fascination.

"I don't even attend yer heists so why would I arrest ya?" Hattori grinned.

Conan smirked, "I'm a homicide detective, and it's not like you're a bad thief who hurts people."

Kid dropped his head into his hands and groaned loudly, "You three will be the death of me."

Hakuba checked his pocket watch and stood up, "As lovely as this conversation has been, I need to head home."

"There's no school tomorrow Tantei-san."

"No, but I do have a flight to catch at 9 AM." Hakuba said dryly, "I'd rather have at least a few hours sleep before I need to leave."

"A flight?" Hattori furrowed his brows, "Where are ya goin'?"

"I'm heading home for a little bit. Don't worry, I'll be back to help with taking the BO, as you named them, down."

Conan snorted, "It's not going to be that easy."

"I know. Which is why I won't be gone long."

They all spent a few more minutes discussing less pressing matters before each agreeing to keep in contact and then going their separate ways.

Sorry, I had worked for the past three days and was only able to have enough free time to write today. Okay! So Erythrophobia takes place in the next chapter which leads me to ask.

Should I repost it on here
Rewrite it differently on here
or skip it somehow?