God, I feel bad. *kowtows* T o all you readers, I am sorry that this chapter took me so long. It was harder to write than I thought it would be. I knew what I wanted to write, but I kept loosing it every time I sat down to write. Plus, I kept on getting distracted. I still have to watch an entire anime series for club (president work is fun). Anyways, as punishment to all of you, I shall do this whole chapter while sitting seiza (if you don't know how bad that is, sit on you shins like how you see the japanese do in pictures sometimes and see how long you last).
…Okay, I think you guys don't care too much about my problems *sits in seiza*, so let's get onto the next chapter.
The few weeks after the raid were pretty quiet. The agency still got cases, but not as often, and fairly easy to solve. Kogoro didn't even need to be put to sleep for a couple of them. The Shounen Tantei, despite the new member, were by far subdued for the first week or so, but quickly got their spirits back. Thankfully, Rey's younger 'brother', Mico, kept a good eye on the kids and kept them out of trouble to let Conan and Haibara have time to prepare for the imminent battle between them and the BO.
The prep-work mainly consisted of Haibara working on the cure, which was going a lot faster with the missing chemical the assassin provided, and Conan getting everything in place for when the BO decided to attack. Many cars with agents-all of whom Rey checked over- were placed along the underground tunnels all over Tokyo-a map of which was provided by Kaito. Other agents were also stationed to watch over the family and friends of the group. Agents, Hakuba, and Kaito dropped by occasionally to offer some help. Kaito even provided a listening device for Rey, Hakuba, Hattori (his was mailed to him), Haibara, and Conan to stay in touch during operations. The teen detectives just gathered supplies while the thief had his doves scout the city for any suspicious activity.
It was three weeks after the initial run in the Organisation finally make a move.
"BaKaito! Hold still!" Aoko called after the teen, gripping the mop tighter. Ahead of her was the magician, teasing her on as he sped down the hallway, dodging the other students.
Kaito stuck his tongue out, "Why don't you make me, Ahoko!" This only caused the brunette to gain speed as she charged at him, her mop baring down on him. Kaito, out of reflex, dove into a nearby classroom and hid under a desk. Aoko entered not long after him, mop at the ready.
"I know you're in here, BaKaito! Just come out already!" she called, her glare sweeping the room. Her gave rested on the desk that Kaito was hiding under but quickly moved on. Kaito released a silent sigh, relaxing as she started walking away to another side of the room. It was then he spotted the black box taped to the desk right next to him.
Kaito crawled over to it, careful not to be seen by the girl. He untaped it and began to look it over. His eyes widened when he spotted a set of blinking numbers slowly counting down, five zeros already on-screen. Forgetting Aoko was even in the room, Kaito bolted for the window. He quickly opened it and tossed the box.
"Kaito?" Aoko asked, confused by his strange behavior. He turned towards her just as the box left his hands. He threw both of them to the floor, covering his childhood friend with his own body.
A few seconds later, as the box reached its peak, an explosion ripped through it. Kaito went rigid as the force of the explosion pushed into the building, shattering the windows. Screams of fear filled Kaito's ears as he continued to protect Aoko. He pushed against the ground and got to his feet a few moments after all the glass stopped falling around them. He offered a hand to the stunned girl still on the floor. "You okay?" was all he asked.
"Huh?" Aoko blinked confused. She then noticed his hand in her face and took it, allowing herself to be dragged up to her feet. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine…" she mumbled, mind trying to make sense.
"Okay, good. Then we need to get out of here," he said taking off out of the room, pulling Aoko behind.
"Wha-" she yelped, taken by surprise. "Ba-BaKaito! Slow down! What was that about? What is going on? Answer me!"
Kaito didn't even bothering answering, scanning the panicking students for a familiar blond.
"Kuroba!" someone called out. The couple turned to see Hakuba running up to them, followed by Akako. Both didn't bother asking any questions, didn't even get a chance before Kaito cut in.
"Hakuba, we need to get out of here. It was them, they've made moved."
