Hello again everyone.

So these are the contestant fic's that have been submitted. These are their titles and summaries. So make sure to check them all out. Apparently, Fanfiction doesn't even accept it's own links anymore. I tried but it deleted them.

Glowing Glasses: My Dearest Mirror-

ShinKai, again. There's an old mirror in the Kuroba attic, and it has the power to grant Kaito's secret wish...his heart's desire. But hold on; who is Kaitou Shadow?

Anime Lover 3593: Gem Connection-

A heist gone wrong, a scream that resonates through the area and a hope; of survival and of reunion. When the thief in white gets injured who will save him? And why does it seem like he's not where he is supposed to be? possible OOC.

Vivid x Dreams: The Phantom Behind the Thief-

Behind every Kaitou, a phantom lurks in the shadows. Chasing, guiding, helping. Eight years ago, the thief and his phantom disappeared in the eyes of the world. Now, the thief has reappeared, but where is the phantom?

CJSakura: Kagami's Mirror-

When Kaitou KID steals a cursed jewel it causes Shinichi to spin upside-down. Now he's got to learn a difficult lesson that he'll never forget. Slight KaiShin slash

And all you contestants… I have a little problem.

You've all turned this idea into a multi-chapter fic. Which in my opinion is awesome since that means more Phantom Shinichi for me to read. I'd better get started with turning Devil's Contract into a real fic before you all put me to shame. However the problem is that I don't have a clue how to mark it. I could base it on the first chapter, which all of you have written. However, some of you have used the first chapter as a type of prologue, to set the scene, where as some of you have already started on the action. As a result, I can't judge it fairly. With a oneshot the story is wrapped up in one easy instalment, but with multi-chapter fics I can't judge the content and plot as well since it's not all there yet. My only real option would be to wait until you've all finished, but that's not really fair.

So if any one of you has an idea on how to judge this fairly then please inform me. However, since there are only four of you, I can still give you prizes. I can write a oneshot of your choice for you. It can be Detective Conan if you want it to, or any other anime I've seen. It can be practically any genre too, from dark to light, from psychologically deep to cutely fluffy. Just not hardcore Yaoi. I've tried and failed to write that, plus the rules seem to be iffy on the subject at the moment.

So I'm really sorry guys *bows deeply*. But I hope that you all had fun writing the amazing stories you've come up with. You should be proud of yourselves.

I'm really really really really really really sorry!

And let this be a lesson to us all- when planning Challenges, make them oneshot based, lol.

I actually wrote the first half of this version first, which is why it's similar to the one in chapter 1. However half way through I thought to myself that KID isn't like how I've portrayed him here and decided to write the second version. This is a more fun heist than the mysterious one before. This just goes to show how the same prompt can produce such different results.

"I extend my hand to you, in an offer that you can't resist. I have information that you need. Information that will change your life. But as you know, nothing in this world is given for free. Very few humans do something for nothing- even if it is only for that self-satisfying feeling of helping someone. An alliance between you and me can mean that we both achieve our goals. I know what you want, you know what I want. What more is there to know? Take my hand, and I'll change your life."

"A contract with the devil himself hey? Well I'm not one to back down. I accept your offer"

"From now on you'll be a Phantom too. A detective in the light, a masked Phantom in the dark. The moment you place on this mask, you are no longer you. You'll become a different person. With this, I now dub thee, the Masked Mystery. Since even now, you are still a mystery to me."

A flick of his hand and a mask appears on it. The design of the mask is based on the generic masquerade mask, covering the eyes and the bridge of the nose. But for this mask there was an addition. For Phantom thieves never follow normal conventions. Above the right eye- the same side as the Devil's monocle- the mask curves up and into a point. It forms a crescent moon, the point of the bottom half ending just below his eye. The left side ends normally, yet also has a clover charm hanging off of it.

Taking the mask from the devil, the man fingers the clover charm

"Since someone like you needs all the luck they can get."

"Nakamori-keibu, there are 2 minutes until the time stated in the notice." Informs one of the policemen. Nakamori just nods and turns to stare out of the window.

The police officer backs away and goes to talk to the group of policemen observing the man "Something's not right with him. I've never heard him this quiet before. It's quite scary actually. What do you think's wrong with him?" The others nod in agreement. Gone is the loud energetic policeman they knew, replaced with a quiet introverted man, who hadn't even pinched their cheeks yet. However, it had kind of become a tradition, so Nakamori's second in command went around and did it himself. The men even let him.

"Haven't you heard about the heist note yet?" asks one of the more senior men. The younger ones look towards him and shake their heads. "There were two pictures." The policemen gasp, Two pictures? "Yeah, I know, but this was definitely a KID note, the first picture was definitely KID's doodle- it matches the other ones. I imagine that it's the second picture that has him worried."

