Wow um sorry for the writing in this one.

Each like, 200 words have been written at completely different times so it might be weird. Just warning you.

I've been on a writer's block. Apologies.

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The next month passed by quickly for Hakuba. Knowing the identity of Kaitou Kid had really thrown him for a loop, drastically changing what he knew of the thief. By the time the next heist notice had come in two weeks later, he swore that his mind was still reeling from the shock of that day (and the day after, but we don't talk about that).

It took another week to figure out the message (now he knew why it was always difficult to figure the riddles out, because a detective, the son of a famous mystery writer, had written them. That actually made a lot of sense). Kaitou Kid was going to steal the Dresden Green this time, on loan from Germany. Hakuba had done a little research on the gem. Apparently, it was the largest green diamond in the world, at 41 carats. It was quite the beautiful jewel, really. But then again, weren't all jewels beautiful?

Anyways, the heist was scheduled a week from now, on a Saturday, at 9:00 at night, at a museum in Ekoda. And honestly, Hakuba couldn't wait. He still had a lot to learn about the Phantom Thief and his situation.

Like why did he take up the mantle of the last Kid? How did he learn his tricks (not magic, magic didn't exist)? Why did he never actually steal anything? Who were the people who tried to shoot him that night? Why did they try to shoot him? Who was Snake, and did he work alone? Or was he only a small part of something much bigger?

Hakuba didn't know the answers to any of these questions, and, while it wasn't quite tearing him apart, it did occupy his brain most of the time. There was just so much that he felt like he needed to figure out. Learning who Kid was had quickly unraveled his curiosity tenfold.

He couldn't be more relieved when the day of the heist came.

That day at school, despite his efforts to hide it, he was sure his excitement didn't go unnoticed by his classmates. Especially Kuroba. Which was confirmed when said classmate confronted him as soon as the school bell rang. "Someone looks excited today. Finally gonna watch Kid's performance instead of catching him?"

Hakuba scoffed. "No, I'll never stop catching that thief." Well… that wasn't quite true now was it? He respected Kudo. But he would still try to catch the thief at heists. He had to be fair, after all. And it just wouldn't do for Kuroba to have another reason to tease him, so of course, he kept all of that information to himself.

The magician gave a grin, having that kind of look that he knew more than he was letting on. "Oh really? Ok then, see ya~"

That... did not reassure him. Of anything.

The following few hours went by slowly for Hakuba, to his chagrin. He had had to do homework, chores, independent research…. And then, finally, 8:47 pm, inside the museum.

Hakuba had arrived about an hour ago, seeing if Kid had come beforehand to set traps (and also to alleviate his boredom). He didn't see anything amiss, but that didn't mean he could relax. Most of the tricks and and traps were usually during the heist, not before.

"Hey," a somewhat familiar voice sounded out from behind him.

Who was that? He turned around, only to be caught completely by surprise. Standing behind him, clearly the owner of the voice, was none other than the great Heisei Holmes and secretive Phantom Thief, Shinichi Kudo.

"K-Kudo-kun, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here for the heist. Why else?" He shrugged as if that explained everything. Which it didn't.

"Yo Kudo, who's this?"

Hakuba realized that Kudo was here with someone. Looking to his right, he indeed found the other person, who he immediately recognized as the Detective of the West, Hattori Heiji. He decided to answer, holding out his hand. "Ah, I'm Hakuba Saguru. I was a detective in Great Britain for a while, but lately I've been spending my time helping Division Two catch Kaitou Kid."

"Oh, well in that case, it's a pleasure ta meetcha!" He shook Hakuba's hand. "I'm Hattori Heiji, Detective of tha West!"

Kudo explained his presence. "Since Hattori was in the area, he decided that he wanted to have a chance to try and catch the elusive Kaito Kid. Of course, I'm here for the same reason."

Hakuba raised his eyebrow. How was he going to pull that off? With Hattori there, there was no way Kudo could get away without the other detective noticing. Just what was he planning...?

He checked his watch. His eyes widened. 16 seconds left?! The heist was going to start soon!

His eyes flicked back to Kudo, who was chatting with his friend. What was he still doing here?! Didn't he have a heist to run?! Why hasn't he excused himself or something?