Hakuba's eyes narrowed at the statement. "Alright. I'll call Jodie-san, you call Nakamori-keibu." Kaito nodded before taking off again, pulling out his phone and dialing the familiar number. Hakuba did similar while the two girls followed behind.
Ginzo was quick to pick up, only after one ring. "Moshi moshi? Kaito-kun? Why are you calling? Aren't you supposed to be in school right now?"
"Nakamori-keibu, where are you right now?" Kaito asked, serious written all over him.
"Uh… At home, why?" the inspector said, taken aback by the seriousness in the teen's tone.
"Listen, do not leave your home. Aoko and I are fine and we'll be coming to get you, so just stay there. Please, don't ask, just promise me that you won't leave until we get there. This is a matter of life and death, so you really do need to promise me, Keibu!" Kaito pleaded through the phone, not giving the man a chance to cut in.
Ginzo was confused, but went with it, after all, Kaito, while a prankster would never make him promise something like this, meaning it could only be serious. "Very well, Kaito-kun, I promise."
"Thank you. We'll be there soon. Remember, don't go outside, no matter what. Also, might want to stay away from windows. Ja ne!" Kaito called before hanging up. The group was already in the courtyard, ignoring the people around them. By the front gate, Jodie's car pulled up. The four quickly dove in, Akako barely shutting the door before Jodie sped off, going to the address Kaito instructed.
They arrived at the Nakamori home. Kaito and Hakuba quickly scrambled out of the car and into the house. A few minutes later, they came out, dragging Ginzo with them. They prodded him into the passenger seat before squeezing in with the girls.
A few seconds of silence filled the car before Ginzo started demanding question, the only ones answering being the girls in back. With each minute of no answers, his voice raised itself to a higher volume. Kaito was about to put in his earplugs when suddenly, a shot rang out in the car.
"Ya Aho! Why don't ya tell me what's going on!" Kazuha yelled at her childhood friend. Heiji winced slightly at her statement, but didn't let it show. He quickly rounded his face towards her.
"Aho! There'z nothing going on!"
"Yes, there is, ya have been acting strange since we got back from visiting Ran-chan! Now tell me what's going on!" Kazuha returned, not backing down. Heiji was about to retaliate when a cough came from not that far away. In front of the two Osakan teens was a woman. Kazuha's eyes widened while Hattori's eyes narrowed, both from recognition. "Oh, I'm sorry, I did not see you there," Kazuha quickly stumbled, bowing in forgiveness.
"No, it is quiet alright. I didn't mean to interrupt, I just would like to ask a few questions, if that is alright. Would you, boy, happen to be the high school detective, Hattori Heiji?" the woman asked, indicating Heiji when she asked him.
"Yeah, that would be me. And let me guess why yer here, Mizunashi Rena," he responded. The woman's eyes narrowed but made no indication of stopping him, so he continued. "Normally, if someone meets with a famous reporter, it is generally fer an interview, but seeing as I have no knowledge of an interview, and it is customary to call the interviewee before an interview, I have to say that is not yer purpose fer yer visit. Instead, seeing as there is no other people around, I'd have to assume that yer here to silence us, as I know about yer little group, am I right, Kir?"
The woman's eyes closed in response as her hand went to pull something out of her bag. "Oh, that's too bad, because if you didn't know about us, you and your girlfriend would be allowed to live," she said smoothly, drawing a gun. Kazuha's eyes went wide while Heiji's hand shot forward, grabbing her arm and tugged it back. A shot was fired just as Kazuha was moved safely out-of-the-way. Hattori threw down a smoke bomb, which Kaito had sent along with the communication device. Rena paused, caught off guard by the growing pink cloud in front of her as Heiji pulled Kazuha down a nearby alleyway.
The two took off down the alley, not looking back. Kazuha called for her childhood friend, while Heiji pulled out his cellphone and started searching for a number. He quickly found what he was looking for, but a shot that hit the wall next to him caused his thumb to freeze. Instead, he turned down another alleyway, then followed shortly by another, the whole way Kazuha stumbling behind him.
