Chapter Summary:

A few days after his marriage with Shinichi, Kaito stumbled into a strange room when he was moving his stuffs, literally. He had no knowledge of it even exist in the first place. What was more surprising? There were two freaking CARS inside, a pure white one and a shiny black one. "What the hell is this?!"

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The Birth of Kaitou Kid!

"Hm?" Shinichi let out as he saw the headline of the newspaper that morning, "'Kaitou KID Returns!'…?".

"That's been all over the news, you know?" Ran - who was walking to school alongside him - replied to his words, "After his announcement to retire 8 years ago, he suddenly start Heisting again, so everyone is talking about him. Do you know anything? Considering your skills…".

The words were misleading enough, anyone who happened to hear them would think that the skills that Ran meant were those of which Shinichi was known by - Soccer, Violin, and sometime Deducting - instead of his Naito Shin skill set which half of them gained from the Kaitou KID himself.

"Not the real deal, that was for sure, and not the Rightful Heir either." Shinichi told her quietly, "The magic trick is too simple for one of his caliber. Probably his Assistant acting up".

Unless they knew of Shinichi's relation with KID, they would just mark him as a critic - instead of getting the real meaning of 'No, Kaito hasn't taken up the mantle yet'.

"I wonder if Naito Shin would challenge him." Ran wondered out loud, sounding like a perfectly normal girl - instead of a part time Detective asking her Partner's plan of action against the Assistant-as-KID.

"Would he, indeed?" Shinichi wondered back, "I don't know, he usually only dealing with dangerous cases. KID is harmless…" In which the real meaning would be, 'No, I don't think I would'.

"Right." Ran responded lightly, before grabbing the newspaper and pulled it out of Shinichi's hands, "Read later, we need to hurry to school, Shinichi".

"Oops." Shinichi grinned sheepishly, before they both hastened their pace.

Speaking of KID… How is Kaito doing, I wonder. Shinichi wondered as he speed-walked.

XXXXX Time Skip XXXXX

"What the hell is this?!"

That was the first thing out of his mouth once Kaito fully registered just what it was that he was seeing. To say that he was surprised would be an understatement, for he was shocked and bewildered beyond belief.

No one would blame him, really. Everyone would most likely reacted the same way if they went through what he had just experienced.

It began with Kaito grumbling in his room after school. Why? Because his Sister-in-Spirit, namely one Nakamori Aoko, claimed that no matter how good of a Magician Kaito was, he would never surpassed the Magician Thief - Kaitou KID.

So, he was sulking - not that he would ever admitted it - while browsing the internet to find out who the Kaitou KID that Aoko was talking about, grumbling about how his Sister should have supported him instead of a stranger at the same time (Really, what kind of Sister is she? *insert vein mark here*). He was taught by the best Magician in the world after all, there was no way he would lose to anyone.

Then, after he got all the information he could from the internet, as well as found out where and when the next Heist would be, Kaito remembered that he had yet to rearrange the stuffs in his room. Shinichi planned to leave some of his own stuffs in Kaito's room, for when the married couple decided to sleep in the Kuroba house - or what they decided to call the White Manor, instead of the Kudou Manor - that they decided to call the Black Manor.

Still grumbling in annoyance, Kaito shut down his laptop and moved to rearrange his stuffs. Unfortunately, distracted that he was by his annoyance towards Aoko, he forgot that he had put down his bag in front of his Oyaji's painting. So, not only that he didn't noticed the slight gap between the painting and the wall, he also got tripped due to the bag, and he fell through the rotating painting - which turned out to be a hidden door.

The dread that he felt upon hitting the painting - fearing that the painting would be damaged, changed into shock when he fell through, and he couldn't stop the scream from coming out of his mouth. Soon enough, he landed on a chair, facing the strange room filled with strange items that he had never seen before, with the exception of two freaking CARS - one pure white, one shiny black - that he was too shocked at the moment to wonder how they got there in the first place.

Thus, we got to this point now, with Kaito losing his Poker Face and could only gape at the sight in front of him.

"Long time no see, Kaito."

"Huh? O-Oyaji's Voice?" Kaito blinked as he came out of his shocked state, listening to the recording that began to play automatically, "So it was set to play as soon as I enter… That's Oyaji for you".

"Kaito, I'm going to teach you what it takes to be a Magician." Kuroba Toichi's voice continued, "First off, do you know the most important part of being a Magician?".

The recording stop played there, and then - to Kaito's bewilderment, a wardrobe rise up from the floor. It opened on its own immediately, and there was only one set of clothing there: a white pants, a blue shirt with a red tie, a white suit jacket, a white monocle with a charm dangling on it, and a white silk top hat. The set was the one that he recognized to be Kaitou KID's Regalia, from the many photos he found in the internet.

"Oyaji is - was the Kaitou KID?" Kaito gasped in disbelief, standing up from the chair to look at the uniform closer.

