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Thanks to BleachRisotto, Ichigo-the-Deathberry, and sonjine2 for adding this to their favorites! Thanks to A. E. Snooks, Bookworm24601, friendlyghost107, Frostwhisker, keroneko13, KichiMiangra, Silan Haye, and Xou for setting this on alert! And thanks to Danichantotally, RukiaoftheBloodMoon, and Yamiyo. Darknight for doing both! And thanks for all the reviews too! :D

Yamiyo. Darknight: Yep! He SURE is. But he'll get out of it, I'm not that cruel. XD

evemiliana: Thanks! I read another fanfic with Antonio as the thief but none with Lovino, so here this one is! XD

RukiaoftheBloodMoon: Sorry for the cliffhanger? ^_^; But here's the new chapter! :D

Xou: Thanks! But this is only part of the plotline, I'm going to have a couple of sub-plots in this too. ;) Nice plot twist idea though! I am SO using it. Thanks! XD I guess I'm just as sadistic. ^_^;

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Bookworm24601: Well it is Antonio after all…so probably a LONG time. XD

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I don't own Hetalia. If I did then Iggy's magic and spells would be abused every couple of episodes and a whole bunch of random sugar-high induced stuff would happen. ^_^;

What the hell do I do..? Lovino kept repeating over and over in his mind starting to feel panicked, even though he made sure to keep an emotionless expression on his face. Then he remembered what happened earlier that day in class when Antonio first arrived. Wait...Don't tell me the whole reason this bastard transferred to my school was to catch Spirito di pomodoro? FUCK! Now what? But he did feel slightly glad that his hair curl was hidden under his hat and the film covering of the mask's eyepieces made his eyes look green instead of his natural hazel color, so both of those things should make it harder for him to be recognized, but still the sooner Lovino got out of there the better.

While slowly inching towards the window with the jewel tightly grasped in his hand Lovino said (faking a deeper voice than his own normal one since Antonio would definitely recognize his normal one), "So you're here in this town to stop me? Why?" Even though Lovino knew it was a pointless and stupid question he hoped it would distract the detective long enough so that he could slip out before he was caught, after all Antonio seemed to be spacey enough for it to work.

"Huh? Why?" Antonio asked looking puzzled, but then his smile returned and he replied, "Well, it's because it makes me sad to see someone so young to be committing crimes. That's why I thought I'd try to talk to you first and ask you to stop. I'm sure that you have much better things to do than to steal."

We're the same fucking age bastard… Lovino thought mentally twitching from the comment but once again refusing to let it show on his face. "What the hell would you know? Don't talk like you know me at all." He spat glaring daggers at the detective. "And I'm doing this because I chose to! No famous detective will EVER tell me otherwise! So stay out of my damn business!" Absolutely nothing would stop him from doing this right now. Nonno would DIE without that surgery and Lovino wouldn't stop until he had enough money to be able to pay for it.

That caused Antonio to let out a depressed sigh. "So I guess you won't listen…" But when he saw Lovino right next to the window he gave a sheepish smile and said, "Oh, I wouldn't try to go out that way if I were you. There's a pad in there with an electrical current running through it. I asked the police to add it in when they received your card today. It won't hurt or kill you but it will knock you out for a few hours. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to use that method actually."

Lovino growled to himself when he heard that. Great, now I see how this asshole was able to solve all those damn cases…guess he isn't as brainless as I thought… But those thoughts proved that they weren't helping at all and were starting to make the situation even worse.

"Lo siento mi tomatito." Antonio said smiling sadly. "I'm afraid that this is the night you're finally going to be caught. But don't worry, I'm sure that no one will forget the name Spirito di pomodoro." Then he pressed a button on a remote that he pulled out of his pocket and the room was instantly filled with policemen all ready to grab Lovino and snap a pair of handcuffs on his wrists.

Grinning to himself when he saw them and got an idea, Lovino pulled out a small plastic tomato that he tossed at Antonio then held up his arms in surrender, "Fine you caught me bastard. Here, it's a parting gift."

