So on with the story and my creativeness. YAY...
OH AND... + MEANS ITS A NOTE SORRY FORGOT TO SAY
Oh and every song I mention in here is by the SwingField big band unless I say otherwise... .
Dai woke up the next morning invigorated and practically jumped out of bed. He flung the curtains wide open and opened his window to listen to the early birds sing in the dawn light.
He breathed the spring air in deeply and began humming an old slow jazz tune called 'Georgia On My Mind'
'You seem happy today, Dai.' Dark said as he stretched in the back of Dai's mind.
'I am. I got enough sleep. Spring is in the air. I love the smell of spring by the way and everything seems right this morning. Plus its only a few more days until the spring trip.'
'Yeah. Beaches, babes and everything inbetween'
Dai nodded happily and put his swing Cd in his cd player. The first song to come on was 'In The Mood'. He laughed at how upbeat it was, like him.
'Come on Dark, wake up.' Dai said as he ran down stairs to eat breakfast, then when he was done he quickly brushed his teeth and changed into his school clothes.
He grabbed his backpack and headed out to school.
His day would go down the drain once he got to school. It would go widely askew from what he hoped.
Not only did his teachers rearrange the class, Dai was still in the same seat and also...
"Satoshi sit beside Daisuke. Maybe you two can help each other out."
'DARK!' Dai screeched in his head making the sleeping Dark wince as he woke with a start.
'Wha, Dai?'
'He has to sit beside me!'
'Who?'
'Look and see.' With that Satoshi sat beside Dai with a cold 'I dont give a shit' look.
Within ten minutes Dai had some how forgotten Satoshi was beside him and he began humming quietly as the teacher dronned on about history. He always hummed during history and his old desk mate had gotten used to it.
"Niwa, are you humming 'Moonlight Serenade' by the Swingfield Big Band?"
Dai nodded absently as he stared out the window, not realizing Satoshi was the one asking the question. After a while he went on to sing 'Song Of India' also by the Swingfirld Big band.
Satoshi reconized the second song too. "I wouldnt expect you to listen to swing or jazz, Niwa."
That was when Dai realized Satoshi was the one talking to him. He kind of 'Eep'-ed quietly as he jumped slightly in his chair.
He was in a rush to get away from Satoshi but no one seemed to realize it. Even Satoshi seemed clueless to Dai's actions as he wrote something on a slip of paper.
Dai shrugged, he couldnt get any further from the blue haired boy, and went back to humming the swing music. He didnt even realize he went on to hum 'Little Brown Jug'.
A slip of paper shot infront of him and he looked curiously down at it and realized it was from Satoshi. He gave the piece of paper a curious look then went back to looking out the window.
Satoshi growled lightly, letting Dai know he HAD to read it or Satoshi would be a very pissed blue haired teen ager, making Dai think of a blue penguin on steriods.
A chuckle erupted from Dai as he thought about the blue penguin on steroids. 'Maybe it walks on its fins and eats with its feet...' Dai thought as Satoshi growled again. 'I didnt know pengun growl like that. What is he a penguin lion mix? Wonder what that would look like.'
For the next twenty minutes Dai was stuck on the idea of a penguin lion mix. He even tried to draw what he thought it would be then labled it 'Satoshi when mad.'
Another chuckle escaped his lips as he stashed the picture in his binder. Another angry growl came from Satoshi.
Dai turned to him with an 'Im innocent' look. He raised a brow in question to Satoshi and the boy practically blew up when he pointed to the obvious note on Dai's desk.
The red head made a quiet 'Ooh.'-ing sound before reading the note.
++Niwa,
I would like to speak with you again, if you dont mind. Lunch on the roof, again?
++Satoshi H.
The blue haired boys name was scrawled slightly messier but it still looked elegant in the cursive scrawl he used.
Dai scribbled back a quick reply to the note.
++Fine, but if you do anything to harm me Im gone.
I mean it. Todays not the best day for me anymore. Im in no mood for jerks.
++Daisuke
Dai's name was scribbled quicky at the bottom. He really wasnt having a very good day.
