Battles Close To Home
Realism…has no more to do with reality than anything else.
Hob Broun
Chapter 1:
Reality
"That had to be the best sleep I had in quite some time." Stretching on top of the bed Daisuke wiped the sleep from his eyes and it was then that he realized that something was off. "Wait a minute. What is this place? This isn't my bedroom." True to Daisuke's word, instead of the simple and bare sleeping quarters that he was accustomed to he was in a ravishing bedroom that he expected to be in, let alone sleeping. "What's going on? I don't remember every seeing this room until now."
Daisuke was so focused on the strange situation that he had gotten into that he hadn't realize that someone had been taking a shower in the adjacent bathroom and had seemingly finished it. Hearing the sound of a door being opened Daisuke napped out of his train of thought and what he saw shocked him nearly as much as waking up in the unknown room
Walking out of the bathroom was Hikari but the thing that caught him by surprise was that she was walking around in nothing more than a towel which was wrapped securely around her body. "Hikari?! What do you think you're doing?"
Not showing the least bit of surprise, Hikari turned her attention towards him. "Oh good, you're finally awake I see. That's good as I was starting to wonder if I wore you out more than I originally thought." Before Daisuke had the chance to question what she meant by that she allowed the towel to fall to the ground resulting in her standing there in all her naked glory. Too stunned to speak Daisuke did the only thing that he could think of which was closing his eyes and placing his hands over them.
Noticing the way that Daisuke was acting, Hikari let out a chuckle. "Come on now. I'm not that bad looking." Turning back around she started to get dress and when he felt as though it was finally safe to look Daisuke opened his eyes to see her in a simply white dress that reached just pass her knees. "Well, are you going to get up or sit there all day?"
Still too daze from what was going on Daisuke simply put on a shirt and pants that were lying near by. Getting up he walked to the door and no sooner did he take two steps a little boy and girl wrapped their arms around his legs. "Good morning daddy. We're so glad to see that you're awake." spoke the little girl who looked like a younger Hikari except she had his reddish brown hair color. As for the little boy, he resembled him when he was younger with the exception of his brown hair.
"Uh, Hikari, not to be rude but who are these kids?"
Sticking her head form inside the bedroom she gave him a confused stare. "Are you kidding? Those are our kids." Just when Daisuke thought things couldn't get anymore stranger this nearly blew him away. Seeing the weird look on his face, Hikari went over and place a hand on his forehead. "Are you feeling all right honey? You've been acting strange since you woke up."
It was then that Daisuke took notice of the ring that was on her left ring finger. Glancing over to his own left hand he saw that he had a ring on as well." "I'm fine…dear. I guess I'm still tired so I'm a bit out of it."
"Well, I don't know if I shoulder consider that a compliment or not. But it's good to see that there's nothing wrong with you." Leaning over Hikari gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "Now hurry up and get dress. You don't want to be late for work."
"I don't know what's happening but until I figure out what's exactly going on I better play along." thought Daisuke to himself. "What work are you talking about?"
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"I never thought I'd be wearing this type of thing again." Parking his car, Daisuke walked over to his work until he was right in front of the police department. Tugging at his police outfit he couldn't help but think about the past. "Wearing this really brings back a lot of memories. It brings back both the good and the bad memories."
After calming himself down Daisuke entered the building and once he entered it was like stepping into a flashback as the place looked exactly like the one that he worked at before becoming a vampire. It felt so unreal to be actually be going through all this a second time. Collecting his composure he headed over to where his assigned squad car was and once he was in drove off to do his patrol. For the majority of the day nothing happen except for the occasional small scuffle or two.
Soon nightfall came and it was almost time for him to call it for the day. However, as he was making his way back to the station he received a call over the police radio. "All unites. Repeat all units. The report of an unknown person of attempted burglary has been seen fleeing down Main Street. Please be on the lookout for this suspect."