After they were both safely in the alleyway, Heiji started to call the number. While waiting for the other end to pick up, he rounded a few more corners, trying to confuse their pursuer as much as possible.
Finally, after three more turns, the other end picked up. "Listen, Camel-han, they made their move. They sen' Rena after me and Kazuha. We're making our way over to the school, but we have to lose 'er, so we'll be a while. Prep the car and get ready to go when we show up."
"Understood," the other end said clearly. The line quickly went dead and Heiji stuffed the phone back into his pocket. The two teens continued to stumble down the alleys, not slowing or looking behind.
Finally, they plowed their way into a crowd, barely missing the other people they were now surrounded by. Heiji continued to race through the sea while Kazuha was dragged, stumbling, behind him. After several minutes of dodging people, Heiji seemed to spot what he was looking for and changed course, heading straight for it. Kazuha looked over his shoulder as they got nearer and saw a car with a familiar face behind the wheel.
When they finally reached the car, Heiji threw open the door and pulled Kazuha closer. "Get in," was all he said before he slipped in after her. Andre didn't even bother waiting to be ordered by the detective and started to pull away as the door was almost closed. As they sped down the streets, Heiji started to take off his jacket and rummaged around in a bag by his feet. He tossed a bundle at Kazuha only saying for her to put them on before he started to change his shirt, his body angled to be facing more out the window than at his friend.
Kazuha slipped into the shirt while Heiji wasn't looking and slipped a pair of pants under her skirt before taking that off. She then tried to fit on a short black wig while Heiji was making his skin far paler than natural. All this happened in silence, as Andre raced in the direction of the train station. Only after they were done did he finally speak up.
"I already notified the agents watching your parents of the attack, and they should be moved to safety soon, if they haven't been already, so don't worry about it."
"Good, we don't need them taking any hostages," was Heiji's response as he pulled out the communication device. He then paused and turned to the driver. "Did Rey ever update ya on how we are getten ta Tokyo? We can't just fly straight there, as that would be too obvious and they would spot us, even with our disguises."
"She already took care of that," Andre reassured him. "First, we are taking a train to Hiroshima, then a flight up to Morioka, then we are taking the Tohoku Shinkansen to Tokyo. Overall, she estimates it'll take us between ten and eleven hours to get to the safe house."
"That's good, tha sooner we get there, tha sooner we don't have ta worry about those crows breathen down our necks," Heiji stated, keeping an eye out the window. Kazuha opened her mouth, about to demand some answers out of the two, when suddenly, Heiji went rigid and his eyes widened. Andre noticed this from his review mirror.
"What is it, Hattori-san?" Andre asked, his eyes reverting back to the road.
"A gun shot…" Heiji whispered, his eyes never shrinking. "One of tha others sent a message. They have made their move. It's time for us ta make ours."
Rey was bored. How bored you may ask, bored enough that she was sleeping through PE. They had to go and tell the teacher not to let me do anything extreme, didn't they?
It had been like this for three weeks, not being able to have fun. Back in the states, she was allowed to show off a bit during school, as she knew all the material, and, while she did have to tone down her physical prowess a bit, the school knew she was probably the most fit student they had. There were some perks to being a fully trained assassin after all, especially when she was fluent in five languages without an accent by the age of twenty-five.
Sadly, because of the damn incident, she was ordered to go easy as to not reopen her wound. As if she didn't already know what that meant, James also made sure to tell her teachers to not allow her to push herself, and they assumed that meant an occasional couple of laps around the track or something non strenuous for a regular teen. Rey would have scolded James for that if it would have actually changed nothing, but seeing as it wouldn't, she didn't bother.
Currently, she was lazing around at her desk, talking to Ran, Sonoko, and Rena, who seemed to be keeping her distance. Nothing seemed out of place, then again, it never did, but that didn't stop the pit in Rey's stomach from growing. Why is it that Yin likes to warn be about these kind of things this way? Can't she think of any other way?
A vibration went off on the desk. Rey picked up the phone, lazily, and checked the messages to see one from Andre.
Heart has met with crows, bringing to Tokyo
-AC
Rey's eyes narrowed before typing in her response.
