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Part 9

A sly smile made its way onto KID's lips as he flashed a glance at his companion. Black hallways, small torches lighting their way and a red carpet stretched along into the endless matter.

'I am uncomfortable' was written all over the face of the detective of the west.

After a felt eternity the butler made a full stop and slowly turned towards a door right on his left. He reached his boney hand out to leave a slow and heavy knock on the wood, letting Heiji flinch at the echo. Immediately a detective's pokerface masked him, not wanting to show any sign of weakness in front of the famous thief.
"Beautiful Akako-sama, your fellow visitors arrived."
"Step inside~"
Heiji did not await to face such beauty as the doors opened to reveal a large blood red bedroom. The black haired girl showed a sweet luring smile towards him, it was magically pulling him towards this gorgeous female and his cheeks flamed up in the process. It wasn't that he snapped out until Kaito gently ellbowed him, a sarcastic eyeroll accompanying his action.
"Hattori you're drooling."

A sweet charming giggle emitted our of Akako's throat, immediately setting the detective's attention back to her. Realizing Hattori wouldn't be of much use in this house Kaito used his chance to speak.
"Akako-chan, I need you to explain him what you found out..."
"Oh I do know why you are here, Kaito KID... "
How she found out about his identity was a riddle to Hattori, KID imitated his best friend so well it was scaring him. The witch let out a playful sigh, stepping towards her mirror and beginning to brush her black hair which Hattori looked like drowning in.
"And you brought such a handsome man~ Is he your tribute of respect for me~?"
Before Kaito could answer, she already cut him off by stepping close and gently grasping Hattori's chin, pulling him slightly closer at it.
"Oh don't worry~ I know who you are, Hattori Heiji..."
Hattori was done, his mind shut down and he didn't even realize it. With the detective a blushing, flattered and drooling mess Kaito couldn't help but facepalm in annoyance.
"Akako would you please stop fooling around?!"
The witch shot a quick smirk at the magician below the moonlight and stepped back, cooing a gentle "Listen to me, Hattori-kun~" at his companion.

"Two boys are born, sharing one soul~ One emotionless and logical, one of fierce emotions and childish exitement~ Say, could you picture anybody like this?"
Of course Hattori couldn't as he was currently drowning in her seductive eyes.
"This fate was chosen for your best friend, Kudo Shinichi. He is bound to another person, sharing his destiny. He needs to find his counterpart, yet who could it be? A student at light, a phantom at night, say, did you find out? Kaito KID is his counterpart, sharing the same fate~"
Kaito mentally facepalmed yet his pokerface remained. He somehow guessed beforehand Akako would bath in Hattori's attention and put on a small show for him, as much as she adored to play a sweet girl for all the boys swooning over her.
"A half soul is a dangerous threat, KID and Kudo need to bind before their life ends. If one dies the other will too, a half soul declares half the life span. Kudo could die any moment~ KID recognized his danger too, whatever harsh pain the poor detective feels it affects him just as bad. So hurry, detective of the west, hurry and save your poor friend~"

As she silenced all Hattori could do was giving a small baffled nod, his heart fluttering as she gave him a small innocent wink. God, her long eyelashes send a shock through his body. Completely unaffected by this, Kaito pulled Heiji with a groan out of the room and exhaled softly, letting her hand him a small bottle he put into his pocket.
"Thanks Akako, but next time, please make sure his mind is still working."
"It was my pleasure~ And if you stumble into a deadly situation, pull off the lid and watch real magic take its turn."
Kaito snorted at this remark and continued to pull the detective along. Finally out of the house and back in the chilly night air, Heiji slowly managed to let his mind catch up with his body.
"...goddammit... hella beautiful..."
Gladly noticing the detective took note of everything she said, a pokerface spread across their faces until Heiji broke it a few painful minutes later.
"So... if he dies you will die. And if you die he will die. That's basically it. And if you... get together, he can live longer. But you too. Ah I don't know..."
"Consider it, Hattori. The world wins not only a marvellous detective but a marvellous entertainer too~"
"Don't flatter yaself too much KID, I'm not going to ever trust ya."

A comfortable silence spread between these two this time as they returned towards the train station. Heiji didn't await this, perhaps KID was more than he looked like. He would definitely figure this out later. Kaito shifted a little, now that the detective knew about their shared fate he didn't know what to do now. But that was the reason he insisted on an alliance, after all.
"Where are we going now?"
"First of all I want to inspect Kudo's house. Perhaps any clue is there to where he went and if he got kidnapped inside his house at all."
A small nod of the phantom thief was all he received, Heiji couldn't help but chuckle at how helpless the great magician was at such a topic.

Yet no one was perfect, right?