Title: Cops and Robbers
Author: Fyliwion
Theme: July 31- I need you so much closer
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: I really don’t own KID… or the other characters. Nope.

The silence was deafening, even with the chaos that had exploded at the scene.

The sirens were still drowning out the world around them, and she could hear the voices, the yells, the running steps that seemed to have created an impenetrable bubble, but in the middle of everything it was the calm before the storm.

The beginning of the end? Or perhaps it was the start of something new, and everything rested on what she did.

She watched the panic on his face. She heard her father’s yells. She saw the detective brandish his cuffs. She saw the monocle in his hand and in her pocket she had his…

Somewhere she was angry, or rather she knew she was very angry. She wanted to cry or scream or wallow into a well of self pity, except no one around even threw her so much as a glance. There she was, in front of her best friend who was about to be arrested, and not a single officer could be spared a moment to check in on the girl.

Her father and Hakuba were both looking too surprised and too elated to even pay her the slightest piece of mind. Well of course, he was their prey after all but still a person might think they’d care a little.

Rather there was only one person who seemed to remember she was there at all.

It was Kaito who was looking at her. Kaito whose eyes held worry, remorse, fear, and apologies as they looked through her. Kaito who wouldn’t meet quite meet her eyes, but who obviously was the only single person in that whole circle who even thought about what the whole thing might mean for the daughter of the Inspector.

She looked at the uniform she’d purloined earlier and felt in her pocket one more time. It was such a risk, and really it was a pretty thin plan. Hakuba was about to handcuff Kaito at any moment, and her father was already starting to give a lecture about arresting the infamous Kaitou KID and how could such an upstanding young man—

He’d never get out of jail… oh well he probably would, but she doubted she’d see him again and it wasn’t like Aoko was made for a life of crime. She had things she wanted to do, a life to live, a career she had hopes of pursuing and even if she agreed to help Kaito the fugitive… well she wasn’t sure how well it’d work.

And she needed him so much closer than that.

She gave the others a second chance, but even as she started to speak up, ask, maybe let her lip tremble she just felt rough hands toss her aside.

Fine. Just fine. If that was the case then they could bloody well go to hell. Her mind raced and it was such a stretch… but… well… it wasn’t like they caughthim in the middle of stealing the gem, or even in the middle of the heist scene.

It was partially her fault anyway since he’d frozen when she cornered him outside the building, and then Hakuba and the rest showed up and…

She saw he was about to speak and well… it was now or never.

“You idiot! What are you doing over here?” She said storming past the couple cops who had shoved her back. Well that got her father and Hakuba’s attention at last. Hah.

“Aoko?” simultaneous reactions as they turned to her.

“What are you doing here? And in that outfit… Aoko how many times have I told you those uniforms are off-limits!“ Her father stomped towards her.

Hakuba’s eyes narrowed.

Aoko stormed forward, “What are you two staring at?” She turned angrily at Kaito, “You were suppose to wait for me in with the crowd! Honestly, and I can’t believe you wore that to the heist too!? Is this really what I agreed to? And you promised too! Or did you want to be arrested?”

Kaito’s eyes were about to pop out of his head and he managed a strangled, “Er.. Um.. Ao-ko?” looking up at her as Hakuba started to unlatch his cuffs.

“Nakamori-chan is there something you’d like to tell us?” Oooooh Hakuba was mad and she could tell, well that’s what he got for ignoring her. See if he caught her thinking he was cute ever again. Not on her schedule.

“Yes? Wait...” she looked between Hakuba and her father incredulously, “Please don’t tell me you were actually were going to arrest him?” She put her hands on her hips and gave them both the most exasperated look possible. Had the situation not being so serious it would have almost been funny the looks they were giving her.

And now her father turned to her with a look of remorse, “Sweetie… he’s outside the KID heist. We were chasing him and well… another officer got here and… Aoko, sweetie, I’m sorry but he’s Kaitou KID.”

