A/N: This is a revision of a chapter I uploaded in my account in Wattpad. I think I'll update it here instead; there's not that great reception back there (or maybe it's just not good enough? I got only three views. Figures.).
This first chapter is the aftermath of Kaitou Kid's most recent heist, with a few flashbacks of the actual heist. Enjoy!
"Tantei-kun~!" A thief clad in white cried gleefully from his perch on the top of the narrow pole. "I'm really glad you could make it! All these old geezers get knocked out too easily," he said, gesturing at the task force he had disabled with sleeping gas.
The little girl ripped the gas mask off her face and smirked. Kid shivered inwardly in spite of himself as intelligent blue eyes seemed to bore into his soul. That smile and those eyes definitely did not belong on a child's face. Putting on his usual poker face, he smiled back.
"Looks like you missed me, KID." Christi's hand inched towards the switch on her belt. "It'd be nice if you gave me a present, like, say, that Lady's Rogue you're holding right now." She emphasized the last few words, trying to keep the thief preoccupied.
KID turned his back to her and held the sparkling red gem to the moonlight. "Sure, why not? It isn't what I was looking for anyway." He tossed the gem over his shoulder. A little parachute poofed into existence and allowed the gem to drop slowly to the ground.
Now, Christi thought, while he's still distracted!
She aimed, and then fired.
The black and white projectile passed clean over the thief's head as he dodged with incredible grace at the last second, no doubt showing off. He spun to meet her blue eyes filled with frustration with his own violet ones brimming with triumph. "Looks like you missed me, too, Tantei-kun."
A smoke bomb later, KID had disappeared. Hs signature hang glider took off, visible from the glass roof of the museum. In the distance, the soccer ball Christie had kicked bounced off a marble post and deflated.
"Tsk." Christi furrowed her brow and picked up the red stone. To the task force that had just awoken from their slumber, the little female detective seemed defeated. But the magician who had disguised himself as a police officer saw the smile tugging at Christi's lips. He pulled his cap lower and walked away, whistling a tune.
"You had fun tonight, too, didn't you?"
"What's wrong, Kudo? You look happier than usual."
Christi eyed the strawberry-haired girl. "Is it so wrong that I'm happy?"
Haibara refused eye contact. "It is when you're smiling over your handsome white-clad phantom thief, KID."
It was two days after KID's most recent heist. Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko were walking gaily along to school, the two shrunken teens trailing behind them.
"You little... it's not like that, Haibara." Christi glared as Haibara snickered behind her hand. "I'm serious, I wasn't even thinking about him!"
I was thinking about how stupid Hakuba looked...
"Sure, sure. I bet you were grinning over Ran again, then, am I right?"
Haibara smirked as Christi flushed and shoved her. "I am not le-!"
"Christi-chan! You're bullying Ai-chan again!" Ayumi suddenly appeared in front of them, her face scolding.
"Hey! I'm not the one bullying-" Christi bit her lip and sighed. She was never going to win in that argument. "I'm sorry, Haibara, Ayumi-chan. Can we please go now, without incident?"
Haibara turned her nose up. "Of course, Edogawa-chan."
Christi grumbled something about incessant scientists and hurried after the group.
The teacher in class 3-C glanced nervously at the wild haired teen looking out the window. Kaito Kuroba was smiling and humming. That was definitely not a good sign. Usually that meant that the magician-in-training had a prank in mind for that certain class in Ekoda High School.
Hakuba glared at him from behind. His hair was still pinkish, the result of Kid's 'magic show' two nights ago.
His classmates were right in thinking that pranks were on the magician's mind. He just wasn't thinking of pranking them. He was still thinking of pranks, and a certain magic show he had pulled at his most recent heist. He did it just for that little detective, Christi Edogawa. She hadn't been attending his heists lately, and frankly, he had gotten a little bored, and maybe a little worried, too. He was genuinely delighted when she finally showed up (but she didn't need to know that) and was finally able to put on a great show for the detective.
His eyes flickered over to the chalkboard. The teacher standing in front flinched and continued teaching with a noticeably shakier voice. Kaito wasn't looking at the writings on the board, though. His mind was elsewhere, thinking back to his show a few nights ago.
Tantei-kun was a girl, wasn't she? What else would a girl like better if not glitter, pink, and perfume?
These thoughts ran through Kaito's head as he surveyed the scene of his next heist, checking to see if everything was in place. Tonight, he had chosen a nice museum with an obvious exit point: a glass roof. It also had marble posts everywhere, perfect for a large-scale prank (magic show). The jewel he wanted was called 'Lady's Rogue', an enormous garnet cut in a perfect circle. The crowd was cordoned 10 feet from the jewel, while the jewel itself was guarded by a dense crowd of police.
A few more minutes till the appointed time, and he still hadn't spotted the little girl... His eyes lit up. There! He found her! She was standing next to Inspector Nakamori and some guy with a hoodie, near the jewel. She was wearing those cursed gadgets again, the belt that conjured soccer balls that always try to kill him, those red sneakers that seemed to amplify her kicking power, and her damned watch. The watch was especially annoying. (Once, she shot off a tranquillizer dart at him, and it accidentally pricked his butt. He didn't notice it, though, till he got back home and sat down heavily on a sofa. He passed out immediately after that and woke with a crick in his neck.)
