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Living in the Dark

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Chapter 1

It's been a year since the 'Black Wings' was sealed and finally destroyed, but with it's destruction came the end of the Phantom Thief Dark Mousy and the psychotic Blonde Krad. Satoshi Hiwitari and Risa Harada were now seeing each other while Daisuke and Riku were still dating. For Daisuke however the loss of his other half was extremely painful and Riku spent most of her time with him just trying to keep him from going into another depression worse than the one he went through after the incident with the 'Second Hand of Time'

"Come on Daisuke. Cheer up, do you really think that Dark would be happy with you acting like this", Riku said constantly trying to help with the situation.

The redhead looked at her with sad eyes and pulled her form flush up against his. Their eyes locked and he said, "I know. It's just hard...you know?" Shaking his head he continued, "No of course you wouldn't. Since my fourteenth birthday I've had Dark rummaging around inside my head, always commenting on everything I thought or did. Can you imagine how it feels to lose a part of yourself...a part that had access to my inner most thoughts? He was a pain at first, but later I came to accept that he was indeed a part of me...of who I am...a part of my own soul." Lying his head down on Riku's should he waited for her to think about what it would have been like to have another person inside her head.

"Daisuke...I can't really say I understand how you feel, but I do know that he wouldn't want you to be hurting like this because of him", she said carefully. The elder Harada place her head on her boyfriend's and continued, "He wanted us to remember all the good times we spent together...even when that pervert stole my first kiss."

Niwa remembered that as it happened on the first night when he'd changed into the Phantom Thief. "And I just couldn't stop blushing even Dark was the one that was kissing her..."

Calling it a night Daisuke walked Riku back to her home, "I'm really glad I have you around Ms. Riku. If I didn't I know that I would've sunk into a deeper depression and probably not have come out for a long time." He quickly grabbed her hand and held it within his own and forced her to walk right on top of him.

Once they'd reached The Harada family home Riku opened the door to see both Risa and Satoshi staring at them. Daisuke quickly said good night to his girlfriend and left knowing that if he had stayed Hiwitari would've been able to read him like an open book.

The Commander stood watching the retreating redhead and despite only getting a glimpse of his face he knew what was bothering the other boy, "How long will he remain like this?"


When Daisuke reached his home he tested the door to make sure his excentric hadn't set any traps for him. "So far so good." His luck ran out as he entered the hallway and poles started shooting out of the walls. He managed to avoid all of them though just barely before heading towards the living room.

Eventually he made it past all the traps and found his mother in his room gathering up the laundry, "Oh Dai, I'm glad your home...but what was all that noise down stairs?"

Young Niwa's mouth and eyes widened after his mother's question, "You mean you didn't set the traps?"

Emiko's eyes shot towards her son offering a silent apology and she held her hand over her mouth, "I'm sorry Dai...I kinda forgot to turn them off after I fixed them earlier today." She ran over to her little boy and checked him over for an injuries that may have resulted from her absent mindedness. Emiko found no injuries, but then remembered something odd about today, "Oh no. Then I must've got Kosuke with one of them. Hmmm...that explains why I haven't seen him all day."

Both ran back down stairs and searched each one of the traps looking for any sign of Daisuke's father. ThankfullyDaichii and Towa were off on business trip of some kind. Daisuke managed to talk his grandfather into letting Towa go to help her understand the human world better and so he could have someone there to watch over him.

When Emiko got to one of the pits near the kitchen she lifted the covering and found her husband sitting at the bottom with a pile of food still in his spikey brown hair, "Oh Kosuke, are you alright?"

Emiko's husband opened his eyes and looked up at his worried wife before giving her an embarassed smile, "I guess you know how to keep me on a tight leash, huh?" Kosuke received a chuckly from his wife in response to his little joke and with some help from the two Niwa's above him he got out of the hole.

Daisuke looked at his dad and said, "Now you know what you've been missing all these years. I have to go through that daily, so count yourself lucky." His mom and dad were glad to see their son smiling again even if it only lasted for a short time. "I bet Dark would've loved to have seen this. He'd be making fun of how easily my dad was caught and say something along the lines of: 'You can tell he didn't come from the Niwa family' or 'Atleast we know where Daisuke gets his clumsyness from'."

The redhead looked his dad over making sure that he wasn't hurt and then went up to his room to brood some more.


Once in his room Dai began to wonder what happened to Dark when the 'Black Wings' was destroyed along with the Museum. He remembered something that Dark had said to Riku and wondered what he might have meant by it.

-Flashback-

"Are you...Are you Dark? Or are you Niwa?", Riku asked hesitantly as the Phantom thief flew with her through the sky.

The thief replied, "It's a little bit of both. I am myself and he is himself...until today."

-End FlashBack-

"That was odd I wonder what was supposed to mean. And why am I remembering it now?", the young Niwa thought as he sat as his desk. He remembered something else that Dark had said to him on their final day together.

-Flashback-

"Daisuke, don't forget!", the purple haired thief paused for a second before continuing, "I exist inside of you."

"Dark!", the redhead called outloud.

Dark responded, "I'll never foget you."

-End Flashback-

Daisuke was remembered Dark's words quite clearly, but was surprised that it felt like he was just hearing them again for the first time. It felt like Dark was there with him telling him these things all over again.

"Ding! Ding! Ding! Give the Niwa a prize.", a familiar voice shouted into Daisuke's mind.

The teenager looked frantically around his room and then reached for the mirror that allowed him to see the spirit of the thief whenever he was there before. He looked into the mirror hoping that somehow Dark was back, but the thief didn't appear in the place of Dai's reflection. Grumbling he muttered, "Keep it Daisuke. Your lossing it. Your imagination is making you think you just heard Dark."