After ten more minutes the bell rang for the next class and Dai stood up quickly and one of the first ones out of the class. Satoshi followed Dai out of the room and watched him snap at Takeshi for tackling him.
He really wasnt in the best of moods that day. Satoshi knew their talk would go badly at best if they talked about Dark.
Lunch came around quickly and Dai made it up the stairs even before Satoshi did that day. Dai was sitting quietly as he leaned aginst the brick wall like he did the day before.
Satoshi came through the door, quietly but Dai knew he was there. "What took so long, Hiwatari-kun?"
He spooked Satoshi. Satoshi, the genius commander was spooked!
"Ah, Niwa." Satoshi rubbed his chest slightly to correct his beating heart. "You surprised me."
Dai rolled his eyes. He went back to eating his rice with the chopsticks he held in his hand.
What did you want, Hiwatari-kun?"
"To talk. Is that bad?"
"Depends on what its about." Dai said as Satoshi pulled a cheese sandwich out of his bag. "Do you eat anything else?"
"Hmm? Oh, no. Its all I have time to make. I assume your mother makes yours?"
"Huh? No! If she made my luch Id go hungry. She can cook a little bit but man she doesnt know how to make lunch. I usually make my lunch the night before then mom warms it up the day of. Usually Toto makes the meals." Satoshi cocked his head slightly to the side. "Towa no shirube."
"The artwork."
"As you know, one Dark stole." Dai said slightly edgy on the Dark topic.
"I know." Satoshi didnt want to be on the wrong foot with Dai. "Are you ready for the trip friday?"
"Yeah. Two weeks without mom, dad, grandpa. No stealing." He gave Satoshi a solid stare. "I cant wait. What about you? Are you coming?"
"Father," He rolled his eyes. "Forced me to go, so yes ill be going but Im not doing any of it."
"Thats no fun. You'll have two weeks with no commander-ing."
"Ill still have him." Satoshi pointed out.
"Sorry?" Dai settled down and quieted.
"Dont be sorry. Its not your fault."
"I was apoligizing for you not being able to do anything. Not because I caused something." He went back to eating.
Satoshi mentally kicked himself for making Dai stop smiling. "Ive heard a rumor going around school the elder Harada left you. Is that true."
Dai nodded. "She used and cheated on me. I did everything for her then she just didnt care."
"The rumor around school is a bit different than that. I heard she cheated on you and you broke it off. Its also said shes been trying to get back with you."
"Thats right."
"What will you do?"
"Same as everytime she asks me. She had her chance. She decided to use me and I wont take her back."
"What about second chances?"
"She had a second chance. When I caught her cheating she asked for a second chance and I gave it to her. I caught her cheating again and she aked for another chance. I was so head over heels for her I gave her eight chances. Everytime she kept cheating and using me." He set his lunch box aside and walked to the railing. "She used me to get a more imposing figure in school. Used to get to the class president, Keishi Ghema. (i made that up so that name is totally mine!)"
Dai leaned against the rail and looked at the school grounds below him. He immediatly spotted Riku and Keishi below a tree. He turned away from the rail and leaned against it to look at the sky and try to forget the sight he saw.
"Im sorry for the pain she gave you. I understand you first fell for the other Harada and she..."
"She shot me down, then made fun of me for a while. Now she uses me to try to get information about Dark."
"I see. It seems the Haradas arent the nicest people in the world. I personally never liked them."
Dai kept looking at the sky with his arms resting behind him on the railing. "Everyone keeps apologizing for them. How they were just confused and scared. Everyone stands up for them but never blames me either. It gets annoying after a while."
"I can understand how it is."
"How?" Dai looked over at Satoshi with curiosity filled rose red eyes. "You always hide and dont let anyone know you."
"I just know what it feels like. When I was younger I would tell people that Hiwatari neglected me and everyones response was that they were sorry but he did have a job. I could have his attention all the time. They never knew he wouldnt visit me more than three times a month." He looked back at Dai. "I raised myself. There was no childhood for me. Once I was ten I had a work permit and was paying for my apartment. It was tough but I made it."
"I thought you went to college when you were twelve."
"I did. He paid for it." He stood up, walked over to the railing and leaned against it, facing the grounds.
