"Here, here and here, we'll lower the security in these 3 areas," a girl with brown hair and lavender eyes said. Next to her was a orange haired girl with yellow eyes.

"But why would we do that?" Kotori asked in confusion.

"So we can draw her in those 3 areas and catch her, nya," the orange haired said. Kotori was quite surprised by this well thought out plan.

"Ah that makes sense! Thank you Detective Rin and Detective Hanayo!" Kotori exclaimed happily.

"I'm glad I could be of some help," Hanayo said so quiet it was almost a whisper as she pushed up her glasses.

Sure thing nya," Rin said louder than her partner. Hanayo took the map of the bank and put it into her trenchcoat, while Rin adjusted her houndstooth hat. Kotori pulled up her gloves. Today's the day I will finally catch you, Phantom Thief Elichika! She thought.

~Later that night~

How reckless. To leave the security lower over there I guess I should enter over here Eli thought as she jumped in through a vent. However when she landed she came face to face with none other than Officer Minami.

"I got you now Phantom Thief Elichika!" Kotori said pointing her gun towards her.

"I didn't think you'd outwit me so easily, however... Can you actually catch me?" Eli smirked her icy blue eyes seeming colder then ever.

"Why are you so desperate to do this?" Kotori then asked out of the blue. Eli was taken aback by her question before returning back to her cold expression.

"It has nothing to do with you," Eli replied coldly. Kotori felt a little hurt by her answer, she knew they were enemies, but at the same time she couldn't help but think that there was more to it than just having their cop and robber relationship, especially after Eli had saved her life, and helped her not quit being a police officer.

Why do I feel this way? Kotori asked herself as her heart was beating hard and fast. Eli saw this moment of opportunity to run for it, but when she tried to run something hit her back, she fell to her knees and looked behind her to see what had hit her. Kotori had shot her with a tranq gun, her hands were shaking a little.

I... I...Have to get...Back to Alisa... Eli thought as she tried dragging herself along the ground, but then her arms got numb and she laid there waiting for the tranquilizer to finally go through the rest her body and knock her out, which it eventually did. Kotori let her hands fall to her side lifelessly. She stared at Eli's unconscious body for awhile, before she noticed that her sight got blurry. She blinked and hot tears fell out of her eyes Huh? What's going on? Why am I crying? I finally caught the Phantom Thief, so why? Why am I so sad? Kotori let her tears roll down her cheeks as she covered her mouth to prevent herself from crying harder.

"You caught her, nya!" A familiar voice said. Kotori then wiped her eyes as fast as she could as both detectives walked up to her.

"Is something wrong, officer?" Detective Hanayo asked concerned. Rin went over to Eli and handcuffed her hands behind her back. Kotori shook her head, her eyes stinging a little.

"Does she have to be arrested?" Kotori asked without even thinking. Both Hanayo and Rin looked shocked at Kotori as she said this. They both looked at each other and back at Kotori.

"Well technically I guess she could work under your supervision, but even then it'd still be kind of like paying your time," Hanayo replied. "But I thought you wanted to capture and arrest her and now you finally have isn't that great?!"

"I don't know I thought I would be happy about catching her, but right now I feel so empty, and I think she has a reason for doing all this as well," Kotori said without looking at either one of them as she spoke. Just then a idea sparked inside Rin's head

"What if she became your partner!?" Hanayo and Kotori looked at Rin confused at her suggestion.

"What do you mean by that?" Kotori asked.

"Well I mean she's smart, strong, and athletic, so she could probably help you with your missions and besides she could get alot of money out of it without having to steal, nya!" She replied enthusiasticly. Kotori closed her eyes as she thought about it. It's true what Rin said she is pretty smart, being able to rob all those places without being caught or having any idea what her true identity is and all. And also about the money... Kotori then remembered how serious Eli was when she was trying to escape, normally she would have fun when trying to escape from Kotori, however this time it looked like she wasn't playing around, which bothered Kotori, she wanted to know what was going on with the Phantom Thief.

"I think that's a good idea," Kotori then said as she opened her eyes looking at Rin's yellow eyes.

"Alright then let's bring her to get her signed up to be your partner!" Hanayo said as she helped Rin pick up Eli and bring her to the horse carriage. Kotori was about to follow, but stopped as she saw something fall out of Eli's pocket. She picked it up, it was blank but she turned it over and it showed a picture of 4 people, she assumed to be her family. There was a little girl who looked about 8 or 9, and a even smaller girl was holding the other girls arm. She looked about 3 or 4 years old. It took her awhile to realize the older girl was Eli. She looked at the 2 others whom she assumed were her parents, however she noticed something a little weird, while all 3 of the members were smiling only one wasn't. It was the man, who was probably Eli's father. He wore a stoic face and his eyes looked like it had killing intent, Kotori found this a little disturbing and put the photo carefully in her pocket before following after Hanayo and Rin.

Eli opened her eyes to see a white ceiling. Where am I? She slowly sat up and realized she was in a hospital. It was broad daylight How long have I been out? She asked herself. However she wasn't the only one in the room. In one of the guest chairs, Kotori was softly snoring. Eli couldn't help but chuckle a little. She got out of the bed, cringing by how sore her back was before trying to look for her clothes. She was surprised to see that her outfit from before wasn't there but instead plain clothes, consisting of pants, a red blouse and a hoodie. She grabbed the hoodie and wrapped it around Kotori before putting on the other clothes, which surprisingly fit her. She decided to go out on a little walk to clear her mind a little. When she opened the door she accidentally ran into a familiar blue haired girl. As Umi began to fall down, a strong and sturdy arm wrapped around her back. As Umi came face to face with the girl who stole her first kiss she began to flush all the way to her ears.

