It is my unfortunate displeasure that I must say that I do not, in fact, own D.N. Angel. I just thought that I would write my own idea for a possible outcome, since no new chapters have been written for four years... Here goes. Oh, and I highly recommend that you read the manga, all 15 volumes. This chapter will be Chapter 74, as the manga ends on 73 (duh).

"Riku-San..." Daisuke looks at her and falls into a sit as she looks down, avoiding eye contact.

"Don't... Don't lie... Who... Who are you?" Riku repeats, her voice quiet and her eyes closed tightly and watery as she sits on her feet.

"I..." Daisuke pauses for a long while before continuing. "I am..."

...

...

"Niwa-Kun."

Riku looks up at his answer, tears still in her eyes. Daisuke takes a deep breath and looks away from her eyes as he says;

"And... I am also Dark..."

Riku barely reacts to the statement; it had been made obvious during the event she just witnessed. She simply lowers her head and loses the will to hold her tears back.

"I... wanted to... should have said... but I..." Daisuke struggles through his words, trying to make a sentence. After a bit he stops, and a long silence ensues with only Riku's soft crying in the air.

Finally, Daisuke found something he could say. "Riku-San..." She looks up at him, into his eyes and Daisuke brushes a hand against her cheek. "Riku-San, I... I like you. I just need to make sure you know... I like Riku-San..." He closes his eyes to hold back his own tears.

She stares at him, partially awed at what he had said, partially angry at him for not telling her that he was Dark, and partially sad at the news. She closed her eyes again. And after a few seconds, without thinking and without warning, she leaned forward with her head up, both arms supporting her as she leaned, pressed her forehead against his, and brushed their lips together.

Daisuke's eyes shot open at the contact and his first reaction was to back away. He placed both of his hands on her shoulders and was just about to pull away when he registered what was happening and stopped himself, leaning slightly forward instead and tilting his head to deepen the kiss.

It was just an innocent kiss, no tongue or such. A simple kiss, and yet neither of them could think properly during it, both their hearts racing as they had both been waiting for this moment. Daisuke momentarily feared that Dark would come out, but he didn't feel Dark at all during the kiss.

When they broke apart, they were staring at each other, a look of concern on Daisuke's face and a look of sadness on Riku's. She closed her eyes, thinking to herself for a long time, and when she opened them she attempted to smile.

"I remember a time when I did not take your side of the story, and I should have, Niwa-Kun." She put emphasis on the name. "So I want you to tell me... everything about what is going on. Everything that involves you, Hiwatari-Kun, and... Dark."

Daisuke closes his eyes and breathes deeply. "It... It started on the day I asked Risa out..."

And he proceeded to tell her of every event he could think of. Dark's first arrival, his family's job, the rivalry between the Niwas and the Hikaris, the events before the Ice and Snow play, the day he had to be with Riku and Risa at the same time for two different dates, Risa's kidnapping by Argentine, and the events inside the mirror. He also explained that Dark, while in a way he was Daisuke, was a separate entity with his own personality, as well as his emotions clashing with Dark's. He also told Riku of his fears of losing Dark, as while Dark may be vulgar and unpredictable, Daisuke still enjoyed having Dark with him.

The full explanation took many hours, with Riku nodding her head and sometimes quietly asking for something to be more explained. She was still upset, but her face became... not necessarily lighter, but less depressed as the story went on.

When Daisuke had finished explaining everything as best he could, she closed her eyes as she tried to take the story in. "So... Dark... Is he gone? You've told me everything... So he goes away...?"

Daisuke's eyes widened and he called into his mind for Dark. But Dark didn't reply. 'Maybe that's why I didn't transform earlier...' Daisuke thinks to himself

"He's not answering..." Daisuke said. And then his vision began to blur as he took in what that meant. Dark was gone... "He's... He's gone...?"

Riku could see the pain on Daisuke's face and grab his hand in hers, squeezing it tightly. She hadn't liked Dark, but after hearing all that had happened, she had to admit Dark had helped them all a lot, and she understood the bond Daisuke had had with Dark.