The fans started to finish the countdown.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

And right on time (as always) the white Phantom Thief appeared, bowing to the crowd.

"Ladies and gentlemen! I'm glad you all could make it today! It's always such an honor to be welcomed by my dear fans. Also, it looks like we have a couple of special guests tonight!"

Kid snapped his fingers, the room becoming dark for a single spotlight. "Everyone, please give a warm welcome to the great detectives of the east and west, Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji! It's great to have you two tonight!"

The crowd applauded excitedly for the two. Hattori looked confused but he also looked pretty embarrassed since he had literally been placed into the spotlight out of nowhere. Kudo just looked amused.

Of course he'd present himself. Even if Hakuba really wasn't sure how he did it.

After the applause died down, Kid continued to speak. "Meitantei, Tantei-han, I'd wish you luck, but I don't want you to catch me, so I won't~"

Hakuba heard the Inspector's voice. "WHAT ARE YOU ALL WAITING FOR?! GET HIM!"

The Taskforce snapped out of their bewilderment, jumping into action. Kid pouted. "Aw, Nakamori-keibu, you always ruin the fun. However, I can make my own fun, so I suppose that isn't much of a problem, now is it?" He laughed before disappearing in a cloud of smoke just as some of the officers jumped at him.

And when the smoke cleared, he was gone, and the officers were out cold, complete with (of course) multicolored clothes. Nothing too drastic…

...Yet.

Hakuba immediately went into action, looking all around the tall and circular room to see if he could find the thief.

Let's see… the ground level. There were several doors that had been left wide open. It was a museum, after all. People needed to be able to go from one exhibit to the other easily. In the center of the room was the display where the jewel had been, surrounded by red velvet rope acting as a boundary for any onlookers. Of course, it would do absolutely nothing to stop Kid. The display case was empty, the door closed as if there wasn't supposed to be anything to display in the first place. He had a feeling that it would be locked.

Seeing nothing else worth noting, he looked up at the second floor. It was accessible by either the elevator in the back of the room or the two staircases set out to either side. There were only a few more openings in the wall there.

Just in between the second and third floors was a huge planets display. Each planet looked smooth and colorful, looking large as they still spun in a circle. It obscured the third (and last) floor a bit, but not too much since it was already mostly out of view thanks to Hakuba's position on the ground.

He could, however, see the ceiling. It was made of glass, a black sky showing in between the clunky planets. From his review of the museum's map, he knew that it didn't open. It's a pain for the window cleaners, he mused, but he supposed that he was glad it was the way it was now.

As he looked back down, a single string shone in the light just above one of the planets, Saturn. Curious, Hakuba looked closer. Ah, there! Saturn's movement was a bit off, as if it wasn't spinning correctly. It swung back and forth ever so slightly, having the telltale signs of a certain someone being on it, if only if it may have been for a split second. Kid can't control everything.

Of course, all of these observations took less than a minute, and more like a few seconds. Thinking is a LOT faster than typing and reading.

When Hakuba's eyes finally came back to the ground floor, he found that his eyes had locked onto Kudo's. There was a sort of determination, a sort of glee that shone through. After what felt like a lifetime, Kudo smirked and looked away, breaking the actually incredibly short moment. Before he could even think about what he saw, Kudo ran off, running up the stairs with Hattori right at his heels.

He had a feeling that they had noticed what he had. He ran up the stairs on the other side, dodging the few traps that Kid must've put down when he got away. Hakuba continued to run up the stairs until he got to the third floor, already seeing both Hakuba and Kudo examining the planets.

As Hakuba caught up to them, he noticed that Kudo had put his hand on his chin in a contemplative pose, clearly thinking about something. Hattori looked like he was thinking too, but he wasn't in any noticeable pose, just standing there looking. He stood next to the two detectives and followed their gaze to the planets. Where they were right now, they were right next to Saturn, where they'd seen the string.