"Then why come back to middle school."
"I guess I wanted to feel...well...normal."
Dai nodded. "I can understand that. Do you regret him adopting you?"
"I dont regret anything. I dislike how I was treated. Dispise the fact he was allowed to adopt in the first place. To regret is to do something wrong and so far I have done no ill."
"You know, Hwatari-kun, this is the first full blown converstaion we've really had. Its the first time I think ive ever heard you say more then a few mere sentences to me. You arent hiding behind your cold mask while you talk to me either."
"To tell you the truth, Niwa, When Im around you I feel like I have no need to wear the 'cold mask' as you call it. I feel free in a way when Im around just you. Does that make sense?" He turned to Dai, who kept looking at the clouds through the whole thing.
"Yeah." He looked out of the corner of his eye at Satoshi making the other boys heart skip a beat for a second. "I feel the same way but Im not as extreme as you. When Im around you I feel like I can tell you anything or everything and you would understand it all. I have nothing holding me back when we talk, then other people come..."
Dai could never time something as well as what just happened. "Niwa!" Risa's voice shouted from the stairs.
Both teens heard Risa stomp up the stairs. "...And they screw it all up." Dai finished his sentence before Risa came through the door.
"Niwa!" She stomped over to him. "I hate you. You are a total jerk."
Dai had backed up to the railing and was leaning heavily against it. Everyone knew Risa wasnt in her right mind much any more.
"You spy on me, dont you! You come up here to spy because you wont get over me. I wont ever be with you. You are a total ass!" She pushed him hard and spun around running off.
Satoshi watched Risa run off and didnt realize Dai was having trouble balancing. Dai's arms swung around in circles, trying to keep his balance.
With a scared little 'Agh!' Dai flipped over the railing and barely grabbed onto the ledge of the edge of the roof, thanks to his thief training.
Satoshi spun around hearing the little outburst and sall Dai grab the ledge. "Niwa!" He fell to his knees, reaching through the railing and grabbed Dai's wrist. "Hold on Niwa."
Dai nodded stupidly, his eyes wide. Satoshi stood up and carefully climbed over the railing to stand on the TINY ledge. He squatted down slowly to keep his balance while students began seeing them and pointing in a scared manner.
Both teens heard a strangled girly scream come from Takeshi when he saw Dai was about to plummet a good thirty-five fourty feet to the ground.
"Niwa," Satoshi said as he reached a hand out for Dai. "Grab my hand and hold on tight." His right hand was reaching for Dai while his left held securly to the railing.
"I-I cant, Hiwatari-kun."
"And why not?"
"Im terrified of heights. Dark would always lock me in the back of his mind when he would fly."
"Dont pay attention to the height, Niwa. Look at me. Just watch me and dont look down. Look at me."
Dai looked up into Satoshi's eyes that held a promise he would keep Dai safe. Satoshi's hand was still out reaching for Dai.
A tremoring hand reached up slowly to grip Satoshi's and not to early too. The little bit of the roof Dai was holding onto broke loose just as he started to grip Satoshi's hand.
Another 'Agh' escaped Dai again when he squeezed Satoshi's fingers and the rock ledge fell to the ground to let him dangle in thin air.
"S-Satoshi, please," He begged. "Dont let me fall." His eyes looked so innocent and pleading it hurt Satoshi to even look at him.
"I wont. I wont." He pulled Dai up enough where he could grab the railing.
He helped Dai grab the railing then he wrapped his body around Dai to keep him steady while he calmed down. He had stepped around Dai, one foot on each side of him, and put his hands on each saide of Dai to keep him in place.
"Niwa," He spoke in Dai's ear. "Are you okay?"
Dai seemed to become weak but squeezed the railing in a death grip. "Over. I-I want over."
"Its okay. Go over slowly." Satoshi got off Dai and stood beside him again.
After Dai took a couple more breaths, Satoshi helped him over the rail, then climbed over himself.
Dai sat down, leaning against the railing, from being scared so much. Satoshi sat beside him with a worried look in his eyes.
"Niwa?"
"Thanks." Dai said still stunned. "Thanks for helping me."
"Take a deep breth and calm down. You're okay now."
