Change In Life
It's like every other day of life. You sit and wonder all by your lonesome self why? Everything could be pretty good for you, but this place always has room for the one question we hate. Why? It's so hard to cope with pain and misery, but its part of life.
"Well, that's the best way to end my entry for today," Maiko says to herself.
"Mai-Chan if you don't hurry you'll be late to school. Oh I have your uniform cleaned so please, wear it and not mess it," Towa-Chan said.
"She's only here because my father felt bad for her. I guess, you can't help that, she is really nice though. She can be an air head. I wouldn't want Towa-Chan any other way though," Maiko says to herself staring off as she starts to jog.
"Wait for me! Maiko you're always in a hurry, even though you're early. Don't you think you're a little rushed?" Riina asked Maiko.
"If I don't get there on time, how do you expect me to handle my classes, and feel the least bit prepared," Maiko says kind of panicking.
"I'm your best friend. I get A's and B's and I'm always on time and not early. Geeze, you can relax. Okay? Plus, Mrs. Niwa will understand if you're late," She replied trying to calm me down.
"You're my twin, but you are my best friend. Plus don't say Mrs. Harada she's our Mom. It's kind of funny actually. I don't know why I'm so nervous and you're not. I guess I get that from dad. It's okay though dad's really nice, but secretive. He never talks about when he was our age. Don't you think that's funny? I want to know what he's hiding," Maiko replies.
"You're so curious about everything. Don't you think you should calm down a bit Mai-Chan?" Riina asks kind of worried about me.
"Don't call me Mai-Chan. It's amazing I let Towa-Chan. Gosh, let's get to class!" Maiko exclaims getting angry. Slowly, she thinks to herself, "What is dad hiding though, I just wish I knew. Well, what better time now, then to dig around and find old pictures."
At the Niwa home. . .
"You know you should start to tell your daughters about the phantom thief Dark," Grandma Emiko says.
"I can't!" Daisuke exclaims. " I know I'm their father, but I want them to have a normal life. I know Maiko trains with me, and Riina is always watching Riku watching arts and the news getting times. I want at least my daughters to have a normal life, since I have to ruin my son's life. Poor Daiki, it is his fourteenth birthday, same with the girls. I can't believe it, triplets, has this ever happened before mom?"
"No," she replies.
"Well, what will happen to the girls?" He asks nervous.
"I don't know," she replies.
Later on. . .
"Dad, are you home?" Daiki asks. "I need to have a man to man talk!"
"How can it be man to man when you're only a little boy?" Riina asks giggling.
"Leave him alone Riina-Chan," Daisuke replies. "What's up?" He asks as he walks Daiki up to his room.
Daiki stares curious about why he's even coming to his father, but replies, "She turned me down."
"I see, the same thing happened to me. Your mother's twin sister Risa, turned me down. I was crushed, but that's part of the Niwa life son," Daisuke answers.
"Thanks, but if you don't mind, I'm going to bed. Alright, good night," Daisuke answers.
Meanwhile all this was happening, Maiko snuck into the attic and decided to look around. She heard crinkling and looked down and saw newspaper articles: "Phantom Theif is back!", " Dark steals Holy Maiden!", "Phantom Dark strikes again!"
The whole room is surrounded by artifacts that look similar in the pictures. Suddenly, she spots a journal. It had her mother's name on it, Riku Harada. As she opened it, she noticed the beautifully written words. Amazingly, the lines and letters were not damaged from years of storage. Maiko read the entries and thought how beautiful life was back then and sighed.
"What am I doing, this is personal. Well, I'll just read the last entry and I'll be done, right, done. This isn't my business, I knew sneaking was around was a bad thing, but this is it, I'm ready, here goes." She said upset at herself. She read the entry.
"This is the last entry I'm writing in this particular journal. It has all of my accomplishments of eighth grade and very personal information. I shall cherish it forever by keeping it in my treasure box. Well, today, I feel I have yet again, unlocked another part of Daisuke that was hidden. I feel that I shall stay with him forever. Not only does he mean so much to me, but I too, mean so much to him. I guess, our hearts are intertwined with each other. I'm starting to sound like Risa. Anyways, I feel like he will always be with me, not only him, but Phantom Thief Dark as well. This entry is so important to me, because not only must I trust and still love Daisuke, but I found out Dark's true form. It's none other than Daisuke Niwa. I'm willing to accept it. I learned to day also, from Emiko-san, that it's part of the Niwa family. Well, hopefully his wife has a son then so the legacy of Dark will live on. I am still close with Daisuke and hope to be with him forever. Farewell journal, I shall cherish you.
Love,
Riku Harada, age fourteen"
"Oh my goodness," Maiko said while running downstairs. Panting, she stared at her father. "How could you father? How could you?"
"What is it Maiko?" Daisuke asked a little nervous.
"How could you hide your teenage past from us dad, or should I say Phantom Thief Dark?" Maiko asked angered.
