KaiShin Short Story

~Ni~

4:29a.m., Saturday

KID flew through the harsh rain, barely able to see anything. His vision was fading with every drop of blood that fell. He flew past building after building. His mind had become fuzzy. Too fuzzy, in fact, to think about the consequences of somebody seeing him flying home. He suddenly began to drop, but caught it and shook himself awake. This continued on for minutes on end.

4:31a.m., Kuroba Residence, Saturday

Kaito had thankfully left his window open before he left, so he had somewhere to get in. He dove into his room through the window and crashed into the wall. He groaned in pain as he slowly sat up, and removed his hat, cape and monocle. He then stood after gathering all of KID's attire and slipped into the picture of his father.

9:53a.m., Kuroba Residence, Saturday

Jii walked into the living room and looked around. No Kaito to be seen.

"Kaito-bocchama? Are you home?"

Jii then walked into Kaito's room, only to see that it had been destroyed. The bed was not made, the papers were scattered, and worst of all, there was a large blood smudge on the wall directly across from the window. Jii gasped as he then entered the secret room through the painting.

"Bocchama?"

He called out as he entered. There, sprawled out on the floor, lay an unconscious Kaito. Jii ran to him, turned him onto his back-

"Bocchama! You're- You're bleeding!"

Kaito slowly lifted his eyelids. His eyes were bloodshot and his body was cold. Jii stared down at him with wide eyes and concern covering his face.

"Jii...chan?"

Kaito called out, his voice hoarse and quiet. Jii choked on his own words as he continued to worry.

"Bocchama, what... what happened to you?! W-Why're you in this condition?!"

Kaito slightly smiled and coughed.

"It's... fine. If I... j-just rest I-"

Kaito began to cough up blood mid-sentence. This caused Jii to lift Kaito's shirt to see a large bullet shaped wound in Kaito's left abdomen. Jii laid Kaito's head down and ran back into the living room. From there, he could hear Kaito's staggered coughs and ragged voice calling out to him. When Jii returned, he saw Kaito leaning against the wall of his room, creating a trail of blood against the wall as he walked.

"Bocchama! You shouldn't move!"

"Jii-chan... I'm fine. I just need to-"

Kaito winced, lost his balance and fell. Upon hitting the floor, he groaned in pain and brought his knees closer to his face. Jii dropped to his knees and put an arm around Kaito's waist, then hoisted him up and onto his bed. Suddenly, interrupting the two, someone knocked on the door. Kaito gestured for Jii to go answer, and he did, reluctantly.

"Sorry to bother you, but Kaito KID was sighted near here, do you have any idea as to where he could be?"

Kaito jerked his head up and peeked out the door. At the front door stood a small child with dark blue eyes and dark brown hair. Kaito stared in disbelief and worry as Jii began talking.

"I'm afraid I don't know anything about Kaito Kid-"

"This place is a mess. Did you get into a fight with someone?"

Jii shot a glance at the room behind him-the living room- and then back to the boy.

"No, I was just looking for something and got carried away. Now, if you don't mind little boy, I have things to do."