"Oh, gracias! I love tomatoes!" Antonio chirped happily…until the tomato started smoking and exploded releasing a red smoke that covered the entire room. But when the smoke finally cleared neither Spirito di pomodoro or the jewel was anywhere in sight.

"Aw…he tricked me! That's so mean!" Antonio whined. But then he smiled and chirped, "But he really is so cute~. I'm going to have a lot of fun trying to catch him."

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Dammit that was way too damn close… Lovino thought to himself the next day as he walked towards his classroom and while trying to fight off a yawn. He usually felt tired the day after a heist but this time he felt even more exhausted because of the near capture and arrest. But at least I was able to disguise myself as one of those damn cops to get the hell out of there. Probably can't use that same trick for a while. Then he stopped and glared at the door. Now I have to deal with that damn bastard again. I just hope he doesn't notice the similarities between Lovino Vargas and Spirito di pomodoro or I'm fucking screwed.

But when he opened the door he was immediately glomped along with a happy chirp of, "Lovi~ I'm so happy to see you!"

Lovino stood still in shock for a second until he pushed Antonio off him. "Get the hell off me bastard! Who the hell said you can hug me!"

"But Lovi…." Antonio whined with a childish pout, "We're best friends! And best friends can hug each other!"

"We are NOT best friends dumbass! I only met you yesterday! And the only damn reason why I even talk to you is because our damn teacher wants someone to show you around and explain everything!" Lovino screeched drawing the attention of his classmates who stood a little of to the side of the door so they could watch. "Get that through your damn skull already!"

"But….I wanna be friends with you Lovi…" Antonio said sadly looking down at the ground. "You seem like a really fun person to be around but I never see you talking to anyone so I thought you might be lonely…"

Lovino stared at Antonio for a couple of seconds before he let out a sigh and groaned, "Fine. We can be friends bastard. But I'm only doing it to get you to shut up and stop whining about it." Then he groaned again at that happy chirp Antonio gave him in response. If I hadn't had see how that bastard actually was on a case I would have thought he was lying about the whole damn thing about being a good detective… Lovino thought as he stood there watching Antonio start rambling about all the fun they're going to have and all the things they can do together when they hang out.

"Will you quit rambling like a dumbass? You sound like my stupid fratellino." Lovino said as he started to push Antonio into the classroom while glaring at the eavesdroppers. "Just sit at your damn desk and be quiet for once dammit!"

"Si~! Okay Lovi!" Antonio chirped and plopped down in his chair just as Yao walked in.

"Good morning class." He said with a smile as he looked around the room. "I have very exciting news today. Since the Cultural Festival is coming up very soon I want you all to come up with ideas and then present them after lunch. The most popular one will be what our class does this year. So make sure you all think of a good idea aru." Then he immediately got started on the lesson.

"Lovi? What did señor Wang mean by Cultural Festival?" Antonio asked leaning over to Lovino's desk since Yao had put then right next to each other.

"Our principal's a huge fan of Japanese culture. Well that's what all of these dumbasses say, I just call the bastard creepily obsessed." Lovino replied with a small shrug. "But anyway, since he's such a fan he decided to have the school have its own culture festival and all the bastards at the board office went nuts over it thinking it was such a new and original idea in this county. So our school's the only one who has it and it's a pain in the ass to get all together but at least we get out of homework and test for a week so who gives a damn."

"OOH! That sounds like fun! I can't wait!" Antonio said excitedly. "What did your class do last year?"

Lovino's face flushed red and he turned his head away before muttering, "….a fashion show. It was the French bastard's fault. I was forced to wear a fucking purple tuxedo of all things…."

Antonio let out a laugh at Lovino's bright red face. "Ahaha~ you look just like a tomato Lovi. But I bet that outfit looked really cute on you~."

"Shut up!" Lovino yelled as he punched Antonio in the arm. "And I don't look anything like a fucking tomato!" Causing all the other students (except Arthur and Kiku who only sighed) to start laughing at the two.

"Mr. Vargas, Mr. Carriedo please go stand in the hall until lunchtime aru." Yao said with a sigh as he pointed at the door.

