Chapter 2

I awoke on a couch at Daisuke's house. Slowly, I sat up and scanned the room. The television was on and it showed a picture of Dark with Brianna and me in his arms. Looks like we've been spotted. Nearest the kitchen, the couch turned and a chair ended it.

"Ally!" I heard Brianna cry. She ran up and hugged me.

I winced at the pain in my shoulder. "OW!" I yelled.

"Sorry," she broke away from me.

I looked at my shoulder. It was bandaged up and throbbed with pain.

"How'd I get here? What happened?" I asked.

Brianna sighed. "You remember when Krad slashed your shoulder, right?" I nodded slowly at the memory. "Well, you passed out due to blood loss."

"Oh," I said. Then my eyes widened. "Wait!" I looked around again, quickly now, wincing at the pain and bit my lip, trying not to yell. "Where's Dark?"

"He's turned back to Dai and is being bandaged up by Towa," she replied.

I remembered. The Towa No Shirube was an artifact that could change into a human. She was the maid of the Niwa house, and was very sweet.

"Where?" I asked.

"Dai's room," came her reply.

I got off the couch. "I need to talk with Dark."

"About what?" Brianna asked.

"Just about one night after he stole something. You weren't with us."

"Oh," she stood up. "Got it."

"Alright. I'll see you in a minute."

"Okay."

I walked up the steps to Daisuke's room. When I opened the door, I saw Towa sitting on the couch next to Daisuke. She was bandaging up his forearm.

"Hello," I said.

"Hi, Ally," Daisuke replied.

"Hey!" Towa finished bandaging up his arm, put the things into the first-aid kit, and stood.

"Can we have a moment?" I asked politely.

"I was just about to leave myself, so sure!" Towa left.

I sighed. "I need to speak to Dark, please."

"Why?" Daisuke asked.

I sighed and sat next to him. "I just have some questions for him."

Daisuke stood and walked over to his desk. "Fine," he said as he picked up a picture of Riku and Risa. He stared at the picture for a few seconds, then dropped it. Bending over, he clutched his chest and gave off a low groan. A second later, Dark appeared in his spot.

"You wanted to speak to me?" he asked in his famous calm voice.

"Yah," I replied.

He sighed as he walked over and sat next to me. "How's your shoulder?"

I clutched the bandaged shoulder. "Yeah. It stings a bit, but it's much better."

"Good," he stretched and put his arm around me. I felt my face get red and stood up.

"Okay," I began. "So you remember when we were on one of your thefts and while we were running off, that girl saw you and asked you out on a date?"

Dark nodded.

"What did you tell her?"

"I told her no because…" he winked and pointed at me. "You were my girlfriend."

My face got red again. "Correct," I gulped. "Well, you know as well as me that we're not going out."

He stood up and walked towards me. "But you looked like you enjoyed being called my girlfriend," he put his warm hand under my chin and lifted my head up to meet his deep amethyst eyes.

I tried to pull him off, but he was too strong. He forced me against a wall near the door and I felt my face flush a deep red.

"Um…Dark…" I asked with a shaky voice. "What are you-"

Suddenly, Dark placed a hand on my cheek and leaned forward, pulling my face towards his.

"Dark-!" I yelled, but his lips pressed hard against mine. I felt his warm breath on my skin.

I had no idea why he was doing this. We just stood there, against the wall, for what seemed like eternity.

About a minute later, I managed to push him off. "Why. The. Crap. Did. You. Do. THAT?!" I yelled.

He licked his lips. "Mmmm…cherry chap stick," he whispered loudly.

I could only imagine about what Daisuke was yelling at Dark right now.

I raised my hand and smacked his face. "Change back to Dai. Now," I instructed. "I'm done talking to you."

"Fine," he rubbed his cheek as he changed back to the fourteen year old boy. He was rubbing his cheek too and I remembered that whenever Dark gets hurt, he gets hurt too.

"Oh, crap! Dai! I'm so sorry!" I apologized.

"It's fine," he replied. "Dark deserved it."

I giggled. "Just wait until Risa hears about this."

"Why do we need to tell her this?" Daisuke sat on the couch.

"I don't know," I smirked. "To make her jealous?"

He gulped. "No way!"

"Why not?"

"Because the last time we told her something about Dark that make her jealous, she went on a seek-and-destroy mission! We needed to calm her down."

"Oh," I remembered. "Fine, then this conversation will be our little secret, 'kay?"

Daisuke sighed. "Okay."

"Daisuke! Ally! Come on down to the kitchen I made some cookies!" we heard Emiko's voice yell up at us.

"Got it, mom!" Daisuke yelled back. "We'll be down in a minute!"

"C'mon!" I tugged on his sleeve. "If we don't get down there soon, your grandpa will eat them all up! Remember last week?"

"Oh yeah," he said. "Grandpa ate all the cookies before we even got home!"

I chuckled and Daisuke joined in. We sighed and I pulled on his sleeve again.

"C'mon!" I went to the door and opened it.

"Okay! Coming!" he followed right behind me.