Reg T.-Hiro, P.-Mori+ Taffy, Toh. Shin.-To
She then sent a quick message to the other agents standing by to be on high alert, especially those guarding the Aces. She then shut her phone off and heaved a sigh. Thanks for the warning, Yin. Now could you get Yang off my back?
"Are you okay, Suojelija-san?" Ran asked, noticing the sudden change in mood.
"Huh? Uh, oh yeah, sorry, zoned out for a bit. By the way, I would suggest getting down, I have a feeling something big will be happening," Rey suggested, standing up and walking over to the door. Many of their classmates, actually, almost all, looked at her confused.
Just when class was about to begin, there was a commotion in the hall. A man, dressed all in black, came in, holding the teacher in his arms, gun pressed against her temple. The students screamed, while Ran and Sera both scanned the room for anyway to get close without endangering anyone.
"Listen up!" the man called, pulling the teacher closer to both him and the gun. "I am going to keep this simple for you brats. I'm only here for four of you. Now, you three," he says, turning his head towards Ran and her friends, ignorant of the blonde creeping towards him, "you come with me. Oh, and bring the one called Suojelija Rey with you," he stated smoothly.
"I'd much rather not, Vodka," Rey stated, from behind him. Vodka turned to get a better view of her as she slipped in front of him and kicked the gun out of his hand. While he was caught off guard, Rey shot forward and hit him in the side, followed by a quick blow to the head. He stumbled back, releasing the teacher, as Rey pulled a gun with silencer. She aimed for him arm and shot before he was completely balanced again. "Oyasumi, Vodka-kun," Rey chuckled as he slumped over, tranquilizer dark poking out of his sleeve. She turned back to the classroom and went to her desk. No body stopped her as she grabbed her bag and pulled out a strange Ipod like device.
"Ano, Suojelija-san?" Ran called. Rey just sent her a glance before turning her gaze back to the Ipod like device. Okay, need to turn on the mic. And how to get my message across… Rey thought, looking around the classroom. Her eyes landed on Vodka's gun. Ah, that's how. She walked over to where the gun had landed, ignoring her classmate's stares. "W-what was that about?" Ran finally asked, stuttering.
"Hmm? Oh that. Just an idiot sent to make sure that no important info from the case your boyfriend's working on got leaked. Let's just say, the group he's working for is not too happy that a detective is on their tail and wanted to silence him, and anyone he might have told," Rey explained cooly, picked up the gun and checking it's amo.
"What? The case Shinichi's working on? How come you know about that? And why would people want to silence him?" Ran asked, caught off guard by Rey's statement. Mummers filled the room, all speculations of what the case the teen detective could be on.
"Yes. Sadly, he got in over his head, and got found out. As for how I know, it's cause I'm one of the people also investigating the case. Now I just need to alert the others, and get you out of here," Rey stated, placing the 'Ipod' on the window cell. She then pointed the gun out the window, aiming at the ground out front.
"Others?" Sonoko asked, taking a step towards Rey, who ignored her. Instead, her finger curled back, pulling the trigger along with it.
*legs give out* Seiza hurts. No wonder my friend's class was allowed to sit regularly (well, guys cross-legged and girls legs to the side) during their tea ceremony. Anyways, again, je suis très désolée tout les monds, j'ai pense que ce chapitre était plus simple que cet était. (Wow, I haven't really used French in over a month, and it's still okay, even the spelling and accents…).
Man, where there many parts in this chapter. Oh well, a bit happened in each. Next chapter will be a continuation of Rey and also Conan's part. So much fun will be had.
By the way, yes, I did check all the travel times, but not the schedules, so I don't really know if it would take only that long, but in a perfect world where everything is timed nicely and there are no accidents, this is about how long it would be. The longest part of their journey is actually the shortest, as it takes 6 hours to get from Osaka to Hiroshima on a regular train, which Rey chose as the BO would expect a hot blooded detective to take the fastest ways out of Osaka, thus taking a regular train would be unthinkable for Hattori.