Detective Conan and Magic Kaito characters, settings, and ideas do not belong to me but to Aoyama Gōshō.

Warnings: Language, minor violence

TMPD Antics

By Taliya

XXXVII: Kuroba and Hattori

"Tantei-han! So glad you could join us!" Kaitou KID chirped from his perch on the second story balustrade in the north wing foyer of a private mansion. The night's target had been a large rutilated quartz cabochon by the name of Light in the Darkness. KID had managed to easily swipe the stone despite the Task Force's best efforts, along with help from Heiji, Shinichi, and Saguru. A small bit of sleight of hand, and the Light in the Darkness disappeared from his gloved fingers.

Heiji sprinted up the stairs with Saguru and Shinichi hot on his heels. The rest of the Task Force had been put out of commission with a timely flood of sleeping gas. The three detectives had managed to evade being knocked out by holding their breaths and escaping from the room the moment they heard the telltale hiss of the fumes. The thief hopped nimbly onto the carpeted floor and the detectives gave chase, tailing the magician through the twisting hallways of the manor.

KID lost them the moment he squirreled himself in one of the air conditioning vents, eventually emerging on the roof of the eastern wing. Lifting his face to the night sky, the breeze felt wonderful on his heated skin—the currents would be strong enough to send him into the skies. A shout startled him from his momentary reverie, and he spun to find Heiji panting as he hauled himself over the lip of the roof, having gain access by climbing out of one of the exterior third-floor windows.

"Tantei-han," he remarked with good cheer. "A lovely night, don't you think?"

Heiji smirked. "I'll consider it a great night if I make it through without ending up in the emergency room," he replied, thinking of KID's heist in Osaka targeting the Memories Egg, where he had gotten into a severe accident on his motorcycle. The other times he had been involved in a KID heist he had been unharmed, but really, any case that ended up with him not in the emergency room was a good case.

The thief sighed in exasperation. "Tantei-han," he chided, "I hadn't realized you could be any worse than Meitantei." When Heiji stared at him quizzically, he elaborated, "He is a corpse magnet, according to his friends, so he cannot quite help himself. You, on the other hand, are just plain reckless."

Heiji reddened in indignation. "Say that again," he growled, scowling at the white-clad thief.

Kaitou KID never replied, for he had to duck a black and white projectile aimed at him from the roof of the south wing.

Author's Note: And we get KID exercising, courtesy of Shinichi. Though I'm sure KID's going to regret asking since this is Shinichi we are talking about, but well… he did ask. I can only snicker. I hope you enjoyed it.

Completed: 23.10.2015