"So did you see it? What did it look like?" asks a different man.

"Well" says the senior man "It was a picture of a crescent moon, with a clover charm hanging down from it. The experts assume that it's a clue for tonight's heist. He has sent us pictures before, like that playing card cut in half."

Another police officer, female this time, walks over to the group, looking around the room as if she's searching for someone. "Didn't you notice, that small boy isn't here either." She says.

"Oh, you mean Edogawa-kun. The one KID called Tantei-kun right? I haven't seen him all day, I don't think he even arrived here. That is strange, he usually comes to them. In fact none of the other detectives are here. You know, that posh one and the one with the accent." Replies the senior officer

"Oh, Him. Well Hakuba-san moves between here and his home in England all the time, so it's not unusual not to see him here. And the other one only does heists near Osaka, since that's his home town."

"30 seconds left!"

"Come on men, let's catch this thief!" roars Nakamori, seemingly out of his stupor. The men, realising that he's back to his old self , give out an almighty cheer and run around the room into their positions.

Target set: The Phoenix Fire.

Appearance: Black and Red marbled Ruby shaped like a bird taking flight

Historical reference: Said to bring back its owners from the brink of death.

Likelihood of being Pandora: Possible, but doesn't follow Pandora's story. Is red in colour- so possible connection. Not targeted by KID before.

Location: Tokyo Museum of Fine Art, top floor. In the south West quadrant, housed in a glass case by itself.

"It's time to put the mask on. It's time that the Masked Mystery took his first steps into the spotlight."

The man holds the mask in his hands, staring at it. Taking a deep breath he places the mask on, and looks up at the devil.

As soon as he puts it on he feels different, as if he's someone new. Suggestive thinking from the devil most likely. Either that or some other Psychological twist. But hey, I like this feeling, so I don't care where it comes from. The difference needs to be there.

A watch alarm beeps, and the man gives the devil a huge grin. Both cross to the other side of the roof, before running as fast as they can forward, and jumping off the edge of the roof, freefalling into freedom.

"Let the show, show, show…"

A confident voice blares out of the speakers set around the plaza and echoes around the buildings, making it seem as if the voice repeated the word show. There is a pregnant pause. Everyone tenses, Police waiting for the signal, fans waiting for their favourite phrase.

"Begin!"

The fans roar in excited cheers. The police can hardly hear each other over the noise. They have to revert to using hand signals, or shouting down their phones.

There is a puff of the omnipresent pink smoke that totally covers the entrance way. The crowd surges forwards, wanting to get closer to their idol.

In a sudden gust of wind, the smoke is driven away, and Kaitou KID can be seen, laying in mid-air above the entrance way.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, How nice it is to see you all again. For this heist, I will be taking a back seat and let my new partner take centre stage. Aren't I nice like that? So I want you all to give a warm welcome to the Masked Mystery!" KID looks down at the audience and grins, his voice confident and lazy, as if he really is taking a nap up there. He raises his hand and clicks.

From above, a spot light casts it's beam into the centre of the crowd.

"Oy, KID, don't fall asleep up there. You aren't going to make me do all of the work are you?" The audience gasp and create a path for the mysterious man walking forwards. No one had noticed him standing there before.

Taking long confident strides, the newcomer stands in the middle of the entrance way and turns back to the audience. He bows, drawing his cape out to the side, face looking at the floor. "How rude of me. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Masked Mystery." He looks up and people finally notice how blue his eyes are. Framed by the black of the mask, they seem to glow like jewels themselves. He looks the perfect opposite to KID, dressed in silver and black.

"KID, I think that we had better hurry up. We are late for out meeting with the nice Detective." Says the Masked Mystery.

"You are right, we can't keep him waiting, he might throw a fit." KID stands up, still standing in the middle of the air.

KID and Mystery wave to the audience, before disappearing in two clouds of smoke.

Two police men slam open the doors to the top room and run over to Nakamori, panting from their long climb up the building.

"Sir, you won't believe what we just saw. There were two Kaitou KID's" gasps one, hands on knees, panting.

"But KID introduced the other guy as the Masked Mystery. He's wearing an outfit similar to KIDs, but instead of KID's white, it's all black. And he had this mask over his face, with this moon like thing on the right, and a charm like KID's on the left." Continues the other one, having caught his breath.

"First KID appears laying in the middle of the air Sir, there were no helicopters nearby, and no wires that we could see. He says that he ain't going to be as active in this one, and then clicks his fingers. A spot light shines onto the crowd, and suddenly this other guys just like there. Right in the middle of the public. No one had noticed 'im before. He walks over and introduces 'imself, before saying that 'im and KID are late for their meeting with you Sir."

"Good, but why does it take two of you to tell me this?" asks Nakamori.

