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Have been super excited about the Kid Summer Festival

I check youtube almost every day to see if a new episode has been subbed

So, in celebration of this tribute to our favorite phantom thief

I give you . . .

The Clock Tower II

Usually Kai was the first to applaud another's ingenuity. Somehow, the fact that said brain child was being used against him tended to dull the thief's appreciation somewhat, but he was still impressed. Asking him about the identification number of the officer he was impersonating had been a stroke of genius. Whoever this new player was he, or she, was very clever.

Most people didn't know information like that off the top of their heads. Kaito of course did, all he had to do was see it once and he was quite literally incapable of forgetting. Something the teenager had realized was as much a curse as a blessing.

There had been people he had met throughout his travels who couldn't quite understand just how determined the last Kuroba was to bring his Father's killers to justice. The depth of his resolve. In Kaito's mind, the question was how could he not be? For him, it may well have happened yesterday. His memories would never fade. For now though, it was the present the brunette needed to concern himself with.

In all honesty, the young thief hadn't really minded his cover being blown. Sure, it was an annoyance, but the magician was far from caught. Besides, if nothing else this evening would be a excellent learning experience that he could use to aid himself in his future endeavors. Not to mention a story he could share the next time he saw one of his professional acquaintances.

Kai knew he was good, very good, even for someone who wasn't his age. He had years of training under his belt after all, but even that did not negate the years of on the job experience most of his peers possessed. Experience he was still in the process of acquiring.

All of this however, still didn't entirely make up for the fact that someone was shooting at him! Okay, to be fair they weren't shooting at him, at him. In Kaito's mind though, it didn't matter how great of a shot the guy thought he was. This was not acceptable.

"Should I take down the helicopter?" came the ever-present, and to be honest somewhat reassuring voice of his foster-brother. Huyu wasn't jesting; he really could do it. His Father had done the same to cover for his partners on more than one occasion.

Kai was tempted, truly he was. Ultimately though, he decided instigating something like that came a little to close to skirting his 'no one gets hurt' policy. Besides, he already had what he wanted.

The Kaitou turned to face his pursuer, indigo eyes glittering behind the porcelain-like mask that hid his features, as he lightly kicked the metal plate he had installed on the clock tower's face. Delivering his riddle to Nakamori with his usual aplomb. He had no doubt the puzzle would keep the police occupied long enough to save the building, even assuming the expected outcry from his admittedly massive fan-club didn't accomplish the same thing.

Smoothly drawing his card gun, Rei made two additional shots, freeing the screen he had used to conceal his trick from its remaining anchors. After that, his escape was simply a matter of letting himself fall. The fabric was more than enough to conceal his change in appearance, even without the smoke bomb he released, and once the thief hit the crowd, well, he was as good as gone.

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Hope you enjoyed this and please review

I did want to mention Aoko. Sighs, but she just didn't fit.

Maybe we will see he in the next one.

On a not so bright note, I cannot believe it has been more than a month since I updated Best Served Cold. Why am I having so much trouble with it? Arg! It is not even that long a story.

Also, $^)*&%^! fruit flies. Stay out of my hot cocoa!