13CC: Here's another piece of writing from me! Sorry I haven't updated my other stories in so long, but I can't really concentrate on them. I'm not sure why...
"Emiko-san we need you to sign to these papers for us," A doctor said handing the young woman a small stack of papers.
Emiko was pregnant with her first child. She and Kosuke were sitting next to each other in small office-like room. She was dabbing tears from her eyes with a handkerchief.
"But what if my baby does survive and is born without any problems?" Emiko asked trying not to think of how small the chances were of her child living.
"Then we will keep the clone and let it grow. Of course it will be in a vegetable state. That way if your baby ever needs any organs- or anything- we can harvest them from the clone."
"The clone will never wake up though, right?" Kosuke asked speaking for the first time since they had arrived there.
"Of course not," The doctor said with a smile.
6 Years Later
"Mommy!" Daisuke cried running into the kitchen and grabbing onto his mother's skirt. He tugged at it frantically as though whatever it was could not wait.
"What is it?" Emiko laughing seeing the urgent expression on her young son's face.
"What's a clone?"
"Where did you hear that word?" Emiko asked trying not to let Daisuke hear the fear in her voice.
"On the news. Daddy was watching it and I heard that a clone got out of a vegetable," Daisuke said losing interest in the conversation and looking around for something to play with.
Got out of a vegetable? Oh it got out of it's vegetable state! I hope Daisuke never finds out about his clone. He would be so sad to know that there was someone that would never be able to live a normal life just because Daisuke was born.
2 Years Later
"Be careful at the park. As soon as you're finished feeding the ducks near the pond I want you to come straight home. Understand?" Emiko was wrapping a scarf around an eight year old Daisuke's neck.
"Yeah I know Mom. Where's that box of bread crumbs?" Daisuke looked around while his mother buttoned up his coat. It was fall, but quickly changing to winter. Cold winds now blew past every day. Despite the warm looking sun that was shining, it was pretty cold out.
"Here Dai," Emiko handed him the bread crumbs. "Be safe."
"Bye Mom," Daisuke gave his mother a hug before pulling open the front door and heading down to the park.
It was only his third time going down by himself and he was excited. Today he was going to feed the ducks that swam in Goldfish Pond. As the young boy walked down the street he held his box tightly in both hands so he wouldn't drop it. He felt very grown up being able to go out on his own. Even if it was just for a few minutes.
The walk was not long and soon Daisuke was standing on the bridge that crossed over the center of the pond. Ice was beginning to form around the edges of the water.
The young red head set to work and opened his box of bread crumbs. He stuck his arm out over the pond and began to pour the crumbs into the water. He paused to watch the ducks for a bit, but the ducks weren't there.
Puzzled, he walked to the other side of the bridge to see if maybe the ducks were on the other side of the pond. Nope. What if they were hiding under the bridge?
There were two hand railings, each at different heights. One was at Daisuke's waist, for children, while the other was at his shoulders, for adults.
Daisuke put his bread crumbs down and carefully climbed up so that he was standing on the children's railing. Then he hooked his hands on to the adult railing and leaned over to try and see if the ducks were hiding under the bridge. He couldn't see so he leaned farther. A bit farther.
He felt himself start to slip. He tried to get back up, but the railing was to smooth. The young boy slid right over it into the freezing pond. The icy water bit into his skin and weighted down his clothes so that he couldn't swim back up.
His heart beat increased as he struggled to get up from the bottom of the pond which he was now sitting on. What if no one had seen him fall? Was he going to die here? His mother would be so sad. There has to be a way to-
A pair of arms wrapped around him under his arms. They tried to tug him up but his coat was to heavy. Daisuke's lungs were beginning to burn from lack of oxygen. The strange pair of hands grabbed the front of his coat of ripped it off. Then they circled him again and pulled him up.
Daisuke broke the surface and gasped for air. The arms continued to pull him to the bank of the pond. Once there they finally let him go so that he could see his rescuer.
Still panting Daisuke looked up and saw a boy about his own age, a little older, with long-ish purple hair and purple eyes to match. He was panting as well, but smiled at Daisuke in a way that said, 'It's going to be okay.'
When the two of them had finally caught their breath Daisuke began to shiver. His coat was at the bottom of the pond and there was no way he was going to go and it. The boy was also missing his coat. Daisuke looked around and saw a coat on the bridge. It must belong to the boy.
"What's your name?" The boy asked.
"Daisuke," Daisuke said trying not to shiver. The boy must have noticed for he got up and ran over to the bridge bringing the coat back with him.
"My name's Dark. We can share my coat and I'll bring you home."
"Okay."
"Where do you live?"
