Paring: KaiShin – Kaito x Shinichi (eventually)

Warning: BL, boyxboy, rated m for later chapters (I'm rating it now since I'm afraid I'll forget later)

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, Detective Conan or Magic Kaito – they belong to Gosho Aoyama

A/N: This is my first fanfic longer than one chapter ^^ I'll do my best to upload frequently as I have the story planned out

~Kaito's POV ~

"The Raven's gone!"

The place was crawling with policemen. Every one of them was hurrying up and down the many halls and sections of the ridiculously big hotel, yelling orders and directions. Determination was evident in their faces. They truly believed it to be the night they would finally catch the infamous phantom thief. This would be the day the police would capture KID. The moment someone had noticed that the Red-Eyed Raven was missing from its proud spot in the great hall, they were absolutely certain that KID was right under their noses.

He pushed his way through the crowd, adjusted his police uniform and cried out, "Nakamori, sir! KID's been spotted near the eastern fire escape. He's moving downwards, sir!"

Inspector Nakamori's eyes widened at the information, knowing that that exit in particular was fairly unguarded. He ordered every officer within reach to head towards the eastern exit and ran ahead to be in the lead.

The young man in uniform who'd offered them the crucial new piece of information was the only one not heading in that direction as he swiftly went in the opposite direction. He ran up the many stairs as he made his way towards the rooftop where he'd be able to fly off to a place where he could investigate the beautifully sculpted raven-statuette with its glowing red ruby eyes. Despite the police force's best intentions it had been surprisingly easy for him to sneak into the building in his disguise – and even easier to create enough of a diversion to steal the Raven off its pedestal. He felt the cool brush of wind across his face as he pushed upon the door to the rooftop. At the sight of another person on the roof he stopped mid-step. He kept his poker face in place as the person turned around to face him.

"That's as far as you're gonna get, KID," the person proclaimed with great confidence. He grinned as he immediately recognized his favorite critic, Shinichi Kudou, the high school detective who always made his heists more interesting. Where the police might not be clever enough to be a match for KID, Shinichi Kudou surely was.

Keeping the grin on his face he snapped his fingers and smoke wrapped around him. By the time the smoke had cleared he was once again clad in his signature Kaitou KID costume. The detective's face remained utterly unimpressed – and slightly annoyed.

"My, my," KID began. "If it isn't Tantei-kun!" The detective in question flinched at the name. He'd never figured out how KID knew he was Conan Edogawa but it clearly made him uncomfortable that he did. He quickly poised himself, though.

"Just hand over the Raven, KID," he said irritably. "And turn yourself in now you're at it." KID grinned at the annoyed look on the other's face. It had been quite some time since his Tantei-kun had bothered showing up at a heist and he had really missed the challenge.

"Oh, I could never do that," he laughed. "How would I ever see my favorite little critic, then?" Once again Shinichi flinched at the Conan-reference and narrowed his eyes. He had quite pretty eyes, KID noted in the back of his mind. Pretty blue ones. And the pretty blue eyes were still narrowed at him.

"May I ask how you're up here and not downstairs?" KID asked in mild curiosity. Not only had he fooled the police a few minutes ago, he'd even left little hints around the place to indicate which route would be more logical for an escape. The detective's face lit up with smug pride, the way it always did when he got a chance to show off his skills. KID felt like smiling. He really had missed the detective. Maybe for more than just the challenge.

"It was quite easy to tell that the all those little clues for your escape were just a tat too convenient and obvious. And judging from your previous heist it's clear that you prefer fleeing by flight as it makes you harder to catch," Shinichi said, once again beaming with confidence. KID summoned a pigeon. It landed gracefully on his shoulder while its master eyed Shinichi with a new realization: he liked having the detective around. He liked the confidence, the smug arrogance and the thrill of having the full attention of those beautiful blue eyes. Three more pigeons appeared on his shoulders. He stepped further unto the roof until he was standing by the edge next to Shinichi. He conjured a white rose and put it behind the detective's ear. Said detective was just about to jump back in surprise and say something as KID snapped his fingers and was engulfed by a cloud of pigeons. Before the Shinichi could possibly see what was going on he jumped off the rooftop and into a nearby air vent, sending him straight down.

When he'd changed into his daily clothes he snuck back into the massive crowd of bystanders in front of the hotel. He held a pair of soda cans in his hands to secure his alibi and quickly sought out his friend Aoko who waited for him impatiently.

"That took you forever!" she yelled angrily at the sight of him.

"Sorry, the line was huge," he lied effortlessly and held up the two cans. A bit of her anger evaporated at the prospect of a cool drink, it was a really warm evening and standing so closed to the other bystanders had only added to the heat. She took one of the cans from his hands and proceeded to pout instead of yelling. She turned around to face a pretty brunette girl beside her.

"Luckily you were here, Mouri-san, or I'd have been bored out of my mind. Who the hell takes that long to get drinks?!" she said. "This is my friend Kaito, by the way." The girl smiled at him charmingly and introduced herself as Ran Mouri.

"Well, it was just so nice to have someone to talk to while my friend was working," the Ran laughed. "Oh, there he is!" She jumped up a little while waving eagerly at the figure coming out of the building next to Nakamori. Kaito realized with astonishment just who the person was as he waved back at the girl. It was Shinichi! He made his way through the curious audience.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Ran. It took longer than I'd originally calculated," he said as he went to stand next to the girl. Kaito was split between wanting to regain the detective's attention and making a run for it before he could see his face. But he didn't have to make that decision as Ran turned towards him and Aoko.

"It's okay. Nakamori-san here kept me company," Ran smiled. Shinichi raised an eyebrow at Aoko's last name, obviously making the connection between her and the man he'd whose side he'd just left. Aoko just smiled at him, approving of anyone working to help her father catch KID.

"Hi, I'm Aoko Nakamori," she introduced herself. "You must be Shinichi Kudou! My dad mentioned you." He nodded with a slight smile on his face. He looked at Kaito who had remained quiet the whole time. Kaito felt a smile appear on his face at having the detective's attention once again.

"Kaito Kuroba," he introduced himself as he opened his can of soda to divert his own attention from Shinichi who just smiled at him with a polite, "nice to meet you."

It felt surreal to have Shinichi smile at him like that. The closest he'd ever gotten from their previous encounters were the proud smirks that accompanied the lengthy explanations of how he'd cracked the code in one of KID's warning letters. Kaito decided that he rather liked that smile. He liked it a lot. Almost as much as the smug smirk. It dawned on him.

Kaito had always known when he truly wanted something. And he'd always made sure he got it. When he was little he would look at a toy in a store and know he wanted it and he'd stop at nothing in bargaining with his mother to get it. He would look at the larger piece of cake on a plate and know he wanted it. Look at a video game and know it was meant to be in his possession.

And at this current moment he knew he wanted Shinichi Kudou. And he was going to make sure he got him.