The string could be seen here as well, despite how thin it was. Luckily, the light was easily reflected off of it, making it more visible. It was wrapped around the ring of the fake planet, a miniature grappling hook keeping it in place.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Kudo's eyes widen a little before he got ahold of himself and gave a smirk instead. However, Hakuba could tell that, while the smirk had replaced the slight shock, it was still most likely a very real emotion that the other detective was feeling. The detective ran off, leaving his friend behind. Hakuba blinked in shock as he saw that Hattori had a completely purple-colored face.

Hattori had gotten hit by one of Kid's traps, then? He's sorry, he really was, but that, admittedly, was a little humorous. He would never let Kid know though. Or, for that matter, Kudo, because they're the same person.

It was easy to forget that they were. The two acted like completely different people. While Kudo was a serious detective, Kid was a playful but dangerous thief who was also capable of a plethora of tricks that he called "magic."

Then again, he guessed he could see it. Kudo had been off the radar for a while, probably to do the heists. He knew that Kid had come back before the detective had disappeared, but most likely the heists were interfering too much with his real life. Also, both Kid and Kudo were dangerous in their own ways. Both were extremely smart and scarily good at what they did, given their success and fame. They both seemed to have a good eye for detail too, as their jobs required them to be.

So he could see the resemblance.

(He wouldn't have seen it if he had met Kudo in any other situation than he had.

He hadn't seen it.)

Hakuba shook his head to clear his thoughts as he looked to the planets again. He wasn't entirely sure where the thief went, or if Kudo was just messing with him (which wouldn't be surprising, actually). But then he'd be messing with Hattori too, and that was something that he was pretty sure Kudo wouldn't do.

To his right, he heard Hattori mutter under his breath, probably frustrated about Kudo leaving him behind.

He looked back to the scene, trying to think what could've given the thief's location away. Specks of dust flitted in and out of view as they floated through the rays of light that illuminated the area. There was an awful lot of it, most likely because Kid had disturbed them when he had come up here….

Wait a minute….

He scanned Saturn, hoping to find the clue he was thinking of. If he was right…There!

The dust in the air also covered the tops of the planets they were looking at, leaving a fine layer of gray. However, if one were to step on it, they'd disturb the dust underneath them.

And leave footprints. Pale, almost unnoticeable footprints, but footprints nonetheless.

Hattori tensed up next to him. It seemed that he had caught the clue too.

They both knew where Kid went. And really, Hakuba maybe should have seen it earlier, as this was a pretty tall museum. Or at least, most of the buildings in the area were shorter in comparison to it.

Hattori put a hand to his face in what may have been slight exasperation or frustration, and he proceeded to groan again as it seemed that some of the dye that had been left on his face had smeared onto his hand due to the motion. He grumbled under his breath.

Hakuba, in the meantime, (or at least, while he was being slightly amused by the hot-headed detective), tried to figure out which way would be the fastest route to the top. There were a couple of different ways, as one could either climb the stairs placed all the way to the left or you could enter the lone elevator in the center of the room.

...Yes, he'd choose the stairs. The chance that Kid had booby-trapped the elevator was unlikely, but it would probably be slower even if the stairs were full of traps. Besides, the elevator was probably already down and out of service. The police didn't like giving Kid easy exits (even though they involuntarily do). They like to close off the obvious exits by locking all the doors or turning off some of the transportation technology inside the building, such as elevators, escalators, and the like.

Hattori was behind him as he started to go up the stairs (and why do they keep doing things at the same time, because surely he didn't have the same intelligence as Hattori, right?). They both ran to where they were sure to find Kid facing off Kudo in all of their glory. While that was what Hattori probably thought, Hakuba wasn't quite as sure.

If Kudo and Kid were the same person, how would they be able to face off? Did Kudo find someone to play the part of Kid for him? Or was it the other way around? No, he didn't find that likely. Both figures would be incredibly difficult to imitate well, what with Kid's skillful tricks and traps and Kudo's incredible detective skills and bravado. There were more factors that would be difficult to imitate, of course, but those were the main points, and he did not have a lot of time to hypothesize much else, as he and Hattori were nearing the stairs to the roof of the museum.

Even while he was deep in thought, Hakuba was able to avoid many of the traps in his way, due to his instincts and the experience he had from chasing the thief for a long while. However, since he wasn't quite at his best, he did get a few snips of a trap here and there. Most of them were harmless color dye traps (which got his hair, again, as well as his hand, which he would have to be careful with). There were a couple of other traps that he got hit by too, but they weren't important now.

