Sorry it took so long for the update! I hope you enjoy the chapter and read my author's note at the bottom! On with the story!

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The Other Side

"Mom!" Daisuke moaned. "I don't want to! I don't like stealing things!"

"Daisuke," His mother said with all the patience of, well, a mom. Suddenly, she perked up. "I already sent the notice for Dark! And besides, technically you aren't the one stealing anything."

"Mom! It is my body… Kind of… Doing the stealing! Why are we even stealing this one?"

That was when Daisuke's grandfather decided to speak up. "Young people these days! So inconsiderate towards their elders! You are taking a painting called "The Thief Angel". It is a portrait of a woman clad in all white. She is actually a thief as well. Her name is Kaitou Jeanne. I am off topic. You are stealing this painting because it makes people act strangely. We don't know how though so it is probably a demon of some sort. It only affects the owner though. They will probably try to stop you. Got that Dark?"

'Crazy person owning a painting I am going to steal who will try to stop me. Got it.' Dark thought. Daisuke repeated it aloud.

"Good. Also, two other thieves are after this painting as well. Tonight, Kaitou Jeanne, the one who the painting is of, although no one knows how they her to sit still that long, and Kaitou Sinbad will be coming to take it. They work together now although it seems as though in the past they were rivals."

'Why are they working together now then?'

"No one really knows. No one knows how they steal the painting either. They don't even have to approach the painting and the frame becomes blank and then a different painting of an angel appears later."

"Wait, how do you know that they are after it?"

"They also send notices. It was on the news at one today as well."

'This is just great. Two other thieves who are working together are going after my painting and there is very little information about them. Can't we find out more?' Daisuke repeated the question.

"We know a little more. These two thieves seem a little on the crazy side. They have often been seen talking to nothing but air. They are both agile and crafty but can't fly like Dark can. They have almost been caught but always manage to escape. They also seem to have a romantic relationship. One night, they were seen kissing on a rooftop."

'So, to break up the partnership, all I have to do is win Miss Jeanne's heart and this whole thing becomes two times easier.'

"Dark! You can't just do that! It just… Wrong! It is like what you did with Miss Risa! Except Miss Jeanne is in a relationship! That just isn't right Dark!" Daisuke chastised… Well, himself really.

'Meh. I could do worse. What does this girl look like? I want to make sure that I am battling the right person. It would be bad if I simply went after the wrong girl.'

After more chastising on Daisuke's part (mentally this time) he asked the question…

… To which his grandfather cryptically answered, "You'll see. You will know if it is her or not."

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Five hundred twenty four words + author's notes. Aren't you proud? Once again, sorry it took so long for the update but I have so much homework at my new school and I recently moved and just ugh. Too much going on. Also, sorry that I didn't update when I said I would but I thought I already had and then I realized, I hadn't. Does that make sense?

I feel like the characters are OOC. They probably are but I am too lazy to fix it now so I probably never will.

This was what Daisuke was doing before the heist if you couldn't tell.

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Ja ne!
~J. DCF