Sorry for the long wait, my schedule has been pretty hectic these last few weeks. Also, you'll probably won't get an update for the next two weeks because the next two are even crazier for me, so really sorry in advance.

Chapter 5: The New Lupin

Remembering the time on the notice, everyone checked their watches and phones. Sure enough, it was 10:34. The crowd quickly debated among themselves if this was a joke or not. This guy had no sign of doubt or fear, in fact; all that was shown on his face was an arrogant confidence. Everyone's gaze was transfixed on him. There was an obvious air of mystery around him. It was curious, where in the world did this guy come from? No one remembered seeing a man in a blinding white suit and monocle; one would think that they would remember that getup.

Danny looked at the guy with complete bewilderment. He wasn't sure what was going. If this guy really was Phantom Thief Kid, then why wasn't the electricity kicking in. He was standing right on the cage, so he should be electrocuted by now. Unless, he thought to himself quickly, this guy wasn't a ghost. And if that was the case, how did he get inside without being seen? And just how does he intend to steal the artifacts?

While Danny and the rest of the crowd were slowly putting the pieces together, Freakshow noticed the bracelet of Palati still in the thief's hand. He looked back at the cage which held the bracelet and saw that it was missing. That was impossible! He had just looked at it about a minute ago and it was now in Kid's hand. How did he do it? He already put two and two together and deduced that this guy was human, so how in the world did he bypass everyone, unseen, and take it without disturbing the cage? This made him angrier than before. How could he, Freakshow, be upstaged by some wannabe thief that wasn't a ghost? He was only human, yet he already beat Freakshow to the artifacts.

While everyone was still in shock by the sudden appearance and revelation of Kid's humanity, Freakshow ordered Lydia to attack Kid. After a moment of hesitation, Lydia sent her tattoos flying at Kid. There was a moment where the crowd snapped out of their trance and warned the thief, against their own judgment. Completely unfazed, Kid simply took out of his coat what looked like some type of gun and fired at the tattoos. It took everyone by surprised and in an instant, the tattoos were pinned against the wall with what looked like playing cards. Everyone wasn't sure what was more surprising: the fact that Kid just used playing cards as a weapon or that the cards actually penetrated the wall and stuck there.

Danny was shocked: he couldn't believe what he just saw. He now noticed the bracelet in Kid's hand and realized the same thing Freakshow did. Just who was this guy?

Lydia, furious, rushed at Kid. He merely stepped aside and she flew right past him. She stopped and turned around to face him, snarling.

Before Lydia could do anything, Kid took her hand gently and said, "Your ghostly beauty is truly magnificent. It is far too great to be wasted fighting, my lady." And he kissed her hand softly. Without thinking, Lydia blushed a deep green. Freakshow raged at the scene and ordered her to attack; instead she just floated in midair, in some type of romantic trance.

Turning back to the crowd, Kid spoke eloquently, "Ladies and gentlemen, it is such a pleasure to be in Amity Park. It is a beautiful town. As promised, I've come to take the bracelet of Palati, the rod of Ralphi, and the pendant of Lady Isis. As you can all see, the bracelet of Palati is already in my possession," he raised up the bracelet for all to see, allowing everyone to realize what happened, "in a few short moments, myself and the other two will disappear."

Everyone began to chatter among themselves. Is he serious? Will he really be able to disappear along with the artifacts? Most of the crowd already figured out that the man was not in fact a ghost, but human: yet there was plenty of security to ward off regular human thieves. So the question was, could he do it? From the crowd, Star burst through the front and screamed, "You can do it, Kid!" Kid kindly bowed, "Of course I can, my lady," and he winked at her, causing her to nearly pass out, and surprisingly, a number of other girls in the crowd from his charm (including Paulina).

Both Danny and Freakshow had just about enough of the ridiculousness of the situation. Freakshow was enraged at the thief for not only upstaging him, but seducing Lydia into the love struck trance that she was in. Danny was ticked at the idea of being beaten by a normal guy, not a ghost. Also, he was a little more than jealous of his way with the ladies. He's tried so hard to get Paulina or any other girl to like him, and this guy can do it almost effortlessly.

