After dinner Kaito helped Aoko wash dishes. Conan sat behind them attempting to lick himself clean. Kaito noticed that Conan really wasn't enjoying the process. The kitten looked like his face was all scrunched up in disgust. Kaito bent down and picked up the small creature. Tentei Kun protested a little as the teen wiped him down with a handkerchief.
"Better?" He asked. Conan let out a small huff; which Kaito assumed was a thanks. He set the cat back on the floor.
After chores Aoko disappeared for a few minuets and returned with a bag of items. She reached into the bag and pulled out a small collar with a bell. Conan backed up slowly. Kaito caught him and got him in a tight hold. Conan looked up in surprise as he saw Kaito leaned over him. The smile Kaito had made Conan shiver in fear a little. Aoko put the collar around his neck. Conan was able to get one paw free and slashed Kaito across the face. The teen reared back in suprise. Tentei Kun ran out of sight into another room.
"He didn't like that very much." Kaito winced.
"That looks painful." Aoko said. She ran to the kitchen and came back with a med kit. Kaito smiled as she put disinfectant. "So the kid you were talking about, what's his name?" Kaito asked.
"His name was Conan and he was abducted by the Phantom Thief." Aoko informed.
"What?" Kaito stated acting surprised. "Your father is heading the investigation?"
"Yes, he feels personally responsible for what happened to the child. Conan was abducted while he was on duty. I feel bad for the kid. He's probably very scared and wants to go home." Aoko's eyes drooped as she sat there lost in thought.
"Don't worry I never thought that the Phantom Thief would hurt anyone." Kaito reassured her.
As she was finishing Kaito saw Conan slink back into the room. The collar was still around his neck. The kitten slowly walked over and sat beside Aoko. His head was lowered almost like he was sulking. When Aoko noticed, she picked him up and sat down on the couch, and started scratching his head. Suddenly Aoko's phone alerted her that she had a text message. She opened up the text message and smiled a second before putting her phone away.
"What's up?" Kaito's interest being peeked.
"It's nothing, some of the girls in our class are speculating what happened between Saguru and Akako." Aoko looked down as she petted Tantei Kun
"What are the theories?" Kaito asked.
"Doesn't seem like anybody knows. What is interesting is that one of them saw the pair last week at a café. She said that it seemed that they were having a really good time."
"Saguru and Akako. Who would have thought." Kaito said leaning back. "So nobody knows why she seemed to be pissed at Saguru?"
"Nope, they deny that they are seeing each other outside of school."
Conan all of a sudden jumped off the Aoko's lap, onto Kaito's. The kitten was shivering uncontrollably and was looking at Kaito strait in the eye. Kaito knew that Conan was close to changing back.
"Hey Tantei Kun are you alright?" Aoko asked taking Conan off Kaito's lap and put him back on her own. He let a yowl and jumped back onto Kaito's lap.
"He just wants to be let outside. I'll be right back." He hurried off to the kitchen where the balcony was on the second floor. He set Conan on the ledge of the balcony.
"My house is right over there. He said pointing to the back of the house next door. I left the back door open unlocked just in case this happened." The kitten sat on the balcony, not moving. "Go, stupid." Tentei Kun clawed the collar hanging around it's neck. "Oh sorry." With a super quick movement, he unclicked the collar. Kaito watched as the kitten suddenly lost his balance and fell backwards off the balcony. The thud he heard was louder than what a kitten should have made. "Kudo!" Kaito hissed at the darkness below. "Kudo are you alright?" A low moan came from the bushes where Conan fell. As Kaito's eyes adjusted to the night he saw the bushes move in the direction of his house. He then saw the back gate open and shut. He sighed in relief as he saw that Conan wasn't hurt. Not seriously at least. He walked back downstairs to Aoko. He sat back down on the couch.
"What was the that crash?" She asked.
"The kitten stupidly jumped off the balcony." Kaito growled as he snuck the kitten collar into the bag of items.
"That sounded bigger than a kitten." Aoko pondered.
"Don't worry about it." Kaito said. He then looked as his watch.
Kaito said goodbye to Aoko and her father and ran to his house. As he walked in he found Conan cross legged on the floor. He was just finishing rapping the tip of his tail with a bandage. He had rapped already his arms and his left leg. His face had a deep cut in his cheek, which was still bleeding.
He was rapped in the blanket since Kaito still had his clothes. He looked up glaring at Kaito. "What are you glaring at me for?" The teen asked.
"You could have let me out through the back door." Conan spat.
"There isn't one. I didn't want you to run down the sidewalk in the nude." Kaito said with a wave of his hand.
"Why did you let her put that stupid bell on me? You knew I would hate to wear that."
"I wanted to see you in it. I think you looked quite adorable." Kaito sneered. Conan folded his arms.
"It was pink!" He exclaimed "And it had a bell. I looked in the mirror while you were talking with her and I looked terrible!"
"Are you alright? Is anything broken?"
"No, but I think I have some bruised ribs." Conan lifted the blanket to show off the impressive bruises.
"Turn around." Kaito said making a spinning motion with his hand. Conan did, and Kaito whistled as he saw that an enormous bruise across his back.
"I lost my breath when I hit a branch on my way down." Conan said. "I had the wind knocked out of me. That's why I didn't answer back. Plus, I had just transformed and was still groggy."
"Here, let me see that cut." Kaito crouched down and inspected the deep cut on his cheek. "Luckily I don't think that is going to need stiches." He picked up a small flashlight and shone it in Conan's eyes.
"Doesn't look like you've got a concussion. At least we won't need to visit the hospital. He pressed a cloth against Conan's face to stop the bleeding. "I'm sorry about letting you fall off the side like that." Kaito said.
"You better be." Conan said, sneering. "Don't worry, when we're caught by the police I'll tell them how you dropped me out of a second story window." Kaito chuckled and threw Conan's clothes at him and sat on the couch. The child gave an annoyed grunt as he pulled his pants off his head and quickly dress.