Sorry for the really late update. First I had my relatives come over, then I got sick, then I was just too lazy to update.

I do not own Detective Conan or Magic Kaito.

Aria observed everyone as the police force and the crowd counted down the seconds until Kid's arrival time. Saguru was looking at his clock, counting down quietly with the crowd. Conan's expression was one of extreme concentration. Akako was looking at the jewel with anticipation and Aoko was looking angry.

"3, 2, 1!" shouted the crowd. With a puff of smoke, the Kaitou Kid was standing on the pedestal, holding the gleaming ruby in his hand.

"Ladies and gentleman," Kaitou Kid announced grandly. Honestly, Aria didn't hear what he said at all. The moment Kid had arrived; Aria had darted through the crowd, toward the pedestal. In her dreams, Kid had gone left to the stairwell into a tower.

As she predicted, Aria sensed the gem was somewhere in the stairwell, moving into the tower. Aria sighed. She hated doing this in front of mortals but she had to. She took a deep breath and concentrated.

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Kaito ran into the tower. He started to hold the ruby up to the sky but stopped when heard a voice.

"Duck," the voice said.

"Who's there?" Kaito said, snapping his head around.

"Just duck, now!"

Kaito ducked and felt a bullet miss his head by millimeters. He looked up and saw that Snake had tried to snipe him. Kaito narrowed his eyes and raised the Devil's Spawn up to the moonlight.

Snake spat on the ground and left when he realized it was not Pandora. Kaito looked around for the source of the strange voice that had warned him. He heard soft laughter echoing through the tower.

A brown wolf stepped out from the shadows. Its eyes were brimming with intelligence. "Give me the jewel. It's dangerous in the wrong hands."

Kaito realized with a jolt that the voice came from the wolf.

"Give her the jewel."

Kaito turned around and saw that Akako had come to the tower.

"Akako-neechan!" Conan called.

"Koizumi-san." Saguru also came running into the tower.

Kaito thought for a second and decided that if Akako wanted the gem, it was probably magic-related. "This was not the jewel I am looking for." he said, just as Nakamori and Jirokichi came in.

"KID!" Nakamori and Jirokichi yelled in sync. Kaito grimaced. He looked at Akako for help.

Akako stepped in front of the four males that were currently trying to capture Kid. "I believe that the Devil's Spawn belongs to the Koizumi family." She said airily.

Jirokichi stuttered, "Yes but-"

"Then I don't see the problem if I just give the jewel to this young lady." Kaito interrupted. Akako smirked as Kaito laid the jewel in the palm of her hand.

"Catch," Akako called, throwing the ruby across the room. A streak of dark brown shot past Kaito, throwing him off balance. The wolf that had carefully hidden in the shadows leapt up and caught the jewel. She jumped onto the ledge and smashed through the window.

Saguru rushed to the window and looked down. The wolf had landed on her feet and took off running.

"I thought it was cats that landed on their feet." Conan said peering out the window.

"Well, I guess I'll just bid you farewell." Kaito said. With a puff of smoke, he disappeared.

xxXXxx

Akako walked up the path to her mansion. She saw that It was sitting there waiting.

"My God, Akako," It said. "What took you so long?"

"Sorry, sorry," Akako sighed. "I had to talk my way out of the questionings." She smiled. "But your friends will be here soon." As soon as she spoke, a raven came swooping down. The raven morphed into a human girl with blue-black hair and pale blue eyes.

"Himitsu will be here shortly." The girl said. Soon, a blonde rabbit came bounding over to them. The rabbit too turned into a human girl.

"Hey wolfy," Himitsu told It. "You realize that you can change back now."

The wolf stretched out, then turned into a girl.

"Well Himitsu, Rin, long time no see." The girl said.

"Aria!" Himitsu cried, leaping into Aria's arms. "I missed you so much."

Rin coughed slightly. "Correction, WE missed you so much. Anyway do you two have the jewel?"

Akako nodded and pulled out the ruby. It glowed in her hands for a second, and then split in to three even pieces. Akako handed a piece to each girl.

"Lucifer trusts you three to guard the ruby. Don't let him down." Akako warned.

All three girls smiled.

Eh, this chapter isn't so well written. It feels like I'm dragging out the story but whatever. Seems like I revealed part of Aria's secret.

Review replies:

To Kudo2315: Thanks I think. I don't think you finished what you wanted to say.

To zXFallenAngelsXz: Yup, they were looking for a jewel. Glad you like this story.

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To ILoveFanfiction-AnimeAdik: I love cliff-hangers. Probably because I read so many books that have cliff-hangers in them. Please continue to read this story.