"Thanks to you. My enemy saved my life." Dai was shaking horribly from the fright. "L-Let me correct that. Darks enemy saved me."
Dai closed his eyes and sat there for a while. Satoshi, after hearing the last sentence Dai said, sat there in a stunned manner. He watched Dai for a while then decided to speak.
"You dont consider me as your enemy?" His voice actually held emotion, almost insecurity in it.
"Why would I?" Dai asked opening his eyes again calmly. "You aren't out to kill me. Im not the one actually stealing. What would be the reason for hating you if I have no reason to?"
"Im after your other half." Satoshi said reasonably.
"Yes. Dark has his own will, his own life. I can do nothing to help that so why would I hate you for going after him?"
"Satoshi srugged. "You are a strange one, Niwa."
Dai smiled slightly as the end of lunch bell rang. He stood up and offered Satoshi a hand up. Satoshi grabbed his hand and was pulled up lightly while Dai gave him a big smile.
"Hiwatari-kun? Can I eat lunch with you up here tomorrow?" He didnt look at Satoshi while he packed up his backpack to go to the next class.
"I dont see why not. Come up when ever you want. It does get a bit lonely up here."
Dai smiled at him, to which Satoshi smiled slightly back at him.
The rest of the day went fine and so did wednesday, beside a few church fans ran screaming through the halls and the principal calling Dai, Satoshi, and Risa to her office to tell her what happened the day before.
Thursday came around and every teacher told the people that was going on the spring trip that they had to finish a twenty page workbook before the next day. Anything that wasnt finished in class was homework, thankfully they had half an hour of class time to do it.
Dai looked over to Satoshi who was breezing through their math work book. "Umm...Hiwatari-kun?" Satoshi looked up to Dai, curiously.
"Yes, Niwa?" He didnt sound cold like he usually was, then dai remembered he had said he didnt feel the need to be cold around him.
"C-could you um...I dotn understand the work." Dai shifted nervously. "C-could you help me a bit?"
"Dont be so afraid of me, Niwa." He said with a slight smile. "Its not like Ill bite your head off if you say something wrong to me."
Dai smiled a bit, but was still nervous. He was asking Satoshi Hiwatari, the schools cold heated genius, for help.
"I dont mind helping you, Niwa. If it was anyone else Id probably blow them off." Another slight smile appeared.
Dai nodded. He was happy someone decided to help him.
The rest of the day was boring, besides the ranting banter by Dark all day. He would say the oddest things thursday.
'Hey, Dai! Look how shiny the urinal is!'
'Dai, look how high the water goes in the water fountain.'
'Oy! Dai! Creepy Boy looks happy for once.'
'Swim Swim Swim! Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.'
'Play shark! That way we can 'tag' the girls!'
'Teachy teachy teacher! Freaky freaky teacher!'
By the end of thursday Dai was having a pounding headache from Dark, and was happy about the next day.
"Mom, Im home." For once there were no traps.
"Dai, we're in the kitchen!"
Dai walked into the kitchen warily them saw his mother, father and grandfather sitting at the counter.
"Whats goin on?"
"I found this potion, Dai, that will keep Dark at bay for a month if you drink the lot. The three of us decided to get you to drink it so your spring break will be fun. I took a little bit of it to try to figure out hiw its made so it wont last exactly a month but almost as long." Kosuke smiled at Dai like it was the best thing in the world.
"Ill take itlater then, kay dad?"
"Alright."
The rest of the night passed normally. After Dai went up to his room and did his homework, he pulled out two identical sized bottles from his pocket he had snagged from the cabinet.
He poured the amber liquid into the two bottle and equaled them out perfectly. For both of the bottles he screwed on a cap and stuck them in his bag. Neither he nor Dark said anything about it.
Dai didnt want to talk about what he did and Dark didnt care very much because he'd be gone soon for two weeks. Dark didnt mind so much he was being taken away for a while, he was just worried about Dai being attacked by Krad while he was gone.
'Dark?' Dai asked as he sat down on his bed top bunk with his legs dangling over the side.
'Yeah Dai?'
'Do you feel bad or angry Im going to drink the stuff?'
