The thief glanced at the other from the side, but didn’t move away. He wasn’t exactly keen on how the dragon behind her was looking at him, and he didn’t want to give it any excuse to make him into a torch.

“…Ok…. Consider it a request, then. It’s very important that I get that gem back, ojou-san…”

He wasn’t sure exactly what had happened. One minute, he’d been up on the roof, checking his latest target. Then a sudden flash of light, and he’d woken up somewhere unfamiliar, and he knew it wasn’t anywhere in Japan…

It didn’t take too long to guess that the jewel had something to do with it, since it was the only possible explanation. Well, that or Akako was messing with him again, but she hadn’t done anything in a while…

Kid managed to find it surprisingly quickly… but it seemed someone else had gotten to it first.