Apparently she’d learned something from Kaito all those years, as the look she gave them was the most withering she could imagine and she’d like to think she didn’t betray the spring of emotions going on behind her mask. She shook her head fiercely, “He’s not KID.”

“Aoko-chan—“and there was Hakuba who was starting to pull a first name basis thing. Like that was actually going to work at this point…

“He’s not. He was suppose to wait with the crowd because he was dressed like that. It’s the same costume he used at the ski resort-“ she said the words slowly making sure they got in the detective’s thick skull. Seeing the look of confusion she scowled before remembering that, “Oh right… I guess you wouldn’t remember since you hadn’t shown up at school yet. Well yeah, Kaito dressed up like KID which you can ask anyone at school about.”

“I suppose Aoko-chan, but how does that address the fact we have caught Kaito dressed as KID at tonight’s heist?” The detective looked quite ready to arrest her too.

She let out an over exasperated sigh like she’d heard Keiko make, might as well take it the whole way. “I’m getting to that if you’d stop interrupting. We had a date and we were just going to stop by the heist because it was on the way and Kaito had to try to see Kaitou KID in that stupid thing. Don’t you remember that much? We were talking about it last week at school? One of the theme cafes decided to do a “cops and robbers cosplay” due to all the popularity with the recent heists? It’s only for this month and I agreed to go with Kaito That’s why I’m dressed like an officer.” She found she didn’t even have to pretend to be embarrassed. Her cheeks were crimson and the look Kaito was giving her wasn’t helping the situation at all.

Her father’s eyes narrowed and before he was able to protest she threw in, “You’d know about it too if you’d been home for me to tell you, but I don’t think I’ve seen you more than a handful of times this week Dad and I wasn’t exactly going to call you at work and say “Daddy I have a date with Kaito.” It’s not my fault you’re not home for me to talk about this stuff with…” she only felt marginally guilty at the look he was giving her.

“I never heard that you two were actually dating.” said Hakuba who had still not released his handcuffs and looked like he’d swallowed a lemon.

“Obviously!” she rolled her eyes and groaned. “Do you think we wanted it all over the school that we were going out? With the way our class is… Especially since we’re going to some otaku place… that would be suicide and you know it.” Thank God Kaito had brought the place up, and she could tell Hakuba was starting to remember at least the part of the conversation that had happened.

Silence and then…

“Aoko-chan I know you don’t want Kuroba to be arrested, but there’s very little evidence on your behalf and given his background—“ Hakuba shook his head as he started to cuff the protesting thief.

To which she reached in her pocket and pulled out his card gun that she’d grabbed earlier when she’d found him in the first place. Thank God he hadn’t managed to sneak it out of her pocket in time, “Then how did I get this? Or are you going to imply Hakuba-kun that I was having an affair with Kaitou KID when everyone here knows how much I hate him?”

Her father was also staring at her like she’d grown a second head. Well fine, so long as he didn’t have a heart attack.

“That’s…”

“Kaito’s replica. He pulls it out in class all the time, and looks just like KID’s. See? It’s even got his playing cards-“ she pulled out one of the paper ones and held it up. “I grabbed it earlier because he was abusing the privileges of having it. I also have a replica of tonight’s gem, because you know Kaito… He had to go all out with the stupid cosplay. Honestly…” She held up a blue stone for them to look at. .

“Aoko are you sure?” Her father looked worried.

It was Hakuba; however, who looked ready to burst, “Aoko-chan you know as I well that’s not true. Kuroba’s… Kuroba’s—“

“…may still be going on a date with me if I don’t shoot him with his own stupid gun for not following my orders, and meanwhile you let KID get away… Again…” she glared at the detective and inspector, “Am I going to have to join the force and catch him myself? Really, arresting a person’s best friend who is a known KID otaku without any proof other then him just being in costume, that is I presume you don’t have any other proof that he’s KID? Because even you,” she looked pointedly at Hakuba “…just said you stumbled across him after a yell from the corridor…”

“….“

It was Kaito who finally had apparently found his voice as he looked sheepishly at the inspector and the detective, “Umm sorry to disappoint? Yeah… I um… was going to ask your permission first Nakamori-keibu, but well I knew you were busy with the heist and I figured if we actually became more serious—“ his cheeks were red to Aoko’s surprise as he glanced over at Aoko. “Anyway I figured if you know… we actually got more serious I’d come and ask your permission and everything proper like. And I admit that it was my idea about the heist. I thought it might be fun to come in costume.”

