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It was just an ordinary night like every other in Kudo's mansion. The usual warmth from both the coffee and the fire were wrapping the scent of the whole living room. Yeah, this was what everybody would name a nice evening, or at least, that's what Shinichi Kudo thought until then.
Moments later, a noise, much like a fall from the sky hitting the grass, was heard inside the living room where Shinichi was enjoying his coffee. Wondering what that was about, the young detective, 21 years old, walked over the principal door and noticed somebody getting up from the grass in his garden. A white suit was the first thing the brunette noticed about the other person, probably a man. Well, Shinichi could say goodbye to his peaceful night since this 'white person' appeared...
Kaitou KID was the name of the white figure, if you're wondering. It isn't very common that a thief was found in a place where criminals will get turned in. Lady Luck seemed to be on the magician's side because the detective wasn't going to arrest an injured criminal and especially Kaitou KID since he was, after all, a very good magician and his 'non-injured and non-death' policy was something you wouldn't expect from a common thief or criminal and that's what Shinichi admired of the thief the most, but of course, he was never going to share this with the thief. So, capturing him like this was out of question. The thief seemed to pass out soon enough on the garden, but before he could fall, the detective caught him by his arm and brought him inside the house.
Somebody shot at the phantom thief, the bruise on his hip was clearly made by a bullet, but luckily, it didn't seem to have injured the young man, but his glider went nuts due to a stray bullet and caused his fall and consequently the hit on his head. The sake of everybody came first, he just didn't think about himself, that's how he works. He believed strictly that the truth may free the pain, even if it's about murder which Shinichi never found a real reason to do something like that. Bringing a thief inside a house was something wrong, but Kaitou KID was no ordinary thief, he seemed to steal jewels, but in the end, he will bring them back without harming anybody. That makes no sense, but Shinichi was no fool and after few heists he took into, he knew that KID was after something specific. The gap of eight years, the rumors about Kaitou KID's death and his sudden return didn't go unnoticed to the Heisei Holmes.
Walking through the several rooms of the mansion, Shinichi managed to drag the thief to his room and lay him down on the bed. Seeing the sleeping face of the magician reassured the detective that the phantom was still alive and safe. They're no ordinary detective and thieves, most of all because they did something that nobody would ever suspect... they worked together at times, like two friends, for the sake of everybody, of course. If Kaitou KID is a savior in the darkness, then Shinichi is the savior in the light. The young detective reached for the first aid-kit in the bathroom, then walking back to the room, Shinichi called for Haibara, a little girl who once was Shiho Miyano, a criminal who worked for a secret criminal organization. After she complained about the hour Shinichi called her, she came and saw the light bruise on his hip. No bones injured, that was a relief, it would be easy to clean, that's what Haibara said. In fact, after picking from the kit the hydrogen peroxide, the little girl made it spill on the bruise and heard the sleeping man yell in pain.
In the end, Ai wrapped a sterile gauze around the bruise and repeated this operation on the bruise on the head of the thief paying attention to not remove the hat and the monocle. He didn't want to know the identity of the thief like this... it wasn't fair. After Haibara's instructions to make him sleep for the night and give some painkillers in the morning, she waved and walked back to Agasa's house which was in the neighborhood, Shinichi took a chair and positioned it close to the bed of the now-sleeping thief, Shinichi soon fell asleep on the edge of the bed with Kaitou being unconsciously happy.
This is how their story begins.