Disclaimer: Magic Kaitou is not mine.

Chapter 1

Police cars were everywhere, the loud sound of the sirens rang on and on into the night.

"Aoko! What are you doing here?" Inspector Nakamori gasped. He had just found his daughter in the supposedly heavily guarded building that contained the jewel Kaitou Kid wanted to steal.

"I… I want to help you catch Kid." Aoko explained, crossing her fingers, hoping that her dad would let her stay.

"Of course not! It would be dangerous!"

"But dad—"

"Look, I'm very busy right now, we'll discuss it when we get home, OK? Stay right here until I come pick you up." Nakamori Ginzo said sternly. Before Aoko could utter another word in protest, her dad had already stalked off, leaving her alone in the darkness.

Of course he wouldn't let me help, what was I thinking? But he's always so tired, wanting to catch Kid so much; I just— her thoughts is interrupted when she caught a glimpse of a figure in white standing on the roof of a darkened building. She reached for her binoculars.

"Ki… Kid?!" she gasped, but just when she was about to tell her dad, she saw that the phantom thief had taken off his hat, about to put on a disguise. The cold breeze of the night blew through his dark hair. And without the hat, she could se his grinning face clearly.

Wait a minute, I'd know that face anywhere!

The realization struck her like lightning. All along, the thief that she'd always hated with all her heart, the very person that drove her dad crazy… had been… Kaito?

Then a bigger problem occurred to her, she was to either tell her dad the truth, have her best friend in prison, and live with the fact that it's all her fault, or keep the truth to herself, and have Kid, or rather, Kaito, steal more things. Worse, that would keep her dad busy all the time.

Is there such thing as a right choice when it comes to choosing between your best friend and your dad?

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Um… is this okay? This is my first story on fan fiction, so I'm REALLY, REALLY, nervous, please review!!