The glare he got caused the boy to wince, “I mean you can search me if you want—“ he started to pull out the cape, “I’ve got a couple gadgets in here too you can look at… I’ve been working on the cosplay for a while now although the glider doesn’t work yet although I think I got some of the KID prototypes down as far as a couple of his tricks go…” he tried to look disappointed. “I can change if you want to confiscate them…?”

“Nakamori-keibu you don’t actually believe them!?” Hakuba was bright red at this point and he jerked the cuffs which had somehow detached themselves from Kaito. He glared at the boy who just grinned uneasily back.

The inspector looked back and forth from the beamingly innocent boy and his scowling daughter who looked quite ready to pull out a mop and hit them all over the head. He threw a glare at the detective, “Are you calling my daughter a liar?”

“But Sir!!!!”

“And she’s right… we don’t have further proof…” he shook his head, “I’m sorry Kaito-kun, although will you please refrain in the future from wearing that…” Aoko tried not to laugh as her father put forth visible effort not to curse, “…that in the future around heists?”

“Yessir!” the boy grinned looking as far from the Kaitou KID as possible.

“—But Inspector!”

The man swerved and glared at the detective, “You and I boy are going to have a talk. Kaito-kun don’t keep my daughter out too late or you’ll wish you were arrested.” He added with a sinister look.

“Yessir!” Kaito nodded empathetically as the Inspector let out a snort.

“Aoko-“ he looked towards his fidgeting daughter, “If he tries anything call me, and next time will you please inform me you are going out? I would appreciate to know who you happen to be dating. I want a talk with you as well when you get home…” He didn’t look very happy with her.

Oh well… win some lose some, “Yes Daddy.”

“Fine-“ the inspector growled and turned to the detective, “Now you and I are going to have a long discussion about who is in charge of catching KID around here.” Aoko watched as her father escorted the protesting detective towards the rest of cars, while the other officers dissipated from the scene.

It was several moments before Kaito finally coughed and she turned as the boy grinned at her weakly, “So… um… does this mean we’re uh….”

Her eyes narrowed and Kaito managed to actually wither.

“I think Kuroba Kaito you might find it prudent to stop while you are a head unless you would like me to call them both back.”

“Er-“

“Now… you are going to buy me a nice dinner at that stupid café, and we are going to have a nice long chat. I’m presuming you have some form of currency on you that is not in priceless gemstones.”

“Yea….”

“Good.”

Kaito caught up to her a few seconds later after a pause, “So.. er… I don’t suppose I can have um...” he visibly shrunk as she turned towards him, “Well I mean you can keep my card gun for now… but well… I was thinking if I could just take another look at tonight’s heist—“

The glare she gave him could have killed the devil himself.

“….Nevermind.”

Author’s Note: Ummm this fic came from lots of places and none. Like Eialyne feeding me things about Greek myths and whatnot that played almost no part… and an inability to go anywhere that wasn’t gone before. I started writing it and then got to a point early on where I thought “What if Aoko did something different?” and the thought came up at the fact that Kaito’d probably be the only one who’d actually be like “Damn! Aoko!!!!” when he got caught while everyone else would only give her an afterthought.

I figured with all the other themed restaurants in Japan I’m sure there’s a cops and robbers one somewhere (I personally know I’d love to get served by a gentleman thief or even a detective ^_~ ) I’m pretty sure I saw a restaurant mentioned somewhere that was themed as a jail (You get served behind bars) So yeah…

And no... they still aren't complete given I think I started with day... 7 or 8... so you get sevenish more...