Title: Cloudy Night

Author: loveoftheblue

Genre: Action/ Adventure

Chapter One: Trapped

Dark quietly slipped through the feeble defenses that Saehara had thought would stop the legendary Phantom Thief. This was pathetic, it was late and half of the guards were just sitting there, dreaming of a bed, and a hot dinner. Even the captain himself was getting drowsy waiting for him to show on the camera.

Don't let down your guard, a quiet voice chided from the corner of his mind, You remember what happened last time?

Of course, how could I forget? Dark shuddered as he thought of the last time.

(Flashback! .)

"Hello, Dark Mousy, looking for this?", Satoshi Hiwatari breathed quietly from a darkened corner, holding up the Thief's Dagger in his slim, icy white fingers, "I don't suppose you think I will willing hand this over do you?"

"Now, now, commander, we've had this conversation before. If you don't give me the Dagger, I will be forced to come take it from you. We wouldn't want to bruise that pretty face of yours do we now, think of what your fan club will do. We wouldn't want them coming after me and getting in the way," Dark answered smartly. "Just hand over the Dagger like a good little boy and you won't get hurt."

Suddenly, someone pounced on Dark from behind, pinning him down to the floor and clicking a pair of bitingly cold handcuffs onto his slender ivory wrists.

"First rule of being a thief: never underestimate your opponent. And second: always watch your back, especially when your opponent is Satoshi Hiwatari of the Hikari clan. We don't like having our artwork stolen", Satoshi whispered and then smirked.

Underneath him, Dark's mind was franticly thinking of ways to get Daisuke and himself out of this mess.

Aaaagghh! I am soooooo going to kick your butt when we get home!", Daisuke screamed in Dark's already hurting head, We are in sooo much trouble, and it's all your fault for being such an egomaniac!

Shut up ya lil' twerp! I'm trying to think! I've already got Satoshi Hiwatari, a.k.a. Krad, the murderous bastard, sitting on me while I'm handcuffed, don't you think I've got enough to deal with without your whining in my head!

Daisuke immediately shut up, and let Dark try to get them out of this mess.

"With! Come!", Dark shouted out this command and waited for his little white bunny familiar to appear. "Change With, hurry!"

With (a/n: NOT the bunny rabbit) a flash of light, the small furry familiar changed into a second Dark, while the real Dark managed to wriggle out of the young commander's grasp. Perfect plan, or it would've been a perfect plan, if not Dark had forgotten the handcuffs. Within seconds, Satoshi had once again tackled him, this time making SURE that the kaitou was pinned down.

"What was that, Dark? I think you're slipping, you've never been this easy to catch before. Maybe you're in a hurry? Because the night is still young, my dear thief", the young commander chuckled and held the Dagger teasingly in front of Dark's face. "Come and get it…"

(End Flashback .)

Too caught up in his memories, Dark accidentally walked straight into Satoshi.

"Welcome, kaitou. Back again?", Satoshi put on an icy, bone-chilling smile, and slipped behind the thief as he stood there, too shocked to move. He deftly captured the temporarily frozen phantom thief's hands and tied them to the grilles of the display behind them. The young commander then took out a sleek silver pair of handcuffs that perfectly matched his ice-cold appearance. The handcuffs had obviously been specially made for Dark, there were so blemishes, cracks, or even a keyhole that Dark could take advantage of. This time, it was going to take all he had to get away…

(a/n) oh no! what's going to happen to our precious hero and his kawaii host! Gomen nasai! I'm sorry the chappy is so short! Please forgive me! Please r&r. and please be nice. This is my first fanfic, and I KNOW it's total crap.