Hunt For The Mystical Medals

Disclaimer:
Detective Conan is owned by Gosho Aoyama
Kamen Rider OOO is owned by Ishimori Productions

The various guest characters appearing in every arc are owned by their respective owners.

Surprise, surprise. Last chapter I stated that this chapter will start the new arc, but instead I'll be putting in a "filler" since I'm going to "modify" some of the upcoming chapters. So for now enjoy this "stand alone" arc while awaiting the next arc…

At his "resting place", which is a lavish house somewhere within Tokyo, Kaito Kuroba is sipping tea while sitting on a chair in front of a table where a laptop is turned on, where earlier footages of Shinichi Kudo is shown in action, and then a new footage is shown, where scenes of Shinichi are shown in action, only this time he is being controlled by a red-colored, anthropomorphic right forearm attached onto Shinichi's right forearm, as if he is wearing a glove. The Phantom Thief Kid is rubbing his chin at the sight, having seen him first since the Neko Yummy incident that involves a high school girl whose gluttonous desire brought his attention. (see ch 23-30: Cat, Light Music Girl, Glutton)

"Hmm...Ankh, huh? I wonder why of all people he possesses, why Shinichi? he's my rival, yet some mystical creature took over his body...though I see this as a way to keep him alive until his body sufficiently recovers...that is...if you stay near him without going beyond 10 minutes..."

Since seeing the incident, he started to follow him and Kyuji Hino around, wanting to know what happened to teen detective, which led him to follow them towards the cruise liner involving a hijack by terrorists and Ryo Saeba, but has lost track of them afterwards after the terrorists are defeated and had to escape being seen by the Tokyo anti-terror squad and from Taiwan. (see ch 31-40: Runaway Girl, City Hunter, Cruise Ship)

However, he managed to pick up a Cell Medal after the Neko Yummy is defeated, and while taking a stroll, he witnessed Ankh using one to activate a Ride Vendor after being taunted by Kousei Kougami on how the weapons designed by the Kougami Foundation are useful should the Greed "contributed" his Cell Medals which Ankh scoffed at first. (see ch 41-46: Research, Hidden Nest, Super GALS)

After the monitor where Kougami is shown was turned off, Kaito looked around to see if he could find one and saw a Ride Vendor in vending machine mode nearby and approached it. After making sure no one is watching, he slots in a Cell Medal and presses a button, in which the machine transforms and assumed into motorcycle mode and there the Phantom Thief make off with the vehicle and head for his place after seeing that no one is after him.

"Looks like I got something worth more than just monetary goods…"

Surprisingly, it appeared that Kougami is apparently aware that someone else has gotten the Ride Vendor but didn't mind it as he saw, via a secret monitor, who took it, and he seemed to know about Kaito. Erika Satonaka, his personal secretary, also knows about him, telling Kougami about his exploits as well as escaping every trap that Jirokichi Suzuki places on.

"So…the Phantom Thief has also gotten a hold of the Ride Vendor…which means he too have discovered the existence of the Cell Medals…which also means that he too has know about the Greed…SPLENDID! VERY SPLENDID INDEED!"

"Indeed, president…in fact, I have information about him…"

"Splendid…let me here it…"

"According to the information I gathered, Kaito Kuroba is a seventeen-year-old high school student who is an adept magician due to the influence of his father, Toichi Kuroba. Eight years prior, Toichi had mysteriously died and was also the last time the Phantom Thief Kid was spotted. Eight years later, in the present time, Kaito discovers a secret room in his home that was set up by his father to reveal itself on that very day. Finding the Phantom Thief Kid's gadgets and costume in the room, Kaito dons the disguise and decides to confront Kid who has recently resurfaced after his eight years of absence. Kaito discovers Kid to be Konosuke Jii, who turned out to be his father's butler, who ascertains Toichi was the first Phantom Thief Kid. Jii reveals his took on the role as Kid to lure out Toichi's murderer. Upon learning that his father was murdered, Kaito continues the role of the Phantom Thief Kid as he searches for his father's killer. His father's butler gave Kaito his blessings and wishes him luck."

"Splendid. Anything else?"

"Yes ,sir. As the Phantom Thief Kid, Kaito uses his skills of perfect disguise and the gadgets his father left him to complete his heists. The most prominent of those gadgets are his cape which transforms into a hang-glider, a gun that shoots sharp metallic playing cards, and smoke bombs. To lure out the murderers, Kaito adopts a tradition of sending a note of his intending theft to the location beforehand. After a successful heist, Kaito either return the stolen treasures or throws them away."

