Chapter Ten
Hi hi! Now in this chapter, we get to see a little bit of Janet come out in Ruri. I had actually already planned out Janet's history but never really got a chance to use it, so here's a bit of briefing. At the age of 5, Janet took martial art classes but quit 2 years later. At the age of 10, she found anime and fell in love. Ever since then, she hasn't really done much in her life besides read (books in general) and watch anime. She's well-versed in mythology (as that's something I'm also well-versed in) and has an odd love for architecture.
"I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you."
-Roy Orbison
With a click, the lights were off and the heist had officially started. Within moments, the task force were rushing to get to the display case. But before they could even get close, a spotlight was turned on and angled at the display case.
And there he was, in all his glory, Kaitou KID, standing on the case, The Eye of Odin in hand.
"How is everyone this fine night?" he asked, taking a bow.
"Damn you, KID!" Nakamori-keibu yelled.
"Ah, ah, keibu-san. I greeted you properly so you should greet me as well," KID grinned.
His gaze (or whatever, Ruri couldn't really tell thanks to the monocle) shifted to where Ruri and Hakuba stood.
"It seems we have a new guest tonight," KID hopped off the case and by some miraculous feat, disappeared in a poof of pink smoke and stars.
Ruri felt her hand being lifted and realized she was facing KID.
He brought her hand to his lips and lightly kissed it.
"Nice to meet you, ojou-san," he smiled.
"Ah- d-domo," Ruri stuttered.
Spinning around, KID turned to face the task force members.
"Dewa, seeing as time is running short, and I have other matters to attend to, I shall be taking my leave."
And with another poof of smoke, the thief was gone.
"Hurry up and find him!" Nakamori-keibu yelled, making his officers scramble.
Sighing and turning to one of the windows, the inspector did a double take and ran after his officers.
"He's outside!" Ruri heard him yell.
She glanced out, and what she saw was KID's floating dummy.
Good grief, she sighed.
"You're not following them?" Hakuba asked.
Ruri jumped a bit since she had forgotten the other teen was still there.
Of course he wasn't fooled.
"Well, I thought it seemed a little weird, how short this heist was and the fact that he said he had 'other matters to attend to'."
Ruri watched as skepticism crossed Hakuba's face for a second before he sighed and settled on a smile.
"Then shall we start looking for him?" he asked.
Ruri nodded.
When Kaito had first heard of the heist note KID had sent, declaring he would take The Eye of Odin, he had almost choked on the chocolate muffin he was enjoying.
Now, here he was, standing face to face with Snake on the roof of the museum.
"It's been a while, KID," Snake grinned, pointing his gun at the thief.
"Oh, have you been wanting to see me? I probably could've gone the rest of my life without seeing you," KID retorted, giving a grin of his own.
Snake's grin disappeared and was replaced by anger.
"Stop BSing and just die," Snake snarled, firing the gun.
KID jumped and managed to dodge the first shot but the second and third grazed his left arm and cheek respectively.
He landed lightly on the rooftop and clutched at his arm. The Eye of Odin rolled out from his grip.
"Hah, has your aim gotten worse?" the magician taunted.
Snake's face twisted with anger and he raised the gun to fire again.
But before he could, the organization member was suddenly on the floor.
There was Ruri, standing behind Snake, holding a pipe.
She started to yell in rapid-fire English, never once pausing and having perfect pronunciation. Or as perfect as Kaito's ear could tell. He could only catch the words thief, stupid, and ahem, "bastard". She was talking too fast for his brain to process any more.
Thankfully, she wasn't yelling at him, oh no, she was yelling at Snake.
It didn't take until she was finished yelling did Kaito notice she was shaking.
She let go of the pipe and it fell with a loud clang.
The thief was absolutely stupefied. Here was a young girl hitting a Black Organization member over the head with a metal pipe.
Ruri dropped to the ground and KID was by her side in a flash.
That was possibly the STUPIDEST thing I've ever done, Ruri thought as KID tried to soothe her.
She was shaking so badly, she originally thought she was cold.
"Are you hurt anywhere?" the thief asked, flitting around her.
Ruri shook her head. Instead, she smiled, making KID stop.
"No one gets hurt, right?"
With a shake of the head, he smiled at the girl and they shared a laugh.
"For this to only be your first heist, ojou-san, I'm quite surprised," he said, once they had calmed down a bit and Ruri was no longer shaking.
Ruri nodded.
"The only thing is," he paused. "How did you find me?"
"You normally make for the rooftop so I thought that was my best bet," she replied.
KID hummed in acknowledgement.
"And...well, I figured HE would be here."
That made Kaito turn to look at the girl in shock.
"The notice. Something seemed off so I..." she trailed off.
"How much do you know?" he asked.
"Enough," was the reply.
They reveled in a spot of silence then.
"I was looking forward to seeing your magic..."
KID looked at Ruri and saw a bit of sadness as she looked up at the full moon.
He smiled.
"If you come to more of my heists, I'm sure you'll see it."
"KID!"
KID turned to the roof entrance to see and out of breath Hakuba.
"I've finally found you!"
Ruri glanced around the roof but Snake was nowhere to be seen.
With a flash of white, the Moonlight Magician was on his feet and standing at the edge of the rooftop.
"It seems we'll have to continue this next time," he smiled at Ruri and then he was gone.
Ruri ran to edge just in time to see the triangular shape of the glider shoot up into the sky and fly away.
"Ruri-san!" Hakuba grabbed the girl by her shoulders and they were face to face.
"Are you alright?!" he demanded.
Ruri nodded. "I'm just fine, Hakuba-san."
"By the way, where is The Eye of Odin?"
Ruri stood absolutely still. That was a very good question.
"Crap," Kaito mumbled.
He had forgotten The Eye of Odin back at the rooftop.
The full moon's light shone down and onto The Eye of Odin, making the green jewel glow ever so slightly.
"This isn't it," a gruff voice snarled.
"I'm home!" Ruri called as she opened the door to her house.
There wasn't a response.
She made her way to the kitchen where a little note sat. Right next to it was a plate of fried chicken.
It read:
"Hello Ruri-chan!
Papa and I are going to visit your grandfather and we won't be back for a week!
I made your favorite, fried chicken for dinner!"
Ruri sighed.
"Is irresponsible parents a running theme in this world?" she wondered out loud.
She made her way to her room and opened the door.
As she flopped onto her bed, she noticed a little box on her desk.
Reluctantly rising up and making her way over, she took the box in her hands.
It was simple and topped with a little pink ribbon in the shape of a flower. A little card read: "To the lovely female detective"
Ruri had to bite back a snort. Lovely? Hah.
She untied the ribbon and opened the box. It contained a little royal blue ribbon and a note.
"Here's to our friendship," it said.
Before she knew it, Ruri was smiling and on the verge of fangirling.
" 'And make a friend in the one who truly belongs', huh?" Kaito mumbled, looking out his window and at the full moon.
He smiled and closed the blinds.
AND HERE'S THE END MY LOVELIES! i'm so sorry but this took me so long because I had the heist planned out but didn't like it so I ended up rewriting the entire thing TAT
In the next chapter, Ruri will be back at school and taking a bit of a break from all the drama. To be honest, I have no idea how long I'll be making this story, but there are some scenes that I REALLY want to write, so this won't be finished until I get to write ALL of them!
THANK YOU FOR READING YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND AS ALWAYS, DFTBA!