The two reached the top of the short flight of stairs in seconds. Hattori busted through the door, and Hakuba came in close behind. The two were tense, ready to take on the thief with their own hands if they had to. However, nothing could have prepared them for the sight that would appear in front of them…

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Shinichi caught up to Kaitou Kid easily, avoiding each trap with practiced ease. He felt a little bad leaving Hattori and Hakuba behind, but there was something important he had to talk to Kid about without the other two listening in. He hadn't seen the thief for the entire month since that one incident, so he wanted to be sure he was ok, especially after that bullet wound he had gotten. It should've healed by now, but, if today's performance was any indication…

He shook his head. Focus! He needed to get to the rooftop. Luckily, he was already a few steps away. The door was unlocked, fortunately.

Shinichi stepped out into the cool night air, a slight breeze ruffling the hair in his face. After reveling in the chill for a few seconds, he sighed and closed the door behind him, locking it with a key he had gotten from Nakamori for extra security.

He turned around to see Kid holding up the dark green diamond to the full moon above. It sparkled beautifully, rainbows forming on its edges. However, there seemed to be nothing else particularly exciting about it, as he heard an audible sigh come from the thief as he dropped his hand to his side. Kaitou Kid turned around towards the detective, his emotions carefully hidden behind shadows and his own poker face. "Ahh, Meitantei, you made it~" He put on his signature smirk as he noticed the detective.

The detective frowned. "Kid, cut the crap, I know you haven't been taking care of yourself."

The thief blinked in confusion, his brows furrowed and his head tilted ever so slightly. "What are you talking about?"

Shinichi strode confidently up to Kid, stopping right in front of him. The thief twitched, but otherwise didn't move. "What are you doing, detective?"

"This." He sharply poked Kid on his shoulder, which made the thief yelp. Shinichi's scowl deepened. "You haven't been taking care of your wound properly."

It was Kid's turn to frown. "Of course I've been taking care of it properly! Who do you think I am?"

"An idiot." He smirked a bit before he went back to his worried frown. "I wasn't talking about that, though. I know you know how to take care of a wound. What I was saying was that you've been unnecessarily straining yourself to the point that your wound still hasn't fully healed, even though it should have by this point. It should've healed last month just after I filled in for you, but here you are, still with a soreness that's been affecting tonight's performance."

"I think you're underestimating me there, Meitantei…"

"No, I'm not. I know exactly what you are capable of. Don't think I don't. And I know because your performance tonight was a bit more sloppy than what I usually see." Before Kid could protest, he continued with a louder voice. "First of all, you left your lift on Saturn. From what I could tell, the string broke when you were ascending, which made you use another string to pull yourself up. Usually, the fact that this happened wouldn't be a bother to you, and nobody would notice. Tonight, however, due to the extra strain put on your shoulder from your earlier endeavors, you became more distracted than usual, leading you to either forget about picking up your leftover string or that you panicked enough thinking you didn't have enough time to pick it up. Either way, it's worrying."

Shinichi held up two fingers. "Secondly, you left footprints in the dust on top of the planets. You must not have noticed, considering the look on your face right now." Indeed, Kid's face held the smallest bit of shock, surprised enough to elicit the reaction. "You seemed to be in more of hurry than most of your heists, making your moves a bit sloppy. You wouldn't have gone on top of the planets otherwise. Also, you hardly played with the taskforce this time around, which seems to be your favorite pastime if your previous heists are anything to go by."

Kid was silent. Shinichi held up a third finger. "And the final reason I know that your shoulder is strained is because of that poke I gave you earlier. Most times, I know you either wouldn't flinch at all, you'd dodge, or you would pretend you were hurt with obvious sarcasm. You did none of those, instead opting to yelp in probable pain." He stepped forward again, glaring into Kid's own eyes. The thief held up his hands and backed up in slight fear. "So Kid, tell me the truth: have you really been taking care of your wound as you should've?"

The thief looked like he was about to protest for a moment before he looked into those defying eyes. He sighed before pouting and turning away. "And what if I haven't?"