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"This is your fucking fault bastard…I hope you're fucking proud of yourself." Lovino growled at Antonio after they were standing there for a few minutes.

"Lo siento Lovi. I didn't want this to happen either." Antonio said with a nervous smile. "But at least we get to talk more si?"

Lovino scoffed and crossed his arms. "And look like a couple of fucking idiots because we got put outside in the damn hallway like some fucking grade school brats." Then his stomach let out a grumble. "Aw fuck! When the hell is lunchtime anyway? It's bad enough I slept through breakfast this morning!"

"Ahaha~ you must have been really sleepy to do that." Antonio laughed. "What were you doing that made you so tired?"

That made Lovino freeze up for a second. Dammit! Why the hell didn't I think before I sprouted that out of my damn mouth! It's not like I can fucking say: oh, because I was busy robbing a museum and making sure that you and the damn police didn't arrest me! "I was doing schoolwork bastard. Unlike you I'm not a oh so famous detective that can get away from that shit because I had to go solve some random murder case." Lovino finally said since that was true as well. When he had gotten back home he had to pull an all-nighter to get his homework done so he wouldn't look suspicious.

"Oh, but it wasn't a murder case Lovi." Antonio said with another laugh. "It was something else."

"And that was…?" Lovino asked even though he knew exactly what Antonio was doing, but it would look odd if he didn't ask and already seemed to know about it.

"Oh, well I probably shouldn't tell you this but I came here to catch Spirito di pomodoro. That's what I was doing last night but he got away so I'll have to wait until the next time he sends a calling card to try again."

"And I hope that he shoots you right in the damn forehead bastard, then I wouldn't have to deal with you anymore." Lovino said but he knew that Antonio would know he didn't mean anything by it.

"Ahaha~ that wouldn't happen Lovi. I don't know how to describe it but I get the feeling that he doesn't actually like stealing but feels he has to for some reason. And because of that he is going out of his way to make sure that he doesn't actually hurt anyone." Antonio explained with his emerald eyes shining brightly as he talked.

Lovino stared back at him in shock since everything Antonio had just said was all correct. He always hated having to do that, putting on that mask and becoming a phantom thief, but without the money they could never pay for the heart surgery that his grandfather needed to live. Since he felt guilty about doing that he usually went out of his way to make sure that no one got hurt during his heist, with the exception of knocking out a cop or two. "You're making him sound he's like a good person…aren't you supposed to be the bastard whose supposed to arrest him."

"Si! I am. But that doesn't mean that I have to hate him and call him evil. No one deserves that." Antonio simply said with a bright happy smile. "And even if he is a thief there's something about him that makes him seem special."

"What the hell…? No normal person talks like that bastard…Are…you actually in lov-?" Lovino started to say but was cut off by the bell ringing. "Finally! Now I can get some damn food." Then he started walking towards the cafeteria with Antonio bouncing along next to him. I don't get it… Lovino thought as he threw a quick glance at Antonio, and also feeling glad that the bell had rung just then stopping him from finishing his question that he was still unsure about. It sounds completely stupid to come up with this shit from how he sounded just now…but….Is he in love with Spirito di pomodoro…?

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"Well, since you all had some time. Did anyone think of something our class can do for the festival? I hope that's it's something different and unique." Yao asked as he looked around the room to see who would speak up. "Anyone who has an idea can speak up and I'll put it on the board. Then we can all vote on it aru." Then he rubbed his forehead and said, "But please come up with GOOD ideas…I don't want to get in trouble again aru."

"Well then you're in luck teach!" Alfred exclaimed as he jumped up from his chair. "I say that we do a haunted house and scare the crap out of people! We can use Hollywood movie effects and everything!"

"And then you'll be wetting yourself from every scary thing you see." Arthur snorted. Then he straightened his tie and said, "But I suggest that we have a fortune telling/magic booth. We've never done that before."

"You just wanna cosplay as Harry Potter. Don't lie to everybody Iggy, it's not nice." Alfred said bursting out laughing. "Piss off wanker!" Arthur shouted and proceeded to strangle him before Yao had to break them up.