Knowing that he was going down Main Street, Daisuke quickly looked on either side of the street for the possible suspect. He didn't have to search for long as coming straight his way was a man in jeans, a black shirt and a tanned colored jacket. Once the suspect spotted Daisuke's squad car he immediately turned around and ran the opposite way.
Not allowing the person the chance to get away he quickly parked the police car and rushed after the fleeing man. It was a few moments until he finally spotted the suspect as he was climbing a fire escape. Following the example, Daisuke climbed after him and it wasn't until he got to the rooftop that he caught up with the person that he was chasing.
"All right now, hold it right there." Hearing the cop's voice, the suspect stopped but kept his back towards him. "I don't know who you are so I have no idea why you did it but it's not worth running from the law."
Slowly but surly the suspect walked over to the end of the rooftop. "It's quite amazing really." Spoke the suspect in a calm voice. "Despite the many people that live within this city they have no idea what really goes on within it. Not knowing what lurks in the very place that they call home."
Even though he had a good understanding at what the guy was talking about, Daisuke figured that it would be wiser to get the man away from the rooftop ledge. "Yeah, whatever you say. But why don't we finish this conversation on safer ground?" Acting quickly he grabbed the guy's arm in an attempt to pull him to safety but he struggled to break free from his grasp.
Neither one surrendered as they fought for control. It was then that Daisuke got a good look at the man's face and once he saw it he couldn't believe it. What caught his attention was that the man had shaggy blonde hair and blue eyes. "T-Takeru?"
Indeed it was Takeru Takashi. The same Takeru who was the friend of him and Hikari who'd died a year ago. The shock of this discovery was so great on Daisuke that he release his gripe on Takeru. Using this newly found opening to his advantage, Takeru actually jumped off the ledge. Putting aside the shock for the time being Daisuke peered over the ledge expecting to see if there was a crumbled body on the ground.
He would be proven wrong as he spotted Takeru on top of a loading truck that was driving away. Realizing that there was no way for him to catch up with Takeru in time he could only watch on as what he believed to be his once dead friend fading off into the darkness.
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"What in the hell is going on?" That question was respectively asked inside of the head of Daisuke. "First off, I wake up to a place that I've never seen before. Next, I discover that not only am I together with Hikari but we're married and with kids as well. To top it all off, a friend that was originally dead is now alive again." Those and many other things went through his head as he was on the verge of being at home. "Was everything that happen in the past just a dream? If that were the case then why did it feel so real?"
Putting those thoughts away for the time being, Daisuke arrived home and entered to the sight of his family. "Daddy!" Running down the hallway were his two kids as they went over to him and hugged each of his legs.
Not able to resist the innocent eyes that the kids were showing him, he knelt down in front of them and ruffled their hair. "Hey kids, did you have fun today? Didn't cause any trouble?"
"I was a good daddy but Daichi was being mean." exclaimed the little girl about her brother, now identified as Daichi.
"No I wasn't. That's a lie daddy." Daichi quickly spoke so to prevent any type of trouble for him. "Riku started it by taking one of my toys away without asking."
Soon the kids started arguing with one another which Daisuke quickly intervened. "Now that's enough you two." Thankfully that stopped the two of them. "Stop arguing with one another and go play nicely." Doing as their father told them to do the siblings went off and in no time were getting along as if they hadn't been yelling at one another.
"You always were good at stopping them from fighting." From the kitchen door was Hikari wearing a apron and a smile on her face.
"What can I say? I have a way with kids. Especially when they know that if they don't listen they'll lose their toys and other play things." Going into the kitchen the two grown ups worked together to get dinner ready. While they were doing that, Daisuke saw this as a good opportunity to get a bit more back-story on what was going on. "Hikari, can I ask you something?"
"Of course you can. What's the question?"
"Do you mind telling me how we got together?"
Hearing that question actually made Hikari stop in what she was doing and look at him in confusion. "Why are you asking such a thing? Are you feeling all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." he quickly explained to hide his real reason for asking. "Could you just humor me by telling me?" Not seeing the harm in it, Hikari decided to humor him.
