I've officially decided to cheat on this chapter! Because I can't seem to handle more than writing one one-shot a day, I'm just going to catch up by including yesterday's word and today's word in one thing. Please forgive me for my laziness, but today's word just happens to fit perfectly with the scene I thought of for yesterday's word, so I was hoping you all wouldn't mind too much :)

I was kind of hoping it would take a little longer for a word to pop up that left me with no choice other than to write a heist one-shot. Unfortunately, it came up sooner than I had hoped but oh well I'll give it a try, since this word hasn't left me much of a choice. Anyway this time it's a short KaiCo (or whatever the official name of the shipping is). It's also going to be told from Hakuba Saguru's point of view because this particular scene can only be seen for what it truly is

Scene: Conan and Kaito challenge each other at yet another Kaito Kid heist, but why does it seem to Hakuba as if something else is going on?

Attempted Feeling: Not really sure on this one...

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Word of the Day for Thursday, June 23, 2011

jujitsu \joo-JIT-soo\, noun:

1. The ability to accomplish a task with no apparent effort or resistance.

2. Method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by using the strength and weight of an adversary to disable him.

Word of the Day for Friday, June 24, 2011

sabbatical \suh-BAT-i-kuhl\

noun:

1. Any extended period of leave from one's customary work, especially for rest, to acquire new skills or training, etc.

adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to or appropriate to the Sabbath.
2. Bringing a period of rest.

Hakuba stood next to Nakamori-keibu, thoroughly nonplussed at what they were witnessing in front of them. At first glance, the scene of the two figures seemed like a normal fight between a detective and the Phantom Thief, but somehow, and Hakuba couldn't really put into words why, it was far from normal.

Tonight was supposed to be the night, the night Hakuba Saguru was allegedly going to finally capture and unmask Kaito Kid at the latter's heist. Hakuba plan for tonight's heist had been to finally prove to everyone that Kaito Kid is none other than his prankster classmate at Ekoda High School, Kuroba Kaito. Since he had come back from his sabbatical in London, the half-British, half-Japanese high school detective had been determined to claim his victory over the allusive Phantom Thief.

Unfortunately, things hadn't gone as planned, although Hakuba supposed that was normal whenever Kaito, or his alter-ego Kaito Kid, were involved.

When Hakuba had arrived at the heist's location earlier in the evening, he realized he'd forgotten that, during his absence, someone else had taken center stage as Kaito Kid's rival. It only added to the new rival popularity that he didn't even reach Hakuba's waist when they were both standing upright. Hakuba had met Edogawa Conan twice before and in both times, the kid had proven himself to be a good detective. Actually, Hakuba had concluded after the Sunset Mansion case, that Edogawa Conan was too good for a normal six year old, genius or not. When Hakuba had come to this particular conclusion though, he had also to leave leave that where it was, the kid's business was his own and it really didn't matter to Hakuba anyway.

With a smirk firmly plastered on his face, Hakuba had gone to talk to the little detective after Sleeping Kogoro had thrown the boy away from the news reporters, wanting the limelight for himself. It was all Hakuba could do to not roll his eyes at the famous detective, knowing who the person really solving all those cases was.

"I look forward to working with you again Edogawa-san, I do hope that you won't slow me down during the heist. Just remember this, Kaito Kid is mine. I'm going to be the one to finally put the Phantom Thief behind bars," Hakuba told the boy smugly. It didn't matter that this kid was great at putting away criminals who committed homicide because this was a Kaito Kid heist. This was a game played under it's own special rules, rules that Hakuba was confident only he knew. Besides, he had a personal vendetta against the thief after Kuroba had dyed Hakuba's dark blond hair into a bubblegum pink.

The half-British detective wasn't prepared for such a strong reaction out of the little boy at his words. If looks could kill... For a second Hakuba thought he was hearing things; was the boy growling at him?

"Kaito Kid is not yours," The boy bit out angrily, while the small detective's eyes told Hakuba what he hadn't vocalized. He's mine.

It was the middle of summer, meaning that Hakuba couldn't blame the shiver that went down his spine on the cold.

The same nerdy looking boy, who didn't even come up to his waist, sneered at Hakuba like Hakuba was the six year old little boy playing in things he didn't belong. Edogawa Conan turned around and walked towards the museum, leaving the dumbstruck Hakuba behind.

After that, things had gotten even stranger. Hakuba had more or less put the earlier incident with Conan out of his mind, but as he and Nakamori-keibu waited in their positions three minutes before Kid's scheduled appearance, he noticed the little ankle-bitter was no where to be seen. Hakuba became so preoccupied in his search for the boy that he was unprepared when the lights went out. Nakamori-keibu's shouts of 'get those damn lights back on' could be heard as Hakuba managed to focus on the glass case in the center of the room.

The lights came on and Hakuba was left staring into the maniacally grinning face of Kaito Kid.

"Tantei-san! What a wonderful surprise! I was beginning to feel like your jilted lover," The Phantom Thief said, the visible part of his face in a pout.