"Splendid…but tragic…I wonder if he has found a good ending…"

"I believe he has, president. As the Phantom Thief Kid, Kaito eventually meets the organization who killed his father. He discovers they are searching for the gemstone called "Pandora", which grants immortality if the water it emits during Volley's Comet is drank. Pandora is hidden in a larger gemstone and can only be seen if shone under the moonlight. Kaito decides to search for Pandora with the intention of destroying it and begins focusing his heists on large gemstones. As such, he begins the tradition of checking gemstones from his heists under the moonlight before returning them to their rightful owners."

"HA-HA! HOW VERY SPLENDID INDEED! BEING A MAGICIAN, THE PHANTOM THIEF KID CAN USE MAGIC TO DUPLICATE CEL MEDALS! THAT WAY HE WON'T HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST ME TO COLLECT CELLD MEDALS! HOW VERY SPLENDID INDEED!"

"Yes, president…"

"Satonaka…what if we contact him and offer him a job in collecting Cell Medals…? Who knows…perhaps his magic to duplicate Cell Medals can be of use to us and the Foundation…"

However, Shintaro Gotoh verbally steps in and voiced his opposition, having heard of Kaito's exploits as the Phantom Thief Kid, and knows very well that it would b a disaster if Kougami chooses his suggestion to hire Kaito into the Kougami Foundation.

"President! I am against it!"

"And why is that?"

"You know why! He's a thief! And a master of disguise! Imagine if he disguises himself as you and made off with your fortune and everything you worked for? It would eventually lead to the collapse of what you started!"

"Calm yourself, Gotoh…it was just a suggestion…I don't think he is that narrow-minded to go head-on against me…"

After that, business went on as usual at the Kougami Foundation despite the fact that a Ride Vendor was taken away by Kaito, and Gotoh is baffled as to why Kougami chose not to go after him.

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Back at the present, Kaito is able to use "unknown means" to make sure the Ride Vendor he "stole" won't be traced and soon a Taka Candroid arrives along with the Batta Candroid, and there Kaito attaches a USB cable and attaches the candroid to the laptop in which a footage is about to be shown to him via the monitor.

"Okay...now to see what Ankh has been doing with Shinichi's body and what progress has he made..."

The footage then played and showed the following footage shown in a series of sequences on what Ankh's "exploits" are, and there Kaito noted the following situations the Greed got himself involved in:

- Ankh got pinned by Uva after being deceived by a false information regarding Core Medals;

- Witnessing O's using the Lion Medal in conjunction with the other two to defeat the Bison Yummy;

- Seeing Ankh assume Conan Edogawa's form as he teams up with the Detective Boys to solve a series of kidnapping involving schoolchildren which led them to a deranged surgeon who intends to form his own "human centipede", which Kaito is quite impressed at the Greed adjusting to use detective methods;

- Then Ankh works with Ai and Kyuji in finding out who the mad bomber is which led them to the discovery of the escaped Teiji Moriya, and that how the Greed is able to find the bombs hidden in three of five skyscrapers. Kaito also discovered that Kiyoto Maki is someone not to be messed with so he's keeping an eye on him.

Kaito also discovered the nature of the Greed, starting with Kazari, seeing him lose his Core Medals and the result is the loss of his body armor. The same thing happened with Uva and Mezeru and wondered if he should try the same on them should he encounter one. He pondered on how to accomplish that feat since only O's can do that since he is powered by three Core Medals.

"Hmm…I suppose I should figure out how the Core Medals work…"

After that, he turns off the connection and the two Candroids assume their "dormant" forms as cans, as he decided to take a rest. it is soon revealed that Kaito is also a magician as he uses "magic" to duplicate Cell Medals so that he won't have to find a Yummy to pilfer medals whenever O's defeated it. He then opens a drawer where the Hikuidori Medal is kept and he ponders on whether to give it to Ankh or not.

"Hmm...should I give it to Ankh or not...? I wonder if giving it to him would assure that he heals Shinichi's body...?"

After much thinking, Kaito keeps the medal and decided to retire for the night. He looked forward to meeting Ankh again to see how much progress the Greed is making in keeping Shinichi alive.

To Be Continued…

Sorry for the rather short chapter, but this chapter is meant to be a "recap" of sorts to look back at how Kaito had the impression of the Greed controlling Shinichi Kudo's body. Rest assure that the next chapters will follow the upcoming arcs.

Preview:

The next chapter will be the star of a nw arc as Uva makes his move and creates a Yummy to deal with O's using a writer. Moreover, Shintaro Gotoh makes a move to prove that he is better suited in dealing with the Greed than O's and Ankh, given his dislike and distrust to the two. This would result in a conflict between the said parties which may lead to disastrous results.

Note:

By December 25 to 31, I'll be offline from so as to take a Christmas break and at the same time work on the future chapters of Hunt For The Mystical Medals, but will be back on the first week of January 2012. I will still read other fanfics while I have the time, so I would like to say Merry Christmas to you all.