Reader x Kaito KID: Don't Lose Your Temper -Part 1

“Alright! This is your first day on the job, so you better no screw it up!” Officer Nakamori shouted at you, obviously stressed.

Of course, out of any day the famous phantom thief, Kaito Kid, could have chosen to steal a gem, he chose your first day as a member of the task force.

“It took so much to get here, I can’t mess this up!” you grumble to yourself. So much paperwork, training, and even more paperwork you had to do to get to this point. You even had to do extra work to prove yourself worth of the task force, since you were now the only, and literally only, girl on the task force. Not to mention the youngest, at 18 years old.

“Alright everyone!” Nakamori shouted, grabbing your attention, along with everyone else’s. “Tonight, Kid has left us a riddle. We’ve already figured out that he is coming tonight to this museum, but we still don’t know the time, or which jewel that he is planning on stealing! Is anyone willing to help solve the riddle?”

Without even thinking, your hand shot up, and everyone looked at you like your skin had just turned neon green.

“Alright, newbie, let’s see what you got,” Nakamori said in a cocky manner as you walked up to him, holding the note in his hands.

With a smirk you responded, “Hit me with your best shot.”

“Alright, it’s listed here that the jewel he will be stealing is the answer to this riddle: You must keep this thing; its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.”

You tap your chin, repeating the phrase in your mind a few times.

As you take a breath to say your idea, Nakamori laughs, “I knew you couldn’t figure it out!”

“You only gave me a minute. And I already have.”

The task force gasps in amazement at you, while Nakamori looks at you doubt as he crosses his arms.

“He’s going to steal the Temper Jewel.”

Nakamori laughs at you. “That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard in my life!”

You sigh, “You really don’t like me, do you?”

“Yeah, give her a chance!” a few of the task force members shout.

Nakamori’s face goes slightly red, and he sighs. “Alright, why do you think that?”

“Think about it,” you begin to explain, gesturing with your hands to make you seem even smarter. “You must keep this thing; its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others. What’s something you can easily lose control over, that would affect other people? That would be your anger. If you get mad, then others around you will too. The term, ‘it will affect you brothers,’ is referring to the people around you, like family, friends, and so on.”

“Lucky guess…” Nakamori grumbled as he looked back to the paper. “Alright, next one says this: ‘To know my time of arrival, I give you this simple riddle. You should be able to figure it out, right task force? Now task force, what time is it when ten elephants are chasing you?’”

You heard a low whisper go through the task force, “He’s taunting us!” “He thinks we’re idiots!” “He has no respect!”

With a wave of Nakamori’s hand, the task force goes silent.

“So newbie, can YOU figure it out?”

“One, please stop calling me newbie,” you half growl, “and two, yes, I know the answer. In fact, it was a riddle I learned when I was a kid.”

“Then what’s the answer?” someone asks.

“He’s coming at 10 to 1 a.m.”

“What?” the question goes through the task force.

With a sigh, you begin to explain. “You, one person, are being chased by ten elephants. It’s ten against one, or, ten to one.”

“Oh…” some look at their feet in shame, and some facepalm.

“Ten to one?!” Nakamori shouts, “That’s in a half hour! Everyone! To your places! Guard the Temper Jewel at all costs! Don’t let Kid get away!”

You solute to the officer, and run to your assigned post; the front door.

You sigh to yourself as you stand there. “Because he is TOTALLY going to come through the front door, like every good phantom thief…”

Out of boredom, you tap your foot impatiently, looking around at the dark lobby around you.

Suddenly, you do a double take as you see a patch of white vanish into the dark.

“If I leave my post, Nakamori will kill me…” you grumble as you quickly try to think what to do. “But… what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him!” you smile deviously as you bolt off into the darkness after that little patch of white.