"Well Sir, you always tell us to travel in pairs, that way we know if the other guy is KID or not. He ain't been out of my sight all day sir." Both men nod, agreeing with the statement.

"Alright then. Men!" he shouts "It seems as if KID has a friend along for this one. I need you all to be extra careful. He's due to come in any moment now. So stay with your partner, and be extra cautious when the lights…

*Clunk*

… go… out," he finishes slowly. Oh how KID loved to mock him.

He runs forwards in the dark, arms out to feel the way. He knows that the case holding the jewel should be about 10 paces forwards…

*Thunk*

Found it

The lights switch back on, and standing on top of the glass case are two men.

It's KID and KID's Friend.

Nakamori stares at this new man. He looks a lot like KID does, same height, same build, could possibly be a twin. This new man stares back at him too before leaning down to get closer to the Inspector's level.

"How nice to meet you Nakamori-keibu. I've heard a lot about you. Hell, I've seen all of your work up close and personal. Never been able to catch him though, have you? Why not try your luck with me? So Inspector, will you rise to the challenge, or fail like you've always done?" The smile wasn't really a smile, more like a smirk. It was sharp and confident with a huge air of superiority. Where KID's was known as a Cheshire Cat grin, this was more like a cat's-got-the-cannery smile. As if he'd already won when they hadn't even started yet.

Nakamori growls and clenches his fists, knuckles turning white. How dare a criminal speak to him like that? He was worse than KID was. Tonight was going to be the night he captured KID, he was sure of it. This fake one would trip up somewhere and when KID swooped in to rescue him… bam! Both would be in handcuffs before they can say abracadabra. And there were no brats to get under his feet either tonight.

"I don't consort with criminals. However, maybe you won't think of this as a game when you are convicted and in prison" replies the Inspector.

Masked Mystery laughs loudly before straightening back up. "I don't know what's funnier, that you think you can catch us, or that you think you can keep us in a prison. Ne, KID maybe that should be our next heist, a prison break out." Both smile at the ludicrous idea. KID had never thought about that, even with Nakamori's constant reminders, but how did they intend to keep him captured long enough to even get him to the station let alone a prison cell? Magicians got out of handcuffs and impossible binds every day. And he wasn't just any magician, he was the best.

Nakamori looks around him from the corner of his eye and notices that his men have all backed away. Maybe the thieves thought it was in fear (for two KID's is a very scary idea) but he knew better. "Let's see you try it. I'll even help and get you into jail!" Nakamori shouts, making sure that the thieves' eyes were on him. Taking a few paces backwards he makes as if to run towards them, yet instead of jumping up towards them like the thieves expected, he skims past the corner of the glass case and keeps on running. Once he's sure he's out of the way, he shouts "Now!"

The men in the security van press a series of buttons, starting the security system. Lasers line the floor, making it hard to walk from one place to another. Lasers also point into the air, essentially caging the pair in. So even if they did get the jewel, there was no way they were getting out.

Both Phantoms look around themselves not scared or worried in the slightest. Although it was hard to tell with them, for Phantoms were supposed to retain a clam façade. Nakamori expected they were quaking on the inside.

"Mystery, I'll leave this to you." Says KID, patting the other's shoulder. Mystery shrugs it off before taking a better look at his surroundings.

"Ha, like rats in a trap! Let's see you escape this one then KID!" gloats Nakamori. The other policemen add in comments of their own. However all have the sneaking suspicion that the thieves will get away. It was almost a given by now. But they were determined not to think defeatist thoughts, or else they would have lost already.

KID watches as his partner falls into what he likes to call Detective Mode. It always amazed him how Shinichi could totally ignore everyone around him and just focus on the case infront of him, even with a handicap like being Conan. He enjoyed watching the detective's face as the brain ticked away behind. He could almost physically see the thought process. So what would the Phantom Detective come up with? And was it going to be KID worthy? Of course first he had to get the jewel.

"Take two steps backwards" warns Mystery. KID does so, standing perfectly balanced right on the very edge of the case, giving Masked Mystery as much room to work with as he could. Mystery smiles at the Inspector, before clapping and releasing a very small puff of smoke, just big enough to cover his hands. "Inspector, Phantoms are shadows. We're not really here. So do you think something like Lasers can stop us? How can a laser affect a Shadow?" He extends his hand, palms facing each other until the top hand enters the laser beam. Nakamori is quite worried when nothing happens, no burning, no shocks, nothing. As if he wasn't there. The laser bounces off of Mystery's hand and onto the glass case. Moving his hand Mystery uses the laser to cut a circle out of the glass. Removing his hand out of the laser's path he reaches in and picks up the jewel.

KID smiles at the faces the taskforce have on. They have such funny confused faces. What Mystery had actually done was change one glove into one covered in a mirror. Having the other white glove so close reflected the image into it so that the police couldn't tell the difference. The mirror reflected the laser and as easy as pie, the jewel was theirs.