"I think it was probably nine years ago. You were a cop for a while and I was having a successful career in modeling. I was scheduled to do a modeling show and you happened to be one of the officers assigned to keep order. Everything ran smoothly and it looked as though things would be uneventful until something took place."
Flashback, Nine Years Ago…
"Come on Hikari, we're going to be late." hollered an attractive black haired woman. It was a few hours since the modeling event had ended and all the models were suppose to get in a tour like bus that were suppose to take them back to their assigned hotel. Unfortunately their departure was being held back because one of them was taking forever to leave.
"I'm coming, I'm coming. Just give me a minute." After finally getting ready, Hikari hurried out of the building to join her friends. It seemed as though things would go through smoothly only it wouldn't be the case as a man came out from the shadows, grabbed her from behind and pressed a knife against her throat.
"All right, do what I say and nothing bad will happen to this girl." It was obvious that the man wasn't bluffing about his threat as he pressed the point against Hikari's throat. "Now, throw all your money and any other valuables that you may have in front of me and don't try anything funny or your friend will regret it."
Understanding that there was nothing that they could do to prevent the threat from happening Hikari's friends did as they were told and started to throw their valuables to the mugger. Seeing the potential profit that he could get from this exploitation the mugger could hardly wait to collect his newly possessed items when suddenly someone entered the fray.
"Hold it right there!" Turning around and making sure that Hikari was still in front of him he took notice of who spoke up. It was a police officer with messy maron hair and had his hand gun pointed straight at him. "I'll tell you this once and only once. Let the girl go and lay flat down on the ground so I won't have to put another hole in your body."
Knowing full well that the officer wouldn't risk hurting the girl the mugger merely laughed. "Who are you trying to kid? I know that you won't risk in accidentally hitting the girl. So, just drop your gun to the ground." To his shock, the officer kept his gun aimed at him. Feeling as though he wasn't being taken seriously he pressed the knife even harder on Hikari's neck which resulted in a small trail of blood to trinkle down.
Apparently come to his senses, the officer started to lower his gun. "All right, I'll do as you ask." Reluctantly he tossed the gun aside.
Once the weapon was gone the mugger looked back to the people on the bus. "That's right. None of you are able to stop me."
With the opening presented itself, the police officer reached behind him and pulled out a smaller gun that he kept hidden for situations such as this one. Aiming carefully he fired and prayed that he would hit his target. Hearing the sound of a gun being fired the mugger turned back around but it would prove to be a mistake. No sooner did he turn around did the bullet struck.
It was unknown who was hit as both the mugger and Hikari hit the ground due to the force of the shot. Being cautious the officer went over to see the results of his quick decision. At first glance it was impossible to determine the condition of the two. It wasn't until he noticed the blood coming from them did the officer threw caution out the window and rushed over.
Examining each of them he knew that their injuries were serious turned to the people on the bus. "Someone call for a paramedic. We have two people injured who are need of medical attention." Understanding the severity of the situation thee call was quickly made.
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For who knows how long Hikari finally opened her eyes and when she was able to shake away the cobwebs she realize that she was in what looked like a hospital room. "What am I doing here? The only thing that I can recall is me being held up with a knife by some mugger. Then some officer appeared in an attempt to rescue me and the last thing that I can recall was hearing the sound of a gun going off." Hikari was so consume with her thoughts that she didn't notice that she had some company.
"Ah, you're awake at last. That's a relief." Looking to where the voice came from she saw that it belonged to the officer who had saved her. She attempted to give her thanks but wasn't able to as she tried to speak only for nothing to come out except for tiny squeaks. "Hey, take it easy. Don't stress yourself."
Not understanding what the problem could be she placed a hand on her throat and discovered that there was some sort of medical wrap around it. "When that mugger got shot in the shoulder the knife nicked your throat and damaged your vocal cords." The officer answered Hikari's unasked question. "Don't worry though. From what the doctor said there doesn't appear to be any permanent damage. It just means that you won't be able to talk for a few weeks. It's advised that you communicate with pen and paper." He motioned to a pen and pad of paper that was on a nearby nightstand.