They didn't seem to hear the door slam open. Or the footsteps that followed.

Shinichi leaned back. "Then you need to stop straining yourself and actually rest for the next month. No exceptions, not even for Kid. Understood?"

Kaitou Kid sighed and threw up his hands in defeat. "Yes, ok, fine, I admit I probably went a little overboard." The look on his face said otherwise. He looked back and smirked. "So, I'll rest if you can do one itty-bitty thing for me~"

An eyebrow was raised. "Which is….?"

Kid seemed to steel himself for a moment. Then, he twirled around, flourishing a fresh, bright blue rose into the detective's face. "What the-"

"You'll have to go on a date with me, Mei-tan-tei~" His visible eye sparkled mischievously, with an underlying emotion that Shinichi couldn't name. Not like he could think on it, as he was too busy being completely shocked. "Wh-what?!" He could feel his face heating up in surprise and embarrassment.

Kid looked behind him for a split second, just by chance, and his eyes widened for a split second before he schooled his face back to normal. He tossed the rose and the jewel to the detective before he took a few steps back. "Just kidding~ I just wanted to surprise you~ You should see the look on your face!" His smirk was hasty, but true.

He was now backed up to the edge of the roof. "I'll catch you later." He jumped skillfully off, his smirk the last thing Shinichi saw before he disappeared from view. Kaitou Kid had already glided away, a white speck in the distance due to the winds blowing in his favor.

"Damn, that stupid thief." He easily caught the rose and the Dresden Green diamond in his hands. A little bit of the heat from earlier still remained on his face.

Shinichi turned around, ready to get back downstairs and put tonight behind him. What he saw instead was Hakuba and Hattori standing there, shocked. So Shinichi plastered what he could of a smile onto his face. "Oh, hey. When'd you guys get here?"

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Hakuba snapped out of his stupor when he saw Kudo talking to them. He cleared his throat to regather his bearings. He replied with a surprisingly quiet voice, however. "Ah, we didn't get here until just a minute ago. So… what about Kid…?"

Kudo blinked. "Oh. he got away. Luckily, he gave me back the jewel so uh… here. You should take it." He walked up to them and carefully handed the green diamond to Hakuba, although it was clear he was a bit distracted. Kudo continued to walk past them.

Hattori seemed to have finally snapped out of it as well. "Hey, Kudo, where're ya goin'? We can go back down together, ya know."

Kudo looked back at the two, already at the stairway. "Oh, I've got to go somewhere really quick. You two should explain the situation and give the jewel to Nakamori-keibu in the meantime. I'm sure he'd appreciate it. See ya." And after a small wave, he disappeared from sight.

Hakube and Hattori looked at each other in confusion. They had no idea what they had just seen, but they agreed upon never bringing it up unless it was necessary. Neither of them could find a way to explain it anyways, except as a usual Kid thing, most likely.

The British detective was probably the most confused out of the two, though. If Kid and Kudo were the same person… What was that they had just seen? Was it a prank? Was tonight's thief an imposter?

He was just so confused.

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Kaitou KID: Soooooooo

Shinichi Kudo: "Soooooooo" what?

Kaitou KID: Soooooooo since I can't strain myself for the next month…

Shinichi Kudo: ?

Kaitou KID: ...that means u have to replace me for the next heist~~~ yaaaay! :D

Kaitou KID: the reason being since if I work as kid by doing research and all that juicy stuff, i have to take a break~~~ U can't deny it Meitantei~~~

Shinichi Kudo: ... I guess.

Kaitou KID: Yaaaaaaaay! XD GL detective! Doin all this by urself lol. You know what ur looking for, right?

Shinichi Kudo: Yes, I do, now please leave me alone.

Kaitou KID: Ok~ Bye~ ;)

Kaitou KID: P.S. Btw...

Kaitou KID: ...I wasn't kidding~ ;D

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Ok, finally, the end of the chapter.

I'm a KaiShin shipper btw, in case you didn't know. I haven't decided whether I want this to be KaiShin but it's getting pretty close…

Sorry for any OOCness once again, I haven't been able to watch the series recently. And all I know about Kaito is what I've read in fanfcition, oops. :,D

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