"1 minute and 45.32 seconds left."
Ah, god. That annoying British prick was here. The guy in the hoodie turned around to reveal Saguru Hakuba. Why was he here? Kid was fine with just Christi. She was challenging enough on her own. Well, no matter. He had a prank just for Hakuba anyway.
"Hey, Hakuba-niichan, are you going to help catch Kid tonight?" Kid craned his neck to see Christi speaking with his blond classmate.
Hakuba squatted to be level with the mini-detective. "Why, in fact I will. I suppose you will lend me a hand, too, little detective?" He ruffled the girl's hair.
"Sure!" Christi chirped, smiling that innocent little smile of hers. But instant Hakuba turned his back, her eyes narrowed and she lost the smile. Blue eyes scanned the crowd of Kid fans. All of a sudden, blue met violet, like someone had whispered in Christi's ear exactly where she could find the elusive phantom thief. Kid was paralyzed for two seconds, before he shook himself out of his daze and put on a poker face. It looks like he'll have to be a little early today.
The moment the detective turned to alert the blond Brit, Kid melted into the shadows.
Approximately forty-five seconds later, the lights went out.
"Ladies and gentlemen~!" Kid's voice resonated throughout the room. "I bring you- Kaitou KID!"
The crowd exploded into cheers. Inspector Nakamori exploded at his taskforce, shouting at them to turn the lights back on. The museum was once again flooded with lights. Then the room exploded with glue, glitter, and neon pink paint.
Good times.
Hakuba looked down and yelped. For some reason, he was wearing a nice frilly pink dress that came up to his knees, hot pink pumps, silicone breasts, and a freshly dyed mop of pink hair. Christi seemed to be untouched, something Kid had still to ponder over. She was snickering at Hakuba, who blushed furiously, which just caused the little detective to chortle even louder. Everyone else in the room was coated with glitter and paint (well, not that the fans minded).
Kid descended from the ceiling in a burst of light pink smoke and seemed to hover in the air. "Hello, my dear detectives. I thought you girls might like some pink." He conjured a pink rose out of nowhere and let it slip through his fingers so that it fell at Christi's feet.
"Girls?!" Hakuba sputtered, then glared when someone in the taskforce guffawed.
"Never mind that, what about the jewel?" Christi's head snapped to look at the pedestal, then stared daggers at KID out of the corner of her eye. "How did you manage to steal something and dress Hakuba...niichan with the cover of only ten seconds of darkness?"
KID smirked and pulled out the Lady's Rogue. "I'm a magician, remember?"
Christi shook her head in disbelief. "And pink? What's with this color scheme?"
KID pouted. "Oh? I thought you liked pink, Tantei-kun?"
Christi gritted her teeth. "No, I hate pink. Sure, it's hilarious when Hakuba-niichan wears it, but I highly prefer red."
"What?!" Hakuba stared in shock at the seven year old. Christi pointedly ignored him and faced the thief properly.
"Aw, you should've said that before!" KID whined, while mentally taking note. He held out the Lady's Rogue so that Christi could see it. "This one's a beautiful shade of red."
His fans cheered at the sight of the precious stone. Hakuba cussed (and within the hearing range of a child, too, Kid thought indignantly), and Inspector Nakamori yelled at his pink-ified subordinates.
"It's getting quite a bit noisy here, isn't it? I still have one last pink thing, Tantei-kun. Perfume." Kid reached into his sleeve and dropped the perfume bottle filled with sleeping gas. It exploded, and all was silent. "Good-night, Tantei-kun," he crooned before straightening up on the narrow metal pole he had cleverly concealed.
"Unfortunately for you, Kid, I don't like going to sleep early."
"Tantei-kun~!"
Kaito snickered. His classmates jumped and exchanged glances as Aoko Nakamori reached out and grabbed the magician's cheek.
"Kaito! Stop day dreaming and concentrate on the lesson!"
I wonder if Tantei-kun understood the message.
Kaito snaped out of his reverie and clutched at his smarting cheek. "Ow! Ahoko, that hurts, you know!"
Flushing at the nickname, Aoko stood abruptly. "Y-yeah? Well then that's good! You've made other people hurt too, you know! Look at Hakuba-kun's hair! I bet you did that this morning, didn't you, Bakaito!"
I suppose that's just wishful thinking.
Hakuba flinched. He was sure his hair wasn't that obvious because no one had laughed at him. But now half of the eyes in the class were trained on him while the other half was watching the argument between the two childhood friends like it was a tennis show. The teacher tried to calm down the two teenagers, but they paid her no attention.
"What? I never did that to that British pr-to him!" Kaito lied.
"You're always bullying Hakuba, or pranking the class!"
She probably wasn't even looking for it.
Kaito blinked. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"It has to do with everything, Bakaito!" Aoko fired back. Kaito watched as her eyes darted to the wallclock.
Why am I so obsessed with that little detective, anyway?