"So now I think it's time to leave. Right through that door" and Mystery points to the door infront of them. Some of the taskforce run in that direction, defending the door. A few smoke bombs are dropped, filling the room with the thick pink smoke. A bang is heard and the smoke is drawn through the now open door.

"Damn those thieves. After them men! We mustn't let them escape." Shouts the ever predictable Nakamori. His men all shout in recognition of the order and pile out of the open doorway.

Once the room is clear, a white shadow drops from the ceiling and proceeds through the maze of lasers, twisting and jumping with the occasional cartwheel and flip to dodge every single one of them

"All right, no need to show off. Just because I can't do that." Grumbles the black shadow, standing back on the glass case. KID clears the lasers and proceeds to switch them off.

They run to the windows on the side of the room and step onto the Balcony. Using a Grappling Gun, they climb up to the roof where they can hear the rest of the Task Force waiting for them

The roof itself is another piece of artwork: a garden with a pool of water. The task force jump when clapping can be heard, they look for the source and find Masked Mystery standing on the water, his reflection standing under him. Some of the police rub their eyes just to see if the thief is really standing on the water or not. A second look gives the same results at the first. The fish in the pool take no notice of him at all. Most likely because they can't see him since Mystery is currently standing on a mirror- providing both stable footing and the reflection.

Of course Kaitou KID was nowhere in sight.

"I'm different from KID and you would do well to remember that. You can't treat us like the same person. We're complimentary, not copies. But for now, it's time to go flying" He raises his hands to be to the right of his head and claps twice. The fish in the pond jump out of the pool and fly towards the members of the taskforce. The police, expecting flying to mean him, had moved towards the edges of the roof ready to stop him. They had not expected flying fish. The grown men shout and scream like school girls, shocked by the sudden appearance of the fish.

Mystery laughs his own version of KID's maniac laughter and runs towards the edge of the roof. Not stopping he jumps off the roof, hand's extended to either side.

Fans scream as the helicopter lights focus on the falling thief. Closer and closer to them he falls and the screams turn into fear filed ones. However at some point during the fall, one becomes two and it's suddenly both KID and Mystery in a free fall. Just before they reach the crowd, the gliders activate and lift the thieves above the heads of their adoring fans.

They hear the sirens of police cars start up and allow the police to chase them down the road. At the intersection, the thieves split and take different turnings. The police do the same but the thieves quickly lose them.

"So... was that stone what you were looking for?" Shinichi asks, back at his house.

KID shakes his head. "No, so I placed it back where it belongs." Then he looks up at the detective and pouts. "But why on earth did you have to do a trick with those disgusting creatures. Surely it was not worth the effort to tie string to them all."

Shinichi laughs and smiles dangerously at the thief. "Well, unlike someone I don't have a horde of Dove minions to do my bidding. I was thinking of making them my trademark. You with your doves and me with some fish. Doesn't that idea sound wonderful?"

"No it certainly does not. You can hold your own heists if you are ever going to include them again" assures KID, turning away from the detective.

"Hmm, so there is something the mighty KID-sama is afraid off. Nice information to know. So when all the jewels turn out not to be the one you are looking for, I'll know where to look: the Aquariums."

"Good. The minion knows his place" says KID haughtily. "It's nice to know you are useful for something other than taking up my spotlight." Shinichi laughs silently and shakes his head.

"Ahh is someone jealous that women like dark handsome men in black rather than in white?" asks Shinichi mockingly.

"You wish. They were just screaming since they thought you were stupid enough to jump off without a glider. And your flying skills still need some work. I saw you nearly smack into that wall at the end"

Shinichi looks away and crosses his arms. "Well sorry I haven't been moonlighting as long as you have."

"Well you'd better learn quickly. Once Snake hears about this, he'll show up. He'll see you as a threat. So how are your bullet dodging skills?" This was just a risk he was going to have to take. He was sure that the detective could look after himself.

"It doesn't matter. I can just steal some body armour from the police one day. You said he always goes for heart shots right. I just need to get close enough to plant one of these on him" and Shinichi holds up one of the tracking devices Agasa had made.

KID smiles. "I knew there was a reason I was willing to share the spotlight."

Hmm, I don't like this version, I prefer the other one. I haven't had any inspiration for this one at all, but I didn't want to keep the contestants waiting any longer.

By the way look out for the Devil's Contract real fic. I'm going to post it up separately. This time it'll be a proper story and explain the how and why of their contract. I'll be taking lines and scenes from the first two chapters to start it off with, so if you preferred that style to this one, then I'll see you there.

Thanks for reading and participating

This is Phantom Hitman 1412 finishing the assignment. I'll see you all next Hit-Heist, okay.

First Published: 07 June 2012