"Oh! Is that how is? I'm just a figment of your overactive imagination am I? Well then you won't mind this...", the voice said just before mental images of Dark cuddling with Riku flashed through his mind. Some of those images Dai knew only the Phantom Thief could've thought up.

"Dark is it really you? How?", he asked out loud.

Chuckling was heard before the thief answered, "For a Niwa you sure a thickheaded...Didn't those memories tell you everything?"

Niwa realized that Dark had made those memories seem so fresh, but why he wondered. He could almost feel the thief slapping his forehead before he growled, "Do I really have to tell you eveything? Surely you can figure it out on your own...while I visit with Riku."

"Like hell you will!", the teen shouted back at the spirit, "Your not putting any of your moves on my girlfriend."

The mental image of Dark pouting appeared in the boy's mind and said, "But Dai...I know your mom taught you to share."

"No way. Your another guy, there is no way I'd let you take Riku back from me.", he barked back. He knew that he'd given the thief just the reaction he'd been hoping for and it made him want to hit himself. "Played by Dark again..."

"Hey Dai!", Dark said letting his Tamer know that he wanted to say more.

"What is it Dark?", he asked.

"Come in here Dai...", Dark said before Niwa's eyes shut and he fell out of the chair.


When Daisuke opened his eyes he was sitting at his desk again, but quickly realized that he wasn't alone in his room. Turning around he came face-to-face with none other than the infamous Playboy thief, Dark Mousy. "How did you get out here Dark?", he asked.

The purple haired boy laughed and said, "I'm not in your room and neither are you..." The confused look on Niwa's face caused another laugh, "This is the inside of your mind. I brought you in here to talk."

Daisuke asked in an annoyed tone, "Well then why did you make it look like my room?"

The thief shrugged and answered, "I didn't. That was all your doing." When he saw the questioning look in his Tamer's eyes he simply said, "Your subconcious mind created the environment...though I would've liked it better if it had been Riku's room."

"Same old Dark. Flirt with any beautiful girl even if she's taken.", he thought instead of taking the bait again. He was pleased when the purple haired spirit looked annoyed at him. Dai knew that Dark would find some other way of torturing him, but for now he was just happy to have the thief back. "I've missed you Dark.", he said shyly.

Hearing this the other boy perked his head up to look at the young Tamer, "I know Daisuke. It's all I've been able to do since I came back."

Niwa's eyes began to water and he rushed towards the other boy pulling him into a strong gripped hug, "Dark I've missed you so much..." Now he was crying on Dark's black sleevless shirt and he knew eventually the thief would make fun of him, but right now he really didn't care. "He always tries to act like cool, but he really does care a lot. I'm glad your back." Pulling back he asked, "How did you manage to come back? I thought you were killed when the 'Black Wings' was destroyed."

Giving a quick hug before he put his carefree mask back on Dark answered, "Remember what I said to you...I live inside of you and then remember what I said to Riku when she asked if we were the same person. I am myself and you are yourself...until today."

"Yeah I remember that. What did you mean exactly? And don't give me that 'can you figure it out for youself'." the redhead replied.

"Hmm...fine.", he took a deep breathe and gave the answer, "What I meant was that once the 'Black Wings' was destroyed my spirit would return to my current Tamer. Dai..."

"Yes Dark?", he asked hearing the playboy hesistate. "This can't be good. Dark only hesistates to tell me something if it's really, really bad."

Looking away Dark got up the courage to speak, "With no connection to that evil peace of art work I can't continue to travel down the Niwa line. The 'Curse' has been lifted...atleast from the rest of the Niwa family. In other words your stuck with me for the rest of your life."

It Daisuke a while to figure out exactly why he sounded so guilty about them being like this, but eventually he got Dark's message. "So how long until 'it' happens?"

"Huh! I tell him something like this and he...is happy about it. He truely is a one of a kind Niwa. Even Daichii was ancious to get rid of me and now here's his grandson content that I won't be able to leave him." He felt something poking in his side and looked down to find Daisuke trying to get his attention. He smiled and said, "I can't be certain, but I think that part of 'it' will happen when you are in your twenties. For the other half...well it all depends on me and you."

Nodding in understanding Daisuke pulled back from the thief and walked over to his window, "So 'it' has two parts to it. Do you think I should tell mom, dad, and grandpa?"

Shrugging the spirit answered, "That's your decision Dai...although I would suggest that you tell Emiko about me being back soon or she'll probably go nutts when, and YES I do mean WHEN not if, she finds out about my return."

Agreeing Niwa began to wonder about the implications of the Phantom thief returning and asked hesitatantly, "Does this mean that Krad has also come back?" The only answer he received was a low growling noise from the thief. "I'll take that as a yes. Poor Hiwitari...and he just got his life back together after his adopted father died no thanks to Krad. How's he going to stay with Risa now? I mean Hiwitari's other half is psychotic as hell."

"Well I'm tired now...so you should go back and tell Emiko and the others that I'm back.", Dark said smugly. Daisuke agreed to do just that and felt really light all of a sudden and a sharp pain coming from his head.


He closed his eyes to try and block out the plan, but when he opened his eyes he was lying on the ground of his room with his head on the wall. "Curse you Dark. Couldn't you atleast have set my body down gently when you pulled me inside my own head instead of making fall into the wall like that?"

"Well I guess I should tell mom...just not right now.", he said before changing into his PJ's and going to bed.