(Attn: Kaito)

[stalking_horse]

[Likely after some time sidetracked helping Belldandy clean, and probably by the time it's pretty late, Saguru will be finding Kaito - hopefully not far from one room or the other that'd be private...]

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[stalking_horse]

Well, Kudo Yusaku was both involved in the Kid case and close with your father; I think it's highly likely he knew your father was Kid, and probably at least knew something was suspicious about his death ... and I'm not sure on the circumstances, but Kudo Shinichi has obviously gone into hiding badly - as if he's avoiding someone where he expects any clear confirmation of his status and location would be lethal. I thought it was unusual; it would have to be some kind of organized group larger than one or two people to justify being that paranoid, and wiping himself off the face of the Earth would be a bit extreme for most normal mafia groups, so I had been wondering.
Conan mentioned that Shinichi had said that one of Toichi's apprentices bothered him - he said he didn't know any more than that, and I thought it was odd, considering he would've rather young at the time; it occurred to me that if one of your father's apprentices had seemed suspicious, it probably wasn't a coincidence. If Shinichi knows about Vermouth, then he knows about them, which would mean that they're the people he's hiding from.

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

[ Yeeeah... he would... definitely have to tell Conan all of this later. ]

That could be true. You detectives do like to stick your heads in messy things, don't you?

[ A pause. ]

I'll ask Conan if he knows anything at all about Shinichi. He trusts me way more than he does you.

[stalking_horse]

If you're doing it right, it's part of the job.

[.........Considering how things went?] That's not very hard, right now.

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

Considering what he has to deal with on a regular basis, he's pretty paranoid... I guess that's what happens when a little kid sees so much death.

[stalking_horse]

[Slow nod] Probably for the better, really; it'll keep him alive.
I know I didn't help matters any.

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

Just give it time. It took him a long time to trust me.

[stalking_horse]

True enough. I still feel rotten about it; I lost my temper at an eight year old. [Yes, the sniping at a kid like that thing did bother him once he calmed down. Oh it's going to be special when he finds out.]

[nothingupmy.livejournal.com]

That's really not that hard to do. Kids are pretty annoying.