Who's the Best Thief? – Thievery Trouble
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the DK charas or any guest anime characters that might randomly appear. At least not yet 33 Any original characters are mine O
By the way, even though my pen name is Laenavesse, it's still the ol' Angel Cesia =D Get use to it OO Yeah I'm killing myself with all these fics. Hopefully this one will be a quickie. No hidden story plots or anything Just a game show for thieves, featuring Thatz, Kitchel, and Ekidonna xD Mmmm Some OOC-ness might occur. Oh yeah one more thing. There is peace between the youkai and the dragons, but that doesn't mean we can't have some friendly rivalries…
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It was a normal average day in the peaceful land of Draqueen…
"GIVE THAT BACK, THATZ!!"
"NEVAH!!"
Well it was for a few seconds.
Kitchel glared up at the sneering Dragon Knight perched on windowsill, a rather expensive and valuable looking vase in his hand. Her hands tightened into a fist, the knuckles turning white as the nails dug into her palms, the aggravation quickly building up inside the thief. "I stole that first!!"
Thatz leaned against the windowpane, balancing the vase with one finger, enjoying the white stricken expression on Kitchel's face below. "Yes, and I stole it back from you. It's from the castle and if Alfeegi or Rune found out about this they'd be pretty upset. Which is something that I don't think anyone would want to provoke," he added with a grin. His expression quickly changed as he clasped the neck of the vase between both hands as looked up at the sky, his eyes wide and watery with happiness. "When they see me return with this priceless antique, they'll let me have all the food I want…"
A small sweat bead formed next to Kitchel's head. "As if," she snorted. "When they see the vase in your hands, they'll assume that you stole it."
"…Naaah!!" he laughed. He then jumped down and landed neatly on his feet, the vase still secure in his hands. "Now if you'll excuse, I have a well deserved reward to ask about." He closed his eyes and started to hum a tune as he walked down the alleyway. "You are my meal ticket to food paradise!" he exclaimed in a rather disturbingly happy voice as he rubbed the vase with his cheek.
He blinked. Were vases supposed to feel soft and fluffy? Thatz slowly turned his head and his jaw dropped all the way to the ground as he stared at a Kitchel plush sticking its tongue at him with a note saying "SUCKER!" He whirled around to just catch Kitchel dashing around the corner. "KITCHEL!!"
The thief smiled to herself as she clutched the fragile piece of art close to her chest. That loser. I always warned him that his stomach would be the end of him. She mentally laughed as she hopped over a stoned wall and continued her dash to the other end of the city. She glanced backwards only to find to her great surprise and horror a rather angry Thatz charging after her like a bull. "AAAHHH!!"
"GIVE ME BACK MY MEAL TICKET TO FOOD PARADISE!!" Thatz screeched as he slowly closed the distance.
Everyone dived out of the way and braced themselves as things flew around thanks to the wind Thatz's speed was creating. When the two thieves passed through and everything settled down, the citizens of Draqueen just stared at each other and sighed. Yes it was another chaotic day in Draqueen…
It was late afternoon and Thatz and Kitchel were standing with their heads hanging low as both Rune and Alfeegi berated on their careless and reckless behaviour. In the end, Kitchel had tripped over an apple and even though Thatz dove to catch it, the too-old-to-remember vase brushed against his fingertips and crashed into small, tiny, unfixable pieces. Everyone inside the castle could hear the two so clearly one would think they were next to him.
Ruwalk sighed as he heard Alfeegi start his lengthy speech of how each relic in the castle held some sort of important history and looked at Lykouleon, the Dragon Lord's head deep in his work. "How can you work with Alfeegi going on like that?"
"Years of practice."
The Dragon Officer sighed and shook his head as he tuned back in to hear Rune now ranting on Thatz for not adhering to his duties as a Dragon Knight. He gave a small chuckle. How Rune and Alfeegi were alike. It scared him actually. Ruwalk paused and imagined Rune being promoted and working alongside Alfeegi. He nodded solemnly as he came to a conclusion: he'd quit his job.
Lykouleon glanced up. "I think they've finished. I wonder what Alfeegi will do to them…"
Ruwalk blinked. He had been in such deep thought about Alfeegi and Rune, he had tuned out of the ranting and had not noticed the rather ominous silence. "Should I go find out?"
"If you're willing to risk it, go for it."
Ruwalk looked at the Dragon Lord. "You make it sound like they're on a warpath…" He slowly opened the door and peeked outside. Seeing the rather ominous dark look on Alfeegi's face heading toward the Dragon Lord's office, he quickly shut the door and pressed his back against it. "Okay, you were right. He's on a warpath."
"Years of experience…years of experience… Oh, and you might want to step away from the door," Lykouleon added without looking up.
The Dragon Officer raised an eyebrow and stepped away from the door as advised. Just in time, too, as Alfeegi all but knocked the doors out of their hinges as he burst through the double doors. Ruwalk thought weakly where he would have landed if Lykouleon had not warned him. In his mind he imagined a chibified version of himself praying to the high heavens.
"LORD LYKOULEON!!" Alfeegi yelled in as much of a composed manner as he could (which was not very much). "I've had it up to here with those two!!" he said through clenched teeth as he raised his hand to his neck to emphasize the "here". "You must do something!!"
"And what do you suggest?" Lykouleon said calmly as he slowly placed his pen down and interlaced his fingers to form a hand bridge to rest his chin on. "Relieve Thatz of his Dragon Knight duties and Kitchel of her information gathering?"
Disgruntled, Alfeegi fidgeted slightly. "Well, no, but—"
"From what I understand, those two have been rivals since the day they met. And I think they rather enjoy it," he added with a mischievous smile.
"But if they continue with this sort of behaviour who know what will be destroyed next! A thief will always be a thief!"
Ruwalk gave a small cough. "Well, I have a proposition." Seeing that he had both of their attention he pulled out a flyer from a stack of papers he had been hiding behind. "There's a sort of game show coming by."
"What game show?" Alfeegi asked with a dubious look on his face. "And what were doing back there?"
Ignoring the last question, Ruwalk continued. "A competition between thieves."
"Oh that's wonderful," Alfeegi snorted. "Just invite even more of those hoodlums to steal from here."
"But this is it! With this, their feud will be over. The winner will be declared as the best thief in the world!"
"In the world?" Lykouleon repeated. "Then that would include the yokai right?"
Ruwalk shifted uncomfortably. "Well…yes…"
"Splendid!" the Dragon Lord smiled, making both of his Dragon Officers stare at him in surprise. "If Nadil comes along to watch, it'll be even grander!"
Large sweat beads appeared by Ruwalk's and Alfeegi's head. "And how would that be better, my Lord?" Alfeegi asked.
"I've been wanting to challenge him to a game of chess…" He blinked when he heard a loud crash and found both Ruwalk and Alfeegi on their sides. "…Is something wrong?"
"Nothing," they both sighed.
"So that's settled then," Lykouleon smiled broadly.
"I shall go and attend to the security of the area," Tetheus's voice came from some corner of the room, making all three of them jumped.
"DON'T DO THAT!!" all three yelled in surprise as Tetheus emerged from his shadowy hiding place and walked toward the door.
He just raised an eyebrow. "I have done that for countless numbers of times. I would think that you would be used to it by now…"
"But it's still creepy," Ruwalk grumbled as the Black Dragon Officer left the Dragon Lord's office.
And thus, the Dragon Lord with his two Dragon Officers began to plan how to convince the two former thieves (well, they are still thieves at heart and do steal sometimes…) to participate in this event.
And what of the other Dragon Officer you ask? Well he's not in the story right now, so wait until the next chapter my chickadees!