A/N Hello everyone! Long time no see! Today we brought a new Magic Kaito story, which will be a chaptered one. It's a little bit AU story, mixed with suspense and romance!
And of course there main couple is Kaito/Aoko. Yey!
Okay, we hope you will like the first chapter, though it's a little bit spontaneous. Hehe.
Please read, enjoy and review!
The Revived Sapphire
It was a nice heist, one of those, when you feel your spirits go up on the unbelievable heights.
Kaito KID was proud of himself. Not only did he fool the Task Force for the innumerous time, but he also managed to steal the biggest sapphire in the whole world, and it was not the easiest thing to do. All thanks to that old geezer Suzuki Jiroichi. His desire to beat the infamous Kaito KID was maniacal. But if not for that old man's ambitions and private collection of treasures, the said Phantom Thief wouldn't have got the opportunity to lay his white-gloved hands on this navy-blue beauty.
The man in white grinned to himself and clapped his shoulder in a moment of self-pride.
The heist went smoothly indeed. Standing on a rooftop, he reached for his inner pocket only to take out a dark-blue gem, which he gripped in his hand as a reward for all the troubles he had faced that night. "The Beauty of the Seven Seas" was the gem's name and looking at its surface Phantom Thief noticed why. As he examined the precious stone carefully, he saw that its shape was made in a wave style with hundreds or even thousands of faceting. It shone so brightly in the dim light of the pale moon that Kaito KID breathed out in admiration. Being a thief gave him a chance to see lots of masterpieces of precious stones, but never did he have his eyes on such gorgeousness.
"You are a real beauty," he murmured, caressing the hard navy surface on his palm, which sent another portion of shining performance from the gem's side. He didn't know why, but the item in his hand drew all of his attention and affection. It was a real piece of art, created by a very gentle and caring hand.
"I'm frustrated. As much as I want you to be the gem I'm searching for, I also don't want you to be it," he addressed to the sapphire in a whining tone. "I really don't want to crash you into pieces in case you are indeed Pandora."
The man in white watched as the gem glittered in his hand as if it was answering him. He chuckled lightly.
"I guess I'm getting paranoid. I have never been talking to any of my previous "hostages" before. Oh, well," Kaito KID looked intently at the trophy again and smiled happily at his reflection in hundreds of little faceted mirrors. "You are really something extraordinary. And please, forgive me if you turn out being the gem wanted by criminals. I truly like you and don't want to destroy such a beauty as you are," with those words Kaito KID pressed his lips softly to the giant sapphire and for a moment he thought he felt warmth coming from it. It was just an instant sensation, so he didn't pay much attention at first, but when he lifted the precious stone up in order to look at it through the moonlight, he couldn't ignore the strange feeling anymore. The sapphire didn't end up being Pandora after all, and to tell the truth, Phantom Thief was relieved, but it didn't change the fact that something was terribly wrong with this gem. As he gripped it tightly in his still extended hand, he felt a throbbing, as if he was holding a beating heart. That thought freaked the famous KID out. Poker Face slid down his face and gave its place to a mask of anxiety.
The sapphire kept on throbbing, increasing the pulsation, not mentioning that it was becoming too hot to hold.
When the man was about to drop it in fear, the gem blinded him with pure-blue shine. It was so bright that he had to shut his eyes and cover them with his free hand. The shine was just like a real flash of light, and KID knew, that he wasn't the only one who had witnessed the phenomena. He was sure that tomorrow's news would make up some lame story about UFO invasion or a catastrophe at the central electric power station.
But he longed to know what this was all about. He was curious by nature and even a threat of becoming completely blind couldn't stop him from making a sneak peek at the gem, which, he believed, was still gripped in his hand.
Phantom Thief slowly and carefully opened his eyes, since the bright shine hadn't subsided yet, and shifted his gaze on his lifted hand. And that was just in time, because the next moment his pupils widened in disbelief as he witnessed a young woman falling on him from that blinding blue light. Her figure was glowing as if she was coming out from another, undiscovered dimension.
The view was definitely breath-taking and even heart-attacking, if you remember the circumstances the whole scene happened under, but Kaito KID didn't have time to get caught in a moment of fantasy, because his hands, arms and chest suddenly felt a tangible weight that was about to knock him off his feet. Well-trained reflexes did their work perfectly as he reached out just in time to catch the falling stranger in his arms and embrace her tightly in order to prevent them both from falling on a concrete floor of the high-building rooftop.
For a moment he didn't know what to do or think. Everything happened in a blink of an eye. Just several minutes ago he had come from a magnificent heist and was checking if the gem he had stolen was Pandora or not, and now, after a spectacular pyrotechnical show he was holding a girl in his arms, while the said gem was nowhere in sight.
KID glanced around quickly to assess the situation, before his eyes fell on the female, whose sudden appearance just shook his night upside down.
His arms were wrapped around her petite frame protectively, since she was locked in his embrace while pressing her palms softly to his chest. In that position he didn't see her face, but only the crown of her curly uncontrollable hair of dark-chocolate colour.
His true identity was screaming in his head to push her away. He didn't know who she was and what she was up to. Her mysterious appearance out of nowhere proved that she was dangerous. And the fact that he had never had a woman that close to his body only made everything worse. Only now did he notice her being trembling from the cool night air and a cold surface of the rooftop they were standing on. And only then did he realize that the female in his arms was absolutely naked. His white gloves absorbed the sweat of his palms as the thought of the current situation crossed his mind.