Still wanting to show her gratitude she grabbed the pad and pen and quickly scribbled something down. Motioning for her savior to come closer she gave him the paper. Grabbing the item he saw that there was a short but effective message. 'Thank you so much for saving me. I really appreciate it.'
"Don't worry about it. I just happen to be at the right place at the right time. Besides, just knowing that I was able to protect a lovely lady like you is enough thanks for me." That remark took Hikari by complete surprise that she couldn't do anything or even say a word. Putting a hand in front of her face she tried to hide the blush that had came over her. "Well, I wanted to make sure that you were all right, so I better go now."
The officer was heading for the exit when he saw that Hikari was motioning for him to come back. Going back he was given the pad of paper again and saw that there was something new written. 'Would you do me the honor of telling me your name?'
Looking over he gave her a kind smile. "The name's Daisuke. Daisuke Motomiya."
End of Flashback…
"That's how it all began. We started seeing each other and there were rocky spots here and there but we overcame them and got married. Shortly a year later we had Daichi then two years later Riku was born. I even have a souvenir of that fateful night we met." She motioned to the small scar that was on her neck. "I still find it strange that you'd suddenly wanted to talk about that."
Not wanting her to discover the real reason why he asked, Daisuke quickly thought of a reasonable excuse. "What can I say? Maybe I just wanted to think back to something that changed my life and I mean in a good way."
Touched by his words Hikari went over and gave him a tender kiss on the lips. "That's sweat of you to say. However, we have to put a halt on any further walking down memory lane and get dinner ready. Also, if you play your cards right we might reenact what happened during our honeymoon." For the rest of the night everything went smoothly. But despite how much he was enjoying an actual family dinner and playing with the kids, Daisuke couldn't help but feel that something was amiss.
-/-/-/-/-
"Something doesn't add up here." It was the next day and currently Daisuke was in the police department trying to sort things out. "The Takeru I knew wasn't a clean cut guy but no way was he capable of stealing something and running from the police. There has to be something that I'm missing."
While he was trying to figure things out an attractive police woman came over with a folder in hand. "Here you go, Daisuke. Here's that file that you wanted." The woman handed the folder over to him. "I don't know why you needed it so quickly however."
"Thanks and to answer you, I just wanted to figure out why that person would be willing to steal something then run from the cops."
"What are you talking about? Nothing was stolen." This newest bit of information caught Daisuke by surprise as he didn't expect to hear that.
"I thought we were after the culprit because he stole something. If he wasn't trying to steal something then why did he risk getting in trouble?"
"I don't know what to tell you. I only know what I told you, nothing else." Having nothing else to say the lady left, leaving Daisuke with his thoughts.
"Nothing was reported stolen? Why would Takeru go through such trouble and get nothing at the end?" Try as he might Daisuke wasn't able to come up with an answer. "Maybe I should talk with who reported the incident." Opening the folder, Daisuke looked for the information that he was searching for and when he found it he could hardly believe it. "Oh, you got to be kidding me."
-/-/-/-/-
"Ah, welcome officer. May I ask to why you come to visit?" Not long after finding out where the alleged crime took place, Daisuke headed off to the home that belonged to a person that he believed that he knew.
"Well, Mr. Bentson, I'm here to get some more information about what happened here yesterday." That was the official reason on why Daisuke was there but he had an alternative motive.
"But of course." replied Bentson. "Follow me and please, call me Samuel." While following Samuel, Daisuke took notice that the décor of the place was way different then he remembered.
"I like what you've done with your home. It must've cost a fortune."
"You have no idea how right you are. But thankfully being one of the richest people in the world does make it easier to deal with spending so much."
He didn't know what it was but Daisuke got a strange feeling from some of the artifacts that they were walking pasted. It was as though they contained some kind of power within them. "Getting back to the matter of why I came here. Could you tell me about yesterday's incident that took place?"
