• Chapter 4 •
The Copy Cat
A figure in a strapless cream colored dress stood on the roof of one of the Suzuki Corporation's buildings.
"Kee, kee, kee. I can already imagine that pint-sized detective and his friend. They must be down there asking themselves, 'Where's Sonoko? Where's Sonoko?' Hehe. Tonight's heist was just too easy," he said to himself.
The figure on Suzuki Sonoko fingered the jewel that it held and then suddenly turned around. Before you could blink, the dress had turned into a flowing white cape. In place of the white heels were plain white dress shoes. On top of his head was a tall silk hat with a blue trim and he also wore a monocle to partially conceal one side of his face.
Kaito Kid held the Nightshade of the Forest up to the moonlight and looked through it. "Oh well. It's not this one either. I guess, I can think of some creative way to send it back to old man Suzuki."
"It's not what?"
"Eh?" asked Kid. He had not expected to see anyone up here so early. He quickly turned around to see a security guard behind him.
"I don't know why you tried to disguise yourself as a security guard, my detective friend," he replied, not surprised
"Huh?" asked the security guard, slightly taken back.
"I think you know what I'm talking about, Kudou Shinichi."
There were a few moments of silence between the two and then a laugh erupted from the security guard. "Hee, hee, hee…."
Just like before, the security guard turned around and instead of the police uniform there was another figure clad in white. It was, in fact, an almost perfect reflection of Kid himself! The only differences were that the trim on the hat was pink with a matching shirt underneath the cape and the tie was a bright purple.
"Eh?!" said Kaito out loud. This was just one of those moments. One of those moments in which even the great Kuroba Toichi wouldn't have been able to keep his poker face. "What? Why? How?" he began asking questions without even thinking and took a few steps back.
"Hee, hee, hee. Your disguise was perfect, Kaito Kid. Dressing up as Suzuki's niece. Who would have thought of it except for the great Magician Under the Moonlight?", replied the mysterious figure. "I would have never guessed it except for one flaw. Your plan was perfect until Suzuki said that the switch only worked with his fingerprints on it. That was something that you did not have. Luckily, you had also taken the young lady's purse, when you drugged her and there were various makeup things in there. One of which was a bottle of concealer. The bottle was glass and was perfect for picking up fingerprints, so you pretended to drop the handbag and the bottle of concealer rolled in front of Suzuki, giving him no choice, but to pick it up."
Regaining his balance and composure, Kaito stood up straight and had listened to his reflection's deductions.
"And so you have unravelled the mystery of the Nightshade Under the Moonlight. But before I leave, may I ask who are you? I don't exactly appreciate other people copying my genuine work," he replied, still slightly dumbfounded.
At that exact moment, there was the sound of footsteps. They were small light footsteps, but they were footsteps. The door to the roof opened and out came a small figure.
"Ah, so my pint-sized detective friend has found me again?" asked Kaito.
Conan had quickly deduced that Kid must have disguised himself as Sonoko, when the Ran's friend could not be found, and had run up to the roof. He would have been there sooner, if it weren't for his short legs. After he caught his breath, Conan looked up to see...two Kaito Kids!
"What is going on here?" he breathed.
Kaito smiled when he saw the young detective's confusion. When he turned to look at the copy of himself, he saw that the copy was smiling at him.
"I suppose we will have to continue this conversation at a later time," it said.
"Wait, you haven't told me who you are…."
The figure only continued smiling and then suddenly the cape on their back transformed into a paraglider.
"Till next time, Kaito Kid!" was the reply as they took off into the night sky.
"I'll deal with that later," said Kaito to himself, "Right now, I have to get him off of my back." He turned towards Conan.
"I suppose you already deduced everything that happened?" he asked.
Although he was still confused and in shock, Conan was still able to reply, "Yes. You disguised yourself as Sonoko Suzuki and then-" He was suddenly cut off.
"I have already heard a true deduction of my actions tonight and I do not have the time to listen to the same story twice tonight", replied Kaito, as his cape behind him turned into a hang glider.
"Wait a minute, you-" said Conan.
"Farewell, Edogawa Conan," was the reply as he jumped off of the the ledge of the building.
"Damn it!" shouted Conan, "He escaped again, but I wonder. Why were there two Kids tonight?"
One would have barely noticed the white hang glider gliding through the air above Tokyo.
"Kee, kee, kee! Another job well done," said the thief quietly to himself. He suddenly felt something in one of his pockets.
"Eh? I wonder what that could be", he said, stuffing one of his hands into his pockets.
He took out a small piece of paper and read it.
'I hope we meet again sometime, Kaito Kid.
- Twiv the Phantom Thief'