"I win!" the boy giggled back flipping onto a flagpole "you know what that means!" a golden necklace glittered around his neck a large ruby shown in the middle of it. His prize of the night, and symbol that he had beat his opponent
"H-how did you!"
"They don't call me 'phantom' thief for nothing!" the boy giggled more "I hope you enjoyed my show my ex-hunter friend" he waved before using a window sill above him to hoist his body higher up the building. He used one window after another until he reached the top. He ran off out of sight of the newly retired bounty hunter.
Judais POV
"Aniki! Aniki!" I turned slightly to see a blunette running to me with a worried expression and a piece of newspaper clutched in his hand
"What's up sho?"
"The bounty on your head skyrocketed! An extra million yen to whoever can catch you!"
"Really!" I felt my face light up as I grabbed the paper. Sure enough there it was. My masked face on the front page. I'd run 18 hunters out of business with such a simple game! I mean the traps they make are so obvious it hurts! I'm not the best thief in the world by a long shot, but with all I've beat I can see why people would think that.
"Has asuka given me a new target?"
"well yes but you should relax I mean you got a target last nigh-"
"send the notice sho" I smirked who will be my victim tonight…
Johans POV
I trudged into the large town, my backpack hanging loosely over my shoulder; Jim however was just fine even if we'd been walking for days. Everyone in the town was in a jumpy gossipy state saying something about the 'phantom' being back. Now I'm not one for ghost stories but these people didn't look as scared as they looked interested.
"What do you think there talking about?" my assuie friend looked to me curiously.
"Let's find out" I mumbled we walked over to a small group of girls chatting to no end while holding a newspaper
"Hey ladies." I called approaching them they turned, at least three of them flushed a red color and smiled dreamily "what's all this about a phantom?"
"You don't know?" one asked leaning in a bit I shook my head
"He's the best thief of the century!" another exclaimed holding her arms in the air Jim raised an eye brow.
"He's stolen countless items and lately every bounty hunter that challenges him retired after their failed attempt to catch him!" a third explained
"I bet he's really hot" the second one got a dreamy look on her face and the first one started shaking her genially to get her out of her day dream.
"Well what about him? If he's done all this stuff why is everyone talking now?"
"Well the bounty on his capture just went up a million yen" I started choking on air
"w-what? A million? How much was it before?"
"Twenty million"
"What?" come to think of it that seems to be what we need. I mean… running away isn't as easy as it sounds… Jim and I'll need the money for school and stuff. So catching this thief is our only shot
"Ohh and he put a notice on this huge pearl about an hour ago!"
"What time? Where?"
"At nightfall, in that museum over their" the fourth one pointed behind her to a large museum. The sign read 'nature and science' leading me to believe it was normally used for children.
"Thanks!"
"You're bounty hunters?"
"nope." Jim smiled
"Well good luck!" the second one cheered
"Thanks again!" Jim and I walked quietly towards the museum.
"We should split up" I whispered to him "well be able to set more traps and seem less threatening that way"
"You really think we can catch him?"
"We can try!" Jim chuckled
"Ok."
Judais POV
"Who will be my opponent tonight?" I stared through my binoculars out into the city below. On the ground were lots of hunters. Too many to count. I only wanted to take one challenge. The one that was more than just the nights target to me. I wanted to really test myself against whoever I chose. My sight fell on a blue haired boy holding a back pack. He was smirking like he had tricks up his sleeve his eyes gleamed with determination and he looked to be rather poor. I smiled.
Johans POV
God there are a lot of people here. Looks like we're not the only ones in need of money…
"You!" the voice boomed in a playful manner, all attention was drawn to a balcony on a higher level of the museum gasps were heard as the thief was reviled. He was pointing to me; the boy was wearing a red hoodie that hugged his thin torso and white fingerless gloves. The hood was up shadowing his face, the only thing visible were his red lips which were curved into a smirk. I pointed to myself to make sure he was really talking about me.
"You're my opponent tonight!" he called. Some hunters frowned and glared while others smirked obviously hoping to catch the thief off guard.
"The wages are simple, if you win I'll let you turn me in. if I win… I'll tell you when the game has ended." I narrowed my eyes
"Rules?" I called back
"You can't catch me with your bare hands and I can't hurt you in anyway. If I get out here with my pearl before you can get me then I win." I smirked
"Deal 'phantom' oh and one more thing!" he frowned
"What."
"If I win I want to know who you are and why you're doing this!" he shrugged and jumped off the balcony landing like a cat. He walked through the crowd of hunters who were far to shocked that he was ok to try and catch him. He walked over to me without a problem.
"Good luck then hunter" he planted a chaste kiss on my lips before turning on his heal and running
"Start!" he called disappearing into the darkness. I smirked while trying to stop my horrible blush
"Start indeed my dear thief"
~authors notes~
Chara: Hihi every one Chara here with a new story! Enjoy and please review!
Haruka: yup
Jim: am I a part of this plan?
Chara: why would we tell you?
Jim: because I'm in this story.
Chara: oh… I'm still not telling you.
Jim: *growls*