That night you could become a witness of how Kaito KID's Poker Face failed twice in a row. But that was only his fault that he couldn't keep his emotions under control.
Now there was a prior urgency in finding out, who the girl was and hide somewhere before the police or Black organization showed up and found them.
With an uneasy gulp, he looked down at the trembling creature in his arms and scolded himself mentally for not helping her out. Maybe she was a stranger, but she was still a girl, a nude girl, who was terribly cold. He was a gentleman after all, and leaving a damsel in distress wasn't in his style.
"Hey," he said in a hushed tone, addressing to the girl. By the sound of his voice she flinched and slowly looked up, unsurely and somewhat timidly. If he thought that tonight had become the first night, when he lost his Poker Face twice, he was harshly mistaken. It was the first night when his Poker Face came to grief three times in a row.
The moment he saw her face, he thought, he forgot how to breathe. He didn't know how to describe her. She looked young, maybe 18 years old. She had long wavy hair that uncontrollably stuck in different sides, though that hairstyle was appealing. Her nose was a little pointed one. Perfectly shaped were her rosy lips and her eyes…
He was lost of words to give the accurate description of her eyes. The only thing he knew was that he had never seen anything more mesmerizing than her eyes in his whole life. Not only were they big and sincerely innocent just like of a small child, but they held mystery. Under the light of the pale moon he saw them shining, shimmering like two precious sapphires. Her pupils were usual, but the irises were as if you were looking at the night sky decorated with thousands of twinkling, glittering stars.
And she was looking at him with those eyes, in which he could recognize trusting curiosity and naivety. Kaito KID let out a deep breath he didn't know he was holding. Her big sapphire eyes widened even more, and he could swear he got caught in the endless universe of the shining invisible crystals, which were hidden deep in her mirrors of soul.
This strange moment had no chance to last any longer as the thief's absolute hearing recognized a familiar signal of the police sirens.
Cursing mentally for his negligence and inattention, he deftly took off his cloak, making sure not to look at his naked companion.
She watched his every move with great interest, as she stood just a few centimeters away from him, pressing her hands to her chest in cold. The next moment he slipped the cloak on her, like a magician always did during his performance, where he made something disappear from a table.
"I don't know who you are, but it's too dangerous to stay here. In two minutes inspector Nakamori and his Task Force along with the reporters and mass media will be here. I'll hide you somewhere on the ground," while telling those words he carefully span her covered form around until he made sure that the needed result had been reached.
The next moment he took off the cloak from the girl - he saw her standing before him in a blinding-white ankle-length dress with long sleeves.
The thief was proud of his work as he watched her lips spread into a smile of excitement, when she looked down at herself. Her unruly hair was taken in a low ponytail, decorated with a sparkling hairpin of a rose design.
"A bride," he noted mentally and felt stupid and embarrassed at the same time.
While he was clipping his white cloak back on his shoulders, the girl looked up at him again and with a broad smile and utterly shining eyes she closed the small distance between them and pressed herself to him the very same manner she had being before, laying her head on his chest and breathing out delightedly.
Phantom Thief lost his name of being the master of Poker Face again, for the 4th time that night. This girl acted very strange and suspicious. He wasn't used to women's touches and the fact that she decided to glue herself to him was frustrating and embarrassing him to no limits.
He wanted to think about the salvation of the whole situation more carefully but the sound of coming sirens brought him back to reality.
He wrapped his arms around her unsurely. He couldn't leave her here after all, that's why he activated his pointed glider. They had to run away together. Maybe he had lost the gem, but he didn't want the police or somebody else to find him and this lady in a compromising pose. And the gem, well, if inspector Nakamori would find it, then KID would consider it returning the larceny back as he always did.
It wasn't Pandora after all.
With one swift motion Kaito KID deftly picked up the shining beauty in his arms in a bridal style and walked to the very edge of the rooftop, from the height of which you could see the night city, illuminated with thousands of lights.
The girl squealed softly in surprise, when her body had been lifted up all of a sudden. She looked at the man's face with her big shimmering blue eyes and smiled the moment his gaze fell on her face.
"I hope you don't have anything against a night flight, fair lady," he said smoothly in a tone he usually used to court women during his heists.
The girl just tilted her head to the side quizzically, never leaving her miraculous eyes from the white magician.
KID just chuckled. She was something so unusual.
"Maybe you will tell me your name then?" he smiled softly at her with a wink.
When he made a step forward and lost the ground under his feet, which caused them both to fall and then pick up the height, the girl uttered timidly in a pleasant melodic voice.
"My name is "The Beauty of the Seven Seas"."
He was about to say his catchphrase as he usually did during the heists, but his brain reacted faster and registered her words just in time. His face, along with the Poker Face, fell slowly yet surely, as a grimace of unbelievable shock appeared on it like a thunder in the cloudless sky.
"WHAT?!"
The dove-white glider took the famous Kaito KID and his precious cargo deeper into the night sky of the city. Little did they know that Inspector Nakamori, who had just come to the rooftop with several policemen, was cursing loudly to KID's retreating back, shaking his fist in a sign of imminent punishment.
And that was how the story began…
A/N and this is the end of the first chapter! How did you like the beginning? Please, tell us your impressions! The second chapter is going to be published soon. Until then, give us your reviews, guys!
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