Detective Conan and Magic Kaito characters, settings, and ideas do not belong to me but to Aoyama Gōshō.
Warnings: Language, minor violence
TMPD Antics
By Taliya
XXIV: Hakuba and Kuroba
The combination fraud and theft case meant both Divisions Two and Three had teamed up. The police were up against a small but well-organized group of three men and two women. Their investigation had tailed and corralled them into a metaphorical corner, and now the five criminals were surrounded in a rare single-family suburban home in Haido-chou, holding the stay-at-home mother and her three-year-old son hostage.
"Ideas?" Saguru whispered to Kaito, whom the half-Briton had purposely partnered up with for this case.
"I have one," Kaito replied, walking swiftly towards Inspectors Momose and Nakamori. Saguru followed, not intending to let Kaito out of his sight. After a brief but heated discussion, the two inspectors reluctantly agreed to go through with Kaito's plan, one that had been unwillingly modified with Saguru's input.
So now the two friends from high school sat, unarmed and bound at the wrists and ankles as replacement hostages for the mother and child with several firearms trained at them.
"Now what?" Saguru hissed. He knew Kaito better than anyone—maybe save Aoko—and knew the magician had multiple methods of escaping. In fact, he was banking on that ability now.
"Now," Kaito quietly announced with a soft lilt in his voice, a mischievous twinkle in his eyes, and a devilish grin on his lips, "It's show time!"
And maybe not for the first time in his life—not that he would ever admit that, even under pain of torture—Saguru looked forward to seeing what sort of havoc his friend could wreck. He pitied the poor sods—they would not know what hit them.
Author's Note: Bonding moment! Saguru's got Kaito's back, and Kaito knows it too. Yeah, I do sort of feel sorry for the criminals in this case. I hope you enjoyed it.
Completed: 18.09.2015