I don't own Detective Conan, Magic Kid Kaito, or Gundam Wing's characters. I'm just placing them in a setting that I find enjoyable to write about.

Metronome

"We're constantly keeping beat, eh Thief-san?"

Chapter One"Kaito Kid strikes again!"

"The Phantom Thief Once Again Eluded the Police!"

Nearly every newspaper in Japan was filled with headlines that had something to do with the Magician that no one could seem to catch. After almost every heist you could see people waving banners with his name and cheering him on as if it was a game. The Phantom Thief would never goad them on in any way but would silently bask in his glory and then disappear into the night while his White cape fluttered in behind him.

Kaito Kid was almost always cocky whenever it came to any of his heists and each time he proved victorious in some way shape or form. Many times the police force has tried to stop him but they end up chasing a mere illusion of Kid and end up failing.

There was only one thing that was known for a fact among the police department, other than that Mori was an incompetent idiot. Kaito Kid needed to be stopped, and soon.

-.-

Nagamori sat in his office while he looked over the newest Kid note that they had received a frown evident on his face.

"Red as fire yet cool as water. I will come for you oh sacred fire in five nights."

Kid really needed to learn how to write notes that weren't so confusing and hard to read, then again that was all part of his sick little game. "He must be talking about a ruby or something," he said as he bit his lip and bounced his leg up and down. "But what would the significance of adding fire twice be… and putting the word 'Sacred' in front of one?"

"To throw you off," a voice said from behind the detective. Nagamori turned around and found several people behind him and recognized all but one of them.

"May I ask why American's have once again graced us with their presence," the detective asked as he put the note down and stood up.

"Well, we talked it over with your boss (1) and we have decided on a trade of sorts, Nagamori-san." Nagamori was confused and raised an eyebrow while a white haired American stepped out from the back.

"We have asked your boss to let us bring back a man from your Kaito Kid Unit and in return we are allowing a man of our own to stay here and accompany your Unit."

"That's absurd," Nagamori said as he stood up. "I can't just trade…"

"It's already been done," an American with sunglasses said as they walked toward Nagamori. "Hello Nagamori-san. My code name is Shinigami and that's all you need to know me as."

Nagamori blinked and then started to laugh at the small American girl. "This is a riot! She's what, 12?! And she's not even Japanese yet she calls herself-" he stopped short as the barrel of a gun was pressed between his eyes.

"Shinigami," she said as she grinned and put the gun back in its hiding place. 'Am I that girly looking or is he just an idiot?' "And I am 17."

"Right," the inspector said as he looked over at the other American. "So, G-san… can I really use this kid?"

The man smiled and nodded his head, "D, I mean, Shinigami is one of the best! I trained hi, her myself and I am confident in her abilities to help you catch this thief."

"Normally Heero-san would have handled this," Shinigami said as she swung her hip-length braid over her should so it was in front of her. "Unfortunately he is currently in DC working on a case for us so you have me."

"Alright," Nagamori said as he eyed her. "So, what's your style?"

The girl grinned like a cat before pulling out her gun again. "Shoot first and ask questions later."

-.-

Kaito whistled a cheerful tune as he strolled across the rooftop with the Ruby of Flame tucked safely in his jacket. "Another successful heist," he said as he grinned and checked his watch. "And look! I'm actually ahead of schedule today! Maybe I can finally catch up on my beauty sleep…"

He paused and then sighed and turned around. "But you probably think I'm a little a head of myself, huh?"

The woman with the night vision goggles on in front of him said nothing and just pulled out a gun and pointed it at the thief. Kaito eyed the gun and winced, normally Nagamori didn't let people go this far.

"Hey now, isn't this a wee bit over dramatic…?" The girl shot off a warning shot that missed the thief's leg my mere inches and it made said thief jump a bit.

"You bring back Red jewel," she said in broken Japanese and a heavy American accent as she targeted the thief's chest for her next shot. "Or me will shoot you again."

"Wow," Kaito said as his shoulders fell a bit. "That has to be the worse Japanese I have ever heard… and believe me I've heard a –"

He jumped out of the way again as the girl started to fire more rounds at him. 'She's way to trigger happy,' he thought as he jumped over to another building and prepared to get his glider ready. "WAY to trigger happy…"

"Well," he said in a loud voice as he prepared his glider and got ready to press the trigger. "It's been fun, but I have other arrangements and jewels to steal. Bye!" He quickly released the trigger and jumped off the roof and soared off into the sunrise…

… at least he would have if the crazy woman didn't start unloading lead into his glider.

"Is she trying to kill me or something," he yelled as his glider began to rapidly descend. He managed a less than perfect landing and once again found himself being showered with bullets. He looked up and saw the woman was sliding down a rope while still attempting to shoot him. "This is too much," he said to himself as he started to run. "When in doubt, run like Hell is at your heels!"

Unfortunately he spent the rest of the night running away from said crazy woman and didn't get his beauty sleep that night.

-.-

Duo looked out the window of the apartment he was renting and frowned. It had only been ten minutes since he had returned from chasing the thief and already he wanted another chance at him. His frown deepened until it began to spread into a large grin. He picked up his phone and called an old friend, "Hey, do me a favor and find a school I can go to to help pass the time…. Yes I know I'm on a case… No, according to his file he doesn't steal during the day on school days… uh huh…. Uh huh…. Alright, I'll be there in an hour. Thanks man."

He hung up the phone and smiled as he started for the bathroom. After all, he had to be clean in order to create a good impression on his new class mates.

-.-

Kaito sat in his seat just as the bell rang and hid back a yawn. Last night had been such a pain with that Woman from Hell following him till the wee hours of the morning. He had been lucky enough that some early risers were around and he was able to disguise himself to walk among him while the woman ran right past him. 'It was a little to close for comfort,' he thought as the teacher came in. 'She was more annoying than Conan when he gets competitive!'

"Good morning class," the teacher said as she smiled at them.

"Morning," they said in unison and watched as their teacher walked over to her desk but didn't sit down.

"We have a new student," the teacher said as she gestured toward the door for the person to come in. The class groaned a bit at the thought of another person coming into their room but immediately stopped when said person walked in. Deep violet eyes roamed the classroom and a friendly smiled played from natural pink lips of a Caucasian American who faced the classroom. The thing that brought the most attention though was his hair. It was a nice rich brown and was pulled into a topknot while his bangs fell into his eyes slightly and framed his face.

"Nice to meet you," he grinned as he pulled his hands out of his pockets. "The name's Duo Maxwell."

A/N

That's it for Chapter one and I must say that I had a lot of fun writing it. As for when I will update again? I don't really know, it depends on my muse and what I feel like writing that day. It will be flipping between this and my DC(MKK)/Hikaru no Go Cross over that I have in my head (and currently on my computer).

Anyways, anything you guys see that could use improving? Or is this even a good idea and should I stick with it? Has no confidence in their writing ability what's so ever Anyways, Reviews are always nice among other things and I hope you guys read the second chapter when it comes out.

(1) Does Nagamori even have a boss? Oo He does in this story none the less and the boss has a lot of control over the detective

Silent Kaito