DCFF Chapter One

The full moon hovered in the dark sky. The stars seemed to hide themselves from everyone's view, leaving only the moon to shine it's bright light down upon the city. One man in white stood alone upon a tall roof top to look back up at the moon, which looked exceptionally lively tonight. Perhaps the moon was excited to see the one known as Kaitou Kid up to his usual antics once again. He is called the Moonlight Magician after all.

"Alright men! Don't let your guard down tonight! Don't let one cheek go unpinched tonight! He could be hiding amongst us this very moment! I want every door blocked and guarded at all times! Secured the roof! All the viewers should be escorted out now!" Came a loud voice from in front of a pedestal holding a very large gem. It was Inspector Nakamori, head inspector of the Tokyo Police's crime department. He has personally taken it upon himself to capture kid and appears at every scene a note is placed announcing his next target.

The other police officers, all bearing a red cheek and a sore look from an earlier inspection, soluted the inspector as they cried out in unison, "Yes sir!" They then turned to each other and gingerly pinched each other's cheeks. After many groans and painful squeeks of agony, they all agreed that they Kid had still yet to infiltrate the officers yet. Satisfied, Nakamori sent them off to their assigned posts and positioned himself in front of the gem, which happened to be Kid's next target.

Up on the next level of the room overlooking the scene stood an all too familiar group that sometimes happened to be around when Kid popped in from time to time as well. A tall man in a trench coat stood next to the railing holding the piece of paper that was Kid's all too famous note. "'When the clock signals the time of two like digits, I shall come to claim the Lunar Sapphire and return it to the stars from whince it came. P.S. I invite the Great Detective to join me on our trip to the heavens above. -Kaitou Kid.'" His face had an annoyed look about it, but he also bore a grin. "So that stuck up two bit magician thinks he can take on the great Mouri Kogorou, eh? Well, he's got guts for calling me out like this. He should know better than to test my skills as a Detective." He laughed out loud at his own remarks, but he would be the only one.

The man's comments went unnoticed however though as one of the girls, who was dressed in a short skirt and tank top that tied behind the next, squeeled and spun around happily in response to the note, "I can't wait to see my Kid-sama!" The other girl, dressed in a sleeveless turtle neck shirt and jeans, looked to her almost as if she were scolding her, "Sonoko...What about Makoto? I still don't get why you insist on persuing Kid when you already have a boyfriend." Her voice carried a hint of annoyance at her friend's childish behaviour. "I can't help it. I know I have Makoto already, but it's just so hard not to go crazy over Kid. Especially when he puts on his public shows!" She replied happily. Mouri merely stared at her with a hint of annoyance, "Cheap parlor tricks in my opinion...I don't see what's so great about them. I'm more interesting than that guy."

"Ran-niichan, I need to go to the bathroom." The small boy said as he tugged on the other girl's jeans while Sonoko and Mouri argued with each other in the background. "Alright Conan." Ran smiled at him. Sonoko stopped long enough to smiled at him and pointed down the hall at a pair of doors with a man and woman figure on the front of either one, "They're just down that hall, can't miss them. I'm sure you don't need Ran to escort you. Just don't take too long or you will miss the show." Conan smiled and nodded at them both, although on the inside his reaction was the very opposite, and took off for the door with the man on the front.

"Jeez...I can't wait till I get my body back, I'm so tired of being treated like a child all the time. Mainly by that girl..." He muttered to himself as he made his way over to one of the many empty stalls. As he went inside the closest one to the door and locked the door behind himself, he heard a voice next to him. "So you came after all. I was worried you wouldn't show up tonight. Even after sending out an invitation."

Conan jolted his head upwards towards the top of his stall leading into the next one. He jumped up on top of the toilet and onto the toilet paper dispenser and looked over into the next stall, but the door was already open and there was no one. He jumped back down and unlocked his own and looked outside into the rest of the restroom, but it too was empty. He slightly grit his teeth in annoyance that the thief had been right there next to him and he had failed to even get a glimpse of him. What had he been up to in the restroom? He sighed and went back into his stall to finish what he originally came to do.