"What are you up to now, you stupid girl?"
The bell rang.
Kaito snickered as the teacher looked devastatingly at the unfinished lesson. Some students cheered and left the classroom, while others stayed behind to gawk over the fight.
"I knew it, Aoko! You were just waiting for the bell to ring!"
Aoko turned her head. "I- I did nothing like that!"
No, wait, 'obsessed' can't be right. I'm just... really intrigued by that girl.
Kaito grabbed his school bag and casually flipped Aoko's skirt as he passed by her. "Sure, sure."
Turning red with embarrassment and anger, Aoko grabbed her mop (which came out of absolutely nowhere: Kaito swore that Aoko must secretly be some sort of magician) and brought it down on her friend's head. He dodged easily, and smirked as the chase began.
Yes, that must be right. She's just a child after all, yet she speaks and acts like she's way older than her seven years. I wonder why?
Little arguments like this really helped take his mind off things.
Kobayashi-sensei glanced worriedly at one of her star pupils, Christi Edogawa. She hadn't been listening to the lesson like she normally did (she actually never listened), and had been staring at her notebook with the strangest look on her face. The concerned teacher made up her mind to speak with Christi later.
"Edogawa-chan, what do you think you're doing?" Haibara hissed in her ear. "I know you never really do listen to the lessons, but you're making it obvious this time!"
The girl didn't answer.
"Edogawa-chan."
Haibara glanced down and noticed that Christi was staring hard at her phone. On the screen was a picture of Kid's note for the heist from two nights ago.
An idea popped into Haibara's head. "My, my, Edogawa-chan, I didn't realize you were that obsessed with the Magician under the Moonlight."
Christi slammed her hands down on her table. Everyone in the room looked at her. "Haibara, will you shut the heck-!"
"Christi-chan! Watch your language!" Kobayashi-sensei admonished, terribly surprised. "You aren't supposed to know words like that!"
Christi blinked as if coming out of a daze and mentally berated herself. She slapped her hands over her mouth, her eyes darting nervously around the room.
Her young classmates looked back at her, eyes widening. To them, Christi was a sweet girl, with a bit of a tomboyish side, and as far as they knew, she had the same vocabulary as they did. Apparently, her vocabulary had a bit of a...colorful side.
Christi glanced at Haibara, who smirked, then she ran out of the room.
"Christi-chan, Kobayashi-sensei called and asked if I could meet up with her, regarding you. What did you do this time?" Ran put her hands on her hips.
"I, um, nothing?" Christi offered. She was at the small coffee table in Kogoro's office, doing her homework.
"Christi Edogawa, you will be in big trouble if you don't tell me what you did!" Ran threatened, clenching her fist.
Eek, Christi thought. "All right, all right," she said, giving in. "I swore in class."
"You what?!" Ran exclaimed, making the exact same expression Kobayashi-sensei had. "What did you say?!"
Christi flinched and fiddled with her fingers. "The... the h-word."
"Where did you learn such words from?"
Kogoro peeped over his newspaper. "That might have been my fault."
"Dad, why would you curse in front of a child?" Ran's attention was turned immediately to the mustached detective.
"Hey, I can't help it sometimes!"
As their voices faded to the back of her head, Christi turned her attention back to her homework. Underneath first-grade math worksheets was an entire paper filled with scribbles. Christi had felt something strange about Kid's recent heist note, and was determined to figure out what it was. So far, she had down a few scattered letters, but that was it. She was sure that there wasn't anything else, but the message was incomplete, so there just had to be something special to the note.
She looked at the paper. The English letters I, T, D, S, and P were circled. So far, the words she was able to form were four letter words, which meant that there was one letter always left over. "SPIT" was one of them, and it was even missing the "D". "DIPS" was also possible, but it left the "T". There were several others, but none of them used all five letters. She had also considered the possibility that each letter was the first letter of another word, or even the last, but it was too vague. She tried several cryptograms but came up with gibberish.
Christi decided to turn in for the day. Her head was starting to hurt.
Kaito tossed a yellow rubber ball in the air and caught it as it came back down. Lying on his bed, he stared at the happy face drawn on the ball. "If only I could be as happy as this..."
He stood up to head down to the kitchen, but paused at the doorway and turned around instead, to the enormous picture of his dad, Toichi Kuroba.
"Dad, when will I ever be able to avenge you? The Lady's Rogue wasn't it, either."
He pushed the picture and slipped into the secret room (or the 'KID Cave' as he liked to call it), and continued thinking aloud.
"I've done a fair amount of research, and I've gone to so many measures just to steal the wrong gem all over, and over, and over again. When will I find it?"
In the confines of his secret cage, the dove sobbed silently, breaking his prized poker face.
A/N: Hello, hello! Peppermint and Nightshade here. This is my first fanfic here, so please go a little easy on me! I already have a general plot and story line in mind, but I'd appreciate any requests! Reviews are also welcome. I'd like to improve in any way possible!
-Spicy and Poisonous
P.S: I just revised this! Some reviews came in about my misuse of honorifics, and I apologize. I altered a few things! Thanks to all those who noticed!