A new noise came from somewhere in the what he now thought to be KID Cave - like the Bat Cave, pulling his attention away from the uniform. It turned out to be another revolving door, one that leaded to his house's Living Room, from what he could see when it spun around. Although, that information immediately pushed into the back of his mind, his full attention went for the person entering the KID Cave - for the one who opened the other door and then entered was none other his own Husband, Kudou Shinichi.

"Shinichi?" Kaito called out in surprise.

Shinichi blinked and looked at him then. "Kaito?" He called back.

"Wh- what are you doing here?" Kaito asked nervously, because one - this was the lair of the International Wanted Thief Kaitou KID, and two - Shinichi was a Detective. What if Shinichi hated him upon knowing that he was the Son of a thief?

"What am I doing here?" Shinichi looked around, and then realized just where he actually was - seemed like he was deep in thought before, before looking at Kaito in surprise. "How come you are here?" Shinichi asked him back, before shaking his head, "Forget it, I think I can guess." He continued before walking over to where Kaito was standing frozen at, "The door that's connected to your room finally open, right?".

"Wait a minute." Kaito raised his hand to halt Shinichi, "You knew of this place? And about Oyaji?".

"Yeah, not too long after Toichi-tousan's death." Shinichi admitted with a sheepish smile.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Kaito asked with a pout, slightly hurt.

"A Will from Toichi-tousan said not to tell you." Shinichi replied right away, earning a surprised look from Kaito, "Remember that night that you asked me to sleep over, because you don't want to be alone after losing Toichi-tousan? I stayed here for 2 months, remember?" Kaito nodded after a moment in remembrance, so Shinichi continued, "It was at the start of the second month, after I heard Chikage-kaasan's conversation with Tou-san, and I found out that Toichi-tousan and KID were one and the same. So, I waited until you fell asleep, then explore the house to find the secret room. I have always find the placement of the painting to be a bit strange, so it didn't take me long to find this place. Then, when I look around, I found a note on that black car over there." Shinichi gestured to the shiny black car beside the pure white one, "It turned out to be a Will of some sort, and it said 'For Onii-san', so I read it. Toichi-tousan wrote that the reason for KID's birth is somewhere in this room, that I can feel free to search for it, and to not tell you anything until the time is right. Oh, and the black car is for me, the plan was that it would be my 17th Birthday present".

"Wait, 'Onii-san'?" Kaito asked in bewilderment.

"An inside joke in the family." Shinichi explained with a chuckle, "Tou-san gave Kaitou 1412 the name KID, so KID called Tou-san as his Oyaji, and me as his Ani".

"Oh." Kaito commented, before getting back to the point, "So, now is the right time then?".

"I guess." Shinichi nodded lightly, before pointing up, "I saw that door up there, then noticed the mechanism with a timer. I figured that the doorway to your room would open after the timer is over, so I decided to leave the decision of when you get to find out to Toichi-tousan. Considering that the timer is over now, that means that now is the right time".

"I see." Kaito nodded his head in understanding, before looking at Shinichi expectantly, "So?".

"So?" Shinichi repeated in confusion.

"Aren't you going to explain everything to me?" Kaito asked with a pout.

Shinichi looked thoughtful for a moment, before nodding his head in decision. "Before I tell you everything, you have to pass a test from me first." He told Kaito seriously.

"A test?" Kaito asked in surprise.

"Yes, a test." Shinichi confirmed with a nod of his head, "Considering the situation, I want to be sure that you can handle it. So, you have to pass the test first".

"What is the test, then?" Kaito asked right away.

"You have heard about the 'Kaitou KID' returning from his temporary retirement, haven't you?" Shinichi began, earning a nod from Kaito.

"Yeah." Kaito confirmed verbally, "Earlier, Aoko said that KID is a better Magician than me, so I told her that I would defeat KID at tonight's Heist. Now that I know that Oyaji was KID, who is the current KID?".

"That is exactly the test." Shinichi spoke, surprising Kaito, "Obviously, the current KID is a fake. I want you to confront him and defeat him, find out his identity." He elaborated further, "I want to see if you have it in you to be KID's Rightful Heir".

"You want me to… what?" Kaito blinked in bewilderment, "But you are a Detective, why would you want your own Husband to be 'KID's Rightful Heir'?".

"Half of my skills I learned through challenges that were given to me by KID." Shinichi shrugged, as if he didn't just revealed that he was an apprentice-of-some-kind to an International Wanted Thief, "If you have it in you to be KID's Rightful Heir, then I can at least reassure myself that you can take care of yourself".

"Ooh." Kaito said in understanding, "Are you going to watch?".

"Of course." Shinichi smirked at him, "No me as in Kudou Shinichi though, but me as in Naito Shin. I will be at the rooftop of one of the buildings near the Heist location".

"Alright, I accept your challenge!" Kaito stated with a firm nod of his head, "I will prove to you that I can take care of myself, so you have to keep your words and explain everything to me".

"Understood." Shinichi calmly nodded back at him.

