Ohayo! Sapphire Nightshade here! I woke up with a sore throat this morning. I hope that I don't get a cold, seeing as waking up with a sore throat usually precedes a cold for me. Well, I can always deal with it. Yesterday I spent a few hours watching Detective Conan episodes. I usually wouldn't re-watch/read most cases, but I want to add the songs to my playlist and I feel like I'm "stealing" them without watching an episode with them in it first. But it's a bit frustrating, seeing as how the openings and endings change at different times. I'll probably watch more today.

Last chapter before the 30s. Chapter 30 will be posted on Monday, as I've decided to take Sunday's off. I hope you don't mind.


Chapter 29:

Takito looked up as he saw the black phantom thief fly out the window, and the white one charge out of the warehouse door after him. He saw that Dark had something in his grasp and whispered to himself, "He has it."

Kaito Kid scrambled up a house and leaped across the rooftops, following Dark, who was doing the same.

"Get back here, Dark!" Kid yelled. "You're not getting away without me taking it first!"

"Like I'd ever let you have it," Dark called back. "Even for a few seconds. Unlike you, I actually need it."

Shrugging, Takito ran after them, shouting, "Hey, wait up!"

But Dark and Kid weren't listening. Dark had taken to the air to escape Kid, and Kid followed him on his hang glider, this time specially fitted with a fan-like attachment to keep him in the air.

Kid smiled and called to Dark, "You can't throw me off by flying, so you might as well stop and show me your secret."

"Yeah?" Dark replied, "We'll see about that."

Daisuke! Dark accused as he did a sharp u-turn and flew low, hidden in the shadows of the buildings, You didn't tell me anything about him being able to fly instead of just gliding!

What do you mean? Daisuke asked, confused.

He has a fan at the back that's helping him fly!

Oh . . . Since when did he bring that with him? Well, maybe he always keeps it hidden with him . . . somehow.

Dark sighed, Can't you at least warn me of the things that he has and might keep with him?

I don't know what he keeps with him and what he doesn't!

Dark sighed again, Fine.

With the distraction of talking to Daisuke over, Dark flew back out over the rooftops and immediately collided into Kid.

"Ah!" Dark and Kid said in unison as the "Yami no Ryuu" fell out of Dark's grasp.

Takito, who had just managed to keep up with the two, saw the collision. Already out of breath, he managed to catch it before it hit the ground. It might not have broken if it hit, but Takito wasn't taking any chances.

He sighed as he lay on the ground, breathing hard with the artwork in his hands. "I got it!" he called, "I got the 'Yami no Ryuu'!"

"What? No! Baka!" Dark said, panicked.

"Ah! What do you think you're doing?!" Kid said, also panicked, at the same time as Dark.

"Huh?" Takito asked, not realizing what he just said. The "Yami no Ryuu" started to glow and he remembered what he said wrong. "Oops," he said apologetically, leaving the masterpiece on the ground and quickly backing away.

Dark face-palmed himself and shook his head. "Let's see what we're dealing with here," Dark said, landing on a house. Kid followed him.

"What are you still doing here?" Dark asked.

"Well, as soon as we deal with this, there will still be a chance that I can take it."

Dark sighed. Daisuke, we might be here for longer than intended, he said as the people from the warehouse finally found them.

Huh? Why?

Because a foolish guide accidentally said something he wasn't supposed to.

Kirigama-saaaaannnn, Daisuke groaned.

The "Yami no Ryuu" stopped glowing, but stayed still, as if the only thing that came of saying its name in its presence was glowing a bit. However, the warehouse people panicked at the sight of it stop glowing and immediately turned tail and ran.

"Hm," Kid said, watching them, "I wonder if this happened before to them."

"Well," Dark replied, "the dragon will have its own personality. What it does to them might not necessarily be the same thing it'll do to us."

Curious, Takito cautiously walked back to the artwork. "I wonder why nothing happened," he muttered to himself, looking at the carved eyes of the dragon. The only thing that was still glowing.

Oh, something happened alright, a voice said in his head.

"Ah!" Takito exclaimed, tripping when he backed up too fast.

The voice in his head chuckled and said, Don't worry. I can tell good from evil. Nothing will happen to you. The other two, however, the artwork finally moved. It gestured its head toward the two phantom thieves, I'm not quite sure about.

Takito found it strange how still the "Yami no Ryuu" could be when it was alive. Like nothing ever happened. Well, it would be good for those who didn't know. They wouldn't want to be too surprised to see that the art in their house suddenly came to life. Then he realized that those last two thoughts had come from the dragon. He answered the unasked question.

"Ah! Get out of my mind!" Takito exclaimed.

Well, I have to be sure about that good/evil thing. The dragon replied as Dark and Kid dropped from the roof and started moving toward him. That's the only way to do it. I already did it with the other two. The black one will be fine. The white one, seeing as he's only doing this for fun, I'm still not quite sure about. However, he's not with you, so I don't know if you care or not.

Dark, not hearing the conversation the "Yami no Ryuu" was having with Kirigama-san, picked up the dragon to examine it and see why nothing happened. Immediately, the dragon spiraled up his arm, circled around his head and jumped off, huffing with smoke coming out of his nostrils. He gave Dark a fierce look that said he could do much worse.

"Okay, okay," Dark replied, raising his hands and taking an involuntary step back.

Now, the dragon said, speaking to all of them, I believe you want me for something?


I originally intended for the "Yami no Ryuu" to grow in size to how you would normally picture a dragon, but I ended up keeping it the same size as the artwork itself. Sayonara for now!