'No Dai. Im worried.'
'About what? Dont tell me you dont think I cant do anything without you.'
'No, Dai, thats not it. Im worried Krad will attack you while Im gone.'
'To tell you the truth Dark...You know how I split the potion up?'
'Yeah?'
'Well I wasnt making it where I could take it againif I want...I was going to give the other half to Hiwatari-kun. He never got to have a normal life and I wanted him to know at least a little bit of it. Is that bad, Dark?'
'No Dai. Thats nice. Im proud of you for thinking of that. You're a good kid.' Dai could see in the bac of his head Dark ruffling his hair fondly. 'I really am proud. None of your ancestors cared about the Hikaris enough to do that for them.'
Dai smiled then it faded as he began the question. 'Why arent you coming out for a while? Dont you want to come out for a while since you'll be comatose for two weeks?'
'I didnt think you'd want me out, Dai.'
'Why wouldnt I? I have you in me. Its not like I can say no I dont want to ever hear you aghain. That would be a little hard, ne?'
Dark laughed. 'I guess so.'
'Especially since you cant shut it for half an hour.'
Dark's solid looking form appeared beside Dai, sitting on the bunk with him. Only the tamer that has Dark in him at the moment could see Dark. To that Tamer Darks form was as corporal as they were themselves.
Before Dark could say anything Dai had lept at him and hugged him tightly. A lugh escaped Darks lips as Dai began squeezing him really hard in a bear hug.
"Dai, What with this choice of hugs?"
"Its been a while since you came out. I missed it. You're a good pillow." Dai laughed at Dark.
"Oh so you make me come out so you can sleep on me?"
"Ew. You make that sound like we're...EW."
"Oh, gross, Dai. Thats gross. I dont like you like that. Thats almost incest! We're like brothers. I came from you who came from Emiko."
"BROTHERS!" Dai said happily as he hugged Dark again. "I dont like being an only child even with you in me. It gets boring."
"I can bet."
Dark and Dai got off the bed and picked up the controlers for Dai's playstation.
Dark can touch the controllers and everything and dont ask how and why and why no one can see him or what they see if they walk in b/c I dunno...heh
They began playing a couple racing games and not only were they bumoing each other in the game, every now and then Dark would shove Dai to make him lose control. Dai was better than that. He would sit on Dark and cover the tv so Dark couldnt see anything.
"Dai." Dark said later on when they were sitting on the floor talking. "Its nearly two thirty. You should be getting to bed. Come on buddy."
Both got up and went over to the ladder. Before Dai could climb up on the ladder Dark grabbed him and tossed him on his bed.
"Go to sleep, Dai."
"Arent you coming up, Dark?"
"You're getting too big for me to come up." Dark teased Dai like he was an older brother who stayed with a younger sibling to help them sleep after a nightmare.
Dai pouted. "Come on Dark. Ill stay awake and bother you the rest of the night."
Dark smiled. "Definitly my tamer. You know how to be convincing in a fight."
"I know what your weakness is. Sleep."
Dark climbed up with Dai and sat at the foot of the fifteen year olds bed. He smiled at how naive and innocent Dai was, even in the middle of the four hundred year war between him and Krad.
"G'night, Dai. Sleep tight." He said as he tucked Dai in.
"Nighty night, Dark. You'll be awake before I drink the stuff, right?"
"Course. I wouldnt miss it. Ill be there. Why dont you save it until tomorrow afternoon when you leave so I dont wake back up until the very last day?"
"You sure?" Dai asked with a yawn.
"Yeah. Dont give Creepy Boy the other until the afternoon too, so he can have as long as he can without Krad. I feel bad for that boy.Yes, Dai, I can pity a Hikari."
Dai smiled. "Im glad you understand Dark. Mom would shoot me if she knew wgat we were about to do."
"Go to sleep now, Dai. You're gonna have a long day tomorrow and I dont feel like taking over for you while you sleep more." He winked at Dai before Dai yawned again.
"Alright, Dark. Dont stay out too long."
"I wont."
Dai was asleep in ten minutes and Dark sat there for another half hour watching him sleep before reentering Dai's body to sleep as well.