"I'm... I'm sorry Niwa-Kun..." She moved herself to sit to his side and leaned her head to rest on his shoulder.

"I knew..." Daisuke stutters. "I knew that... that he'd leave... that he'd leave sometime... It had to happen..."

Riku wrapped her arms around him. "Thank you, Niwa-Kun. Thank you for telling me. Thank you for saving me and my sister when we were in trouble. Thank you..." She kisses his cheek lightly. "... for always being there to help."

Daisuke smiles slightly and nods softly. They remain that way, sitting side by side with her arms around him, for nearly half an hour. Then Daisuke stands up and offers her a hand. She gives a ghost of a smile and accepts it, and he pulls her up and places his hands on her waist while she places hers on his shoulders, and they begin dancing. They were too far to hear the music from the school, but it didn't matter to them. They just moved in a circle and looked into each other's eyes. Neither of them said anything, they just danced and looked at each other.

And slowly, their moods became a bit better. It went from a very somber mood to a content, even happy, mood. And then finally the silence was broken.

"I... I like you a lot, Riku-San." Daisuke says. And Riku stands in her tiptoes to bring her mouth to his ear and whispers;

"I love you, Niwa-Kun."

As she moves back down, he smiles brightly at the statement. She stays on her toes, though, leaving their faces extremely close together. He can feel her breath and he pulls her against him and tilts his head as their lips meet again. She locks her arms around his neck and he locks his around her waist as they kiss. Daisuke revels in her soft lips and presses his lips harder against hers. She responds by moving her hands up into his hair and smiles into the kiss.

When their lips break apart, they smile lightly at each other and Daisuke hugs her tightly and she hugs back, both wanting to never let go, never wanting this moment to end.

They danced for the rest of the night, until about three o'clock. Daisuke walked with Riku up to her house. It was a mostly quiet walk; a lot of talking had already been done. When they reached the Harada house, Daisuke leans forward and kisses Riku's forehead. Riku smiles and kisses Daisuke's cheek and then walks into her house. Daisuke starts walking back to his house and continuously calls into his mind for Dark. But Dark never answers back.

When he arrives home, his mom is smiling energetically at the door, but soon becomes serious at the look on Daisuke's face. "Daisuke? What's wrong? What happened?"

He looks up sadly at her. "I told her... I told Riku-San about Dark... And now, I think he's gone..."

Daisuke's grandfather becomes shocked, but then he quickly nods. "Then it was time for him to go. You know that."

"I know..." Daisuke mutters. "I just... I..."

And then he falls to his knees and starts to cry...

Riku walked up to Risa's room to check that she had made it back from the dance. She found Risa awake and Risa was instantly all over her.

"How did it go? Did you two dance? Did he kiss you? Why is your face so pale?"

Riku smiled and shook her head as she answered her. "Good, I guess. Yes... Maybe and..." She had a flash of fear as she thought about telling Risa about Dark. "... I guess I just don't stay up so late usually. Probably just tired."

"Oh?" Risa raised her eyebrows. "So he kissed you?" Risa smiled very widely, almost evilly.

"I said maybe."

"So he did!"

"Maybe."

"That means he did!"

"Maybe."

"Maybe is not an answer."

Riku looked back at Risa as she left the room and smirked. "It's all the answer you need."

As Riku walked out toward her room, she heard Risa yell, "I KNEW IT!"

Riku shook her head and entered her room, moving straight for the bed and sprawling out as she thought about everything she had learned this night.

She was furious that he had lied, but she knew the reasons why. It still just ticked her off, though.

'The question is, though, if I still love him.' While she had said that she did, it was at a party and she had been very emotional when she said it.

'Do I... Ugh, I'm so tired... I'll sleep on this...'

And she slept, dreaming about Daisuke and Dark and Hiwatari and Risa and herself, all just standing in a circle watching each other...

Daisuke enters his room and climbs up the ladder to his bed. Almost as soon as his head hit the pillow, he was asleep, his last thought being Riku kissing him... 'I love you, Riku-San.'

Well, there we go! I write a lot but don't put much out for people to read. I just came up with this idea and decided I wanted the story to continue. Hope you all like it! More to come!

~Daqous