Freakshow and Danny charged at Kid, ready to take his head off. However, they stopped when Kid put up his hand, showing three fingers. "The artifacts and I shall disappear in three… two… one," in a small blast of smoke and light, Kid vanished from their sight.

The crowd gasped at the disappearance, looking around frantically for the thief. Danny's parents, initially shocked, quickly braced themselves for an attack as well as searching for the man. Instinctively, Freakshow turned to look at the desired artifacts. In horror, he saw that they too had vanished. Danny also saw this and thought quickly. He had to stop the thief from escaping, he just had to. If only the ghost shield wasn't on.

No sooner did he think this, the ghost shield surrounding the room shut off. Before anyone could do anything, Freakshow, who managed to snap Lydia out of her trance, and Danny fazed out of the room, searching for the thief. They split up and had Danny not been so focused on the thief, he might have been more concerned out the duo. But Kid had ticked him off, so he was going after him.

After searching what seemed like the entire museum, Danny still couldn't find him. Already, others were also looking so it would be impossible to hide. Danny stopped and thought for a second. He had looked everywhere, but still nothing. Then an idea occurred to him: what about the roof? He fazed through the ceilings until he got to the roof.

Landing on the roof, Danny saw Kid standing in the other direction. Before he could say or do anything, Kid looked behind him and said in a light tone, "So, you figure that I was up here, Mr. Hero." The tone was slightly sarcastic and arrogant: it ticked off Danny anymore. Danny laughed, "Yeah, I did. And now I'm going to take you down. You have no idea what you got yourself into." Danny was confident in his speech; this guy didn't have a clue how Amity Park worked.

Though hard to tell in the moonlight, Danny swore he saw a small smile run across Kid's face. "Danny Phantom, the ghost kid who protects Amity Park from other ghosts coming from the Ghost Zone. Appeared in town about a year ago and is for the most part liked by the people. With the appearance of a young teenage boy, Phantom has standard ghost powers as in flying, invisibility, intangibility, and ectoblasts. Is that about it?"

It took all of Danny's willpower not to gape at Kid. How in the world did he know all of that? Despite himself, Danny was starting to worry about this guy. Just what chaos could this guy cause? He got himself into a fighting stance, ready for anything.

Kid saw the pose and laughed, "There's no need for that, Mr. Hero. I have a no violence policy in my heists. I have no intention to fight you or anyone else here."

Confused, Danny dropped his guard. What was this guy playing at? Before he could do anything, Freakshow and Lydia came out of the roof floor into between Danny and Kid. By the mad raging glare the Freakshow gave Kid, it was clear that he was ready to kill him.

"I do believe that those are MY artifacts that you stole! Give them here right now," Freakshow practically screamed.

Turning to face them, Kid's confident smile was still in place, "I don't believe that you had announced that these were yours, my dear sir. However, I do believe that these artifacts are far better off in my hands than in the hands of a criminal."

"What's this?! A criminal patronizing a criminal?" Freakshow shouted. Danny had to agree with Freakshow.

Kid put up a finger as if he were teaching children, "I am nothing more than a simple thief and have no plans for world domination. I simply wish to test my skills." For some reason, Danny didn't think that was the whole story; mostly because he didn't trust the guy.

"Either way, I'm still taking those artifacts! Lydia!" Freakshow ordered, but Lydia didn't move, blushing fiercely.

As Freakshow screamed at Lydia to fight and Danny just floated in complete bewilderment, Kid simply looked on at the scene for a time. After a few moments, he said," Well, gentlemen, my lady, it is late and I really must be going."

Both Freakshow and Danny protested and charged at Kid, but Kid ran to the ledge and before they knew it casually fell backwards off the ledge. Rushing to the ledge, Kid suddenly rose above them as if he were flying and in a flash of light, disappeared once again; This time for good.

So finally everyone realizes that Kid is not a ghost. Also they now realize that he is an actual threat. Please note, pretty much all the girls love him and pretty much all the guys hate him. He's such a fun character!

So next chapter isn't going to be here for a while so just be patience, I promise when I have time to write I will.

Disclaimer – I don't own either show

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