'NO.' Kaito thought.

His eyes widened in absolute horror. It was unconceivable...there was no way. WHY! Of all things though...oh fate was cruel. Was this it? Was it the end of his career as a Phantom Thief? Because there was no way he could deal with THAT!

'This is not true, this is not tr...'

WHAM

"PERFECT HIT!" shouted Aoko as she grinned gleefully. It was after all, exceptionally rare that she managed to land a blow on her best friend. But still, that had been way too easy...

She looked closely at the heap of seemingly broken bones that was supposed to be Kaito.

"No way am I doing that..." was all he managed to mumble.

'What is he talking about? Maybe something distracted him?' She looked around for the cause, but nothing particular came to sight – empty street, the lamppost he had been starting at...OH! There was a poster on it about...an upcoming exhibition of the biggest sapphires in the world at the aquarium? Huh, that's interesting - they thought of making the display more exciting by putting it underwater. The gems looked very pretty in that crystal case, right in the middle of the blue water – it certainly complemented them. And the huge fighting fish added a nice flare too.


A/N: Thanks to FC beta-reading this...she thinks it should be longer. Oh well, it's supposed to be short!