"Enough of your games, Kid! Hand over The Hixon Ruby Crystal. Tonight's the night I'm going to take off that monocle and put you in handcuffs," Hakuba replied calmly, inwardly seething.

Kid whistled and smirked as the ruby in his gloved hand vanished in a puff of pink smoke.

"Why that's very kinky of you, Tantei-san but I'm afraid I already have plans for tonight so maybe some other time."

Kid looked around the room, eyes scanning it as if searching for something. Hakuba tried to lunge forward, but was stopped by his own feet, the traitors stuck to the floor by some sticky green substance. From the angry yells around him, Hakuba gathered that Nakamori-keibu and the Kaito Kid Task Force were in the same predicament. Kid's jujitsu never failed to appear on a heist and to irritate Hakuba to no end.

"Sorry about your shoes, Tantei-san, but I'm afraid I must be off now. Before I go though, would you happen to know where Tantei-kun's gotten off to? I rather expected him to be here to try and stop me," Kaito Kid inquired, his tone airy and flippant as if he were asking about the weather. Hakuba couldn't help to notice how Kid's eyes never seemed to stop moving about the room.

"Sorry to disappoint, but the boy vanished a few minutes ago," Hakuba growled out, trying to free himself from his sticky situation. Literally.

"Ah, I see. Thank you for the information. Bye bye, Tantei-san."

And when Hakuba looked up, Kaito Kid had already vanished.

With a collaborative effort, some of the task force managed to free themselves and then Hakuba and Nakamori-keibu. He and Nakamori-keibu immediately charged towards the stairwell leading up towards the roof. When the roof door was yanked open by the angry pair, they were greeted by a strange sight.

The two figures, one in a white tuxedo and top hat, the other between two and three feet tall with glasses far too big for it's small face, danced on the roof together. They weren't actually dancing since cards and a soccer ball were being projected through the air, but Hakuba couldn't get the term out of his head as he stood frozen, watching.

He suddenly felt uncomfortable, like he was interrupting something intimate and private. The two didn't even seem to register that they now had company as they continued their game. Not that it mattered, neither Hakuba or Nakamori-keibu moved an inch, spectators to something that the half-British detective couldn't seem to comprehend nor intrude upon.

The looks of pure delight on both figures' faces made the fight leave Hakuba. He shook his head as he closed the roof door, noticing that Nakamori-keibu's mouth was agape as he still attempted to process what he just witnessed. He seemed to wake a little as the door clicked shut, a sound of protest making itself heard.

Hakuba just shook his head again, before he started heading back down the stairwell where he passed several confused task force members that couldn't seem to understand why they weren't trying to capture Kid. That was because they had not been witnesses to whatever was transpiring on the roof right now, and even if he wanted to, Hakuba knew he wouldn't be able to describe it to them.

"We lost again, Nakamori-keibu. We'll just have to wait for the next heist to capture Kid," Hakuba said, turning to look at the man still frozen by the the closed door.

"Wha- What was that?" Nakamori-keibu spluttered, looking slightly panicked.

Hakuba was silent for a moment.

"You know, I'm not entirely sure myself. The only thing I do know is that some things in this world are better off left alone and are not meant to be interrupted. I know that they're are somethings that outsiders like us can't understand and shouldn't even try to. We're better off just forgetting what we saw just now, Nakamori-keibu, or we'll drive ourselves crazy trying to figure it out," The half-Japanese detective said, continuing to walk down the staircase as he let his words echo up towards the bewildered police officer.

Hakuba made arrangements later that night to return to Britain, knowing that he no longer had a place at Kaito Kid's heists. It wouldn't be until much later that Hakuba would admit to himself that abandoning his mission to put Kid behind bars hadn't bothered him nearly as much as it should have. Kuroba Kaito had grown on him and he just couldn't imagine putting the happy-go-lucky prankster behind the bars of a prison cell. At least Kaito had taken the news of Hakuba and Aoko dating well, seeming genuinely happy for them as he started giving teasing remarks that Hakuba never seemed to hear the end of. All thanks to Edogawa Conan. Hakuba face-palmed, refusing to think about the implications that thought brought up.

A little note on my use of sabbatical in the first paragraph: In movie 10, Kaito Kid, who was disguised as Hakuba, claimed he had just returned from Britain where he had been studying Criminal Science in London and since Kaito is so thorough on the information of the people he disguises as, I've gone ahead and assumed that's what Hakuba was really doing in Britain.

A note on the jewel: It's a real jewel on display in LA according to a site focused on the rarest jewels in the world. I was going to name it Dragon's Fire but my inner nerd begged me to be a bit more thorough xD

So yeah I was intending to have a short scene at the end of Conan and Kaito after the door had closed but I kind of felt like that would ruin this whole one-shot after I kept having Hakuba say it was this thing that you could really interrupt. It was like the barrier I created around Kaito and Conan wasn't something I could destroy either, at least not in this chapter. I don't know if I'm making much sense but I'm pretty happy with my new ending anyway.

THAT WAS SO LONG! Well at least for one of my Kaishin drabbles anyway. I hope you liked it and I wish I had time to look over it and edit but I'm really tired and could possibly only end up screwing something up. Please review!