6 Years Later
Dark was walking through the halls of the hospital looking for room 453. His mother was there. She had been sick for a long time and everyday after school Dark would come to visit her. She always seemed so happy to see him. It didn't matter that he came everyday. Her face would always light up and she would smile.
Tonight Emiko was going out so Dark and Daisuke were going to go to the movies and then he was going to sleep over at Daisuke's house. He could still remember the first time he and Daisuke met. It was at Goldfish Pond...
Dark told all of this to his mother. She couldn't speak herself because of her illness so Dakr would sit with her a talk for an hour. Sometimes his mother would write things on a piece of paper, but most of the time she just listened.
Once five o'clock rolled around Dark said goodbye to his mother and left the room. He was really hungry and had skipped lunch at school so that he and Daisuke could go into the art room and work on this painting that Daisuke was doing. Dark had gone to because Daisuke was painting a picture of him.
Dark decided to go to the food court and get something to eat before going to Daisuke's house. It wasn't to far from his mom's room, but it was the opposite direction that he usually went. For some reason Dark had only been this way a couple of times before. And both times it was to get some food when he had skipped lunch.
On the way there Dark read the signs on the walls next to the doors. One of them said Children's Play Place. That was where the kids went who weren't to sick to get up and play. There were three big windows that allowed people to look in the room. As he walked by Dark looked in the windows watching the kids playing.
He looked over to the corner of the room and saw- Daisuke? sitting cross legged with a kid in his lap and another one hanging off his shoulder. Apparently he was reading them a book. Since when had Daisuke been a volunteer at the hospital? Well- at least now they can walk home together.
Dark looked at Daisuke again. Something seemed different about him. His hair! It wasn't as spiky as usual. It seemed like he had actually tried to brush it today. He must have gotten a hair cut too because it looked shorter.
"I'll get him after I eat," Dark decided continuing on his way to the food court. He grabbed an apple and a soda. He quickly devoured both and then headed back to the Children's Play Place to find Daisuke.
Dark looked in the window and saw a nurse in there. She said something and all of the children got up and went back to their rooms. At least that's were Dark assumed they were going. Daisuke started to go with them. He walked past Dark as though he didn't even recognize him! The purple haired teen would not stand for that! He grabbed Daisuke's shoulder and pulled him away from the other kids.
"Daisuke what are you doing here?" Dark asked. Daisuke looked up at him surprised.
"I'm not Daisuke."
"You're not? Oh sorry. You look just like my best friend," Dark said turning to leave.
"You're Dark aren't you?"
"What? How do you know my name?" He turned back to the boy.
"I have dreams about a boy named Dark. I think it's you."
"Why are you in the hospital?"
"They said I have amnesia. Lately though, I've been having dreams about- oh why am I telling you this? I'm sorry. I'll just go," The boy started to walk away, but Dark pull a hand on his shoulder.
"Wait. Something weird's going on here and I want to find out what. First of all I'm going to call Daisuke to make sure you guys really are different people."
"Okay. The phones are over here," The boy said leading the way to some pay phones.
Dark dropped some change in and dialed Daisuke's number. "Hi Emiko is Daisuke there?"
"Yes, hold on a minute Dark. Daisuke! Dark is on the phone!"
"Hello?"
Click. Dark hung up the phone. Then he turned to the boy. "Okay so you and Daisuke aren't the same person. I swear you look just like him. What's your name by the way?"
"Wiz."
"Wiz? Okay Wiz you were going to tell me about those dreams you have?"
"Can you help me?"
"Huh?"
"I need to get out of this hospital. I don't have any family, at least that's what the doctors said, I don't even think they bothered to look though, and I've been having these weird dreams about you. I've never even met you before! Now you're here, so I think that I'm supposed to go with you."
"... hmm," Being the reckless not-thinking-things-through kinda person that Dark was, it didn't take him long to decide on what to do. "Okay. I'll sneak you out alright?"
Wiz smiled and nodded.
"Put this on," Dark took his coat off and put it on Wiz. "Good enough. I'm going to call you Daisuke while we're walking out. You just act like we're best friends okay?"
"Okay!"
"We're going to his house right now. I want him to see you. His parents are out for the night and I was gonna sleep over. You can stay too. He won't mind," Dark said walking past the front desk and out the door with Wiz next to him.
"That was easy!"
"Wow!" Wiz said happily. "I don't remember being outside."
"It's nice isn't it?"
"Yeah."
"I can't wait to see the look on Dai's face when he sees you! You guys must be long lost twins or something."
13CC: There's the first chapter! Next chapter they arrive at Daisuke's house! What will his reaction be to seeing Wiz? What will Wiz' reaction be to seeing Daisuke? Find out in Chapter Two!