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In the end, the battle between Kaito and Konosuke Jii - the one playing KID that night - didn't last more than 10 minutes, and Shinichi could confidently say that Kaito was a natural in being KID, just needed more experience. It was probably because Kaito had been trained by Toichi-tousan all those years ago - due to Kaito didn't want to lose against Shinichi, saying that he had to be strong to protect his 'Wife' - and then Tou-san and Chikage took over in training Kaito after Toichi-tousan's death.

Shinichi kept his words and - in the safety of KID Cave - explained everything to Kaito. Everything, including his plan of creating non-official Organization of his own to fight against the Crows - what Shinichi had been calling the Black Organization, since secrecy was a must if he wanted to stay alive - along with KID's mission to find Pandora and destroy it. Of course, he didn't forget to inform Kaito about his contact among the Crows, which was the reason he knew so much about the enemy.

"If They are the Crows, what are we - as in our own Non-Official Organization - going to go as?" Kaito asked curiously once Shinichi was done with his explanation, "Every Organization - official or otherwise - need a name, you know?".

"..." Shinichi froze with a sheepish smile on his face, "I… haven't thought of it".

Kaito snorted and shook his head. "Typical." He commented in amusement.

Shinichi would deny that he was pouting there. "It's not my fault that I have a hard time choosing names." He defended himself.

"You know, why not just use Hunters?" Kaito suggested after a moment of thought.

"Hunters?" Shinichi asked in reply.

"Yeah, Hunters." Kaito nodded in confirmation, "Many stories mentions of Vampire with their enemies, the Vampire Hunters. Demons with the Exorcists. Not to mention that there are people who hunt animals in the forest, illegally or not".

"And there are bird hunters too." Shinichi nodded his head slowly as he thought about it, "We are hunting the Crows, so we can call ourselves Hunters. But… Crow Hunters? Doesn't sound so good".

"Well, the Crows moves in the shadows, by making sure that the public don't know of their existence." Kaito mused thoughtfully, "So, how about Shadow Hunters?".

"Sounds like something from a fantasy novel." Shinichi sweat dropped.

"But it's cool, right?" Kaito grinned as he said that.

"Alright, Shadow Hunters it is." Shinichi relented with a smile on his face, before looking seriously at Kaito, "Now that the explanation is over, what are you going to do?".

"About?" Kaito blinked in surprise at the change of subject.

"Kaitou 1412." Shinichi elaborated, "Are you going to take up the mantle?".

"Of course." Kaito said firmly, "I want the Crows to be hunt down as much as you, Shinichi, and I won't let them have Pandora - I will find it first and destroy it. Besides, against an enemy like Them, it's better to have both sides of the Law with you".

"Just promise me to be careful, okay?" Shinichi requested in worry.

"I promise." Kaito promised with a smile, knowing that Shinichi didn't want him to get hurt.

Shinichi smiled back and nodded. "I'm going to ask Tou-san to send a bulletproof vest over, you will need it if you want to keep going out as KID." He decided as he stood up, "The sooner I inform him, the sooner the vest will arrive".

"Ah, wait!" Kaito stood up as well, "I have something for you".

Shinichi raised an eyebrow and waited for Kaito, who held out his hand to Shinichi. Then, with a puff of smoke, a small card appeared on Kaito's hand. Shinichi didn't bother to comment about the simple trick, and decided to just pick up the card and read it over.

Dear Onii-san,

In the time you find yourself long to join the fun, here is your Heist Pass.

I am looking forward to play Tag with you.

Kaitou Kid

"You don't write the 'Kid' in your name with all caps alphabets?" Shinichi asked curiously.

"Well, I'm KID's Kid, so yeah." Kaito explained, saying 'KID's Kid' in English.

Shinichi hummed in understanding, before nodding his head while waving his Heist Pass. "Thanks for this." He said wholeheartedly, "I don't know if I want to join the Cat and Mouse Game yet though, but I will think about it".

"Okay." Kaito replied in understanding.

A doorbell rang, halting their conversation. They looked at the door before looking at each other, then Kaito nodded and stood up to open the door.

"Oh?" Kaito let out in surprise, "Konosuke Jii, right?".

"Yes, Bocchama (Young Master)." Jii bowed lightly to him, "I'm sure you have many questions, so I'm here to explain everything to you".

Kaito couldn't help but chuckled there. "Sorry, Jii-chan. Someone beat you to the punch there." He said when Jii looked at him questioningly, before stepping aside, "Come in though, I would like to get to know you better, along with your relationship with Oyaji".

"Oh? Naito Shin?" Jii asked in surprise, making Kaito blinked.

He turned around and, sure enough, his Dear Husband was in uniform. "Why?" He asked simply.

"My deepest apologize, Otouto, but I'm not comfortable in disclosing my identity to Konosuke-san just yet." Naito Shin apologized, "If you will excuse me, I will inform Oyaji that you will need a vest." With a bow, Naito Shin dropped a smoke bomb and disappeared from the White Manor's Living Room.

What's that about, I wonder? Kaito wondered, before shrugging and continued his chat with Jii-chan. Oh, and planning the next Heist, of course.

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