Detective Conan Fanfiction: Kiss of Death

Grandson

Rei was dumbfounded.

Of all the years of being an agent, he was absolutely helpless.

Before his eyes were the young bespectacled boy who was crouching, with chin to his knees and he was rocking back and forth. His lifeless eyes were staring intently at the ground, as if he wanted to memorise the patterns of the floor.

Rei was unsure how to comfort him. First was Cedric's death, then Megure's and Genta's, and now the news of the massacre at the headquarters. The platinum blond clenched his fist tightly, with eyes burning in pure resentment.

"Those bastards... Insulting us like that," he spat venom, while examining the pictures of the outcome of the massacre, "they made them into children and induced them to get into a killing spree... it was as if they were taunting-"

"-that in their eyes, we are just children playing, self-destructing ourselves by fighting against the Black Organisation," Conan finished his sentence.

"They took Hidemi Hondou as well, Eisuke called me up for back-up," he said. Rei was more than frantic now.

No, no! Not Hidemi. Anyone, but Hidemi. There's no one left that I care about -Rei thought.

"Then go," Conan replied, "because of the unforeseen massacre that they pulled, our initial plan and formation is ruined. I'll try to hold off the investigation of Genta for now. I should be able to do that myself."

"Are you... sure..?" Rei questioned, hesitant to leave Conan by himself.

Conan did not even bother to look at him.

"Just get out of here-"

Rei swore he saw a teardrop, but the reflection made by Conan's glasses hindered it. Rei glanced at him one last time, before rushing off to the scene.

What a broken detective.

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"Huh? What do you mean you can't come here right now?" Jodie said, scratching her head in frustration through the phone.

"I was supposed to, but because of that massacre and Hidemi being withheld hostage now, I cannot be there. I know I promised to protect Shiho Miyano, but I can't. Jodie, I'm entrusting the job to you, okay?" Akai said via the phone.

"Alright..." Jodie sighed in defeat. There was doubt in her ability to do so, but this was Akai... He hardly asks anyone a favour, but there he was, placing all his trust on her.

"And Jodie-?"

"Yes Shu-?"

"Let's talk after everything's done," he said before hanging up. She sighed loudly again.

"Everything okay, Jodie?" Agasa asked, concerned.

"Just fine," she replied, "except that Akai would be a little late. It'll be bad if someone would attack us now. Everything's going haywire, we have very few agents left, so be on guard."

All of a sudden, there was a loud clashing of windows, made by an unknown item. The item turned out to be a speaker.

"Now, let's play a little game of hide and seek, Sherry-"

Ai was at the corner of the room, immediately terrified.

"Over my dead body, you sick crook," Jodie said in spite, as the three of them ran for safety.

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Vermouth and Vinsanto were heading to Eisuke's place, in the same violet car. Vinsanto was the first to break the silence, "so Eisuke Hondou requested to have the exchange on a rooftop? I wonder what for?"