"Y-you... W-what are doing?!" Umi stammered.

"Oh so we meet again, I never did thank you for helping me earlier did I?" Eli's soothe voice made Umi blush even more. Eli pulled Umi up so she could stand on her own again. She released her arm from the other girls back, as she took a good look at her. She wasn't wearing her usual uniform. Instead she had a black and white blouse on, mostly black but the collar, cuffs off the sleeves and the area where where you button down the shirt was white. She was wearing a red vest over it, which mainly only covered her torso and not her arms, and finally she was wearing a plaid black and white skirt. Umi seemed to notice Eli staring at her.

"W-what is it?" She asked while fidgeting.

"Mhm? oh nothing I was just looking at how cute you are," Eli responded winking at Umi. Umi turned tomato red by this remark. Kotori started to wake up, she opened her eyes and noticed that Eli wasn't there. She bolted out of her chair and looked around for her. Something dropped off of her back as she stood up, as she turned around to look at what she dropped and saw a red hoodie, she also saw Umi and none other than the Phantom Thief. She also took note at how her red her friends face had gotten. She began walking towards the two. Eli seemed to notice her coming towards them and turned around.

"So Sleeping Beauty is finally awake," Eli teased. Kotori blushed a little but tried hiding it by changing the subject.

"Ahem well Phantom Thief Elichika, I hope you know that you are now taken under custody by me," Kotori told her. Eli just stared at Kotori.

"W-what?! Wait so I'm going to jail?!" Eli asked a little frantically. What about Alisa?Oh crap that's right I need to get back to her!

"Not exactly. You're going to be under custody, but you won't be put in jail , you'll be working with me," Kotori answered clearing things up a little. Eli seemed to relax a little more and let out a sigh.

"So basically I'm being supervised by you until I pay off the money that I had stolen from everyone?" Eli asked as she tilted her head.

"Basically, but you'll also be getting 10 percent of the income, for working with me" Kotori answered. Eli thought about it for awhile.

"Well I guess it makes enough sense to me," she held out her hand. "I look forward to working with you," she smiled. Kotori blushed slightly, but took her hand. Kotori and Eli stared into each other's eyes, and Kotori could feel her heart start beating in her ears and her chest throbbed just by looking into those icy blue eyes. As they shook hands, Umi stood there akwardly as Kotori noticed this she let go of Eli's hand and grabbed Umi by her shoulder.

"By the way, this is Umi Sonoda, she's been my best friend since we were kids," Kotori introduced Umi. "She's a little shy, but once she opens up to people, she's like a whole new person!" Kotori beamed.

"So Umi's your name, huh? It fits you very well, just like the name Kotori does," Eli said. "I'm Eli Ayase, by the way, but I'm better known as the Phantom Thief Elichika," she said introducing herself. Just then there was a knock on the door. Before any of the three could answer, a girl with orange hair with a side ponytail held in a yellow bow helped herself in.

"Hey guys! I just got back from that bakery around the corner, their bread is delicious!" The energetic girl said enthusiastically.

"Honoka! What did I say about just barging in without knocking!?" Umi then said scolding the girl named Honoka. Eli was surprised by the sudden change in Umi's personality.

"Wah!? I didn't think you'd be here Umi!" Honoka said looking a little scared. "Kotori-chan, save me Umi's being scary!" She said as she hid behind Kotori. Kotori chuckled a little.

"Honoka-chan, I think that Umi-chan makes a good point in this situation," Kotori said looking at Honoka.

"Ah! Kotori-chan betrayed me!" Honoka exclaimed.

"I wouldn't exactly call that betrayal, Honoka-chan," Kotori chuckled while closing her eyes.

"It totally is!" Honoka said while putting both of her fists to her chest. Eli couldn't help but laugh.

"You guys sure are interesting," she said before laughing again. The trio looked at each other before laughing along with Eli. However it didn't last long when the door swung open revealing Hanayo and Rin.

"It's an emergency!" Hanayo exclaimed after catching her breath.

"Huh?" All four of the girls said.

"It's an emergency!" She repeated. However this didn't exactly clear things up for either of them.

"Could you explain the situation?" Kotori then said.

"Of course, nya!" Rin said as Hanayo took out a file out from under her arm and set it on a nearby table. The four of them circled around Hanayo and Rin as they opened the file. It was a criminal record file and showed a man with slicked back black hair and a pointy moustache Your typical criminal Kotori thought to herself. His name was Omar Zublo. As she read the offenses of Omar she could hear and see out of her periferal vision as Umi, Eli and Honoka were talking about Eli's first case.

"That was fast, I just woke up and I'm already being sent out on my first case," Eli said.

"Can't help it there's a lot of people who have to be stopped," Umi replied.

"Can we come with as well!?" It seems like there'll be alot of people involved in this case," Honoka shoved a piece of bread in her mouth after she talked. Kotori closed the file and let out a sigh before standing up to face the others.

"Honoka-chan's right there certainly will be a lot of people involved with this case, and they are all skilled killers, so if you want to come then you have to be prepared," Kotori said.

"Don't underestimate us, nya!" Rin said with her cat face.

"T-thats right. We'll show you what we're made out of," Hanayo said nervously.

"Then it's decided, right?" Honoka said.

"I guess so," Umi replied.

"Then... Let's go!" Honoka said raising her fist in the air.

"Yeah!" They all said together while also raising their fists.

Authors Notes:

Well this chapter was longer, I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you liked the way I introduced Honoka, I tried to kind of make her personality match with the real deal. Btw the casual clothes idea came from the outfits they wore in the game, the clothes they wear outside of school uniforms. Also the Omar name came from my brother asking I put the name Omar in my story so yeah, But anyways I think I'm going to stop talking now.