Meanwhile, outside of the museum building, a mysterious figure made it's way towards the entrance, their features hidden by a jacket, hat, and jeans. As they made their way up as the appointed time in the note Kid left drew near, two police officers stationed near the entrance stopped the person. "Halt! No one is allowed in at this time. I'm sorry, but if you wish to visit the museum, you'll just have to try and come back tomorrow." One of the officers called out. It did not deter the person in question, however, as they just continued onward towards the doors sitting between the two men. The officer who spoke out clenched his teeth, a bit upset his words went unheeded. "Didn't you hear him? The museum is closed for the night. Go home, or else we will have to escort you away from the premises ourselves." The other officer called out to the still approuching figure.

"Tell me, have you slept well recently?" The voice sounded like a young man's. The two men stared at the figure for a moment, dumbfounded by the random question the figure had thrown at them. "I take that as a no. So here, let me help you with that. Take a break, let everything fade away..." He said as he reached into his jacket pocket and quickly threw out some bright yellow sand at the two men. They both stepped back for a moment, but soon their eyelids became heavy and they fell to the ground, passed out.

"Sweet dreams guys. I have someone I have to rescue and I can't let you get in my way. They've waited long enough for me..." The young man said quietly as he stood between the two knocked out officers. He then pushed open the doors and made his way inside, this time being more stealthy and cautious as he was well aware more men would be standing guard inside.

Back inside the main gallery room where the target jewel is resting, Nakamori is now speaking with Kogorou as Conan joins them from upstairs after his restroom break. "Jeez kid, took you long enough." Sonoko replied irritatedly at Conan as he walked up to them. "Sorry, couldn't help it." He replied back with a tone just as irritating.

"So, we've come to a conclusion that the time he stated in his note could only be 11pm, as it's the only number on the clock containing double digits that are the same. As for how he will come to retrieve it is a mystery though." Nakamore commented to Mouri. "Of course, inspector. He plans to come down from the roof. That's what he means by his comment, 'I invite the Great Detective to join us on our trip to the heavens above'. It means he's probably going to propel himself down from the roof and snatch the jewel up like that." Mouri responded in a proudful gesture, as if he had already solved the entire riddle in the note.

'I highly doubt that.' Conan thought to himself with a sheepish grin, 'He wouldn't do something so expected.' "Damnit all! If only the owner of the museum had given us more of a heads up on this, I could have better prepared this place for Kid's theft." Nakamori commented gingerly as he gripped the pole next to the display pillar the jewel sat on tightly. "Inspector, sir!" One of his men called out as he ran up to the man and saluted him. "What is it officer?!" He asked excitedly, thinking they had found something pertaining to kid.

The man stared at him for a moment, almost scared of what he had to say next due to the inspectors reaction, "Sir, the men stationed near the front entrance have all been put to sleep. And there are reports of men around section 3 seeing a figure running around the area. We think it might be kid, but something seems different this time around." He said sheepishly. Nakamori looked furious, but contained his anger for the most part, "What?! Was there any signs of him using sleeping gas?! We can't lose to him this time! We must capture him no matter what! I want every other man not guarding this room to go search that part of the museum. Leave no stone unturned, understood?!"

His subordinant, shocked from the inspectors outburst of orders, soluted him once more, "Y-yes sir! Right away!" Before he could take off, the inspector grabbed him by the arm and pinched the man's cheek. He winced in pain as the skin on his cheek stretched as far as it could go, the skin turning red. The man pulled away from Nakamori, rubbing his now sore cheek, "S-Sir?" "Ah, sorry, I was just checking to make sure this wasn't some kind of trick thought up by Kid. Get going and find Kid!" Nakamori replied. The officer reluctantly turned and ran off to inform the others of their new orders. Conan looked up at the pillar and looked deep in thought, "Hm..."