I feel like Tuxedo Mask was the inspiration of Kaitou KID…
I feel like Tuxedo Mask was the inspiration of Kaitou KID…
“…Okay, I know. Sailor Moon was more popular, it took off, it got an anime, it was known outside of Japan. People will always jump to that guy when they see me. But let me explain something to you…”
“Tuxedo Mask was apparently introduced in the first chapter of Sailor Moon. In 1992. I was introduced in 1987.”
“So please do me a favour and never say that again. Thank you.”
His eyes followed the other’s hand as it got close, though he made no move to knock the other’s hand away, relaxed as he was around his double… Or, knda former double? …Yeah… still felt more than a little weird, though he’s gotten a little more used to things.
“Yes. If you want proof…” Kaito grinned, which likely looked very out of place on someone who’s smiles were more along the lines of smirks. “Does anyone else you know know about our little game of ‘tag’?”
Well, if the grin wasn’t enough to convince him, then that certainly was.
“Oh my god.” The magician slapped a hand over his mouth, lips stretching into a grin that was eerily similar to the one on…Spider? The thief? This was just so weird and strangely funny and all kinds of unexpected and Kaito only barely managed to choke back an astonished laugh, amazed eyes locked on his other self.
…Could he still call him that, though? Since, technically…
“How–? Doesn’t seem like something Akako would do, but–” It was difficult to hold still and keep his hands to himself and he couldn’t help but reach out again, fingers curiously brushing against the other’s cheek. “Holy crap.”
The other’s reaction only made him grin wider, and really, the magician being around and mostly treating him like usual helped put him at ease, even with all of this. Kinda hard to see most people like this in the first place, when most didn’t know Spider, and the ones that did might not be happy to see him.
“Still not sure about that, actually…” Kaito replied, absently smoothing out his hair. One good thing about disguising, looking entirely different and all the various, though usually faked, changes along with it felt halfway natural. Just… more odd when he knows he can’t take things off and go back to his usual self.
“I’m starting to think it may have to do with the last heist I did… Hope not, though, since the gem’s already been sent to be returned…”
A little startled at the touch in his hair, Kaito turned to look over his shoulder, almost dropping the cards he’d been working with when he recognised her. Might’ve been a bit too focused after getting something familiar (hopefully the assassin wouldn’t mind too much, and he kept the receipt to pay him pay for them later anyway) to help him keep his hands busy to have noticed Ran coming close to the bench.
…Why was she running her hands though his hair? One thing in his normal body, they were fairly comfortable with each other by now that it wasn’t strange, but right now? …Did she know Spider? Or was this for some other reason?
“Umm… Did you need something?” He asked, giving a small smile to, hopefully, hide most of the surprise just seeing her.
His eyes followed the other’s hand as it got close, though he made no move to knock the other’s hand away, relaxed as he was around his double… Or, kinda former double? …Yeah… still felt more than a little weird, though he’s gotten a little more used to things.
“Yes. If you want proof…” Kaito grinned, which likely looked very out of place on someone who’s smiles were more along the lines of smirks. “Does anyone else you know know about our little game of ‘tag’?”
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(”To be fair, I don’t think I caused so many Kaitos to exist. I just think I’m partially responsible for connecting them and getting them to chat with each other. Because, and trust me, mun and I looked, there hadn’t seemed to be any of that before I went around and poked more of me. And if there somehow was and we missed it, it wasn’t a regular occurrence.”)
(…)
Hssss!
(It had to be done)
Okay, he’s out. Hadn’t really taken him long to figure out where he was, either, once he found a subway station, and really, he could technically walk home. Just about a few hours away on foot. …Which was unnerving, as it meant an assassin was fairly close to him, but good to know right now.
…Though, it was hard to guess if the other would still be there. Kaito… had been a bit wary of going out when more wisps were showing up from time to time, and it took some time to figure out they appeared because of his emotions. Funny, since he’d been trying to keep some of his poker face after a while, but it seemed these didn’t care for how he looked, just how he felt… Much harder to hide, that.
So the magician hadn’t come out until he could get whatever those were under control, and that meant… well, he wasn’t entirely sure what to do now. Could go find his house and wait. Or hang around the hotel until Spider showed up. Either way, though, he just knew he didn’t want to hang around inside the place, so he’d decided to step out for air and to learn his location. But with knowing how close he was…
Kaito sighed, glancing down at the still dark skin of his hand before looking up at the hotel he now knew he was staying at.
…Now what?
The magician woke up very slowly. Not too much of a surprise, he’d just done a heist the night before, though the sleep daze was enough to make him wonder if he was still dreaming. Took him a while to become aware enough to fill out the checklist of: Not my room, not my clothes (what he had of them), and a bigger wake up call of ‘very likely not my body’.
Oh kami…
Soon after the realisation set in, a flash of orange to the side of his vision made him turn his head, wondering if something else was in the room, though forgot how to breath for a moment when he saw what is was. More out of having no idea what was going on on top of more of the same than actual fear of the whisp moving like electricity beside him. And nothing happened with it, the hings was just… there, and even slowed and faded as he got used to it and calmed down a bit.
…Freaky, but okay… Just… going to try and figure out what’s going on now… …If the chain on the door and the layout meant anything, this was more likely a hotel. Nice start. He can figure out where after he gets some clothes and figures out where things like the room key could be… Wait.
Okay, quick check, and the door didn’t seem to be locked from the outside in any way. Not trapped here, then…
He’s honestly a bit more hesitant to see how he looks. Shouldn’t be too jarring, many disguises as he’s worn, he could use that mentality, but this one isn’t a mask… Well, he’ll have to know eventually. Kinda in coping shock anyway, focusing on things to do than anything else. Might as well get a shirt first then…
…Solid colour long sleeves should work, picking out the blue one, but… The suits in the closet seem uncomfortably familiar… But that…
Ohgodohgodohgod, okay now he’s more in normal shock. And trying to breath. Focus, count them out… Why the hell was he in Spider’s body!!??
Kaito stared, transfixed on his reflection, half wanting to turn away, half just so curious as to how he looked. Because the white skin the illusionist had during his show wasn’t there. And there seemed to be something over his eye. Which, after a long pause and then a slow closing of that eye, was shown to be a purple spider tattoo… Was this what the assassin really looked like?
…Wait, couldn’t get distracted by that, welcome though the pull away from panic had been… The better question was… Did this mean Spider was in his body?
…He needed to go home. …As soon as he figured out where he was, anyway.
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