"I blame you."

"Me? How can you blame me?"

"Kuroba?"

"Yeah?"

"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT STOLE THE JEWEL!"

"...oh, yeah..."

Muttering.

"It's not that bad. We'll just have to work this way until we're normal again."

"And how long will that take?"

"...twenty-eight days?"

"Kuroba?"

"Yeah?"

"If the situation was different and you weren't in my body, I would kill you."

"Gee, think you could frown any heavier? You're going to give me wrinkles if you keep that up. Besides, like I said: it's not that bad--"

"You forgot one thing."

"What?"

"YOU HAVE A HEIST IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!"


--XD--XD--XD--XD--XD--XD--XD--XD--


Well, that was the introduction. Got you right into the action, didn't it? Bet it did. I know I'd win because I'm just lucky that way. Anyway, if you haven't picked up on the story-line just yet, let me replay what was said:

'If the situation was different and you weren't in my body, I would kill you.'

Now we all know that no one was actually killed here. (If they were then I wouldn't be telling the story. Murders aren't my thing. Leave that for Kudo and Hattori. Plus, I would be the dead one, wouldn't I?) No, we all got through it and came out better in the end...maybe. Kudo's still deciding whether or not he should have my head for what happened, and I'm still wondering if I should pack my smoke bombs just in case I need to get out of my house fast. Other than that, however, we're doing pretty well, considering.

Eh, don't ask about the considering. You know what always happens in our lives. Dead bodies dropping all around Kudo, my fervent search for the Pandora Gem, Hattori's nagging by Kazuha, and Hakuba's fetish for chasing after me and wearing tweed... Nothing's normal for the Gosho Boys, after all. It would be too weird if it was normal...

Well, on the plus side, this experience has taught me to learn the value of keeping out of water when I'm wearing white, keeping my gems with me at all times, and making sure to remember--always remember Poker Face. Oh, and balance. Did I forget balance? Damn. I messed up my nice monologue there...

Continuing before I continue to get side-tracked: The others have no idea I'm recounting these adventures. If they even found out, I'd probably be strangled to death and then they'd burn this before taking my top hat and hiding it for a month. (They've done it before, the bastards. I blame Hattori for that one! He's cruel, really. You hear that, Kazuha? Your man needs some lessons on manners and on how to keep a top hat in good shape! All the hours wasted cleaning it because I was out of hats after that month...) Still, I'm telling this story to make me feel better about myself and for me to laugh at the looks on the others' faces if they ever do see this.

Aren't I the best, really? I mean, seriously, I could plan an entire heist just to deliver each one of them a copy of this and then keep one for myself so that they would never be able to take it from me! (Hah, that might actually work!)

Seriously though, I do appreciate Kudo's self-restraint and patience with the situation, otherwise he would have killed me long before we got the situation fixed and then there would have been an even bigger problem of identity. I guess spending over two years as a little kid has taught him a lot about being in control of his frustration and his positively annoying habit of being right about everything. He only managed to say 'I told you so'...oh...143 times before the twenty-eight days was up. I'm proud of you, Kudo. Stars for everyone! (Insert sarcasm here if one must or needs or wants or positively can't do without.)

Now we can start with the actual story since I've confused you enough. And I know this kind of font gets annoying, so I'll fix that. This is just my pre-story, during-story, and post-story narrative italics and bold. You know me. I like to stand out. So without further ado, I present to you the adventures of the Gosho Boys who love to get themselves into odd and strange situations. (Though this has been our strangest yet...the others were just insane.) I shall call it 30 Day Trial Period!

...no...that doesn't sound quite right...hm...maybe Daughter of the Sky after the jewel? Blech...that's way too cliché. Come on, people, throw a dog a bone here. It needs to fit the theme. But what theme am I talking about here? Ah ha! You wouldn't know because I haven't started telling any of those stories. No need to worry, you'll get the idea eventually. (Whenever I get a certain someone to write for me. Heh. That will be fun. Let's see if I can't get people involved!)

And so now the perfect title hits me, and I must leave you, my wonderful audience. For the curtain is rising, and I have my own role to play in this performance. So now...

PRESENTED BY PhANToM, LtD.

A KAITOU KID XD PRODUCTION


BOTTOM PAIR OF ACES


And no, there's no logic in this. You'll get the idea, and then I'll steal it back from you to modify a bit and etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...

I'm sure you get the picture

Yours truly and with his top hat safely locked up,

Kuroba Kaito
AKA
Kaitou Kid



Author's Notes: I have no idea what has possessed me. Just run with it, folks. I think this might actually work out for me. O.o' BTW, the removal of Ten In One Odds is temporary. You'll see why.