It was always the same routine for Inspector Nakamori Ginzo. Go guard a jewel or anything that has a jewel in it, the Magician always sweeps in and takes said jewel, Nakamori and his officers give chase, but are always outwitted. Not this time, though.

"Everything here is rigged. The cage holding the Purple Progress has 10 thousand volts running through it, anyone can't just walk through without an ID or splat! The lasers get triggered! Mhm, fool proof plan! Ahahaha!" the Inspector proudly proclaimed, unaware of the disguised thief upon them.

"Ahaha... Ha..." an officer of his laughed nervously.

"I swear, this time, I'm gonna catch you, Kid!"

The Inspector looked at his watch, "A few seconds remaining... Everyone on high alert!"

10... 9... 8...

"Kid... I swear..."

5... 4... 3...

"Looks like it's time for the magic show..."

POOF!

"What the... K-Kid?!"

What hailed their eyes was a young man of average height, standing on the glass where the jewel is in, a white top hat with a blue ribbon wrapped around it, brown hair, but the top hat's shadow makes it appear to be black hair, blue eyes, wearing a silver monocle on his right eye, complete with a dangling string that has a triangular object at the end of it. He was wearing formal attire, consisting of a white suit, with a blue button-up shirt underneath, a red tie, white gloves, complete with white pants, shoes, and a flowy white cape. Engraved on his face was his poker face. The poker face of the one and only...

"Here I am, Kaitou Kid! And let us begin the show under the moonlight!"

[Opening theme: Kimi no Matsu Sekai - Magic Kaito 1412]

MAGIC KAITO (AND NEP) 1412: Episode 1 - The Magician Under the Moonlight

Out of plain sight, the phantom thief appeared out of nowhere in Paris 18 years ago. He once disappeared 8 years back, but now, he has returned to steal jewels for a deeper reason.

"How's it going, Inspector?" Kaitou Kid said, always having a cocky tone.

"H-How?!" the Inspector just said out of disbelief.

The phantom thief rolled his eyes, "Man, you never learn, Inspector. A good magician never reveals his secret to the audience. That's what makes a magic trick so alluring."

"Dammit, open the cage!"

An officer who was appointed to the control panel pulled the lever, opening the cage. What they didn't think was that the one they're stampeding on was a...

"What the?! It's a dummy!"

"My, my. Can't you tell if I was just dubbing?" and just leaning towards a wall, Kaitou Kid showed up with the Purple Progress in his hand, throwing it up and down like a coin, while holding a microphone on his other hand.

"Goddammit! Officers, seize Kid!"

The officers struggled to get off each other's backs, while Nakamori gave chase. Kaitou Kid still looked confident, even though...

He cornered himself. He was between the Inspector and a long, long way down...

"Hahaha! Finally, I put an end to Kid the Phantom Thief..."

But the thief chuckled at the Inspector's statement, "You really don't learn, Inspector..."

As he said that, a smoke cloud appeared, hindering Nakamori of his sight, "Tch, another one of his escape plans..."

Well, he thought Kaitou Kid was escaping. But instead, Kid was still there, wearing a gas mask, surprising Nakamori, "A-A… Sleepiiiinnnggg... Ggaaasss..."

"Have a good night, Inspector Nakamori!"

"Inspector!" an officer shouted, shooting Kid directly to his chest...

Kid fell from a 4 storey building. The Inspector, snapping out of his drowsiness, got angry at the officer and shouted, "What the hell did you do?!"

"I... I..."

"You don't need to be so rough on him, Inspector. *grin*"

Shocked, Nakamori looked up to see Kid flying in mid-air with his hang glider, which is also his cape. "After all, he shot another dummy!"

"Hey, what are you waiting for? Shoot his glider!"

"But... But..."

Ticked off, Nakamori forcibly took the officer's handgun and tried to shoot Kid, but the thief was long gone... Along with the Purple Progress...

