Here's my second story published! It's a Kid heist this time, and Conan's going to get what's coming to him. This first chapter is background knowledge of Kaito Kid and both his appearances in Magic Kaito and Detective Conan, as well as a few other things, some of which aren't Kid related. You might think you know all of this already, but at the mark 'End of Established History' ends what has been established canonically and begins stuff I've made up. It's based on facts from the series, but Kid's investigation is of my own creation, and you'll need to read it in order to understand future chapters. But enough of my rambling - enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own either of the two series mentioned here. If I did, Kid would appear a LOT more often.

Background

The persona of the Kaito Kid had first been used in Paris 18 years ago by one world famous Japanese magician Kuroba Toichi. Few, though, actually knew Toichi's night job. Only his wife, Kuroba Chikage, his assistant Jii Konosuke, and a few others knew the truth. Few people connected Kid's disappearance 8 years ago to Toichi's death on stage. People wondered why he'd vanished. Some say he died. Some say he retired from duty. The general public was unsure.

However, some people, such as up-and-coming mystery novelist Kudo Yusaku, had noticed that Kid's heist patterns had changed significantly 1 year before his disappearance. While before Kid had stolen all manner of stuff, and at irregular intervals, he now only targeted large jewels, and he always stole within the week or two before the full moon. And he always returned the stolen property. This indicated that he was searching for something, though few realized he might have been bumped off by someone wanting the same thing, a doublet jewel named Pandora, said to grant immortality.

Eight years after his disappearance, the Kaito Kid suddenly resurfaced, sent another heist notice, and then promptly carried it out. A day later, he stole another. Kaito Kid then resumed his old pattern of irregular heists, before suddenly switching back to just stealing large jewels. He always sent a 'coded' heist notice, which gave all details of his plans, though few could ever figure them out immediately. They generally involved either a ton of research or a sharp mind, which the majority of the Kid Taskforce lacked.

Kid's first rival after his eight year hiatus came in the form of a high school detective from Britain, one Hakuba Saguru. He had heard of Kid's heists, and was determined to catch him and prove his name as an ace detective. He even found out Kid's identity, by correctly identifying him as the son of Kuroba Toichi, Kuroba Kaito. However, Kaito had been warned in advance that Hakuba knew, and a Kid stand-in stole the jewel (though Kaito had not planned it). Eventually, Hakuba returned to England, and didn't show up for Kid heists nearly as often, which was a disappointment for Kaito, as he loved a good challenge, one which the Kid Taskforce, the head of which was one Nakamori Ginzo, did not really provide, as they were so narrow minded.

Kid first met his new rival during a trial run to steal a black pearl from the Suzuki family, known as the Black Star. This rival's name was Edogawa Conan, a seven year old boy who quickly proved himself a worthy adversary. He could solve Kid's notices rather quickly and came closer to catching him than even Hakuba had, though he never tried to find out his identity. If there was one thing that the Kaito Kid was sure of, it was that all his heists were spiced up by his presence. At first, Kid simply assumed that Conan was just a smart kid. However, Conan was obviously different than most kids his age, and Kid decided to find out just what was up.

Kid finally realized Conan's true identity during the Memories Egg heist, when he bugged the public phone lines. When Conan used the phone later, the person on the other end called him 'Shinichi' and Kid put two and two together. He realized that through a freak turn of events Conan was in actuality the famed high school detective Kudo Shinichi, whom he'd met once before, resulting in him almost being caught. However, even with his newfound knowledge, he didn't exploit it much, though he used Shinichi's adult persona as a disguise several times, when he knew Conan couldn't do anything about it without blowing his cover.

End of Established History

During both the star sapphire heist and the Lady Sky heist, Kid noticed that Conan's friends, who referred to themselves collectively as the Detective Boys, had another member, besides Conan, who was a little too mature for their age. The kid's name was a girl by the name of Haibara Ai. She always seemed a little too quiet, and frequently used sarcasm to respond to questions, or just ignored questions completely. Therefore Kid was intrigued by her as well, though she never got in the way of his job like Conan.

Conan had a strong sense of justice and fair play, so sometimes he'd do something out of character, like letting Kid go as a favor. However, he did start to become more vicious during heists, and Kid had been on the receiving end of his soccer ball numerous times, and they'd always come his way during escapes. Kid tried threatening Conan with his card gun several times, and even incapacitatd him, but he still kept coming. Therefore Kid decided to get back at Conan a different way, by discovering some of his darkest secrets.

It was no secret he loved his childhood friend Mouri Ran, though he couldn't confess as Conan, and Kid had used Ran as a disguise before. He therefore decided to find out about Conan's friend Ai. He knew enough from eavesdropping that she was shrunken like Conan, and she had been a scientist beforehand, working for the people who had shrunk them both, a yakuza-type organization. Kid was after a criminal organization, too, since they'd killed his father, but he realized that their and his organizations were separate, which he'd realized because of the codenames. Conan's organization used alcohol codenames like Gin and Vodka, while his obviously didn't, since the member he knew of, Snake, didn't fit the lineup.

After finding this out, Kid went to the police station to see if Kudo Shinichi had been present at any cases since his initial disappearance. He had had to go through numerous personal police reports and disguised as hot female officers to get guys to spill the beans, but he found out Kudo had been present at cases several times. In Tokyo, the most recent had been at a Miss Japanesque Awards Ceremony. He had come, apparently, to investigate the murder of the prime awards candidate, but was also protecting a client, a teenager with strawberry blonde hair. The client had disappeared afterwards after an attempt on her life, while Kudo had narrowly escaped death by explosion. He wasn't seen again that night, but called immediately after the explosion to say he was fine. Kid took great interest that the little blonde girl, Haibara Ai, (who along with Conan had been 'lost' most of the night) had been reported to have heaved a large sigh of relief, after stealing the phone and confirming for herself he was fine, which everyone viewing saw weird since she'd never met Kudo, but didn't question.

Kid, reading all this, realized that both she and Kudo had temporarily turned back into themselves for some reason, and resolved to find out how, along with her background. Therefore, he took a day off from school to hack into her personal computer to find the info he needed. Then he grinned. His plan to tick off Conan was coming off smoothly.

I know this chapter is boring, but I'm establishing parameters. The Kid cases you can look up on Detective Conan World if you don't know what I'm talking about, and if you still don't know, ask in the reviews.

The 'Miss Japanesque Awards Ceremony' comes from the second live action special, so you may want to find it online and watch it to know what I'm talking about. I know people hate the live action and prefer the anime and manga, but it's the only other time in the series that Shiho Miyano has appeared besides the time at Haido City Hotel in Vol. 24, so I was forced to use it to write the story.

The Memories Egg heist is the third movie, The Last Wizard of the Century, the star sapphire heist is the eight movie, Magician of the Silver Sky, and the Lady Sky heist is the fourteenth movie, The Lost Ship in the Sky. The Black Star heist comes from Vol. 16 or episode 76, Conan vs. Kaito Kid.

The rest of the story will be from varying POVs, and not like the format above, so don't get turned off by it if you don't like it.

So, Read and Review as best you can, and look forward to the next update! Kid shows up next chapter, and plays a prank on Ran!