AN: This chapter is dedicated to one very wonderful reviewer by the name of rianifitria who has drawn two awesome pieces of fanart based on two of my past drabbles. Links will be included below.

This chapter starts up a new line of "KID VS" plot bunnies. First up, a very well known villain/antagonist/obsessive stalker/sex-god/non-Mary Sue-required glittery immortal depending on who you talk to.

Let's begin!

KID VS: JARETH

In retrospect, while he was well known for pulling off the impossible despite overwhelming odds, tempting fate or anything even remotely magical was probably not the best idea. He knew an actual WITCH, after all, so he should have remembered that there were other magical beings and artifacts out there as well.

And he really should have figured that a crystal with a legend like that of the one he was currently attempting to make off with would be something to be wary of. Owls and goblins and mazes, oh my!

Of course he figured it as a possible hiding spot for Pandora and went after it, even with snipers, the Task Force, and Hakuba after his head as usual. And he made it past all of them, only to run into a certain chibi-detective...well, more like a soccer-ball being kicked by said chibi-detective, and after dodging a blow that nearly took off his head, he found that he was just not in the mood to deal with him tonight.

Don't get him wrong, he always enjoyed a challenge, but sometimes this kid could be so ANNOYING.

He gave a small scowl at the smug look on the kid's face as he had him trapped in the currently empty west wing of the museum.

REALLY annoying.

So, despite his better judgement NOT to tempt Murphy or whatever higher powers enjoyed screwing people over on a regular basis, Kid found himself glancing down at the crystal ball in his hands then back at the chibi-detective in front of him as an idea came to mind.

"You know what I wish?"

A very BAD idea.

He honestly didn't know what possessed him to say it. Okay, on the one hand, he was rather annoyed with the kid. But more to the point, it also made for a good taunt since Conan would likely get the reference; given his tendency to research everything he'd need to know about Kid's targets.

"I wish the goblins would take you away."

He was expecting the boy to get angry and either make a witty retort or shoot another soccer ball at him.

"Right now."

What he wasn't expecting was the lights to go off.

Kid blinked, confused. "T...Tantei-kun?"

The spiky-haired blond rock star look-a-like that appeared out of nowhere was new, too.

"Huh...things certainly have changed over the years..." The man mused, looking around the room in curiosity, not sparing Kid a glance.

And Kid was annoyed again.

He coughed loudly, getting the man's attention. "Hey!"

"Hmm?"

"Who are you?"

"Who do you think?" The man replied, airily. "When you make a wish on the Goblin King's crystal ball, you're going to see the King of Goblins!" He looked away, muttering darkly. "I still can't believe she gave it away to a museum in...Japan, of all places."

Kid blinked. He was just going to ignore that last bit. "You're the Goblin King?"

The man smirked. "Surprised?"

Well, now that it's actually happening, he found that he really shouldn't be. Thank Akako and her constant use of magic against him for getting him used to such strange occurrences. In hindsight, this result should have been obvious. But for now, he had other concerns...

"Where's Tantei-kun?"

"Whisked away to the Golbin Kingdom. And in thirteen hours, he'll be mine."

Oh HELL no! He had enough trouble competing with that damn Lupin for the brat, there was no way he was gonna let some rock star wannabe take him now! "Give him back!"

"You wished him away, remember?"

"I wasn't SERIOUS!"

Jareth shrugged. "Well, it's too late now. Just go about your life and heists without him. Likely no one will be able to catch you now."

"Hold it!" Kid exclaimed. "I saw the movie! I know how this works! You have to give me a chance to get him back!"

Jareth cursed. "Stupid movie. I knew I shouldn't have let Jim make that thing!"

"I'll ace any challenge you bring on and rescue Tantei-kun!" Sure, it was his fault the mini-detective was in this mess to begin with, but you know...details.

"Do you think you can beat ME? The Goblin King?"

Poker face on, Kid smirked. "Well, you're no David Bowie."

Jareth full-out GLARED. "You have ten hours."

"Wait—I thought it was thirteen?"

"Not any more."

Kid grumbled to himself about stupid otherworldly beings and their no sense of humor.

"Nine hours now."

"What? Oh come on!"

"Want to make it eight?"

"I'm going, I'm going!"

Just for that, he was SO going to dye the David Bowie-wannabe's hair pink before he left.

And leave his logo on every wall of the Goblin Palace.

...And teach all his goblin subjects the lyrics to 'It's a Small World'.

He just hoped Tantei-kun was okay...

Omake:

"Dance magic, dance!"

Conan's eye twitched as all the creatures were dancing and singing around him with some sort of David Bowie look-alike leading the show.

'Going to murder you for this, Kid.' The mini-detective turned hostage swore to himself. 'Going to murder. You. HORRIBLY.'


AN: Hmm...guess this means I still need to get onto a KID VS Lupin drabble, too, huh? Ah well.

In the meantime, enjoy these pics, courtesy of rianifitria.

Conan, Hattori, and Lamarr from Finding Pandora: RESONANCE CASCADE - http : / / rianifitria. livejournal. com/ 1093. html

And Ai Haibara and Evil Kitty, Mr. Snuggles from Shaken, Not Stirred - http : / / rianifitria. livejournal. com/ 1322. html