Ayumi: I'm so worried! There aren't as many reviews this time! Does this mean nobody likes it?

Mitsuhiko: Of course not! Maybe they're all busy. Right KAM000?

KAM000: What? Oh, sorry, I've been thinking about my favourite song.

Heijji: What is it?

Kaito: I bet I could figure it out.

KAM000: Really? I doubt that. But oh well. The first person to guess my favourite song gets a guest appearance later on in the story.

Kaito: Is it Love is a Thrill, Shock, Suspense?

KAM000: No.

Kaito: I give up. My psychic powers aren't working today. Can you give me a hint?

KAM000: It's a song done by a band I have previously referenced. The song wasn't referenced, just the band. You readers out there can participate in this if you want, too!

Sonoko: And don't forget to keep up the reviews?

You readers out there can participate in this if you want, too!

Chapter 10: Pandora

We eventually found ourselves in the middle of practically nowhere. "Are you SURE this is the right place?"
"Of course, I'm positively certain," I defended.

"Maybe I should drive," Kaito volunteered. "I mean, I thought Heijji only drives motorcycles."

"Yeah," Heijji agreed. "So why did everybody make ME drive?"

Nobody could answer him, so he was switched out with Kaito. He didn't follow any of my instructions, and we ended up at a museum all the way in Osaka.

"This isn't where we're supposed to be," I argued.

"God, everybody, chill! You aren't supposed to be here, but I wrote a letter saying Phantom Thief/Kaito Kid would come here tonight and steal the Dead Hope, the largest black diamond ever found." He gave an evil grin. "I may just have to arrest you," Megure frowned.

"Save the cuffs for the end, Megure," I insisted. "All this saving Conan/Kudou-dono business has been pretty tiresome; just let him have his fun. Then when Kudo-dono's safe and sound, that's when you can throw Kid into the clink. He could (and has) prove useful to all this. Plus you're out of your jurisdiction."
Megure sighed, subdued.

I leaned over to Kaito and whispered, "You owe me for that."

"Yeah, remind me to forget about that."
"Not gonna happen." I flashed a cheeky grin.

He stumbled out of the car, and instantly became Kaito Kid 1412. "How long will this take," Megure growled.

"No worries! I'll pop in and out, check to see what I've got, and hit it. Shouldn't take more than twenty minutes, so relax and take advantage of this spare time to go buy a souvenir or something."
That's actually precisely what we did-with a little extra sight-seeing and adventuring. No one seemed to care that it had taken forty five minutes and there was still no sign of Kid, not even a phone-call.

By the time it had been an hour, we were in the car, at a stop light, when I received a call from someone with a very adorable, yet mature-ish voice.

"Moshi-moshi," he said. "This is KAM000, yes?"

"Hai," I replied. "Who is this? And how do you know my fanfiction username? Who told you? And how did you get a hold of this number?"
"Actually, you did. Heijji told me your number. How he got a hold of that is beyond me. It's me, Kaito."

"Oh, okay, Kaito; why do you sound like that?"
"I think it won't be hard to explain, it'll just take a while. Could you pick me up in the parking lot at the museum?"

"Hai, we'll be there. Why? What's going on?"
"Let's just say I caught the jewel without getting arrested, yes, but something else happened."

"Could you expand on that?"
"Well, you'll see when you pick me up."

"Okay then. See you there."

After about ten minutes, we returned to the museum. "I don't see Kaito anywhere," Heijji protested.

"Well, I don't either."

The little voice came up again, behind us. "I'm right here, guys."
We all turned around to see something no one expected.

His clothes were all white. He had a hat that seemed too big for his head. He had unmanageable hair poking out from the bottom. He wore a monocle that seemed too big for his face; it kept falling out. His white suit was quite a few sizes big for him, and as were his shoes that kept slipping.

We all stared upon him in horror. "K-Kaito?"
Indeed, Kaito was only around 100-ish centimeters, standing at a little above three feet. "What happened?"
"I think I just lived episode 1."
"So you got shrunk by Gin and Vodka?"
"Not Gin and Vodka, per se, but rather someone else."

"Was it that man Adache Haruki?"
"No, someone else; I don't know the guy's name, though."
"This is funny!" I gave a bubbly laugh. "Kid got shrunk, just like Conan! How did it happen anyways?"
He reached his hand into a bulging pocket and pulled out a black, shimmering diamond. "Well, the person wanted this; because I think we both know what it is."

"What is it?"
"It's Pandora."