"Kesesese. What about a strip club? Then people can see my five meters of awesomeness." Gilbert sniggered and holding his hand over his mouth to keep from laughing.

"What did I just tell you Mr. Beilschmidt? I said ideas that WON'T get me into trouble.." Yao said as he rubbed his forehead again. "Please learn to listen aru."

"I have an idea sir. What about a play?" Francis asked holding his hand up. Then he smiled when he saw the interested expressions directed at him (except for Lovino who had chosen to look out the window and ignore everyone else in the room) and continued. "It's a story about forbidden amour between a high status detective and our own resident phantom thief Spirito di pomodoro~."

Che, figures the French bastard would come up with a fucked up idea like that. Lovino thought with a slight snort. Bet they're all just going to call him insane and then come up with their own stupid ideas.

But Lovino was proved wrong, especially when Alfred jumped up again and shouted, "Heck yeah! Awesome idea dude! I call dibs on the toughest most heroic cop on the whole police force! OH! Can we have all the cops dress up like power rangers too cuz I want the red one!"

"Sit down you git! And you can't call dibs on any other character until we have the main ones finalized!" Arthur scolded him and forced him to sit down. Then he looked at Francis and asked, "So who were you thinking of as the main characters frog."

"Oh, Arthur why must you hurt me with your cruel nicknames?" Francis said in an overly dramatic fashion and a fake hurt look. But then he smiled and said, "But I thought it was obvious mon ami. It would be our new friend and real detective Toni as the detective and our favorite short tempered Italian Lovi as Spirito di pomodoro~."

"Ahahaha~ that sound fun Francis! I'll try to do my best to act like a detective onstage." Antonio laughed while Lovino had a very different opinion. "HELL NO! Why the hell do I have to do it? Pick someone else dammit!" Lovino shouted. How the hell can I 'pretend' to be Spirito di pomodoro without getting caught? Damn that French bastard for coming up with this fucked up idea. He thought as he glared at Francis.

"But mon petit Lovi…" "NO! The answer is NO! And don't you fucking call me that bastard!"

After this had gone on for a while Gilbert whistled to get their attention then said to Lovino, "Fine. Then we won't ask you to. We'll just go borrow Feli for it and let you help his class and work with bruder instead."

Lovino glared at the smirk on Gilbert's face and growled, "Fine. I'll do it. But only because I hate that damn potato bastard and I don't want Feliciano to end up having to do this shit." Then he growled even more when Francis ignored him and started rambling about what he needed to do to get the show ready in time.

"Yay! Gracias Lovi! I bet we'll have a lot of fun being costars together!" Antonio chirped as he lunged and glomped Lovino. "I bet you'll do a great job acting!"

"Stop hugging me all the time bastard!" Lovino yelled trying to push Antonio off. "And who the hell says I'll like having to do this with you anyway?" Then he smacked him when Antonio started laughing, "Don't you start laughing dammit!"

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"That…bastard!" Lovino growled as he sat at the desk in his bedroom running his fingers through his hair (avoiding the one curl of his) feeling annoyed. "How the hell am I supposed to pretend to be Spirito di pomodoro when I AM him! And to make it all fucking worse I have to work with the tomato bastard in a fucking LOVE STORY of all the damn things in this whole fucking world!"

Then Lovino sighed and stood up. "Dammit…I guess I can't do anything about it now…all I can do is act in a way that won't get me caught and do a good enough job so that they don't murder me for screwing up the damn play." As Lovino sat there his eyes drifted to a large picture in the newspaper that was almost falling off the side of his desk.

Quickly picking it up Lovino started analyzing the image of a small cat statue with a critical eye. After reading the article about what is supposed to be made up of pure jade Lovino smirked and said, "heh, looks like I just found my next target. And it looks like a pretty damn good one too." Then he set it down and started to write out the calling card for his next heist.

And now he's getting ready to go after another one! XD But the next chapter and on will have the magic/fantasy part of the fanfic and also make the title make more sense.

Oh, and points to people who can guess what anime/manga the whole play thing came from. Hint! Greece's voice actor played one of the main characters. XD

Review please! Tell me what ya think!