Instead of answering with words Samuel lead him into a room that was in complete shambles with papers and books scattered across the floor, the computer that was set up at one side of the room was totally destroyed and judging by one of the giant window being shattered it was determined how Takeru entered and perhaps escaped. "As you can plainly see the culprite was focus solely on this room and destroyed practically everything."
Walking around, Daisuke tried to find a clue of some sort. "And you say that nothing was stolen?"
"That's right. Apparently before anything could be taken my guards came in and chased him off before he could take anything. Has there been any word on where that person could be?"
"Sorry, we don't." Daisuke quickly lied as he had his suspicions about what Samuel could have been keeping the destroyed room. "I'm afraid we don't have any leads." Peering down he spotted something interesting beside the computer. "But doesn't it seem strange that a person would break into this heavily guarded place and instead of stealing any of these valuable items, they simple wreck everything and only in this particular room?"
"That's indeed strange. But you can't always find logic in the actions of a hoodlum."
As Samuel talked, Daisuke grabbed the item and stuck it in his pocket before being caught. "I believe I got all the info that I needed to get. I'll let myself out and I bid you a good day." Turning around he headed off, leaving Samuel alone.
Soon Samuel was joined by one of his servants. "Sir, the guest has left. Is there anything that you need from me?"
With no reason to keep the charade any longer, his facial expression became darker. "Yes there is something. Make a call to my partners. We may have another problem that needs to be attended to."
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After leaving Samuel's mansion, Daisuke parked his car in a deserted parking lot so he wouldn't be interrupted. Positive that there was no one around he reached into his pocket and pulled out the item that he managed to grab. It turned out that what he took was a few pages of what appeared to be from some sort of research project. Most of it didn't make much sense to him but there were a few things that caught his interest.
"Power transference…fusion and molecular technology? What does it all mean and what does Takeru have to do with this?" The whole situation was beginning to get to Daisuke as he rubbed his eyes in the hopes that lessen the stress even in the slightest "Just when I think I'm on the verge of finding answers I discover the more questions I get."
Starting up the car he headed off, not knowing that there was someone in the shadow watching him as if he was prey. Shortly after he drove off, that same shadowy figure went after him. Thankfully with the day coming to a close it resulted in the streets to be nearly deserted which allowed Daisuke to think about what was going on as he drove. "What's going on? All I know is that if I want to figure out what's happening I have to find Takeru to get my answers." While he tried to come up with a plan he became shocked when something landed on top of his car.
Before he had a chance to react someone managed to come through the passenger side window and into the car. Fortunately even with what happened Daisuke was able to keep the car steady. "What the hell do you think you're doing? Are you-" He's tirade was cut short when he saw who entered.
By the person's figure it was obvious that it was a female. The outfit she had on was all black and armor but was modified that it wouldn't hinder her while in battle. What shocked him the most however was her face. She had auburn eyes that were so intense they could probably cause even the toughest person to back away. Her hair was violet colored and reached just to the middle of her neck. Despite the drastic change, Daisuke easily recognized who the person was. "Miyako?"
Indeed it was Miyako Inoue but she wasn't like the one he remembered. Hearing her name being spoken caused her to falter momentarily but soon recovered. "How did you know my name?"
"Trust me, you wouldn't believe me if I told you." Putting that little conversation behind, Miyako got back to why she was there in the first place.
She leaned over and pressed a dagger against his neck. "Now do as I say and I won't have to plunge this into you. Do we have an understanding?" With no way of getting out of the situation without risking getting into a wreck Daisuke agreed. "Also, it may help in figuring out what was going on."
And with that this chapter has come to an end. Some of you may be wondering what is exactly going on and I'm afraid that I can't say anything at the moment. However, I can assure you that when the next chapter comes out hopefully your questions will be answered. I hope that before you leave that you readers will leave a review about what you think about this story and even the series all together. Until then, see ya and have a happy Thanksgiving.