"Dammit, got away again..."

Nakamori inhaled deeply, "But, I've been wondering... Why are you stealing jewels, then just returning them..."

"…Kid, you're an interesting thief..."

"Damn, another fail..." Kaitou Kid grunted, pointing the recently stolen jewel to the moon.

"And here I thought I had the Pandora gem... Guess I'll go to Gramps' bar for a while..."

What he didn't see was that his hand holding the jewel was glowing a purple color.

Checking if anyone was there, he slowly descended, and turned back his glider to his cape. Putting the gem inside his pocket, he entered the bar, with an old man inside... "Welcome back, Young Master..."

This old man is Jii Konosuke, Kaitou Kid's assistant, and old friend of the current Kid's father.

"Hey, Gramps, and didn't I tell you to just call me Kaito?"

Kaitou Kid is Kaito Kuroba, a high school boy who took on the mantle of Kaitou Kid from his father.

"I'm not used to calling you Kaito, Young Master..."

"Sheesh, Gramps..." he took a seat on a stall. He put his arms on the table and sighed, "Oh man, what an adventure, huh?"

"You always have your life on the line, Young Master... Maybe you shoul-"

"I can't until I find the Pandora gem, remember?"

The old man went silent and turned on the radio.

[BGM: Koi no Jumyou - Magic Kaito 1412]

"But... We have found the gang that..."

"Killed my father, and want to use the Pandora gem to achieve immortality. No, I promised that I'll find it first..."

"Hear my words, I'm going to be the one who will find this Pandora gem..."

The gang members looked at him with anger, and Kaitou Kid, clenching his fist, stated, "And I'll crush it with my own hands!"

"But, Master Touichi entrusted you to me... And I don't want to fail him..."

"And you won't, Gramps."

Kaito looked at the pool cue they had won in a bet with the rival bar 'American'. Just looking at it made him smile, for it reminded him of someone special to him, "Well, I guess I'll pay Aoko a visit..."

[BGM fades]

"I'll take care of your suit then, Young- Wait, why is that glowing, Young Master?" Jii pointed at Kaito's suit pocket, which was glowing a purple color.

"Uh, Gramps, were Grand Jewels supposed to glow?"

"No..."

Kaito, out of curiosity, took out the Grand Jewel that he thieved, and it became brighter.

"W-what is this thing?!"

"Young Master!"

Both of them felt like the world around them tore apart, and they floated in mid-air. Kaito and Jii couldn't manage to utter a word, even though they can speak, for they realized that their scenery had changed.

A city full of purple.

"What just happened?" Kaito held up his hand, since the sun was already shining bright, even though it was supposed to be nighttime.

Kaito looked around, to see that people were weirded out by his attire, which seemed out of place. Kaito could just mumble in awkwardness, but brushed it off to find the old man.

"Gramps? Jii-san? Where are you?"

"I'm-I'm right here, Young Master..." a voice called out from a large purple garbage can. Kaito took a closer look, and he saw old man Jii inside... "What?"

"Help me, Young Master..." he pleaded. Kaito responded by taking Jii's hand. "Wow, Gramps, you're stinking!" Kaito commented, waving his hand.

"M-Master? What happened? This isn't my bar... This isn't even the city we know..."

"Well, I don't know either, Gramps..."

And like out of luck, a piece of paper blew their way. Kaito managed to take ahold of it. He read aloud...

"P-Planeptune? What's that?"

[Ending theme: Koi no Jumyou - Magic Kaito 1412]

Hello everyone! Kaitou Kid here! Me and old man Jii do not know what this 'Planeptune' city is, but it seems like they have their own Grand Jewel here! It was named 'Shar' or something, but I swear, I'm gonna make Kaitou Kid well known in his strange place! Wait, are those purple-haired women flying? Whahaha, I gotta run!

Next time: New Heist, New Friends!

Step right this way, watch carefully! Don't miss the next illusion!