Title: Talk with a Theif
Fandom: Magic Kaito
Characters: Ginzo Nakamori, Kaitou Kid
Prompt: 080. Why?
Word Count: 699
Rating: G
Summary: Kid and Nakamori-keibu are trapped in a room together.
Author's Notes: If they're OOC, it's because I wasn't quite able to get everything to sound right.

Nakamori Ginzo ran down the hallway. Normally, people would assume he was chasing Kaitou Kid when he did that. This time, he was running for his life. Kid's enemies had decided that they were going to target him in order to get to the thief. He had gotten away from them, and now was running through the building trying to find a way out or a place to hide.

Then he was pulled backwards through a doorway. He would have screamed if it weren't for the hand covering his mouth.

"Sorry, Nakamori-keibu."

Even whispering, there was no way to mistake that voice.

"I'm going to let you go now. Don't scream. If we're found, we're dead. I'd rather not have my identity be found out because I was killed."

After Kid let go, Ginzo turned to look at the thief. Kid stood to the side of the door, card gun ready incase the men searching for them came in. The sound of voices and footsteps outside the door made them both tense. As the footsteps and voices fade away, both relaxed.

Figuring they would be there for a while, Ginzo decided he may as well talk to Kid.

"Why did you grab me?"

"Nobody gets hurt."

There was an unusually serious tone to the usually jovial thief's voice and the usual grin was missing from his face.

"Why can't anybody get hurt?"

"Because when dealing with these people, getting hurt means getting killed. I will not let them take you away from your daughter, Nakamori-keibu. I take you away from her often enough with my heists."

There was a note of conviction in his voice and, if Ginzo wasn't mistaken, also a little regret.

"One last question, then. Why do you steal?"

"That happens to be a long story," said Kid regaining his grin and usually cheeky attitude, "I cannot tell you everything, as that would give away my true identity, but I'll tell you what I can. I wonder, Nakamori-keibu, if you ever realized that I am not the same Kaitou Kid that you chased ten years ago."

"I've had my suspicions, especially after the profiler placed you as a high-school student."

"The one time I was slightly sloppy and left a hair behind, yes?

Ginzo gave a nod and slight grunt in response to Kid's smirk.

Kid sighed, and dropped the smirk a bit. "Your information isn't wrong Nakamori-Keibu." Kid looked at him grimly. "I am not the original Kaitou Kid."

Ginzo's shocked reaction told Kid that he never expected his suspicions to be confirmed.

Kid sighed. "The people after us right now killed the original Kid. They had wanted him to find a special gemstone for them-"

He paused, waiting for the sound of footsteps to pass them and glanced at the door before continuing on more quietly, "A gem called Pandora."

Ginzo gave him a confused glance. "What would they want with some jewel?"

"Ahhh, but Nakamori-keibu, Pandora isn't just any jewel. Pandora is a legendary gem, rumored to shed tears of immortality. Under the moonlight you can see a smaller glowing red gem inside of the stone and it will shed the tears."

"THAT'S !#$!$# IMPOSSIBLE!"

Kid's mask dropped, a panicked look covering his face for a second before he regained his Poker Face.

"Shhhhh! They're still here."

Ginzo had the grace to look embarrassed at his exclamation. They heard shouts and Kid decided it was necessary to quickly end his story.

"When he realized what kind of organization it was he refused them and set out to find Pandora before they did and destroy it. They killed him and now I have taken up the mantle to complete his work."

Ginzo was speechless after this discovery, which Kid thought was quite a feat.

And then he smiled "Nakamori-keibu, do you trust me?"

"What!?" he quietly exclaimed.

"Nakamori-keibu, I think I can get us out of here. However, I need you to trust me."

"Tell me your plan first, Kid."

Kid smirked. He smirked that smirk. The one that said Kid knew something those around him didn't, usually involving some kind of prank on Ginzo's task force.

"But Nakamori-keibu that would ruin the surprise."